• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.179-186
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• 2003

Human embryonic stem (hES) cell lines have been derived from human blastocysts and are expected to have far-reaching applications in regenerative medicine. The objective of this study is to improve freezing method with less cryo-injuries and best survival rates in hES cells by comparing various vitrification conditions. For the vitrifications, ES cells are exposed to the 4 different cryoprotectants, ethylene glycol (EG), 1,2-propanediol (PROH), EG with dime-thylsulfoxide (DMSO) and EG with PROH. We compared to types of vehicles, such as open pulled straw (OPS) or electron microscopic cooper grids (EM grids). Thawed hES cells were dipped into sequentially holding media with 0.2 M sucrose for 1 min, 0.1 M sucrose for 5 min and holding media for 5 min twice and plated onto a fresh feeder layer. Survival rates of vitrified hES cells were assessed by counting of undifferentiated colonies. It shows high survival rates of hES cells frozen with EG and DMSO (60.8％), or EG and PROH(65.8％) on EM grids better than those of OPS, compared to those frozen with EG alone (2.4％) or PROH alone (0％) alone. The hES cells vitrified with EM grid showed relatively constant colony forming efficiency and survival rates, compared to those of unverified hES cells. The vitrified hES cells retained the normal morphology, alkaline phosphates activity, and the expression of SSEA-3 and 4. Through RT-PCR analysis showed Oct-4 gene expression was down-regulated and embryonic germ layer markers were up-regulated in the vitrified hES cells during spontaneous differentiation. These results show that vitrification method by using EM grid supplemented with EG and PROH in hES cells may be most efficient at present to minimize cyto-toxicity and cellular damage derived by ice crystal formation and furthermore may be employed for clinical application.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.1210-1217
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• 2021

The analysis of ⁴¹Ca in concrete generated from the nuclear facilities decommissioning is critical for ensuring the safe management of radioactive waste. An analytical method for the determination of ⁴¹Ca in concrete is described. ⁴¹Ca is a neutron-activated long radionuclide, and hence, for accurate analysis, it is necessary to completely extract Ca from the concrete sample where it exists as the predominant element. The decomposition methods employed were the acid leaching, microwave digestion, and alkali fusion. A comparison of the results indicated that the alkali fusion is the most suitable way for the separation of Ca from the concrete sample. Several processes of hydroxide and carbonate precipitation were employed to separate ⁴¹Ca from interferences. The method relies on the differences in the solubility of the generated products. The behavior of Ca and the interfering elements such as Fe, Ni, Co, Eu, Ba, and Sr is examined at each separation step. The purified ⁴¹Ca was measured by a liquid scintillation counter, and the quench curve and counting efficiency were determined by using a certified reference material of known ⁴¹Ca activity. The recoveries in this study ranged from 56 to 68%, and the minimum detectable activity was 50 mBq g^-1 with 0.5 g of concrete sample.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.324-334
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• 2021

This study aimed at determining the genetic and virulence characteristics of the Listeria monocytogenes from smoked ducks. L. monocytogenes was isolated by plating, and the isolated colonies were identified by PCR. All the obtained seven L. monocytogenes isolates possessed the virulence genes (inlA, inlB, plcB, and hlyA) and a 385 bp actA amplicon. The L. monocytogenes isolates (SMFM2018 SD 1-1, SMFM 2018 SD 4-1, SMFM 2018 SD 4-2, SMFM 2018 SD 5-2, SMFM 2018 SD 5-3, SMFM 2018 SD 6-2, and SMFM 2018 SD 7-1) were inoculated in tryptic soy broth (TSB) containing 0.6% yeast extract at 60℃, followed by cell counting on tryptic soy agar (TSA) containing 0.6% yeast extract at 0, 2, 5, 8, and 10 min. We identified five heat resistant isolates compared to the standard strain (L. monocytogenes ATCC13932), among which three exhibited the serotype 1/2b and D-values of 5.41, 6.48, and 6.71, respectively at 60℃. The optical densities of the cultures were regulated to a 0.5 McFarland standard to assess resistance against nine antibiotics after an incubation at 30℃ for 24 h. All isolates were penicillin G resistant, possessing the virulence genes (inlA, inlB, plcB, and hlyA) and the 385-bp actA amplicon, moreover, three isolates showed clindamycin resistance. In conclusion, this study allowed us to characterize L. monocytogenes isolates from smoked ducks, exhibiting clindamycin and penicillin G resistance, along with the 385-bp actA amplicon, representing higher invasion efficiency than the 268-bp actA, and the higher heat resistance serotype 1/2b.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권12호
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• pp.4671-4678
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• 2022

