• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.253-261
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• 1990

This study was carried out to investigate the factors affecting development in vitro of follicular oocytes fertilized in vitro in Korean Native Cattle. The bovine ovaries were obtained at a slaughter house and the follicular oocytes were recovered by aspirating the follicular fluid from the visible follciles of 3~6mm. The bovine oocytes were matured in vitro for 20~24 hours in TCM0-199 containing 10% FCS and hormones (0.02AU/ml FSH, 10$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml LH, 1$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml estradiol-17$\beta$). The matured oocytes were fertilized in vitro using Percoll-separated frozen-thawed spermatozoa in BO solution containing caffeine(5mM) and heparin(10$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml). Twenty-four hours after insemination, the oocytes were cultured in vitro and then the effects of cumulus cell layer, co-culture with cumulus cells, bovine oviduct epithelial cells from ampulla or isthmus on development of ova, were studied. The results obtained are summarized as follows : 1. The in vitro development degree of oocytes attached with compact and dense layered cumulus cells was higher than that with 3~4 layered cumulus cells to be 9~16cells(P<0.01). 2. When the in vitro fertilized oocytes were co-cultured with bovine oviduct epithelial cells or cumulus cells, the development rate to be morula was 20.2% and 12.7%, respectively and the rates were higher than that of control, 2.1%(P<0.05). 3. The development rate to be morula was 15.8% and 23.8%, respectively when the in vitro fertilized oocytes were co-cultured with bovine oviduct epithelial cells from ampulla or isthmus, and the rates were higher than that of control, 0%(P<0.05%).

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.119-122
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• 2007

Purpose: Although liposarcoma is the second most common soft tissue sarcoma in adults, the incidence of liposarcoma of the head and neck is rare. There is only one reported case in Korea and moreover, only in adolescence. We report a case of liposarcoma on the neck in a 32-year-old male in adult. Methods: The patient had a slow growing, none tender mass on the posterior neck without lymphadenopathy, which has been present for 3 years and recurred twice during that time. MRI showed a 1.5 cm sized ovoid, well demarcated mass that was located in the subcutaneous layer of the posterior neck. Results: The mass was surgically removed. The resection margin was free of tumor on frozen biopsy and histopathologic examination indicated myxoid and round cell liposarcoma. The whole body F-18 FDG PET-CT applied on the fourteenth day postoperatively, revealed a moderate FDG-uptaking soft tissue lesion showing postoperative wound healing process on the posterior neck region and there was no distant metastasis. Conclusion: Liposarcoma is the second most common soft tissue sarcoma in adults. But, it rarely involves the head and neck region. Prognosis is principally dependent on histologic subtype and grade. Low grade liposarcoma such as well differentiated and myxoid liposarcoma tend to recur locally, rarely metastasize. On the other hand, high grade liposarcoma such as round cell and pleomorphic liposarcoma have higher rates of local recurrence and distant metastasis. Complete surgical excision provides the most effective means of treatment. Radiotherapy or chemotherapy can be used as an asjunctive treatment modality.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권4호
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• pp.1206-1212
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• 2022

Cold-crucible induction melting (CCIM) technology has been intensively studied as an advanced vitrification process for the immobilization of highly radioactive waste. This technology uses high-frequency induction to melt a glass matrix and waste, while the outer surface of the crucible is water-cooled, resulting in the formation of a frozen glass layer (skull). In this study, for the fabrication of borosilicate glass waste form, CCIM operation test with 60 kg of glass per batch was conducted using surrogate wastes composed of Cs, Sr, and Nd as a representative of highly radioactive nuclides generated during spent nuclear fuel management. A 60 kg-scale glass waste form was successfully fabricated through melting and draining processes using a CCIM system, and its physicochemical properties were analyzed. In particular, to enhance the controllability and reliability of the draining process, an air-cooling drain control method that can control draining through air-cooling near drain holes was developed, and its validity for draining control was verified. The method can offer controllability on various draining processes, such as molten salt or molten metal draining processes, and can be applied to a process requiring high throughput draining.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.282-291
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• 2022

