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Production of Nitric Oxide in Raw 264.7 Macrophages treated with Ganoderan, the ${\beta}-Glucan$ of Ganoderma lucidum (영지의 균사체성 ${\beta}-glucan$에 의한 Raw 264.7 대식세포의 Nitric Oxide생성)

  • Han, Man-Deuk;Lee, Eun-Sook;Kim, Young-Kweon;Lee, June-Woo;Jeong, Hoon;Yoon, Kyung-Ha
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.26 no.2 s.85
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    • pp.246-255
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    • 1998
  • Ganoderan (GAN), an immunomodulating ${\beta}-glucan$ of G. lucidum, induces potent antitumor immunity in tumor-bearing mice. This study was set up to elucidate the ability of macrophage activation of GANs. GAN-treated Raw 264.7 macrophages showed enhanced production of nitric oxide (NO). The ability of GANs to produce NO was based on differences in chemical composition of GANs obtained from the mycelium on various carbon sources and mycelial fractionation. The highest NO production was observed in CW-AS-WS polysaccharide which was extracted from the mycelial wall. GAN-treated Raw 264.7 cells gave a 2-to 5-fold (24 hr) formation of NO levels compared with those treated with medium only. Partial removal of the protein in the extracellular GAN by TCA treatment did appreciably reduce its capacity to secrete NO. The mixture effect of GAN and LPS increased the nitric oxide secretion from RAW 264.7. The cell proliferation of GAN-treated Raw 264.7 cell tines inhibited as compared with its control. Of the culture supernatant of macrophage activated by GAN, the percentage of cytotoxicity against mouse leukemia L1210 cells was slightly dependent on the amount of NO in the culture supernatants of the activated-macrophages. These results indicate that the ${\beta}-glucan-related$ polysaccharides of the higher fungus activate macrophage and release nitric oxide. It also suggests that murine macrophages possess certain receptors for ${\beta}-anomeric$ glucans and play a critical role of ${\beta}-glucan-related$ tumor killing mechanism.

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Surgical Correction of Single Extrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Using Ameroid Constrictor in a Dog (Ameroid Constrictor를 이용한 개에서의 단순 간외성 간문맥전신단락증의 치료)

  • 정성목;이충호;양정환;김완희;최민철;윤정희;이주명;권오경;남치주
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.442-447
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    • 2001
  • A 2-year-old 4.0-kg female Shih Tzu with history of hematemesis and melena was referred to Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Seoul national University for further evaluation and treatment. During physical examination, the dog revealed mild depression, dry mucous membrane and abdominal pain. Hematologic values were normal and serum chemical values showed increased serum bile acid (53.47 umol/l, preprandial), fasting serum ammonia concentration (184 g/dl), alanine transferase (98 U/L), alkaline phosphatase (871 U/L) and gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (21 U/L), and decreased blood urea nitrogen (4 mg/dl), total protein (4.1 g/dl) and albumin (1.2 g/dl). Microhepatica was shown in abdominal radiography. During the ultrasound examination, dilated tortuous vein communicating with caudal vena cava ws observed near the stomach. Intraoperative jejunal vein portography was performed during laparotomy to confirm the location and size of shunt vessel. According to history taking, physical examination, hematologic and serum chemical examination and radiographic study, it was diagnosed as single extrahepatic portosystemic shunt. The anomalous vessel (7 mm, o.d.) that enter the caudal vena cava from the left gastric vein, near the level of the diaphragm, was identified. A Ameroid constrictor (5 mm, i.d.) was applied to the shunting vessel near the caudal vena cava. Hematologic and serum chemical values recovered gradually and were revealed normal values 4 months after surgery. Four month after surgery serum bile acids concentrations were 0.56 $\mu$mol/l (preprandial) and 18.45 umol/l (postprandial). Abdominal radiograph showed normal gastric axis and it revealed normal size of the liver. Fine texture and increased echogenecity of liver and enlargement of portal vein were shown in ultrasonography. Single extrahepatic portosystemic shunt might be treated surgically using Ameroid constrictor.

