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Management of plant genetic resources at RDA in line with Nagoya Protocol

  • Yoon, Moon-Sup;Na, Young-Wang;Ko, Ho-Cheol;Lee, Sun-Young;Ma, Kyung-Ho;Baek, Hyung-Jin;Lee, Su-Kyeung;Lee, Sok-Young
    • 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국작물학회 2017년도 9th Asian Crop Science Association conference
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    • pp.51-52
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    • 2017
  • "Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture" means any genetic material of plant origin of actual or potential value for food and agriculture. "Genetic material" means any material of plant origin, including reproductive and vegetative propagating material, containing functional units of heredity. (Internal Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, ITPGRFA). The "Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (shortly Nagoya Protocol)" is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity. It provides a transparent legal framework for the effective implementation of one of the three objectives of the CBD: the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. The Nagoya Protocol on ABS was adopted on 29 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan and entered into force on 12 October 2014, 90 days after the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification. Its objective is the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources, thereby contributing to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The Nagoya Protocol will create greater legal certainty and transparency for both providers and users of genetic resources by; (a) Establishing more predictable conditions for access to genetic resources and (b) Helping to ensure benefit-sharing when genetic resources leave the country providing the genetic resources. By helping to ensure benefit-sharing, the Nagoya Protocol creates incentives to conserve and sustainably use genetic resources, and therefore enhances the contribution of biodiversity to development and human well-being. The Nagoya Protocol's success will require effective implementation at the domestic level. A range of tools and mechanisms provided by the Nagoya Protocol will assist contracting Parties including; (a) Establishing national focal points (NFPs) and competent national authorities (CNAs) to serve as contact points for information, grant access or cooperate on issues of compliance, (b) An Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House to share information, such as domestic regulatory ABS requirements or information on NFPs and CNAs, (c) Capacity-building to support key aspects of implementation. Based on a country's self-assessment of national needs and priorities, this can include capacity to develop domestic ABS legislation to implement the Nagoya Protocol, to negotiate MAT and to develop in-country research capability and institutions, (d) Awareness-raising, (e) Technology Transfer, (f) Targeted financial support for capacity-building and development initiatives through the Nagoya Protocol's financial mechanism, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) (Nagoya Protocol). The Rural Development Administration (RDA) leading to conduct management agricultural genetic resources following the 'ACT ON THE PRESERVATION, MANAGEMENT AND USE OF AGRO-FISHERY BIO-RESOURCES' established on 2007. According to $2^{nd}$ clause of Article 14 (Designation, Operation, etc. of Agencies Responsible for Agro-Fishery Bioresources) of the act, the duties endowed are, (a) Matters concerning securing, preservation, management, and use of agro-fishery bioresources; (b) Establishment of an integrated information system for agro-fishery bioresources; (c) Matters concerning medium and long-term preservation of, and research on, agro-fishery bioresources; (d) Matters concerning international cooperation for agro-fishery bioresources and other relevant matters. As the result the RDA manage about 246,000 accessions of plant genetic resources under the national management system at the end of 2016.

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CT Based 3-Dimensional Treatment Planning of Intracavitary Brachytherapy for Cancer of the Cervix : Comparison between Dose-Volume Histograms and ICRU Point Doses to the Rectum and Bladder

