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PARAMETRIC APPROXIMATION OF MONOTONE DECREASING SEQUENCE

  • Rhee, Hyang J.
    • Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.77-83
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    • 2004
  • The aim of this work is to generalize parametric approximation in order to apply them to an one-sided $L_1$-approximation. A natural question now arises : when is the parameter map $$P:f{\rightarrow}P_{K(f)}(f)$$ continuous on $C_1(X)$ ? We find some results with a monotone decreasing sequence about above question.

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Effect of Electrochemical Redox Reaction on Biochemical Ammonium Oxidation and Chemical Nitrite Oxidation

  • Jeon, Bo-Young;Seo, Ha-Na;Kang, Seung-Won;Park, Doo-Hyun
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.485-493
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    • 2010
  • A modified graphite felt electrode with neutral red (NR-electrode) was shown to catalyze the chemical oxidation of nitrite to nitrate under aerobic conditions. The electrochemically oxidized NR-electrode (EO-NR-electrode) and reduced NR-electrode (ER-NR-electrode) catalyzed the oxidation of $1,094{\pm}39$ mg/l and $382{\pm}45$ mg/l of nitrite, respectively, for 24 h. The electrically uncharged NR-electrode (EU-NR-electrode) catalyzed the oxidation of $345{\pm}47$ mg/l of nitrite for 24 h. The aerobic bacterial community immobilized in the EO-NR-electrode did not oxidize ammonium to nitrite; however, the aerobic bacterial community immobilized in the ER-NR-electrode bioelectrochemically oxidized $1,412{\pm}39$ mg/l of ammonium for 48 h. Meanwhile, the aerobic bacterial community immobilized on the EU-NR-electrode biochemically oxidized $449{\pm}22$ mg/l of ammonium for 48 h. In the continuous culture system, the aerobic bacterial community immobilized on the ER-NR-electrode bioelectrochemically oxidized a minimal $1,337{\pm}38$ mg/l to a maximal $1,480{\pm}38$ mg/l of ammonium to nitrate, and the community immobilized on the EU-NR-electrode biochemically oxidized a minimal $327{\pm}23$ mg/l to a maximal $412{\pm}26$ mg/l of ammonium to nitrate every two days. The bacterial communities cultivated in the ER-NR-electrode and EU-NR-electrode in the continuous culture system were analyzed by TGGE on the $20^{th}$ and $50^{th}$ days of incubation. Some ammonium-oxidizing bacteria were enriched on the ER-NR-electrode, but not on the EU-NR-electrode.

Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Induce the Differentiation of Eosinophilic Leukemia EoL-1 Cells into Eosinophils

  • Ishihara Kenji;Hong Jang-Ja;Kaneko Motoko;Takahashi Aki;Sugeno Hiroki;Kang Young-Sook;Ohuchi Kazuo
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.67-74
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    • 2006
  • EoL-1 cells differentiate into eosinophils in the presence of n-butyrate, but the mechanism has remained to be elucidated. Because n-butyrate can inhibit histone deacetylases, we hypothesized that the inhibition of histone deacetylases induces the differentiation of EoL-1 cells into eosinophils. In this study, using n-butyrate and two other histone deacetylase inhibitors, apicidin and trichostatin A, we have analyzed the relationship between the inhibition of histone deacetylases and the differentiation into eosinophils in EoL-1 cells. It was demonstrated that apicidin and n-butyrate induced a continuous acetylation of histones H4 and H3, inhibited the proliferation of EoL-1 cells, and induced the expression of markers for mature eosinophils such as integrin ${\beta}7$, CCR1, and CCR3 on EoL-1 cells, while trichostatin A evoked a transient acetylation of his tones and induced no differentiation into eosinophils. These findings suggest that the continuous inhibition of histone deacetylases in EoL-1 cells induces the differentiation into mature eosinophils.

Continuous electricity generation in microbial fuel cells with non-precious metal catalysts (비귀금속촉매 미생물연료전지의 연속운전을 통한 전기 생산)

  • Moon, Chungman;Kim, Dong-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.45-51
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    • 2015
  • In this study, continuous microbial fuel cells (MFCs) were operated using non-precious metal catalysts such as iron(II) phthalocyanine (FePc) and cobalt tetramethoxyphenylporphyrin (CoTMPP)) as alternative cathode catalysts for platinum. To evaluate MFCs performance, operational conditions of organic loading rate (OLR) (0.5~3 g COD/L/d) and hydraulic retention rate (HRT) (0.25~1 day) were changed. Power density of MFCs were determined by cathode electrode performance. The maximum power density was $3.3W/m^3$ with platinum at OLR 3 g COD/L/d. Given each HRTs at 1 g COD/L/d, FePc showed to be a better alternative for platinum than CoTMPP because the power density of MFC with FePc was similar to that of MFC with platinum. CoTMPP catalyst, however, showed the lowest power density due to increase of internal resistance during continuous operation.

