• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.203-215
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• 2010

This study is an overview of toxicities and measurement techniques of ultrafine particles (UFPs), and their exposure controls. UFPs are ubiquitous in many working situations. Exposure to UFPs is possibly causing adverse health symptoms including cardio-respiratory disease to humans. In order to measure exposure levels of airborne UFPs, there are current available measurement guidelines, instruments and other techniques (i.e. contour mapping, control banding). However, these risk assessment techniques including measurement techniques, controls and guidelines are dependent on background levels, metrics (e.g. size, mass, number, surface area, composition), environmental conditions and controls. There are no standardized measurement methods available and no generic and specific occupational exposure standards for UFPs. It is thought that there needs to be more effort to develop Regulations and Exposure Standards for generic UFPs should be based on more exposure data, health surveys, toxicological data and epidemiological data. A carefully considered hierarchy of controls can also reduce the maximum amount of airborne UFPs being emitted from diverse sources in industries.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.79-88
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• 1973

In order to investigate the effect of gamma radiation on Salmonella typhi, Ty2, the components of amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids in irradiated cells were compared with those in unirradiated control cells respectively. The results obtained were as follows ; 1) The inactivation curves of Salmonella typhi with $Co^{60}$ .gamma.-ray irradiation were exponential over a wide range to the irradiated doses. 2) Dose for the inactivation factor of $10^8$ was 94.0 Krad in physiological saline or in phosphate buffered saline, 104.2 Krad in nutrient broth, 220.4Krad in frozen state, 552.0 Krad in dried state, 88.3 Krad in the abundance of oxygen and 188.0 Krad in the deficience of oxygen, respectively. 3) Five consecutive irradiation of Salmonella typhi suspension at the dose of 90 Krad gave no additional increase in resistance. 4) Even at the smallest dose of 500 Krad, compositions of amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids were more or less decreased and the distinct banding patterns were also lost possibly due to degradation of the protein molecules.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2007

The success of rearing with presently available conventional bivoltine is unpredictable in some seasons of the tropical regions due to highly fluctuating adverse climatic conditions. Thus, in order to popularize bivoltine breeds in tropical parts of India, it is very much essential to have a bivoltine breed(s), which can give stable cocoon crop under variable environments. With this objective a breeding programme was undertaken to improve the survival trait in bivoltine silkworm by introducing multivoltine genes into bivoltine through back crossing. Resultant bivoltine lines showed significantly higher survival in compared to the receptor (Bivoltine) parent and control bivoltine breed. Esterase isozyme analysis revealed similar banding pattern in the developed bivoltine and in the donor multivoltine, which predicts the introgression of multivoltine character into evolved bivoltine.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.85-87
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• 2013

An outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus infections occurred in a university with an enrollment of 80 students in the city of Daejon, Republic of Korea. All nine S. aureus isolates from patients (n = 7), staff members (n = 1), and the fried chicken served as the lunch (n = 1) harbored the enterotoxin A gene and showed an identical antibioticresistant profile, PFGE banding pattern (STAS16.001), and sequence type, ST 6. These results suggested that the outbreak was associated with eating the fried chicken that had been handled by an infected staff member. This case report demonstrated a practical approach to identifying the source and transmission of an infection.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제19권spc호
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• pp.190-193
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• 2011

Organic and chemical fertilizer amendments are an important agricultural practice for increasing crop yields. In order to maintain the soil sustainability, it is important to monitor the effects of fertilizer applications on the shift of soil microorganism, which control the cycling of many nutrients in the soils. Here, culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches were used to analyze the soil microorganism and community structure under six fertilization treatments, including green manure, rice straw compost, rapeseed cake, pig mature compost, NPK +pig mature compost, NPK and control. Both organic and chemical fertilizers caused a shift of the cultural microorganism CFUs after treatments. Bacterial CFUs of the organic fertilization treatments were significantly higher than that of chemical fertilization treatments. The DGGE profiles of the bacterial communities of the samples showed that the green manure treatment was a distinct difference in bacterial community, with a greater complexity of the band pattern than other treatments. Cluster analyses based on the DGGE profile showed that rice straw compost and pig mature compost had a similar banding pattern and clustered together firstly. Rapeseed cake, NPK, NPK +pig manure compost and control clustered together in other sub-cluster and clearly distinguished from green manure.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.112-119
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• 1995

본 연구는 뿌리썩이선충(Pratylenchus vulnus)이 옥수수뿌리조직을 침입했을 때, 조직의 해부학적.생화학적 변화를 밝힘으로써 식물과 선충의 상호관계를 이해하고, 이들 정보를 바탕으로 선충저항성 작물의 육종 및 선별에 활용하기 위함이다. 옥수수뿌리 표피를 뚫고 들어온 선충은 뿌리 피층에 자리를 잡고, 세포벽을 파괴하면서 다른 세포로 이동한다. 마침내 선충들은 피층의 내피와 세근의 기부에 밀집했다. P.vuinus의 암컷들은 세포내에 공간(cavity)을 형성하여 그 속에 알을 낳는 습성을 지니고 있다. 선충에 의한 주된 피해양상은 세포벽이 파괴되고 부서져서 공간을 형성하는 것으로 나타난다. 이러한 현상은 세근의 기부에서도 관찰된다. 선충의 피해로 야기된 옥수수 뿌리의 생화학적 변화는 선충접종구와 무접종구간 총단백질양과 esterase활력조사를 통해 비교.분석되었다. Denaturing gel 상에서 총단백질양의 비교는 유의한 차이를 나타내지 않았고, esterase 의 pattern 및 활력에서도 유의할 만한 차이는 발견되지 않았다.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.391-399
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 현장에서 사용되는 온실 강관의 이음 방법에 대해 휨성능을 평가하고 그 결과를 바탕으로 가장 휨성능이 우수한 이음 방법을 알아보았다. 실험 결과, 모든 실험체는 이음이 없는 실험체 보다 휨성능이 작았다. 그러나 모든 실험체의 최대 휨모멘트는 이음이 없는 실험체 소성모멘트의 1.07~1.3정도로 나타났다. 또한 연결방법에 따른 결과는 연결핀 보다 인발 실험체가 상대적으로 큰 휨성능을 보였다. 현장 이음 방법의 파괴 모드는 연결핀과 강관 끝부분의 응력집중에 의한 국부좌굴이 지배적이었다. 현장시공 시 강관을 절단 후 연결할 경우, 이음 없이 사용하는 것이 가장 우수한 휨성능을 발휘하지만 부득이 강관을 절단할 경우는 연결핀보다는 인발 강관에 직결나사로 고정한 이음 방법(SPJ-F)으로 시공하는 것이 유리할 것으로 판단된다.

