• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.357-365
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• 2021

High deformable concrete (HDC) elements have compressive strength rates equal to conventional concrete and have got a high compressive strain at about 20% to 50%. These types of concrete elements as prefabricated parts have an abundance of applications in the construction industry which is the most used in the construction of tunnels in squeezing grounds, tunnel passwords from fault zones or swelling soils as soft supports. HDC elements after reaching to compressive yield stress, in nonlinear behavior have hardening combined with increasing strain and compressive strength. The main aim of this laboratory and numerical research is to construct concrete elements with the above properties so the compressive stress-strain behavior of different concrete elements with four categories of mix designs have been discussed and finally one of them has been defined as HDC element mix design. Furthermore, two columns with and without implementing of HDC elements have been made and stress-strain curves of them have been investigated experimentally. An analysis model is presented for columns using finite element method adopted by ABAQUS. The results obtained from the ABAQUS finite element method are compared with experimental data. The main comparison is made for stress-strain curve. The stress-strain curves from the finite element method agree well with experimental results. The results show that the dimension of the HDC samples is significant in the stress-strain behavior. The use of the element greatly increases energy absorption and ductility.

• Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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• 제73권9호
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• pp.1377-1384
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• 2018

Accurate measurement of the absorbed dose and the effective dose is required in dental panoramic radiography involving relatively low energy with a rotational X-ray tube system using long exposures. To determine the effectiveness of measuring the irradiation by using passive dosimetry, we compared the entrance skin doses by using a radiophotoluminescent glass dosimeter (RPL) and an optically stimulated luminescence detector (OSL) in a phantom model consisting of nine and 31 transverse sections. The parameters of the panoramic device were set to 80 kV, 4 mA, and 12 s in the standard program mode. The X-ray spectrum was applied in the same manner as the panoramic dose by using the SpekCalc Software. The results indicated a mass attenuation coefficient of $0.008226cm^2/g$, and an effective energy of 34 keV. The equivalent dose between the RPL and the OSL was calculated based on a product of the absorbed doses. The density of the aluminum attenuators was $2.699g/cm^3$. During the panoramic examination, tissue absorption doses with regard to the RPL were a surface dose of $75.33{\mu}Gy$ and a depth dose of $71.77{\mu}Gy$, those with regard to the OSL were surface dose of $9.2{\mu}Gy$ a depth dose of $70.39{\mu}Gy$ and a mean dose of $74.79{\mu}Gy$. The effective dose based on the International Commission on Radiological Protection Publication 103 tissue weighting factor for the RPL were $0.742{\mu}Sv$, $8.9{\mu}Sv$, $2.96{\mu}Sv$ and those for the OSL were $0.754{\mu}Sv$, $9.05{\mu}Sv$, and $3.018{\mu}Sv$ in the parotid and sublingual glands, orbit, and thyroid gland, respectively. The RPL was more effective than the OSL for measuring the absorbed radiation dose in low-energy systems with a rotational X-ray tube.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.191-210
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• 2021

To compare the antifungal effect of two nanomaterials (NMs), nanoparticles of zinc oxide were synthesized by a chemical route and zinc oxide-based nanobiohybrids were obtained using green synthesis in an extract of garlic (Allium sativum). The techniques of X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Infrared (IR) and Ultraviolet Visible (UV-Vis) absorption spectroscopies and Scanning (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopies (TEM) were used to determine the characteristics of the nanomaterials synthesized. The results showed that the samples obtained were of nanometric size (< 100 nm). To compare their antifungal capacity, their effect on Cercospora sp. was evaluated. Test results showed that both nanomaterials had an antifungal capacity. The nanobiohybrids (green route) gave an inhibition of fungal growth of ~72.4% while with the ZnO-NPs (chemical route), inhibition was ~87.1%. Microstructural studies using High Resolution Optical Microscopy (HROM) and ultra-structural analysis using TEM carried out on the treated strains demonstrated the effect of the nanofungicides on the vegetative and reproductive structures, as well as on their cell wall. To account for the antifungal effect presented by ZnO-NPs and ZnO nanobiohybrids on the fungi tested, effects reported in the literature related to the action of nanomaterials on biological entities were considered. Specifically, we discuss the electrical interaction of the ZnO-NPs with the cell membrane and the biomolecules (proteins) present in the fungi, taking into account the n-type nature of the ZnO semiconductor and the electrical behavior of the fungal cell membrane and that of the proteins that make up the protein crown.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.39-46
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• 2017

