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A study on the status and administrative supports for domestic marine biotechnology industry (해양생명공학 산업의 현황과 정부지원 방안에 관한 연구)

  • 이흥동
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.53-60
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    • 2002
  • Marine biotechnology is one of the promising frontier of scientific exploration and commercial utilization for the next century. Compared with the terrestrial environment, the oceans of the world remain largely unexplored and include a major portion of bio-resources. Using the tools of biotechnology, the vast and diverse marine resources can be applied to produce new products and foods. Marine biotechnology has the characteristics of pro-environment, saying energy, and intensive knowledge. Therefore, we can take advantage of the marine biotechnology industry under our situation with the poor natural resources. The study focuses on the current status and administrative supports on marine biotechnology industry for upgrading the economic value of output. The status of our marine biotechnology industry is beginning stage in the economic aspects. Manpower and the level of most technologies are weaker than the ones of the advanced countries. More investment and recruiting skilled specialists are necessary because the improvement of marine biotechnology is depend on the technology and scientists. This study suggests the ways of administrative supports for domestic marine biotechnology: Efficient information network and supporting system for the development of marine biotechnology should be interrelated with other technical and scientific fields; The government should provide sustainable fund for the long-term research project and the infrastructure in the marine biotechnology.

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A Study on Science Self-Efficacy, Science Self-concept and Scientific Attitude of Elementary School Students according to Class Scale (학급 규모에 따른 초등학생의 과학 자기효능감 및 과학 자아개념, 과학적 태도에 대한 연구)

  • MIN, Se-Yeon;YOO, Pyoung-Kil
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.209-223
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze science self-efficacy, science self-concept and scientific attitude according to the class size in the elementary school. For this purpose, three research questions were set as follows; First, are there any differences in science self-efficacy according to the class size? Second, are there any differences in science self-concept according to the class size? Third, are there any differences scientific attitude according to the class size? To solve this research questions, the subjects in this study were 809 5th and 6th grade students of eight elementary schools in Busan. 220 were sampled from small-size classes, 354 from mid-size classes and 235 from large-size classes. The results of this study through the process are as follows; First, there were significant differences in science self-efficacy according to the class size. Second, there were significant differences in science self-concept according to the class size. Third, according to the result, there was not a significant difference in scientific attitude according to the class size. The findings of the study suggest that it is necessary the class size should be adjusted to the appropriate level for improving student's science self-efficacy and science self-concept.

Comparative analysis of nutritional values of riverine and marine hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha; Hamilton, 1882)

  • Debnath, Sumon;Latifa, Gulshan Ara;Bhowmik, Shuva;Islam, Shanzida;Begum, Mohajira
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.45 no.2
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    • pp.258-264
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    • 2018
  • A study was performed to analyze the biochemical composition (moisture, protein, fat, ash, salt value, iron, calcium and phosphorus) of raw and salted hilsa. Pure (with less than 1% impurities) and clean dry salt was used (fish weight : salt weight = 3 : 1) for salting the hilsa. The nutrients values of the hilsa from two different regions were significantly (p < 0.05) varied. The biochemical compositions were also different before and after the processing of the hilsa. Riverine hilsa contains relatively more moisture ($57.79{\pm}0.51%$) and protein ($15.65{\pm}0.50%$) than marine hilsa. Fat ($16.39{\pm}0.51%$) and salt ($1.80{\pm}0.14%$) contents are higher in marine hilsa; whereas the ash ($7.88{\pm}0.35%$) content was higher in the riverine hilsa. Minerals like iron ($4.92{\pm}0.32mg/100g$) and calcium ($480.02{\pm}6.73mg/100g$) remain in large amounts in the marine hilsa, but the phosphorus ($112.36{\pm}4.40mg/100g$) content remains at a high level in the riverine hilsa. In addition, the protein (raw condition, $18.54{\pm}0.46%$, riverine; $17.12{\pm}0.42%$, marine and salted condition, $32.54{\pm}0.5%$, riverine; $27.31{\pm}0.48%$, marine) and fat (raw condition, $15.41{\pm}0.46%$, riverine; $19.07{\pm}0.51%$, marine and salted condition, $11.58{\pm}0.39%$, riverine; $13.6{\pm}0.55%$, marine) contents were higher in the abdominal region of the riverine and marine hilsa both in the raw and salted conditions than in the head and caudal region.

Frequency Analysis of Scientific Texts on the Hypoxia Using Bibliographic Data (논문 서지정보를 이용한 빈산소수괴 연구 분야의 연구용어 빈도분석)

  • Lee, GiSeop;Lee, JiYoung;Cho, HongYeon
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.107-120
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    • 2019
  • The frequency analysis of scientific terms using bibliographic information is a simple concept, but as relevant data become more widespread, manual analysis of all data is practically impossible or only possible to a very limited extent. In addition, as the scale of oceanographic research has expanded to become much more comprehensive and widespread, the allocation of research resources on various topics has become an important issue. In this study, the frequency analysis of scientific terms was performed using text mining. The data used in the analysis is a general-purpose scholarship database, totaling 2,878 articles. Hypoxia, which is an important issue in the marine environment, was selected as a research field and the frequencies of related words were analyzed. The most frequently used words were 'Organic matter', 'Bottom water', and 'Dead zone' and specific areas showed high frequency. The results of this research can be used as a basis for the allocation of research resources to the frequency of use of related terms in specific fields when planning a large research project represented by single word.

