• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.406-412
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• 2011

Background: Development of thoracic aortic aneurysms and aortic dissections (TAAD) is attributed to unbearable wall tension superimposed on defective aortic wall integrity and impaired aortic repair mechanisms. Central to this repair mechanisms are well-balanced and adequately functional cellular components of the aortic wall, including endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells (SMCs), inflammatory cells, and adventitial fibroblasts. Adventitial fibroblasts naturally produce aortic extracellular matrix (ECM), and, when aortic wall is injured, they can be transformed into SMCs, which in turn are involved in aortic remodeling. We postulated the hypothesis that adventitial fibroblasts in patients with TAAD may have defects in ECM production and SMC transformation. Materials and Methods: Adventitial fibroblasts were procured from the adventitial layer of fresh aortic tissues of patients with TAAD (Group I) and of multi-organ donors (Group II), and 4-passage cell culture was performed prior to the experiment. To assess ECM production, cells were treated with TNF-${\alpha}$ (50 pM) and the expression of MMP-2/MMP-3 was analyzed using western blot technique. To assess SMC transformation capacity, cells were treated with TGF-${\beta}1$ and expression of SM ${\alpha}$-actin, SM-MHC, Ki-67 and SM calponin was evaluated using western blot technique. Fibroblasts were then treated with TGF-${\beta}1$ (10 pM) for up to 10 days with TGF-${\beta}1$ supplementation every 2 days, and the proportion of transformed SMC in the cell line was measured using immunofluorescence assay for fibroblast surface antigen every 2 days. Results: MMP-3 expression was significantly lower in group I than in group II. TGF-${\beta}1$-stimulated adventitial fibroblasts in group I expressed less SM ${\alpha}$-actin, SM-MHC, and Ki-67 than in group II. SM-calponin expression was not different between the two groups. Presence of fibroblast was observed on immunofluorescence assay after more than 6 days of TGF-${\beta}1$ treatment in group I, while most fibroblasts were transformed to SMC within 4 days in group II. Conclusion: ECM production and SMC transformation are compromised in adventitial fibroblasts from patients with TAAD. This result suggests that functional restoration of adventitial fibroblasts could well be a novel approach for the prevention and treatment of TAAD.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.393-399
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• 2020

A series of phosphors, SrWO₄:5 mol% Dy³⁺, SrWO₄:5 mol% Sm³⁺, and SrWO₄:5 mol% Dy³⁺:x Sm³⁺ (x＝1~15 mol%), were prepared using a facile co-precipitation. The crystal structure, morphology, photoluminescence properties, and application in anti-counterfeiting fields were investigated. The crystalline structures of the prepared phosphors were found to be tetragonal systems with the dominant peak occurring at the (112) plane. The excitation spectra of the Dy³⁺ singly-doped SrWO₄ phosphors were composed of an intense charge-transfer band centered at 246 nm in the range of 210~270 nm and two weak peaks at 351 nm and 387 nm due to the ⁶H_15/2→⁶P_7/2 and ⁶H_15/2→⁴I_13/2 transitions of Dy³⁺ ions, respectively. The wavelength of 246 nm was optimum for exciting the luminescence of Dy³⁺ and Sm³⁺ co-doped SrWO₄ phosphors. The emission spectra consisted of two intense blue and yellow emission bands at 480 nm and 573 nm corresponding to the ⁴F_9/2→⁶H_15/2 and ⁴F_9/2→⁶H_13/2 transitions of Dy³⁺, and two strong emission peaks at 599 nm and 643 nm originating from the ⁴G_5/2→⁶H_7/2 and ⁴G_5/2→⁶H_9/2 transitions of Sm³⁺, respectively. As the concentration of Sm³⁺ ions increased, the emission intensities of Dy³⁺ rapidly decreased, while the emission intensities of Sm³⁺ gradually increased. These results suggest that the color of the emission light can be tuned from yellow to white by changing the concentration of Sm³⁺ ions at a fixed 5 mol% Dy³⁺. Furthermore, the fluorescent security inks were synthesized for use in anti-counterfeiting applications.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.233-244
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• 2012