Objective : This study was designed to evaluate the hypoglycemic effects of Helianthus tuberosi Rhizoma extracts and its optimum Heat processing conditions Methods : We investigated the Salivary ${\alpha}$-amylase, pancreas ${\alpha}$-amylase and ${\alpha}$-glucosidase inhibitory activities of extracts from Steam Heated Helianthus tuberosi Rhizoma Ext. The inhibitory activities of a 50% EtOH extract of Steam Heated Helianthus tuberosi Rhizoma Ext against ${\alpha}$-glucosidases were evaluated in this study. Inhibiting these enzymes involved in the absorption of disaccharides significantly decreases the postprandial increase in blood glucose level after a mixed carbohydrate diet. Furthermore, the postprandial blood glucose lowering effect of Steam Heated Helianthus tuberosi Rhizoma Ext. was compared to a known type 2 diabetes drug(Acarbose(R)) in a mice model. Steam Heated Helianthus tuberosus L. Ext significantly reduced the blood glucose increase after glucose loading. Results : The results were confirmed by real-time PCR that after treated with Streptozotocin in L6 cells, induced expression of GLUT4, after the steamed Helianthus tuberosus L. Ext. treated, observed its expression was increased. Steam Heated Helianthus tuberosus L Ext treated 4 hours in L6 cells, cytotoxicity was measured in MTT assay. Its toxicity were 5.7%, 9% and 11.3% at the treatment concentration $12.5{\mu}g/m{\ell}$, $25{\mu}g/m{\ell}$, the $50{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ respectively. Conclusions : Overall, the results of this study indicate that Hypoglycemic effect of Helianthus tuberosi Rhizoma caused by the Steam heat treatment, the optimum Heat processing condition is steamming at $121^{\circ}C$ for 30 min, and it will provide the basis for developing a useful dietary supplement for controlling postprandial hyperglycemia.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.113-121
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 우리나라의 위성-지상 하향 무선 광통신 시스템의 링크 가용성을 분석하였다. 주요 5개 도시(서울, 부산, 대구, 대전, 광주)의 최근 10년간의 기상 데이터를 활용했으며, 대기의 흡수 및 산란 손실과 신틸레이션 손실, 그리고 에어로졸 손실을 모두 고려하여 링크 가용성을 이론적으로 예측하였다. 정확하면서도 보수적인 링크 가용성 계산을 위하여 수적(cloud droplet)의 최대 개수 밀도를 사용하는 새로운 손실 모델을 제시하였다. 지상 기지국이 주요 5개 도시 중 한 곳에 위치하며, 대기 손실에 20 dB의 링크 버짓을 할당할 것을 전제한 경우 우리나라 위상-지상 하향 무선 광통신 링크의 가용성은 45-70%로 예측되었다. 그러나 3개 또는 5개 도시의 위치 다이버시티를 적용하면, 링크 가용성이 각각 90%와 97%로 크게 향상될 수 있을 것으로 예측되었다.