Background: The Arctic permafrost stores enormous amount of carbon (C), about one third of global C stocks. However, drastically increasing temperature in the Arctic makes the stable frozen C stock vulnerable to microbial decomposition. The released carbon dioxide from permafrost can cause accelerating C feedback to the atmosphere. Soil organic matter (SOM) composition would be the basic information to project the trajectory of C under rapidly changing climate. However, not many studies on SOM characterization have been done compared to quantification of SOM stocks. Thus, the purpose of our study is to determine soil properties and molecular compositions of SOM in four different Arctic regions. We collected soils in different soil layers from 1) Cambridge Bay, Canada, 2) Council, Alaska, USA, 3) Svalbard, Norway, and 4) Zackenberg, Greenland. The basic soil properties were measured, and the molecular composition of SOM was analyzed through pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (py-GC/MS). Results: The Oi layer of soil in Council, Alaska showed the lowest soil pH and the highest electrical conductivity (EC) and SOM content. All soils in each site showed increasing pH and decreasing SOC and EC values with soil depth. Since the Council site was moist acidic tundra compared to other three dry tundra sites, soil properties were distinct from the others: high SOM and EC, and low pH. Through the py-GC/MS analysis, a total of 117 pyrolysis products were detected from 32 soil samples of four different Arctic soils. The first two-axis of the PCA explained 38% of sample variation. While short- and mid-hydrocarbons were associated with mineral layers, lignins and polysaccharides were linked to organic layers of Alaska and Cambridge Bay soil. Conclusions: We conclude that the py-GC/MS results separated soil samples mainly based on the origin of SOM (plants- or microbially-derived). This molecular characteristics of SOM can play a role of controlling SOM degradation to warming. Thus, it should be further investigated how the SOM molecular characteristics have impacts on SOM dynamics through additional laboratory incubation studies and microbial decomposition measurements in the field.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제37권12호
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• pp.107-116
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 2017년 포항지진 시 액상화 현상이 목격된 포항시 송림공원에서 불교란 시료를 채취하여 액상화 실내실험을 수행하였다. 채취한 불교란시료는 현장에서 동결시킴으로써 이동 및 보관, 그리고 실내실험 시 발생할 수 있는 교란을 최소화 하는 방법을 적용하였다. 동결 보관한 불교란시료를 활용하여 반복삼축압축실험을 통해 액상화저항강도를 산출하였다. 그 결과 심도 8.0~8.8m 및 11.0~11.8m에서 채취한 시료는 유사한 액상화 저항강도를 나타냈으며, 간편법을 통해 산출한 액상화저항강도와 비교하여 0.04~0.07가량 큰 값을 나타냈다. 이는 연대효과 및 간편법의 경우 안전측 설계를 위하여 하한선을 채택하고 있기 때문으로 판단된다. 이를 통해 불교란 시료를 활용할 경우 경제적설계에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2007

동결작용은 빌딩, 구조물, 도로, 철도 그리고 공공시설관로에 엄청난 손상을 일으킬 것이다. 자연지반의 동상에 대한 연구는 과거에 많이 수행되었다. 근래에는 사회기반시설 유지의 발전과 함께 각종구조물의 복잡화로 인하여 동상대책에 대한 관심이 집중되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 구조물에 작용하는 자연지반의 동상력을 정량적으로 파악하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 지표면에 설치한 원형강판에 작용하는 동상력이 현장시험에서 측정되었다. 동결면에서 발생하는 동상력은 동결된 토층을 거쳐 구조물에 전달된다. 또한 다단앵커로 보강된 옹벽이 현장에 설치되고 옹벽에 작용하는 동결선과 동상압 등이 측정되었다. 최종적으로 동결면의 위치와 형상이 수치해석수법을 이용하여 추정되었고 치환 범위를 결정하는 설계수법이 토질정보와 기상정보에 따라 제안되었다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.512-515
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• 2009

