Risk assessment of watershed erosion at Naesung Stream, South Korea

Ji, U.,Velleux, M.,Julien, P.Y.,Hwang, M. Academic Press 2014 Journal of environmental management Vol.136 No.-

A three-tiered approach was used to assess erosion risks within the Nakdong River Basin in South Korea and included: (1) a screening based on topography and land use; (2) a lumped parameter analysis using RUSLE; and (3) a detailed analysis using TREX, a fully distributed watershed model. These tiers span a range of spatial and temporal scales, with each tier providing increasing detail and resolution. The first two tiers were applied to the entire Nakdong River Basin and the Naesung Stream watershed was identified as having the highest soil erosion risk and potential for sedimentation problems. For the third tier, the TREX watershed model simulated runoff, channel flow, soil erosion, and stream sediment transport in the Naesung Stream watershed at very high resolution. TREX was calibrated for surface flows and sediment transport, and was used to simulate conditions for a large design storm. Highly erosive areas were identified along ridgelines in several headwater areas, with the northeast area of Songriwon having a particularly high erosion potential. Design storm simulations also indicated that sediment deposition of up to 55 cm could occur.

Sediment Flushing at the Nakdong River Estuary Barrage

Ji, U.,Julien, P. Y.,Park, S. K. American Society of Civil Engineers 2011 Journal of hydraulic engineering Vol.137 No.11

디젤분진이 사람 동맥 평활근 세포(VSMC)에 미치는 영향

임용,김수연,정규혁,정진호,문창규,윤여표 한국환경독성학회 2004 환경독성보건학회지 Vol.19 No.1

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of diesel exhaust particles on human aortic vascular smooth muscle cells(VSMCs). DNA synthesis, cell viability and morphology of VSMCs after treatment of diesel exhaust particles(DEP) and fine particulate matter(PM_(2.5)) were assayed. PM_(2.5) inhibited the DNA synthesis of VSMCs in a concentration-dependent manner, whereas DEP did not affect VSMCs up to 50㎍/mL . These results were confirmed by morphological examination of VSMCs. PM_(2.5) showed a dose-dependent cytotoxicity of VSMCs by MTT assay. Fraction 4(organic acids) and fraction8(moderately polar compounds) showed the most potent inhibition of DNA synthesis of VSMCs, and fraction7(slightly polar compounds), fraction9(higher polar compounds), and fraction6(aromatic compounds) were next order. These results were confirmed by morphological examination of VSMCs. These results suggest that PM_(2.5) inhibits the DAN synthesis of VSMCs through the cytotoxicity.

중국거주 조선족 여성의 영적 안녕정도가 정신건강에 미치는 영향

정성덕,이종범,김진성,서완석,배대석,박순재,주열,염형욱,김승원,김구묘,안영록,황대홍,표미자,조창열,정태길 영남대학교 의과대학 2004 Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine Vol.21 No.2

