본 연구는 낙동강하굿둑 개방으로 인한 하구 인근의 식생 변화를 모니터링하기 위해서 현재 식생에 대해서 조사하고, 하구수변식생평가지수를 통해서 식생의 건강성을 평가하였다. 장기모니터링의 첫 번째 조사로 낙동강하구 인근의 6개 구역에 대해서 2021년 7월과 10월 2차례 수행하였으며, 식생모니터링 및 수생식물, 수변식물, 육상식물의 종조성, 분포밀도 조사를 진행하였다. 조사구역 내에서 확인된 관속식물은 82과 192속 230종 1아종 28변종 3품종 262분류군으 로 파악되었다. KREVI를 통한 식생건강성 평가 결과는 1, 6번 구역이 두 차례 조사에서 모두 ‘매우 좋음’ 등급이었고, 2, 4번 구역은 ‘매우 좋음’에서 ‘좋음’으로 2차 조사결과가 낮게 산정되었으며, 3, 5번 구역은 1차 조사에 비해 2차 조사결과가 1등급 상향되었다. 조사구역 대부분의 건강성 등급이 대체로 높게 평가되었다. 기수역 조성을 위한 수문개 방 후 잠재자연식생의 대부분은 갈대군락으로 이루어질 것으로 예상되며, 수역과 인접한 버드나무군락의 경우 다소 면적이 좁아질 수 있으나 군락 형태를 유지하고, 염분농도가 매우 낮은 내륙지역 담수역의 경우 갈대가 대부분을 차지하며, 일부 물억새, 부들 등의 군락이 분포할 것으로 사료된다. 장기모니터링을 통해 이런 예상되는 변화를 관찰하 며, 건강한 기수역이 조성될 수 있도록 하굿둑 개방 운영방안 등 대책이 수립되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

In the field of 3H decontamination technology, the number of patent applications worldwide has been steadily increasing since 2012 after the Fukushima nuclear accident. In particular, Japan has a relatively large number of intellectual property rights in the field of 3H processing technology, and it seems to have entered a mature stage in which the growth rate of patent applications is slightly reduced. In Japan, tritium is being decontaminated through the Semi-Pilot-class complex process (ROSATOM, Russia) using vacuum distillation and hydrogen isotope exchange reaction, and the Combined Electrolysis Catalytic Exchange (CECE, Kurion, U.S.) process. However, it is not enough to handle the increasing number of HTOs every year, so the decision to release them to the sea has been made. Another commercial technology in foreign countries is the vapor phase catalyst exchange process (VPCE) in operation at the Darlington Nuclear Power Plant in Canada. This process is a case of applying tritium exchange technology using a catalyst in a high-temperature vapor state. The only commercially available tritium removal technology in Korea is the Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant’s Removal Facility (TRF). However, TRF is a process for removing HTO from D2O of pure water, so it is suitable only for heavy water with high tritium concentration, and is not suitable for seawater caused by Fukushima nuclear power plant’s serious accident, and surface water and groundwater contaminated by environmental outflow of tritium. Until now, such as low-temperature decompression distillation method, water-hydrogen isotope exchange method, gas hydrate method, acid and alkali treatment method, adsorption method using inorganic adsorbent (zeolite, activated carbon), separator method using electrolysis, ion exchange adsorption method using ion exchange resin, etc. have been studied as leading technologies for tritium decontamination. However, any single technology alone has problems such as energy efficiency and processing capacity in processing tritium, and needs to be supplemented. Therefore, in this study, four core technologies with potential for development were selected to select the elemental technology field of pilot facilities for treating tritium, and specialized research teams from four universities are conducting technology development. It was verified that, although each process has different operating conditions, tritium removal performance is up to 60% in the multi-stage zeolite membrane process, 30% in the metal oxide & electrochemical treatment process, 43% in the process using hydrophilic inorganic adsorbent, and 8% in the process using functional ion exchange resin. After that, in order to fuse with the pretreatment process technology for treating various water quality tritium contaminated water conducted in previous studies, the hybrid composite process was designed by reflecting the characteristics of each technology. The first goal is to create a Pilot hybrid tritium removal facility with 70% tritium removal efficiency and a flow rate of 10 L/hr, and eventually develop a 100 L/hr flow tritium removal system with 80% tritium removal efficiency through performance improvement and scale-up. It is also considering technology for the postprocessing process in the future.

