• Neonatal Medicine
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.94-98
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• 2009

저자들은 태반에서 L. monocytogenes 균이 동정된 무증상 산모에서 출생한 $26^{+4}$주, 930g 초극소 저체중 출생아에서 리스테리아 조기 패혈증 및 폐렴이 발생하여 항생제 치료 후 호전된 1례를 경험하여 이를 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.230-235
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• 1999

This study was intended to develop a new rice product by the fermentation of saccharified rice solution using Bifidobacterium and to select an appropriate reducing agent to provide the anaerobic condition for the growth of Bifidobacterium during fermentation. The enhancement of the growth of Bifidobacterium in saccharified rice solution was achieved by the treatment of reducing agents such as ascorbic acid and cysteine. The physical and chemical properties of the fermented product were evaluated, and the effect of the reducing agents were compared between ascorbic acid and cysteine. The fermented product with the addition of ascorbic acid shows the lower pH and the higher titratable acidity comparing the product with the addition of cysteine. This indicated that ascorbic acid was more appropriate reducing agent than cysteine for the fermentation of the saccharified rice solution. The number of viable Bifidobacterium in the fermented product with the addition of ascorbic acid(2.2$\times$108~3.4$\times$108CFU/ml) was greater than that with the addition of cysteine (8$\times$107~2.8$\times$108CFU/ml). Ascorbic acid supplement also contributed better sensory properties, such as flavor, taste and overall acceptibility than cysteine supplement did.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.151-159
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• 2003

Absorbent Biofilter Systems (ABS), composed of an anaerobic septic tank, a pump chamber and an absorbent biofilter tank, have been found to economically provide rural on-site wastewater treatment. This study was conducted to assess the potential of ABS effluent as an alternative water resource for agricultural and environmental use, with respect to the removal of pathogenic microorganism and their fertilization effect. A pilot scale ABS was used to compare its removal efficiency of pathogens from effluent water. Overall, more than 95 percent of Salmonella and E. coli were removed. This result demonstrates that a significant reduction in the pathogenic microorganism of effluents can occur in ABS, which implies the feasibility for the use of ABS effluent in agriculture and environment, with the provision of a further simple disinfection step, in order to satisfy the WHO guidelines for the microbiological quality in agriculture. In addition, because of the abundant nutritional content of ABS effluent, the substitution effect of fertilizer (N, P and K) in paddy irrigation, i.e. 2/3 for nitrogen, l/3 for phosphorus and 1/5 for potassium would be expected. Based on the experimental data, the ABS effluent could be used as a new alternative water resource for paddy irrigation, as well as for environmental purposes, such as supplying water to ecological parks in rural villages.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.707-713
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• 2012

There are a lot of parameters affecting microbial acclimation/cultivation characteristics such as dynamic conditions, F/M ratio and substrate affinity. From the process control point of view, the effect of high salinity on the removal efficiencies of BOD and SS have been documented by few researchers. In this research, lab-scale CAS(Conventional Activated Sludge) process and modified $A_2O$(Anaerobic/Anoxic/Oxic) process were operated and monitored to evaluate the characteristics of microbial acclimation and cultivation under high salinity wastewater during the period of three weeks. As a result of acute microbial activity test(6hr) at various $Cl^-$ concentration, the appropriate $Cl^-$ concentration for microbial growth and acclimation ranged under 3,100 mg/l. As a result of acclimation/cultivation test, the trend of COD removal efficiency reduced gradually as time elapsed. It is considered that $NH_4$-N removal phenomenon of the conventional pollutants removal mechanisms gave little effect to the microbial acclimation/cultivation under high salinity wastewater.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.327-335
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• 2013

For those of us who have read the 2 recently published articles by a Danish - British research group, it might appear that we are observing an impending paradigm shift on the origins of chronic low back pain. The results of this research indicate, that chronic low back pain associated with bone marrow edema in vertebral endplates that are adjacent to herniated intervertebral discs may be caused by infections with anaerobic bacteria of low virulence. According to these articles, treatment with certain antibiotics is significantly more effective than placebo against this low back pain. If these findings are to hold true in repeat studies by other researchers, they stand to fundamentally change our concepts of low back pain, degenerative disc disease and in consequence the suitable therapies for these entities. It may in fact require pain specialists to become familiarized with the details of antibiotic treatments and their specific risks in order to be able to properly counsel their patients. While this seems hard to believe at first glance, bacteria have been implicated in the pathogenesis of other conditions that do not primarily impose as infectious diseases such as gastric ulcers. While the authors refer to a few previous studies pointing into the same direction, the relevant research is really only from one group of collaborating scientists. Therefore, before we start prescribing antibiotics for chronic low back pain, it is imperative that other researchers in different institutions confirm these results.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.120-124
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• 2009

This study was performed to investigate the application of submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) system for biological nutrient removal of municipal wastewater. MBR bioreactor consists of four reactors such as anaerobic, stabilization, anoxic and submerged membrane aerobic reactors with two internal recycles. The hydraulic retention time (HRT), sludge retention time (SRT) and flux were 6.2 hr, 34.1 days and $19.6L/m^2/hr$ (LMH), respectively. As a result of operation, the removal efficiency of $COD_{Cr}$, SS, TN and TP were 94.3%, 99.9%, 69.4%, and 74.6%, respectively. There was no significant effect of microbial activity after the maintenance cleaning using 200 mg/L of NaOCl. Membrane filtration for the treatment of municipal wastewater was performed for longer than 9 months without chemical recovery cleaning.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2004년도 학술대회지
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• pp.47-84
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• 2004

