• 생체재료학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.235-248
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• 2018

Background: Injectable hydrogels have been extensively researched for the use as scaffolds or as carriers of therapeutic agents such as drugs, cells, proteins, and bioactive molecules in the treatment of diseases and cancers and the repair and regeneration of tissues. It is because they have the injectability with minimal invasiveness and usability for irregularly shaped sites, in addition to typical advantages of conventional hydrogels such as biocompatibility, permeability to oxygen and nutrient, properties similar to the characteristics of the native extracellular matrix, and porous structure allowing therapeutic agents to be loaded. Main body: In this article, recent studies of injectable hydrogel systems applicable for therapeutic agent delivery, disease/cancer therapy, and tissue engineering have reviewed in terms of the various factors physically and chemically contributing to sol-gel transition via which gels have been formed. The various factors are as follows: several different non-covalent interactions resulting in physical crosslinking (the electrostatic interactions (e.g., the ionic and hydrogen bonds), hydrophobic interactions, ${\pi}$-interactions, and van der Waals forces), in-situ chemical reactions inducing chemical crosslinking (the Diels Alder click reactions, Michael reactions, Schiff base reactions, or enzyme-or photo-mediated reactions), and external stimuli (temperatures, pHs, lights, electric/magnetic fields, ultrasounds, or biomolecular species (e.g., enzyme)). Finally, their applications with accompanying therapeutic agents and notable properties used were reviewed as well. Conclusion: Injectable hydrogels, of which network morphology and properties could be tuned, have shown to control the load and release of therapeutic agents, consequently producing significant therapeutic efficacy. Accordingly, they are believed to be successful and promising biomaterials as scaffolds and carriers of therapeutic agents for disease and cancer therapy and tissue engineering.

• ALGAE
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.213-226
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• 2022

Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food producing sectors; however, intensive farming techniques of finfish have raised environmental concerns, especially through the release of excessive nutrients into surrounding waters. Biodiversity has been widely shown to enhance ecosystem functions and services, but there has been limited testing or application of this key ecological relationship in aquaculture. This study tested the applicability of the biodiversity-function relationship to integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA), asking whether species richness can enhance the efficiency of macroalgal bioremediation of wastewater from finfish aquaculture. Five macroalgal species (Chondrus crispus, Fucus serratus, Palmaria palmata, Porphyra dioica, and Ulva sp.) were cultivated in mono- and polyculture in water originating from a lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) hatchery. Total seaweed biomass production, specific growth rates (SGR), and the removal of ammonium (NH₄⁺), total oxidised nitrogen (TON), and phosphate (PO₄^3-) from the wastewater were measured. Species richness increased total seaweed biomass production by 11% above the average component monoculture, driven by an increase in up to 5% in SGR of fast-growing macroalgal species in polycultures. Macroalgal species richness further enhanced ammonium uptake by 25%, and TON uptake by nearly 10%. Phosphate uptake was not improved by increased species richness. The increased uptake of NH₄⁺ and TON with increased macroalgal species richness suggests the complementary use of different nitrogen forms (NH₄⁺ vs. TON) in macroalgal polycultures. The results demonstrate enhanced bioremediation efficiency by increased macroalgal species richness and show the potential of integrating biodiversity-function research to improve aquaculture sustainability.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.219-225
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• 2022

Glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) released from enteroendocine L-cells in the intestine has incretin effects due to its ability to amplify glucose-dependent insulin secretion. Promotion of an endogenous release of GLP-1 is one of therapeutic targets for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Although the secretion of GLP-1 in response to nutrient or neural stimuli can be triggered by cytosolic Ca²⁺ elevation, the stimulus-secretion pathway is not completely understood yet. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the role of reverse Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchanger (rNCX) in Ca²⁺ entry induced by muscarinic stimulation in NCI-H716 cells, a human enteroendocrine GLP-1 secreting cell line. Intracellular Ca²⁺ was repetitively oscillated by the perfusion of carbamylcholine (CCh), a muscarinic agonist. The oscillation of cytosolic Ca²⁺ was ceased by substituting extracellular Na⁺ with Li⁺ or NMG⁺. KB-R7943, a specific rNCX blocker, completely diminished CCh-induced cytosolic Ca²⁺ oscillation. Type 1 Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchanger (NCX₁) proteins were expressed in NCI-H716 cells. These results suggest that rNCX might play a crucial role in Ca²⁺ entry induced by cholinergic stimulation in NCI-H716 cells, a GLP-1 secreting cell line.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.752-762
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• 2022

Objective: Microencapsulation is a technique to improve stability, bioavailability, and controlled release of active ingredients at a target site. This experiment aimed to investigate the effects of microencapsulated basil oil (MBO) on growth performance, apparent ileal digestibility (AID), jejunal histomorphology, bacterial population as well as antioxidant capacity of broiler chickens in a tropical climate. Methods: A total of 288 one-day-old female broilers (Ross 308) were randomly allocated into 4 groups (6 replicates of 12 birds), based on a completely randomized design. Dietary treatments were as follows: i) basal diet (NC), ii) basal diet with avilamycin at 10 ppm (PC), iii) basal diet with free basil oil (FBO) at 500 ppm, and iv) basal diet with MBO at 500 ppm, respectively. Results: Dietary supplementation of MBO improved average daily gain, and feed conversion ratio of broilers throughout the 42-d trial period (p<0.05), whereas MBO did not affect average daily feed intake compared with NC group. The broilers fed MBO diet exhibited a greater AID of crude protein and gross energy compared with those in other groups (p<0.05). Lactobacillus spp. and Escherichia coli populations were not affected by feeding dietary treatments. Both FBO and MBO had positive effects on jejunal villus height (VH), villus height to crypt depth ratio (VH:CD) and villus surface area of broilers compared to NC and PC groups (p<0.05). Superoxide dismutase level in the duodenal mucosa of MBO group was significantly increased (p<0.01), whereas malondialdehyde level was significantly decreased (p<0.01). Conclusion: Microencapsulation could be considered as a promising driver of the basil oil efficiency, consequently MBO at 500 ppm could be potentially used as a feed additive for improvement of intestinal integrity and nutrient utilization, leading to better performance of broiler chickens.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.103-111
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• 2023

To evaluate the impact of effluents from land-based fish farms on the coastal ocean of Wando, Korea, we analyzed inorganic nutrients, particulate organic carbon (POC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in the effluent and influent of land-based fish farms during the summer (July) of 2021. The average concentrations of nutrients (Dissolved inorganic nitrogen, phosphorus, and silicate; DIN, DIP, and DSi, respectively) in the effluents of this study area were 17±3.7 μM, 1.4±0.7 μM, and 14±1.6 μM, respectively. The average concentrations of POC and DOC were 37±22 μM and 81±13 μM, respectively, with POC accounting for about 30% for total organic carbon in effluents. The Reduced Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen/Total Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen ratio (0.7), potential short-period index, indicates that the discharge of nutrients excreted by the fish and unconsumed feed into coastal water results in such nutrients being deposited and accumulated in the sediment. Subsequently, this continuous accumulation triggers the release of ammonium ions during organic matter decomposition, and the ammonium-enriched waters that encroach on fish farms as influent seem to be due to the diffusion of high concentrations of ammonium from bottom sediment. Furthermore, we used fluorescence indices to examine the characteristics of organic matter sources, obtaining mean values of 1.54±0.19, 1.06±0.06, and 1.56±0.06 for the humification index, biological index, and fluorescence index, respectively, in the effluent. These results indicate that the organic matters had an autochthonous origin that resulted from microbial decomposition, and such organic matters were rapidly generated and removed by biological activity, likely supplied from the sediment. Our results suggest that the effluent from land-based fish farms could be a potential source of deoxygenation occurrence in coastal areas.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.657-663
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• 2012

