This study explores how to integrate the generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool Midjourney into the fashion design process, emphasizing the visualization of sporty fashion concepts. The research applied Midjourney at every stage of the fashion design process: mood board, fashion sketch, flat drawing, production package, fashion show presentation, and store display and sales. Specifically, sporty fashion was selected as the theme, and customized prompts were developed from prior research and design principles to generate visual outputs for each stage. Furthermore, three apparel design experts evaluated the AI-generated images to assess Midjourney’s practical applicability and effectiveness in each phase of the fashion design workflow. Expert evaluations revealed that Midjourney was particularly effective in the early stages, offering diverse and visually engaging imagery that supported creative ideation and mood expression. The tool allowed quick exploration of different silhouettes during the sketching stage but was imprecise in detailed forms and proportions. Limitations became more evident in the flat drawing and work instruction stages, where outputs failed to accurately reflect material textures and technical construction. Prompt refinements and referencebased prompts were tested but often resulted in inconsistent or stylized outputs. Additionally, continuity between stages was missing. Midjourney shows potential as a creative tool, but experts highlight its limitations for practical industry application. Further research is needed to improve prompt optimization and training data for enhanced accuracy and usability in AI-assisted fashion design workflows.

Ecological indicators are tools used to evaluate the state of specific environments by monitoring the ecological characteristics and changes of organisms, and they are widely utilized in environmental monitoring and management. Such indicators should be sensitive to environmental changes, maintain long-term stability, and be easy to investigate and analyze. This study aimed to evaluate whether the spraint density of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) can monitor the state and changes in river ecosystems. Using spraint density data over nine years (2014~2024), we analyzed temporal and spatial changes in otter distribution. Generalized Additive Models were applied to assess annual variability, and spatial clustering and distribution changes were examined using Hotspot Analysis and Geo-SOM (Geo-Self-Organizing Map). The results indicated stable spraint density trends in most sub-watersheds, with higher variability in developed areas. This study highlights the potential of spraint density as a cost-effective and simple ecoological indicator for long-term river ecosystem monitoring.

벌나무(Acer tegmentosum Maxim.)는 국내 고산지대를 중심으로 분포하고 있고 간질환 치 료에 효과가 있다고 알려져 왔다. 본 연구에서는 벌나무 추출물의 기능성 화장품 소재로서의 활용 가능 성을 알아보기 위해 항산화, 항균, 항염증 효능 평가를 수행하였다. 시료 추출은 벌나무 껍질을 사용하 였고 벌나무 70% EtOH 추출물 (ATE)와 벌나무 열수 추출물 (ATW)로 나누어 추출하여 두 추출물의 효능을 비교평가 하고자 하였다. DPPH radical 소거능, ABTS+ radical 소거능, 총 폴리페놀 및 플라보 노이드 함량 측정을 진행한 결과 ATE와 ATW 모두 우수한 항산화 능력을 보였다. 항균 효능 평가 결 과, ATW는 E. coli와 P. aeruginosa에 대해 ATE보다 우수한 항균 효과를 보였으나, ATE는 S. aureus 에 대해 ATW보다 우수한 항균력을 보였다. 항염증 효능을 알아보기 위해 세포 독성 평가, NO 생성 측정, Western blotting 실험을 진행한 결과 ATE는 6.25 및 12.5 μg/ml에서 세포독성 없이 NO 생성 을 유의하게 감소시키고 iNOS 및 COX-2의 발현을 억제하여 우수한 항염증 효과를 보였다. 이 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 Acer tegmentosum Maxim. 추출물을 기능성 화장품 소재로 활용할 가능성을 제안한 다.

