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Sources of Alkylphenol Polyethoxylate and their Fate in the Central Nakdong River Basin (낙동강 중류 수계에 있어서 Alkylphenol Polyethoxylate의 오염원과 잔류특성)

  • Lee, Se-Han;Lee, Shun-Hwa;Lee, Chul-Hee
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.27 no.12
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    • pp.1277-1284
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    • 2005
  • Alkylphenol Polyethoxylate(APEs) and their metabolites were determined in the aquatic environment in the central Nakdong river basin. The concentrations of APE's ranged between $0.62{\sim}11.70\;{\mu}g/L$ from the Nakdong and the Kumho rivers, and were $70.00{\sim}212.50\;{\mu}g/L$ in the samples from the 3rd industrial complex stream and the Dalseo stream, which are both heavily polluted by industrial wastewater and domestic wastewater. The APEs revealed a removal rate of more than 87% by biodegradation and adsorption etc. in the wastewater treatment plant. Nonylphenol polyethoxylates(NPnEO) and Nonylphenol carboxylic acid(NPnEC) consisted of APE metabolites shifted from NP($n=4{\sim}10$)EO and NP($n=4{\sim}10$)EC to NP($n=1{\sim}3$)EO and NP($n=1{\sim}3$)EC or removed by the adsorption of activated sludge during the biological wastewater treatment process. Upper streams have a higher distributed rate of NP($n=7{\sim}10$)EO than water downstream. Continuous monitoring is necessary for non-point sources as well as point sources, such as a wastewater treatment plant. Effluent concentrations of nonylphenol(NP) in industrial wastewater and domestic wastewater averaged about 4.33 and $1.70\;{\mu}g/L$, respectively. In addition, the removal rate average was 90% in the wastewater treatment plant. NP concentrations in the rivers did not exceed $1.0\;{\mu}g/L$, which are prescribed by environmental risk concentration in the USA and Europe. However, NP required continuous monitoring, which detected over $0.1\;{\mu}g/L$ in all river areas.

The Analysis on the Present Condition of Noise of the Residents Subjective Responses in One-Room Type Multi-Family Housing around Campus (대학주변 원룸형 다가구주택에 있어서 거주자 평가에 의한 소음실태분석)

  • Choi Yoon-Jung
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.41 no.10 s.188
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study is to make clear the present condition and the reason of noise in one-room ape multi-family housing around the campus by residents' subjective responses. The respondents are 104 residents living in one-room ape multi-family housing around the campus. The results are as follows. 1) The residents show relatively non-positive responses at evening and night on the present condition of noise in outdoor and indoor of building or indoor of house unit. 2) The types of outdoor noise of building are checked frequently are 'talking loudness' and 'traffic noise'. 'Walking and talking sounds in stairs and corridors' among the types of indoor noise of building shows highest percentage. They answer 'living equipment noise' and 'water hammer' as major types of indoor noise of house unit.

Automated Representation of Active SLA's (능동형 서비스 수준 계약의 표현 자동화)

  • Kim, Sang-Rak;Bae, Jae-Hak J.
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.279-282
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    • 2011
  • 최근 기업들이 SOA, 웹 서비스, 유틸리티 컴퓨팅, 클라우드 컴퓨팅 등과 같은 서비스 지향적인 컴퓨팅 환경에 관심을 가지면서 SLA(Service Level Agreement) 기반의 자동화된 계약관리의 수요가 증가하고 있다. 일반적으로 기업에서는 종이에 자연언어로 표현된 SLA를 사용하고 있다. 이를 SLM(Service Level Management) 시스템에서 이해하고 계약조항을 직접 실행시키는 한 방법으로서 본 논문에서는 ASLA(Active SLA) 도입을 제안하였다. ASLA에서는 계약조항이 내용이 Prolog로 표현 된다.사람이 계약조항을 분석하여 Prolog로 표현할 때는 사람에 따라 변환 결과가 달라질 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 작업시간이 많이 소요된다는 단점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 제한된 자연어로 작성된 SLA를 APE(Attempto Parsing Engine)를 사용하여 ASLA를 얻는 방법을 제안한다. 그 방법의 핵심은 SLA ${\rightarrow}$ [APE Parser] ${\rightarrow}$ DRS(Discource Representation Structure) ${\rightarrow}$[drs2prolog] ${\rightarrow}$ Prolog 프로그램 ${\rightarrow}$ [prolog2xml] ${\rightarrow}$ ASLA로 요약할 수 있다.

