• Clean Technology
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.29-39
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• 2005

Polychlorinated biphenyls, (PCBs) are a group of highly toxic chlorinated industrial chemicals used as dielectrics, coolants and lubricants in electrical transformers. This article reviewed the state-of-the-art on technologies for decomposition of Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), one of the persistent organic materials (POPs). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of decontaminating PCBs contaminated pollutants using treatment technologies such as chemical dechlorination, photodegradation and biological transformation.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.149-157
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• 1999

Food intake and body weight are determined by a complex interaction of regulatory pathways. Leptin, the product of the ob gene, is a recently discovered hormone secreted by adipocytes, that signals the amount of adipose tissue energy stores to the brain and exerts major effects on energy homeostasis and neuroendocrine function. In addition, leptin has recently been shown to affect reproductive function in rodents and humans. The study of leptin and its effectors in the hypothalamus may provide important insights with respect to the interplay of several hypothalamic neuropeptides in regulating feeding as well as the interaction of genetics and environment in the regulation of energy homeostasis. In this review we summarise the action of leptin in the regulation of food intake and highlight a working model of the effects of environmental factors on the leptin system.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.1-26
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• 1998

효율적인 대기질 개선정책을 위해서는 비용-편익이 반드시 필요하다. 대기질과 관련된 편익은 건강영향을 비롯하여 시정장애, 심미적 가치, 물질피해 등 많은 영향이 존재하는데 그 중 건강영향이 대부분을 차지하는 것으로 보고되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 대기오염과 관련된 건강영향 중에서 눈이 따가운 증상, 가슴이 답답한 증상, 그리고 천식증상에 관하여 서울시민들이 부여하는 경제적 가치를 조건부 가치측정법을 이용하여 측정하였다. 그 결과 눈이 따가운 증상은 2,850원, 가슴이 답답한 증상은 9,000원, 천식은 5만 5,400원으로 측정되었다. 또한, 하나의 설문에서 여러 개의 CV 질문을 수행하는 경우, 일반적으로 추정하는 일변량 모형과 이변량 모형의 추정결과는 다르다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.132-139
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• 2017

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) interfere with endocrine system in organisms, and have different mode of actions compared to conventional chemicals. Therefore, EDCs specific ecotoxicity tests and assessments have been globally developed by some organizations such as OECD, ASTM, and USEPA. In Korea, researches on EDCs and monitoring of EDCs in domestic environments were also continued. However, Korean ecotoxicity test guidelines for EDCs are not suggested till date. The purpose of this study is to review and analyze international ecotoxicity test guidelines for EDCs and the compare ecotoxicity methods and toxicity endpoints among standard test guidelines. We found that there are very limited EDCs specific soil ecotoxicity test guidelines (only in ASTM) compared to aquatic ecotoxicity test guidelines. Currently, fish, amphibian, waterflea, copepoda, earthworm, white worm, springtail, nematode, mite, and midge are suggested as standard ecotoxicity test species for EDCs. Reproduction, hormones, growth, vitellogenin, sex retio and development were proposed as endpoints for EDCs ecotoxicity. This study provided the comparison of EDCs specific ecotoxicity methods and endpoints between standard test guidelines, and suggested the further research to develop the method for assesseing ecotoxicity of EDCs.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.597-604
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• 2018

Although the core mechanisms of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are unknown, several ADHD-associated proteins have been studied. G-protein - coupled receptor kinase interacting protein-1 (GIT1) is a multifunctional adapter protein that affects neuron growth and dendrite formation. GIT1-deficient mice have shown ADHD-like behavior and also recovered through amphetamine treatment. In this study, gliotransmitters were investigated in both intracellular and extracellular space from GIT1-deficient mice. To measure the amount of gliotransmitters, primary astrocyte cultures were taken from the cerebral and cerebellar cortices of wild (WT), hetero (HE), and knock-out (KO) mice. Major gliotransmitters were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography. It was observed that the amount of excitatory and inhibitory gliotransmitters were dependent on genotype and showed a change in excitation/inhibition ratios. Interestingly, the major excitatory gliotransmitter, glutamate, existed at the lowest level in WT mice, but the amount of inhibitory gliotransmitters, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glycine, varied depending on brain region. Remarkably, an increased amount of GABA was measured at the intracellular cerebrum in WT mice compared with KO mice. It was presumed that KO mice would secrete more inhibitory gliotransmitters to compensate for GIT1 depletion or else acquire a defect to reuptake-secreted GABA. This may be a possible mechanism for ADHD pathology.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.3-14
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• 2002

Childhood psychic trauma appears to be a crucial factor in the development of serious disorders both in childhood and in adulthood. Traumatized children show strong tendency to revisualize or re-feel a traumatic events. Play and behavioral reenactments are frequent manifestations of both the single blow and the long-standing traumas in childhood. Those children who suffer the results of single, intense terror appear to exhibit detailed memory, retrospective reworkings and misperceptions. In long-standing or repetitive trauma, children would show psychic numbing, self-hypnosis, dissociation and rage. Child's brain is undergoing critical and sensitive periods of differentiation. During this time, developing central nervous system is exquisitely sensitive to stress. Stressor-activated neurotransmitters and hormones can play major roles in neurogenesis, migration, synaptogenesis, and neurochemical differentiation. Internal opiate system operates in some trauma and causes the victim to fail to respond, to avoid, to shut off feelings. Evidence is also accumulating in traumatology that dysfuntion of locus coeruleus and ventral tegmental neucleus system leads to catecholamine receptors hypersensitivity. This change result in hypervigilance, increased startle, affective lability, and increased autonomic nervous system hyperreactivity. Another site of action of trauma on the brain is hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Individuals with PTSD do not have enough cortisol to halt the alarm reaction. When children are exposed to long-standing extreme events, massive attempts to protect the psyche and to preserve the self are put into gear. These developmental traumas mobilize various kinds of defense mechanisms. Massive denial, dissociation, self anesthesia, identification with aggressor and aggression turned against the self often lead to profound character changes in the youngsters.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.475-495
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• 2017

