• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제23권12호
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• pp.1657-1667
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• 2010

Direct-fed microbials (DFM) are dietary supplements that inhibit gastrointestinal infection and provide optimally regulated microbial environments in the digestive tract. As the use of antibiotics in ruminant feeds has been banned, DFM have been emphasized as antimicrobial replacements. Microorganisms that are used in DFM for ruminants may be classified as lactic acid producing bacteria (LAB), lactic acid utilizing bacteria (LUB), or other microorganisms including species of Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Enterococcus, Streptococcus, Bacillus and Propionibacterium, strains of Megasphaera elsdenii and Prevotella bryantii and yeast products containing Saccharomyces and Aspergillus. LAB may have beneficial effects in the intestinal tract and rumen. Both LAB and LUB potentially moderate rumen conditions and improve feed efficiency. Yeast DFM may reduce harmful oxygen, prevent excess lactate production, increase feed digestibility, and improve fermentation in the rumen. DFM may also compete with and inhibit the growth of pathogens, stimulate immune function, and modulate microbial balance in the gastrointestinal tract. LAB may regulate the incidence of diarrhea, and improve weight gain and feed efficiency. LUB improved weight gain in calves. DFM has been reported to improve dry matter intake, milk yield, fat corrected milk yield and milk fat content in mature animals. However, contradictory reports about the effects of DFM, dosages, feeding times and frequencies, strains of DFM, and effects on different animal conditions are available. Cultivation and preparation of ready-to-use strict anaerobes as DFM may be cost-prohibitive, and dosing methods, such as drenching, that are required for anaerobic DFM are unlikely to be acceptable as general on-farm practice. Aero-tolerant rumen microorganisms are limited to only few species, although the potential isolation and utilization of aero-tolerant ruminal strains as DFM has been reported. Spore forming bacteria are characterized by convenience of preparation and effectiveness of DFM delivery to target organs and therefore have been proposed as DFM strains. Recent studies have supported the positive effects of DFM on ruminant performance.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.962-966
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• 2002

The $SrBi_2$$Nb_2$$O_{9}$ (SBN) thin films were deposited with $SrNb_2$$O_{6}$ / (SNO) and $Bi_2$$O_3$ targets by co-sputtering method. For the growth of SBN thin films, we adopted the various power ratios of two targets; the power ratios of the SNO target to $Bi_2$$O_3$ target were 100 W : 20 W, 100 W : 25 W, and 100 W : 30 W during sputtering the SBN films. We found that the electrical properties of SBN films were greatly dependent on Bi content in films. The $Bi_2$Pt and $Bi_2$$O_3$ phase as second phases occurred at the films with excess Bi content greater than 2.4, resulting in poor ferroelectric properties. The best growth condition of the SBN films was obtained at the power ratio of 100 W : 25 W for the two targets. At this condition, the crystallinity and electrical properties of the films were improved at even low annealing temperature as $700^{\circ}C$ for 1h in oxygen ambient and the Sr, Bi and Nb component in the SBN films were about 0.9, 2.4, and 1.8 respectively. From the P-E and I-V curves for the specimen, the remnant polarization value ($2P_{r}$) of the SBN films was obtained about 6 $\mu$C/c $m^2$ at 250 kV/cm and the leakage current density of this thin film was $2.45$\times$10^{-7}$ $A/cm^2$ at an applied voltage of 3 V.V.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.441-447
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• 2011

The study aim is to investigate the free radicals scavenging and spermatogenic potentials, as well as to analyze any reproductive toxicity of ethanolic extract of Mucuna prureins (M. pruriens) Linn. in spermatozoa, under different dosages in normal male rat. Normal rats were randomly selected and suspension of the extract was administered orally at the dosages of 150, 200 and 250 mg/kg body weight of the different groups of male rats (n=6) once in a day for 60 days and grouped as group II, III and IV respectively. Saline treated rats served as control -group I. On the $60^{th}$ day the animals were sacrificed and the epididymal sperm were subjected to various analyses like level of ROS production, LPO, enzymatic and non enzymatic antioxidant, morphology, morphometry, chromosomal integrity and DNA damage. Results showed significant reduction in ROS production and peroxidation and significant increase in both enzymic and non-enzymic antioxidants in all concentration treated groups when compared with control. Results from all the drug treated groups showed good sperm morphology, increased sperm count and motility. There was no DNA damage and showed normal chromosomal integrity even in 250 mg/kg dose. When compared with control all the three extract treated groups showed increased ROS scavenging activity. However, group II (200 mg/kg) showed significant changes in all the parameters. From the present study it was confirmed that the M. pruriens has potential to improve the sperm qualitatively and quantitatively through scavenging the excess ROS with any adverse side effects. These observations suggest that ethanolic seed extract of M. pruriens may serve as anti-oxidant that can exploit to treat the oxidative stress mediated male factor infertility.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.1089-1102
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• 2004

