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Evaluation of the Luminous Intensity Distribution of Stop Lamp for Agricultural Tractors (농업용 트랙터 제동등 광도 성능 평가)

  • Kim, Hyung-Kweon;Kim, Yu-Yong;Shin, Seoung-Yeoup;Kim, Byoung-Gap;Lee, Ho-Sang
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.36 no.6
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    • pp.416-421
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    • 2011
  • This study was initiated to prevent rear-end collision which causes the most frequent human damage by agricultural tractors. Therefore, this study was aimed to evaluate the luminous performance of a stop lamp for an agricultural tractor which could reduce rear-end collision. The performance test of luminous intensity distribution was conducted for a total of 12 tractor models classified by size (above 44 kW for large, 30~43 kW for medium, and below 29 kW for small) and production area (domestic, foreign manufacture) in accordance with Regulation No.7 of UNECE Vehicle Regulations-1958 Agreement considering ${\pm}$20 standard deviation. Three out of 5 large, 3 out of 4 medium, and all small tractors were resulted as inadequate for the test criterion. This study found that the luminous performance results were better as the size of agricultural tractors became bigger. One out of 4 foreign and 2 out of 8 domestic manufacturers were suitable for the test criterion, and overall no difference from the luminosity test results was observed between domestic and foreign manufacturers. In addition, the measuring points, HV, 5L, 5R, 5U and 5D with the minimal luminosity revealed flaws (80% of the proportion of faulty products). Therefore, it is urgent to improve the quality for measuring points (HV, 5U, 5L, 5R, 5D) of stop lamps to apply Regulation No. 7.

Utilization of Liquid Waste from Methane Fermentation as a Source of Organic Fertilizer -III. Effect of Liquid Waste from Methane Fermentation on Maize Yield (메탄발효폐액(醱酵廢液)의 비료화(肥料化)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) -III. 옥수수에 대(對)한 폐액(廢液)의 비효시험(肥效試驗))

  • Lim, Dong-Kyu;Shin, Jae-Sung;Choi, Du-Hoi;Park, Young-Dae
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.333-336
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    • 1987
  • A liquid waste from methane fermantation was applied on Maize field to determine its effect and optimum application rate on the plant growth. A basal application of liquid waste increased a considerable amount of soil water resulting in an increase of germination. Fresh and dry yields of maize plant increased as the liquid waste application rate increased and same as plant growth. Nitrogen and phosphorus components in plant and soil showed the same tendency as the yields. The result indicates that the liquid waste is potentially useful source for a fertilizer and irrigation water.

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비점원오염 연구에 관한 고찰

  • 최중대
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.6-11
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    • 1997
  • 비점원오염은 하천 및 지하수 수질오염에 많은 기여를 하고 있는 것으로 나타나고 있는 반면에 우리나라에서는 비점원오염에 관한 연구는 상대적으로 미약한 것으로 지적되고 있다. 본 기사에서는 비점원오염에 대한 이해를 증진하고 현장실험연구를 활성화하는 데 기여하기 위하여 미국 등의 선진국에서 실행하고 있는 현장실험방법을 경지단위의 연구, 유역단위의 연구, 그리고 지하수 수질에 관한 연구로 구분하여 고찰하였다. 비점원오염에 관한 현장연구방법, 연구시 중요사항, 고려하여야 할 사항 등에 관한 자료는 'Gale, J.A., D. E. Line, D. L. Osmond, S. W. Coffey, J. Spooner, J. A. Arnold, T. J. Hoban, and R. C. Winverley. 1993. Evaluation of the Experimental Rural Clean Water Project, NCSU Water Quality Group, Biological and Agricultural Engineer-ing Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, EPA-841-R-93-005'에 자세히 기술되어 있다.

