• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.304-310
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• 2018

장수상황버섯 (Phellinus baumi) 자실체에서 추출한 베타글루칸을 이용하여 개미의 진정사회성에 미치는 영향을 이해하기 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 일본 왕개미 (Camponotus japonicus)를 베타글루칸의 추출물 (BGE)이 포함된 먹이를 공급한 후 진정사회성에 관한 실험을 실시하였다. 멸균된 토양을 PET 병에 넣은 후 세 가지 농도의 BGE 먹이를 이용하여 배양을 실시하였다. 설탕분말에 BGE를 중량비율로 각각0, 20, 50% (g/g)를 혼합하여 대조군, 저, 고의 세가지 농도로 BGE먹이를 만들었다. 진정사회성에 미치는 영향을 연구하기 위해 세 가지의 진정사회성 지표를 이용하여 실험을 수행하였다. 개미집의 수, 협동 방어 노력 지수 (CDI), 개체군의 규모를 지표로 사용하였다. 고농도의 BGE를 공급한 집단에서 대조군보다 개미집의 형성도가 유의적으로 높았다. 외부 여왕 개미에 대한 반응을 나타내는 CDI에서도 차이를 보였는데, 고농도의 BGE 그룹은 다른 그룹보다 방어 체계를 완성하는 데 상대적으로 적은 시간이 걸렸고 참여하는 개미의 수도 유의적으로 많았다. 개미와 알의 수로 관측한 개체군의 규모에 있어 대조군과 BGE 그룹 간에 명백한 차이가 있었다. BGE가 공급된 그룹은 여왕을 제외하고 개미와 알의 수가 가장 많았다. 이 결과를 종합하면, 개미의 먹이에 BGE를 첨가할 때, 개미는 높은 진정 사회성 강화 지수를 보이며 이 결과는 BGE가 개미의 진정사회적 기능수행에 매우 긍정적인 영향을 준다는 것을 나타낸다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제99권2호
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• pp.179-185
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• 2010

Organophosphate pesticides inhibit cholinesterase. It is likely that application of organophosphate pesticides affect behavior of arthropods. This study aimed to find changes in foraging behavior of ants due to application of fenitrothion, one of the widely used organophosphate pesticides. Foraging activity (FA) of ants was observed using bait cards in a pesticide sprayed pine stand and in an unsprayed stand before and after aerial application of fenitrothion in 2003 and 2004. Ant abundance and species richness of ants were also monitored using pitfall traps during the activity season in 2003 and 2004. There was not a significant decrease in abundance and species richness after the application of fenitrothion. However, FA of an ant, Paratrechina flavipes (Smith), which was abundant enough to be statistically compared, was depressed from 2 hours to 10 days after application of the pesticide. FA was fully recovered at day 14 in 2003, and was partially recovered at day 18 and fully at day 31 in 2004. FA of other ant species also decreased significantly during the FA depression period of P. flavipes. On the bait cards, workers of the species responded dully to baits during the FA depression period. Despite the decline in activity, alertness of P. flavipes to other species did not decrease even during the FA depression period.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.285-292
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• 2019

Path planning is an important problem to solve in robotics and there has been many related studies so far. In the previous research, we proposed the Heterogeneous-Ants-Based Path Planner (HAB-PP) for the global path planning of mobile robots. The conventional path planners using grid map had discrete state transitions that constrain the only movement of an agent to multiples of 45 degrees. The HAB-PP provided the smoother path using the heterogeneous ants unlike the conventional path planners based on Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm. The planner, however, has the problem that the optimization of the path once found is fast but it takes a lot of time to find the first path to the goal point. Also, the HAB-PP often falls into a local optimum solution. To solve these problems, this paper proposes an improved ant-inspired path planner using the Rapidly-exploring Random Tree-star ($RRT^*$). The key ideas are to use $RRT^*$ as the characteristic of another heterogeneous ant and to share the information for the found path through the pheromone field. The comparative simulations with several scenarios verify the performance of the improved HAB-PP.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권11호
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• pp.4048-4056
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• 2023

The feasibility of using the Monte Carlo code MCS to generate multigroup cross sections for nodal diffusion simulations RAST-F of liquid metal fast reactors is investigated in this paper. The performance of the MCS/RAST-F code system is assessed using steady-state simulations of the ANTS-100e core. The results show good agreement between MCS/RAST-F and MCS reference solutions, with a keff difference of less than 77 pcm and root-mean-square differences in radial and axial power of less than 0.5% and 0.25%, respectively. Furthermore, the MCS/RAST-F reactivity feedback coefficients are within three standard deviations of the MCS coefficients. To validate the internal thermal-hydraulic (TH) feedback capability in RAST-F code, the coupled neutronic/TH1D simulation of ANTS-100e is performed using the case matrix obtained from MCS branch calculations. The results are compared to those obtained using the MARS-LBE system code and show good agreement with relative temperature differences in fuel and coolant of less than 0.8%. This study demonstrates that the MCS/RAST-F code system can produce accurate results for core steady-state neutronic calculations and for coupled neutronic/TH simulations.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.101-112
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• 1992

