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Full-scale Mock-up Measurement of a Double Glazed Window System Equipped with Sunlight Controls (광기능성 창호시스템의 동절기 채광특성에 관한 목업연구)

  • Kim, Gon
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.35-42
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    • 2008
  • Besides genuine skin and clothes, it is called that building is third skin for us. That means the skin of buildings is the most important factor for our man-made environment. The issues in designing the building envelope include the insulation, infiltration, ventilation and bridging in windows. Getting light into the space safely and providing views to outdoor, additionally, are key things with the building envelope design. A deep-rooted preference for full view is still alive with large area of glass. Balcony expansion is legalized in apartment houses, which causes lots of environmental problems. Without balcony space, the adjacent space to unshaded window is exposed to the direct sun. A window can have many layers and the inner space can be utilized with an automatic blind system. Recently, the refurbished version of a double-glazed window system has been developed for the purpose of minimizing energy loss occurred around windows. For the better daylight control with equipped blind system, a set of adjustment technique of blind slats was tested in a mock-up building and recommended the detail operation. Not surprisingly, the optimized blind system can be oriented to enhance the uniformity in light distribution and direct glare from the sky as well..

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Outer Envelope Membrane Protein from Salicornia herbacea (퉁퉁마디로부터 색소체 외막 단백질 유전자의 분리 및 발현분석)

  • Ermawati Netty;Cha, Joon-Yung;Liang, Yingshi;Jung, Min-Hee;Shin, Dongjin;Lee, Byung-Hyun;Lee, Kon-Ho;Son, Daeyoung
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.273-278
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    • 2004
  • Complementary DNA encoding chloroplast outer envelope membrane protein (OEP) from the halophyte Salicornia herbacea has been cloned and sequenced. The full length cDNA is 596 bp and encodes a polypeptide of 91 amino acid residues with a molecular mass of 8.9 kDa. The expression level of ShOEP increased by salt, drought and ABA treatments. ShOEP expression was largely induced in roots and shoots by high salts. The biological function of ShOEP was examined by yeast complementation. ShOEP can suppress Na$^{+}$ sensitivity of yeast mutant (cnb$\Delta$) in the presence of salt. These results suggest that ShOEP is a salt inducible gene and may have functions in the regulation of plant salt stress.ant salt stress.

Design of Multilevel Variable Output Voltage AC-DC Converter for Power Amplifier of Underwater Acoustic Sensor (수중 음향센서용 전력증폭기를 위한 멀티레벨 가변전압출력 AC-DC 전원회로 설계)

  • Lee, Chang-Yeol;Kim, In-Dong;Nho, Eui-Cheol;Moon, Won-Kyu;Kim, Won-Ho
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.72-83
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    • 2013
  • The paper proposes a new multilevel variable output voltage AC/DC Converter for power supply of power amplifiers used in underwater acoustic sensors. The proposed multilevel variable output voltage AC/DC Converter is composed of two parts. One as the input section is the high efficiency phase-shifted PWM full bridge DC-DC converter to get multiport power sources. The other as the output section is composed of two flying-capacitor 3-level DC-DC converters and a diode bridge circuit to get fast-response and multilevel variable output voltage for an envelope amplifier. Also the paper suggests the detailed circuit topology and design guideline of multilevel variable output voltage AC/DC converter. It also proposes the power balanced control method between 3-level converters and the voltage balanced algorithm for flying capacitors. Its characteristics should be verified by the detailed simulation results. It is anticipated that the proposed converter will be used very well for power amplifiers used in underwater acoustic sensors.

Construction of a Fluorescently Labeled Infectious R Peptide-Less Moloney MLV Molecular Clone for Analysis of Syncytium (합포체 분석을 위해 R 펩타이드가 결여된 형광 표지 Moloney 마우스레트로바이러스 Molecular Clone 제조)

  • Lee, Yong-Jin;Park, Jin-Woo;Lee, Kyu-Jun;Bae, Eun-Hye;Park, Sung-Han;Lim, Ji-Hyun;Kim, Sae-Ro-Mi;Jung, Yong-Tae
    • Korean Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.246-250
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    • 2009
  • Retroviruses enter host cells by membrane fusion between the viral Env proteins on the virus membrane and a virus receptor on the cellular membrane. The envelope protein of the ecotropic Moloney murine leukemia virus is synthesized as a gp85 precursor and is proteolytically cleaved into an extracellular surface unit (SU) and the transmembrane protein (TM). The cytoplasmic tail (16 amino acid; R peptide) of the TM protein is further cleaved by the viral protease during virion maturation. Unlike the wild type Env protrin bearing the R peptide, R peptide-truncated Envelope induces syncytia in susceptible cells. To understand the mechanism of R peptidetruncated Env in syncytium formation, R peptide-truncated Env expressing full-length molecular clone containing EGFP in PRR (proline rich region) of Env was constructed. This molecular clone induced syncytia in transfected NIH3T3 cells, fluorescence was detected in the cytoplasm and at the plasma membrane, while the nuclei did not stain and appeared black by fluorescence microscopy. Interestingly, virions with truncated envelope produced from transfected NIH3T3 cells induced syncytia in NIH3T3 cells, but fluorescence was not detected in the same infected cells. It is believed that cell-free viruses direct the fusion of neighboring cells without infection. Our data suggests that use of EGFP-tagged envelope for monitoring syncytium is a sensitive and convenient method. We also found that virion incorporated the R peptide-truncated Env is able to induce the formation of syncytia by fusion from without.