• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.102-107
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• 1998

It has not been clear whether L-arginine plays solely a role contributing to vascular nitric oxide (NO) synthesis. To investigate the mechanisms by which L-arginine induces vasorelaxation, effects of L-arginine on the isometric tension, and tissue NOx and cyclic guanosine monophosphate(cGMP) contents were examined in the isolated rat thoracic aorta. L-Arginine induced a dose-dependent relaxation of aortic rings only with intact endothelium only. The vasorelaxation response to low concentrations of L-arginine was abolished by the pretreatment with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester(L-NAME, 10-4 mol/L), whereas the relaxation caused by higher concentrations L-arginine(10-5-10-3 mol/L) was maintained and even more pronounced in the presence of L-NAME. L-Arginine did not affect the vascular tension precontracted with KCl. The vascular tissue contents of NOx/cGMP were not significantly affected by L-arginine, while they were decreased by L-NAME. L-Arginine could not completely recover the NOx/cGMP decreased by L-NAME. Methylene blue only partially antagonized the relaxation response to L-arginine. Indomethacin did not affect the L-arginine-induced vasorelaxation, whereas ouabain markedly attenuated the relaxation. It is suggested that L-arginine induces vasorelaxation not only through its contribution to NO synthesis, but also through enhancing another endothelium-dependent mechanism which is NO/cGMP-independent and cyclooxygenase- independent.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.257-264
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• 2006

An aerobic submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) treating ammonium wastewater was studied in respect of nitrification characteristics and distribution of nitrification bacteria over a period of 350 days. MBR was fed with ammonium concentration of 500-1000 mg $NH_4-N/L$ at a nitrogen load of $1-2kg\;N/m^3{\cdot}d$. Overall ammonium oxidation rate increased with dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration, temperature, and sludge retention time (SRT). Under a higher concentration of free ammonia ($NH_3-N$) due to the decrease of ammonium oxidation rate, the nitrite ratio ($NO_2-N/NO_x-N$) in the effluent increased. The sudden collapse of nitrification efficiency accompanied by sludge foaming and the increase of sludge volume index (SVI) was observed unexpectedly during the operation. At the later stage of operation, additional carbon source was fed to the MBR and resulted in twice higher value of SVI and the decrease of ammonium oxidation rate. In fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis, genus Nitrosomonas which is specifically hybridized with probe NSM156 was initially the dominant ammonia oxidizing bacteria and the amount of Nitrosospira gradually increased. Nitrospira was the dominant nitrite oxidizing bacteria during whole operational period. Significant amount of Nitrobacter was also detected which might due to the high concentration of nitrite maintained in the reactor.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.433-441
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• 2014

It has been known that sewage containing high-concentration nitrogen affects the efficiency of municipal wastewater treatment plants harmfully. Therefore, research has been actively conducted to treat sewage containing high-concentration nitrogen. The current study has analyzed organic compounds, conducted foaming tests, and operated a laboratory-level nitritation reactor with the subjects of anaerobic digester supernatant and livestock wastewater which are the typical kinds of sewage containing high-concentration nitrogen. According to the results of analyzing organic compounds, soluble inert components form the largest part of anaerobic digester supernatant while particle biodegradable components occupy the most part of livestock wastewater. About the retention time proper for the reaction of nitritation, anaerobic digester supernatant shows 2 days while livestock wastewater indicates 6 days. It seems that the difference in the proper retention time is resulted from the difference of properties in organic compounds and ammonium nitrogen concentration. In addition, livestock wastewater's reactor foam is generated comparatively more than anaerobic digester supernatant's, but it tends to be eliminated faster. It is expected that the findings of this study can be utilized as foundational data afterwards in applying the reaction of nitritation to municipal wastewater treatment plants.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.200.1-200.1
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• 2014

$TiO_2$에 니켈과 질소가 도입된 촉매를 합성하여 광촉매 활성을 연구하였다. degussa는 methylene blue 분자에 대하여 흡착능력을 거의 나타내지 않았으나, 니켈과 질소의 양이 최적화된 촉매에서는 최대 흡착량이 13.01 mg/g에 달하였다. Zeta potential 측정 결과 최대 -25.46 mV의 음전하를 나타내었으며, 각각의 촉매흡착성은 이와 비례하는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 니켈이 도입된 $TiO_2$는 흡착능력뿐만 아니라 가시광선을 이용한 MB분해 실험에서 우수한 광촉매 특성을 나타내었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.260-260
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• 2009

