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Green Panel Lighting Fixture of LED Lamp for Aquaculture and Marine Aquanautics (수중 양식과 탐사를 위한 LED 녹색평판조명램프)

  • Soh, Hyun-Jun;Kang, Sang-Taek;Kim, Jae-Gyun;Soh, Dea-Wha
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2010.10a
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    • pp.730-733
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    • 2010
  • The Green Lamp Fixture (GLF) of LED prepared with thin panel structure was investigated for illumination of street lamps and other lighting system uses, which was also very useful to aquaculture and aquafarm lighting uses, or fish luring lights and marine aquanautics of aquamarinautics (aquamarine+aquanautics) uses, etc. In the case of fish luring lights, it was verified that the fish luring of Green Lamp Fixture of LED was very effective for phototaxis movement and ecological community promotion to the micro-living things of organisms and the small fries and fishes, like as 'crowding together'. For the aquaculture lightings, it was also very excellent in waterproof and heat-sink properties, photosynthetic growing of algae and micro-organisms, water-weeds and seaweeds living underwater.

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The Effects of Teatree Oil Gargling on Oral Cavity Micro-Organism Growth and Perceived Discomfort of Patient Receiving Chemotherapy (티트리 오일을 이용한 구강함수가 화학요법을 받는 암 환자의 구강상태와 불편감 및 구강세균집락에 미치는 효과)

  • Kim, Nam Cho;Kim, Hee Jung
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.276-286
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    • 2005
  • Purpose: The study is to investigate the effects of tea tree oil gargling on oral cavity micro-organism growth and on the perceived discomfort of patients receiving chemotherapy. Methods: A nonequivalent control group non-synchronized design was used to determine the effects of tea tree oil gargling on oral cavity for 20 second after using it for one week, twice a day. The sample consisted of two groups of patients receiving chemotherapy : 19 patients in experimental and 20 patients in control group. The instruments used in the study were Oral Assessment Guide(OAG), a measure of perceived symptoms on oral cavity, and a test of oral mucosal micro-organism culture. The data were analyzed using chi-square test, repeated measure of ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: There was no significant difference between the two groups in micro-organism culture test of oral mucosa. The experimental group showed a lower number and fewer kinds of micro-organisms than the control group. Conclusion: It is considered that use of tea tree oil is effective in infection control of the oral cavity.

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A Study on the Treatment of Paper Mill Wastewater with the Addition of High Thermal Microbial Inoculants (고온성 종균제를 이용한 제지폐수 처리)

  • 이성호;임택준;조준형
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.54-60
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    • 2002
  • The Wastewater of toilet paper mill recycling recovered milk carton was used as a raw material for this study. According to the actual mill conditions, hydraulic retention time was adjusted to 12 hours and F/M (Food/Micro-organism) ratio was adjusted to 0.23. Temperature of aeration basin was varied from 2$0^{\circ}C$ to 5$0^{\circ}C$. The change of Micro-organisms and removal efficiency of pollutant were investigated at the varied temperature of basin. Aeration basin using high thermal microbial inoculants showed more removal efficiency of SS, COD than aeration basin using conventional microbial inoculants at high temperature. Floc consolidation of aeration basin using high thermal microbial inoculants added sludge was better than that of sludge from aeration basin using conventional microbial inoculants.

Development of a Blended Corrosion, Scale and Micro-Organism Inhibitor for Open Recirculating Cooling System

  • Choi, Dong-Jin;You, Seung-Jae;Kim, Jung-Gu;Hwang, Woo-Suk
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.89-94
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    • 2005
  • This paper presents the results of a study that was undertaken to optimize the ratio of the components of a new multi-component inhibitor blend composed of orthophosphate/ phosphonates/ acrylate copolymer/ isothiazolone. The effects of newly developed inhibitor on carbon steel dissolution in synthetic cooling water were studied through weight loss tests, electrochemical tests, scale tests, and micro-organism tests. The obtained results were compared to blank (uninhibited specimen) and showed that developed inhibitor revealed very good corrosion, scale, and micro-organism inhibition simultaneously. All measurements indicated that the efficiency of the blended mixture exceeded 90 %. The inhibitive effects arose from formation of protective films which might contain calcium phosphate, calcium phosphonate, and iron oxide. The nature of protective films formed on the carbon steel was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and auger electron spe ctroscopy (AES). Inhibitor used in this study appeared to have better performance for scale inhibition due to their superior crystal modification effect and excellent calcium carbonate scale inhibition properties. The effect of inhibitor on microorganisms was evaluated through minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) test. All kinds of micro-organisms used in this study were inhibited under 78ppm concentration of inhibitor.

Applications of Ozone Micro- and Nanobubble Technologies in Water and Wastewater Treatment: Review (정수 및 폐수처리에서 오존 미세기포와 초미세기포 기술의 적용 : 리뷰)

  • Tekile, Andinet;Kim, Ilho;Lee, Jai-Yeop
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.481-490
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    • 2017
  • Water and wastewater treatment has always been a challenging task due to the continuous increase in amount and the change in characteristics of the poorly biodegradable and highly colored organic matters, as well as harmful micro-organisms. Advanced techniques are therefore required to successfully remove these pollutants from water before reuse or discharge to receiving water bodies. Application of ozone, which is a powerful oxidant and disinfectant, alone or as part of advanced oxidation process depends on the complex kinetic reactions and the mass transfer of ozone involved. Micro- and nano bubbling considerably improves gas dissolution compared to conventional bubbles and hence mass transfer. It can also intensify generation of hydroxyl radical due to collapse of the bubbles, which in turn facilitates oxidation reaction under both alkaline as well as acidic conditions. This review gives the overview of application of micro- and nano bubble ozonation for purification of water and wastewater. The drawbacks of previously considered techniques and the application of the hydrodynamic ozonation to synthetic aqueous solutions and various industrial wastewaters are systematically reviewed.

