• Korean Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.377-389
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• 2020

In this study, pollution characteristics were investigated for the Andong Dam sediments in the Nakdong River. Sediment samples were collected from the middle, left, and right points of the lake up to 40km upstream of the Andong Dam at intervals of about 5km by stratification and turnover period. In the case of nutrients and total organics such as loss of ignition, total nitrogen, and phosphorus, the degree of contamination is low, but heavy metals of arsenic and cadmium is very high. The contamination level of sediments in the dam area is higher than that of the branch of river and the control group, and concentration of chromium, copper, and lead are higher in the stratification period, and that of zinc is higher in turnover period. Arsenic, cadmium, manganese, and zinc showed contamination variation between upstream and downstream but chromium, copper, mercury, iron and lead didn't show the variation.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.55 no.1
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• pp.19-27
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• 2022

Fish that inhabited in the watersheds of Andong, Imha and Yeongju Dam in the upper Nakdong River were analyzed heavy metals by separated into muscle, gill, stomach and liver part. Thirteen fish species such as dark chub, skygager, coreoperca herzi, Korean piscivorous chub, cornet fish, Japan crucian carp, catfish, bass, crucian carp, mandarin fish, carp, long-nosed barbel, Korean sharpbelly were analyzed using ICP/MS. The results of the analysis based on the overall average concentration showed that the muscle part is lower than other parts in all heavy metal items except mercury. The gill part showed high concentrations of chromium, manganese, nickel, and lead, the stomach part has high zinc, and the liver part showed high concentrations of iron, copper, arsenic, and cadmium.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.349-355
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• 2012

In this study, we configured a system which ranks hazardous chemicals to determine their management priorities based on experts' opinions and the existing CRS (chemical ranking and scoring). Aggregate exposure of food, health functional food, oriental/herbal medicine and cosmetics have been taken into account to determine management priority. In this study, 25 hazardous chemicals were selected, such as cadmium, lead, mercury, and arsenic, etc. These 25 materials were ranked according to their 1) risk (exposure or hazard) indexes, 2) exposure source-based weight, and 3) public interests, which were also formed based on the existing priority ranking system. Cadmium was scored the highest (178.5) and bisphenol A the lowest (56.8). Ten materials -- cadmium, lead, mercury, arsenic, tar, acrylamide, benzopyrene, aluminium, benzene, and PAHs -- scored higher than 100. Eight materials -- aflatoxin, manganese, phthalate, chromium, nitrate/nitrite, ethylcarbamate, formaldehyde, and copper -- recorded scores in the range from 70 to 100. Also evaluated as potential risks were 7 materials; sulfur dioxide, ochratoxin, dioxins, PCBs, fumonisin, methyl mercury, and bisphenol A, and these materials were scored above 50. Then we compared risk index and correlation coefficient of total scores to confirm the validity of the total scores; we analyzed correlation coefficient of parameter and indicator. We discovered that the total score and weight, which has incorporated public interests, were high and statistically significant. In conclusion, the result of this study contributes to strengthening risk assessment and risk management of hazardous chemicals.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.148-154
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• 2001

Purpose: Ingested foreign bodies present a common clinical problem. It is well known that most of them pass uninterrupted through the gastrointestinal tract. We evaluated the role of endoscopy and Foley catheter for removal of foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract. Methods: We investigated retrospectively 60 cases with foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract. They had been treated at Wonju Christian Hospital, Yonsei University of Korea, from January, 1996 through December, 1999. Results: The age of the patients ranged from 7 months to 13 years. Patients under 5 years were 57 cases (97%) and there was no significant difference in sex (M : F=1.07 : 1). 45 cases of the patients had no symptom. The most common foreign bodies were coins (43 cases). The most common location was esophagus (31 cases). The number of foreign body removal using flexible endoscopy and Foley catheter was 22 (36.7%) and 18 (30.0%) cases, respectively. In 18 cases (30.0%), foreign bodies passed spontaneously. Only 1 case (1.7%), curtain pin impaction at ileocecal region, required surgery. Conclusion: Early foreign body removal from esophagus and stomach is recommended to lessen the morbidity and complication. Fluoroscopic foley catheter technique and flexible endoscopy for removal of esophageal foreign bodies in children is safe and effective.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.80 no.2
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• pp.177-186
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• 1991

