• Computers and Concrete
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.263-278
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• 2022

Limestone calcined clay cement (LC³) is a low carbon alternative to conventional cement. Literature shows that using limestone and calcined clay in LC³ increases the thermal degradation of LC³ pastes and can increase the magnitude of fire risk in LC³ concrete structures. Higher thermal degradation of LC³ paste prompts this study toward understanding the fire performance of LC³ concrete and the associated magnitude of fire risk. For fire performance, concrete prepared using ordinary Portland cement (OPC), pozzolanic Portland cement (PPC) and LC³ were exposed to 16 scenarios of different elevated temperatures (400℃, 600℃, 800℃, and 1000℃) for different durations (0.5 h, 1 h, 2 h, and 4 h). After exposure to elevated temperatures, mass loss, residual ultrasonic pulse velocity (rUPV) and residual compressive strength (rCS) were measured as the residual properties of concrete. XRD (X-ray diffraction), TGA (thermogravimetric analysis) and three-factor ANOVA (analysis of variance) are also used to compare the fire performance of LC³ with OPC and PPC. Monte Carlo simulation has been used to assess the magnitude of fire risk in LC³ structures and devise recommendations for the robust application of LC³. Results show that LC³ concrete has weaker fire performance, with average rCS being 11.06% and 1.73% lower than OPC and PPC concrete. Analysis of 106 fire scenarios, in Indian context, shows lower rCS and higher failure probability for LC³ (95.05%, 2.22%) than OPC (98.16%, 0.22%) and PPC (96.48%, 1.14%). For robust application, either LC³ can be restricted to residential and educational structures (failure probability <0.5%), or LC³ can have reserve strength (factor of safety >1.08).

• 산업기술연구
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• 제30권B호
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• pp.119-123
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• 2010

LC-3 is an educational microprocessor for processor logic design, instruction execution fundamentals, and assembly language programming. This paper presents an IDE software, LIDE (LC-3 Integrated Development Environment), which integrates assembly program editor, LC-3 assembler, and LC-3 simulator.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2019

Transglutaminase 2 (TGase 2) plays a key role in p53 regulation, depleting p53 tumor suppressor through autophagy in renal cell carcinoma. We found that microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3 (LC3), a hallmark of autophagy, were tightly associated with the level of TGase 2 in cancer cells. TGase 2 overexpression increased LC3 levels, and TGase 2 knockdown decreased LC3 levels in cancer cells. Transcript abundance of LC3 was inversely correlated with level of wild type p53. TGase 2 knockdown using siRNA, or TGase 2 inhibition using GK921 significantly reduced autophagy through reduction of LC3 transcription, which was followed by restoration of p53 levels in cancer cells. TGase 2 overexpression promoted the autophagy process by LC3 induction, which was correlated with p53 depletion in cancer cells. Rapamycin-resistant cancer cells also showed higher expression of LC3 compared to the rapamycin-sensitive cancer cells, which was tightly correlated with TGase 2 levels. TGase 2 knockdown or TGase 2 inhibition sensitized rapamycin-resistant cancer cells to drug treatment. In summary, TGase 2 induces drug resistance by potentiating autophagy through LC3 induction via p53 regulation in cancer.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.538-550
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• 1998

The variable frequency and variable voltage AC source made by a conventional inverter which is composed of power semi-conductors includes much noises in sine wave due to high frequency switching of DC source. In this paper the 3rd low pass LC filter for a variable speed 3 phase induction motor driven by a full bridge inverter is introduced to solve the EMI problem by serious noise current. The utility of a modified 3rd order Butterworth LC filter is confirmed through FFT analysis of sine waves and noiseless ACsource can be obtained by the proposed LC filter. The speed of a 3 phase induction motor driven by a full bridge inverter with a LC filter is satisfactorily controlled by a digital PID controller under the condition of stepwise load and setpoint changes.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.4215-4221
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• 2013

Purposes: Lung cancer is prevalent worldwide and improvements in timely and effective diagnosis are need. Pentraxin-3 as a novel serum marker for lung cancer (LC) has not been validated in large cohort studies. The aim of the study was to assess its clinical value in diagnosis and prognosis. Methods: We analyzed serum PTX-3 levels in a total of 1,605 patients with LC, benign lung diseases and healthy controls, as well as 493 non-lung cancer patients including 12 different types of cancers. Preoperative and postoperative data were further assessed in patients undergoing LC resection. The diagnostic performance of PTX-3 for LC and early-stage LC was assessed using receiver operating characteristics (ROC) by comparing with serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), cytokeratin 19 fragments (CYFRA 21-1). Results: Levels of PTX-3 in serum were significantly higher in patients with LC than all controls. ROC curves showed the optimum diagnostic cutoff was 8.03ng/mL (AUC 0.823, [95%CI 0.789-0.856], sensitivity 72.8%, and specificity 77.3% in the test cohort; 0.802, [95%CI 0.762-0.843], sensitivity 69.7%, and specificity 76.4% in the validate cohort). Similar diagnostic performance of PTX-3 was observed for early-stage LC. PTX-3 decreased following surgical resection of LC and increased with tumor recurrence. Significantly elevated PTX-3 levels were also seen in patients with non-lung cancers. Conclusions: The present data revealed that PTX-3 was significantly increased in both tissue and serum samples in LC patients. PTX-3 is a valuable biomarker for LC and improved identification of patients with LC and early-stage LC from those with non-malignant lung diseases.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.107-118
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• 1995

