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농업기상활용 정보기술 현황 (State of Information Technology and Its Application in Agricultural Meteorology)

  • Byong-Lyol Lee;Dong-Il Lee
    • 한국농림기상학회지
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    • 제6권2호
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    • pp.118-126
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    • 2004
  • 그리드는 고성능컴퓨팅을 위한 슈퍼인터넷이라는 신 IT기술로, 슈퍼컴, 저장매체, 첨단장비 및 협업환경 등 첨단 자원의 전 세계에 걸친 가상집합체라 할 수 있다. 그리드는 CPU, 저장시스템, 통신시스템, 실시간자료원과 장비는 물론 공동협력 등 지역적, 기관간 분산되어 있는 전산자원을 한 곳에 모을 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. 그리드라는 말은 90년대 중반 첨단 과학 및 공학기술을 위한 분산전산하부구조로서 제안된 용어이다. 전산그리드는 사용자가 다수의 고성능/고정밀 자원을 접속/통합할 수 있도록 지원하는 하부구조를 의미하며, 보다 공적으로는 그리드는 개인, 기관 및 자원의 동적 집합체간 가상기구로서, 유연하고, 안전하며 조정이 가능한 자원공유를 위한 하부구조라 정의되고 있다. 이와 같이 그리드는 미래 농업기상서비스에 적합한 차세대 인터넷기술로 매우 유망한 IT기술인 것이다. 그리드는 특히 전산자원 부족이 심각한 개도국의 농업기상서비스 개선을 위해 필수적인 고성능 컴퓨터자원, 고용량 가상저장매체, 효율적인 실시간 자료교환을 위한 자원 공유에 크게 기여할 수 있을 것이다. 여기서는 WMO 차세대 기상정보시스템(FWIS) 일환으로 기존 아시아 농업기상정보망과 연계된 CAgM-Grid의 설립을 제안 추진하고 있다.

Use of Flattening Filter Free Photon Beams for Off-axis Targets in Conformal Arc Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

  • Smith, Ashley;Kim, Siyong;Serago, Christopher;Hintenlang, Kathleen;Ko, Stephen;Vallow, Laura;Peterson, Jennifer;Hintenlang, David;Heckman, Michael;Buskirk, Steven
    • 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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    • 제25권4호
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    • pp.288-297
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    • 2014
  • Dynamic conformal arc therapy (DCAT) and flattening-filter-free (FFF) beams are commonly adopted for efficient conformal dose delivery in stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). Off-axis geometry (OAG) may be necessary to obtain full gantry rotation without collision, which has been shown to be beneficial for peripheral targets using flattened beams. In this study dose distributions in OAG using FFF were evaluated and the effect of mechanical rotation induced uncertainty was investigated. For the lateral target, OAG evaluation, sphere targets (2, 4, and 6 cm diameter) were placed at three locations (central axis, 3 cm off-axis, and 6 cm off-axis) in a representative patient CT set. For each target, DCAT plans under the same objective were obtained for 6X, 6FFF, 10X, and 10FFF. The parameters used to evaluate the quality of the plans were homogeneity index (HI), conformality indices (CI), and beam on time (BOT). Next, the mechanical rotation induced uncertainty was evaluated using five SBRT patient plans that were randomly selected from a group of patients with laterally located tumors. For each of the five cases, a plan was generated using OAG and CAG with the same prescription and coverage. Each was replanned to account for one degree collimator/couch rotation errors during delivery. Prescription isodose coverage, CI, and lung dose were evaluated. HI and CI values for the lateral target, OAG evaluation were similar for flattened and unflattened beams; however, 6FFF provided slightly better values than 10FFF in OAG. For all plans the HI and CI were acceptable with the maximum difference between flattened and unflattend beams being 0.1. FFF beams showed better conformality than flattened beams for low doses and small targets. Variation due to rotational error for isodose coverage, CI, and lung dose was generally smaller for CAG compared to OAG, with some of these comparisons reaching statistical significance. However, the variations in dose distributions for either treatment technique were small and may not be clinically significant. FFF beams showed acceptable dose distributions in OAG. Although 10FFF provides more dramatic BOT reduction, it generally provides less favorable dosimetric indices compared to 6FFF in OAG. Mechanical uncertainty in collimator and couch rotation had an increased effect for OAG compared to CAG; however, the variations in dose distributions for either treatment technique were minimal.

