• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.354-363
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• 1995

차세대 연료전지인 용융탄산염 연료전지의 운전조건을 확립하기 위하여 운전변수와 단위전지 성능과의 관계를 살표보았다. 용융탄산염 연료전지에 산화제로 공기를 사용하는 경우 양극가스에 질소가 포함된다. 그리고 연료전지의 작동압력을 높이면 출력을 크게 할 수 있다. 그리하여 본 연구에서는 에너지 및 물질수지를 이용하여 양극가스내 질소 조성과 작동압력 변화에 따른 전지내의 온도분포 및 성능변화를 구하였다. 본 연구팀이 이미 발표한 용융탄산염 단위 연료전지의 전류밀도의 온도분포를 구하기 위한 수치모사가 이용되었다. 가스흐름의 형태는 십자류를 선택하였다. 양극가스내 질소의 영향은 냉각효과로 나타났다. 작동압력이 증가할수록 전지의 성능은 증가하였고, 기전력[mV]변화 대 압력[atm]의 상용대수값의 변화(즉, ΔV 대 Δ(log))의 1차함수 그래프 기울기는 79.9로 문헌상의 실험치와 유사하게 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.93-99
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• 2006

A test facility was developed where an inducer for a liquid rocket engine turbopump can be tested using liquid nitrogen as a working fluid. At the facility, a hydrodynamic performance test and a cavitation performance test for an oxidizer turbopump were carried out. Head-flow relation at liquid nitrogen test was similar to the case at water test. However, cavitation performance at the liquid nitrogen was superior to the case at water test, which results from the thermodynamic effect of cavitation.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.407-408
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• 2000

유전체 장벽 방전 반응기 (Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) Reactor)를 이용한 비열 플라즈마(Non-thermal plasma) 공정에서 NO 제거 특성을 실험적으로 연구하였다. 질소 분위기에서 전자에 의한 NO 의 제거는 $N_2$ + e $\longrightarrow$ N + N + e 반응에 의한 질소의 전자충돌해리 (electron-impact dissociation)와 이 반응에 의하여 생성된 질소원자에 의한 NO 의 환원반응 N + NO $\longrightarrow$ $N_2$ + O 으로 설명될 수 있으며, 이로 인하여 $O_2$ 나 $H_2O$ 의 첨가에 따른 부산물(O, $O_3$, OH 등)에 의한 산화반응이 주로 일어나는 경우 (XO + NO $\longrightarrow$ X + NO$_2$) 와는 달리 NO 제거에 소모된 에너지를 평가하기에 용이한 장점이 있다(Penetrante et al., 1995). (중략)

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.73-80
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• 2014

Pretreatment of chinese cabbage leaves with $100{\mu}M$ sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a nitric oxide (NO) donor, effectively improved their tolerance to subsequent $2{\mu}M$ paraquat (PQ)-induced oxidative damage. The fresh weight, and chlorophyll and protein contents in primary leaves treated with PQ alone were noticeably reduced over 24 h light incubation. However, these leaf injury symptoms were significantly alleviated with $100{\mu}M$ SNP pretreatment for 3 h prior to PQ exposure. In additions, the increase of the contents of malondialdehyde (MDA) and $H_2O_2$ due to PQ exposure were significantly inhibited by SNP pretreatment. Together with the protective effects of SNP against PQ toxicity in leaves, the changes of ascorbate-glutathione cycle enzymes activities were examined. In the PQ alone treatment, the activities of APX, DHAR, and GR after 6 h incubation were rapidly reduced and showed 19%, 50% and 39% respectively, compared with those of the control. However, the decreases in these enzyme activities were significantly inhibited by SNP pretreatment. As a result, their activities were higher than those of PQ alone treatment by 5 times, 2 times, and 1.5 times, respectively, at 6 h incubation. Thereafter, these enzymes decrease their activities gradually showing high levels than those of PQ alone. Based on the above results, it can be assumed that the activation of ascorbate-glutathione cycle by SNP pretreatment in chinese cabbage leaves exposed to PQ can prevent $H_2O_2$ accumulation, thereby leading to protection against PQ-induced oxidative stress. Also, these results indicate that NO acts as an protectant against PQ stress in the leaves of chinese cabbage.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.306-310
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• 2015

