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A Study on Methods of Environmental Education in the Geographic Section of Elementary School Social Studies (초등 사회과 지리 영역에 있어서 환경교육의 방안)

  • 홍기대
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.39-57
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    • 1996
  • All kinds of environmental problems are related to each local and geographical environment. For this reason, it is necessary for schools in each region to provide environmental education which suits the geographical character of their particular region. In order to provide solutions to the environmental problems of each school's geographic region, the goal of this research is as follows: 1. We can make students realize the relationship between the human race and the environment by teaching according to the environmental conditions in each local area. 2. By teaching students about the problems in their own local environment, we can increase their concern about the state of their local surroundings. 3. When teaching about the environment, it is useful to use educational material which suits the character of each local region. 4. Students' interest in environmental preservation can be aroused through extracurricular environmental activities. The ares concerned are Chonnam and Kwangju City, which are divided into urban, industrial, rural, coastal, and mountainous areas. The conclusion about considering environmental education in environmental school social studies is as follows: 1. Kwangju and Chonnam should be divided into five sections, each with similar geographical environments. This will be an improvement over the old uniform approach to environmental studies in which all regions were treated as being the same each region will now receive special attention. 2. It is necessary to maximize the efficient use of the Environmental Education Building. When Media, environmental data and special materials for environmental education are used effectively, teachers can lead class effectively and students will be more interested in the class. 3. We can detect the cause of pollution, increase interest in the environment and easily solve environmental problems by collecting and displaying environmental educational materials. 4. An environmental education corner could boost students' interest in environmental problems and could act as a kind of bridge between theoretical and practical education. 5. Media and environmental data must be specialized according to the geographic character of each region. In this way, we can expect to improve the quality of environmental education over the simplistic environmental education of previous years. 6. Students will become interested in the problems of the region in which they live through social studies, and primarily through the environmental curriculum. 7. We can prevent learning deficiencies by making a consistent teaching plan. The teaching and learning methods will be improved and the teachers will be proud of what they teach. 8. The purpose of the Education Procedure Content Analysis is to make teaching and learning concise and easy by systematizing environmental and related subjects. This can be done by adding an environmental unit to the geographic section of social studies. 9. Citizens' interest in their own residential environment can be increased through action by sustaining environmental preservation movements to local region people.

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Cross-media Approaches to Risk Management of Environmental Pollution in Korea (한국에서의 환경오염에 의한 위해성관리의 종합적 접근방법)

  • Chong, Yong
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • v.4 no.1_2
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    • pp.55-65
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    • 1989
  • Nevertheless the serious environmental pollution in Korea has been discussed in concern with health effect, the significant effect are not determined easily. Toxicological method has been used to establish safe levels of exposure for environmental pollutants to have threshold health effect below which significant effects are unlikely to occur. However the conventional method cannot to establish safe levels of exposure for non-threshold pollutants have been used to express comprehensive pollution degree, not in detailed toxic effects. Acceptable exposure or risk levels are decides by policymakers who consider descriptions and estimates of risks together with social and economic benefits. This paper focuses on the concept development of risk assessment and describes some risks of environmental pollution based on the surveyed date in Korea. The current concepts of risk assessment in policy descisions can be explored and areas for possible improvement, given current scientific knowledge are identified. The experience of foreign countries can provide a realistic basis for evaluating the existing data of environmental pollutants. To improve the environmental quality, risk regulation should be managed as soon as possible in Korea.

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A Study on the Optimal Public Service for Environmental Satellite Observation data (환경위성 관측정보의 대국민 맞춤형 서비스 제공 방안 연구)

  • Choi, Won Jun;Eun, Jong Won;Kim, Sang-kyun;Choi, Gwang-Ho
    • Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.56-61
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    • 2017
  • Recently, the satellite development project in Korea has been changing from demand to focus on various purposes. Especially, it is proposed to process satellite data from a simple terrestrial image observation satellite and to produce high value added information. In order to expand demand for satellite information, it is necessary to develop customized information and to provide information that reflects the needs of the final target population. In this study, we conducted a questionnaire survey and analyzed the results to analyze the requirements for the customized services of environmental satellites. As a result, the environmental satellites were found to have a low awareness due to the launch and operation, but they were highly aware of the recent environmental issues such as fine dust. In addition, they are aware of the necessity of developing independent environmental satellites because they have a strong desire for environmental security, and they prefer to provide materials through media that are easy to publicize and access through the media.

