• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.287-294
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• 2023

Background: Fruit and vegetable market is an abundant source of bioaerosols. Exposure to organic and inorganic waste and long-term inhalation of bioaerosols during working hours leads to chronic respiratory symptoms. Hence, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms and related factors among fruit and vegetable workers compared with the control group in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods and materials: A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted from 2020 to 2021. Data were entered in EpiData 3.1 and exported to Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25. Logistic regressions were computed to depict the data and related factors. The culture method was done to count and compare bacterial and fungal concentrations between fruit and vegetable workers and office workers. Results: In this study, the prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms (PR = 2.87, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.772-4.66) was significantly higher among fruit and vegetable workers (46.7%) than controls (23.4%). Sex (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.11, 95% CI = 1.12-3.98), educational status (AOR = 1.34, 95% CI = 0.78-2.32), working hours per day (AOR = 3.91, 95% CI = 1.586-9.65), and working department (AOR = 3.20, 95% CI = 0.90-11.40) were associated with chronic respiratory symptoms. Bacterial and fungal concentrations were significantly higher in the air of the vegetable market (276 colony-forming unit) than the air in the workplace of controls (7 colony-forming unit). Conclusion: The fruit and vegetable market workers (greengrocers) had a higher prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms relative to office workers. Respiratory protective devices should be given to deliver preventive measures.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.142-150
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• 2009

This paper presents bio-ethanol production from fruit wastes as it possibly alternate fossil fuel in the future. To illustrate the component ratio in exocarps of fruit wastes such as pears, apples, and persimmons, the amount of moisture, lignin, $\alpha$, $\beta$, $\gamma$-cellulose, and ash content were respectively examined by the ingredient analysis. Also, the amount of the glucose obtained from the enzyme hydrolysis using the axocarps was investigated. It was found in our results that the energy efficient process requires different temperature conditions for the saccharification step($50^{\circ}C$ and the fermentation step($30^{\circ}C$ in ethanol synthesis.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제61권2호
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• pp.234-239
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• 2023

Waste from the food is a challenge to the environment all over the globe, hence there is need to be recycled. There is a great deal of renewable energy potential in the biomass of vegetables and fruits, which can be used to generate power and steam, as well as fuel for human consumption and laboratory solvents. To maintain the nutritional, antioxidative, and functional qualities of sapota fruit, wine was made by fermenting it with wine yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). The wine's approximate composition was as follows: total soluble solids, 2.38°Brix; total sugar, 3.8 g/100 ml tartaric acidity (TA), 1.29 g tartaric acidity total phenolics, 0.21 g/100 mL; pH, 3.02; acid/100 mL; pH, 3.02; total phenolics, 0.21 g/100 mL; 22 g/100 ml -carotene; 1.78 g/100 ml ascorbic acid mg/100 ml; 0.64 mg/100 ml lactic acid; and The ethanol percentage is 8.23% (v/v). The sapota wine was delicious. A DPPH-scavenging 2, 2-diphenyl-1picryl hydroxyl (DPPH) at a dosage of 250 g/ml, the activity was 46%. Infrared alcohols, phenethylamines, and other compounds were discovered via spectroscopy.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.549-561
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• 2023

Recently, consumers have gained an interest in natural and minimally processed foods, inciting the food industry to consider using of natural products as preservatives. Strawberries are a widely consumed fruit but are also highly perishable. Therefore, in this study, the physicochemical properties of strawberries (Fragaria×ananassa) were evaluated after a 12-h treatment with lemon essential oil (Citrus×limon) or cinnamon essential oil (Cinnamomum cassia) vapor during storage at 22℃ for 4 days in an accelerated shelf-life study and 4℃ for 18 days in a validation study. Weight loss was blunted in fruit treated with oil vapor during the first days of storage (p<0.05). Lemon essential oil delayed fruit darkening (p<0.05) but reduced the firmness of strawberries (p<0.05). Strawberries treated with cinnamon essential oil had a higher concentration of reducing sugars (p<0.05), and a decrease of 16.7% visible decay, although the difference was insignificant. Oil vapor treatment did not alter the pH, organic acid content, or soluble solid content during storage compared to the control. Since lemon and cinnamon essential oils have well-documented antimicrobial properties, they may be suitable for the natural preservation of fruit. This study provides new information on using essential oil vapor treatment to preserve fruits, and potentially decrease fruit loss and waste.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.839-847
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• 2011

