• Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.122-128
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• 2022

To present the spatial variation of fish assemblages in the Geum River in Korea, the concept of beta diversity (β-diversity) estimates based on the variance of the community data table was applied. Fish communities and environmental variables were collected from 13 sampling sites along the in mid-low reaches of the River. We calculated the β-diversity and local contribution to beta diversity (LCBD) values at each site depending on the two types of data, 'occurrence' with Jaccard and Sørensen dissimilarity coefficients, and 'abundance' with Hellinger distance. Multivariate and correlation analyses were also performed to determine the relationships between LCBD and other variables, such as community indices and physicochemical and hydrological factors. The β-diversity values of fish communities in the River were estimated as 0.218 and 0.145 for occurrence data table with Jaccard and Sørensen respectively, and 0.268 for abundance data. Similar patterns of LCBD along the sampling sites were detected in two dissimilarity measurements of occurrence table, and LCBD values with abundance data were slightly different. The LCBD values are strongly correlated with community indices, and also suitable for indicating the uniqueness of fish assemblages. However, further research is needed to determine the LCBD value as an indicator of environmental variability.

• 생태와환경
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.274-283
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• 2019

청계천에 서식하는 어류 군집의 공간적 변이와 환경과의 관계를 측정하기 위해, 청계천 내 6개 지점을 대상으로 2년간(2014~2015년) 이화학적 요인, 서식처 환경, 어류 군집을 조사하였다. 어류 군집의 공간적 변이는 지점-종 군집 데이터 메트릭스를 기반으로 한 베타다양성 분석을 통해 정량적으로 제시하였다. 또한 청계천 내 전체 군집 변이 값(베타다양성)과 함께 각각의 지점이 청계천 전체 베타다양도에 기여하는 값 (LCBD, Local Contribution to Beta Diversity)도 계산하였다. 데이터 분석의 기반이 되는 지점-종 군집 데이터 테이블은 출현-비출현, 풍부도, 헤링거 변환 값의 세 가지 형태로 적용하였고, 해당 데이터 형태에 따른 베타다양성과 지점별 변이 영향을 각각 계산하여 비교하였다. 헤링거 변환을 통해 계산된 베타다양성 값은 출현-비출현 정보나 풍부도를 바탕으로 한 분석보다 큰 값을 보여주어 공간적 변이를 가장 잘 보여주는 것으로 나타났다. 각 지점별 군집 변이 기여도(LCBD)는 출현-비출현 정보와 해링거 변환을 통한 분석이 유사한 경향을 보여주었다. 자료의 정규성을 가지기 어려운 어류 군집 자료의 경우 풍부도를 이용한 공간 변이 분석은 적절하지 않은 것으로 판단된다. 추가적으로 다양한 환경 요인 및 군집 지수와 베타다양성 기여도 값의 관계를 상관분석을 통해 나타내었다. 해당 지점의 알파다양성 지수와 베타다양성 기여도가 높은 음의 상관관계를 보였고 이는 선행 연구와 유사한 결과이다. 본 연구에 적용한 방법은 매트릭스 형태의 자료를 대상으로 베타다양성 계산과 지점별 군집 변이 기여도를 수치화하는 데 유용한 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2023

To understand the health conditions and growth patterns of forest estate for environmental resilience and climate change mitigation, assessment of structure and species diversity is paramount. This study aimed at assessing the structure, alpha, and beta diversities of tree species in three ecological zones in Taraba, Nigeria for management purposes. In recent time, no research has been reported on the structure and beta diversity of the study areas. A systematic sampling design was used for data collection. Five sample plots of 50×50 m were laid in each of the six natural forest areas. The result showed a mean DBH (42.5 cm) and a tree height (15.0 m) from the forests. The forests have a structure of an inverse "J-shape," which is typical of natural forests in the tropics. The southern Guinea savanna zone had the highest mean Shannon-Weiner diversity index (2.8). The least beta diversity index (0.02) was between Baissa and Jen Gininya forest areas. Baissa and Bakin Dutse Protected Forest Areas (PFAs) contained 76.5% of the tree species. There is a high chance of all tree species to be found in these 2 forest areas. Proximity to a location influences how similar two tree species are, according to the least beta diversity index (0.02) recorded. The Federal Government's method of management for the forest, known as Gashaka Gumti National Park, may be responsible for the high beta diversity index in the Montane ecozone. Therefore, it should be strongly encouraged to practice strict oversight of natural areas, as their contributions to reducing climate change in Taraba State, Nigeria, cannot be overstated.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2011

