• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.960-966
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• 2021

A technical approach to design and carry out an experiment to determine the uptake of selected radionuclides in site-specific conditions in Kuwait was developed and successfully executed for developing a radioecological decision support system. The radionuclides from soil-to-plant transfer factors have been obtained for leafy and non-leafy vegetables, and root crops cultivated in Kuwait. Two types of vegetated soils were selected and spiked with high concentrations of three relatively short-lived selected radionuclides (⁸⁵Sr, ¹³⁴Cs, and ¹³³Ba). The highest strontium and barium transfer factors were found in the order: leafy vegetables > root crops > non-leafy vegetables. The approximate range of radiocesium transfer factor was found to be low in all plant groups and was comparable to those reported elsewhere in different soil types of temperate and tropical environments. A strong negative correlation between the obtained transfer factors and the distribution coefficient of the radionuclide in soil was found. It is recommended to adopt the newly derived parameters for the sensitive areas in Kuwait and other Gulf countries instead of using the generic parameters, whenever dose calculation codes are used. This will help to more accurately assess and predict the end results of the committed effective dose equivalent through ingestion pathway.

• 한국인구학
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.98-114
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• 1995

이 연구는 급격한 변동을 겪어 온 한국사회에서 도시화가 어떻게 이루어지고 있고 도시인구의 분포의 측면에서 불평등이 어떻게 이루어져 있는지를 살펴보고 있다. 이 연구결과 1966-70년 사이에 급격히 이루어진 도시화의 성격이 부각되었고, 또 도농간의 성장속도의 차이도 아주 높았음이 드러났다. 무엇보다도 서울의 수위도시성이 명백히 드러났다. 하지만 서울의 수위도시성은 1970년이래 서서히 감소되기 시작했고, 불평등지수인 지니계수를 통해 검증한 결과 1970년에 비해 1990년의 도시인구분포의 불평등성은 완화된 것으로 보이나, 여전히 큰 불평등이 존재하고 있다.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.86-94
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• 1999

A set of rice recombinant inbred lines was developed from a cross between a Tongil type variety, Nonganbyeo, and an indica variety, BG276, by the single seed descent method. The number of the lines in the population was 272. All the agronomic characters studied except ADV (alkali-digestion value) showed continuous variation among the RILs, implying that their inheritance mode should be quantitative. The patterns of the variation in the RILs were either normal or skewed distribution. ADVs of RILs were segregated into two groups with 1:1 ratio, indicating that ADVs in this KIL population might be controlled by one major gene. Transgressive variations were also observed in all characters. Heritability values of the characters varied from 0.488 in brown/rough rice ratio to 0.895 in alkali-digestion value. In the analysis of genotypic and phenotypic correlations, the character of yield was positively correlated with 8 different agronomic characters. The number of panicles per hill was negatively correlated with culm length, panicle length, and number of spikelets per panicle. Grain length was positively correlated with grain width, grain thickness, grain length/width ratio, white belly, ADV, and amylose. However, grain length/width ratio was negatively correlated with grain width. White core was also negatively correlated with white belly and ADV.