The Asian corn borer, O. furnacalis (Crambidae) and the old world bollworm, H. armigera (Noctuidae) simultaneously cause ear damage in corn in Suwon area. It has been assumed that the second generation of larvae of both insects is responsible for the damage. We, therefore, studied proper spray timing of insecticide in order to reduce the damage. A waxy corn hybrid cultivar, Ilmichal, was sown directly on four plots of a field at April 10, April 20, May 4, and May 18, 2018, respectively. A sodium channel blocker, indoxacarb, was sprayed eight times at 3- or 4-day intervals around the silking stage of corn in each sowing plot. At ear harvest time of each plot, we investigated damaged ratio and length of ear, and the numbers of both insect species. The significantly effective spray timings on reduction of ear damage were the sprays at June 29 and July 2 in the plot sown at April 10, the sprays from July 2 to 13 in the April 20-sown plot, the sprays from July 2 to 19 in the May 4-sown plot, and the sprays at July 19 in the May 18-sown plot, respectively. The damage level was positively related to the insect number. The result indicated that the spray at the silking stage of corn was effective on reduction of ear damage. It was assumed that occurrence time of neonate larvae of the insects at silking stage cause the damage, based on the experimental results using screened pots inoculated with the two species.

In urban areas in Korea, cherry trees belonging to genus Prunus are one of abundant trees. In this study, damage rates and characteristics caused by Synanthedon bicingulata (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) and Aromia bungii (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in cherry trees were investigated. Entrance holes of S. icingulata larvae were found from the most cherry trees planted along road-side verges irrespective of tree ages, while Entrance holes of A. bungii larvae were generally found from old trees above 30 cm in diameter at breast height, especially planted on dry environments, such as pavement roads, wood deck and so on.

Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) is one of the most destructive pest of thin-skinned fruits such as blueberry, strawberry, raspberry, and cherry. We tested effect of fruit damage on the infestation of D. suzukii by using partially peeled blueberry fruits in assays of behavioral choice and development. In choice test, D. suzukii preferred partially peeled blueberry fruit than normal. But in development test, we did not found difference in adult emergence rate between normal and partially peeled blueberry fruit.

2017년 국내 육성 사과 ‘아리수’ 품종에서 노린재류에 의한 피해와 유사한 반점 증상이 확인되었다. 사과 과실 전면에 발생하는 이 반점 증상은 크기가 2∼4 mm이며 진한 갈색, 짙은 고동색으로 반점 중심부가 약간 함몰되는 형태를 가진다. 이 연구는 이러한 반점증상의 원인이 노린재에 의한 피해인지 여부를 알기 위해 수행하였다. 노린재류는 접종 전 채집하였고, 6월 초순부터 ‘아리수’ 사과에 약 15일 간격으로 썩덩나무노린재와 갈색날개노린재를 각각 접종하였다. ‘아리수’ 사과의 수확기인 9월 초순까지 총 5회(6월 상순, 7월 상순, 7월 중순, 8월 상순, 8월 중순) 접종하였으며, 접종후 접종시기별로 피해 양상을 확인하였다. 6월 상순에 노린재에 의해 가해 받은 과실은 비대하지 못하거나 낙과하였다. 다른 시기에 노린재에 의해 가해 받은 접종 1~2일후 흡즙구멍을 확인할 수 있었고, 5일 후부터는 가해 받은 부위 주변이 붉게 착색되는 halo 증상이 나타났다. 노린재류에 의한 ‘아리수’ 사과의 피해양상은, 기 보고된 ‘후지’ 품종에서의 피해양상과 거의 유사하였다. 실험결과 2017년 ‘아리수’ 사과에 발생한 반점증상은 노린재에 의한 것이 아님을 확인할 수 있었다.

We investigated the effect of different exercise intensities on biomarkers of oxidant-antioxidant balance, inflammation, and muscle damage. Eighteen healthy and untrained male subjects were enrolled.Subjects were randomly and equally assigned to a moderate-intensityexercise(MIE, 65%VO2max) group(n=9) or a high-intensity exercise(HIE, 85%VO2max) group(n=9).Blood samples were collectedimmediately pre-exercise, post-exercise, and 60min post-exercisetoexamine oxidant-antioxidant balance(d-ROMs; BAP), inflammation(CRP; fibrinogen), muscle damage(CK; LDH), and lactate. Serum d-ROMs and BAP levels were significantly increased post-exercise compared with pre-exercise levels in HIE group(p<0.05). Lactate levels were significantly increased post-exercise compared pre-exercise levels in both the MIE and HIE groups(p<0.05). In addition, post-exercise serum d-ROMs and plasma lactate levels were significantly higher in the HIE group than in the MIE group(p<0.05). These results suggest that although relatively high-intensity exercises may increase oxidative stress levels in the body, they do not produce inflammatory response and/or muscle damage.

