• 통합자연과학논문집
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2010

Bis(silyl)alkylbenzenes such as bis(1-sila-sec-butyl)benzene (1) and 2-phenyl-1,3-disilapropane (2) were synthesized in high yields by the reduction of the corresponding chlorosilanes with $LiAlH_4$ in diethyl ether. The dehydrocoupling of 1 and 2 was performed using group IV metallocene complexes generated in situ from $Cp_2MCl_2$/Red-Al and $Cp_2MCl_2$/n-BuLi (M = Ti, Hf), producing two phases of polymers. The TGA residue yields of the insoluble polymers were in the range of 64-74%. The molecular weights of the soluble polymers produced ranged from 700 to 5000 ($M_w$ vs polystyrene using GPC) and from 500 to 900 ($M_w$ vs polystyrene using GPC). The dehydropolymerization of 1 and 2 seemed to initially produce a low-molecular-weight polymer, which then underwent an extensive cross-linking reaction of backbone Si-H bonds, leading to an insoluble network polymer.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.278-284
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• 2016

Anthocyanins, a class of flavonoids, are natural water-soluble pigments, mainly found in vegetables and fruits. Anthocyanins have attractive pharmacological activities, such as anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and anti-diabetic effects. The purpose of this study was to investigate the inhibitory effects of the anthocyanin-rich fraction (ANF) from purple sweet potato on high fat diet-induced insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis. C57BL/6J mice were assigned to the following groups (n=8 per group): normal fat diet (NF); high fat diet (HF); high fat diet with ANF 50mg/kg (ANF50). Normal fat or high fat diets were fed for a total of 17 weeks, and ANF was orally administrated for 8 weeks (from 10 to 17 weeks, five times/week). In our results, there were no significant differences in body weight, food intake, and tissue weight upon ANF supplementation. The levels of serum triacylglycerol, total-cholesterol, and glucose were also not affected by ANF supplementation. However, ANF supplementation significantly decreased serum insulin and HOMA-IR levels as well as prevented hepatic fat accumulation in high fat-fed mice. These results show that ANF may be beneficial for improving high fat-induced insulin resistance and protecting against development of hepatic steatosis.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2014

The five-year national project in Japan for R&D of coated conductors and applications, named as the Materials and Power Applications of Coated Conductors (M-PACC) project, was finished at the end of FY2013. The project consists of four sub-themes as cable, transformer, SMES and coated conductors. In the theme of coated conductors, the fabrication process had been developed to satisfy the requirements from the applications such as in-field $I_c$ performance, low AC loss in the long tapes etc. Through the project, the remarkable progress was achieved as follows; a high in-field minimum $I_c$ value over 54A/cm-width under 3T at 77K was realized in a 200m long EuBCO tape with artificial pinning centers of $BaHfO_3$ by the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique on the IBAD template. On the other hand, the AC loss reduction was confirmed in the tapes fabricated by both PLD and the metal organic deposition (MOD) techniques by scribing 100m tapes into 10-filamments. Additionally, the mechanism of the delamination phenomenon was systematically investigated and the strength was improved by eliminating the origins of the weak points in the films. Through the development, all targeted goals were accomplished and the several results were appreciated as a world champion data.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.40-45
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• 2003

Acanthopanax senticosus was grown by a novel, proprietary method, of culturing isolated cells in a bioreactor. An extract from the cells was evaluated for its effect on lipid metabolism in rats fed a high fat diet. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n＝6) were fed either an AIN-76 diet (control, NDCon), control diet plus Acanthopanax senticosus extract (ND＋Ex), a modified AIN-76 diet supplemented with 20% beef tallow (high fat, HFCon), or a high fat diet plus Acanthopanax senticosus extract (HF＋Ex), for 5weeks. Body weight gain was significantly higher in the HFCon group than the NDCon group. Feed consumption was significantly lower, but energy intake higher, in the groups fed high fat diets compared with the groups fed control diets. Serum HDL-cholesterol concentrations were significantly increased but serum LDL-cholesterol concentrations were decreased in the groups fed the Acanthopanax senticosus extract. Abdominal fat accumulation and serum leptin levels were significantly higher in the HFCon group than the other groups. Carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I (CPT-I) mRNA levels were increased in the groups fed Acanthopanx senticosus extract. These results suggest that supplementation of cell cultured Acanthopanax senticosus extract regulates CPT-I mRNA levels in liver and has an effect on the normalization of lipids in rats fed a high fat diet.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.445-449
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• 2020

