• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.433-441
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• 2017

골 모델제작에 사용되는 3차원 프린팅 선택적 레이저 소결(selective laser sintering; SLS) 방식과 광 경화 조형(stereo lithography apparatus; SLA) 방식은 정밀도와 해상도는 좋으나 프린터가 고가이며 운용에 전문지식이 필요하고, 전산화단층 DICOM(digital imaging and communications in medicine)영상을 STL(stereolithography)로 변환하는 프로그램도 고가여서 3차원 프린팅 업체에서 모델을 제작하여 많은 시간과 비용이 소요되므로 일반적으로 골절수술에 사용하지 못하고 있다. 골절환자의 골 모델을 제작하려면 3차원 영상변환프로그램과 3차원 프린팅시스템의 사용이 편리하고 구입 및 운용비용이 저렴해야 하며 큰 골 모델제작이 가능하여야 수술에 사용할 수 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 DICOM Viewer OsiriX와 와이어형태의 열가소성 재료를 사용하는 용융적층조형(Fused Deposition Modeling; FDM) 방식의 3차원 프린터를 이용하여 출력 크기에 제한이 없고 적은 비용으로 유지와 제작을 할 수 있도록 일반화하여 많은 병원에서 골절수술에 사용할 수 있도록 골절수술환자의 맞춤형 골 모델을 제작할 수 있는 3차원 프린팅 시스템을 개발하였으며 정형외과학의 교육, 연구, 진료의 전 분야에 걸쳐 광범위하게 응용될 것으로 예상되며, 대학병원뿐 아니라 일반병원에서도 편리하게 사용될 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제58권5호
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• pp.18.1-18.10
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• 2016

Muscle, studied mostly with respect to meat production, represents one of the largest protein reservoirs of the body. As gene expression profiling holds credibility to deal with the increasing demand of food from animal sources, excessive loss due to myopathies and other muscular dystrophies was found detrimental as it aggravates diseases that result in increased morbidity and mortality. Holding key point towards improving the developmental program of muscle in meat producing animals, elucidating the underlying mechanisms of the associated pathways in livestock animals is believed to open up new avenues towards enhancing the lean tissue deposition. To this end, identification of vital candidate genes having no known function in myogenesis, is believed to increase the current understanding of the physiological processes going on in the skeletal muscle tissue. Taking consequences of gene expression changes into account, knowledge of the pathways associated with their activation and as such up-regulation seems critical for the overall muscle homeostasis. Having important implications on livestock production, a thorough understanding of postnatal muscle development seems a timely step to fulfil the growing need of ever increasing populations of the world.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.126-134
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• 2010

Background: $CD8^+$ T cells contribute to the clearance of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and an insufficient $CD8^+$ T cell response may be one of the major factors leading to chronic HBV infection. Since the HBx antigen of HBV can up-regulate cellular expression of several immunomodulatory molecules, we hypothesized that HBx expression in hepatocytes might affect $CD8^+$ T cell activity. Methods: We analyzed the activation and apoptosis of $CD8^+$ T cells co-cultured with primary hepatocytes rendered capable of expressing HBx by recombinant baculovirus infection. Results: Expression of HBx in hepatocytes induced low production of $interferon-{\gamma}$ and apoptosis of CD8+ T cells, with no effect on CD8 T cell proliferation. However, transcriptional levels of H-2K, ICAM-1 and PD-1 ligand did not correlate with HBx expression in hepatocytes. Conclusion: Our results suggest that HBx may inhibit $CD8^+$ T cell response by regulation of $interferon-{\gamma}$ production and apoptosis.

• Carbon letters
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.198-202
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• 2014

Amorphous agglomerates of carbon nanospheres (CNS) with a diameter range of 10-50 nm were synthesized using the solution combustion method. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) revealed a densely packed high surface area of $SP^2$-hybridized carbon; however, there were no crystalline structural components, as can be seen from the scanning electron microscopy, HRTEM, X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and thermal gravimetric analyses. Electrochemical and thermo catalytic decomposition study results show that the material can be used as a potential electrode candidate for the fabrication of energy storage devices and also for the production of free hydrogen if such devices are used in a fluidized bed reactor loaded with the as-prepared CNS as the catalyst bed.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.35-41
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• 1999

