• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.42-47
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• 2008

Sudan is the largest country in Africa with an area of $2,505,810km^2$, of water constitutes $129,810km^2$, and cultivable land is 34%. Sudan has a total land boundary of 7,687 km with 9 border countries. This vast country embraces different vegetation patterns reflecting various climatic zones, grading from tropical rain forests in the south through semi-tropical savannah to arid zone in the extreme north, with annual rainfall ranging from 1,600 mm in the south to 25 mm in the north. The aquaculture industry is not developed as yet. Because of their basic characteristics, the Sudan inland and marine capture fisheries are of a small-scale and semi-industrial nature. The demand for fish and fish preparations is growing steadily. The animal resources sector (which includes fisheries) contributes 21% of Sudan GDP. The contribution of fisheries to Sudanese GDP is currently marginal. The per caput supply is only 1.6 kg/year, which is mostly obtained by capture fish landings. Despite the fact that fisheries GDP is extremely low, fish and fish preparations contribute to the food security of a wide sector of the rural and urban communities. Fisheries also provide work opportunities in the form of secondary employment as a source of income that indirectly contributes to household food security.

• Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.84-96
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• 2022

Most of the islands of Korea are distributed in the South and West Sea, and it consists of independent small stream. As a result, the fish community that inhabits the island's stream is isolated from the mainland and other island. This study utilized a Self-Organizing Map (SOM) and a random forest model to analyze the relationship between environmental variables and fish communities inhabiting islands in South Korea. Through the SOM analysis, the fish communities were divided into three clusters, and there were differences in biotic and abiotic factors between these groups. Cluster I consisted of sites with relatively larger island areas and a higher number of species and population. It was found that 15 out of 16 indicator species were included. Meanwhile, the remaining clusters had fewer species and populations. Cluster II, especially, showed the lowest impact from physical variables such as water width and depth. As a result of predicting the species richness using the random forest model, physical variables in habitats, such as stream width and water depth, had a relatively higher importance on species richness. On the other hand, forest area was the most important variables for predicting Shannon diversity, followed by maximum water depth, and gravel. The results suggest that this study can be used as basic data for establishing a stream ecosystem management strategy in terms of conservation and protection of biological resources in streams of islands.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.45-53
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• 1999

각 염색체에 특이한 DNA probe를 이용하는 FISH기법은 방사선에 의해 유발된 상호전좌 및 삽입 등의 염색체의 구조적 변화를 측정하는 매우 효과적인 방법으로서 그 활용성이 증가되고 있다. 본연구는 방사선 피폭시 생물학적 선량측정법으로서 FISH기법을 활용하기 위하여 사람의 1, 2, 4번 염색체에 특이한 probe를 이용하여 고선량 단일 피폭시 유발된 각종 염색체 이상빈도를 관찰하고 이를 PAINT분류체계에 의해 분석하였다. 방사선 조사에 의한 염색체 이상빈도는 상호전좌(t)와 이동원염색체(dic)의 수가 선량 증가에 따라 같이 증가하는 것을 알 수 있으며 color junction의 수도 선량에 따라 증가하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 상호전좌의 빈도는 이동원 염색체의 빈도보다 상대적으로 높게 나타났다. 삽입(ins), 무동원염색체(ace), 및 환상염색체(r)의 수도 선량 증가에 따라 같이 증가하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 기존의 염색체재배열 분석방법과 비교해 볼 때 FISH기법은 다양한 형태의 염색체재해열을 보다 쉽게 관찰할 수 있게 하며 생물학적 선량제로서 중요한 역할을 할 것이라 기대된다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2009

Zebrafish was firstly applied to an experimental model for scuticociliatosis caused by Philasterides dicentrarchi, a facultative parasitic ciliate in cultured marine fish. The susceptibility of zebrafish to infection of P. dicentrarchi was assessed by intraperitoneal injection of the ciliates, which produced typical symptoms of scuticociliatosis and significant mortality. The potential use of zebrafish as a model to evaluate the vaccine efficacy against scuticociliatosis was analyzed by immunization of zebrafish with the ciliates lysate. Furthermore, the effect of different adjuvants, such as Quillaja saponin (QS), Montanide, and Freund’s incomplete adjuvant (FIA) on the protective efficacy of the vaccine was investigated. Groups of zebrafish injected with QS or Montanide alone showed higher survival of fish against challenge test compared to control fish. The results suggest that adjuvant-mediated enhancement of innate immune responses play important roles in protection of fish against scuticociliatosis. The considerably high survival in the fish immunized with the antigen alone indicates that the ciliate lysate itself is highly immunogenic to zebrafish, which can elicit protective immune responses. The protective potential of the antigen, ciliate lysate, was enforced through combined administration with adjuvants including QS, Montinide and FIA. No or low mortalities in the groups of fish immunized with the antigen plus adjuvants suggests that the adaptive immune responses of zebrafish might be accelerated by the adjuvants or the protective potential of the antigen and adjuvants might synergistically interact. In spite of several shortcomings such as difficulties in sampling of serum and leucocytes enough to routine immunological analyses, zebrafsih might be the most convenient experimental animal for scuticociliatosis.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.323-331
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• 2019

