• 인간식물환경학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.563-572
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• 2021

Background and objective: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic restricted daily life, forcing people to spend time indoors. With the growing interest in mental health issues and residential environments, 'pet plants' have been receiving attention during the unprecedented social distancing measures. This study aims to analyze the change in trends of pet plants before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and provide basic data for studies related to pet plants and directions of future development. Methods: A total of 2,016 news articles using the keyword 'pet plants' were collected on Naver News from January 1, 2018 to August 15, 2019 (609 articles) and January 1, 2020 to August 15, 2021 (1,407 articles). The texts were tokenized into words using KoNLPy package, ultimately coming up with 63,597 words. The analyses included frequency of keywords and topic modeling based on Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) to identify the inherent meanings of related words and each topic. Results: Topic modeling generated three topics in each period (before and during the COVID-19), and the results showed that pet plants in daily life have become the object of 'emotional support' and 'healing' during social distancing. In particular, pet plants, which had been distributed as a solution to prevent solitary deaths and depression among seniors living alone, are now expanded to help resolve the social isolation of the general public suffering from COVID-19. The new term 'plant butler' became a new trend, and there was a change in the trend in which people shared their hobbies and information about pet plants and communicated with others in online. Conclusion: Based on these findings, the trend data of pet plants before and after the outbreak of COVID-19 can provide the basis for activating research on pet plants and setting the direction for development of related industries considering the continuous popularity and trend of indoor gardening and green hobby.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.789-796
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• 2018

This study aims to measure the emotional effects of pet plants, which have become popular in recent years. A questionnaire regarding perceptions of these indoor plants was administered to 78 university students. Thirty of these students took care of two species of pet plants for 90 days, and the emotional effects of this exercise were determined based on the type of words used in their daily records. The questionnaire results showed that the general recognition of emotional effects was low, though awareness of the term "pet plants" was high. However, after gardening for 90 days, participants began to consider their pet plants friends or family members, noting feelings of affection and sympathy in their daily writeups. These participants also experienced positive changes in their emotional well-being, including feelings of joy, hope, relaxation, confidence, and accomplishment. This study argues that pet plants can have positive effects on emotional stability and suggests that their adoption would be beneficial to humanity at large.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.267-274
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• 2018

With rapid growth of the one-person households, this study focused on the psychological effects of pet plant gardening, one of the new trend of gardening among them. To clarify the psychological influences of pet plant gardening, 30 university students conducted gardening of pet plants in 90 days and the psychological effects was measured by the standardization personality inventory test before and after gardening. As results, pet plant gardening showed the effects of decreasing depression feeling of all participants, and the effects was significant in female than male. Pet plants gardening led to change females' personality more actively and more leadingly. Therefore, this data verified the positive effects in psychologically and induced personality showed pet plants gardening induced the positive effects the aspects of psychology and personality.

• ALGAE
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2002

The transition of plant life from aquatic algae to land to land plants was one of the major events in the history of life. However, in hypothesizing the exact evolutionary path of the transition, limited shared phenotypic characters in aquatic algae and land plants (embryophytes) have been a major hinderance. Chloroplast genomes contain characters useful in tracing evolutionary histories. Embryophyte chloroplast genomes are distinguished from algal cpDNAs by having over 20 group Ⅱ introns, some of which were gained during the transition from algae to embryophytes (Manhart and Palmer 1990; Lew and Manhart 1993;Lee and Manhart 2002). Here we examine a gene cluster that, in land plants, contains psbB, psbT, psbH, petB and petD with introns found in petB and petD (petB.i and petD.i). In addition the presence/absence of introns in trnA and trnI (trnA.i and trnI.i) were determined in all five major lineages of charophytes. We found that the psbB gene cluster occurs in most surveyed charophytes and embryophytes except Spirogyra (Zygnematales) which lacks it due to intra-genomic rearrangement. All four introns are absent in Chlorokybus but present in some or all of the other four charophyte lineages (Klebsormidiales, Zygnematales, Coleochaetales, and Charales). In addition, Chlorokybus is distinguished from other charophytes and embryophytes by having an unusually long spacer (over 2 kb) between psbH-petB. The results indicate that Chlorokybus diverged before the intron gains but after psbB gene cluster formation, placing the other charophyte lineages closer to embryophytes.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.43-47
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• 2016