The purpose of this comprehensive research is to observe the impact of scintillator crystal type on entire detection process. For this aim, MCNPX (version 2.6.0) is used for designing of a physical plastic scintillation detector available in our laboratory. The modelled detector structure is validated using previous studies in the literature. Next, different types of plastic scintillation crystals were assessed in the same geometry. Several fundamental detector properties are determined for six different plastic scintillation crystals. Additionally, the deposited energy quantities were computed using the MCNPX code. Although six scintillation crystals have comparable compositions, the findings clearly indicate that the crystal composed of PVT 80% + PPO 20% has superior counting and detecting characteristics when compared to the other crystals investigated. Moreover, it is observed that the highest deposited energy amount, which is a result of the highest collision number in the crystal volume, corresponds to a PVT 80% + PPO 20% crystal. Despite the fact that plastic detector crystals have similar chemical structures, this study found that performing advanced Monte Carlo simulations on the detection discrepancies within the structures can aid in the development of the most effective spectroscopy procedures by ensuring maximum efficiency prior to and during use.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제23권10호
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• pp.147-156
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• 2023

Electronic voting machines (EVMs) are replacing research ballots due to the errors involved in the manual counting process and the lengthy time required to count the votes. Even though these digital recording electronic systems are advancements, they are vulnerable to tampering and electoral fraud. The suspected vulnerabilities in EVMs are the possibility of tampering with the EVM's memory chip or replacing it with a fake one, their simplicity, which allows them to be tampered with without requiring much skill, and the possibility of double voting. The vote data is shared among all network devices, and peer-to-peer verification is performed to ensure the vote data's authenticity. To successfully tamper with the system, all of the data stored in the nodes must be changed. This improves the proposed system's efficiency and dependability. Elections and voting are fundamental components of a democratic system. Various attempts have been made to make modern elections more flexible by utilizing digital technologies. The fundamental characteristics of free and fair elections are intractability, immutability, transparency, and the privacy of the actors involved. This corresponds to a few of the many characteristics of blockchain-like decentralized ownership, such as chain immutability, anonymity, and distributed ledger. This working research attempts to conduct a comparative analysis of various blockchain technologies in development and propose a 'Blockchain-based Electronic Voting System' solution by weighing these technologies based on the need for the proposed solution. The primary goal of this research is to present a robust blockchain-based election mechanism that is not only reliable but also adaptable to current needs.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.155-166
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• 2024

In this study, a liquid scintillation spectrometer was developed for online continuous monitoring of tritium nuclides in water. The device consists of two photoelectron multiplier tubes (PMT), a simultaneous counting circuit, and a signal processing unit including a multi-channel analyzer (MCA). As a method to verify the performance of the equipment developed in this study, samples were prepared using a standard source, and the spectrum of tritium was measured to evaluate the detector characteristics such as efficiency, background (BKG), and minimum detectable activity (MDA). To evaluate the effect of pretreatment on tritium radioactivity measurement results, the MDA of water (seawater and groundwater) samples before and after pretreatment was calculated and compared. The results of the evaluation confirmed the satisfaction of the reference values of the Nuclear Safety Commission's "Discharge Control Standard in Drainage Water" and the World Health Organization's (WHO) "Tritium Radioactivity Concentration for Drinking Water Standards". The liquid scintillation spectrometer developed in this study, with or without pretreatment, confirmed detection performance equivalent to 1/100th of the discharge control standard for drainage water (40,000 Bq L^-1) and the WHO's drinking water standard for tritium radioactivity (10,000 Bq L^-1).