호소저수구역에서 수온이 침수식물체의 영양염류 용출에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위해 $5^{\circ}C$ 및 $25^{\circ}C$ 조건의 칼럼에서 이삭사초와 물억새를 침수시킨 후 COD, T-N 및 T-P 함량을 조사하였다. 이삭사초의 침수 후 60일째 COD 용출량은 $5^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 $60.4mg\;L^{-1}$이었으며, $25^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 $78.0mg\;L^{-1}$이었다. 물억새의 침수 후 60일째 COD 용출량은 $5^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 $62.5mg\;L^{-1}$이었으며, $25^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 $70.5mg\;L^{-1}$이었다. 전반적으로 이삭사초에서는 $25^{\circ}C$ 조건이 $5^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 보다 COD 용출이 급증한 시기가 초기에 나타난 반면에 물억새에서는 COD 용출이 급증하는 시기가 온도별로 서로 유사한 경향으로 나타났다. 이삭사초의 침수 후 60일째 T-N 용출량은 $5^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 $45.8mg\;L^{-1}$이었으며, $25^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 $60.0mg\;L^{-1}$이었다. 물억새의 침수 후 60일째 T-N 용출량은 $5^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 $55.7mg\;L^{-1}$이었으며, $25^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 $61.0mg\;L^{-1}$이었다. 식생 종류에 관계없이 $25^{\circ}C$ 칼럼의 T-N 용출이 급격히 증가한 시기는 $5^{\circ}C$ 칼럼에서 보다 더 빠른 시기에 나타났다. 이삭사초의 침수 후 60일째 T-P 용출량은 $5^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 $5.7mg\;L^{-1}$이었으며, $25^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 $8.7mg\;L^{-1}$이었다. 물억새의 침수 후 60일째 T-P 용출량은 $5^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 $7.1mg\;L^{-1}$이었으며 $25^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 $8.2mg\;L^{-1}$이었다. 식생 종류에 관계없이 $25^{\circ}C$ 칼럼의 T-P 용출이 급격히 증가한 시기는 $5^{\circ}C$ 칼럼에서 보다 더 빠른 시기에 나타났다. $25^{\circ}C$로 유지된 칼럼의 COD, T-N 및 T-P 용출량은 전반적으로 $5^{\circ}C$로 유지된 칼럼에 비해 높았다.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.314-321
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• 2007

