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Ultrastructural Study of Oogenesis and Reproductive Cycle of the Female Manila Clam, Ruditapes philippinarum in Komso Bay, Korea

  • Chung, Ee-Yung;Lee, C-Hang-Hoon;Park, Ki-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Developmental Biology Conference
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    • 2001.02a
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    • pp.46-49
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    • 2001
  • R. Philippinarum is dioecious and oviparous. In the early vitellogenic oocyte, the Golgi apparatus and mitochondria present in the perinuclear region are involved in the formation of lipid droplets and in lipid granule formation. In the late vitellogenic oocyte, the endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria in the cytoplasm are involved in the formation of proteid yolk granules. At this time, exogenous lipid granular substance and glycogen particles in the germinal epithelium are passed into the ooplasm of oocyte through the microvilli of the vitelline envelope. Ripe oocytes are about 55-60 $\mu$ m in diameter. The spawning period was once a year between early June and early October, and the main spawning occurred between July and August when seawater temperature was approximately 20 C. The reproductive cycle of this species can be categorized into five successive stages: early active stage (February to March), late active stage (April to May), ripe stage (April to August), partially spawned stage (June to October), and spent/inactive stage (August to March). Gonad developmental phases by histological qualitative analysis showed similar results with those of quantitative image analysis.

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Ultrastructural Study of Germ Cells and Reproductive Cycle in Female Neptunea arthritica cumingii

  • Han, Ji-Soo;Chung, Ee-Yung;Park, Gab-Man
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Developmental Biology Conference
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.52-52
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    • 2005
  • Oogenesis, the gonadosomatic index (GSI), reproductive cycle and first sexual maturation of the female Neptunea (Barbitonia) arthritica cumingii have been investigated by light and electron microscope observations. In the early vitellogenic oocyte, the Golgi complex and mitochondria were involved in the formation of glycogen, lipid droplets and yolk granules. In late vitellogenic oocytes, the rough endoplasmic reticulum and multivesicular bodies were involved in the formation of proteid yolk granules in the cytoplasm. In particular, compared with the results of other gastropods, it is a different result that appearances of cortical granules at the cortical layer and microvilli on the vitelline envelope, which is associated with heterosynthetic vitellogenesis, were not observed in vitellogenic oocytes during oogenesis. A mature yolk granule was composed of three components: main body (central core), superficial layer, and the limiting menbrane, Monthly changes in the gonadosomatic index in females were studied in 2002 and 2003 were closely associated with ovarian developmental phases. Spawning occurred between May and August in 2002 and 2003 and the main spawning occurred between June and July when the seawater temperature rose to approximately 18${\sim}$23${\circ}$C. The female reproductive cycle can be classified into five successive stages: early activestage (Septmber to October), late active stage ( November to February), ripe stage (February to June), partially spawned stage (May to Aygust), and recovery stage (June to August).

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Comparison of Carbon Emissions between the TBM Method and the NATM Method through LCA Analysis (LCA 분석을 통한 TBM 공법과 NATM 공법의 탄소배출량 비교 연구)

  • Tae-Su Jang;Jae-Soon Khau;Jin-Hyuk Song;Nam-Sun Hwang
    • Explosives and Blasting
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.9-16
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    • 2023
  • To compare the global warming impact of the TBM and NATM method, which are representative tunnel excavation methods, a life cycle assessment was performed for each method. Life cycle assessment should compare the sum of carbon emissions by considering the pre-manufacturing stage, product manufacturing stage, usage stage, and disposal stage. However, access to TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) manufacturing and disposal data is limited, so I had no choice but to focus on the analysis for the usage stage. In general, carbon emissions during the pre-product manufacturing stage and product manufacturing stage often exceed 90% of carbon emissions throughout the entire process. Therefore, since it is difficult to achieve the analysis goal only by comparing the usage stage, the analysis scope was expanded, and carbon emissions for the process were calculated for the NATM method with access to manufacturing data. As a result of comparing the relative impact on global warming, the carbon emissions of the TBM method were found to be higher than those of the NATM method even though TBM method was only considered for the usage stage. So there it is, the NATM method can be seen as environmentally friendly in the future when considering the impact of climate change (global warming), which has recently attracted attention among environmental impact fields.

Plasminogen Activators Activities in Oviductal Epithelial Cells during Estrus Cycle in the Pig

  • Shin, Mi-Young;Kim, Tae-Shin;Kwon, Eun-Hye;Park, Soo-Bong;Park, Chun-Keun;Lee, Dong-Seok
    • Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.89-95
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    • 2008
  • The present study was undertaken to identify changes of plasminogen activators (PAs) in porcine oviductal epithelial cells (POECs) during the estrous cycle classified with post-ovulatory stages (Post-Ov), early to mid-luteal stages (Early-mid L) and pre-ovulatory (Pre-Ov) stages. The urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) was only observed on day 5 and day 7 of culture in the POECs on all the estrous cycles and gradually increased according to increasing culture times, but not Early-mid L. In POECs-conditioned medium, uPA, tissue-type (tPA) and tPA-PA inhibitor (tPA-PAI) activity were observed at all culture times during estrous cycles. The uPA activity of POECs-conditioned medium on Post-Ov stage were significantly (p<0.05) decreased during prolonged cultures. On the other hand, the tPA activity of POECs-conditioned medium at Post-Ov stage was significantly (p<0.05) higher on day 5 than compared to the other days. Although was higher on day 1 at Post-Ov stage, the tPA-PAI activity of POECs-conditioned medium was significantly (p<0.05) higher on day 7 at all stage than that of day 5 of the culture. Taken together, these results suggest that uPA, tPA and tPA-PAI are produced by POECs, and the variations of the PAs activity are regulated in the different stages of the estrous cycle.