Background: There is a research report that lumbar mobilization for healthy people improves the knee extension angles and Q-angle related muscle activity (Q: quadriceps muscle). However, there is a lack of research on the effect of lumbar mobilization on gait variables such as cadence and gait speed, especially when mobilizing the central part of the lumbar spine from posterior to anterior. Objectives: To examine the effect of lumbar central PA mobilization in healthy people on cadence and gait speed. Design: Pilot study. Methods: There were 34 participants in this study. In the experimental group, lumbar posterior-anterior joint mobilization was performed once in Grade III-IV for 5 minutes, focusing on the segment with reduced movement. In the control group, lumbar posteroanterior mobilization was performed once in a total of Grade I-II for 5 minutes. To measure cadence and gait speed, STT-IWS and iSen System (San Sebastian, Spain) were used. Results: The comparison of cadence between groups, CG (Control group) increased cadence was about 6 more than EG (Experimental group) cadence, but it was not statistically significant. The gait speed of EG and CG was .30- .31, which was similar between the two groups, and the before and after values were also similar. There is no statistically significant difference Conclusion: The cadence and gait speed of the experimental group were not statistically significantly different than those of the placebo group.

This study assessed the changes in the fiber properties of virgin and recovered fibers from lab-scale and pilot-scale depolymerization reactors based on the thermal air oxidation-resistance characteristics. Lab-scale and pilot-scale depolymerization reactors had different depolymerization volumes. Results showed that the lab-scale and pilot-scale peak solvent temperatures were 185 °C and 151 °C, respectively. The lab-scale had highest solvent temperature rate increase because of the small depolymerization volume and the dominant role of the cavitation volume. The structural properties of the recovered and virgin fibers were intact even after the depolymerization and after the pretreatment and oxidation-resistance test. We observed 1.213%, 1.027% and 0.842% weight loss for the recovered (lab-scale), the recovered (pilot-scale) and virgin fibers because of the removal of impurities from the surface and chemisorbed gases. Further, we observed 0.8% mass loss of the recovered fibers (lab-scale) after the oxidative-onset temperature because of the “cavitation erosion effect” from the dominant of the cavitation bubbles. The “cavitation erosion effect” was subdued because of the increased depolymerization volume in the pilot-scale reactor. Therefore, negligible impact of the pilot-scale mechanochemical recycling process on the structure and surface characteristics of the fibers and the possibility of reusing the recovered fibers recycling process were characteristic. Representative functional groups were affected by the thermal oxidation process. We conducted HPLC, HT-XRD, TGA– DSC, XPS, SEM, and AFM analysis and provided an extensive discussion of the test thereof. This study highlighted how misleading and insufficient small-lab-scale results could be in developing viable CFRP depolymerization process.

Epididymal sperm cryopreservation provides a potential method for preserving genetic material from males of endangered species. This pilot study was conducted to develop a freezing method for tiger epididymal sperm. We evaluated post-thaw sperm condition using testes with intact epididymides obtained from a Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica ) after castration. The epididymis was chopped in Tyrode's albumin-lactate-pyruvate 1x and incubated at 5% CO2, 95% air for 10 min. The Percoll separation density gradient method was used for selective recovery of motile spermatozoa after sperm collection using a cell strainer. The spermatozoa were diluted with modified Norwegian extender supplemented with 20 mM trehalose (extender 1) and subsequent extender 2 (extender 1 with 10% glycerol) and frozen using LN2 vapor. After thawing at 37℃ for 25 s, Isolate® solution was used for more effective recovery of live sperm. Sperm motility (computerized assisted sperm analysis, CASA), viability (SYBR-14 and Propidium Iodide) and acrosome integrity (Pisum sativum agglutinin with FITC) were evaluated. The motility of tiger epididymal spermatozoa was 40.1 ± 2.0%, and progressively motile sperm comprised 32.7 ± 2.3%. Viability was 56.3 ± 1.6% and acrosome integrity was 62.3 ± 4.4%. Cryopreservation of tiger epididymal sperm using a modified Norwegian extender and density gradient method could be effective to obtain functional spermatozoa for future assisted reproductive practices in endangered species.

