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First Record of the Sponge-Dwelling Palaemonid Shrimp, Anchistioides compressus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in Korea

  • Park, Jin-Ho;Lee, Damin;Lee, Sang-Hui;Grave, Sammy De
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.319-329
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    • 2020
  • The sponge-dwelling shrimp, Anchistioides compressus Paulson, 1875, is recorded from Munseom Islet, Jejudo Island, Korea for the first time. All specimens were collected inside the orange coloured sponges by trimix diving at depth from 36-45 m on the rocky reef slope. Anchistioides compressus is characterized by the shape of the rostrum, the posterolateral teeth of the sixth somite, stylocerite being well developed, the anterior margin of the scaphocerite sharply produced, and the biunguiculate dactyli of the ambulatory pereiopods, as well as the proportions of the fingers of the second pereiopods. An illustrated description of the specimens and colour photo are provided to aid future recognition.

Correlation between composition and structure of PtxNiy alloy nanodendrites

  • Lee, Young-Woo;Kwak, Da-Hee;Park, Kyung-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.165-170
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    • 2016
  • We have synthesized $Pt_xNi_y$ alloy nanodendrites by a thermal decomposition method. The structure and composition of the as-prepared samples were characterized by field-emission transmission electron microscopy (FE-TEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The growth mode of the $Pt_xNi_y$ alloy samples synthesized as a function of an intended atomic fraction of Ni was likely to be strongly affected by and reduction (or oxidation) potentials and surface energy.

Watershed Erosion Modeling with CASC2D-SED

  • Pierre Julien;Rosalia Rojas
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.27-40
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    • 2002
  • Developed at Colorado State University, CASC2D-SED is a physically-based model simulating the hydrologic response of a watershed to a distributed rainfall field. The time-dependent processes include: precipitation, interception, infiltration, surface runoff and channel routing, upland erosion, transport and sedimentation. CASC2D-SED is applied to Goodwin Creek, Mississippi. The watershed covers 21 $\textrm{km}^2$ and has been extensively monitored both at the outlet and at several internal locations by the ARS-NSL at Oxford, MS. The model has been calibrated and validated using rainfall data from 16 meteorological stations,6 stream gaging stations and 6 sediment gaging stations. Sediment erosion/deposition rates by size fraction are predicted both in space and time. Geovisualization, a powerful data exploration technique based on GIS technology, is used to analyze and display the dynamic output time series generated by the CASC2D-SED model.

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Studies on Sized Silks for East Asian Painting Background

  • Lee, Boyoung;Ryu, Hyo Seon
    • Journal of Conservation Science
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2019
  • This study provides a comprehensive evaluation of general characteristics of sized silk fabrics for the painting purpose. Two particular types of silk fabrics used for painting background were compared: a recreation of historical material and a mass produced material of present day. The sizing process made the surface characteristics of the silk fabrics more suitable for painting. The dyeing properties of the fabrics were related to the surface area of the fabrics, and had no significant effect on their mechanical properties. The antibacterial activity of the tannin-based natural dyestuffs were maintained after the sizing. The performance assessment by the KES-FB system showed that the fabrics are more prone to deteriorate after the sizing because the glue layer receives the most of the physical stresses.

Localization of a Human-Specific Retroposon (SINE-R.C2) to Chromosome 6p21.31 by Radiation Hybrid Mapping

  • Kim, Heui-Soo;Timothy J. Crow
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.12-13
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    • 2000
  • A human-specific retroposon SINE-R.C2 has been derived from a human endogenous retrovirus HER V-K 10. It is absent in the genome of nonhuman primates and present within the third intron of the human C2 gene that is located in the class III region of the major histocompatibility complex. In the present study, we determined the regional location of the human C2 gene. The analysis of the Genebridge 4 radiation hybrid mapping panel using PCR amplification located the C2 gene between D6S1422 (10.1 cR) and CHLC.GATA4A03 (21.3) with a lod score of>3.0. This allowed us to localize C2 gene on the human chromosome 6 band p21.31.

