• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.405-416
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• 2021

Background: This study investigated the effect of intrathecal Sec-O-glucosylhamaudol (SOG) on the p38/c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathways, nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB)-related inflammatory responses, and autophagy in a spinal nerve ligation (SNL)-induced neuropathic pain model. Methods: The continuous administration of intrathecal SOG via an osmotic pump was performed on male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 50) with SNL-induced neuropathic pain. Rats were randomized into four groups after the 7th day following SNL and treated for 2 weeks as follows (each n = 10): Group S, sham-operated; Group D, 70% dimethylsulfoxide; Group SOG96, SOG at 96 ㎍/day; and Group SOG192, SOG at 192 ㎍/day. The paw withdrawal threshold (PWT) test was performed to assess neuropathic pain. Western blotting of the spinal cord (L5) was performed to measure changes in the expression of signaling pathway components, cytokines, and autophagy. Additional studies with naloxone challenge (n = 10) and cells were carried out to evaluate the potential mechanisms underlying the effects of SOG. Results: Continuous intrathecal SOG administration increased the PWT with p38/JNK mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway and NF-κB signaling pathway inhibition, which induced a reduction in proinflammatory cytokines with the concomitant downregulation of autophagy. Conclusions: SOG alleviates mechanical allodynia, and its mechanism is thought to be related to the regulation of p38/JNK MAPK and NF-κB signaling pathways, associated with autophagy during neuroinflammatory processes after SNL.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.214-218
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• 2022

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the PMF in the treatment of acidosis and inflammation by monitoring the pH change for the continuity of PMF effect on the blood in the micro-circulation system that mimics the capillaries in the human body. Micro-tubes and micro-channels similar in diameter to those of arteries and arterioles were fabricated using PDMS and connected to a micro-pump for blood circulation. The continuity of PMF effect was verified in a micro-circulation system in-vitro. The pH changes for the circulating blood and for persistence time of PMF stimulus effect were confirmed using the optimized PMF conditions based on the previous studies. Also pH changes were observed by continuously stimulating PMF for a set period of time. The result was observed that the pH of the blood acidified using tBHP continued to rise from immediately after stimulation of PMF to 70 minutes of stimulation, reaching a normal pH range, and then decreasing. Our study showed that PMF has a positive effect on the control of blood pH homeostasis, so it is suggested the possibility of being used as a noninvasive treatment for acidosis treatment and anti- inflammatory treatment.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.239-243
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• 2007

울릉분지의 일부 저층수에서 아질산염의 존재가 확인된 것은 용존산소가 매우 풍부한 환경에서 예상되지 않던 결과로서 괄목할만한 사실이었지만 과학적으로 설명되지 않았다. 오캄의 제안에 따르면 가능한 몇 가지 설명 가운데 대륙사면 표층 퇴적물 안에서 일어나는 탈질산화의 중간산물로써 해수로 유출되는 것이 제반 여건과 가장 잘 부합된다. 그런데 울릉분지에서는 이런 탈질산화에 따른 무기질소의 손실을 보상하는 특별한 방법이 존재하지 않은 것으로 보이며 이는 현재 심해수의 낮은 질소: 인의 비와 일맥상통한다. 여기에 열염순환을 약화시키는 온난화의 효과가 가중될 경우 현재의 생물펌프가 위축될지 또는 현재 식물플랑크톤 군집을 대체하는 새로운 군집으로 바뀌게 될지도 모른다. 그 경우 이는 동해 생태계가 직면하게 될 심각한 도전이 될 것이다. 한편으로는 수중에 산화제가 풍부함에도 불구하고 표층 퇴적물의 유기탄소함량이 아주 높게 나타나서 울릉분지에서 질소(유기물)의 순환에 대해 풀리지 않는 문제가 여전히 남아있다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2024

