• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.111-116
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• 2013

Purpose: Chronic inflammation induces cancer and cancer induces local tissue damage with systemic inflammation. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the potential relationship between the severity of inflammation and prognosis in cancer patients. Materials and Methods: This study enrolled 220 patients from January 2002 to December 2006 who underwent gastric surgery. We evaluated the relationship between preoperative inflammatory parameters (erythrocyte sedimentation rate, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio) and other clinicopathological factors. Survival outcomes were compared according to the extent of inflammation. Results: Significant elevation of erythrocyte sedimentation rate was related with old age, increased neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, decreased hemoglobin, increased carcinoembryonic antigen, increased tumor size and advanced TNM stage. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio was significantly correlated with old age, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate and advanced TNM stage. In the univariate analysis, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and increased neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio had significantly poorer survival than those without elevation (all P<0.05). However, the multivariate analysis failed to prove erythrocyte sedimentation rate and neutrophil-tolymphocyte ratio as independent prognostic factors. Conclusions: The elevation of erythrocyte sedimentation rate and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio were correlated with poor prognosis in the univariate analysis and there was a strong correlation between inflammatory parameters (erythrocyte sedimentation rate and neutrophil- to-lymphocyte ratio) and tumor progression. Thus, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio are considered useful as follow-up factors.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.395-405
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• 2014

A 570 cm-long sediment core was retrieved at $9^{\circ}57^{\prime}N$ and $131^{\circ}42^{\prime}W$ in 5,080 m water depth from the northeast equatorial Pacific and its stratigraphy was established with $^{10}Be/^9Be$ and paleomagnetic measurements. Successive AF demagnetization reveals eight geomagnetic field reversals. In the reference geologic time scale, the eight reversal events correspond to an age of about 4.5 Ma. However, $^{10}Be/^9Be$-based age yields 9.5 Ma at a depth of 372 cm. Such a large discrepancy in determined ages is attributed to an extremely low sedimentation rate, 0.4 mm/kyr on average, of the study core and resultant loss or smoothing of geomagnetic fields. The composite age model reveals a wide range in the sedimentation rate - varying from 0.1 to 2.4 mm/kyr. However, the sedimentation rate shows systematic variation depending on sedimentary facies (Unit II and III), which suggests that each lithologic unit has a unique provenance and transport mechanism. At depths of 110-80 cm with a sedimentation rate of about 0.1 mm/kyr, ancient geomagnetic field reversal events of at least a 1.8 Myr time span have not been recorded, which indicates the probable existence of a hiatus in the interval. Such a sedimentary hiatus is observed widely in the deep-sea sediments of the NE equatorial Pacific.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.239-246
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• 1985

Uranium-thorium separation technique from shallow sediment and ${\alpha}$-source electrodeposition technique are established in the present work, and uranium series disequilibrium dating method is applied to the quaternary piston core from Sangback-do, South Sea of Korean Peninsula. The age of the piston core (depth 200~300cm) sampled from Latitude $34^{\circ}06^{\prime}37^{{\prime}{\prime}}$, Longitude $127^{\circ}37^{\prime}37^{{\prime}{\prime}}$ was determined as ranging from $9.0{\pm}2.2$ to $22.9{\pm}3.3$ Ky B.P, i.e., Later Pleistocene, older than Holocene which was stratigraphically known in the previous study. The sedimentation rate in the area is regularly increased according to the depth of the sedimentation layer. Except a few split sections of the piston core the sedimentation rates are avarage 7.2cm/1,000 years. Where sedimentation layer is deeper, then sedimentation rate tend to be slower. It must be pointed in age calculation that initial $^{230}Th/^{234}U$ radioactivity ratio is much influenced when detrital material was introduced in the sample. The $^{230}Th/^{234}U$ activity ratio measured in the present work is 0.06 at $^{232}Th=0$, and this value shows higher analytical errors because of the low· radioactivity of $^{230}Th$ in the samples.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.655-665
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• 2011

