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ALL GENERALIZED PETERSEN GRAPHS ARE UNIT-DISTANCE GRAPHS

  • Zitnik, Arjana;Horvat, Boris;Pisanski, Tomaz
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.475-491
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    • 2012
  • In 1950 a class of generalized Petersen graphs was introduced by Coxeter and around 1970 popularized by Frucht, Graver and Watkins. The family of $I$-graphs mentioned in 1988 by Bouwer et al. represents a slight further albeit important generalization of the renowned Petersen graph. We show that each $I$-graph $I(n,j,k)$ admits a unit-distance representation in the Euclidean plane. This implies that each generalized Petersen graph admits a unit-distance representation in the Euclidean plane. In particular, we show that every $I$-graph $I(n,j,k)$ has an isomorphic $I$-graph that admits a unit-distance representation in the Euclidean plane with a $n$-fold rotational symmetry, with the exception of the families $I(n,j,j)$ and $I(12m,m,5m)$, $m{\geq}1$. We also provide unit-distance representations for these graphs.

The Effect of Ghrelin on $Ca^{2+}$ Concentration in Thyroid FRTL-5 Cells

  • Kim, Byung-Joo;Park, Young-Joo;Park, Do-Joon;So, In-Suk;Kim, Ki-Whan
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.195-200
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    • 2004
  • Ghrelin is a newly discovered peptide, which is released from the stomach and neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC), and potently stimulates growth hormone release and food intake. In the present study, we investigated the effect of ghrelin on $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ in thyroid FRTL-5 cells. Ghrelin (5 nM) increased $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ and TSH (1 unit/l) had an additive effect on $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ when extracellular normal solution was 1.1mM $Ca^{2+}$ containing Coon's modified Ham's F12 medium. When $Ca^{2+}-free$ medium containing 2 mM EGTA replaced the above normal solution, ghrelin also induced a similar rise in $[Ca^{2+}]_i$. In the middle of $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ increment by ghrelin, nifedipine $(1\;{\mu}M)$, nickel $(100\;{\mu}M)$ and $La^{3+}\;(100\;{\mu}M)$ had no effect on $[Ca^{2+}]_i$. After endoplasmic reticulum was depleted by cyclopiazonic acid $(CPA;10\;{\mu}M)$, ghrelin caused no visible change on $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ in $Ca^{2+}-free$/2 mM EGTA solution. These results suggest that ghrelin can increase $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ through endoplasmic reticulum in thyroid FRTL-5 cells.

Development of Topography Restoration Model using Fractal Method (프랙탈을 이용한 지형복원 모형개발)

  • Kwon, Kee-Wook;Ahn, Byung-Gu;Lee, Jong-Dal
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.123-135
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    • 2006
  • In this study, in order to maximize the accuracy and efficiency of the existing interpolation method fractal methods are applied. Developed FEDISA model revives the irregularity of the real topography with only a few information about base topography, which can produce almost complete geographic information. Moreover, as a tool for examining the adaptability and efficiency of the model, index of slope range $I_{SR}$, index of surface $I_{SA}$, and index of volume $I_V$ were developed. The model area is respectively set to $75m{\times}75m$, $150m{\times}150m$, $300m{\times}300m$, $600m{\times}600m$, and $1,200m{\times}1,200m$, and then the data obtained by combining the existing interpolation methods and FEDISA model were compared with real measurements. The result of the study showed the adaptability and efficiency of FEDISA model in topography restoration.

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On the Tensor Product of m-Partition Algebras