In this research, hematite nanoparticles were synthesized by DC thermal plasma process to increase the overall surface area. The effect of binders on hematite electrodes was investigated by changing the type and composition of binders when preparing electrodes. Nitrogen gas was also added to the DC thermal plasma process in order to dope the hematite with N for enhancing photoelectrochemical properties of hematite nanoparticles. The efficiency of water splitting reaction was measured by linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) under solar simulator. In LSV measurements, the onset potential and maximum current density at a fixed voltage were measured. The durability of electrodes was checked by repeating LSV measurements. CMC (carboxymethyl cellulose) binder with 50 : 1 composition exhibits the highest current density of $12mA/cm^2$ and CMC binder with 20 : 1 composition, showing the initial current density of $3mA/cm^2$, endures 20 times of repetitive LSV measurements. Effects of nitrogen doping on hematite nanoparticles were proven to be insignificant.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.125-129
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• 2008

Korean Marine Plants (KMU-4, 6, 7) obtained from an herb which widely used in medicine for the treatment of a variety of pathologies. In this study, using mouse peritoneal macrophages, we have examined whether KMU-4, 6, 7 affects nitric oxide (NO) and COX-2 induced IFN-$\gamma$ and LPS and cell viability. KMU-6 inhibits IFN-$\gamma$ and LPS-induced NO. We found that KMU-6 had a little effect on COX-2 expression. These finding means that KMU-6 can be used in controlling macrophages mediated inflammatory disease. The present results indicate that KMU-6 has an inhibitory effect on the production of NO through down-regulation of COX-2 expression in LPS stimulated mouse peritoneal macrophages.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.454-460
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• 2014

In a previous study, we found that methanolic extracts of immature fruits of Satuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc. var. okitsu) contained relatively high amounts of phytochemicals. Here we show that a combined treatment consisting of immature fruits of Satuma mandarin and cisplatin induced strong apoptotic response in human melanoma A375 cells. We further investigated the mechanisms by which immature fruits of Satuma mandarin augment cisplatin-induced apoptosis in A375 cells. Satuma mandarin up-regulated the expression of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), elevated nitric oxide ($NO^{\cdot}$) production, and weakening the anti-apoptotic signals inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) family, thus facilitating the process of apoptosis. These results suggest that immature fruits of Satuma mandarin in combination with cisplatin might have therapeutic value in melanoma treatment worthy of further development.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.23-30
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• 2014

In this study, a research of anti-inflammatory effect and application for cosmetics after extracting of germinated mung bean. Germinated mung bean extract was showed high NO constraining effect compared with $250{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ concentrated mung bean extract and germinated mung bean extract. Also shown is the highest nitrogen oxide inhibiting effect that using 1,3-butylene glycol when comparing the results of extraction conditions of a water-soluble, and extracted mung bean germinated for 5 days. The result of applying the germinated mung bean extract hairdye inflammatory reaction happens many showed nitrogen oxides higher inhibitory effect than that hair dye containing germinated mung bean extract is not included. Therefore, germinated mung bean extract is expected to the abirritant and anti-inflammatory agent as the material for cosmetic.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.131-137
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• 2022

In the study, we endeavored to assess the convergence effect of Silybum marianum-derived silymarin and epidemiologically-correlated alcohol intake on vascular contractility and to determine the mechanism involved. There were few reports addressing the question whether thin or thick filament modulation is included in ethanol and silymarin-induced regulation. We hypothesized that ethanol at a low concentration and silymarin play a role in agonist-dependent regulation of vascular contractility. Denuded arterial muscles of Sprague-Dawley male rats were suspended in organ baths and isometric tensions were transduced and recorded using isometric transducers and an automatic data acquisition system. Interestingly, both silymarin and ethanol didn't encourage silymarin alone-induced inhibition in agonists-induced contraction suggesting that endothelial nitric oxide synthesis might be involved in ethanol or silymarin-induced modulation of vascular contractility and additional pathways besides endothelial nitric oxide synthesis such as ROCK inactivation might be involved in the silymarin-induced modulation of vascular contractility.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.239-243
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• 2007

Presence of bottom water nitrite in the Ulleung Basin was remarkable because it is totally unexpected phenomenon at such an oxygen-rich environment. Yet no scientific explanation was set forward. Of several plausible explanations, following the Ockham's suggestion, a leaching of nitrite as an intermediate product of denitrification in the top sediment at the slope is most agreeable to given environmental settings. There seems no complementary process to make up the loss of N in the Ulleung Basin, which seems contribute to the characteristically low N:P ratio in the deep waters. If warming proceeds that weakens the thermohaline circulation, a current biological pump may stall and the phytoplankton assemblage might replaced drastically. If so this will pause an utmost challenge to the ecosystem of the East/Japan Sea. Still there remains a contradictory sedimentary signature that requests further explanation regarding the N (or organic C)-cycle such as extraordinarily high organic carbon content despite abundant oxidants in the overlying waters.