• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.127-130
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• 2004

We describe here the cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding a putative myosin light chain-2 (MLC-2) from the mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis. The G. orientalis MLC-2 cDNA sequences comprised of 615 bp with 205 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular weight of approximately 23 kDa. The deduced protein sequence of G. orientalis MLC-2 cDNA showed 64% and 54% identity to Drosophila melanogaster MLC-2 and D. yakuba MLC-2, respectively. Northern blot analysis confirmed the muscle-specific expression of G. orientalis MLC-2.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.848-857
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• 2021

This paper proposes an efficient approach based on a machine learning technique to predict the local stresses on mooring chain links. Three-link and multi-link finite element analyses were conducted for a target chain link of D107 with steel grade R4; 24,000 and 8000 analyses were performed, respectively. Two serial Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models based on a deep multi-layer perceptron technique were developed. The first ANN model corresponds to multi-link analyses, where the input neurons were the tension force and angle and the output neurons were the interlink angles. The second ANN model corresponds to the three-link analyses with the input neurons of the tension force, interlink angle, and the local stress positions, and the output neurons of the local stress. The predicted local stresses for the untrained cases were reliable compared to the numerical simulation results.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.376-380
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• 1999

Constructs, encoding a single-chain variable fragment of a catalytic antibody 4f4f (scFv-4f4f) with glycosidase activity, were made by combining the coding sequences for the heavy and light chain variable domains with a sequence encoding a linker (GGGGS). Using three different plasmid systems, single-chain antibodies were expressed separately in Escherichia coli, demonstrating significant differences in the expression level and amounts in soluble form of the recombinant protein. The protein expression from pET3a-scFv-4f4f was up to 20% of the total soluble proteins and, more importantly, the proteins were mostly found in a soluble form. An SDS-PAGE analysis of the purified single-chain proteins, yielding higher than 5mg from a 1-1 culture, showed a single band corresponding to its molecular weight of 29,100. A preliminary study shows that the expressed scFv-4f4f is catalytically active. The catalytic parameters for the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl-$\beta$-D-glucopyranoside by scFv-4f4f are being investigated.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.6-16
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• 1998

Ceramides are currently emerging as the major skin care ingredients due to !heir barrier properties in the stratum corneum of the human skin. Thus, major cosmetic companies have developed synthetic ceramide analogs for their own use. In this study, several ceramide mimic compounds , new skin barrier lipids, were designed and synthesized, and their physical and biological properties were investigated to evaluate their skin care capability. Several structures were designed from the variation of hydrophobic alkyl chain and hydrophilic moiety by the use of molecular modeling software. The selected targets were synthesized, and their properties and activities were studied as the pure form, in the emulsion, or in the lamellar mixture containing cholesterol and fatty acid. Some compounds, such as 1,3-bis(N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-palmitoylamino)-2-hydroxypropane, enhanced the restoration of skin barrier damaged by SDS(sodium dodecyl sulfate), and by acetone treatment. The rate of restoration was comparable to that of natural ceramides. The synthesized compounds alleviated SDS induced skin irritation and facilitated lamellar phase liquid crystal formation. The treatment of 1,3-Dis(N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-palmitoylam ino)-2-hyd roxypropane on the acetone damaged skin revealed that the compound promoted the recovery of intercellular lipid lamellar structure of stratum corneum layer. The replacement of palmitoyl groups of the compound with shorter alkyl chain gave lower emulsion viscosity and liquid crystal density, suggesting easier formulation and poorer barrier activity. Most of the synthesized compounds were non-irritable in various toxicological tests proving that they can be safely introduced to the skin care formulations.

• 생태와환경
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.174-187
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• 2008