Background: Although various conventional approaches have been employed to reduce spasticity in neurological rehabilitation, only a few studies have shown scientific evidence for its effectiveness. Thus, we introduced a different concept (Ueda method) of rehabilitation therapy that can complement the limitations of conventional therapy. Objects: This study aimed to investigate the immediate effects of the application of the Ueda method on patients with spasticity after stroke via an electrophysiological study. Methods: We conducted a randomized double-blind pilot study in two rehabilitation hospitals involving 30 stroke patients who were randomly allocated to the Ueda (n = 15) and convention (n = 15) groups. Electromyographic data of six examined muscles in both upper extremities of all patients were recorded. The A-ApA index and activation ratios of upper extremity muscles were evaluated and compared between the groups to confirm post-intervention changes in upper-extremity flexor spasticity and flexion synergies. Repeated-measures analysis of variance was conducted to confirm the therapeutic effect (2 × 2) as a function of group (Ueda vs. convention) and time (pre-/post-intervention) on all outcome measures (p < 0.05). Results: In the Ueda group, the mean A-ApA index values differed significantly before and after the intervention (p = 0.041), indicating a weak evidence level; however, the effect size was medium (d = –0.503). The interaction effects of the A-ApA index between the Ueda and convention groups and between pre-intervention and post-intervention stages were significant (p = 0.012). The effect size was large (np 2 = 0.220). In the Ueda group, the activation ratios of the anterior deltoid fiber significantly decreased after the intervention in all reaching tasks. Conclusion: The Ueda method reduces upper-extremity flexor spasticity and changes its synergy in stroke patients and should be considered a rehabilitation therapy for spastic stroke patients.

목적 : 작업기반 가정방문 작업치료 중재를 통해 신경행동 문제와 일상생활활동 및 작업수행에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 연구방법 : 본 연구는 14명을 모집하여 무작위 배분으로 실험군 7명, 대조군 7명을 나누었고, 대조군은 사전·사후 평가만 실시하였고, 실험군은 주 2회, 총 8회기동안 작업기반 가정방문 작업치료 중재를 제공 하였다. 결과 : 작업치료 중재를 실시한 실험군에서 전반적 신경행동손상의 감정적/정서적 장애, 그 밖의 장애 항목과 구체적 신경행동손상의 조직화/순서화 항목에서 유의미한 장애 감소가 나타났으며, 일상생활활동 옷 입기 항목에서도 유의미한 기능 증진이 나타났다. 작업수행에서는 수행도와 만족도 항목에서도 유의미한 증진이 나타났으며, 중재를 실시하지 않은 대조군에서는 모든 항목에서 유의미한 변화가 나타나지않았다. 결론 : 작업기반의 가정방문 작업치료 중재를 실시하여 신경행동 문제와 일상생활활동 및 작업수행의 변화를 확인하였다. 본 연구를 지역사회에 거주하는 뇌졸중 환자를 위해 다양한 중재를 적용하기 위한 근거로 활용하길 권고한다.

Since 2015 China has been actively developing the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot areas. They are one of the mechanisms that the PRC has been promoting international trade in the digital era. Enterprises registered in the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot areas enjoy preferential tax policies and may draw upon the support measures delivered by provinces and municipalities. The State Council also introduced the “Six Systems and Two Platforms” principle which revolutionized the sphere of public administration of crossborder e-commerce trade. This helps to solve many the problems concerning taxation, customs clearance and logistics. Analysis of Chinese legislation and local regulations illustrates that the PRC elaborated a new type of economic zone integrating small and medium sized enterprises into the global trade market. A comparison of Chinese policy with a Russian initiative to introduce new experimental regimes for foreign online trade shows that both states could cooperate by establishing a joint mechanism for cross-border e-commerce promotion. Russia also could use China’s experience in order to launch its own system of cross-border e-commerce support.

