• 한국관개배수논문집
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.41-51
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• 1998

Spatial distributional patterns of temperature in the sediments and the concentration of nutrients in interstitial water were particular interests on the ecological research of tidal flats. It was the aim of this paper to grasp inhabiting environment of t

• Environmental Sciences Bulletin of The Korean Environmental Sciences Society
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.169-179
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• 1998

This paper was performed to estimate interrelations between humus level of sediments and nutrient release from sediments in Dae-cheong reservoir. For investigations, sediments were sampled in June and October, in 1997 at fish farms, embayment, and the main stream of Dae-cheong reservoir. Items for investigation are as follows; water content, weight loss on ignition(IG), porosities of sediments, contents of element such as hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, and nutrient release rates. Water contents and porosities were measured to conjecture the physical trait and grain size trait. Weight loss on ignition was measured to determine the contents of organic substance. For determination of the humus level of sediments, carbon and nitrogen contents were measured by elemental analyzer. As a result of elemental analysis, C/N ratio was determined in the range of $3.0\~13.1$. From the elemental analysis, humus level of Dae-cheong reservoir sediment was estimated from mesohumic state to oligotrophic state. For the determination of nutrient release rate, $PO_4-P$ and $NH_4-N$ concentrations of interstitial water and overlying water were measured. By using the concentration difference between interstitial water and overlying water and using the Fick's diffusion law, the release rates of phosphorus and nitrogen from the sediment samples were calculated. Release rates of nutrients which directly influence to the water quality were $0.05\~8.63mgP/m^2day$ and $4.99\~36.56mgP/m^2day$. It was found that release rate was measured higher in the 1st sampling period than in the 2nd sampling period. For the determination of phosphorus content in sediment, TPs were measured in 807\~1542{\mu}g/g$ in the 1st samling period and $677\~5238{\mu}g/g$ in the End samling period. Phosphorus release rate and phosphorus content were not interrelated each other.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.1766-1775
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• 2001

A theoretical analysis on the heat and mass transfer in an evaporative cooler is presented in this work. The evaporative cooler is modeled as a channel filled with porous media the interstitial surface of which is covered by thin water film. Assuming that the Lewis number is unity and the water vapor saturation curve is linear, exact solutions to the energy and vapor concentration equations are obtained. Based on the exact solutions, the characteristics of the heat and mass transfer in the evaporative cooler are investigated. The comparison of the cooling performance between the evaporative cooler and the usual sensible heat exchanger is also carried out. Obviously, the evaporative heat exchanger shows better cooling performance than the sensible heat exchanger. This is due to the latent heat of water vaporization, which results in apparent increases both in the interstitial heat transfer coefficient and the specific heat of the air stream in the evaporative cooler.

• 지질공학
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.309-320
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• 2003

ASTM C 227-90에 의한 모르타르봉 팽창의 원인에 대해서 현재까지는 막연히 알칼리-골재 반응에 의한 것으로 알려져 왔으나 본 연구에서는 팽창의 원인을 알칼리-골재 반응에 의한 팽창 외에 겔 공극의 팽창과 골재 자체에 형성된 엽리나 쪼개짐에 물이 침투되어 물리적으로 팽창되는 간극수에 의한 팽창으로 세분하였다. 또한 총 팽창량을 이들 세분된 팽창요인별로 정량적인 계산을 실시한 바 골재에 따라서는 팽창결과가 주로 간극수에 의한 것도 있고, 알칼리-골재 반응에 의한 것도 있으며 이들이 복합적으로 작용한 것도 있음을 알게 되었다. 이러한 방법으로 현무암, 사암 등 몇 몇 골재의 문제점을 분석하였다 콘크리트는 현재 건설구조물의 대부분을 차지하고 있으며, 골재는 콘크리트의 75% 내외를 점유하고 있는 만큼 골재의 올바른 선정은 중요한 의미를 갖는다. 또한 이미 완성된 콘크리트 구조물에 골재와 관련된 문제점이 발생하였을 때 이를 치유하는데 정확한 원인을 알아내는 것이 중요하다고 보며 본연 구는 그러한 면에서 활용면을 찾을 수 있다.

• Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.643-655
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• 2018

Background/Aims Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disease characterized by intestinal dysmotility, the mechanism of which remains elusive. We aim to determine whether the high-affinity choline transporter 1 (CHT1), a determinant of cholinergic signaling capacity, modulates intestinal motility associated with stress-induced IBS. Methods A rat IBS model was established using chronic water avoidance stress (WAS). Colonic pathological alterations were evaluated histologically and intestinal motility was assessed by intestinal transit time and fecal water content (FWC). Visceral sensitivity was determined by visceromotor response to colorectal distension. RT-PCR, western blotting, and immunostaining were performed to identify colonic CHT1 expression. Contractility of colonic muscle strips was measured using isometric transducers. enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to measure acetylcholine (ACh). We examined the effects of MKC-231, a choline uptake enhancer, on colonic motility. Results After 10 days of WAS, intestinal transit time was decreased and fecal water content increased. Visceromotor response magnitude in WAS rats in response to colorectal distension was significantly enhanced. Protein and mRNA CHT1 levels in the colon were markedly elevated after WAS. The density of CHT1-positive intramuscular interstitial cells of Cajal and myenteric plexus neurons in WAS rats was higher than in controls. Ammonium pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate partly reversed CHT1 upregulation and alleviated colonic hypermotility in WAS rats. Pharmacological enhancement of CHT1 activity by MKC-231 enhanced colonic motility in control rats via upregulation of CHT1 and elevation of ACh production. Conclusion Upregulation of CHT1 in intramuscular interstitial cells of Cajal and myenteric plexus neurons is implicated in chronic stress-induced colonic hypermotility by modulation of ACh synthesis via nuclear factor-kappa B signaling.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.433-452
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• 1997

Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) has been as an animal model for studing the neurological diseases such as stroke and epilepsy because of the congenital incompleteries in Willis circle, as well as the investigation of water metabolism because of the long time-survival in the condition of water-deprived desert condition, compared with other species animals. In order to accomplish the this research, first of all another divided the laboratory animals 5 groups of which each group include the 5 animals. In this study were investigated the histological structure in the kidney, measured the plasma osmolalities at the time of sacrifice of indivisual animals, and the body weights every day during water-deprived. The results obtained in this study were summarized as followings: 1. The body weights and decreasing rates of the body weight in water-deprived mongolian gerbil groups were continuosly decreased. 2. The plasma osmolalities were increased from the 5th water-deprived day, after then the gradually increasing reached nearly its equilibrium state at the 10th water-deprived day. 3. The urine volumes were abruptly decreased from the 2th water-deprived day, after then the gradually decreasing patterns were reached nearly its equilibrium state at the 10th day, and stopped the 11th day. 4. In the light microscopical observation of the kidney, glomerular capillary loop thickening, mesangial matrix increasing, sclerosis, glomerular cystic atrophy, interstitial fibrosis, tubular dilatation, mononuclear interstitial inflammation, interstitial mineralization, and hyperplasia of the collecting duct epithelium in the cortex area, were observed from the 10th water deprived day, and the lesions were gradually severe changed as the time lapse. 5. In the electron microscopical findings of the kidney, the degenerative changes of endothelial cell, podocyte and mesangial cell in glomeruli were initially observed on the 10th water-deprived day as well as the degeneration of microvilli and intracellular organelle in the renal tubules.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제30권7호
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• pp.712-720
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• 2008

호소나 하천바닥의 퇴적물에는 많은 양의 미량 금속이 함유되어 있으며, 퇴적물과 간극수 사이에는 미량 금속들의 교환이 일어난다. 간극수로 이동된 미량 금속들은 쉽게 수환경으로 확산되어 수생태계에 독성을 유발한다. 그러나 이러한 미량 금속들은 존재형태에 따라 수생물에 미치는 독성이 다르다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 경포호 등 10개의 동해안 석호에 대한 퇴적물의 간극수를 분석하고 화학종 분포 예측 프로그램(MINTEQA2)을 이용하여 미량 금속들의 존재형태를 예측하여 수환경에서의 독성여부를 확인하였다. 퇴적물에서 추출한 간극수의 미량 금속 분석결과를 예측 결과, K와 Na는 자유이온형태로 존재하고 있었으며, Al, As 및 Cr 등은 자유이온 형태를 비롯한 3$\sim$4개의 착물을 형성하였고 Ca, Co, Cd, Ni, Pb 및 Zn 등은 10개 이상의 다양한 착물을 형성하였다. 염분도가 높은 청초호 등(Group I호소)은 Cd, Co, Ni, Pb, Hg 및 Zn이 주로 염화 착물을 형성하였으며, Fe, Mn 및 Mg는 황산화 착물을 형성하였다. 그러나 염분농도가 낮은 천진호 등(Group II호소)은 Hg와 Cd가 염화 착물을 형성하였으며, Cu, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb 및 Zn는 황산화 착물을 형성하였다. Fe는 Fe(OH)$_2{^+}$, Fe(OH)$_3$(aq) 등의 수산기 착물을 형성하였다. 또한 염분농도와 상관없이 Al, As 및 Cr은 전체 호소에서 수산기 및 산화형태의 착물을 형성하였다. 대부분 호소의 간극수에 존재하는 미량 금속들은 자유이온(M$^{x+}$)형태로 존재하고 있었으며, 그 외에 M$^{x+}$ + xCl$^-$와 M$^{2+}$ + SO$_4{^{2-}}$의 착물을 형성하고 있어 수환경으로 확산될 경우 생태계 독성 및 축척을 일으킬 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.105-116
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• 2013

