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Platform of Hot Pepper Stress Genomics: Indentification of Stress Inducible Genes in Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Using cDNA Microarray Analysis

  • Chung, Eun-Jo;Lee, Sanghyeob;Park, Doil
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Plant Pathology Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.81.1-81
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    • 2003
  • Although plants have evolved to possess various defense mechanisms from local biotic and abiotic stressors, most of yield loss is caused by theses stressors. Recent studies have revealed that several different stress responsive reactions are inter-networking. Therefore, the identification and dissection of stress responsive genes is an essential and first step towards understanding of the global defense mechanism in response to various stressors. For this purpose, we applied cDNA microarray analysis, because it has powerful ability to monitor the global gene expression in a specific situation. To date, more than 10,000 non-redundant genes were identified from seven different cDNA libraries and deposited in our EST database (http://plant.pdrs.re.kr/ks200201/pepper.html). For this study, we have built 5K cDNA microarray containing 4,685 unigene clones from three different cDNA libraries. Monitoring of gene expression profiles of hot pepper interactions with biotic stress, abiotic stresses and chemical treatments will be presented. Although this work shows expression profiling at the sub-genomic level, this could be a good starting point to understand the complexity of global defense mechanism in hot pepper.

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A study on the Shrinkwrap License Contracts on Computer - Information Transaction in USA (컴퓨터정보거래에서 쉬링크랩라이센스 계약에 관한 고찰 -미국의 경우를 중심으로-)

  • Song, Keyong-Seog
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.93-112
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    • 2004
  • A license under UCITA(Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act) which represents the first comprehensive uniform computer information licensing law is not fundamentally rooted in intellectual property law such as patent or copyright law. A license under UCITA is simply a commercial contract, dependent wholly on the parties' ability to enter into a normal, commercial contract, just as a contract of sale or lease is simply and wholly a commercial contract. However, intellectual property rights may be licensed in a contract subject to UCITA. UCITA may not be used to vary or extend informational rights that are intellectual property rights, and expressly recognizes preemption by copyright, patent, or other federal intellectual property law in Section 105(b). Like the law of sales and leases, in general, the right to contract is constrained by principles of unconscionability, good faith and fair dealing, UCITA has an additional restraint, an express power for a court to deny enforcement of a provision in a licensing contract that violates fundamental public policy. This public policy defense is unique in UCITA. An essential purpose of this defense is to give courts some latitude in reconciling commercial licensing law with the principles of intellectual property law. Most intellectual property law is federal, and UCITA expressly recognizes the preemptive effect of that federal law. But the public policy defense gives courts an additional power to consider intellectual property principles purely within the context commercial law.

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Optimal Operation Condition of Pressurized Methanol Fuel Processor for Underwater Environment (수중환경용 가압형 메탄올 연료프로세서의 최적운전 연구)

  • JI, HYUNJIN;CHOI, EUNYEONG;LEE, JUNGHUN
    • Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.485-493
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    • 2016
  • Recently submarine and unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) are equipped with a fuel cell system as an air independent propulsion system. Methanol fuel processor can efficiently supply the hydrogen to the fuel cell system to improve the ability to dive. This study investigated the optimal conditions of the methanol fuel processor that may be used in the closed environment. For this purpose, the numerical model based on Gibbs minimization equation was established for steam reformer and three exhaust gas burners. After simulating the characteristics of steam reformer according to the steam-to-carbon ratio (SCR) and the pressure change, the SCR condition was able to narrow down to 1.1 to 1.5. Considering water consumption and the amount of heat recovered from three burners, the optimum condition of the SCR can be determined to be 1.5. Nevertheless, the additional heat supply is required to satisfy the heat balance of the methanol fuel processor in the SCR=1.5. In other to obtain additional amount of heat, the combustion of methanol is better than the increased of SCR in terms of system design.

An Optimal Mission Assignment Model for Determining a Minimum Required Level of Nuclear-powered Submarines (원자력 추진 잠수함 최소 소요량 결정을 위한 임무 할당 최적화 모델)

  • Lee, Dong-Gyun;Park, Seung-Joo;Lee, Jinho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.235-245
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    • 2018
  • This study first analyzes the necessity and the validity of procuring nuclear-powered submarines, and presents an optimization model as an integer program to determine a minimum required level of them. For an optimization model, we characterize a submarine's mission, ability and availability, and apply these to the model by constraints. Then, we assign the submarines available currently and the nuclear-powered submarines, that will be newly introduced, to the predefined missions over the planning time periods in a way that the number of nuclear-powered submarines be minimized. Randomly generated missions are employed to solve a mission assignment problem, and the results show that our integer programming model provides an optimal solution as designed, and this can provide a guideline for other weapon system procurement processes.

Setting an Initial Validation Gate based on Signal Intensity for Target Tracking in IR Image Sequences (적외선 영상에서 표적 추적을 위한 신호세기 기반 초기 유효게이트 설정 방법)

  • Yang, Yu Kyung;Kim, Jieun;Lee, Boohwan
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.108-114
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    • 2014
  • This paper describes a method to set an intensity-based initial validation gate for tracking filter while preserves the ability of tracking a target with maximum speed. First, we collected real data set of signal versus distance of an airplane target. And at each data point, we computed maximum distance the target can move. And a function is modeled to expect the maximum moving pixels on the lateral direction based on the intensity of the detected target in IR image sequence. The initial prediction error covariance can be computed using this function to decide the size of the initial validation gate. The simulation results show the proposed method can set the appropriate initial validation gates to track the targets with the maximum speed.