Earthworms have been employed in traditional oriental medicine for the treatment of neurological disorders, as anticonvulsants, analgesics, and sedatives. In fact, earthworms are currently used as a medicinal agent in China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and North Korea. However, both the species and the genus of the earthworms registered in the pharmacopoeia of each country are different. Neural injury is induced by oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis. The role of various synthetic chemicals of earthworms as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agents have been studied and earthworm extract and its components have been shown to protect nerve cells and restore nerve function in various preclinical neuronal damage models. We employed earthworm extracts to provide prevention and treatment strategies for many neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson's disease, mild cognitive impairment, cerebral infarction, and peripheral nerve damage. In this study, we investigated the effects of earthworm extracts and its components to explore their prophylactic and therapeutic effects in various neuropathic models. We used earthworm resources to provide prevention and treatment strategies for many neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson's disease, mild cognitive impairment, cerebral infarction, and peripheral nerve damage. We summarized the protective effects of both earthworms and their extracts on neuropathies. The current study identified some earthworm components to be used in treatment and prevention strategies for nerve disorders and could be helpful for the development of new therapies for intractable diseases.

본 연구에서는 고지방·고콜레스테롤 식이 흰쥐에서 곰보배추 파우더가 간조직의 항산화 효소활성 및 산화적 손상에 미치는 영향을 관찰하였다. 실험군을 4군으로 나누어 정상 식이군, 고지방·고콜레스테롤 식이군, 고지방·고콜레스테롤 식이에 곰보배추 파우더를 5% 및 10% 첨가한 군으로 각각 나누었다. 간 조직 중의 항산화 효소계인 GSH-px, catalase 및 SOD 활성은 정상군에 비해 HF군에서는 감소되는 경향을 나타내었으나 HF군에 비해 곰보배추 파우더 공급군에서 유의적으로 증가되었다. Superoxide radical 함량을 mitochondria 및 microsome에서 측정한 결과 정상군에 비해 HF군에서 유의적인 증가를 나타내었으나 곰보배추 공급으로 유의하게 감소되었다. 특히 microsome에서는 군간의 유의한 차이도 나타내었다. 간조직의 cytosol 및 mitochondria에서 H2O2의 함량에서는 곰보배추 공급군 모두에서 유의적인 감소로 정상군 수준을 나타내었다. 혈청에서 간수치 GOT 및 GPT를 측정한 결과 10%의 곰보배추의 공급으로 HF군에 비해 유의적으로 감소되었다. 간조직의 microsome 및 mitochondria에서의 산화단백질 함량 또한 곰보배추 파우더의 공급으로 유의적으로 감소하였다. 과산화지질의 함량을 간조직에서 관찰 한 결과 고지방·고콜레스테롤 식이로 인해 증가된 과산화지질이 곰보배추 파우더를 공급한 군에서 유의한 감소를 나타내었다. 곰보배추의 공급으로 고지방·고콜레스테롤 식이로 손상된 간조직의 항산화계는 곰보배추 내 함유되어진 여러 생리활성 물질들이 항산화효소의 활성을 증가시켜 체내에서 생성된 free radical에 의한 산화를 억제시켰으리라 사료되어진다. 이로 미루어 곰보배추는 체내 조직의 산화를 억제하는 항산화작용에 효과적으로 기여함을 알 수 있었다.

폴리머 폼은 다공성을 가장 큰 특징으로 하는 재료이기 때문에, 본 연구에서 비가역 열역학 관점을 기반으로 폴리머 폼의 기공 성장 및 합체를 고려한 손상 탄성 구성방정식을 개발하였으며, 개발된 구성방정식은 unilateral 손상의 효과를 고려하였다. 유한요소해석의 적용을 위해 상용 유한요소해석 프로그램인 ABAQUS의 사용자 서브루틴 UMAT을 이용하여 제안된 구성방정식을 수치적으로 구현하였다. 비선형 유한요소해석 결과와 폴리머 폼의 인장 시험 결과와 비교를 통해 제안된 손상 모델의 유효성을 검증하였으며, 제안된 구성방정식의 재료모델상수가 손상에 미치는 영향에 대해 분석하였다.

동해안 산불피해지역에서 참나무 잎 생산량의 시공간적 변이가 초식자의 밀도, 종풍부도 및 초식 피해에 미치는 영 향을 분석하였다. 본 조사지역에서 참나무 잎의 주요 초식자는 나방 유충이었다. 초식곤충의 유충의 종풍부도와 밀도가 가장 높아지는 시기는 8월 중순이었다. 연간 출현한 초식곤충 유충의 60.5%가 8~9월에 집중적으로 출현하였다. 참나무 잎 생산량이 가장 많은 시기는 7~8월이었고, 초식곤충에 의한 피해가 가장 많은 시기는 8~9월이었다. 조사시기와 장소에 따라 참나무 잎 생산량, 초식곤충의 유충밀도 및 종풍 부도는 큰 변이를 나타내었다. 본 조사지역에서 7~8월에 평균 참나무 잎 생산량은 0.96 ton ha-1로 추정되었다. 또한 이 시기에 참나무 잎의 생산량은 0.34~1.89 ton ha-1의 공간적 인 변이를 나타내었다. 8월에 초식자에 의한 참나무 잎의 소비량은 0.15~1.51 ton ha-1의 공간적인 변이를 나타내었다. 참나무 잎의 생산량이 많은 곳일수록 초식자의 종풍부도와 밀도가 증가하는 경향이 있었다. 참나무 잎 생산량의 증가에 따라 초식자에 의한 소비량과 소비비율도 증가하였다. 이 것은 참나무 잎의 생산이 많은 시기와 공간으로 초식자들이 모이는 집중화 반응이 일어난다는 것을 의미한다. 산불피해 지역에서 먹이자원의 시공간적인 이질성과 그로 인한 먹이망의 상위단계에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구는 산불지역 생태계의 구조와 기능을 정량적으로 이해하고 평가하는 데 도움을 줄 수 있다.

