• East Asian mathematical journal
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.349-372
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• 2011

In this paper we define interval valued (${\in}$, ${\in}{\vee}q$)-fuzzy hquasi-ideals, interval valued (${\in}$, ${\in}{\vee}q$)-fuzzy h-bi-ideals, interval valued ($\bar{\in}$, $\bar{\in}{\vee}\bar{q}$)-fuzzy h-ideals, interval valued ($\bar{\in}$, $\bar{\in}{\vee}\bar{q}$)-fuzzy h-quasi-ideals, interval valued ($\bar{\in}$, $\bar{\in}{\vee}\bar{q}$)-fuzzy h-bi-ideals and characterize different classes of hemirings by the properties of these ideals.

• Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.345.1-345.1
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• 2002

${\alpha}$-terthienyl the first isolated from natural products shows potent antitumor activity, which encouraged us to study terpyridine and its biological properties. Terpyridine has also been reported as having carcinogenicity, and it's erivatives showed high cytotoxic activities against several human cancer cell lines and topoisomerase I inhibitory ctivity. Mannich free base from condensation reaction was allowed to react with pyridinum salts to give activity. (omitted)

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.298-302
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• 2007

The electrical properties and its stability of Zn-Pr-Co-Cr-Tb-based varistors were investigated for different sintering temperatures. As the sintering temperatures increased, the varistor voltage decreased in the range of $705.2{\sim}299.1$ V/mm, the nonlinear coefficient decreased in the range of $42.4{\sim}31.7$, and the leakage current was in the range of $1.0{\sim}1.7\;{\mu}A$. The stability of electrical characteristics increased with the increase of sintering temperature. The varistors sintered at $1350^{\circ}C$ marked the high electrical stability, with $%\Delta$ $V_{1mA}=+0.1%,\;%\Delta{\alpha}=+3.2%$, and $%{\Delta}I_L=+117.6%$ for DC accelerated aging stress state of $0.95V_{1mA}/150^{\circ}C/24\;h$.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.121-131
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• 1994

Two kinds of new lectins, CATL-I and CATL-II, were partially purified from the intestine of Chlorostoma argyrostoma turbunatum by physical saline extraction, salt fractionation, ion exchange chromatography and gel filtration. CATL-I and CATL-II were purified 39.4 and 15.8 fold with a yield of 8.8 and 7.4%, respectively. On polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, CATL-I demonstrated one major and one minor bands. This lectin agglutinated human and other animal erythrocytes nonspecifically and also agglutinated murine splenic lymphocytes. Carbohydrate specificity of the lectins was determined by inhibition of the agglutinability by methyl-${\alpha}-_D$-galactopyranoside and $_L-rhamnose$ at a final concentration of 6 mM. The lectins contained relatively high amounts of acidic amino acids, but the contents of sulfur containing amino acids were very low or was not estimated. Immunochemical studies were carried out to identify some properties of marine animal lectins.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.89-94
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• 1988

Alumina gel was prepared by the hydrolysis of aluminum isopropoxide Al(OC3H7i)3 at low temperature. Sample were calcined at the various temperatures for 10 houres in the electric furnace, respectively. In order to investigate the various propertis-thermal properties, pore size and distribution, and the transition of crystals, infrared spectroscopy, thermal analysis, particle size analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and porosimetry were employed. Transparent alumina gel was opalized at 1200$^{\circ}C$. Porosity was about 87% with pores below 0.7$\mu\textrm{m}$ and 55% at 1200$^{\circ}C$. The gel was transformed along the rising of temperature as follows; Boehmite\longrightarrow$\delta$-Al2O3\longrightarrow$\theta$\longrightarrowAl2O3\longrightarrow${\alpha}$-Al2O3.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.40-56
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• 2019

This study aimed to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Thai Elderly Resilience Scale (TERS). Its conceptual structure consists of three identified domains, I AM, I HAVE, and I CAN, within the 18 components that were initially used for developing the item pool. The first draft of the scale consisted of 50 items. A psychometric evaluation of content validity reliability and construct validity was conducted. The results yielded the current version of the TERS based on Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) consisting of 24 items categorized into 5 factors: 1) being able to join other people, 2) being confident in life 3) have social support 4) living with spiritual security and 5) being able to de-stress and manage problems. The scale had a high internal consistency (${\alpha}=.94$). A strong positive correlation between resilience and mental health scores were found (r=.84, p<.01, n=30). The newly developed TERS would be a useful tool to assess resilience in Thai elderly and can be applied to develop further studies regarding elderly Thai people.

