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Drug-Biomacromolecule Interaction(XI) -Binding of cefaclor, cefpiramide, ceftazidime and ceforanide to bovine serum albumin- (약물과 생체 고분자간의 상호작용(XI) -Cefaclor, cefpiramide, ceftazidime and ceforanide와 소혈청 단백과의 결합에 관한 연구-)

  • Kim, Chong-Kook;Kwon, Kyeng-Hee
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.182-186
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    • 1988
  • Binding of four cephalosporins(cefaclor, cefpiramide, ceftazidime, ceforanide) to bovine serum albumin was studied. Difference spectrophotometry was employed to evaluate the nature and the degree of association of cephalosporin-albumin complex. 2-(4'-hydroxybenzen azo) benzoic acid was used as the uv spectrophotometric probe for measuring the binding of cephalosporins to bovine serum albumin. Competitive bindings between cephalosporins and probe were observed. For the binding of cephalosporins to bovine serum albumin, three binding sites were identified. The binding constants of cefaclor, ceforanide, ceftazidime and cefpiramide were $12.57\;{\times}\;10^{-2}M^{-1}$, $6.49\;{\times}\;10^{-2}M^{-1}$, $4.70\;{\times}\;10^{-2}M^{-1}$ and $6.20\;{\times}\;10^{-2}M^{-1}$ respectively.

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Excitation Processes of the CH4 Aurorae of Jupiter and Saturn

  • Kim, Sang Joon
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.72.1-72.1
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    • 2018
  • Recently, an analysis of 3-micron spectra of CH4 line emission from our Gemini/GNIRS observations of Jupiter's polar regions yielded an unexpected result: The homopause (~1 microbar pressure level) located directly above the long-lasting 8-micron CH4 north-polar hot spot (Great 8-micron Hot Spot: GHS) is cool compared with the temperatures of nearby auroral regions (Kim et al. 2017). Most of the 8-micron emission of the GHS originates from CH4 at the ~1 mbar level (i.e., deeper in the stratosphere, where cooling time is several years), much longer than at the altitude of the homopause. We propose a mechanism to explain the temperature difference: locally-fixed and transient, but energetic auroral particles, which can penetrate to the 1 mbar level and deposit energy there creating and maintaining the GHS. For Saturn, thus far we have not detected distinctive 8-micron nor 3-micron CH4 hot spots in the polar regions. We will present a possible implication for this difference between Jupiter and Saturn.

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A Physical Characteristics of the Iodine Doping of N-Docosylquinolinium-TCNQ Langmuir-Blodgett films (N-Docosylquinolinium-TCNQ LB 막 의 Iodine Doping에 의한 물리적 특성)

  • 이창근;최강훈;김태완;신동명;강도열
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1994.11a
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    • pp.97-100
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    • 1994
  • The present paper is devoted to the physical and electrical characteristics of N-docosyl- quinolinium-TCNQ films compared with the films doped with I$_2$. Iodine affects the degree of charge transfer and the conductivity of the films. The UV-visible absorption spectra of the film doped with I$_2$ shows that the peak of I$_3$ which had electronic transition at 300∼350nm and (TCNQ-)$_2$ dimer absorption disappered. The in-plane electrical conductivity of the films doped with I$_2$ were 1.4${\times}$10$\sub$-6/S/cm, which is two orders of magnitude higher conductivity than undoped LB films. The film structural difference between Y and Z-type may cause the conductivity. Another possible reasons of the structural difference was the overlapping TCNQ anion radical in LB films.

An Efficient Design Technique for the Flattened Transfer Function of Arrayed Waveguide Grating

  • Jung Jae-Hoon;Moon Hyung-Myung;Kwak Seung-Chan
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.33-36
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    • 2006
  • This paper describes an efficient optimal design method for an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) with flattened transfer function. The objective function is the norm of the difference between calculated and target spectra. To analyze the AWG transfer function, the Fresnel-Kirchhof diffraction formula was employed and the design variable was optical path difference of each array waveguide. The (1+1) Evolution Strategy was applied to an eight-channel coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) AWG as the optimization tool. The optimized transfer function will considerably improve the system performance.

