The purpose of this study was to determine the optimum extraction method suitable for the availability of biological activities in unripe apples known to be rich in functional components. Unripe apples ‘Hongro’ picked on May 28th, 2019 were extracted by various extraction methods (hot water, ethanol, enzymatic pre-treatment, ultrasonic wave, and subcritical water) and their extracts were investigated yield, effective component contents, and antioxidant activities. Overall, the yields by the extraction solvent were higher in water than in organic solvent(ethanol) because water-soluble compounds were eluted from a polar solvent. Total phenol contents of the ultrasonic wave (ethanol) extracts were significantly higher in 6 times than hot water extract. Contents of flavonoid were highest in the ethanol extract at 29.14 mg QE/g. Contents of tannin and ursolic acid were also significantly higher in the ultrasonic wave (ethanol) extract. The DPPH radical and ABTS radical scavenging activities were the strongest in the ultrasonic wave (ethanol) extract. Correlation between effective components and antioxidant activities was high in the total phenol content with ABTS and the ursolic acid content with DPPH (p<0.01). The above results suggested that ultrasonic wave (ethanol) extract of unripe apples has the potential to act as a functional material.

Punishment is an important method for the ruling class to discipline criminals and alert people. According to historical records, a systematic punishment system was already existent during the Xia Dynasty. The “Ancient Five Punishments” recorded in Book of Documents occupies an important position in ancient Chinese punishments. Because they were all corporal punishment and the execution methods were extremely cruel so they were abolished in the Han Dynasty. The execution process of corporal punishment depends on the use of various knives. Therefore, punishment in ancient China is closely related to the “knife”. Shuo Wen Jie Zi contains a large number of Chinese characters related to punishment, and they are closely related to the “Ancient Five Punishments”. “刵（Er）”, as an ear-cutting penalty, can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty or even earlier, and has similar meaning with the words “聝(Guo)” and “取（Q u）”. “㓷（Yi）” and “劓(Yi)” are variants of each other, and they were widely used as a penalty for cutting the nose only before the Han Dynasty. “刖(Yue)” means the punishment of cutting the legs, which has same meaning with the words “剕(Fei)” and “跀(Yue)”, but it was different from the word of “膑(Bin)” though they have similar meaning. The three characters “ (Xing)”, “刭(Jing)” and “刎(Wen)” can be explained by each other, and they all refer to the punishment of beheading. “罚(Fa)” means punishment for minor crimes. This word and the word of “刑(Xing)” meaning the punishment for serious crimes constitute the phrase of “刑罚(Xingfa)” in Chinese.

After nuclear power plants are permanently shut down and decommissioned, the remaining irradiated metal components such as stainless steel, carbon steel, and Inconel can be used as neutron absorber. This study investigates the possibility of reusing these metal components as neutron absorber materials, that is burnable poison. The absorption cross section of the irradiated metals did not lose their chemical properties and performance even if they were irradiated over 40-50 years in the NPPs. To examine the absorption capability of the waste metals, the lattice calculations of WH 17×17 fuel assembly were analyzed. From the results, Inconel-718 significantly hold-down fuel assembly excess reactivity compared to stainless steel 304 and carbon steel because Inconel-718 contains a small amount of boron nuclide. From the results, a 20wt% impurity of boron in irradiated Inconel-718 enhances the excess reactivity suppression. The application of irradiated Inconel-718 as a burnable absorber for SMR core was investigated. The irradiated Inconel-718 impurity with 20wt% of boron content can maintain and suppress the whole core reactivity. We emphasize that the irradiated metal components can be used as burnable absorber materials to control the reactivity of commercial reactor power and small modular reactors.

