• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2004

A study of the propeny and performance effect of Indolene - Methanol Plus High Alcolhols (MPHA) has been completed. This study invested the measurement of fuel properties and performance parameters. The fuel properties investigated are distillation characteristics, heating valuer flash point, specific gravity and water tolerance. The performance parameters measured are minimum advance for best torque (MBT) spark timing, power output. The alcohol concentration was varied from 0 to 100 percent by volume in clear Indolene. The measurement of fuel properties indicated that, in general, Indolene - MPHA blends have higher water tolerance, similar specific gravity, similar flash point and different distillation characteristics compared to Indolene - Methanol blends. The performance parameters were measured using a single cylinder spark ignition engine at different compression ratios. The results of the performance measurements indicated that Indolene - MPHA blends have a higher MBT spark advance, similar power output.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.196-206
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• 2005

Objectives:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the pathophysiology of alcoholics by investigating the differences in frequency of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2(ALDH2) genotypes and ALDH2 alleles between patients with alcohol dependence and controls, and the differences of drinking and personality traits in Korean male alcoholics with ALDH2 genotype variances. Methods:The authors selected 98 patients with alcohol dependence and 53 controls. Self-report questionnaires for acute reponses after alcohol ingestion, the AUI(Alcohol Use Inventory), and the NEO-PI-R(NEO Personality Inventory Revised) were given to all patients with alcohol dependence. ALDH2 genotypes were typed with MboII RFLP(Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism) method in 53 controls and 98 patients with alcohol dependence. The authors divided alcoholic patients into two groups according to the presence of variant $ALDH2^2$ allele;normal ALDH2 alcoholics(N=87) and variant ALDH2 alcoholics(N=11). Results:1) The genotypic frequencies of subjects with $ALDH2^{1/1}$ were higher and those with $ALDH2^{1/2}$ and $ALDH2^{2/2}$ were lower in patients than in controls. 2) Alcohol dependence could be found in $ALDH2^{2/2}$ homozygote individuals. 3) Variant ALDH2 alcoholics had more family problems in the AUI than normal ALDH2 alcoholics. 4) Variant ALDH2 alcoholics experienced more flushing and cardiovascular responses after alcohol ingestion than normal ALDH2 alcoholics. 5) Variant ALDH2 alcoholics had less altruistic personality traits in the NEO-PI-R than normal ALDH2 alcoholics. 6) Variant ALDH2 alcoholics tended to have more tolerance to alcohol than normal ALDH2 alcoholics. Conclusion:Variant $ALDH2^2$ allele might play a protective role in the pathogenesis of alcohol dependence and there were several significant differences of drinking and personality traits in Korean male alcoholics with ALDH2 genotype variances.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제38권
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• pp.153-179
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• 1999

청소년기의 음주는 정상적인 발달과업과 안전 및 학습에 부정적인 영향을 미칠 뿐만 아니라 나아가 기타 약물에 대한 접근성을 높임으로써 비행과 범죄로 연결될 가능성을 내포하고 있어 건전한 인격체로의 발달을 위해서는 이들의 음주실태를 파악하고 음주결정에 영향을 미치는 요인들에 대한 분석이 필요하다. 이 연구는 첫째, 전국에 거주하는 고등학교 학생 1,697명을 대상으로 하여 우리나라 고등학생의 음주행위와 음주문제를 대표할 수 있는 자료를 제공하고, 둘째, 청소년의 음주와 이들이 음주효과에 대해 가지고 있는 기대와의 관계를 분석하였다. 각 변인들은 성별과 학교계열을 배경변인으로 하여 교차분석이 수행되었다. 연구결과 RAPI로 측정한 우리나라 고등학생들의 알코올로 인한 문제는 그리 심각하지는 않았으나 남학생의 87.6%, 여학생의 83,3%가 음주경험이 있는 것으로 나타났고 술을 자주 마시지는 많지만 마실 경우 폭음하는 경향이 있었다. 음주빈도, 취한 빈도, 음주량, 음주로 인한 문제 등에서 남학생 비율이 여학생보다, 그리고 실업고 학생비율이 인문고 학생보다 의미있게 높게 나타났다. 또한 알코올의 효과에 대한 기대는 음주빈도, 음주량, 폭음 및 음주문제와 같은 모든 변인과 정적 상관관계를 보여주고 있어 음주효과에 대해 긍정적인 기대를 가지고 있는 학생들은 술을 자주 그리고 많이 마시며 음주로 인한 문제도 더 많이 경험하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 남학생이 여학생보다 긍정적인 효과를 더 많이 기대하고 있었고 실업고 학생의 음주의 사교적 기능과 공격성에 대한 긍정적인 기대치가 인문고 학생보다 더 높았다. 조사결과는 청소년 음주예방을 위한 개입방법으로 음주효과에 대한 긍정적인 기대를 수정하는 프로그램의 필요성을 암시하고 있어 청소년들의 음주문제를 효과적으로 예방하기 위해서는 음주효과에 대한 기대에 관한 더욱 정교한 연구가 필요하다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.1156-1162
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• 2010

