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과습에 따른 콩 광합성 관련 형질 반응 (Responses of Photosynthetic Characters to Waterlogging in Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill])

  • 이재은;김홍식;권영업;정건호;이춘기;윤홍태;김정곤
    • 한국작물학회지
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    • 제55권2호
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    • pp.111-118
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    • 2010
  • 본 시험은 이상기후 대비 내습성 콩 품종의 조기육성을 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 수행하였던 바, 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 엽록소형광반응은 모든 시험품종이 V5 stage에 비해 R2 stage 과습처리시 더 급격히 감소되었으며, 풍산나물콩과 무한콩이 장엽콩과 명주나물콩에 비해 엽록소형광반응의 감소정도가 더 적었고, 과습처리 종료 5일 후 과습구가 대조구의 95~97% 정도로 회복도 더 빨랐다. 2. 광합성율은 과습처리 시기에 상관없이 풍산나물콩과 무한콩이 장엽콩과 명주나물콩에 비해 더 적게 감소하였으며, R2 stage 과습처리 종료 31일 후에 무한콩은 대조구에 비하여 과습구의 광합성율이 66%로 회복속도가 가장 빨랐으며, 명주나물콩은 41%로 광합성율의 회복속도가 가장 늦었다. 증산량의 변화도 광합성율과 같은 경향을 보였다. 3. 기공전도도는 R2 stage 과습처리에서는 평균 71% 감소한 반면 V5 stage 과습처리에서는 62%로 더 적게 감소하였다. R2 stage 과습처리 종료 31일 후에는 기공전도도가 대조구의 44%였으나, V5 stage 과습처리 종료 21일 후에는 대조구의 63%로, V5 stage 과습처리시에 회복속도가 더 빨랐다. 4. 단순회귀분석 결과, 대조구와 과습구 모두 기공전도도와 광합성율, 증산량과 광합성율 및 기공전도도와 증산량간에는 정의 상관이 있었다. 5. 증산량과 기공전도도가 광합성율에 미치는 효과를 추정하기 위하여 다중회귀분석을 한 결과, 기공전도도가 광합성율에 미치는 효과를 추정했을 때 대조구와 과습구의 $R^2$값이 0.7293과 0.7582였으나, 또 다른 독립변수인 증산량이 회귀식에 추가되어도 광합성율 변이의 설명정도가 크게 증가하지 않았다. 따라서 습해를 받을 경우 기공전도도나 증산율 중 어느 한 요소의 변화만을 측정해도 이들과 상관이 높은 광합성율의 변화를 추정할 수가 있을 것으로 판단됨.

섬쑥부쟁이 에탄올 추출물이 대식세포와 예쁜꼬마선충에서의 항염증 및 항산화 효과 (Ethanol extract of Aster glehni exhibits anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects in RAW 264.7 cells and Caenorhabditis elegans)

  • 서미경;추한나;이다빈;김행란;황인선;정용진;윤성란;강석성;장경아;강민숙
    • 한국식품저장유통학회지
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    • 제30권6호
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    • pp.1095-1106
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    • 2023
  • 본 연구는 울릉 섬쑥부쟁이의 생리활성을 평가하여 기능성 농식품 소재로서의 자료 제공을 목적으로 하였다. 대식세포와 선충을 활용하여 울릉 섬쑥부쟁이의 항산화 및 항염증 효과를 평가하였다. 총폴리페놀 함량과 총플라보노이드 함량은 AG와 DAG의 에탄올(70%, 100%) 용매가 열수보다 추출수율이 높았으며, 추출 조건별 항산화 활성 분석도 열수보다는 에탄올 추출물에서 가장 높았다. AG의 경우 100% 에탄올 추출물(4.50%)이, DAG의 경우 70% 에탄올 추출물(4.19%)로 수율이 가장 높았다. 항산화 성분의 추출수율과 라디컬소거 활성 결과와 식품소재 활용을 고려하여 70% 에탄올을 최종 용매로 선정하였다. 시료의 효과평가를 위해 세포독성이 없는 100 ㎍/mL를 최대 농도로 설정하여 대식세포 RAW 264.7에서의 항염증 활성을 평가하였다. LPS로 염증을 유도하고 AG와 DAG 에탄올 추출물 처리군은 LPS 단독 처리군(양성 대조군)과 비교하여 NO의 생성과 iNOS의 발현이 유의적으로 감소하였다. 선충을 이용한 AG와 DAG 에탄올 추출물의 항산화 활성 분석 결과, juglone 처리로 인한 산화적 스트레스 조건하에서 선충의 생존율 연장에는 영향을 미치지 못했다. 선충에 LPS를 처리하여 염증 스트레스 조건하에서 AG와 DAG 에탄올 추출물이 LPS 단독 처리군에 비해 24시간 후 생존율이 증가하였고, 두 시료 모두 생존율 개선 효과가 농도 의존적으로 보였다. 염증과 산화의 스트레스 조건 없이 선충의 평균 수명 기간인 20일 동안 AG와 DAG 추출물을 처리하여 항노화 효과를 평가한 결과 AG와 DAG 에탄올 추출물을 처리한 선충의 생존율 중앙값(10일)은 CON보다 높았으며, DAG 에탄올 추출물은 농도 의존적으로 생존율을 높이는 경향을 보였으나, AG 에탄올 추출물은 그렇지 않았다. AG와 DAG의 20일 생존율은 CON보다 낮거나 유사(DAG 50)하였다. 본 연구의 결과, 울릉 섬쑥부쟁이 에탄올 추출물은 in vitro에서 항산화 활성을 보였고, 염증이 유도된 대식세포에서 iNOS 유전자 발현을 억제하여 NO의 생성량이 감소하였다고 사료된다. 또한, 염증 스트레스를 유도한 선충의 생존율 개선 효과를 보였다. 이 결과는 울릉 섬쑥부쟁이의 건강기능식품 개발 시 기초자료로 활용하고, 지역 농산물의 소비 활성화에 도움이 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