In September and October 2020, combined acoustic and trawl surveys were conducted in the northwestern sea of Jeju Island. In the survey area, a region, so called Jeju region, was designated to esimate the biomass of chub mackerel and jack mackerel using a trawl survey method and frequency difference method. In the September survey, the weight ratios of jack mackerel and chub mackerel to the total catch were 24.6% and 2.8%, respectively, and in the October survey, those ratios were 24.9% and 20.7%, which were used to calculate their biomass (trawl survey). Using the frequency difference range (–8 to –3dB) corresponding to two species in 120 and 200 kHz, their biomass was estimated (frequency difference method). As a result, the biomass of two species from the trawl method was 3252.3 tons in September and 5777.0 tons in October. The estimated biomass by the frequency difference method was 4926.6 tons in September and 7521.5 tons in October. It was the first trial to estimate the biomass of two species using the trawl and frequency differencing methods in South Korea although there were some differences between two methods. In addition, horizontal distributions of acoustic backscattering strength over the entire survey area were mapped.

도선사가 되려는 사람은 선장 경력을 갖추고 도선수습생 전형시험과 도선사 시험에 합격한 다음에 해양수산부장관의 면허를 받아야 한다. 우리나라는 정부에서 도선 수요를 감안하여 도선사 면허의 수(數)를 제한하고 있어서 도선사 면허를 위한 도선수습생전형시 험은 절대적 평가기준 없이 응시자 시험성적에 따라 상대평가를 실시함에 따라 문제의 소지가 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 도선사 시험제도 에 대한 문제점을 도출하여 개선방안을 제시하는데 있다. 본 연구에서는 국내 도선사 시험제도 변천 내역을 조사하였고, 도선사 자격기준 에 관한 국제기준을 분석하고 현직 도선사 77명에 대한 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 연구의 결과로써 국내 도선수습생 전형시험의 개선방 안과 도선사 자격증명 제도개선의 단계적 실행방안을 제시하였다. 본 연구의 결과가 도선사 자격증명에 관한 정부의 정책 개발뿐만 아니 라 관련 학술적 기초자료도 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

Using environmental DNA (eDNA) in the fisheries and oceanography fields, research on the diversity of biological species, the presence or absence of specific species and quantitative evaluation of species has considerably been performed. Up to date, no study on eDNA has been tried in the area of fisheries acoustics in Korea. In this study, the biomass of a dominant species in the northwestern waters of Jeju Island was examined using 1) the catch ratio of the species from trawl survey results and 2) the ranking ratio of the species from the eDNA results. The dominant species was Zoarces gillii, and its trawl catch ratio was 68.2% and its eDNA ratio was 81.3%. The Zoarces gillii biomass from the two methods was 7199.4 tons (trawl) and 8584.6 tons (eDNA), respectively. The mean and standard deviation of the acoustic backscattering strength values (120 kHz) from the entire survey area were 135.5 and 157.7 m 2 /nm 2 , respectively. The strongest echo signal occurred at latitude 34° and longitude 126°15’ (northwest of Jeju Island). High echo signals were observed in a specific oceanographic feature (salinity range of 32-33 psu and the water temperature range of 19-20℃). This study was a pilot study on evaluating quantitatively aquatic resources by applying the eDNA technique into acoustic-trawl survey method. Points to be considered for high-quality quantitative estimation using the eDNA to fisheries acosutics were discussed.

최근 자기공명영상 획득을 위한 시뮬레이션 도구가 개발되어 오랜 시간이 소요되는 임상 연구를 대체할 수 있게 되었다. 이에 본 연구에서는 MRiLab 시뮬레이션을 사용하여 부가인자인 에코 시간의 변화에 따라 경사에코 펄스 시퀀스가 적용된 뇌 T2 강조 영상을 획득하여 영상의 신호 및 노이즈의 변화를 정량적으로 평가하고 경향성을 파악하고자 한다. 이를 위해 실제 MRI 장비를 기반으로 새롭게 개발된 MRiLab simulation tool을 사용하여 모든 파라미터를 같게 고정한 후 TE만을 20~95 ms범위에서 5 ms 간격으로 각각 설정하여 경사에코 펄스 시퀀스가 적용된 뇌 T2 강조 영상을 획득하였다. 획득된 영상들의 신호 및 노이즈 특성 변화를 정량적으로 평가하기 위해 신호대잡음비 및 대조대잡음비를 측정하였다. 결과적으로, TE가 증가할수록 SNR은 감소하고 CNR은 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 이는 TE가 증가할수록 관심 영역으로 설정된 뇌척 수액 신호는 일정하게 유지되는 반면 노이즈는 증가하였으며, 백그라운드로 설정된 백질의 경우 신호가 감소함과 동시에 노이즈가 증가한 것이 원인으로 분석된다. 결론적으로, 진단에 용이한 경사에코 펄스 시퀀스가 적용된 뇌 T2 강조 영상을 획득하기 위해서는 그 목적에 따라 적합한 TE를 설정하는 것이 중요함을 확인하였다.

