• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.1317-1325
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• 2008

Viral safety is an important prerequisite for clinical preparations of plasma-derived pharmaceuticals. One potential way to increase the safety of therapeutic biological products is the use of a virus-retentive filter. In order to increase the viral safety of human antihemophilic factor IX, particularly in regard to non-enveloped viruses, a virus removal process using a polyvinylidene fluoride membrane filter (Viresolve NFP) has been optimized. The most critical factor affecting the filtration efficiency was operating pH and the optimum pH was 6 or 7. Flow rate increased with increasing operating pressure and temperature. Recovery yield in the optimized production-scale process was 96%. No substantial changes were observed in the physical and biochemical characteristics of the filtered factor IX in comparison with those before filtration. A 47-mm disk membrane filter was used to simulate the process performance of the production-scale cartridges and to test if it could remove several experimental model viruses for human pathogenic viruses, including human hepatitis A virus (HAV), porcine parvovirus (PPV), murine encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV), human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV), bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), and bovine herpes virus (BHV). Non-enveloped viruses (HAV, PPV, and EMCV) as well as enveloped viruses (HIV, BVDV, and BHV) were completely removed during filtration. The log reduction factors achieved were $\geq$6.12 for HAV, $\geq$4.28 for PPV, $\geq$5.33 for EMCV, $\geq$5.51 for HIV, $\geq$5.17 for BVDV, and $\geq$5.75 for BHV. These results indicate that the virus filtration process successfully improved the viral safety of factor IX.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.31-37
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• 2006

본 논문에서 고함수비 슬러지와 퇴적물 탈수에 지오텍스타일 튜브의 이용가능성과 이에 영향을 미치는 요인들에 대한 평가를 수행하였다. 네 가지 고함수비물질을 사용하여 두 가지 지오텍스타일에 대해 다른 두 여과압력으로 실험을 실시하였다. 실험결과, 직포지오텍스타일 튜브는 일반적인 토사보유성기준을 만족하지 않지만 상류측의 필터케익 형성에 의해 세립자의 많은 부분을 유지하였고, 필터케익 형성 후, 투수성은 급속하게 감소하였다. 높은 여과압력은 탈수율을 증가시키는 경향이 있지만 여과효율에는 매우 적은 영향을 미치고, 탈수능력은 지오텍스타일에 관계된 여러 요인에 의해 영향을 받는데 슬러지 재료 자체의 특성이 탈수효율에 지배적인 요소로 나타남을 알 수 있었다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.34-46
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• 2009

$Al_2O_3$ 현탁액의 폴리에틸렌 정밀여과에 있어 역세척이 막오염에 미치는 영향에 대하여 분석하였다. 현탁액의 투과저항은 역세척을 한 경우가 역세척을 하지 않은 경우보다 작았으나 투과저항 증가율은 역세척을 하지 않은 때보다도 더 컸다. 막오염 형태는 역세척을 한 경우나 하지 않은 경우 운전초기에는 케익오염이 지배적이었으며, 이어 세공막힘오염이 나타났고, 정상상태에 도달하면 투과유속은 다시 케익여과 오염에 의해 지배받는 것으로 나타났다. 한편, 세척공정에 앞선 막은 운전초기에 세공막힘오염이 케익오염에 앞서 일어났다. 총오염에 대한 케익여과 오염의 비율은 역세척에 관계없이 역세척 전에 비하여 증가하였다. 세공크기가 $0.24{\mu}m$인 막의 투과저항은 세공이 $0.34{\mu}m$인 막에 비해 더 컸으나, 막오염 형태는 세공의 크기가 $0.34{\mu}m$인 막에 비해 케익오염이 작았다. 총오염에 대한 성분오염의 비율은 역세척을 한 경우에는 세공막힘이 약 7.8%, 케익오염 약 92.2%이었고, 역세척을 하지 않은 경우에는 세공막힘은 9.6% 그리고 케익오염이 90.4%이었다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.523-532
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• 2015

