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Antimicrobial efficacy of endophytic Penicillium purpurogenum ED76 against clinical pathogens and its possible mode of action

  • Yenn, Tong Woei;Ibrahim, Darah;Chang, Lee Kok;Ab Rashid, Syarifah;Ring, Leong Chean;Nee, Tan Wen;Noor, Muhamad Izham bin Muhamad
    • Korean Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.53 no.3
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    • pp.193-199
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    • 2017
  • This study was aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of Penicillium purpurogenum ED76 on several clinically important microorganisms. The endophytic fungus P. purpurogenum ED76 was previously isolated from Swietenia macrophylla leaf. The antimicrobial efficacy of P. purpurogenum ED76 dichloromethane extract was determined via disc diffusion and broth microdilution assay. A kill curve study was conducted and the morphology of extract treated bacterial cells were viewed under scanning electron microscope. The dichloromethane extract showed significant inhibitory activity on 4 test bacteria and 2 test yeasts. The minimal inhibitory concentration of the extract ranged from 125 to $1,000{\mu}g/ml$, which indicates the different susceptibility levels of the test microorganisms to the fungal extract. The kill curve study has revealed a concentration-dependent inhibition for all test microorganisms. With the increase of the extract concentration, the microbial growth was significantly reduced. The scanning electron micrograph of dichloromethane extract-treated Staphylococcus aureus cells showed the total damage of the cells. The cell wall invagination of the bacterial cells also indicates the loss of cellular materials and metabolic activity. The gas chromatography mass spectrometry analysis of the extract also showed that the major compound was stigmasterol, which constitutes 45.30% of the total area. The dichloromethane extract of P. purpurogenum ED76 exhibited significant inhibitory activity on several clinically important bacteria and yeasts. The study proposed a possible mode of action that the extract cause significant damage to the morphology of S. aureus cells.

Analysis on the effects of first aid and emergency rescue in-service program for the first respondents(drivers) (최초반응자의 특성에 따른 "구조 및 응급처치 교육"에 대한 분석)

  • Kim, Tae Min;Koh, Jae Moon;Kim, Hyo Sik
    • The Korean Journal of Emergency Medical Services
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.58-72
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    • 1998
  • This study is implemented in the Department of Emergency Medical Technology of the Cheju Halla College in to evaluate behavioral changes in the recognition of the importance of the first aid, coping ability in the field, and competence of the first aid skills after taking the in-service program. The in-service program was hold from December 14 to December 22, 1998 under the title of "1998 First Aid and Emergency Rescue Training" for 176 drivers. The Questionnaire was distributed to 176 drivers, among them, 88 drivers took in-service program and 88 ones did not. After the data analysis, following conclusions we re made. 1. There are no significant statistical differences among demographic factors such as the level of education, age, career, and marital state of the subjects in the recognition of the importance of the first aid and competence of the first aid skills. 2. The drivers, who were the in-service program, significantly higher score in educated in represented all the area of recognition of the importance of first aid than non-educated drivers. 3. The drivers, who were educated in the in-service program, showed also significantly high score in competence of the first aid skills. According to the conclusions, there were significant change made In the recognition of the importance of the first aid and competence of the first aid skills after the in-service program. Therefore, nationwide emergency training program should be considered to improve emergency care ability of the nation. To make the program more effective for drivers, the in-service program should be required to newly licensed drivers during orientations or licence issuing.

