To develop a new fish cage which is required for offshore or moving cage culturing system has been gradually increased against being closely dense of fish cage in shallow water. Though submersible fish cage culturing system is essential technology for converting from shallow water into the offshore, it was pointed out the serious problem about stability of which are sinking and floating state. This study is presented conceptual design of submersible fish cage centered with a mooring steel pile to acquire stability and faculty. Design of mooring steel pile for submersible fish cage culturing system needs to carry out optimal design of mooring steel pile for which much efforts are required. Formulation and optimal design process of submersible fish cage are organized into using Sequential Quadratic Programming method of numerical optimization. For submersible fish cage system centered with a mooring steel pile, process of the optimal design is proposed and the optimal solutions are obtained

Bacillus sp. GS가 생산하는 xylanase를 DEAE-Sephadex A-50 ion chromatography DEAE-Sephadex G-100 gel filtration을 통하여 정제한 후 그 특성을 조사 하였다. 최적 반응 온도와 pH는 각각 40℃, 6.5이었으며 50℃ 이하에서는 안정하였으나 그 이상이 되면 급격히 불활성화 되는 것으로 보아 열 안정성은 좋지 않음을 알 수 있었다. pH 안정성을 조사한 결과 pH 5.5에서 8.0까지는 안정하였고, 금속이온에 의한 영향을 살펴본 결과 Co^++, Cu^++에 의하여 효소의 활성이 현저히 증가함을 알 수 있었고, Hg^+에 의해서는 거의 완전히 효소의 활성이 저해됨을 알 수 있었다. 분리된 효소는 birchwood xylan을 기질로 하여 분해 산물을 분석한 결과 xylobiose가 주성분인 xylooligosaccharide를 생산하는 endo형의 효소임을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 본 효소는 xylan으로부터 bifidogenic factor인xylooligosaccharide를 생산하기에 적당한 효소라고 생각된다.

This study was designed to investigate age-related changes in body composition and cell mediated immunity. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed stock diet ad libitum and 12 rats were sacrified at 1, 4, 6, 12 months of age. Body weight increased sharply from 1 to 4 months, and increased steadily thereafter. The weights of liver, epididymal fat pads, and kidney increased in similar pattern as body weight, but their relative ratio to body weight decreased with age. The ratio of epididymal fat pads to body weight increased with age. The weight of extensor digitorium longus, soleus and plantaris increased from 1 to 4 months, but it decreased at 6, 12 months. The protein content of muscles decreased or increased throughout 12 months. The T cell proliferation response to Con A stimulation was significantly lower at 6 months than 1 momth and lower at 12 months than 6 months.

In order to study the extraction mechanism of barley tea, some factors affecting extraction and physical properties of roasted barley and extract were examined. The main results of this study are as follows : 1. The roasted barley particles used as the raw materials were amorphous. Under the extraction condition used the average swelling ratio of the particles and imbibed volume were 1.39 and 1.65㎖/g respectively. The maximum soluble solid content in the roasted barley was 67.07%. 2. The concentrations of the barley extracts were determined by measuring their optical densitis at 420㎚ and the relationship between the concentration(C) and optical density(O. D. ) was expressed as : C = 6.178×O. D. As shown in the following relationship, the viscosities (μ: Ns/㎡) of barley extracts were influenced by concentration(C : ㎏/㎥) and temperature(T : ℃ ). μ=5.6731×10 exp (-4) e^(2.7×10 exp (-3)×C) μ=3.577×10 exp (-3) e^(-3.02×10 exp (-2)×T)

Global warming due to the increase of greenhouse gases may significantly affect various aspects of the Earth’s environment and human life. In particular, the impacts of climate change on agriculture would be severe, leading to damages to crop yields. This paper examines the experimental prediction of rice yield in China using DNN (deep neural network) and climate model data for the period between 1979 and 2009. The DNN model built through the process of hyperparameter optimization can mitigate an overfitting problem and cope with outlier cases. Our model showed approximately 38.7% improved accuracy than the MLR (multiple linear regression) model, in terms of correlation coefficient with the yield statistics. We found that the diurnal temperature range and potential evapotranspiration were the critical factors for rice yield prediction. Our DNN model was also robust to extreme conditions such as drought in 2006 and 2007 in China, which showed its applicability to the future simulation of crop yields under climate change.