  • Kennedy, A. Joseph;Jaish, P.
    • Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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    • v.61 no.4
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    • pp.679-710
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    • 2021
  • We study the tensor product algebra Pk(x1) ⊗ Pk(x2) ⊗ ⋯ ⊗ Pk(xm), where Pk(x) is the partition algebra defined by Jones and Martin. We discuss the centralizer of this algebra and corresponding Schur-Weyl dualities and also index the inequivalent irreducible representations of the algebra Pk(x1) ⊗ Pk(x2) ⊗ ⋯ ⊗ Pk(xm) and compute their dimensions in the semisimple case. In addition, we describe the Bratteli diagrams and branching rules. Along with that, we have also constructed the RS correspondence for the tensor product of m-partition algebras which gives the bijection between the set of tensor product of m-partition diagram of Pk(n1) ⊗ Pk(n2) ⊗ ⋯ ⊗ Pk(nm) and the pairs of m-vacillating tableaux of shape [λ] ∈ Γkm, Γkm = {[λ] = (λ1, λ2, …, λm)|λi ∈ Γk, i ∈ {1, 2, …, m}} where Γk = {λi ⊢ t|0 ≤ t ≤ k}. Also, we provide proof of the identity $(n_1n_2{\cdots}n_m)^k={\sum}_{[{\lambda}]{\in}{\Lambda}^k_{{n_1},{n_2},{\ldots},{n_m}}}$ f[λ]mk[λ] where mk[λ] is the multiplicity of the irreducible representation of $S{_{n_1}}{\times}S{_{n_2}}{\times}....{\times}S{_{n_m}}$ module indexed by ${[{\lambda}]{\in}{\Lambda}^k_{{n_1},{n_2},{\ldots},{n_m}}}$, where f[λ] is the degree of the corresponding representation indexed by ${[{\lambda}]{\in}{\Lambda}^k_{{n_1},{n_2},{\ldots},{n_m}}}$ and ${[{\lambda}]{\in}{\Lambda}^k_{{n_1},{n_2},{\ldots},{n_m}}}=\{[{\lambda}]=({\lambda}_1,{\lambda}_2,{\ldots},{\lambda}_m){\mid}{\lambda}_i{\in}{\Lambda}^k_{n_i},i{\in}\{1,2,{\ldots},m\}\}$ where ${\Lambda}^k_{n_i}=\{{\mu}=({\mu}_1,{\mu}_2,{\ldots},{\mu}_t){\vdash}n_i{\mid}n_i-{\mu}_1{\leq}k\}$.

WEAKLY (m, n)-CLOSED IDEALS AND (m, n)-VON NEUMANN REGULAR RINGS

  • Anderson, David F.;Badawi, Ayman;Fahid, Brahim
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.55 no.5
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    • pp.1031-1043
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    • 2018
  • Let R be a commutative ring with $1{\neq}0$, I a proper ideal of R, and m and n positive integers. In this paper, we define I to be a weakly (m, n)-closed ideal if $0{\neq}x^m\;{\in}I$ for $x{\in}R$ implies $x^n{\in}I$, and R to be an (m, n)-von Neumann regular ring if for every $x{\in}R$, there is an $r{\in}R$ such that $x^mr=x^n$. A number of results concerning weakly(m, n)-closed ideals and (m, n)-von Neumann regular rings are given.

Functional Analysis of the First Mannosyltransferase (PIG-M) involved in Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Synthesis in Plasmodium falciparum

  • Kim, Youn Uck;Hong, Yeongjin
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.294-300
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    • 2007
  • The mammalian glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor consists of three mannoses attached to acylated GlcN-(acyl)PI to form $Man_3$-GlcN-(acyl)PI. The first of the three mannose groups is attached to an intermediate to generate Man-GlcN-(acyl)PI by the first mannosyltransferase (GPI-MT-I). Mammalian and protozoan GPI-MT-I have different substrate specificities. PIG-M encodes the mammalial GPI-MT-I which has 423 amino acids and multiple transmembrane domains. In this work we cloned PIG-M homologues from humans, Plasmodium falciparum (PfPIG-M), and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (GPI14), to test whether they could complement GPI-MT-I-deficient mammalian cells, since this biosynthetic step is likely to be a good target for selective screening of inhibitors against many pathogenic organisms. PfPIG-M partially restored cell surface expression of the GPI-anchored protein CD59 in PIG-M deficient mammalian cells, and first mannose transfer activity in vitro; however, this was not the case for GPI14.

Using a Greedy Algorithm for the Improvement of a MapReduce, Theta join, M-Bucket-I Heuristic (그리디 알고리즘을 이용한 맵리듀스 세타조인 M-Bucket-I 휴리스틱의 개선)

  • Kim, Wooyeol;Shim, Kyuseok
    • Journal of KIISE
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    • v.43 no.2
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    • pp.229-236
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    • 2016
  • Theta join is one of the essential and important types of queries in database systems. As the amount of data needs to be processed increases, processing theta joins with a single machine becomes impractical. Therefore, theta join algorithms using distributed computing frameworks have been studied widely. Although one of the state-of-the-art theta-join algorithms uses M-Bucket-I heuristic, it is hard to use since running time of M-Bucket-I heuristic, which computes a mapping from a record to a reducer (i.e., reducer mapping), is O(n) where n is the size of input data. In this paper, we propose MBI-I algorithm which reduces the running time of M-Bucket-I heuristic to $O(r_{max}log\;n)$ and gives the same result as M-Bucket-I heuristic does. We also conducted several experiments to show algorithm and confirmed that our algorithm can improve the performance of a theta join by 10%.