딸기 삽목 육묘 시 묘 생육에 미치는 지베렐린 침지농도 및 시간의 영향 (The Effect of Gibberellin Dipping Concentration and Treatment Time on the Growth of Cutting Propagules in Strawberry)

  • 김은지;김치선;정현수;이준구
    • 생물환경조절학회지
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    • 제33권1호
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    • pp.12-21
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    • 2024
  • 본 연구는 딸기의 삽목 육묘 시 묘소질을 향상시키고 품질을 증진시키기 위한 지베렐린 효과를 검증하기 위해 수행되었다. 품종은 '설향'을 대상으로 하였고, 삽목 시 삽수의 기부를 30, 60분간 GA3 50, 100, 150mg·L-1에 침지 처리하고 증류수 침지를 대조구로 두었다. 정식 시 묘소질 조사 결과 엽수와 SPAD 값은 지베렐린 침지시간이 길수록 증가하였고, 초장, 엽병장, 엽장, 엽폭, 엽면적은 침지시간과 농도 간의 상호작용에 따라 유의하게 값이 변하였다. 관부직경은 같은 농도라 할지라도 침지시간에 따른 차이가 나타났으며 30분, 100mg·L-1 처리를 제외하고 모두 직경이 8.0mm 이상으로 우량한 묘가 생성되었으며, T/R률은 30분, 50mg·L-1 처리에서 유의하게 작아 식물체 활력이 가장 우수했다. 양자수율은 농도가 150mg·L-1일 때 저조하였고, 지베렐린 처리 농도가 높을수록 양자수율이 감소하는 경향을 나타냈다. NPQ는 대조구 대비 30분, 150mg·L-1 처리에서 유의하게 작아 묘 스트레스 감소에 효과가 있었다. 항산화물 함량은 30분, 50mg·L-1 처리와 60분, 150mg·L-1 처리에서 높게 나타났고, 정식 후 생육조사 결과 화아분화 정도에 미치는 지베렐린의 부정적 영향은 없었다. 따라서, '설향' 딸기의 삽목 육묘 시 지베렐린 처리는 정식묘 양성에 효과가 있는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며, 이때 대조구 대비 생육 증진 및 품질 향상을 위해서는 삽수 기부를 50mg·L-1의 지베렐린에 30분 침지처리하는 것이 보다 적정한 것으로 판단되었다.

