Background: Ankle sprains occur frequently among humans who undertake various body movements. Diverse walking environments and dual tasks, that can affect ankle sprains, have been studied. However, there is a lack of research on inter-trial variability according to the changes in gait speed. Objects: The purpose of this study was to compare the adaptive ability of walking between the subjects with chronic ankle instability and healthy adults while performing a walking task with different walking speeds. Methods: In this study, 24 people in the chronic ankle instability group and 24 people in the healthy ankle group were selected as subjects. The length of the pre-measurement and the actual walking measurement were both set to 4.6 m. Once the subjects entered the measurement section, they changed their gait speed according to the randomly assigned speed change. Gait was measured twice and the average value was used for the analysis. Results: The coefficient of variation (CV) of cycle time in subjects with chronic ankle instability showed a significant difference in all cases except when the subjects changed their speed from preferred to slow and from slow to preferred. The CV of step length demonstrated a significant difference in all cases except for the change from slow to preferred and from preferred to fast. The cycle time and step length differential showed a significant difference only when the subjects changed the speed from slow to fast. Conclusion: The subjects with chronic ankle instability were found to have significantly reduced walking adaptability while performing inter-trial variability tasks with different gait speeds compared to healthy subjects.

Maintaining sea superiority through successful mission accomplishments of warships is being proved to be an important factor of winning a war, as in the Ukraine-Russia war. in order to ensure the ability of a warship to perform its duties, the survivability of the warship must be strengthened. In particular, among the survivability factors, vulnerability is closely related to a damage assessment, and these vulnerability data are used as basic data to measure the mission capability. The warship's mission capability is usually measured using a wargame model, but only the operational effects of a macroscopic view are measured with a theater level resolution. In order to analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of a weapon system in the context of advanced weapon systems and equipments, a warship's mission capability must be measured at the engagement level resolution. To this end, not the relationship between the displacement tonnage and the weight of warheads applied in the theater level model, but an engagement level resolution vulnerability assessment method that can specify physical and functional damage at the hit position should be applied. This study proposes a method of measuring a warship’s mission capability by applying the warship vulnerability assessment method to the naval engagement level analysis model. The result can be used as basic data in developing engagement algorithms for effective and efficient operation tactics to be implemented from a single unit weapon system to multiple warships.

In recent years, deaths and missing people have continuously occurred due to man overboard (MOB) and suicide on passenger ships. However, due to the complex deck structure and enlargement of passenger ships, closed-circuit television (CCTV) coverage is limited, and it is difficult to prevent accidents for all passengers with limited crews. Therefore, a real-time system for detecting high-risk blind spots on passenger ships is needed through risk analysis. This study used a combination of the following three risk factors to calculate and evaluate the risk of MOB and suicide by deck area of the passenger ship: 1) distance away from guard rails, 2) the visibility of CCTV, and 3) ship operating conditions. Based on the survey from experts, risk scores of MOB and suicide accidents by deck area on a passenger ship were yielded.

집약적이고 장기적인 양식어업 활동은 많은 양의 유기물을 발생시켜 퇴적환경과 생태계를 악화시켜왔다. 정부에서는 양식어장 의 환경 보전과 관리를 위해서 어장관리법을 제정하였고 이를 근거로 2014년부터 어류 가두리 양식장에 대한 어장환경평가가 실시되었 다. 따라서 어장환경평가를 위해 국내 환경에 적합한 과학적이고 객관적인 평가방법의 개발이 필요하였다. 이를 위해 저서다모류 군집과 양식장의 주 오염원인 유기물의 관계를 이용한 저서생태계 건강도지수(BHI)를 개발하였고, 본 연구에서는 저서생태계 건강도지수의 개발 과정과 계산방법을 소개하고자 한다. 저서생태계 건강도지수는 국내 연안역과 양식장에서 출현한 225종의 다모류를 대상으로 퇴적물 내 총유기탄소량의 농도 구배와 종별 분포특성을 연관지어 4개의 그룹을 나누고, 각 그룹에 가중치를 부여하는 방식으로 계산된다. 저서생 태계 건강도지수를 이용하여 저서동물군집을 4개의 생태등급(Grade 1: Nomal, Grade 2: Slightly polluted, Grade 3: Moderately polluted, Grade 4: Heavily polluted)으로 나누었다. 개발된 지수를 현장에 적용한 결과, 기존의 평가방법인 다양도 지수나 국외에서 개발된 AMBI와 비교해 보 다 정확하고 계절의 영향을 적게 받아 우리나라 환경을 평가하기에 효과적인 것으로 판단된다. 또한 저서생태계 건강도지수를 사용하면 어장환경을 정량화된 수치에 따라 등급화 할 수 있어 양식장 환경관리에 효율적으로 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

Biocide dichlofluanid breaks down quickly and accumulates easily in sediment, potentially causing a persistent impact on various marine organisms. We analyzed the potential toxicity of dichlofluanid on major aquaculture species in Korea, Undaria pinnatifida. Female gametophytes of U. pinnatifida were exposed to dichlofluanid at concentrations of 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 mg L-1, and their survival and relative growth rate were analyzed. The no observed effect concentration (NOEC), lowest observed effect concentration (LOEC), and median lethal concentration (LC50) for female gametophyte survival were determined as 1, 2, and 10.82 (95% CI: 8.87-13.23) mg L-1, respectively. The NOEC, LOEC, and median effective concentration (EC50) for relative growth rate were 1, 2, and 6.58 (95% CI: 6.03-7.17) mg L-1, respectively. Female gametophytes of U. pinnatifida were expected to experience toxic effects at concentrations above 2 mg L-1 of dichlofluanid. These research findings are expected to serve as important reference data for evaluating the toxicity effects of U. pinnatifida in its early life stages when exposed to dichlofluanid.