This study was conducted to confirm whether domestic fruit tree pruning residues can replace sawdust, which is the main ingredient of mushroom medium. The five types of fruit tree pruning residues collected were from apples, pears, peaches, grapes, and citrus. The basic components of these residues were analyzed. The pH ranged from 5.2 to 7.0, the Total carbon(T-C) ranged from 46.0% to 47.2%, the Total nitrogen(T-N) ranged from 0.5% to 0.9%, and the moisture content ranged from 12.4% to 14.2%, which was identified as an appropriate range for growing mushrooms. In order to confirm the possibility of mycelial growth of oyster mushroom "Suhan", column tests were conducted based on the conventional medium(poplar sawdust 49.5: cotton seed hull 27.3: beet pulp 12.7: cotton seed meal 10.5, v/v). As a result of incubation at 25°C for 28 days, grape branches showed the fastest growth at 143 mm compared to the control, which showed 135 mm. The yield per bottle was comparable, with grape branches(134g/bottle) and control(139g/bottle). Additionally, the quality of the fruiting bodies was comparable across all Processed lots. It means grape branches can be used as alternative sawdust materal. In the future, it is expected that using by-products as substitutes for carbon sources and main ingredients will help reduce farm production costs and protect the environment.

이수식 쉴드 TBM 공법에서 발생하는 부산물인 필터케이크를 유동성 채움재로의 재활용 가능성을 평가하기 위해 다양한 기초 실험을 수행하였다. 필터케이크를 굵은골재 및 잔골재와 혼합하여, 필터케이크의 함량 비율을 증가시키면서 세 가 지 배합(Case 1, Case 2, Case 3)을 구성하였다. 강도 발현을 위한 바인더로는 보통 포틀랜드 시멘트를 사용하였으며, 물- 시멘트비(w/c)를 변화시켜 플로우 시험, 블리딩 시험, 압축강도 시험을 통해 유동성 채움재로서의 가능성을 평가하였다. 시험 결과, 필터케이크 함량이 증가할수록 혼합물의 유동성은 저하되었으며, 이를 보완하기 위해 혼합수의 양을 증가시 키며 적정한 범위의 유동성을 확보하도록 하였으나, 혼합수의 양이 많아질수록 압축강도가 크게 감소하는 경향을 보였 다. 특히, 필터케이크 함량이 가장 높은 Case 3에서는 이러한 현상이 두드러지게 나타났으며, 반면 필터케이크 함량이 적 은 Case 1에서는 상대적으로 높은 강도가 발현되었다. 또한, 필터케이크 함량이 적을수록 혼합물의 유동성은 혼합수량에 민감하게 변화하였다. 블리딩은 필터케이크의 혼합 비율에 영향을 받았으며, 필터케이크 함량이 가장 높은 Case 3에서 블리딩이 가장 적게 발생하였다. 이는 필터케이크의 높은 수분 흡수율이 블리딩 감소에 영향을 미친 것으로 판단된다. 즉, 유동성, 강도, 블리딩 사이의 균형을 맞추기 위한 적절한 배합비 설정을 통해 TBM 공법 부산물인 필터케이크는 유 동성 채움재로 재활용 가능성이 높을 것으로 평가하였다.

