• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.139-149
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• 2018

Background: Ethiopia is among the poorest countries where land degradation caused livelihood problem to its inhabitants. The livelihood of rural communities in Ethiopia is seriously threatened by land degradation. Land is the major natural resource that economic, social, infrastructure, and other human activities are undertaken on. Thus, land resources play an important role in shaping rural livelihoods, and lack of sustainable land management practices leads to land degradation. Thus, this study aimed to analyze interlink between land degradation and livelihood of rural communities in Chilga district, Northwest Ethiopia. It also addresses the factors which influence income diversification for livelihood of households in the study area. Result: The result depicts that the major causes of land degradation are both natural and anthropogenic. Land degradation and livelihood are negatively interlinked with each other. The livelihood of the majority of the population in the study area is dependent on subsistence agriculture both farming and animal husbandry with low diversification. The survey result showed that more than half (69%) of the sample households have farm size of less than 2 ha, nearly one third (31%) have 2.0-2.5 ha, and insignificant number of farmers have more than 2.5 ha. More than 80% of the respondents pointed out that land degradation has impacts both on crop yield and livestock production. Most of the explanatory variables such as gender, age, education level, farmland size, and family size have statistical significant influence (at P < .01 and P < .05 levels) for income diversification of households, while marital status on the other hand is not statistically significant though it has positive relation with income diversification in this study. Conclusions: Our results suggest awareness should be created in the community about the livelihood diversification mechanisms which enabled them to engage in different income-generating activities and comprehensive watershed management should be implemented.

• 정보처리학회논문지:소프트웨어 및 데이터공학
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• 제7권11호
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• pp.419-426
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• 2018

구제역으로 인하여 국내 축산업계 및 관련 산업분야는 매년 막대한 피해를 입고 있다. 구제역과 관련한 다양한 학술적 연구들이 현재 진행되고는 있으나, 구제역의 발병에 따른 사회적 파급효과에 관한 공학적 분석 연구는 매우 제한적이다. 본 연구에서는 구제역에 관한 일반 시민들의 감성적 반응을 텍스트 마이닝 방법론을 사용하여 분석하는 체계적인 방법론을 제안한다. 제안하는 시스템은 먼저, 트위터에 게시된 트윗 중 구제역과 관련된 데이터를 수집한 후, 딥러닝 기법을 사용하여 극성 분류 과정을 거친다. 둘째, 토픽 모델링의 대표적인 기법 중 하나인 LDA를 활용하여 트윗으로 부터 키워드들을 추출하고, 추출된 키워드들로부터 극성별 동시출현 키워드 네트워크를 구성한다. 셋째, 키워드 네트워크을 통해 구제역의 위기단계 구간별 사회적 파급효과를 분석한다. 사례 분석으로써, 2010년 7월부터 2011년 12월까지 국내에서 발생한 구제역에 관한 일반 시민들의 감성적 변화를 분석하였다.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.136-153
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• 2019

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of skin care foods on the synthesis of pro-collagen type I C peptide and suppression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1 secretion through an in vitro study using fibroblasts (Hs68 cells) and keratinocytes (HaCaT cells). Among the three skin care foods developed in this study, three beans cookie and avocado yoghurt influenced the production of pro-collagen type I C peptide and suppressed MMP-1 secretion; however, tiger nut Galsu drink did not exhibit these effects. All skin care foods, including three beans cookie and plain yoghurt ($50{\mu}g/mL$, p<0.001) influenced the suppression of MMP-1 in addition to other commercially available breast milk production support foods examined, such as Heath Heather ($50{\mu}g/mL$, p<0.001), Happy Mama ($50{\mu}g/mL$, p<0.01), BioLys ($50{\mu}g/mL$, p<0.001), Enfamama ($25{\mu}g/mL$, p<0.0001), and Pregnagen ($25{\mu}g/mL$, p<0.001). Avocado fruit yoghurt ($25{\mu}g/mL$, p<0.05), avocado fruit jam yoghurt ($50{\mu}g/mL$, p<0.01), Enfamama ($100{\mu}g/mL$, p<0.05), and Pregnagen ($100{\mu}g/mL$, p<0.05) influenced the production of pro-collagen type I C peptide and suppressed MMP-1 secretion. This result indicates that only avocado jam yoghurt significantly influenced both the prevention of skin keratinization and acceleration of recovery of skin fibrous structure. Therefore, avocado is a favorable ingredient for nutrition-balanced dietary foods or an essential ingredient in products for revitalization of human skin.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.237-250
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 중국에 있어서 농업, 농민, 농촌의 소위 삼농(三?)지출과 농촌주민의 '삶의 질'간의 관계를 파악하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 개혁 개방이 시작된 1978년부터 2013년까지 자료를 이용하였으며, 단위근 검정, 공적분 검정, 그랜저인과관계를 분석하였다. 공적분 분석결과 공적분이 존재하는 모형은 VECM를 적용하고, 공적분이 존재하지 않는 모형은 VAR모형을 적용하여 두 변수간의 관계를 분석하였다. 두 변수간의 관계를 분석한 결과 첫째, 삼농지출과 농림어업총생산측면의 '삶의 질'간에는 양방향 인과관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 삼농지출과 농촌주택환경측면의 '삶의 질'과 농촌주민의 소비지출측면의 '삶의 질' 관계에서는 삼농지출이 두 변수에 영향을 미치는 단일인과관계를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 반면 삼농지출과 농촌의료환경측면 '삶의 질'간에는 서로 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로 정부는 농촌주민의 '삶의 질'을 향상시키기 위한 방향으로 삼농지출을 배분하는 방안을 강구할 필요가 있는 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.278-286
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• 2022