Seasonal variation of biogeochemical characteristics was determined in Lake Shihwa from October 2002 to August 2003. When the lake was artificially constructed for the freshwater reservoir in 1988, the development of the strong haline density stratification resulted in two-layered system in water column and hypoxic/anoxic environment prevailed in the bottom layer due to oxidation of accumulated organic matters in the lake. Recently, seawater flux to the lake through the sluice has been increased to improve water quality in the lake since 2000, but seasonal stratification and hypoxic bottom layer of the lake still developed in the summer due to the nature of artificially enclosed lake system. As the lake is still receiving tremendous amount of organic matters and other pollutants from neighboring streams during the rainy summer season, limited seawater flux sluicing into the lake may not be enough for the physical and biogeochemical mass balance especially in the summer. The excess of accumulated organic matters in the bottom layer apparently exhausted dissolved oxygen and affected biogeochemical distributions and processes of organic and inorganic compounds in the stratified two-layered environment in the summer. During the summer, ammonia and dissolved organic carbon remarkably increased in the bottom layer due to the hypoxic/anoxic condition in the bottom layer. Phosphate also increased as the result of benthic flux from the bottom sediment. Meanwhile, dissolved organic carbon showed the highest value at the upstream area and decreased along the salinity gradient in the lake. In addition to the sources from the upstream, autochthonous origin of particulate organic carbon from algal bloom in the lake might be more important for sustaining aggravated water quality and development of deteriorated bottom environment in the summer. The removal of trace metals could be attributed to scavenging by strong insoluble metal-sulfide compounds in the hypoxic/anoxic bottom layer in the summer.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.52-60
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• 1985

본 연구는 대기중의 질소산화물(이하 NO$_x$로 약기)을 신속 정확하게 측정하기 위해 현 방법을 개선한 것으로써, 대기중의 NO$_x$를 0.03${\%}$ 과산화수소(H$_2$O$_2$)를 함유한 0.1N수산화나트륨의 알칼리성 흡수액에 흡수 시킴으로써, 정량이 가능했다. 완전한 흡수를 위해서는 100ppm정도의 NO$_x$인 경우 흡수액과 2분간의 진탕이 필요했으나, 고농도의 NO$_x$ (>200 ppm 이상)인 경우에는 산화제로 공기나 산소기체를 첨가시켜 반응물을 맹렬히 진탕시켜 줌으로써 30분이내에 완전한 산화흡수가 가능했다. 남아있는 여분의 H$_2$O$_2$는 흡광도에 미치는 영향이 매우 크지만 아연분말 0.5g으로서 완전히 분해할 수 있었으며, 시료용액은 질산이온에서 아질산이온으로의 환원이 가능하도록 완충용액으로 액성이 pH 6.1~6.6으로 조정되어야 했다. 흡수된 NO$_x$는 sulfanilamide와 NEDA로서 diazo coupling 반응시켜 비색 정량하였다. 이상의 방법은 몰흡광계수가 크며(4.48 ${\times}$ 10$^4$), 한국공업규격에 채택된 O$_3$산화-아연 환원 NEAD 법보다 훨씬 신속, 간편할 뿐 아니라. 측정값의 재현성이 우수한 배기가스중의 NO$_x$분석법임이 확인되었다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제39권9호
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• pp.846-850
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• 2002

