흰점박이 꽃무지 유충은 식품원료로서 영양적 가치가 우수하지만 소비자의 기호도 개선을 위해 가공공정기술의 적용을 검토할 필요가 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 흰점박이 꽃무지 유충을 다양한 추출 공정(온수, 열수, 초음파, 고압 추출)으로 처리하여 추출물을 제조하였고 유리아미 노산 함량과 지방산 조성의 변화를 관찰하였다. 유리아미 노산 함량 및 조성은 모든 추출물에서 향상되었다. 특히 고압추출물에서 유리아미노산 총량과 필수아미노산 분포 비율이 각각 2.9, 4.6배 증가하여 고압 처리가 흰점박이 꽃무지 유충의 유리아미노산 함량 증가 및 조성 개선에 가장 큰 효과가 있다는 것을 확인하였다. 한편 지방산 조성은 초음파 추출물과 고압 추출물에서 개선되었다. 원료에 비해 포화지방산 비율은 감소하고 불포화지방산 비율이 증가하여 기존의 주요 단백질급원인 육류에 비해 불포화지방산 섭취 측면에서 유리할 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 흰점박이 꽃무지 유충은 초음파 추출과 고압 추출에 의해 유리아미노산과 지방산의 품질 특성이 개선될 수 있으므로 해당 추출물은 식약용 소재로서의 활용 가능성이 매우 높을 것으로 판단된다. 또한, 추후 초음파 추출과 고압 추출 공정의 최적화 연구가 이루어진다면 흰점박이 꽃무지 유충의 활용가치는 더욱 높아질 것으로 예상된다.

Hydrolyzed proteins have an advantage over intact proteins in terms of their rate of digestion and absorption. The high-pressure enzymatic extraction (HPE) method has been shown to improve the quality characteristics of hydrolysates from Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis (Kolbe) larvae (PBSL). This study investigated the effects of the HPE treatment period, a key candidate factor, on the quality characteristics of PBSL HPE hydrolysates. The hydrolysates were prepared by HPE for 0, 12, 18, 24, 30, and 36 h under optimized conditions—solid:solvent ratio (1:14 [w/v]), using complex proteases (Alcalase:Flavorzyme:Bromelain = 1:1:1, 4%), treatment temperature (50oC), and pressure level (100 MPa). All quality characteristics tended to be superior with longer HPE treatment periods, most of which had the highest values at 30 h, with no significant difference or a slight decrease after that. The quality characteristics of the PBSL HPE hydrolysates were improved by 1.3-1.7 times under conditions of optimal HPE treatment period.

The study aims to examine whether teaching English through multiple intelligences can suggest one of the solutions for underachievers to facilitate their English learning and restore their learning attitudes. To explore this, the study investigated two research questions: (a) What are the effects of English instruction using multiple intelligences and stories on underachievers’ reading abilities? and (b) How English instruction using multiple intelligences and stories influences on their learning attitudes? The participants of the study were seven fifth-grade underachievers in one elementary school in Seoul. They were first tested what their strong intelligences are and engaged in customized activities based on their multiple intelligences test results during the experiment English classes. The data collected include the read-aloud test, the reading comprehension test, the affective test, students’ learning log and the interview of students and teachers, and these were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The results of the study showed that English instruction using multiple intelligences and stories had statistical significance in increasing underachievers’ reading abilities and changing their learning attitudes positively. This study is valuable in that it strongly calls for the need to consider multiple intelligences and provide customized activities for underachievers to facilitate their English learning and restore their learning attitudes.

Resveratrol was incorporated into various combinations of single- and double-layer nanoemulsions, prepared by selfassembly emulsification and complex coacervation with chitosan, alginate, and β-cyclodextrin, respectively. Resveratrol nanoemulsions were composed of medium-chain trigacylglycerols (MCTs), Tween ® 80, water, chitosan, alginate, and β-cyclodextrin. The corresponding mixtures were formulated for the purpose of being used as a nutraceutical delivery system. Resveratrol nanoemulsions were obtained with particle sizes of 10-800 nm, with the size variation dependent on the emulsification parameters including the ratio of aqueous phase and surfactant ratio. Resveratrol nanoemulsions were characterized by evaluating particle size, zeta-potential value, stability, and release rate. There were no significant changes in particle size and zeta-potential value of resveratrol nanoemulsions during storage for 28 days at 25°C. The stability of resveratrol in the double-layer nanoemulsions complexed with chitosan or β-cyclodextrin was higher, compared with the single-layer nanoemulsions.

This study was performed to investigate the enrichment of pterostilbene content and improvement of biological activity in harvested blueberries through the modulation of metabolism with high pressure treatment at hormetic doses. After harvested blueberries were pressurized under 2, 10, and 20 MPa for 5 min at 25oC along with a set of control, pterostilbene content and induction of quinone reductase activity were observed. As a result, the content of pterostilbene in high pressure treated blueberries was enriched up to 1.33 times while quinone reductase activity was improved compared to the untreated sample. These results suggest that a mild high pressure treatment can enrich pterostilbene content and improve biological activity in harvested blueberries according to hormetic response.