Background: In Korea, there is low awareness of the respiratory health problems caused by the use of humidifiers, leading to a lack of governmental measures. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to review cases of varying degrees of humidifier lung and fever in connection with the use of humidifiers and to summarize the probable environmental agents causing these cases. Methods: We searched all articles reporting on humidifier lung, humidifier fever, and humidifier diseases caused by the use of a humidifier both at home and in the workplace. Results: We summarized a number of cases of varying degrees of respiratory diseases resulting from inhalation of water mist of humidifiers containing various species of bacteria and fungi and their toxins. Type of respiratory disease connected with humidifier lung includes interstitial pneumonitis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, fever and several respiratory symptoms. Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), Actinomycetes, endotoxins and contaminated humidifier water were the most commonly suspected probable environmental agents causing humidifier lung. In Korea, the use of humidifier biocide is suspected as a likely cause of fatal lung injury including death and lung transplantation. Conclusion: Governmental policy should be devised and measures including a national surveillance system should be taken to prevent humidifier lung caused by the use of humidifiers.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.9-13
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 일본 히로시마시 텐마강 하구에 위치한 점토질 갯벌을 대상으로 투수성이 높은 다공질 파일을 설치하여 갯벌 내부에서의 지하수 흐름 형성여부를 확인하고 그에 따른 저질의 성상변화를 조사하였다. 하천의 수위가 변할 때 하천수가 다공질 파일의 하부 및 상부를 통해 공급되면서 갯벌 내부에서 지하수의 흐름이 형성되는 것이 확인되었다. 지하수의 흐름을 통해 다공질 파일내의 DO 농도가 최대 4 mg/L까지 증가하였다. 다공질 파일 내부의 DO 농도의 증가는 저질내의 환원물질과 유기물량을 감소시키는데 효과적이었으며, 지하수의 흐름은 퇴적된 점토질 입자의 재부상을 촉진시키는 것으로 조사되었다. 이상의 결과로부터 점토질 갯벌 내에 다공질 파일을 설치함으로써 점토질 갯벌의 저질 환경을 효과적으로 개선할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.341-352
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• 1997

Retention ponds have been dug along some of the motorways in France to minimize environmental pollution by keeping pollutants from spreading over the surrounding area. In order to study heavy metal pollution and diagenetic behaviour of sediments, eight core samples were collected from the bottom of a retention pond located along the A-71 motorway in Sologne. The metal concentrations in interstitial waters and extractable metal concentrations in sediment layers using sequential chemical extraction method were determined. The depth distributions of Pb, Zn and Cd concentrations in interstitial water and particulate sediments were studied, and distribution coefficients (KD) were also determined to investigate the environmental mobility of these elements. In addition. the index of geoaccumulation and the Fe-normalized enrichment factor were calculated to differentiate the natural accumulation from the anthropogenic pollution. The vertical concentration profiles of heavy metals in core sediments indicate that surface enrichments (0~2 cm) of Pb, Zn, Cd and organic carbon were always observed at each core sample, due to the early diagenesis. However, the major factor contributing to the accumulation of Cd at the sediment surface is attributed to the dissolution of Cd from polluted roadside soil during periods of rainstorms and its subsequent redeposition on the sediment surface after being carried to the retention pond. A comparison of the KD values indiactes that a decrease in the KD values for Pb and Zn was observed with depth while KD values for Cd increase. According to the KD values. the relative mobility of studied metals was determined as following: Mn>Zn>Cd>Pb, for the upper layer, and Mn>Cd>Zn>Pb, for the lower layers.