• KSTLE International Journal
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2007

Chromatic device was developed using light emitting diodes, optic fibers and photodiodes. Chromatic ratio and total contamination parameters based on transmitted light intensity in Red, Green, and Blue wavelengths were used for oil chemical and particulate contamination assessment. Chromatic ratio criterion was found independent of the particulate contamination of oil; but depended on chemical degradation, being more sensitive for synthetic than mineral hydraulic oil. Total contamination index of the sensor depended on both the chemical degradation and particulate contamination of the oil; being most sensitive in blue wavelength, and least in the red. Test results for synthetic hydraulic oils monitored corroborated with results of other tests such as viscosity, total acid number, elemental optical emission spectroscopy, particulate counts and UV-VIS photospectrometry. Chromatic ratio showed a clearer indication of oil degradation, compared to key monitoring parameters such as total acid number, viscosity and particle counts. The results showed that these parameters are effective criteria for the condition monitoring of synthetic hydraulic oils.

• Clinical Endoscopy
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2022

Background/Aims: Multiple outbreaks of multidrug-resistant organisms have been reported worldwide due to contaminated duodenoscopes. In 2015, the United States Food and Drug Administration recommended the following supplemental enhanced surveillance and reprocessing techniques (ESRT) to improve duodenoscope disinfection: (1) microbiological culture, (2) ethylene oxide sterilization, (3) liquid chemical sterilant processing system, and (4) double high-level disinfection. A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to assess the impact of ESRT on the contamination rates. Methods: A thorough and systematic search was performed across several databases and conference proceedings from inception until January 2021, and all studies reporting the effectiveness of various ESRTs were identified. The pooled contamination rates of post-ESRT duodenoscopes were estimated using the random effects model. Results: A total of seven studies using various ESRTs were incorporated in the analysis, which included a total of 9,084 post-ESRT duodenoscope cultures. The pooled contamination rate of the post-ESRT duodenoscope was 5% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.3%-10.8%, inconsistency index [I²]=97.97%). Pooled contamination rates for high-risk organisms were 0.8% (95% CI: 0.2%-2.7%, I²=94.96). Conclusions: While ESRT may improve the disinfection process, a post-ESRT contamination rate of 5% is not negligible. Ongoing efforts to mitigate the rate of contamination by improving disinfection techniques and innovations in duodenoscope design to improve safety are warranted.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.19-35
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• 2003

In order 새 investigate the spatial and seasonal variations of heavy metal pollution in heavily industrialized urban area, urban roadside sediments were collected for five years from gully pots in Seoul City. A series of studies have been carried out concerning the physicochemical characteristics of the sediments in order to evaluate the contamination of heavy metals such as Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn. Roadside sediments and uncontaminated stream sediments were analyzed for total metal concentrations using acid extraction. The roadside sediments are characterized by very high concentrations of Zn (2,665.0$\pm$1,815.0 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g), Cu (445.6$\pm$708.0 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g), Pb (214.3$\pm$147.9 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g) and Cr (182.1$\pm$268.8 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g), indicating an artificial accumulation of these metals to the sediment chemistry. Comparing with average contents of uncontaminated stream sediments, roadside sediments were shown zinc 14 times (up to 64.4), copper 9 times (up to 181.7), lead 6 times (up to 63.7), cobalt 6 times (up to 168.7), nickel 4 times (up to 98.4), cadmium 2 times (up to 12.8) and chrome 2 times (up to 40.2) high content. The relative degree of heavy metal pollution for roadside sediments collected from each district in Seoul City is evaluated using the “geoaccumulation index”. As a result, heavy-metal contamination is highest centering the oldest residential district and industry area, and contamination level decreases as go to outer block of the city. The factor analysis results indicate that the levels of Cu, Ni, Fe and Cr are strongly related to numbers of factories, whereas the concentrations of Cr, Zn and Cd dependant on pollution index, indicating artificial contamination due to site-specific traffic density.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.191-198
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• 1993

The relationships between microbial activity and disturbance level of soil were investigated from 15 parks in Seoul and undisturbed area. The physico-chemical characteristics of soil and dehydrogenase activity(DHA) as an index of soil microbial activity were analysed. There were ranges of 3.84~7.37 in pH, 9.63~40.33% in moisture content, 3.41~21.49% in organic matter, 0.36~0.79g/g in water holding capacity and 0.03~0.53% in total nitrogen investigated sites. DHA values of soil were 8.64~$146.76{\mu}g/g$ in park soil and 545.14~$1, 198.80{\mu}g/g$ in undisurbed area. DHA of park soil with high traffic density and contamination source from human activities was much lower than that of undisturbed area. DHA was positively correlated with moisture content, organic matter, water holding capacity and total nitrogen.

