High voltage impulse(HVI) has been gained attention as an alternate technique controlling CaCO3 scale formation. Investigation of key operational parameters for HVI is important, however, those had not been reported yet. In this study, the effect of temperature and applied voltage of HVI on Ca2+ concentration was studied. As the applied voltage from 0 to 15kV and the temperature increased from 20 to 60°C, the Ca2+ concentration decreased, indicating that the aqueous Ca2+ precipitated to CaCO3. The Ca2+ concentration decreased up to 81% under the condition of 15kV and 60°C. Rate constant for the precipitation reaction, k was determined under different temper1ature and voltage. The reaction rate constant under the 15kV and 60°C condition was evaluated to 66☓10-3 L/(mmol·hr), which was 5 times greater than the k of the reaction without HVI at same temperature. The increases in k by HVI at higher temperature region(40 to 60°C) was much greater than at lower temperature region(20 to 40°C), which implies temperature is more important parameter than voltage for reducing Ca2+ concentration at high temperature region. These results show that the HVI induction accelerates the precipitation to CaCO3, particularly much faster at higher temperature.

하⋅폐수처리 MBR 공정을 운영함에 있어서 특정 오염물에 따른 멤브레인 회복률 저하를 자주 경험하게 되며, 이에 따른 화학세정 시 막오염 물질 제거에 필요한 약품선택에 많은 어려움을 겪는다. 본 연구의 목적은 하폐수 성상의 MBR 처리 시 발생할 수 있는 Ca 막오염에 대해서 다양한 세정약품 적용을 통한 멤브레인의 회복률 증대 방안을 찾고자 하는 것에 있다. 본 연구는 K 폐수처리시설에서 1년간 운영한 (주)에코니티의 분리막을 샘플링하여 투과도 측정 및 막표면 분석 후 막오염 물질을 우선적으로 확인하였으며, 이에 따른 각종 화학약품의 적용실험을 통하여 최적약품 도출 및 적용성을 평가하고자 하였다.

황금배’에서 염화칼슘 침지 처리에 따른 유통 중 품질을 조사한 결과, 0.5% 염화칼슘 처리구가 20.5-21.3N으로 다소 높게 유지되었다. 과피색의 변화에 있어 적색도인 a*은 무처리구는 -2.62로 가장 높았고, 염화칼슘+ 초음파 처리구가 -3.03~-4.13으로 가장 낮아 과피의 녹색소실이 지연되었다. 유통환경에서 가장 많이 발생한 생리장해는 과육갈변으로 무처리구 과실에서 지수 28로 가장 높았고, 0.5% 농도에서는 침지 13, 초음파병행구 10으로 유의하게 낮았다. FSD 발생은 무처리구에서 지수 9로 칼슘처리구에 비해 발생이 높았고 과심갈변 발생은 처리간 유의한 차이를 볼 수 없었다. ‘원황’를 대상으로 리소포스파티딜에탄올아민(LPE)의 수확 후 처리 효과를 1-MCP 처리와 비교 조사한 결과, 과실 경도는 1-MCP 처리구는 유통과정 중 33N 이상으로 일정하게 유지되는 등 유통 중 경도저하가 낮았으나 유통 21일에 LPE 처리구에서 29.04N으로 다소 낮았다. 생리장해 발생에 있어 1-MCP 처리구는 유통 14일까지 유의하게 생리장해 발생지수가 낮아 효과적이었는데 유통 21일에 FSD 발생이 무처리구 및 LPE 처리구에 비해 2배 증가한 결과를 제외하고는 전반적으로 생리장해 발생이 유의하게 낮았다. 한편, LPE 처리구는 무처리구에 비해서는 생리장해 지수가 낮았으나 1-MCP에 비해서는 상대적으로 높은 결과를 보였다.

본 연구는 수확 전 키토산(100mg·L-1 동량의 염화칼슘 포함) 처리가 황육계 키위프루트 ‘한라골드’ 의 저장 중 품질과 연화에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고자 수행하였다. 키토산 처리 과실은 저장 60일까지 무처리 과실보다 경도가 높게 유지되었고, 전분도 높았지만 에탄올 불용성물질의 차이는 없었다. 수확기의 가용성고형물 함량은 칼슘-키토산 처리에서 낮았으나, 저장 중 전분의 감소와 더불어 지속적으로 증가하여 저장 1개월 후에는 처리간 차이를 보이지 않았고, 유리당(포도당, 과당, 자당) 함량도 유사한 경향이었다. 따라서 수확 전 칼슘-키토산 처리는 과실의 성숙을 지연시켰으나, 후숙 과정에서는 당 축적을 저해하지 않았다. 수확 시의 칼슘-키토산 처리 과실의 수용성 펙틴은 무처리보다 낮았지만 고분자 분획이 더 많았고 반면에 킬레이트 및 알칼리 용해성 펙틴은 대조구보다 높았다. 저장기 간 중 α-L-arabinofuransidase와 pectate lyase의 활성이 칼슘-키토산 처리 과실에서 지속적으로 낮게 유지되었으며 α-mannosidase, polygalacturonase, xylanase, β-galactosidase는 칼슘-키토산 처리의 영향을 크게 받지 않았다. 또한 칼슘-키토산 처리는 세포벽 결합 칼슘을 증가시켜주었다. 결론적으로 수확 전 칼슘-키토산 처리는 과실의 성숙 과정을 지연시키지만 경도를 높여주었고, 후숙(ripening) 이후에는 당도를 비롯한 내적 품질에 영향을 주지 않았다.