Evaluation of the Estrogenic Activity by Yeast Two-hybrid Assay and Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay in Sewage Treatment Plant (하수처리장의 내분비계장애물질에 대한 Yeast Two-hybrid Assay와 Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay에 의한 에스트로겐활성도 평가)

  • Lee, Byoung-Cheun;Ra, Jin-Sung;Kim, Sang-Don;Kawai, Hukiko;Lee, Chul-Hee
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.29 no.7
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    • pp.771-777
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    • 2007
  • Several endocrine disrupting chemicals(EDCs) were monitored to evaluate the estrogenic activities and the concentrations by yeast two-hybrid assay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) in sewage treatment plant(STP) which consist of industrial and domestic line. In the influent of domestic line, estrone, 17$\beta$-estradiol, 17$\alpha$-ethinylestradiol and alkylphenolethoxylate(APE) were detected up to 167.1, 39.7, 7.3 and 145.4 ng/L, respectively. The average removal efficiency of 17$\beta$-estradiol after the activated sludge process was 77.5% and further removed to 80.8% after the sand filtration-ozonation step. These results suggests that the activated sludge process has limited potential to remove the estrogenic activity effectively. The contributions of the estrogenic chemicals to the estrogenic activities were 70.7, 23.3, 3.7 and 2.3% for estrone, 17$\beta$-estradiol 17$\alpha$-ethinylestradiol and APE, respectively, in the domestic line effluents. Therefore, 17$\beta$-estradiol and estrone contributed most of the estrogenic activity in the domestic line effluents.

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of DNA Base-excision Repair Genes (APE1, OGG1 and XRCC1) Associated with Breast Cancer Risk in a Chinese Population

  • Luo, Hao;Li, Zheng;Qing, Yi;Zhang, Shi-Heng;Peng, Yu;Li, Qing;Wang, Dong
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.1133-1140
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    • 2014
  • Altered DNA repair capacity can result in increased susceptibility to cancer. The base excision repair (BER) pathway effectively removes DNA damage caused by ionizing radiation and reactive oxidative species (ROS). In the current study, we analyzed the possible relation of polymorphisms in BER genes, including 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (OGG1), apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1), and X-ray repair cross-complementing group 1 protein (XRCC1), with breast cancer risk in Chinese Han women. This case-control study examined 194 patients with breast cancer and 245 cancer-free hospitalized control subjects. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of OGG1 (Ser326Cys), XRCC1 (Arg399Gln), and APE1 (Asp148Glu and -141T/G) were genotyped and analyzed for their association with breast cancer risk using multivariate logistic regression models. We found that XRCC1 Arg399Gln was significantly associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. Similarly, the XRCC1 Gln allele was significantly associated with an elevated risk in postmenopausal women and women with a high BMI (${\geq}24kg/m^2$). The OGG1 Cys allele provided a significant protective effect against developing cancer in women with a low BMI (< $24kg/m^2$). When analyzing the combined effects of these alleles on the risk of breast cancer, we found that individuals with ${\geq}2$ adverse genotypes (XRCC1 399Gln, APE1 148Asp, and OGG1 326Ser) were at a 2.18-fold increased risk of breast cancer (P = 0.027). In conclusion, our data indicate that Chinese women with the 399Gln allele of XRCC1 have an increased risk of breast cancer, and the combined effects of polymorphisms of BER genes may contribute to tumorigenesis.

위험관리정보 - 플랜트에서의 손실제어

  • Yu, Geun-Ho
    • 방재와보험
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    • s.101
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    • pp.56-59
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    • 2004
  • 본 내용은 APE(ASIA PACIFIC FIRE) 2003년 12월호의 William S. FINK씨의 기사 일부를 요약, 보충하여 소개하는 위험관리정보입니다. 전체적인 손실제어시스템에서 다양한 공장 하위시스템들을 확인하기 위한 것으로, 하위시스템의 상호 관계를 분리하거나 완전히 독립적으로 웅영하는 것은 매우 어려우며 효율적으로 작동하지 않을 수도 있어, 이를 방지하기 위해서 전체시스템에 기초를 두고 투자검토하여야 필요없는 방재지설에 낭비하는 것을 막을 수 있다고 설명하고 있다.