Contamination of butyltin compounds (BTs), namely tributyltin (TBT), dibutyltin (DBT) and monobutyltin (MBT), was evaluated in sediments collected inside Jeju Harbor in 2001. The concentrations of BTs in surface sediments were comparable to those in other sites of domestic and foreign countries. The high correlations between BTs in surface ($r^2$ = 0.83~0.91) and core ($r^2$ = 0.70~0.79) sediments and the significant correlations between BTs concentrations and the number of incoming and outgoing vessels indicated that DBT and MBT were mainly degraded from TBT based on antifouling paints of vessels etc. and other sources, such as DBT and MBT, could be ignored. The butyltin degradation indices ([DBT] + [MBT]/[TBT]) in surface sediments were in the range of 2.2~3.6 (mean 2.7), indicating that the parent compound, TBT, was inflowed into the surface sediments a long ago, degraded and deposited. The sedimentation age of BTs contaminated core sediments could not estimated because the content of $^{210}Pb$ activity was nearly all the same and so the sedimentation rate could not obtained.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.39-54
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• 2019

In this paper, based on evidence of coastal sediment, we show that erosion and sedimentation environments are very sensitive to sea level changes during the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) and the Little Ice Age (LIA). We identified four sedimentary units(4.57-3.07m), which formed in the Dark Age Cool Period (DACP), MWP and LIA were classified based on the lithostratigraphy, grain size distribution, magnetic susceptibility and geochemistry of a drilling core taken from the west coast of Hwaseong City. The unconformity surfaces as boundaries of the units were also identified by the lithostratigraphy shown on the drilling core. We propoese that sedimentation was dominant in the area during the periods of sea level rise, whereas erosion prevailed during the periods of sea level fall. Particularly, extreme events, such as floods and typhoons are believed to have accelerated these processes, and we found the associated evidence in sediments of two units. This study provides an example of estimating the relative sea level variation using coastal sediments and may be useful for studying past sea level changes around the Korean Peninsula.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.382-389
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• 1995

동해 서측해역에서 채취한 4개의 시추 퇴적물에 함유되어 있는 부유성 유공충 또 는 염기 용해수 성분, 산 및 염기추출 잔류물 성분의 /SUP 14/C연령을 가속질량 분석 기(AMS)로 측정하여 동해 서측해역의 후기 현세 퇴적률을 연구하였다. 시추공 HP-1-, HP-3,94-9 및 92-3 퇴적물에서 시료깊이-연령간의 직선방정식으로부터 유추된 표층 퇴 적물의 손실분을 고려하여 퇴적률을 계산한 결과 각각 30cm/kry에서 30cm/kyr의 범위 이다. 또한 각 시추공에서 깊이에 따른 퇴적률은 거의 일정하게 나타나는데, 이는 빙 하기 이후 동해의 해수면 상승은 대체로 현세 전반기에 거의 완료되고 그 이후는 전반 적인 퇴적환경에 있어서 큰 변화가 없었음을 시사한다.

• 공학논문집
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.175-182
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• 1997

문경탄전 남서부의 점촌화강암체는 평안누층군의 지층을 관입하고 있으며 대동누층군의 퇴적암체에 의해 비정합으로 피복되어 있다. 이는 점촌화강암체 관입시기의 추정연대 하한이 평안누층군의 퇴적이후인 페름기말, 상한은 대동누층군의 퇴적이 시작되기 전인 트라이아스기 초로 매우 짧은 기간의 연대추정을 가능하게 한다. 문경지역 남서부에서 관찰되는 드러스트는 일부에서 점촌화강암체에 의해 관입되고 있으며 일부에서는 대동누층군 암체를 평안누층군 암체 상부로 올려놓고 있어서 적어도 2회의 조구조 운동에 의해 형성되었다고 해석된다. 첫 번째의 드러스트 운동은 평안누층군 퇴적암체의 퇴적이 완료된후 점촌화강암의 관입이 일어나기 이전인 페름기말과 트라이아스기 초 사이에서 발생하였으며 두번째의 트러스트 운동은 대동누층군 암상의 퇴적이 완료된 쥬라기 초기 이후로 해석된다.