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Factors of Skin Diseases in Dental Technician (Focus in Seoul) (치과기공사의 피부질환 요인 - 서울시 중심 -)

  • Ahn, Jae-Seok;Kim, Hae-Joon;Oh, Sae-Yoon;Kim, Woong-Chul;Kim, Ji-Hwan
    • Journal of Technologic Dentistry
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.9-21
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    • 2007
  • This study was conducted to determine the cause and prevalence of occupational skin disease in dental technicians working in Seoul, Korea. and to investigate the relation between these work condition and skin disease of the hand, wrist and forearm. This study was based on the Nordic occupational skin questionnaire(NOSQ), a self-administrated questionnaire which was modified to investigate the dental technician's occupational factors in domestic circumstances. The number was distributed to 500 dental technicians who participated in annual continuing education for dental technicians of the Seoul metropolitan area in April 2006. Of the subjects, 62(30.4%) had eczema and 70(32.9%) had urticaria, as diagnosed. Of the subjects with the symptoms of urticaria, 30 complained of atopic dermatitis, 65 complained of allergic rhinitis, 56 complained of allergic conjunctivitis, and 18 complained of asthma. The group with atopic history had a higher frequency of eczema or urticaria than the group without atopic history. From multiple regression analysis, the group who had a history of atopic dermatitis also had high symptom rates of eczema. The group who had a history of allergic rhinitis and allergic conjunctivitis had high symptom rates of urticaria. The urticaria symptom rates were higher in those wearing gloves than those who did not for the type of work.

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SVC and CAS Combining Scheme for Support Multi-Device Watching Environment (다중기기 시청환경을 지원하기 위한 SVC와 CAS 결합 기법)

  • Son, Junggab;Oh, Heekuck;Kim, SangJin
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.1111-1120
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    • 2013
  • CAS used in IPTV or DTV has an environment of sending single type of contents through single streaming. But it can be improved to support users' various video applications through single streaming by combining with SVC. For such an environment, efficiency should be firstly considered, and hierarchical key management methods for billing policy by service levels should be applied. This study aims to look into considerations to apply SVC to CAS and propose SVC encryption in CAS environment. The security of the proposed scheme is based on the safety of CAS and oneway hash function. If the proposed scheme is applied, scalability can be efficiently provided even in the encrypted contents and it is possible to bill users according to picture quality. In addition, the test results show that SVC contents given by streaming service with the average less than 10%overhead can be safely protected against illegal uses.

Establishing Model of Optimized Collaboration Procedure using PERT/CPM (PERT/CPM을 이용한 최적화된 협업 프로세스 수립 모형)

  • Lim, Yousup;Chang, Young-Hyeon;Kim, Seunghee
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.173-183
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    • 2018
  • It is a very difficult task to establish a collaborative procedure in a new business that requires multilateral collaboration or to revise the regulation by analyzing and proving objectively the problems in the collaborative process conducted already by multilateral collaboration. In this paper, we proposed an optimization model for collaborative process to establish the operation procedure between collaborative parties using PERT/CPM network diagram which allows us to calculate the processing time. In order to verify the effectiveness and usefulness of our model for the collaboration process optimization developed in this study, we applied the developed collaborative procedure to student selection of the work-and-study-in-parallel course associated with a degree executed by Ministry of Employment and Labor. This study can be useful not only for newly establishing or reconfiguring collaborative procedures but also for standardizing the business procedures for building information systems between collaborative organizations.

A Study on the Current Situation and Satisfaction Survey of foreign students majoring Korean Beauty (국내 뷰티전공 유학생 현황 및 만족도 조사)

  • Kim, Nam-San
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.279-286
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    • 2018
  • The study looked at the current status and satisfaction level of 224 students studying in beauty related departments at universities in Seoul, Chungcheong and Honam regions. As a result, China (77.7 percent) had the largest number of countries subject to the survey. 50.5 percent of the respondents chose to study abroad to learn the excellence of Korean beauty technology, and 40.3 percent said they would like to work in their own country after graduation. The higher the satisfaction level of education courses and working classes, the higher the use of practical equipment, the counseling rate with the academic advisor, and the higher the satisfaction level of university life was. As a result of this, for students we should develop a curriculum to improve their satisfaction in university life, support the mentor mentee program, and expand the scholarship support system.