자아초월 정신의학이 체계화되면서 영성(spirituality)은 인성의 한 부분이라는 이론이 대두되었는데 이 영성은 정신건강에 큰 영향을 미친다고 했다. 인간의 성향 중 영적 안녕 정도를 파악하여 그 정도가 정신건강 중 허위성 경향, 정신병적 경향 및 불안과 우울 경향 등에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 조사하고저 본 연구를 실시하였다. 대상은 중국의 연변 조선족 자치구에 거주하는 여성 400명을 대상으로 하여 한국판 영적 안녕척도를 사용하여 영적 안녕정도를 파악하였다. 영적 안녕척도의 총점과 이 척도의 2개 하위 척도인 종교적 안녕과 실존적 안녕 척도 양자로 평가한 성적이 불안-우울통합척도와 정신분열증 척도 및 허위성 척도로 평가한 성적에 미치는 영향을 검증하기 위하여 상관관계분석 및 회기분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1) 영적 안녕척도로 평가한 조선족 여성의 총점은 68.29로 한국의 기독교 여성이 평가한 100.65보다 훨씬 낮은 점수였다. 2) 불안·우울통합척도로 평가한 총점은 44.88로 연변노인이 평가한 점수와 일개지역의 한국농촌주민이 평가한 점수와 비슷한 결과였다. 3) 허위성 척도로 평가한 성적은 평균 74.57로 70점 이상이 86%(344명)이었으나 영적 안녕 성적과 허위성 성적 간에는 유의한 상관이 없었다. 4) 영적 안녕총점은 정신분열증 척도로 평가한 정신병적 경향에 유의한 영향을 미치지 않았으나 종교적 안녕하위척도의 성적은 정신병적 경향을 높여준데 비하여 실존적 안녕하위척도의 성적은 정신병적 경향을 낮게 해주었다. 5) 영적 안녕척도의 총점 및 두 하위척도인종교적 안녕과 실존적 안녕은 불안과 우울에유의한 상관을 보였는데 영적 안녕총점이 높을수록 불안·우울 총점이 다소 낮아지는 경향을 보였다. 6) 종교적 안녕 하위척도와 불안과 우울과의 관계는 종교적 안녕점수가 높을수록 불안과 우울을 각각 다소 유의하게 높여주었으며 이에 비하여 실존적 안녕하위척도와 불안과 우울과의 관계는 실존적 안녕정도가 높을수록 불안 및 우울점수는 유의하게 낮아졌다. 이와 같은 성적을 미루어볼 때 연변에 거주하는 조선족 여성이 평가한 영적 안녕정도는 정신병적 경향과 불안 및 우울에 유의한 상관을 보였으면 이 척도의 하위 척도인 종교적 안녕정도는 정신건강에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 반면 실존적 안녕정도는 정신건강에 긍정적 영향을 미친 결과로 평가되었다. 이러한 결과는 공산주의 사회에서 실존적 안녕은 긍정적인 가치관으로 평가되는 반면 종교적 안녕은 정신건강에 부정적으로 작용한 것을 입증해 주었다고 하겠다. Background: Spirituality has been an important part of Transpersonal Psychology and is believed to have a large effect on the mental health because it has been systematized. The aim of this study was to determine the level of spiritual disposition on human beings along with its effects on one's mental health. Materials and Methods: The study targeted 400 women residing in Youn-Gil city of JiLin Prov., which is a district of the Cho-Sun tribe in China. Their spiritual well-being was studied using the Spiritual Well-being Scale-Korean Version. The spiritual well-being scale consists of 2 sub-scales of religious well-being and existential well-being. The study was evaluated using a lie scale, psychotic trend, and a combined anxiety-depression scale. The results were considered to be factors of one's mental health. The correlation between the spiritual well-being and each tendency was analyzed by regression analysis. Results: The total score of the Cho-Sun tribal women according to the spiritual well-being scale was 68.29 which was much less than the 100.65 of Korean Christian women. There was no significant correlation between the spiritual well-being and the Lie trend. However, it was found that 86%(344) of Cho-Sun tribal women scored above 70 in the Lie trend with a mean score of 74.57 which is higher than normal populations. Regarding the correlation between the spiritual well-being and psychotic trend, the psychotic trend became significantly higher when the religious well-being was at a high level. On the other hand, the psychotic trend became significantly lower when the existential well-being was at a high level. Regarding the correlation between the spiritual well-being and anxiety, the anxiety was significantly higher when the religious well-being was at a high level. However, the anxiety level was significantly low when the existential well-being was at a high level. Regarding the correlation between the spiritual well-being and depression, the depression level was somewhat significantly high when the religious well-being was at a high level. However, the depression level was significantly low when the existential well-being was at a high level. Conclusion: This study evaluated the effects of spiritual well-being on a person's mental health among Cho-Sun tribal women in Youn-Gil city of JiLIn Prov., P.R. of China. The results found that the religious well-being, which is a sub-scale of spiritual well-being, had negative effects while the existential well-being had positive effects on the mental health. These results proved that a person's religious disposition had negative effects on their mental health in a communitarian society.

Forecasting with a combined model of ETS and ARIMA

Jiu Oh,Byeongchan Seong 한국통계학회 2024 Communications for statistical applications and me Vol.31 No.1

This paper considers a combined model of exponential smoothing (ETS) and autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models that are commonly used to forecast time series data. The combined model is constructed through an innovational state space model based on the level variable instead of the dierenced variable, and the identifiability of the model is investigated. We consider the maximum likelihood estimation for the model parameters and suggest the model selection steps. The forecasting performance of the model is evaluated by two real time series data. We consider the three competing models; ETS, ARIMA and the trigonometric Box-Cox autoregressive and moving average trend seasonal (TBATS) models, and compare and evaluate their root mean squared errors and mean absolute percentage errors for accuracy. The results show that the combined model outperforms the competing models.

