• The Korean Journal of Zoology
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.382-387
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• 1995

To check the possible application of our anti-AFP monocional antibodies (MAbs) as immunodiagnostic reagents for hepatocellular carcinoma, ELISA and immunohistochemical assay were performed on the sera and liver biopsy specimens from the patients of hepatocellular carcinoma and other non-malignant hepatic disease. By non-competitive ELISA using anti-AFP MAbs, the highest incidence of AFP value was found only in the sera of hepatocellular carcinoma patients, i.e., more than 54% of patients had serum AFP levels of more than 500 ng/mi. By immunoperoxidase and indirect immunofluorescence techniques, anti-AFP MAbs were found to react with cytoplasm of hepatoceliular carcinoma cells. However immunohistochemical reactIvity to AFP in hepatocellular carcinoma cells was lower than that in non-neoplastic liver cells adjacent to the hepatocellular carcinoma. From these results with the similar findings from other studies, we suggest that AFP antigen is appropriate in the diagnosis assay (ELISA) but is not by immunohistochemical detection.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.49-57
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• 2010

This paper examines the relationship between port import from China and macroeconomic variables such as international financial crisis, exchange rate, and industrial production during the period 2000-2009. I employ GPH cointegration methodology since the model must be stationary to avoid the spurious results. The empirical results show that our model is stationary as well as mean-reverting. This paper also applies impulse-response functions to get additional information regarding the responses of the port import to the shocks economic variables such as financial crisis, exchange rate, and industrial production. The results show that the response of port import to exchange rate and financial crisis declines at the first and dies out slowly.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.1-12
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• 2011

The effect of real exchange rate changes on trade balance is called the J-curve effect. That is, after real depreciation, the trade balance will deteriorate in the short run and improve in the long run. Specially, import and export prices respond with little or no decline in volume. Assuming a zero initial trade balance and dominance of the exporter currency in invoicing trade contracts, the trade balance continues to deteriorate in the medium term. Over time, the relative price-induced volume effect comes to dominate the price effect and the trade balance improves. This pattern of the trade balance adjustment is commonly referred to as the J-curve effect. This study examines the effects of changes in the exchange rate on the Korean port trade balance to China. The empirical results indicate that whilst there is J-curve effect in the short-run, but in the long-run, the real depreciation of the Korean won has positive impact on port trade balance to China.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.04a
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• pp.17-17
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• 1998

연소반응을 가지는 후류(wake)는 가스터빈 연소실의 flame holder 등에서 발생한다. 후류유동의 안정성 혹은 불안정성은 이러한 유동에 있어서 많은 영향을 끼치므로 상당히 중요하다. 본 연구는 위와 같이 연소 반응에 의한 밀도구배를 가지는 후류유동에 대하여 불안정성 해석을 수행하였다. 교란에 대한 지배방정식은 Navier-Stokes 방정식에서 점성항을 제외한 Euler 방정식을 고려하였다. 충류유동의 압력은 일정하다고 가정하였다. 교란 방정식을 유도하기 위하여 충류 유동이 평행하여 유동 방향에 수직한 방향의 구배만이 존재한다고 가정하였다. 모든 변수들은 충류 유동의 값과 움직이는 파장의 형태를 가지는 작은 교란의 합으로 생각하여 압력에 대한 교란방정식을 구하며, shooting법과 Newton-Raphson법에 근거를 두는 반복법을 사용하여 풀었다. 불안정성 해석을 수행하는 기본 유동의 속도장 및 온도장은 불안정성 해석을 수행하는 기본 유동의 속도장 및 온도장은 비압축성의 경우 우선 Gaussian Profile 가정함과 동시에 연소반응을 포함하는 유동장을 보다 정확히 구하기 위하여 Navier-Stokes 방정식으로부터 구한 결과를 사용하였다. 연소반응을 포함하는 유동장을 구할 때에는 해석상 편의를 위해 예혼합물질은 이상기체로, 화학반응은 1단계의 비가역반응으로 가정하였으며, 반응열로 인한 부력의 효과는 무시하였다. 위와 같은 유동장을 가지고 불안정성 해석을 수행한 결과 후류유동은 두 개의 변곡점을 가지며 sinuous 모드와 varicose모드의 두 개의 불안정성 모드가 있음을 보였다. 밀도 변화가 있는 경우나 밀도 변화가 없는 경우 모두 sinuous 모드의 가장 불안정한 모드가 varicose 모드의 가장 불안정한 모드보다 더 불안정함을 보여주어 후류 유동은 자유 유동에 가까운 위상 속도를 가지는 sinuous 모드에 의해 지배될 것임을 예측할 수 있다. 연소반응이 완전연소에 가까울수록 그리고 압축성 효과가 클수록 유동내부의 온도가 증가하고 점성 또한 증가하여 후류유동은 안정됨을 알 수 있었다 유동변수들의 contour로부터 유동의 특성을 예측한 결과 baroclinic 항이 dilatational 항보다 상대적으로 크며, 중심선 상하에 생기는 vortex를 더욱 성장시킬 것으로 생각된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.125-130
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• 1997