Stability characteristics of hyperbolic reaction-diffusion equations with a reversible Brusselator model are investigated as an extension of the previous work. Intensive stability analysis is performed for three important parameters, Nrd, β and Dx, where Nrd is the reaction-diffusion number which is a measure of hyperbolicity, β is a measure of reversibility of autocatalytic reaction and Dx is a diffusion coefficient of intermediate X. Especially, the dependence on Nrd of stability exhibits some interesting features, such as hyperbolicity in the small Nrd region and parabolicity in the large Nrd region. The hyperbolic reaction-diffusion equations are solved numerically by a spectral method which is modified and adjusted to hyperbolic partial differential equations. The numerical method gives good accuracy and efficiency even in a stiff region in the case of small Nrd, and it can be extended to a two-dimensional system. Four types of solution, spatially homogeneous, spatially oscillatory, spatio-temporally oscillatory and chaotic can be obtained. Entropy productions for reaction are also calculated to get some crucial information related to the bifurcation of the system. At the bifurcation point, entropy production changes discontinuously and it shows that different structures of the system have different modes in the dissipative process required to maintain the structure of the system. But it appears that magnitude of entropy production in each structure give no important information related for states of system itself.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.59-66
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• 1989

Growing and finishing Korean native bulls were used to investigate the effects of different dietary energy levels on performance and energy intake. Experimental observations were made over three weight categories (200 to 250 kg, 250 to 350 kg and 350 to 450 kg). Three diets (2.4, 2.6 and 2.8 Mcal ME/kg DM) were used for each weight category. Crude protein levels of the diets were 12, 11 and 10% for the respective weight groups. Dietary energy level did not significantly affect daily body gain within a weight range but daily body gain during the entire experiment was higher (P<.05) in bulls receiving 2.6 Mcal energy diet than in those fed 2.4 and 2.8 Mcal energy diets. The following equation was developed to predict daily body gain(Y) from energy levels(X) of ration. $Y\;=\;1.3.475X\;-\;2.5949X^{2}\;-\;16.355$ Increasing energy levels significantly (P<.05) decreased daily feed intake. The following equation was developed to predict daily feed intake(Y) from energy levels(X) of ration. $Y\;=\;-30.013X\;+\;5.4401X^{2}\;+\;49.119$ Feed intake per metabolic body size during the entire feeding period ranged from 100.9 to 110.8 g and was lower in bulls fed 2.6 and 2.8 Mcal energy diets than in those fed 2.4 Mcal energy diet. Increasing energy levels significantly (P<.05) improved feed efficiency. The following equation was developed to predict feed efficiency(Y) from energy levels(X) of ration. $Y\;=\;-118.34X\;+\;22.448X^{2}\;+\;162.85$ Daily energy intake during the entire experiment ranged from 18.90 to 19.99 Mcal and there was no significant difference among energy levels. Daily energy intake per metabolic body size during the feeding period ranged from 248.6 to 260.8 kcal and was slightly higher in bulls receiving 2.8 Mcal than in those fed 2.4 and 2.6 Mcal energy diets. Energy required per kg body gain ranged from 17.25 to 19.11 Mcal and was slightly lower in bulls receiving 2.6 Mcal energy diet than in those fed 2.4 and 2.8 Mcal energy diets.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제10권16호
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• pp.101-106
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• 1987

Statistical control charts are useful tools to monitor and control the manufacturing processes and are widely used in most Korean industries. Many Korean companies, however, do not always obtain desired results from the traditional control charts by Shewhart such as the $\bar{X}$-chart, $\bar{X}$-chart, $\bar{X}$-chart, etc. This is partly because the quality charterstics of the process are not distributed normally but are skewed due to the intermittent production, small lot size, etc. In Shewhart $\bar{X}$-chart. which is the most widely used one in Kora, such skewed distributions make the plots to be inclined below or above the central line or outside the control limits although no assignable causes can be found. To overcome such shortcomings in nonnormally distributed processes, a distribution-free type of confidence interval can be used, which should be based on order statistics. This thesis is concerned with the design of control chart based on a sample median which is easy to use in practical situation and therefore properties for nonnormal distributions may be easily analyzed. Control limits and central lines are given for the more famous nonnormal distributions, such as Gamma, Beta, Lognormal, Weibull, Pareto, Truncated-normal distributions. Robustness of the proposed median control chart is compared with that of the $\bar{X}$-chart; the former tends to be superior to the latter as the probability distribution of the process becomes more skewed. The average run length to detect the assignable cause is also compared when the process has a Normal or a Gamma distribution for which the properties of X are easy to verify, the proposed chart is slightly worse than the $\bar{X}$-chart for the normally distributed product but much better for Gamma-distributed products. Average Run Lengths of the other distributions are also computed. To use the proposed control chart, the probability distribution of the process should be known or estimated. If it is not possible, the results of comparison of the robustness force us to use the proposed median control chart based oh a normal distribution. To estimate the distribution of the process, Sturge's formula is used to graph the histogram and the method of probability plotting, $\chi$$^2$-goodness of fit test and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, are discussed with real case examples. A comparison of the proposed median chart and the $\bar{X}$ chart was also performed with these examples and the median chart turned out to be superior to the $\bar{X}$-chart.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.471-478
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• 2011