Accurate measurement of blood pressure is essential for classifying an individual's disease, identifying blood pressure-related risks, and managing health. Due to the environmental and health hazards of mercury sphygmomanometers, automatic sphygmomanometers using the oscillometric method are widely used in hospitals as well as in general homes, and have established themselves as a practical standard sphygmomanometer. In this study, we developed a blood pressure simulator using an actuator that provides simulated pressure to an automatic blood pressure cuff. The developed blood pressure simulator adopts an arm-shaped cylindrical shape similar to the situation in which a person measures blood pressure with an automatic blood pressure monitor, and implements a method of transmitting pressure to the cuff using a pressure plate. Accuracy was evaluated through the mean and standard deviation of the difference with the commercialized blood pressure simulator BP PUMP 2, and reproducibility was confirmed using two automatic blood pressure monitors. The developed blood pressure simulator enables automatic blood pressure monitoring in a simple manner and also meets the evaluation standards for accuracy and reproducibility. In the future, as a standardized blood pressure simulator, it is expected to be of great help in evaluating and verifying the performance of automatic blood pressure monitors by supplementing precise hardware and software and building a blood pressure database.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.449-458
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• 2001

한국형 양심실 보조 인공 심장의 효율 측정 방법과 측정 결과이다. 한국형 양심실 보조 인공 심장은 에너지 변환기로 브러시 없는 직류 모터를 사용한다 이 브러시 없는 직류 모터가 기어 열을 따라 원추운동을 하며 혈액주머니에 힘을 가하게 되고. 이 힘에 의해 혈액주머니 안의 혈액이 박출하게 된다. 효율 측정을 위하여 제어기 및 모터부, 기어부 및 작동기부. 혈액주머니 및 기타부 등 크게 세 부분으로 나누었으며. 각각을 다시 소자별로 나누어 입. 출력의 효율을 측정했다. 부하의 토크, 분당 회전수 각속도, 인가되는 전압 등을 바꾸어 가면서 시스템의 효율을 측정했고. 이 측정을 통해서 모터 운동시의 전체적인 효율과 부분별 효율을 알 수 있었다. 특히 양심실 보조 장치의 모터부와 작동기부의 효율측정에 중점을 두었다. 측정 결과 이동 작동기형 양심실 보조 장치의 평균 동작 영역인 4$\ell/min$ 박출량에서, 전체 효율은 8 %정도이며 구체적으로는 모터부 50 %, 작동기부 85 % 혈액주머니부 19 %정도의 효율을 보였다. 또한 6$\ell/min$ 박출량의 경우, 전체 효율은 5.5 %정도였다. 분석된 결과를 바탕으로 효율을 개선하기 위해 박출량에 따른 필요 구동 전압을 결정하고. 혈액주머니의 충만 상태에 따른 속도 파형을 연구. 제안하였다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.170-174
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• 2006

생균력 안정성이 보장되고 품질이 규격화된 농용 미생물제공급을 위하여 캡슐형 미생물제의 캡슐화 소재로 열수 추출법과 알칼리 추출법을 이용하여 다시마로부터 Na-alginate를 직접 추출하여 겔 형성능과 생균력을 검토하였다. 열수추출 alginate(HWEA)의 경우 5%의 고농도에서 겔 형성이 성공적으로 이루어진데 반해 알칼리추출 alginate(ASA)는 3% 농도에서 $992.1\;{\pm}\;0.2\;g/cm^2$의 강한 겔이 형성되는 특성을 보여 시판되고 있는 alginate(CA) 1.5% 농도의 겔과 유사한 겔 형성능을 나타내었다. 또한 ASA의 경우 추출 수율이 20%로 HWEA 보다 2배 이상 높게 나타났으며 현재 시판되고 있는 Na-alginate(CA)에 비해 비용이 11배 이상 저렴한 것으로 산출되었다. 이상의 결과로부터 ASA를 사용할 경우 값싼 비용으로 추출이 용이하며 저농도에서 겔형성능이 우수하여 최적의 농용 미생물 캡슐소재로 평가되었다. ASA 캡슐제의 생균력을 조사한 결과 81%의 생균력을 나타내어 고가의 CA 캡슐제와 동일한 생균력을 보장 할 수 있음이 입증되었다. 미세 캡슐 내 미생물 생존력을 보다 안정적으로 유지하기 위해 캡슐막의 효과를 나타낼 수 있는 보조제로 starch와 zeolite를 이용하여 생균력 증진효과를 검토한 결과 단일소재 ASA만으로 제조된 캡슐제보다 보조제를 혼합한 캡슐제 경우 세균과 효모는 생균수가 크게 증가되는 효과를 볼 수 있었다. 미생물 혼합 배양액과 상기의 최적 복합 캡슐소재를 혼합하여 캡슐화한 미생물제의 생균력을 측정한 결과 세균은 93%의 높은 생균력을 나타내었고 유산균과 효모의 경우 70% 이상의 생균력을 나타내어 본 연구를 통해 다시마로부터 직접 추출한 ASA가 고가의 시판품 alginate를 대체할 수 있는 농용 미생물 캡슐화 소재로 이용가능할 것으로 판단되었다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.94-131
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• 2007

