• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.336-340
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• 2007

Plants from the genus Centaurea (C.) (Family: Asteraceae alt. Compositae), widely distributed in Asia, Europe and North America, have traditionally been used in the treatment of various ailments. As a part of our on-going studies on the plants from the genus C. for their phytochemistry and biological activities, extracts of the seeds of Turkish endemic C. species, C. bornmuelleri and C. huber-morathii, were tested for their cytotoxicity towards the CaCo2 colon cancer cell line as well as for the toxicity towards the brine shrimps, using the MTT and the brine shrimp lethality assays, respectively. Among the extracts, the MeOH extract of these plants showed significant toxicity towards the brine shrimps ($LD_{50}=55.2{\times}10^{-2}\;and\;42.4{\times}10^{-2}mg/ml$, respectively). The MeOH extract of both C. species also inhibited the growth of CaCo2 colon cancer cells in the MTT assay ($IC_{50}$=29.9 and 33.0 g/ml, respectively). As the most prominent activities in both assays were observed with the MeOH extracts, it can be assumed that the compound(s) responsible for these activities are polar in nature.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.276-286
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• 2017

Licorice, a traditional Korean medicinal plant, is recognized for its main active ingredient, glycyrrhizin. The level of glycyrrhizin in Chinese licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis) is lower than the reference level (2.5%) set by the Korean Pharmacopoeia, reducing its value as a medicinal herb. In this study, we aimed to overcome this problem by generating an interspecific licorice hybrid by crossing European licorice (G. glabra) with Chinese licorice, resulting in the production of 32 $F_1$ lines. A comparison of genetic traits revealed variations in glycyrrhizin content among lines, ranging from 1.5 to 5.6%, with a mean value of 3.2%; these values are higher than that of the parental plants. Additionally, 25 lines (78.1%) had a glycyrrhizin content greater than 2.5%, which is higher than the reference level set by the Korean Pharmacopoeia. Four of these lines had glycyrrhizin levels higher than the WHO recommended level of 4.0%. A comparison of phenotypic characteristics showed that the leaves of the hybrids possessed all of the characteristics of European and Chinese licorice; however, the stems of most hybrids had characteristics of European licorice. Finally, we determined the genetic distances of 34 samples of Glycyrrhiza plants (parents, 32 $F_1$ lines) by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD); the $F_1$ lines showed a close genetic distance. We plan to develop to a cultivar using five of these lines (glycyrrhizin content < 4.0%).

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.265-277
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• 2010

In this study, an offshore process FEED(Front End Engineering Design) method is systematically established to perform integrated process engineering for topsides systems of LNG FPSO(Floating, Production, Storage, and Off-loading unit) based on the concepts and procedures for the process FEED of general offshore production plants. First, various activities of the general process FEED engineering are summarized, and then the offshore process FEED method, which is suitable for application to all types of offshore oil and gas production plants, is proposed. Second, an integrated process engineering environment is built based on the proposed FEED method. Finally, the integrated process engineering environment is applied to topsides systems of an LNG FPSO in order to verify the validity and applicability of the proposed FEED method. As a result, it is shown that the proposed FEED method can be applied to the process FEED engineering of FPSOs and moreover will be able to contribute to perform successful offshore projects in the future.

• 자연과학논문집
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• 제4권
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• pp.11-22
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• 1991

Early studies on Korean Sargassum subjenus Bactrophycus were partly started by Kyetzubg(1843,1849), J. Agardh(1889), Cotton(1906), Yendo(1907) and Okamura(1913, 1914, 1915, 1917). Kang(1966) reported 15 species and 4 subspecies of Sargassum subgenus Bactrophycus and their wide distribution on the Korean coasts in his paper [On the geographical distribution of marine algae in Korea], a foundation stone of Korean phycology. In fact, all the Korean coasts and subtidal zone are inhabited by Sargassum plants. They constitute the most part of the primary production and dominant species of benthic algal vegetation. In 1974, L.K. Lee began to study Sargassum monographically as seaweed resources in Korea. The Koreans eat some species of Sargassum (including Hizikia fusiformis) or use them as fertilizer of the farm near the coast. Among the reported 17 species of Korean Fucales, 12 species belong to Bactrophycus. Yoo(1976) dealt with the descriptions, figures, and a key of 24 species of Korean Fucales plants in her M.S. thesis paper. Among them 16 species belonged to Bactrophycus. Even though the above two works were done with thorough observation of the dry specimens kept in the Pusan Fisheries University Herbarium (most of them were identified by Kang, J.W.) and nation-wide collections, great morphological varieties of these taxa made Lee and Yoo hesitate to publish the paper. Instead, the serial chemotaxonomic studies on the geographical variations of Korean Fucales plants(Yoo and Lee, 1988a, 1988b ; Yoo, et al., 1988) were held to solve the problem, while foreign papers (especially both Drs Tseng's and Yoshida's serial works on Bactrophycus). and authenthic specimens that foreign scholors sent to Korean phycologists induced them to find that several species of Sargassum had been misidentified from the beginning. We introduce here Korean Sargassum subgenus Bactrophycus according to Tseng et al. (1985), mentioning briefly the characteristics of the species, key, and distribution on the Korean coasts.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.385-393
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• 2006