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Environmental Dependence of Galaxy Properties in the Framework of the Cosmic Web

  • Hwang, Ho Seong;Park, Changbom;Pichon, Christophe;Kraljic, Katarina;Song, Hyunmi;Laigle, Clotilde
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.43 no.2
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    • pp.37.3-38
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    • 2018
  • There is growing observational evidence from several galaxy surveys that the cosmic web plays an important role in shaping galaxy properties in addition to the effects of isotropic environment including local density. To study the distinctive effects of anisotropic and isotropic environments on galaxy properties, we simultaneously examine the galaxy properties as functions of anisotropic and isotropic environments using the SDSS data. We focus on galaxy morphology and star formation/nuclear activity, and find the importance of both anisotropic and isotropic environments in determining galaxy properties.

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Nanopore Metagenomics Sequencing for Rapid Diagnosis and Characterization of Lily Viruses

  • Lee, Hyo-Jeong;Cho, In-Sook;Jeong, Rae-Dong
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.38 no.5
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    • pp.503-512
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    • 2022
  • Lilies (Lilium spp.) are one of the most important ornamental flower crops grown in Korea. Most viral diseases in lilies are transmitted by infected bulbs, which cause serious economic losses due to reduced yields. Various diagnostic techniques and high-throughput sequencing methods have been used to detect lily viruses. According to Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), MinION is a compact and portable sequencing device. In this study, three plant viruses, lily mottle, lily symptomless, and plantago asiatica mosaic virus, were detected in lily samples using the ONT platform. As a result of genome assembly of reads obtained through ONT, 100% coverage and 90.3-93.4% identity were obtained. Thus, we show that the ONT platform is a promising tool for the diagnosis and characterization of viruses that infect crops.

Isolation and Phylogeny of SINE-R Retroposons Derived from Human Endogenous Retrovirus HERV-K Family in Schizophrenia

  • Kim, Heui-Soo;Crow, Timothy J.
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.81-84
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    • 2002
  • SINE-R retroposons have been derived from human endogenous retrovirus HERV-K family and found to be hominoid specific. Both SINE-R retroposons and HERV_K family are potentially capable of affecting the expression of closely located genes. Using the genomic DNA from patients with schizophrenia, we identified 26 SINE-R retroposons and analyzed them with the sequences derived from the hominoid primates. The SINE-R retroposons from schizophrenia showed 89.7-96.6% sequence similarities with the sequence of the schizo-cDNA clone that derived from postmortem tissue from the frontal cortex of an individual suffering from schizophrenial. Phylogenetic analysis using the neighbor-joining method revealed that the new SINE-R retroposons in schizophrenia have proliferated independently during hominid evolution. Such retroposons have great relevance to genomic change connected to human diseases. The data suggest that new SINE-R retroposons identified in schizophrenia deserve further investigation as potential leads on the understanding of neuropsychiatric diseases.

Sequential conversion from line defects to atomic clusters in monolayer WS2

  • Gyeong Hee Ryu;Ren-Jie Chan
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.50
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    • pp.27.1-27.6
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    • 2020
  • Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD), which is composed of a transition metal atom and chalcogen ion atoms, usually form vacancies based on the knock-on threshold of each atom. In particular, when electron beam is irradiated on a monolayer TMD such as MoS2 and WS2, S vacancies are formed preferentially, and they are aligned linearly to constitute line defects. And then, a hole is formed at the point where the successively formed line defects collide, and metal clusters are also formed at the edge of the hole. This study reports a process in which the line defects formed in a monolayer WS2 sheet expends into holes. Here, the process in which the W cluster, which always occurs at the edge of the formed hole, goes through a uniform intermediate phase is explained based on the line defects and the formation behavior of the hole. Further investigation confirms the atomic structure of the intermediate phase using annular dark field scanning transition electron microscopy (ADF-STEM) and image simulation.

Satellite Overquenching Problem

  • Yi, Suk-Young;Kimm, Tay-Sun
    • Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.34.3-34.3
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    • 2009
  • We have investigated the recent star formation history of the nearby galaxies using the SDSS optical and Galex UV data. To everyone's surprise, we found that roughly 30 percent of elliptical galaxies had a residual star formation in the last billion years, suggesting that residual star formation has been common even in ellipticals. Galaxy evolution models based on semi-analytic prescriptions including AGN feedback reasonably reproduce the star formation properties of elliptical galaxies. However, we found that the current galaxy models miserably fail to reproduce the star formation properties of satellite disc galaxies in cluster environments. Satellite disc galaxies in models are overly star-formation quenched in comparison to observation. Detailed investigations led us to conclude that this is due to the use of inaccurate prescriptions for the gas content evolution in the model. I present a solution to the problem by adopting more realistic physical prescriptions.

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