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Development of a Fusion Vegetation Index Using Full-PolSAR and Multispectral Data

  • Kim, Yong-Hyun;Oh, Jae-Hong;Kim, Yong-Il
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.547-555
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    • 2015
  • The vegetation index is a crucial parameter in many biophysical studies of vegetation, and is also a valuable content in ecological processes researching. The OVIs (Optical Vegetation Index) that of using multispectral and hyperspectral data have been widely investigated in the literature, while the RVI (Radar Vegetation Index) that of considering volume scattering measurement has been paid relatively little attention. Also, there was only some efforts have been put to fuse the OVI with the RVI as an integrated vegetation index. To address this issue, this paper presents a novel FVI (Fusion Vegetation Index) that uses multispectral and full-PolSAR (Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar) data. By fusing a NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) of RapidEye and an RVI of C-band Radarsat-2, we demonstrated that the proposed FVI has higher separability in different vegetation types than only with OVI and RVI. Also, the experimental results show that the proposed index not only has information on the vegetation greenness of the NDVI, but also has information on the canopy structure of the RVI. Based on this preliminary result, since the vegetation monitoring is more detailed, it could be possible in various application fields; this synergistic FVI will be further developed in the future.

Antisense expression of a staygreen gene (SGR) delays leaf senescence in creeping bentgrass

  • Hwang, Ok-Jin;Han, Yun-Jeong;Paek, Nam-Chon;Kim, Jeong-Il
    • Rapid Communication in Photoscience
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.28-31
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    • 2014
  • Loss of chlorophyll is the visible symptom of leaf senescence and staygreen refers to the delayed leaf senescence in plants. The staygreen gene (SGR) in rice (Oryza sativa L.) has been identified as its mutation maintains greenness during leaf senescence, and encodes a chloroplast protein required for the initiation of chlorophyll breakdown in plants. In this study, we isolated a rice SGR-homologous gene in creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.), and transgenic creeping bentgrass plants were obtained by introducing pCAMBIA3301 vector harboring antisense SGR gene under control of the senescence-specific SAG12 promoter. Transgenic plants were selected by herbicide resistance assays and genomic integration of the transgenes was confirmed by PCR analysis. Subsequent analyses demonstrated the staygreen phenotype of the transgenic creeping bentgrass plants with decreased chlorophyll loss during leaf senescence. These results suggest that the antisense SGR expression in creeping bentgrass delays leaf senescence, which provides a way to develop genetically engineered turfgrass varieties with the commercially useful staygreen trait.

Effects of Seed Germination on Characteristics of Perilla Seed Lipids (들깨의 발아가 들깨지방질의 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Choe, Eun-Ok;Hwang, Hyun-Suk
    • Korean journal of food and cookery science
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.51-57
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    • 2011
  • Color, lipid and fatty acid composition, and tocopherols and polyphenols contents of perilla seed lipids in response to seed germination were studied. Perilla seeds were germinated at $30^{\circ}C$ in the dark for 12, 36, or 48 h, after which total lipids were extracted by the Folch method using chloroform and methanol (2:1, v/v). Seed germination resulted in a decrease in yellowness and greenness in perilla seed lipids, but there were no significant changes in composition of the lipids including major neutral lipids (>90%). Contents of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine in the perilla seed lipids significantly increased in response to germination. Linolenic acid (>63%) was the most abundant fatty acid. Seed germination tended to decrease the relative content of linolenic acid and increase the contents of oleic and stearic acids. Contents of antioxidants, especially ${\alpha}$-tocopherol and polyphenols, increased in response to seed germination. As the germination period was extended, the antioxidant content increased. Therefore, increases in useful components, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, ${\alpha}$-tocopherol, and polyphenols contents by seed germination can contribute to the improvement of perilla seed utilization in food industry.

