This study assessed effective strategies to reduce the sodium intake among consumers using pork cutlet sauce as a model food system. Original pork cutlet sauce and sodium-reduced sauce (29% reduced by a salt substitute) were analyzed to characterize the sensory properties using descriptive analysis. The effects of sodium-reduction of the sauce, consumer type (nutrition teachers vs. general consumers), information related to the sodium content, serving method, and consumer’s health, taste and sodium-related attitudes on the consumer’s preference, perception, and intake of the sauce were analyzed using a consumer test. In descriptive analysis, the original and sodium-reduced sauce showed similar sensory characteristics but did not differ in saltiness. In the consumer test, there were no significant differences in the overall preference levels between the two sauces. On the other hand, there were significant differences in preference and perception between nutrition teachers and general consumer groups, which were due largely to their age as well as the health and sodium-related attitudes and nutritional knowledge differences. Sodium-reduced information decreased the perceived saltiness intensity. In addition, reducing sodium intake by serving pork cutlet sauce in a bottle can be an effective strategy because this serving method increased the acceptance and induced the smaller intake of sauce.

ICT 기반의 해충 이미지 전송 시스템은 담배거세미나방과 파밤나방을 예찰하고 방제하는데 필요한 효과적인 유인 해충 전송수단이다. 시설 온실내 담배거세미나방과 파밤나방을 유인하기 위하여 스마트 트랩을 이용하였다. 스마트트랩은 나방류 해충유인을 위해 성페로몬 4종 장착하였으며 유인된 해충은 특수 카메라를 이용하여 이미지 촬영이 가능하였다. 또한, 해충유인 발광트랩 처리구는 황색광을 사용한 발광 트랩을 사용하였다. 또한 대조구로 기존에 널리 사용되는 델타트랩은 한 종류의 성페로몬을 장착하여 유인력 검정에 이용하였다. 성페로몬 한 종류만 사용한 델타트랩 처리는 담배거세미나방 페로몬 루어를 사용하였고, 4종류의 성페로몬을 설치한 스마트 트랩 처리구는 담배거세미나방, 뒷날개흰나방, 파밤나방, 왕담배나방용 성페로몬 루어를 사용하였다. 실험은 2018년 6월 1일부터 8월 31일까지 함안 시설원예연구소의 13m2의 소형비닐하우스에서 수행하였으며 공시작물은 파프리카 ‘시로코’ 품종과 토마토 ‘데프니스’ 품종을 사용하였다. 나방류 해충의 유인력 검정결과 파프리카와 토마토를 식재한 온실 모두 성페로몬 루어 한 종류를 설치한 델타트랩보다 유인발광 트랩 처리구에서 높은 나방류 유인율을 나타내었다. 시험기간 유인발광 트랩의 경우 유인 포획된 총 나방수는 파프리카 온실에서 평균 97마리, 토마토 온실에서 75마리가 유인 포획되어 가장 높았다. 그러나, 성페로몬 1종 및 4종을 설치한 델타트랩 및 스마트트랩처리구는 두 개의 온실 모두 평균 5마리 이하의 유인율을 나타내었다. 따라서, 시설내 나방류 예찰 및 유인 방제하기 위해서는 기존 성페로몬만 사용하기 보다는 유인발광 트랩을 함께 설치하는 것이 나방류 유인포획에 효과적이라고 판단되었다.

In 2017, the freshwater algae were collected from reservoirs, small ponds, soil, and rocks in Korea. Eight taxa of Chlorophyta (Chlorophyceae and Trebouxiophyceae) have been newly reported in Korea. The unrecorded indigenous species were Chlorolobion braunii, Coelastrum pseudomicroporum, Coelastrum reticulatum var. cubanum, Monoraphidium nanum, Tetrachlorella incerta, Ecdysichlamys obliqua, Gloeotila scopulina, and Stichococcus jenerensis.