• Composites Research
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 탄소/에폭시 복합재 적층판과 강철평판의 저속충격 거동에 관한 비교 연구를 수행하였다. 각각의 평판의 해석을 위한 판의 충격거동의 타당성을 검증하기 위해 Karas 모델을 사용하여 해석 검증을 하였다. 충격거동 비교연구를 위한 모델은 Karas 모델과 동일한 두께의 강철평판을 모사하였고, 같은 두께의 복합재 적층판을 모사하기 위하여 $[0/90/45/-45/-45/45/90/0]_{8S}$ 적층각을 이용하여 모델링 하였다. 각각의 판에 대한 저속충격 거동을 비교하기 위해 일정한 속도로 낙하하는 충격체 무게별 해석과 일정한 무게를 가진 충격체의 속도변화에 따른 해석 결과를 비교 연구하였다. 연구결과 복합재 적층판과 강철평판의 물성치로 인하여 접촉하중과 판의 변위에서는 결과값의 차이를 보였으나 복합재 적층판의 경우가 판의 유연한 특성으로 충격완화 효과가 보였으며 강철평판 보다 무게비와 충격손상에 대한 우수성을 확인하여 볼 수 있었다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.420-428
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• 2023

Background: Ginsenoside F2 (GF2), a minor component of Panax ginseng, has been reported to possess a wide variety of pharmacological activities. However, its effects on glucose metabolism have not yet been reported. Here, we investigated the underlying signaling pathways involved in its effects on hepatic glucose. Methods: HepG2 cells were used to establish insulin-resistant (IR) model and treated with GF2. Cell viability and glucose uptake-related genes were also examined by real-time PCR and immunoblots. Results: Cell viability assays showed that GF2 up to 50 μM did not affect normal and IR-HepG2 cell viability. GF2 reduced oxidative stress by inhibiting phosphorylation of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) signaling components such as c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2), and p38 MAPK, and reducing the nuclear translocation of NF-κB. Furthermore, GF2 activated PI3K/AKT signaling, upregulated the levels of glucose transporter 2 (GLUT-2) and GLUT-4 in IR-HepG2 cells, and promoted glucose absorption. At the same time, GF2 reduced phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and glucose-6-phosphatase expression as well as inhibiting gluconeogenesis. Conclusion: Overall, GF2 improved glucose metabolism disorders by reducing cellular oxidative stress in IR-HepG2 cells via MAPK signaling, participating in the PI3K/AKT/GSK-3β signaling pathway, promoting glycogen synthesis, and inhibiting gluconeogenesis.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.85-94
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• 2024

The optimization of deacetylation process parameters for producing chitosan from isolated chitin shrimp shell waste was investigated using response surface methodology with central composite design (RSM-CCD). Three independent variables viz, NaOH concentration (X₁), radiation power (X₂), and reaction time (X₃) were examined to determine their respective effects on the degree of deacetylation (DD). The DD of chitosan was also calculated using the baseline approach of the Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectra of the yields. RSM-CCD analysis showed that the optimal chitosan DD value of 96.45 % was obtained at an optimized condition of 63.41 % (w/v) NaOH concentration, 227.28 W radiation power, and 3.34 min deacetylation reaction. The DD was strongly controlled by NaOH concentration, irradiation power, and reaction duration. The coefficients of correlation were 0.257, 0.680, and 0.390, respectively. Because the procedure used microwave radiation absorption, radiation power had a substantial correlation of 0.600~0.800 compared to the two low variables, which were 0.200~0.400. This independently predicted robust quadratic model interaction has been validated for predicting the DD of chitin.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제90권4호
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• pp.371-390
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• 2024