Screening performance of the existing intake screens (drum and travelling screen) on mass impingement of marine animals, a euphausiid, Euphausia pacifica and a scyphozoan medusae, Aurelia aurita that have often clogged intake screens of the Uljin Nuclear Power Plant, was tested. The maximum tolerable densities of marine animals in the inflowing seawater upon the screen were estimated with two different approaches. First the maximum density of jellyfish was calculated from (1) passing amount of seawater per unit time through the screens and (2) the covered area of animals on the screens clogged. The maximum density of krill tolerable in the drum screen was cited from a simulated record of Uljin NPP, then those in the travelling screens were also calculated using the data of drum screen and ratio of seawater amount passing through the screens under the condition of 0.5m water column (W.C.) of the differential pressure (AP) produced by screens, an established permissible limit of ${\Delta}P$. Secondly, the screening performances were also tested by hydrodynamic measurements with various screen models in a circulating water channel equipped with a speed-controlling pump and a differential pressure gauge. From the first approach, the maximum tolerable densities of drum and travelling screen were calculated as 2.0 and $1.5ind/m^3$ for the Jellyfish and 900 and $680ind./m^3$ for the euphausiid, respectively. These densities estimated from the second approach were 2.1 and $0.8ind/m^3$ for the jellyfish and 1059 and $504ind/m^3$ for the euphausiid, respectively. These estimates were compared with the data from historic clogging events to evaluate the practical performance of these intake screens. The comparisons suggest a newly improved intake-screen of which performance should be at least seven times (approximately) better than the existing ones ior the krill and 3.2 times for the jellyfish, respectively, for preventing mass impingement, and for maintaining the condition of the differential pressure between the screens below 0.3 m W.C.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권7호
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• pp.716-721
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• 2015

환경오염에 대한 심각성이 대두되면서 대기오염에 대한 규제가 강화되고 있다. 육상에서 사용하는 자동차 및 산업용 발전설비 뿐만아니라 선박용 디젤기관에서도 규제를 시행하고 있어, 대체연료로서 바이오연료에 대한 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 따라서 실습선의 발전기관에 직접 바이오연료를 적용하여 기초적인 연구를 하고자 한다. 다만 실습선 안전을 위해 바이오연료의 비율을 많이 하지 못하지만 그래도 실험실에서 하는 작은 기관보다는 대형이면서, 큰 출력기관의 상태를 알아보는 중요한 기초자료가 될 것이다. 선박디젤발전기에서 바이오연료가 연소특성 및 배기배출물특성에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 연구하였다. 그 주요한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 바이오연료는 물리적 화학적 성분이 디젤경유와 비슷하여 실용 선박기관에 사용이 가능함을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 연료소비율과 NOx는 약간 증가하였으나, 일산화탄소와 매연은 감소하는 경향이 확인되었다. 또한 연소압력은 디젤경유와 바이오연료의 사용에 따라 크게 변화하지 않음을 알 수 있었다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.623-633
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• 2007

제주분지 시추공 시료에 포함된 유기물의 특성을 파악하기 위해서 시추 시료를 채취하여 안정동위원소 및 생물표기화합물 분석을 실시하였다. Geobuk-1, Okdom-1, JDZ VII-1, VII-2 시추공 유기물의 탄소 및 질소 동위원소분석 결과는 유기물들의 기원이 해양조류 기원보다는 육성식물 기원이 우세함을 보여준다. 또한 Geobuk-1 공에서는 2,400m를 기준으로 하여 지화학적 지시자들의 뚜렷한 변화가 관찰되는데 이것은 2,400m에서 유기물 기원이나 퇴적작용 혹은 퇴적환경이 급격히 변화한 것에 기인하는 것으로 추정된다. 비투멘의 포화탄화수소 분석 결과 Geobuk-1공 3,253m, JDZ VII-1공 2,509, 2,833 그리고 3,163m구간의 시료에서는 이동된 석유의 흔적을 나타내지만 이것은 기원 유기물의 특성을 나타내는 것으로 판명되었다. 생물표기화합물에 의하면 Geobuk-1공 3,253m구간의 시료를 제외하면 분석된 Okdom-1, Geobuk-1 시추공 시료는 열적으로 미성숙 상태이고, 해성 기원 유기물의 영향을 약간 받기는 하였으나 대체로 하-호성 환경에서 퇴적된 것으로 나타났다. 반면 JDZ VII-1 시추공 시료는 대부분 Geobuk-1, Okdom-1 시추공 시료보다 육성 환경이 우세한 환경에서 퇴적된 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.182-187
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• 2023