본 연구는 한약탕제찌꺼기를 친환경 퇴비자원으로서 재활용하기 위하여 발효과정을 거친 퇴비(MHWC: medicinal herb waste compost)와 계분퇴비(PMC: poultry manure compost) 및 이를 혼합한 퇴비(MHWC+PMC, 1:1)를 식재2년생 복분자 포장에 0(UC: untreated control), 20, 40 Mg/ha로 처리하여 꽃이 첫 개화한 시기를 기점으로 15, 20, 25 DAF(day after flowering)를 수확시기로 하여 수확한 복분자 과실의 이화학적 특성을 조사하였다. 조단백질이 UC에 비해 모든 처리구가 증가하였고, 조지방은 UC와 비교하여 모든 수확시기에서 부분적으로 증가되는 경향이었다. 총당 함량은 UC에 비해 MHWC 처리구가 크게 증가하였다. 유리당 중 fructose와 glucose 함량은 MHWC 처리구가 다른 처리구보다 0.08~0.31, 0.08~0.18% 증가되었다. 유기산은 MHWC 및 PMC 처리로 인한 증가 경향을 보였고, 가장 높은 유기산은 citric acid로서 전체 유기산의 92.67~93.59% 수준이었다. 이상의 결과에서 MHWC 처리가 복분자의 당함량, 유리당 및 유기산의 함량을 증가시켜 품질향상에 효과가 있는 퇴비자원으로 생각되었다.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.472-481
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• 2011

본 연구는 한약탕제 찌꺼기를 친환경 퇴비자원으로서 재활용하기 위하여 발효과정을 거친 퇴비(MHWC; medicinal herb waste compost)와 계분퇴비(PMC; poultry manure compost) 및 이들을 혼합한 퇴비(MHWC+PMC, 1:1)를 식재 2년생 복분자 포장에 무처리(UC; untreated control, 0), 20, 40 Mg/ha로 각각 처리하였다. 밭 토양의 화학성과 수확한 복분자 과실의 수량 및 당도변화 조사 결과는 다음과 같다. 토양 pH는 UC보다 모두 증가하여 유의적인 pH 변화 조절기능이 인정되었다. EC는 MHWC 처리구가 UC보다 0.56-0.46 배 감소를 보였으며, PMC 처리구와 차이가 있었다. 유기물 함량과 질소함량은 퇴비 종류와 무관하게 증가하였고, 가장 증가된 퇴비는 MHWC이었다. 유효인산함량은 퇴비 종류 및 처리량에 따른 차이가 있었다. 각 퇴비를 처리한 토양의 중금속 함량은 토양오염우려기준보다 낮았다. MHWC 처리구의 수량과 당도는 다른 처리구에 비해 높은 경향을 나타내었다. 이상의 결과로 보아, MHWC 처리는 복분자 경작지의 토양환경개선과 더불어 복분자 과실의 수량 및 당도를 향상시키는 효과적인 퇴비자원인 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.1661-1665
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• 2003

A feeding trial was conducted for 60 days to study the utilization of fruits processing wastes as feed ingredient in the diet of Labeo rohita fingerlings. One hundred and sixty fingerlings (av. body weight, $1.65g{\pm}0.03$) were equally distributed in four experimental groups having 4 replicates each. Four different experimental diets were prepared by replacing wheat flour and rice bran with either orange (T2) (Cirtus qurantium), pineapple (T3) (Ananas spp. and Pseudananas spp.) or sweet lime (T4) (Citrus sinensis) wastes to the basal diet along with the control (T1, without any fruit wastes) keeping the CP level at around 40%. The water quality parameters like DO, $CO_2$, pH, total alkalinity, total hardness, ammonia and water temperature were recorded within the optimum range. The diet containing 25% pineapple wastes (T3) showed significantly higher growth in terms of SGR (1.50), FCR (2.09) and PER (1.19) than the other groups. However, growth of T4 and T2 groups were not significantly different than the control group (T1). Protease activity (17.17 unit/mg protein), protein digestibility (91.57%) and carbohydrate digestibility (41.62%) were not significantly different among the different groups. Survival of the fingerlings were not significantly different among the experimental groups. It concludes that waste of orange, pineapple and sweet lime can be used at 25% level as a substitute of wheat flour and rice bran in the diet of Labeo rohita.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2007

