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A study on the organization and management of the Jeju soybean cluster (제주 콩 클러스터 구축 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Ko, Seong-Bo;Hyun, Chang-Seok
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.11 no.10
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    • pp.3740-3746
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    • 2010
  • Jeju soybean industry is not competitive in areas of food-safety, quality, price, and bargaining power. Also, the processing products of soybean are simply-processed product. They are short of diversified product. The size of processing company is very small. The purpose of this study is to review and suggest programs for the construction and management of a network among farmhouseholds, agricultural cooperatives, manufacturing companies, related research institutes, and the local government, which are integrated vertically, horizontally and systematically. Jeju soybean cluster consists of production system, research & development system, industrial-support system, practical technology-support system, and center of operation. This system will help farmers get stable sales market & income. Also, It will help farmers produce the production of environment-friendly agricultural raw products.

A Study on the Consumption Patterns of Food Life in IMF Age (IMF시대의 식생활 소비패턴에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jin-Young;Lee, Hye-Im
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.333-352
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    • 1999
  • This study investigates the impact of International Monetary Fund(IMF) Age on the household behavior of food consumption and analysis the related factors(demographic variables, family life style) to find out the reasonable consumer's consciousness and food market conditions. The results are as follows. 1. General life style and food life style, considered as family life style, were classified into 7 types and 9 types respectively as family life style by factor analysis. 2. The rationality of using and disposing stage on food life has increased, the rationality of the planning stage on food life has decreased since the IMF age began. But the rationality of overall food consumption has hardly changed. 3. The amount of purchasing was decreased, discount store was favorite place to buy food, and safety and freshness were major determinants in purchasing for most of food items. But this was different with food items. The various information sources were used impartially to buy food, cash was used mainly, and the degree of using the discount ticket/coupon was a little low. 4. Income level is an influential factor on the rationality of the planning and purchasing stage on food life, while environment-oriented food life style has influenced on the rationality of using and disposing stage. The purchasing amount of grain products, meats, milk products, bread and snacks, drinks, alcoholic drinks, water and convenience goods has influenced by demographic variables, eating out had been influenced by general life styles, and fruits, healthy foods, processed foodstuffs, favorite foods, vegetables seaweeds, import foods and seafood had been mainly influenced by food life style since IMF age began.

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The Influence of Risk Perception upon Consumer"s Attitude and Purchase Behavior - Focusing on Melamine-Contained Food- (위험 지각이 소비자 태도 및 식품 구매 행동에 미치는 영향 - 멜라민 함유 식품군을 중심으로-)

  • Choi, Eun-Joo
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.481-490
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    • 2010
  • The shock of melamine-contained food has been known with the incident of hospitalization or death of infants at the age of 11-month old in China. The purpose of this study was to examine consumers' risk perception, attitude and purchase behavior of melamine-contained food which recently came to the fore as a social issue, focusing on the relationship between consumers' attitude and purchase behavior based on physical risk, social risk, psychological risk, financial risk, consumers' attitude and purchase behavior. Study findings are as follows. First, the four factors of risk perception of melamine-contained food were significantly different by consumers. Consumers regarded social risk as most significant and it was followed by financial risk and psychological risk. And they regarded physical risk as most insignificant. Second, as for the difference of risk perception by demographic features, such factors as gender, age, marital status and schooling had no statistically significant influence. Third, the potential risk of melamine-contained food had a negative influence upon consumers' attitude and purchase behavior. In addition, consumers' attitude and purchase behavior were decided by perceived risks. This finding implies that consumers' attitude can accompany with negative or positive behavior and consumers' behavior can be related to social, financial and physical risks. Because the risk perception of melamine-contained food can cause consumers' distrust about all kinds of food in general, domestic manufacturers of milk product-contained confectionery and food can be harmed. In order to overcome this problem and make consumers purchase all the milk products and milk-contained food without fear, governmental agencies must reestablish systems with which the safety of imported raw materials and its processing can be insured and manufactures must improve the quality of products in a diverse and discriminative manner. This study seems to be meaningful in that it examined consumers' risk perception of melamine-contained food, a current social issue, and then looked into the influence of risk perception upon consumers" attitude and behavior, thus presenting the strategy of reestablishing the system of relationship between consumers and business entities in a desirable manner.

