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Growth and Cultural Characteristics of Ophiocordyceps longissima Collected in Korea

  • Sung, Gi-Ho;Shrestha, Bhushan;Han, Sang-Kuk;Sung, Jae-Mo
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.85-91
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    • 2011
  • We investigated the effect of nutritional and environmental factors on Ophiocordyceps longissima mycelial growth. The longest colony diameter was observed on Schizophyllum (mushroom) genetics complete medium plus yeast extract, Schizophyllum (mushroom) genetics minimal medium, and Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA); however, malt-extract yeast-extract agar, SDA plus yeast extract, yeast-extract malt-extract peptone dextrose agar, SDA, oatmeal agar, and potato dextrose agar showed higher mycelia density. A temperature of $25^{\circ}C$ was optimum and 7.0 was the optimum pH for mycelial growth. Colony diameter was similar under light and dark conditions. Maltose and yeast extract showed the highest mycelial growth among carbon and nitrogen sources respectively. The effect of mineral salts was less obvious; however, $K_3PO_4$ showed slightly better growth than that of the other mineral salts tested. Among all nutrition sources tested, complex organic nitrogen sources such as yeast extract, peptone, and tryptone were best for mycelial growth of O. longissima. Ophiocordyceps longissima composite medium, formulated by adding maltose (2% w/v), yeast extract (1% w/v), and $K_3PO_4$ (0.05% w/v) resulted in slightly longer colony diameter. In vitro mycelial O. longissima growth was sustainable and the production of fruiting bodies could be used for commercial purposes in the future.

Low-enthalpy geothermal exploration in Pohang area, Korea

  • Song Yoonho;Lee Seong Kon;Kim Hyoung Chan;Kee Weon-Seo;Park Yeong-Sue;Lim Mu-Taek;Son Jeong-Sui;Cho Seong-Jun;Lim Seong-Keun;Uchida Toshihiro;Mitsuhata Yuji;Lee Tae Jong;Lee Heuisoon
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.470-475
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    • 2003
  • KIGAM (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) launched a new project to develop the low-enthalpy geothermal water in the area showing high geothermal anomaly, north of Pohang city, for large-scale space heating from KORP (Korea Research Council of Public Science & Technology) funding. Surface geologic and geophysical surveys including Landsat TM image analysis, gravity, magnetic, Magnetotelluric (MT) and controlled-source audio-frequency MT (CSAMT) and self-potential (SP) methods have been conducted and the possible fracture zone was found that would serve as deeply connected geothermal water conduit. By the end of 2003, two test wells of 1 km depth will be drilled and various kinds of borehole survey along with additional MT measurements and sample analysis will follow and then the detailed subsurface condition is to be characterized. Next step would be drilling the production well of 2 km depth and all further steps remain to be determined depending upon the results of the test well studies.

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KIGAM Quake: An open platform for seismological data and earthquake research information

  • Moon-Gyo Lee;Youngchai Kim;Hyung-Ik Cho;Han-Saem Kim;Chang-Guk Sun;Yun-Jeong Seong;Il-Young Che
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.279-291
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    • 2024
  • The "Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral (KIGAM) Quake" is a web-based open platform developed for publicly serving seismological data from 61 stations operated by KIGAM in Korea. The service provides meta-information related to observatory sites, sensors, and recorders necessary for utilizing the seismological data, as well as mainly observed continuous and strong-motion waveforms. The data is available through both the web and International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks (FDSN) web services (open API), a unified data-providing interface in seismology. The platform aims to strengthen its open nature by offering a signal processing function for strong ground motions that can be controlled by user requests. The processed results can be downloaded in ASCII format, designed to meet the increased demands and accessibility in the earthquake engineering field. The platform also offers earthquake research information produced by KIGAM, such as recent major earthquake source information and academic annual report of earthquakes. Additionally, a site flat file was constructed for the geotechnical characteristics of 61 KIGAM station (KGNET) sites based on direct investigations and estimations.

Biodegradation of trichloroacetic acid from organic solvent tolerant bacterium, Pseudomonas savastanoi BCNU 106

  • Kim, Jong-Su;Park, Hyeong-Cheol;Jo, Su-Dong;Lee, Seung-Han;Kim, Gi-Uk;Mun, Ja-Yeong;Jeong, Yeong-Gi;Ju, U-Hong
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.390-392
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    • 2003
  • Organic solvent tolerant bacterium, Pseudomonas savastanoi BCNU 106 could utilize trichloroacetic acid, monochloroacetic acid, trichloroethylene, p-dichlorobenzene as a sole carbon source. But Pseudomonas savastanoi BCNU 106 didn't have tolerance about trichloroacetic acid, monochloroacetic acid, trichloroethylene, p-dichlorobenzene. Strain BCNU 106 could utilize to the extend of 30 mM trichloroacetic acid as a sole carbon source on mineral salt medium.