Drought is one of the natural disasters that slowly begin to accumulate over a long period. Although there are many kinds of drought indices, one single universally accepted definition does not currently exist, which makes it difficult to evaluate drought severity comprehensively and objectively. This paper describes the comparisons of satellite-based drought indices such as SPI (Standardized Precipitation Index), NDDI (Normalized Difference Drought Index), NMDI (Normalized Multi-band Drought Index), VHI (Vegetation Health Index) and SDCI (Scaled Drought Condition Index) to analyze agricultural drought in Korea. Through an experiment using the five drought indices, we found that VHI and the SPI2 calculated from 2-month accumulated precipitation were highly correlated and appropriate to express agricultural drought in South and North Korea. Also, the SPI2 and VHI showed close relationships with hydro-meteorological factors and vegetation production variables. For future work, it is necessary to develop a comprehensive drought index which can cover various aspects of drought including precipitation, evapotranspiration, soil moisture, and vegetation state.

본 연구의 목적은 다양한 문화적 배경을 가진 사람들과 효과적으로 의사소통할 수 있는 문화간 의사소통능력을 기반으로 한 온라인 국제교류 순환학습 모형을 개발·적용한 후, 그 효과와 현장 적합성을 검증해보는 데에 있다. 이러한 연구문제를 해결하기 위하여 Sercu(1998)와 Moran(2001) 의 문화 수업 모형과 교사 및 학생 요구조사 결과를 바탕으로 초등 온라인 국제교류 순환학습 모형을 개발하고 현장 적합성 평가를 실시하였다. 실험 수업을 5, 6학년 각 1개 반을 대상으로 하여 약 3개월 간 총 10회에 걸쳐 실시하고, 실험 전․후 검사를 실시하였다. 그 결과 문화간 의사소통 능력의 하위요소인 지식, 기능, 인식, 태도 영역에서 통계적으로 유의한 수준의 향상이 발견되었다. 마지막으로 본 연구 결과를 토대로 온라인 국제교류 순환학습의 차후 실행과 후속 연구를 위한 제언을 논의하였다.

본 연구에서는 원적외선 방사체로 알려져 있는 준 보석 광물인 옥(jade)의 한 종류인 경옥(jadeite) 파우 더를 함유하는 스킨 케어용 O/W 유화 제형을 제조하였다. 경옥 파우더는 화장품 원료로 기 등록된 옥의 다른 한 종류인 연옥(nephrite) 파우더나, 자외선 차단을 목적으로 화장품에 적용되는 이산화티탄 파우더와는 달리, 아무런 분산 첨가제 없이도 수상에서 한달 이상 안정하게 분산이 유지되며 저점도 유화 제형에 5 wt% 이상 균질 유화기로 용이하게 분산이 가능하였다. 이렇게 제조된 경옥 파우더가 2% 함유된 제형을 피부에 도포하고 피부의 표면 온도변화를 적외선 열 영상 분석기로 측정한 결과 동일인의 안면 피부에 경옥 파우더가 함유된 O/W 유화제형을 도포한 부위가 30 min 경과 시 대조군을 도포한 부위의 온도 대비 평균 약 + 1.5 ℃, 최대 + 2 ℃의 온도차이를 나타내는 것을 확인하였다. 이와 같은 현상의 원인을 보다 분명하게 확인하기 위하여 경옥 파우더 자체를 가온한 뒤 복사에 의한 열 방출을 살펴보았고, 전파장대에서의 흡광 분석, 원적외선 방사율 및 표면 원소 분석을 진행한 결과, 이와 같은 피부 온도 변화는 경옥 파우더의 원적외선 방사 효과에 의존하는 것이 아니라 경옥 파우더의 표면에 노출된 원소들과 스킨케어용 화장품에 높은 비율로 포함되어 있는 물 분자와의 수소결합으로 인해 수분 증발을 억제하여 열에너지의 손실을 막기 때문인 것으로 확인되었다. 결론적으로 경옥 파우더는 화장품용 새로운 보습, 보온 소재로서 활용이 가능하며, 흡광 분석결과로 미루어 보아 이산화티탄과 같은 무기 자외선 차단제와 간단히 혼합 병용하여 자외선 및 유해 가시광선 영역의 차단을 증대시키는 보조 소재로도 유용할 것이다.

