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Transcriptomic Insights into Abies koreana Drought Tolerance Conferred by Aureobasidium pullulans AK10

  • Jungwook Park;Mohamed Mannaa;Gil Han;Hyejung Jung;Hyo Seong Jeon;Jin-Cheol Kim;Ae Ran Park;Young-Su Seo
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.30-39
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    • 2024
  • The conservation of the endangered Korean fir, Abies koreana, is of critical ecological importance. In our previous study, a yeast-like fungus identified as Aureobasidium pullulans AK10, was isolated and shown to enhance drought tolerance in A. koreana seedlings. In this study, the effectiveness of Au. pullulans AK10 treatment in enhancing drought tolerance in A. koreana was confirmed. Furthermore, using transcriptome analysis, we compared A. koreana seedlings treated with Au. pullulans AK10 to untreated controls under drought conditions to elucidate the molecular responses involved in increased drought tolerance. Our findings revealed a predominance of downregulated genes in the treated seedlings, suggesting a strategic reallocation of resources to enhance stress defense. Further exploration of enriched Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathways and protein-protein interaction networks revealed significant alterations in functional systems known to fortify drought tolerance, including the terpenoid backbone biosynthesis, calcium signaling pathway, pyruvate metabolism, brassinosteroid biosynthesis, and, crucially, flavonoid biosynthesis, renowned for enhancing plant drought resistance. These findings deepen our comprehension of how AK10 biostimulation enhances the resilience of A. koreana to drought stress, marking a substantial advancement in the effort to conserve this endangered tree species through environmentally sustainable treatment.

Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Station 4C2 BL of Pohang Accelerator Laboratory for Advance in Korean Polymer Science

  • Yoon, Jin-Hwan;Kim, Kwang-Woo;Kim, Je-Han;Heo, Kyu-Young;Jin, Kyeong-Sik;Jin, Sang-Woo;Shin, Tae-Joo;Lee, Byeong-Du;Rho, Ye-Cheol;Ahn, Byung-Cheol;Ree, Moon-Hor
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.16 no.7
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    • pp.575-585
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    • 2008
  • There are two beamlines (BLs), 4C1 and 4C2, at the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory that are dedicated to small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The 4C1 BL was constructed in early 2000 and is open to public users, including both domestic and foreign researchers. In 2003, construction of the second SAXS BL, 4C2, was complete and commissioning and user support were started. The 4C2 BL uses the same bending magnet as its light source as the 4C1 BL. The 4C1 BL uses a synthetic double multilayer monochromator, whereas the 4C2 BL uses a Si(111) double crystal monochromator for both small angle and wide angle X-ray scattering. In the 4C2 BL, the collimating mirror is positioned behind the monochromator in order to enhance the beam flux and energy resolution. A toroidal focusing mirror is positioned in front of the monochromator to increase the beam flux and eliminate higher harmonics. The 4C2 BL also contains a digital cooled charge coupled detector, which has a wide dynamic range and good sensitivity to weak scattering, thereby making it suitable for a range of SAXS and wide angle X-ray scattering experiments. The general performance of the 4C2 BL was initially tested using standard samples and further confirmed by the experience of users during three years of operation. In addition, several grazing incidence X-ray scattering measurements were carried out at the 4C2 BL.

Cooperative Transmission Scheme for Mobile Satellite Broadcasting Systems (이동 위성 방송 시스템을 위한 협력적 전송 기법 연구)

  • Ahn, Do-Seob;Park, Dong-Chul
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.20 no.9
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    • pp.890-899
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    • 2009
  • One of major services for the next generation mobile satellite system will be multimedia broadcasting and multi-casting service(MBMS). An integrated satellite and terrestrial network can be considered to provide those services seamlessly and cooperatively. This paper presents efficient cooperative transmission architectures for integrated satellite and terrestrial network. First, an integrated satellite and terrestrial system architectures is introduced, and several cooperative transmission architectures for the integrated system are derived. Extensive performance simulation results reveal that the proposed architectures can improve the system performance and make an efficient transmission.

Spoken-to-written text conversion for enhancement of Korean-English readability and machine translation

  • HyunJung Choi;Muyeol Choi;Seonhui Kim;Yohan Lim;Minkyu Lee;Seung Yun;Donghyun Kim;Sang Hun Kim
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.127-136
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    • 2024
  • The Korean language has written (formal) and spoken (phonetic) forms that differ in their application, which can lead to confusion, especially when dealing with numbers and embedded Western words and phrases. This fact makes it difficult to automate Korean speech recognition models due to the need for a complete transcription training dataset. Because such datasets are frequently constructed using broadcast audio and their accompanying transcriptions, they do not follow a discrete rule-based matching pattern. Furthermore, these mismatches are exacerbated over time due to changing tacit policies. To mitigate this problem, we introduce a data-driven Korean spoken-to-written transcription conversion technique that enhances the automatic conversion of numbers and Western phrases to improve automatic translation model performance.