The heavy metal contents accumulated in the birds organ were analyzed by use of 10 species of birds to investigate the environmental pollution of the birds inhabited in Mt. Chiri. Heavy metal concentrations in bird organs, e.g. muscle, liver, kidney, lung and heart were analyzed for 10 species of the birds. 1. Contents of some heavy metal elements such as Fe, Zn, Cu and Mn were similar level compared with any other district. But contents of some heavy metal elements shch as Pb, Cd and Hg were comparatively lower level than those in any other district. 2. The contents of heavy metal accumulation in the muscle of the bird organs were detected much more from the migrants than the resident birds ; the resident bird, Phasianus colchicus were detected to contain $0.01{\mu}g/g$ og Hg and $0.05{\mu}g/g$ of Cd, but in the migrant bird, Turdus dauma they were detected to contain $0.17{\mu}g/g$ of Hg and $0.08{\mu}g/g$ of Cd. 3. The contents of lead were scarcely detected in the muscle of 10 species of birds, but it was highly detected from the hunting (meat-eating) birds such as Phasianus colchicus ($0.17{\mu}g/g$) and Streptopelia orientalis ($0.11{\mu}g/g$). Generally, the concentration of heavy metals of the analyzed birds was more mercury than Cadmium.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.231-240
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• 2015

A total of 93 mineral medicines are mentioned in the Chinese Bonchodogam(本草圖鑑). In Donguibogam(東醫寶鑑), 77 mineral medicines are listed, where 18 are from soil origin, 4 from gem origin, and 55 mineral medicines were originated from stone. In the Herblogy(本草學), which is the textbook used in most oriental medicine colleges in Korea, a total of 23 mineral medicines are listed. Of those, Cinnabaris, Alumen, Melanteritum, Realgar, Orpimentum, Sulfur, Lime from Donguibogam, additional eight which are Talcum, Calomelas, Minium, Calamina, Stannum, Hydrargyrum, Lithargyrum, Hydrargyrum Chloratum from Bonchodogam and Gypsum, Natrii Sulfas, Talcum, Cinnabaris, Sulfur, Arsenicum Sublimatum, Realgar, Calomelas, Minium, Calamina, Borax, Aurum, Glauberitum from Herblogy were selected as the mineral medicine applicable as external atopic dermatitis treatment. Most of the mineral medicines were generally regarded as toxic materials, and therefore, they were elaborately processed to remove toxicity before use. In accordance, it is necessary to discuss how to effectively remove toxicity from toxic mineral medicines. In addition, detoxification can be applied to those mineral medicines classified based on the index material or high content compounds, and if efficacy can be evaluated through various analytical methods, this can be applied to diverse inflammatory diseases as well as atopic dermatitis.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.384-388
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• 2001

In order to investigate regional variation of food component in the top shells, Omphalius pfeifferi capenteri, caught from Jeju, Sogwipo, Hallim and Songsan, Jeju island, Republic of Korea, food sanitary (heavy metal and volatile basic nitrogen), nutritional (mineral, total amino acid contents, fatty acid composition), taste (extractive nitrogen) components and sensory evaluation (color, texture and taste) were measured. From the result of the contents of heavy metal and volatile basic nitrogen, the top shell might not invoke health risk in using food source, The extractive nitrogen contents of top shell were $343.0\~385.4\;mg/100\;g$. The amounts of total amino acids were $12.5\~13.2\;g/100\;g$, and the major compound among them were glutamic acid, proline and aspartic acid. The major compound among mineral were sodium, calcium, potassium and magnesium. In fatty acid composition, polyenes with essential component or healthy functionality such as 20:4n-6, 20: 5n-3 and 22: 5n-3 were the major components. But, lipid content was extremely small. Judging from the results of chemical and sensory evaluation described a above, food components were not different among top shells caught from various area.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Dyers and Finishers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.19-20
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• 2009