The present study aimed to understand young adult women's disordered eating symptoms with materialism and pathological celebrity worship. Specifically, we hypothesized that pathological celebrity worship and internalization of sociocultural attitudes towards appearance would mediate the relationship between materialism and disordered eating symptoms among young adult women. A total of 601 female college students participated in this study. As hypothesized, we found that materialism predicted pathological celebrity worship and increased internalization of sociocultural attitudes towards appearance, which in turn, led to a higher level of disordered eating symptoms. Our findings suggest that young adult women's disordered eating behaviors should be understood as a sociocultural phenomenon rather than as an individual woman's personal issue.

• 월간산업보건
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• s.247
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• pp.16-19
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• 2008

파라티온(Parathion)은 폭넓고 다방면으로 사용되는 유기 인계 해충 진드기의 살충제이다. 파라티온의 첫 번째 생물학적 반응은 콜린에스테라아제 효소의 활성도 저감이다. 파라티온의 다양한 수준의 동물 노출 실험 결과, 경구 투여량 0.5-6 mg/kg 수준에서 악영향이 관찰되었다. 인간의 경우 파라티온 0.1 mg/kg 이하 수준에서는 RBC 콜린에스테라아제 효소의 활성도 감소가 나타나지 않았다. $0.2-0.8\;mg/m^3$의 작업장 노출 수준에서는 RBC 콜린에스테라아제 효소의 감소가 관찰되었다. 본 연구 결과에 근거하여 흡입 노출농도 $0.35\;mg/m^3$에 해당되는 0.05 mg/kg 이하 용량에서는 파라티온과 관련한 건강상의 생물학적 장애 증상이 유발되지 않았다. 따라서 흡입성 에어로졸과 증기상 형태로 $0.05\;mg/m^3$의 TLV-TWA가 파라티온의 작업장 노출기준으로 권고되었다. 이 노출기준은 부교감 신경의 이상과 다른 생물학적 장애 증상을 예방하는 목적에서 설정되었다. 이 수치는 인간을 대상으로 한 연구에서 얻어진 NOAEL로부터 근거를 둔 것이고, 작업자들의 RBC 콜린에스테라아제 효소의 활성도 저하를 방지하는 용량에 해당되는 것으로 예상된다. 이러한 접근은 RBC 콜린에스테라아제 효소의 억제가 단독 사용자에게서는 나타나지 않는다는 것을 확인하는데 이용되는 Biological Exposure Index의 활용과 일치된다. 인간에게 있어 파라티온 피부노출이 죽음까지도 이를 수 있다는 임상적 증세와 연관되어 있기 때문에 피부경고주석이 권고되었다. 쥐들을 대상으로 한 사료 공급 연구들에서 파라티온의 노출을 통한 명확한 종양의 발생 증가가 관찰되지 않아 비발암성 물질(A4)로 설정하였다. 파라티온의 TLV-STEL과 SEN notation을 설정하기에는 아직 충분한 데이터가 확보되어 있지 않고 있으며 파라티온의 작업 노출 모니터링에 대한 자세한 정보를 얻으려면 아세털콜린에스터라제 억제 농약의 BEI 문서들을 참고하는 것이 필요하다.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.81-92
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• 2001

Stress has been linked to the pathophysiology and pathogenesis of various psychiatric illnesses. Over the past few years, our understanding of the brain and neuroendocrine systems that are linked to stress responses has increased enormously. This article reviews a series of animal and human studies to understand what are the central pathways by which stress is perceived, processed, and transduced into a neuroendocrine response. We focus on the limbic-hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal(LHPA) axis and several neurotransmitter systems such as norepinephrine, CRF, serotonin, acetylcholine, and dopamine. LHPA stress circuit is a complex system with multiple control mechanisms which are altered in pathological states. CRF and related peptides in the central nervous system appear to enhance behavioral responses to stressors. Norepinephrine systems are also activated by stressors and cause the release of catecholamines from the autonomic nervous system. CRF-norepinephrine interaction makes a feed-forward system which may be important for an organism to mobilize not only the pituitary system but also the central nervous system, in response to environmental challenges. The interactions among several neurotransmitters and endocrine systems appear to play key roles in mediating various behavioral and psychological stress responses involving abnormal responses to stressors such as anxiety and affective disorders.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.68-77
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• 2024

Airborne particulate matter (PM) is an environmentally hazardous pollutant that originates from various sources. PM is comprised of solid particles and liquid droplets of diverse composition and size. Hazardous chemical compositions of PM include elemental and organic carbon, organic compounds, biological compounds and metals. Upon acute and chronic PM exposure, toxic contaminants enter and accumulate within physiological systems and prompt cell structure changes accompanied with intracellular endoplasmic reticulum stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, inflammation, lipid accumulation, and cell cycle arrest. Ultimately, these cellular response leads to the development of key characteristics of aging. In addition, PM internalization enhances autophagy reflux and lysosomal dysfunction, which is involved in cell aging. Previous studies have emphasized a positive association between PM and increased mortality or decreased lifespan, although these are evidenced mostly by observational studies. Direct evidence of the link between PM and aging is still limited. This review evaluates the evidence from not only observational studies but also in vitro and in vivo evidence of PM on aging progression and age-related diseases development. This evidence is based on age-associated cellular changes including endoplasmic reticulum stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, inflammation, adipose accumulation, autophagy, which strengthen the association between PM exposure and aging. Understanding the underlying cellular responses under PM may allow for the development of new therapeutic targets for PM-induced aging.