• 동굴
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• 제92호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2009

A number of closed metal mines act as point sources of contamination on nearby streams, soils and plants in our country. The contamination of twelve decomposed samples had earned from nine closed metal mines had been evaluated by TEA-3000. The contents of heavy metal with ion fraction exchange and carbonate fraction forms had been showed that the speciation of heavy metals represented with easy solubility, mobility and bioavailable of plants, and in case of sulfide compounds and organic residuals forms are related with the speciation of metals which may be stable forms because of strong bindable capacity. Also heavy metals elements in mosts of mines got with relative stable within crystal lattice, but results of trace element analyser showed that, in the most of tailings from mine areas, large portions of concentration of heavy metals were explained as stable from, sulfides/ organics and residual. In tailing from Imchun mines, the concentrations extracted by water were relatively high as compared with other mine areas whose total concentrations were very high because of large quantities of exchangeable ions and carbonates and low soil pH. Danger Index (D.I.) suggested in this study was based on the cumulative concentrations of step 1 and 2 from the result of trace element analyser. When the soil pH was considered, this index became better indicator to determine the priority for the remediation of mine area.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제32권4B호
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• pp.261-266
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 중금속에 의한 토양환경영향평가 시 노출농도 기반의 평가와 위해성 기반의 평가를 비교하였다. 이를 위해서 폐광산 지역에서 중금속 오염노출을 조사하였다. 발암위해도와 비발암위해도 평가 결과, 토양섭취의 영향이 토양접촉의 영향보다 지배적이었고, 우려기준을 초과하는 경우에는 총 위해도도 기준을 초과하였다. 우려기준을 초과하지 않는 경우도 대부분 총 위해도 기준을 초과하였으므로, 위해도 기반의 평가가 노출농도 기반의 평가보다 더 민감한 기준이라는 기존 인식을 확인하였다. 하지만 토양접촉 경로의 비발암위해성 결과들의 심층 분석 결과, 우려기준을 초과함에도 위해도 기준을 초과하지 않는 경우들이 검출되었다. 본 연구에서는 신뢰성 있는 폐광산지역의 토양오염정화사업 타당성 평가를 위해서는 현재 노출농도기반의 평가 위주에서 위해성 기반 평가로의 정책 전환의 필요성이 확인되었고, 위해도 원단위 및 판단기준의 객관적 설정을 위한 연구 필요성이 제시되었다.

• 한국광물학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.171-187
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• 2006

