• ALGAE
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.217-240
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• 2023

Sulfated polysaccharides (SPs) isolated from seaweed have emerged as remarkable bioactive compounds with a wide spectrum of biological activities and have substantial value in the scientific and industrial domains. The current study explores the diverse biological activities of SPs and their relationship with their structures. This aids in an in-depth examination of the multifaceted biological activities of SPs, including anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antioxidant, and immunomodulatory properties, which underpin their potential health benefits. Furthermore, the current study explores the complicated properties of SPs, with their extraction methodologies and techniques for precise characterization. Elucidation of the commercial significance of SPs derived from brown, red, and green seaweed by highlighting their potential applications has emphasized their importance in human well-being. Further, this review emphasizes the challenges needed to overcome research and industrial innovations for SPs. Collaboration among researchers, industry stakeholders, and regulatory authorities can overcome these challenges and elevate the potential of SPs to revolutionize industries such as pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals, food, and biotechnology.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.158-163
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• 2019

이 연구의 목적은 agarase를 생산하는 새로운 해양 박테리아를 분리하는 것이다. Agarase는 agarose를 가수분해하여 다양한 생리활성을 가지는 agarooligosaccharides 또는 neoagarooligosaccharides를 생성할 수 있다. 전라남도의 여수연안에서 채취한 해수로부터 DH-3 균주를 분리하였다. DH-3 균주는 16S rDNA 서열분석을 통하여 Persicobacter sp. DH-3로 명명하였다. 세포 외로 분비된 효소는 Persicobacter sp. DH-3의 배양액으로부터 얻었으며, 특성연구에 사용하였다. 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 및 $70^{\circ}C$에서의 온도별 상대활성은 각각 50, 55, 70, 100, 90 및 50%였다. pH 5, 6, 7 및 8에서의 pH별 상대활성은 각각 75, 100, 90, 75%였다. 본 효소는 20 mM Tris-HCl 완충액에서 pH 6.0 및 $50^{\circ}C$에서 최대활성을 나타내었다. 본 효소는 한천이 액체상태로 존재하는 $50^{\circ}C$에서 최대활성을 나타내었으므로 산업적으로 유용한 효소로 판단된다. 본 효소는 20, 30 및 $40^{\circ}C$에서 2시간 동안 열처리하여도 80% 이상의 잔존활성을 보였다. TLC 분석결과, Persicobacter sp. DH-3 균주의 한천분해효소는 네오한천올리고당인 neoagarohexaose와 neoagarotetraose를 생성하였으므로 ${\beta}$-agarase로 확인되었다. Zymogram 분석결과, Persicobacter sp. DH-3는 적어도 45, 70 및 140 kDa 크기의 3종류 이상의 한천분해효소를 생산하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 그러므로, Persicobacter sp. DH-3 유래 agarase는 기능성을 가진 neoagarooligosaccharides의 생산에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.1205-1212
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• 2011

As serving people's activities, pedestrian road systems are basic and necessary facilities in urban structure. To provide and utilize these pedestrian road systems in residential area would enhance urban environment as well as quality of life. For this reason, pedestrian road should be planned by consideration of people's activity in residential area. Evaluation of existing pedestrian road should be also oriented how people use it and what people do in it. This study amis to investigate functions of pedestrian road system throughout evaluation of user's satisfaction in order to improve better pedestrian road system in residential area. The purposes of this study are to analyze components of factors affecting on user's satisfaction, and to find the relationship among affecting factors. For this study, the on-site questionnaire method was applied to 267 individuals who were collected as the study areas where locate Toyogaoka and Kaidori, Japan. The collected data were clarified exploratory factors, and analyzed relationship between the factors and satisfaction by applying quantitative statistical techniques for the mapping investigation, Mann-Whitney u-test, and correlation. The results of this study are follows. The pedestrian road system is more preferred than surroundings of vehicle roads in residential district area where maintains pedestrian road as open space. In addition, satisfactions of the pedestrian road for each purpose were highly evaluated, because of conformability and convenience for usage. Consequently, the pedestrian road which is secure and greening as an open space is well carried out for the living circulation of residents. It would suggest that pedestrian road have to be managed and planned not a function of circulation but an open space system.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.631-641
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• 2021

