Impact of urban warming on earlier spring flowering in Korea

Jeong, Jee‐,Hoon,Ho, Chang‐,Hoi,Linderholm, Hans W.,Jeong, Su‐,Jong,Chen, Deliang,Choi, Yong‐,Sang John Wiley Sons, Ltd. 2011 International journal of climatology Vol.31 No.10

<P><B>Abstract</B></P><P>Using long‐term (1954–2004) observations of four selected species in South Korea: goldenbell (<I>Forsythia koreana</I>), azalea (<I>Rhododendron mucronulatum</I>), cherry (<I>Prunus yedoensis</I>), and peach (<I>Prunus persica</I>), the impact of urban warming on spring flowering was investigated. Trends of early spring temperatures and first‐flowering dates (FFDs) of the four plants were cross‐compared among nine differently urbanized cities. It was clearly observed that urban warming has led to an advance in the timing of first‐flowering of several days to weeks during recent decades, while the intrinsic physiology of plants to sense thermal energy has not been changed. The degree of advancement of the FFD was observed to be roughly proportional to degree of urbanization. Moreover, the sensitivity of the FFD to urban warming was estimated to be higher for the shrub species (−9.07 and −6.64 days °C<SUP>−1</SUP> for goldenbell and azalea, respectively) than the tree species (−2.46 and −2.90 days °C<SUP>−1</SUP> for peach and cherry, respectively). Our results suggest that the impact of urban warming should be considered as an influential factor which drives changes in the regional natural environment, especially in regions of rapid urbanization. Copyright © 2010 Royal Meteorological Society</P>

Overlapping and unique toxic effects of three alternative antifouling biocides (Diuron, Irgarol 1051^®, Sea-Nine 211^®) on non-target marine fish

Moon, Young-Sun,Kim, Moonkoo,Hong, Chang Pyo,Kang, Jung-Hoon,Jung, Jee-Hyun Elsevier 2019 Ecotoxicology and environmental safety Vol.180 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>The use of alternative biocides has increased due to their economic and ecological relevance. Although data regarding the toxicity of commercial alternative biocides in marine organisms are accumulating, little is known about their toxic pathways or mechanisms. To compare the toxic effects of commercial alternative biocides on non-target pelagic fish (flounder) embryos, we investigated the adverse effects of developmental malformation and transcriptional changes. Three biocides including Diuron, Irgarol 1051<SUP>®</SUP> and Sea-Nine 211<SUP>®</SUP> produced a largely overlapping suite of developmental malformations, including tail-fin fold defects and dorsal body axis curvature. In our test, the potencies of these biocides were ranked in the following order with respect to malformation and mortalities: Sea-Nine 211<SUP>®</SUP> > Irgarol 1051<SUP>®</SUP> > Diuron. Consistent with the toxicity rankings, the expression of genes related to heart formation was greater in embryonic flounder exposed to Sea-Nine 211<SUP>®</SUP> than in those exposed to Irgarol 1051<SUP>®</SUP> or Diuron, while expression of genes related to fin malformation was greater in the Irgarol 1051<SUP>®</SUP> exposure group. In analyses of differential gene expression (DEG) profiles (fold change of genes with a cutoff <I>P < 0.05</I>) by high-throughput sequencing (RNA-seq), genes associated with nervous system development, transmembrane transport activity, and muscle cell development were significantly changed commonly. Embryos exposed to Diuron showed changes related to cellular protein localization, whereas genes associated with immune system processes were up-regulated significantly in embryos exposed to Irgarol 1051<SUP>®</SUP>. Genes related to actin filament organization and embryonic morphogenesis were up-regulated in embryos exposed to Sea-Nine 211<SUP>®</SUP>. Overall, our study provides a better understanding of the overlapping and unique developmental toxic effects of three commercial booster biocides through transcriptomic analyses in a non-target species, embryonic flounder.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Developmental defects of the most commercially used booster biocides were investigated on non-target marine species. </LI> <LI> Sea-Nine 211® was most developmental toxic biocides among three biocides regarding malformation and mortalities analysis. </LI> <LI> Three biocides were produced common toxic effects associated with nervous system development. </LI> <LI> Genes related to immune system processes were variated in embryos exposed to Irgarol 1051<SUP>®</SUP>. </LI> <LI> Genes related to embryonic morphogenesis were up-regulated in embryos exposed to Sea-Nine 211. </LI> </UL> </P> <P><B>Graphical abstract</B></P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>