Korean Sibilant /s/ before a High Front and a Round Segment

  • Kang, Hyun-Sook
    • Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.59-65
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, we investigate acoustic characteristics of Korean /s/ when it is followed by both a high front and a round segment regardless of their order to one another. We show that Korean /s/ in this environment has characteristics of a labio-palatalized segment, being affected by both a high front and a round segment if they occur within the domain of a syllable. In the experiment, we show that Korean /s/ before a high front and a round segment shows a spectral shape different from that in other environments. Specifically, it is different from /s/ before a high front segment only, showing peaks around 2.5 kHz. Furthermore, it shows a rapid decrease of amplitude in 4-5 kHz, and sometimes another plateau of high peaks in 5-6 kHz. We also examined center of gravity frequency and band energy difference. Based on the results of this experiment, we argue that Korean /s/ is affected by the following segments within the domain of coarticulation, a syllable and that the degree of coarticulation is different from language to language.

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An improved spectrum mapping applied to speaker adaptive Kroean word recognition

  • Matsumoto, Hiroshi;Lee, Yong-Ju;Kim, Hoi-Rim;Kido, Ken'iti
    • Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 1994.06a
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    • pp.1009-1014
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    • 1994
  • This paper improves the previously proposed spectral mapping method for supervised speaker adaptation in which a mapped spectrum is interpolated from speaker difference vectors at typical spectra based on a minimized distortion criterion. In estimating these difference vectors, it is important to find an appropriate number of typical points. The previous method empirically adjusts the number of typical points, while the present method optimizes the effective number by rank reduction of normal equation. This algorithm was applied to a supervised speaker adaptation for Korean word recognition using the templates form a prototype male speaker. The result showed that the rank reduction technique not only can automatically determine an optimal number of code vectors, but also slightly improves the recognition scores compared with those obtained by the previous method.

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Drug-biomacromolecule interaction IV

  • Kim, Chong-Kook;Yang, Ji-Sun;Lim, Yun-Su
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.55-62
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    • 1983
  • Binding of six cephalosporins (cefotaxime, cefuroxime, cefazoline, cephalothin, cephaloridine, cephacetrile) to bovine serum albumin was studied. Fluorescence probe technique and difference spectrophotometry were employed to evaluate the nature and degree of association of cephalosporin albumin complex. 1-Anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonate (ANS) was used as the fluorescence probe. 2-(4'-hydroxybenzeneazo) benzoic acid(HBAB) was employed as the UV spectrophotometric probe. Compentitive bindings between cephalosporins and probes were observed. The number of binding sites of bovine serum albumin for each cephalcsporin is 2. Among six cephaloporins, cefotaxime has the highest binding constant followed by cafazoline, cefuroxime, cephalothin, cephaloridine and cephacetrile.

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DEGREE OF CONVERSION OF BIS-ACRYLIC BASED PROVISIONAL CROWN AND FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE MATERIALS