전통적인 도로건설 재료인 시멘트 콘크리트 및 아스팔트 콘크리트는 생산과정에서 이산화탄소 등 대기 유해물질을 발생시키고, 자율 주행관점에서 자율주행 및 전기차 운행을 위한 디지털 센서 기반의 첨단기술 적용이 어려워 이를 대체하기 위한 미래 지향적 도로건설 소재 및 완전자율주행을 지향하는 기술 개발이 필요한 실정이다. 세계적으로 친환경 기술 개발 수요와 동반하여 전기, 수소차 등 친환경 모빌리티 기술과 자율주행 기술에 대한 기술적 진보가 지속적으로 이루어지고 있다. 국내의 경우, 첨단 모빌리티 분야를 국가전략기술로 지정하고 단기적으로 Lv4/4+, 장기적으로 완전자율주행 개발을 목표로 많은 연구와 정책들이 추진되고 있다. 자율주행 레벨이란 미국 자 동차공학회(SAE : Society od Automotive Engineers)가 제시한 자율주행 기술 수준 단계로, Lv.1 비자동화, Lv.2 운전자 보조, Lv.3 부분 자 동화, Lv.4 조건부 자율주행, Lv.5 고등 자율주행, Lv.6 완전 자율주행의 총 6단계로 구성된다. Lv 3.의 경우 주행 중 다양한 돌발 상황 및 주변 사물들을 모두 인식하고 이에 대응할 수 있지만, 부득이한 경우 운전자가 운전할 필요가 있다고 자동차가 판단할 경우 운전자 가 개입하여 운전하는 수준이며, Lv 4.의 경우 특정 환경(구역, 날씨 등)에서는 자동차가 모든 자율주행 기능을 지원, 어떠한 상황에서도 운전자가 개입할 필요가 없는 수준을 말한다. 현재는 조건부 자율주행, Lv 3.에서 자율주행 Lv 4, 즉 고등 자율주행 단계로 넘어가는 시 점이나 영상기반의 현 자율주행 시스템은 악천후 시 자율주행차가 안전하게 주행할 수 있도록 지원하는데 어려운 한계를 가지고 있다. 이와 더불어 자율주행과 관련된 기술과 주행 안전성을 담보하기 위한 도로 인프라, 즉 도로의 재료, 기하구조 문제(노면상태, 차로상태, 도로안내표지 등을 인식하는 문제)에 대한 대안 제시 필요성도 대두되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 현 자율주행 문제의 한계 극복 및 탄소배출 저감이 가능하도록 자율주행 센서 등 다양한 첨단 센서의 적용이 용이한 재활용 플라스틱 소재에 대한 도로 인프라 적용 가능성을 검토하고 기초 실험을 통해 강도측면에서의 재활용 플라스틱의 도로인프라 적 용 가능성을 확인하였다.

This is a case study of tandem learning using a metaverse platform in a Vietnamese-Korean language course. It aimed to explore more efficient foreign language teaching methods beyond traditional approaches. To achieve this, the study provides an in-depth look at the course structure that incorporated tandem learning, the interactions between learners on the metaverse platform, and survey results reflecting their learning experiences and perceptions of this particular approach. This study is significant in that it provided a new learning environment using the metaverse, enabling more active participation from learners. It also integrated the tandem learning method, which allows learners to actively participate in the mutual language acquisition process as both target language learners and as instructors or experts of the partner’s target language. Furthermore, the study is meaningful for its specific attempt to design tandem learning classes using the metaverse, particularly for Vietnamese-Korean classes.

This study analyzes students’ use of ChatGPT prompts to explore its potential as a supplementary feedback tool in English writing classes. Thirty-one pre-service teachers participated and were divided into high, middle, and low groups based on their self-evaluation, standardized test scores, and essay scores prior to receiving ChatGPT feedback. The data sources included their two essays, ChatGPT prompts, questionnaires, and transcripts from the second writing conference. The ChatGPT prompts and questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and the writing conference transcripts were examined to understand the participants’ use of prompts. The results showed participants used prompts 40 times in the first assignment and 175 times in the second assignment. The average prompt usage increased from 1.5 times in the first assignment to 6.7 times in the second assignment. In terms of students’ levels, the high group used more prompts (5.58 times) than the middle (5 times) and the low groups (1.75 times). Notably, students who used ChatGPT commands five times or more were mostly from the high and middle groups. Differences in prompt usage patterns were also identified, with the high and middle groups engaging in more continuous and interactive conversations with ChatGPT. Students expressed satisfaction with ChatGPT’s feedback, particularly in vocabulary selection, grammar correction, and sentence generation.

