• Animal cells and systems
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.301-309
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• 2011

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is clinically heterogeneous hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies with genetic heterogeneity, age-dependent penetrance, and variable expressivity. Rare copy number variations by nonrecurrent rearrangements have recently been suggested to be associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1A (CMT1A) neuropathy. In our previous study, we found three Korean CMT1A families with rare copy number variations (CNVs) on 17p12 by nonrecurrent rearrangement. Careful clinical examinations were performed in all the affected individuals with rare CNVs (n=19), which may be the first full study of a subject from a large CMT1A family with nonrecurrent rearrangement. The clinical phenotype showed no significant difference compared with common CMT1A patients, but with variable phenotypes. In particular, a broad intrafamilial phenotypic spectrum was observed within the same family, which may suggest the existence of a genetic modifier. This study may broaden the understanding of the role of CNVs in the pathogenesis of CMT.

• 청정기술
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.147-152
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• 2005

초임계 이산화탄소에서의 이부프로펜의 용해도를 측정하였다. 이부프로펜의 용해도는 variable volume view cell이 장착되어있는 고압장치를 사용하여 cloud point를 관찰하는 방법으로 실험하였다. 온도의 범위는 35, 40, $45^{\circ}C$로 하였고 측정된 실험값은 Peng-Robinson equation of state로 모델링 하였다. 이부프로펜의 물리적 특성은 Lydersen, Ambrose 그리고 Joback의 group contribution method를 사용하여 구한 값을 사용하였고, 각각의 결과를 비교하였다. 이산화탄소는 이부프로펜에 대해 큰 용해력을 가진다는 것을 확인하였고, 150bar 부근에서 retrograde 현상이 일어남을 알 수 있었다. 또한 Lydersen의 group contribution method를 사용하여 얻어진 이부프로펜의 물리적 특성으로 PR-EOS와 함께 모델링 한 결과가 다른 method보다 실험값과 더 잘 일치함을 확인하였다. 결과적으로 이 실험을 통해 초임계 공정으로 이부프로펜의 미세입자화 시킬 경우 용질이 용매에 용해되어야 하는 rapid expansion of supercritical solution (RESS)방법이 적용될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.510-515
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• 2009

In this paper, variable characteristic ratio algorithm based on oscillometric method is proposed to enhance the accuracy of blood pressure measurement. We combined the slope-based approach and fuzzy inference technique to change the characteristic ratios of height-based method. The proposed algorithm was assessed on 255 measurements from 85 subjects and compared with the conventional height-based algorithm. The testing results showed that the developed algorithm achieved an overall grade A for both systolic and diastolic blood pressures according to the BHS protocol. And, mean standard deviation between the observers and the developed algorithm were 5.71mmHg and 6.29mmHg for systolic and diastolic pressures respectively, which also fulfilled the AAMI criteria. In conclusion, this algorithm was successfully developed and recommended for further clinical trials with the wider adult population.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.372-377
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 생물학적 공정을 사용하여 황화수소를 제거하는데 있어 망상구조의 폴리우레탄 담체의 바이오필터 충진물로서의 특성을 유입가스농도와 유입가스량의 두 변수를 대상으로 조사하였다. 실험결과 망상구조의 폴리우레탄 담체를 적용한 바이오필터의 황화수소 최대제거용량은 $488.3g-H_2S/m^3{\cdot}h$이었으며, 추정된 임계부하속도는 $330.1g-H_2S/m^3{\cdot}h$이었다. 본 연구의 결과 망상구조의 폴리우레탄 담체를 황화수소의 생물학적 처리를 위한 바이오필터의 담체로서 적용가능성을 확인하였다.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.20-24
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• 2017

Currently, techniques mainly used in semiconductor impurity diffusion processes include furnace thermal diffusion, ion implantation, and vacuum plasma doping. However, there is a disadvantage that the process equipment and the unit cost are expensive. In this study, boron diffusion process using relatively inexpensive atmospheric plasma was conducted to solve this problem. With controlling parameters of Boron diffusion process, the doping characteristics were analyzed by using secondary ion mass spectrometry. As a result, the influence of each variable in the doping process was analyzed and the feasibility of atmospheric plasma doping was confirmed.

