• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.707-712
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• 2011

The objective of the present study was to determine gender-related and month-related behavioral differences in captive alpine musk deer. The study was conducted at Xinglongshan Musk Deer Farm (XMDF) of Xinglongshan National Nature Reserve in Gansu Province of western China. The integrated method of focal sampling and all occurrence recording was utilized to quantify the behavioural patterns of 45 captive alpine musk deer (Moschus sifanicus) during non-mating season (from August $1^{st}$ to October $25^{th}$), and the behavioural durations of 12 behavioural patterns such as standing-gazing were recorded. The behavioural modes were compared to explore the potential differences between females and males, and the monthly behavioural modes for males and females were analyzed. Our results showed that the captive female deer in XMDF could compensate the energy lost in pregnancy, parturition and lactation through improving its ingestive efficiency. In order to be more sensitive to the changing environment, females expressed more standing-gazing (SG: $67.38{\pm}12.69\;s$) and moving (MO; $27.41{\pm}5.02\;s$), but less bedding (BE: $42.32{\pm}11.35\;s$) than male deer (SG: $56.43{\pm}9.19\;s$; MO: $19.23{\pm}4.64\;s$; BE: $96.14{\pm}15.71\;s$). Furthermore, females perform more affinitive interaction (AI: $7.89{\pm}4.81\;s$) but less ano-genital sniffing (AS: $0.24{\pm}0.13\;s$) and agonistic behaviour (CI: $0.57{\pm}0.26\;s$) than males (AI: $1.45{\pm}1.09\;s$; AS: $0.45{\pm}0.29\;s$; CI: $1.42{\pm}0.67\;s$). The females expressed ingestion more in October ($132.31{\pm}27.47\;s$) than in August ($28.80{\pm}18.44\;s$) and September ($45.1{\pm}10.84\;s$), and the males performed Ano-genital sniffing (AS: $1.79{\pm}1.14\;s$) and self-directed behaviour (SD: $12.61{\pm}5.03\;s$) significantly more in October than in August (AS: 0 s; SD: $0.62{\pm}0.17\;s$) and September (AS: $0.02{\pm}0.01\;s$; SD: $0.17{\pm}0.15\;s$). Moreover, male musk deer increased the intension of ano-genital sniffing, agonistic behaviour and tail rubbing behaviour, which were related to sexual activities.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제77권2호
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• pp.197-215
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• 2021

Under a severe environment of multiple hazards such as earthquakes and winds, the life-cycle performance of engineering structures may inevitably be deteriorated due to the fatigue effect caused by long-term exposure to wind loads, which would further increase the structural vulnerability to earthquakes. This paper presents a framework for evaluating the lifetime structural seismic performance under the effect of wind-induced fatigue considering different sources of uncertainties. The seismic behavior of a high-rise steel-concrete composite frame with buckling-restrained braces (FBRB) during its service life is systematically investigated using the proposed approach. Recorded field data for the wind hazard of Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China from Jan. 1, 1980 to Mar. 31, 2019 is collected, based on which the distribution of wind velocity is constructed by the Gumbel model after comparisons. The OpenSees platform is employed to establish the numerical model of the FBRB and conduct subsequent numerical computations. Allowed for the uncertainties caused by the wind generation and structural modeling, the final annual fatigue damage takes the average of 50 groups of simulations. The lifetime structural performance assessments, including static pushover analyses, nonlinear dynamic time history analyses and fragility analyses, are conducted on the time-dependent finite element (FE) models which are modified in lines with the material deterioration models. The results indicate that the structural performance tends to degrade over time under the effect of fatigue, while the influencing degree of fatigue varies with the duration time of fatigue process and seismic intensity. The impact of wind-induced fatigue on structural responses and fragilities are explicitly quantified and discussed in details.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.179-189
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• 2002