A review on the papers published in the Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineering in 2004 and 2005 has been done. Focus has been put on current status of research in the aspect of heating, cooling, air-conditioning, ventilation, sanitation and building environment. The conclusions are as follows. (1) Most of fundamental studies on fluid flow were related with heat transportation of facilities. Drop formation and rivulet flow on solid surfaces were interesting topics related with condensation augmentation. Research on micro environment considering flow, heat, humidity was also interesting for comfortable living environment. It can be extended considering biological aspects. Development of fans and blowers of high performance and low noise were continuing topics. Well developed CFD and flow visualization(PIV, PTV and LDV methods) technologies were widely applied for developing facilities and their systems. (2) The research trends of the previous two yews are surveyed as groups of natural convection, forced convection, electronic cooling, heat transfer enhancement, frosting and defrosting, thermal properties, etc. New research topics introduced include natural convection heat transfer enhancement using nanofluid, supercritical cooling performance or oil miscibility of $CO_2$, enthalpy heat exchanger for heat recovery, heat transfer enhancement in a plate heat exchanger using fluid resonance. (3) The literature for the last two years($2004{\sim}2005$) is reviewed in the areas of heat pump, ice and water storage, cycle analysis and reused energy including geothermal, solar and unused energy). The research on cycle analysis and experiments for $CO_2$ was extensively carried out to replace the Ozone depleting and global warming refrigerants such as HFC and HCFC refrigerants. From the year of 2005, the Gas Engine Heat Pump(GHP) has been paid attention from the viewpoint of the gas cooling application. The heat pipe was focused on the performance improvement by the parametric analysis and the heat recovery applications. The storage systems were studied on the performance enhancement of the storage tank and cost analysis for heating and cooling applications. In the area of unused energy, the hybrid systems were extensively introduced and the life cycle cost analysis(LCCA) for the unused energy systems was also intensively carried out. (4) Recent studies of various refrigeration and air-conditioning systems have focused on the system performance and efficiency enhancement. Heat transfer characteristics during evaporation and condensation are investigated for several tube shapes and of alternative refrigerants including carbon dioxide. Efficiency of various compressors and expansion devices are also dealt with for better modeling and, in particular, performance improvement. Thermoelectric module and cooling systems are analyzed theoretically and experimentally. (5) According to the review of recent studies on ventilation systems, an appropriate ventilation systems including machenical and natural are required to satisfied the level of IAQ. Also, an recent studies on air-conditioning and absorption refrigeration systems, it has mainly focused on distribution and dehumidification of indoor air to improve the performance were carried out. (6) Based on a review of recent studies on indoor environment and building service systems, it is noticed that research issues have mainly focused on optimal thermal comfort, improvement of indoor air Quality and many innovative systems such as air-barrier type perimeter-less system with UFAC, radiant floor heating and cooling system and etc. New approaches are highlighted for improving indoor environmental condition as well as minimizing energy consumption, various activities of building control and operation strategy and energy performance analysis for economic evaluation.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.194-210
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• 2022

