• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.8-19
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• 2008

목적 : 본 연구에서는 인체 뇌 대사물질에 대하여 2D MR 기술인 correlation spectroscopy (COSY) 와 nuclear Overhauser effect/enhancement spectroscopy (NOESY)를 직접 적용하고, 데이터를 획득하여 인체 뇌대사물질들간의 스칼라 짝지움 (coupling)과 쌍극자 (dipolar) 상호작용- NOE에 대한 분석을 통하여 결합연결관계 및 공간연결관계에 대한 정보를 획득하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 모든 2-D (dimensional) MR 실험 (즉, COSY와 NOESY)은 z축 능동차폐 펄스경사자장, 삼중공명 동결탐침기가 장착된 Bruker Avance 500 (11.8 T) 장비에서 298 K에 수행되었다. MRS상에서 뇌 대사물질과 유사하도록만든 희석액을 만들었고, 최종 MRS 샘플은 10% $D_2O$를 이용하였다. 2-D 스펙트라는 2048 복합 (complex) 데이터 포인트로서 총 320개 의 free induction decay (FID)를 평균화 (averaging)하였고, $H_2O$에서 얻어진 스펙트라는 8012 Hz 였다. 반복지연 (repetition delay) 시간은 2초, 각각의 FID는 4개의 평균화를 선택하였다. 얻어진 2D-COSY, 2D-NOESY 데이터는 Top Spin 2.0 소프트웨어에서 후 처리기법 (post-processing)에 의해 분석되었다. 분석 대상 대사물질은 N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), creatine (Cr), choline (Cho), glutamine (Gln), glutamate (Glu), myo-inositol (Ins), lactate (Lac)로서 총 7 가지 화학물로서 주요 목표 피크로 정했다. 결과 : 인체 뇌 대사물질에 대한 대칭형태의 2D-COSY와 2D-NOESY 스펙트럼을 획득하였고, COSY 스펙트럼상에서는 오직 1.0-4.5 ppm 사이에서만 교차피크들이 생성된 반면 NOESY 스펙트럼상에서는 1.0-4.5 ppm 외에도 7.9 ppm에서 공명 교차피크를 발견할 수 있었다. COSY 스펙트럼을 통하여 lactate에서 메틸 프로톤과 CH 프로톤의 COSY 크로스피크가 발견되었고, NAA에서 메틸렌 프로톤들간과 메틸렌 프로톤과 NH프로톤의 크로스피크가 발견되었고, Ins에서 CH 프로톤 들간의 크로스피크가 발견되었다. NOESY 스펙트럼을 통하여 NAA 분자내 NH 프로톤과 메틸 (-CH3) 프로톤과의 NOESY 크로스피크가 발견되었고, lactate에서 메틸 프로톤과 CH 프로톤과의 크로스피크가 발견되었고, Cr에서 메틸 프로톤과 메틸렌 프로톤과의 크로스피크가 발견되었고, Glu에서 메틸렌 프로톤 들간과 또한 메틸렌 프로톤과 CH 프로톤과의 크로스피크가 발견되었고, Gln에서 메틸렌 프로톤과 CH 프로톤과의 크로스피크가 발견되었고, Ins에서 CH 프로톤 들간의 크로스피크가 발견되었다. 결론 : 본 연구에서는 in vitro 상태의 인체 뇌 대사물질에 2D-COSY와 2D-NOESY 기술을 직접 적용하고, 결합연결관계 및 공간연결관계에 대한 정보를 성공적으로 획득하여 분석하여 보았다. 본 연구 결과물은 향후 인체 내 in vivo 2D-COSY를 이용한 뇌 대사물질 연구에 매우 유용하리라 사료된다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.463-475
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• 2022