The Study of Facial Hair Weakening Ability Using Urea or Anti-oxidants for Shaving (우레아 및 항산화제를 이용한 면도를 위한 수염 강도 약화 연구)

  • Kim, Il Gu;Han, Na Kyung;Kim, Sun Young;Han, Jong Sub
    • Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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    • v.42 no.3
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    • pp.279-284
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    • 2016
  • In this study, facial hair weakening ability of urea and anti-oxidants for shaving was investigated. The hair weakening ability and cross-section increase of hair depends on concentration of urea. The results showed that urea affects swelling of hair and this is related to the hair weakening ability. Anti-oxidants showed outstanding weakening ability despite of their low concentrations by breaking disulfide bond in facial hair. To evaluate the suitability of urea and anti-oxidants for facial cosmetic products, in vitro safety tests were proceeded. The results showed that urea and glutathione were safe for face. As a result, urea and glutathione were safe and outstanding as hair weakening agent for cosmetic shaving products.

Design and Implementation of RFID Processing Systems for Agricultural Products Traceability (농산물 이력 추적 관리를 위한 RFID 처리 시스템 설계 및 구현)

  • Yeon Dong-Hee;Lee Sang-Jo;Cho Tae-Beom;Min Byung-Hun;Jung Hoe-Kyung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.931-934
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    • 2006
  • Recently, as the problems related to agricultural product's safety occur continuously, the system with traceability that can quickly trace back the agricultural products with problems occurred and enable the analysis of causes and prohibition of distribution is required. Therefore, the recording of distribution data is important for this system and for this purpose, the RFID technology that can perceive tags from remote place through radio frequency can be effectively used. But, since the RFID is a technology that is being watched recently, the system that processes RFID tags and distribution data is trifling. Hereby, this thesis designed and implemented the RFID processing system that enables the career trace by analyzing and managing the data on recorded RFID tags and career data based on the standard of traceability.

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Excessive copper in feed not merely undermines animal health but affects food safety

  • Ma, Zicheng;Li, Yan;Han, Zifeng;Liu, Zhaohu;Wang, Hongyu;Meng, Fanliang;Liu, Sidang;Chen, Dawei;Liu, Mengda
    • Journal of Veterinary Science
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.31.1-31.12
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    • 2021
  • Background: Blackened intestines in slaughtered pigs have been commonly observed in China in recent years. However, no cause has been reported. Objectives: We attempted to determine whether the blackening of the pig intestine was related to an excess of copper (Cu) in their feed. Methods: In this study, we observed and collected porcine intestines in small- and large-scale pig slaughterhouses in Shandong province from May to October 2018. Twelve types of metal ions were detected in the black intestinal samples. Results: The Cu level in the intestine samples was mostly higher than the Chinese national limit for food. Further study showed that Cu supplementation in most commercial porcine feed also exceeded the national standard. An animal model (mouse) that could mimic the intestinal blackening in pigs was established. Compared to control mice, Cu accumulated in the liver and intestines of mice fed an excessive Cu level, confirming the excessive Cu in the feed may be considered the major cause of blackened porcine intestines. Microscopic examination revealed that black intestines had many particles containing Cu in the lamina propria of the intestinal mucosa, and the intestinal mucosal epithelial cells showed degeneration and necrosis. Conclusions: In conclusion, overuse of Cu in animal feed can lead to animal poisoning and Cu accumulation in animal products. Such overuse not only harms the health of livestock but can also affect public health.