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.291-297
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• 2013

본 연구는 NaI (Tl) 신틸카메라를 이용하여 동적영상 분석에서 계수율 오차가 $T_{1/2}$에 미치는 영향을 알아보고, 이에 대한 점 선원을 이용한 정도관리 방법을 제안하는 것에 목적을 두었다. 18.5 MBq 부터 185 MBq 까지 2 mL 용량의 $^{99m}TcO_4^-$을 주사기에 넣어 점 선원을 제작한 후, Infinia(GE, USA) 감마카메라를 이용하여 10초부터 60초까지 각각 30프레임의 동적영상을 획득하였다. 두 번째 실험으로 5대의 감마카메라(Infinia 2대, Forte 2대, Argus 1대)를 대상으로, 74 MBq의 점 선원으로 90프레임의 동적영상을 획득하였다. 첫 번째 실험의 평균계수율을 10초 단위로 비교한 결과 18.5 MBq부터 92.5 MBq까지의 선원은 10초/프레임에서 60초/프레임까지 평균계수율 간에 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았지만(p>0.05), 111 MBq 이상의 점 선원을 60초/프레임에서 계수율이 유의하게 적게 획득되었다(p<0.01). 이에 따라 5대의 감마카메라에서 90분간 획득한 계수율을 선형 회귀분석한 결과, 4번 감마카메라의 계수 효율은 0.0064%로 가장 낮았고, 경사도와 변동 계수는 각각 0.0042, 0.229로 가장 높게 측정 되었다. 계수율을 카이제곱검정한 결과에서는 비정상적인 요동을 확인하지 못하였고(p>0.02), 분산의 동질성 검정에서 또한 모든 감마카메라의 계수율 간에는 등분산성이 확인되었다(p>0.05). 상관분석에서는 유일하게 계수 효율과 경사도간에 유의한 음의 상관관계가 있는 것으로 분석 되었다(r=-0.90, p<0.05). 마지막으로 -2.5%부터 +2.5%까지 경사도를 변화하여 $T_{1/2}$의 오차를 산출한 결과, $T_{1/2}$이 길수록, 경사도가 높을수록 오차가 커지는 것으로 나타났다. 경사도가 가장 높았던 4번 카메라에서 측정된 수치를 이 결과에 미루어 보았을 때 $T_{1/2}$ 60분까지는 오차가 발생되지 않았다. 결론적으로 의료분야에 사용되는 신틸레이션 감마카메라에 있어 방사선 계수에 대한 엄격한 정도관리가 필요하다고 생각된다. 특히 본 연구에서 계수율이 시간에 따라 변화하는 경향이 파악되었고, 이는 $T_{1/2}$에 영향을 줄 수 있음을 증명하였다. 또한 국내 의료 목적의 신틸레이션 카메라의 계수율에 관한 권고치나 제한치가 없는 점을 미루어 볼 때, 본 연구와 같은 적절한 팬텀 및 관리법의 개발이 필요하다 사료된다.

• 분석과학
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.262-269
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• 1996

저준위 및 환경준위의 알파입자 방출핵종의 방사능을 측정하기 위한 다중선 비례계수기를 개발하였다. 비례계수기의 외부 크기는 $350{\times}290{\times}30mm$이고, 측정이 가능한 측정선원의 최대 면적은 $250{\times}200mm$이다. 비례계수기의 재질은 최소의 background와 외부충격에 의한 형태변형을 방지하기 위해 스테인리스 스틸을 사용하였고, 양극선 및 음극선의 재질은 직경 $50{\mu}m$의 스테인리스 스틸 wire로서, 전체 전극선의 수는 각각 21개와 42개이다. 계수효율을 최대로 하고 검출기벽에 의한 흡수효과를 제거하기 위해서 측정선원은 검출기 내부에 위치하도록 하였으며, 선원두께에 의한 효율변화를 방지하기 위하여 선원 높이를 10mm까지 조절할 수 있도록 설계하였다. 제작된 검출기는 plateau, 작동전압, background, 계수효율, 선원위치에 따른 감도, 에너지분해능 등의 특성조사를 수행하였다. $^{241}Am$ 핵종의 경우, 시료 1L를 처리하여 50,000초를 측정하였을 때의 LLD(Lower Limit of Detection)는 5.0 mBq/L로 산출되어 ISO(International Organization for Standardization)에서 규정하고 있는 환경준위의 알파업자 측정용 장치의 LLD인 40mBq/L 보다 낮은 방사능을 분석할 수 있는 양호한 환경방사능 측정장치인 것으로 판명되었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.1285-1290
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• 2014

