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Determination of Glucose Distribution of Potato Tuber Using Blood Glucose Meter and Its Application to Estimate Processing Quality (혈당측정기를 이용한 감자 괴경의 포도당 분포 분석과 이의 가공적성 평가에의 활용)

  • Kwon, Byoung-Hoon;Kim, Si Un;Lim, Soo Yeon;Namgung, Hyeju;Lee, Hong Jin
    • Horticultural Science & Technology
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.171-177
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    • 2014
  • In an effort to investigate special distribution of glucose content of potato tuber of a cultivar 'Superior' after harvest, a whole tuber was longitudinally cut into halves and cut-surface was divided into 11 regions. Approximate glucose concentration of each section was determined using a commercial blood glucose meter. Higher level of glucose was detected in the outer layers of tissue than inner part of tuber although there were lower coefficients of variation value, 37.4% and 34.1% among individual tubers and among defined sections, respectively. A positive correlation between the whole tuber and individual section was existed in glucose content, where the central pith tissue gave the highest coefficient (r = 0.921) and bud end tissue did the lowest (r = 0.544). Glucose content of the tubers stored for 4 months at $2.0^{\circ}C$ was 5.5 fold higher compared to the tubers kept in ambient temperature. The chip color of the former tubers was much brighter than those of the latter tubers. The result obtained in the present study suggests that the blood glucose meter can be used to a rapid and simple evaluation of glucose content and therein be applied to estimate the processing quality of potato tubers during postharvest handling.

Evaluation of Ventilation Systems in an Enclosed Growing Pig House (무창육성돈사의 환기시스템에 따른 환기효율 평가)

  • Song, J.I.;Choi, H.L.
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.135-144
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    • 2002
  • An experiment was conducted to evaluate a ventilation system, which was devised to encourage farmers to use the enclosed growing and finishing pig housing system. A roof-air-entry ventilation system in winter and a side-wall-air-entry system in summer were evaluated. Air flow rate on the floor level which is the low part of pen and the living area of pigs in the enclosed growing and finishing pig house during winter was measured at 0 to 0.19 m/s at the minimum ventilation efficiency of 1,440 $m^{3}/h$. During summer the air flow rate was detected at 0.07 to 0.42 m/s at the maximum ventilation efficiency of 24,000 $m^{3}/h$. Therefore, it is concluded that the side-wall ventilation system is suitable for growing and finishing pigs in the enclosed house during the days of mid-summer and the roof-ventilation system was suitable during the coldest days of mid-winter. In addition, although the enclosed pig house has the system in which air exhausts through only one side wall, air should enter through both-side walls for the better ventilation performance.

An Empirical Study of the Relationship between Industrial Regulations and the R&D Activities of Firms: Does the Size of the Firm Matter? (산업별 규제와 기업의 연구개발활동의 관계 탐색: 대기업 및 중소기업에 대한 차별적 효과를 중심으로)

  • Ahn, Seung-Ku;Kim, Kwon-Sik;Lee, Kwang-Hoon
    • Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.62-80
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between industrial regulations and the R&D activities of firms by analysing the case of manufacturing enterprises in Korea. The sample is gathered from the 2012 Korean Innovation Survey data of Korean Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning and merged with Korean Regulation Index data of Korean Institute of Public Administration. The Ordinary Least Square (OLS) as well as 2 Stage Least Square (2SLS) regression results show that the impact of the level of the manufacturing field's regulation on firms' R&D activities or inputs may be both positive and negative, depending on the size of the firms. The analysis results suggest that regulatory policy makers need to formulate and implement R&D programs that consider the different effects of industrial regulations on large enterprises or Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs).

A Study of the Physical and Sensory Characteristics of Ginseng Soybean Curd Prepared with Various Coagulants (인삼첨가 두부의 물리적 관능적 특성에 미치는 인삼 첨가량, 첨가방법 및 응고제의 영향 연구)

  • Kim, Kyung-Tack;Im, Ji-Soon;Kim, Sung-Soo
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.965-969
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    • 1996
  • An investigation was carried out to elucidate the effects of type of ginseng, concentration of ginseng, and type of coagulants on the physical and sensory properties of soybean curd. The textural properties of soybean curd were not influenced by the type of ginseng. Soybean curd coagulated with glucono-delta-lactone (GDL) showed a greater hardness than that coagulated with other coagulants, whereas the former produced a lesser springiness than the latter. The L-value was proportionally reduced by the increase of ginseng level and soybean curd coagulated with $CaCl_2$ showed the lowest L value. All the curd products prepared with ginseng had a pale yellow color. In the sensory properties, springiness and beany taste of soybean curd linearly decreased as the concentration of ginseng was increased. The concentration of ginseng to improve the acceptability of ginseng soybean curd as determined by the physical and sensory evaluation, was less than 0.25%. The most acceptable ginseng soybean curd was the one coagulated with $MgCl_2$. Soybean curd prepared with GDL had the lowest acceptability because of its sour taste and textural properties.