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Antibacterial and Radical Scavenging Activities of 1-C-(p-Hydroxyphenyl)-Glycerol from Trichosanthes kirilowii

  • Jang, Ki-Chang;Lee, Jin-Hwan;Kim, Seong-Cheol;Song, Eun-Young;Ro, Na-Young;Moon, Doo-Young;Um, Yeong-Cheol;Park, Ki-Hun
    • Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.50 no.1
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    • pp.17-21
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    • 2007
  • 1-C-(p-Hydroxyphenyl)-glycerol (1) was isolated and purified by column chromatography and recrystallization from the rhizome of Trichosanthes kirilowii, firstly in this species. Isolated compound showed inhibitory effects on the growth of five bacteria (Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus faecalis, etc) completely at the concentration higher than 10 ppm as well as delayed the growth of three bacteria (Bacillus substilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeroginosa) at the concentration of 25 ppm for 60 h. Moreover, this compound showed potent antioxidant activity against DPPH radical ($IC_{50}$ = 56.0 ppm)

Identification and Association of SNPs in TBC1D1 Gene with Growth Traits in Two Rabbit Breeds

  • Yang, Zhi-Juan;Fu, Lu;Zhang, Gong-Wei;Yang, Yu;Chen, Shi-Yi;Wang, Jie;Lai, Song-Jia
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.26 no.11
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    • pp.1529-1535
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    • 2013
  • The TBC1D1 plays a key role in body energy homeostasis by regulating the insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle. The present study aimed to identify the association between genetic polymorphisms of TBC1D1 and body weight (BW) in rabbits. Among the total of 12 SNPs detected in all 20 exons, only one SNP was non-synonymous (c.214G>A. p.G72R) located in exon 1. c.214G>A was subsequently genotyped among 491 individuals from two rabbit breeds by the high-resolution melting method. Allele A was the predominant allele with frequencies of 0.7780 and 0.6678 in European white rabbit (EWR, n = 205) and New Zealand White rabbit (NZW, n = 286), respectively. The moderate polymorphism information content (0.250.05). Our results implied that the c.214G>A of TBC1D1 gene might be one of the candidate loci affecting the trait of 35 d BW in the rabbit.

PCR Technique for Determining Jeju Black Cattle, Hanwoo and Imported Beef (흑한우와 한우 및 수입우를 판별하기 위한 multiplex PCR 기술)

  • Kim, Chan-Su;Ko, Jung-Moon;Cha, Hyeon-Cheol;Park, Joong Kook;Jeong, Joon
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.24 no.8
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    • pp.910-914
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    • 2014
  • For the identification of the Jeju black cattle, Hanwoo and imported beef, we performed a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) associated with microsatellite (MS) and melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene. The MC1R gene plays an important role in regulation of the melanin synthesis within mammalian melanocytes. MC1R encoded by extension (E) locus was almost fixed with recessive red e allele in the Hanwoo. We estimated that the specific genotypes ($E^+/E^+$, $E^+/e$) of MC1R gene were characteristic genotypes of Jeju black cattle. But the PCR products resulted from using the MC1R gene derived primers only are not sufficient to identify Jeju black cattle from other relatives. We performed two times of successive multiplex PCR to provide a more accurate result for the identification of Jeju black cattle. The results suggest that two types of successive multiplex PCR methods using MC1R gene and Microsatellite derived primer set will be more useful to identification of Jeju black cattle, Hanwoo and imported beef.

AUTOMATIC LEVELING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR COMBINE

  • Lee, S. S.;K. S. Oh;H. Hwang;Park, D. Y.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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    • 2000.11c
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    • pp.684-689
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    • 2000
  • In harvesting rice and barley using combine, the inclination of the body caused by the irregular surface condition of the field and the soil sinking from the unbalanced weight during the grain collection used to make harvesting operation difficult and even impossible. To overcome such a problem, automatic leveling control system for a combine has been developed and tested. The system was composed of the sensor for measuring left and right inclination of the combine chassis and the hydraulic control system. The adaptability of the control system was investigated by analyzing system response in time domain. And the limit angle of the leveling control was set up to be +/- 7$^{\circ}$. The proposed control and hydraulic power system was implemented to the prototype combine. The prototype combine was designed and built as a separable structure with chassis and track. This paper shows results of the leveling performance tested in the laboratory and the grain field.