Purpose: Neurofibromatosis(NF) is an autosomal - dominant systemic disease. Up to fifty percent of patients with NF are reported to have concomitant vascular abnormalities. In the resection of a larger NF, the risk of uncontrolled hemorrhage is much higher due to the difficulty of hemostasis of large vessels within the tumor. We ligated the base of the giant NF with a simple loop - shaped ligation before removal of the giant NF in both buttocks. And then we could successfully reduce the amount of hemorrhage during the operation. Methods: A 46 - year - old female patient presented for giant masses of both gluteal area, which has been growing slowly for the last ten years. Each mass was about $30{\times}20cm$ in size. After designing the elliptical resection margin, we tightened the tumor base by using continuous loop - shaped suture ligation(weaving the thread up and down in a loop - shaped pattern, leaving a space of 2 cm between each loop) with a straight needle and prolene 2 - 0. After skin incision, we proceeded the dissection toward the central and inferior side of the mass obliquely while we avoided breaking large vascular sinuses. We resected the tumor in a wedged - shape. Subcutaneous tissue was sutured layer by layer and skin was closed by vertical mattress and interrupted suture. The loop - shaped ligation of the base was removed and compressive dressing was done with gauzes and elastic bandages. Results: Postoperative complications such as infection, hemorrhage, hematoma, and dehiscense did not occur. Perioperatively the patient was sufficiently transfused with five units of blood and two units of fresh frozen plasma. During the subsequent 1 year follow - up, the functional and cosmetic result was excellent. Conclusion: A continuous loop - shaped suture ligation procedure along the base of the giant NF effectively reduced the amount of hemorrhage during the operation, made dissection and ligation of vessels easily and quickly, and shorten the operating time and postoperative recovery time.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2002

Objective: In order to acquire the technique for the establishment of human embryonic stem cells (ESe) derived from the human frozen-thawed embryos produced in IVF-ET program, this study was performed to establish mouse ESC derived from the in vitro fertilized embryos. Materials and Methods: After Fl hybrid (C57BL female $\times$ CBA mael) female mice were superovulated with PMSG and hCG treatment, their oocytes were retrieved and inseminated, and the fertilized embryos were cultured for 96-120 hours until the expected stages of blastocysts were obtained. To isolate the inner cell mass (ICM), either the blastocysts were treated with immunosurgery, or the whole embryos were cultured for 4 days. Isolated ICMs were then cultured onto STO feeder cell layer, and the resultant ICM colonies were subcultured with trypsin-EDTA treatment. During the subculture process, ESC-like cell colonies were observed with phase contrast microscopy. To identify ESC in the subcultured ESC-like cell colonies, alkaline phosphatase activity and Oct-4 (octamer-binding transcription factor-4) expression were examined by immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR, respectively. To examine the spontaneous differentiation, ESC-like cell colonies were cultured without STO feeder cell layer and leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF). Results: Seven ESC-like cell lines were established from ICMs isolated from the in vitro fertilized embryos. According to the developmental stage, the growth of ICMs isolated from the expanded blastocysts was significantly better than that of ICMs isolated from the hatched blastocysts (80.3% vs. 58.7%, p<0.05). ESC-like cell colonies were only obtained from ICMs of expanded blastocysts. However, the ICMs isolated from the embryos treated with immunosurgery were poorly grown and frequently differentiated during the culture process. The established ESC-like cell colonies were positively stained with alkaline phosphatase and expressed Oct-4, and their morphology resembled that observed in the previously reported mouse ESC. In addition, following the extended in vitro culture process, they maintained their expression of cell surface markers characteristic of the pluripotent stem cells such as alkaline phosphatase and Oct-4. When cultured without STO feeder cell layer and LIF, they were spontaneously differentiated into the various types of cells. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that the establishment of mouse ESC can be successfully derived from the in vitro fertilized embryos. The established ESC-like cells expressed the cell surface markers characteristic of the pluripotent stem cells and spontaneously differentiated into the various types of cells.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.189-199
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• 2006