Delayed Continuous Venovenous Hemodiafiltration in Chronic Lithium Intoxication (만성 리튬 중독환자의 지연성 정정맥 혈액 투석여과 사례)

  • Kim, Tae Su;Cha, Yong Sung;Kim, Hyun;Kim, Oh Hyun;Cha, Kyoung Chul;Lee, Kang Hyun;Hwang, Sung Oh
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.28-30
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    • 2013
  • A 66-year-old male with chronic alcoholism presented with tremor, gait disturbance, memory impairment, insomnia, decreased appetite, and confusion. The patient had been taking lithium daily for treatment of bipolar disorder. Brain CT showed no specific abnormality, and serum lithium and ammonia levels were 3.63 mEq/L (therapeutic range, 0.6~1.2 mEq/L) and $85{\mu}g/dL$ (reference range: $19{\sim}54{\mu}g/dL$), respectively. Therefore, the initial differential diagnosis included chronic lithium intoxication, hepatic encephalopathy, Wernicke encephalopathy, or alcohol withdrawal syndrome. Even with the provision of adequate hydration, the patient's neurologic status did not show improvement, so that lactulose enema, thiamine replacement, and continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) were started on the third admission day. By the fifth admission day he had made a rapid neurologic recovery, and was discharged on the 20th admission day. Therefore, CVVHDF might be a treatment for patients with chronic lithium intoxication, because, even if serum lithium concentration is normal, lithium concentration in the brain may be different from that of the serum.

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Selection of Organic Carbon (Different Form of Acetate Compounds and Concentration) for Cultivation of Anabena under Mixotrophic Cultivation Mode (혼합영양 배양조건에서의 Anabena 배양을 위한 유기탄소(acetate 종류 및 농도) 선정 연구)

  • Hong, Kai;Gao, Siyuan;Lee, Taeyoon
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.56 no.1
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    • pp.73-78
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    • 2018
  • The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of acetate on the cultivation of anabena under mixotrophic condition. Four different types of acetates were used for the anebena cultivation. Among them, ethyl acetate was found to be the most effective and the growth rates linearly increased as the amount of ethyl acetate increased. When 40 mM of ethyl acetate was used, the highest values of specific growth rate of $0.979day^{-1}$ and maximum biomass productivity of $0.293g\;L^{-1}\;d^{-1}$ were obtained. On the contrary, input of acetic acid and butyl acetate inhibited the growth of anabena. For aeration tests, 0.54 vvm was optimum for anabena cultivation. For a semi-continuous cultivation test, ethyl acetate was used after 0.54 vvm test was finished. Then, test continued under 0.54 vvm and 40 mM of ethyl acetate. Lower specific growth rate and maximum biomass productivity were obtained compared to those from batch cultivation tests. However, the greatest maximum concentration of 5.91 g/L was obtained during the semi-continuous cultivation test.

Quantitative Determination of Organic Yield by Continuous Percolation Processes of Bio-wastes at K Composting Plant

  • Seo, Jeoung-Yoon;Jager, Johannes
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.123-130
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    • 2014
  • Percolation is the important process of extracting the soluble constituents of a fine mesh, porous substance by passage of a liquid through it. In this study, bio-wastes were percolated under various conditions through continuous percolation processes, and the energy potential of percolate was evaluated. The representative bio-wastes from the K composting plant in Darmstadt, Germany were used as the sample for percolation. The central objective of this study was to determine the optimal amount of process water and the optimum duration of percolation through the bio-wastes. For economic reasons, the retention time of the percolation medium should be as long as necessary and as short as possible. For the percolation of the bio-wastes, the optimal percolation time was 2 hr and maximum percolation time was 4 hr. After 2 hr, more than two-thirds of the organic substances from the input material were percolated. In the first percolation process, the highest yields of organic substance were achieved. The best percolation of the bio-wastes was achieved when the process water of 2 L for the first percolation procedure and then the process water of 1.5 L for each further percolation procedure for a total 8 L for all five procedures were used on 1,000 g fresh bio-waste. The gas formation potentials of 0.83 and $0.96Nm^3/ton$ fresh matter (FM) were obtained based on the percolate from 1 hr percolation of 1,000 g bio-waste with the process water of 2 L according to the measurement of the gas formation in 21 days (GB21). This method can potentially contribute to reducing fossil fuel consumption and thus combating climate change.