Hybridization Using a New Male-sterile Germplasm as the Female Parent in Chinese Jujube

Jiu-rui Wang,Xiu-mei Cui,Li Dai,Ping Liu,Jin Zhao,Meng-jun Liu 한국원예학회 2015 원예과학기술지 Vol.33 No.3

This study identified a new male-sterile germplasm of Chinese jujube, named male-sterile No. 2 (JMS2), and achieved controlled hybridization using that germplasm as the female parent. The anthers of JMS2 before flower bud opening became shrunken, dingy yellow and much smaller than normal ones, and they changed to brown after anthesis. No pollen was observed in anthers of JMS2 and its male-sterile trait remained stable over different years. A total of 1,642 fruits were obtained from ten intra- and interspecific cross combinations via controlled hybridization from 2008 to 2012 using JMS2 as the female parent. Of those, 27.3% produced seeds, on average (0-72.6%). The rate of fruit with seed (RFS) was significantly different between cross combinations or years. Compared to other cross combinations, the RFS in the combination of JMS2 × ‘Xingguang’ (a Chinese jujube cultivar with high resistance to jujube witches’ broom disease) and JMS2 × ‘Xing16’ (a sour jujube genotype) remained high in different years and reached means of 48.7 and 58.1%, respectively. Finally, 150 plantlets were regenerated from immature embryos, and 51 of them were randomly selected and identified to be authentic hybrids using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. This is the first report of hybrids obtained from a cross between Chinese jujube and sour jujube.

Association study between metabolomic profiling and bioactivity of crop diversity

Jiu Liang Xu,Jeong-Sook Shin,Yongsoo Choi 한국분석과학회 2017 학술대회논문집 Vol.2017 No.11

Kinetics and Catalytic Activity of Carbon-Nickel Nanocomposites in the Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol

( Jiu Long Li ),( Jeong Won Ko ),( Weon Bae Ko ) 한국고무학회 2015 엘라스토머 및 콤포지트 Vol.50 No.3

Carbon-nickel nanocomposites were prepared by the reaction of fullerene (C60) and nickel hydroxide in an electric furnace at 700°C for 2 h. The hybrid carbon-nickel nanocomposites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. The kinetics and catalytic activity of the carbon-nickel nanocomposites in the reduction of 4-nitrophenol were confirmed by UV-vis spectroscopy.

Development of Bibim Naengmyeon Sauce added with Watermelon Powder replacing sugar

Jiu Jin,Seiyoung Ahn,Jieun Oh,Chul Jin Kim,Mi Sook Cho 한국식품영양과학회 2021 한국식품영양과학회 학술대회발표집 Vol.2021 No.10

This study was conducted to investigate the possibility of watermelon as a natural sweetener on sauce. Watermelon powder was produced by drying whole watermelon including seed and rind containing rich Lycopene, Citrulline. The advantage of using watermelon powder is nutritional value instead of sugar, economical value as well. Bibimnaengmyeon sauces were prepared with 25-100% watermelon powder instead of sugar and analyzed with the control for quality characteristics and acceptance test. Moisture contents, pH, color, viscosity, salinity increased(p<0.001) while sugar contents decreased(p<0.001) as watermelon powder content increased. The WP50 sample that 50% of watermelon powder replacing sugar in the acceptance test showed a high result(p<0.01). The overall result indicates that the replacing 50% of sugar to Bibimnaemyeon sauce is optimal. This study is expected to contribute positive effect on surplus watermelom rendering to resources as natural sweetener. This work was supported by ‘Development of fresh HMR and its generic technology using local agricultural produce (Project No. PJ015281042021)’ from Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea

Comparison on the Vertical Behavior of Lattice Shaped Diaphragm Wall and Pile Group under Similar Material Quantity in Soft Soil

Jiu-jiang Wu,Qian-gong Cheng,Hua Wen,Jian-lei Cao 대한토목학회 2015 KSCE JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Vol.19 No.7

For a high-speed railway bridge built in soft soil, excessive settlement can seriously affect the railway safety of operation. So, how to strictly control the settlement has become a common concern in this filed. As a new type of bridge foundation, Lattice Shaped Diaphragm Wall (hereinafter for LSDW) provides a potential new solution to this problem. In order to investigate the applicability of LSDW as bridge foundations in soft soil, three models (pile group, LSDWs with single chamber and two chambers) under similar material quantity are studied by small-scale model tests and numerical analysis based on FLAC3D. The settlement, skin friction, soil resistance under cap and load sharing ratio of three models are studied thoroughly, and special attention is given to the investigation of the settlement difference of three models under similar material quantity. It turns out to be that the bearing capacity will be improved and the settlement will be reduced for a practical bridge foundation if it can adopt LSDWs instead of pile group in soft soil.