Pile foundations constructed on extremely cold regions cause serviceability problems of superstructures from repeated actions of ground freezing and thawing. Oil sand module plants are mainly constructed on seasonal frozen ground. Due to the freezing and thawing actions of grounds, vertical movements of piles have been observed. To solve these erratic pile movement problems, thin vertical layer of PET aggregates is installed around the pile shaft to prevent potential unfavorable pile movements. There is no known method to calculate "thin PET aggregate layer" -surrounded pile shaft resistance (capacity) against vertical loads; therefore, this experimental research is conducted. Specifically, in this study, horizontal (normal) pressures on pile shaft were assessed varying PET aggregate layer thickness based on the experiment.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.34-36
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• 2007

Introduction of vegetatively propagated Petunia hybrids since 1992 led to increasing virus infections of propagation material. Petunia hybrid 'Surfinia' cultivated for pot-plant showed yellowing symptom along with stunt. Flowers were smaller in size and showed color-break symptom. Tobacco mosaic virus(TMV-pet) was isolated from the diseased petunia. Healthy petunia plants inoculated with TMV-pet induced mottle on leaves and color-break on flowers, and plants were stunted. Nucleotide sequences of coat protein gene amplified from RNA prepared from Nicotiana tabacum cv. Samsun infected with TMV-pet were determined(GenBank accession no. DQ981481). It showed 99.0% nucleotide sequence homology with TMV-potato3-2(GenBank accession no. AF318215) isolated from potato showing yellow mosaic and stunt symptom, and with a TMV Korean strain(GenBank accession no. X68110). This is the first reported observation of TMV from vegetatively propagated petunia in Korea.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.30-37
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• 2009

Studies on plants such as lotus leaf suggested that dual-scale structure could contribute to super-hydrophobicity. We introduced super-hydrophobicity onto poly(ethylene terephthalate)(PET) fabric with dual-scale structure by assembling $TiO_2$ nano sol. PET fabric was treated with $TiO_2$ sol, water-repellent agent using various parameters such as particle size, concentration. Morphological changes by particle size were observed using field emmission scanning electron microscopy(FE-SEM) and AFM measurement, contact angle measurement equipment. The contact angle of water was about 138.5$^{\circ}$, 125.8$^{\circ}$, 125.5$^{\circ}$ and 108.9$^{\circ}$ for PET fabric coated with 60.2nm, 120.1nm, 200nm and 410.5nm $TiO_2$ particles, compared with about 111.5$^{\circ}$ for PET fabric coated with water repellent. When we mixed particle sizes of 60.2nm and 120.1nm by 7:3 volume ratio, the contact angle of water was about 132.5$^{\circ}$. And we mixed particle sizes of 60.2nm and 200nm by 7:3 volume ratio, the contact angle of water was about 141.8$^{\circ}$. Also we mixed particle sizes of 60.2nm and 410.5nm by 7:3 volume ratio, the best super-hydrophobicity was obtained. In this paper, we fabricated various surface structures to the water-repellent surfaces by using four types of $TiO_2$ nano-particles, and we found that the nanoscale structure was very important for the super-hydrophobicity.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.465-470
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• 2013