본 연구는 국내 유튜브 채널에 업로드된 실용음악 미디 작·편곡 강의 콘텐츠의 전체적인 흐름 및 구성요소를 파악하여 발전방안을 제시했다. 연구 방법은 실용음악 미디 작·편곡 강의 콘텐츠를 제공하는 국내 유튜브 채널 중 여섯 개를 선정하여, 916개의 실용음악 미디 작·편곡 강의 콘텐츠를 비교·분석하였다. 분석 기준은 교수자의 출연 여부, 학습 목표 제시 여부, 강의 영상의 길이, 자막 활용 여부, 기타 미디어 자료 활용 여부, 보충자료 제공 여부, 상호작용의 여부, 관리의 여부 총 여덟 가지이다. 이를 통해 실용음악 미디 작·편곡 강의 콘텐츠를 제공하는 국내 유튜브 채널의 현황 연구 자료를 제시했고, 그로부터 시사점을 도출하여 향후 제작될 유튜브 실용음악 미디 작·편곡 강의 콘텐츠의 발전방안을 다음과 같이 제시하였다. 첫째, ‘강의 콘텐츠 내 교수자의 출연 여부와 상관없이 질적인 강의 콘텐츠 제공이 필요하다.’ 둘째, ‘함축적 주제어를 통한 명확한 학습 목표 및 주제 제시가 필요하다.’ 셋째, ‘학습자의 학습 효율성 및 집중도를 고려한 강의 콘텐츠 길이가 중요한 요소가 될 수 있다.’ 넷째, ‘교수 내용을 시각적으로 보충하기 위해 적극적인 자막 활용이 필요하다.’ 다섯째, ‘학습자의 학습 효율을 높이기 위해 다양한 미디어 자료의 활용이 필요하다.’ 여섯째, ‘교수자와 학습자 사이의 거리를 가깝게 하기 위한 적극적인 상호작용이 필요하다.’ 일곱째, ‘학습자의 학습성과를 높이기 위한 보충자료의 제공이 필요하다.’ 마지막으로 여덟째, ‘채널에 대한 지속적인 콘텐츠 업로드 및 관리가 중요하다.’ 유튜브 기반 실용음악 미디 작·편곡 강의 콘텐츠에 관한 연구가 부족한 상황에서, 본 연구에서 도출된 결과를 참고하고 적용한다면 추후 제작될 콘텐츠의 개선에 도움이 될 수 있으며 더욱 유용한 학습 자료로 활용될 수 있다는 가능성을 제시하였다.

In this study, four types of water-heavy fuel oil hybrid emulsion oil were manufactured depending on the moisture content ratio in order to reduce exhaust emissions of heavy fuel oil(Bunder-C), which is necessarily used in vessels, power plants and boilers. The components of the manufactured emulsion oil were analyzed using the ISO standard testing method. The analysis result showed that in the EM25 fuel with a maximum moisture content ratio of 25.0%, the moisture content was 25.0%, the sulphur content was 0.20%, the kinematic viscosity was 144.8mm2/s, the specific gravity was 0.9382, and the flash point was 100 Celsius degrees or above.

Carcass grade primarily depends on marbling of intramuscular fat, which is associated with the texture and tenderness of beef. Accordingly, various economical molecular tests for high intramuscular fat in beef have been attempted. Especially, Hanwoo (Korean Cattle) intramuscular fat has higher levels of monounsaturated fatty acids than that in the beef of other cattle. Intramuscular fats are associated with levels of lipid metabolic genes in the liver transcriptome. Therefore, hepatic triglyceride synthesis can considerably increase intramuscular fat. To investigate the relationship between hepatic lipogenesis and carcass grade, we analyzed 52 Hanwoo liver samples from domestic farms, and evaluated lipid levels and transcript levels of glucose and lipid metabolism-related genes according to carcass grade. Oil-Red-O staining revealed fatty livers in high carcass grades. Moreover, we found significantly higher levels of mRNA for lipogenesis, glycolysis, and triglyceride synthesis genes in high carcass grade livers. Importantly, progesterone receptor membrane component 1 (Pgrmc1) levels were significantly lower in high carcass grade livers. As Pgrmc1 suppression is correlated with induction of de novo lipogenesis (DNL) and glycolysis genes, it has a diagnostic impact for high carcass grades. These results could be used for genetic improvements in carcass grades of cattle. More importantly, as Pgrmc1 can be detected in blood peripheral nucleated cells, it also has value for rapid blood diagnosis.

This study was conducted to select cultivars and determine the harvest period suited for the availability of biological activities in unripen apple. To analyze effective the components in the apple (Malus domestica), three cultivars, 'Summerking', 'Hongro', 'Fuji' were harvested from 40~50 days after full bloom to harvest time. Soluble solid content increased gradually by ripening but titratable acidity decreased with ripening regardless of the cultivars. The total phenol content significantly reduced with ripening from May 30 to July 30 (p<0.05). Substantially, the total phenol content of ‘Hongro’ in May 30 was four times higher than that of ‘Summerking’ in the same period and ten times higher than that of ‘Hongro’ in August 30. The total flavonoid content reduced with ripening regardless of cultivars (p<0.05) and that of ‘Hongro’ in May 30 was significantly highest (p<0.05). The ascorbic acid content was the highest in ‘Hongro’ in May 30 (p<0.05). The contents of tannin and ursolic acid significantly reduced with ripening from May 30 to July 30 (p<0.05), while no significant difference was observed between Hogro and Fuji after July 30. Therefore, 'Hongro' harvested in May 30 was considered to be best in the utilization of the effective components of immature apple.