The preaent study was conducted to investigate the effect of mixed seeding of three wheat variwties, ‘Anzunbaengimil’, ‘Jokyoung’, and ‘Sooan’, on agricultural characteristics and quality of plants to select the most suitable mixed seeding ratio. We observed that the yield of plants obtained from the mixed seeding combinations was higher than those obtained from single seeding of the three varieties. The yield was high, especially for the combinations ‘Sooan’ and ‘Anzunbaengimil’ (80 and 20%, respectively) and ‘Sooan’ and ‘Jokyoung’ (90 and 10%, respectively). The protein content of the seedlings obtained from the above two combinations was higher than in the seedling of ‘Sooan’. Based on our results, we suggest that mixed seeding of wheat varieties is more effective than single seeding in improving the yield and quality of plants obtained from mixed seeding.

In this study, We analyzed for compressive strength and flexural characteristics of high performance fiber-reinforced cement composite according to PAE polymer mixing (HPFRCC). The results of the experiment, the difference in compressive strength and flexural characteristics properties is generated by PAE polymer incorporation. Analysis results showed that improved mechanical properties relative to the polymers when mixed with the PAE.

This study investigates the direct and indirect effects of anthropogenic aerosols emission on East Asian climate during the winter (December-February) for the period of 1961-1990. Using a globally coupled climate model, HadGEM2-AO, we compare ensemble means between historical runs with and without aerosol emissions. During the 20th century the major contributions to the total Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) over the East Asian region came more from anthropogenic aerosols than from natural aerosols. The increasing total AOD induces the negative radiative in a clear-sky condition, leading to cooling the surface. Indirect effect contributes to the increase in the total cloud fraction, resulting from the increased low-level stratus and stratocumulus clouds. Consequently, the net surface radiative flux becomes negative due to the direct and indirect effects of aerosols. Land surface cooling seems to enhance the landsea pressure gradient in the East Asian wintertime climate, and the associated wind anomalies induce the regional wintertime precipitation amount changes over South China.

This paper described the estimation of corn and soybeans yields of four states in the US Midwest using time-series satellite imagery and climate dataset between 2001 and 2012. We first constructed a database for (1) satellite imagery acquired from Terra MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) including NDVI (Normalized Di°erence Vegetation Index), EVI (Enhanced Vegetation Index), LAI (Leaf Area Index), FPAR (Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation), and GPP (Gross Primary Productivity), (2) climate dataset created by PRISM (Parameter-Elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model) such as precipitation and mean temperature, and (3) US yield statistics of corn and soybeans. ˜en we built OLS (Ordinary Least Squares) regression models for corn and soybeans yields between 2001 and 2010 after correlation analyses and multicollinearity tests. These regression models were used in estimating the yields of 2011 and 2012. Comparisons with the US yield statistics showed the RMSEs (Root Mean Squared Errors) of 0.892 ton/ha and 1.095 ton/ha for corn yields in 2011 and 2012 respectively, and those of 0.320 ton/ha and 0.391 ton/ha for soybeans yields. ˜is result can be thought of as a good agreement with the in-situ statistics because the RMSEs were approximately 10% of the usual yields: 9 ton/ha for corn and 3 ton/ha for soybeans. Our approach presented a possibility for extending to more advanced statistical modeling of crop yields using satellite imagery and climate dataset.