• 환경생물
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.221-229
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• 2006

초음파가 식물플랑크톤에 미치는 영향을 조사할 목적으로, 이화학적 그리고 생물학적으로 유사한 두 군데의 부영양화 연못에서 2003년 8월 18일부터 9월 30일까지 약 4일 간격으로 시료를 채취하여 실험을 실시하였다. 실험기간 동안 출현한 식물플랑크톤 군집은 규조류(Bacillariophyceae)가 거의 대부분을 차지하였으며, 남세균(Cyanophyceae)은 상대적으로 적은 비중을 차지하였다. 분자생물학적 기법중의 하나인 DGGE(denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis)를 이용하여 식물플랑크톤 군집 구조를 비교분석하였다. 16S rDNA의 DGGE profile 분석에 의하여 처리구 연못에서는 Oscillatoria acuminata를 비롯하여 CFB (Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides) group bacterium 등이 나타나는 것으로 확인되었으며, 초음파가 정지된 시기에 특이적으로 Pseudanabaena sp.가 나타나는 것을 확인하였다. 대조구 연못에서는 Synechococcus sp.와 Aphanizomenon flos-aquae가 출현하는 것을 확인하였다. 18S rDNA의 DGGE profile분석결과 처리구 연못에서는 Chlamydomonas rein. hardtii가 우점하는 것으로 확인되었으며, 초음파 처리에 크게 반응하지 않는 것으로 판단된다. 대조구 연못에서는 처리구 연못에서 나타난 C. reinhardtii를 포함하여 Pteromonas protracta가 출현하였다. 결과적으로 초음파는 진핵성 식물플랑크톤 보다는 원핵성 식물플랑크톤의 다양성에 더 큰 영향을 주는 것으로 판단되며, 일부 남세균(Pseudanabaena sp.)의 생장에 저해를 주는 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.163-169
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• 2004

Worldwide, tuberculosis remains one of the leading infectious diseases, accounting for nearly 3 million deaths and more than 8 million new cases annually. DNA typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is important for the control of tuberculosis, since it can be used to track transmission route of tuberculosis, source of internal laboratory contaminations, and to answer questions on the nature of tuberculosis infections such as reactivation or exogenous reinfection of disease. At present, IS6110-based RFLP is the choice of method for typing large numbers of clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis, since it has the highest resolution power. However, RFLP requires long time, high cost and qualified experts, so only reference level laboratories can use the RFLP technique. In order to have an optional molecular typing method suitable for the clinical settings, this study evaluated the use of one of PCR-based typing methods, IS6110-based outward PCR for typing clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis. In brief, the results from this study showed that IS6110-based RFLP is useful to discriminate diverse clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis as well as to identify clinical isolates that belong to the same family or cluster groups that have been previously classified by RFLP analysis. In addition, the banding profiles resulted from IS6110-based outward PCR seemed to represent genomic characteristics of M. tuberculosis, since strains belong to the K-family generated unique band that is not present in any other strains but present only in the genome of K-family strains. The IS6110-based outward PCR was also shown to be useful with DNAs isolated directly from liquid cultures indicating this method can be suitable for typing M. tuberculosis in clinical settings.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.651-658
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• 2013

Uterine leiomyomas (UL) are extremely common neoplasms in women of reproductive age, and are associated with a variety of characteristic choromosomal aberrations (CAs). The p53 gene has been reported to play a crucial role in suppressing the growth of a variety of cancer cells. Therefore, the present study investigated the effects of CAs and the p53 gene on ULs. We performed cytogenetic analysis by G-banding in 10 cases undergoing myomectomy or hysterectomy. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with a p53 gene probe was also used on interphase nuclei to screen for deletions. In patients, CAs were found in 23.4% of 500 cells analysed, significantly more frequent than in the control group (p<0.001). In the patients, 76% of the abnormalities were structural aberrations (deletions, translocations and breaks), and only 24% were numerical. Deletions were the most common structural aberration observed in CAs. Among these CAs, specific changes in five loci 1q11, 1q42, 2p23, 5q31 and Xp22 have been found in our patients and these changes were not reported previously in UL. The chromosome breaks were more frequent in cases, from high to low, 1, 2, 6, 9, 3, 5, 10 and 12. Chromosome 22, X, 3, 17 and 18 aneuploidy was observed to be the most frequent among all numerical aberrations. We observed a low frequency of p53 losses (2-11%) in our cases. The increased incidence of autosomal deletions, translocations, chromatid breaks and aneuploidy, could contribute to the progression of the disease along with other chromosomal alterations.