Live bacterial vector vaccines are one of the most promising vaccine types and have the advantages of low cost, flexibility, and good safety. Meanwhile, protein secretion systems have been reported as useful tools to facilitate the release of heterologous antigen proteins from bacterial vectors. The twin-arginine translocation (Tat) system is an important protein export system that transports fully folded proteins in a signal peptide-dependent manner. In this study, we constructed a live vector vaccine using an engineered commensal Escherichia coli strain in which amiA and amiC genes were deleted, resulting in a leaky outer membrane that allows the release of periplasmic proteins to the extracellular environment. The protective antigen proteins SLY, enolase, and Sbp against Streptococcus suis were targeted to the Tat pathway by fusing a Tat signal peptide. Our results showed that by exploiting the Tat pathway and the outer membrane-defective E. coli strain, the antigen proteins were successfully secreted. The strains secreting the antigen proteins were used to vaccinate mice. After S. suis challenge, the vaccinated group showed significantly higher survival and milder clinical symptoms compared with the vector group. Further analysis showed that the mice in the vaccinated group had lower burdens of bacteria load and slighter pathological changes. Our study reports a novel live bacterial vector vaccine that uses the Tat system and provides a new alternative for developing S. suis vaccine.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2022

Mongolian folk songs are inspired by Mongolian labor songs and are classified into long and short songs. Mongolian long songs have ancient origins, are rich in legends, and are a great source of folklore. So it was inscribed by UNESCO in 2008. Mongolian written literature is formed under the direct influence of oral literature. Mongolian long song has 3 classes: ayzam, suman, and besreg by their lyrics and structure. In ayzam long song, the world perfectly embodies the philosophical nature of world phenomena and the nature of human life. Suman long song has a wide range of topics such as the common way of life, respect for ancestors, respect for fathers, respect for mountains and water, livestock and animal husbandry, as well as the history of Mongolia. Besreg long songs are dominated by commanded and trained characters. In this paper, we proposed a method to classify their 3 types of long songs using machine learning, based on their lyrics structures without semantic information. We collected lyrics of over 80 long songs and extracted 11 features from every single song. The features are the name of a song, number of the verse, number of lines, number of words, general value, double value, elapsed time of verse, elapsed time of 5 words, and the longest elapsed time of 1 word, full text, and type label. In experimental results, our proposed features show on average 78% recognition rates in function type machine learning methods, to classify the ayzam, suman, and besreg classes.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.15.1-15.13
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• 2023