The objectives were to compare the ability of various rumen microbial fractions to reduce nitrate and to assess the effect of nitrate on in vitro fermentation characteristics. Physical and chemical methods were used to differentiate the rumen microbial population into the following fractions: whole rumen fluid (WRF), protozoa (Pr), bacteria (Ba), and fungi (Fu). The three nitrogen substrate treatments were as follows: no supplemental nitrogen source, nitrate or urea, with the latter two being isonitrogenous additions. The results showed that during 24 h incubation, WRF, Pr and Ba fractions had an ability to reduce nitrate, and the rate of nitrate disappearance for the Pr fraction was similar to the WRF fraction, while the Ba fraction needed an adaptation period of 12 h before rapid nitrate disappearance. The WRF fraction had the greatest methane ($CH_4$) production and the Pr fraction had the greatest prevailing $H_2$ concentration (p<0.05). Compared to the urea treatment, nitrate diminished net gas and $CH_4$ production during incubation (p<0.05), and ammonia-N ($NH_3$-N) concentration (p<0.01). Nitrate also increased acetate, decreased propionate and decreased butyrate molar proportions (p<0.05). The Pr fraction had the highest acetate to propionate ratio (p<0.05). The Pr fraction as well as the Ba fraction appears to have an important role in nitrate reduction. Nitrate did not consistently alter total VFA concentration, but it did shift the VFA profile to higher acetate, lower propionate and lower butyrate molar proportions, consistent with less $CH_4$ production by all microbial fractions.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2021

MILD(Moderate or Intense Low-oxygen Dilution) 연소는 열에너지 분야에서 배출되는 미연 탄소와 질소 산화물을 저감하기 위한 기술로, 친환경 열 에너지 생산 기술로 평가받고 있다. MILD 연소 기술은 반응물의 예열을 통한 자발화 현상을 이용하여, 연소 반응 영역을 확장시키는 것이 핵심이다. 본 연구는 CH₄와 공기를 활용하여 반응물의 초기 온도 변화와 CO, H₂의 혼합율에 따른 CH₄의 점화 지연 시간을 수치 해석적 접근을 통해 분석하였다. 점화 지연 시간은 초기 온도와 H₂ 혼합율이 높을수록 감소하였고, CO 혼합율이 높을수록 증가하였다. 이는 H₂ 첨가 시 초기에 높은 분율의 HO₂가 메틸 라디칼(CH₃)의 분해 반응을 촉진시켜 OH를 생성하였기 때문이며, CO 첨가 시 HCO 생성에 따른 H 라디칼 소모가 증가했기 때문이다. 하지만 HCO의 생성은 점화 지연 시간에 큰 영향을 주지 않았다. 또한 연료 내 CO와 H₂를 30% 혼합한 조건에서는, NO 배출량이 각각 7%, 1% 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 이는 CO를 혼합한 조건에서 초기에 높은 NCO가 NO 생성반응률 증가에 영향을 미쳤기 때문이다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.120-126
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• 2018

환경친화적으로 항균성이 부여된 상처치료용 BC 드레싱을 개발하기 위한 기초연구로서, 은 이온에 대해 내성이 있으면서 은 나노입자를 생합성할 수 있는 초산균을 분리 및 동정하였다. 나아가 실험균주에 의한 BC 생산 조건을 조사하였다. 부패된 포도껍질로부터 분리된 G7 균주는 0.1 mM $AgNO_3$ 존재 하에서 생육할 수 있었으며, 16S rRNA 유전자의 염기서열 분석에 의거하여 Acetobacter intermdius로 동정되었다. 탄소원으로 2% glucose, 질소원으로 2% yeast extract, 보조탄소원으로 0.115% acetic acid가 함유된 배지에서 BC 생산량이 최대였다. 최적배지에서 생성된 BC의 구조적 특성을 FT-IR 및 XRD를 사용하여 조사한 결과, 생성된 BC는 전형적인 천연 cellulose와 동일한 cellulose I인 것으로 확인되었다. G7 균주를 0.1 mM $AgNO_3$ 가 함유된 최적 배지에서 배양한 결과, 배양액의 색깔이 적갈색으로 변하였으며, 이것은 은 나노입자가 생성되었음을 의미한다. 은 나노입자의 합성유무를 UV-Vis 스펙트럼 분석에 의하여 확인한 바, 425 nm에서 은 나노입자의 고유한 흡수스펙트럼이 관찰되었다. 또한, 생성된 BC를 주사전자현미경으로 관찰한 결과, 표면과 기공에 은 나노입자가 생성되어 있음을 재확인하였다.