종합병원 방사선사의 건강증진행위 관련요인 분석 (Analysis of Influencing Factors Related to Health Promotion Behavior in Hospital Radiological Technologists)

  • 고종경;권덕문;강영한
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제32권4호
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    • pp.381-391
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    • 2009
  • 연구목적 : 방사선사의 건강증진행위에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하여 바람직한 건강관리에 도움을 주고, 향후 방사선사의 건강증진 프로그램 개발을 위한 기초 자료로 활용하고자 한다. 연구방법 : 종합병원에 근무하는 방사선사 총 234명을 대상으로 건강지각과 건강증진행위에 대한 설문조사를 시행하였다. 건강지각에 대한 설문은 현재 건강, 건강관심, 민감성 등 총 20문항이었고, Cronbach's $\alpha$는 0.79였다. 건강증진행위의 설문은 자아실현, 건강책임, 운동, 영양, 대인관계지지, 스트레스 관리 등 총 47문항이었고, Cronbach's $\alpha$값은 0.93이었다. 건강증진행위와 관련이 있는 단변량 분석은 평균비교분석(t-test, ANOVA)을 하였고, 건강지각 요인과 건강증진행위와의 관련성은 상관분석(Pearson's Correlation Coefficient) 을 하였다. 건강증진행위에 영향을 미치는 요인은 단계별 다중회귀분석(Stepwise Multiple Regression)을 시행 하였다. 연구결과 : 일반적 특성 중 건강증진행위와 관련 있는 요인은 연령, 결혼, 연봉, 직급, 경력, 고용, 종교 등이었고, 건강생활습관 관련 특성 중 건강증진행위와 관련이 있는 요인은 흡연유무, 운동여부 등이었다. 대상자의 건강증진행위 수행정도는 평균 2.90점, 표준편차 0.37이었다. 민감성, 건강관심, 현재건강 등으로 구분한 건강지각 요인과 건강증진행위와의 상관관계는 각각 양의 상관관계가 있었다(p<0.01). 건강증진행위에 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 민감성, 현재건강, 운동여부, 흡연유무, 근무경력 등이었고, 건강지각 요인 중 민감성이 가장 영향이 큰 것으로 나타났다. 즉, 건강지각에 대한 민감성, 현재건강 점수가 높을수록 건강증진행위 점수가 높았고, 규칙적으로 운동하는 군, 과거흡연군, 근무경력이 높은 군에서 건강증진행위점수가 높았다. 결 론 : 방사선사가 건강증진행위에 대한 점수를 높이려면 먼저 스스로의 건강에 대해 지각하고, 병에 걸리지 않으려는 노력이 필요하며, 건강한 생활을 추구하여야 한다. 또한 근무 경력과 년차에 관계없이 금연과 규칙적으로 운동을 하는 것이 반드시 필요하다.

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제주도 자생 제주아그배 (Malus micromalus Makino) 추출물의 항산화와 항염증 활성 (Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Activity of Ethanol Extract of Malus micromalus Makino in Jeju Island)

  • 이주엽;강민철;이정아;고광효;김봉석;한종헌;김세재;김기옥
    • KSBB Journal
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    • 제24권4호
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    • pp.327-333
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    • 2009
  • 본 연구는 제주에 자생하고 있는 제주아그배의 생리활성, 즉 항산화 효과와 항염 효과를 알아보고자 수행하였다. 제주아그배의 항산화 활성을 측정하고자 비교 분석한 결과, 제주아그배 에탄을 추출물 (DPPH 소거활성 $IC_{50}$ 값, $16.1\;{\mu}g$/mL; NO 소거활성 $IC_{50}$$901.2\;{\mu}g$/mL; superoxide 소거활성 및 Xanthine oxidase 억제 활성 $IC_{50}$$42.5\;{\mu}g$/mL, $2.7\;{\mu}g$/mL)은 좋은 항산화 활성을 보였고, 그 분획물 중에서는 에틸아세테이트 분획물이 항산화 활성 실험 모두에서 높은 소거활성을 나타내었다. 따라서 항산화 활성이 좋은 제주아그배의 추출물의 항염증 효과를 탐색하기 위하여 대식 세포 모델을 이용하였다. LPS로 자극한 마우스 대식세포인 RAW 264.7 세포에서 NO 활성과 세포독성간의 상대적 비교지수인 선택지수를 이용하여 탐색한 결과 에탄을 추출물과 에틸아세테이트 분획물이 2.9와 12.2로 가장 높은 상대적 NO 생성 억제 활성을 보였다. 그리고 NO 생성 억제율에 대한 $IC_{50}$ 값은 각각 $16.7\;{\mu}g$/mL, $4.1\;{\mu}g$/mL으로 나타났다. 이런 결과를 기초로 하여 제주아그배의 에탄올 추출물의 NO 감소가 iNOS 단백질 감소에 의한 것임을 확인한 결과, 시료를 처리한 RAW 264.7 세포에서 iNOS 단백질이 농도 의존적으로 감소하였다. 또한 iNOS 단백질의 억제가 mRNA의 감소로 인한 것인지 조사하고자, RT-PCR을 통해 iNOS의 mRNA 발현을 조사한 결과, 단백질과 마찬가지로 농도 의존적인 mRNA 발현 감소를 볼 수 있었다. 제주아그배의 에탄을 추출물을 농도 별로 처리하였을 때 유의적으로 COX-2 단백질과 mRNA 발현이 농도 의존적으로 억제하였다. 분획물 중에서는 NO 활성과 세포 독성간의 상대적 비교지수인 선택지수가 높았던 에틸아세테이트 분획물이 에탄을 추출물보다도 NO, iNOS, COX-2의 억제 정도가 더 좋은 경향을 나타내었다.