A comparative study of the structure and organization of the primary and secondary walls in different types of tropical plant waste fibers was carried out using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The thickness of each layer was also measured using Image Analyzer. TEM micrographs haveconfirmed that cell wall structure of all six types of tropical plant waste fibers (empty fruit bunch, oil palm frond, oil palm trunk, coir, banana stem and pineapple leaf) has the same ultrastructure with wood fibre. The fibers consisted of middle lamella, primary and thick secondary wall with different thickness for different types of fibers. The secondary wall was differentiated into a $S_1$ layer, a unique multi-lamellae $S_2$ layer, and $S_3$ layer.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.897-905
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• 2019

To compare the composting characteristics of food waste supplemented with various bulking agents, aerated composting was performed by mixing sawdust, ginkgo leaves, insect feces, and mushroom waste at ratios of 6 : 4 (w/w). The initial temperatures (day after treatment [DAT] 3) of the sawdust, ginkgo leaves, insect feces and the mushroom waste mixtures were 39, 58, 65, and 51℃, respectively. The DAT 3 temperature was the highest in the food waste-insect feces mixture (65℃) and the lowest in the sawdust one (39℃). However, the insect feces treatment was terminated at DAT 21 because of a high water content (70.92%). The water content (DAT 56) of the composted food waste supplemented with sawdust, mushroom waste, and ginkgo leaves stood at 51.28, 39.81, and 44.92%, respectively. Therefore, the fully mature composts satisfied the water content requirement of less than 55% as recommended in the fertilizer standards of the RDA of Korea. The results of the CoMMe-101, Solvita and seed germination index methods indicate that the mushroom waste and ginkgo leaves treatments matured relatively quicker than that of the sawdust one. Based on the above observations, it is concluded that the mushroom waste and ginkgo leaves are more effective bulking agents compared to sawdust and as such, are recommended as suitable replacements for sawdust in food waste composting.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.48-53
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• 2017

농림축산식품부의 주요정책 중 하나가 농식품 수출액 100억 달러 달성이다. 2016년 현재 농식품 수출액은 65억달러로 수출목표 달성이 그리 쉽지는 않은 상황이다. 농림축산식품부 사업인 시설현대화사업, 첨단온실사업 등은 원예작물의 수출을 전제로 시행되고 있다. 이러한 정책 기조에서 수출활성화와 동시에 수입과일의 국내 직접재배를 통한 수입대체 효과를 고려할 필요가 있다. 온대 및 열대 신선과일 수입액은 2000년에 2천 억에서 2016년 1조 2천 억으로 6배 증가하였다. 온대 및 열대 신선과일 수입을 대체할 수 있는 방안을 찾아 시행한다면 농가소득을 올리고 과수농가의 성장도 이끌 수 있다. 우리나라에서 온 열대 과일 생산의 핵심과제는 난방비를 절감하는 것이다. 제주도 애플망고 생산 농가가 면세 등유와 발전소 온배수를 이용한 경우를 조사하여 비교 분석하였다. 분석결과에 의하면 난방비가 42.3% 감소하였다. 난방비 문제 해결 대안 중 발전소 온배수를 활용한 방안을 고려할 수 있다. 온배수를 이용하면 난방비를 획기적으로 줄일 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 수입 과일을 국내 생산으로 대체하는 효과를 얻을 수 있다. 수입과일과의 가격경쟁을 위해서 현재 시행되고 있는 여러 정부지원사업(국비 보조20%, 융자 20%, 지방비 30%, 자부담 20%)을 수입과일 대체를 위한 생산농가에게 적용하게 되면 상당한 효과가 있을 것으로 판단된다. 이 연구는 발전소 온배수를 활용하여 수입되고 있는 온대 및 열대 과일의 국내 생산을 위한 정책구상에 대한 검토와 더불어 몇 가지 정책적 시사점을 제안하고 있다.