Calcium is widely used for calcium supplement, additives. In the case of oyster shell which is intaked for calcium supplement have caused serious problems including environmental pollution because almost of it is thrown out so that is demanded expanding of using. However, there is no examples that develop a high value product available for food industry from oyster shell. In advanced research, It is confirmed that fired oyster shell has Anti-microbial effect and therefore, this study apply the anti-microbial effect of fired oyster shell to rice cake. Control is made by rice flour 300g, water 150mL. Experimental group are made by rice flour 300g, water150mL and Sample A (fired oyster shell), Sample B (fibrous calcium carbonate), Sample C (calcium + citric acid) and Sample D (coral calcium) 0.5wt% respectively. Texture properties are measured by texture analyzer (TA-XT, MHK corp. Korea) 5kg load cell. Rice cake added sample A, B, C had anti-microbial effect and rice cake added sample D had not anti-microbial effect.

Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) hydrolyzes fatty acids from phospholipids at sn-2 position. Two immune-associated PLA2s are known in Spodoptera exigua. Both are calcium-independent cellular PLA2 (iPLA2A and iPLA2B). These iPLA2s are inducible to immune challenge using different epitopes such as virus, Gram+, Gram- bacteria, and fungi. However, their expression profiles are different between these two iPLA2s. Especially, immune challenge with Gram+ bacteria and fungi significantly up-regulated these iPLA2 expression, suggesting their expression under Toll signal pathway. RNA interferences of Toll or IMD signal components are being investigated.

Red meats are important animal foods because of their nutritional aspects, but the over-consumption of red meat produces reactive oxygen species (ROS) caused by heme iron and induces colorectal cancer. The effect of orally administered hemin and calcium provided in drinking water for 6 weeks on colon carcinogenesis was observed in male ICR mice. After the mice were acclimated for 1 week, they received three subcutaneous azoxymethane (AOM, 10 mg/kg b.w.) injections weekly and were provided with 2% dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) via drinking water for the next week. The mice were divided into three groups: the control, hemin, and hemin + calcium groups. The orally administered daily dose of hemin was 2 g/kg b.w., and 0.05% calcium was provided daily via drinking water. Colonic mucosa samples were stained with methylene blue, and then, the numbers of aberrant crypt (AC) and aberrant crypt foci (ACF) were counted. Lipid peroxidation in feces was estimated by thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) assay. The total numbers of AC and ACF per colon in the hemin group were significantly higher than those in the control group. Calcium treatment significantly decreased the numbers of ACF and AC in the colon of mice. The TBARS value in the feces of the hemin + calcium group was significantly lower than that in the feces of the hemin group. These results showed that hemin enhances the formation of pre-neoplastic lesions in the colon of mice and that calcium decreases the risk of colon carcinogenesis.

방울토마토의 수경재배 중 붕소+칼슘+규소 및 칼슘+규소의 복합 엽면시비가 수확 후 품질과 MAP 저장 중 저장성에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 본 연구를 실시하였다. 엽면시비한 방울 토마토(‘Unicorn’)는 반숙 과상태에서 수확하여 산소투과성 필름으로 포장한 5oC, 11oC, 그리고 24oC에서 25일, 15일, 10일간 저장하였다. 붕소+칼슘+규소 복합처리한 방울토마토가 3가지 저장온도 모두에서 호흡과 에틸렌 발생이 억제되어 MAP 저장중 가장 낮은 생체중 감소와 가장 높은 외관상 품질을 보였다. 수확 후 조사한 방울토마토의 경도, 산도, 비타민 C 함량은 붕소+칼슘+규소 복합처리에서 가장 높았으며, 3가지 온도 모두에서 MAP 저장 후에도 모두 높게 유지되었다. 그러나 과피색, 라이코펜 함량과 당도는 수확 후에는 엽면시비 처리로 차이가 없었으나, 3가지 온도 모두 붕소+칼슘+규소 복합처리에서 가장 낮은 수치를 보였다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때 붕소+칼슘+규소 복합처리는 방울토마토의 수확후 생리 작용을 억제하고 경도, 산도, 비타민 C 함량을 높여 저장성을 향상시키는 것으로 판단되었다