Purpose: The kinetic evaluation was performed for swine manure (SM) degradation and biogas generation. Methods: The SM was anaerobically digested using batch digesters at feed to inoculum ratio (F/I) of 1.0 under mesophilic conditions ($36.5^{\circ}C$). The specific gas yield was expressed in terms of gram total chemical oxygen demand (mL/g TCOD added) and gram volatile solids added (mL/g VS added) and their effectiveness was discussed. The biogas and methane production were predicted using first order kinetic model and the modified Gompertz model. The critical hydraulic retention time for biomass washout was determined using Chen and Hashimoto model. Results: The biogas and methane yield from SM was 346 and 274 mL/ TCOD added, respectively after 100 days of digestion. The average methane content in the biogas produced from SM was 79% and $H_2S$ concentration was in the range of 3000-4108 ppm. It took around 32-47 days for 80-90% of biogas recovery and the TCOD removal from SM was calculated to be 85%. When the specific biogas and methane yield from SM (with very high TVFA concentration) was expressed in terms of oven dried volatile solids (VS) basis, the gas yield was found to be over estimated. The difference in the measured and predicted gas yield was in the range of 1.2-1.5% when using first order kinetic model and 0.1% when using modified Gompertz model. The effective time for biogas production ($T_{Ef}$) from SM was calculated to be in the range of 30-45 days and the critical hydraulic retention time ($HRT_{Critical}$) for biomass wash out was found to be 9.5 days. Conclusions: The modified Gompertz model could be better in predicting biogas and methane production from SM. The HRT greater than 10 days is recommended for continuous digesters using SM as feedstock.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.775-782
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• 2003

In the study, the total conductivies in [(Ce $O_2$)$_{1-x}$ (Zr $O_2$)$_{x}$]$_{0.8}$(Sm $O_{1.5}$)$_{0.2}$ (x- 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2) solid solution were measured as a function of temperature and oxygen partial pressure between 80$0^{\circ}C$ and 1,00$0^{\circ}C$ using 4-probe d.c method. Under pure oxygen atmospere, the oxygen ionic conductivity of [(Ce $O_2$)$_{1-x}$ (Zr $O_2$)$_{x}$]$_{0.8}$(Sm $O_{1.5}$)$_{0.2}$ decreased with the concentration of Zr $O_2$At high oxygen partial pressure, the electrical conductivity is almost independent of oxygen partial pressure and decreased with the increase in Zr content. However, the electrical conductivity increase with decreasing oxygen partial pressure and is almost independent of Zr content at low oxygen partial pressure. Empirically, Total conductivity( $\sigma$ ) was expressed by the p$o_{2}$ -independent conductivity as $\sigma$$_{i}$, and the $p_{-1/4}$ $o_{2}$sup -dependent part as $\sigma$$_{e}$. Total, ionic and electronic conductivities fitted by data enabled to determine the transference number. The ionic transference number( $t_{i}$ ) decreased while the electronic transference( $t_{e}$ ) increase with the increase in Zr content and p$o_{2}$.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제16권1호통권68호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2004

건축물이 초고층화 및 장스팬화 됨에 따라 일반 구조용 강재에 비해서 강도도 높고, 판의 두께도 두꺼워지고, 성능도 우수한 신강종이 요구된다. TMC 강재는 내진성능이 우수하며, 용접성이 뛰어나고, 판두께가 뚜꺼워도 설계기준강도를 저감할 필요가 없기 때문에 건축구조물에 널리 사용된다. 그러나 대구경 후육강관에 TMC 강재를 사용하기 위해서는 2차 가공으로 인한 물성 변화가 건축구조물 안정성에 영향을 미치는가를 검토해야 한다. 본 연구에서는 SAW로 용접한 SM520TMC 강관의 물성 열화도를 평가하였다. 이때 실험변수로는 강관 제조 프로세스와 강종으로 하였다. 실험결과 강관을 롤 벤딩이나 프레스 성형으로 제관하든지 또는 강종이 국산 SM620TMC이냐 일본산 SM520TMC 이든지에 상관없이 항복강도와 인장강도는 증가하였고, 연신율은 저하하였다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.26-32
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• 2000

본 연구에서는 힌지재인 SM20C, YBsC3 및 STC4H재에 대하여 공기 및 여러 가지 부식환경중에서 이종금속간의 찰과마멸부식실험을 실시하여, 이종금속간의 찰과마멸부식특성에 미치는 환경조건의 영향을 연구하였으며, 주요 결론은 다음과 같다. 1) 이동측 금속인 SM20C의 찰과마멸부식에 미치는 지하수의 영향은 STC4H에서 더 민감하고 YBsC3에서는 둔화된다. 2) STC4H의 찰과마멸부식에 미치는 지하수의 영향은 작지만, $0.5\%\;H_2SO_4$ 및 $0.5\%HNO_3$ 용액중에서 더 크게 된다. 3) 이동측 SM20C의 찰과마멸부식은 $3.5\%\;NaCl$, $0.5\%\;H_2SO_4$ 및 $0.5\%\;HNO_3$ 용액중에서보다 지하수중에서 가장 작게 나타났다. 4) 시간이 경과함에 따라 찰과마멸부식에 미치는 영향은 $0.5\%\;HNO_3$ 용액중에서는 증가하지 $0.5\%\;H_2SO_4$ 용액중에서는 둔화된다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1939-1944
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• 2007