위축성 위염과 장상피화생의 호전에 영향을 미치는 인자에 대한 전향적 연구 (Predictive Factors for Improvement of Atrophic Gastritis and Intestinal Metaplasia: A Long-term Prospective Clinical Study)

  • 황영재;김나영;윤창용;권민구;백성민;권영재;이혜승;이제봉;최윤진;윤혁;신철민;박영수;이동호
    • 대한상부위장관⦁헬리코박터학회지
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    • 제18권3호
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    • pp.186-197
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    • 2018
  • Background/Aims: To investigate the predictive factors for improvement of atrophic gastritis (AG) and intestinal metaplasia (IM). Materials and Methods: A total of 778 subjects were prospectively enrolled and followed up for 10 years. Histological analysis of AG and IM was performed by using the updated Sydney system. To find the predictive factors for reversibility of AG and IM, 24 factors including genetic polymorphisms and bacterial and environmental factors were analyzed. Results: In all subjects, the predictive factor by multivariate analysis for improvement of both antral and corpus AG was successful eradication. The predictive factors for improvement of antral IM were age and successful eradication. The predictive factor for improvement of corpus IM was successful eradication. In patients with Helicobacter pylori infection, age and cagA were predictive factors for improvement of AG and IM. In patients with H. pylori eradication, monthly income and cagA were predictive factors for improvement of AG and IM. Conclusions: H. pylori eradication is an important predictive factor of regression of AG and IM and would be beneficial for the prevention of intestinal-type gastric cancer. Young age, high income, and cagA are additional predictive factors for improving AG and IM status. Thus, various factors affect the improvement of AG and IM.

오수유 메탄올 추출물이 Helicobacter pylori 병원성 관련 유전자 발현에 미치는 영향 (Effect of Evodiae fructus Methanol Extract on Virulence-Related Genes' Expression of Helicobacter pylori)

  • 양지영;이평재;김종배
    • 대한임상검사과학회지
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    • 제51권3호
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    • pp.316-322
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    • 2019
  • 위에 군집을 형성하는 그람 음성 박테리아인 Helicobacter pylori는 위암을 일으킬 수 있는 1급 발암 인자로, H. pylori의 성장을 억제하거나 제거하는 물질을 탐색하는 연구가 꾸준히 진행되어 왔다. 오수유는 운향과에 속하는 오수유의 열매를 일컫는 생약으로 한방에서는 설사 및 복통에 사용되던 약재이다. 오수유 추출물이 H. pylori의 성장을 억제한다는 보고는 있었으나 병원성 요인에 어떤 영향을 주는지에 대한 연구는 보고된 바가 없었다. 본 연구에서는 각기 다른 메탄올 농도에서 추출한 오수유 추출물의 H. pylori 성장 억제 효과를 비교하였으며 또한 오수유 추출물이 H. pylori의 병원성 인자에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. 95% 메탄올 오수유 추출물이 가장 낮은 최소저해농도(MIC) 값을 보였으며, 이 95% 추출물을 대상으로 하여 MIC 미만 농도에서 H. pylori의 병원성 인자의 발현 변화를 확인하였다. 95% 메탄올 오수유 추출물은 H. pylori의 주요 병원성 인자인 cagA, vacA 그리고 ureB의 mRNA 및 단백질의 발현을 억제하였으나 흥미롭게도 ureA의 발현은 증가시켰다. 하지만 H. pylori의 배양액과 세포내의 암모니아의 량이 현저히 낮아졌음을 확인하였고, 이는 오수유 추출물이 ureB의 mRNA 및 단백질의 발현을 억제하여 H. pylori의 urease 활성을 억제한다는 것을 확인하였다. 오수유 추출물의 병원성 인자 조절 기전에 대해서는 좀 더 연구가 필요할 것으로 보이나, 본 연구 결과는 오수유 추출물이 H. pylori로 인한 부정적 영향을 줄여줄 것으로 생각한다.