도시농업에 대한 관심과 수요가 증가하고 있으나 실내 채소재배에 대한 연구는 매우 미진한 상황이다. 따라서 본 연구는 아파트 베란다에서 이용하기에 좋은 관비방법 및 재배가 적합한 채소작목을 선발하고자 수행되었다. 가정용 채소 관비방법을 선발하기 위하여 담액수경, 심지관수(양액 또는 완효성비료), 두상관수 등 4가지 방법을 비교해 본 결과 심지관수법에서 상추, 겨자채, 적근대 모두 관행대비 생육과 수량이 높았다. 뿐만 아니라 심지관수 방법은 양수분관리에 필요한 노력과 시간을 대폭 줄일 수 있고 (주)애그로액티브와 공동 개발한 완효성비료를 이용하면 별도의 양분관리 없이 채소를 생산할 수 있다. 한편, 물이 바닥으로 흘러 나오지 않기 때문에 실내에서 사용도 가능하다. 한편, 가을의 베란다 환경을 조사한 결과 온 습도 환경은 채소 재배에 적절하였으나 광환경은 최고 광량이 남향 베란다에서는 온실의 48%, 남동향 베란다에서는 35%에 불과하여 생육에 가장 큰 제한요인으로 나타났다. 따라서 베란다의 약광 조건에서도 생육이 우수한 작물을 선발하고자 0%, 50%, 70%, 90% 차광조건에서 로메인상추, 청치마상추, 생채, 엔다이브, 청경채, 겨자채, 쑥갓, 적근대, 부추 등 9종의 엽채류를 재배하였다. 부추가 광이 부족한 환경에서도 가장 생육이 우수하였고 엔다이브도 약광에서 생육이 좋았으며 상추, 쑥갓, 청경채가 뒤를 이었다. 이 연구결과를 토대로 각 베란다의 방향이나 위치, 계절에 따라 달라지는 광환경에 적합한 채소작물 선발에 도움이 될 것으로 생각된다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 mesocosm을 이용하여, 습지내 인의 거동을 살펴보기 위한 현장실험 자료를 고찰하였으며, 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. Mesocosm내 수체의 TP농도는 대조구인 M1에서는 $0.48\;mg\;L^{-1}$에서 $0.6\;mg\;L^{-1}$으로 증가한 반면, 처리구인 M2, M3, M4에서는 12.4, 20.4, $23.6\;mg\;L^{-1}$에서 1.92, 6.97, $6.94\;mg\;L^{-1}$로 감소되었고 TP 감소율은 M2, M3, M4에서 각각 84.5, 65.8, 70.6%로 평균 73.7%의 감소율을 보였다. 처리구 중 부착조류가 사멸하지 않은 M2와 대조구인 M1의 전체적인 물질 수지를 비교해 보면, M1의 경우는 부착조류에서의 인의 양이 소량 증가하였고, 갈대와 퇴적물에서의 인의 양은 소량 감소하였다. M1에서 부착조류의 인의 양이 늘어난 것은 대형수생식물이 고사기에 접어들어 습지내의 광조건이 충분해지면서 조류의 증가가 일어난 것이라 판단된다. M2의 경우엔 퇴적물내의 인의 총양은 5, 443 mg에서 8, 086 mg으로 증가하였고, 부착조류와 갈대 역시 각각 1, 147 mg, 1, 740 mg에서 2, 452 mg, 2.160 mg으로 증가하였다. 이로써 습지내 인의 거동에 있어 부착조류와 거대조류에 의한 인의 흡수와 침전 및 식물체에 의한 흡수가 주된 역할을 한다고 판단되며, 부착조류의 흡수가 활발했던 M2의 경우 TP 감소율이 85%에 이르고 부착조류의 흡수가 없었던 M3, M4에서 70% 이하의 TP 감소율을 나타낸 것을 볼 때, 침전과 식물체에 의한 흡수가 병행되는 것이 고농도의 TP처리에 상당히 효과적이라 생각된다. Mesocosm을 이용한 인의 이동경로 추정은 영향인자가 많은 습지내 오염물질 거동을 규명하는 매우 유용한 방법이라 판단되며, 그 결과는 인공습지를 조성하여 활용하는 데 필요한 기초자료로서 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.99-110
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• 2023

