• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.44 no.5
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• pp.649-656
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• 2015

The protective effect of zinc against cortisol-induced cell injury was examined in rainbow trout gill epithelial cells. Cells exposed to cortisol for 24 h showed increased leakage of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) as well as decreased cell viability in a dose-dependent manner. Treatment with zinc ($100{\mu}M$ $ZnSO_4$) reduced the severity of both LDH release and cell death as well as protected cells against cortisol-induced caspase-3 activation, indicating reduction of apoptosis. Cortisol-induced cell death, leakage of LDH, and caspase-3 activation were blocked by the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist Mifepristone (RU-486), suggesting that cell injury was cortisol-dependent. In addition, we studied the effect of zinc on the expression of antioxidant genes such as metallothionein A (MTA), metallothionein B (MTB), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) during cortisol-induced cell injury. MTA, MTB, GST, and G6PD mRNA levels increased after treatment with zinc or cortisol, separately or in combination. Higher mRNA levels of MTA, MTB, GST, and G6PD were detected when cells were treated with $100{\mu}M$ $ZnSO_4$ and $1{\mu}M$ cortisol in combination at the same time compared to treatment with zinc or cortisol separately. Cells treated with zinc showed increased intracellular free zinc concentrations, and this response was significantly enhanced in cells treated with cortisol and zinc. In conclusion, zinc treatment inhibited cortisol-induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis through indirect antioxidant action.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.47-56
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• 2009

Rock bolts and shotcrete play a crucial role as a main support system in the underground space. Thus, the safety of the underground space may be affected by the defect of rock bolts. In order to evaluate the rock bolt integrity by using non-destructive technique, the transmission method of the guided ultrasonic waves, which are generated by using the piezo disk elements has been successfully performed. The energy generated by the piezo disk elements, however, is not enough for the rock bolts in the field. In addition, the piezo disk elements should be installed at the end of the steel bar during construction of the rock bolts. The purpose of this study is the devolvement of the reflection method, which may generate enough energy, and the application in the field rock bolts. Both laboratory and field tests are carried out. The guided ultrasonic waves with high energy are generated by the hammer impact with the center punch, and the AE sensor is used to measure the reflected guided waves. The received guided waves are analyzed by the wavelet transform. The peak value of the wavelet transform produces the energy velocity, which is used for the evaluation of the rock bolt integrity. The energy velocity increases with an increase in the defect ratio in both laboratory and field rock bolts. This study demonstrates that the hammer-impact reflection method may be a suitable method for the evaluation of the rock bolt in the field.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2013.04a
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• pp.86-87
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• 2013

새로운 알킬렌디아미노알킬-비스-포스포닉산 유도체인 3종을 합성하고, 그들의 연소특성을 측정하였다. 알킬렌디아민 및 알데히드에 아인산을 첨가하여 한 단계로 반응시켜 91.3~97.3%의 수득률을 얻었다. 연소특성은 육송에 화합물을 도포한 후 콘칼로리미터(ISO 5660-1)를 이용하여 측정하였다. Heat flux는 25kW로 고정하였다. 시험결과 착화시간은 육송에 비해 51s~83s 정도 지연되었으며 착화시간이 지연 될수록 최대 열방출율이 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07c
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• pp.1448-1450
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 알루미늄 마스크를 이용하여 다결정 실리콘 결정립의 수평성장을 유도하는 새로운 엑시머 레이저 어닐링 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 비정질 실리콘 박막 위에 알루미늄 패턴을 형성하여 선택적으로 레이저 빔을 차단시키고, 액상 실리콘의 열을 금속박막을 통해 방출시킴으로써 다결정 실리콘 결정립의 수평성장을 유도할 수 있다. 제안된 레이저 결정화 방법을 이용하여 최대 1.6${\mu}m$의 수평성장 결정립을 형성하였고, 알루미늄 패턴의 경계로부터 결정립을 성장시킴으로써 결정립 경계의 위치를 제어하였다. 제안된 방법을 이용하여 제작한 다결정 실리콘 박막 트랜지스터는 기존의 다결정 실리콘 박막 트랜지스터에 비해 전계효과 이동도 및 온/오프 전류비 등의 전기적 특성이 우수하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1994.11a
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• pp.50-53
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• 1994

In this study. we report the properties of optically pumped stimulated emission at room temperature (RT) from column-III nitride semiconductors of GaN, GaInN, AlGaN/GaN double hetero-structure (DH) and AlGaN/GaInN DH which grown by low pressure metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy on sapphire substrate using an AIN buffer-layer. The peak wavelength of the stimulated emission at RT from AlGaN/GaN DH is 370nm and the threshold of excitation pumping power density (P$\_$th/) is about 89㎾/$\textrm{cm}^2$, and they from AlGaN/GaInN DH are 403nm and 130㎾/$\textrm{cm}^2$, respectively. The P$\_$th/ of AlGaN/GaN and AlGaN/GaInN DHs are lower than the bulk materials due to optical confinement within the active layers of GaN and GaInN. The optical gain and the polarization of stimulated emission characteristics are presented in this article.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society Of Semiconductor Equipment Technology
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• 2003.12a
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• pp.26-30
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• 2003