Background: Inactivated vaccines are limited in preventing foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) due to safety problems. Recombinant virus-like particles (VLPs) are an excellent candidate for a novel vaccine for preventing FMD, given that VLPs have similar immunogenicity as natural viruses and are replication- and infection-incompetent. Objectives: The 3C protease and P1 polyprotein of type O FMD virus (FDMV) was expressed in yeast Hansenula polymorpha to generate self-resembling VLPs, and the potential of recombinant VLPs as an FMD vaccine was evaluated. Methods: BALB/c mice were immunized with recombinant purified VLPs using CpG oligodeoxynucleotide and aluminum hydroxide gel as an adjuvant. Cytokines and lymphocytes from serum and spleen were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, enzyme-linked immunospot assay, and flow cytometry. Results: The VLPs of FMD were purified successfully from yeast protein with a diameter of approximately 25 nm. The immunization of mice showed that animals produced high levels of FMDV antibodies and a higher level of antibodies for a longer time. In addition, higher levels of interferon-γ and CD4⁺ T cells were observed in mice immunized with VLPs. Conclusions: The expression of VLPs of FMD in H. polymorpha provides a novel strategy for the generation of the FMDV vaccine.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.105-112
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• 2005

본 연구는 답리작 사료작물인 호밀에 대한 돈분액비 시용시 돈분액비에 의한 화학비료 대치효과를 파악하기 위하여 돈분액비의 시용수준별 호밀의 생산성 및 지력증진에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 실험설계는 화학비료 3 요소구(200-150-150), 화학비료 대비 돈분액비 $100\%$ N, 돈분액비 $200\%$N 및 돈분액비 $100\%$N+1/2 화학비료로 하여 3년 동안 수행하였는데 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 돈분액비의 시용수준에 따른 호밀의 건물수량은 돈분액비 $100\%$+1/2 화학비료구, 액비 $200\%$구 및 화학비료 3 요소구의 순이었으며 돈분액비 $100\%$ 구가 가장 낮았으며, 조단백질 함량은 돈분액비 $200\%$ 구가 $10.53\%$로 가장 높았고 돈분액비 $100\%$+1/2 화학비료구와 화학비료 3 요소구는 비슷하였으며 돈분액비 $100\%$ 구가 $8.04\%$로 가장 낮았으나, NDF와 TDN 함량은 돈분액비의 시용수준이나 화학비료의 시용에 관계없이 서로간에 거의 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 호밀에 의한 N 생산량은 N 공급수준과 비례하여 돈분액비 $200\%$, 돈분액비 $100\%$+1/2 화학 비료구, 화학비료 3요소구 및 돈분액비 $100\%$ 구 순으로 높았다. 또한, 토양중 N 함량과 토양 유기물 함량은 돈분액비 시비 수준에 따라 영향을 받지 않았지만 시용년도가 진행될수록 토양 N 함량도 증가되었으나, P 함량은 액비시용수준이나 년차간에도 변화가 없었다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.125-132
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• 1998

목 적 : 초기만성신부전증에서 저단백식이를 항고혈압제와 병행 투여하였을 때 저단백식이 단독 투여 때보다 만성신부전의 진행속도 및 혈압조절에 어떠한 영향을 주는지 알기 위하여 저자들은 실험동물 백서를 이용하여 excision remnant kidney model로 만성 신부전을 유발시켰다. 방 법 : 5/6신 절제술로 만성 신부전을 유발시킨 백서를 순술 제 7일부터 무작위로 저단백식이 ($6\%$단백식이) 단독투여군, 저단백식이 enalapril 투여군 (식수 1 L당 50 mg),저단백식이 nicardipine 투여군 (사료 g당 0.2mg)로 나누어 신절제술후 4주, 12주, 16주에 단백뇨의 변화, 신 조직의 mesangial matrix expansion score 및 morphometric analysis로 분석한 사구체용적의 변화를 비교 분석하였다. 결 과 : 1)저단백식이 단독투여군은 신절제술후 계속 혈압이 증가됨을 볼 수 있었으며, 저단백식이 항고혈압제투여군은 신절제술후 8주부터 항고혈압제 투여 7주 후부터 저단백식이 단독투여군에 비해 혈압이 조절되기 시작하였다. 2)신절제술후 16주 째의 24시간 뇨단백은 세군 모두 크게 증가되지 않았으나 저단백식이 enalapril 투여군, 저단백식이 nicardipine투여군은 저단백식이 단독투여군에 비해 24시간 뇨단백의 양이 통계적으로 의미있게 낮았다. 3) 신절제술후 16주째 크레아티닌 청소 율은 저단백식이 단독투여군은 $1.57{\pm}0.11\;mL/min$, 저단백식이 enalapril 투여군 $1.37{\pm}0.14\;mL/min$, 저단백식이 nicardipine 투여군 $1.11{\pm}0.16\;ml/min$ 이었다. 4) 저단백식이 단독투여군의 잔여 신장무게는 신절제술후 4주 $1.33{\pm}0.04g$, 12주 $1.45{\pm}0.05g$, 16주 $1.44{\pm}0.16g$으로 12주 이후 잔여 신장무게의 증가를 관찰할 수 없었다. .신절제술후 16주에 관찰한 저단백식이 단독투여군과 저단백식이 항고혈압제투여군간의 잔여 신장무게는 통계적인 차이는 없었다. 5) 저단백식이 단독투여군의 mesangial matrix expansion score는 12주째 증가소견을 보였고 저단백식이 항고혈압제투여군은 항고혈압제 투여에도 불구하고 12주 이후 mesangial matrix expansion score의 의미있는 증가소견이 없었고 세군 간의 차이도 없었다. 6) 저단백식이 단독투여군의 사구체용적은 12주째 증가소견을 보였고 저단백식이 항고혈압제 투여군은 항고혈압제 투여에도 불구하고 12주 이후 사구체용적의 의미있는 증가소견이 없었고 세군 간의 차이도 없었다. 결 론 : 초기만성신부전증에서 저단백식이는 혈압을 조절시키지 못하였고 저단백식이 항고혈압제투여군은 저단백식이 단독투여군보다 혈압조절 및 단백뇨의 감소 소견은 유의한 차이를 보였으나, mesangial matrix expansion score,대상성 사구체비대는 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 그러므로 만성신부전의 진행을 지연시키는데 있어서 저단백식이와 함께 항고혈압제를 추가하였을 때 항고혈압제에 의한 추가적인 지연 효과는 관찰되지 않았다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.1615-1634
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• 2004