농업지역에서 발생하는 비점오염물질은 타 지역에 비해 넓은 면적에서 배출되기 때문에 수질관리를 위해서는 발생원 제어와 배출수 관리와 같은 다양한 오염원 저감대책이 필요하며, 이를 위해서는 유역특성을 고려한 오염원별 배출량 및 최적관리방안에 따른 수질개선 효과를 정량적으로 파악할 필요가 있다. 이에 본 연구는 Hydrological Simulation Program-FORTRAN(HSPF)모델을 활용하여 유역내 오염원별 부하 및 주요 오염원저감방안에 대한 수질개선효과를 분석하여 농업지역의 비점오염관리대책 수립 지원을 목적으로 하였다. 연구지역은 경남 창녕군 계성천 유역으로 전체 면적대비 농업지역이 약 26.13%로 산림을 제외하고 지배적인 토지이용을 가지며, 주요 오염원은 농업활동에 기인하는 화학비료 및 액비살포와 축사에서 발생하여 야적 또는 농지에 살포되는 축분을 포함하고 있다. 계성천 유역에 대한 HSPF 모델 구축시 화학비료와 액비 사용량, 소규모 축사의 축분 발생량과 공공하수처리장, 분뇨처리장, 마을하수도 및 개인오수처리시설 등 점오염원 영향을 고려하였다. 특히 본 연구에서는 영양염류의 식생흡수, 침적, 흡탈착, 깊은침투에 의한 손실 등 상세 순환기작모의가 가능하도록 NITR 및 PHOS모듈을 활용하였다. 구축된 모델은 유역말단의 2015~2020년 측정값을 토대로 보·검정을 수행하였으며 모델이 유량 및 수질을 적절히 모의하는 것을 확인하였다. 오염저감시나리오는 농업비점관리(배수물꼬관리, 완효성비료와 사용), 축산비점관리(액비저감, 소규모 축사 축분관리), 생활계오염원제어(개인오수처리시설 관리) 등 세 부문으로 구분하고, 달성기간에 따라 단기, 중기, 및 장기로 구분하여 부문별로 단계별 저감대책을 구성하였다. 개별시나리오 모의 결과 수질개선에 효과는 완효성비료의 대체사용>배수물꼬관리>소규모축사 축분관리 순으로 나타났다. 유역 전반에 모든 관리방안을 적용하였을 때 장기적으로 TN, TP의 연간부하량은 각각 40.6%, 41.1%, 연평균 농도는 각각 35.1%, 29.2% 감소되는 효과를 보였다. 본 연구를 통하여 농업활동 우세 유역에서의 다양한 오염원 저감시나리오별 수질개선효과에 대한 예측 및 이에 기반한 오염관리대책 우선순위 도출을 위한 합리적인 방법론을 제시하고자 한다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권7호
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• pp.929-939
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• 2011

The effects of micronization on in situ and in vitro nutrient disappearances of wheat, barley and corn were investigated in a series of experiments. In Experiment 1, chemical composition and in situ dry matter disappearance (DMD) of six varieties of wheat were determined. In addition, an in vitro study was completed using ground micronized and unmicronized wheat (var. Kansas). In Experiment 2, three varieties of wheat (Kansas, Sceptre and Laura) and in Experiment 3, three cereal grains (wheat, barley and corn) were either micronized for 1 min to attain internal kernel temperatures of 90-100$^{\circ}C$ or not (controls), and DM, protein and starch disappearances were estimated. In Experiment 2, an in vitro study was also completed using ground micronized and unmicronized wheat (var. Kansas). Wheat samples varied with respect to crude protein (10.0-21.2%), starch (61.6-73.9%), NDF (8.5-11.8%), volume weight (753-842 g/L) and kernel hardness (0.0-32.0). Rate (p = 0.003) and extent (p = 0.001) of in situ DMD differed among wheat varieties. Correlations between in situ kinetics, and chemical and physical properties of wheat varieties showed that protein content was negatively correlated with the rate of disappearance ($r^2$ = -0.77). Micronization of all grains markedly reduced (p = 0.001) the rate and extent of DM, and protein disappearances as compared to control samples. Micronization increased (p<0.05) the digestion of starch in wheat. However, release of ammonia into the incubation medium was markedly reduced (p<0.05), suggesting that micronization increased the resistance of protein to microbial digestion. Disappearances of DM, protein and starch differed (p = 0.001) among cereal grains with wheat>barley>corn. Micronization reduced the rate of DM disappearance (p = 0.011) and slowly degradable protein fractions (p = 0.03), however, increased (p = 0.004) slowly degradable starch fractions of all three cereals. Examination of in situ samples by scanning electron microscopy confirmed that microbial colonization focused on starch granules in micronized grains, and that the protein matrix exhibited resistance to microbial colonization. These results suggest that micronization may be used to increase the ruminal escape value of protein in cereal grains, but may lead to increased starch digestion if grains are finely ground.