Investigation of the April 2000 forest fire damage in Kang-won Province, Korea, using RADARSAT data

Kang, Sung Chul,Seo, Jin Won,Lee, Tae Hee,Park, Sang Eun,Hong, Suk Young,Moon, Wooil M. 대한원격탐사학회 2000 International Symposium on Remote Sensing Vol.16 No.1

The series of forest Fires in Kangwon Province in April, 2000, were one of the mast serious ones in the Kang-won Province in recent years. The fire damaged areas are extensive and this paper investigates the utility of the satellite image data, particularly the RADARSAT SAR data. One of the main objectives of this study included evaluation of potential usefulness of the C-band RADARSAT data in the detection of forest fires in mountainous areas. Among several fire damaged sites, the area near Samchuk (city) was selected as the main study area and mufti-temporal RADARSAT(raw) data were acquired and the processed results were comparatively investigated with the IRS-1c data acquired shortly after the fire. To identify the burnt area from the undamaged background in the optical imagery, supervised classification and NDVI processing were carried out and tested with the IRS-1C data. For this experiment, several sets of raw RADARSAT standard and Fine mode (S4, F3, ascending orbit) data were processed and the final image was formed. In addition to the final image, sigma nought (σ°) was catnputed and compared for the burnt area against the undamaged areas. Because of the steep slopes in the study area and subsequent deviation from the flat surface scattering models, the fire scars in the sigma nought (σ°) image were not apparent. However, fire scars are slightly detected in the difference and ratio images obtained from the signal intensity data acquired at different dates (bath before and after fire). Texture analysis of the image data including the burnt areas were carried out using the Multiplicative Markov Random-Field (MMRF) algorithm. The detection of the fire damaged area from both standard mode and fine mode RADARSAT was not as straightforward as in optical data. However, Previous studies with ERS-1 S_AR and RADARSAT data in Indonesia and in the North American Plains indicate that C-band SAR data provide us with an effective tool for studying the forest fire damages. However, the application of C-band SAR data to the analysis of the forest fire areas requires careful processing of the data with realistic scattering models.

A New Sesame Variety, “Kangbaek” with Disease Resistance, Lodging Tolerence and High Yield

Kang-Bo Shim,Churl-Whan Kang,Suk-Bok Pae,Si-Kyu Lim,Yu-Young Lee,Duck-Yong Suh,Jae-Whan Rho,Jin Song,Dong-Whi Kim,Ho-Young Kim 한국육종학회 2005 한국육종학회지 Vol.37 No.5

A new sesame variety Kangbaek was developed from Yeongnam Agricultural Research Institute in 2004. Cros wasmade by lodging resistant SP9003-3 line to the F1with high yielding capacity, folowed by pedigree selection, yield test and RYT by the sesame breeding team at the National Insti-tute of Crop Science up to 2003. The variety showed higher disease resistance, especially phytophothra disease, and lodging resis-respectively. It's 1000 grains weight was about 2.54 g indicating 0.03 g heavier than that of Yangbaekkae, and it's oil content wasabout 52%. Kangbaek also contained total 7.65mg/g of such lignans as sesamin and sesamolin. The average yield of Kang-baek was 82 kg per 10a at the national-wide regional performance.

내시경적 점막절제술로 치험한 식도 과립상 세포종 1례

강혁주,김성욱,최석진,이중현,장재식,서영범,윤병구,박건욱,김성자,김용섭,강승완,이구,양창헌,이창우,김욱년,이광헌,서정일 동국대학교 의학연구소 2000 東國醫學 Vol.7 No.-