WDM Ring에서의 파장할당 방법에 대한 연구 (Optimization of Wavelength Assignment in All Optical WDM Ring)

  • 정지복;이희상;정성진
    • 한국경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국경영과학회/대한산업공학회 1999년도 춘계공동학술대회:정보화시대의 지식경영
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    • pp.381-383
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    • 1999
  • WDM(Wavelength Division Multiplexing) Ring에서 경로과 고정된 파장할당문제는 Circular Arc Graph(CAG)에서의 vertex coloring문제와 동일하다. 본 연구에서는 극대독립집합(Maximal Independent Set)으로 vertex를 cover하는 정수계획법 모형을 제시하고 이를 효율적으로 풀 수 있는 column generation approach와 실험결과를 제시하겠다.

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느타리버섯속(屬)의 DNA 다형성분석(多型性分析)에 영향(影響)을 미치는 PCR 조건(條件) (Parameters Affecting Polymerase Chain Reaction in RAPD Analysis of Pleurotus spp.)

  • 김범기;정미정;이창수;이희경;유영복;유진창
    • 한국균학회지
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    • 제23권3호통권74호
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    • pp.202-208
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    • 1995
  • 본 실험결과 느타리버섯속에서의 재현성 있는 최적 RAPD 조건은 $50\;{\mu}l$ 반응액에서 80 ng template DNA, 30 pmole primer, $200\;{\mu}M$ dNTP, 2 mM $MgCl_2$, 50 mM KCl, 10 mM Tris-HCI(pH 9.0), 0.1% Triton X-100, 1.5 unit Taq polymerase(promega)였다. 여섯 개의 primer가 Pleurotus속 8종의 균주에서 RAPD polymorphism을 보임을 알 수 있었으며, 이들의 염기배열은 PR2(GGG GGG AAG C), PR3(GCG GTT GAG G), PR4(CGC ACC GCA C), PR10(CAA TCG CCG T), PR11(CAG CAC CCA C), PR17(TAG GCG TAT CAG GAG GCC CT)이었다.

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Peach rosette mosaic virus 검출을 위한 신속한 등온증폭법 개발 (Development of a Rapid Assay for Peach Rosette Mosaic Virus Using Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification)

  • 이시원;이진영;김진호;노재영
    • 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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    • 제44권4호
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    • pp.493-496
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    • 2016
  • Peach rosette mosaic virus (PRMV)는 1933년 복숭아에서 처음 보고되었으며, 복숭아, 자두, 블루베리, 민들레, 벚나무 등에 감염되는 식물바이러스이다. PRMV는 한국에서 보고된 적이 없으나, 식물검역에서 관리병(control viruses)으로 지정되어 있다. 이번 연구에서는 PRMV를 더욱 신속하고 특이적으로 진단하기 위하여 Loop-mediated isothermal amplification 분석법을 적용한 진단법을 개발하였다. LAMP 방법은 기존의 PCR 방법(RT-PCR 및 nested PCR)과 같은 검출 강도를 가지고 있다. 또한 LAMP 반응을 확인하기 위해 PRMV cDNA을 outer primer sets (Product size 264 bp)로 PCR 한 뒤, Pvu II (CAG/CTG) 제한효소를 처리하였다. 제한효소 처리 결과 2개의 digestion fragments (207 + 57 bp)가 확인되었다. PRMV의 LAMP 진단 방법은 관련 식물로부터 더욱 신속한 모니터링이 가능할 것으로 기대된다.