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The Development of Filter for Environmental Improvement in Land Based Seawater Fish Farm III. Purification Efficiency of Rearing Seawater by Screen Filter and Ultraviolet (필터의 개발을 통한 해수 육상수조식 양식장의 환경개선에 관한 연구 III. 스크린필터 및 자외선 등의 운행에 따른 사육수의 정화효과)

  • KANG Ju-Chan;PARK Soo-Il;KIM Seoung-Gun
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.501-506
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    • 1999
  • This study was conducted to evaluate the purification efficiency in rearing water of the land based fish farm by screen filter and ultra violet (UV) irradiation. Purification efficiency for rearing seawater has been examined with screen filter of 60 $\mu$m pore size and UV irradiation at dose of 0.5 $mWS/cm^2$ for 5 months. Purification efficiency by changing of temperature, salinity, pH, DO, total bacteria and Vibrio species in rearing seawater by filtering and UV irradiation were not significant during 5 months, However, the removing rate of suspended solid and turbidity of rearing seawater were $43.8\~45.6\%$ (average, $44,7\%$) and $29.2\~33.2\%$ (average, $31,3\%$) by filtering, respectively. Also, Purification efficiency for the $NO_3^{-}-N,\;NO_2^{-}-N,\;NH_4^{+}-N$ and $PO_4^{3-}-P$ were $21.3\~21.9\%$ (average, $21.6\%$), $24.1\~25.2\%$ (average, $24.7\%$), $17.6\~17.8\%$ (average, $17.7\%$) and $19.0\~20.4\%$ (average, $19.7\%$) respectively by the system used on this study.

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MoS2 layer etching using CF4 plasma and H2S plasma treatment

  • Yang, Gyeong-Chae;Park, Seong-U;Kim, Gyeong-Nam;Yeom, Geun-Yeong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2016.02a
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    • pp.222.2-222.2
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    • 2016
  • 트랜지스터 응용 등에 관한 연구가 활발해 지면서 에너지 밴드갭이 0 eV에 가까운 그래핀 이외의 밴드 갭 조절이 가능한 MoS2 (molybdenum disulfide), BN (boron nitride), Bi2Te3 (bismuth telluride), WS2 (tungsten disulfide) 등과 같은 이차원 Transition Metal DiChalcogenides (TMDC) 물질이 반도체 물질로 각광받고 있다. 특히 MoS2의 경우 단결정 덩어리 상태에서는 약 1.3 eV의 밴드갭을 가지나 두께가 줄어들어 두 층일 경우에는 약 1.65 eV, 단일층이 되면 약 1.9 eV의 밴드갭을 가져 박막 층수에 따라 에너지 밴드갭 조절이 가능한 것으로 알려져있다. 하지만 두께 조절이 가능하면서 대면적, 고품질을 가지는 MoS2 박막 합성은 아직 제한적이라 할 수 있으며 새로운 방법 및 물질에 대한 연구가 지속적으로 이루어 지고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 다양한 층수를 지니는 MoS2 합성을 위해 나노 두께의 MoS2 박막을 CF4 plasma 를 이용하여 layer etching 진행하고 CF4 plasma 100초 etching 진행한 2 layer 두께의 MoS2를 기준으로 H2S plasma를 이용하여 treatment 진행하였다. 물리적, 화학적 분석은 Raman spectroscopy, XPS(X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy), AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy) 등을 이용해 진행하였고 이를 통해 MoS2 layer 감소 및 damage recovery 등을 확인하였다.