N-acetyl-L-cysteine and cysteine increase intracellular calcium concentration in human neutrophils

  • Hasan, Md. Ashraful;Ahn, Won-Gyun;Song, Dong-Keun
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.449-457
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    • 2016
  • N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) and cysteine have been implicated in a number of human neutrophils' functional responses. However, though $Ca^{2+}$ signaling is one of the key signalings contributing to the functional responses of human neutrophils, effects of NAC and cysteine on intracellular calcium concentration ($[Ca^{2+}]_i$) in human neutrophils have not been investigated yet. Thus, this study was carried out with an objective to investigate the effects of NAC and cysteine on $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ in human neutrophils. We observed that NAC ($1{\mu}M{\sim}1mM$) and cysteine ($10{\mu}M{\sim}1mM$) increased $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ in human neutrophils in a concentration-dependent manner. In NAC pre-supplmented buffer, an additive effect on N-formyl-methionine-leucine-phenylalanine (fMLP)-induced increase in $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ in human neutrophils was observed. In $Ca^{2+}$-free buffer, NAC- and cysteine-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ increase in human neutrophils completely disappeared, suggesting that NAC- and cysteine-mediated increase in $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ in human neutrophils occur through $Ca^{2+}$ influx. NAC- and cysteine-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ increase was effectively inhibited by calcium channel inhibitors SKF96365 ($10{\mu}m$) and ruthenium red ($20{\mu}m$). In $Na^+$-free HEPES, both NAC and cysteine induced a marked increase in $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ in human neutrophils, arguing against the possibility that $Na^+$-dependent intracellular uptake of NAC and cysteine is necessary for their $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ increasing activity. Our results show that NAC and cysteine induce $[Ca^{2+}]_i$ increase through $Ca^{2+}$ influx in human neutrophils via SKF96365- and ruthenium red-dependent way.

THE COMPARISON OF STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS ISOLATED FROM OCCLUSAL SURFACES OF CARIES AND NON-CARIES TEETH (우식치아와 정상치아의 교합면에서 분리한 Streptococcus mutans의 비교)

  • Park, Ho-Won;Jung, Tae-Sung;Jung, Jin;Kim, Shin
    • Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.129-141
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    • 2001
  • When oral microorganisms were sampled from occlusal surfaces of caries and non-caries teeth, $3.43\times10^5$ CFU and $3.47\times10^3$ CFU of bacteria were counted on MSB agar plates, respectively. All the 20 colonies isolated from a caries surface were Streptococcus mutans but, only two of 20 colonies were identified as Streptococcus mutans by API test. S. mutans SM1 from caries tooth and S. mutans SM2 from non-caries tooth showed the same results except for $\alpha-galactosidase$ activity on sugar fermentation tests and biochemical tests. For the bacterial replication, both SM1 and SM2 were actively multiplicated at pH 5.5. And the viability of SM1 was high at 20% of sucrose, while that of SM2 was high at 5% of sucrose in the media. SM1 actively replicated at 16mM of $CaCl_2$, 160mM of KCl, and 6.4mM of $MgCl_2$, and the replication of SM2 was increased at 16mM of $CaCl_2$, 40mM of KCl, 6.4mM of $MgCl_2$. At 1mM of sodium bicarbonate and sodium phosphate, both bacteria were actively multiplicated. SM1 and SM2 were actively replicated at 1mM and 10mM of Tris, respectively. For potassium phosphate buffer, SM1 grew well proportionally to the concentration up to 100mM, while the growth of SM2 were inhibited by the increase of concentration. The 4.6 kb of gtf gene was amplified with a pair of primer, gtfB-F961 and gtfC-R5574 by polymerase chain reaction from the chromosomal DNA of SM1 and SM2. When 4.6kb bands were eluted from gel and were treated with restriction enzyme, EcoR I produced the same RFLP like 0.8kb and 3.8kb of DNA fragments for S. mutans GS-5, SM1 and SM2. By Hind III, the PCR products weren't digested for S. mutans GS-5 and SM1, but 3 fragments such as 2.4kb, 1.8kb and 400bp were examined for SM2. These results indicated the difference between gtf genes of SM1 and SM2. BamH I treatment showed 4 fragments for SM1 and SM2, while the 3 fragments for S. mutans GS-5. The PCR products were not digested by Kpn I, Sma I, Xho I and Pst I.

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