이 연구의 목적은 과학기술 시대 교육 기법으로서 코칭 기법 활용 가능성을 탐색하여 교육 현장에서의 적용 가능성을 모색하는 데 있다. 문헌 연구를 통하 여 가능성을 탐색한 결과는 다음과 같다. 과학기술 시대 교육 기법으로서 코칭 기법 활용 가능성은 높은 것으로 나타났다. 그 이유는 교수 설계 이론과 접목해 본 결과 교수 설계 이론의 절차에 코칭 기법을 적용할 수 있었다. 또한 코칭의 핵심은 경청을 기반으로 질문을 통하여 피드백하는 의사소통이기 때문에 과학 기술 시대 핵심역량 중 하나인 의사소통 역량을 육성하는 데도 적합한 것으로 확인하였다. 향후 코칭 기법을 수업에 적용하여 검증해 보는 후속 연구가 있기 를 기대한다.

The predator-prey interaction in freshwater ecosystems is a crucial area in the ecological study field and one of example to find such interaction is to investigate stomach contents. However, traditional method through visual inspection often induce misidentification, as it depends critically on intactness of physically visible data. In this study, we utilized Next-Generations Sequencing (NGS) technology to test the applicability stomach content analysis and overcome such limitation. NGS was applied to analyze the stomach contents of the Hemibarbus labeo, Tachysurus fulvidraco, and Plecoglossus altivelis collected in the lower part of Nakdong River. As a result, T. fulvidraco had a higher number of Animalia operational taxonomic units (OTUs) intake rate than H. labeo. At the same time, P. altivelis had higher number of Plantae OTUs intake rate than T. fulvidraco and higher Protozoa OTUs intake rate than H. labeo respectively. Therefore, NGS technology application enable to overcome traditional method’s limitation and discover hidden interspecific interaction which can further be used in appropriate habitat assessment.

The process of biological invasion is led by the dynamics of a population as a demographic and evolutionary unit. Spatial structure can affect the population dynamics, and it is worth being considered in research on biological invasion which is always accompanied by dispersal. Metapopulation theory is a representative approach to spatially structured populations, which is chiefly applied in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology despite the controversy about its definition. In this study, metapopulation was considered as a spatially structured population that includes at least one subpopulation with significant extinction probability. The early phase of the invasion is suitable to be analyzed in aspects of the metapopulation concept because the introduced population usually has a high extinction probability, and their ecological·genetic traits determining the invasiveness can be affected by the metapopulation structure. Although it is important in the explanation of the prediction of the invasion probability, the metapopulation concept is rarely used in ecological research about biological invasion in Korea. It is expected that applying the metapopulation theory can supply a more detailed investigation of the invasion process at the population level, which is relatively inadequate in Korea. In this study, a framework dividing the invasive metapopulation into long- and middle-distance scales by the relative distance of movement to the natural dispersal range of species is proposed to easily analyze the effect of a metapopulation in real cases. Increased understanding of the mechanisms underlying invasions and improved prediction of future invasion risk are expected with the metapopulation concept and this framework.

본 연구는 Passiflora caerulea 추출물의 항산화 활성 및 멜라닌 생합성 억제 효과 측정을 통해 화장품 소재로서의 활용 가능성을 확인하고자 하였다. Passiflora caerulea 추출물은 70% 에탄올로 추출하 였고, TEAC assay를 이용한 ABTS radical 소거능을 측정하였다. 또한 Neutral red assay를 이용한 세포 생존율, DCF-DA를 통한 세포 내 ROS 생성 억제, 멜라닌 생합성 억제 효과를 측정하였다. 연구결과, Passiflora caerulea 추출물의 ABTS radical 소거능은 농도 의존적 소거활성이 확인되었으며, positive control(양성대조군)로 이용한 trolox와 0.1 mg/mL 농도에서는 유사한 radical 소거 활성을 확인하였다. CFDA를 통한 세포 내 활성산소종(ROS) 생성은 농도 의존적으로 억제되었고, B16F10 melanoma 세포에 대한 세포 독성은 나타나지 않았다. 또한 α-MSH로 유도된 멜라닌 생합성 억제 효과를 확인하였다. 따라 서 본 연구를 통해 Passiflora caerulea 추출물은 화장품 소재로서의 활용 가능성이 있는 것으로 판단된다.