Background: Main bioactive constituents and pharmacological functions of ripened red ginseng berry (Panax ginseng Meyer) have been frequently reported. Yet, the research gap targeting the beneficial activities of transformed green ginseng berries has not reported elsewhere. Methods: Ginsenosides of new green berry cultivar K-1 (GK-1) were identified by HPLC-QTOF/MS. Ginsenosides bioconversion in GK-1 by bgp1 enzyme was confirmed with HPLC and TLC. Then, mechanisms of GK-1 and β-glucosidase (bgp1) biotransformed GK-1 (BGK-1) were determined by Quantitative Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction and Western blot. Results: GK-1 possesses highest ginsenosides especially ginsenoside-Re amongst seven ginseng cultivars including (Chunpoong, Huangsuk, Kumpoong, K-1, Honkaejong, Gopoong, and Yunpoong). Ginseng root's biomass is not affected with the harvest of GK-1 at 3 weeks after flowering period. Then, Re is bioconverted into a promising pharmaceutical effect of Rg2 via bgp1. According to the results of cell assays, BGK-1 shows decrease of tyrosinase and melanin content in α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone challenged-murine melanoma B16 cells. BGK-1 which is comparatively more effective than GK-1 extract shows significant suppression of the nuclear factor (NF)-κB activation and inflammatory target genes, in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. Conclusion: These results reported effective whitening and anti-inflammatory of BGK-1 as compared to GK-1.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제28권6B호
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• pp.697-707
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• 2008

격자기반 운동파 강우유출모형 KIMSTORM(grid-based KIneMatic wave STOrm Runoff Model)은 유역의 지표흐름, 지표하흐름 및 하천흐름의 시간적 변화와 공간적 분포를 모의할 수 있다. 본 모형은 유닉스 운영체제의 C++언어로 개발되었으며, 각 셀에서의 흐름을 모의하기 위하여 단방향흐름 알고리즘과 격자기반 수문학적 물수지요소를 채택하고 있으나 운영에 몇몇 제약사항이 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존모형을 개선하고자 하였으며, MS Windows 운영체제에서 실행 가능하도록 FORTRAN 90 언어를 이용하여 ModKIMSTORM을 개발하였다. 기존모형에 비해 개선된 주요사항으로, 물리적 기반의 침투기법인 GAML(Green-Ampt & Mein-Larson) 침투모형 추가, 격자 유출심과 Manning 조도계수에 의한 논에서의 지표유출 제어, 지표격자의 기저유출 요소 추가, 공간강우와 지점강우의 처리, 전 후 처리부문 개발, 5개 평가항목(피어슨의 결정계수 $R^2$, Nash & Sutcliffe 모형효율 E, 유출용적 편차 $D_v$, 첨두유출의 상대오차 $EQ_p$, 첨두시간의 절대오차 $ET_p$)을 이용한 모의결과의 자동 평가 기능을 개발하였다. 추가적으로, 모형의 계산효율을 향상시키고 지표격자의 기저유출을 하천격자로 이송하기 위하여 쉘정렬 알고리즘을 채택하였다. 모형의 입력자료는 ESRI ArcInfo W/S 또는 ArcView와 같은 GIS 소프트웨어 및 MS Excel을 이용하여 간단히 구축할 수 있으며, 모의결과의 공간적 분포를 확인할 수 있는 토양수분, 지표유출, 유출심 및 유속분포도는 BSQ, ESRI ASCII Grid, ESRI Binary Grid 및 IDRISI Raster 형식으로 출력할 수 있도록 개선하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2015년도 제49회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.191.2-191.2
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• 2015