중국 호남성 침주시에서 북동 16 km지점에 위치하는 시죽원 다금속 광상의 지질은 원생대의 변성퇴적암류, 데본기탄산염암, 쥬라기 화강암류, 백악기 반암류 및 초염기성맥암으로 구성된다. 시죽일 다금속 광상은 중-조립질 흑운모화강암과 관련되어 있다. 광체의 산출상태, 광물의 산출상태 및 공생관계를 토대로 광화시기는 스카른, 그라이젠 및 열수시기로 나뉜다. 스카른 시기의 광체는 주로 Ca-스카른으로 천리산 화강암체 주변에 발달되며, 석류석, 휘석, 베수비아나이트, 규회석, 각섬석, 형석, 녹염석, 방해석, 회중석, 철망간중석, 휘창연석, 휘수연석, 석석, 자연창연, 미확인 Bi-Te-S계 광물, 자철석 및 적철석 등이 산출된다. 그라이젠 시기는 중-조립질 흑운모화강암의 잔류용액과 관련되며, 광체는 판상 및 맥상으로 구분된다. 이 시기는 주로 석영, 장석, 백운모, 녹니석, 전기석, 황옥, 녹주석, 인회석, 회중석, 철망간중석, 휘수연석, 휘창연석, 석석, 자연창연, 미확인 우라늄광물, 미확인 희토류광물로 구성되고, 소량의 황철석, 자철석, 황동석, 적철석 등이 산출된다. 회중석은 누대조직을 보이며, 중심부에서 MoO$_3$ 함량이 9.17%로 외곽보다 높게 나타난다. 철망간중석의 화학조성은 WO$_3$; 71.20~77.37 wt.%, FeO; 9.37~18.4 wt.%, MnO; 8.17~15.31 wt.% 및 CaO; 0.01~4.82 wt.% 이다. 석석의 FeO 함량은 1.30~4.75 wt.%이고, 스카른 시기가 높은 함량을 보인다. 자연창연의 Te 및 Se 함량은 각각 0.00~1.06 wt.%와 0.00~0.57 wt.%이다. 미확인 Bi-Te-S 계 광물은 Bl: 78.62~80.75 wt.%, Te: 12.26~14.76 wt.%, Cu; 0.00~0.42 wt.%, S; 5.68~6.84 wt.%, Se; 0.44~0.78 wt.%.이다.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.45-67
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• 2010

2005년 7월 21일, 중국인민은행은 위안화 환율 제도를 미 달러화에 대한 고정환율제에서 통화바스켓 기준 관리변동환율제로 변경하였다. 이러한 변화는 중국 기업들이 환율변동에 자유로울 수 없음을 의미한다. 본 연구는 변동환율제도 하에서 위안화 환율변동과 벤처기업의 재무적성과 간의 관계에 대한 분석에 연구의 목적을 두었다. 본 연구의 분석과정 및 결과는 아래와 같다. 첫째, 벤처기업의 재무성과를 측정하기 위하여 중국 상하이 증권거래소에 상장된 기업 중 무작위로 산동성 벤처기업을 표본으로 선택하여 안전성, 수익성, 성장성, 활동성의 4가지 요소에 따라 분기별 재무지표를 추출하였다. 둘째, 환율변동 자료는 중국이 변동환율제도를 최초로 도입한 2005년 7월 21일부터 2008년 12월 31일까지의 일별 위안화 환율자료를 중국인민은행에서 수집하여 분기별 변동환율로 정리하였다. 셋째, 위안화 환율변동과 벤처기업의 재무성과 간 관계를 확인하기 위하여 본 연구는 피어슨 상관관계분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과로서 전반적으로 평가절상 된 위안화 환율변동은 기업의 부채비율, 총자산 회전율, 자기자본 회전율에 통계적으로 유의하게 약한 부(-)의 상관관계를 보이고 있었다. 그러나 기타 재무지표들과는 통계적으로 직접적인 상관관계가 파악되지는 않았다. 따라서 본 연구를 통해 위안화 가치의 상승이 단기적으로 중국 벤처기업들의 경상이익에 큰 영향을 미치지 않는다는 점과 중국 벤처기업의 외화자산 비중이 상대적으로 높다는 점을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 이를 토대로 본 연구는 환위험 노출에 대한 대응책으로 위안화/외화 비율의 조정등 효과적인 환위험 관리방법을 제시하였다.

