Chonbuk National University

About: Chonbuk National University is a education organization based out in Jeonju, South Korea. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Apoptosis & Graphene. The organization has 14820 authors who have published 28884 publications receiving 554131 citations.

Genetic algorithm for text clustering using ontology and evaluating the validity of various semantic similarity measures

Abstract: This paper proposes a self-organized genetic algorithm for text clustering based on ontology method. The common problem in the fields of text clustering is that the document is represented as a bag of words, while the conceptual similarity is ignored. We take advantage of thesaurus-based and corpus-based ontology to overcome this problem. However, the traditional corpus-based method is rather difficult to tackle. A transformed latent semantic indexing (LSI) model which can appropriately capture the associated semantic similarity is proposed and demonstrated as corpus-based ontology in this article. To investigate how ontology methods could be used effectively in text clustering, two hybrid strategies using various similarity measures are implemented. Experiments results show that our method of genetic algorithm in conjunction with the ontology strategy, the combination of the transformed LSI-based measure with the thesaurus-based measure, apparently outperforms that with traditional similarity measures. Our clustering algorithm also efficiently enhances the performance in comparison with standard GA and k-means in the same similarity environments.

Effect of Botanical Insecticides and Bacterial Toxins on the Gut Enzyme of the Rice Leaffolder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis

Abstract: The effect of botanical insecticides and bacterial toxins on gut enzyme activity of larvae of the rice leaffolderCnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) was investigated. Gut enzyme activities were affected by botanical insecticides and bacterial toxin individually and in combination. When fed a diet of rice leaves treated with botanical insecticides and bacterial toxins, in bioassays the activities of gut tissue enzymes — acid phosphatases (ACP), alkaline phosphatases (ALP) and adenosine triphosphatases (ATPase) — of rice leaffolder larvae were affected. When combined, the effect was more severe at a low concentration. Larvae that were chronically exposed to botanical insecticides and bacterial toxins showed a reduction in weight (59–89%) and exhibited a significant reduction in ACP, ALP and ATPase activities. The combination ofBacillus thuringiensis kurstaki and botanical insecticides caused a decrease of twofold in enzyme activity even at reduced concentration. A synergistic effect was found when botanical insecticides and bacterial toxins were combined at low doses. These effects were most pronounced in early instars. Clear dose-response relationships were established with respect to enzyme activity. In conclusion: (i) biopesticides are relatively safe and biodegradable; (ii) a synergistic effect of botanical insecticides and bacterial toxins was found; (iii) less expensive, readily available and naturally occurring biopesticides could be an alternative for organic and inorganic pesticides in controlling RLF.

Efficacy of multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus corpectomy and fusion for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a minimum 5-year follow-up study

Abstract: Purpose We evaluated radiologic and clinical outcomes to compare the efficacy of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and anterior corpectomy and fusion (ACCF) for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM).