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Spatio-temporal pattern of energy fluxes in Northeast Asia using CLM5 (CLM5 기반 동북아시아 에너지 플럭스 분석 및 검증)

  • Yulan Li;Nguyen Thi Ngoc My;Minsun Kang;Minha Choi
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2023.05a
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    • pp.434-434
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    • 2023
  • 다양한 지면 모형은 대기 강제력 데이터 세트에 의해 구동되며 육지의 물, 에너지 및 생지화학적 순환의 해석에 활용된다. 그 중 에너지 플럭스 교환을 추정하는 것은 극심한 가뭄, 폭염, 물 부족 등 극한 기후 현상에서 중요한 역할을 한다. 에너지 플럭스는 기상기후조건과 토지피복의 변화에 따른 영향을 받고 있는데 그 영향을 구체적으로 조사하는 것은 생태계 프로세스의 매커니즘을 구성하는 데 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는 최신버전인 Community Land Model 버전 5.0 (CLM5)를 이용하여 동북아시아 지역의 에너지 플럭스의 시공간분포를 분석하였다. CLM5의 시뮬레이션은 1991년부터 2010년까지 2.5° × 2.5° 그리드에서 실행되었고 주요 에너지 인자인 순복사량, 현열, 잠열을 모의하였으며, 실행결과는 FLUXNET의 동북아시아 사이트의 관측자료를 이용하여 모델을 검증 및 평가하였다. 대기 강제력 변수의 차이는 모의 결과에 영향을 미치기 때문에 수문인자와 토지피복유형에 따른 에너지 플럭스의 변동성을 분석하였고 잠열을 식생 증발산열과 지면 증발열로 파티션하여 연구지역에 따른 각 구성요소의 비율을 산정하였다. 20년간의 순복사열, 잠열과 온도의 시공간적 변동성의 연 추세를 분석한 결과 동북아시아의 대부분 지역에서 잠열과 온도는 소폭 증가되였고 순복사열은 중국 내륙과 몽골지역에서 감소되였다. 본 연구는 지표와 대기 사이의 에너지 교환에 대해 분석하였으며 이후 증발산 및 물 플럭스와의 연동성과 관계성 분석에 활용하여 기후변화를 이해하는 데 기여할수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

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The Vision of Sustainability through the Readjustment of Environment and Consciousness: Karen Hesse's Out of the Dust (환경과 의식의 재조정을 통한 생명지속성의 비전 -카렌 헤세의 『모래폭풍을 지나며』)

  • Lee, Chung-Hee
    • Journal of English Language & Literature
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    • v.56 no.2
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    • pp.383-408
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    • 2010
  • This paper intends to suggest the positive, ecological vision of sustainability in Karen Hesse's Out of the Dust that Billie Jo Kelby recovers herself through her readjustment of interior consciousness and outer environment in her tragic situations caused by the Dust Bowl. In spite of her desires for happiness and affluence of home, she loses her mother and brother, and her musical talent as a pianist, and lies in self-abandonment. But she finally raises up herself with her courage and patience, reconciliating with the nature and ameliorating the community by taking care of the devastated landscapes. Hence it is appropriate to approach the loss-recovery process of nature and consciousness with ecological solutions, The Dust Bowl breaks down human mind and body, and eventually leads to the situations of despairs and death. Hesse proposes the primary solution that humans should reconstruct their interior consciousness and participate in recovering the nature because humans are inevitably linked with nature. In this novel, the nature takes a dynamic and active role as a catalyst, reconciling the self with other humans and settling with the conflicting situations in history and culture. This verse novel as an active, self-ordering, and corrective process gives the more intense ecological message. As Hesse defines the setting of Dirty Thirties as a channel of energy, she creates the utmost effects of ecological process that human and environment are part of a total situation, representing the transactional formulation, each conditioned by conditioning to the other. Therefore Billie Jo takes her part as an interpreter and actualizes herself, understanding the nature with metaphor and symbol. Eventually Billie Jo realizes that she should rebuild her environment not out of the dust but in the dust, accepting the reality of Dust Bowl.