규석은 산업용 원료로 유리, 주물공업 및 화학공업, 시멘트 산업 등 광범위하게 사용되어 왔다. 최근에는 태양광 및 전자산업에서 실리콘의 원료로도 사용되고 있다. 태양 전지급 실리콘 제조시에는 고순도의 규석에 코크스(C)를 혼합하여 아크전기로에서 반응시켜 제조한 순도 99% 정도의 메탈실리콘을 원료로 사용한다. 고순도의 메탈실리콘을 생산하기 위해서는 출발원료인 규석의 순도가 중요하기 때문에 규석의 물리적 또는 화학적 정제를 통한 불순물의 제거가 선행되어야 한다. 규석의 물리적 정제 과정 중 중광물과 경광물을 분리하는 테이블 선광 과정에서 슬라임(Slime)이라는 부산물이 발생한다. 이 Slime은 SiO2 함량이 85% 수준이고 Al2O3를 함유하고 있어 메탈실리콘의 출발원료로 사용이 불가능하다. 하지만 원료 석회석, 점토, 규석, 철광석을 사용하는 시멘트 산업에서는 85%의 SiO2를 함유하고 있는 Slime을 천연원료인 규석을 대체 사용이 가능하다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 규석의 물리적 정제 과정에서 발생하는 Slime을 규석 대체로 사용하는 경우 시멘트 원료로 사용가능성을 검토하고 실험실에서 클링커를 소성, 석고를 혼합/분쇄하여 제조한 시멘트의 특성을 확인하였다. 원료배합 검토결과 Slime의 성분이 천연원료인 규석의 성분과 유사하여 현재 생산하고 있는 시멘트 원료의 배합조건대로 배합이 가능하였으며, Slime의 경우 Al2O3를 포함하고 있기 때문에 Al2O3 획득을 목적으로 사용하고 있는 점토의 배합량도 감소시킬 수 있었다. 배합원료의 소성성 평가 결과 Slime을 활용한 경우에 있어서 현재 생산조건 보다는 소성성이 다소 양호해 지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 실험실에서 소성한 클링커에 있어서는 주요광물인 C3S, C2S, C3A, C4AF의 발달 상태를 현미경으로 관찰한 결과 현재 생산에 사용되고 있는 원료 배합조건으로 제조한 클링커와 비교해 볼 때 큰 차이 없이 양호하게 발달한 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 실험실에서 소성한 클링커에 석고를 첨가하여 분쇄과정을 통해 제조된 시멘트의 품질특성을 평가한 결과 압축강도 및 응결이 KS 기준을 만족함을 확인하였으며, 특히 Slime을 사용하는 경우 압축강도에 있어 초기강도가 증가하는 경향을 나타내었는데 이는 Rietveld 법을 활용하여 클링커 광물 함량을 정량해 본 결과 클링커 광물 중 초기강도에 기여하는 C3S 함량이 증가한 것에 의한 것임을 확인할 수 있었다. 규석의 정제과정에서 발생하는 Slime은 시멘트 원료 중 규석대체로 사용이 가능하며, Al2O3도 함유하고 있기 때문에 점토 사용량도 일부 줄일 수 있었다. 또한 소성성의 경우 다소 양호해지며, 만들어진 클링커를 가지고 제조한 시멘트의 경우 KS 규격을 만족함을 확인할 수 있어, 시멘트 제조용 원료로 공정 및 품질에 대한 영향없이 Slime을 사용할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

Traditionally main driving force of chloride penetration in concrete have been regarded as diffusion, however, large construction such as tunnel elements and foundations for bridges can be placed on large sea water depths where the water pressure is fairly different from the pressure in the splash zone. Moreover, hydrostatic pressure increases in proportional to measured depth from the surface of water because of the increasing weight of water exerting downward force from above. In this study, new experiment method to estimate chloride penetration of concrete under water pressure is introduced. When the life length for such a concrete structure on a large sea water depth is estimated using the normally used models, the concrete test specimen

본 연구에서는 떡쑥 추출물의 항산화 활성 및 활성 성분을 확인하였다. 모든 실험은 떡쑥 추출물의 70%에탄올 추출물, 에틸아세테이트 분획, 아글리콘 분획을 이용하여 진행하였다. DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl)법을 이용한 free radical 소거활성(FSC50)은 에틸아세테이트 분획(6.15 μg/mL)이 비교물질인(+)-α-tocopherol (8.89 μg/mL)보다 높게 나타났다. 루미놀 발광법을 이용한 Fe3+-EDTA/H2O2계에서 생성된 활성산소종(reactive oxygen species, ROS)에 대한 떡쑥 추출물의 총 항산화능(OSC50)은 70% 에탄올추출물의 경우 1.60 μg/mL, 에틸아세테이트 분획의 경우 0.075 μg/mL, 아글리콘 분획의 경우 2.28 μg/mL로비교물질인 L-ascorbic acid (6.88 μg/mL)보다 큰 활성을 나타내었다. 사람 적혈구의 1O2로 유도된 세포손상에 대한 보호효과 실험에서 70% 에탄올 추출물과 아글리콘 분획의 τ50은 10 μg/mL에서 각각 52.0, 60.6 min으로 지용성 항산화제로 알려진 (+)-α-tocopherol (38.0 min)보다 더 큰 세포 보호 효과를 나타내었다. TLC와 HPLC를 이용한 아글리콘 분획의 성분분석 결과 luteolin, apigenin 등이 존재함을 확인하였다. 이상의 결과들로부터 떡쑥 추출물은 라디칼을 포함한 활성산소종을 소거하는 항산화제로서 응용될 수 있음을 시사한다.