This paper investigates frequencies and changes in usage for grammatical forms in four different reading levels of children’s storybooks. In particular, it is explored whether differing patterns exist in the appearance of grammatical forms from lower to higher reading levels. The data consists of 56 storybooks divided into four reading levels. The texts of each storybook were segmented by sentence and analyzed according to which grammatical forms appear in the texts. The findings reveal that modals, negatives,coordinate clauses, and adverb clauses are the basic grammatical forms to know because readers would encounter these frequently across all storybook reading levels. At higher levels, the grammatical forms showing a notably greater frequency were participles, adjective clauses, infinitives, and interrogatives. Interestingly, a cumulative frequency pattern for grammatical forms was found from easier to more difficult levels. The modals, and subsequently, negatives, adverb clauses, coordinate clauses, and participles become frequently occurring grammatical forms. The paper ends by drawing some pedagogical implications and suggestions.

The purpose of the study is to report and share a reflection on using the ETS Criterion online writing evaluation system in a university setting and evaluate if this system can be a suitable teaching/learning tool for English language learners (ELLs) in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context to facilitate their writing ability. Participants were given a writing prompt to write about in class and entered their writing into the Criterion system to receive feedback. Both quantitative and interpretive analyses were conducted for 129 student writing samples and Trait Feedback Analysis reports. The study revealed that the sentence-level feedback appears to be in urgent need for EFL writers, but Criterion did not provide this kind of feedback. Errors in such aspects as basic sentence structures, subject-verb relationship, awkward meaning construction, and formulaic expressions could not be treated by Criterion at all. In addition, the comparison of teacher feedback and Criterion feedback were discussed in details. This study alerts users to contemplate before use what the purpose of using Criterion is, whether for diagnosis of writing proficiency or as a teaching/learning tool for developing students’ writing ability. Plus, educators should be aware of on which language aspects and features EFL writers necessitate feedback to facilitate their writing development, different from first language (L1) writers.

표면 플라즈몬 공명을 이용한 센서는 굴절계 기기의 일종으로서 높은 감도를 가질 뿐만 아니라 비표지 방식이라는 장점을 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 재래식 SPR 칩을 이용하여 시판 술 4종의 알코올 함량을 측정하였다. 또한, 재래식 SPR 칩의 감도를 개선하기 위하여 금 박막 위에 금으로 나노형상을 구축하여 나노형상 SPR 칩을 제조하여 모형 술에 대한 감도 개선 효과를 분석하였다. 재래식 SPR 칩을 이용하여 시판 술의 알코올 함량을 측정하기 위한 검량선을 개발하였을 때 시료를 전처리 하지 않고 그대로 측정하였을 때 가장 좋은 검량선을 얻을 수 있었다. 소주, 청주, 이과두주, 탁주 등 시판 술 4종에 대한 1차 회귀식의 검량식에서 결정계수는 각각 0.992, 0.933, 0.918, 그리고 0.984로 나타났다. 한편, 재래식 SPR 칩의 감도를 개선하기 위해 나노형상 SPR 칩을 제조하기 위하여 Langmuir-Blodgett(LB) 방법을 활용하였다. 본 연구에서는 수십 nm 두께의 금 박막을 바닥층으로 하여 그 위에 나노 크기의 실리카 입자를 단분자 층으로 덮어 형틀을 제조하고 다시 그 위에 금을 증착한 후 실리카 입자를 제거하는 방법으로 나노형상을 갖는 SPR 칩을 제조하였다. 나노형상 SPR 칩의 성능을 평가하였을 때 20% 알코올 함량을 가지는 모형 술에 대해서 바닥층의 두께가 50 nm, 나노형상에서 골의 깊이가 20 nm, 나노형상의 배열주기가 300 nm일 때 SPR의 감도가 가장 좋아서 95%의 감도 향상을 얻을 수 있었다. SPR의 감도는 칩과 관련된 인자, 시료의 종류 및 상태에 따라 다르게 나타날 수 있으므로 측정 목적에 알맞은 칩의 설계와 선택이 요구된다.

This case study examines the role of scaffolded prewriting activity in accelerating English writing development. Two Korean elementary students were engaged in a journal writing activity after they had read the first part of an informational trade book. During the next session, they had read the second part of the same book and then engaged in a scaffolded prewriting activity and a journal writing activity. The paired journal writing products without or with scaffolds were compared. The outcome of interest in the study included quality of writing and was assessed using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The two students produced better writing in terms of focus, support, and organization when they had the scaffolded prewriting activity. This study suggests that the instructional method of providing strategic writing scaffolds may foster English language learners’ writing skills development.

The accuracy of digital elevation models (DEMs) is crucial for properly estimating flood inundation area. DEM pixel size is especially important when generating flood inundation maps of small streams with a channel width of less than 50 m. In Korea, DEMs with large spatial resolutions of 30 m have been widely applied to generate flood inundation maps, even for small streams. Additionally, when making river master plans, field observations of stream cross-sections, as well as reference points in the middle of the river, have not previously been used to enhance the DEM. In this study, it was graphically demonstrated that high-resolution DEMs can increase the accuracy of flood inundation mapping, especially for small streams. Also, a methodology was proposed to modify the existing low-resolution DEMs by adding additional survey reference points, including river cross-sections, and interpolating them into a high spatial resolution DEM using the inverse distance weighting method. For verification purposes, the modified DEM was applied to Han stream on Jeju Island. The modified DEM showed much better accuracy when describing morphological features near the stream. Moreover, the flood inundation maps were formulated with the original 30 m pixel DEM and the modified 0.1 m pixel DEM using HEC-RAS modeling of the actual flood event of Typhoon Nari, and then compared with the flood history map of Nari. The results clearly indicated that the modified DEM generated a similar inundation area, but a very poor estimate of inundation area was derived from the original low-resolution DEM.