• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.556-562
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• 2014

The occurrence of human norovirus (NoV) genogroup I (GI) and genogroup II (GII) strains was investigated in Korea. Between 2007 and 2010, 265 samples were collected from 89 Korean water source locations. NoV GI was detected in 4.5% and NoV GII in 1.5%. Samples collected in winter had the highest occurrence; 9.4% for NoV GI and 6.3% for NoV GII. NoV GI detection was highest in groundwater, with the next highest in river water and the lowest in lake water (5.9%, 5.4%, and 1.6%, respectively), and NoV GII was found only in river water. When three representative Korean basin systems (Han (H)-, Geum/Seom (G/S)-, and Nakdong (N)-river basins) were compared, both NoV genogroups were high in the G/S-, but absent in the H- river basin. The most prevalent genotypes within the GI and GII groups were GI.5 and GII.4, respectively. The NoVs found in surface water were identical to those found in patients and those found in groundwater. The NoVs appeared to be transmitted from the patient to the surface water, and then to the groundwater, suggesting a fecal-oral route of transmission. This is the first nationwide surveillance of NoV in major Korean water sources.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.35-48
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• 2019

장기간 유량측정과 수질분석은 수질오염총량관리제도 유역의 목표수질과 허용 부하량을 결정하기 위하여 필요하다. 목표수질 달성여부를 평가하는데 사용되는 부하지속곡선은 유량과 수질간의 관계를 설명하고, 유량조건별 오염부하량 특성을 평가한다. 경안천의 부하지속곡선은 경안천 목표수질과 2006년부터 2015년까지 연평균 8일 간격으로 측정한 유량자료를 이용한 유량지속곡선에 의해서 작성되었다. 연구결과 경안천은 갈수량 구간에서 목표수질을 초과하여 점오염원에 대한 관리가 필요한 것으로 분석되었다. 또한, 연중 3월에서 6월 사이의 기간 동안에만 목표수질을 초과하는 것으로 나타나 이 기간 동안 경안천의 목표수질을 달성하기 위한 체계적인 유역 관리가 필요한 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2019

Recently, it was realized that a significant portion of pollution from urban areas originates from non-point sources such as construction sites, washoff from impervious surfaces, and sewage input from unsewered areas and combined sewer overflows. Especially, Urban stormwater runoff is one of the most extensive cause of the deterioration of the water quality in streams located in urban area. The objective of this study was to investigate runoff characteristics of non-point pollutants source at the urban area in the Suyeong River. Water quality variations were investigated at two points of Suyeong River during a period of 10 rainfall events. Concentration difference of non-point pollution source appeared big by precedent number of days of no rainfall. In addition, Event mean Concentration (EMCs) that well represents runoff characteristics of storm water during rainfall, was calculated, and runoff pollutants loading was also examined. The probability distribution of EMCs of BOD, COD, TOC, T-N, T-P, and TSS were analyzed and the mean values of observed EMC and the median values of estimated EMCs compared through probability distribution. Other objectives of this study were the characterization of discharge from non-point source, the analysis of the pollutant loads and an establishment of a management plan for non-point source of Suyeong River. Also, It was established that the most important thing for the administration of non-point pollution source is to come up with the solution for the reduction of effluent at the beginning.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.235-240
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• 1999

토지이용이 어떻게 수질에 영향을 주는가를 연구하고자 1993년 3월 부터 1998년 3월 까지 조사를 실시하였다. 조사지는 충북 옥천군 이원면의 경작지가 주류를 이루는 개심저수지와 산지유역으로 특성지워지는 장찬저수지 유역을 대상으로 하였다. 조사유역을 11개 소집수역으로 세분하고 토지이용과 하천수질과의 상관성, 하천 유역의 오염원 동태를 생태학적 관점에서 규명하고자 조사를 실시하였다. BOD, SS, TKN은 하류로 갈수록 높아졌으나 자정 한계를 넘어선 G 소집수역은 예외였다. 장찬저수지 유역은 가두리 양식장 때문에 수질이 악화되어 있는 것으로 나타나 양식장의 폐쇄가 시급한 것으로 조사되었다. .해발표고는 200 m 이하가 개심저수지 유역 56.0%, 장찬저수지 유역 44.0%로 대부분을 차지하였다. 비삼림지역은 전체 조사면적 44.91 ㎢중 14.74 ㎢로 32.8%를 차지하였는데 특히 경작지와 주거지 면적 비의 증가에 따라 총인(Y=0.2023X＋0.0991, r=0.54)이 증가되고 있다. 토지이용별 오염 배출원 단위가 수질에 미치는 영향을 분석한 결과 농경지의 오염부하량은 매우 크며 비점오염물질이 하천에 유입, 유하 하는 동안 물리, 화학, 생화학적, 생물학적 변화를 거쳐 농도가 낮아지고 있다. 그러나 삼림지역의 오염부하량은 농경지의 오염부하량 보다는 상대적으로 작으나 오히려 하천으로 유입, 유하하는 동안 오염 물질의 양이 높아졌다.

