We retrieved rotational temperatures from emission lines of the OH airglow (8-3) band in the sky spectra of the Sloan digital sky survey (SDSS) for the period 2000-2014, as part of the astronomical observation project conducted at the Apache Point observatory (32°N, 105°W). The SDSS temperatures show a typical seasonal variation of mesospheric temperature: low in summer and high in winter. We find that the temperatures respond to solar activity by as much as 1.2 K ±0.8 K per 100 solar flux units, which is consistent with other studies in mid-latitude regions. After the seasonal variation and solar response were subtracted, the SDSS temperature is fairly constant over the 15 year period, unlike cooling trends suggested by some studies. This temperature analysis using SDSS spectra is a unique contribution to the global monitoring of climate change because the SDSS project was established for astronomical purposes and is independent from climate studies. The SDSS temperatures are also compared with mesospheric temperatures measured by the microwave limb sounder (MLS) instrument on board the Aura satellite and the differences are discussed.

화장품 소재로서 천연고분자 물질인 Biocellulose (BC)를 형성하는 균주를 선발하여 초산생성 균주를 선발하였다. SM 배지를 통하여 초산 생성 균주 1종을 선발하고 형태학적인 분석을 통하여 간균형태의 그람 음성균임을 확인하였다. 또한 균주의 동정을 위하여 16S rDNA 유전자 분석을 통하여 계통도를 분석한 결과 Gluconobacter uchimurae (G. uchimurae)와 높은 상동성을 나타내어 G. uchimurae GYS15 균주로 명명하 였다. 선발된 균주는 pH 5, 25 ℃ 조건의 환경적 요인에서 14일간 배양하였을 때 가장 높은 생육을 나타내었다. 또한 탄소원으로 glucose 이외에 이당류인 sucrose와 fructose를 첨가 하였을 때 가장 높은 생육활성을 보였고 최적의 염농도와 질소원은 0.5% NaCl과 malto extract로 확인하였다. 확인된 조건 하에서 G. uchimurae GYS15 균주를 배양하여 얻어진 BC의 물성을 확인하였다. 전자 주사현미경을 통하여 확인된 표면구조는 높은 표면적을 갖는 초미세망상구조로서 다공성 구조를 나타내었다. 이로 인해 수분의 경우 8.6 ± 0.38배, 유분의 경우 6.6 ± 0.51배까지 재흡수 되는 것으로 확인하였다. 따라서 BC의 이러한 구조적 특성을 이용하여 마스크 팩 등의 다양한 화장품 소재로 활용 가능성을 확인하였다.

The objective of this study was to rapidly evaluate fatty acids in a collection of foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv) of different origins so that this information could be disseminated to breeders to advance germplasm use and breeding. To develop the calibration equations for rapid and nondestructive evaluation of fatty acid content, near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRs) spectra (1104-2494 nm) of samples ground into flour (n=100) were obtained using a dispersive spectrometer. A modified partial least-squares model was developed to predict each component. For foxtail millet germplasm, our models returned coefficients of determination (R2) of 0.91, 0.89, 0.98 and 0.98 for strearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, and total fatty acids, respectively. The prediction of the external validation set (n=10) showed significant correlation between references values and NIRs values (r2=0.97, 0.91, 0.99 for oleic, linoleic, and total fatty acids, respectively). Standard deviation/standard error of cross-validation (SD/SECV) values were greater than 3 (3.11, 5.45, and 7.50 for oleic, linoleic, and total fatty acids, respectively). These results indicate that these NIRs equations are functional for the mass screening and rapid quantification of the oleic, linolenic, and total fatty acids characterizing foxtail millet germplasm. Among the samples, IT153491 showed an especially high content of fatty acids (84.06 mg g-1), whereas IT188096 had a very low content (29.92 mg g-1).