본 연구는 팔당호의 효과적인 호소관리를 위하여 미세 먹이망의 구조와 기능을 이해하고자 경안천(정점 K), 팔당댐 (정점 P)그리고 남 북한강 합류부(정점 M)에서 2005년 3월부터 12월까지 매월 1회씩 환경 요인과 미소 생물요인의 생물량을 조사하였다. 조사기간 동안 DOC는 $3{\sim}5$월 그리고 11월에 높은 값을 보였다. 영양염류는 다른 2개 정점보다 상대적으로 정점 K에서 높은 수치를 보였다. 인산염과 규산염은 여름철 집중강우기 이후에 3개 정점에서 점진적으로 증가하였으나, 9월 이후에는 감소하는 양상을 나타내었다. Chl-$\alpha$의 변화는 3개 정점에서 4월과 11월에 매우 높은 값을 보였다. 박테리아와 HNF의 탄소량은 3월, 5월 그리고 8월에 높은 값을 보였으나, 섬모충플랑크톤의 월별탄소량의 변화는 큰 변화를 보이지 않았다. 그럼에도 불구하고 섬모충플랑크톤(P<0.001)과 HNF(P<0.05)의 탄소량 변화는 박테리아 탄소량의 변화와 높은 상관관계를 보였다. 이 시기에는 Tintinnopsis cratera, Didinium sp., Vorticella sp., Paramecium sp. 그리고 Strombidium sp.가 우점종으로 밝혀졌다. 식물플랑크톤 우점종은 봄철, 여름철 그리고 가을철에 Stephanodiscus hantzschii와 Cyclotella meneghiniana가 3개 정점에서 모두 우점하였다. 그러나 가을철에는 정점 P와 정점 M에서 Aulacoseira granulata가 95%이상으로 극히 높게 우점하였다. 동물플랑크톤의 탄소량은 6월에 정점 P와 정점 M에서 가장 높은 생물량을 기록하였으며, 8월, 10월 그리고 11월에도 3개 정점에서 상대적으로 높은 생물량이 관찰되었다. 동물플랑크톤은 6월에 정점 P와 정점 M에서 Diaphanosoma brachyurum이 제1우점종으로 밝혀졌으며, 가을철인 10월과 11월에는 3개 정점에서 Bosmina longirostris가 우점하였다. Bosmina longirostris는 Aulacoseira granulata와 Stephanodiscus hantzschii를 먹이로 공급하였을 때 높은 성장률(A. granulata: $0.17\;d^{-1}$, S. hantzschii: $0.14^{-1}\;d^{-1}$)과 섭식률 (A. granulata: 1.93 preys $d^{-1}$, S. hantzschii: 1.63 preys $d^{-1}$)을 보였다. 이상의 결과로, 박테리아와 식물플랑크톤은 주요 먹이원으로서, 봄철과 여름철은 bacteria를 먹이로 하는 microbial food chain이 주요기능으로, 가을철에는 식물플랑크톤을 먹이로 하는 grazing food chain이 중요한 기능을 갖는 것으로 시사한다.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2022년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.215-215
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• 2022

Starch synthase proteins (SSI, SSII and SSIII) in rice are mainly involved in amylopectin synthesis mediating its chain elongation, and the functional loss of SSII can increase amylose accumulation through decreasing of amylopectin chain proportions. For purposes of identifying functional haplotypes and evolutionary analyses of this gene, SSII-1, we investigated 374 rice accessions belonging to different subgroups of origins. We subsequently performed bioinformatic analyses on their variations through haplotyping, resequencing and structuring based on different classified populations. Haplotyping of cultivated rice accessions using genetic variations within SSII-1 genomic region of chromosome 10 revealed a total of 8 haplotypes, representing 6 functional haplotypes by 4 non-synonymous SNPs of three different exons (1, 4 and 10), which effect on protein structure. Higher nucleotide diversity value was found in wild group (0.0055) compared to any of cultivated subpopulations, of which aus showed the most reduction of diversity value (0.0003). Tajima's D analysis exhibits the most Tajima's D value only in admixture group (0.3600) which appears to be the cause of a sudden population contraction by rare alleles scarcity. A clear separation of some wild accessions from the admixed cultivated subpopulations was observed in PCA and phylogenetic analysis. Similar admixed pattern of population structure was estimated with an increased K values of 2 to 8 where genetic components of almost all cultivated subpopulations were shared with the wild which can also be subsequently estimated by very low F_ST-values by -0.011 (wild-aromatic) and -0.003 (wild-admixture).