Non-volatile memory is approaching its fundamental limits with the Si₃N₄ storage layer, necessitating the use of alternative materials to achieve a higher programming/erasing speed, larger storage window, and better data retention at lower operating voltage. This limitation has restricted the development of the charge-trap memory, but can be addressed by using high-k dielectrics. The paper reviews the doping of nitrogen, titanium, and yttrium on high-k dielectrics as a storage layer by comparing MONOS devices with different storage layers. The results show that nitrogen doping increases the storage window of the Gd₂O₃ storage layer and improves its charge retention. Titanium doping can increase the charge capture rate of HfO₂ storage layer. Yttrium doping increases the storage window of the BaTiO₃ storage layer and improves its fatigue characteristics. Parameters such as the dielectric constant, leakage current, and speed of the memory device can be controlled by maintaining a suitable amount of external impurities in the device.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.20-29
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 항고지혈, 항당뇨, 항동맥경화 등의 기능성이 잘 알려진 naringin을 이용하여 빛, 열, 산소 등의 산화환경을 개선시킴으로써 지질대사 개선에 대한 유용성이 증가되는지를 알아보고자 하였다. 즉, 불안정한 naringin 등의 flavonoid를 cyclodextrin 분자의 소수성 공동에 포접시켜 안정성을 증가시킴으로써 지질대사가 naringin 단독 보충에 비해 개선되는지를 분석하고, 이 연구 결과를 토대로 건강 기능식품에 적용 가능한지에 대한 여부를 검토하고자 하였다. 이에 20% 고지방식이에 0.02% naringin 및 naringin이 0.02% 첨가되도록 CD-naringin 량을 조절하여 10주간 C57BL/6 mice에 보충한 결과, 체중 및 식이 섭취량에는 차이가 없었으나, HFC 군에 비해 CD-N군 및 N군에서 백색지방 무게가 유의적으로 감소되었다. 뿐만 아니라, CD-N군 및 N군에서 혈장 총콜레스테롤, 유리지방산, 혈당 및 간 조직 콜레스테롤과 중성지방 농도가 HFC군에 비해 유의적으로 감소하였고, 혈장 HDL-콜레스테롤 농도는 유의적으로 증가하였다. 혈장 및 간조직 지질 농도는 간 조직 지질대사 관련 효소 활성도와 일치하는 경향을 보여주었는데, CD-naringin 및 naringin 보충은 지방산 산화 증가에는 효과가 없었으나, 간 조직 지방산, 중성지방 및 콜레스테롤 합성 억제에는 매우 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 또한 지질대사 관련 호르몬 및 adipokine 농도 비교결과, 혈장 인슐린 농도는 CD-naringin 및 naringin 보충에 의해 유의 적으로 감소되었으나, leptin, adiponectin, resistin, IL-$1{\beta}$, IL-6 등은 유의적인 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 또한 췌장 lipase 억제제로서 비만 치료제로 이용되고 있는 orlistat에 비해 지질대사 개선 효과가 비슷하게 나타났으나, orlistat와는 다른 기전에 의한 지질대사 개선 효과로 보인다. 결론적으로, CD-naringin inclusion complex 및 naringin 단독 보충은 장기간의 고지방식이에 의한 지질대사 이상 및 인슐린 저항성 개선 효능을 기대해 볼 수 있으나, 혈장 leptin, resistin, IL-$1{\beta}$ 등의 염증성, 인슐린 저항성을 증가시키는 호르몬/adipokine 농도 감소 및 인슐린 저항성 개선 또는 항염증성 adipokine인 혈장 adiponectin 및 IL-6 농도 증가에 대한 효과는 나타나지 않는 것으로 판단되며, 두 물질의 효능 차이 또한 나타나지 않아 건강기능식품에 적용하기 위해서는 항산화 효과에 대한 CD-naringin의 유용성 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.155-167
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• 2013

