• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.221-228
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• 2014

Despite that porcine spermatogonial stem cells (pSSCs) have been regarded as a practical tool for preserving eternally genetic backgrounds derived from pigs with high performance in the economic traits or phenotypes of specific human diseases, there were no reports about precise definition of niche conditions promoting proliferation and maintenance of pSSCs. Accordingly, we tried to determine niche conditions supporting proliferation and maintenance of undifferentiated pSSCs for short-term. For these, undifferentiated pSSCs were progressively cultured in different composition of culture medium, seeding density of pSSCs, type of feeder cells and concentration of growth factors, and then total number of and alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity of pSSCs were investigated at post-6 day culture. As the results, the culture of $4{\times}10^5$ pSSCs on mitotically in activated $2{\times}10^5$ STO cells in the mouse embryonic stem cell culture medium (mESCCM) supplemented with 30 ng/ml glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) was identified as the best niche condition supporting effectively the short-term maintenance of undifferentiated pSSCs. Moreover, the optimized short-term culture system will be a basis for developing long-term culture system of pSSCs in the following researches.

• 한국기후변화학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.61-70
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• 2014

최근 3년간 항공부문 온실가스 배출량은 연평균 5.7%씩 증가하고 있으며, 국민 소득수준 향상과 국제선 노선 확장 등 저비용 항공사의 성장가속화로 인해 운항 수요가 빠르게 증가하고 있어 항공부문 온실가스 배출량은 지속적으로 증가할 전망이다. 본 연구에서는 국적 A항공사의 2011년도 비행 데이터(FOQA)를 활용하여 비행단계별 연료소비 패턴과 Tier 3a급 온실가스 배출량을 산정하였으며, Tier 2 산정 방법 결과와 비교하였다. 대상 항공기는 보잉계열의 B737-600, B737-700, B737-800이었으며, 국내 노선은 김포-제주, 국제 노선은 인천-나리타를 주요 노선으로 선정하였다. 분석결과, 1회당 총 연료소비량은 김포-제주는 2,298~2,405 kg이고, 비행단계별로는 순항 78% 차지하였으며, 인천-나리타는 4,763~6,291 kg으로 순항 시 87% 차지하였다. 또한, B737-700의 경우, 1회당 평균 분당 연료소비량은 이륙단계에서 순항단계보다 2.6~3.0배 더 많이 소모되는 것으로 나타났다. 한편, Tier 3a급 배출량은 김포-제주는 1회당 평균 7톤, 인천-나리타 1회당 평균 16톤 발생되는 것으로 나타났으며, Tier 3a 방법이 Tier 2보다 2.7% 더 작게 산정된 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같은 통계는 항공기 운항절차별 감축 수단 이행 시 연료절감량과 감축량을 산출하는데 있어 중요한 기초자료로 활용되리라 판단된다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.287-296
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• 2018

Ganglioside GM3 is known as an inhibition factor of cell differentiation and proliferation via inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) phosphorylation. Our previous study showed that the exogenous ganglioside GM3 reduced the meiotic maturation of porcine oocytes and induced apoptosis at 44 h of in vitro maturation (IVM). However, the role of ganglioside GM3 in the relationship between EGFR signaling and apoptosis during porcine oocyte maturation has not yet been studied. First, porcine cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) were cultured in the NCSU-23 medium with exogenous ganglioside GM3 according to maturation periods (non-treated, only IVM I: 0 - 22 h, only IVM II: 22 - 44 h and IVM I & II: 0 - 44 h). We confirmed that the proportion of germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) increased significantly in the IVM I treated group than in the control group. We also confirmed that the meiotic maturation until M II stage and polar body formation decreased significantly in the only IVM I treated group. Cumulus cell expansion and mRNA levels of the expansion-related factors (HAS2, TNFAIP6 and PTX3) decreased significantly in the IVM I treated group than in the control group. Protein levels of EGFR, p-EGFR, ERK1/2, and p-ERK1/2 decreased significantly in the GM3-treated groups, during the IVM I period. In addition, cellular apoptosis, determined using TUNEL assay, and protein levels of Cleaved caspase 3, were increased significantly in the GM3-treated COCs during the IVM I period. Based on these results, ganglioside GM3 exposure of porcine COCs during the IVM I period reduced meiotic maturation and cumulus cell expansion via inhibition of EGFR activity in pigs.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2021