Single-Cell-Imaging-Based Analysis of Focal Adhesion Kinase Activity in Plasma Membrane Microdomains Under a Diverse Composition of Extracellular Matrix Proteins (다양한 ECM 조건하에서의 세포막 미세영역 부위 국소접착인산화효소 활성의 단일세포 이미징 기반 분석)

  • Choi, Gyu-Ho;Jang, Yoon-Kwan;Suh, Jung-Soo;Kim, Heon-Su;Ahn, Sang-Hyun;Han, Ki-Seok;Kim, Eunhye;Kim, Tae-Jin
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.148-154
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    • 2022
  • Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is known to regulate cell adhesion, migration, and mechanotransduction in focal adhesions (FAs). However, studies on how FAK activity is regulated in the plasma membrane microdomains according to the composition of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins are still lacking. A genetically encoded fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based biosensor can provide useful information on the activity of intracellular signals with high spatiotemporal resolution. In this study, we analyzed the FAK activities in lipid raft (detergent-resistant membrane) and non-lipid raft (non-detergent-resistant membrane) microdomains using FRET-based membrane targeting FAK biosensors (FAK-Lyn and FAK-KRas biosensors) under four different ECM protein compositions: glass, type 1 collagen, fibronectin, and laminin. Interestingly, FAK activity in response to laminin in a lipid raft microdomain was lower than that in other ECM conditions. Cells subjected to fibronectin showed higher FAK activity in a lipid raft microdomain than that in a non-lipid raft microdomain. Therefore, this study demonstrates that the FAK activity can be distinctively regulated according to the ECM type and the environment of the plasma membrane microdomains.

Awareness of Integrated School Education and Education for Sustainable Development of Science Teachers in Secondary Schools with or without Common Science Teacher Qualification (중등학교 과학교사들의 공통과학 교사자격증 유무에 따른 통합과학교육과 지속가능발전교육에 대한 인식)

  • JI, Dukyoung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.224-238
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the perception of integrated school education and education for sustainable development of secondary school science teachers, judging that the existence of a common science teacher qualification certificate is related to the expertise of the common science map. To that end, the survey was conducted for three months from June to August 2018 for secondary school science teachers, and multiple choice questions were analyzed as statistical processing and descriptive questions as topical modeling. According to the analysis, teachers with a common science teacher qualification certificate had a high awareness of integrated school education, and the response average was high in all areas of value, direction and success condition of integrated school education. In addition, the average response of teachers with a common science teacher qualification certificate was also found to be higher than those with a common science teacher qualification. There were no major differences in perception between the two groups on the strength of science education and ESD integration, but the difference was that teachers with a common science teaching certificate focused on science in all topics and recognized science as a medium for each topic compared to teachers who did not.

The Influences of Integrated Science and Science Inquiry Experiment Developed Under the 2015 Revised National Curriculum on Students' Interest in Science, Scientific Attitude, Views on Science-Technology-Society Relationship, and Views on Nature of Science (2015 개정 과학과 교육과정의 통합과학과 과학탐구실험이 학생들의 과학에 대한 흥미, 과학적 태도, STS와 과학의 본성에 대한 견해에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Minhwan;Kim, Sunghoon;Noh, Taehee;Choi, Sookyeong
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.39 no.6
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    • pp.791-797
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    • 2019
  • In this study, we investigated the influences of Integrated Science and Science Inquiry Experiment developed under 2015 Revised National Science Curriculum on students' interest in science, scientific attitude, views on STS, and the nature of science (NOS). 223 tenth graders in Seoul metropolitan area participated in this study. We conducted the survey prior to and after the Integrated Science and Science Inquiry Experiment course using same instruments and compared the results of the pre-test and post-test. The analyses of the results reveal that there were significant improvements in the scores of the pre- and post-test on the interest in science and scientific attitude. In the case of views on STS, there were significant improvements in items related to science research ethics, however there were no significant differences in the remaining items. Also, there were no significant differences in the scores of the pre- and post-test on views on NOS. On the bases of the results, we discuss educational implications and suggest further studies.

Development of a History of Science Lesson Using the Content of 'Age Dating of the Earth' (지구의 연령 측정 관련 과학사 수업 개발)

  • Shin, Dong-Hee;Kang, Hye-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.324-333
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    • 2011
  • The opinion, that the history of science should be introduced to science lesson, has been continuously emphasized by a group of people who supported the needs of science and scientific process, nature of science, and the interaction between science and society. When the importance of the integrated science education is emphasized, the history of science is suggested as an effective curriculum for it. To respond to this identified interest, we developed a lesson of the history of science by selecting the contents of the history of science as subject topics of the integrated science and by utilizing the findings of previous studies related to the history of science in science educations. To develop the history of science class as a subject of integrated science, we chose 'the age of the earth' as a unit. After the pilot test of the unit in secondary school students, the possibility of offering the lesson as a regular course was examined with analysis of the students' reactions showing its effectiveness.