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First Record of Longarm Mullet Moolgarda cunnesius (Valenciennes, 1836) (Mugiliformes: Mugilidae) in Korea (한국산 숭어과(Mugilidae) 어류, Moolgarda cunnesius (Valenciennes, 1836)의 첫기록)

  • Yeon-Ju Seo;Jin-Koo Kim
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.56 no.6
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    • pp.909-915
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    • 2023
  • A specimen of longarm mullet Moolgarda cunnesius (Valenciennes, 1836) belonging to the family Mugilidae was collected from Yerae-dong, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do Island, Korea, on July 19, 2023, using a hand net. The specimen was identified as Moolgarda cunnesius based on its morphological traits, including pectoral fin reaching the third or fourth spine of the first dorsal fin, anal fin higher than the first and second dorsal fin, two dorsal and caudal fin membranes with small melanophores, and a slightly convex interorbital region. Furthermore, molecular analysis, specifically comparison of the 623 base pairs of mitochondrial DNA COI sequences, confirmed that our specimen perfectly matched M. cunnesius. It is well known that the species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, including the Red Sea, Taiwan, and northern Australia, and this study shows that it also inhabits the Jeju-do Island, Korea. Additionally, we propose a new Korean name 'gin-pal-sung-eo' for this species.

A Study on the Unit Space 'MARI' of the Private Houses in the Insular Areas of Southwestern Sea (남서해 도서 민가의 '마리' 공간 연구)

  • Kim, Ji-Min
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.41-56
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    • 2011
  • This study mainly examined the unit space (room) called 'MARI' of the private houses that were built between the 19c and the early 20c in the insular areas of southwestern sea. Generally, this region has unique historicity (restructure of the insular environment in the 17c and the 18c) and geographic environment that are different from inland regions thus the environment is presumed as a related factor to developments and structures of the private houses. 'MARI' is a noticeable space that is installed in a main building without an exception even in small 3 bedroom private houses. Its nature has location and usage distinctions in an architectural plan with similar 'MARU' of inland Jeollanam-Do. There are large crocks filled with grains at MARI. Thus, MARI is a storage room. Mostly rice and various other kinds of grains are stored in the several crocks, large and small. Many household goods are kept here as well. Another peculiar function of MARI is that this space commonly enshrines ancestral tablets of three generations. Hence, MARI takes a role of a shrine of an aristocratic house from an inland region. Considering the size of the house and space, this seems to be a very unprecedented utilization of area. MARI is located at the top (at the head of the house) on the floor plan. In other words, it is located at the space in the highest rank. The importance of ancestor worship and grains is evinced architecturally. It is really interesting fact that MARI is also located within recently built modern houses (Cheongsan Island, Joyak Island, etc.). Therefore, it can be said that the unique MARI tradition of this region has an intact continuity even today. After all, MARI has a great significance as a unique unit space of insular areas of southwestern sea that is installed in the main buildings of all houses regardless of size and shape of the houses, and their insular locations.

Molecular Phylogenetic Study of Korean Hydrangea L. (한국산 수국속(Hydrangea L.) 식물의 분자 계통학적 연구)

  • Kim, Hye Sik;Park, Kyu Tae;Park, Seon Joo
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.407-418
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    • 2016
  • In this study, the phylogenetic relationship of Korean Hydrangea was evaluated by using sequenced three chloroplast regions and ITS region, including the 7 taxa. The result of phylogenetic analysis indicated that Korean Hydrangea, 7 taxa formed the monophyletic group. This analysis also revealed that subsect. Macrophyllae of Korea was separated into two groups; H. serrata f. acuminate and H. macrophylla group. The H. serrata f. acuminta group was included with H. serrata f. buergeri and H. serrata f. fertilis. These three species form a monophyletic clade, with no significant differences between their nucleotide sequences. The H. serrata f. acuminta group showed a monophyletic group with H. serrata f. buergeri and H. serrata f. fertilis and there is significant differences between their nucleotide sequences. H. macrophylla group was an independent clade distinguished by H. serrate f. acuminate group. Subsect. Petalanthe, Heteromallae and Calyptranthae form a monophyletic group. H. petiolaris which is located in Subsect. Calyptranthae was separated into two subgroups; First subgroup: Jeju island (except for Mt. Halla) and Second subgroup: Ulleung island and Japan. Additional studies of two subgroups of H. petiolaris should be conducted a geographical study and add more samples.

