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Effect of Titanium Sulfate Addition on Crystal Growth of the Flaky α-Al2O3 (황산티타늄의 첨가가 판상 α-Al2O3의 결정성장에 미치는 영향)

  • Park, Byung-Ki;Cho, Sun-Mi;Lee, Jung-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.42 no.5 s.276
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    • pp.338-345
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    • 2005
  • To prepare the complex gel of flux and pseudo-boehmite used in precursor of the flaky ${\alpha}-A1_2O_3$ crystal, aqueous solution of the mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium phosphate was added with stirring in aqueous solution of the mixture of sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate and titanium sulfate. The complex gel was dried at $110^{\circ}C$ and was crystallized above $1,050^{\circ}C$, and then the effect of the amount of titanium sulfate on size, morphology, thickness and crystal size distribution of the flaky ${\alpha}-A1_2O_3$ crystal was investigated. Addition of titanium sulfate was prevented the aggregation and generation of twin crystal, and had an effect on the crystal size and the thickness during crystal growth. When the amount of titanium sulfate was more than 6 g, particle size was decreased but was free from crystal twining and aggregation. On the other hand, when the amount of titanium sulfate was lower than 6 g, crystal size was increased but crystal twinning and aggregation were noticed.

CBP7 Interferes with the Multicellular Development of Dictyostelium Cells by Inhibiting Chemoattractant-Mediated Cell Aggregation

  • Park, Byeonggyu;Shin, Dong-Yeop;Jeon, Taeck Joong
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.103-109
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    • 2018
  • Calcium ions are involved in the regulation of diverse cellular processes. Fourteen genes encoding calcium binding proteins have been identified in Dictyostelium. CBP7, one of the 14 CBPs, is composed of 169 amino acids and contains four EF-hand motifs. Here, we investigated the roles of CBP7 in the development and cell migration of Dictyostelium cells and found that high levels of CBP7 exerted a negative effect on cells aggregation during development, possibly by inhibiting chemoattractant-directed cell migration. While cells lacking CBP7 exhibited normal development and chemotaxis similar that of wild-type cells, CBP7 overexpressing cells completely lost their chemotactic abilities to move toward increasing cAMP concentrations. This resulted in inhibition of cellular aggregation, a process required for forming multicellular organisms during development. Low levels of cytosolic free calcium were observed in CBP7 overexpressing cells, which was likely the underlying cause of their lack of chemotaxis. Our results demonstrate that CBP7 plays an important role in cell spreading and cell-substrate adhesion. cbp7 null cells showed decreased cell size and cell-substrate adhesion. The present study contributes to further understanding the role of calcium signaling in regulation of cell migration and development.

Synthesis of Cu Nanoparticles through a High-Speed Chemical Reaction between Cuprous Oxide and Sulfuric Acid and Enhancement of Dispersion by 3-Roll Milling (아산화동과 황산간의 고속 화학반응에 의한 미세 Cu 입자의 합성과 삼본밀에 의한 분산성 개선)

  • Chee, Sang-Joo;Lee, Jong-Hyun;Hyun, Chang-Yong
    • Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.125-133
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    • 2016
  • With the aim of using a filler material in a conductive paste, fine Cu nanoparticles were synthesized through the high-speed chemical reaction between cuprous oxide ($Cu_2O$) powder and sulfuric acid in distilled water. Under external temperature of $7^{\circ}C$, sulfuric acid concentration of 48%, and $Cu_2O$ amount of 30 g, the $Cu_2O$ particles were eliminated and slightly aggregated Cu nanoparticles were synthesized. Futhermore, Cu nanoparticles of 224 nm, in which the aggregation between particles was obviousiy much suppressed, were synthesized with the choice of an additive. In the particle sample, occasionally there are coarse particles formed by the aggregation of fine nanoparticles and weak linkages between the nanoparticles. However, the coarse particles were destroyed and the linkages were broken after mixing with a resin formulation, indicating the behavior of untangling the aggregation between nanoparticles.