Objectives : This research was conducted to investigate the factors that affect the level of facial nerve damage. Methods : From October 2009 to September 2013, the total number of 581 patients of Bell's palsy and Ramsay-Hunt syndrome visited Facial Palsy Center in Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong for Traditional Korean and Western combined medical treatment. Of these, 453 patients of peripheral facial nerve palsy were selected for the research. After reviewing the medical records that have details of age, gender, diagnosis(Bell's palsy and Ramsay-Hunt syndrome), onset, underlying diseases(DM, HTN), and HbAlc value, the analysis on the influence factors on the level of facial nerve damage was drew out. Results : The axonal loss rate of oris branch and nasal branch were significantly higher than the axonal loss rate of frontal branch and oculi branch. In addition, the frequency of becoming a major damaged branch was also high in the oris branch nasal branch. The factors by month, weather, smoking, and alcohol did not influence EMG axonal loss rate. Male rather than female and patient with Rasmay-Hut syndrome rather than Bell's palsy had a higher axonal loss rate in all branches. Of those, front of branch of male was remarkably higher than female. Patient with DM as P/H had high axonal loss rate in all branches. Patient with HTN as P/H had high axonal loss rate in all branches except for oris branches. Patients with DM and HTN group had significantly higher value from the average of axonal loss rate than patients who are only with HTN and without DM/HTN. DM alone group had significantly higher value than patients who are without DM/HTN. However, HTN alone was not significantly high. By analysing HbAlc of the patients who were hospitalised regardless DM, axonal loss rate was high in the order of DM group, preDM group, normal group. Nevertheless, only DM group showed higher axonal rate statistically than normal group. Considering DM and HbA1c value, the patients can be divided into 4 different groups of hkDM, lkDM, hfDM and nDM. By analysing those groups, the average damaged value of the groups with diagnosis followed by treatment(lkDM, hkDM) were higher than the average rate of hfDM and statistically higher than the rate of the nDM. Conclusions : The influential factors of increasing the level of EMG damage are male(only for the frontal branch), age above sixties, HTN, DM, and HbAlc value above 6.5. Besides, the negligible factors are month, season, diagnosis, alcohol, and smoking. Further research including clinical prognosis should be conducted.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.15-20
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• 2009

Uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3)는 골격근에서 주로 발현되는 미토콘드리아 단백질이다. 생체의 대사기능에 관여할 것으로 알려져 있지만, 아직 그 역할에 대하여 깊이 연구되어 있지 않다. 최근에 고지혈증 치료제인 페노파이브레이트를 처치한 쥐의 간에서는 UCP3가 새로이 발현 유도된다는 것이 알려졌으며, 본 연구자들은 새로이 발현되는 UCP3가 비만쥐의 지방조직올 감소시키며, 인슐린 감수성을 증가시킨다는 보고를 하였다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 새로이 발현되는 UCP3의 시간에 따른 발현 양상과 대사 기능의 연관 관계를 규명하고자 하였다. 8주령 흰쥐를 두 군으로 나누어, 한 군은 고지방 식이를 실시하고(HF군), 다른 군은 고지방 식이와 페노파이브레이트(HFF군)를 함께 복용토록 하였다. 10주 동안 식이와 약물을 처리하면서, 1, 3, 6주에 간조직올 분석하였으며, 매주 먹이량, 체중, 체온을 측정하였다. 페노파이브레이트에 의하여 간에서 새로이 발현되는 UCP3는 2주부터 시작하여 3, 6주에 아주 높은 발현 양상을 보였다. 두 군 간의 먹이량의 차이는 없는 반면, 페노파이브레이트 처리군에서 6 주부터 시작하여 체중증가가 억제되며, 오히려 감소되는 경향을 보였다. 체온은 페노파이브레이트 처리군에서 6주부터 상승하기 시작하여, UCP3의 발현에 의한 간에서의 upcoupling 현상에 따른 발열현상으로 추측할 수 있다. 이상의 결과들로 유추해 볼 때, UCP3 발현이 3-6주부터 많은 양이 생성되어 생체의 대사 기능에 영향을 미치며, 이러한 시기와 연관되어 체중, 체온의 변화와 관련이 있는 것으로 생각한다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.267-274
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• 2017