Effect of Seawater Concentration on Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Artemisia fukudo (해수농도가 큰비쑥의 종자발아 및 유식물 생장에 미치는 영향)

  • Ko, Myoung-Suk;Bae, Kee-Hwa;Lee, Mi-Hyun;Kim, Nam-Young;Lee, Yeon-Kyung;Han, Myoung-Soo;Song, Jae-Mo;Song, Gwanpill
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.120-125
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    • 2014
  • Halophytes are plants of saline habitats that grow under conditions that may vary in extremes of temperatures (freezing to very hot), water availability (drought to water logging) and salinity (mild to almost saturation). Halophytes may also face sudden micro-environmental variations within their habitats. In this study, we examine some of the factors that determine the ability of seeds of Artemisia fukudo to germinate when conditions are optimal for seedling growth and survival. Germination percentage was the highest at 77.5% when treated in 0% seawater and seedling growth was best in 0% seawater plug cell tray. Physiological quality (chlorophyll contents) and mean germination time were best in the condition in which seeds were treated with 0% seawater (control). Germination performance index in the control group showed the highest value to 3.8. Seedling growth, seedling vigor index in the length of seedling growth andthe relative growth rate were the highest values of 0.76 cm, 1.43, 0.0099, respectively.

Design and Implementation of Walking Activity Prediction Service for Exercise Motive (운동 동기 부여를 위한 걷기 활동량 예측 서비스 설계 및 구현)

  • Kim, Bogyeong;Lee, Cheolhyo;Kim, DoHyeun
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.99-104
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    • 2016
  • The walking exercise can alleviate stress and also it can improve health fortheir lifetime. Recent development in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has laid the foundation for Internet of Things (IoT) to become the future technology. IoT has many applications in industry automation, security, smart homes and cities, education, health etc. In personal health-care domain, IoT is mainly used for monitoring fitness condition by observing current activity of individual. In this paper, we have proposed a novel IoT based personal wellness care system. Proposed system not only keep track of current fitness level but also provide future activity prediction based on history data along with standard recommendations. Predicted activity helps in motivating the individual to achieve the desired fitness level. Initially, we consider only walking activity for testing purpose and later, other types of activities/exercise will be captured for improved health care support.

Predicting Learning Achievement Using Big Data Cluster Analysis - Focusing on Longitudinal Study (빅데이터 군집 분석을 이용한 학습성취도 예측 - 종단 연구를 중심으로)

  • Ko, Sujeong
    • Journal of Digital Contents Society
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    • v.19 no.9
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    • pp.1769-1778
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    • 2018
  • As the value of using Big Data is increasing, various researches are being carried out utilizing big data analysis technology in the field of education as well as corporations. In this paper, we propose a method to predict learning achievement using big data cluster analysis. In the proposed method, students in Korea Children and Youth Panel Survey(KCYPS) are classified into groups with similar learning habits using the Kmeans algorithm based on the learning habits of students of the first year at middle school, and group features are extracted. Next, using the extracted features of groups, the first grade students at the middle school in the test group were classified into groups having similar learning habits using the cosine similarity, and then the neighbors were selected and the learning achievement was predicted. The method proposed in this paper has proved that the learning habits at middle school are closely related to at the university, and they make it possible to predict the learning achievement at high school and the satisfaction with university and major.

A Study on Efficient Utilization Plan of Interpol to Combat Supranational Crimes (초국가적 범죄의 대응강화를 위한 인터폴의 효율적 활용방안에 관한 연구)

  • Oh, Seiyouen;Song, Hyejin
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.559-565
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    • 2014
  • This study provides the basic data for using the connections of Interpol to combat supranational crimes, reflecting domestic and foreign situations, and I'll summarize the countermeasures as follows through the results of this study. First of all, it is necessary to build up the international cooperative system which shares information and technology between nations, through the network formation of Asianpol. Second, a policy of Interpol which maximizes the foreign agents and resident officers in Korea needs to be established. Third, governmental policies and legal measures such as criminal extradition must be available to help the criminal investigations of Interpol quickly and positively. Fourth, there has to be the expansion of budget for securing professional investigators and supporting Interpol to fight supranational crimes by the authority of the government.