Purpose: Glucocorticoids (GCs) are implicated in secondary osteoporosis, and the resulting fractures cause significant morbidity. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) play a vital role in bone metabolism. However, few trials have studied the impact of omega-3 PUFA-containing oils against GC-induced osteoporosis. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to determine whether supplementation with omega-3 PUFA-containing dietary oils such as fish oil, flaxseed oil or soybean oil can impede the development of GC-induced osteoporosis. Methods: The fatty acids (FAs) content of oils was determined using gas chromatography. Male rats were subdivided into 5 groups (8 rats each): normal control (balanced diet), prednisolone control (10 mg/kg prednisolone daily), soybean oil (prednisolone 10 mg/kg + soybean oil 7% w/w), flaxseed oil (prednisolone 10 mg/kg + flaxseed oil 7% w/w), and fish oil (from cod liver; prednisolone 10 mg/kg + fish oil 7% w/w). Results: The study data exhibited a significant depletion in bone mineral density (BMD) and femur mass in the prednisolone control compared to the normal control, accompanied with a marked decrease in the levels of plasma calcium and 1,25-$(OH)_2$-vitamin $D_3$, and elevated levels of C-terminal telopeptide (CTX), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-${\alpha}$) and malondialdehyde (MDA). Supplementation with fish oil, soybean oil or flaxseed oil helped to improve plasma calcium levels, and suppress oxidative stress and inflammatory markers. Additionally, bone resorption was suppressed as reflected by the decreased CTX levels. However, fish oil was more effective than the other two oils with a significant improvement in BMD and normal histological results compared to the normal control. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that supplementation with dietary oils containing omega-3 PUFAs such as fish oil, soybean oil or flaxseed oil can play a role in the prevention of bone loss and in the regulation of bone metabolism, especially fish oil which demonstrated a greater level of protection against GC-induced osteoporosis.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.369-382
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• 2003

Natural resources managers have considered the landscape without detailed consideration of aesthetic values of the landscape and geomorphological significance of unique landforms. Since EIA system was introduced in 1981, values associated with landscape protection have been neglected at best compared with those values traditionally attributed to environmental protection, including clean air, water quality and species protection. Black top highways are being built without consideration of harmful effects to the sea cliffs. Sea walls and tetrapod are being installed to protect the coastal towns and fish markets for tourist. However, beach itself are experiencing accelerated erosion due to the shortage of proper coastal engineering expertise. Hotels and condominiums are under construction on a massive scale around the national parks, which substitute the scenic ridges with concrete profiles. To protect the scenic beauty of national parks, their design and construction material should be more harmonious with the surroundings. Therefore, visual impact assessment should be applied both within the national park boundary and beyond to enhance the aesthetic values of national parks.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.101-111
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• 2001

본 연구는 염색체 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9 및 21번 염색체의 DNA probe를 이용하여 2Gy의 방사선을 조사한 후 DNA 양을 감안한 기대치와 관찰치의 차이를 비교함으로서 각 염색체의 방사선에 대한 감수성을 평가하여 궁극적으로 방사선 피폭시 생물학적 선량계로서 FISH기법의 타당성을 평가하고자 하였다. 1번 및 4번 염색체의 경우 상호전좌와 이동원 염색체의 관찰치가 기대치보다 더 높게 나타났으며 이와 반대로 2, 7, 8 및 9번 염색체의 경우 상호전좌와 이동원염색체의 관찰치 모두 기대치보다 낮게 나타났다. 2번 및 4번 염색체의 경우 1번 염색체보다 더 많은 acentric fragment의 빈도를 나타내었다. 1, 2, 및 4번 염색체 3종을 조합했을 때 상호전좌의 경우 관찰치와 기대치는 세포 100개당 25.5 및 25.40으로 차이가 없었으며 이동원염색체의 경우 13.25 및 13.2로 역시 거의 차이가 없게 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구결과 방사선 피폭시 발생하는 염색체이상 빈도는 염색체마다 DNA 양에 비례해 나타나지 않을 수 있어 각 염색체마다 방사선 감수성에 차이가 있을 것으로 판단된다. 또한 방사선 피폭시 생물학적 선량계로서 1, 2 및 4번을 동시에 관찰 할 경우 염색체 FISH 법을 활용하기 위하여 적절한 염색체 조합이라고 판단된다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.125-129
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• 2003

