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The Effects of Environmental Education through Modern Art Appreciation (현대미술 감상을 통한 환경교육 효과 연구)

  • Cho, Ha-Gyeong;Nam, Ki-won
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.49-54
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of environmental education through the modern art appreciation on the children's environmental conservation knowledge, environmental conservation attitude, and art appreciation ability of 30, 5 year old children (15 experimental groups and 15 comparative groups) of D Daycare Center in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do, were selected for the study. In conslusion, environmental education through modern art appreciation had a positive effect on environmental conservation knowledge of children, environmental conservation attitude and art appreciation ability. Through this, this study would be to present teaching methods and basic materials that could improve children's environmental preservation knowledge, environmental preservation attitude and art appreciation ability.

Novel Effect of Hyaluronan and Proteoglycan Link Protein 1 (HAPLN1) on Hair Follicle Cells Proliferation and Hair Growth

  • Hae Chan Ha;Dan Zhou;Zhicheng Fu;Moon Jung Back;Ji Min Jang;In Chul Shin;Dae Kyong Kim
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.550-558
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    • 2023
  • Hair loss is a common condition that can have a negative impact on an individual's quality of life. The severe side effects and the low efficacy of current hair loss medications create unmet needs in the field of hair loss treatment. Hyaluronan and Proteoglycan Link Protein 1 (HAPLN1), one of the components of the extracellular matrix, has been shown to play a role in maintaining its integrity. HAPLN1 was examined for its ability to impact hair growth with less side effects than existing hair loss treatments. HAPLN1 was predominantly expressed in the anagen phase in three stages of the hair growth cycle in mice and promotes the proliferation of human hair matrix cells. Also, recombinant human HAPLN1 (rhHAPLN1) was shown to selectively increase the levels of transforming growth factor-β receptor II in human hair matrix cells. Furthermore, we observed concomitant activation of the ERK1/2 signaling pathway following treatment with rhHAPLN1. Our results indicate that rhHAPLN1 elicits its cell proliferation effect via the TGF-β2-induced ERK1/2 pathway. The prompt entering of the hair follicles into the anagen phase was observed in the rhHAPLN1-treated group, compared to the vehicle-treated group. Insights into the mechanism underlying such hair growth effects of HAPLN1 will provide a novel potential strategy for treating hair loss with much lower side effects than the current treatments.

A Study on Application of Fatigue Correction Factor for Environmental Fatigue Evaluation of Pressurizer Surge Line (가압기 밀림관 환경피로평가를 위한 피로보정계수 적용에 관한 연구)

  • Yang, Jun-Seog;Park, Chi-Yong;Kang, Seon-Ye
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.33 no.10
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    • pp.1151-1157
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    • 2009
  • Nuclear power plants applying for the continued operation over design life are required to address the effects of reactor water environment in fatigue design requirement of the ASME Code. Reactor water environmental effects are generally evaluated by calculating fatigue correction factors on fatigue usage. This paper describes the application for pressurizer surge line of environmental fatigue correction factors and the strain rate impact in the application. From this paper, the environmental fatigue correction factors resulted from the assumption of a step change in temperature are especially compared with those calculated from the data measured during plant startup. As a conclusion of this paper, the design transient conditions applied to the fatigue design may be conservative in case of the environmental fatigue evaluation.

Adverse Health Effects from 2, 3, 7, 8-Tetrachlorodibenzop-dioxin Exposure: Review (다이옥신 (2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) 의 건강위해성에 대한 고찰)

  • Shin, Dong-Chun;Ahn, Hei-Won;Lee, Jong-Tae;Chung, Yong
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • v.11 no.3_4
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    • pp.75-87
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    • 1996
  • There are numerous and evidential findings that TCDD (2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-Pdioxin, or dioxin) is a potential carcinogen and general toxin in rodents. flowever, human risk assessment for dioxin exposure has been a topic of debate, owing in part to the large animal interspecies differences in its toxicity. We review dioxin-related reports indicating its toxicity, toxic effects in animal, and human epidemiologic findings. The intent of this paper does not provide a causal inference about chronic human diseases related to dioxin exposure. This summary would give a valuable clue for a researcher to conduct or design a further dioxin-related study.

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Effects of Environmental Problems on the Logistics Information System and Reverse Logistics Performance (환경문제 인식정도가 리버스물류 정보시스템과 성과에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Che-Soong;Park, Seog-Ha
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.129-137
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    • 2008
  • The studies on the logistics has been mainly centered on the logistics information system and logistics performance on the supply chain for the enterprise's profit making. For sustainable development, it's being required the construction of recycling-oriented system, and it's also necessary to construct the efficient system not only in forward but in reverse channel. In addition, it's required to construct information system for supporting reverse logistics smoothly. In this study of manufacturing enterprises, recognition on the environmental problems is set as the adaptation degree to the national environmental regulations and enterprise's concern to the environmental logistics, and it presents the direction through analyzing the effects of such environmental logistics recognition on reverse logistics information system and performance. In order to achieve these aims, it was performed through combining philological and positive studies.

