This study investigates (1) the consumer characteristics of fresh-cut produce in Korea and (2) the expected taste of fresh-cut produce. To accomplish the first goal of this study, food purchase data from household panels collected by the Rural Development Administration from 2017 to 2020 were used. Further, an online survey was conducted about the expected taste regarding fresh-cut fruits and vegetables. The results revealed that younger consumers with more expenses on fresh fruits tend to buy more fresh-cut fruits. Similarly, younger consumers with more expenses on fresh vegetables and higher household incomes tend to purchase more fresh-cut vegetables. Furthermore, consumers expect more convenience from fresh-cut apples but less tastiness from fresh-cut apples than whole apples.

본 연구는 놀이를 활용한 동물매개활동이 초등학교 저학년의 자기표현과 또래관계에 미치는 영향을 알아보는데 목적이 있다. 본 연구는 J도 I시 소재 초등학교의 1, 2학년 학생 5명을 선정하여 2019년 3월 29일부터 5월 31일까지 주 1회씩 10주간, 총 10회기를 진행했으며, 연구방법은 단일군 전후 실험설계 방법을 이용하였다. 연구도구로는 최명심(2000)의 자기표현 척도와 양윤란, 오경 자(2005)의 또래관계기술 척도를 사용하였다. 연구결과 초등학교 저학년의 자기표현은 내용, 음성 하위요인이 상승하였고, 신체 하위 요인이 감소하는 결과가 나타났으며, 또래관계는 주도성 하위요인이 감소하였고, 협동·공 감 하위요인이 상승한 효과가 나타났다. 전체적인 평균은 상승하였으며, 따라서 본 연구는 놀이를 활용한 동물매개활동이 초등학교 저학년의 자기표현과 또래관계에 부분적으로 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤음을 알 수 있다.

노인들은 신체능력, 인지능력의 저하와 역할 상실 등을 경험하면서 얻는 신체적, 심리적 문제들을 주변의 도움 없이 스스로 견디고 해결하기가 쉽지 않다. 본 연구는 노인이 동물과의 관계를 맺는 동물매개활동이 노인의 우울과 자기표현에 미치는 효과를 알아보는데 목적이 있다. 본 연구의 대상자는 J도 I시 소재 노인복지센터를 이용하는 노인 중 우울 지수 10점 이상, 자기표현 점수 70점 이하의 노인들로 선정하여 진행하였다. 연구방 법은 단일군 전후 실험설계 방법으로 진행하였고, 동물매개활동은 2018년 9월 21일부터 2018년 11월 9일까지 주 1회씩, 총 8회기를 실시하였다. 연구결과 동물매개활동이 노인의 우울 감소와 자기표현 향상에 효과가 있었고, 실시한 노인 우울 척도와 자기표현 척도 사전·사후 검사를 통해 유의한 차이가 있었다. 따라서 본 연구는 동물매개활동이 노인의 우울 감소와 자기표현 향상 효과에 긍정적인 효과가 있음을 알 수 있다.

In this study, calibration characteristics of odorous amine compounds were investigated by gas chromatography (GC)-nitrogen phosphorous detector (NPD). To this end, three different amine compounds (methyl amine (MTA), dimethyl amine (DMA), and trimethyl amine (TMA)) were analyzed in a series of calibration experiments. As the first step, the liquid phase standards of these amines were calibrated at 5 concentration levels with the fixed standard volume (FSV) method. The results showed that response factors of three amines were in the order of TMA ＞ DMA ＞ MTA with their correlation coefficients (r) above 0.97. The results of FSV calibration also indicated that the analytical sensitivity of amines increased with reducing injection volume due to the decrease in matrix effect. However, when these compounds were calibrated by the fixed standard concentration (FSC) method, the results were not stable under most circumstances. In addition, the reliability of internal calibration approach was also tested using pyridine, nitrobenzene, and nicotine. When pyridine was used as internal standard of these amines, analytical reproducibility of amines was improved greatly compared to external calibration results (e.g., an improvement of 75% for DMA).

In this study, we attempted to evaluate the relationship between dilution‐to‐threshold (D/T) ratio derived by air dilution sensory (ADS) test and the concentration levels of both individual odorant (using H₂S and acetaldehyde (AA)) and their mixture. For the purpose of our comparative study, we prepared both standard gases of two individual compounds and their mixture at 9 concentration levels. Each of all these samples were analyzed by ADS test, and the results were analyzed in relation to their odor intensity. The results of individual odorant samples showed the two contrasting characteristics of each individual compound. H2S generally showed sensitive detection at low concentration but less sensitive detection with increasing concentration. In contrast, AA showed fairly contrasting trend with slow increasing sensitivity. When the D/T ratios estimated from individual samples were used to predict those of mixed samples, the results were reflecting the mixed effects of the basic characteristics owned by each individual compound. As the lower and upper odor intensities of mixed samples were best reflected by AA and H2S, respectively, the D/T ratio of mixed samples complied with the larger D/T values of each compound at a given odor intensity.