The present study was undertaken in middle altitudinal (1500 to 2500 masl) moist temperate forest of Mandal-Chopta area in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India. The aim of the present study was to assess the variation in species composition and diversity in different vegetation layers viz. herb, shrub and tree, at different altitudes. Shannon-Wiener diversity index ($\bar{H}$), $Nha^{-1}$, total basal cover per hectare (G), Simpson concentration of dominance, Pielou Equitability, species richness (SR), Margalef index, Menheink index of species richness and ${\beta}$-diversity were calculated to understand community composition. Tree G ranged from 84.25 to 35.08 $m^2ha^{-1}$ and total stem density varied from 990 to 1470 Nha-1. Total SR (herb, shrub and trees) among different forest types ranged between 31 and 58. Maximum G of herb and shrub layers was recorded at lower altitudes between 1500 and 1650 masl. ${\beta}$-diversity was higher in herb layers as compared to tree and shrub layers. Dominance-diversity curves were also drawn to ascertain resource apportionment among various species in different forest types. Values of species diversity, $\bar{H}$, $Nha^{-1}$ and G were higher in the study area as compared to similar forests growing in other parts of Uttarakhand Himalaya.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.501-508
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• 2013

식물종 다양성이 높은 하천변 복원을 위해 8개 하천 13지점에서 자연하천변 식물군락의 이질성을 ${\beta}$-diversity로 조사하였다. 그 결과, 하천에서 내륙으로 들어감에 따른 이질성의 평균값은 0.32이었다(0.23~0.37범위). 이 값은 식물군락의 종 구성이 6번 완전히 바뀌는 community turnover를 나타낸다. ${\beta}$-diversity는 섬진강, 한강, 낙동강, 금강 수계 간에 차이가 없었고, 각 수계 안에서 하천 유역은 하류(0.23)보다 상류(0.36)에서 더 높았다(p level<0.05). 환경요인과의 관계를 알아보기 위해 다중회귀분석을 실시한 결과 ${\beta}$-diversity는 경사도에서 유의성이 나타났다. Belt-transect를 통해 나타난 종들과 ${\beta}$-diversity 값을 통해 하천변의 우점종 모식도를 그려보면 상류의 종조성은 6번 바뀌고, 하류의 종조성은 약 5번 바뀌었다. 본 연구 결과를 통해 하천 계획에 실질적으로 활용할 수 있는 식재 수종과 식재 패턴의 기초를 제시하였으며, 하천변 식물군락의 종 다양성을 높이기 위해서는 경사도를 높이는 것이 가장 중요하다.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.363-369
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand the interrelationships among diversity management, employees' job engagement, and organizational commitment in a deluxe hotel. Methods: In a total of 344 F & B employees obtained from empirical research, this study reviewed the reliability and fitness of the research model and verified a total of 4 hypotheses using the Amos program. Results: The proposed model provided an adequate fit to the data, $x^2$=316.722 (df=112), CMIN/df=2.828, GFI=0.899, NFI=0.941, IFI=0.961, TLI=0.953, CFI=0.961, RMSEA=0.073. SEM results showed that diversity management (building cultural awareness: ${\beta}$=0.206; pragmatic management policy; ${\beta}$=0.315) had a positive and significant influence on job engagement. Also, employees' job engagement (${\beta}$=0.623) had significant positive effects on organizational commitment. Conclusion: This study shows diversity management of hotel employees and its effectiveness as well as which diversity management is needed positive attitude.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.79-86
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• 2004

