The utilization of methyl bromide (MB) for quarantine purposes has been hampered by its designation as an ozone-depleting substance under the Montreal Protocol. The International Plant Protection Convention's (IPPC) call for alternatives to MB and a reduction in its usage. There is an urgent need to explore and implement substitutes. Despite some substitute agents like EDN being developed for wood, EDN has been limited due to various factors such as occupational risks. This study focuses on evaluating the efficacy of Sulfuryl Fluoride (SF) as a viable alternative fumigant against Reticulitermes speratus, one of major wood destroying pests. Experimental trials conducted at ambient temperature (23°C) revealed promising results, with SF demonstrating LCT50 and LCT99 values of 30.87 mg·h/L and 42.53 mg·h/L, respectively. Under low-temperature conditions (5°C), SF remained effective but with slightly higher LCT50 and LCT99 values of 151.62 mg·h/L and 401.90 mg·h/L, respectively. The penetration test, conducted using R. speratus-infested pine wood cubes, further highlighted SF's efficacy, with LCT50 and LCT99 values of 31.59 mg·h/L and 53.34mg·h/L at 23°C, indicating powerful penetration capabilities. When tested at a loading ratio of 90% (v/v) at 5.0mg/L for 24 hours in a 500L chamber as a middle-scale trial, SF achieved a 100% mortality, showing its potential as a suitable replacement for MB. These findings suggest that SF could open new markets as an MB substitute and enhance safety at quarantine sites when applied to imported and exported timber.

Data commentary is an important text type in research articles; however, its discourse model is often challenging to access because it is embedded in the upper genres such as textbook, weather forecast, and journal article. This study aims to establish a discourse model of data commentary, with a focus on academic research papers in Economics and Business administration journals. To accomplish this, this study employs Move analysis and SF-MDA(Systemic Functional-Multimodal Discourse Analysis) to investigate the moves of data commentaries and the metafunctional meanings of each step. The results indicate that the data commentary discourse model consists of three moves: (1) summarizing the topic and methodology, (2) representing figure and numbers, and (3) analyzing and commenting on results. Additionally, 22 steps are identified for each move that creates metafunctional meaning: ideational, interpersonal, and textual.

카렐 차페크의 『로봇』은 인간을 위해 로봇이 노동하는 미래 사회를 다룬 SF 문학이다. 작품에서 인공지능 로봇의 발전뿐만 아니라 미래 사회에 대한 유토피 아적, 디스토피아적 시각이 모두 나타난다. 물론 작품은 유토피아적 사고의 한 계를 드러내고, 프랑켄슈타인 신드롬의 재현과 인류의 파멸을 통해 디스토피아 를 연출한다. 이러한 SF적 상상력과 긴밀하게 결합되어 있는 것이 기독교적 요소이다. 작품에서 기독교는 다양한 방식으로 작동한다. 첫째, 인간의 신격화를 비판하는 기능, 둘째, 인간의 파멸을 암시하는 기능, 셋째, 서로 사랑하는 로봇 을 하나의 생명체로 수용하는 기능이다. 그럼으로써 작품에 나타난 기독교적 요 소들은 과학기술의 발전으로 인한 인간의 교만과 탐욕을 경고하는 메시지와 연 결될 뿐만 아니라 로봇을 생명의 시각에서 수용하는 현대 과학자들의 논의와도 결합되어 나타난다. 따라서 􋺷로봇􋺸에서 미래 사회 과학기술의 발전과 주요 논 의에 대한 예견은 SF적 상상력과 종교적 상상력의 결합에 기반한 결과로 인식 된다.