  • Hashim, Natasha;Jamalludin, Zulaikha;Ung, Ngie Min;Ho, Gwo Fuang;Malik, Rozita Abdul;Ee Phua, Vincent Chee
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제15권13호
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    • pp.5259-5264
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    • 2014
  • Background: CT based brachytherapy allows 3-dimensional (3D) assessment of organs at risk (OAR) doses with dose volume histograms (DVHs). The purpose of this study was to compare computed tomography (CT) based volumetric calculations and International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU) reference-point estimates of radiation doses to the bladder and rectum in patients with carcinoma of the cervix treated with high-dose-rate (HDR) intracavitary brachytherapy (ICBT). Materials and Methods: Between March 2011 and May 2012, 20 patients were treated with 55 fractions of brachytherapy using tandem and ovoids and underwent post-implant CT scans. The external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) dose was 48.6Gy in 27 fractions. HDR brachytherapy was delivered to a dose of 21 Gy in three fractions. The ICRU bladder and rectum point doses along with 4 additional rectal points were recorded. The maximum dose ($D_{Max}$) to rectum was the highest recorded dose at one of these five points. Using the HDRplus 2.6 brachyhtherapy treatment planning system, the bladder and rectum were retrospectively contoured on the 55 CT datasets. The DVHs for rectum and bladder were calculated and the minimum doses to the highest irradiated 2cc area of rectum and bladder were recorded ($D_{2cc}$) for all individual fractions. The mean $D_{2cc}$ of rectum was compared to the means of ICRU rectal point and rectal $D_{Max}$ using the Student's t-test. The mean $D_{2cc}$ of bladder was compared with the mean ICRU bladder point using the same statistical test. The total dose, combining EBRT and HDR brachytherapy, were biologically normalized to the conventional 2 Gy/fraction using the linear-quadratic model. (${\alpha}/{\beta}$ value of 10 Gy for target, 3 Gy for organs at risk). Results: The total prescribed dose was $77.5Gy{\alpha}/{\beta}10$. The mean dose to the rectum was $4.58{\pm}1.22Gy$ for $D_{2cc}$, $3.76{\pm}0.65Gy$ at $D_{ICRU}$ and $4.75{\pm}1.01Gy$ at $D_{Max}$. The mean rectal $D_{2cc}$ dose differed significantly from the mean dose calculated at the ICRU reference point (p<0.005); the mean difference was 0.82 Gy (0.48-1.19Gy). The mean EQD2 was $68.52{\pm}7.24Gy_{{\alpha}/{\beta}3}$ for $D_{2cc}$, $61.71{\pm}2.77Gy_{{\alpha}/{\beta}3}$ at $D_{ICRU}$ and $69.24{\pm}6.02Gy_{{\alpha}/{\beta}3}$ at $D_{Max}$. The mean ratio of $D_{2cc}$ rectum to $D_{ICRU}$ rectum was 1.25 and the mean ratio of $D_{2cc}$ rectum to $D_{Max}$ rectum was 0.98 for all individual fractions. The mean dose to the bladder was $6.00{\pm}1.90Gy$ for $D_{2cc}$ and $5.10{\pm}2.03Gy$ at $D_{ICRU}$. However, the mean $D_{2cc}$ dose did not differ significantly from the mean dose calculated at the ICRU reference point (p=0.307); the mean difference was 0.90 Gy (0.49-1.25Gy). The mean EQD2 was $81.85{\pm}13.03Gy_{{\alpha}/{\beta}3}$ for $D_{2cc}$ and $74.11{\pm}19.39Gy_{{\alpha}/{\beta}3}$ at $D_{ICRU}$. The mean ratio of $D_{2cc}$ bladder to $D_{ICRU}$ bladder was 1.24. In the majority of applications, the maximum dose point was not the ICRU point. On average, the rectum received 77% and bladder received 92% of the prescribed dose. Conclusions: OARs doses assessed by DVH criteria were higher than ICRU point doses. Our data suggest that the estimated dose to the ICRU bladder point may be a reasonable surrogate for the $D_{2cc}$ and rectal $D_{Max}$ for $D_{2cc}$. However, the dose to the ICRU rectal point does not appear to be a reasonable surrogate for the $D_{2cc}$.

공정 시뮬레이션을 이용한 조사유기응력부식균열 시험 작업자 피폭량의 전산 해석에 관한 연구 (Numerical Calculations of IASCC Test Worker Exposure using Process Simulations)

  • 장규호;김해웅;김창규;박광수;곽대인
    • 한국방사선학회논문지
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    • 제15권6호
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    • pp.803-811
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    • 2021
  • 본 연구에서는 공정 시뮬레이션 기술을 적용하여 조사유기응력부식균열 시험 작업자의 피폭량 평가를 하였다. 상용 공정 시뮬레이션 코드인 DELMIA Version 5를 사용하여 조사유기응력부식균열 분석 시험 설비, 핫셀 및 작업자를 작성하고 조사유기응력부식균열 시험 공정을 구현하였으며, 사용자 코딩을 통해 선량이 분포된 공간을 지나는 작업자의 누적 피폭량을 평가할 수 있도록 하였다. 작업자 모사를 위해 시험 공정별로 인체의 근골격계를 모방하여 약 200 개 이상의 자유도를 가지는 휴먼 마니킨 자세를 작성하였다. 작업자 피폭량 계산을 위하여 휴먼 마니킨 작업의 하위정보에 접근하여 자세 별 좌표, 시작 시간 및 유지 시간을 추출하였으며, 공간 선량 값과 자세 유지 시간을 곱하여 누적 피폭량을 계산하였다. 피폭량 평가를 위한 공간 선량은 MCNP6 Version 1.0을 사용하여 핫셀 내·외부 공간 선량을 계산하였으며, 계산된 공간 선량은 공정 시뮬레이션 도메인에 입력하였다. 공정 시뮬레이션을 이용한 피폭량 평가 결과와 전형적인 피폭량 평가 결과를 비교 분석한 결과, 상시 출입구역 내 일상 시험 작업에 대한 연간 피폭량은 각각 0.388 mSv/year 및 1.334 mSv/year로서 공정 시뮬레이션을 이용한 피폭량 평가 결과가 전형적인 방법의 피폭량 평가 결과 대비 70 % 낮게 예측되었다. 공간 선량 높은 구역에서 수행되는 특수작업에 대해서도 공정 시뮬레이션을 이용한 피폭량 평가를 수행하였으며, 피폭량이 높은 작업을 쉽게 선별할 수 있었고, 해당 작업의 휴먼 마니킨 자세와 공간 선량 가시화를 통해 직관적으로 작업 개선안을 도출할 수 있었다.