고혈당증과 신적출 후 신증의 실험적 흰쥐 모형에서 신사구체의 형태계측학적 연구 - 사구체 경화증의 발달 과정과 기전에 관한 연구 -

심영웅 ( Young Woong Shim ),설미영 ( Mee Young Sol ),이경민 ( Kyeong Min Lee ),최경운 ( Kyung Un Choi ),김지연 ( Jee Yeon Kim ),이진숙 ( Jin Sook Lee ),박도윤 ( Do Youn Park ),이창훈 ( Chang Hoon Lee ),서강석 ( Kang Suek Suh ) 대한신장학회 2002 Kidney Research and Clinical Practice Vol.21 No.6

목적 : 당뇨병의 가장 흔한 합병증의 당뇨병성 신중에서 현저한 조직 변화인 사구체의 섬유화와 이와 유사한 조직 소견을 보이는 다른 질병들과의 관련성 및 섬유화 기전의 기전의 일단을 밝히기 위하여 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 당뇨병성 신증과 신 조직 일부 소실 후 발생하는 신 적출 후 신증, 생리적 노령화로 인한 사구체 섬유화 등에서 섬유화가 일어나는 시기와 부위, 섬유화의 정도와 시간 경과에 따른 변화 등을 조사하기 위하여 실험 동물 모형을 이용하여 형태계측학적 연구를 하였다. 수컷 Sprague-Dowley (이하 S-D) 흰쥐에 streptozotocin을 꼬리 정맥으로 투여하여 당뇨병성 신증 모델을 만들고, S-D 백서의 우측 신장을 절제하여 과여과 모형을 만들었다. 시술 후 일정 기간이 지난 후 시기별로 희생시켜 Sirius red 염색 표본을 만들어 시구체 단면적과 실질의 섬유화 정도를 측정하고, 전자현미경으로 얻은 사구체 소견에서 메산지움 기질의 면적, 사구체 기저막의 두께, 근위우곡세뇨관 기저막의 두께 등을 조사하였다. 이들에서 질병 시기에 따른 변화, 두 실험군 사이의 차이, 정상 대조군 및 생리적 노화 대조군과의 차이 등을 분석하였다. 결 과 : 당뇨병성 신증 모델에서 사구체 단면적은 실험8주 이후 24주까지 전 예에서 정상 대조군에 비해 크기가 의의있게 증가하였고 신 실질과 사구체 내의 섬유화는 실험 2주 째부터 대조군에 비해 의의있는 교원질 양의 증가가 있었다. 사구체 기저막은 streptozotocin 투여 1주에 희생시킨 군에서도 의의있는 두께의 증가가 있었고, 세뇨관 기저막도 3주에 측정한 군에서부터 현저한 두께의 증가가 있었다. 우측신 절제를 시행한 모형에서 사구체 평면적은 실험 7주군에서 커진 소견이 나타났고 16주 이후의 군대에서는 현저한 크기의 증가 소견이 있었다. 신실질과 사구체의 교원질 염색 소견에서 2주 이후 전 기간에 걸쳐 교원질 양의 증가가 있었고, 사구체 기저막과 세뇨관 기저막 두께는 술 후 2주에 희생시킨 군부터 두께가 의의있게 증가하였다. 생리적 노화과정을 거친 군에서도 사구체의 섬유화가 나타났는데 당뇨병 모형과 신적출 모형에 비해 그 정도는 덜하였다. 당뇨병 모형과 신적출 모형 사이의 사구체 조직 변화는 실험 기간이 긴 군들에서 사구체 평면적의 크기, 교원질 양의 증가, GBM과 TBM의 두께 등이 두 군 모두 현저한 증가를 보였고 신적출 모형에서 실험 최종 기간이 같지 않아 실험 수치의 비교가 의미가 없을 것으로 생각된다. 결 론 : 이상의 성적에 의거하면 신사구체와 간질의 섬유화, GBM과 TBM의 두께 증가는 당뇨병성 신증만의 특징적인 조직 변화는 아니고 신 실질 일부 소실이 일어나는 사구체 질환에서 공통적으로 일어나는 소견이다. 그러므로 본 연구의 대상이 된 당뇨병성 신중, 신적출 후 신증, 그리고 생리적 노화 과정 등에서 공통적으로 나타나는 사구체 모세관의 혈역동학적 변화가 사구체의 섬유화에 병인기전을 밝히는데 중요한 요소가 될 것으로 사료된다. Objective :Diabetic nephropathy and ablation nephropathy are characterized by sclerotic processes in the glomeruli. To elucidate the site, degree and time-honored changes of glomerular sclerosis, morphometric analysis was performed using the experimental animals models. Methods : The animals used were male Sprague-Dowley rats and separated into 4 groups as young mormal control, old control, streptozotocin-injected group, and right nephrectornized group. Chronologically kidney specimens were obtained after each treatment and processed to evaluated histologic changes. To evaluated the glomerular area, interstitial fibrosis and glomerular tuft fibrosis, the kidney specimens were