Investigating the impact of openings on the structural behavior of ferrocement I-beams with two distinct types of reinforcing metallic and non-metallic meshes is the primary goal of the current study. Up until failure, eight 250x200x2200 mm reinforced concrete I-beams were tested under flexural loadings. Depending on the kind of meshes used for reinforcement, the beams are split into two series. A control I-beam with no openings and three beams with one, two, and three openings, respectively, are found in each series. The two series are reinforced with three layers of welded steel meshes and two layers of tensar meshes, respectively, in order to maintain a constant reinforcement ratio. Structural parameters of investigated beams, including first crack, ultimate load, deflection, ductility index, energy absorption, strain characteristics, crack pattern, and failure mode were reported. The number of mesh layers, the volume fraction of reinforcement, and the kind of reinforcing materials are the primary factors that vary. This article presents the outcomes of a study that examined the experimental and numerical performance of ferrocement reinforced concrete I-beams with and without openings reinforced with welded steel mesh and tensar mesh separately. Utilizing ANSYS-16.0 software, nonlinear finite element analysis (NLFEA) was applied to illustrate how composite RC I-beams with openings behaved. In addition, a parametric study is conducted to explore the variables that can most significantly impact the mechanical behavior of the proposed model, such as the number of openings. The FE simulations produced an acceptable degree of experimental value estimation, as demonstrated by the obtained experimental and numerical results. It is also noteworthy to demonstrate that the strength gained by specimens without openings reinforced with tensar meshes was, on average, 22% less than that of specimens reinforced with welded steel meshes. For specimens with openings, this value is become on average 10%.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.131-140
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• 1993

낙동강 담수어 중 붕어에서의 총수은 및 유기수은 함량을 지역별, 크기별, 부위별로 조사하기 위해 1993년 2월부터 3월 사이에 낙동강 본류의 5개 지점을 택하여 각 지점마다 크기군별로 붕어를 채집한 후 근육부, 뼈, 지느러미로 분류 혼합하고, 수은분석기(Model SP-3A)를 이용한 선택적 환원기화법과 가열기화 금아말감법 총수은 및 유기수은 함량을 분석하였다. 선택적 환원기화법에 의한 5개 전지역에서 붕어의 부위별 총수은, 유기수은 함량은 뼈에서 각각 $0.399{\pm}0.4419$, $0.265{\pm}0.2967$ ppm으로 가장 높았고, 근육부에서 가장 낮았다(p<0.01). 총수은에 대한 유기수은의 분율은 근육부에서 $69.0{\pm}3.50%$로 가장 높았다(p<0.01). 근육부에서의 지역별 총수은, 유기수은 및 총수은에 대한 유기수은의 분율은 모두 유의한 차이가 없었으나 총수은, 유기수은 함량은 왜관지역이 $0.130{\pm}0.619$ ppm, $0.089{\pm}0.0408$ ppm으로 가장 높았고, 상주가 $0.091{\pm}0.0154$ ppm, $0.060{\pm}0.0128$ ppm으로 가장 낮았으며, 총수은에 대한 유기수은의 분율은 안동이 $70.8{\pm}4.22%$로 가장 높았다. 뼈와 지느러미에서는 총수은, 유기수은 모두 안동이 가장 높았고, 강정이 가장 낮았다(p<0.01), 총수은에 대한 유기수은의 분율은 뼈에서는 왜관(p<0.01)이, 지느러미에서는 상주지역에서 높았으나 유의하지는 않았다. 붕어의 서식지역을 고려하지 않은 크기에 따라 부위별 함량은 근육부에서는 총수은 및 유기수은 함량이 모두 15-19cm 군이 가장 높았고, 25-29cm 군이 가장 낮았으며(p<0.05), 총수은에 대한 유기수은의 비는 유의하지는 않았지만 20-24cm 군이 $70.6{\pm}3.30%$로 가장 높았고, 뼈에서는 10-14cm 군이 가장 높았고, 25-29cm군이 가장 낮았으나 유의한 차이는 아니었다. 지느러미에서는 20-24 cm군이 가장 높았고, 25-29cm 군이 가장 낮았으나 유의한 차이는 없었다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때 낙동강 하류로 내려오면서 붕어의 수능 함량에는 특정 분포를 나타내지 않는 것으로 나타났으며, 어류의 성장에 따른 체내 수은 축적 변화는 크기가 작을수록 함량이 높은 경향을 나타내 성장해 갈수록 상대적으로 희석되어 근육중 수은함량이 낮아진 것이 아닌가 생각되며 앞으로 좀 더 연구되어야 할 것으로 여겨진다.