Details of carrier dynamics in self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) with a particular attention to nonradiative processes are not only interesting for fundamental physics, but it is also relevant to performance of optoelectronic devices and the exploitation of nanocrystals in practical applications. In general, the possible processes in such systems can be considered as radiative relaxation, carrier transfer between dots of different dimensions, Auger nonradiactive scattering, thermal escape from the dot, and trapping in surface and/or defects states. Authors of recent studies have proposed a mechanism for the carrier dynamics of time-resolved photoluminescence CdTe (a type II-VI QDs) systems. This mechanism involves the activation of phonons mediated by electron-phonon interactions. Confinement of both electrons and holes is strongly dependent on the thermal escape process, which can include multi-longitudinal optical phonon absorption resulting from carriers trapped in QD surface defects. Furthermore, the discrete quantized energies in the QD density of states (1S, 2S, 1P, etc.) arise mainly from ${\delta}$-functions in the QDs, which are related to different orbitals. Multiple discrete transitions between well separated energy states may play a critical role in carrier dynamics at low temperature when the thermal escape processes is not available. The decay time in QD structures slightly increases with temperature due to the redistribution of the QDs into discrete levels. Among II-VI QDs, wide-gap CdZnTe QD structures characterized by large excitonic binding energies are of great interest because of their potential use in optoelectronic devices that operate in the green spectral range. Furthermore, CdZnTe layers have emerged as excellent candidates for possible fabrication of ferroelectric non-volatile flash memory. In this study, we investigated the optical properties of CdZnTe/ZnTe QDs on Si substrate grown using molecular beam epitaxy. Time-resolved and temperature-dependent PL measurements were carried out in order to investigate the temperature-dependent carrier dynamics and the activation energy of CdZnTe/ZnTe QDs on Si substrate.

• ALGAE
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.127-141
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• 2018

Low efficiency in microalgal biomass production was largely attributed to the low density of algal cell cultures. Though mutations that reduced the level of chlorophyll or pigment content increased efficiency of photon usage and thus the cell-culture density under high-illumination growth conditions (e.g., >$500{\mu}mol\;photon\;m^{-2}\;s^{-1}$), it was unclear whether algae could increase cell-culture density under low-illumination conditions (e.g., ${\sim}50{\mu}mol\;photon\;m^{-2}\;s^{-1}$). To address this question, we performed forward genetic screening in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. A pool of >1,000 insertional mutants was constructed and subjected to continuous subcultures in shaking flasks under low-illumination conditions. Complexity of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) pattern in cultures indicated the degree of heterogeneity of mutant populations. We showed that the levels of RFLP complexity decreased when cycles of subculture increased, suggesting that cultures were gradually populated by high cell-culture density (HCD) strains. Analysis of the 3 isolated HCD mutants after 30 cycles of subcultures confirmed that their maximal biomass production was 50-100% higher than that of wild type under low-illumination. Furthermore, levels of chlorophyll content in HCD mutant strains were similar to that of wild type. Inverse polymerase chain reaction analysis identified the locus of insertion in two of three HCD strains. Molecular and transcriptomic analyses suggested that two HCD mutants were a result of the gain-of-function phenotype, both linking to the abnormality of mitochondrial functions. Taken together, our results demonstrate that HCD strains can be obtained through continuous subcultures under low illumination conditions.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.23-34
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• 2004