Influence of Salt Concentrations on the Stabilities and Properties of Sodium Caseinate Stabilized Oil-in-Water Emulsions

  • Surh, Jeong-Hee;McClements, David Julian
    • Food Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.8-14
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    • 2008
  • The influence of salt concentration on the stability of sodium caseinate (CAS)-stabilized emulsions (20 wt% corn oil, 3.2 wt% CAS, 5 mM imidazole/acetate buffer, pH 7) was examined. In the absence of salt, laser diffraction measurements and optical microscopy measurements indicated there were some large oil droplets ($d>10\;{\mu}m$) in the emulsions stabilized by 0.8 to 3.2 wt% of CAS. The droplet aggregation (mostly droplet coalescence) observed in the emulsions containing ${\leq}2.8\;wt%$ CAS tended to decrease as the CAS concentration increased, however, after which concentration (at 3.2 wt% CAS) depletion flocculation occurred. The addition of $CaCl_2$ (5-20 mM) into the emulsions stabilized by 3.2 wt% CAS prevented the depletion flocculation although there was a small fraction of relatively large individual droplets in the emulsions, which was attributed to electrostatic screening effect and bridging effect of calcium ion. This study has shown that calcium ion that has been reputed to promote droplet aggregation could improve emulsion stability against droplet aggregation in CAS-stabilized emulsions.

PAPG: Private Aggregation Scheme based on Privacy-preserving Gene in Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Zeng, Weini;Chen, Peng;Chen, Hairong;He, Shiming
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.10 no.9
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    • pp.4442-4466
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    • 2016
  • This paper proposes a privacy-preserving aggregation scheme based on the designed P-Gene (PAPG) for sensor networks. The P-Gene is constructed using the designed erasable data-hiding technique. In this P-Gene, each sensory data item may be hidden by the collecting sensor node, thereby protecting the privacy of this data item. Thereafter, the hidden data can be directly reported to the cluster head that aggregates the data. The aggregation result can then be recovered from the hidden data in the cluster head. The designed P-Genes can protect the privacy of each data item without additional data exchange or encryption. Given the flexible generation of the P-Genes, the proposed PAPG scheme adapts to dynamically changing reporting nodes. Apart from its favorable resistance to data loss, the extensive analyses and simulations demonstrate how the PAPG scheme efficiently preserves privacy while consuming less communication and computational overheads.

Protective Effect of Urokinase on Reperfusion Function in Isolated Perfused Rat Heart, and Anti-platelet Aggregation Effect Invitro and Exvivo (Urokinase의 적출심장의 심근허혈에 대한 보호작용과 invitro 및 exvivo항혈전작용 실험)

  • Kwon, Kwangil;Shin, Hongseup;Yoon, Jongok;Kim, Boshin;Min, Jiha;Lee, Byungho;Huh, Inhoe
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 1992
  • Protective effect of urokinase on reperfusion were studied followed by global ischemia in the isolated perfused rat heart. Separately, anti-platelet aggregation effect of urokinase also investigated. Urokinase exhibited positive effect for the protection of rat heart function by increasing the LV dp/dt, coronary flow(CF) and the Tate pressure product(RPP), and by decreasing the LVEDP on reperfusion. Urokinase also decreased arrhythmia by $74.7\%(P<0.05) induced by global ischemia in the rat heart. In the platelet aggregation study, urokinase did not show the inhibitory effect of ADP or collagen induced platelet aggregation inviuo and exvivo.