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Application of Fuzzy Information Representation Using Frequency Ratio and Non-parametric Density Estimation to Multi-source Spatial Data Fusion for Landslide Hazard Mapping

  • Park No-Wook;Chi Kwang-Hoon;Kwon Byung-Doo
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.114-128
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    • 2005
  • Fuzzy information representation of multi-source spatial data is applied to landslide hazard mapping. Information representation based on frequency ratio and non-parametric density estimation is used to construct fuzzy membership functions. Of particular interest is the representation of continuous data for preventing loss of information. The non-parametric density estimation method applied here is a Parzen window estimation that can directly use continuous data without any categorization procedure. The effect of the new continuous data representation method on the final integrated result is evaluated by a validation procedure. To illustrate the proposed scheme, a case study from Jangheung, Korea for landslide hazard mapping is presented. Analysis of the results indicates that the proposed methodology considerably improves prediction capabilities, as compared with the case in traditional continuous data representation.

Phase inversion of seismic data

  • Kim, Won-Sik;Shin, Chang-Soo;Park, Kun-Pil
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.459-463
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    • 2003
  • Waveform inversion requires extracting a reliable low frequency content of seismic data for estimating of the low wave number velocity model. The low frequency content of the seismic data is usually discarded or neglected because of the band-limited response of the source and the receivers. In this study, however small the spectral of the low frequency seismic data is, we assume that it is possible to extract a reliable phase information of the low frequency from the seismic data and use it in waveform inversion. To this end, we exploit the frequency domain finite element modeling and source-receiver reciprocity to calculate the $Frech\`{e}t$ derivative of the phase of the seismic data with respect to the earth model parameter such as velocity, and then apply a damped least squares method to invert the phase of the seismic data. Through numerical example, we will attempt to demonstrate the feasibility of our method in estimating the correct velocity model for prestack depth migration.

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Detrital Mineral Chemistry of Jurassic Sandstone from the Mino Terrane in Southwest Japan

  • Young Ji Joo;Yong Il Lee
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.307-317
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    • 2023
  • We investigate the provenance of detrital garnets in Middle-Upper Jurassic sandstone of the Mino terrane, an accretionary complex in Southwest Japan, based on their chemical composition. The garnet grains in the Mino sandstone are mostly Fe-rich (almandine) and slightly Mg-rich (pyrope) species derived from high-grade metamorphic and intermediate to acidic plutonic rocks. The composition and interpreted origin of the garnets are generally consistent with those of metamorphic and igneous rocks of the Yeongnam Massif on the Korean Peninsula, a possible source region suggested in previous studies. In addition, two single grains of chromian spinel, an accessory mineral found in mafic to ultramafic rocks such as mantle peridotite, were found in one of the Mino sandstone samples. This finding suggests the possible presence of mafic to ultramafic rocks in the source area. The results of this study provide complimentary evidence for establishing a comprehensive tectonic and paleogeographical framework for the Mesozoic East Asian continent.

Behaviors of Vitamin Mineral Supplement Usage by Healthy Adolescents Attending General Middle or High Schools in Korea (인문계 중.고등학교 재학생이 비타민.무기질 보충제 복용 행동 조사)

  • 한지혜
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.332-342
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    • 2000
  • Vitamin mineral supplement usage by self-prescription is popular behavior among adolescents. This study was conducted to investigate the behaviors of vitamin·mineral supplement usage and the relationship between demographic variables and supplement usage by healthy adolescents. Nine hundred seventy two boys and girls, aged 13-18 years, attending general middle or high schools were chosen from various cities and rural communities in Korea. As a result, vitamin·]mineral supplements were taken by 31.3% of subjects. Users tended to take vitamin·mineral supplements more frequently when they were healthy than when they suffered from disease. The taking period of supplements was different according to school type such as middle or high school(p<.05), sex(p<.001) and residence of subjects(p<.01). The main information source of supplements was newspaper/magazine/TV, and it was affected by sex(p<.05) and residence(p<.01). Vitamin·mineral supplements were generally recommended by their mothers instead of health professionals. The commonly cited taking reason of supplements was affected by sex(p<.01)and socioeconomic status of family(p<.05). The frequently responded effect obtained from supplement use was recovery from fatigue and it was different according to sex(p<.01). The major mentioned reason of not taking vitamin·mineral supplements by non-users was 'I eat a balanced diet'. The most frequently consumed supplements were vitamin C, followed by multi-vitamins supplements, and this pattern was different according to school type(p<.001), sex(p<.01) and residence(p<.05). These findings show that the behaviors of vitamin·mineral supplement usage by subjects are not resonable, and their supplement usage tends to be affected by demographic variables. Therefore, nutritional understanding and education that are intended to form the resonable behaviors toward vitamin·mineral supplement usage of adolescents should be provided with considering the relationship between demographic variables and supplement usage.

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Frequency Distribution Characteristics of Formation Density Derived from Log and Core Data throughout the Southern Korean Peninsula (남한지역 검층밀도 자료의 특성 분석)

  • Kim, Yeonghwa;Kim, Ki Hwan;Kim, Jongman;Hwang, Se Ho
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.281-290
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    • 2015
  • Log density data were collected and compared with the core density data throughout the southern Korean Peninsula. The comparison reveals that the log densities obtained from gamma-gamma log are much lower than the core densities obtained from laboratory density measurement of core samples. The anomalously low log densities can be attributed to the small-source density log data. Correlation analysis reveals differences between densities derived from the two methods, indicating that a data quality problem arises when using small-source log data. The problem is probably due to the fact that small-source data have not been obtained under ideal conditions for maintaining the appropriate relationship between gamma response and formation density. The frequency distribution characteristics of formation density in the southern Korean Peninsula could be determined using the core and the standard-source log data which are well-correlated.