Effects of synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) containing cytidine-phosphate-guanosine(CpG) motif(s) on nonspecific immune responses of olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) and on protection against lethal infection with Edwardsiella tarda were investigated. Respiratory bunt activities of the head kidney phagocytes in the fish injected either 0.25 or 0.5 ${\mu}g/fish$of ODNs containing CpG motifs (ODN 1826 and ODN 1670) were significantly higher than those injected with an ODN containing a guanosine-phosphate-cytidine (GpC) motif (ODN 1720) or with hanks balanced salt solution (HBSS, control) at 3, 5 and 7 days after injection. The serum lysozyme activities of fish injected with 0.25${\mu}g$ of ODN 1826 were significantly higher than those injected with ODN 1720 or HBSS at 1 and 7 days after injection. At 7 days after injection, the group of fish injected with CpG ODNs showed higher serum lysozyme activities than fish injected with ODN 1720 or control. The group of fish injected 0.25 or 0.5${\mu}g$ of CpG ODNs showed higher survival rates than those treated with GpC ODN and the control group after challenge with Edwardsiella tarda. The present study proved the ability of synthetic CpG ODN to increase nonspecific immune responses and disease resistance in olive flounder.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.731-741
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• 2015

The objectives of study were to evaluate fish species compositions of trophic guilds and tolerance guilds and apply ecological fish assessment (EFA) models to Bekjae Weir, Keum-River Watershed. The EFA models were Stream Index of Biological Integrity (SIBI) used frequently for running water and Lentic Ecosystem Health Assessment (LEHA) used for assessments of stagnant water. The region of Bekjae Weir as a "four major river project" was originally a lotic ecosystem before the weir construction (2010, $B_{WC}$) but became more like lentic-lotic hybrid system after the construction (2011, $A_{WC}$). In the analysis of species composition and ecological bioindicator (fish), fish species with a preference of running water showed significant decreases (p < 0.05), whereas the species with a preference of stagnant water showed significant increases (p < 0.05). After the weir construction, relative abundances of tolerant species increased, and the proportion of insectivores decreased. This phenomenon indicated the changes of biotic compositions in the system by the weir construction. Applications of SIBI and LEHA models to the system showed that the two model values decreased at the same time after the weir construction ($A_{WC}$), and the region became more like lentic-lotic hybrid system, indicating the degradation of ecosystem health. The model values of SIBI were 19 and 16, respectively, in the BWC and AWC, and the health conditions were both "C-rank". In the mean time, the LEHA model analysis showed that the values was 28 in the BWC and 24 in the AWC, thus the health was turned to be "B-Rank" in the BWC and "C-Rank" in the AWC. indicating a degradation of ecological heath after the weir construction.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.143-152
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• 1997

$\beta$-Glucan을 경구 혹은 침지투여하여 조피볼락(Sebastes schlegeli)의 비특이적 방어기작을 향상시켜 세균성 질병에 대한 저항성을 증가시키는 면역자극제로서의 효과를 알아보고자 하였다. $\beta$-Glucan을 사료에 섞어 경구투여하거나 혹은 사육수에 현탁시켜 침지투여한 후 Vibrio ordalii, Staphylococcus epidermidis 및 Edwardsiella tarda를 주사하여 인위감염으로 $\beta$-glucan의 효능을 시험하였다. V. ordalii를 주사한 결과, 1% $\beta$-glucan을 30일 동안 경구투여한 시험구는 25%의 생존율을 보였으나 $\beta$-glucan을 투여하지 않은 대조구는 3일 이내에 모두 폐사하였다. S. epidermidis를 주사한 결과, 20 및 30일 경구투여구는 95%의 높은 생존율을 보였다. 그러나 E. tarda의 인위감염시 전혀 방어효과가 없었다. V. ordalii 사균혼합구 혹은 단독 침지 시험구는 주사 후 10일 동안 전혀 방어효과가 관찰되지 않았다. 이러한 결과로 볼 때 $\beta$-glucan의 경구투여는 S. epidermidis와 V. ordalii에 효과적이나 E. tarda에는 방어효과가 없는 것으로 나타났다.