  • Kim, Sung-Hun;Watts, David C.
    • The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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    • v.46 no.6
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    • pp.639-643
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    • 2008
  • STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: The degree of conversion may influence the ultimate mechanical and physical properties of provisional crown and fixed partial denture materials. The high levels of the unreacted residual monomer may cause deleterious effect on the properties. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to measure the degree of conversion of bis-acrylic based provisional crown and fixed partial denture materials by using an infrared spectroscopic method. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Chemically activated three bis-acrylic based provisional crown and fixed partial denture materials, LuxaTemp [DMG, Hamburg, Germany], fast set TemPhase [Kerr, Orange, CA, USA] and Protemp 3 Garant [3M-ESPE, St Paul, MN, USA], were investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR). The FTIR spectra of the materials tested were immediately obtained after mixing. The specimens were stored under dry conditions and at $23^{\circ}C$ for 24 hours, and then the spectra of the materials were also obtained. The degree of conversion (%) was calculated from the spectrum of the absorbance between the aliphatic double bond at 1637 $cm^{-1}$ and the aromatic double bond at 1608 $cm^{-1}$ using the baseline method. The data were statistically analyzed using one-way ANOVA and the multiple comparison Scheffe test at the significance level of 0.05. RESULTS: The mean value and standard deviation of the degree of conversion were 52.5 % ${\pm}$ 1.1 %, 50.3 % ${\pm}$ 0.8 %, and 42.3 % ${\pm}$ 4.9 % for LuxaTemp, Protemp 3 Garant and fast set TemPhase, respectively. There was no significant difference between LuxaTemp and Protemp 3 Garant, whereas there was a statistically difference between Protemp 3 Garant and fast set TemPhase, and LuxaTemp and fast set TemPhase (P < .05). CONCLUSION: The degree of conversion of fast set TemPhase was significantly lower than those of the others. The degree of conversion may be correlated with the rate of polymerization.

Phytochromes A and B: Specificity of photoperception and structure/function analysis of bilin chromophores

  • Shinomura, Tomoko;Hanzawa, Hiroko;Furuya, Masaki
    • Journal of Photoscience
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.90-93
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    • 2002
  • Phytochrome A (phyA) and phytochrome B (phyB) perceive light and adapt to fluctuating circumstances by different manners in terms of effective wavelengths, required fluence and photoreversibility. Action spectra for induction of seed germination and inhibition of hypocotyl elongation using phytochrome mutants of Arabidopsis showed major difference. PhyA is the principal photoreceptor for the very low fluence responses and the far-red light-induced high irradiance responses, while phyB controls low fluence response in a red/far-red reversible mode. The structural requirement of their bilin chromophores for photosensory specificity of phyA and phyB was investigated by reconstituting holophytochromes through feeding various synthetic bilins to the following chromophore-deficient mutants: hy1, hyl/phyA and hyl/phyB mutants of Arabidopsis. We found that the vinyl side-chain of the D-ring in phytochromobilin interacts with phyA apoprotein. This interaction plays a direct role in mediating the specific photosensory function of phyA. The ethyl side-chain of the D-ring in phycocyanobilin fails to interact with phyA apoprotein, therefore, phyA specific photosensory function is not observed. In contrast, both phytochromobilin and phycocyanobilin interact with phyB apoprotein and induce phyB specific photosensory functions. Structural requirements of the apoproteins and the chromophores for the specific photoperception of phyA and phyB are discussed.

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The Relationship between Economic Activity and Telecommunications Service Expenditure

  • Cho, Sang-Sup;Kim, Byung-Woon
    • Proceedings of the Technology Innovation Conference
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    • 2003.02a
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    • pp.63-77
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, we investigate the co-movements of the real GDP cycle and the telecommunications service expenditure cycle over 1980 through 2000 in Korea. We used several appropriate statistical tools to characterize and to compare the co-movements between the two aforementioned variables. The statistics presented in this paper are common, easy to Interpret and capture important visual, descriptive information and the dynamics of data that would be lost if one focused only on the unconditional correlation coefficients of de-trended data. This paper examines four possible characteristics for the co-movements of real GDP and telecommunications service expenditure in Korea. The first is that in low frequency, the cyclical movements in telecommunications service expenditure are very similar to the cyclical movements in real GDP, The second is that in the high frequency, the estimated stationary cyclical telecommunications service expenditure is not closely related to the estimated stationary cyclical real GDP. Third, according to co-spectra analysis, the strong relationships between the variables are found in the mid-term frequency and as such this empirical finding has important implications for telecommunications policy and telecommunications service implementation strategies. Finally, in the short-term period, our empirical results support telecommunications network theories such as path dependence properties, lock-in, positive feedback externality, and network externality.

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