목적 : 기존의 안구운동 검사에서 몇 가지 개선을 통해 임상에서 활용 가능한 안구운동 검사를 제안하고자 한다. 방법 : NSCUO 검사를 기반으로 검사가 가진 단점을 간단한 하드 및 소프트웨어를 적용하여 개선하였다. 하드 웨어로는 노트북, 모니터, 웹캠, 투명 격자 용지와 소프트웨어로는 MS office를 이용한 타깃, 검사 과정 녹화에 필요한 BandicamⓇ, 그리고 검사자가 관찰하는 모니터 화면을 분할하기 위한 WinSplit Revolution 9.02Ⓡ 이다. 개선된 안구운동 검사로서의 객관성과 신뢰성을 위하여 정상 성인 12명을 대상으로 검사의 반복성 및 신뢰도를 위해 검사자 한 명이 저장된 안구운동 결과 영상을 2주 후 재검사한 검사-재검사 신뢰도, 두 검사자가 하나의 검사 결과 영상을 평가한 결과를 비교한 검사자 간 신뢰도를 확인하였다. 결과 : 기존의 NSUCO 검사에서 추가된 하드 및 소프트웨어를 이용하여 개선된 검사로서 검사-재검사와 검사자 간 신뢰도를 비교하였다. 두 검사 비교 모두 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았으며(p<0.050), NSUCO 검사와의 신뢰도 비교에서도 높은 신뢰도를 보였다. 결론 : 개선된 안구운동 검사는 기존 NSUCO 검사 환경을 객관화하여 검사-재검사와 검사자간의 신뢰도를 높여 임상에서 활용 가능한 검사로 확인되었다.

목적 : 본 연구의 목적은 발달장애 아동의 사회성 발달수준을 평가하기 위한 태블릿 기반의 사회성평가를 개발하고 개발된 각 항목의 예비타당도를 연구하고자 함이다. 연구 방법 : 문헌 고찰을 통해 발달장애 아동과 관련이 있는 사회성 요소들을 선별하고 평가의 구성 개념을 정립하였다. 내용 타당도를 정립하기 위하여 전문가 패널을 구성하여 델파이 조사를 시행하였다. 이후 사회성평가 애플리케이션의 디자인 설계, 개발, 및 사용성 평가 등의 과정을 거쳐 평가를 개발하였다. 개발된 평가의 타당도를 검증하기 위하여 공인 타당도와 판별 타당도를 알아보았다. 공인 타당도 검증을 위해 한국어판 사회적 의사소통 설문지(Korean version of Social Communication Questionnaire; K-SCQ) 및 사회성숙도 검사(Social Maturity Scale; SMS)와 개발된 사회성평가 점수 간의 상관관계 를 분석하였다. 판별 타당도를 알아보기 위하여 정상발달 아동 32명과 발달장애 아동 16명과의 사회성 평가 결과를 평균 비교 분석을 시행하였다. 결과 : 연구 결과 총 3개의 대분류 안에 8개의 세부 평가항목으로 구성되었다. 세부 평가항목으로는 지시따르기, 모방, 주의공유, 전상징기적 지식, 상징행동, 규칙이해, 감정지각, 조망수용이 있다. 각 항목에 대한 구성 및 과제 적절성을 델파이 조사결과 모든 항목이 CVR .8-1로 나타났다. 사회성평가의 모든 항목에서 정상발달아동과 발달장애아동의 수행결과가 통계적으로 유의미한 것으로 나타났다(-5.1, p = .000). 아울러 K-SCQ 및 SMS 점수와 개발한 사회성 평가 점수간의 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다(-.69, .57, p < .01). 결론 : 본 연구에서는 태블릿 기반의 사회성 평가항목을 개발하였고, 각 평가항목과 구성이 타당한 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 개발된 사회성평가를 통해 발달장애 아동의 사회성 발달수준을 평가할 수 있고, 향후 임상과 교육현장에서 널리 활용되기를 기대한다.