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Effects of biological Factors on In Vitro Production of Hanwoo Embryos (한우 난포란 유래 배반포의 체외생산을 위한 생물학적 요인들의 영향)

  • 박흠대;김재영;주재홍;공건오;윤산현;공일근;이상민;이상진;송해범
    • Journal of Embryo Transfer
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.129-136
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    • 2000
  • This study was carried out to investigate the effect of biological factors on the in vitro production(IVP) of bovine oocytes for development of simple culture methods and medium. Oocytes from the slaughterhouse ovaries were matured and fertilized using general protocol and this study was examined if there were necessary to co-culture, media change, media type and embryo density. This results were as follows: 1. The development rate according to co-culture with cumulus cells and non co-culture as drop culture was not significantly different in cleavage (68.9 vs 71.7%), 8-cell stage (41.2 vs 44.1%) and blastocyst stage (12.2 vs 13.8%), respectively (p<0.05) 2. The blastocyst development rates in YS and CRIaa were higher than that in TCM199 (12.4, 10.4$ vs 3.7%), but the cleavage (69.0, 77.8 and 61.0%) and 8-cell stage (31.7, 37.0 and 35.7%) development accoring to YS, TCM199 and CRIaa ws not significantly different, respectively (p<0.05). 3. There was no significantly different in cleavage (62.6, 59.5 and 61.2%), 8-cell(34.7, 37.9 and 34.0%) and blastocyst (9.5, 11.6 and 12.8%) development among medium change time as control, Group I and Group II, respectively (p<0.05). 4. Blastocyst formation of 8-cell stage according to embryo density was not significantly different in 1, 10 and 25 embryos (27.3, 22.5 and 34.0%), respectively (p<0.05). These results indicated that simple culture system could reduce bovine IVP embryos as drop culture as non co-culture system, high density embryo (25 embryos/50 $\mu$1 drop). YS defined medium and no medium change for whole culture period, although other biological factors need to examine in order to produce efficient IVP bovine embryos.

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ANALYSIS OF MANDIBULAR MOVEMENT AND MASTICATORY AND STERNOCLEIDOMATOID MUSCLE ACTIVITY REFLECTED BY OCCLUSAL DISTURBANCE ON HABITUAL CHEWING SIDE (습관적 저작측에 부여한 교합장애로 인한 저작근과 흉쇄유돌근 및 하악운동변화에 관한 연구)

  • Oh, Jung-Hwan;Choi, Dase-Gyun;Choi, Boo-Byung
    • The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.718-730
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    • 1995
  • This study was performed to measure the mandibular movement and the changes of masicatory and sternocleidomastoid muscle activity reflected by occlusal disturbance during habitual chewing. For this study, 18 subjects(14 males and 4 females with an average age of 24.0) were selected. The impression of each subject were taken for measuring intermolar distance on lower dentition. The activities of masticatory and sternocleidomastoid muscle and the mandibular movement were recorded and analyzed during habitual chewing by means of E.M.G.(electromyograph), E.G.N.(electrognathograph), rotate program in BioPak analyzing system(BioResearch Inc.). The results were as follows : 1. In EMG of the mandibular rest position, the mean value of muscle activites were increased by nocleidomastoid muscle and anterior belly of digastric muscle(0.05

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Purification and Biological Characteristics of Alkaline Protease from Aspergillus sp. CC-29 (Aspergillus sp. CC-29 생성하는 Alkaline Protease의 정제 및 특성)

  • Choi, Cheong;Kim, Doo-Ki;Cho, Young-Je;Sung, Tae-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.434-442
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    • 1990
  • Aspergillus sp. CC-29 ws selected for its strong protease activity among various stains of molds found in soil. It was found that the production of alkaline protease reached to maximum when the wheat bran medium containing glucose as carbon source had been cultured for 4 days. Alkaline proteased was purified 36.10 fold from Aspergillus sp. CC-29 The purification procedures included ammonium sulfate fractunation gel filteration on Sepha-dex G-75 G-150 and DEAE-cellulose ion-exchange chromatography, The yield of the purified enzyme was 22.40% The purified enzyme was confirmed as a single band by the polyacryla-mide. When the purified enzyme was applied to SDS-PAGE the molecular weight was estima-ted 24000. The optimum pH for the enzyme activity was 9.0 and the optimum temperature was 4$0^{\circ}C$ The reaction of this enzyme followed typical Michaelis-Menten kinetics with the Km value of 2.10$\times$10-4M with the Vmax of 29.41 $\mu$g/min. The enzyme was reactively stable in alkalic condition and unstable by heat treatment. The activity of alkaline protease was increased by the addition of Ca2+ whereas it was inhibited by Hg2+ Zn2+ at concentration of 1$\times$10-3M.

