• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2018

In Botswana, mopane worms are widely harvested for household consumption. They are also traded for income generation. Urban based entrepreneurs' source mopane worms from rural areas to sell. The price of sourcing mopane worms from the harvesters has increased quite incredibly in villages. However, there is dearth of academic studies on the commercialisation of mopane worms in Botswana. This paper uses primary data collected from multiple sources to investigate the factors influencing the prices of mopane worms. Data collection involved administration of questionnaires to purposively selected harvesters in four campsites in the Central District, focus group discussions at each campsite and key informant interviews. The results show that there is declining population of mopane worms. The decline is attributable to such factors as over-harvesting and climate change which are the main factors influencing the price of mopane worms. In addition to physical scarcity of mopane worms, institutional weaknesses exist in the study area. The Agricultural Resources Conservation Act is ineffective and the majority of the harvesters are unaware of its existences. It is recommended that the regulations on the harvesting of mopane worms be reviewed. In order to benefit harvesters, mopane worms should be processed to add diversified economic value to rural communities.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.2858-2864
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• 2015

최근 인터넷 웜은 악성코드 중 가장 빠른 속도로 확산하면서 정보 유출, 시스템 결함 등을 일으킬 수 있는 주요한 위협이 되고 있다. 특히, 복수의 인터넷 웜과 변종 웜이 동시 다발적으로 확산하면서 기존 인터넷 웜 대응 방식으로는 한계가 된다는 것을 여실히 보여주고 있다. 이러한 다양한 인터넷 웜에 효과적으로 대응하기 위해서는 복수 웜의 확산 방식을 이해하는 것이 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 단일 웜 확산 모델을 개선하여 복수 변종 웜 확산에 대한 정확한 모델링을 목표로 하고, 다양한 실험을 통하여 복수 웜 확산의 양상을 분석한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.191-204
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• 2010

There is a well-defined propagation model, named the random constant spread (RCS) model, which explains worms that spread their clones with a random scanning strategy. This model uses the number of infected hosts in a domain as a factor in the worms' propagation. However, there are difficulties in explaining the characteristics of new Internet worms because they have several considerable new features: the denial of service by network saturation, the utilization of a faster scanning strategy, a smaller size in the worm's propagation packet, and to cause maximum damage before human-mediated responses are possible. Therefore, more effective factors are required instead of the number of infected hosts. In this paper, the network bandwidth usage rate is found to be an effective factor that explains the propagations of the new Internet worms with the random scanning strategy. The analysis and simulation results are presented using this factor. The simulation results show that the scan rate is more sensitive than the propagation packet for detecting worms' propagations.

• 한국정보기술응용학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보기술응용학회 2005년도 6th 2005 International Conference on Computers, Communications and System
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• pp.161-164
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• 2005

As the power of influence of the Internet grows steadily, attacks against the Internet can cause enormous monetary damages nowadays. A worm can not only replicate itself like a virus but also propagate itself across the Internet. So it infects vulnerable hosts in the Internet and then downgrades the overall performance of the Internet or makes the Internet not to work. To response this, worm detection and prevention technologies are developed. The worm detection technologies are classified into two categories, host based detection and network based detection. Host based detection methods are a method which checks the files that worms make, a method which checks the integrity of the file systems and so on. Network based detection methods are a misuse detection method which compares traffic payloads with worm signatures and anomaly detection methods which check inbound/outbound scan rates, ICMP host/port unreachable message rates, and TCP RST packet rates. However, single detection methods like the aforementioned can't response worms' attacks effectively because worms attack the Internet in the distributed fashion. In this paper, we propose a design of distributed worm detection system to overcome the inefficiency. Existing distributed network intrusion detection systems cooperate with each other only with their own information. Unlike this, in our proposed system, a worm detection system on a network in which worms select targets and a worm detection system on a network in which worms propagate themselves cooperate with each other with the direction-aware information in terms of worm's lifecycle. The direction-aware information includes the moving direction of worms and the service port attacked by worms. In this way, we can not only reduce false positive rate of the system but also prevent worms from propagating themselves across the Internet through dispersing the confirmed worm signature.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.309-315
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• 2012

Clonorchis sinensis is a biological carcinogen inducing human cholangiocarcinoma, and clonorchiasis is one of the important endemic infectious diseases in East Asia. The present study investigated survival longevity of C. sinensis adult worms in various in vitro conditions to find the best way of keeping the worms longer. The worms were maintained in 0.85% NaCl, 1${\times}$PBS, 1${\times}$Locke's solution, RPMI-1640, DMEM, and IMDM media, and in 1${\times}$Locke's solution with different supplements. All of the worms died within 3 and 7 days in 0.85% NaCl and 1${\times}$PBS, respectively, but survived up to 57 days in 1${\times}$Locke's solution. The worms lived for 106 days in DMEM, and 114 days in both RPMI-1640 and IMDM media. The survival rate in RPMI-1640 medium was the highest (50%) compared to that in DMEM ($20{\pm}10%$) and in IMDM ($33.3{\pm}25.2%$) after 3 months. The 1${\times}$Locke's solution with 0.005% bovine bile supplement showed increased duration of maximum survival from 42 days to 70 days. Higher concentration of bile supplements than 0.005% or addition of glucose were disadvantageous for the worm survival. The worms died rapidly in solutions containing L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid, and adenine compared to L-arginine, L-serine, and L-tryptophan. In conclusion, the 1${\times}$Locke's solution best supports the worms alive among inorganic solutions for 57 days, and the RPMI-1640 medium maintains living C. sinensis adults better and longer up to 114 days in vitro than other media.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.479-485
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• 1990