최근 화학, 물리, 생명과학, 전기, 전자등의 다양한 분야에 활발하게 연구가 이루어지고 있는 초분자 화학은 선택적 분자인지를 위한 효율적인 골격구조와 나아가 다양한 계에 응용할 수 있다. 초분자 화학의 분자인지 과정의 특징은 일반적으로 수용체 (receptor 혹은 host)가 목표가 되는 기질 (substrate, analyte, 혹은 guest)에 대하여 선택적으로 식별하고 반응하는 것이다. 비공유 결합성 상호작용에 의하여 이루어지는 초분자 화학의 분자 인지 과정의 특징은 일반적으로 수용체 (receptor 혹은 host)가 목표가 되는 기질 (substrate, analyte, 혹은 guest)에 대하여 선택적으로 식별하고 반응하는 것이다. 이는 공유결합을 이용하는 분자화학과는 차별화 된 것이다. 수용체는 간단한 구조의 화합물 및 금속 이온들과 같은 기질과 가역적으로 상호 작용할 수 있는 착물을 형성한다. 최근들어 급격한 산업화가 진행되어 환경문제가 심각하게 대두 되어져 왔고, 그 중에서 특히 수은이나 카드뮴에 의한 질병, 납에 의한 중독 등 중금속에 의한 오염이 크게 나타남에도 불구하고, 현재 그러한 중금속을 검출함에 있어 많은 비용과 시간이 드는 문제점이 있다. 또한 우리에게 이로운 금속은 효율적 분석을 통해 환경계와 의료계에 많은 도움을 줄 것으로 사례되므로 화학센서 기술의 개발은 절실히 요구되어지고 있다. 이에 새로운 1,3-bisdicyanovinylindane 을 통해 $Hg^{2+}$ 금속의 감지 여부 알아보고, 그 특성을 파악하고자 한다. 1,3-indandion (2.18g, 14.9mmol), malononitrile (2.95g, 44.7mmol), ethanol 50ml를 20분간 상온에서 용해시킨다. 후에 sodium trihydrate acetate(3.05g)을 첨가한 후 5시간 동안 환류반응 시킨다. 이 과정에서 얻어진 용액을 필터과정을 통하여 에서 합성 반응 중에 생성된 불순물(1,3-dicyanovinylindane-1-one, monocondensation)을 제거한다. 필터과정을 통해 걸러진 미 반응 물질을 제�G 용반응욕액을 증류수(100ml)를 이용하여 희석시키고 난 후 염산을 이용, 산성화 시켜 고체 생성물을 얻어낸다. 이렇게 생성된 고체 생성물은 다시 필터 및 건조를 통하여 회색의 고체 화합물을 얻어낸다. 1,3-bisdicyanovinylindane과 금속이온에 대한 감응도를 확인하기 위하여 metanol/water(1:2)을 용매로 하여 금속이온의 농도를 변화시켜 발색특성을 살펴보았다. 본 색소화합물과 Hg2+에 대한 UV 흡광도 변화 적정결과와 그 화합물의 상태 살펴본 결과 금속이온이 0.2ml씩 더 참가되면서 색의 변화를 뚜렷하게 나타내었다. 반면 그 밖에 이온($Fe^{3+}$, $Ag^{2+}$, $Pd^{2+}$, $Zn^2$, $Fe^{2+}$, $Cu^{2+}$, $Pb^{2+}$)은 UV 흡광도 변화가 적거나 변화 자체가 없었다. 하지만 과량의 $Fe^{3+}$, $Ag^{2+}$, $Pd^{2+}$는 색상 변화를 나타내었으며,이와 같은 흡광도 변화는 금속에 따라 약간의 차이가 있지만, 420nm를 등흡수점으로 하여, 580nm의 파장 영역에 있는 흡수 밴드의 세기는 감소하는 반면 400nm 파장 영역에 있는 흡수 밴드의 세기가 증가하였다. 1,3-bisdicyanovinylindane 화합물은 다양한 생물계 및 환경계에서 요구되는 micro mol에서 milli mol 농도 영역의 $Hg^{2+}$ 이온의 선택적이고 민감한 검출과 정량적인 분석에 유용하게 사용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.413-440
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• 2010

Since 2000, as importance of sourcing energy emphasized caused by instability of international oil price, interests toward Caspian countries as an alternative markets has increased. Especially, Azerbaijan, as middle Asian emerging exporting country, has performed drastic economic boom because of massive amount of foreign capital flowed in and construction of BTC pipeline. However, despite this economic surge, there are unbalanced economy which is merely focusing on energy industry and pressure from increase in real exchange rate and inflation. In order to analyze the sustainability of Azerbaijan economy, the total sample time period of this paper is from January 2001 to December 2007 and the term is divided into before and after BTC line construction. Vector Error-Correction Model has been applied to analysis confirming short-term and long-term effect. As a result, Azerbaijan now face the symptoms of the recession during the time period and this is due to high oil price and increase in export influenced by BTC oil pipeline resulting in decrease in real interest rate. This conclusion is to affect competitiveness of manufacturing industry, base industry for economic proliferation, in a negative way.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.5-16
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• 2010

Groundwater quality monitoring wells, which is over 2,000 in South Korea, were managed to observe groundwater quality since the early 1990s. Groundwater was sampled and analyzed biannually from 781 monitoring wells located in the areas with a high possibility of pollution. The average concentrations of cyanide, mercury, phenols, hexavalent chromium, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylen, and 1.1.1-trichloroethane for 12 years' data of detected cases were above the groundwater quality standard, but the average concentrations of the general quality items such as pH, electric conductivity, nitrate-nitrogen, and chloride, are below the standard. To compare a quality trend for each land-use type of the monitoring site, Sen's method is used for four quality items; chloride, nitrate-nitrogen, pH, and electric conductivity. The upward trend for these items is remarkable in urbideareas and industrial complexes and this trend continues still strongly after 2001. The deviation in a trend slopes of monitoring wells becomes bigger in the mid-2000s. In conclusion, trend analysis using existing monitoring data cidebe effective to forecast the future water quality condition and the solid action to protect groundwater quality should be done in advance using a result of trend analysis.