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A study on unmanned watch system using ubiquitous sensor network technology (유비쿼터스 센서 네트워크 기술을 활용한 무인감시체계 연구)

  • Wee, Kyoum-Bok
    • Journal of National Security and Military Science
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    • s.7
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    • pp.271-303
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    • 2009
  • "Ubiquitous sensor network" definition is this-Someone attaches electro-magnetic tag everything which needs communication between man to man, man to material and material to material(Ubiquitous). By using attached every electro-magnetic tag, someone detects it's native information as well as environmental information such as temperature, humidity, pollution and infiltration information(Sensor). someone connects it realtime network and manage generated information(Network). 21st century's war is joint combined operation connecting with ground, sea and air smoothly in digitalized war field, and is systematic war provided realtime information from sensor to shooter. So, it needs dramatic development on watch reconnaissance, command and control, pinpoint strike etc. Ubiquitous computing and network technologies are essential in national defense to operate 21st century style war. It is possible to use many parts such as USN combined smart dust and sensor network to protect friend unit as well as to watch enemy's deep area by unmanned reconnaissance, wearable computer upgrading soldier's operational ability and combat power dramatically, RFID which can be used material management as well as on time support. Especially, unmanned watch system using USN is core part to transit network centric military service and to get national defense efficiency which overcome the dilemma of national defense person resource reducing, and upgrade guard quality level, and improve combat power by normalizing guardian's bio rhythm. According to the test result of sensor network unmanned watch system, it needs more effort and time to stabilize because of low USN technology maturity and using maturity. In the future, USN unmanned watch system project must be decided the application scope such as application area and starting point by evaluating technology maturity and using maturity. And when you decide application scope, you must consider not only short period goal as cost reduction, soldier decrease and guard power upgrade but also long period goal as advanced defense ability strength. You must build basic infra in advance such as light cable network, frequency allocation and power facility etc. First of all, it must get budget guarantee and driving force for USN unmanned watch system project related to defense policy. You must forwarded the USN project assuming posses of operation skill as procedure, system, standard, training in advance. Operational skill posses is come from step by step application strategy such as test phase, introduction phase, spread phase, stabilization phase and also repeated test application taking example project.

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Characterization of Trichosporonoides madida and Evaluation of Virulence in Laboratory Animals (Trichosporonoides madida 균주의 성상 및 실험동물에 대한 병원성)

  • Jong-Bae Kim;Young-Mi Kim;Sang-Wook Park
    • Biomedical Science Letters
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.77-82
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    • 1997
  • One of the most important prerequisites of the industrial microorganism is that it should not be virulent to humans or economically important animals or plants. In this investigation, the microbiological characterization of T. madida N-5-3 strain was performed. And then, the virulence of the test strain in mouse model was examined systematically. The microbiological characteristics of the test strain were found to be fully consistent with those of typical T. madida. The i.p. lethal dose(LD)$_{50}$ of the test strain was greater than 1$\times$10$^8$, because there was no dead animal with the challenge doses upto the level of 1$\times$10$^8$. When 1$\times$10$^8$ yeast cells were challenged to the laboratory mice, T. madida N-5-3 strain was completely cleared from the liver and spleen in 4 days after challenge. And no pathological changes in the histological examination of the internal organs from challenged mice was observed. Above results can provide the predictability of the safety of T. madida N-5-3 strain for the industrial use in the view point of the public health aspect.

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Development on Glass Formulation for Aluminum Metal and Glass Fiber (유리섬유 및 알루미늄 금속 혼합물 유리조성 개발)

  • Cho, Hyun-Je;Kim, Cheon-Woo
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.247-254
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    • 2012
  • Vitrification technology has been widely applied as one of effective processing methods for wastes generated in nuclear power plants. The advantage of vitrifying for low- and intermediate-level radioactive wastes has a large volume reduction and good durability for the final products. Recently, a filter using on HVAC(Heating Ventilating & Air Conditioning System) is composed with media (glass fiber) and separator (aluminum film) has been studied the proper treatment technology for meeting the waste disposal requirement. Present paper is a feasibility study for the filter vitrification that developing of the glass compositions for filter melting and melting test for physicochemical characteristic evaluation. The aluminum metal of film type is preparing with 0.5 cm size for proper mixing with glass frit, glass fiber is also preparing with 1 cm size within crucible. The glass compositions should be developed considering molten glass are related with wastes reduction. Glass compositions obtained from developing on glass formulation are mainly composed of $SiO_2$ and $B_2O_3$ for aluminum metal. A variety of factors obtained from the glass formulation and melting test are reviewed, which is feeding rate and glass characteristics of final products such as durability for implementing the wastes disposal requirement.