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of 20-day litter weight on behavior and heart rate variability (HRV) of piglets under stress. Methods: Forty four original litters were categorized as high litter weight (HW) litters (n = 22) and low litter weight (LW) litters (n = 22) by 20-day litter weight. From each original HW litter, three males and three females were randomly selected after weaning and the 12 piglets from two original litters with similar age of days were regrouped into one new high litter weight (NHW) litter (11 NHW litters in total). The original LW litters were treated with a same program, so that there were 11 new low litter weight (NLW) litters as well. The latencies to first fighting, fighting frequencies and duration within three hours were recorded after regrouping and the lesions on body surface within 48 hours were scored. Besides, HR (heart rate, bpm, beats per minute) and activity count (ACT), time domain indexes and frequency domain indexes of the piglets were measured in an isolation trial to analyze the discrepancy in coping with stress between the original HW and LW litters. Results: The results exhibited that piglets from the HW litters launched fighting sooner and got statistically higher skin lesion score than those from the LW litters (p = 0.03 and 0.02, respectively). Regarding the HRV detection, compared with the HW litters, the LW litters exhibited a lower mean HR (p<0.05). In the isolation test, a highly significant higher ACT value was observed between the HW litters, compared to the LW litters (p<0.01). Significant differences were observed in standard deviation of R-R intervals, standard deviation of all normal to normal intervals, and most frequency-domain indicators: very low-frequency, low-frequency, and high frequency between the HW and LW litters as well. The difference in LF:HF was not significant (p = 0.779). Conclusion: This study suggests that compared with litters of low 20-day litter weights, litters with higher 20-day litter weight take more positive strategies to cope with stress and have stronger HRV regulation capacity; HW litters demonstrate better anti-stress and adaptation capacity in the case of regrouping and isolation.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.583-598
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• 2020

Objective: The aims of this study were to analyze deficiency-excess pattern identification and to compare the blood cytokines in patients with asthma. Methods: A total of 112 patients with asthma who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were divided into deficiency syndrome and excess syndrome groups. Blood was examined for eotaxin, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-13, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α. The Quality of Life Questionnaire for Adult Korean Asthmatics (QLQAKA), a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and heart rate variability (HRV) tests were administered to both groups. Results: Pattern identification divided the 112 patients into two categories: a deficiency syndrome group (N=52) and an excess syndrome group (N=60). Analysis of blood cytokines showed higher levels of IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13 in the deficient pattern than in the excess pattern group, but the difference was not statistically significant. Analysis of the HRV revealed a significantly higher mean value for the very-low-frequency (VLF) and high-frequency (HF) bands in the deficiency than in the excess syndrome group. The morbidity duration was longer in the deficiency than in the excess syndrome group, but the difference was not statistically significant. Analysis of the QLQAKA and VAS scores showed a negative correlation, whereas BMI and VAS showed a positive correlation. Conclusions: Levels of blood cytokines, including eotaxin, IL-1β, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-13, and TNF-α, did not differ statistically between the deficiency and excess syndrome groups. The development of a more accurate asthma-specific pattern identification tool would be useful in asthma control.