Pesticide application in agriculture provides significant benefits such as protection from disease, prevention of harmful insects, and increased crop yields. However, accurate toxicological tests and risk assessments are necessary because of many related adverse effects associated with pesticide use. In this review, we discuss and analyze residual pesticides contained in livestock feed in Korea. A pesticide residue tolerance standard for livestock feed has not been precisely established; so, risk assessments are required to ensure safety. Standards and approaches for animal criteria and appropriate methods for evaluating residual pesticides are discussed and analyzed based on technology related to animal product safety in Korea. The safety of livestock feed containing pesticides is assessed to establish maximum residue limits relative to pesticides. Analysis of residual pesticides in milk, muscle, brain, and fat was performed with a livestock residue test and safety evaluation of the detected pesticide was performed. Efficacy of organic solvent extraction and clean-up of feed was verified, and suitability of the instrument was examined to establish if they are effective, rapid, and safe. This review discussed extensively how pesticide residue tolerance in livestock feed and hazard evaluation may be applied in future studies.

A saccular aneurysm is a localized, pouch arterial abnormality, Varous kinds of experimental saccular aneurysm models have been developed to treat aneurysms, and more effective ways to create aneurysm model is also needed. This study aims to compare aneurysm models induced by either porcine pancreatic elastase or papain from papaya latex. Eleven New Zealand white rabbits were divided into three treatment groups: normal saline (n=3), papain (n=4), and elastase (n=4). The right common carotid artery was selected as the aneurysmal site, and the respective substance was incubated for 20 minutes. No neurological signs occurred after operation. Hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) staining and modified elastic trichrome stain were performed 2 weeks after the procedure for pathological analysis. Histological findings for the control group showed normal vascular wall structure, normal elastic fiber, and no signs of inflammation. In samples of the papain group, the vascular walls were damaged and the endothelium was detached. Most of the elastic fibers were destructed. All samples of the papain group showed elastic fragmentation. In the elastase group, all samples showed severe inflammation and destruction of the vascular structure. There was also an elastase-induced sterile abscess. These findings indicate that elastase does not induce stable aneurysms at a dose of 1 mg because of excessive inflammation and destruction of the vascular structure. Elastase induces inflammation and apoptosis which results in the vascular wall to weaken before an aneurysm is formed. Papain at the dose of 1 mg, in contrast, seems to be a suitable candidate for enzymatic aneurysm models in the rabbit.

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) belong to cell membrane protein family, which regulate various physiological process such as reproduction, behavior and immune etc. In other to identify the GPCRs in pheromone gland of Maruca vitrata, we carried out transcriptome analysis from both females. Transcriptome analysis in the pheromone gland yielded approximately 22Gb and 47,528 transcripts showed positive FPKM value. 48 Genes involved in GPCRs were identified such as pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide receptor (PBANr), prostaglandin receptors, neuropeptide receptor, 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor, galanin receptor, calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor, diuretic hormone receptor, gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor, frizzled and orphan receptors, etc. Various expression of GPCRs in the pheromone gland indicates the role of pheromone gland may not be limited to the production of pheromone.

목적: 50세 이상에 해당하는 연구대상에서 성별에 따른 나이관련 황반변성의 초기와 후기 유병률과 위험 요인을 알아보고자 하였다. 방법: 제5기 국민건강영양조사(2010-2012) 원시자료의 총 조사대상자 25,534명 중 건강설문조사와 검진 조사를 모두 받은 50세 이상 남녀에서 결측치가 있는 대상을 제외한 7,599명(남자 3,263, 여자 4,336)을 연 구대상으로 하였다. 성별에 따른 초기 및 후기 나이관련 황반변성의 위험요인을 알아보기 위해 나이를 통제 한 상태에서 인구학적 특성, 전신질환, 검진조사에 관한 변수에 대해 로지스틱 회귀분석을 수행하였고 이 결 과에서 유의한 변수들만으로 다변량 로지스틱 회귀분석을 수행하였다. 결과: 나이관련 황반변성 초기의 유병률은 남자 8.8%, 여자 10.3%였으며 후기의 유병률은 남자 1.4%, 여자 0.7%였다. 초기 나이관련 황반변성에 대한 교차비는 남자에서 나이가 1세 증가할 때 1.043배, HDL (high-density lipoprotein)이 1mg/dL 증가할 때 1.010배, AST(aspartate aminotransferase)가 1IU/L 증 가할 때 1.011배, 비타민 D가 1ng/mL 증가할 때 1.020배 높아졌으며 Creatinine이 1mg/dL 증가할 때 0.446배 낮아졌고 여자에서는 나이가 1세 증가할 때 1.080배, B형간염표면항원 양성인 대상에서 1.960배 높아졌고 혈소판이 1Thous/uL 증가할 때 0.997배 낮아졌다. 후기 나이관련 황반변성에 대한 교차비는 남자 에서 나이가 1세 증가할 때 1.083배 높아졌고 B형간염표면항원 양성인 대상에서 3.436배 높아졌으며 여자 에서는 나이가 1세 증가할 때 1.126배 높아졌고 교육수준에서 저학력자보다 고학력자에서 2.480배 높았으며 혈소판이 1Thous/uL 증가할 때 0.991배 낮아졌다. 결론: 나이를 제외한 성별에 따른 초기 및 후기 나이관련 황반변성의 위험요인은 남자에서 초기는 AST와 HDL, 비타민 D였고 Creatinine의 증가는 교차비를 감소시켰고 후기는 B형간염표면항원 양성자에서 교차비 가 높게 나타났다. 여자에서 초기의 위험요인은 B형간염표면항원 양성이었고 후기는 교육수준이었으며 초기 와 후기 모두에서 혈소판 수치가 높아지면 교차비가 낮아지는 것으로 나타났다.