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Development of Protein Delivery System using Pullulan Acetate Microspheres (PAM) (플루란 아세테이트 미립구를 이용한 단백질 전달 시스템 개발)

  • Na, Kun;Choi, Hoo-Kyun
    • Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.115-121
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    • 2006
  • The aim of this study was to develop new protein/peptide depot system instead of poly(DL-lactic acid-coglycolic acid) (PLGA) microspheres. Pullulan was chemically modified by the addition of acetic anhydride (pullulan acetate; PA) and then investigated as new depot system for protein/peptide delivery. PA microspheres (PAM) with lysozyme as a model protein were prepared by w/o/w double emulsion method. The microspheres had a mean size of 10-50 mm with a spherical shape. The size distributions reduced with increasing the degree of acetylation. The loading efficiency of lysozyme was also increased. Lysozyme aggregation behavior in the microsphere was monitored to estimate the change of protein stability during preparation step. The ratios of protein aggregation in PAMs are lower than that of PLGA microsphere, in particular, PA 5 showed lowest as about 16%. The result indicated that the increase of acetylation suppressed the aggregation of protein. The release profiles of lysozyme from PAMs were significantly different. High acetylation effectively improved lysozyme release kinetics by reducing initial burst release and extending continuous release over a period of time. To check the effect of preservation for structural stability of lysozyme, the activity of lysozyme released from PA 5 was also observed. The activity of lysozyme was maintained almost 100% for 25 day. Therefore, PAM may become to a useful carrier for delivery of protein/peptide drugs, if it will be supported by biocompatibility and biodegradability results.

An Energy Efficient and Low Latency MAC Protocol Using RTS Aggregation Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks (무선 센서 네트워크에서 에너지 효율성과 낮은 지면을 위한 RTS Aggregation 기법)

  • Lee, Dong-Ho;Song, Byung-Hun;Chung, Kwang-Sue
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2008.06d
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    • pp.276-280
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    • 2008
  • 무선 센서 네트워크의 연구는 이벤트 기반과 주기적 모니터링 기반미라는 두 가지 응용의 형태에 맞추어 진행되었다. 두 가지 응용의 핵심적인 요구 사항은 다르지만 안정적인 운용을 위해 공동적으로 낮은 전송 자연의 요구가 존재한다. 하지만 기존의 무선 센서 네트워크의 프로토콜은 에너지 효율성을 중심으로 연구가 진행되었기 때문에 전송 자연에 대한 고려가 부족하였다. 본 논문에서는 무선 센서 네트워크의 MAC 프로토콜인 RA-MAC(RTS Aggregation-Media Access Control) 프로토콜을 제안하였다. RA-MAC 프로토콜은 새로운 채널 접근 기법 및 RTS Aggregation 기법에 의해 에너지 효율성과 낯은 전송 자연을 이룰 수 있고 수신 노드의 전송 스케줄링에 의해 이벤트 기반과 주기적 모니터링 기반 응용의 요구 사항을 동시에 만족시킬 수 있다. 실험을 통해 RA-MAC 프로토콜은 기존에 제안된 에너지 효율적인 MAC 프로토콜과 비슷한 에너지 효율을 보이면서 좀 더 낮은 전송 지연을 이루고 전송률을 향상시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

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Spectroscopic Characterization on the Aggregation Behavior of Pyronin G with Tetraphenylborate anion (Tetraphenylborate 음이온과 Pyronin G의 회합에 관한 분광학적 특성)

  • Lee, Beom-Gyu;Kim, Kang-Jin
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.47-53
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    • 1995
  • The aggregation of Pyronin G($PG^+$) with tetraphenylborate($TPB^-$) anion has been investigated in aqueous solution by absorption and fluorescence spectrophotometries. The addition of 1,4-dioxane in aqueous solution of $PG^+$ and $TPB^-$ dissociates the aggregates of PG-TPB due to the increased hydrophobicity of the mixed solvent as compared to pure water, and yields higher $PG^+$ momomer concentration than aqueous $PG^+$ solution. The aggregation is not observed in any organic solvents except in water. The absorption maxima of $PG^+$ are correlated relatively well with ${\pi}^*$ scale and $(n^2-1)/(2n^2+1)$ funtion. But better linear relationship was obtained with ${\pi}^*$ scale for alcohols.

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