In this paper the potential of the principal component analysis(PCA) technique for the application of detecting leaks in water pipe networks was evaluated. For this purpose the PCA was conducted to evaluate the relevance of the calculated outliers of a PCA model utilizing the recorded pipe flows and the recorded pipe leak incidents of a case study water distribution system. The PCA technique was enhanced by applying the computational algorithms developed in this study which were designed to extract a partial set of flow data from the original 24 hour flow data so that the effective outlier detection rate was maximized. The relevance of the calculated outliers of a PCA model and the recorded pipe leak incidents was analyzed. The developed algorithm may be applied in determining further leak detection field work for water distribution blocks that have more than 70% of the effective outlier detection rate. However, the analysis suggested that further development on the algorithm is needed to enhance the applicability of the PCA in detecting leaks by considering series of leak reports happening in a relatively short period.

울금(Curcuma longa L.)이 이상지질혈증 유발 흰쥐의 지질성분과 단백질 및 전해질 농도에 미치는 영향을 확인하기 위하여 기본 식이를 섭취시킨 ND군, 정상 실험군에 5% 울금 급여군(NT군), 이상지질혈증 유발 실험군(DD군)과 DD군에 5% 울금을 섭취시킨 실험군(DT군)으로 나누어 실험을 행하였다. 혈청 지질성분(총 콜레스테롤, LDL-콜레스테롤, 중성지질, 인지질, 유리 콜레스테롤, 콜레스테롤 에스테르), 혈당 및 유리지방산(non esterified fatty acid, NEFA)의 농도와 동맥경화지수 (atherosclerotic index, AI), 심혈관 위험지수(cardiac risk factor, CRF)는 이상지질혈증군에서 여타 실험군과 비교하였을 때 유의적인 증가를 나타내었으며(p<0.05), 5% 울금 급여군에서 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다. DD군에 비해 DT군에서 고밀도 지단백 콜레스테롤(high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, HDL-콜레스테롤) 및 총 콜레스테롤에 대한 HDL-콜레스테롤 농도 비는 유의적인 증가를 보였다 (p<0.05). 혈청 단백질의 농도에 있어서, DT군은 DD군에 비하여 흰쥐의 혈청 알부민(albumin) 농도와 알부민/글로불린 비(albumin/globulin ratio, A/G 비)의 증가 및 글로불린(globulin) 농도는 감소되는 것으로 관찰되었다. 나트륨(Na) 및 염소(Cl)는 DT군에서 DD군 보다 농도가 감소된 것으로 확인하였다. 이상의 결과, 5% 울금은 흰쥐의 혈청 지질성분 개선과 단백질 및 전해질 농도 조절에 도움이 되는 것으로 사료된다.

To identify and compare the venom components and expression patterns of some bees/wasps, venom gland-specific transcriptome analyses were conducted for 14 Aculeate bees/wasps. Most of the allergens and pain-producing factors showed extremely high expression levels in social wasps, implying that social wasps have evolved to use venom to defend the colony against intruders. Acid phosphatase and tachykinin, which are known as allergens and neurotoxic peptides, were found with high frequencies in the venom glands of solitary wasps. This suggests that solitary wasps might use their venom for catching and preserving prey. In the venom glands of bumblebees, little or no transcripts of major allergens or pain producing factors were identified, implying that bumblebees venoms are relatively less toxic than those of social or solitary wasps. Taken together, the differential expression patterns of venom genes in some Aculeate bees/wasps implies that bees/wasps have unique groups of highly expressed venom components, which appear to have evolved in response to both ecological and behavioral influences.

