• 제목/요약/키워드: Cell Observation

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Observation of Water Consumption in Zn-air Secondary Batteries

  • Yang, Soyoung;Kim, Ketack
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • 제10권4호
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    • pp.381-386
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    • 2019
  • Zn-air battery uses oxygen from the air, and hence, air holes in it are kept open for cell operation. Therefore, loss of water by evaporation through the holes is inevitable. When the water is depleted, the battery ceases to operate. There are two water consumption routes in Zn-air batteries, namely, active path (electrolysis) and passive path (evaporation and corrosion). Water loss by the active path (electrolysis) is much faster than that by the passive path during the early stage of the cycles. The mass change by the active path slows after 10 h. In contrast, the passive path is largely constant, becoming the main mass loss path after 10 h. The active path contributes to two-thirds of the electrolyte consumption in 24 h of cell operation in 4.0 M KOH. Although water is an important component for the cell, water vapor does not influence the cell operation unless the water is nearly depleted. However, high oxygen concentration favors the discharge reaction at the cathode.

Direct Electrode Reaction of Fe(III)-Reducing Bacterium, Shewanella putrefaciens

  • Kim, Byung-Hong;Kim, Hyung-Joo;Hyun, Moon-Sik;Park, Doo-Hyun
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제9권2호
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    • pp.127-131
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    • 1999
  • Anaerobically grown cells of an Fe(III)-reducing bacterium, Shewanella putrefaciens IR-l, were electrochemically active with an apparent reduction potential of about 0.15 V against a saturated calomel electrode in the cyclic voltammetry. The bacterium did not grow fermentatively on lactate, but grew in an anode compartment of a three-electrode electrochemical cell using lactate as an electron donor and the electrode as the electron acceptor. This property was shared by a large number of Fe(III)-reducing bacterial isolates. This is the first observation of a direct electrochemical reaction by an intact bacterial cell, which is believed to be possible due to the electron carrier(s) located at the cell surface involved in the reduction of the natural water insoluble electron acceptor, Fe(III).

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Homeotropic liquid crystal cell without vertical alignment layers

  • Jeng, Shie-Chang;Wang, Hsing-Lung;Kuo, Chia-Wei;Lin, Yan-Rung;Liao, Chi-Chang
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보디스플레이학회 2007년도 7th International Meeting on Information Display 제7권1호
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    • pp.496-498
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    • 2007
  • This paper reports our observation that the addition of nanoparticles in the negative dielectric anisotropic liquid crystal (LC) cell can exhibit the properties of vertical alignment without using alignment layers. The electro-optical properties of this nanoparticles-induced vertical alignment in the LC cell are very similar to the conventional homeotropic LC cell with alignment layers. This technique can be used to fabricate a flexible LC display demanding low temperature process

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Expression of ERCC1, RRM1 and LRP in Non-small Cell Lung Cancers and their Influence on Chemotherapeutic Efficacy of Gemcitabine Concomitant with Nedaplatin

  • Qiu, Zhen-Qin;Zhao, Kun
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제15권17호
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    • pp.7303-7307
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    • 2014
  • Objective: To explore the clinical efficacy of gemcitabine concomitant with nedaplatin and drug resistance in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and associated molecular predicators. Materials and Methods: A total of 68 patients diagnosed with NSCLC by histology served as the study objects and were randomly divided into an observation group treated with gemcitabine concomitant with nedaplatin and a control group with cisplatin concomitant with gemcitabine, 34 cases for each group. Short-term and long-term efficacies, adverse responses as well as the expression of nucleotide excision repair cross complementing 1 (ERCC1), ribonucleotide reductase subunit M1 (RRM1) and lung resistance-related protein (LRP) in NSCLC tissues in both groups were assessed. Results: The short-term objective response rate (ORR) and disease control rate (DCR) were 35.3% (12/34) and 76.5% (26/34) in the observation group and 38.2% (13/34) and 85.3% (29/34) in the control group, respectively, the differences not being statistically significant. The time to progression (TTP) in both groups were 1~12 months, while the median TTP was 135 d and 144 d, respectively. Though the survival was slightly higher in the control group, there were no significant differences in TTP and survival time. The rates of decreased hemoglobin, vomiting and nausea as well as renal toxicity were evidently lower in the observation group, while other adverse responses demonstrated no significant difference. The positive expression rates of ERCC1, RRM1 and LRP were 47.1% (16/34), 61.8% (21/34) and 64.7% (22/34) in the observation group, respectively. Compared with negative ERCC1 expression, ORR had decreasing trend and the overall survival time (OS) decreased significantly in patients with positive ERCC1 expression, which were markedly decreased by the positive expressions of RRM1 and LRP. Conclusions: Gemcitabine concomitant with nedaplatin has significant effects in the treatment of NSCLC, with an adverse response rate obviously lower than for cisplatin concomitant with gemcitabine, suggesting that wider use in the clinic is warranted. Additionally, the positive expressions of ERCC1, RRM1 and LRP may increase patient drug resistance, so they can be applied as the chemotherapeutic predicators to guide individualized therapy of NSCLC patients.