In this study, deodorizing efficiency of three deodorant products (1) A = ClO₂ Gel + charcoal, (2) B=Charcoal Gel, and (3) C = Gel (for Kimchi)) was investigated. For these experiments, a total of 15 odorants (4 reduced sulfur compounds, 2 volatile organic compounds, 7 carbonyl compounds, and 2 nitrogenous compounds) were investigated for a short term period. For the comparative analysis, 2 food types with strong odor properties (Kimchi and Fish) were selected and investigated. The analytical results were compared with respect to the blank sample (without deodorants) after normalization. Hence, if normalized concentration values are lower than unity one can assume that sample has positive deodorizing efficiency. The results of deodorant experiments indicate that the effects of the most common deodorant products are not effective enough to remove offensive odorants. However, the selection of deodorant products appears to be important, as they have very specific deodorizing efficiencies for certain compounds.

In this study, the performance of fast gas chromatography system was evaluated using VOC standards prepared in both liquid and gaseous phase. When the liquid‐phase VOC standards were analyzed by both direct injection and HS‐SPME method, all the chromatographic separation was completed within 4 minutes. The calibration experiments were conducted further using gaseous standard of BTX. The calibration results derived by direct injection method generally showed good linearities, regardless of phases, while it was not the case for HS‐SPME method. In case of liquid‐phase standard, MDL values for direct injection and HSSPME method were calculated in the range of 0.07~0.19 to 0.63~3.76 ng, respectively. In contrast, MDL values for gaseous standard were 0.27~0.45 and 1.94~6.90, respectively. The reproducibility of our method, when expressed in terms RSE, showed above 5 %. When the sensitivity of different techniques is compared, the calibration slope values of BTX decreased on the order: direct injection of liquid‐phase standard > HSSPME method of liquid‐phase standard > direct injection of gaseous standard > HS‐SPME method of gaseous standard. Although fast GC is very efficient to reduce the total running time significantly, extended studies are desirable to improve its reproducibility.

In this study, the concentrations of various hydrocarbon (HC) were measured from the ambient air at Mallipo beach after the Hebei Spirit oil spill accident on Dec. 2007. To determine HC levels in those samples, the analysis was made by SPME method aided by the GC/MS system. To produce quantitative HC data, all the calibrations were conducted in reference to toluene. The HC released from oil-covered soils were also analyzed by headspace method; according to this analysis, the concentrations of paraffinic (9), aromatic (8) and miscellaneous components (5 compounds) were found above a few tens of ppb. In ambient samples, 10 compounds were measured which consisted of 8 paraffinics and 2 aromatics. And they have the maximum and minimum concentration that were 34.3 ppb (n-undecane) and 2.84 ppb (toluene). However, the concentration levels of the 2 aromatic compounds (toluene and xylene) measured during this study period were not distinguished from those commonly observed from ambient air. Based on our analysis, we were able to confirm that the types and the concentration levels of hydrocarbons in ambient samples were in accord with those derivable from a large oil spill accident and the resulting weathering processes.

The purpose of this study is to assess the cause of offensive odor incident that took place at Shin-Gil district in Seoul on 17. Nov. 2007. Air samples were collected from both the inside and outside of the accidental sewage site both at the right after and long after the accident and analyzed by GC/MS method. The results of our initial analysis showed that there were 39 compounds with sufficiently detectable quantities (e. g., above ~ 1 ppb). These compounds can be classified into 3 classes of chemical groups which include: Benzene, Indene, and Miscellaneous. It further indicated that compounds with benzene(C₆H₆) ring were the most abundant species followed by several compounds with indene(C₉H₈) structure. Based on our analysis, we conclude that the release of industrial solvents with indene resin contributed most significantly to the observed malodor incident.

In this study, the spatial and temporal distribution of odorants in ambient air was investigated at three measurement points in a University campus in Seoul city during a 15 day study period. The concentrations of 12 target analytes designated as malodor compounds by KMOE were measured through time. The highest mean concentration (in ppb unit) was found from NH₃(25.3) followed by styrene (0.51) ＞ acetaldehyde (0.13) ＞ H₂S, propionaldehyde (0.07) ＞ butyraldehyde, isovaleraldehyde, and valeraldehyde (0.06) ＞ DMDS (0.04) ＞ TMA (0.03) ＞ CH₃SH and DMS (0.01). Comparison of odorant data showed fairly strong distinctions across diurnal period, while differences in concentration levels were not clear enough between different sampling locations. The results of correlation analysis showed that the concentrations of DMS and NH₃ were strongly correlated with relative humidity. In addition, most of reduced sulfur compounds (RSC) exhibited strong correlations with each other. When the odorant concentrations were converted into odor intensity, the values were typically found below the odor degree of 1. The odor intensity, if assessed by the maximum values of each compound, were generally in between 1~2 odor degree level (e.g., H₂S, CH₃SH, DMDS, acetaldehyde, and TMA). The results of this study thus show that most odorant species occurred below the threshold value at clean space like a University campus. Hence, more efforts are desirable toward the development of the analytical technique at various concentration levels.