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A Study of Service Decision Method in Context Awareness System (상황인식 시스템에서의 서비스 결정 방법에 관한 연구)

  • Heo, Kyeong-Wook;Ha, Kyeong-Jae
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.253-258
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    • 2012
  • In this thesis, I categorize expression of context data required for context data inference according to five Ws and one H(5W1H) in Ubiquitous computing environment and infer superordinate context by combining context data of 4W1H with inferred context of why. This thesis suggests that we categorize specific context and service according to 6W2H added Whom(specific data or service) and How much (accuracy), and determine proper services for specific contexts by introducing the concept of rough set for expression and inference of categorized contexts and inaccurate knowledge. Since there is an limitation of the set of 0 and 1 when concerned with accuracy of services, I introduce the concept of fuzzy set. To provide users with the most appropriate service by ridding of unnecessary properties through the process of reduction, I also use the concept of rough set.

A study on the fabrication of Y-branch for optical power distribution and its coupling properties with optical fiber (광분배를 위한 Y-branch 제작과 광파이버와의 결합특성에 관한 연구)

  • 김상덕;박수봉;윤중현;이재규;김종빈
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.21 no.12
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    • pp.3277-3285
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    • 1996
  • In this paper, w designed an opical power distribution device for application to an optical switching and an optical subscriber loop. We fabricated PSG thin film by LPCVD. Based on the measured index of fabricted thin film, rib-type waveguide was transformed to two-dimension by the effective index method and we simulated dispersion property to find asingle-mode condition. We found that the optimum design parameters of rib-type waveguide are:cladding layer of 3.mu.m, core layer of 3.mu.m, buffer layer of 10.mu.m, and core width of 4.mu.m. Each side of the guiding region was etched down to 4.mu.m to shape the core. We used these optimum parameters of the rib-type waveguide with branching angle of 0.5.deg. and simulted the Y-branch waveguide by the BPM simulation. Numerical loss in branching area was claculated to be 0.1581dB and equal to the total loss of the Y-branch. The loss of the fabricated Y-branch waveguide on PSG film ws 1.6dB at .lambda.=1.3.mu.m before annealing but was 1.2dB after annealing at 1000.deg. C for 10 minutes. Consequently, the loss of branching area from 3000.mu.m to 6000.mu.m in the z-direction was 0.8dB, and single-mode propagation was confirmed by measuring the near field pattern. For coupling the fabricated Y-branch waveguide with an optical fiber, we fabricated V-groove which was used as the upholder of optical fiber. An etching angle was 54.deg. and the width and depth of guiding groove was 150.mu.m, 70.mu.m, respectively. The optical fiber is inserted onto V-groove. Both the Y-branch and V-groove were connected through the index matching oil. Coupling loss after connecting Y-branch and the optical fiber on V-groove was 0.34dB and that after injecting index mateching oil was 0.14dB.

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An Analytical DC Model for HEMT's (헴트 소자의 해석적 직류 모델)

  • Kim, Young-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.38-47
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    • 1989
  • A purely analytical model for HEMT's based on a two dimensional charge control simul-ation[4] is proposed. In this model proper treatment of diffusion effect of electron transport along a 2-DEG (two dimensional electron gas) channel is perfoemed. This diffusion effect is shown to effectively increase the bulk mibility and threshold voltage of the I-V curves compared to the existing models. The channel thickness and gate capacitance are expressed as functions of gate voltages covering subthreshold characteristics of HEMT's analytically. By introducing the finite channel opening and an effiective channel-length modulation, the solpe of the saturation region of the I-V curves ws modeled. The smooth transition of the I-V curves at linear-to-saturation regions of the I-V curves was possible using the continuous Troffimenkoff-type of field dependent mobility. Furthermore, a correction factor f was introduced to account for the finite transition section forming between a GCA and a saturated section. This factor removes large discrepancies in the saturation region of the I-V curve predicted by existing l-dimensional models.

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