병원 간호사의 선호근무시간대에 관한 연구 (A Study on Hoslital Nurses' Preferred Duty Shift and Duty Hours)

  • 이경식;정금희
    • 대한간호
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    • 제36권1호
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    • pp.77-96
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    • 1997
  • The duty shifts of hospital nurses not only affect nurses' physical and mental health but also present various personnel management problems which often result in high turnover rates. In this context a study was carried out from October to November 1995 for a period of two months to find out the status of hospital nurses' duty shift patterns, and preferred duty hours and fixed duty shifts. The study population was 867 RNs working in five general hospitals located in Seoul and its vicinity. The questionnaire developed by the writer was used for data collection. The response rate was 85.9 percent or 745 returns. The SAS program was used for data analysis with the computation of frequencies, percentages and Chi square test. The findings of the study are as follows: 1. General characteristics of the study population: 56 percent of respondents was (25 years group and 76.5 percent were "single": the predominant proportion of respondents was junior nursing college graduates(92.2%) and have less than 5 years nursing experience in hospitals(65.5%). For their future working plan in nursing profession, nearly 50% responded as uncertain The reasons given for their career plan was predominantly 'personal growth and development' rather than financial reasons. 2. The interval for rotations of duty stations was found to be mostly irregular(56.4%) while others reported as weekly(16.1%), monthly(12.9%), and fixed terms(4.6%). 3. The main problems related to duty shifts particularly the evening and night duty nurses reported were "not enough time for the family, " "afraid of security problems after the work when returning home late at night." and "lack of leisure time". "problems in physical and physiological adjustment." "problems in family life." "lack of time for interactions with fellow nurses" etc. 4. The forty percent of respondents reported to have '1-2 times' of duty shift rotations while all others reported that '0 time'. '2-3 times'. 'more than 3 times' etc. which suggest the irregularity in duty shift rotations. 5. The majority(62.8%) of study population found to favor the rotating system of duty stations. The reasons for favoring the rotation system were: the opportunity for "learning new things and personal development." "better human relations are possible. "better understanding in various duty stations." "changes in monotonous routine job" etc. The proportion of those disfavor the rotating 'system was 34.7 percent. giving the reasons of"it impedes development of specialization." "poor job performances." "stress factors" etc. Furthermore. respondents made the following comments in relation to the rotation of duty stations: the nurses should be given the opportunity to participate in the. decision making process: personal interest and aptitudes should be considered: regular intervals for the rotations or it should be planned in advance. etc. 6. For the future career plan. the older. married group with longer nursing experiences appeared to think the nursing as their lifetime career more likely than the younger. single group with shorter nursing experiences ($x^2=61.19.{\;}p=.000;{\;}x^2=41.55.{\;}p=.000$). The reason given for their future career plan regardless of length of future service, was predominantly "personal growth and development" rather than financial reasons. For further analysis, the group those with the shorter career plan appeared to claim "financial reasons" for their future career more readily than the group who consider the nursing job as their lifetime career$(x^2$= 11.73, p=.003) did. This finding suggests the need for careful .considerations in personnel management of nursing administration particularly when dealing with the nurses' career development. The majority of respondents preferred the fixed day shift. However, further analysis of those preferred evening shift by age and civil status, "< 25 years group"(15.1%) and "single group"(13.2) were more likely to favor the fixed evening shift than > 25 years(6.4%) and married(4.8%)groups. This differences were statistically significant ($x^2=14.54, {\;}p=.000;{\;}x^2=8.75, {\;}p=.003$). 