The Influence Factors on the Adoption of Environmental Management Systems in Korean Manufacturing Firms (우리나라 제조기업의 환경경영시스템 도입에 대한 영향요인 연구)

  • Choe, Jong-Min
    • Korean Management Science Review
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.15-32
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    • 2014
  • This research empirically investigated the influence factors on the adoption of environmental management systems (EMS) in Korean manufacturing firms. In this study, the external factors (cause factors), the internal factors (facilitating factors) and the firm specific characteristics were integrally considered. In the factor analysis, the third item (regional society) of the external factors and the first item (environmental law) of government regulation were confounded with the items of the other factors. Thus, the confounded items were removed. In the second factor analysis, no items were replicated. The results of a multiple regression analysis showed that the influence factors such as government regulation, normative pressure, top management support, environmental strategy and employees' recognition, and ratio of large shareholders have a significant impact on the construction of EMS. However, the effects of the other firm specific characteristics were not statistically significant. We also examined whether both the number of environmental personnel and the allocation of environmental resources, which are directly related with the adoption of EMS, have a moderating impact on the relationships between other internal factors and the construction of EMS. With a subgroup analysis, the moderating roles of the number of environmental personnel were empirically confirmed. Through a multiple regression analysis, the direct effects of the external factors on the adoption or construction of the internal factors were demonstrated. The effects of government regulation, normative pressure and imitative pressure on the internal factors were significant and positive. Finally, in this study, the fact that the adoption of EMS can improve the environmental performance of a firm was also empirically found.

Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) on Early Development of Sea Urchin Anthocidaris crassispina (Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)가 보라성게 (Anthocidaris crassispina)의 초기발생에 미치는 영향)

  • Na Oh-Soo;Moon Sang-Hee;Lee Chi-Hoon;Park Chang-Beom;Kim Byung-Ho;Jin Young-Seok;Hur Sang-Woo;Kam Sang-Kyu;Lee Young-Don
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.57-65
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    • 2005
  • Effects of five polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) constituents (naphthalene, fluorine, fluoranthene, benzo(a)pyrene, pyrene) on fertilization and early development of sea urchin egg, sperm and fertilized egg were investigated. The eggs, sperm and fertilized eggs were exposed to several concentrations of PAHs (1, 10, 100, 1000 and 10000㎍/L). The rate of fertilization and hatching decreased when the eggs and sperm were exposed to aqueous solution of PAHs. Also, Exposure of fertilized eggs with each PAHs did decrease survival and hatching rate. Concentration-dependent toxic effects on the rate of fertilization, hatching, survival and abnormality in A. crassispina were observed following exposure to PAHs (1, 10, 100, 1000 and 10000㎍/L). These data show that PAHs exposure decreased in fertilization success of sea urchin egg and sperm and producted abnormal embryo. It is plausible to suggest that PAHs had the potential to significantly reduce coastal recruitment of sea urchin.

Effects of Business Environmental Factors on 4P Mix of Eco-friendly Textile in Textile Fashion Firms (섬유패션기업에서 기업환경요인이 친환경 소재 에 4P Mix 미치는 영향 연구)

  • Shin, Sangmoo;Lee, Song H.
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.36-52
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    • 2015
  • Nowadays, firms face the challenge of how to balance between the environmental request and business profit under the circumstances of being eco-friendly and sustainable. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of business environmental factors on the 4p mix of an eco-friendly textile in the textile fashion firms. This research was conducted by a questionnaire method, in which the questionnaires were distributed to the textile fashion firms. Of the returned questionnaires, one hundred of them were selected to be included in the analysis by developing descriptive statistics, factor analysis, cronbach's alpha, and regression analysis using SPSS18.0. The results of this study were as follows: There were significant effects of the firms' environmental management, organizational structure, and CEOs' environmental sensitivity in descending order of the business internal factors on the textile fashion firms' eco-friendly textile product. The factors of the firms' environmental management, organizational structure(internal factors), and legal regulation(external factor), in descending order, significantly affected the promotion of the eco-friendly textile. The factor of firms' environmental management (internal factor) significantly affected the distribution of the eco-friendly textile. The factors of CEOs' environmental sensitivity(internal factor), legal regulation(external factor), and firms' environmental management(internal factor), in descending order, significantly affected the price of the eco-friendly textile.