Understanding the functionality of the rumen microbiota: searching for better opportunities for rumen microbial manipulation

  • Wenlingli Qi;Ming-Yuan Xue;Ming-Hui Jia;Shuxian Zhang;Qiongxian Yan;Hui-Zeng Sun
    • Animal Bioscience
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    • v.37 no.2_spc
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    • pp.370-384
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    • 2024
  • Rumen microbiota play a central role in the digestive process of ruminants. Their remarkable ability to break down complex plant fibers and proteins, converting them into essential organic compounds that provide animals with energy and nutrition. Research on rumen microbiota not only contributes to improving animal production performance and enhancing feed utilization efficiency but also holds the potential to reduce methane emissions and environmental impact. Nevertheless, studies on rumen microbiota face numerous challenges, including complexity, difficulties in cultivation, and obstacles in functional analysis. This review provides an overview of microbial species involved in the degradation of macromolecules, the fermentation processes, and methane production in the rumen, all based on cultivation methods. Additionally, the review introduces the applications, advantages, and limitations of emerging omics technologies such as metagenomics, meta-transcriptomics, metaproteomics, and metabolomics, in investigating the functionality of rumen microbiota. Finally, the article offers a forward-looking perspective on the new horizons and technologies in the field of rumen microbiota functional research. These emerging technologies, with continuous refinement and mutual complementation, have deepened our understanding of rumen microbiota functionality, thereby enabling effective manipulation of the rumen microbial community.

Analysis of Potential to Achieve Carbon Neutrality through Technical Definition and Case Study of Carbon-Neutral Buildings (탄소중립 건물의 기술적 정의와 사례 분석을 통한 탄소중립 달성 잠재성 분석)

  • Min Hee Chung
    • Land and Housing Review
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.19-28
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    • 2024
  • This study analyzes the potential to achieve carbon neutrality through the technical definition and case studies of carbon-neutral buildings. In line with the Paris Agreement of December 2015, the global community has committed to limiting the average temperature rise to below 2oC and striving to restrict it to 1.5oC above pre-industrial levels. Achieving this requires reaching a net-zero state by 2050 and necessitates transitions across various sectors including energy, land use, and transportation. This research explores the technological approaches and real-world examples of carbon-neutral buildings, assessing their feasibility and limitations. By examining the definition of carbon-neutral buildings and presenting various technological solutions and case studies from both domestic and international contexts, this study evaluates the effectiveness and practicality of carbon-neutral buildings. The findings offer specific guidelines for the design, construction, and operation of carbon-neutral buildings and provide practical information for policymakers and practitioners aiming to create sustainable built environments.

Higher adherence to a Mediterranean-type diet is associated with reduced psychosocial stress levels in baby boomers: a cross-sectional study

  • Eun-Hee Jang;Ranmi Jung;Seungmin Lee
    • Nutrition Research and Practice
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.257-268
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    • 2024
  • BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean diet among Korean baby boomers and their levels of psychosocial stress. SUBJECTS/METHODS: The study included 1,656 adults (889 men and 797 women) born between 1955 and 1963 who participated in the 2005-2006 survey of the community-based Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES). The Mediterranean-type diet score (MTDS) was calculated from the semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (SQFFQ) data. The psychosocial stress levels were calculated using the psychosocial well-being indexshort form (PWI-SF). Logistic regression analyses were performed to analyze the association between the MTDS (tertiles) and the prevalence of high psychosocial stress by gender. RESULTS: The ranges of the MTDS tertile groups were T1 (20-33 points), T2 (34-37 points), and T3 (38-39 points) for men, T1 (20-33 points), T2 (34-37 points), and T3 (38-48 points) for women. In both men and women, the consumption of whole grains, potatoes, fruits, vegetables, legumes, and fish increased with higher MTDS, while the consumption of red meat and dairy products decreased (P for trend < 0.05). As MTDS score increased the intake of energy, fiber, vitamins, and minerals (P for trend < 0.05). Men in the highest MTDS tertile had a 41% lower odds ratio (OR) of high psychosocial stress compared with those in the lowest tertile (OR, 0.59; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.38-0.91). Similarly, women in the highest tertile of the MTDS had a 39% lower OR of high psychosocial stress compared with those in the lowest tertile (OR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.40-0.95). CONCLUSION: Promoting adherence to the Mediterranean diet among baby boomers may have a positive impact on reducing their levels of psychosocial stress.