Study of Urban Land Cover Changes Relative to Demographic and Residential Form Changes: A Case Study of Wonju City, Korea

  • Han, Gab-Soo;Kim, Mintai
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.288-296
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    • 2015
  • In many very high density cities in Asia in which there is limited area to expand, growth is forced upward as well as outward. Densely packed detached houses and low-rise buildings are replaced by lower density high-rises, leaving open spaces between high-rise buildings. Through this process, areas that formerly did not have much green space gain valuable green spaces, and new ecological corridors and patches are created. In this study, the demographic and housing-type changes of Wonju City were delineated using land use maps, aerial images, census data, and other administrative data. Green area changes were calculated using land cover data derived from multi-year Landsat TM satellite imagery. The values were then compared against demographic and housing-type changes for each administrative unit. The overall results showed a decrease of forested area in the city and an increase of developed area. Urban sprawl was clearly visible in many of the suburban areas. However, as expected, we also detected areas in which greenness did not decrease when the population greatly increased. These areas were characterized by residential building complexes of ten or more stories. If an equal number of housing units had been built as detached houses, these areas would not have kept as much green space. Our research result showed that high-density and high-rise residential structures can offer an alternative means to protect or create urban green spaces in high-density urban environments.

A Study on the Improvement of Apartment House Remodeling through Sick House Syndrome Attitude Survey (새집증후군 의식조사를 통한 공동주택 리모델링 개선방향에 관한 연구)

  • Go, Seong-Seok;Lee, Jae-Hong;Song, Hyuk;Lee, Hyun-Chul;Hong, Ju-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.21 no.6 s.78
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    • pp.88-95
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    • 2006
  • The aim of apartment house remodeling should be accomplished by three courses; first, to reduce resources and environmental pollution, and second, to overcome social issue such as sick house syndrome on the point of residents' safety, and last, to secure life quality of apartment house healthy and nature friendly through satisfying residents' desire comfortable and safety course. Thus, this study aims to suggest the basic data to improve remodeling of apartment house considering residents' safety on the point of greenness, because of preventing social issue such as sick house syndrome, creating comfortable interior space, deducing indiscreet remodeling, and developing sustainable construction, through grasping customers' demand, and analyzing the correlation between remodeling status and residents' attitude survey of sick house syndrome.

Effect of R. leguminisarum Pre-incubated with Inducers, Naringenin and Methyl-jasmonate, on Nitrogen Fixation and the Growth of Pea at Different Salinity Levels

  • Lee, Kyung-Dong
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.362-367
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    • 2008
  • The legume-rhizobia symbiosis is an important source of plant growth and nitrogen fixation for many agricultural systems. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of salinity stress on nitrogen fixation and growth of pea (Pisum sativum L.), which has antimutagenic activities against chemical mutagen, inoculated with R. leguminosarum bv. viciae cultured with additional plant-to-rhizobia signal compounds, naringenin (NA,15 uM), methyl-jasmonate (MJ, 50 uM) or both, under greenhouse conditions. Three salinity levels (0.6, 3.0 and $6.0\;dS\;m^{-1}$) were imposed at 3 days after transplanting and maintained through daily irrigations. Addition of signal compounds under non-stress and stress conditions increased dry weight, nodule numbers, leaf area and leaf greenness. The inducers increased photosynthetic rate under non-stress and stress conditions, by approximately 5-20% when compared to that of the non-induced control treatment. Under stress conditions, proline content was less in plants treated with plant-to-bacteria signals than the control, but phenol content was significantly increased, compared to that of the control. The study suggested that pre-incubation of bacterial cells with plant-to-bacteria signals could enhance pea growth, photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation and biomass under salinity stress conditions.

Quality Characteristics of Sulgidduk with Tomato Powder (토마토 분말을 대체한 설기떡의 품질 특성)