• 물과 미래
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.107-112
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• 1984

저수지내의 퇴사량을 추정하기 위하여 국내 3개 유역의 66개 관개용 저수지의 퇴사실측자료를 사용하여 저수지 퇴사량과 유역면적, 토사포착효율, 유역의 경사, 유역의 형상계수 및 저수지퇴사기간간의 상관관계를 단순회귀모형과 다도수회귀모형으로 제안하였다. 제안된 모형의 적합성을 실측자료로부터 검정하였으며 그 결과 다도수회귀모형에 의한 것이 단순회귀모형에 의하여 산정된 것보다 훨씬 정확한 것으로 판정되었다. 저수지의 년비유사량과 유역면적 및 토사포착효율과 상관시켰다. 저수지내의 년평균퇴사율과 년평균저수지내용적용적의 변동은 토사포착율에 의해 크게 좌우됨을 알았다.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.19-29
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• 2000

자연늪의 육상화가 천이 과정에서 자연늪의 환경과 식물 군집에 미치는 영향을 구명하고자 경상남도 합천군 황강변에 위치한 박실늪에서 1990년부터 1997년까지 퇴적에 따른 저토 환경과 버들류의 군집 동태를 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 자연적인 퇴적에 따른 환경 요인을 알아본 결과, 깊이별 퇴적에 따른 저토 환경의 변화는 표층부에서 하층부로 갈수록 pH는 증가하였고, 전기전도도, 유기물량, 총질소량, 치환성 칼륨과 칼슘 등은 감소하였다. 그리고 순차적인 퇴적에 따른 저토 환경의 변화는 최근에 퇴적된 곳에서 유기물량, 총질소량, 치환성 칼륨 등은 증가하였고, 유효인량, 치환성 칼슘, 치환성 나트륨 등은 감소하였다. 본 지역에서 조산된 10종류의 버들류 중 선버들이 우점종이었고, 왕버들이 아우점하였다. 박실늪에서 조사된 버들류는 천이의 관목 및 교목 단계에서 개척자로 나타났고, 늪의 육상화를 촉진하였다. 수령은 2년-11년으로 5단계의 연령 군집으로 구분되었는데, 수심이 깊은 늪의 중심부로 갈수록 수령이 낮아졌다. 수령이 높은 지역일수록 흉고직경, 수고, 분지된 가지수, 임상식생의 종 수, 조도값 등이 높았고, 밀도는 낮았다. 버들류 간의 경쟁에서 시간 경과에 따라 선버들이 키버들과 갯버들 및 기타 버들류보다 우세하였다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.1141-1153
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• 2005

Butyltin compounds (BTs), namely tributyltin (TBT), dibutyltin (DBT) and monobutyltin (MBT), were measured in surface and core sediments collected in 2001 inside Seogwipo Harbor, in order to evaluate their distribution characteristics. Seogwipo Harbor is one of major harbors of Jeju Island where a lot of shipping occurs and is designated as a trade port by the Korea Maritime and Port Law. BTs were detected in surface and core sediments of all stations and their concentrations in surface sediments were low, compared with to those in other sites of domestic and foreign countries. The main species among BTs was MBT, although there was a little difference with a survey site in surface sediments and in core sediments with depth. No or low correlations were obtained between organic matter or particles size of surface and core sediments and total BTs, indicating that these factors did not affect the distribution of BTs. It was estimated that more complex factors including BTs loads and surrounding sedimentary environments, affect the distribution of BTs. The high correlations between BTs indicated that DBT and MBT were mainly degraded from TBT based on antifouling paints of vessel etc. and other sources, such as DBT and MBT, could be ignored. The butyltin degradation indices ([DBT]+[MBT]/[TBT]) in surface sediments were in the range of $2.0\~3.8$ (mean 3.0), indicating that the parent compound, TBT, were inflowed into the surface sediments a long years ago, degraded and deposited. The sedimentation age of BTs contaminated core sediments could not estimated because the content of $^{210}pb$ activity were nearly all the same and so the sedimentation rate could not obtained.