This study was conducted to select indicators for assessing national biodiversity. For this purpose, 140 biodiversity-related indicators were identified as a result of inventorying biodiversity-related indicators used in Korea and abroad, and when these indicators were applied to the pressure, status, and response indicator system, it was found that status indicators accounted for the largest number of indicators, with 29 pressure, 59 status, and 44 response. We also categorized the status indicators into genes, species, habitat, function, and quality, and found that species and habitat indicators accounted for the majority. Pressure indicators were categorized into direct exploitation, pollution, alien species, climate change, and habitat change. As a result, it was found that direct exploitation and pollution accounted for most of the pressure indicators. In addition, this study used internationally used indicator selection criteria to establish criteria for selecting domestic biodiversity assessment indicators. Using this list of indicators and indicator selection criteria, we evaluated the prioritization of domestically applicable biodiversity indicators through relevant expert consultations. 1) Vegetation class, 2) Land cover indicators, and 3) Change of protected area ranked highly. In fact, these indicators have been used in many studies due to the availability of assessable data. However, most of the highly scored indicators are based on ecosystem area, and further consideration of ecosystem functions and components (species) is needed.

of hazardous risk factors, risk estimation and determination steps by reflecting the trend of overseas risk assessment. METHODS : In deriving, estimating and determining risk factors, comparing the procedures presented by the ILO with the domestic guidline to find out the differences in procedural. and, According to the domestic manual, after setting the criteria for determining a deterministic perspective, analyze the risk assessment data of a specific domestic company and three overseas risk assessment research data to analyze the differences in methodology domestic and abroad. RESULTS : Within the country, there is a possibility that a deterministic view may be applied to all stages of procedure, and certain corporate data to the risk estimation and determination stage. In the case of overseas, the trend of applying deterministic perspectives to the risk determination stage was confirmed. CONCLUSIONS : Present the need for a standard model for improving deterministic methods in the other two stages, excluding risk determination in the domestic evaluation procedure.

Herbicide-resistant transgenic rapeseed (TG rapeseed) was developed by inserting phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT, bar), a modified gene from the soil bacterium Streptomyces hygroscopicus, into the genome of a conventional variety of rapeseed (Youngsan). The TG rapeseed used for the test was confirmed to express the PAT gene by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and immunostrip. Feeding tests were conducted with Cyprinus carpio to evaluate the environmental risk of TG rapeseed, including the herbicide resistant gene. C. carpio was fed 100% ground rape suspension, TG rapeseed, or non-genetically modified (GM) counterpart rapeseed (Youngsan). As a result, the feeding test showed no significant differences in the cumulative immobility or abnormal response between C. carpio samples fed on TG rapeseed and non-GM counterpart rapeseed. The 48 h-LC50 values of the TG rapeseed and the non-GM counterpart rapeseed were 3,376 mg/L (95 % confidence limits: 3,169 - 3,596 mg/L) and 2,682 mg/L (95 % confidence limits: 2,267 – 3,123 mg/L), respectively. The rape NOEC (no observed effect concentration) value for C. carpio was suggested to be 625 mg/L. Based on these results, there was no significant difference in the toxicity for non-target organisms (C. carpio) between the TG rapeseed and non- GM counterparts.

PURPOSES : In this study, the resources and energy consumed to produce hot mix asphalt mixtures and hot mix reclaimed asphalt mixtures in asphalt concrete plants were estimated and the emissions from the detailed processes of the production process were evaluated based on TRACI(the tool for the reduction and assessment of chemical and other environmental impacts). METHODS : To estimate the energy consumption of the aggregate drying process, which consumes a significant amount of energy in the production process, an energy consumption calculation model based on the thermal equilibrium equation was used, and the energy consumed for material transportation, storage, and operation of other facilities was cited from the literature. RESULTS : For the system boundary conditions established and the inventory considered, the emissions to produce one ton of hot mix reclaimed asphalt mix are greater than the emissions to produce one ton of hot mix asphalt mix for a number of key impact categories. The process of producing hot mix reclaimed asphalt mixtures was evaluated to consume more resources and energy in the production of recycled aggregates and heating for drying than in the production of hot mix asphalt mixtures, but less resources and energy in the production of binders and natural virgin aggregates and the heating to heat these materials. CONCLUSIONS : The results of the emissions assessment using the life cycle inventory for the production of hot mix asphalt mixtures were generally similar to the results understood in the field and in much of the literatures, confirming the reliability of the methodology. However, in order to evaluate the dominance of specific processes or mixtures, it is believed that the construction of a wide range of inventory databases after inventory redesign is necessary for a specific and rigorous assessment.