Gene expression and promoter methylation of porcine uncoupling protein 3 gene

  • Lin, Ruiyi;Lin, Weimin;Chen, Qiaohui;Huo, Jianchao;Hu, Yuping;Ye, Junxiao;Xu, Jingya;Xiao, Tianfang
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.170-175
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    • 2019
  • Objective: Uncoupling protein 3 gene (UCP3) is a candidate gene associated with the meat quality of pigs. The aim of this study was to explore the regulation mechanism of UCP3 expression and provide a theoretical basis for the research of the function of porcine UCP3 gene in meat quality. Methods: Bisulfite sequencing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and quantitative real-time PCR (Q-PCR) were used to analyze the methylation of UCP3 5′-flanking region and UCP3 mRNA expression in the adipose tissue or skeletal muscle of three pig breeds at different ages (1, 90, 210-day-old Putian Black pig; 90-day-old Duroc; and 90-day-old Dupu). Results: Results showed that two cytosine-guanine dinucleotide (CpG) islands are present in the promoter region of porcine UCP3 gene. The second CpG island located in the core promoter region contained 9 CpG sites. The methylation level of CpG island 2 was lower in the adipose tissue and skeletal muscle of 90-day-old Putian Black pigs compared with 1-day-old and 210-day-old Putian Black pigs, and the difference also existed in the skeletal muscle among the three 90-day-old pig breeds. Furthermore, the obvious changing difference of UCP3 mRNA expression was observed in the skeletal muscle of different groups. However, the difference of methylation status and expression level of UCP3 gene was not significant in the adipose tissue. Conclusion: Our data indicate that UCP3 mRNA expression level was associated with the methylation status of UCP3 promoter in the skeletal muscle of pigs.

Dynamic Simulation of Storm Surge and Storm Water-Combine Inundation on the Jeju Coastal Area (폭풍 해일 및 폭풍우로 인한 제주 해안역에서의 동역학적 범람 모의)

  • Lee, Jung-Lyul;Lee, Byung-Gul;Lee, Joo-Yong;Lim, Heung-Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.1945-1949
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    • 2006
  • A storm-induced coastal inundation model (SICIM) is presented to simulate the flood event during typhoon passage that often results in significant rise in sea-level heights especially in the upstream region of the basin. The SICIM is a GIS-based distributed hydrodynamic model, both storm surge and storm water inundations are taken into account. The spatial and temporal distribution of the storm water level and flux are calculated. The model was applied to Jeju Island since it has an isolated watershed that is easy to handle as a first step of model application. Another reason is that it is surrounded by coastal area exposed to storm surge inundation. The model is still advancing and will be the framework of a predictive early inundation warning system.

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Crasiella clauseni, a New Gastrotrich Species (Macrodasyida, Planodasyidae) from Jeju Island, South Korea

  • Lee, Ji-Min;Chang, Cheon-Young
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.42-47
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    • 2012
  • A new gastrotrich species of the genus Crasiella (Planodasyidae) is described from the sublittoral sandy bottom of Jeju Island, South Korea. The family Planodasyidae and the genus Crasiella are recorded for the first time from East Asia. Crasiella clauseni n. sp. differs from its congeneric species by the combination of characters: absence of cephalic sensory pits; unseparated arrangement of anterior tubes and ventrolateral tubes, comprising about 120 adhesive tubes along whole body length; 5-7 horizontal rows of adhesive tubes and a pair of TbV in the anterior part of pharyngeal region; bifid pedicles with 8-11 posterior adhesive tubes; and tube-shaped seminal receptacle and copulatory organ. This paper deals with description of the new species, and provides a key to the species of genus Crasiella.