Modified pitch A (MPA) and modified pitch B (MPB) were prepared by oxidative polymerization and thermal polycondensation reaction with refined pitch as the raw material, respectively. The toluene soluble components (TS-1 and TS-2) were obtained by solvent extraction from MPA and MPB, separately. The Flynn-Wall-Ozawa method and Kissinger-Akahira- Sunose method were used to calculate the pyrolysis activation energy of TS. The Satava- Sestak method was used to investigate the pyrolysis kinetic parameters of TS. Moreover, the optical microstructure of the thermal conversion products (TS-1-P and TS-2-P) by calcination shows that TS-1-P has more contents of mosaic structure and lower contents of fine fiber structure than TS-2-P. The research result obtained by a combination of X-ray diffraction and the curve-fitting method revealed that the ratios of ordered carbon crystallite (Ig) in TS-1-P and TS-2-P were 0.3793 and 0.4417, respectively. The distributions of carbon crystallite on TS-1-P and TS-2-P were calculated by Raman spectrum and curve-fitting analysis. They show that the thermal conversion product of TS-2 has a better graphite crystallite structure than TS-1.

본 연구에서는 사과 과육과 사과 주스제조시의 부산물인 사과박 그리고 사과 껍질을 건조한 후 용매별로 추출하고, polyphenol 화합물, flavonoid, ascorbic acid 및 ursolic acid 등의 항산화 물질의 함량과 항산화 활성을 측정하여 최적의 용매 및 부위를 선정하고 제품개발의 가능성을 확인하고자 하였다. Polyphenol 화합물의 함량은 100%의 ethanol로 추출하였을 때 가장 함량이 높았고, 특히 사과 껍질에서의 함량이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다. Flavonoid 화합물의 함량은 사과 껍질에서가 과육 또는 사과박에 비해 약 3~8배가량 그 함량이 높았으며, 70% ethanol을 용매로 하였을 때가 가장 높은 함량을 보였다. Ascorbic acid 함량은 사과 껍질에서 가장 많은 함량을 나타내었고, 사과박, 과육의 순이었다. Ascorbic acid의 추출 용매로는 물보다는 70% ethanol로 추출하였을 때가 ascorbic acid의 함량이 높은 것으로 나타났다. Ursolic acid의 함량에서는 사과 과육에서는 물과 ethanol 추출 시 ursolic acid 가 전혀 검출되지 않았다. 그러나 사과박 및 사과 껍질의 경우, 물 추출물에서는 검출되지 않았지만, ethanol로 추출하였을 때 검출되었으며, 그 함량은 껍질에서가 가장 많이 함유되어 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 항산화 활성의 경우, DPPH 및 ABTS 라디칼 소거능에서 70%의 ethanol 추출 시 가장 높은 소거능을 보이는 것으로 나타났으나, 금속이온 제거능에서는 라디칼 소거능에 비하여 약한 활성을 나타내어 사과에서의 항산화 활성은 금속이온 제거능보다는 라디칼 소거능이 높고 사과 껍질이 활성이 가장 우수한 것으로 판단되었다

분리막을 이용한 생물학적 처리 공정(MBR)은 과다한 에너지 사용, 제품의 높은 단가 등이 단점으로 지목되었으나, 제품 및 시스템 개선이 이루어지고 있는 추세이다. 그럼에도 불구하고 MBR 공정의 운영시 발생되는 대부분의 막 오염은 슬러지 특성에 따른 유기물 오염이라고 할 수 있다. 일반적으로 슬러지 여과능과 TMP 증가 기울기는 연관성이 높은 것으로 알려져 있으며 MBR 공정에서 분리막의 막오염 제어를 위해 슬러지 여과능은 중요한 관리 지표가 될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 슬러지 여과능에 대해 colloid 물질, 특히 EPS 와 SMP 유분이 미치는 영향을 확인하고자 하였다.

To identify the venom components and their expression patterns of some Aculeata bees/wasps, venom gland-specific transcriptome analysis was conducted. FPKM values were normalized with the average of the transcription level of reference gene (a-tubulin). Common components in both solitary and social wasp venoms include hyaluronidase, phospholipase A2, metalloendopeptidase, etc. Although it has been expected that more diverse bioactive components with the functions of prey inactivation and physiology manipulation are present in solitary wasps, the information on venom compositions of solitary wasps obtained in this study was not sufficient to generalizae this notion. Nevertheless, some neurotoxic peptides (e.g., pompilidotoxin and dendrotoxin-like peptide) and proteins (e.g., insuline-like peptide binding protein) appear to be specific to solitary wasp venom. In contrast, several proteins, such as venom allergen 5 protein, venom acid phosphatase, and various phospholipases, appear to be relatively more abundant in social wasp venom. In the venom gland trancsriptome of bumblebees, major allergens or pain producing factors were barely identified, implying that bumblebee venoms are relatively less toxic than those of social or solitary wasps.