Synthesis of solid enantioselective macromer of trimesic acid for the enantiomeric separation of chiral alcohols

  • Ingole, Pravin G.;Bajaj, Hari C.;Singh, Kripal
    • Advances in materials Research
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.51-64
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    • 2013
  • Enantioselective macromer of trimesic acid was prepared using S(-) menthol with trimesoyl chloride on polyimide (PI) ultrafiltration membrane. The chemical composition of macromer as well as polyimide ultrafiltration membrane was determined by ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy. The optical resolution of chiral alcohols was performed in pressure driven process. The effect of monomer solutions concentration, effect of air-drying time of S(-) menthol solution, effect of reaction time, effect of operating pressure, effect of feed concentration of racemate on the performance of macromer was studied. The synthesised material exhibits separation of chiral alcohols (menthol ~23% and sobrelol ~21%).

The Effects of Science Classes Using Abductive Strategies Applied to Elementary School Students on Scientific Concept Understanding and Meta-cognition (귀추전략 과학수업이 초등학생의 과학적 개념 이해와 초인지에 미치는 영향)

  • KIM, Hee-Yeon;KANG, Beodeul;YOO, Pyoung-Kil
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.1133-1142
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study was to verify the effects of science classes using abductive strategies on the scientific concept understanding and meta-cognition. The subjects included two classes of sixth graders from K Elementary School in B Metropolitan City and they divided into two groups. Research group was composed of 21 students(10 boys, 11 girls) and comparative group was composed of 21 students(11 boys, 10 girls). In order to achieve aims of this study, proper contents to apply abductive strategies were selected from the first semester science curriculum for sixth graders. Also five-steps study papers were designed to elicit abductive reasoning. While the research group received 20 times of reframed science lessons using abductive strategies, the comparative group received common science lessons according to the teachers' manual. The results of this study are as follows. First, science classes using abductive strategies were effective for the scientific concept understanding. Also there were statistically significant differences between the research group and the comparative group in overall science sub-domain. In the process of hypothesis formulating, students tried to find out scientific causes thoroughly to present the optimal explanation and they concentrated on the analysis of each scientific concept. It is thought that this process contributed to better understanding in scientific concepts. Second, science classes using abductive strategies were effective for improving meta-cognition. There were statistically significant differences between the two groups and especially in monitoring that is one of sub-factors of meta-cognition. It indicates that hypothesis formulating process gave positive effect on meta-cognition by stimulating critical thinking and manifesting elaboration.

Deriving the Determining Factor for the Management of Oceanographic Data (해양관측데이터 관리를 위한 결정요소 도출)

  • Kim, Sun-Tae;Lee, Tae-Young;Kim, Yong
    • Journal of Information Management
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    • v.43 no.3
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    • pp.97-115
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    • 2012
  • This paper derives determining factor for the management of oceanographic data in two ways. 1) The type of oceanographic observation and the raw data which were collected from marine physics, marine chemistry, marine biology, marine geology area were analyzed. 2) The services of the KODC(Korea Oceangraphic Data Center), NFRDI(National Fisheries Research & Development Institute), KHOA(Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration) were analyzed to derive metadata elements for retrieval. After analyze, the 42 deciding factor were derived in the 9 areas (general, Observer, satellites, observation instruments, observatories, space, information, projects, and observational data, data processing).

Fouling resistant membrane tailored by polyethylene glycol in oxidative environment for desalination

  • Kavaiya, Ashish R.;Raval, Hiren D.
    • Membrane and Water Treatment
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.381-385
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    • 2019
  • Surface modification is very efficient and scalable approach to achieve improved membrane performance. We treated Reverse Osmosis Thin Film Composite (TFC RO) membrane with various concentrations of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG), a hydrophilic polymer after activation with sodium hypochlorite. This treatment resulted in an increment of the water flux by 43% and the salt rejection by 2.36% for the 3000 mg/l PEG-treated membrane. Further, these PEG-treated membranes were exposed to a mixture of 3000 mg/l PEG and 1000 mg/l sodium hypochlorite for 1 hour. Further modification of this membrane by PEG and sodium hypochlorite mixture increased the water permeance up to 133% when compared with the virgin TFC RO membrane. We characterized the treated membranes to understand the changes in wettability by contact angle analysis, changes in surface morphology and roughness by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and atomic force microscope (AFM) analysis.

Anti-Cancer Mechanism and Possibility of Nano-Suspension Formulation for a Marine Algae Product Fucoxanthin

  • Muthuirulappan, Srinivasan;Francis, Steffi Pulikodan
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.2213-2216
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    • 2013
  • Recently, use of natural products available from marine sources, and especially algae products, are receiving more attention. Scientific evidence for claimed nutraceutical and therapeutical effects of one such marine algae product, fucoxanthin, is discussed in this paper with a summary of the currently available literature regarding its antioxidant, anti-obesity and anticancer activities. It is safe for use in humans, but as it has poor solubility a nano-suspension mode of delivery may be adopted to improve efficacy of supplments. We conclude from ourliterature review that the marine algae product fucoxanthin has significant antioxidant, anti-obesity and anticancer activity with established mechanisms of action.