• Biomedical Science Letters
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.91-95
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• 2010

Meso-dihydroguaiaretic acid (MDGA) is a medicinal herbal product isolated from the bark of Machilus thunbergii Sieb. et Zucc. (Lauraceae). It exhibits a neuroprotective effect and also exerts cytotoxicity to certain cancer cells. In the present study, we investigated whether or not MDGA inhibits inflammatory reaction through the inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) generation. The results showed that MDGA (5~$25 {\mu}M$) inhibited 100 ng/ml lipopolysaccharide (LPS)- induced NO generation in macrophage Raw 264.7 cells in a concentration-dependent manner. We also measured the cytotoxic effects of MDGA on Raw 264.7 cells and found no evidence of cytotoxicity. The inhibition of NO generation by MDGA was consistent with the inhibitory effect on the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). In addition, MDGA inhibited the LPS-induced gene expression of $interleukin-1{\beta}$ $(IL-1{\beta})$ as well as tumor necrosis $factor-{\alpha}$ $(TNF-{\alpha})$. The present results may provide that MDGA has anti-inflammatory properties through inhibition of the toll-like receptors (TLRs) pathway, and suggest that MDGA can be used as an anti-inflammatory agent.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.49 no.1
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• pp.109-126
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• 2012

In 2003, Marques-Smith and Sullivan described the join ${\Omega}$ of the 'natural order' $\leq$ and the 'containment order' $\subseteq$ on P(X), the semigroup under composition of all partial transformations of a set X. And, in 2004, Pinto and Sullivan described all automorphisms of PS(q), the partial Baer-Levi semigroup consisting of all injective ${\alpha}{\in}P(X)$ such that ${\mid}X{\backslash}X{\alpha}\mid=q$, where $N_0{\leq}q{\leq}{\mid}X{\mid}$. In this paper, we describe the group of automorphisms of R(q), the largest regular subsemigroup of PS(q). In 2010, we studied some properties of $\leq$ and $\subseteq$ on PS(q). Here, we characterize the meet and join under those orders for elements of R(q) and PS(q). In addition, since $\leq$ does not equal ${\Omega}$ on I(X), the symmetric inverse semigroup on X, we formulate an algebraic version of ${\Omega}$ on arbitrary inverse semigroups and discuss some of its properties in an algebraic setting.

• Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.37-46
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• 2010

This study investigates acoustic characteristics of English and Korean voiceless sibilant fricatives as they appear before the three vowels, /i/, /$\alpha$/ and /u/. Three measurements - duration, center of gravity and major spectral peak - are employed to compare acoustic properties and vowel effect for each fricative sound. This study also investigates the question of whether Korean sibilant fricatives are acoustically similar to the English voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ or to the palato-alveolar /$\int$/. The results show that in the duration of frication noise, English /$\int$/ is the longest and Korean lax /s/ the shortest of the four sounds. It is also observed that English alveolar /s/ has the highest value, whereas Korean /s/ shows the lowest value in the frequency of center of gravity. In terms of major spectral peak, while English /s/ reveals the highest frequency, English /$\int$/ shows the lowest value. In addition, evidence indicates that there is a strong vowel effect in the fricative sounds of both languages, although the vowel effect patterns of the two languages are inconsistent. For instance, in the major spectral peak, both Korean lax /s/ and tense /$s^*$/ show significantly higher frequencies before the vowel /$\alpha$/ than before the other vowels, whereas both English /s/ and /$\int$/ exhibit significantly higher frequencies before the vowel /i/ than before the other vowels. These results indicate that Korean sibilant fricatives are acoustically distinct from both English /s/ and /$\int$/.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.19 no.9
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• pp.35.1-35.6
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• 2016

Gliotoxin has been recognized as an immunosuppressive agent for a long time. Recently, it was reported to have antitumor properties. However, the mechanisms by which it inhibits tumors remain unclear. Here, we showed that gliotoxin isolated from the marine fungus Aspergillus fumigatus inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis in HT1080 human fibrosarcoma cells. Gliotoxin repressed phosphorylation-dependent degradation of $I{\kappa}B-{\alpha}$, an antagonist of nuclear factor kappa B ($NF-{\kappa}B$), which is a known tumor-promoting factor. This coincided with a decrease in nuclear import of $NF-{\kappa}B$, suggesting its signaling activity was impaired. Moreover, gliotoxin increased intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). Since ROS have been known to inhibit $NF-{\kappa}B$, this may also contribute to gliotoxin's antitumorigenic effects. These results suggest that gliotoxin suppressed the activation of $NF-{\kappa}B$ by inhibiting phosphorylation and degradation of $I{\kappa}B-{\alpha}$ and by increasing ROS, which resulted in apoptosis of HT1080 cells. Cumulatively, gliotoxin is a promising candidate antagonist of $NF-{\kappa}B$, and it should be investigated for its possible use as a selective inhibitor of human fibrosarcoma cells.