Transcellular transport in epithelial cell is a method for absorbing calcium from intestine to blood, providing effective mechanism of utilizing calcium at low calcium intake. In this study, we aimed at theoretically developing a simple mechanistic model explaining transcellular transport in calcium absorption process. Transcellular calcium transport was schematized into 3 steps which were entry, diffusion, and extrusion. Each step was separately modeled to include the specific feature of them. In detail, electro-diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and Michaelis-Menten kinetics were employed to model calcium entry, diffusion, and extrusion, respectively. Then, the developed models were numerically solved to find a solution which simultaneously satisfied 3 models under steady-state assumption. Result of model simulation was consistent with the known behavior of transcellular calcium absorption, showing that transcellular calcium transport became saturated with increase of luminal calcium concentration. Because transcellular calcium transport depends on calcium binding protein mediated by vitamin D we expect that this model can be used to find optimal regulatory point for increasing calcium absorption.

Food fortification is defined as the addition of nutrients at levels higher than those found in the original food to improve nutritional quality. Oyster mushrooms generally contain low calcium. This present study focused on the Ca absorption efficacy of Pleurotus florida using eggshell powder, oyster shell powder and agricultural lime. Various concentrations (0%, 2%, 4%, 6%, 8% and 10%) of different calcium sources were added to the rice straw – based formulation. Duration of days from inoculation to mycelial colonization, primordial formation, fruiting body development were evaluated. Furthermore, the effect of Ca sources on the total yield and biological efficiency were also noted. Results revealed that addition of Ca sources on the formulated substrates generally lengthens time of mycelial ramification, primordial formation and fruiting body development. ESP-supplemented substrate generally increased the size of the cap but not greatly affected the stipe length and diameter of the fruiting bodies. On the other hand, the influence of addition of OSP increases cap size but decreases stipe length and diameter. Finally, for the incorporation of AGL, it was observed that size of cap of the fruiting bodies generally decreased in size, shortened the stipe and influence of AGL to the stipe diameter may vary depending on the concentration. Moreover, Ca supplementation increases the yield, biological efficiency and Ca content of P. florida. The highest yield from the substrate supplemented with eggshell powder was recorded at 8% concentration with 194.80g and biological efficiency of 36.26%. Substrate with 8% oyster shell powder resulted with the highest yield of 176.80g with biological efficiency of 33.92%. For agricultural lime supplemented substrate, the highest yield was observed in 6% concentration with 186.40g and biological efficiency of 35.51%. Optimum Ca content absorbed by P. florida was recorded in 6% ESP (140mg/100g dried sample), 10% OSP (105mg/100g dried sample) and 8% AGL (170mg/100g dried sample). These findings imply that addition of Ca on rice straw-based substrate can significantly improve yield, biological efficiency, and Ca content of the fruiting bodies.

The vase life of gerbera is affected by the hardness of the scape. However, although hardening of the cell wall is thought to be caused by calcium ions binding with pectin, the effect of calcium on the pectin fractions in the scape of gerbera has not yet been described. Therefore, this study assessed the calcium and pectin contents of the gerbera scape during bending. The scape of the gerbera cultivar ‘Harmony’ mostly e xhibited b ending i n the S1 and S 2 sections, and the bent scape had poor hardness compared with a normal, unbent scape. The calcium contents of the S1 and S2 sections of the bent scape were 2.9 mg·L-1 and 2.6 mg·L-1 lower than that of the normal scape. Furthermore, the total pectin contents were also generally lower in t he b ent scape, p articularly in t he S 1 section.

현 국제해사기구(IMO)에서의 선박엔진에서 발생되는 NOx와 SOx 등의 연소 가스 배출에 대한 규제 강화에 따라, 발트 해 연안을 지나는 모든 선박들은 배출되는 연소가스 저감장치를 장착해야 된다. 국내에서도 IMO의 규제에 따른 NOx와 SOx를 저감장치를 개발하고 있으며, 그중에 대표적인 장 치인 Scrubber는 세정액으로 암모니아수와 요소수를 사용하게 되고 사용된 폐 세정액에는 NOx와 SOx 와 반응한 질산암모늄과 황산암모늄이 포함되어 있다. 본 연구에서는 폐 세정액이 포함하고 있는 유용한 부산물을 유기용매를 사용하는 염석법을 적용하여 회수하였다. 질산암모늄과 황산암모늄의 회수방법과 질안석회를 추출 후 회수된 부산물의 정성분석을 위하여, FT-IR 분석을 통하여 물질의 정성적 특성과 화학적 조성을 평가해 보았다. 한편 응집제를 투입하여 질안석회를 침전시켜 비료상의 물질로 회수하였 다. FeSO4 응집제와 CaCl2를 응집보조제로 사용하고 입자의 크기를 키우기 위해 CaCO3를 사용하였다.