Various optical devices are utilized to fire artillery in Korean Army. To transport and store the optical devices, some cases are made up for a set. The covers of cases are made of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic(GFRP) and resin. Because of materials of case, it has a disadvantage in productivity for manufacturing covers and assembling components. In this study, ABS resin is presented for alternative and verify possibility through FEM analysis. Comparing with GFRP, max stress-ratio of ABS is decreased 19.6% for bottom, 8.2% for side and 25.4% for edge. Also each strain is changed 17.3%, 180.3% and 17.7%. According to the research results, ABS resin is considered possible for alternative. And the number of components is decreased for around 73.8%.

본 연구에서는 1500℃ 이상의 극한 열 환경에서 사용되는 소재인 SiC (silicon carbide) 섬유를 복합방적사로 제조 한 후에 원단을 제직하고 제직된 원단의 역학적 특성을 KES-FB system으로 측정하고 측정된 역학적 특성 값으로부 터 착용성능을 분석하여 방화복으로의 활용 가능성을 알아보았다. 그 결과 직물의 역학적 특성에서는 인장선형성 (LT)과 인장레질리언스(RT), 전단강성(G)을 나타내는 값이 원사의 제조형태에 따라서 그 특성 값의 차이를 보였으 며, 직물의 두께와 평량, 밀도 값이 전단히스테리시스(2HG)와 압축레질리언스(RC) 값에 영향을 준다는 것을 알 수있었다. 의복착용 성능에서는 착용 시 부피감을 나타내는 두께에 대한 압축에너지의 비(WC/T) 값에서 SiC 복합방적 사로 제조된 직물의 값이 가장 우수한 값을 타나내었으며, 방염성능에서는 SiC 복합방적사로 제조된 직물이 탄화길 이와 잔염시간에서 KFI 성능기준을 만족하여 방화복으로서의 활용이 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다.

In general, trans-membrane pressure (TMP), flux, filtration resistance are used as indicators to evaluate the degree of fouling in MBR. However, they have limitations in determining the level of EPS generation, which is known as an important factor of fouling. Therefore, a new evaluation method is required to monitor the amount of EPS generation. In this study, the applicability of capillary suction time (CST), which is used to measure the dewaterability of sludge, was evaluated as an indirect fouling evaluation index. Statistical analysis was performed to evaluate the effect of EPS on CST, and to determine whether EPS has high similarity with representative fouling evaluation indicators and CST, and quantitatively compared them. As a result, the correlation coefficient between CST and bEPS was 0.7988, which was higher than the correlation coefficient between filtration resistance and bEPS. Since bEPS is a major factor inducing fouling by affecting the formation of the cake layer, it was evaluated that CST, which has a high correlation with bEPS, is suitable to represent EPS. In addition, it was evaluated that the correlation coefficient between filtration resistance and CST was high as 0.7187, which could be used as a fouling evaluation index.

Learning Chinese through animation can be of great help to balanced language learning as you can access not only language but also culture. This study extracted and analyzed the vocabulary of the July 8th, 2016 Chinese animation [Big Fish & Begonia] as evaluated by HSK grade. Among the total number of vocabularies and expressions observed, the average proportion of the ‘basic HSK’ grade vocabulary is 53.95% and the average proportion of the ‘modified HSK’ grade vocabulary is 96.98%, which is very meaningful in learning. The composition ratio of HSK grade for each section was generally constant and the difficulty was constant. The animation [Big Fish & Begonia] contains various vocabulary for learning Chinese and is an educational content that embodies the cultural colors and characteristics of China well for children and adult learners in the early stages of learning Chinese. A very positive educational effect can be expected for the development of Chinese language skills, and the possibility of its use is also very high.