Stone pagoda structures have continued to be aged due to the combination of various damage factors. However, some studies on nonstructural damage have been carried out, but assessment studies on structural damage have not been done in various ways. Therefore, in this study, structural and nonstructural influencing factors according to the damage types are classified and the damage assessment according to the structural influencing factors affecting the behavior of the stone pagoda structure is performed. In addition, the damage rating classification criteria for each type of structural damages or damage locations are presented, and the damage index is calculated by providing the criteria for the classification of damage according to the degree of damage to which the damage is caused. Therefore, this study can evaluate quantitatively the damage status of stone pagoda structures.

Among the 8,700 in-service bridges in national highway, the steel bridges cover the 1600 sites and make up approximately the 20 percentage of the total amounts. Due to recent rapid increase both in traffic volume and in frequency of overloaded vehicles, the need for re-evaluating the fatigue life of the steel bridges is increasing. However, the existing fatigue life assessment method are too complicate and difficult to apply to field directly. To improve such deficiency of the existing fatigue life assessment procedures, this study reviews the fatigue life assessment methods in Eurocode and then proposes an easier and simpler fatigue life assessment procedure that could evaluate the remaining fatigue life of the steel bridges using traffic data collected from a high-speed weigh-in-motion system installed in the national highway network. The Proposed fatigue life evaluation method is as follows; 1. Calculation of fatigue resistance 𝛾𝑀f and fatigue strength Δ𝜎𝑐 used in design, 2. Calculation of partial safety factor 𝛾𝐹f for equivalent stress range, 3. Calculation of stress range Δ𝜎𝐸2 using influence line, 4. Calculation of damage equivalent factor λ, 5. Review of Fatigue state and evaluation of fatigue life. The Proposed method can omit the existing complicated and repetitive calculation. Therefore, proposed method can estimate the fatigue damage and the theoretical fatigue life simply by comparing with the existing method.

In Korea, the structure is mostly located on the upper part of the high embankment considering the geographical conditions at the time of expressway construction. Embankment was managed stepwise compaction according to height, but creep settlement of embankment itself may negatively affect superstructure. Reinforced earth retaining walls, which were recognized as flexible structures, were no exception to such geographical conditions. Especially, in the case of reinforced earth retaining wall located on abutment wing wall, damage due to differential settlement supported by pile, damage due to differential settlement and uneven settlement of reinforced earth retaining wall itself was frequently occurred. Therefore, in this study, the damage of reinforced earth retaining wall structure located on the high toe part was analyzed based on case. These data will be used as basic data for future maintenance.

Reinforced earth retaining walls are applied to various fields such as clay part, cut part, adjacent part of structure (alternation, culvert) and reinforcement soil alternation in Korea. Therefore, they are applied more favorably than concrete retaining wall because of its excellent economy and construction. Analysis of reinforced earth retaining wall construction shows that the height is more than 10m higher than that of foreign countries, and when it is applied in multi - stage, it is more than 20m. The reinforced earth retaining wall was introduced in Korea in the 1980s, and the number of years of damage has been increasing due to the fact that the number of public years has been increased to 30 years since it was first applied to the present. Especially, in the case of multi-stage reinforced earth retaining walls having a height of 10 m or more, And the risk of the risk to reach the situation is found. Therefore, in this study, damage characteristics occurred in reinforced earth retaining wall constructed in multi - stage in expressway were analyzed.

In this paper the authors would like to present and share the measurements of load spectra and their modelling for pavement design purposes in the Mexican road network, which due to the intense level of trade with the United States present a very high percentage of heavy vehicles in the flow of vehicles and with high levels of load. Examples of these measurements are given in the country's main transport corridors. Damage spectra are also presented that are associated to each of the different axle types (i.e., single, dual, tandem, tridem or another one) by computing for instance the Miner damage coefficient in the same load ranges used in the definition of the load spectra. Is this frequency distribution of the Miner damage coefficient that is called damage spectra. The damage spectra seem to be a very useful tool to evaluate the pavement expected damage, i.e., rutting or fatigue cracking, induced for a given axle type. Moreover, it can be showed that there is a direct relationship between the forms in load and damage spectra. Some examples are presented to illustrate the damage spectra computations. The incorporation of these load spectra into mechanistic design methodologies and their implications in the definition of public policies for the preservation of the road network are discussed.