목적: 6~24세에 해당하는 연구대상자에서 세대에 따른 근시의 분포변화와 진행 정도를 비교하고자 하였다. 방법: 1987년부터 2012년 10월까지 청주와 천안소재의 안경원에 굴절이상 교정을 위해 방문한 사람 64,292명(남성 15,567명, 여성 48,725명)의 굴절검사 데이터를 수집하여 분석하였다. 근시 진행률 비교를 위해 연구대상자의 안경원 방문횟수를 고려하여 단위 기간 당 근시 진행 정도를 파워벡터 방법에 의한 MOD(magnitude of difference)와 VDD(vector difference in diopter)값을 이용하였다. 결과: 6~24세 이르는 연구대상자를 학제에 따라 5개 그룹으로 나누고 5년 간격으로 구분하여 평균 굴절 이상 정도를 비교하였을 때 6~7세를 제외한 모든 그룹에서 (-)방향으로의 유의한 차이를 나타냈다. 방문연 도에 따른 경도, 중등도, 고도 근시의 분포에서는 경도근시의 감소와 중등도 및 고도근시의 증가로 유의한 차이가 있었다. 이러한 추세의 차이는 6~7세 그룹을 제외한 모든 연령그룹에서 동일하게 나타났다. 안경원 에 연속 방문한 경우를 이용해 파워벡터로 환산한 근시 진행 정도는 8~13세 그룹과 14~16세 그룹에서 방문 연도에 따라 유의한 차이를 보였다(p=0.000, p=0.006). 방문 연도에 따른 근시 진행 정도는 전체 대상자에 서 –0.344 D로 나타났고(p=0.000), 특히 6~15세의 경우는 –0.524 D로 더욱 높게 나타났다(p=0.000). 결론: 동일 연령그룹에서 방문 연도가 최근에 가까워짐에 따라 평균 굴절이상 정도가 (-)방향으로 변화 되며, 고도근시의 비율이 높게 나타났다. 또한 과거에 비해 최근에 가까울수록 근시 진행 정도가 더 크게 나 타났다.

In vivo assay of glucose detection was described using a skin tattoo film electrode (STF), and the probe was made from carbon nano tube paste modification film paper. Here in the square-wave stripping anodic working range obtained of 20-100 mgL-1 within an accumulation time of 0 seconds only in sea water electrolyte solutions of pH 7.0. The relative standard deviations of 50 mg glucose that were observed of 0.14 % (n=12), respectively, using optimum stripping accumulation of 30 sec, the low detection limit (S/N) was pegged at 15.8 mg/L. The developed results can be applied to the detect of in vivo skin sensing in real time. Which confirms the results are usable for in vitro or vivo diagnostic clinical analysis.