Comparative Toxicity Studies of Ultra-Pure Ag, Au, Co, and Cu Nanoparticles Generated by Laser Ablation in Biocompatible Aqueous Solution

  • Kim, Yea-Seul;Kim, Kuk-Ki;Shin, Seon-Mi;Park, Seung-Min;Hah, Sang-Soo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.33 no.10
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    • pp.3265-3268
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    • 2012
  • Nanoparticles (NPs) are increasingly used in consumer products, which have aroused many concerns and debates regarding their fate in biological systems from a point of their safety/toxicity. Although a number of studies on the biological effects of NPs have been published, these are often complicated by the possible toxicity of conventional NPs, caused by contamination with chemical precursors or additives during their synthesis and/or purification procedures. To explicitly understand the toxicity basis of NPs, it is necessary to directly address a main problem related to their intrinsic/inherent toxicity and/or incompatibility with biological objects. The present study is designed to take advantage of a novel laser-assisted method called laser ablation to generate Ag, Au, Co, and Cu NPs in biocompatible aqueous solution, and to evaluate the toxicity of the resulting ultra-pure NPs. Our results show that the ultra-pure NPs with nascent surfaces possess moderate cytotoxicity to human cells in a cell-dependent manner.

Extracting Information on Road Slope Monitoring by Digital Photogrammetric Processing Techniques (디지털 사진측량 처리기법에 의한 도로사면의 모니터링 정보 추출)

  • Lee, Jin-Duk;Yeon, Sang-Ho;Lee, Ho-Chan
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.55-64
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    • 2005
  • This study demonstrates the experiment based on digital photogrammetric processing for acquiring data related to slope monitoring. To apply dose-range digital photos for monitoring road rock slopes, digital elevation models and digital orthophotos were generated and 3D modelling was conducted for the visualization on a digital photogrammetric workstation. These digital photogrammetric products can be utilized as objective and scientific data not only for surveying and analyzing the shape and characteristics of the slopes but also for extracting various engineering data for building the database of the slopes and making the safety diagnosis of the slopes.

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Biogenic Amine Degradation by Bacillus Species Isolated from Traditional Fermented Soybean Food and Detection of Decarboxylase-Related Genes

  • Eom, Jeong Seon;Seo, Bo Young;Choi, Hye Sun
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.25 no.9
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    • pp.1519-1527
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    • 2015
  • Biogenic amines in some food products present considerable toxicological risks as potential human carcinogens when consumed in excess concentrations. In this study, we investigated the degradation of the biogenic amines histamine and tyramine and the presence of genes encoding histidine and tyrosine decarboxylases and amine oxidase in Bacillus species isolated from fermented soybean food. No expression of histidine and tyrosine decarboxylase genes (hdc and tydc) were detected in the Bacillus species isolated (B. subtilis HJ0-6, B. subtilis D'J53-4, and B. idriensis RD13-10), although substantial levels of amine oxidase gene (yobN) expression were observed. We also found that the three selected strains, as non-biogenic amineproducing bacteria, were significantly able to degrade the biogenic amines histamine and tyramine. These results indicated that the selected Bacillus species could be used as a starter culture for the control of biogenic amine accumulation and degradation in food. Our study findings also provided the basis for the development of potential biological control agents against these biogenic amines for use in the food preservation and food safety sectors.

HALT of High Power Amplifier Module Used in Radar (레이더용 고출력 증폭기 모듈의 HALT)

  • Hwang, Soon-Mi;Kim, Chul-Hee;Lee, Kwan-Hun
    • Journal of Applied Reliability
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.97-102
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    • 2014
  • Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. High power amplifier Module is the most critical part of the high-power radar transmitter systems. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. Research related to radar has been conducted in various fields according to improvement of the communication technology. But only performance-originated technology development has been dashed; study concerning environment duality and safety concerning reliability are still insufficient. In general, radar module is exposed to the outside, on the means of moving or fixed in a certain place. It should be guaranteed sufficient immunity for a variety of environmental stresses that can occur in the outdoor. HALT is a great process used for quickly finding failure mechanisms in a hardware design and product. By applying various kinds and extreme level of stresses, we can find the operating limits of products. In thesis, we conducted HALT test of the high power amplifier modules which used in military and automotive radar. After the test, we analyzed environmental weaknesses of high power amplifier modules using conventional construction data.