We investigated the optimal conditions for keratinase production by feather-degrading Pseudomonas geniculata H10 using one variable at a time (OVT) method. The optimal medium composition and cultural condition for keratinase production were determined to be glucose 0.15% (w/v), beef extract 0.08% (w/v), KH2PO4 0.12% (w/v), K2HPO4 0.02% (w/v), NaCl 0.07% (w/v), MgSO4․7H2O 0.03%, MgCl2․6H2O 0.04% along with initial pH 10 at 200 rpm and 25℃, respectively. The production yield of keratinase was 31.6 U/ml in an optimal condition, showing 4.6-fold higher than that in basal medium. The strain H10 also showed plant growth promoting activities. This strain had ammonification activity and produced indoleacetic acid (IAA), siderophore and a variety of hydrolytic enzymes such as protease, lipase and chitinase. Therefore, this study showed that P. geniculata H10 could be not only used to upgrade the nutritional value of feather wastes but also useful in situ biodegradation of feather wastes. Moreover, it is also a potential candidate for the development of biofertilizing agent applicable to crop plant soil.

Traditionally main driving force of chloride penetration in concrete have been regarded as diffusion, however, large construction such as tunnel elements and foundations for bridges can be placed on large sea water depths where the water pressure is fairly different from the pressure in the splash zone. Moreover, hydrostatic pressure increases in proportional to measured depth from the surface of water because of the increasing weight of water exerting downward force from above. In this study, new experiment method to estimate chloride penetration of concrete under water pressure is introduced. When the life length for such a concrete structure on a large sea water depth is estimated using the normally used models, the concrete test specimen.

Although antioxidant activities of Korean traditional fermented foods were reported by many researchers, study on antioxidant activity of microorganism originated from Korean traditional fermented foods was little. Therefore, we improved condition for antioxidant production by a bacterium isolated from home-made Chungkookjang. We selected a bacterial strain, which showed the highest antioxidative activity, from Chungkookjang and then named GJ. The selected GJ strain was identified as Bacillus methylotrophicus by alignment data of 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequences. Improved medium compositions for DPPH radical scavenging activity were 0.25% sucrose, 1% peptone, 0.01% MgSO4·7H2O and initial pH 6.5, respectively. Optimal culture conditions were 30℃, 200 rpm and 4% inoculum volume, respectively. In improved conditions, DPPH radical scavenging activity of GJ reached to 91% in a short time. The strain GJ also possessed ACE inhibition and other antioxidative activities; ACE inhibition activity (49.4%), ABTS radical scavenging activity (99.8%), metal chelating activity (67.9%), SOD-like activity (36.5%) and reducing power (A700 = 5.982) were observed, respectively. Therefore, our results suggest that B. methylotrophicus GJ strain may be potential candidate for functional foods, cosmetic products for anti-aging and medicine for diseases caused by oxidative stress.

This study was carried out to investigate changes of protease and amylase activities and nitrogen content in Chungkookjang prepared by Bacillus subtilis S8 and different soybean. Amino-type nitrogen and ammonia-type nitrogen contents increased with an increase in fermentation time and was the highest in black soybean Chungkookjang. The number of viable cells increased up to 24 h of fermentation at all temperatures tested; especially, their levels were the highest at 40℃. Protease activity was the highest in black soybean Chungkookjang. α-amylase activity increased significantly up to 6 h of fermentation at 30℃and 40℃and then maintained constantly. It also increased up to 30-36 h of fermentation at 45℃and then decreased. β -amylase activity was the highest in black soybean Chungkookjang at 35℃and 40℃and in yellow soybean Chungkookjang at 45℃. Production pattern of reducing sugar was similar to that of β-amylase. Amino-type nitrogen, viable cell number and reducing sugar content and β-amylase activity was the highest in Chungkookjang fermented at 40℃. Considering amino-type and ammonia-type nitrogen contents, Chungkookjang fermentation using yellow soybean was favorable. However, the fermentation using black soybean was favorable, considering protease and amylase activities and reducing sugar content.