안테나 내장형 유도결합 플라즈마를 마그네트론 스퍼터링 장치에 추가하고 플라즈마의 생성 조건을 제어함으로써 고품질의 박막을 증착할 수 있는 장치의 개발 연구를 수행하였다. 정확한 장치의 성능을 평가하고 앞으로의 개선점을 찾기 위하여 Langmuir probe, OES, RF impedance probe, QMS 등의 플라즈마 진단 도구들을 사용하여 기본 동작 특성 및 공정중 플라즈마의 전자 온도, 밀도, 방출 파장 분석을 통한 입자 상태 분석, 부하 임피던스와 시스템 임피던스 분석을 통한 파워 전달 특성을 평가하고 이에 따라서 장치의 구성 및 동작 조건을 변경 개선하였다. 실험 대상 박막계는 기본 물성 측정을 위한 Al, Ag, TiN, MgO, Si, $SiO_2$, 등이며 타겟의 크기는 2인치 직경의 원형, 12인치 원형, 5인치 * 25인치 사각형 3가지 이다.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.437-446
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• 2014

Problems appear when triptans are taken orally. For example, the bioavailability of triptan is reduced by the digestive system, and the drug level in the blood reduces rapidly over time; there is also a possibility of gastrointestinal disorder. To improve side effects, a transdermal patch has been prepared in hydrogel form. The polymer matrix that makes up the hydrogel uses PVA; PEG is used as an additive to induce inter/intra hydrogen bonding of the PVA and almotriptan drug is added. In addition, to accelerate micro-phase separation between PVA chains, liquid nitrogen is used. In FT-IR analysis, the absorption bands of PVA, PEG, and almotriptan were found. The degree of crystallinity, the water uptake ability and tensile strength were increased with increasing PEG content. In drug release tests, the amount of drug released increased depending on the PEG content. In this study, hydrogels with 10 wt% PEG showed better performance in drug release. Approximately 60% of the total drug amount was released in 2 hr, and the drug continued to release for 1 day. Thus, the prepared hydrogel patch is suitable as a transdermal formulation for the second dose administration of triptans to patients who require recurrent migraine treatment within 24 hr after the first administration.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.48 no.12
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• pp.1013-1020
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• 2020

Spark-induced breakdown spectroscopy (SIBS) utilizes an electric spark to induce a strong plasma for collecting atomic emissions. This study analyses the potential for usinga compact SIBS instead of conventional laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) in discriminating rocks and soils for planetary missions. Targeting bulky solids using SIBS has not been successful in the past, and therefore a series of optimizations of electrode positioning and electrode materials were performed in this work. The limit of detection (LOD) was enhanced up to four times compared to when LIBS was used, showing a change from 78 to 20 ppm from LIBS to SIBS. Because of the higher energy of plasma generated, the signal intensity by SIBS was higher than LIBS in three orders of magnitude with the same spectrometer setup. Changing the electrode material and locating the optimum position of the electrodes were considered for optimizing the current SIBS setup being tested for samples of planetary origin.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.182-192
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• 1999

The new GD/ICP-AES quick change over system has been developed and characterized. Within less than 15 minutes, ICP-AES could be switched to GD-AES and vise a versa. As a result, both solid and liquid samples could be analyzed in a very short period of time by the ICP/GD-AES quick change over system developed in our laboratory. The influences of the experimental variables, such as flow rate of coolant gas, flow rate of auxiliary gas, flow rate of sample carrier gas, sampling depth, orifice size of sampling cone, and rf (radio frequency) power on emission intensity have been presented. The detection limits of Cd(I) 228.8 nm, Mn (II) 257.61 nm, and Fe(II) 259.95 nm were found to be 3.86, 1.49, and 5.79 ppb, respectively. And linealities of the calibration curves were measured to be unity.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.189-193
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• 2000

Arsenic (III) and arsenic (V) in disused mine tailing samples have been determined simutaneuously by hydride generation inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (HG-ICP-AES). Total arsenic was determined using 2% $NaBH_4$ and 6 M HCl after prereduction of As(V) to As(III) with) 1M KI. Arsenic (III) was determined selectively using citrate/citric acid buffer with range of pH 5-6, it was determined by HG-ICP-AES. Arsenic (V) can be evaluated by the differences. According to the results, arsenic (V) was over 90% among the total arsenic extracted from disused mine tailing samples.