Internet of Things for in Home Health based Monitoring System: Modern Advances, Challenges and Future Directions

  • Omer Iqbal;Tayyeba Iftakhar;Saleem Zubair Ahmad
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.24 no.8
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    • pp.191-204
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    • 2024
  • IOT has carried out important function in converting the traditional fitness care corporation. With developing call for in population, traditional healthcare structures have reached their outmost functionality in presenting sufficient and as plenty as mark offerings. The worldwide is handling devastating developing antique population disaster and the right want for assisted-dwelling environments is turning into inevitable for senior citizens. There furthermore a determination by means of the use of way of countrywide healthcare organizations to increase crucial manual for individualized, right blanketed care to prevent and manipulate excessive coronial situations. Many tech orientated packages related to Health Monitoring have been delivered these days as taking advantage of net boom everywhere on globe, manner to improvements in cellular and in IOT generation. Such as optimized indoor networks insurance, community shape, and fairly-low device fee performances, advanced tool reliability, low device energy consumption, and hundreds higher unusual common usual performance in network safety and privacy. Studies have highlighted fantastic advantages of integrating IOT with health care location and as era is improving the rate also cannot be that terrific of a problem. However, many challenges in this new paradigm shift notwithstanding the fact that exist, that need to be addressed. So the out most purpose of this research paper is 3 essential departments: First, evaluation of key elements that drove the adoption and boom of the Internet of factors based totally domestic some distance off monitoring; Second, present fashionable improvement of IOT in home a long manner off monitoring shape and key building gadgets; Third, communicate future very last effects and distinct guidelines of such type a long way off monitoring packages going ahead. Such Research is a wonderful manner in advance now not outstanding in IOT Terminology but in standard fitness care location.

Initial Change of Environmental factors at Artificial Tidal Flat Constructed Using Ocean Dredged Sediment (해양 준설토를 이용한 인공염습지 현장시험구 조성 후 초기 환경변화)

  • Park, So-Young;Lee, In-Cheol;Yi, Byung-Ho;Lee, Ja-Yeon;Yi, Yong-Min;Sung, Ki-June
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.63-69
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    • 2008
  • As a basic study on the creation of artificial tidal flats using dredged sediments, the pilot-scale artificial tidal flats with 4 different mixing ratio of ocean dredged sediment were constructed in Nakdong river estuary. The phragmites australis was transplanted from the adjacent phragmites australis community after construction, and then the survival and growth rate of the planted phragmites australis were measured. Also the changes of soil chemical oxygen demand (COD), ignition loss (IL), and the heterotrophic microbial numbers were monitored. The survival rate of the planted phragmites australis decreased as the mixing ratio of dredged sediment increased but there was little difference of length and diameter of the shoots. 30% of COD and 9% of IL in the tidal flat with 100% dredged sediment decreased after 202 day, however, fluctuations of COD and IL concentrations were also observed possibly due to the open system. It was suggested that the construction of tidal flats using ocean dredged sediment and biological remediation of contaminated ocean dredged sediment can be possible considering the growth rate of transplanted phragmites australis, decrease of organic matter and increased heterotrophic microbial number in the pilot plant with 100% dredged sediment. However, the continuous monitoring on the vegetation and various environmental factors in the artificial tidal flat should be necessary to evaluate the success of creation of artificial flats using dredged sediments.

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Environmental Factor on the Succession of Phytoplankton Community in Jinju Bay, Korea (진주만 식물플랑크톤 군집의 천이에 영향을 미치는 환경요인)

  • Oh, Seok-Jin;Lee, Jong-Seok;Park, Jong-Sick;Noh, Il-Hyeon;Yoon, Yang-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.98-104
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    • 2008
  • In April, July, October and December, 2003, we investigated the effects of water temperature, salinity and extinction coefficient on the distribution of phytoplankton communities at 22 stations in Jinju Bay of Korea. Water temperature and salinity showed a wide range of $10.4^{\circ}C-21.8^{\circ}C$ and 4.34-33.21 psu. Extinction coefficients showed a range of 0.09-3.08, above 1 from almost all the areas except in some central areas, especially, showed highest value (>2) in the estuary area. In phytoplankton, a total of 95 species belonging to 51 genera were identified. The predominant species were mainly diatoms throughout the year. Dominant species was Thalassionema nitzschioides, Skeletonema costatum, Thalassiosira sp. in April, S. costatum, Leptocylindrus danicus in July, C. debilis, S. costatum, C. curvisetus, Pseudonitzshia pungens in October, S. costatum, Asterionellopsis glacialis and C. debilis in December. S. costatum was a major dominant species for all the seasons. Considering the results of literature which is about physiological study, S. costatum seems to be euryhaline and eurythermal, and high affinity on the irradiance. Thus, the species might have been spread population in Jinju Bay where is characteristic of wide range of water temperature, salinity and high extinction coefficients.