본 연구는 전원주택단지를 대상으로 한 경관영향평가에서 진행하고 있는 각 단계별 계획항목과 내용 등에 대한 분석을 바탕으로 체계적인 경관영향평가 수립을 위한 기초자료를 제시하는데 주안점을 두 었다. 각 평가항목 별 중요도는 전문가 설문을 바탕으로 수행하였으며, 구체적인 분석방법으로는 기술 통계분석, 요인분석, MCB분석 등의 통계분석방법이 사용되었다. 분석결과 평가항목의 중요도 평균은 5.73(7)으로 높게 나타났으나 ‘이용자 안전을 고려한 가로시설물 시설계획’의 중요도가 6.38(7)로 가장 높게 나타난 것에 비해 문헌분석 출현빈도는 8%로 나타나 그 중요도에 비해 기존 경관영향평가에 활용 된 평가항목은 미흡했던 것으로 분석되었다. 평가항목은 33개의 평가항목이 7개의 평가항목 군과 3개 의 경관영역에 유형화되어 평가항목 리스트로 구성되었다. 평가항목 군별 중요도 분석결과 모두 5점 이상으로 높게 나타났으며, 그 중 색채 군에서 6.04로 가장 높게 나타났다. 본 연구는 문헌분석으로 도출 된 평가항목이 전문가 설문 분석결과 대부분 중요도가 5점대 이상으로 높게 나타나 경관영향평가 평가 항목 리스트에 적용함에 무리가 없을 것으로 판단된다.

The study is aimed at exploring impacts of self-assessment on students’ self-regulated learning and satisfaction at a university setting. Twenty-one students taking a foreign language pedagogy course participated in the study. Weekly self-assessment was assigned for 8 weeks to see if it improved students’ self-regulated learning. Student questionnaire was collected twice on the 7th and the 15th week; in addition, in-depth interviews were conducted to gather students’ perceptions of self-assessment in terms of its benefits and drawbacks. Findings based on quantitative and qualitative analysis are as follows. Firstly, significant positive impacts of self-assessment were found in all three domains of self-regulated learning: cognitive, motivational, and behavioral. Secondly, students found self-assessment overall satisfactory and useful in their studies. In-depth interviews further revealed that self-assessment helped to regulate their study behaviors effectively, which, in turn, led to a better understanding of the subject matter and greater participation in class activities. At the same time, however, some students expressed some burden as a drawback of self-assessment. Pedagogical implications and research suggestions for future study were discussed.

Recently, China has published the “Security Assessment Measures for Outbound Data Transfers,” a crucial regulation on outbound data flows. This regulation contains strong national security considerations and produces independent and direct legal effects compared with other assessment systems in China’s laws. However, there is a possibility that conflict arises between these measures and the international commitments made by China due to the ambiguity in how "critical data" is defined, the excessive emphasis placed on self-risk assessment, and the arbitrary extension of procedures. Particularly, with China's current application to join the CPTPP, the restrictive measures of its cross-border data flow may appear to violate the obligation of CPTPP, but may be justified through CPTPP’s exception clauses. In light of this, it is necessary for China to adopt a more modest approach to balancing data security with the effort made to promote the flow of cross-border data.

Velvet antler is widely used as a traditional medicine, and numerous studies have demonstrated its tremendous nutritional and medicinal values including immunity-enhancing effects. This study aimed to investigate different deer velvet extracts (Sample 1: raw extract, Sample 2: dried extract, and Sample 3: freeze-dried extract) for proximate composition, uronic acid, sulfated glycosaminoglycan, sialic acid, collagen levels, and chemical components using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time-of-light mass spectrometry. In addition, we evaluated the cytotoxic effect of the deer velvet extracts on BV2 microglia, HT22 hippocampal cells, HaCaT keratinocytes, and RAW264.7 macrophages using the cell viability MTT assay. Furthermore, we evaluated acute toxicity of the deer velvet extracts at different doses (0, 500, 1000, and 2000 mg/kg) administered orally to both male and female ICR mice for 14 d (five mice per group). After treatment, we evaluated general toxicity, survival rate, body weight changes, mortality, clinical signs, and necropsy findings in the experimental mice based on OECD guidelines. The results suggested that in vitro treatment with the evaluated extracts had no cytotoxic effect in HaCaT keratinocytes cells, whereas Sample-2 had a cytotoxic effect at 500 and 1000 μg/mL on HT22 hippocampal cells and RAW264.7 macrophages. Sample 3 was also cytotoxic at concentrations of 500 and 1000 μg/mL to RAW264.7 and BV2 microglial cells. However, the mice treated in vivo with the velvet extracts at doses of 500–2000 mg/kg BW showed no clinical signs, mortality, or necropsy findings, indicating that the LD50 is higher than this dosage. These findings indicate that there were no toxicological abnormalities connected with the deer velvet extract treatment in mice. However, further human and animal studies are needed before sufficient safety information is available to justify its use in humans.