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Analysis of Reliability Variation Affected by the Newly Installed Experimental Facilities in the HANARO Research Reactor (신규 실험설비 운전으로 인한 하나로 연구용 원자로의 운영 신뢰도 변화 분석)

  • Jung, Hoan-Sung;Lim, In-Cheol
    • Journal of Applied Reliability
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.57-64
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    • 2010
  • The HANARO nuclear research reactor had been operated successfully and smoothly up to the year 2008 since its first year of instability in year 1995 just after the completion of construction. But the reliability of the reactor has been degraded from the year 2009 due to new experimental facilities such as Feul Test Loop(FTL) and Cold Neutron Source(CNS) which were installed in the HANARO plant. It turned out that these new facilities contributed unexpected stoppage of the plant. This paper describes causes of stoppage and suggestions to improve the reliability of the plant.

Antibacterial, cytotoxic and neuropharmacological activities of Cerbera odollam seeds

  • Ahmed, F;Amin, R;Shahid, IZ;Sobhani, MME
    • Advances in Traditional Medicine
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.323-328
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    • 2008
  • The MeOH extract of seeds of Cerbera odollam Gaertn. (Apocynaceae) was screened for its antibacterial, cytotoxic and neuropharmacological activities. The extract showed moderate anti-bacterial activity against Salmonella typhi, Streptococcus saprophyticus, and Streptococcus pyogenes. It exhibited high level cytotoxicity against brine shrimp ($LC_{50}$: $3\;{\mu}g/ml$). The extract potentiated pentobarbital induced sleeping time in mice which was further supported by the exploratory behavior test at dose of 25 mg/kg. The overall results tend to suggest the antibacterial, cytotoxic and CNS depressant activities of the extract.

A Study on Shear Behaviors for the Rock Joint in the Constant Normal Stiffness Condition (일정수직강성(CNS) 조건에서 절리면 전단거동에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Yong-Jun;Lee Young-Huy;Kim Sun-Ki;Kim Chu-Hwa
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.15 no.5 s.58
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    • pp.330-337
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    • 2005
  • Apart from the geometric features of the rock joints, the shear characteristics of rock mass subject to shear force are also significantly affected by the boundary conditions in the neighborhood of the rock mass. The boundary conditions of the rock mass can be classified into 4 categories according to the stress state of the rock joint, of which the constant normal load (CNL) is the most used for shear test and produces the lowest shear strength and different behavior. In this study, the shear behavior under constant normal stiffness condition was able to replicated by the graphic method normalized by the test results under constant normal stress condition.

Identification of cis-Regulatory Region Controlling Semaphorin-1a Expression in the Drosophila Embryonic Nervous System

  • Hong, Young Gi;Kang, Bongsu;Lee, Seongsoo;Lee, Youngseok;Ju, Bong-Gun;Jeong, Sangyun
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.43 no.3
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    • pp.228-235
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    • 2020
  • The Drosophila transmembrane semaphorin Sema-1a mediates forward and reverse signaling that plays an essential role in motor and central nervous system (CNS) axon pathfinding during embryonic neural development. Previous immunohistochemical analysis revealed that Sema-1a is expressed on most commissural and longitudinal axons in the CNS and five motor nerve branches in the peripheral nervous system (PNS). However, Sema-1a-mediated axon guidance function contributes significantly to both intersegmental nerve b (ISNb) and segmental nerve a (SNa), and slightly to ISNd and SNc, but not to ISN motor axon pathfinding. Here, we uncover three cis-regulatory elements (CREs), R34A03, R32H10, and R33F06, that robustly drove reporter expression in a large subset of neurons in the CNS. In the transgenic lines R34A03 and R32H10 reporter expression was consistently observed on both ISNb and SNa nerve branches, whereas in the line R33F06 reporter expression was irregularly detected on ISNb or SNa nerve branches in small subsets of abdominal hemisegments. Through complementation test with a Sema-1a loss-of-function allele, we found that neuronal expression of Sema-1a driven by each of R34A03 and R32H10 restores robustly the CNS and PNS motor axon guidance defects observed in Sema-1a homozygous mutants. However, when wild-type Sema-1a is expressed by R33F06 in Sema-1a mutants, the Sema-1a PNS axon guidance phenotypes are partially rescued while the Sema-1a CNS axon guidance defects are completely rescued. These results suggest that in a redundant manner, the CREs, R34A03, R32H10, and R33F06 govern the Sema-1a expression required for the axon guidance function of Sema-1a during embryonic neural development.

Resistance to Macrolide, Lincosamide and Streptogramin Antibiotics in Staphylococci Isolated in Istanbul, Turkey

  • Aktas, Zerrin;Aridogan, Aslihan;Kayacan, Cigdem Bal;Aydin, Derya
    • Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.286-290
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and genetic mechanisms of erythromycin resistance in staphylococci. A total of 102 erythromycin resistant non-duplicate clinical isolates of staphylococci [78. coagulase negative stapylococci (CNS), 24 Staphylococcus aureus] were collected between October 2003 and August 2004 in Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in Turkey. The majority of the isolates were from blood and urine specimens. Antimicrobial susceptibilities were determined by the agar dilution procedure and the resistance phenotypes by the double disk induction test. A multiplex PCR was performed, using primers specific for erm(A), erm(B), erm(C), and msrA genes.. Among the 78 CNS isolates, 57.8% expressed the $MLS_{B}-constitutive$, 20.6% the $MLS_{B}-inducible$, and 21.6% the $MS_B$ phenotypes. By PCR, 78.2% of these isolates harbored the erm(C) gene, 8.9% erm(A), 6.4% erm(B), and 11.5% msrA genes. In S. aureus, the constitutive $MLS_B$ (58.3 %) was more common than the inducible phenotype (20.8%). erm(A) was detected in 50% and erm(C) in 62.5% of the isolates, while 37.5% contained both erm(A) and erm(C). erm(C)-associated macrolide resistance was the most prevalent in CNS, while ermC) and erm(A, C) was the most prevalent in S. aureus.