During ethanol fermentation, bacterial strains may encounter various stresses, such as ethanol and acid shock, which adversely affect cell viability and the production of ethanol. Therefore, ethanologenic strains that tolerate abiotic stresses are highly desirable. Bacteria of the genus Deinococcus are extremely resistant to ionizing radiation, ultraviolet light, and desiccation, and therefore constitute an important pool of extreme resistance genes. The irrE gene encodes a general switch responsible for the extreme radioresistance of D. radiodurans. Here, we present evidence that IrrE, acting as a global regulator, confers high stress tolerance to a Zymomonas mobilis strain. Expression of the gene protected Z. mobilis cells against ethanol, acid, osmotic, and thermal shocks. It also markedly improved cell viability, the expression levels and enzyme activities of pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase, and the production of ethanol under both ethanol and acid stresses. These data suggest that irrE is a potentially promising gene for improving the abiotic stress tolerance of ethanologenic bacterial strains.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.394-408
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• 2007

Several genes/QTLs governing resistance/tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses have been reported and mapped in rice. A QTL for submergence tolerance was found to be co-located with a major QTL for broad-spectrum bacterial leaf blight (bs-blb) resistance on the long arm of chromosome 5 in indica cultivars FR13A and IET8585. Using the Nipponbare (japonica) and 93-11 (indica) genome sequences, we identified, in silico, candidate genes in the chromosomal region [Kottapalli et al. (2006)]. Transcriptional profiling of FR13A and IET8585 using a rice 22K oligo array validated the above findings. Based on in silico analysis and arraying we observed that both cultivars respond to the above stresses through a common signaling system involving protein kinases, adenosine mono phosphate kinase, leucine rich repeat, PDZ/DHR/GLGF, and response regulator receiver protein. The combined approaches suggest that transcription factor EREBP on long arm of chromosome 5 regulates both submergence tolerance and blb resistance. Pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase, co-located in the same region, are candidate downstream genes for submergence tolerance at the seedling stage, and t-snare for bs-blb resistance. We also detected up-regulation of novel defense/stress-related genes including those encoding fumaryl aceto acetate (FAA) hydrolase, scramblase, and galactose oxidase, in response to the imposed stresses.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2003년도 생물공학의 동향(XII)
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• pp.386-389
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• 2003

Pseudomonas savastanoi BCNU 106은 o-xylene 뿐만 아니라 m-, p-xylene을 분해할 수 있는 능력을 나타내었고, 비교적 높은 농도인 10 mM toluene, 2 mM o-xylene, 10 mM m-xylene, 10 mM p-xylene에서 높은 분해율을 보여주었다. Pseudomonas savastanoi BCNU 106의 resting cell을 이용하여 o-xylene의 중간대사산물을 GC-MS를 통하여 조사하였다. 주로 2-methylbenzyl alcohol, 2-methylbenzoic acid 등이 발견되었다.

• 동서간호학연구지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2008

Purpose: Metabolic syndrome (also known as insulin resistance syndrome) represents a constellation of hypertriglyceridemia, hypertension, impaired glucose tolerance, and obesity. Presently, the influence of various factors on metabolic syndrome was assessed in patients of a university hospital comprehensive medical examination center. Methods: Age, sex, blood pressure, height, weight, triglyceride level, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and glucose levels were measured in 67 people (37 males and 30 females). These factors were correlated with tobacco use, alcohol consumption, and exercise habits. Metabolic syndrome and abdominal obesity were assessed according to NCEP-ATP III criteria and the Asia-Pacific guidelines (male obesity defined as a waist circumference exceeding 90 cm), respectively. Data was analyzed using t-test, 2-test, and logistic regression. Results: Respective percentages were: tobacco use (14.9% of the 67 people), no tobacco use (85.1%), alcohol consumption (62.7%), no alcohol consumption (37.3%), regular exercise (25.4%), no regular exercise (74.6%). Logistic regression analysis revealed a gender-related odds ratio of 2.3 for metabolic syndrome and no exercise. Conclusions: Weight reduction and physical exercise may decrease the prevalence of metabolic syndrome. Early identification of metabolic syndrome and risk factor modification is prudent in cases of obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.309-318
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• 2015