• 한국벤처창업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국벤처창업학회 2010년도 통합학술대회
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• pp.139-160
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• 2010

2005년 7월 21일, 중국인민은행은 위안화 환율 제도를 미 달러화에 대한 고정환율제에서 통화바스켓 기준 관리변동환율제로 변경하였다. 이러한 변화는 중국 기업들이 환율변동에 자유로울 수 없음을 의미한다. 본 연구는 변동환율제도 하에서 위안화 환율변동과 벤처기업의 재무적 성과 간의 관계에 대한 분석에 연구의 목적을 두었다. 본 연구의 분석과정 및 결과는 아래와 같다. 첫째, 벤처기업의 재무성과를 측정하기 위하여 중국 상하이 증권거래소에 상장된 기업 중 무작위로 산동성 벤처기업을 표본으로 선택하여 안전성, 수익성, 성장성, 활동성의 4가지 요소에 따라 분기별 재무지표를 추출하였다. 둘째, 환율변동 자료는 중국이 변동환율제도를 최초로 도입한 2005년 7월 21일부터 2008년 12월 31일까지의 일별 위안화 환율자료를 중국인민은행에서 수집하여 분기별 변동환율로 정리하였다. 셋째, 위안화 환율변동과 벤처기업의 재무성과 간 관계를 확인하기 위하여 본 연구는 피어슨 상관관계분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과로서 전반적으로 평가절상 된 위안화 환율변동은 기업의 부채비율, 총자산 회전율, 자기자본 회전율에 통계적으로 유의하게 약한 부(-)의 상관관계를 보이고 있었다. 그러나 기타 재무지표들과는 통계적으로 직접적인 상관관계가 파악되지는 않았다. 따라서 본 연구를 통해 위안화 가치의 상승이 단기적으로 중국 벤처기업들의 경상이익에 큰 영향을 미치지 않는다는 점과 중국 벤처기업의 외화자산 비중이 상대적으로 높다는 점을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 이를 토대로 본 연구는 환위험 노출에 대한 대응책으로 위안화/외화 비율의 조정 등 효과적인 환위험 관리방법을 제시하였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.827-831
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• 2012

To determine the relationship between comorbidity and outcome after radical cystectomy in Chinese patients by using the Adult Comorbidity Evaluation (ACE)-27 index. Two-hundred-and-forty-six patients treated with radical cystectomy at the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Hunan Province, China between 2000 and 2010 were retrospectively analyzed. Medical records were reviewed for age, gender, delayed time of radical cystectomy, urinary diversion type, pelvic lymphadenectomy status, TNM stage, and pathological grade. Comorbidity information was assessed by the ACE-27 index. The outcome measurement was overall survival. Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were used to determine the association between comorbidity and outcome. The study population consisted of 215 (87.40%) males and 31 (12.60%) females with a mean age of $62{\pm}11$ years. Median duration of follow-up was $47{\pm}31$ months. A total of 151 (61.38%) patents died during follow-up. Of those, 118 (47.97%) had at least one comorbidity. According to the ACE-27 scores, 128 (52.03%) patients had no comorbidity, 79 (32.11%) had mild, 33 (13.41%) had moderate, and 6 (2.45%) had severe comorbidities. Multivariate analysis indicated that moderate (p=0.002) and severe (p<0.001) comorbidity was significantly associated with decreased overall survival. In addition, age ${\geq}70$ years (p=0.002), delayed time of radical cystectomy >12 weeks (p=0.044), pelvic lymphadenectomy status (p=0.014), and TNM stage >T3 (p<0.001) were determined to be independent risk factors of overall survival. Increasing severity of comorbidity statistically correlated with decreased overall survival after radical cystectomy.