경제성장과 함께 급증한 산업구조물이 노후화됨에 따라 철 구조물 해체 수요가 증가하고 있으며, 선형 성형폭약의 관통 성능개선에 관한 연구가 관심을 받고 있다. 본 연구에서는 자체 제작한 성형폭약 장약 용기 내 사용하는 폭약의 종류와 기폭방식이 강재 절단 성능에 미치는 영향과 근접한 성형폭약에 미치는 영향에 대한 수치해석적인 분석을 수행하였다. 수치해석에는 폭발에 의한 재료의 대변형 해석이 가능한 ANSYS사 LS-DYNA를 사용하였으며 기체, 액체, 고체의 유동해석에 특화된 ALE(Arbitrary-Lagrange-Eulerian) 모델이 적용된다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.38.2-38.2
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• 2020

Horizon Run 5 (HR5) is a cosmological hydrodynamical simulation which captures the properties of the Universe on a Gpc scale while achieving a resolution of 1 kpc. This enormous dynamic range allows us to simultaneously capture the physics of the cosmic web on very large scales and account for the formation and evolution of dwarf galaxies on much smaller scales. Inside the simulation box. we zoom-in on a high-resolution cuboid region with a volume of 1049 × 114 × 114 Mpc3. The subgrid physics chosen to model galaxy formation includes radiative heating/cooling, reionization, star formation, supernova feedback, chemical evolution tracking the enrichment of oxygen and iron, the growth of supermassive black holes and feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the form of a dual jet-heating mode. For this simulation we implemented a hybrid MPI-OpenMP version of the RAMSES code, specifically targeted for modern many-core many thread parallel architectures. For the post-processing, we extended the Friends-of-Friend (FoF) algorithm and developed a new galaxy finder to analyse the large outputs of HR5. The simulation successfully reproduces many observations, such as the cosmic star formation history, connectivity of galaxy distribution and stellar mass functions. The simulation also indicates that hydrodynamical effects on small scales impact galaxy clustering up to very large scales near and beyond the baryonic acoustic oscillation (BAO) scale. Hence, caution should be taken when using that scale as a cosmic standard ruler: one needs to carefully understand the corresponding biases. The simulation is expected to be an invaluable asset for the interpretation of upcoming deep surveys of the Universe.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.243-247
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• 2016

Growth traits, such as body weight, directly influence productivity and economic efficiency in the swine industry. In this study, we estimate heritability for body weight traits usinginformation from pedigree and genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chip data. Four body weight phenotypes were measured in 1,105 $F_2$ progeny from an intercross between Landrace and Jeju native black pigs. All experimental animals were subjected to genotypic analysis using PorcineSNP60K BeadChip platform, and 39,992 autosomal SNP markers filtered by quality control criteria were used to construct genomic relationship matrix for heritability estimation. Restricted maximum likelihood estimates of heritability were obtained using both genomic- and pedigree- relationship matrix in a linear mixed model. The heritability estimates using SNP information were smaller (0.36-0.55) than those which were estimated using pedigree information (0.62-0.97). To investigate effect of common environment, such as maternal effect, on heritability estimation, we included maternal effect as an additional random effect term in the linear mixed model analysis. We detected substantial proportions of phenotypic variance components were explained by maternal effect. And the heritability estimates using both pedigree and SNP information were decreased. Therefore, heritability estimates must be interpreted cautiously when there are obvious common environmental variance components.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.127-132
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• 2014

This study was carried out to investigate the effects of tissue inhibitor of matalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1), Activin A and Heparin binding epidermal growth factor (HB-EGF) on in vitro production of bovine embryos. In experiment 1, presumptive zygotes were cultured in the medium supplemented with TIMP-1 ($0.5{\mu}g/ml$), Activin A (100 ng/ml), or HB-EGF (100 ng/ml) at $39^{\circ}C$ in a humidified atmosphere of 5% (v/v) $CO_2$, 5% (v/v) $O_2$ and 90% (v/v) $N_2$. In experiment 2, TIMP-1 + HB-EGF or Activin A + HB-EGF combinations were supplemented in the culture medium. The developmental rate to blastocysts, hatching rate and total cell numbers of the blastocysts were evaluated in both experiments. The embryos cultured in medium without growth factor supplementation was used as control group. In experiment 1, the embryos cultured in medium supplemented with TIMP-1 and Activin A showed significantly higher developmental rate to blastocysts than those cultured with HB-EGF and control (36.9%, 34.1%, 21.2% and 23.1%, respectively) (P<0.0001). However, the hatching rate of blastocyst was significantly higher in embryos with HB-EGF than those with TIMP-1, Actvin A and Control groups (84.4%, 58.8%, 51.4% and 49.3%, respectively) (P<0.001). Total cell number per blastocyst was also significantly higher in embryos with HB-EGF group ($174.3{\pm}2.5$) than those with TIMP-1, Activin A (149.7 and 150.0, respectively) (P<0.05) and Control (119.0) (P<0.001). In experiment 2, embryos cultured with combined treatment of Activin A and HB-EGF resulted in significantly higher rates of blastocysts formation (48.0%), hatching rate (89.7%) and total cell number in blastocyst ($182.3{\pm}2.1$) than those with TIMP-1 and HB-EGF combination group (32.0%, P<0.001; 76.6%, P<0.05; $165.7{\pm}4.2$, P<0.001, respectively). Our data demonstrate that in vitro production of bovine embryos could be improved by combined supplementation of Activin A and HB-EGF in culture medium.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.229-235
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• 2013