Canine parvovirus (CPV) remains a leading infectious cause of death in canines, especially in young puppies. Though vaccination is being carried out regularly, immunization failures occur, and puppies may be exposed to infection. Virus-like particles (VLPs) act like a subunit vaccine, mimicking the structure of authentic viruses. Therefore, VLPs have the potential to be used as vaccine candidates. Since Viral Protein 2 (VP2), a major structural protein of CPV, is the crucial antigen for CPV, the purpose of this study was to produce a recombinant VP2 of new canine parvovirus-2a using the baculovirus expression system in SF9 insect cells. The results revealed that recombinant VP2 assembles to form VLPs with antigenic properties similar to those of natural CPV, the recombinant VLP can produce a hemagglutination assay (HA) titer (1:210) in SF9 cells. Expression of the recombinant 6-His-tagged VP2 in SF9 cells was confirmed by western blotting. These findings suggest that the recombinant VP2 expressed in this study could be used as an efficient subunit vaccine against CPV infection.

본 연구의 목적은 필립 케이 딕의 과학소설『안드로이드들은 전기 양을 꿈꾸는가?』와『유빅』에서 나타난 SF적 상상력과 종교적 비전을 고찰하는데 있다. 딕은『안드로이드』와『유빅』에서 우리의 세계가 고도의 과학기술과 자본주의로 인해 인간의 탐욕과 불안으로 가득 찬 엔트로피적 세계임을 비판하면서 이것을 해결하기 위한 대안으로 ‘머서주의’와 ‘유빅’이라는 종교적 비전을 제시한다. 딕은 작품에서 ‘머서주의’를 통해 인간 본성의 선과 악을 인정하고 인간 존재의 불완전함을 받아들이고 극복해야 한다고 주장한다. 감정이입을 기반으로 하는 머서주의는 선과 악의 극단적인 대립을 강조하는 전통적 종교의 경직된 사고를 해체하고 자신과 타자의 경험 공유를 통해 자기 구원을 선언할 수 있음 을 재현한다. 또한 로고스로 확인되는 유빅을 통해 구원의 가능성을 제시한다. 이를 통해 딕은 신성은 거룩한 교회나 성소에만 존재하는 것이 아닌 주변과 일상의 삶에서 발견될 수 있음을 이야기하며 종교의 의미가 단순히 믿음의 문제 뿐만 아니라 인간 존재와 공동체적 가치를 실현하는 궁극적인 신념임을 제시한다.

The present study suggests that science fiction is a beneficial teaching resource to encourage students to develop ethical creativity. Liberal arts education is to cultivate a free and/or flexible thinker and introspect humanity and reading literary texts can help enhance ethicality as well as empathic understanding under the contexts of social acts of human relationships and interactions. Including these two features, science fiction suggests how to cope with two-faced future technology with both benefits and harm for humankind. This quality of science fiction helps students think critically but flexibly so as to make thoughtful choices considering humanity. Lowry's The Giver throws a question on the balance between technology and humanity, showing that memory and emotion are the most fundamental and essential value to be true humans. This study presents the reason why literature is beneficial to construct ethical reasoning by identifying the two key factors – memory and emotion – to understand humans and humanity. Also, the study attempts to share some ideas of how to adopt the text to help students enhance ethical/moral thinking skills, discussing the idea of humanity.

This thesis deals with SF narratives about changes to religious life through the development of science & technology. I study the expansion of space-time and the emergence of new religious beings due to the development of science & technology as found in “The Fire Balloons” and “The Man” by Ray Bradbury, and “Ready-made Bodhisattva,” and “At A Tourist Destination,” by Sung-hwan Park. Religious experiences, which are often considered to be a direct encounter with God or a mysterious experience, can be expanded in the age of science and technology. I discuss how religious experience in the scientific & technological age appears in SF narrative based on the subject’s religious perceptions and reflections but not necessarily encountered through religious objects. This ultimately demonstrates the necessity of religious experience of reflexivity on the subjects themselves who live in the science & technology age.