• 한국광물학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.123-135
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 채색문화재에 사용된 녹색안료 석록을 국내 산출 석록원광 및 수입산 석록원광과 비교하여 석록의 산지에 대한 단서를 찾고자 하였다. 이를 위해 채색문화재의 화학적, 광물학적 특성을 휴대용 X선형광(p-XRF), 미소부 X선회절과(micro XRD) 주사전자현미경/에너지분산스펙트로메터(SEM/EDS) 분석으로 규명하였다. 석록에 함유되어 있는 납을 열이온화질량분석기로 분석하여 납동위원소비를 구하였다. 채색문화재 중 단청의 석록에서는 atacamite (or botallackite)와 소량의 brochantite, 불화에서는 이외에 malachite가 동정되었다. 종류를 불문하고 채색문화재에 사용된 석록은 Cu와 Cl로 이루어진 atacamite가 대부분이다. 납동위원소비 분석에서는 채색문화재 내 석록이 Mabuchi가 제안한 동북아에 대한 지역별 구분에서 한국남부지역보다 한국북부지역과 중국북부지역 그리고 일본 것과 유사하다. 국내 산출 녹색광물의 납동위원소비는 채색문화재 내 석록의 분포 안에 속하나 수입산 공작석은 큰 차이를 보였다. 채색문화재 내 석록의 주광물인 atacamite가 한반도 남쪽 광산에서는 매우 드물게 산출되는 것과 납동위원소비 결과를 종합할 때 우리나라 채색문화재에 사용된 석록이 한반도 이남에서 산출되었을 가능성은 적다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권17호
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• pp.7633-7640
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• 2015

Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide and it is responsible for most cases of cervical uterine cancer. Although HPV infections of the cervix do not always progress to cancer, 90% of cervical cancer cases have been found to be associated with high risk HPV (HR-HPV) infection. HPV DNA testing is widely used, along with Papanicolaou (Pap) testing, to screen for cervical abnormalities. However, there are no data on the prevalence of genotype-specific HPV infections assessed by measuring HPV E6/E7 mRNA in women representative of the Chinese population across a broad age range. Materials and Methods: In the present study, we compared the results with the CervicGen HPV RT-qDx assay, which detects 16 HR-HPV genotypes (Alpha-9: HPV 16, 31, 33, 35, 52, and 58; Alpha-7: HPV 18, 39, 45, 51, 59, and 68; and Alpha-5, 6: HPV 53, 56, 66, and 69), and the REBA HPV-ID assay, which detects 32 HPV genotypes based on the reverse blot hybridization assay (REBA) for the detection of oncogenic HPV infection according to cytological diagnosis. We also investigated the prevalence and genotype distribution of HPV infection with a total of 324 liquid-based cytology samples collected in western Shandong province, East China. Results: The overall HPV prevalences determined by HPV DNA and HPV E6/E7 mRNA assays in this study were 79.9% (259/324) and 55.6% (180/324), respectively. Although the positivity of HPV E6/E7 mRNA expression was significantly lower than HPV DNA positivity, the HPV E6/E7 mRNA assay showed greater specificity than the HPV DNA assay (88.6% vs. 48.1%) in normal cytology samples. The prevalence of Alpha-9 (HPV 16, 31, 33, 35, 52, and 58) HPV infection among these women accounted for up to 80.3% and 76.1% of the high-grade lesions detected in the HPV mRNA and DNA tests, respectively. The HR-HPV genotype distribution, based on HPV DNA and E6/E7 mRNA expression by age group in patients with cytologically confirmed lesions, was highest in women aged 40 to 49 years (35.9% for cytologically confirmed cases, Pearson correlation r value=0.993, p<0.001) for high-grade lesions. Among the oncogenic HR-HPV genotypes for all age groups, there was little difference in the distribution of HPV genotypes between the HPV DNA (HPV -16, 53, 18, 58, and 33) and HPV E6/E7 mRNA (HPV -16, 53, 33, 58, and 18) assays. HPV 16 was the most common HPV genotype among women with high-grade lesions. Conclusions: Our results suggest that the HPV E6/E7 mRNA assay can be a sensitive and specific tool for the screening and investigation of cervical cancer. Furthermore, it may provide useful information regarding the necessity for early cervical cancer screenings and the development of additional effective HPV vaccines, such as one for HPV 53 and 58. Additionally, gaining knowledge of HPV distribution may also inform us about ecological changes in HPV after the vaccination.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.2182-2189
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• 2024