New liquid crystalline (biphenylcarbonyloxy)benzoates with an achiral swallow-tail derived from 3-alkoxy-2- (alkoxymethyl)-1-propanol [(ROCH2)2CHCH2OH, R = Me, Et, Pr, Bu] were prepared. These liquid crystals exhibited the phase sequence (I-SmA-SmCalt-(SmCX)-Cr) and showed antiferroelectric-like Smectic C phase (SmCalt) at temperature lower, and temperature range broader than do the compounds containing a branched alkyl group as a swallow-tail. The temperature ranges of antiferroelectric phase were found to be 30-90 oC and crystallization temperatures were 4-60 oC. The binary mixture of an achiral swallow-tailed liquid crystal and a chiral antiferroelectric liquid crystal, (S)-MHPOBC showed antiferroelectric smectic C phase at temperature much lower than the single chiral antiferroelectric liquid crystal does.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.331-337
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• 1988

This paper dealt with the distribution of Salmonella (S) infection on 4 herds in Kyungju and Taegu during the period from May to October 1986. Isolated Salmonella were examined for serotypes, antimicrobial drug resistance and detection of R plasmid. The results obtained were summarised as followings: 1. Of total 4.622 samples from 4 herds, 67 Salmonella were isolated from 51 samples(1.1%), and their serovar strains were S typhimurium 6, S derby 5, S infantis 4, S bareilly 4, S dublin 3, S anatum 2, S montevideo 2 and untypable 41. 2. The isolation rate of Salmonella was higher in summer and autumn. 3. Of the 67 strains examined, 45 (67.2%) were resistant to one or more antibiotics, such as ampicillin (Am), cephalothin (Ce), chloramphenicol (Cm), rifampicin (Rf), sulfadimethoxine (Su), and tetracycline (Tc), and higher resistant to Sm (40.2%), Ce (31.3%), Am (23.9%). 4. Of the 45 resistant Salmonella strains, 44 (97.8%) harbored conjugative R plasmids and the transfer frequency of Sm (100%), Ce (95.2%), Tc (91.0%) and Su (80.0%) resistance was much higher than that of the other drug resistance. 5. The most common resistant patterns were Sm, Ce, AmCeCmSmSuTc, and AmCe. 6. In 4 herds, the incidience of drug resistance was 57.7%~100% and transfer frequency of conjugative R plasmid was 96.1%~100%.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.137-143
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• 2016

10 MW급 부유식 파력-해상풍력 복합발전 플랫폼의 석션 매립 앵커 시스템 설계를 위하여 제주도 차귀도 서북쪽 인근해역에서 퇴적 환경 및 퇴적물 성분 조사를 수행하였다. Chirp III을 이용하여 획득한 탄성파 단면도를 Chough et al.[2002]의 분류 방법에 따라 음향상 분류를 수행하였다. 그 결과, 조사 해역내의 중앙 및 서북부 지역에서는 주로 편평한 해저면 아래 두께 5~15 m의 내부 반사층이 존재하는 Type I-3으로 확인되었다. 반면 동남부 지역에서는 표층 반사 신호가 상대적으로 큰 Type I-1, I-2 그리고 III-1로 확인되었다. 또한 8개의 대표 정점에서 채취한 시료에 대하여 5종류의 물리적 시험(단위중량, 함수비, 입도분석, 액성 및 소성 한계, 비중)을 수행한 결과 조사 해역 내에는 모래(SP)와 실트가 섞인 모래(SM) 그리고 SP-SM이 혼합된 퇴적물이 존재함을 확인하였다.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2012

미꾸라지, 미꾸리 및 상반교배를 통해 유도된 종간 잡종의 세포유전학적 분석을 수행하였다. 미꾸라지와 미꾸리의 염색체 수는 각각 2n=48 (12M+4SM+32A), 2n=50 (10M+4SM+36A)이었고, 잡종군들의 염색체수는 각각 2n=49 (11M+4SM+34A)였다. 모든 그룹의 염색체는 동일한 arm number (NF=64)를 갖고 있었으며, 염색체 다형현상, 암수 간 이형의 염색체는 관찰되지 않았다. 적혈구의 크기, DNA 함량을 분석한 결과 잡종군들은 미꾸라지와 미꾸리의 중간 값을 나타냈다. 염색체의 NORs (nucleolar organizing regions)은 모두 동일한 중부염색체 단완부에서 Ag-positive signal이 나타났다. 이상의 결과는 미꾸라지의 1번 중부 염색체와 미꾸리의 차단부 염색체가 Robertsonian 형의 염색체 전좌 과정을 거쳤을 것을 시사한다.