연구활동종사자 작업환경측정 결과 및 제도개선 방향 (Work Environment Measurement Results for Research Workers and Directions for System Improvement)

  • 황제규;변헌수
    • 한국산업보건학회지
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    • 제30권4호
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    • pp.342-352
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    • 2020
  • Objectives: The characteristics of research workers are different from those working in the manufacturing industry. Furthermore, the reagents used change according to the research due to the characteristics of the laboratory, and the amounts used vary. In addition, since the working time changes almost every day, it is difficult to adjust the time according to exposure standards. There are also difficulties in setting standards as in the manufacturing industry since laboratory environments and the types of experiments performed are all different. For these reasons, the measurement of the working environment of research workers is not realistically carried out within the legal framework, there is a concern that the accuracy of measurement results may be degraded, and there are difficulties in securing data. The exposure evaluation based on an eight-hour time-weighted average used for measuring the working environment to be studied in this study may not be appropriate, but it was judged and consequently applied as the most suitable method among the recognized test methods. Methods: The investigation of the use of chemical substances in the research laboratory, which is the subject of this study, was conducted in the order of carrying out work environment measurement, sample analysis, and result analysis. In the case of the use of chemical substances, after organizing the substances to be measured in the working environment, the research workers were asked to write down the status, frequency, and period of use. Work environment measurement and sample analysis were conducted by a recognized test method, and the results were compared with the exposure standards (TWA: time weighted average value) for chemical substances and physical factors. Results: For the substances subject to work environment measurement, the department of chemical engineering was the most exposed, followed by the department of chemistry. This can lead to exposure to a variety of chemicals in departmental laboratories that primarily deal with chemicals, including acetone, hydrogen peroxide, nitric acid, sodium hydroxide, and normal hexane. Hydrogen chloride was measured higher than the average level of domestic work environment measurements. This can suggest that researchers in research activities should also be managed within the work environment measurement system. As a result of a comparison between the professional science and technology service industry and the education service industry, which are the most similar business types to university research laboratories among the domestic work environment measurements provided by the Korea Safety and Health Agency, acetone, dichloromethane, hydrogen peroxide, sodium hydroxide, nitric acid, normal hexane, and hydrogen chloride are items that appear higher than the average level. This can also be expressed as a basis for supporting management within the work environment measurement system. Conclusions: In the case of research activity workers' work environment measurement and management, specific details can be presented as follows. When changing projects and research, work environment measurement is carried out, and work environment measurement targets and methods are determined by the measurement and analysis method determined by the Ministry of Employment and Labor. The measurement results and exposure standards apply exposure standards for chemical substances and physical factors by the Ministry of Employment and Labor. Implementation costs include safety management expenses and submission of improvement plans when exposure standards are exceeded. The results of this study were presented only for the measurement of the working environment among the minimum health management measures for research workers, but it is necessary to prepare a system to improve the level of safety and health.

벤토나이트 수화반응 특성화를 위한 X선 단층촬영 기술 적용성 평가 (Feasibility Assessment on the Application of X-ray Computed Tomography on the Characterization of Bentonite under Hydration)

  • 멜빈;이경원;윤서현;김광염;이창수;김민섭;김진섭
    • 터널과지하공간
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    • 제32권6호
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    • pp.491-501
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    • 2022
  • 벤토나이트는 고준위 방사성 폐기물 처분장의 완충재 및 뒷채움재의 주재료로 고려되고 있다. 처분환경에서 벤토나이트는 열-수리-역학-화학적 복합적 거동을 겪게 된다. 본 연구는 제작된 수화거동 실험용 셀을 사용하여 수화 조건에서 벤토나이트의 거동 특성을 X선 단층촬영 기술을 이용하여 평가하고자 하였다. 플라스틱재료로 만들어진 원통형 셀은 상부의 탈착식 캡을 이용하여 시료 상부에 수직응력을 가하거나 팽윤압을 측정할 수 있도록 제작하였다. 수화실험은 건조밀도 1.4 g/cm3, 함수율 20%의 조건으로 제작된 경주 벤토나이트 블록시료로 수행되었다. 샘플의 직경은 27.5 mm, 높이는 34 mm 이며, 수화 실험 중 0.207 MPa의 일정한 압력으로 물을 주입하였으며, 7일 동안 수화실험을 지속하였다. 하루 동안 수화 과정을 거치면서 벤토나이트가 팽창하여 셀 내부의 공간을 채우는 것을 확인하였다. 또한, 샘플의 X선 CT값의 히스토그램 분석을 통해 수화 과정 초기의 샘플 밀도 증가와 이후 점진적인 밀도 감소가 발생함을 평가할 수 있었다. 평균 CT 값, CT값의 표준 편차, CT값 변화량에 대한 분석을 통해 샘플의 수화 과정에 대한 자세한 정보를 확인할 수 있었다. 즉, 수화 시작 후 2일 동안 시료 하부 및 상부 영역은 밀도가 감소하고 중간 영역은 밀도가 증가하였다. 그 후 수화가 진행되면서 샘플의 각 위치에서의 밀도 변화는 초기 샘플의 밀도와 비교할 때 그 차이가 점차 감소함을 확인하였다. 샘플 내 균열의 형성과정과 이후 감소되는 현상도 X선 단층촬영에 의해 확인되었다.