Fifteen samples of dried laver Pyropia tenera were collected from markets and processing plants in Korea for an assessment of their microbial and chemical hazards, in accordance with the Korean food code. The contamination levels of total viable bacteria, coliforms, Escherichia coli, and nine other pathogenic bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella spp., Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Clostridium perfringens, Listeria monocytogenes, Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, Yersinia enterocolitica, Bacillus cereus, and Campylobacter jejuni) were evaluated The concentrations of heavy metals (lead, cadmium, total mercury, and total arsenic) and radioactive isotopes (¹³¹I, and ¹³⁴Cs+¹³⁷Cs) in the laver samples were also determined. The total viable count of bacteria was 2.62±0.80 (1.48-4.45) CFU/g. The contamination levels of lead, cadmium, total mercury, and total arsenic were 0.024±0.005 (0.018-0.035), 0.090±0.038 (0.041-0.146), 0.008±0.005 (0.003-0.018) and 1.315±0.372 (0.814-1.930) mg/kg, respectively. All samples tested negative for significant levels of radioactivity, the nine pathogenic bacteria, coliforms, and E. coli (<1.00 CFU/g). We assume that ensuring the microbiological and chemical safety of dried laver can increase the demand for its exportation. The present study may serve as a basis for microbiological and chemical hazard assessment of dried lavers.

• ALGAE
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.227-235
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• 2014

The red seaweed, Gracilaria tikvahiae McLachlan, was cultivated in open water farms in urbanized estuaries of Long Island Sound (26-30 psu of salinity) and New York City (20-25 psu), USA in 2011. Plants were harvested monthly from summer (August, $24^{\circ}C$) to fall (November, $13^{\circ}C$) and analyzed for total nitrogen, protein, and amino acid content. On a dry matter (DM) basis, nitrogen and protein significantly increased over the harvest period until October and then plateaued. Nitrogen increased from $22{\pm}1g\;kg^{-1}$ DM in August to $39{\pm}3g\;kg^{-1}$ DM in October (p < 0.001). Protein increased from $107{\pm}13g\;kg^{-1}$ DM in August to $196{\pm}5g\;kg^{-1}$ DM in November (p < 0.001). With two exceptions, amino acid concentrations expressed on a crude protein (CP) basis were similar over the harvest period. Essential amino acids accounted for $48{\pm}1%$ of all amino acids present with lysine and methionine averaging $56{\pm}2g\;kg^{-1}$ CP and $18{\pm}1g\;kg^{-1}$ CP, respectively. Histidine was underrepresented among essential amino acids and averaged $13{\pm}1g\;kg^{-1}$ CP. Taurine ranged from 2.1 to $3.2g\;kg^{-1}$ DM. With its moderate levels of lysine, methionine and taurine, ocean farmed G. tikvahiae has the potential of overcoming many nutrient deficiencies currently associated with terrestrial plant ingredients in alternative feeds for fish and shrimp.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.923-930
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• 2016

상 하수도, 해양플랜트 등 다양한 배관이 산업현장에 이용되고 있으며, 이러한 배관의 유지보수 작업은 필수적이다. 특히 산업현장에서 배관 유지보수 작업은 전문 인력이 배관 내 투입되어 작업이 진행되거나, 인력 투입이 불가능한 경우 와이어에 연결된 스크래퍼를 배관에 삽입하는 방식을 이용한다. 그러나 이 방식은 교통체증, 막대한 예산의 투입 등의 문제를 야기한다. 이런 문제점을 해결하기 위한 배관 청소 로봇의 연구, 개발이 진행되고 있다. 현재 배관청소 로봇은 작업 및 운용 상태를 실시간으로 확인할 수 없는 문제점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 배관 청소로봇의 운용, 배관 내부 및 청소 상태를 확인할 수 있도록 카메라로부터 촬영된 영상을 수집하며, 수집된 데이터는 RS-485 통신을 이용하여 모니터링 시스템에 전송하여 사용자가 실시간으로 상태를 확인할 수 있게 구성하였다.