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Child Nutrition Survey in Rural Health Project Areas (농촌보건사업지역(農村保健事業地域)의 아동영양(兒童營養) 실태조사(實態調査))

  • Park,, Myung-Yun;Jang, Young-Ja;Seo, Jung-Sook;Mo, Su-Mi
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.15-26
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    • 1980
  • The main purposes of the nutrition and clinical surveys were to provide baseline information on the nutritional status of pre-school children in rural health demonstration project areas of the Korea Health Development Institute (KHDI) for nutrition guidance services for the MCH target group. The survey covered a total of 222 pre-school children and 135 mothers in Okgu Gun, Cholla Pukto Province from August 10 to August 17, 1979. The survey results are summarized as follows: 1) Family Environment Seventy percent of the households had more than three children, and the mean family sire was 6. Sixty-nine percent of the mothers and 47% of the fathers of the surveyed households were educated at or below the primary school level. The majority, 70% of the mothers, were aged between 20 years and 35 years. 2) Anthropometric Measurements and Hemoglobin Value 4.5% of the children were lower than 80% weight for age of the Korean standard, and 5.4% were lower than 85% arm circumference for age of the Jelliffe's standard resectively, and those were suffering from protein-energy malnutrition. Angular stomatitis were observed on 66.2% of the subjects. Mean hemoglobin value was 11.1g/100m1, and 44.2% of the subjects were categorized as anaemia. 3) Food and Nutrient Intake of animal foods was very low, ranging from 2.9 to 17%. Consumption of eggs was less than 2% of total food intake, and intake of legumes was also very scanty, between 0.8 to 3.7%. These data present evidence of very poor protein intake, quality as well as quantity. Energy intake of children was 60.0 to 64.4% of the recommended allowance, and mean protein intake only met 47.4% of the recommendation. Low intake of vitamins except thiamin were also found. 4) Mother's Nutrition Knowledge Eighty-five percent of the mothers were entirely ignorant regarding the 'five basic food group' which is most important fact on food and nutrition guidance. Mean knowledge score from 14 basic questions about food and nutrition was as low as 5.1. There was a significant positive correlation between mother's educational level and nutrition knowledge score. 5) Family Planning Variable There were significant correlation among maternal, family planning variables, and some of the nutritional and physical measurements. The study revealed that the mother's educational level and nutrition knowledge score are more crucial factors than the family planning variables on effecting food intakes on children. Recommendation : According to the results of the surveys, there were high incident rates of nutritional anaemia and angular stomatitis among pre-school children, and most of rural women had very limited knowledge about food and nutrition. As a main part of the health education activities, the community health workers should provide nutrition education to the village mothers to improve the nutrional status of young children in rural areas. Nutrional promotion at the primary health care level should be mainly based on appropriate nutrition education.

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A Study on Biogas Production from Low Rank Coal in a Column Experiment (저품위 석탄을 충전한 칼럼실험에서의 바이오가스 생산에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon, Seok-Pyo;Lim, Hak-Sang;Yun, Yeo-Myeong
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.57-65
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    • 2017
  • In a column experiment with low rank coal, rice straw was additionally supplied to induce methane gas generation by microorganisms in the state of supplying microorganisms and nutrients, and long-term biogas production characteristics were observed. When the weight ratio of the rice straw to coal was 0.04 or less, there was no significant gas generation. At 0.08, the biogas was generated for about 90 days. However, the methane gas generation was only 5% compared with the vial test result at optimum condition. Therefore, in order to produce biogas in the coal deposit in situ, a reactor that operates at COD concentration of 2000 mg/L or more at a ratio of 1:3 or more of rice straw to coal should be installed on the ground or under the ground. Liquid from the column filled with coal and rice straw and a liquid from vial containing rice straw were analyzed by microbial community analysis using pyrosequencing method, and compared the dominant microbial species among the two samples. In terms of the uniformity and diversity of the bacteria, the coal-filled column showed various species distribution, which has shown to be a disadvantageous microbial distribution to methane production.