Anti-bacterial effects of enzymatically-isolated sialic acid from glycomacropeptide in a Helicobacter pylori-infected murine model

  • Noh, Hye-Ji;Koh, Hong Bum;Kim, Hee-Kyoung;Cho, Hyang Hyun;Lee, Jeongmin
    • Nutrition Research and Practice
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    • 제11권1호
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    • pp.11-16
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    • 2017
  • BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) colonization of the stomach mucosa and duodenum is the major cause of acute and chronic gastroduodenal pathology in humans. Efforts to find effective anti-bacterial strategies against H. pylori for the non-antibiotic control of H. pylori infection are urgently required. In this study, we used whey to prepare glycomacropeptide (GMP), from which sialic acid (G-SA) was enzymatically isolated. We investigated the anti-bacterial effects of G-SA against H. pylori in vitro and in an H. pylori-infected murine model. MATERIALS/METHODS: The anti-bacterial activity of G-SA was measured in vitro using the macrodilution method, and interleukin-8 (IL-8) production was measured in H. pylori and AGS cell co-cultures by ELISA. For in vivo study, G-SA 5 g/kg body weight (bw)/day and H. pylori were administered to mice three times over one week. After one week, G-SA 5 g/kg bw/day alone was administered every day for one week. Tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$ (TNF-${\alpha}$), IL-$1{\beta}$, IL-6, and IL-10 levels were measured by ELISA to determine the anti-inflammatory effects of G-SA. In addition, real-time PCR was performed to measure the genetic expression of cytotoxin-associated gene A (cagA). RESULTS: G-SA inhibited the growth of H. pylori and suppressed IL-8 production in H. pylori and in AGS cell co-cultures in vitro. In the in vivo assay, administration of G-SA reduced levels of IL-$1{\beta}$ and IL-6 pro-inflammatory cytokines whereas IL-10 level increased. Also, G-SA suppressed the expression of cagA in the stomach of H. pylori-infected mice. CONCLUSION: G-SA possesses anti-H. pylori activity as well as an anti-H. pylori-induced gastric inflammatory effect in an experimental H. pylori-infected murine model. G-SA has potential as an alternative to antibiotics for the prevention of H. pylori infection and H. pylori-induced gastric disease prevention.

Seroreactivity to Helicobacter pylori Antigens as a Risk Indicator of Gastric Cancer

  • Karami, Najmeh;Talebkhan, Yeganeh;Saberi, Samaneh;Esmaeili, Maryam;Oghalaie, Akbar;Abdirad, Afshin;Mostafavi, Ehsan;Hosseini, Mahmoud Eshagh;Mohagheghi, Mohammad Ali;Mohammadi, Marjan
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제14권3호
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    • pp.1813-1817
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    • 2013
  • Background: Multiple etiologic factors are suspected to cause gastric cancer, the most important of which is infection with virulent types of Helicobacter pylori. Materials and Methods: We have compared 102 gastric cancer patients with 122 non-ulcer, non-cancer dyspeptic patients. Gastric specimens were evaluated for H. pylori infection by tissue-based detection methods. Patient sera underwent antigen-specific ELISA and western blotting using a Helicoblot 2.1 kit and antibody responses to various H. pylori antigens were assessed. Results: The absolute majority (97-100%) of both groups were H. pylori seropositive. Multivariate regression analysis demonstrated serum antibodies to the low molecular weight 35kDa protein to be protective and reduce the risk of gastric cancer by 60% (OR:0.4; 95%CI:0.1-0.9). Conversely, seroreactivity to the 89kDa (VacA) protein was significantly higher in gastric cancer patients (OR:2.7; 95%CI:1.0-7.1). There was a highly significant association (p<0.001) between seroreactivity to the 116kDa (CagA) and 89kDa (VacA) proteins, and double positive subjects were found at nearly five fold (OR:4.9; 95%CI:1.0-24.4) enhanced risk of gastric cancer as compared to double negative subjects. Conclusions: Seroreactivity to H. pylori low (35kDa) and high (116kDa/89kDa) molecular weight antigens were respectively revealed as protective and risk indicators for gastric cancer.