In the mine exploitation stage; one of the critical issues is the stability assessment of post-pillars. The instability of post-pillars leads to serious safety hazards in mining operations. The focus of this study is to assess the stability of post-pillars in the 130# stope in the central ore body at Trepça hard rock mine by employing both conventional (i.e., critical span curve) and numerical methods (i.e., FLAC3D). Moreover, a new numerical based index (i.e., Pillar Yield Ratio-PYR) was proposed. The aim of PYR index is to determine a border line between stable, potentially unstable, and failure state of post-pillars at a specific mine site. The critical value of pillar width to height ratio is 2.5 for deep production stopes (e.g., > 800 m). Results showed that pillar size, mining height and mining depth significantly have affected the post-pillar stability. The reliability of numerical based index (i.e., PYR) is verified based on empirical underground pillar stability graph developed by Lunder, 1994. The proposed pillar yield ratio index and pillar stability graph can be used as a design tool in new mining areas at Trepça hard rock mine and for other situations with similar geotechnical conditions.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권7호
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• pp.2828-2834
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• 2024

This research intends to recycle bone and incorporate it into concrete for radiation shielding application using Phy-X/PSD software. Cement, sand and granite were mixed in proportion of 0.5 kg:1 kg:1 kg to obtain sample A. Other concretes composing of cement, sand, granite and bone ash was in proportion 0.45 kg:1 kg:1 kg:0.05 kg, 0.1 kg:1 kg:1 kg:0.4 kg and 0.35 kg:1 kg:1 kg:0.15 kg to obtain samples B, C and D respectively. 0.5 water-to-cement (W/C) ratio was adopted throughout the mixes because the control mix contain the normal water quantity for normal hydration of cement. Replacing the bone ash for the cement in the fabricated concretes enhances their densities where the fabricated concretes' density decreased from 2.33 g/cm³ to 2.22 g/cm³ by raising the reinforcing bones fly ash concentration from 0 to 0.15 kg. Additionally, increasing the bones fly ash concentration within the fabricated concretes increases their linear attenuation coefficient (LAC) where the fabricated concretes' μ values at 0.662 MeV reach 0.181 cm^-1, 0.178 cm^-1, 0.174 cm^-1, and 0.171 cm^-1, respectively for concretes A, B, C, and D. The use of other local materials is recommended, as it improves waste management being the major aim of the sustainable development goal.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.14-25
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• 2008

To investigate the 3-bond connectivity of human brain metabolites by scalar coupling interaction through 2D-correlation spectroscopy (COSY) techniques using high field NMR spectroscopy. All NMR experiments were performed at 298K on Unity Inova 500 or 600 (Varian Inc.) equipped with a triple resonance probe head with z-shield gradient. Human brain metabolites were prepared with 10% $D_2O$. Two dimensional 2D COSY spectra were acquired with 4096 complex data points in $t_2$ and 128 or 256 increments in $t_1$ dimension. The spectral width was 9615.4 Hz and solvent suppression was achieved using presaturation using low power irradiation of the water resonance during 2s of relaxation delay. NMR data were processed using VNMRJ (Varian Instrument) software and all the chemical shifts were referenced to the methyl resonance of N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) peak at 2.0 ppm. Total 10 metabolites such as N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), creatine (Cr), choline (Cho), glutamine (Gln), glutamate (Glu), myo-inositol (Ins), lactate (Lac), taurine (Tau), ${\gamma}$-aminobutyricacid (GABA), alanine (Ala) were included for major target metabolites. Symmetrical 2D-COSY spectra were successfully acquired. Total 14 COSY cross peaks were observed even though there were parallel/orthogonal noisy peaks induced by water suppression. Except for Cr, all of human brain metabolites produced COSY cross peaks. The spectra of NAA methyl proton at 2.02 ppm and Glu methylene proton ($CH_2(3)$) at 2.11 ppm and Gln methylene proton ($CH_2(3)$) at 2.14 ppm were overlapped in the similar resonance frequency between 2.00 ppm and 2.15 ppm. The present study demonstrated that in vitro 2D-COSY represented the 3-bond connectivity of human brain metabolites by scalar coupling interaction. This study could aid in better understanding the interactions between human brain metabolites in vivo 2D-COSY study. Also it would be helpful to determine the molecular stereochemistry in vivo by using two-dimensional MR spectroscopy.