경상남도 고성군에 위치한 삼산제일 삼봉 동광산 주변지역의 중금속 오염현황을 조사하기 위하여 하천수와 하상퇴적물을 채취하여 화학적 분석을 수행하였다. 이와 더불어, 중금속 오염도와 환경위해성을 평가하기 위하여 왕수분해법과 연속추출법을 이용하여 분석된 하상퇴적물 내 중금속의 총 농도와 화학적 존재형태에 따른 농도를 바탕으로 한 오염지수와 위험지수를 산정하였다. 삼봉광산 지역보다는 삼산제일광산 지역에서 중금속 오염도도 높게 나타났을 뿐만 아니라 그 환경위해성도 훨씬 심각한 것으로 밝혀졌다. 이렇게 두 지역에서 오염현황, 오염도, 환경위해성 등이 다르게 나타나는 이유는 갱내수와 같은 광산 오염원의 존재여부와 지질학적 특성에 기인하는 것으로 사료된다. 삼산제일광산 지역의 경우 산성광산배수가 지속적으로 유출되어 하류 수계로 유입되고 있기 때문에 갱내수가 존재하지 않은 삼봉광산지역보다는 하류 수계에 대한 중금속 오염이 보다 더 악화되어 나타나는 것으로 보인다. 또한, 삼산제일광산 지역 주변 지질은 주로 안산암질 암류로 이루어져 있는데, 이들 안산암질 암류 내에는 산성광산배수를 중화시킬 수 있는 pH 완충력이 큰 탄산염 광물 등의 함량이 크지 않기 때문에 수계에서 중금속 오염이 자연적으로 정화되는 정도가 상대적으로 낮은 것으로 보인다. 이에 비해, 삼봉광산 지역의 지질은 방해석과 같은 탄산염 광물을 다량 함유한 화산쇄설성 퇴적암층인 고성층으로 이루어져 있어서, 이들 탄산염 광물들에 기인한 높은 pH 완충력에 의하여 중금속 오염이 하류 수계 방향으로 확산되지 못하는 것으로 판단된다.원 쇄설물의 축적과 관련이 있는 것으로 추정된다. 특히 Ba의 경우, $SiO_{2}$보다 $10{\sim}20cm$ 정도 지연되어 증가하는 특이한 경향을 보이는데, 이는 빙하후퇴에 이은 생산성의 빠른 증가와 관련된 것으로 보인다.용리하였다. 그 결과 고상선 온도를 상승시켜, 잔류마그마는 비교적 급냉되어 세립질의 화강암류를 만들었다. 마그마에서 용리된 열수는 정동을 만들었으며, 확보된 공간속에서 자수정 정동을 형성하였다.한 BAC 클론을 찾아 염기서열 분석하는 BAC-to-BAC 방법을 추진하고 있으며 8개국에서 참여하여 현재 염기서열 분석을 추진 중 이다. 최근에 각 국에서는 생물정보학기법을 활용한 염기서열 분석 기반에 대하여 많은 토론이 진행되고 있다. 앞으로 다양한 유전체 정보가 축적됨에 따라 배추의 유전체 구조를 이해하고 농업적으로 적용하고자 하는데 기여를 할 것이다.칠고 짙은 흑회색을 띠며 백봉오골계보다 모공수가 더 많고 모공도 더 크다. 10) 백봉오골계와 연산오골계는 모두 일반 양계와는 달리 근육, 내장, 뼈 등이 일반적으로 흑회색을 띠고 있다. 2. 백봉오골계 육의 일반 성분과 Mineral 함량 1) 백봉오골계육은 연산오골계육과 일반 양계육에 비해 수분과 지방 함량은 적고, 단백질과 회분 함량이 높은 것이 특징 이다. 2) 백봉오골계는 칼슘(Ca), 인(P), 철(Fe), 칼륨(K), 아연(Zn)의 함량은 모두 다리살이 가슴살보다 더 높은 경향을 보였으며 특히 철(Fe)의 함량은 가슴살보다 약 5.6배, 아연(Zn)은 약 5.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.504-510
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 2014년 03월에 인천 H항의 5개 정점(S1~S5)에서 채취된 표층 퇴적물의 물리화학적 특성을 조사하고, COD, AVS, IL 및 중금속(Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, Cr, Hg)을 분석하여 오염도를 평가하였다. 입도분석, 비표면적분석, XRD 및 XRF 분석을 통하여 채취된 퇴적물 시료 모두 거의 동일한 산화물과 광물로 구성되었음을 확인하였다. 국내기준으로 COD, AVS 및 IL 세 항목의 총점에 대한 오염도는 S2, S3, S5 지점은 2등급으로 S1, S4 지점은 3등급으로 평가되었다. 중금속 오염의 경우 Cd, Ni, Pb은 USEPA 기준으로 중간오염에 해당하였고, Cu, Zn 및 Cr은 심한오염으로 분류되었다. 농집지수를 이용한 오염도 평가결과 Cd가 Class 3으로 평가되었고, 농축계수를 이용한 평가결과 모든 지점에서 Cd, Pb, Zn의 경우 1보다 큰 것으로 나타났다. 또한 총농축계수는 S4지점이 3.1로 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.244-253
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• 2010

The quality of marine sediments from the industrialized coastal areas of Korea (Ulsan Bay, Masan Bay, and artificial Lake Shihwa) was investigated using a bacterial bioluminescence toxicity test. Sediment toxicity results were compared with the levels of chemical contamination (trace metals, organic wastewater markers, acid volatile sulfides, total organic carbon). Effective concentration 50% (EC50) of sediments ranged from 0.014 to 1.126 mg/mL, which is comparable to or lower than values in contaminated lakes, rivers, and marine sediments of other countries. Sediment reference index (SRI) ranged from 13 to 1044, based on the EC50 of the negative control sample. Mean average SRI values in Masan Bay and Lake Shihwa were approximately 8 and 9 times as high as that in Ulsan Bay, indicating higher sediment toxicity and greater contamination in the two former regions. Sediment toxicity were strongly associated with the concentrations of some chemicals, suggesting that this test may be useful for determining potential chemical contamination in sediments.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.401-408
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• 2017

Organic amendments such as animal waste compost, lime-bordeaux mixture, and lime sulphur mixture contain heavy metal(loid)s which are toxic to human being, animal, and plant. The objective of this study was to compare heavy metal(loid)s contamination of soil between conventional and organic farm. Soil samples were collected from 10 conventional and 38 organic fruit farms. At each sampling point, top (0~15 cm) and sub soil (15~30 cm) were taken using hand auger. Total concentration for arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), nikel (Ni), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn) in the collected soil were measured. The pollution index (PI) for heavy metal in organic farms indicated it was unpolluted area. However, mean value of PI for organic farms (0.143) was higher than that for conventional farms (0.122). High Geoaccumulation index (Igeo) for Cu, Pb, and Zn implied that grape farms were more polluted than others fruit farms because a lot of lime-bordeaux mixture and lime sulphur were applied in organic grape farms. Especially, top soils showed higher level of contamination than sub soil. Based on the above results, organic amendments might cause accumulation of heavy metals in soil. Therefore, particular attention should be paid for concentration of Cu, Pb, and Zn, when organic amendments are used in the organic fruit farms.