The high-purity germanium gamma-ray spectrometer was used to measure the radioisotope in surface water of lakes in a Chinee petroleum industrial area. 92 samples were collected from surface water of three lakes. Activity concentrations of ²³²Th, ²²⁶Ra and ⁴⁰K in three lakes were measured, distributed in the range of 101.8-209.4, 192.1-224.9 and 335.0-548.9 mBq/L, respectively. Results were all within the limits of WHO and China. Potential environmental and health risks were assessed by calculating some radiation hazard indicators, radium equivalent index, annual effective dose, excess lifetime cancer risk, absorbed dose rate, external hazard index, internal hazard index, annual gonadal dose equivalent, activity utilization index and representative gamma index, which ranged 0.38-0.54 Bq/L, 0.06-0.08 mSv/y, 0.23 × 10^-3-0.31 × 10^-3, 0.17-0.24 nGy/h, 1.01 × 10^-3-1.46 × 10^-3, 1.55 × 10^-3-2.02 × 10^-3, 1.16-1.66 μSv/y, 3.13 × 10^-3-4.45 × 10^-3 and 2.60 × 10^-3-3.77 × 10^-3. The results were all at acceptable levels, meaning no impact on human health. The relationship between the electrical conductivity of surface water and the activity concentration of ²³²Th, ²²⁶Ra and ⁴⁰K was evaluated. The electrical conductivity value was 0.241-0.369 mS/cm, showing a significant correlation coefficient between ²²⁶Ra and ⁴⁰K and electrical conductivity. Multivariate statistical methods were used to determine the relationship between the activity concentrations of ²³²Th, ²²⁶Ra, and ⁴⁰K, radiation hazard indicators and electrical conductivity.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.3117-3120
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• 2015

Objective: Interferon-${\gamma}$ (IFN-${\gamma}$) and signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) each play an important role in carcinogenesis associated with viral infection. Cervical cancer is almost invariably associated with infection by human papillomavirus (HPV), and previous studies suggested that dysregulation of the signal pathway involved in IFN-${\gamma}$ and STATs is associated. Our objective was to evaluate the association of SNPs in STAT2, STAT3, and IFN-${\gamma}$ with cervical cancer susceptibility in Chinese Han women in Hunan province. Materials and Methods: Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood samples of 234 cervical cancer patients and 216 healthy female controls. STAT2 and STAT3 genotyping was performed using polymerase chain reaction-restriction enzyme (PCR-RE) analysis. IFN-${\gamma}$ genotyping was detected by PCR-amplification of specific allele (PASA). Results: For STAT2 rs2066807 polymorphisms, there was no significant difference of genotype distribution (P=0.827) and allele frequencies (P=0.830, OR=1.09, 95% CI: 0.51-2.31) between cases and controls. For STAT3 rs957970 polymorphisms, there was no significant difference of genotype distribution (P=0.455) and allele frequencies (P=0.560, OR=0.92, 95% CI: 0.71-1.20) between cases and controls. For IFN-${\gamma}$ +874A/T polymorphisms, there was no significant difference of genotype distribution (P=0.652) and allele frequencies (P=0.527, OR=1.12, 95% CI: 0.79-1.59) between cases and controls. Conclusion: These results suggest that polymorphisms in STAT2, STAT3 and IFN-${\gamma}$ genes are not likely to be strong predictors of cervical cancer in Han women in southern China.