• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.310-316
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• 2012

A new method for early caries diagnosis was proposed and tested through a home-made optical examination system that used quantitative light fluorescence (QLF) and digital imaging fiber optic transillumination (FOTI) (DIFOTI), with light sources across a wide spectral range, from 350 nm to 1,000 nm. The front-illuminated infrared light scattering image (FIR) showed similar diagnostic abilities to that of DIFOTI. The FIR method was invented based on the observation that caries lesions lose the high transmittance and low scattering properties of benign enamel tissue. There are various methods for the early diagnosis of caries, such as visual examination, exploration, X-ray radiography, QLF, FOTI, and infrared fluorescence (diagnodent). Among them, methods based on optical properties are regarded as having the most potential. A comparative study was performed between the FOTI, QLF, diagnodent, optical coherence tomography, and FIR scattering image methods, using 20 extracted teeth samples with early caries. A scale of lesion measurement based on optical image contrast was proposed. The statistical analysis showed a significant correlation between the DIFOTI and FIR methods (r = 0.35, p < 0.05). However, the QLF and diagnodent methods showed little association with FIR images, as they have different detection principles as compared with FIR. Tomographic images obtained by OCT, using 1,330 nm super luminescent LED as a gold standard of tooth structure, verified that the FOTI and FIR results correctly represented the lack of homogeneity in dental tissue. The newly proposed FIR method attained similar diagnostic results to those of FOTI, but with an easier approach.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2017년도 제48회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.612-616
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• 2017

비예혼합합화염과 예혼합화염의 화염응답특성을 속도섭동을 다양하게 변경하며 실험하였다. 연료로는 수소($H_2$)/메탄($CH_4$)을 50/50 %로 혼합한 혼합연료를 사용하였으며 산화제로는 공기를 사용하였다. OH 자발광(OH fluorescence)을 이용하여 화염이미지를 계측하였으며 PMT(Photo Multiplier Tube)를 이용하여 열 방출량을 계측하였다. 계측된 이미지는 MatLab 코드를 이용하여 수치화하였다. 예혼합화염의 결과에서는 진폭이 증가할수록 화염섭동이 증가하는 경향성을 보았으며 진폭에 따라서 화염전달 함수의 게인 값이 선형적인 거동을 하는 것을 관찰하였다. 비예혼합화염의 화염길이는 진폭이 증가할수록 짧아지는 것을 관찰하였고 게인 값은 진폭에 비선형적인 거동을 하는 것을 확인하였다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.426-432
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• 2007

QDs을 기반으로 하는 OsFIA는 매우 빠르고 간단히 수행될 수 있다. 또한 이 분석법은 고체상의 담체나 결합/잔류시약의 분리 등과 같은 여러 과정을 필요로 하지 않으며, 적은 양의 시약으로도 분석이 가능하다. 본 분석법은 높은 감도로 항원을 측정할 수 있으며, 일상적인 분석에도 쉽게 도입될 수 있을 것이다. 선형 범위 내에서 측정 가능한 receptor의 최소농도는 0.05 nM (2.65 ng/mL) 정도이다. 또한, 일반적으로 상용화된 항체를 가치고 수행이 가능하다. 이 OsFIA 분석법은 기존의 실험적 sandwich immunoassay의 효과적인 대안으로 제시된다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.87-96
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• 2011

In 1967, the problem of occupational lead exposure came to public attention in Korea. Since then, regular progress has been made in lowering workplace lead exposures, instituting new workplace controls, and implementing health examinations of exposed workers. Past serious lead poisoning episodes made it possible to introduce biological monitoring programs on a voluntary basis in high-lead-exposure facilities in Korea. Industry-specific occupational health services for lead workers in Korea during the last 22 years can be categorized into three phases. During the first phase (1988-1993), efforts were directed at increasing awareness among workers about the hazards of lead exposure, biological monitoring of blood zinc protoporphyrin began, and a respiratory protection program was introduced. During the second phase (1994-1997), a computerized health management system for lead workers was developed, blood-lead measurement was added to biologic monitoring, and engineering controls were introduced in the workplace to lower air-lead levels to comply with air-lead regulations. Finally, during the third phase (1998-present), a new biomarker, bone-lead measurement by X-ray fluorescence, was introduced. Bone-lead measurement proved to be useful for assessing body burden and to demonstrate past lead exposure in retired workers. Occupational health service practice for lead workers, including the industry-specific group occupational health system, has brought considerable success in the prevention of lead poisoning and in reducing the lead burden in Korean lead workers during the last several decades. The successful achievement of prevention of lead poisoning in Korea was a result of the combined efforts of lead workers, employers, relevant government agencies, and academic institutes.