다단기체분리 공정을 수행하기 위해 폴리이미드 중공사막 모듈을 제조하여 혼합기체 N2 : SF6 = 50 : 50에 대한 기체분리특성을 확인하였다. 제조된 중공사막 모듈은 0.5 MPa에서 stage cut을 조절하여 투과 유량, 농도 등의 성능을 측정하 였다. 중공사막 모듈은 1단 분리 테스트에서 N2/SF6 선택도가 높을수록 동일한 stage cut에서 높은 SF6 회수율을 얻을 수 있 었다. 1단 시험결과에 따라 SF6 회수율과 농축농도를 동시에 높이기 위해 2단 기체 분리 테스트 진행함으로써 SF6 회수율 95% 이상, SF6 회수농도 98% 이상을 농축할 수 있었다.

We previously prepared a standardized and purified extract of Salvia miltiorrhiza, PF2401-SF, and showed that it protected against hepatic injury more effectively than ethanol based extraction. In this study, we determined the hepatoprotective mechanisms of PF2401-SF in vivo. Hepatic injury was induced in mice by using carbon tetrachloride (CCl4). Treatment with PF2401-SF (1 or 10 mg/kg, p.o.) significantly reduced the levels of alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST) in the plasma. PF2401-SF treatment resulted in further elevation of the CCl4-induced heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression, which contributed to the PF2401-SF-mediated liver protection. Additionally, PF2401-SF treatment significantly reduced the c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) phosphorylation induced by CCl4. Taken together, these results suggest that the protective effect of PF2401-SF, a standardized fraction of S. miltiorrhiza, against CCl4-induced hepatic injury in mice arises from its induction effect on HO-1 and inhibitory effect on JNK phosphorylation.

We utilize AKARI's slitless spectroscopic capability to detect the 3.3 μm polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) emission and measure star formation (SF) activity for various AKARI programs. First, we obtain 2∼5μm spectra of 20 flux-limited galaxies with mixed SED classes in order to calibrate the 3.3 μm PAH luminosity (LPAH 3.3) as a star formation rate (SFR) indicator. We find that LPAH3.3 correlates with LIR as well as with the 6.2 μm PAH luminosity ( LPAH 6.2). The correlations does not depend on SED classes. We find that ULIRGs deviate from the correlation between PAH luminosities and LIR, while they do not for the correlation between PAH luminosities. We suggest possible effects to cause this deviation. On the other hand, how AGN activity is linked to SB activity is one of the most intriguing questions. While it is suggested that AGN luminosity of quasars correlates with starburst (SB) luminosity, it is still unclear how AGN activity is connected to SF activity based on host galaxy properties. We are measuring SFRs for the LQSONG sample consisting of reverberation mapped AGNs and PG-QSOs. This is an extension of the ASCSG program by which we investigated the connection between SB and AGN activities for Seyferts type 1s at z ~ 0.36. While we found no strong correlation between LPAH3.3 and AGN luminosity for these Seyferts 1s, LPAH3.3 measured from the central part of galaxies correlates with AGN luminosity, implying that SB and AGN activities are directly connected in the nuclear region.

본 연구에서는 PDMS (poly-dimethylsiloxane)와 PEBAX (polyether block amides) 분리막을 이용해 N2, O2, CF4와 SF6의 단일 기체 투과특성에 관하여 연구하였다. 다양한 압력으로 공급된 기체의 투과유량을 진공가압 연속흐름방식으로 측정하였으며, 이를 이용하여 투과도를 산정하였다. PDMS 분리막에서는 상부의 압력이 증가할수록 SF6를 제외한 다른 기체의 투과도는 감소하였다. 또한 SF6의 투과도가 CF4보다 높게 나타나고 있으며 이것은 SF6가 더 높은 임계온도를 가지고 있기 때문이다. PDMS 분리막에서 투과도는 O2 > N2 > SF6 > CF4 순으로 감소하였다. 반면에 PEBAX 분리막에서 기체의 투과 경향은 O2 > N2 > CF4 > SF6 순으로 감소하였다. 이러한 경향은 각 기체의 운동 반경의 크기(AA)(SF6 > CF4 > N2 > O2) 순서와 반대로 나타났다. SF6/CF4의 순수 기체의 선택도는 PDMS 분리막에서 0.7 MPa일 때 2.1로 나타났다.