fixed in Buin`s solution, paraffin-embedded and 2 ㎛ sections were Sirius red stained. To study the mesangial area, mesangial matrix area, glomerular basement membrane, and tubular basement membrane, the specimens were fixed in 2,5% glutaraldehyde, epon-embedded, double-stained and examined under the transmission electron microscope. All the specimens were analyzed morphometrically using the Image Pro Plus software. The obtained morphometric data were statistically analyzed to evaluate the differences of fibrotic processes and degree between experimental groups. Results : Diabetic group revealed statistically significant increase of glomerular area from 8th week after streptozotocin injection to 24th week of experimental date. The parenchymal fibrosis and glomerular tuft fibrosis was prominent from the 2nd week of injection and steadily increased until the end of experimental date. The thickness of glomerular basement membrane was significantly increased even at the first week of injection and the tubular basement membrane also increased in thickness at the 3rd week of experiment. Ablation nephropathy model made by right nephrectomy showed increased glomerular area at the 7th week of ablation and the degree were intensified after 16th week of experimental date. The amount of stainable collagen in the renal parenchyme and glomerular tuft increased in the second week kidney sample and steadily increased thereafter until the end of experimental date. The increase of thickness of GBM and TBM also started to appear at the second week of operation. The old control also revealed fibrosis but the degree was less than the diabetic and ablation groups. Both diabetic and ablation nephropathy groups exhibited extensive increase of glomerular area, stainable collagen, thickness of GBM and TBM at the end of experimental date and the ablation group revealed more extensive evidences of fibrosis without statistical significance. Comparison between the experimental groups were meaningless because the duration of the experimental manipulation was not the same. Conclusion: Glomerular and renal interstitial sclerosis and thickening of GBM and TBM are not the specific lesions of the diabetic glomerulopathy and are the common histologic changes occur in the kidney of partial parenchymal loss of any etiology. And it is suggested by this study that the common hemodynamic change involving the diabetic nephropathy, ablation nephropathy and physiologic aging is one of the important pathogenetic factors of glomerular sclerosis.