Hydrocyclone is widely used in industry, for its simple design, high capacity, low maintenance and low operational cost. The objective of this study is to develop hydrocyclone coagulation and filtration system. The system is made of hydrocyclone ballasted coagulation with polyaluminium chloride silicate (PACS) and upflow filter to treat micro particles in urban storm runoff. Roadside sediment particles (< $200{\mu}m$) was mixed with tap water to make various turbid suspensions to simulate urban storm runoff. The filter cartridge was filled with polyethylene media system and ran 1hr per everyday and total operation time were 8.19hrs and backwashing everyday after end of operation. The operation condition of flowrate was $8.2{\sim}11.9m^3/day$ (mean $10.1m^3/day$) and surface overflow rate (SOR) based on filter surface area was $45.5{\sim}65.9m^3/m^2/day$ (mean $55.7m^3/m^2/day$). The range of PACS dosage concentration was 14.0~31.5 mg/L. As the results of operation, the range of removal efficiency of turbidity, SS were 81.0~95.8% (mean 89.5%) 81.8~99.0% (mean 91.4%), respectively. An increase of filtration basin retention time brought on increased of removal efficiency of turbidity and SS, and increase of SOR brought on decreased of removal efficiency. During the first flush in urban area, storm runoff have an high concentration of SS (200~600 mg/L) and the filtration bed becomes clogged and decreased of removal efficiency. Backwashing begins when the drainage pipe valve at the filtration tank bottom is completely open (backwashing stage 1). Backwashing stage 2 was using air bubbles and water jet washing the media for 5 mins and open the drainage valve. After backwashing stage 1, 2, 61.83~64.04%, 18.53~27.51% of SS loading was discharged from filtration tank, respectively. Discharged SS loading from effluent was 7.12~14.79% and the range of residual SS loading in fliter was 2.26~5.00%. The backwashing effects for turbidity, SS were 89.5%, 91.4%, respectively. The hydrocyclone coagulation and filtration with backwashing system, which came out to solve the problems of the costly exchange filter media, and low efficiency of removing micro particles of filter type nonpoint treatment devices, is considered as an alternative system.

• 공업화학
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.229-233
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 폐암을 유발하는 발암물질이며 다양한 문제의 원인이 되고 있는 유해물질인 미세먼지 제거특성을 조사하였다. 변수로는 습도, 초기미세먼지 주입량, 유속을 고려하였다. 실험결과 습도가 높은 경우 제거에 소요되는 시간동안 평균 농도는 낮아지지만, 최종농도에는 큰 차이가 없었다. 세 가지 초기미세먼지주입량의 변화는 모두 비슷한 제거경향을 나타내었다. 또한 유속이 0.6 m/s에서 0.3 m/s로 변할 경우 제거소요시간이 약 1.4배 증가하는 결과가 관찰되었다. 본 연구에서는 습도, 미세먼지 주입량, 유속 중 미세먼지 제거에 가장 큰 변화를 보이는 것은 유속으로 관찰되었다.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.31-44
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• 1976

It has been reported that many of the effects of digitalis glycosides could be mediated partly through the central nervous system. In this study the effects of ouabain given directly into the lateral ventricle of the brain on the renal function of the rabbit were investigated. Intraventricular ouabain elicited antidiuresis in doses ranging from 0.1 to $3\;{\mu}g$, exhibiting a rough dose-response relationship, and decreased the renal plasma flow, glomerular filtration rate and urinary excretion of sodium and potassium, concomitant with the decrease of urine flow. These decreases in urine flow, excretory rate of electrolytes significantly correlated with the decrease in renal plasma flow or glomerular filtration rate, suggesting that the antidiuresis might have been induced by the hemodynamic changes. Intravenous ouabain in a dose of $1\;{\mu}g$ did not affect the renal function. Systemic blood pressure as well as cardiac activity was not affected by the intraventricular ouabain. Effects of the intraventricular ouabain on renal function were abolished by the intravenous phentolamine-pretreatment but not affected by intraventricular phentolamine-pretreatment. Neither vasopressin infusion nor hydration did affect the renal effects of intraventricular ouabain. From these observations, it is suggested that the antidiuresis of intraventricular ouabain is induced by the increased sympathetic influence to the kidney.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.423-429
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• 2008

Microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) processes for removal of particulate materials (i.e., turbidity, microorganisms and viruses) have been used to produce drinking water with higher quality. As membrane filtration technique has become widely applied for drinking water treatment, the importance of membrane integrity test (MIT) has also been increasingly emphasized. The results of pressure decay test (PDT) were presented in the paper to monitor membrane integrity. In this paper the PDT was carried out with deliberately-defected membrane fibers to evaluate the sensitivity of PDT on membrane fiber damage. Variation of pressure decay rate and removal rate were investigated to evaluate the impact of defection (defection ratio) and pore size of membrane. The membrane integrity could be successfully monitored by the PDT. The pressure decay rate varied from $0.002{\sim}0.189kg_f/cm^2hr$ with the initial pressure ranged from 0.2 to $1.0kg_f/cm^2hr$. Higher initial pressure which provided with higher pressure decay rate was preferred to evaluate the defection of membrane fiber. As for the particle removal rate, the Log Removal Rate (LRV) of kaolin solution decreased significantly from 3.78 to 2.31 when one fiber out of 3,200 fibers was cut. The membranes with different pore size were tested to evaluate virus removal efficiency. The virus removal rate of the MF membrane ($0.1{\mu}m$) was about 30% although the poliovirus was smaller than the pore size of the MF membrane, indicating that the removal rate was much lower than Korea Water Works Association (KWWA) certificate LRV of 1.5.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2003

This paper describes the effects of sewage amount, temperature, and years in operation on the infiltration rate of a sewage disposal system. The self-purifying sewage disposal system, which is typically used in rural areas, consists of reeds and fine gravel. Water plants are planted on the gravel bed which provides the habitat for microbes. The basic process is that the gravel bed filters incoming sewage. Thus this system requires the smooth flow of sewage through the gravel. However, the efficiency of the disposal system will be lowered if the gravel bed is clogged with sewage sludge. A three year study shows that infiltration rate slows down significantly until the 7th day, depending on the sewage amount and the temperature. After the 7th day, the infiltration rate remains almost constant. In addition, the infiltration rate decreases as the temperature falls. It also decreases as the number of years in operation increase. But there is no significant change in the infiltration rate after the 7th day, independent of the temperature, the sewage amount, and years in operation. In order to take advantage of high infiltration rate, which improves the efficiency of the disposal system in its early stages, having two gravel beds and using them alternatively will be efficient. This operation method is called intermittent load and makes the disposal system last longer. The water plant roots above the gravel bed make the effective filtration possible because they delay accumulation of the sewage sludge and stabilize the filtration ability.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.66-73
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• 2003

To understand the physiology of a suspension-feeding bivalve and its potential impacts on the dynamics of red tides on tidal flats, rates of clearance and ingestion of Glauconome chinensis were measured as a function of algal concentration, when the bivalve was fed on a nontoxic strain of red tide dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum, Cochlodinium polykrikoides or Scrippsiella trochoidea. With increasing algal concentration, weight-specific clearance rate increased rapidly at lower concentrations and after reaching the maximum at ca. 0.2 to 1.0 mgC/L, it decreased at higher concentrations. Maximum clearance rate was nearly equal for different algal species and ranged between 2.1 and 2.6 L/g/hr. Weight-specific ingestion rate also increased at lower algal concentrations but saturated at higher concentrations. Maximum ingestion rate was 2 to 10 fold different with different algal species: S. trochoidea (10.1 mgC/g/hr), P. minimum (3.9 mgC/g/hr), and C. polykrikoides (0.99 mgC/g/hr). Nitrogen and protein content showed that S. trochoidea is the best among the tested three red tide dinoflagellates. The maximum filtration capacity, calculated by combining the data on ingestion rate from laboratory experiments and those from the field for the density of the bivalve and the red tide dinoflagellates was 4.7, 1.4, and 25.3 tons/m2/day for P. minimum, C. polykrikoides, and S. trochoidea, respectively. It is hypothesized that the abundant suspension-feeding bivalves in tidal flats can effectively mitigate the outbreak of red tides.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.97-100
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• 2018

Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)검사는 사구체의 여과기능을 나타내는 중요한 지표로서 신장기능과 그 기능의 정도를 검사하기 위하여 시행되고 있다. 사구체의 혈액 여과 작용은 신장의 중요한 기능 중 하나로 여과 장벽을 구성하여 체내에 필요한 혈구와 단백질은 빠져나가지 못하게 하고 크기가 작은 물질이나 수분, 노폐물은 자유롭게 통과시킨다. 하지만 사구체의 여과기능이 제대로 이루어 지지 않을 경우 혈뇨 및 단백뇨가 검출된다. 이와 같이 사구체의 기능에 문제가 있을 경우 급성 사구체 신염, 만성 사구체 신염 등 신장질환이 발생하게 되고 GFR검사를 통해 사구체 기능의 정도를 판단하고 있다. GFR검사는 $^{51}Cr$-EDTA으로 방사선의약품을 만들어 정맥주사를 하고 경과시간에 따라 EDTA Tube에 채혈하여 Plasma 내 방사능을 측정하여 결과 값을 도출해 낸다. 따라서 진료과 및 병동에 통보하여 동위원소를 사용하는 PET-CT, Bone Scan과 혈액에 영향을 주는 투석 및 수혈은 GFR검사와 병행하지 않도록 사전에 통보하고 있다. 검사방법으로는 먼저 $^{51}Cr$-EDTA 2 mL와 생리식염수 5 mL를 잘 혼합하고 혼합된 용액 중 5 mL로 환자에게 주입 할 방사성 의약품을 만든다. 먼저 주사 전 주사무게를 측정하고 환자의 정맥에 주사를 시행하고 난 뒤 주사 후 주사무게를 측정한다. 채혈은 총 2번 시행되고 성인의 경우에는 주입 후 3시간, 5시간 뒤, 소아의 경우 주입 후 2시간, 5시간 뒤 EDTA Tube에 5 mL채혈한다. 채혈 된 검체는 3300rpm에 5분간 원심분리 시키고 Plasma $500{\mu}L$를 Test tube에 분주하여 Sample rack에 준비해 둔다. Standard용액 제조방법은 200 mL Volumetric flask에 표시된 눈금까지 Diluent water를 채워주고 난 후 $500{\mu}L$을 버리고 $^{51}Cr$-EDTA $500{\mu}L$를 주입한 후 잘 혼합해준다. 제조 된 Standard 용액은 2개의 Test tube에 각각 $500{\mu}L$씩 분주하고 측정대상인 환자의 Plasma와 함께 Gamma Counter로 계측한다. 계측으로 얻은 CPM과 환자의 신장, 체중, 주사 전 후 무게 등을 GFR함수식에 입력하여 결과 값을 도출해 낸다. Reference range는 남성은 $119.5{\pm}30.3ml/min/1.73m^2$ 이고 여성은 $125.2{\pm}28.2ml/min/1.73m^2$ 설정되어 있지만 본원에서는 성별에 관계없이 $97.0ml/min/1.73m^2$ 이상일 경우 신장이식이 가능하다고 판단하고 있다. GFR검사 결과 값에 따라 신장기능의 정도가 반영 되기 때문에 병행하지 않아야 할 검사들과 주의사항을 준수한다면 보다 더 신뢰할 수 있는 결과 값을 얻을 수 있을 것이라 생각한다.