Gait Training Strategy by CPG in PNF with Brain Injured Patients (고유수용성 신경촉진법에서 CPG를 이용한 뇌손상자 보행훈련전략)

  • Bae Sung-soo
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.108-122
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    • 2005
  • The gait training strategy in very important things for central nervous system(CNS) injury patients. There are many method and strategy for regaining of the gait who had CNS injury. A human being has central pattern generator(CPG) is spinal CPG for locomotion. It is a neural network which make the cyclical patterns and rhythmical activities for walking. Sensory input from loading and hip position is essential for CPG stimulation that makes the central neural rhythm and pattern generating structure. From sensory input, the proprioceptive information facilitate proximal muscles that controlled in voluntarily from cortical level and visual and / or acoustical information facilitate distal muscles that controlled voluntarily from subcortical level. Gait training method can classify that is functional level and structural level. Functional level includ level surface gait, going up and down the stair. It is important to facilitate a guide tempo in order to activate the central pattern generators. During the functional test or functional activities, can point out the poor period in gait that have to be facilitate in structural level. There are many access methods with patient position and potentiality. The methods are using of rhythmic initiation, replication and combination of isotonic with standing position. Clinically using it on weight transfer onto the stance leg, loading response, loading response and pre-swing, terminal stance, up and downwards stairs.

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General Pharmacology of LB20304a, a New Quinolone Antibiotic (새로운 퀴놀론계 항생제 LB20304a의 일반약리작용)

  • 김희진;오정인;이창호
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.184-189
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    • 1996
  • General pharmacological studies of LB20304a (a mesylate salt form of a new quinolone antibiotic LB20304 following oral administration of 300 mg/kg and 1000 mg/kg, almost maximum tolerance dose in mice and rat, respectively, were performed in terms of effects on general behaviour, central nervous system, gastrointestinal system, and blood coagulation system in mice and rats. With regards to general behaviour of mice, at oral dose of 300 mg/kg, LB20304a reduced muscle tone and locomotor activity. In terms of CNS, at oral treatment of 300 mg/kg, LB20304a showed some analgesic effects in mice, and oral dose of 1000 mg/kg caused drop in normal body temperature of rat, while it enhanced the pentylenetetrazole-induced clonic convulsion to tonic convulsion and/or death in mice at the doses of unto 300 mg/kg. In addition, LB20304a increased hexobarbital-induced sleeping time two and three times in mice at oral doses of 20 mg/kg and 300 mg/kg, respectively. Rota-rod and traction test in mice were not influenced by the dose of 300 mg/kg and 200 mg/kg, respectively. LB20304a reduced gastric secretion of rat at dose of 1000 mg/kg, and increased intestinal motility of mice at dose of 300 mg/kg. In rats, blood coagulation index, such as PT (prothrombin time) and aPTT (activated partial thromboplastin time) were not affected by the treatment of upto 1000 mg/kg of LB 20304a.

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A study on ZnO varistor Design Prevented from Thermal Explosion (열폭주 방지 ZnO 배리스터 설계에 대한 연구)

  • Jung, Tae-Hun;Shin, Hee-Sang;Cho, Sung-Min;Choi, Sung-Wook;Kim, Jae-Chul
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2009.07a
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    • pp.1453_1454
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    • 2009
  • This paper examines the characteristics of ZnO varistor to prevent from thermal explosion. We carry out performance evaluation of electrical characteristics on ZnO varistor. we will develop ZnO varistor Prevented from thermal explosion using test result of this paper.

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The Effective Test for Embedded S/W by using Data-Driven Method (Data-Driven 방식의 효과적인 임베디드 S/W 테스트 방법에 관한 연구)

  • Kwon, Kyu-Hwan
    • 한국IT서비스학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.505-510
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    • 2009
  • 전자, 자동차 등 엔지니어링 컨버전스 산업이 발전함에 따라 임베디드 S/W 테스트의 중요성이 증가하고 있다. 그러나, 일반적인 S/W 테스트 방법을 그대로 이용할 경우 임베디드 디바이스의 특성으로 인해 일반적인 품질 수준의 테스트 결과를 얻기 위해 상대적으로 더 많은 비용과 시간을 필요로 하게 된다. 따라서, 다양한 임베디드 시스템의 환경에 적용하기 쉽고, 임베디드 디바이스의 특성에 잘 대응하는 테스트 방법이 요구되는 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 Data-Driven 기법을 이용한 효과적인 임베디드 테스트 자동화 기법을 제안한다.

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Prevalence of resistance to macrolide, lincosamide. streptogramin and ketolide antibiotics against Gram-positive bacteria in Korea

  • Lim, Jung-A;Yoon, Eung-Jeong;Kim, Sung-Hoon;Choi, Sung-Sook;Choi, Eung-Chil
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.127.1-127.1
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence of resistance to macrolide, lincosamide, streptogramin and ketolide antibiotics in Korea. The antibiotic susceptibility test was performed to the macrolide erythromycin, clarithromycin, azithromycin, josamycin, the lincosamide clindamycin, the streptogramin synercid and the ketolide ABT -773 against 337 clinical Staphylococcus aureus(SAU). Coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CNS) and Enterococci isolates exhibited an average percentage of 64%, 56%, and 81 % of resistance to erythromycin, respectively.

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