• Water Engineering Research
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2000

This work was completed in partial fulfillment of an on-going research ot descover the effective management of urban nonpoint sources. The current data was obtained from the area of Shingal, Kyunni-do. The investigation was are predominant soures of storm-runoff load and drainage. As a result of the investigation, the road was found to be most seriously contaminated and a significant potential source deteriorating the quality of streams and lakes in the vicinity of the town. Thus, in could be concluded that an effective and systematic cleaning technique must be developed as soon as possible and be frequently applied to the road.

• Water Engineering Research
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.171-185
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• 2000

A mathematical model to adequately predict complex mixing characteristics of sorptive polluants in natural streams with pools-and-riffes has been developed. In this model, sorption of pollutants onto the bed sediment as well as mass storage and exchange in the storage zones were incorporated into one-dimensional mass balance equatins. The geometric and hydraulic characteristics of the pool-riffle sequences were properly conceptualized. Simulations with parameters of pool-and-riffle streams better fit the measured data in overall shape and peak concentration than simulations with parameters for uniform channels. The analyses on the characteristics of the storage zone model parameters reveal that a linear relationship between the logrithm of the storage zone volume ratio and a function of the friction factor exists. A linear relatiohship might also be tenatively assumed between the logarithm of the dimensionless mass exchange coefficient and the logarithm of the aspect ratio of the storage zone if some of the high values of the dimensionless mass exchange coefficient collected on the successive bed forms are excluded.

• 한국분말야금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국분말야금학회 2006년도 Extended Abstracts of 2006 POWDER METALLURGY World Congress Part2
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• pp.1116-1117
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• 2006

Lanthanide tantalite $LnTaO_4$ (Ln= La, Nd, Sm, Dy, Er and Tm) was synthesized by a solid state reaction between mixed powders of $Ln_2O_3$ and $Ta_2O_5$. The single-phase $LnTaO_4$ was prepared by sintering at temperatures of 1423-1673 K in air. The SEM observation showed that the particles were provided with the growth steps and the depeloped facets. The photocatalytic activity for water splitting of $LnTaO_4$ prepared was measured under UV light irradiation. The activity obtained was higher than that previously reported. These results suggested the crystallinity of $LnTaO_4$ photocatalysts correlates closely with the efficiency of water splitting.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.883-889
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• 2018

This study was carried out to investigate the quality characteristics of yanggaeng added with jujube extracts. The jujube extracts were incorporated into yanggaeng at different levels (containing 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% jujube extracts) based on the total weight of water. To analyze the quality characteristics in the manufacture of yanggaengs, pH, moisture content, density of dough, height, specific volume, baking loss, texture, color, antioxidant activity, total polyphenol content, and sensory test were determined. As the content of jujube powder increased, the pH of yanggaengs decreased but the acidity increased. There was no significant difference in the moisture content depending on the addition of jujube extracts. The color, lightness and redness of yanggaengs decreased as the concentration of the extract increased, whereas the yellowish color increased. As the jujube extracts content increased, total polyphenol content, antioxidant activity, reducing sugar and total tannins significantly increased. The yanggaeng contains jujube extract with acceptable sensory properties, such as color, sweet taste, and overall acceptability, which could be integrated into yanggaengs to meet the taste and functional needs of the consumers.

• 생태와환경
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.303-316
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• 2009

Benthic macroinvertebrate communities collected from eight different streams in South Korea were analyzed to compare community and biological indices across different levels of water pollution. The Self-Organizing Map (SOM) was utilized to provide overview on association of the proposed indices. The sample sites were accordingly clustered according to the gradient of pollution on the SOM. While the general trends of the indices were commonly observable according to different levels of pollution, the detailed differences among the indices were also illustrated on the SOM. The conventional diversity and evenness indices tended to be high even though the water quality state was poor representing relatively weak gradient at polluted sites, while the index presenting the saprobic degree such as family biotic index showed the stronger gradient at the polluted area and was robust to present the gradient. Our results also confirmed the general characterization of two indices: The Shannon index is more strengthened by the number of species occurring at the sample sites, while the Simpson index is more influenced by the degree of evenness among the species. The patterning based on the SOM was efficient in comparatively characterizing the proposed indices to present ecological states and water quality.

• 생태와환경
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.502-509
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• 2009

In this study a total of 27 stream sites, at 1 km intervals, were monitored for simple physicochemical water characteristics, land coverage patterns, and stream environment characteristics using the Habitat-riparian Indexing System (HIS), in the Yangsan Stream. The HIS has been tested in previous research, resulting in some identification of advantages in the application to the stream ecosystems data. Even though reliable stream environment characterization was possible using HIS, there was no information about the application of this tool to present continuity of environmental changes in stream systems. Also the necessity was raised to compare the results of HIS application with land coverage information in order to provide useful information in management strategy development. The monitoring results of this study showed that changes of environmental degradation were well represented by HIS. Especially, stream environment degradation due to construction was relatively well reflected in the HIS monitoring results, and the main causality of Yangsan Stream degradation was expansion of the urbanized area. In addition, there were significant relationships between the HIS scores and land coverage information. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare appropriate options in controlling or managing the expansion of the industrialized areas in this stream basin in order to improve the stream environment. For this purpose, ensemble utilization of HIS results, water quality, and geographical information, resulting in integration with remote sensing processes can be possible.