과립상 세포종은 Schwann 세포 기원으로 생각되며 인체에 비교적 드물게 발생한다. 과립상 세포종은 전신 어느 곳에서나 발견될 수 있으나 주로 혀, 구강, 피부 혹은 유방 등에서 호발하며 드물게 위장관에서 발견된다. 위장관에서는 식도에서 가장 호발하며 다음으로 위, 대장 순이다. 과립상 세포종은 대부분, 특히 위장관에서는 양성이며 소수의 악성 병변이 보고되었다. 이러한 이유와 함께 수술 전의 진단이 어렵기 때문에 과립상 세포종에 대한 근본적인 치료는 현재까지 외과적 절제술이다. 최근에 시도되는 치료방법들로는 내시경적 레이저 치료, 용종절제술, 내시경적 점막 절제술 등이 있다. 저자들은 상부 소화관 내시경검사를 시행하여 식도 과립상 세포종을 진단하고 내시경적 점막 절제술을 시행하여 합병증 없이 퇴원하여 현재 재발없이 경과 관찰중인 1례를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다. Granular cell tumors, which occur infrequently, are probably of Schwann cell origin. They can occur almost anywhere in the body but usually affect the tongue, oral cavity, skin, or breasts and are rarely found in the gastrointestinal tracts. The esophagus is the most frequent gastrointestinal site, followed by the stomach and the colon. Granular cell tumors are generally benign, especially in the gastrointestinal tract, some malignant lesions have been reported. For this reason, and also because preoperative diagnosis is difficult, the standard treatment for granular cell tumor has until now been surgical excision. In recent years, other therapeutic methods is endoscopic laser therapy (ELT), polypectiomy, endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). We report a case of esophageal granular cell tumor which was diagnosed by an endoscopy and managed using an endoscopic mucosal resection without complication.

Toluene, Xylene, Trichloroethylene 투여가 흰쥐의 시상하부와 뇌하수체의 GnRH, GnRH Receptor, Pit-1 유전자 발현에 미치는 영향

기노석,이종태,강대성,김대환,이채관,이헌,전진호,김정호,이채언 大韓産業醫學會 1998 대한직업환경의학회지 Vol.10 No.2

The workplace exposure of chemicals has steadily increased, therefore the concern for subsequent effect on reproductive outcome has been an important issue in occupational medicine. In previous studies, higher rates of spontaneous abortion, reduced fertility and menstrual disorder among women, and an impairement of sperm quantity and quality among men have been associated with a wide variety of chemical agents. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of toluene, xylene and trichloroethylene(TCE) injection on the mRNA levels of GnRH, GnRH receptor and Pit-1 genes in male rats hypothalamus and pituitary and the effects on the plasma levels of FSH, LH, prolactin and testosterone. Sprague-Dawley male rats were divided into five groups of five each according to concentration of toluene, xylene and TCE. The rats were injected subcutaneously to 0, 50, 100, 200, 400 mg/kg body weight/day of toluene, xylene and TCE, respectively for 6 days. Rat brains were excised and hypothalamus and pituitary were separated. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and RNase protection assay(RPA) were used to evaluate the GnRH, GnRH receptor and Pit-1 mRNA levels. Plasma concentrations of FSH, LH, prolactin and testosterone were assayed by radioimmunoassay(RIA). The results were as follows; 1. GnRH, GnRH receptor and Pit-1 mRNA levels in toluene and xylene injected groups, and GnRH receptor mRNA levels in TCE injected group were lowered dose-dependently. Especially, GnRH receptor and Pit-1 mRNA levels in 200mg/kg of toluene injected group, and GnRH, GnRH receptor and Pit-1 mRNA levels in 400mg/kg of toluene injected group were significantly lower than control group (p<0.05). GnRH receptor and Pit-1 mRNA levels in 400mg/kg of xylene injected group, and GnRH receptor mRNA levels in 400mg/kg of TCE injected group were significantly lower than control group(p<0.05). 2. The plasma levels of prolactin and testosterone in 400mg/kg of toluene injected group, and LH in 100, 200 and 400mg/kg of xylene injected group, and testosterone in 400 mg/kg of TCE injected group were significantly lower than control group(p<0.05). In conclusion, we speculated that toluene and xylene affected reproductive system secondarily through hypothalamus-pituitary axis, and TCE affected directly through steroidogenesis. And we recommended that further study for assessment of the reproductive toxicity of mixed organic solvent exposures should be conducted.