Principal Component Analysis나 Partial Least Squares와 같은 다변량 통계 기법은 변수간의 correlation structure로부터 공정의 variance를 설명할 수 있는 latent variable를 얻고 이를 이용하여 공정을 효과적으로 modeling할 수 있는 방법으로 최근 들어 많은 관심을 얻고 있다. 하지만 PLS는 공정이 stationary state에 있다고 가정하기 때문에, 생물학적 공정의 non-stationary and time-varying behavior를 설명하기에 부적절하다. 본 논문에서는 PLS 알고리즘의 혐기성 폐수처리 공정에의 적용에 있어, 이와 같은 문제를 해결하기 위해서 adaptive PLS 알고리즘을 사용함으로써 변화하는 공정의 특성에 대응하여 모델을 update하는 방법을 이용하였다. 하지만 실시간 데이터로부터 adaptive PLS 방법을 적용하는 데에는 많은 어려움이 존재하며, 특히 outlier나 abnormal disturbance에 모델이 부적절하게 adaptation하는 문제가 발생할 수 있다. 따라서 이의 해결을 위해 adaptive PLS를 적용하는데 있어 robustness를 향상시키기 위해 monitoring index를 이용하여 abnormal data에 weight를 주고 안정적인 모델의 update가 가능하게 하는 방법을 제안하였으며, 이를 적용하여 성공적으로 혐기성 폐수처리 공정의 Output을 예측하고 효과적으로 공정을 모니터링할 수 있었다. 만들어진 PLS 모델은 산업폐수를 처리하기 위한 industrial plan에서 측정된 실제 데이터에 적용하여 그 효용성을 입증하였으며, 그 결과는 mechanistic model을 적용하기 힘든 실공정에 비교적 쉽게 implementation할 수 있는 장점이 있다.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2003

Fournier's gangrene is a synergistic necrotizing fasciitis of the perineal, perirectal and urogenital area and can be fatal unless treated in early stage. Perianal and urogenital infections are common causes of the disease but it can occur after artificial procedure on perineal area using by surgical instruments. It is mixed aerobic and anaerobic infection and E. coli is the most common causative bacteria. Untill now many investigators have focused on early diagnosis, preserving hemodynamic stability, broad-spectrum systemic antibiotics and treatment of underlying disease in management of Fournier's gangrene. The authors have experienced five patients of chronic liver disease whose necrotizing perineal infections developed spontaneously and treated them aggressively as described above and reconstructed perineal soft tissue defects using by various surgical methods, then we got good results both functionary and cosmetically. From now on, we would better reconstruct soft tissue defect of perineum with skin graft or pedicled flap in early stage when treat Fournier's gangrene, thereafter we can get an ultimate increase in patient's life quality.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2010

In this study, microwave irradiation, which is reflected by metals, was used to reduce the amount of sewage sludge, and the results were used to verify solubilization efficiency and determine optimum operation conditions. Biogas production and methane content of the gas under optimized conditions were measured with the biochemical methane potential (BMP) test. The sludge was taken from a thickened sludge tank at J sewage treatment plant (JSTP) in Seoul, Korea. For the experiments, 50 mL of sludge was filled in vessels and the vessels were irradiated with the power of 500, 600, 700, and 800W for 2~5 min. In addition, Fe powder was added by 0.01, 0.05, and 0.1 g to compare the efficiency with and without Fe powder. The results confirmed that solubilization efficiency was higher in the presence of Fe powder. The optimum conditions of 0.01 g addition of Fe powder with 800W irradiation for 5 min, yielded nearly 22.95% higher solubilization efficiency than without Fe powder. The BMP tests were carried out using sludge obtained from the experiments carried out under the optimum conditions. As a result, sludge subjected by 800W with 0.01 g of Fe powder for 5 min displayed the highest level of gas production and methane content. Through this study, it could be confirmed that solubilization efficiency increased by addition of Fe powder.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.113-118
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• 1988

도시하수(都市下水) 처리시설(處理施設)로부터 생산(生産)되는 1차(次)와 2차(次) 슬러지의 생물학적(生物學的) 분해불능정도(分解不能程度)를 실험실(實驗室) 호기성(好氣性)과 혐기성(嫌氣性) 소화조(消化槽)를 운전(運轉)시켜 비교(比較)하였다. 1차(次) 슬러지의 분해불능(分解不能) 함량(含量)은 45~47%, 2차(次) 슬러지는 58~68%로 나타났으며 최대(最大) $CH_4$ 가스 생산량(生産量)은 kgVS제거(除去)당 1차(次)의 경우(境遇)에는 $0.76m^3$, 2차(次)의 경우(境遇)는 $0.54m^3$ 이었다. 1차(次)와 2차(次)슬러지의 소화(消化)가스 내(內)의 $CH_4$ 함량(含量)은 63%와 65%였다.