Rice Straw-Decomposing Fungi and Their Cellulolytic and Xylanolytic Enzymes

  • Lee, Sang-Joon;Jang, Yeong-Seon;Lee, Young-Min;Lee, Jae-Jung;Lee, Han-Byul;Kim, Gyu-Hyeok;Kim, Jae-Jin
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.21 no.12
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    • pp.1322-1329
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    • 2011
  • Filamentous fungi colonizing rice straw were collected from 11 different sites in Korea and were identified based on characterization of their morphology and molecular properties. The fungi were divided into 25 species belonging to 16 genera, including 14 ascomycetes, one zygomycete, and one basidiomycete. Fungal cellulolytic and xylanolytic enzymes were assessed through a two-step process, wherein highly active cellulase- and/or hemicellulase-producing fungi were selected in a first screening step followed by a second step to isolate the best enzyme-producer. Twenty-five fungal species were first screened for the production of total cellulase (TC), endo-${\beta}$-1,4 glucanase (EG), and endo-${\beta}$-1,4 xylanase (XYL) using solid-state fermentation with rice straw as substrate. From this screening, six species, namely, Aspergillus niger KUC5183, A. ochraceus KUC5204, A. versicolor KUC5201, Mucor circinelloides KUC6014, Trichoderma harzianum 1 KUC5182, and an unknown basidiomycete species, KUC8721, were selected. These six species were then incubated in liquid Mandels' media containing cellulose, glucose, rice straw, or xylan as the sole carbon source and the activities of six different enzymes were measured. Enzyme production was highly influenced by media conditions and in some cases significantly increased. Through this screening process, Trichoderma harzianum 1 KUC5182 was selected as the best enzyme producer. Rice straw and xylan were good carbon sources for the screening of cellulolytic and xylanolytic enzymes.

Removal Characteristics of NOx Using a Mixed Soil-Biofilter (토양 혼합여재를 이용한 질소산화물 제거특성)

  • Cho, Ki-Chul;Sin, Eun-Sang;Hwang, Gyeong-Cheol;Cho, Il-Hyoung;Lee, Nae-Hyun;Yeo, Hyun-Gu
    • Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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    • v.21 no.3 s.61
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    • pp.15-26
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    • 2006
  • As traffic in city-centre around the world continues to increase, so levels of atmospheric pollutants continue to rise. High concentrations of NOx can have negative effects on human health, and we must find new ways to reduce their levels in the air we breathe. Nitrogen oxide gas (NOx), consisting of nitrogen monoxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide $(NO_2)$ produced using $O_3$ oxidation, at a low concentration corresponding to that on roads as a result of exhaust from automobiles, was carried out to evaluate the removal characteristics of NOx through a laboratory-scale biofilter packed with soil as a packing material. A mixture media (yellow soil (30%): soil (40%): compost (10%): a used briquet (20%)) was applied. After about 1day of operation, the removal efficiency for $NO_2$ in all experiments with a constant condition ($25^{\circ}C$ and water humidity (60%)) was over 98%. The retention times of the section between phase I and phase II for formation and reduction of $NO_3$ NO and $NO_2$ on the initial $NO_3$ concentration was 50min $(O_3:195\;ppb),\;55min\;(O_3:925\;ppb),\;65min\;(O_3:1743\;ppb),\;70min\;(O_3:2616\;ppb),\;75min\;(O_3:3500\;ppb)$, respectively The soil biofilter system is a unique technology that purifies urban air by utilizing the natural processes that take place in the soil. Although some of the processes are quite complex, they can broadly be summarized as adsorption onto soil particles, dissolution into soil pore water, and biochemical.

Development and Validation of Multiple Regression Models for the Prediction of Effluent Concentration in a Sewage Treatment Process (하수처리장 방류수 수질예측을 위한 다중회귀분석 모델 개발 및 검증)

  • Min, Sang-Yun;Lee, Seung-Pil;Kim, Jin-Sik;Park, Jong-Un;Kim, Man-Soo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.312-315
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    • 2012
  • In this study, the model which can predict the quality of effluent has been implemented through multiple regression analysis to use operation data of a sewage treatment plant, to which a media process is applied. Multiple regression analysis were carried out by cases according to variable selection method, removal of outliers and log transformation of variables, with using data of one year of 2011. By reviewing the results of predictable models, the accuracy of prediction for $COD_{Mn}$ of treated water of secondary clarifiers was over 0.87 and for T-N was over 0.81. Using this model, it is expected to set the range of operating conditions that do not exceed the standards of effluent quality. In conclusion, the proper guidance on the effluent quality and energy costs within the operating range is expected to be provided to operators.