젖소의 번식형질에 영향을 미치는 환경효과에 관한 연구

김경수,이광전,강민식,최윤석,강석형,이정규 한국낙농학회 1995 韓國酪農學會誌 Vol.17 No.3

신생아의 저칼슘혈증

이강일,남성지,이원석,이건수,구자훈 慶北大學校 醫科大學 1981 慶北醫大誌 Vol.22 No.2

A clinical study about neonatal hypocalcemia utilizing Q-oTc interval was conducted on 174 sick babies and/or high risk infants from March 1980 to June 1981. Following results were obtained; Out of 43 hypocalcemic infants, 37 (86%) were early neonatal hypocalcemia and 6 (14%) late neonatal hypocalcemia. There was no sex difference noted. Affected rate in premature babies was 43% and low birth weight infants 36%. And in accordance with increasing gestational age and/or birth weight, the rate became gradually fallen. Poor sucking was the most common symptom of hypocalcemia occurring in 15 cases, followed by irritability, jitteriness and abnormal crying in 13, convulsion in 10, and vomiting, cyanosis and RDS in small number of cases. However, 14 hypocalcemic infants showed no symptom at all. The most common associated disorder was low birth weight, followed by "suspected sepsis", jaundice, asphyxia neonatorum, oral thrush, Placental dysfuntion, polycythemia, hypoglycemia, diarrhea, DIC, SIADH and partial type of DiGeorge syndrome, etc. At birth, abnormal maternal condition was seen in about half (48.8%) of the cases, these being toxemia, twin pregnancy, amnionitis, abruptio placenta, polyhydramnios, chronic hypertension and heart disease. Calcium therapy induced prompt response in the majority of cases, as normalization of Q-oTc interval in 50% and clinical improvement in 62% within 24 hours after starting calcium therapy, except 3 cases who expired due to severe complication such as sepsis, pneumonia and RDS.

Culex pipiens pallens 모기의 난성숙에 관한 연구

姜奭熙,이승훈 성균관대학교 기초과학연구소 1986 論文集 Vol.37 No.2

본 연구에서는 Culex pipiens 모기의 난성숙에 대한 Egg development neurosecretory hormone(EDNH)의 영향과 방출시기를 decapitation을 통한 in vitro fat body incubation과 rocket immunoelectrophoresis 방법에 의해 합성된 난황단백질의 정량과 follicle cell의 성숙정도를 측정하는 방법으로 조사하였다. C. pipiens를 흡혈 후 30분에 decapitation 하였을 때 follicle cell의 성숙은 25% 정도의 모기에서 일어났으며, 흡혈 후 1 시간에 decapitation한 모기에서는 90% 이상의 모기에서 난성숙이 일어났다. A. atropalpus 에서는 우화 후 6시간 이전에 decapitation하였을 때 follicle cell의 성숙이 일어나지 않았다. Decapitation후 in vitro fat body incubation에 의한 ^3H-protein과 ^3H-vitellogein의 정량결과에서도 C. pipiens는 흡혈 후 30분에 decapitation한 모기에서 난황단백질의 합성이 일어났다. 또한 흡혈 후 1시간에 decapitation한 모기에서는 12시간에 decapitation 한 모기와 비슷한 정도의 난황단백질의 합성이 일어났다. Decapitation 후 rocket immunoelectrophoresis 방법으로 난소내에 축적된 vitellin과 지방체내의 vitellogenin을 정량한 결과 흡혈 후 30분에 decapitation한 모기에서는 흡혈 후 18시간 지난 정상모기의 난소와 유사한 양의 vitellin이 축적되었으며, 흡혈 후 1시간에 decapitation한 모기에서는 흡혈 후 24시간 지난 정상모기의 난소와 유사한 양의 vitellin이 축적되었다. 또한 흡혈 후 30분에 decapitation한 모기의 지방체 내에서 10㎍ 이상의 vitellogenin이 합성된 것으로 관찰되었다. 이상의 결과는 흡혈 후, 또는 우화 후 6시간 이후부터 EDNH의 방출이 시작되는 것으로 알려진 A. atropalpus나 A. aegypti 모기와는 달리 C. pipiens 모기에 있어서는 흡혈 후 30분 정도만 되어도 뇌로부터 EDNH의 방출이 시작되어 난성숙에 필요한 난황단백질 합성의 시작을 자극하는 것으로 여겨진다. Synthesis of vitellogenin in the anautogenous mosquito, Culex pipiens pallens was examined by incubating the fat body in vitro. Vitellogenin synthesis began to occur at 6 hours after blood feeding, reached at maximum level by 24 hour, and was completed by 45 hours. Ovarian uptake of yolk was examined by measuring the amount of egg vitellin by rocket immunoelectrophoreisis. Ovarian vitellin level began to rise at 12 hour post blood meal and continued for up to 60 hours. Decapitation within 10 minutes after blood meal completely blocked vitellogenin synthesis by the fat body. When decapitation was performed at 1 hour post blood feeding, more than 90 percent o female produced mature eggs. These results are different from that of Aedes aegypti in which the critical period was found to be 6 hours post blood meal.