In this study, odorous emissions from decaying foods were investigated with respect to trimethylamine and ammonia. To this end, three food types (egg, mackerel, and cuttlefish) were used for decaying experiments in which food samples were preserved in throwaway syringes (weight for each sample of 5 g). All decaying experiments advanced for one month under the normal temperature and ventilation. The average concentrations of TMA from egg, mackerel, and cuttlefish samples were measured as 0.6, 5.8 and 130 ppm, respectively, while those of NH₃ as 554, 385, and 531 ppm, respectively. According to our experiments, the concentrations of TMA and NH₃ increased with the progress of corruption. The release of malodor compounds tend to vary sensitively with the changes in temperature and humidity. In case of TMA, a strong correlation with temperature was observed on the order: mackerel ＞ egg ＞ cuttlefish. However, in the case of NH₃, strong correlations were seen to exist with humidity. Changes of TMA concentration were accompanied by changes of pH, especially from mackerel and cuttlefish. NH₃ also showed a similar trend of pH change from samples. When the results of TMA measurements were evaluated in terms of odor intensity, egg, mackerel, and cuttlefish are recorded as 4.36, 5.25 and 6.46, respectively. Likewise, odor intensity of NH₃ measurements was found as 6.96, 6.7 and 6.93, respectively. The results of our odor study suggest that a unique pattern of odor release is developed from decaying food samples.

대기환경 중에 존재하는 여러 가지 가스상 성분들을 채취 및 이송시키고자 할 때, 다양한 종류의 튜빙을 사용한다. 이와 같은 튜빙의 사용과 연계된 여러 가지 오차를 분석하기 위해, 악취황 성분들을 이용한 비교분석을 시도하였다. 이를 위해 45cm 길이로 6가지 재질의 튜빙을 선택하여, 각 튜빙별 손실특성을 평가하고자 하였다. 이를 위해, 10ppb 농도의 표준시료를 준비하고, 이를 튜빙에 통과시켜 준 후, 튜빙을 통과한 전후에 검출되는 농도를 비교하는 방식으로 손실율을 산출하였다. 이러한 비교의 목적상, 환원황 성분에 가장 우수한 회수율을 보이는 Silco Steel 튜빙을 통과한 결과를 기준 검량선으로 설정하고 여타 튜빙에 대한 회수율을 비교하였다. 그 결과 Teflon 튜빙에서는 4가지 황화합물 모두 90% 이상의 높은 회수율을 보일 정도로 양호한 결과를 보였다. 이에 비해 스테인레스나 브래스 재질의 경우, 저분자 황성분에 해당하는 H2S, CH3SH에서 상당한 손실을 보였다. 반면 실리콘 튜빙의 경우, 고분자 성분에 해당하는 DMS, DMDS에서 큰 손실을 보였다. 결과적으로 황화합물의 종류나 튜빙의 재질에 따라 RSC의 손실은 다양한 형태로 나타나는 것을 확인할 수 있다.

본 연구에서는 전국에 산재한 총 152개 지점의 측정망으로부터, 6년 동안 월 단위로 요약 정리한 PM10 농도 자료를 이용하여 대한민국 주요 행정구역(7개시와 9개 도)에 대한 PM10 성분의 시공간적 분포 특성을 진단하였다. 16개 행정구역에 대한 PM10의 농도분포를 조사한 결과, PM10의 농도는 황사의 영향이 두드러지는 봄철에 가장 높은 농도를 나타내고 있었다. 그리고 강수의 양이 많은 여름철에 농도가 줄어드는 결과를 보이는데, 이는 배출원의 강도와 습식침적이 왕성하게 나타나는 기상환경 등의 영향을 반영한 결과라 할 수 있다. 지역적으로 PM10의 농도를 비교하면, 서울에서 68.2μg/m3로 최고 농도를 보인데 반면, 제주도가 39.2μg/m3로 최저 농도를 나타내었다. 전체 지역별로 보면, PM10의 농도는 대도시 지역으로 갈수록, 높은 농도를 나타내고 있는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 상관분석을 통하여 지역간 PM10 농도 분포의 공간적 상관성을 비교한 결과, 이를 통해 PM10 농도는 근접한 거리에서는 서로 영향을 주고 있다는 것도 확인하였다. 결과적으로 PM10 농도는 기상조건과 인위적인 배출원의 영향을 많이 받고 있다고 할 수가 있다.