Investigation of Microplastics from Three Marine Organisms (해양생물 체내 잔류 미세플라스틱 조사)

  • Borkar, Shweta;Nandanwar, Sondavid;Kim, Young-IL;Kim, Don;Shim, Hyun Kwan;Kim, Hak Jun
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.53 no.2
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    • pp.244-250
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    • 2020
  • Microplastic pollution in the marine ecosystem has been emerged as a global issue. In this study, we investigated the abundance of microplastics from clam Meretrix lusoria, blood arkshell Scapharca broughtonii, and warty sea squirt Styela clava obtained from a local market in Busan, Korea. The marine organisms were digested in 10% KOH, and were incubated at 40℃ and 150 rpm, for 7 days. The digest was filtered through standard sieve (5 mm, 1 mm, 300 ㎛, and 100 ㎛), and mciroplastics were identified using a light microscope and microFT-IR. The abundance of microplastics of clam, blood arkshell, warty sea squirt was 0.08 items/g, 0.05 items/g, and 0.12 items/g, respectively. The predominant microplastic size was in the range of 100-300 ㎛, occupying 48%, and the predominant type was fiber. The composition of microplastics was mostly rayon, semi-synthetic cellulosic material and polyester, which are main component of fabric and textile. We strongly believe that this preliminary work may provide useful information for the establishment of the standardized analysis method of microplastics ingested by marine organisms.

Interspecific Relationships between Coexisting Micro-organisms in the Freshwater Rotifer (Brachionus calyciflorus) Culture Tanks as Microcosm (담수산 로티퍼, Brachionus calyciflorus의 미소 배양 생태계에서 관찰된 혼재생물간의 종간관계)

  • Jung, Min-Min
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2014
  • One of freshwater rotifer (Brachionus calyciflorus) is very useful as a live food organism for early larval rearing of freshwater aquaculture industry. However, the knowledge about freshwater rotifer culture is scarce. On the other hand, marine rotifer culture as live food organisms is done, almost perfectly. In this study, I show to be benefit experimental results for successful freshwater larval rearing through the observation with microcosm structure in freshwater rotifer culture tanks.

Effects of Loess, Rhodobacter, and Bacillus Mixture on the Trees Cavity Treatment (수목 공동치료를 위한 황토, Rhodobacter, Bacillus 조합의 효과)

  • Jeong, Sun-Hee;Song, Hwan-Joon;Jeong, Chang-Hwa;Huh, Moo-Ryong
    • Journal of agriculture & life science
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.59-63
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    • 2011
  • The symptoms such as weaken shape, partial and full death in nurse- and old- trees have been mostly caused by the occurrence of cavity. In general, the adaption of poly-urethane has been practised routinely in the way of treatment in cavity. However, the use of poly-urethane was not an effective, but it was related to pollution materials. Here, the experiment was conducted to identify the effects of the treatments of loess or micro-organisms for the alternatives of poly-urethane. The cavities which occurred in Zelkova serrata, Prunus yedoensis and Quercus myrsinaefolia were treated by poly-urethane, loess, mixtured loess and micro-organism (Rhadobacter), and mixtured loess and micro-organism (Rhodobacter + bacillus). As the results of this experiment, it was shown that the treatment of mixtured loess and micro-organism (Rhodobacter + bacillus) induced to develop greater callus formation in the cavity up to 97% in Zelkova serrata, up to 87% in Prunus yedoensis, and by 73% in Quercus myrsinaefolia than the treatment of poly-urethane. But the only loess and mixtured loess and micro-organism (Rhadobacter) was a similar or lower callus formation ratio than poly-urethane.

Copper micro/nanostructures as effective SERS active substrates for pathogen detection

  • Ankamwar, Balaprasad;Sur, Ujjal Kumar
    • Advances in nano research
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.113-122
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    • 2020
  • Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) spectroscopy is a multifaceted surface sensitive methodology which exploits spectroscopy-based analysis for various applications. This technique is based on the massive amplification of Raman signals which were feeble previously in order to use them for appropriate identification at qualitative and quantitative in chemical as well as biological systems. This novel powerful technique can be utilized to identify pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. As far as SERS is concerned, one of the most studied problems has been functionalization of SERS active substrate. Metal colloids and nanostructures or microstructures synthesized using noble metals such as Au, Ag and Cu are considered to be SERS active. Silver and gold are extensively used as SERS active substrates due to chemical inertness and stability in air compare to copper. However, use of Cu as a suitable alternative has been taken into account as it is cheap. Herein, we have synthesized air-stable copper microstructures/nanostructures by chemical, electrochemical and microwave-assisted methods. In this paper, we have also discussed the use of as synthesized copper micro/nanostructures as inexpensive yet effective SERS active substrates for the fast identification of micro-organisms like Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

Simulation for the Propulsion of Micro-Hydro-Machine with Unstructured Grid (비정규 격자를 이용한 극소 로봇의 추진 해석)

  • Moon-Chan Kim;Dong-Dai Ha
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2002
  • Flow mechanism of contractive and dilative motion is numerically investigated to obtain a propulsive force in highly viscous fluid, which is the simulation of the propulsion in micro-organisms. The computing code for the analysis of complicated motions is developed with cell-centered unstructured grid scheme. The developed code is validated by the well-known problems of cavity flow and oscillating wall. The validated code is applied to the contractive and dilative motion in narrow tube. The computed results are compared with nodal points scheme. By the present results, it is found that propulsive force can be obtained by the contractive and dilative motion through simulation with the developed code.