• 수산경영론집
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2016

Fish mortality is the most important success factor in aquaculture management. To analyze the effect of mortality considering biological and economic condition is a important problem in land-based aquaculture. This study is aimed to analyze the effect of mortality for duration of cultivation in land-based aquaculture. This study builds the mathematical model that finds the value of decision variable to minimize cost that sums up the water pool usage cost, sorting cost, fingerling cost and feeding cost under critical standing corp constraint. The proposed mathematical model involves many aspects, both biological and economical: (1) number of fingerlings (2) timing and number of batch splitting event, based on (3) fish growth rate, (4) mortality, and (5) several farming expense. Numerical simulation model presented here in. The objective of numerical simulation is to provide for decision makers to analyse and comprehend the proposed model. When extensive biological and cost data become available, the proposed model can be widely applied to yield more accurate results.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.493-499
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• 2001

2차원 형관센서를 이용하여 생물공정을 모니터링하는 기술에 관해 연구하였다. 기존의 광학센서에 비해 2차원 형광센서는 발효공저의 중요한 변수들을 동시에 모니터링하는데 사용될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 2차원 형광센서를 이용하여 제조합 E. coli, A,. terreus 및 T. vulagis 등의 발효공정을 모니터링하고 미생물의 성장과 생성물의 생성에 대한 형광 스펙트럼의 변화를 정성적으로 비교, 고찰하였다. 2차원 형광센서는 발효공정 이외에도 생물화학반응 및 분리공정에도 쉽게 사용할수 있고 생물공정의 최적화를 도모하는데 이용될 수 있다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제49권10호
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• pp.566-571
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• 2016

Forskolin (FSK), an adenylyl cyclase activator, has recently been shown to enhance nucleotide excision repair (NER) upon UV exposure. However, our study revealed that this effect was detected in human skin epithelial ARPE19 cells only in growing cells, but not in non-cycling cells. When the cells were grown at low density (70% confluence), FSK was capable of stimulating cAMP responsive element binding (CREB) phosphorylation, a marker for FSK-stimulated PKA activation, and resulted in a significant increase of NER activity compared to control treatment. However, cells grown under 100% confluent conditions showed neither FSK-induced CREB phosphorylation nor the resulting NER enhancement. These findings indicate that cellular growth is critical for FSK-induced NER enhancement and suggest that cellular growth conditions should be considered as a variable while evaluating a reagent's pharmacotherapeutic efficacy.

• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 2000년도 THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY ENGINEERING. V.II
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• pp.354-362
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• 2000

In Korea, researches on year-round leaf vegetables production system are in progress, most of them focused on environmental control. Therefore, automation technologies for harvesting, transporting, and grading are in great demand. A robot system for harvesting lettuces, composed of a 3-DOF (degree of freedom) manipulator, an end-effector, a lettuce feeding conveyor, an air blower, a machine vision system, six photoelectric sensors, and a fuzzy logic controller, was developed. A fuzzy logic control was applied to determine appropriate grip force on lettuce. Leaf area index and height were used as input variables and voltage as an output variable for the fuzzy logic controller. Success rate of the lettuce harvesting was 94.12%, and average harvesting time was approximately 5 seconds per lettuce.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.39-52
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• 2014

The Apiaceae genus Daucus consists of approximately 25 species (including carrots) which are characterized by the presence of bracts in pedunculate umbels, dorsally compressed mericarps, hairs on primary ridges, and uniseriately arranged spines on the secondary ridges of the fruit. Taxonomically, Daucus has been considered to be one of the most problematic genera in the Apiaceae due to the highly variable fruit morphology. Despite taxonomic controversy and economic importance of the genus, no rigorously constructed estimate of phylogenetic relationships exists. To examine generic limit and relationships among species of Daucus and its putatively related taxa, phylogenetic analyses of characters derived from nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS sequences were conducted. Two major clades emerged within Daucus, but neither of them have been previously recognized using morphological characters. The phylogeny also provides taxonomic status of recently reported new species of Daucus, D. arcanus and D. conchitae.