In this study, 1 dependent variable and 9 independent variables were established to examine suitable illuminance by spaces in urban parks in consideration of night users' psychological reactions and activity types. Such fixed variables were evaluated by a series of experiments of changing illuminance, and correlation among those variables was verified by correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis to suggest suitable illuminance by spaces. The results of this study are as follows: 1) The independent variables influencing suitable illuminance by spaces in urban parks were directly influenced rather by the psychological reaction of night users than the activity types by spatial functions. 2) Securing suitable illuminance by spaces commonly increased spatial availability, created certain atmosphere, and provided safety in the psychological reaction of night users. 3) Suitable illuminance by spaces in urban parks is: Central square is 31.88lx, resting space 6.30lx, exercising space 33.14lx, children's playground 14.19lx, pedestrian road 12.29lx, entry space 16.30lx, and green space 7.03lx. That is, when a place had more positive activities, spatial illuminance was increased. 4) Though comparison by spaces with the illuminance standard for urban parks as mentioned in KS A 3011-1993 can not be made, such illuminance was relatively compatible with the permissible range of illuminance in the author's opinion. It is expected that this study investigating suitable illuminance by spaces for night use in urban parks, will provide necessary knowledge for securing suitable illuminance by spaces in urban parks through classifyingin detail the illuminance standard of KS A 3011-1993. Besides, by helping make us aware of the importance of illuminance in urban parks as well as of external space in the night, this study will contribute to academic research and development in the field of landscape architecture and associated fields and be utilized in establishing legal and institutional standards.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.38-47
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• 1992

본 연구에서는 항만내 파도응답과 항만안에 계류된 선박의 운동응답을 선형포텐셜이론으로 해석하고 모형시험을 수행하여 항만공진문제의 물리적 특성과 항만내 계류된 선박의 운동특성을 밝혔다. 유체영역을 해양과 항만영역으로 나누어 각 영역에서 경계치문제를 독립적으로 푼 다음, 두 영역의 해를 항만입구에서 정합하여 미지수를 구함으로써 선박에 입사하는 항만내 파도응답을 유도하였다. 선박에 작용하는 파기진력을 계산하고 선체운동에 따르는 동유체력을 해석하였다 얻어진 유체력을 이용하여 운동방정식을 풀어 선박의 운동변위를 구하였다. 사각형 항만안에 계류된 선박의 운동응답에 대한 실험을 수행한 결과 계산치와 실험치는 정성적으로 서로 비슷한 경향을 보이나 정량적으로 차이를 보이고 있음을 확인하였다. 여기서는 우선 선체운동중 대칭운동(전후동요-수직동요-종동요)만을 취급하였다. 비대칭운동(좌우동요-횡동요-선수동요)과 실험결과는 다음 기회에 발표할 예정이다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.15.1-15.8
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• 2019

Corexit 9500 is a dispersant commercially available in Nigeria that is used to change the inherent chemical and physical properties of oil, thereby changing the oil's transport and fate with potential effects on the environment. The aim of this study was to assess the biochemical (enzymes and electrolyte) toxicity of Corexit 9500 dispersant on the gills, liver and kidney of juveniles of Clarias gariepinus after exposure for 21 days. One hundred sixty fish were used without gender consideration. Range-finding tests were conducted over a 96-h period after acclimatisation of the test organisms in the laboratory. The test organisms (10/treatment) were exposed to Corexit 9500 in the following concentrations-0.00, 0.0125, 0.025 and 0.05 ml/l in triplicate. Twenty-one days later, fish was dissected. 0.5 g from each of the following organs-gills, liver and kidney tissues-was removed, homogenised and tested for enzymes [superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP)], urea, creatinine and electrolytes (sodium ($Na^+$), potassium ($K^+$), chloride ($Cl^-$), bicarbonate ($HCO_3{^-}$)) following standard methods. In the gills, SOD and ALT to AST ratio were significantly lower than in control while the creatinine was significantly higher in the toxicant. In the kidney, creatinine was significantly higher in fish exposed to the toxicant. In the liver, ALP increased in the toxicant while urea was decreased. The mean electrolyte concentrations ($Na^+$, $K^+$, $Cl^-$ and $HCO_3{^-}$) increased significantly in the concentration of the toxicant (P < 0.05). The alterations observed in the activities of these electrolytes and enzymes indicated that Corexit 9500 interfered with transamination and metabolic functions of the fish.