집단미술치료가 정신분열병 환자의 자아존중감에 미치는 효과

이강오,심선숙,나덕미 朝鮮大學校 附設 醫學硏究所 2005 The Medical Journal of Chosun University Vol.30 No.3

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of group art therapy on self-esteem among patients with schizophrenia. No study has investigated the effects of an art therapy on self-esteem for schizophrenia patients. Method: A quasi-experimental design, one group pretest-posttest design, was used for this study. Subjects were recruited from a psychiatric hospital in G city. The subjects were 19 hospitalized patients with schizophrenia. Group art therapy was provided one time per week for 10 weeks. Data were collected at two time points: prior to intervention and after intervention. Descriptive statistics and non-parametric paired t-test, Wilcoxon Singed Rank Test was used for data analysis. Result: Self-esteem at posttest was significantly higher than that of pretest. Conclusion: Group art therapy for this study was identified as a useful intervention for patients with schizophrenia. Further studies are needed to confirm the effects the group art therapy on self esteem among patients with schizophrenia.

조구등(釣鉤藤)의 4-VO로 유발한 흰쥐뇌허혈에 대한 신경방어효과

李仁煥,林康鉉,李鍾錫,石庚浩,安德均,朴虎君,김頀哲 대한본초학회 1999 大韓本草學會誌 Vol.14 No.2

Uncariae Ramulus et Uncus(UR, ???) has sweet in flavour and slightly cold in property, acting on the liver and pericardium channels. This drug was described in a medical classic as having the ability to remove "heat", check hyperfunction of the liver and relieve dizziness, tremors, and convulsion, and subdue "endogenous wind". So this study was planned to check the neuroprotective effect of UR on the global ischemia induced by 4-vessel occlusion in Wistar rats. and UR extract was lyophilized after extraction with 70% methanol. We induced 4-vessel occlusion for 10 minutes and reperfused again. The number of CA1 pyramidal neurons were counted after 7 days of reperfusion under the cresyl violet staining. In 4-VO ischemia model, UR showed significantly neuroprotective effects(1,000 and 500 ㎎/㎏ of UR extracts, p<0.05) compared with control group. Each neuroprotective ratio was about 23.0%, 19.0% respectively. Consequently, Uncariae Ramulus et Uncus has neuroprotective effects on the global ischermia induced by 4-vessel occlusion in Wistar rats. So we expect that Uncariae Ramulus et Uncus can be used as a drug for neurodegenerative disease.

Culex pipiens pallens 모기의 Trypsin과 Chymotrypsin에 관한 연구

이미경,姜奭熙 성균관대학교 기초과학연구소 1985 論文集 Vol.36 No.2

Culex pipiens pallens 암모기의 Trypsin과 chymotrypsin에 관하여 pH Ca^++ 이온 농도, 그리고 온도가 효소의 활성에 미치는 영향과 흡혈 후 중장 내 효소 활성의 변화를 조사하여 이를 Aedes aegypti 크기의 효소와 비교하였다. Culex pipiens 모기의 chymotrypsin은 Ca^++ 이온 존재시에 최적 pH가 8.5에서 9.5호 상승하였고 Trypsin 양은 흡혈 후 30시간에 최대에 달했으며, 온도에 대한 안정성에 있어서는 50℃에서 반감 시간이 21초였다. 그러나 이와는 달리 A. aegypi에 있어서는 Chymotrypsin의 최적 pH에 대한 Ca^++ 이온의 영향이 없었고 Trypsin 양은 흡혈 후 24시간에 최대에 이르렀으며 50℃에서의 안정성에 있어서 반감 시간이 100초였다는 점이 상이함을 관찰하였다. 이상의 관찰 결과는 두 종의 흡혈성 모기가 소지하는 Trypsin과 Chymotrypsin 분자 구조 결정의 기본이 되는 아미노산의 조성 및 서열이 서로 다르다고 지적하는 증거가 된다. Trypsin and chymotrypsin like enzymes from the midguts of larvae and the blood fed females of the mosquito, C. pipiens pallens, have been compared with those of A. aegypti. The optimum pH for the chymotrypsin activity from C. pipiens was found to be at 8.5, which rose to 9.5 when 0.03 M Calcium chloride was present in the reaction mixture. Calcium ion had no effects on A. aegypti chymotrypsin activity. Trypsin from A. aegypti was more stable to temperature than that of C. pipiens. Trypsin activity in both species of mosquitoes began to rise by 6 hours post blood metal and reached at the maximum level by 30 and 24 hours post blood meal for C. pipiens and A. aegypti, respectively. The results seem to suggest that trypsin and chymotrypsin like enzymes from these species of mosquitoes may differ in their primary structures.