The aim was to determine whether ultrasound targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) promotes dual targeting of HSP72 and HSC70 for therapy of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), to improve the specific and efficient delivery of siRNA, to induce tumor cell specific apoptosis, and to find new therapeutic targets specific of CRPC.VCaP cells were transfected with siRNA oligonucleotides. HSP70, HSP90 and cleaved caspase-3 expression were determined by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting. Apoptosis and transfection efficiency were assessed by flow cytometry. Cell viability assays were used to evaluate safety. We found HSP72, HSC70 and HSP90 expression to be absent or weak in normal prostate epithelial cells (RWPE-1), but uniformly strong in prostate cancerous cells (VCaP). UTMD combined with dual targeting of HSP72 and HSC70 siRNA improve the efficiency of transfection, cell uptake of siRNA, downregulation of HSP70 and HSP90 expression in VCaP cells at the mRNA and protein level, and induction of extensive tumor-specific apoptosis. Cell counting kit-8 assays showed decreased cellular viability in the HSP72/HSC70-siRNA silenced group. These results suggest that the combination of UTMD with dual targeting HSP70 therapy for PCa may be most efficacious, providng a novel, reliable, non-invasive, safe targeted approach to improve the specific and efficient delivery of siRNA, and achieve maximal effects.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.807-815
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• 2015

The present study aimed at evaluating the intensity of Tifton 85 conditioning using a mower conditioner with free-swinging flail fingers and storage times on dehydration curve, fungi presence, nutritional value and in vitro digestibility of Tifton 85 bermudagrass hay dry matter (DM). The dehydration curve was determined in the whole plant for ten times until the baling. The zero time corresponded to the plant before cutting, which occurred at 11:00 and the other collections were carried out at 8:00, 10:00, 14:00, and 16:00. The experimental design was randomised blocks with two intensities of conditioning (high and low) and ten sampling times, with five replications. The high and low intensities related to adjusting the deflector plate of the free iron fingers (8 and 18 cm). In order to determine gas exchanges during Tifton 85 bermudagrass dehydration, there were evaluations of mature leaves, which were placed in the upper middle third of each branch before the cutting, at every hour for 4 hours. A portable gas analyser was used by an infrared IRGA (6400xt). The analysed variables were photosynthesis (A), stomatal conductance (gs), internal $CO_2$ concentration (Ci), transpiration (T), water use efficiency (WUE), and intrinsic water use efficiency (WUEi). In the second part of this study, the nutritional value of Tifton 85 hay was evaluated, so randomised blocks were designed in a split plot through time, with two treatments placed in the following plots: high and low intensity of cutting and five different time points as subplots: cutting (additional treatment), baling and after 30, 60, and 90 days of storage. Subsequently, fungi that were in green plants as well as hay were determined and samples were collected from the grass at the cutting period, during baling, and after 30, 60, and 90 days of storage. It was observed that Tifton 85 bermudagrass dehydration occurred within 49 hours, so this was considered the best time for drying hay. Gas exchanges were more intense before cutting, although after cutting they decreased until ceasing within 4 hours. The lowest values of acid detergent insoluble nitrogen were obtained with low conditioning intensity after 30 days of storage, 64.8 g/kg DM. The in vitro dry matter of Tifton 85 bermudagrass did not differ among the storage times or the conditioning intensities. There was no fungi present in the samples collected during the storage period up to 90 days after dehydration, with less than 30 colony forming units found on plate counting. The use of mower conditioners in different intensities of injury did not speed up the dehydration time of Tifton 85.