  • Kim, Mun-Yong;Chun, Soon-Sil
    • Korean journal of food and cookery science
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.412-418
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    • 2008
  • In this study, Sulgidduk samples were prepared with substitutions of 1, 2, 3, and 4% tomato powder, along with a control, and were then analyzed for quality characteristics such as moisture content, water activity, color, textural characteristics, and sensory qualities, in order to determine the optimal ratio of tomato powder in the formulation. According to the results, moisture content and water activity were not significantly different among the Sulgidduk samples. In terms of color, as the level of tomato powder content increased, lightness decreased, while the a-value (+redness/-greenness), and yellowness increased. For the textural characteristics, the samples showed significant differences for hardness, adhesiveness, and gumminess, while fracturability was not significantly different. In addition, the samples containing tomato powder presented significantly higher springiness, cohesiveness(except the 1% substitution level), chewiness, and resilience than the control group. In the sensory evaluation, the control group had significantly higher scores for color and flavor as compared to the tomato powder samples. Furthermore, flavor and overall acceptability decreased, while tomato flavor, sourness, and off-flavor increased with increasing tomato powder content. Sweetness and after-taste were not significantly different among the samples. In conclusion, the results indicate that substituting 2${\sim}$3% tomato powder in Sulgidduk is optimal for quality, and provides a product with reasonably high overall acceptability.

Changes of Chromaticity and Mineral Contents of Laver Dishes using Various Cooking Methods (조리 방법에 따른 김의 색도와 무기 성분 함량 변화)

  • 한재숙;이연정;윤미라
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.326-333
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of various cooking methods(roasted, salad, deep-fried seasoned-roasted and commercial laver) on mineral contents, color and sensory evaluation of laver. The contents of mineral of dried laver by various cooking methods were analyzed using the Inductively Coupled Plasma(ICP) system. The results were summarized as follows : The content of crude protein, moisture, ash and crude fat in dried laver were 35.1%, 10.6%, 9.7% and 0.8%, respectively. Among the minerals of dried laver, the content of poassium was the highest (2268.0mg/100g d.w.) and those of calcium and iron were comparatively high (495.1mg/100g, 13.5mg/100g). Ca/P ratio of dried laver was about 1:1 levels. Among various laver dishes, the total mineral content was the highest in the roasted laver, but low in the deep-fried laver. Among color values by cooking methods, "L(lightness)" and " - a(greenness)" values were the highest in the roasted laver, and "b(yellowness)" was the highest in the deep-fried laver. The seasoned-roasted laver was highly scored by the sensory evaluation.

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Effect of Blanching and $CaCl_2$ on the Quality Characteristics of Oiji Prepared by Dry Salting Method during Storage (블렌칭과 $CaCl_2$ 첨가가 건식 절임법으로 제조한 오이지의 저장성 및 품질 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim Chung-Hee;Yang Yun-Hyoung;Kim Mee-Ree
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.219-225
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    • 2005
  • Effect of blanching and/or $CaCl_2$ addition on the quality characteristics of Oiji prepared by dry salting method, which has been used for industry, was investigated. Control$(15\%\;salt),\;CAO(15\%\;salt\;+\;0.04\%\;CaCl_2)$ and BCO $(15\%\;salt\;+\;0.04\%\;CaCl_2+blanching\;at\;60^{\circ}C\;for\;20\;min)$ for 165 days. Acidity was lower, but pH was higher in BCO than in the control or CAO. During the whole period of storage, greenness(-a) of BCO was maintained in Hunter color system, compared with the other groups. The numbers of total microbes, lactic acid bacteria and yeast were the lowest in BCO, while the highest in control. Moreover, texture profile analysis exhibited that fracturability and hardness maintained the highest in BCO during storage, compared with the other groups. Based on these results, combination of blanching and $CaCl_2$ addition is favorable to extend the shelf life and to maintain the good quality.

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A Study of Load Modeling Method for Vibration Estimation of Bridge Structures (교량구조물의 진동영향평가를 위한 동하중 이상화모델링 기법 연구)

  • Park, Yeon-Soo;Hong, Hye-Jin;Kong, Kang-Joo;Kim, Jung-Ju
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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    • v.6 no.2 s.21
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    • pp.9-15
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    • 2006
  • Structures of Civil Engineering have been designed with a safety as their main purpose. However recently, the greenness side of the technology of civil engineering regarded as most Important and also utility values and stability of the structures. Also developments in the technology make materials to be higher strength and they shortened scales and stiffness of the structural members. This means that it brings an immoderate deflection and vibration of bridge structures simultaneously. Accordingly, this study ai ed to find and estimate the most idealized structure models on the effects of the deflection and vibration of bridges from the traffic lane load and human vibration - the main pass of bridge structures.