덕유산 지역의 개미의 분포와 개미상을 밝히기 위하여 덕유산 지역을 5개 코스로 나누어 1986년, 1989년, 1991년의 3개년간 16차례에 걸쳐 476 colony를 채집하여 4아과 22속 44종의 분포를 확인하였다. 아과별 종조성은 두마디개미아과가 12속 21종으로 가장 많고 불개미아과가 6속 20종, 침개미아과가 3속 4종, 시베리아개미아과가 1속 1종 이었다. 수직분포의 경향은 고도 500 m에서 전체종의 93%인 41종의 집중 분포하고 있었으며 종별수직분포의 상한계선은 고도 700 m에서 일본침개미와 장구개미를 포함한 5종, 고도 1,000 m에서는 침개미, 호리가슴개미, 나도누은털개미, 스미드개미를 포함하여 10종이 분포하고 있었다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.303-319
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• 2023

Pitfall traps that use ethylene glycol as a preservative solution are commonly used in arthropod research. However, a recent surge in cases involving damage to these traps by roe deer or wild boars owing to the sweet taste of ethylene glycol has prompted the addition of quinone sulfate, a substance with a pungent taste, to deter such wildlife interference. This study aimed to assess the effects of quinone sulfate on arthropods collected from pitfall traps containing ethylene glycol. We strategically positioned 50 traps using ethylene glycol alone and 50 traps containing a small amount of quinone sulfate mixed with ethylene glycol in a grid pattern for systematic sampling at the Gwangneung Forest long-term ecological research (LTER) site. Traps were collected 10 days later. The results revealed a notable effect on ants when quinone sulfate was introduced. Specifically, it decreased the number of ants. In a species-specific analysis of ants, only Nylanderia flavipes showed a significant decline in response to quinone sulfate, whereas other ant species remained unaffected. Additionally, among the arthropod samples obtained in this survey, we identified species or morpho-species of spiders, beetles, and ants and assessed species diversity. Consequently, the utilization of quinone sulfate should be undertaken judiciously, taking into account the specific species composition and environmental characteristics of the monitoring site. Our study also highlighted the significant response of various arthropod groups to variations in leaf litter depth, underscoring the crucial role of the leaf litter layer in providing sustenance and shelter for ground-foraging arthropods. Furthermore, we have compiled comprehensive species lists of both spiders and ants in Gwangneung forest by amalgamating data from this investigation with findings from previous studies.

• 한국토양동물학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.5-23
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• 1996

To clarify the ants fauna in Chollabukdo, field survey was carried out for about 10 years from 1986 to 1995. As a result, 1,699 clonies were collected and identified. These clonies were composed of 76 species belonging to the 31 genera of 5 subfamilies. The list of ants in Chollabukdo was prepared with them involving a subfamily, 6 genera and 18 species newly recorded from Chollabukdo. In NSC analysis between areas, zones and clonies respectively, all 16 areas were continuous expect Bangchukdo. In block analysis of ant distribution. 28 species were found only in mountain-zone and 4 species in island-zone. Among 5 subfamilies distributied in Chollabukdo, Myrmicinae is the most abundant, but Cerapacinae is the oppisite. The Lasius of Formicinae is the most abundant genus among 31 genera investigated.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2017년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.72-73
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• 2017

인터모달 자동화물운송시스템 기술개발에 있어서 대차의 안정적인 운행이 가능하도록 전자적 신호를 통하여 차량의 구동을 제어하고 원격제어가 가능하도록 통신설비를 구축을 위한 대차주행제어시스템 기술에 대한 전반적인 기술검토를 추진하였다.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.191-197
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• 1995

한국산 최서남단에 위치하는 소흑산도일대에 분포하는 개미상을 조사하기 위하여 1994년 4월과 7월 조사한 결과 537 colony의 표본을 채집하여 동정함으로서 소흑산도에 분포하는 37종의 개미상이 처음으로 밝혀졌다. 37종중 긴털톱니비늘개미(신칭) Smithistruma inceria Brown와 나도네눈개미(신칭) Camponotus nawai lto는 한반도에서는 처음으로 그 분포가 밝혀졌다.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.429-439
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• 1998

설악산 개미류의 분포 조사는 Choi(1986)에 의한 4아과 15속 29종이 처음 보고되었으나, 이후 체계적은 보고는 없었다. 1991년 4월부터 1997년 9월까지 개미류를 채집하여 동정한 결과 5속 26종을 추가 보고하며, 이로서 설악산에는 총 4아과 20속 55종이 서식하는 것으로 확인되었다.