A K-nearest Neighbor Query Processing Algorithm for a Query Region toward User Privacy Protection in Road Network (도로 네트워크에서 사용자 정보 보호를 지원하는 질의영역에 대한 k최근접점 질의 처리 알고리즘)

  • Kim, Hyeong-Il;Yoo, Hye-Kyeom;Chang, Jae-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2011.06a
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    • pp.65-68
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    • 2011
  • 최근 무선 통신 기술의 발달 및 모바일 기기의 발달로 인하여 위치 기반 서비스가 주목을 받고 있다. 그러나 사용자의 정확한 위치정보를 통해 LBS 서버에 질의를 요청하는 것은 심각한 개인 정보 누출의 위협이 될 수 있기 때문에, 사용자 정보 보호를 위해 도로 네트워크를 고려하여 질의영역을 생성하는 연구가 활발히 진행되어 왔다. 따라서 질의영역에 대한 효율적인 질의 처리 방법이 요구된다. 이를 위해, 본 논문에서는 도로 네트워크에서 사용자 정보 보호를 지원하는 질의영역에 대한 k최근접점 질의 처리 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안하는 기법은 POI를 효율적으로 검색하기 위하여 Island 인덱스를 사용한다. 또한, 본 논문은 질의 처리 성능을 향상시키기 위해 적응적 Island 인덱스를 생성하는 방법을 제안한다. 마지막으로, 성능평가를 통해 제안하는 기법이 기존 기법들에 비해 네트워크 확장 비용 및 서비스 시간 측면에서 우수함을 보인다.

The First Record of a Marriage Cone, Conus sponsalis (Conidae: Gastropoda) from Korea

  • Lee, Sang-Hwa;Park, Joong-Ki
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.55-57
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    • 2014
  • The Conus Linnaeus, 1758 is a large genus of marine gastropod mollusks belonging to the family Conidae. The Conus species are mostly distributed in the tropical waters of the world, and they are especially abundant in the Indo-West Pacific region. To date, more than 600 species, most of which are predatory species, have been named worldwide in this genus and only six species have been recorded in the Korean waters. Conus sponsalis Hwass in Brugui$\grave{e}$re, 1792 was collected from Jeju Island and identified as a new Korean record. In this study, we report a description of the shell morphology of the species.

An Evaluation and Management of Landscape Resources through an Application of GIS and Cluster Analysis: In the case of Cheju island (GIS와 군집분석을 이용한 경관자원평가와 관리 - 제주도 경관을 대상으로 -)

  • 서주환;윤재남
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.88-97
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    • 1999
  • Current landscape management is focused towards managing uniformly, such as setting a limit on building's height and managing by putting first priority on building. For this reason, broader impact of landscape has not been studies thoroughly, and it was considered to be an important factor of not being able to operate diverse and active landscape management. Accordingly, the objective of this particular research to establish concrete and diverse device for managing landscape by adapting Map Algebra and Spatial Statistics, as one of the means of efficient landscape management, and applying the effectiveness of each landscape element in numerical value. Furthermore, this research was done in order to make a spatial estimation possible for resources to be located in compliance with each facility or landscape condition of individual region.

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PromoterWizard: An Integrated Promoter Prediction Program Using Hybrid Methods

  • Park, Kie-Jung;Kim, Ki-Bong
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.194-196
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    • 2011
  • Promoter prediction is a very important problem and is closely related to the main problems of bioinformatics such as the construction of gene regulatory networks and gene function annotation. In this context, we developed an integrated promoter prediction program using hybrid methods, PromoterWizard, which can be employed to detect the core promoter region and the transcription start site (TSS) in vertebrate genomic DNA sequences, an issue of obvious importance for genome annotation efforts. PromoterWizard consists of three main modules and two auxiliary modules. The three main modules include CDRM (Composite Dependency Reflecting Model) module, SVM (Support Vector Machine) module, and ICM (Interpolated Context Model) module. The two auxiliary modules are CpG Island Detector and GCPlot that may contribute to improving the predictive accuracy of the three main modules and facilitating human curator to decide on the final annotation.