외해에서 여러 요인으로 발생한 파가 항만에 접근하면 일부는 연안을 따라 흡수 또는 반사되고 일부는 항만의 방파제를 따라 회절하여 항내로 들어오게 된다. 항내로 입사한 장주기파는 항내의 정상파의 주기와 일치할 경우 공진 현상이 발생하여 작은 입사파에도 큰 반응이 나타날 수 있고 단주기파는 다중 반사 등으로 인해 항만의 특정 지점에서 파고가 증폭될 수 있어서 정박된 선박의 파괴, 부두손상, 하역 등에 지장을 초래할 수 있다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.91-95
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• 1993

To investigate hemolysin from Vibrio vulnificus in terms of protein chemistry and immunochemistvy, the simple method to produce antiserum was developed as follows ; Crude hemolysin from Vibrio vulnificus was mixed with cholesterol-phosphatidylcholine-liposome. Only hemolysin with molecular weight of 50kD was selertively bound to the liposome. Thus, without purification of crude hemolysin, liposome bound hemolysin was used as antigen to produce antiserum by injecting into back muscle of a rabbit. Resultant antiserum reacted only with hemolysin. Hemouysin of Vibrio vulnificus from patients and environment was formed single band in gel diffusion precipitation reaction with antiserum.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.99-103
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• 1991

The optimum conditions and rates of absorption of isobutylene in aqueous para-toluene sulfonic acid(PTSA) were studied experimentally in a stirred reactor. The effects of acid concentration(30-70 wt%), acid loading (0.3-5), mixing intensity(400-1000 rpm), and temperature ($20-80^{\circ}C$) on the absorption conditions were examined. The absorption rate of isobutylene was first order in isobutylene and variable order in PTSA concentrations. The apparent energy of activation was found to be 13 Kcal/mole.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.483-494
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• 1993

Cell surface antigenic relationships between pathogenic mycobacteria have been investigated by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using phenolkilled cells and their rabbits antisera. Homologous and heterologous reactions of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare antisera before and after homologous and heterologous absorption revealed a close antigenic relationship between strains of the same species and between species if they were members of M. avium(MA)-intracellulare(MI)-scrofulaceum(MG) complex. MAI sera showed a considerable reaction with M. kansasii(MK) and tuberculosis(MTB), but not with the other species. MA(K40004) antiserum reacted with other mycobacteria except few strains of MI and 50~89% of homologous reaction was reduced by heterologous absorption with cells of MI or MS. Intraspecific reaction of MI antisera was natural1y stronger than interspecific reaction and different in extent due to a magnitude of antigenic sharing. Antigenic relationships between N-260D, N-260R, N-260T, and K41014 was somewhat closer than that with N-242D, N-257T, N-28ID, and N-275T. M. nonchromogenicum(MNC) antisera showed a strong interspecific reaction with exception of M. chelonei(MC) and triviale(MTV) to which they reacted weakly or none. Antigenic sharing with M. terrae(MTR) and MG(K30003) was next to intraspecific sharing. NC-3 shared antigens considerably with MA, MC, and M. fortuitum(MF) while NC-11 did not. MTR antisera showed a strong cross-reaction with MI but their homologous reaction was not reduced by MI absorption indicating a paucity of shared antigen of MTR surface. Intraspecific antigenic sharing of course was large with on exception between T-8 and T-13. A considerable amount of antigenic sharing was also found with MNC, MC and MF. Unlike T-8 serum, T-13 antiserum strongly cross-reacted with MA, MG, MK, and MTB. In general, antigenic relationships of mycobacteria, that have been elucidated in this study, well conformed to taxons delineated by the various biological and biochemical means.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.14-17
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• 1978

In response surface experiments, a polynomial regression model is often used to fit the response surface to explore the functional relationship between a response variable and several independent variables, and to determine the optimum operating conditions, which would be desirable to control the quality of industrial products. The problem considered in this paper is that of selecting subsets of polynomial terms from a given polynomial model so as to achieve "improved" response surfaces in estimation of the response. Such improvement in fitting the response surfaces would be very helpful to determine the optimum operating conditions and to explore the functional relationship with better precision. A criterion is proposed for selection of polynomial terms and illustrated with an industrial example.

• Applied Microscopy
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.247-255
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• 2002

In this study, we carried out immunostaining and immunogold labeling with antibodies to serotonin and somatostatin to examine the characteristics and functions of the neurons that secrete neurotransmitters in optic lobes of Todarodes pacificus and Octopus minor. As a result of immunostaining with anti-somatostatin, the nerve cells of Todarodes pacificus reacted as similar to the anti-serotonin, but in Octopus minor, only large cells in the outer granule cell layer reacted positively. In the immunogold labeling with anti-serotonin, the nerve cells in the inner grande cell layer and medulla of Todarodes pacificus reacted strongly, 30 gold particles being labeled per $0.5{\mu}m^2$ of the cytoplasm. However, in Octopus minor, only 17 gold particles were labeled, which stated a weak reaction. On the other hand, in the anti-somatostatin case, the nerve cells in the outer and inner granule cell layers and medulla of Todarodes pacificus showed strong reaction, 30 gold particles being labeled per $0.5{\mu}m^2$ of the cytoplasm while the nerve cells in the outer granule cell layer of Octopus minor reacted weakly, about 3 gold particles being labeled per the equivalent area. As a result of immunostaining and immunogold labeling with two types of antibodies to each part of the optic lobes, we found that the reactive nerve cells were distributed differently in the two species. In particular, the degree of reactivity to the immunostaining and immunogold labeling appeared stronger in Todarodes pacificus than in Octopus minor.