Background: Forward head posture (FHP) is a postural alignment of the cervical vertebrae that leads to increased gravitational load on cervical segmental motions. The overhead arm lift test assesses the ability to actively dissociate and control low cervical flexion and move the shoulders through overhead flexion. Objects: The purpose of this study was to explore muscle activities in the upper trapezius (UT), serratus anterior (SA), sternocleidomastoid (SCM), and lower trapezius (LT) alongside changes in head position during the overhead arm lift test in individuals with FHP. Methods: Fifteen subjects with forward head posture and fifteen subjects with normal subjcects were enrolled in this study. The patients performed the overhead arm lift test, and muscle activities of the UT, SCM, SA, and LT were measured using surface electromyography and by evaluating changes in head position. Independent t-tests were used to detect significant differences between the two groups and Cohen’s d was calculated to measure the size of the mean difference between the groups. Results: The FHP group demonstrated significantly increased muscle activity of the UT (32.46±7.64), SCM (12.79±4.01), and LT (45.65±10.52) and significantly decreased activity in the SA (26.65±6.15) than the normal group. The change in head position was significantly higher in the FHP group (6.66±2.08) than the normal group. Effect sizes for all parameters assessed were large between the two groups. Conclusion: The subjects with excessive FHP displayed were unable to fix their heads in position during the overhead arm lift test. The overhead arm lift test can thus be used in clinical settings to confirm control of the neck in these subjects.

Two species of the genus Asiacentistes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are reported in this study. The genus Asiacentistes is a small braconid group distributed in the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions, which has only two species in the world. One of them, Asiacentistes sinica Chen and Belokobylskij is new to Korea. Diagnosis and distribution in East Asia data are included.

Two species of the genus Cosmophorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are reported in this study. Members of Cosmophorus are known as solitary koinobiont endoparasitoids of adults of barkboring and woodboring Scolytidae. The genus Cosmophorus of the subfamily Euphorinae is small in the size and enigmatic in the ecology, which has been recorded in Holarctic, Oriental, Afrotropical and Australian regions. Only five species are known in East Palaearctic. Among them, Cosmophorus (Cosmophorus) klugii Ratzeburg is new to Korea. Diagnosis and distribution data are included.

The gene encoding an esterase enzyme was cloned from a metagenomic library of cow rumen bacteria. The esterase gene (est2R) was 2,120 bp in length, encoding a protein of 516 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular weight of 57,286 Da. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be 57,000 Da by SDS-PAGE. Est2R shared 35.6% amino acid identity with esterase (CAH19079) of uncultured prokaryote. The Est2R was most active at 20-40°C, and showed optimum at 30°C and pH 8.0. The most activity of Est2R for the different chain length of p-nitrophenyl ester group as substrate was p-nitrophenyl acetate. Moreover, the enzyme was found to be most active without organic solvent, followed by 98% active with ethanol, and the enzyme activity was highly affected by the acetonitrile. The enzyme was significantly inhibited by Zn2+ but stimulated by Ca2+. So, novel esterase gene est2R is likely to obtain from cow rumen metagenome and supposed to use for industrial purpose.

A carboxymethyl cellulase gene, cel5B, was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli. pRCS20 in E. coli was identified from metagenomic cosmid library of cow rumen for cellulase activity on a carboxymethyl cellulose agar plates. Cosmid clone (RCS20) was partially digested with Sau3AI, ligated into BamHI site of pBluescript II SK+ vector, and transformed into E. coli DH5α. The insert DNA of 1.3 kb was obtained, designated cel5B, which has the activity of hydrolyzation of CMC. The cel5B gene had an open reading frame (ORF) of 1,059 bp encoding 352 amino acids with a signal peptide of 48 amino acids and the conserved region, VIYEIYNEPL, belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase family 5. The molecular mass of Cel5B protein expressed from E. coli DH5α exhibited to be about 34 kDa by CMC-SDS-PAGE. The optimal pH was 8.0, and the optimal temperature was about 50℃ for its enzymatic activity.