In January 2012, spreading type petunia cv. Wave Pink plants showing an abnormal growth habit of sprouting unusual multiple plantlets from the lateral buds were collected from a greenhouse in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, Korea. The presence of phytoplasma was investigated using PCR with the primer pairs P1/P6, and R16F1/R1 for nested-PCR. In the nested PCR, 1,096 bp PCR products were obtained, and through sequencing 12 Pet-Stol isolates were identified. Comparison of the nucleotide sequences of 16S rRNA gene of the 12 Pet-Stol isolates with other phytoplasmas belonging to aster yellows or Stolbur showed that Pet-Stol isolates were members of Stolbur. The presence of phytoplasma in petunia was also confirmed by microscopic observation of the pathogens. In this study, Stolbur phytoplasma was identified from spreading type petunia cultivars by sequence analysis of 16S rRNA gene of phytoplasma and microscopic observation of phytoplasma bodies. This is the first report of Stolbur phytoplasma in commercial Petunia hybrida cultivars.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국컴퓨터정보학회 2022년도 제65차 동계학술대회논문집 30권1호
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• pp.135-136
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• 2022

현재 코로나19로 장기화 되고 있는 사회적 거리두기로 인해 '코로나19'와 '우울감(blue)'의 합성어인 '코로나 블루(Corona Blue)'를 겪는 인구가 지속적으로 증가하고 있다. 이러한 코로나 블루를 극복하기 위한 실내 취미 생활로 반려 식물을 재배하는 인구가 증가하는 추세이다. 하지만 처음 반려 식물을 키우는 사람들은 급수량 조절에 어려움을 겪는다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 아두이노를 이용한 토양 온습도 측정기를 개발하였다. 또한 이와 연동하여 홈가드닝 최초로 토양의 온습도를 실시간으로 확인할 수 있는 모바일 애플리케이션인 '화분지기'를 개발하였다.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.141-147
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• 2001

주요 플라스틱 필름하우스 피복재의 광학 및 물리적 특성을 구명하고자 시설재배농가에서 일반적으로 이용하는 EVA(ethylene vinyl acetate, 0.08 mm) 필름을 비롯하여 기능성 피복재인 PO 방무필름(polyorefine antifog film. 0.1 mm), 불소필름(fluoric film, 0.06 mm), 산광필름(diffused film, 0.15 mm), PO 방적필름 (polyorefine antidrop film, 0.15 mm) 등과 경질 소재인 PET(polyethylene terephthalate, 0.5 mm)등 6종의 필름을 1997년에 폭 5.4m 길이 18.5m, 높이 2.9m의 소형 플라스틱필름 하우스에 각각 피복하고 3년간 (1997~1999) 필름들의 주요 특성을 조사하였다. 피복 후 30개월 경과시의 필름의 분광투과특성은 UV(300~400nm)가 산광 및 PET 필름에서 25~26% 밖에 투과되지 않은 반면, 불소필름에서는 76%, 기타 필름에서는 63~66% 투과되었다. PAR(광합성유효광, 400~700 nm)의 투과율은 불소(86.5%), 방적(80.5%), PET(76.3%), 방무(75.5%), EVA(74.1%), 산광필름(61.9%) 순으로 투과량이 많았다. 피복 후 7일경과 30개월경간의 PAR 투과율의 감소는 EVA가 12%로 가장 컸으며 방적필름이 6%로 가장 작았다. 토마토 작물군락하의 광도는 EVA 필름에 비해 산광필름에 비해 산광필름이 2.5배, 방적필름과 PET가 1.4배 각각 높았다. 필름의 인장저항력은 불소필름이 경질 소재이므로 월등히 강하였으며 다음으로 방적과 산광필름도 강한 경향이었다. 한편 충격저항력은 불소필름이 가장 약했고 방적과 산광필름은 강한 편이었다. 하우스내의 주간온도는 광투과율의 경향과 비슷하였으나, 야간온도는 PET, 불소, 방적, 산광, 방무, EVA 순으로 높았는데 특히 PET는 EVA보다 평균 4$^{\circ}C$ 높게 유지되었다. 하우스내로 투입된 일사량은 EVA 보다 불소필름 32%, 방적필름 15% PET 11%, 방무필름 4% 각각 많았는 반면, 산광필름은 7% 적었다.