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.454-490
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• 2018

본 연구는 중소 제조기업에서 가치사슬 외부 및 내부 지식원천들이 급진적 혁신 및 점진적 혁신에 미치는 영향과 지식원천들 간의 상호작용, 그리고 지식원천이 연구개발투자와 상호작용하여 급진적 혁신 및 점진적 혁신에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 기술혁신조사의 원자료를 바탕으로 3,218개의 종단패널데이터를 구성하여 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 중소 제조기업에서 가치사슬 외부의 지식 원천을 많이 활용할수록 급진적인 혁신성과가 증가하며, 가치사슬 내부의 지식 원천에 관한 채널이 많을수록 점진적인 혁신성과가 증가함을 확인하였다. 둘째, 가치사슬 외부 및 내부의 지식 원천은 혁신성과와 역 U자형 관계가 있음을 실증하였다. 이는 가치사슬 외부의 지식 원천과 혁신성과 간에 수확체감(diminishing returns)의 기제가 작용함을 의미한다. 셋째, 가치사슬 외부의 지식 원천과 내부의 지식원천 간에는 긍정적인 시너지 효과가 존재하여 가치사슬 외부 및 내부 지식 채널이 많아지면 지식원천-혁신성과 간의 관계에서 선형적인 기제(linear mechanism)가 더욱 강화되고 있다. 넷째, 가치사슬 외부 및 내부의 지식원천은 모두 연구개발투자와 급진적 혁신성과 간의 관계에서 시너지를 창출하여 지식원천의 채널을 많이 활용할수록 혁신성과가 더욱 증가하고 있다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.67-74
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• 1993

1, 2-Isopropylidene glycerol produced by ketalyzation of glycerol with aceton was esterified with long chain fatty acids in the presence of a Mucor miehei lipase to obtain 1, 2-isopropylidene 3-long chain acyl glycerol. To determine optimal conditions for the esterification reaction, esterification was proceeded as a reversible second-order reaction in various parameters that are enzyme/substrate ratio 0.096g/g at reaction temperatures ranged from $25^{\circ}C$ to $70^{\circ}C$. The order of reaction rate of fatty acids were lauric acid, myristic acid, oleic acid, and stearic acid. The range of their activation energies were from 7.8 to 11.4 (kcal/mol) and that of entropies of activation which have negative values were from 42.8 to 52.5(e.u.).

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제40회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.301-301
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• 2011

We present theoretical investigations of the self-assembled growth of one-dimensional (1D) molecular lines directed across the dimer rows on the H-terminated Si(001) surface [1]. Based on density-functional theory calculations, a new growth mechanism of the 1D acetylacetone line is proposed [2], which involves the radical chain reaction initiated at two dangling-bond sites on one side of two adjacent Si dimers. It is also enabled that, if an H-free Si dimer were employed as the initial reaction site, a 1D acetylacetone line can grow along the dimer row. Our findings represent the first insight into the growth of 1D molecular lines not only across but also along the dimer rows on the H-terminated Si(001) surface.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.504-509
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• 1989

The effect of oxygen-deficiency on the charge distributions and orbital energies for small copper oxide clusters representing the superconducting materials $YBa_2Cu_3O_x (6{\leq}x{\leq}7)$ were investigated by the extended Huckel molecular orbital (EHMO) method with the tight-binding model. Our calculations show +3 oxidation state of Cu(1) in the $CuO_3$ chain and +2 or +1 of Cu(2) in the $CuO_2$ layers for $YBa_2Cu_3O_7$ with the nominal charge of $Cu_3$ = +7 (or +5), while for $YBa_2Cu_3O_6$ +1 oxidation state of Cu(1) and +3 (or +2) of Cu(2) in the $CuO_2$ layers with the nominal charge of $Cu_3$ = +7 (or +5). For $Cu_3O_{12}$ cluster representing $YBa_2Cu_3O_7$ with the nominal charge of $Cu_3$ = +7 the Cu(2) $d_{{x^2}-{y^2}}$ orbitals in the $CuO_2$ layers is a typical Jahn-Teller $d^9$ system with the partial hole and the Cu(1) $d_{{_z2}-{_y2}}$ orbital in the $CuO_3$ chain contains hole occupancy. For $Cu_3O_{10}$ cluster representing $YBa_2Cu_3O_6$ with the nominal charge of Cu = +5 the orbital character of the highest partially occupied MO (HPOMO) and the lowest completely unoccupied MO (LCUMO) of $Cu_3O_{12}$ representing $YBa_2Cu_3O_7$ with the nominal charge of $Cu_3$ = +7 is reversed, and the character of Cu(1) $d{{x^2}-{y^2}}$ orbital of LCUMO of the $Cu_3O_{12} $cluster is vanished. It is suggested that the local crystal field environment of Cu(1) by the oxygens in the Cu(1) chain may play a vital role in conductivity and superconductivity, either alone or through cooperative electronic coupling with the Cu(2) layers in $YBa_2Cu_3O_7.$.