This study was conducted to investigate the physiological activities of the water and methanol extracts from Auricularia auricula-judae(black and brown) and Auricularia polytricha. Largely, anti-oxidant, anti-tumorigenic, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic activities were carried out. DPPH scavenging activity was performed on the anti-oxidant test. MTT assay and nitrite scavenging acitivity were performed on the anti-tumorigenic test. The cancer cell were used to HeLa, A549, HT-29 and MCF-7 and normal cell was used as control. lastly, in the anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic activities, NO assay and α-amyloglucosidase inhibition were performed, repectively.

보다 풍요하고 진실된 예이츠 시 원전 연구를 위한 방법론 개발의 한 일환으로서 시학 설정을 통한 비교연구를 시도하였다. 시학이 시문학 비평의 일반적 원칙을 설정하는 작업이라고 할 때, 예이츠 시와 동양시학을 비교연구 하면서 상호공통점과 그 성격을 발견할 수 있었다. 그 과정에서 선시적 직관적 이해를 중시하면서, 예이츠의 시적 특성을 몇가지 측면에서 정리할 수 있었다. 우선 그의 아일랜드 특성과 동양적, 더 나아가 한국적 정서의 공통성을 이원적으로 살펴보았다. 그 중에서도 감정의 승화과정이 동양적 공통성을 보이며, 한국의 한(恨)과도 유사한 감성 형태를 보여주었다. 다음으로, 그의 시는 드라마 중심보다는 서정시 중심의 표현 형태를 가지며, 그의 시성향은 자기 승화적인 점진적, 발전적, 긍정적 성향을 보이며, 영적 성장의 최후단계에서만 약간 망설이는 정신성이 발견된다. 또 그의 시는 언어중심보다는 총체적 상황(Context) 중심으로 이해되어야 하며, 그의 시는 동양시처럼 전거적(典據的)이기보다는 개인 창조력 중심의 시성이 강하다. 그의 시는 계량적 요소(시형론, 음운 등)보다는 내용적 요소가 중시되어야 한다. 이렇게 잠정적으로 설정된 예이츠 시학의 틀로서 “내전 시대의 명상시(Meditations in Time of Civil War)”의 일곱 번째 시, “나는 증오와 충심(充心) 그리고 무심(無心)의 환영을 보노라(I see Phantoms of Hatred and of the Heart’s Fullness and of the Coming Emptiness)”를 보편적, 비교문학적 해석으로 적용해보았다.

This study introduces the navigational environment database(DB) compiling water depth, sediment type and marine managed areas (MMAs) in coastal waters of South Korea. The water depth and sediment data were constructed by combining their sparse points of electronic navigation chart and survey data with high spatial resolution using the inverse distance weighting and natural neighbor interpolation method included in ArcGIS. The MMAs were integrated based on all shapefiles provided by several government agencies using ArcGIS because the areas should be used in an emergency case of ship. To test the validity of the constructed DB, we conducted a test application for grounding and anchoring zones using a ship accident case. The result revealed each area of possible grounding candidates and anchorages is calculated and displayed properly, excluding obstacle places.

Mosquitoes are carriers of malaria and encephalitis. This study performed for eco-friendly control of mosquitos by using genus Acorus. Several solvents were used for the extraction of genus Acorus; water, ethanol, and methanol. Grinded leaves and roots were also included. Acorus extracts killed mosquito larvae and the ethanol extract showed the best result. Autoclaved Acorus water needed long time to kill mosquito larvae. LT50 of 1 % Acorus calamus decoction was 13.6 hrs and 1 % autoclaved Acorus water was 53.6 hrs. LT50 of 0.05% Acorus calamus rhizome powder was 28.5 hrs. LT50 of 0.5% Acorus calamus leaf powder was 10.8 hrs. LT50 of 0.1 % Acorus calamus decoction was 63.4 hrs and 0.1 % Acorus calamus ethanol extracts was 48.6 hrs and 0.1% Acorus calamus methanol extracts was 53.9 hrs. LT50 of 0.4% Acorus gramineus decoction was 45.5 hrs, 0.4% ethanol extracts was 10.9 hrs, 0.4% methanol extracts was 10.2 hrs. LT50 of ethanol extracts was shorter than other extracts. Acorus calamus rhizome powder could be used for the eco-friendly control of the mosquito larvae.