An extensive study of the vegetation characteristics of the Hamersley Ranges, a mountainous desert area of north-west Australia, facilitated the comparison of plant species diversity measures with mountainous deserts of other parts of the world. Alpha diversity was defined as the number of species co-existing at local scales and was found to average 18 species per 0.1 ha for the Hamersley Ranges. This was found to be similar to seven other mountainous deserts in North and South America, and southern Africa. Variation in alpha diversity between these deserts was found to considerably lower than within deserts, suggesting that local processes control species richness at local scales. Beta diversity, defined here as turnover in species composition at various spatial scales, can be measured in many ways. For the Hamersley Ranges, Wilson's β ranged from 1.2 to 1.6 for five sites along a topographic gradient, whereas Whittaker's β between different plant communities was found to average 0.93. Comparable data was not found for other desert areas, but comparisons to non-desert areas suggest beta diversity within landscapes is relatively high and is likely to reflect the considerable landform heterogeneity of the Hamersley Ranges. 55∼70% of species were shared between different landscapes of the Hamersley Ranges; comparisons to other regions suggest beta diversity at this scale is relatively low. Gamma diversity, the number of species over large spatial extents, was successfully compared using regression analysis of the log-log species - area relationship. This revealed that the northern Sonoran desert has significantly less species than the Nama (inland) Karoo and Hamersley Ranges over medium spatial extents, but species numbers were similar at a regional scale. Several constraints to the valid comparison of species diversity were identified, including lack of standardisation of sampling techniques, the wide range of measures employed, general lack of published data, and the influence of the various components of spatial scale on most diversity measures. Recommendations on how to improve future comparative work are provided.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권12호
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• pp.261-269
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• 2021

This study examines the effect of block diversity on the risk of firms listed on the Korean Stock Exchange between 2010 and 2017. To examine the effect of block diversity on corporate risk, we measure block diversity in terms of a single component, portfolio size, by referring to prior literature. This diversity component accounts for the differences in portfolio size across corporate blocks. In line with existing research on corporate risk, we consider several variables to measure corporate risk: volatility, beta, and idiosyncratic risk. The results show a negative relationship between the size of a block shareholder's portfolio and corporate risk. We also show no difference in the effect of block diversity on the corporate risk between KOSPI and KOSDAQ. This implies that the difference in portfolio size among corporate blocks reduces corporate risk. This may be due to the effect of inter-block monitoring activities in the Korean securities market, which benefits from block diversity. This empirical result supports previous studies that predicted that block diversity would have beneficial influences on firm monitoring in general. This study is significant in that it analyzes the relationship between block diversity and firm risk and provides relevant information to business practitioners and investors.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.29-45
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• 2022

For biodiversity conservation, the importance of beta-diversity which is changes in the composition of species according to environmental changes has become emphasized. However, given the systematic investigation of species distribution and the accumulation of large amounts of data in the Republic of Korea(ROK), research on the spatialization of beta-diversity using them is insufficient. Accordingly, this research investigated the applicability of the Generalized Dissimilarity Modeling(GDM) to ROK, which can predict and map the similarity of compositional turnover (beta-diversity) based on environmental variables. A brief overview of the statistical description on using GDM was presented, and a model was fitted using the flora distribution data(410,621points) from the National Ecosystem Survey and various environmental spatial data including climate, soil, topography, and land cover. Procedures and appropriated spatial units required to improve the explanatory power of the model were presented. As a result, it was found that geographical distance, temperature annual range, summer temperature, winter precipitation, and soil factors affect the dissimilarity of the vegetation community composition. In addition, as a result of predicting the similarity of vegetation composition across the nation, and classifying them into 20 and 100 zones, the similarity was high mainly in the central inland area, and tends to decrease toward the mountainous areas, southern coastal regions, and island including Jeju island, which means the composition of the vegetation community is unique and beta diversity is high. In addition, it was identified that the number of common species between zones decreased as the geographic distance between zones increased. It classified the spatial distribution of plant community composition in a quantitative and objective way, but additional research and verification are needed for practical application. It is expected that research on community-level biodiversity modeling in the ROK will be conducted more actively based on this study.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.225-235
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• 2009

Antibody phage display provides a powerful and efficient tool for the discovery and development of monoclonal antibodies for therapeutic and other applications. Antibody clones from synthetic libraries with optimized design features have several distinct advantages that include high stability, high levels of expression, and ease of downstream optimization and engineering. In this study, a fully synthetic human scFv library with six diversified CDRs was constructed by polymerase chain reaction assembly of overlapping oligonucleotides. In order to maximize the functional diversity of the library, a ${\beta}$-lactamase selection strategy was employed in which the assembled scFv gene repertoire was fused to the 5'-end of the ${\beta}$-lactamase gene, and in-frame scFv clones were enriched by carbenicillin selection. A final library with an estimated total diversity of $7.6{\times}10^9$, greater than 70% functional diversity, and diversification of all six CDRs was obtained after insertion of fully randomized CDR-H3 sequences into this proofread repertoire. The performance of the library was validated using a number of target antigens, against which multiple unique scFv sequences with dissociation constants in the nanomolar range were isolated.