• 분석과학
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.439-444
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• 1997

압전 세라믹스 [$Pb(ZrTi)O_3$] 소재에 대하여 신속하고 정확하게 분석할 수 있는 X-선 형광분석용 표준물질 12종을 제작하였다. 특히 매질효과의 제거, 보관성, 균질성 등을 고려하여 융제($Li_2B_4O_7/LiBO_2=4/1$)로 시료를 16배 희석하여 제작하였다. 네 곳의 분석기관에서 X-선 형광분광기로 12개의 표준물질에 포함된 11 원소에 대하여 검정곡선을 작성해 본 결과 PbO, $ZrO_2$, $TiO_2$, SrO, $WO_3$, $La_2O_3$, $Cr_2O_3$, MgO, $Nb_2O_5$, $MnO_2$들은 correlation factor가 0.998을 넘는 대단히 좋은 직선을 얻었다. 그러나 ZnO의 correlation factor는 0.977로 비교적 낮았으며, 이는 표준시료 중 ZnO의 함량이 10ppm 정도로 낮았기 때문이다. 본 연구에서 제작한 XRF 분석용 표준물질을 이용하면 PZT 중의 주 부성분 원소의 함량을 간편하고 신속 정확하게 분석결과를 얻을 수 있다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.739-744
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• 2020

이번 연구의 목적은 pH, 적정산도, 형광소실도(△F)를 이용하여 혼합주의 부식위험성과 부식능에 대해 평가하고자 하였다. 실험군은 다음과 같이 분류하였다: 소주, 깔라만시+소주, 요구르트+소주, 콜라+소주, 에너지드링크+소주. 혼합주는 소주와 음료수를 7:3의 비율로 혼합하였다. pH와 적정산도(TA5.5, TA7.0; 음료의 pH를 5.5와 7.0까지 끌어 올리는데 필요한 1M NaOH의 양)는 교반하면서 pH미터기를 이용하여 측정하였다. 혼합주의 부식능은 우치를 1, 2, 4, 6시간 동안 침적하였다가 각 시간마다 꺼내어 quantitative light-induced fluorescence (QLF-D)를 이용하여 촬영, 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 혼합주는 평균 pH는 3.17 ± 0.50, 소주의 pH는 8.6 ± 0.01를 나타내었다. TA5.5와 TA7.0는 각각 0.5~18, 0.5~23.5의 분포를 나타내었다. 요구르트 혼합주를 제외한 나머지 혼합주의 △F는 시간이 지남에 따라 증가하였으며, 요구르트 혼합주에서는 부식이 나타나지 않았다. 결론적으로, 깔라만시 혼합주가 가장 강한 산성과 부식능을 보였으며, 요구르트가 가장 약한 부식능을 나타냈다. 혼합주는 치아 법랑질에 강한 부식위험성을 가지고 있으므로, 이에 대한 주의와 교육이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.315-322
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• 2021

The aim of this study was to investigate the sensitivity to environmental stress, and changes in the photosynthesis capacity in Abies koreana seedlings by age and to suggest the most effective age for restoration. To identify these physiological characteristics of A. koreana, the chlorophyll fluorescence and photosynthetic capacity of 1-, 2-, 3-, 5- and 6-year-old A. koreana seedlings were observed from June 2020 to June 2021. The maximum quantum efficiency of Photosystem II (Fv/Fm), a chlorophyll fluorescence measurement parameter, was strongly positively correlated with the monthly average temperature (1-year-old seedling: r=0.8779, 2-year-old seedling: r=0.8605, 3-year-old seedling: r=0.8697, 5-year-old seedlings: r=0.8085, and 6-year-old seedlings: r=0.8316). The Fv/Fm values were the lowest in winter (November 2020-March 2021). In addition, the Fv/Fm values of 1-, 2-, and 3-year-old seedlings in winter were lower than that of 5- and 6-year-old seedlings, while the Fv/Fm values in summer were relatively higher than those in winter. Further, the Fv/Fm values of seedlings of all ages decreased in August 2020, when the monthly average temperature was the highest. In particular, 1-year-old to 3-year-old seedlings showed Fv/Fm values less than 0.8. Further, the photosynthetic capacity measured in August 2020 increased with increasing seedling age. The analysis of variance results for summer Fv/Fm values showed significant differences in age-specific averages (p<0.05), and Duncan's multiple range test showed significant differences between 5- and 6-year-old seedlings and 1-, 2-, and 3-year-old seedlings (p<0.05). These results suggested that the 5- and 6-year-old seedlings were less sensitive to environmental stress and showed better photosynthetic capacity than the 1-, 2-, and 3-year-old seedlings. Therefore, 5-year-old or older A. koreana seedlings can be used as restoration materials because they can show increased adaptability and stable growth during transplantation due to their relatively high environmental resistance and photosynthetic capacity.