도시지역에서 선행강우지수를 고려한 저수유출 시뮬레이션 모형

허창환,임기석,송시훈,지홍기 대한상하수도학회 2003 상하수도학회지 Vol.17 No.1

This study is aimed at the development of a deterministic runoff model which can be used for low flow runoff. The model is formulated by the watershed runoff model. Based on the assumptions that runoff system is nonlinear, the proposed watershed runoff models are the conceptual model and artificial neural network model. In the model structures, the conceptual model divide the runoff system into a surface structure and a subsurface structure corresponding to the surface flow, and inter flow and ground water flow. The lag time effect of surface can be represented by the sub-tank of surface structure in the conceptual model. Fifteen neural networks models using Quasi-Newton technique were prepared to find the optimum parameters with each of them having different numbers of hidden layers and hidden layers nodes. The parameter calibration of inter flow and ground water flow in the subsurface structure of the conceptual model is made by separating the components with numeric filter. The runoff coefficient (α_2, K_1) is expressed as the function of antecedent precipitation index (API) in the conceptual model. The parameters related to the surface flow can be calibrated with the runoff coefficient (α_1, α_11, C_1, C_2) in the conceptual model. In the conceptual and ann model an algorithm are developed to calibrate the parameters automatically based on efficiency criteria. The conceptual model shows more closely to the observed hydrograph than ann model.

PromethazineㆍHCI 複合內用水劑의 安定性에 관한 硏究

徐成勳,鄭址昌 中央醫學社 1971 中央醫學 Vol.21 No.6

This experiment is the variation of promethazine hydrochloride mixtures according to the promehtazine hydrochloride concentration. It is measured every hours under sun-light and every day at 30°C. The result were as follows. 1) It is results that the high concentrated promethazine hydrochloride is unstable and low concetrated one relatively stable compared with the high concentrated promethazine hydrochloride at 30°C. 2) According to the variations by sun-light it is concluded after one hour the variant rate of high concentrated promethazine hydrochloride is severe and low concentrated one relatively slight and from that time the variant rate was constant. According to the above results, it would be considered that promethazine hydrochloride mixtures is relatively stable in diluted solution and unstable in high concentrated solution.

배합표에 의한 혼화재를 사용한 콘크리트의 압축강도 추정 : 경기북부지역 레미콘을 대상으로 Ready-Mixed Concrete In the North District of Gyeonggi

임창훈,지남용,조홍범 대한건축학회 2003 대한건축학회 학술발표대회 논문집 - 계획계/구조계 Vol.23 No.1(구조계)

Nowadays we substitutes fly-ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag for cement as an admixture more and more due to the reduction of hydration heat, a unite cost reduction, and strength enhancement in the ready-mixed concrete plant. However, concrete replaced with fly-ash or ground granulated blast furnace slag reduces the early strength and increases the long time strength compare with the concrete only used ordinary Portland cement. Furthermore this actual state doesn't be considered in the ready mixed concrete factory. The data considered in this study constitutes 110 kind of mix designs, 11459 of compressive strength data, specified compressive strength of concrete from 210 to 350 kgf/cm², and slump from 8 to 18 cm produced in the ready mixed concrete plant in the north district of Gyeonggi, especially in Yangju and Paju. Therefore this study contributes to predict compressive strength based on the mix design and quality test results in the laboratory through multiple linear regression analysis of stepwise method in order to control quality of concrete containing admixture properly.

Season‐dependent warming characteristics observed at 12 stations in South Korea over the recent 100 years

Choi, Woosuk,Ho, Chang‐,Hoi,Kim, Maeng‐,Ki,Kim, Jinwon,Yoo, Hee‐,Dong,Jhun, Jong‐,Ghap,Jeong, Jee‐,Hoon John Wiley Sons, Ltd. 2018 International journal of climatology Vol.38 No.11