7. A great majority of respondents(86.9% or n=647) found to prefer the day shifts. When the four different types of duty shifts(Types A. B. C, D) were presented, 55.0 percent of total respondents preferred the A type or the existing one followed by D type(22.7%). B type(12.4%) and C type(8.2%). 8. When the condition of monetary incentives for the evening(20% of salary) and night shifts(40% of. salary) of the existing duty type was presented. again the day shift appeared to be the most preferred one although the rate was slightly lower(66.4% against 86.9%). In the case of evening shift, with the same incentive, the preference rates for evening and night shifts increased from 11.0 to 22.4 percent and from 0.5 to 3.0 percent respectively. When the age variable was controlled. < 25 yrs group showed higher rates(31.6%. 4.8%) than those of > 25 yrs group(15.5%. 1.3%) respectively preferring the evening and night shifts(p=.000). The civil status also seemed to operate on the preferences of the duty shifts as the single group showed lower rate(69.0%) for day duty against 83. 6% of the married group. and higher rates for evening and night duties(27.2%. 15.1%) respectively against those of the married group(3.8%. 1.8%) while a higher proportion of the married group(83. 6%) preferred the day duties than the single group(69.0%). These differences were found to be statistically all significant(p=.001). 9. The findings on preferences of three different types of fixed duty hours namely, B, C. and D(with additional monetary incentives) are as follows in order of preference: B type(12hrs a day, 3days a wk): day shift(64.1%), evening shift(26.1%). night shift(6.5%) C type(12hrs a day. 4days a wk) : evening shift(49.2%). day shift(32.8%), night shift(11.5%) D type(10hrs a day. 4days a wk): showed the similar trend as B type. The findings of higher preferences on the evening and night duties when the incentives are given. as shown above, suggest the need for the introductions of different patterns of duty hours and incentive measures in order to overcome the difficulties in rostering the nursing duties. However, the interpretation of the above data, particularly the C type, needs cautions as the total number of respondents is very small(n=61). It requires further in-depth study. In conclusion. it seemed to suggest that the patterns of nurses duty hours and shifts in the most hospitals in the country have neither been tried for different duty types nor been flexible. The stereotype rostering system of three shifts and insensitiveness for personal life aspect of nurses seemed to be prevailing. This study seems to support that irregular and frequent rotations of duty shifts may be contributing factors for most nurses' maladjustment problems in physical and mental health. personal and family life which eventually may result in high turnover rates. In order to overcome the increasing problems in personnel management of hospital nurses particularly in rostering of evening and night duty shifts, which may related to eventual high turnover rates, the findings of this study strongly suggest the need for an introduction of new rostering systems including fixed duties and appropriate incentive measures for evenings and nights which the most nurses want to avoid, In considering the nursing care of inpatients is the round-the clock business. the practice of the nursing duty shift system is inevitable. In this context, based on the findings of this study. the following are recommended: 1. The further in-depth studies on duty shifts and hours need to be undertaken for the development of appropriate and effective rostering systems for hospital nurses. 2. An introduction of appropriate incentive measures for evening and night duty shifts along with organizational considerations such as the trials for preferred duty time bands, duty hours, and fixed duty shifts should be considered if good quality of care for the patients be maintained for the round the clock. This may require an initiation of systematic research and development activities in the field of hospital nursing administration as a part of permanent system in the hospital. 3. Planned and regular intervals, orientation and training, and professional and personal growth should be considered for the rotation of different duty stations or units. 4. In considering the higher degree of preferences in the duty type of "10hours a day, 4days a week" shown in this study, it would be worthwhile to undertake the R&D type studies in large hospital settings.