The objective of this study was to monitor health conditions of four genetically identical somatic cells cloned Labrador retriever puppies by estimation of body weight and analysis of hematologic and serologic characteristics. Naturally ovulated oocytes and donor cells were used for somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). Donor cells and enucleated oocytes were followed by electric fusion, chemical activation and surgical embryo transfer into the oviducts of surrogate females. Two recipients became pregnant; two maintained pregnancy to term, and four live puppies were delivered by Caesarean section. The cloned Labrador retrievers were genetically identical to the nuclear donor dog. The body weight of clone-1, -2, -3, and -4 was increased from 0.66, 0.40, 0.39, and 0.37 kg at birth to 6.2, 6.6, 6.2, and 6.0 kg at 8 weeks of age, respectively. Although clone-4 had lower numbers of RBC than reference range, the most of RBC and WBC related heamatologic results of cloned puppies were not different when compared to reference range. In serological analysis, Glucose, ALP and inorganic phosphate level of four cloned puppies was significantly higher than the reference ranges. However, there was no significant difference among four cloned dogs. This study suggests that cloned puppies derived from SCNT did not have remarkable health problems, at least in the growth pattern and hematological and serological parameters.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.201-208
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• 2016

고온 및 화학적 안정성이 높은 세라믹 안료는 타 소재 대비 우수한 내구성을 가지며, 최근 잉크젯 프린팅 기술의 발전과 함께 산업적인 응용영역이 점점 확대되고 있다. 세라믹 잉크젯 프린팅 공정은 다양한 이미지를 인쇄 가능하고 높은 효율성을 가지는 친환경 공정이라는 장점으로 인해 다양한 분야에 적용이 시도되고 있어, 디지털 4원색인 CMYK(cyan, magenta, yellow, black) 세라믹 안료를 비롯하여 다양한 색상 및 기능성을 가지는 세라믹 안료에 대한 관심이 커지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 세라믹 잉크젯 프린팅에 적합한 white 세라믹 안료를 선정하기 위해 고온에서의 화학적 안정성 및 혼합 발색 거동에 대해 연구하였다. MgO, $Al_2O_3$, $MgAl_2O_4$, $CeO_2$ 조성의 세라믹 안료가 가지는 미세구조 및 결정구조를 분석하고 유약과의 반응성을 평가하였다. 또한 세라믹 잉크젯 프린팅에서 요구되는 고온 안정성을 평가하기 위해 CMYK 발색 세라믹 안료와 혼합한 뒤 열처리 공정을 거쳐 색상 혼합에 따른 화학적 안정성을 CIE $L^*a^*b^*$ 측정을 통해 분석하여 디지털 프린팅 공정으로의 적용가능성을 평가하였다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.207-219
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• 2014

Three-dimensional (3D) culture system is useful technique for study of in vivo environment and it was used various experiments. This study was investigated to establish of embryo co-culture system and changes of PAs activity in 3D cultured endometrial cells of pigs. In results, growth of stromal cells into gel matrix were detected only with endometrial and myometrial cells. The most rapid growth of stromal cells were confirmed in $2.5{\times}10^5cells/ml$ and gel matrix containing 15% FBS. Expression of urokinase-PA (uPA) after treatment of hCG (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 IU/ml) were higher than without hCG, but, there are not significant difference among the treatment. On the other hand, expression of uPA after treatment of $IL-1{\beta}$ (0.1, 1, 10 and 100 ng/ml) were higher than without $IL-1{\beta}$, but, there are not significant difference. Expression of uPA after treatment of estrogen (0.2, 2, 20 and 200 ng/ml) were not difference, but PA activity was significantly decreased (p<0.05). Blastocyst was producing in PZM-3 medium containing FBS and endometrial cells were grown in PZM-3 medium. When embryos development with cultured endometrial cells, cleavage rates were not significant difference and blastocyst were not produced in co-culture with stromal cells and 3D culture system. 3D culture system had similar activity to in vivo tissue and these features are very useful for study of in vivo physiology. Nevertheless 3D culture system was not proper in embryo co-culture system. Therefore, we suggest that 3D culture system with embryo co-culture need continuous research.