강유전체 물질인 PMN-PT-BT의 기계적 특성을 향상시키기 위한 Ag와의 복합체 제조를 MgO 졸로 분말 표면을 코팅하여 소결시 Ag의 이동을 제어하는 방법으로 시도하였다. PbO, $Nb_2O_5,\;TiO_2,\;BaCO_3$와 MgO 대신 $Mg(NO_3)_2$을 사용하여 볼밀로 혼합한 후, 건조된 분말을 950$^{\circ}C$/1h 열처리하여, 단일 페로브스카이트 상을 얻었다. 이 분말에 3.0 몰%의 $Ag_2O$을 혼합한 후, 550$^{\circ}C$/1h 열처리로 Ag 입자를 생성시키고, 이 혼합 분말에 1.0wt%의 MgO 졸을 첨가한 다음 550$^{\circ}C$/1h 열처리하여 표면 개질된 분말을 얻었다. 이 분말을 산소 분위기에서 1000$^{\circ}C$/4h 열처리한 소결체는 소결 밀도 7.84/$cm^3$, 실온 유전율 18400, 유전손실 2.4%, 비저항 $0.24{\times}10^{12}{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$의 수한 유전 특성과 굽힘강도 $120.7{\pm}11.26$ MPa와 파괴인성 $0.87{\pm}0.002\;MPam^{1/2}$을 보여 주었다. 결정립의 크기는 ∼4${\mu}m$이며, SEM과 SIMS 분석은 Ag는 ∼1${\mu}m$ 크기로, 과잉의 MgO는 ∼0.5${\mu}m$로 분포되어 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.281-291
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• 2010

2009년 7~12월, 축제식 양식장에서 돌돔의 백점충 감염 조사결과, 감염률은 20.0~88.0%로 9월이 높았고 7월이 낮았다. 7, 8월에는 죽는 개체가 없었으나 9월 중순 이후에는 폐사가 발생하였다. 수온 $19.3{\sim}24.3^{\circ}C$, 용존산소 5.0~7.1 mg/L, pH 8.0~8.1, 염분 31.9~33.7psu로 폐사 발생시의 수온은 약 $24.0^{\circ}C$ 였다. 백점충 감염초기의 외부증상으로는 돌돔의 활력은 양호하였으나 체표에 점액분비로 번들거림을 확인 수 있었으며, 대량폐사가 발생한 시기인 10월에는 점액분비 과다, 꼬리지느러미 탈락 및 발적, 체표 출혈반점과 안구충혈 증상을 보였으며 유영력이 매우 저하되어 있었다. 내부증상으로 간, 장 충혈 및 비장비대 증상을 나타내었다. 백점충은 아가미의 호흡상피 아래 조직 내에 매몰되어 기생기와 자유유영기 상태였음을 확인하였다. 백점충은 7월경에 감염되어 수온 상승과 함께 사료급이량 증가와 돌돔의 빠른 성장이 백점충 증식의 호조건 조성으로 폐사가 더욱 가중된 것으로 추정되었다. 조사기간 중 간중량지수 (HSI)는 $1.9{\pm}1.1{\sim}3.5{\pm}1.7$ %로 폐사발생기인 9월에 가장 낮았으며, 11월에 가장 높았다. 백점충에 감염된 돌돔 혈액의 헤마토크릿트 값은 7, 8월에 각각 37.3%, 41.0%, 9, 10월에 각각 32.14%, 24.17%로 차이를 보였다. 총콜레스테롤, 중성지방은 7, 8월에 비해 10월에 급격한 저하를 보였고, 폐사 발생후 AST는 약 7배, ALT는 약 5배 높았다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.121-131
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• 1989

건강한 성인 83명을 무작위로 선정하여 실시한 신경전도속도 검사에서 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1) 상지의 정중신경에서는 운동신경의 TL이 3.0-4.2msec 이고, MNCV는 각각 52.1-70.3m/sec(W-E), 44.6-71.0m/sec(E-Ax), 56.6-70.8m/sec(W-E), 50.5-75.1m/sec(E-Ax)이며, CNAP의 진폭은 $6.5-46.1{\mu}V$였다. 2) 척골신경에서는 운동신경의 TL이 2.4-3.4msec이고, MNCV는 각각 54.6-72.8m/sec(W-E), 41.1-64.9m/sec(E-Ax)1987년 3월부터 동년 12월까지 영남대학교 의과대학 부속병원에서 시행된 개심술마취 40례를 대상으로 저체온 체외순환시 저체온상태의 동맥혈과 정맥혈을 동시에 각각 채혈하여 $37^{\circ}C$ 혈액가스분석기로 측정한 비보정치와 환자의 실제 저체온으로 보정한 보정치를 각각 얻어 이를 비교하여 보았던 바 보정치가 비보정치에 비하여 pH는 높았고 이산화탄소분압과 산소분압은 낮았으며 $HCO_{3^-}$, 염기과잉, 이산화탄소분압 및 산소포화도는 온도보정에 영향을 받지 않았다. 이상의 결과로 미루어 보아 저체온상태의 혈액가스분석시 pH와 이산화탄소분압에 대한 온도보정의 영향은 크며, 저온상태에서의 pH 중심점이동과 산염기가 환자상태에 미치는 영향을 고려한다면 환자실제 저체온으로의 온도보정은 필요치 않을 것 같으며 오히려 $37^{\circ}C$ 비보정치로 판독하여 환자상태를 판정하는 것이 임상적으로는 더 타당한 방법이라 사료된다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.603-610
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• 1993