Purpose of study: Partial thickness skin graft is the golden standard regimen for full-thickness skin defect caused by burn or trauma. However, in case of extensive burns of more than 50% of total body surface area, the donor site is not sufficient to cover all defects. As a second choice, allograft, xenograft and synthetic materials have been used to treat skin defect. Among them the amniotic membrane(AM) was used as a biological dressing for centuries because of its potential for wound healing. In this study, quantification of EGF in AM and effect of AM-collagen complex on full thickness skin defects was examined. Materials & Methods: The concentration of EGF in fresh, deep frozen and freeze-dried AM was evaluated by ELISA. EGF-R immunostaining was performed in freeze-dried AM. SD rats weighing 250${\sim}$300g was used for wound healing experiment. Three full thickness skin defects(28mm diameter) were made on dorsal surface of SD rat. The control group was covered by Vaselin gauze and AM-collagen complex and $Terudermis^{(R)}$. was grafted in two other defects. Healing area, Cinamon's score were evaluated before biopsy. Grafted sites were retrieved at 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks and 4 weeks after operation. H & E and Factor VIII immunohistochemical stain was performed to evaluate the microscopic adhesion and structural integrity and microvessel formation. Results: 1. EGF concentration of fresh, deep frozen and freeze-dried AM showed similar level and EGF-R was stained in epithelial layer of freeze-dried AM. 2. At 4 weeks after grafting, the healing area of AM-collagen and Terudermis group was 99.29${\pm}$0.71% and 99.19${\pm}$0.77 of original size. However, that of control group was 24.88${\pm}$2.90. 3. The Cinamon's score of AM-Collagen and $Terudermis^{(R)}$. group at 4 weeks was 15.6${\pm}$1.26 and 14.6${\pm}$3.13 and that of control group was 3.7${\pm}$0.95. Significant difference was observed among control and experimental groups(p<0.05). 4. Histologic examination revealed that AM protected leukocyte infiltration and epithelial migration was nearly completed at 4 weeks. $Terudermis^{(R)}$. group showed mild neutrophil infiltration until 2 weeks and completion of epithelization at 4 weeks. Control group showed massive leukocyte infiltration until 4 weeks. 5. Microvessels were increased sharply at 1 week and control group at 1 and 4 week showed significant differences with $Terudermis^{(R)}$. group of same interval(p<0.05) but no differences were found with AM group(p<0.05). Conclusion: EGF and EGF-R were well preserved in freeze-dried AM. AM attached to collagen acted as excellent biologic dressing which had similar effect with $Terudermis^{(R)}$. AM showed anti-inflammatory action and healing was completed at 4 weeks after full-thickness skin defect.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.51-63
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• 2023

계절성 동토의 온도 변화에 따른 융해 및 동결작용에 의한 지반의 거동이 말뚝 기초의 변위 및 지지력에 끼치는 영향을 파악하기 위한 수치해석을 수행하였다. 수치해석은 온도 변화에 따른 지반-말뚝 상호작용을 모사하기 위해 유한요소법 기반의 TM 모델링(Thermo-Mechanical coupled Modeling)을 적용하였으며, 동결 지반은 온도 의존적 비선형 물성을 적용하였다. 지반의 구성 모델은 소성 거동을 모사하기 위한 MCR 모델(Mohr Coulomb with Rankine Tensile cut-off Model)과 HDP 모델(Nonlinear Hyperbolic Drucker-Prager Model)을 각각 적용하였으며, 말뚝의 길이 및 너비 조건을 선정해 수치해석 결과를 비교 및 분석하였다. 수치해석 결과는 HDP 구성 모델이 비교적 작은 지반 거동과 지지력을 보였으나, 전체적으로는 말뚝의 길이 및 너비 조건에 따라 지지력 및 말뚝 머리의 변위 결과의 양상과 그 크기는 유사하게 나타났다. 지반의 융해-동결작용으로 인한 말뚝 머리(pile head)의 수직 변위는 길이 조건이 짧을수록 변위의 변화 폭이 크게 나타났다. 수직 변위는 길이 조건에 따라 MCR 구성 모델에서는 최대 0.0387m의 융해 침하와 0.0277m의 동결 융기가 발생했으며, HDP 구성 모델에서는 최대 0.0367m의 융해 침하와 0.0264m의 동결 융기가 발생했다. 또한 두 탄소성 모델에 대한 말뚝의 지지력 결과는 말뚝의 길이 조건보다 너비 조건에서 더 큰 차이를 보였으며, 너비 조건 L에서 최대 약 14.7%, M에서 최대 약 5.4%, S에서 최대 약 5.3%가 발생하였다. 이에 말뚝 머리의 수직 변위와 말뚝의 지지력은 말뚝-지반의 접촉 면적에 영향을 크게 받으며, 지반 내 활성층의 활성도에 따라 차이를 보였다.