동중국해 북부와 경계를 이루는 황해 남동부 해역에 대해 무기탄소의 월별 재고와 변동을 초래하는 플럭스들을 상자 모형으로 모의하였다. 월별 용존무기탄소의 자료는 네 차례 계절을 대표하는 관측 결과에 최근 발표된 논문의 자료를 발췌하여 구성하였다. 연간 용존무기탄소(C_T)의 재고가 정상상태에 있으며 표층에서 이류에 의한 변동이 무시할 정도로 작다고 가정하고 표층과 심층의 2-상자 모형을 사용했다. 모의 결과 월별 표층과 심층 사이의 재고는 혼합층 두께의 변동에 따른 혼합 플럭스가 -40~35 mol C m^-2 month^-1의 규모로 주도했다. 대기로부터 유입되는 CO₂ 플럭스는 약 2 mol C m^-2 yr^-1 이고, 혼합 플럭스의 1/100 미만으로 작았다. 생물 펌프 플럭스는 4~5 mol C m^-2 yr^-1 범위로 추정되었는데 이는 현장 실측 자료에 비해서 절반가량 수준이다. 물기둥의 C_T 재고는 동계 혼합이 끝나는 4월에 최대를 보이며 성층기에 조금씩 줄어든다. 따라서 C_T 총량은 성층기에 혼합기보다 높게 나타나는데 정상상태가 유지되려면 최대와 최소의 차분인 18 mol C m^-2 yr^-1 (= 216 g C m^-2 yr^-1)이 동중국해로 송출되어야 한다. 이를 황해 남부 경계 전체에 대해 외삽하면 4 × 10⁹ g C yr^-1 규모이다. 이 플럭스는 개념상 대륙붕 펌프에 해당한다. 실제로 태평양 외양역에 도달하려면 동중국해를 거쳐야 하므로 실제로 대륙붕 펌프로 기여하는 플럭스의 크기는 이보다 현저하게 낮을 것으로 전망된다. 자료 부족과 계산에 필수적인 가정에 수반되는 오류 때문에 추정값은 상당한 크기의 오차를 포함하지만 모의를 통해 C_T의 변동을 초래하는 플럭스 사이의 상대적인 기여도와 범위를 제약할 수 있었고 향후 연구에서 주목해야 할 사항을 도출할 수 있었다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.62-73
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• 2017

To identify a solution for the restricted availability of healthy lungs and the high risk of immune rejections following organ transplantation, tissue engineering techniques for culturing lungs have been studied by many research groups. The most promising method for culturing lungs is the utilization of a bio-scaffold that was prepared using harvested organs from human donors or other animals by removing their original cells. In this study, a pulsatile perfusion pump was used to alleviate the cell removal effect with the high fluid-dynamic power of the perfusion stream during the decellularization process, while other conventional studies focused on chemical methods to identify efficient detergents. The purpose of this study was to analyze the developed device by using energy equivalent pressure (EEP), which is an indicator of pulsatility, to understand the characteristics of pulsatile energy transmitted according to the load size by using the artificial model and compare it with the measured EEP. The pulsatility of the device can be estimated with the concept of fluid-dynamic energy during a particular constant time period or fluid-dynamic power represented as EEP and EEP increment. Because the measured EEP of perfusion flow during decellularization can be changed by the amount of fluid leakage and the degree of clogging in the capillary vessels, EEP should be measured to determine whether the decellularization is progressing without problems. The decrement of EEP caused by the high perfusion resistance was observed from some experimental results that were obtained with artificial models. EEP can be used to monitor the decellularization process after analyzing the varying EEP according to the amount of load. It was confirmed that the EEP was maintained at a high level in the experiment using the harvested lungs from 12-13-week-old rats. In addition, it was confirmed that the cell removal time was faster than when continuous perfusion was performed. In this study, pulsatile power delivered to the lungs was measured to monitor the process of cell removal, and it serve as the evidence for efficient decellularization.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제30권11호
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• pp.1660-1666
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• 2017

Objective: Burial is associated with environmental effects such as the contamination of ground or surface water with biological materials generated during the decomposition process. Therefore, bacterial communities in leachates originating from the decomposing bovine carcasses were investigated. Methods: To understand the process of bovine (Hanwoo) carcass decomposition, we simulated burial using a lab-scale reactor with a volume of $5.15m^3$. Leachate samples from 3 carcasses were collected using a peristaltic pump once a month for a period of 5 months, and bacterial communities in samples were identified by pyrosequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. Results: We obtained a total of 110,442 reads from the triplicate samples of various sampling time points (total of 15 samples), and found that the phylum Firmicutes was dominant at most sampling times. Differences in the bacterial communities at the various time points were observed among the triplicate samples. The bacterial communities sampled at 4 months showed the most different compositions. The genera Pseudomonas and Psychrobacter in the phylum Proteobacteria were dominant in all of the samples obtained after 3 months. Bacillaceae, Clostridium, and Clostridiales were found to be predominant after 4 months in the leachate from one carcass, whereas Planococcaceae was found to be a dominant in samples obtained at the first and second months from the other two carcasses. The results showed that potentially pathogenic microbes such as Clostridium derived from bovine leachate could dominate the soil environment of a burial site. Conclusion: Our results indicated that the composition of bacterial communities in leachates of a decomposing bovine shifted continuously during the experimental period, with significant changes detected after 4 months of burial.