A review was undertaken to obtain information on the sustainability of pig free-range production systems including the management, performance and health of pigs in the system. Modern outdoor rearing systems requires simple portable and flexible housing with low cost fencing. Local pig breeds and outdoor-adapted breeds for certain environment are generally more suitable for free-range systems. Free-range farms should be located in a low rainfall area and paddocks should be relatively flat, with light topsoil overlying free-draining subsoil with the absence of sharp stones that can cause foot damage. Huts or shelters are crucial for protecting pigs from direct sun burn and heat stress, especially when shade from trees and other facilities is not available. Pigs commonly graze on strip pastures and are rotated between paddocks. The zones of thermal comfort for the sow and piglet differ markedly; between 12-22$^{\circ}C$ for the sow and 30-37$^{\circ}C$ for piglets. Offering wallows for free-range pigs meets their behavioural requirements, and also overcomes the effects of high ambient temperatures on feed intake. Pigs can increase their evaporative heat loss via an increase in the proportion of wet skin by using a wallow, or through water drips and spray. Mud from wallows can also coat the skin of pigs, preventing sunburn. Under grazing conditions, it is difficult to control the fibre intake of pigs although a high energy, low fibre diet can be used. In some countries outdoor sows are fitted with nose rings to prevent them from uprooting the grass. This reduces nutrient leaching of the land due to less rooting. In general, free-range pigs have a higher mortality compared to intensively housed pigs. Many factors can contribute to the death of the piglet including crushing, disease, heat stress and poor nutrition. With successful management, free-range pigs can have similar production to door pigs, although the growth rate of the litters is affected by season. Piglets grow quicker indoors during the cold season compared to outdoor systems. Pigs reared outdoors show calmer behaviour. Aggressive interactions during feeding are lower compared to indoor pigs while outdoor sows are more active than indoor sows. Outdoor pigs have a higher parasite burden, which increases the nutrient requirement for maintenance and reduces their feed utilization efficiency. Parasite infections in free-range pigs also risks the image of free-range pork as a clean and safe product. Diseases can be controlled to a certain degree by grazing management. Frequent rotation is required although most farmers are keeping their pigs for a longer period before rotating. The concept of using pasture species to minimise nematode infections in grazing pigs looks promising. Plants that can be grown locally and used as part of the normal feeding regime are most likely to be acceptable to farmers, particularly organic farmers. However, one of the key concerns from the public for free-range pig production system is the impact on the environment. In the past, the pigs were held in the same paddock at a high stocking rate, which resulted in damage to the vegetation, nutrient loading in the soil, nitrate leaching and gas emission. To avoid this, outdoor pigs should be integrated in the cropping pasture system, the stock should be mobile and stocking rate related to the amount of feed given to the animals.