초박형 절연막은 현재 다양한 전자소자의 제작과 향상을 위하여 활용되고 있으며, 일반적인 화학 기상 증착 방법으로는 균일도를 확보하기 어려운 문제점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 디스플레이의 구동소자로 활용되는 박막 트랜지스터의 특성 향상과 비휘발성 메모리 소자의 터널링 박막에 응용하기 위하여 초박형 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드 박막의 증착과 이의 특성을 분석하였다. 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드 박막은 실리콘 산화막에 질소가 주입되어 있는 형태로 실리콘 산화막과 실리콘 계면상에 존재하는 질소는 터널링 전류와 결함 형성을 감소시키며, bulk 내에 존재하는 질소는 단일 실리콘 산화막에 비해 더 두꺼운 박막을 커패시턴스의 감소없이 이용할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 플라즈마 처리 기법을 이용하였을 경우에는 초박형의 균일한 박막을 얻을 수 있으며, 본 연구에서는 이산화질소 플라즈마를 이용하여 활성화된 질소 및 산소 라디칼들이 실리콘 계면을 개질하여 초박형 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드 박막을 형성활 수 있다. 플라즈마 처리 시간과 RF power의 변화에 따라 형성된 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드 박막의 두께 및 광학적 특성은 엘립소미터를 통하여 분석하였으며, 전기적인 특성은 금속-절연막-실리콘의 MIS 구조를 형성하여 커패시턴스-전압 곡선과 전류-전압 곡선을 사용하여 평가하였다. 이산화질소 플라즈마 처리 방법을 사용한 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드 박막을 log-log 스케일로 시간과 박막 두께의 함수로 전환해보면 선형적인 증가를 나타내며, 이는 초기적으로 증착률이 높고 시간이 지남에 따라 두께 증가가 포화상태에 도달함을 확인할 수 있다. 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드 박막은 초기적으로 산소의 함유량이 많은 형태의 박막으로 구성되며, 시간의 증가에 따라서 질소의 함유량이 증가하여 굴절률이 높고 더욱 치밀한 형태의 박막이 형성되었으며, 이는 시간의 증가에 따라 플라즈마 챔버 내에 존재하는 활성종들은 실리콘 박막의 개질을 통한 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드 박막의 두께 증가에 기여하기 보다는 형성된 박막의 내부적인 성분 변화에 기여하게 된다. 이산화질소 플라즈마 처리 시간의 변화에 따라 형성된 박막의 정기적인 특성의 경우, 2.3 nm 이상의 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드 박막을 가진 MIS 구조에서 accumulation과 inversion의 특성이 명확하게 나타남을 확인할 수 있다. 아산화질소 플라즈마 처리 시간이 짧은 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드 박막의 경우 전압의 변화에 따라 공핍영역에서의 기울기가 현저히 감소하며 이는 플라즈마에 의한 계면 손상으로 계면결합 전하량이 증가에 기인한 것으로 판단된다. 또한, 전류-전압 곡선을 활용하여 측정한 터널링 메카니즘은 2.3 nm 이하의 두께를 가진 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드 박막은 직접 터널링이 주도하며, 2.7 nm 이상의 두께를 가진 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드 박막은 F-N 터널링이 주도하고 있음을 확인할 수 있다. 즉, 2.5 nm 두께를 경계로 하여 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드 박막의 터널링 메카니즘이 변화함을 확인할 수 있다. 결론적으로 2.3 nm 이상의 두께를 가진 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드 박막에서 전기적인 안정성을 확보할수 있어 박막트랜지스터의 절연막으로 활용이 가능하며 2.5 nm 두께를 경계로 터널링 메커니즘이 변화하는 특성을 이용하여 비휘발성 메모리 소자 제작시 전하 주입 및 기억 유지 특성을 확보를 위한 실리콘 옥시나이트라이드 터널링 박막을 효과적으로 선택하여 활용할 수 있다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.414-420
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• 2006

Effluent from an anaerobic digestion system with an elutriated phased treatment(ADEPT, Anaeorbic Digestion Elutriated Phase Treatment) for piggery waste treatment using anaerobic ammonium oxidation(ANAMMOX) process was used as a substrate of partial nitrification reactor. In mesophilic condition($35^{\circ}C$), controlling parameters of nitrite accumulation were HRT, pH, free ammonia(FA) and hydroxylamine rather than dissolved oxygen. Bicarbonate alkalinity consumption ratio including bicarbonate stripping and buffering was 8.78 g $Alk._{comsumed}/g\;NH_4-N_{converted}$. In steady state for 1 day of HRT and $2.7{\sim}4.4mg/L$ of DO, $NO_2-N/NH_4-N$ ratio of partial nitrification effluent was about $1{\sim}3$, which was applicable to ANAMMOX reactor influent for the combined partial nitrification-ANAMMOX process.

• Applied Microscopy
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.293-306
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• 2008

The essential factor of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), an acute lung injury accompanied commonly by sepsis syndrome is accumulation of neutrophils in lung tissue. The study attempted to confirm whether a lung injury would be decreased with the anti-inflammatory effect of germanium by the treated germanium prior to the development of ARDS and whether nitric oxide influence in suppressing a lung injury. Test groups were divided in the following structure for experiment; CON that has been administered with sodium chloride to airway, LPS administered with endotoxin for 5 hours in the same amount and 5 hours of endotoxin administered Ge+LPS following 1 hours of pre-treated germanium. The result of a test using experimental animals, infilteration of neutrophils (p<0.001) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) was significantly decreased, the structure of lung tissue was preserved relatively well, and much neutrophils with distinct positive were observed on tunel staining which showed increase of apoptotic neutrophils in the pre-treated germanium group compare to the endotoxin administrated group. In observation of ultrastructural changes of cell in BALF, phagocytic alveolar macrophage was increased in alveolar space, the nucleus of most engulfed neutrophils were condensed, and some apoptosis neutrophils appears to be DNA fragmentation and effacement of cellular organelles were found in intercellular matrix in the pre-treated germanium group. However, the nitric oxide showed increase in all the groups excluding CON, and the nitric oxide effect such as degranulation diminishing of mast cells and apoptosis increase of neutrophils in the pre-treated group only. The situation appears that there was change in internal environment of the experimental animal by the pre-treated germanium before the nitric oxide is produced and the anti-inflammatory effect activated the pre-processed germanium by nitric oxide which activated following the change. Therefore, the nitric oxide created from macrophage in accordance with the pre-treated germanium appears to influence in alleviating a lung injury. Accordingly, acute lung injury is alleviated by the anti-inflammatory effect of germanium such as inhibition of neutrophils migration, induction of neutrophil apoptosis and increase of phagocytic function of phagocyte, and the nitric oxide produced from activated macrophage by germanium would influence in suppressing a lung injury.

• Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.5-12
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• 1976

• Journal of the korean veterinary medical association
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.14-21
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• 1997

• 전기의세계
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.50-51
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• 1971

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