Measurement of Iron-dependence of pupA Promoter Activity by a pup-lux Bioreporter

  • Khang, Yong-Ho;Yang, Zamin-K.;Burlage, Robert-S.
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.352-355
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    • 1997
  • The promoter region of the pupA gene of Pseudomonas putida WCS358 was fused with the structural genes for bioluminescence (luxCDABE) from Vibrio fischeri, and the resulting fusion plasmid harbored by the WCS358 host. The pup-lux fusion gene was then used for quantitative analysis of the iron-dependence of pupA promoter activity. Factors affecting bioluminescence produced by the pup-lux bioreporter were found to be cell activity, iron-chelator concentrations, Fe(III) concentrations, and nutrient components. Light production rates of the pup-lux bioreporter were inversely dependent upon iron molecules when $FeCl_3$ concentrations were between $10^{-2}$ and 1 ${\mu}M$ in nutrient-poor minimal media, and between 0.1 and 10 mM in nutrient-rich complex media.

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Isolation and Characterization of a Phenol-degrading Strain, Klebsiella pneumoniae (Phenol 분해균주 Klebsiella pneumoniae의 분리 및 특성)

  • 노종수;이헌모
    • Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.34-38
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    • 2000
  • In the screening of phenol-degrading bacteria, a strain showing good growth in media containing phenol was isolated by using enrichment culture from various sample and identified as genus Klebsiella pneumoniae. The optimal temperature and pH for cell growth of Klebsiella pneumoniae was $35^{\circ}C$ and 8.0, respectively. When phenol was added to the minimal media as a sole source of carbon and energy, the concentration of maximum and optimum for cell growth was 1,200ppm and 1,000ppm, respectively. It was observed that Klebsiella pneumoniae was able to degrade 98% of phenol (1,000ppm) after 40hr in culture. The isolated could utilize various kinds of aromatic compounds and showed good growth in presence of phenol, m-cresol and 3-methyl catechol.

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Mechanism of Arsenic-Induced Cytotoxiciht in CHO Cells (CHO 세포에서 비소의 세포독성기전)

  • 정해원;기혜성;박영철;한정호;유일재
    • Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.117-123
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    • 1996
  • This study was carried out to examine the mechanism of Arsenic cytotoxicity through several in vitro test systems. Dose-dependent decrease of cell survival by Arsenic was observed by colony forming assay. Arsenic was weak mutagenic in inducing HGPRT point mutation in CHO cells. The frequency of chromosomal aberrations increased in a dose-dependent manner and the most frequent type of chromosomal aberrations induced by Arsenic were chromatid type deletions. U!trafiltrates of culture media from CHO cells treated with Arsenic induced sister chromatid exchanges(SCE) in CHO cells and Arsenic was able to induce lipid peroxidation in CHO cells. The results suggested that the ultrafiltrates of media from CHO cells treated with Arsenic contain clastogenic factor(CF) and Iipid peroxidation might be involved in the formation of CF.

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The Nitrogen Removal of Municipal Wastewater with HRT using CNR Process (CNR공법의 체류시간에 따른 도시하수의 질소제거)

  • 김영규;양익배;김인배
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.98-102
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    • 2000
  • The aim of this study was to evaluate on the removal effect of total nitrogen in municipal wastewater by decreasing hydraulic retention time(HRT) from 6 hour to 4 hour on CNR process. CNR-A(Cilia Nutrient Removal) is the process combining A2/O process with cilium media of H2L corporation. The removal efficiencies for T-N were 63.1% in A-1 reactor, and 73.5% in A-2 reactor and 77.0% in A-3 reactor. The specific nitrification(g-NH3-N/g-MLVSS.d) of Oxic in CNR-A process was 0.07-0.32. The specific denitrification in Anoxic and the specific nitrification inOxic was higher in HRT 4 hour because of optimum F/M ratio.

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