백서난관상피(白鼠卵管上皮)의 주사현미경적(走査電子顯微鏡的) 관찰(觀察) (Scanning Electron Microscopic Observation on the Rat Oviductal Epithelium in each Segment during Normal Sexual Cycle)

  • 이재현
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • 제10권1_2호
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    • pp.41-51
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    • 1980
  • 정상(正常) 성주기(性週期)를 나타내는 백서(白鼠)의 난관(卵管)에서 각(各) 영역(領域)에 분포(分布)하는 상피세포(上皮細胞)를 주사전자현미경(走査電子顯微鏡)으로 관찰(觀察)하여 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 즉, 백서난관상피세포(白鼠卵管上皮細胞)는 섬모세포와 무(無)섬모세포로 구성되며, 무(無)섬모세포는 4가지 세포형(細胞型)으로 구별(區別)할 수 있고 또한 이들 각형(各型)의 세포(細胞)는 성주기시(性週期時) 특정영역(特定領域)에 분포(分布)하였다.

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겨우살이 lectin의 흰쥐 간세포 독성에 미치는 영향 (The Cytotoxicity of Rat Hepatocytes on Viscum album Lectin)

  • 장철수;류재기;김태호
    • 대한임상검사과학회지
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    • 제39권3호
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    • pp.190-195
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    • 2007
  • In the present study, the author investigated to the cytotoxocity in cultured rat hepatocytes of Viscum album lectin. The cytotoxcity effect in Viscum album lectin on the activity of LDH was also investigated. Viscum album lectin significantly increased LDH leakage into medium of hepatocytes treated or untreated with $CCl_4$ (p<0.001). However, Viscum album lectin significantly increased LDH leakage from $CCl_4$-induced hepatocyte (p<0.001). There was a significant increase in LDH levels relative to the control group. Histological observation basically supported the result obtained from LDH assay. The livers of rats challenged with $CCl_4$ produced a marked increased cytoplasmic vacuoles and inflammatory cells in number, while the number of necrotic cells and swollen hepatocytes did not change significnatly. Rats administered DMSO alone did not alter the normal hepatic architecture. Histological observation of liver section in rat treated 72 hrs with either Viscum album lectin $CCl_4$-induced liver damage showed number of cytoplasmic vaculoe and necrotic cell. The number of inflammatory cell increased markedly. This results suggest to the conclusion that Viscum album lectin has a effect of hepatotoxicity activator.

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이산 도트 자극에서 시각적 착시를 인식하는 시각 모델 (A Visual Model for the Perception of the Optical illusions from Discrete Dot Stimuli)

  • 정은화;홍경호
    • 정보처리학회논문지B
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    • 제10B권6호
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    • pp.639-646
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    • 2003
  • 본 논문은 일련의 불연속적인 도트 자극으로부터 시각적 착시현상을 추출하는 신경회로망 모델을 제시한다. 제안된 모델은 시각 정보처리 경로에서 발견되는 시각 세포들의 특성을 근거로 한다. 본 연구는 일련의 이산 도트 자극들이 개별적인 도트들로 인식하지 않고 연속적인 가상의 윤곽으로 인식하는 시각적 착시 현상을 나타내는 생리심리학 실험을 기초로 하여 도트 자극의 시각적 착시를 구현한 것으로서 실험에서는 가상 다각형 형태로 배치된 6에서 10개의 도트자극들을 사용한다. 이 실험 데이터는 Smith & Vos가 생리심리학적 실험에서 다룬 데이터와 유사하다. 제안된 모델은 이산 도트자극으로부터 연속적인 착시 윤곽을 성공적으로 추출한다.

국내 분리 encephalomyocarditis virus의 실험적 감염 Syrian hamster에 대한 병리학적 및 면역조직화학적 연구 (Pathological and immunohistochemical studies in Syrian hamsters experimentally infected with encephalomyocarditis virus isolated in Korea)

  • 윤원기;조성환
    • 대한수의학회지
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    • 제34권2호
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    • pp.349-359
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    • 1994
  • To elucidate pathogenicity to hamster of encephalomyocarditis virus $K_3$ strain that was isolated in Korea from the swine with reproductive failures, adult male syrian hamsters were experimentally infected intraperitoneally with the virus at $10^{7.0}\;TCID_{50}/0.1ml$ and pathological and immunohistochemical studies were performed. The results obtained through the experiment were as follows. 1. Clinical signs such as depression, unkempt hair and bilateral parlysis of hind limbs were observed. 2. At necropsy, mild congestion was observed in the cerebrum, liver, kidney and lung, and atrophy was evident in testis. 3. In microscopic observation, degeneration and necrosis of the nervous cells and perivascular mononuclear cell infiltration were manifested in central nerve system, and various degrees of degeneration and necrosis of parenchymal cells were detected in pancreas, lacrimal gland, liver, kidney and testis. 4. In immunohistochemical observation, strong positive reactions were observed in degenerated parenchymal cell of testis, and weak positive reactions, in hepatocytes.

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