Analyzing Vomit of Platalea minor (Black-faced Spoonbill) to Identify Food Components using Next-Generation Sequencing and Microscopy (차세대염기서열 및 현미경 분석을 통한 저어새의 토사물 내 먹이생물 분석)

  • Kim, Hyun-Jung;Lee, Taek-Kyun;Jung, Seung Won;Kwon, In-Ki;Yoo, Jae-Won
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.165-173
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    • 2018
  • We sampled vomit of black-faced spoonbills(Platalea minor) during the brood-rearing season (from June 2011 to June 2014) at the Namdong reservoir in Incheon and analyzed the food components in the vomit using microscopy and next-generation sequencing (NGS). Microscopic observations primarily helped in identifying osteichthyes (bony fishes), crustaceans, and polychaetes. In particular, species belonging to the families Mugilidae and Gobiidae among the fish, and Macrophthalmus japonicas among the crustaceans, were observed at high frequency. Results of NGS analysis revealed the predominant presence of bony fish (42.58% of total reads) and crustaceans (40.75% of total reads), whereas others, such as polychaetes (12.66%), insects (0.24%), and unidentified species (3.78%), occurred in lower proportions. At the species level, results of NGS analysis revealed that Macrophthalmus abbreviates and Macrobrachium sp. among the crustaceans, and Acanthogobius hasta, Tridentiger obscurus, and Pterogobius zacalles among the bony fish, made up a high proportion of the total reads. These food species are frequently found at tidal flats in the Songdo and Sihwa lakes, emphasizing the importance of these areas as potential feeding sites of the black-faced spoonbill. Feed composition of the black-faced spoonbill, as evaluated by analyzing its vomit, differed when the evaluations were done by microscopic observation or by NGS analysis. Evaluation by microscopic observation is difficult and not error free, owing to the degradation of the samples to be analyzed; however, NGS analysis is more accurate, because it makes use of genetic information. Therefore, accurately analyzing food components from morphologically indistinguishable samples is possible by using genetic analysis.

Quality Characteristics of Tea Thermally Processed from Dried Ixeris dentata Root (열처리에 따른 씀바귀 침출차의 품질특성)

  • Lee, Ka-Soon;Kim, Gwan-Hou;Kim, Hyun-Ho;Kim, Eun-Soo;Park, Hae-Min;Oh, Man-Jin
    • Food Science and Preservation
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.524-531
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    • 2008
  • To investigate tea prepared from Ixeris dentata root, color, and levels of free sugars, organic acids, cynaroside, total polyphenolics, and free amino acids were investigated using various thermal processing methods. These included natural drying(ND), hot-air drying(HAD, $75^{\circ}C$), hot-air drying after steam(HADS, steaming at $95^{\circ}C$ for 30 min) and roasting after hot-air drying(RHAD, roasting at $140^{\circ}C$ for $2{\sim}3$ min). Total free sugars, organic acids, cynaroside, and free amino acids contents were highest after ND treatment. Total polyphenolics was highest after RHAD processing. The level of cynaroside, a principal component of Ixeris dentata root, was significantly decreased by HADS. The major free sugars were fructose, glucose and sucrose. Succinic acid was prominent among organic acids, and was present at 2.25%(v/v) after ND treatment. The lightness(L), redness(a), and yellowness(b) of all dried Ixeris dentata root powders were best after RHAD treatment, but analysis of the leaching liquids after hot water treatment yielded variable results. Lightness and redness were the highest after RHAD and yellowness was the highest after ND treatment. Overall, the RHAD drying method was found to be superior to other methods, in sensory evaluation tests.

Effects of sulfiting on the indigenous yeast flora and physicochemical properties during the fermentation of Campbell Early wine (아황산의 처리가 캠벨얼리 와인의 자연발효 시 야생효모의 변화 및 발효 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Je-Bong;Kim, Jin-Hee;Yeo, Soo-Hwan;Park, Heui-Dong
    • Food Science and Preservation
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.757-765
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    • 2014
  • Campbell Early grapes were spontaneously fermented with and without sulfiting to investigate the effect of sulfiting on the fermentation characteristics and physicochemical properties of Campbell Early wine. During the fermentation, the increase in the alcohol and the decrease in the soluble solid contents were faster without sulfiting, as was the increase in the yeast viable counts compared to those with sulfiting. However, the final alcohol and soluble solid contents reached similar levels with and without sulfiting. The PCR-RFLP analysis of the yeast in the ITS I-5.8S-ITS II region revealed that the increase in the S. cerevisiae was faster in the initial fermentation stage and reached a slightly higher level in the late stage with sulfiting than without sulfiting. The wine prepared after the fermentation with sulfiting showed higher malic and tartaric acid contents, as well as methanol, acetaldehyde, and n-propanol contents, than the wine prepared without sulfiting. The ethyl acetate content of the wine without sulfiting was 375.5 mg/L, which was 5.3 times higher than that (70.5 mg/L) with sulfiting. In the sensory evaluation, the wine without sulfiting obtained higher scores in flavor and overall preference than that with sulfiting.