The organic light-emitting diodes are fabricated with six anthracene derivatives containing simple substituents such as phenyl or naphthyl group. The device structure is as in the following: Indium tin oxide (ITO) (180 nm)/4,4-4,4`,4``-tris[N-(1-naphthyl)-Nphenylamino] triphenylamine (2-TNATA) (30 nm)/4,4`-bis[N-(1-naphthyl)-N-phenyl-1-amino] biphenyl (NPB) (20 nm)/Emitting compound (30 nm)/2,2′,2"- (1,3,5-Benzinetriyl)-tris (1-phenyl-1-H–benz-imidazole) TPBi (40 nm)/lithium quinolate (Liq) (2 nm)/Al (100 nm). In the emitting layer the anthracene derivatives are used without any dopant. All the six devices show blue emissions. Among the tested diodes, the one with 9-(2-naphthyl)-10-(p-tolyl) anthracene (2-NTA) exhibited luminous efficiency, power and external quantum efficiencies of 3.26 cd/A, 0.98 lm/A, 2.8 % at 20 mA/cm .

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been considered an alternative source of neuronal lineage cells, which are difficult to isolate from brain and expand in vitro. Previous studies have reported that MSCs expressing Nestin (Nestin+ MSCs), a neuronal stem/progenitor cell marker, exhibit increased transcriptional levels of neural development-related genes, indicating that Nestin+ MSCs may exert potential with neurogenic differentiation. Accordingly, we investigated the effects of the presence of Nestin+ MSCs in bone-marrow-derived primary cells (BMPCs) on enhanced neurogenic differentiation of BMPCs by identifying the presence of Nestin+ MSCs in uncultured and cultured BMPCs. The percentage of Nestin+ MSCs in BMPCs was measured per passage by double staining with Nestin and CD90, an MSC marker. The efficiency of neurogenic differentiation was compared among passages, revealing the highest and lowest yields of Nestin+ MSCs. The presence of Nestin+ MSCs was identified in BMPCs before in vitro culture, and the highest and lowest percentages of Nestin+ MSCs in BMPCs was observed at the third (P3) and fifth passages (P5). Moreover, significantly the higher efficiency of differentiation into neurons, oligodendrocyte precursor cells and astrocytes was detected in BMPCs at P3, compared with P5. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that neurogenic differentiation can be enhanced by increasing the proportion of Nestin+ MSCs in cultured BMPCs.

The tobacco cutworm, Spodoptera litura(Fabricius), is a major pest of tomato and frequently demands control measures. The timing of insecticide application is a key factor in determining its efficiency, so an experiment was designed to investigate this. Application of insecticide was based on three criteria: (i) the number of trap-caught moths in a Delta-type trap with a commercial sex pheromone lure placed in the center of the target area, soon after plant emergence; (ii) the percentage of plants exhibiting pinhole-type damage (10% or 20%) and (iii) the percentage of plants exhibiting shot hole-type damage (10% or 20%) compared to a check plot without any control measures. We found that the number of trap-caught moths was, compared to the other methods, the best means of deciding on insecticide application in tomato plant to control the tobacco cutworm. Using pheromone traps, we obtained the best performance of the insecticide Shinnago, causing > 90% larval mortality. Without insecticide application, tomato yield reduction due to the tobacco cutworm larva damage was 27%.

The pheromone biosynthesis in Plutella xylostella is more active in the scotophase than in the photophase, indicating that there may be changes of gene expression in the pheromone glands. To identify genes contributing to change in pheromone production, we analyzed transcriptomes of pheromone glands from both decapitated females (PG-minus) in the photophase and normal ones (PG-plus) in the scotophase. Deep sequencing for mRNAs in the pheromone gland yielded approximately 7.5Gb and 6,671 transcripts showing positive FPKM value were analyzed. Differentially expressed gene analysis revealed that up- and down-regulated transcripts were 310 and 326 in the PG-plus transcriptome, respectively. Genes putatively involved in the pheromone biosynthesis pathway were identified such as acetyl-CoA carboxylase, acetyl-CoA dehydrogenase, fatty acid synthase (FAS), desaturases (Δ9 and Δ 11) and fatty acid reductases of pheromone gland (pgFAR), alcohol oxidase, aldehyde oxidase and aldehyde reductase, etc. Quantitative RT-PCR revealed that expressions of FAS, Δ11 desaturase and pgFAR were significantly higher in PG-plus, suggesting that they may have crucial roles in sex pheromone biosynthesis of P. xylostella