This study divided the coast of Gyeongsangnam-do into three specialized base areas to revitalize tourism on the southern coast and suggested using AAM for movement within base areas. It analyzes the feasibility of advanced transportation means to revitalize coast tourism. It presents a new perspective and the environmental change in the tourism field. The results of this study are expected to have great implications in that it’s applicable to all marine tourism on the southern coast, including Jeollanam-do and Busan, beyond Gyeongsangnam-do.
The consumption of ready-to-eat side dishes is rapidly growing in South Korea. These foods are particularly vulnerable to microbiological contamination as they are often cooked without any treatment, such as heating or stored at room temperature after cooking. Hence, in 2022, we analyzed the ready-to-eat side dishes sold in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea for microbiological contamination. We collected 100 samples from supermarkets in 7 cities, and then examined them for presence of food-borne pathogens and sanitary indicator bacteria. In the analysis of the food-borne pathogens, Bacillus cereus and Clostridium perfringens were isolated from 51 samples (51.0%) and 3 samples (3.0%), respectively. However, both quantitatively met the Korean Food Standards Codex. Genes of five different enterotoxins and one emetic toxin were analyzed from the 51 isolated B. cereus strains. We detected enterotoxin entFM (100.0%), nheA (94.1%), hblC (58.8%), cytK (56.9%), and bceT (41.2%) in 51 isolates, and emetic toxin gene, CER, in only one (2.0%) isolate. We did not detect C. perfringens toxin gene (cpe) that causes food poisoning in any one of the three C. perfringens isolates. In the case of sanitary indicator bacteria, Kimchi had the highest levels of total aerobic bacteria and coliforms, followed by Saengchae, Jeotgal, Jeolim, Namul, and Jorim, respectively. We counted total aerobic bacteria at two different storage temperatures (4oC and 20oC) to determine the effect of storage temperature. When stored at 20oC, total aerobic bacteria count increased in most of the ready-to-eat side dishes, except for Jeotgal. This result conclusively shows the need for refrigerating the ready-to-eat side dishes after purchase. Further research is needed to assess the risk and safety of the ready-to-eat side dishes available in the market and determine appropriate safety management practices.
본 연구는 경상남도 남해군 강진만 식물상 분포를 정량적으로 밝히고, 향후 강진만 생태계를 친환경적으로 관리·보전하기 위한 기초자료로 활용하기 위해 실시하였다. 강진만의 식물상 조사에서 관속식물은 115과 359속 545종 3아종 54변종 10품종의 총 612분류군이 출현하였다. 국화과가 가장 많은 74분류군(12.09%)이 출현하였고, 다음으로 벼과 59분류군(9.64%), 콩과 33분류군(5.39%), 장미과 32분류군(5.23%), 사초과 20분류군 (3.27%) 등의 순이었다. 희귀식물은 고란초, 쥐방울덩굴, 개지치 등의 13분류군이 출현하였고, 구계학적특정식물은 26과 34속 34종 1변종의 35분류 군이 출현하였으며, 한국특산식물은 8분류군이 출현하였다. 귀화식물은 20과 55속 68종 1변종 69분류군이 출현하였으며, 귀화율은 11.3%, 도시화지수는 21.5%였다.
본 연구의 목적은 적지적수 판단에 있어 최근 분류 예측에 활용되고 있는 랜덤포레스트 기법의 적용 가능성을 살펴보는데 있다. 즉, 수종별 조림 적지 판단에 있어 랜덤포레스트 기법을 소개하고 적지적수 도를 작성하여 적용성을 판단하고자 한다. 그 결과 랜덤포레스트 기법의 예측 정확도는 낙엽송 89.29%, 편백 73.89%로 높은 편으로 나타났다. 변수 중요도는 두 개의 수종 모두 표고, 경사, 방위의 순으로 영향력이 높은 것으로 나타났으며 지형, 토성, 토양형이 낮은 영향력을 보였다. 적지적수도 작성 결과, 낙엽송은 경상남도 중부를 제외한 대부분 지역이 가능지와 적지로 나타났으며, 편백은 경상남도의 북동부 지역이 적지로 나타났다. 랜덤포레스트 기법은 적지적수도 작성뿐만 아니라 산림 분야에서 적용되어 왔던 다양한 형태의 분류 및 예측 연구에서 활용 가능성이 높을 것으로 사료된다.
A seasonal chigger-borne disease surveillance program was established at Geoje from March to November of 2018 in Gyeongnam Province, Republic of Korea. Two species of 84 wild rodents were collected by using Sherman traps for Geoje in 2018. Chigger mites were collected from the live-captured rodents to figure out seasonal prevalence of mite species and to identify chigger-borne pathogens. A total of 4,611 chiggers were collected from two species of the rodents in 2018. The chigger mites were collected mainly from A. agrarius (Chigger Index; CI 68.3). A vector of scrub typhus, Leptotrombidium orientale was predominant species (CI 14.9, Species Ratio; SR 27.2%) followed by L. pallidium (CI 14.2, SR 25.9%) and L. scutellare (CI 13.2, SR 24.2%) in 2018. In the results of the isolation of Orientia tsutsugamushi from the chigger mites, no pathogens detected from the DNA of the 171 pools of the mites in 2018, using a Polymerase Chain Reaction method.
Surveillance of the vectors were conducted at a total of 7 locations from March to November, 2018 in Gyeongnam province. In the surveillance, a total of 13 species belonging to seven genera were collected in a total of 15,935 females and 126.5/trap/night (TI; Trap Index) in 2018. Among the collection sites, a bird refuge in Busan, Eulsukdo recorded the highest TI 230.4 (Species Ratio; SR 60.1%) for Cx. tritaeniorhynchus females in 2018. A Cx. tritaeniorhynchus female collected firstly for 2018 in the nation at the pigsty of Busan at 1st April. In the results of isolation of viral RNA from 12 mosquito species including Cx. tritaeniorhynchus, Cx. pipiens, Ae. vexans, Ae. albopictus, and Oc. togoi. Chaoyang virus was positive at a pool of Ar. subalbatus collected at a bird refuge but negative in the other 543 pools (14,295 individuals) in 2018.
A tick survey was conducted to monitor ticks using tick traps attached dry ice and a flagging method at each four sites in Busan, Ulju, and Geoje areas of Gyeongnam Province from April to November, 2018. Haemaphysalis longicornis was the most frequently collected, representing 99.8% in Ulju. A total of 27,247 ticks were collected as H. longicornis (Trap Index; TI 283.2), H. flava (TI 0.3), and Ix. nipponensis (TI 0.3). In the collection environment, a total number of 15,672, 5,798, 4,876, and 901 ticks were collected from glassland, tump, tomb, and mountain path, respectively. On the other hand, H. longicornis and Ix. nipponensis were collected with flaggings at the four sites in Ulju, Busan, and Geoje in May and June, 2018. A total of 1,517 ticks collected H. longicornis (Flagging Index; FI 9.3) and Ix. nipponensis (FI 0.1) in Ulju. Haemaphysalis longicornis were collected 2,183 (FI 13.6) and 1,596 (FI 10.0) in Geoje and Busan, respectively. In the results of the isolation of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS) from the ticks, no pathogens detected from RNA of 557 pools of the ticks using a Polymerase Chain Reaction method in 2018.