This study investigated a learning environment that can enhance memory using LED lighting. Thus, it employed experimental verification to evaluate the effect of LED lighting's illuminance and correlated color temperature on long-term memory. The lighting environment was created under six conditions: two illuminance levels of 400 lx and 1,000 lx, and three correlated color temperatures of 3,000 K, 5,000 K, and 7,000 K. The participants of this study consisted of 30 cognitively healthy adults, with an average age of 21.7 years (SD = 1.73). The learning (memory) task used meaningless letters of only seven consonants, and the word fragment completion task measured memory retention after 20 minutes. The results of the study revealed that a relatively dim light of 400 lx, 5,000 K condition yielded the best long-term memory (Mean = 37.67, SD = 14.55), while the 1,000 lx, 5,000 K condition elicited the worst long-term memory (Mean = 25.67, SD = 12.78).

본 연구는 LED 조명의 조도와 과제 난이도가 장기기억에 미치는 영향을 검증하기 위해 실시된 연구이다. 본 연구의 조도는 400 lx와 1,000 lx 조건으로 처치하였으며, 과제 난이도는 4단어 학습(쉬운 과제)과 7단어 학습(어려운 과제)으로 설정하였다. 그리고 학습한 과제의 기억률을 종속변인으로 사용하였다. 본 연구에 참여한 실험참가자는 총 64명이며, 각 조건 당 16명의 참가자가 할당되었다. 연구결과 상대적으로 어두운 400 lx 조건이 68.49%로 1,000 lx 조건의 56.03% 보다 기억률이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 아울러 쉬운 과제 조건이 67.97%의 기억률을 보여 56.55%의 어려운 과제에 비해 기억률이 더 좋은 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 조도와 과제 난이도의 상호작용효과는 통계적으로 유의미성이 나타나지 않았다. 본 연구를 통해 상대적으로 어두운 조건에서 장기기억이 효과적일 수 있음을 재검증하였고, 아울러 장기기억은 요커스-도드슨 법칙을 따르지 않을 수 있음을 간접적으로 탐색하였다.

H2S adsorption characteristics of adsorbent made by drinking water treatment sludge were investigated. For analyses of the manufactured adsorbent, various methods such as scanning electron microscope(SEM), measurements of BET surface area were adopted. As the major adsorption characteristic, breakthrough curve was measured by using a continuous fixed bed adsorption column for operating variables such as aspect ratio(L/D, 3∼9), gas flow rate(0.2∼1.0 liter/min) and type of samples. The experimental results showed that the breakthrough pint decreased with increasing gas flow rate, but increased with increasing aspect ratio. It was also found that the physical and chemical treatments of drinking water treatment sludge are very important for the improvement in H2S adsorption capacity due to property changes of the sludge.

Effects of salinity and standard toxic metals on fertilization and embryo development rates were investigated in the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus nudus. Spawning was induced by injecting 1㎖ of 0.5 M KCl into the coelomic cavity. The fertilization and embryo development rates were below 20% when salinity was 25 psu or lower, but were above 90% when salinity was between 30 and 35 psu. The fertilization and embryo development rates in the control condition (not including Cu and Cd) were greater than 90%, but decreased with a high negative correlation (r) of 0.89 and 0.91 with the increasing of Cu and Cd concentrations, respectively. These results suggest that salinity concentrations for successful fertilization and normal embryogenesis of S. nudus are between 30 and 35 psu, and the biological assays of fertilization and embryo development rates using S. nudus are useful methods for the ecological toxicity test of marine pollution elements.