Alcohol consumption increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. However, its effects on prediabetes or early diabetes have not been studied. We investigated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the pancreas and liver resulting from chronic alcohol consumption in the prediabetes and early stages of diabetes. We separated Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats, a type-2 diabetic animal model, into two groups based on diabetic stage: prediabetes and early diabetes were defined as occurrence between the ages of 11 to 16 weeks and 17 to 22 weeks, respectively. The experimental group received an ethanol-containing liquid diet for 6 weeks. An intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test was conducted after 16 and 22 weeks for the prediabetic and early diabetes groups, respectively. There were no significant differences in body weight between the control and ethanol groups. Fasting and 120-min glucose levels were lower and higher, respectively, in the ethanol group than in the control group. In prediabetes rats, alcohol induced significant expression of ER stress markers in the pancreas; however, alcohol did not affect the liver. In early diabetes rats, alcohol significantly increased most ER stress-marker levels in both the pancreas and liver. These results indicate that chronic alcohol consumption increased the risk of diabetes in prediabetic and early diabetic OLETF rats; the pancreas was more susceptible to damage than was the liver in the early diabetic stages, and the adaptive and proapoptotic pathway of ER stress may play key roles in the development and progression of diabetes affected by chronic alcohol ingestion.

• 고려인삼학회:학술대회논문집
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• 고려인삼학회 1988년도 학술대회지
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• pp.25-27
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• 1988

건강한 성인남자 14명을 대상으로 하여 혈중 알콜해독에 미치는 인삼의 효과 관찰 실험을 실시하였다. 술과 인삼을 동시에 마시는 시험군과 술만 마시는 대조군을 설정하여, 술을 마신후 40분이 경과하였을 때 혈중알콜농도를 측정하였다. 술 (70g/65kg 체중)과 동시에 인삼 (3g/65kg체중)을 먹었을 때의 혈중알콜농도 ($0.11\%$)는 대조군의 혈중알콜농도 ($0.18\%$)의 약 $6.5\%$이었고, 또 혈중알콜농도를 각 개인별로 비교해보면 실험대상자 14명중 인삼과 술을 동시에 마셨을때의 혈중 알콜농도가 술만 마셨을 때의 혈중 알콜농도의 $65\%{\~}49\%$에 불과한 사람이 10명이나 되었다. 인삼의 알콜배출속도에 미치는 영향을 관찰하기 위한 방사능이 표시된 알콜을 실험동물에 투여한 후 알콜의 대사물인 $^{14}CO_2$가 호흡을 통하여 배출되는 량을 측정비교 하였다. 알콜 투여후 2-7시간 사이의 $^{14}CO_2$ 배출속도는 알콜의 대사 및 배출속도를 증가시켜 알콜해독을 촉진한다는 것을 설명해주고 있다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.359-363
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• 1986

본 실험의 목적은 starch의 alcohol발효에 있어서 전분의 $\alpha$-1.4 linkage을 분해하여 alcohol발효를 하는 S diastaticus와 전분 중의 $\alpha$-1.4, $\alpha$-1.6 linkage를 모두 분해할 수 있는 C. tropicalis 간의 이속간의 protoplast fusion을 시켰다. 이때 세포 융합의 빈도는 $10^{-5}$-$10^{-6}$이였으며, 이틀 융합체중 amylase 생성능과 유전적으로 안정한 융합체를 분리하였다. fusant의 성질을 조사하기 위하여 탄소원 자화능을 조사한바 parent와 달리 탄소원 자화능이 일부 보완됨을 보였고 또한 fusant는 원 parent보다 세포의 크기가 클 뿐만아니라, DNA함량도 많았다. spore형성능은 S. diastaticus A4는 spore를 형성하나 C. tropicalis는 형성할 수 없는 반면에 fusant는 형성하였고, Cu$^{++}$ 내성과 NaCl 내염성도 조사하였는데 fusant는 parent의 중간 성질을 가졌다. Fusant의 증식율을 조사하기 위하여 생육도를 조사한 결과 Parent보다 유도기가 길었음을 알았다.