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Properties and Fabrications of 5 Gbps level LiNbO$_3$ Optical Phase Modulator for a Broadband Optical Communications (광대역 광통신용 5 Gbps급 LiNbO$_3$광위상변조기 제작 및 특성)

  • 김성구;윤형도;윤대원;박계춘;강성준
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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    • v.35D no.11
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    • pp.91-99
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    • 1998
  • A 5Gbps LiNbO$_3$ optical phase modulator was designed, packaged and it's properties were characterized for optical communications. The APE(annealed proton exchange) method was employed for the optical waveguide and the electrode of ACPS (asymmetric coplanar strip) type was formed by electro-plating on LiNbO$_3$ for applying microwave signal with a dimension of width 18${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$, gap 9${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ and length 50mm. The fabricated single-moded modulator operated at a 1550nm wavelength exhibits its modulation bandwidth, insertion loss and driving voltage of 7㎓, 3.0dB and 6V, respectively.

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An Efficient Method for the Expression and Reconstitution of Thermostable Mn/Fe Superoxide Dismutase from Aeropyrum pernix K1

  • Lee, Hee-Jin;Kwon, Hye-Won;Koh, Jong-Uk;Lee, Dong-Kuk;Moon, Ja-Young;Kong, Kwang-Hoon
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.727-731
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    • 2010
  • The gene APE0743 encoding the superoxide dismutase (ApSOD) of a hyperthermophilic archaeon Aeropyrum pernix K1 was cloned and overexpressed as a GST fusion protein at a high level in Escherichia coli. The expressed protein was simply purified by the process of glutathione affinity chromatography and thrombin treatment. The ApSOD was a homodimer of 25 kDa subunits and a cambialistic SOD, which was active with either Fe(II) or Mn(II) as a cofactor. The ApSOD was highly stable against high temperature. This thermostable ApSOD is expected to be applicable as a useful biocatalyst for medicine and bioindustrial processes.

Association Study between the Genetic Variations of the Apo AI-CIII-AIV Gene Cluster and Hypertension among Koreans

  • Kang, Byung-Yong;Kang, Chin-Yang;Ki, Tae-Kim;Bae, Joon-Seol;Oh, Sang-Duk;Kim, Jae-Hyun;Lee, Kang-Oh
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.341-347
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    • 2002
  • Hypertension is a multifactorial disorder in which the genetic and environmental factors are involved. In a view of the effects for hypertension as a risk factor for hypertension, we investigated the genotype and allele frequencies in the four RFLPs of the apo AI-CIII-AIV gene cluster (G to A mutation at position -75 in the apo AI promoter SstI RFLP in the ape CIII gene and HincII and HinfI RFLPs in the apo AIV gene) in the Korean patients with hypertension and normal controls. The AA genotype frequency of the G to A promoter polymorphism in hypertensives was significantly higher than that of normotensives (P < 0.05). None of the other polymorphisms showed a difference in genotype frequency between two groups. Therefore, our result suggest that the G to A promoter polymorphism of the ape AI gene may be useful as genetic marker in the ethiology of hypertension.

Prodiction of Walleye Pollock , Theragra Chalcogramma , Landings in Korea by Time Series Analysis : AIC (시계열분석을 이용한 한국 명태어업의 어획량 예측 : AIC)

  • Park, Hae-Hoon;Yoon, Gab-Dong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.235-240
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    • 1996
  • Forecasts of monthly landings of walleye pollock, Theragra chalcogramma, in Korea were carried out by the seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average(ARlMA) model. The Box - Cox transformation on the walleye pollock catch data handles nonstationary variance. The equation of Box - Cox transformation was Y'=($Y^0.31$_ 1)/0.31. The model identification was determined by minimum AIC(Akaike Information Criteria). And the seasonal ARlMA model is presented (1- O.583B)(1- $B^1$)(l- $B^12$)$Z_t$ =(l- O.912B)(1- O.732$B^12$)et where: $Z_t$=value at month t ; $B^p$ is a backward shift operator, that is, $B^p$$Z_t$=$Z_t$-P; and et= error term at month t, which is to forecast 24 months ahead the walleye pollock landings in Korea. Monthly forecasts of the walleye pollock landings for 1993~ 1994, which were compared with the actual landings, had an absolute percentage error(APE) range of 20.2-226.1 %. Thtal observed annual landings in 1993 and 1994 were 16, 61OM/T and 1O, 748M/T respectively, while the model predicted 10, 7 48M/T and 8, 203M/T(APE 37.0% and 23.7%, respectively).

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