<P>A number of studies on the surface warming in the Korean Peninsula reported that there has been a notable increasing trend of surface air temperatures over the past several decades. Here, by analysing long‐term surface air temperature data at 12 stations in South Korea that have records longer than 60 years, the authors show that the warming of spring and autumn temperatures is characterized by quasi‐linear increases with time whereas the warming in winter and summer is characterized by one or two abrupt jumps. Change‐point analysis of the seasonal‐mean temperature time series shows that abrupt jumps in winter temperatures occurred in the late 1940s and late 1980s, while the jump in summer temperatures occurred in 1994 at most stations. The shape of the frequency distribution of the daily‐mean temperature anomalies at all stations shifts to the warmer side after the jumps for both winter and summer. This shift in turn results in the decrease of cold extremes in winter and the increase of warm extremes in summer at all stations. Our results indicate that recent temperature records in South Korea are characterized by the two different types of warming according to seasons.</P>

Sn-Ni 합금도금층의 조성 및 우선방위에 미치는 파형전류 전해의 영향

예길촌,지장훈,박성진 영남대학교 공업기술연구소 1999 工業技術硏究所論文集 Vol.27 No.1

The effect of pulse current parameters on the composition and preferred orientation of Sn-Ni alloy electrodeposits was studied. The cathode current efficiency of P.C. electrolysis decreased with the increase of mean current density and off-time and was lower than that of D.C. electrolysis condition. The tin content of the alloy electroplated in the bath of low Sn ratio(0.2) decreased with increasing mean current density, while the one of the alloy with high Sn ratio(0.5) increased. The tin content of alloy increased steadily with off-time. The preferred orientation of the alloy changed from (110)+ (101) or (110) to (002) or (101) with increasing peak current density for the alloy deposits plated from both the bath of low Sn ratio and the one of high Sn ratio respectively

Bortezomib과 Dexamthasone으로 치료한 골수외 형질세포종 4예

백종현,이은영,장리라,손창배,신은경,서정아,이지숙,이호섭,이상민,신성훈,김양수 고신대학교의과대학 2007 고신대학교 의과대학 학술지 Vol.22 No.2

Despite the use of aggressive local and systemic treatment including autologous stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma, extramedullary recurrences are common and the prognosis of these patients is poor. Many novel drugs such as thalidomide, lenalidomide and bortezomib improve the response of treatment of multiple myeloma, but some reports failed to describe thalidomide has effect in extramedullary plasmacytoma. Recent data report on the successful treatment plasmacytomas with bortezomib in patients with advanced multiple myeloma. We treated 4 relapsed or refractory extramedullary plasmacytomas with bortezomib at our institution. We recognized all these extramedullary plasmacytomas decreased and showed more than partial response. This report lends support to the efficacy of bortezomib in the treatment of plasmacytoma and describes the safe use of bortezomib. Responses may, however, be of short duration. Therefore, despite our limited experience, we propose that bortezomib may be considered a therapeutic option for such patients who have risk of radiation therapy

Sarcoidosis Presenting with Multiple Lung Parenchymal Nodules

Hyung-Jun Kim,Jimyung Park,Jee Min Kim,Ye Jin Lee,Hye-Rin Kang,Chang-Hoon Lee 이화여자대학교 의과학연구소 2016 EMJ (Ewha medical journal) Vol.39 No.2

Sarcoidosis is a multi-organ disease with various clinical manifestations. The lung is the most common site of manifestation; however, unusual findings may delay the correct diagnosis of sarcoidosis. Here we report a case of 32-year-old man with 4-month history of neck mass. Radiological findings revealed multiple pulmonary parenchymal nodules, with initial biopsy results of his neck lymph node showing chronic granuloma with focal necrosis. The patient was treated with anti-tuberculosis medications, but the size of the nodules did not change. Biopsy was performed from one of his pulmonary nodules, which revealed chronic granuloma without necrosis. Therefore, the patient was diagnosed with sarcoidosis. We present a case of sarcoidosis with multiple lung parenchymal nodules that is uncommon in Korea, with an aim to alert physicians of such unusual presentations.