According to Family Life Cycle Time Use of Employed Husbands and their Wives (가정생활주기에 따른 도시근로자가정 부부의 생활시간 구조)

  • 이기영
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.11-26
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    • 1994
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the change of time use in employed husbands and their wives according to family life cycle. Data for 284 couples were gathered from the structured questionnaire and time diary. The major findings of this study were as follows; (1) The family life cycle had effected on the time use of wives changed remarkable. That is to say the housework time of the unemployed wives decreased after increasing to the second stage but the social-cultural time of those changed to the contrary. (2) The family life cycle affected only the husbands' housework time on the weekend but wasn't the important effect of time use in case of the employed husbands.

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Analysis of Production Process Improvement with Life Cycle Assessment $Technology{\sim}$ Example of HDPE Pipe Manufacturing

  • Tien, Shiaw-Wen;Chiu, Chung-Ching;Chung, Yi-Chan;Tsai, Chih-Hung;Chang, Chin-Fa
    • International Journal of Quality Innovation
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.32-56
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    • 2007
  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) aims to analyze possible impact upon manufacturing process and availability of products, and also study the environmental considerations and potential influence during entire life cycle ranging from procurement, production and utilization to treatment (namely, from cradle to tomb). Based on high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe manufacturing of company A, this case study would involve evaluation of environmental influence during the production process. When the manufacturing process has been improved during "production process" and "forming cooling" stage, it is found that capital input on "electric power" and "water supply" could be reduced, thus helping to sharpen the competitive power of company A, and also ensure sustainable economic and industrial development in accordance with national policies on environmental protection.

Development of a framework for engineering RAMS into rolling stock through life cycle in the operator perspective (철도차량의 개발 및 운용을 위한 RAMS 관리 시스템 개발)

  • Park, Mun-Gyu;An, Min
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.2179-2194
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    • 2010
  • RAMS is becoming increasingly important in the decision making process for the rolling stock projects in order to improve competitiveness by reducing system life cycle cost while improving reliability, availability, maintainability and safety. In order to apply and manage RAMS of rolling stock systems effectively in the operator perspective, it is essential to integrate and control RAMS systematically from the early stage of rolling stock projects. RAMS management is to implement a RAMS system into rolling stock projects in terms of a rolling stock operator, which presents the strategic directions of RAMS policy, objectives, requirements, control, analysis, measurement and improvement throughout life cycle of rolling stock projects. This article presents a new framework of RAMS management that provides an effective and efficient way for managing RAMS in rolling stock systems in the railway industry.

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A Study of Safety Life-cycle for Integrated Centralized Traffic Control(CTC) (통합사령실의 소프트웨어 개발에서 안전성 라이프사이클 개선에 대한 연구)

  • Ohn, Jung-Ghun;Lee, Jong-Woo
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.959-963
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    • 2007
  • After the year of 2000, the need of safety increases in field of railroad. The project for developing Integrated Centralized Traffic Control(CTC) center started at 2002 to control the full domestic railroad network. A traffic control software was required the safety activity and assessment, according to 'KORAIL Instruction number 2001-49'. There were many trials and errors to perform safety activity because the technology and recognition of safety activity is in primary stage. However the safety activities are gradually stabilized. This paper describes the safety life-cycle and development life-cycle of Integrated CTC S/W and a suitable life-cycle of safety to develop S/W of Integrated CTC.

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Life Cycle Assessment for National Electricity Generation Systems (국가전력생산 시스템에 대한 전 과정 영향평가)

  • 김태운;김성호;정환삼;하재주;민경란;고순현
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.353-358
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    • 2004
  • In recent, the trends in national energy Policy are established in the context of the integrated risk estimation for various national electricity generating options. The approach takes account of health, environmental, economic, and social aspects of electricity generation systems. In the present work, nuclear, coal, and LNG sources are chosen because these hold more than 90% of national total electricity generation in a descending order. A life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology is used for comparing environmental impacts of these options during the life cycle such as construction, operation as well as disposal stages. Here, the LCA consists of life cycle inventory analysis, classification/selection process of impact categories, characterization process, and normalization process of each category. LCA can be an useful tool for environmental impact assessment of future national energy options. At the planning stage of future energy Policies, the results of LCA would be taken into consideration. According to data update at the construction and disposal stages, the LCA needs to be conducted iteratively.

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The Influences of Family Life Cycle Stage and Perception of Housework's Value on Perceived Time Pressure and Role Conflict in Housewife-teachers (교직주부에 있어서 가족생활주기와 가사노동가치인식이 시간제약지각과 역할갈등에 미치는 영향)

  • 장윤옥
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.325-345
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    • 1992
  • The purpose of this study was to investigated the imfluences of family life cycle stages and perception of housework's value on perceived time pressure and role conflict in housewife-teachers. The subjects of this study were 329 married women teachers that teach in junior or senior high schools in Taegu. A questionaire was used as the survey method and for the method of data analysis, factor analysis, MANOVA, and Scheff test as a post-hoc analysis. The major findings were as follows: 1) There were significant interaction effects of family life cycle stages and perception of housework's value on perceived time pressure and role conflict. 2) The main effect for family life cycle stages was significant. 3) Followup univariate F-tests revealed significant mean differences for marital, parental and homemaker's role conflict.

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