• 생태와환경
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.339-347
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• 2023

본 연구는 TOC/TN-IRMS를 이용하여 총 유기탄소 및 총 질소 안정동위원소 분석법을 연구하였으며, 수환경 중저농도 시료에서도 분석이 가능하게 시스템을 구축하였다. 수생태계로 유입되는 다양한 유기탄소 기원을 파악하기 위하여 형광지표와 δ¹³C-DOC 안정동위원소비를 활용한다면 효율적인 수질 관리를 위한 해석기능을 제공할 것이며, 추후 유역 오염원의 대표값(end member)의 지속적인 조사를 통하여 자료구축이 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.203-214
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• 1994

Using the methods of stopped-flow and epifluorescence microscopy with entrapped fluorophore, membrane permeability of $NH_3$ and weak acids in liposomes, renal brush border (BBMV) and basolateral membrane vesicles (BLMV), and primary culture cells from renal proximal tubule was measured. Permeability coefficient (cm/sec) of $NH_3$ was $(2.9{\times}10^{-2}$ in phosphatidylcholine liposome $25^{\circ}C)$, $5.9{\times}10^{-2}$ in renal proximal tubule cell $(37^{\circ}C)$, $4.0{\times}10^{-2}\;and\;2.4{\times}10^{-2}$ in BBMV and BLMV $(25^{\circ}C)$, respectively. Formic acid has the highest permeability coefficient among the weak acids tested, which was $4.9{\times}10^{-3}$ in liposome, $5.0{\times}10^{-3}$ in renal proximal tubule cell, $9.1{\times}10^{-3}$ in BBMV and $3.8{\times}10^{-3}$ in BLMV. There was a linear relationship between external concentration of nonionized formic acid and initial rate of flux of formic acid in liposome, and the slope coincided with the value of permeability coefficient of formic acid measured in pH 7.0. These results show that techniques of stopped-flow and epifluorescence microscopy with entrapped fluorophore provide the precise method of measurement of very rapid transport of nonelectrolytes through membranes with the advantages of instantaneous mixing effect, good resolution time and easy manipulation.

• 한국펄프종이공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국펄프종이공학회 1999년도 Pre-symposium of the 10th ISWPC Recent Advances in Paper Science and Technology
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• pp.239-244
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• 1999

aluminum sulfate (alum) as a representative retention aid in papermaking processes was added to pulp suspensions, and the aluminum components adsorbed on the pulp were investigated quantitatively by two types of X-ray elementary analyses with regard to simultaneous changes of their surface charges. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray fluorescence analysis (XFA) were applied to determine the aluminum components retained in pulp pads up to ca. 10 nm and 100${\mu}$m depth, respectively. In other words, XPS was utilized to analyze the outermost surface layers of the samples, and XFA was available for measurement of their extensive regions. A particle charge detector (PCD) was used to monitor streaming potentials at various pHs of the pulp mixtures under moderate sharing conditions. At pH 4.5 of pulp suspensions containing alum, surface charges of pulp fibers varied from negative to slight negative (approximately neutral) according to adsorption of aluminum components onto the pulp fibers. Subsequently, when a dilute NaOH solution in limited amounts was added to pulp mixtures, both streaming potentials and surface aluminum content of the pulp fibers increased distinctly although little total aluminum retention increased. Further addition of alkali solutions brought drastic decreases of the surface charges and surface aluminum content, while total aluminum content, on the contrary, increased gradually under neutral conditions. These results indicate that residual aluminum ions remained in pulp suspensions are predominantly adsorbed on surfaces of pulp fibers by adequate alkali additions and they must sufficiently cationize the fiber surfaces with increases of somewhat cationic aluminum complexes formed on the surfaces. On the other hand, aluminum components formed in higher pH ranges have nearly no contribution to improvement of charge properties of the pulp fiber surfaces, even though aluminum retention in pulp pads increases. XPS and XFA analyses combined with streaming potential measurement using a PCD suggest close relationships between aluminum content on the pulp fiber surfaces and their charge properties.