Rotational Drive-Versus-Quality and Video Compression-Versus-Delay Analysis for Multi-Channel Video Streaming System on Ground Combat Vehicles (지상 전투 차량을 위한 다채널 영상 스트리밍 시스템의 회전 구동 대비 품질과 압축 대비 지연 분석)

  • Yun, Jihyeok;Cho, Younggeol;Chang, HyeMin
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.31-40
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    • 2021
  • The multi-channel video streaming system is an essential device for future ground combat vehicles. For the system, the application of digital interfaces is required instead of the direct analog method to support selectable multiple channels. However, due to the characteristics of the digital interfaces that require en/decoding and signal conversion, the system should support the ability to adapt to quality and delay requirements depending on how video data is utilized. To support addressed issue, this study designs and emulates the multi-channel compressed-video streaming system of ground combat vehicle's fire control system based on commercial standards. Using the system, this study analyzes the quality of video according to the rotational speed of the acquisition device and Glass-to-Glass (G2G) delay between video acquisition and display devices according to video compression rates. Through these experiments and analysis, this paper presents the design direction of the system having scalability on the latest technology while providing high-quality video data streaming flexibly.

Microbial Subversion of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans

  • Chen, Ye;Gotte, Martin;Liu, Jian;Park, Pyong Woo
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.415-426
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    • 2008
  • The interactions between the host and microbial pathogen largely dictate the onset, progression, and outcome of infectious diseases. Pathogens subvert host components to promote their pathogenesis and, among these, cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans are exploited by many pathogens for their initial attachment and subsequent cellular entry. The ability to interact with heparan sulfate proteoglycans is widespread among viruses, bacteria, and parasites. Certain pathogens also use heparan sulfate proteoglycans to evade host defense mechanisms. These findings suggest that heparan sulfate proteoglycans are critical in microbial pathogenesis, and that heparan sulfate proteoglycan-pathogen interactions are potential targets for novel prophylactic and therapeutic approaches.

Biologically active compounds from natural and marine natural organisms with antituberculosis, antimalarial, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, anthelmintic, antibacterial, antifungal, antiprotozoal, and antiviral activities

  • Asif, Mohammad
    • CELLMED
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.22.1-22.19
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    • 2016
  • The biologically active compounds derived from different natural organisms such as animals, plants, and microorganisms like algae, fungi, bacteria and merine organisms. These natural compounds possess diverse biological activities like anthelmintic, antibacterial, antifungal, antimalarial, antiprotozoal, antituberculosis, and antiviral activities. These biological active compounds were acted by variety of molecular targets and thus may potentially contribute to several pharmacological classes. The synthesis of natural products and their analogues provides effect of structural modifications on the parent compounds which may be useful in the discovery of potential new drug molecules with different biological activities. Natural organisms have developed complex chemical defense systems by repelling or killing predators, such as insects, microorganisms, animals etc. These defense systems have the ability to produce large numbers of diverse compounds which can be used as new drugs. Thus, research on natural products for novel therapeutic agents with broad spectrum activities and will continue to provide important new drug molecules.

A study on the Application of Policy-Based Networking for QoS in The Defense Information System (국방정보체계의 서비스 품질(QoS) 보장을 위한 정책기반(Policy-Based)네트워킹 적용에 관한 연구)

  • 김광영;이승종
    • Journal of the military operations research society of Korea
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.57-75
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    • 2003
  • Policy-based networking offers a network manager the ability to manage the network in a holistic and dynamic fashion rather than force a network manager to manage the network by dealing with each device individually. Policy-based networking is focusing on users and applications instead of emphasizing devices and interfaces. An important part of the policy-based networking is to simplify the task of administration and management for different disciplines. The Defense Information System(DIS) of today are complex and heterogeneous systems. Operational needs are not a trivial task and Quality of Service(QoS) is not generally guaranteed. So, important data may be missed or congested by trivial data. Policy-based networking provide a way to support QoS and simplify the management of multiple devices deploying complex technologies. This paper suggest implementation of policy-based networking in DIS to improvement of performance, and implementation is progressed step by step. Especially this paper is focusing on the providing QoS with policy-based networking using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol(LDAP) Server.

Simulated Annealing Based Vehicle Routing Planning for Freight Container Transportation (화물컨테이너 운송을 위한 시뮬레이티드 어닐링 기반의 차량경로계획)

  • Lee, Sang-Heon;Choi, Hae-Jung
    • IE interfaces
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.204-215
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    • 2007
  • This paper addresses vehicle routing planning in freight container transportation systems where a number of loaded containers are to be delivered to their destination places. The system under consideration is static in that all transportation requirements are predetermined at the beginning of a planning horizon. A two-phased procedure is presented for freight container transportation. In the first phase, the optimal model is presented to determine optimal total time to perform given transportation requirements and the minimum of number of vehicles required. Based on the results from the optimal model, in the second phase, ASA(Accelerated Simulated Annealing) algorithm is presented to perform all transportation requirements with the least number of vehicles by improving initial vehicle routing planning constructed by greedy method. It is found that ASA algorithm has an excellent global searching ability through various experiments in comparison with existing methods.