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Effect of Temperature on Development and Reproduction of the Emma Field Cricket, Teleogryllus emma(Orthoptera: Gryllidae)

  • Kim, Nam-Jung;Hong, Seong-Jin;Seol, Kwang-Youl;Kim, Seong-Hyun;Ahn, Nan-Hee;Kim, Mi-Ae
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.69-73
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    • 2007
  • To establish the indoor-rearing system of the emma field cricket, Teleogryllus emma, the effects of temperature on development and reproduction of the emma cricket have been studied. The influence of temperature on developmental periods of emma field cricket was investigated under the eight temperatures of 15, 18, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31 and $35^{\circ}C$, under $60{\pm}5%$ R.H. and 16L:8D photoperiod. The developmental periods of T. emma nymphs had a range of 124.8 days to 44.4 days at the temperature of $21^{\circ}C$ and $35^{\circ}C$, respectively. At $15^{\circ}C$ and $18^{\circ}C$, however, all tested individuals died before emergence. The highest survival rate was 90% at $25^{\circ}C$, but there were no statistically significant differences among the temperatures. The adult weight increased with increasing temperatures although the weight at $35^{\circ}C$ was decreased. In addition, the influence of temperature on reproduction of emma field cricket was investigated under three temperatures $22^{\circ}C,\;25^{\circ}C\;and\;28^{\circ}C$, under $60{\pm}5%$ R.H. and 16L:8D photoperiod. The longevity of female/male adults were 65.8/79.2 days, 68.5/67.8 days, 46.8/57.4 days at the temperature $22^{\circ}C,\;25^{\circ}C\;and\;28^{\circ}C$, respectively. The preoviposition periods were 32.5 days at $22^{\circ}C,\;22.9^{\circ}C$ days at $25^{\circ}C$ and 22.1 days at $28^{\circ}C$. The highest average fecundity per female was 737.3 at $25^{\circ}C$.

Estimation of Chinese Cabbage Growth by RapidEye Imagery and Field Investigation Data

  • Na, Sangil;Lee, Kyoungdo;Baek, Shinchul;Hong, Sukyoung
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.48 no.5
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    • pp.556-563
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    • 2015
  • Chinese cabbage is one of the most important vegetables in Korea and a target crop for market stabilization as well. Remote sensing has long been used as a tool to extract plant growth, cultivated area and yield information for many crops, but little research has been conducted on Chinese cabbage. This study refers to the derivation of simple Chinese cabbage growth prediction equation by using RapidEye derived vegetation index. Daesan-myeon area in Gochang-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Korea is one of main producing district of Chinese cabbage. RapidEye multi-spectral imagery was taken on the Daesan-myeon five times from early September to late October during the Chinese cabbage growing season. Meanwhile, field reflectance spectra and five plant growth parameters, including plant height (P.H.), plant diameter (P.D.), leaf height (L.H.), leaf length (L.L.) and leaf number (L.N.), were measured for about 20 plants (ten plants per plot) for each ground survey. The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) for each of the 20 plants was measured using an active plant growth sensor (Crop $Circle^{TM}$) at the same time. The results of correlation analysis between the vegetation indices and Chinese cabbage growth data showed that NDVI was the most suited for monitoring the L.H. (r=0.958~0.978), L.L. (r=0.950~0.971), P.H. (r=0.887~0.982), P.D. (r=0.855~0.932) and L.N. (r=0.718~0.968). Retrieval equations were developed for estimating Chinese cabbage growth parameters using NDVI. These results obtained using the NDVI is effective provided a basis for establishing retrieval algorithm for the biophysical properties of Chinese cabbage. These results will also be useful in determining the RapidEye multi-spectral imagery necessary to estimate parameters of Chinese cabbage.