The crystal structure of dehydrated $Ag_{5.6}K_{6.4}-A$, zeolite A ion-exchanged with $K^+\;and\;Ag^+$ as indicated and dehydrated at 360$^{\circ}$C, has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. Also determined were the structures of the products of the reactions of this zeolite with 0.1 Torr of Cs vapor at 250$^{\circ}$C for 48 h and 72 h, and with 0.1 Torr of Rb vapor at 250$^{\circ}$C for 24 h. The structures were solved and refined in the cubic space group Pm3m at 21(l)$^{\circ}$C (a= 12.255(l) ${\AA}$ , 12.367(l) ${\AA}$, 12.350(l) ${\AA}$, and 12.263(l) ${\AA}$, respectively). Dehydrated $Ag_{5.6}K_{6.4}$-A was refined to the final error indices $R_1= 0.044\;and\;R_2=0.037$ with 202 reflections for which I>3${\sigma}$(I). The crystal structures of the reaction products were refined to $R_1=0.087\;and\;R_2= 0.089$ with 157 reflections, $R_1=0.080\;and\;R_2= 0.087$ with 161 reflections, and $R_1= 0.071\;and\;R_2=0.061$ with 88 reflections, respectively. In the structure of $Ag_{5.6}K_{6.4}-A,\;K^+$ ions block all 8-oxygen rings, and one reduced Ag atom is found per sodalite cavity. Also, ca. 4.6 $Ag^+ ions\;and\;3.4 K^+ ions$ are found at 6-ring sites in the large cavity. The crystal structures of the reaction products show that all $K^+$ and $Ag^+$ ions have been reduced, and that all K^+$ atoms have left the zeolite. Cs or Rb species are found at three different crystallographic sites: 3.0 $Cs^+\;or\;3.0Rb^+$ ions per unit cell occupy 8-ring centers, ca. 8.0 $Cs^+ ions\;or\;5.7 Rb^+$ ions, are found on threefold axes opposite 6-rings deep in the large cavity, and ca. 2.5 $Cs^+\;or\;2.3 Rb^+ ions are found on threefold axes in the sodalite unit. Also, 1 $Rb^+$ ion lies opposite a 4-ring. Silver atoms, corresponding to 75% or 40% occupancy of hexasilver clusters stabilized by coordination to $Cs^+\;or\;Rb^+$ ions, are found at the centers of the large cavities. In the crystal structures of dehydrated Ag_{5.6}K_{6.4}-A$ reacted with Cs vapor, excess Cs atoms are absorbed and these form (locally) cationic clusters such as $(Cs_4)3^+\;and\;(Cs_6)4^+$.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.19-30
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• 2022

Climate change has increased the average air temperature. Rising air temperature are absorbed by water bodies, leading to increasing water temperature. Increased water temperature will cause eutrophication and excess algal growth, which will reduce water quality. In this study, long-term trends of air and water temperatures in the Han-river basin over the period of 1997-2020 were discussed to assess the impacts of climate change. Future (~2100s) levels of air temperature were predicted based on the climate change scenarios (Representative concentration pathway (RCP) 2.6, 4.5, 6.0, and 8.5). The results showed that air and water temperatures rose at an average rate of 0.027℃ year^-1 and 0.038℃ year^-1 respectively, over the past 24 years (1997 to 2020). Future air temperatures under RCP 2.6, 4.5, 6.0, and 8.5 increased up to 0.32℃ 1.18℃, 2.14℃, and 3.51℃, respectively. An increasing water temperature could dissolve more minerals from the surrounding rock and will therefore have a higher electrical conductivity. It is the opposite when considering a gas, such as oxygen, dissolved in the water. Water temperature also governs the kinds of organisms that can live in rivers and lakes. Fish, insects, zooplankton, phytoplankton, and other aquatic species all have a preferred temperature range. As temperatures get too far above or below this preferred range, the number of individuals of the species decreases until finally there are none. Therefore, changes of water temperature that are induced by climate change have important implications on water supplies, water quality, and aquatic ecosystems of a watershed.