This study was carried out to observe in vitro effect of praziquantel on the viability and internal organ changes of Heterophyopsis continua with light microscopy. Metacercariae were collected from the perch, Lateolabrax japonicus, by artificial digestion technique and fed to 2-week old chickens. Adult worms were recovered from the small intestines of chickens 8 days after infection. For working solutions, praziquantel was diluted with TC199 medium at the concentration of 0.01, 0.1, 1 and $10{\mu}g/ml$. To each petri dish containing 10ml of solution, 5~10 worms were introduced and incubated at $37^{\circ}C$. Motlity of worms was observed at 5, 15, 30, 60 minutes, 1, 2, 4 and 6 hours after incubation. For light microscopy, worms were fixed in 10% formalin under cover glass pressure and stained with Semichon's acetocarmine. The results were as follows: 1. In $0.01{\mu}g/ml$ praziquantel, the worms had their mobility until 6 hours post treatment. However, worms in over $0.1{\mu}g/ml$ of praziquantel contracted within 5 minutes and immobilized. 2. Intestine of the worm incubated in $0.001{\mu}g/ml$ praziquantel for 5 minutes was dilated and intestinal wall was thickened. 3. In incubated over $0.1{\mu}g/ml$ praziquantel, pharynx of the worm protruded out from oral sucker. 4. The lowest effective lethal concentration of praziquantel on H. continua was $0.1{\mu}g/ml$. The worms exposed to the drug were observed to be immobilized immediately after incubation in solutions of over $0.1{\mu}g/ml$ concentration. All of the worms in early period showed severe contraction and those in late period showed severe dilation.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.61-71
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• 2013

지금까지 인터넷 웜에 대응하기 위한 다양한 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 대부분의 인터넷 웜 탐지 및 차단 시스템은 탐지룰을 이용하여 인터넷 웜 공격에 대응하지만 새로운 인터넷 웜에 대응할 수 없는 문제가 있다. 이에 인터넷 웜의 멀티캐스트 특징을 이용한 악성 프로세스 제어 시스템이 제안되었다. 하지만 이 시스템은 서비스를 제공해야 할 서버의 수가 많을수록 시스템 구축비용이 증가하고 부분적 공격 유형의 인터넷 웜 공격 탐지 확률이 낮다. 본 논문에서는 악성 프로세스 제어 시스템의 구축비용을 절감하고, 부분적 공격 유형의 인터넷 웜 공격 탐지 확률을 높일 수 있는 보안 프레임워크를 제안한다. 제안된 보안 프레임워크에서는 가상머신을 이용하여 제어서버 구축비용을 줄이며, 사용되지 않는 여분의 IP 주소를 동적으로 인터넷 웜 공격 탐지에 이용함으로써 부분적 공격 유형의 인터넷 웜 공격 탐지 확률을 증가시킬 수 있다. 결국 제안된 보안 프레임워크는 비교적 낮은 비용으로 새로운 유형의 다양한 인터넷 웜에 효과적으로 대응할 수 있다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.692-695
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• 2006

Recently, there has been a constant barrage of worms over the Internet. Besides threatening network security, these worms create an enormous economic burden in terms of loss of productivity not only for the victim hosts, but also for other hosts, as these worms create unnecessary network traffic. Further, measures taken to filter these worms at the router level incur additional network delays because of the extra burden placed on the routers. To develop appropriate tools for thwarting the quick spread of worms, researchers are trying to understand the behavior of worm propagation with the aid of epidemiological models. In this study, we present an optimization model that takes into account infection and treatment costs. Using this model we can determine the level of treatment to be applied for a given rate of infection spread.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2008

최근 빠른 속도로 확산되는 Code Red Worm, Slammer Worm과 같은 인터넷웜은 인터넷에 서 주요한 위협이 되고 있다. 이러한 인터넷 웜을 막기 위해서는 웜의 확산 방식과 웜 확산에 영향을 끼치는 인터넷 환경을 이해하는 것이 필수적이다. 본 논문은 인터넷 환경에 따른 웜 확산의 정확한 모델링을 그 목표로 한다. 이를 위하여 다양한 실험을 통하여 주소 체계와 인터넷 속도에 따른 웜 확산의 양상을 분석한다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.442-446
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• 2013

Here in this study, we isolated 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-${\beta}$-D-glucose (PGG) from Curcuma longa L. and elucidated the lifespan-extending effect of PGG using Caenorhabditis elegans model system. In the present study, PGG demonstrated potent lifespan extension of worms under normal culture condition. Then, we determined the protective effects of PGG on the stress conditions such as thermal and oxidative stress. In the case of heat stress, PGG-treated worms exhibited enhanced survival rate, compared to control worms. In addition, PGG-fed worms lived longer than control worms under oxidative stress induced by paraquat. To verify the possible mechanism of PGG-mediated increased lifespan and stress resistance of worms, we investigated whether PGG might alter superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities and intracellular ROS levels. Our results showed that PGG was able to elevate SOD activities of worms and reduce intracellular ROS accumulation in a dose-dependent manner.