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UCC(user-created-contents) 웹 사이트에서 사용자의 인성이 감정적, 인지적 평가와 UCC 활용에 미치는 영향 (The Effect of Users' Personality on Emotional and Cognitive Evaluation in UCC Web Site Usage)

  • 문윤지;강소라;김우곤
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제20권3호
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    • pp.167-190
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    • 2010
  • The research conducted here focuses on the effect of factors that affect the behavior of UCC (User Created Content) website users, other than user's rational recognition of how useful a UCC website can be. Most discussions in the existing literature on information systems have focused on users' evaluation how a UCC website can help to attain the users' own goals. However, there are other factors and this research pays attention to an individual's 'personality,' which is stable and biological in nature. Specifically, I have noted here that 'extroversion' and 'neuroticism,' the two common personality factors presented in Eysenck's most representative 'EPQ Model' and 'Big Five Model,' are the two personality factors that affect a site's 'usefulness,' by this I mean how useful does the user consider the website and its content. How useful a site is considered by the user is the other factor that has been regarded as the antecedent factor that influences the adoption of information systems in the existing MIS (Management Information System) research. Secondly, as using or creating a UCC website does not guarantee the user's or the creator's extrinsic motivation, unlike when using the information system within an organization, there is a greater likelihood that the increase in user's activities in relation to a UCC website is motivated by emotional factors rather than rational factors. Thus, I have decided to include the relationship between an individual's personality and what they find pleasurable in the research model. Thirdly, when based on the S-O-R Paradigm of Mehrabian and Russell, the two cognitive factors and emotional factors are finally affected by stimulus, and thus these factors ultimately have an effect on an individual's respondent behavior. Therefore, this research has presented an assumption that the recognition of how useful the site and content is and what emotional pleasure it provides will finally affect the behavior of the UCC website users. Finally, the relationship between the recognition of how useful a site is and how pleasurable it is to useand UCC usage may differ depending on certain situational conditions. In other words, the relationship between the three factors may vary according to how much users are involved in the creation of the website content. Creation thus emerges as the keyword of UCC. I analyzed the above relationships through the moderating variable of the user's involvement in the creation of the site. The research result shows the following: When it comes to the relationship between an individual's personality and what they find pleasurable it is extroverted users who have a greater likelihood to feel pleasure when using a UCC website, as was expected in this research. This in turn leads to a more active usage of the UCC web site because a person who is an extrovert likes to spend time on activities with other people, is sensitive to new experiences and stimuli and thus actively responds to these. An extroverted person accepts new UCC activities as part of his/her social life, rather than getting away from this new UCC environment. This is represented by the term 'Foxonomy' where the users meet a variety of users from all over the world and contact new types of content created by these users. However, neuroticism creates the opposite situation to that created by extroversion. The representative symptoms of neuroticism are instability, stress, and tension. These dispositions are more closely related to stress caused by a new environment rather than this creatingcuriosity or pleasure. Thus, neurotic persons have an uneasy feeling and will eventually avoid the situation where their own or others' daily lives are frequently exposed to the open web environment, this eventually makes them have a negative attitude towards the web environment. When it comes to an individual's personality and how useful site is, the two personality factors of extroversion and neuroticism both have a positive relationship with the recognition of how useful the site and its content is. The positive, curious, and social dispositions of extroverted persons tend to make them consider the future usefulness and possibilities of a new type of information system, or website, based on their positive attitude, which has a significant influence on the recognition of how useful these UCC sites are. Neuroticism also favorably affects how useful a UCC website can be through a different mechanism from that of extroversion. As the neurotic persons tend to feel uneasy and have much doubt about a new type of information system, they actively explore its usefulness in order to relieve their uncomfortable feelings. In other words, neurotic persons seek out how useful a site can be in order to secure their own stable feelings. Meanwhile, extroverted persons explore how useful a site can be because of their positive attitude and curiosity. As a lot of MIS research has revealed that the recognition of how useful a site can be and how pleasurable it can be to use have been proven to have a significant effect on UCC activity. However, the relationship between these factors reveals different aspects based on the user's involvement in creation. This factor of creationgauges the interest of users in the creation of UCC contents. Involvement is a variable that shows the level of an individual's mental effort in creating UCC contents. When a user is highly involved in the creation process and makes an enormous effort to create UCC content (classed a part of a high-involvement group), their own pleasure and recognition of how useful the site is have a significantly higher effect on the future usage of the UCC contents, more significantly than the users who sit back and just retrieve the UCC content created by others. The cognitive and emotional response of those in the low-involvement group is unlikely to last long,even if they recognize the contents of a UCC website is pleasurable and useful to them. However, the high-involvement group tends to participate in the creation and the usage of UCC more favorably, connecting the experience with their own goals. In this respect, this research presents an answer to the question; why so many people are participating in the usage of UCC, the representative form of the Web 2.0 that has drastically involved more and more people in the creation of UCC, even if they cannot gain any monetary or social compensation. Neither information system nor a website can succeed unless it secures a certain level of user base. Moreover, it cannot be further developed when the reasons, or problems, for people's participation are not suitably explored, even if it has a certain user base. Thus, what is significant in this research is that it has studied users' respondent behavior based on an individual's innate personality, emotion, and cognitive interaction, unlike the existing research that has focused on 'compensation' to explain users' participation with the UCC website. There are also limitations in this research. Firstly, I divided an individual's personality into extroversion and neuroticism; however, there are many other personal factors such as neuro-psychiatricism, which also needs to be analyzed for its influence on UCC activities. Secondly, as a UCC website comes in many types such as multimedia, Wikis, and podcasting, these types need to be included as a sub-category of the UCC websites and their relationship with personality, emotion, cognition, and behavior also needs to be analyzed.