The characteristics of the current waveforms and 3$\Phi$ power waveforms of the variable speed 3$\Phi$ AC motor system driven by the single-pulse PWM investigated in this paper. The system is composed of a digital bridge inverter and low pass LC filter. It is confirmed that current waveforms and 3$\Phi$ power waveforms can be improved by utilizing the high order low pass LC filter than that of lower order through computer simulation. Also, we propose the low pass LC filter revised from the conventional LC filter.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.393-398
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• 2012

Recently, we reported that defective autophagy may contribute to the inhibition of the growth in response to PP2 (4-amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine), a selective SFK inhibitor, in multidrug-resistant v-Ha-ras-transformed NIH 3T3 cells (Ras-NIH 3T3/Mdr). In this study, we demonstrated that PP2 induces LC3 conversion via a mechanism that is uncoupled from autophagy and increases apoptosis in Ras-NIH 3T3/Mdr cells. PP2 preferentially induced autophagy in Ras-NIH 3T3 cells rather than in Ras-NIH 3T3/Mdr cells as determined by LC3-I to LC3-II conversion and GFP-LC3 fluorescence microscopy. Beclin 1 knockdown experiments showed that, regardless of drug resistance, PP2 induces autophagy via a Beclin 1-dependent mechanism. PP2 induced a conformational change in Beclin 1, resulting in the enhancement of the pro-autophagic activity of Beclin 1, in Ras-NIH 3T3 cells. Further, PI3K inhibition induced by wortmannin caused a significant increase in apoptosis in Ras-NIH 3T3 cells, as demonstrated by flow cytometric analysis of Annexin V staining, implying that autophagy inhibition through PI3K increases apoptosis in response to PP2 in Ras-NIH 3T3 cells. However, despite the fact that wortmannin abrogates PP2-induced GFP-LC3 punctae formation, some LC3 conversion remains in Ras-NIH 3T3/Mdr cells, suggesting that LC3 conversion may occur in an autophagy-independent manner. Taken together, these results suggest that PP2 induces LC3 conversion independent of PI3K, concomitant with the uncoupling of LC3 conversion from autophagy, in multidrug-resistant cells.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.1255-1263
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• 1997

Sprague-Dawely계$(165{\pm}20\;g)$ 수컷 흰쥐를 난괴법에 따라 각 군당 6마리씩 C군(일반사료), 1G군(일반사료+1% 녹차물), L-1G군(돈지+1% 녹차물), L-3G군 (돈지+3% 녹차물), LC군(돈지+콜레스테롤), LC-1G군(돈지+콜레스테롤+l% 녹차물), LC-3G군(돈지+콜레스데롤+3% 녹차물) 등 7개군으로 나누어 고콜레스데롤을 초래하는 식이인 1% 콜레스테롤과 10 g의 라아드를 첨가한 식이와 함께 1%와 3% 농도의 녹차를 4주 동안 급여하여 혈청지질 및 콜레스테롤 수준과 간지방 침착정도을 조사하였다. 식이 평균 섭취량은 L-1G군, L-3G군, LC군, LC-1G군, LC-3G군은 C군과 1G군에 비해 전체적으로 낮았으며 녹차 평균 음용량은 모든군에서 $195.61{\sim}213.28\;mL$ 음용하여 증류수와 녹차의 농도에 따른 각 군간에는 차이가 없었다. 체중 증가량은 LC군 195 g으로 다른 모든군에 비하여 가장 높았고 특히 L-3G군 100 g에 비해서는 2배정도의 차이가 나타났다 식이효율은 LC군이 0.45로 모든군에 비해 높았으며 특히 1G군, LC-1G군에 비해 높았다. 혈청의 지질농도에서 TC수준은 LC군 68.67mg/dl, 1G군 48.33 mg/dl으로 LC군이 모든군에 비하여 높았으며 특히 1G군과는 차이를 나타냈다. 혈청의 HDL-C는 1G군이 61.00 mg/dl, L-lG군이 34.20 mg/dl로 1G 군이 TC수준과는 반대로 가장 높았으며(p<0.01) L-3G군, LC군, LC-1G군, LC-3G군이 비슷한 수준으로 낮았으나 C군과 L-1G군보다는 낮았다. HDL-C에 대한 TC의 비율은 1G군 0.79, LC군 1.68로 C군과 LC군에 비해 녹차를 음용한 1G군, LC-3G군, L-3G군, LC-1G군, L-1G군 순으로 낮았고 특히 HDL-C가 가장 높은 1G군이 낮았다. TG농도는 LC군 113.80 mg/dl로 모든 군에 비해 가장 높았으나 특히 3% 녹차 음용군인 L-3G군, LC-3G군은 낮았다. PL농도는 C군 152.00 mg/dl, LC군 148.67 mg/이, 1G군 119.00 mg/dl로 C군과 LC군은 모든 군에서 높았으나 특히 1G군과 LC-3G군은 낮았다. 간장의 총지질 함량은 LC군 8.16% 모든 군에서 높았으며 1G군이 3.68%로 가장 낮았다. 간조직의 지방침착 정도는 대조군은 oil red O 양성액포가 간소엽 전체에 매우 미약하고 작은 구상형태로 세포질에서 적색으로 관찰되어 거의 정상에 가까웠다. LC군은 모든 다른군의 oil red O 소견에 비해 양성 액포수도 많았고 액포의 크기도 가장 크게 나타나 지방침착이 심해졌음을 알 수 있었다. 이에 비해 즉차음용군은 oil red O 양성 액포수와 액포의 크기가 적어져 $55.6{\sim}75.7%$로 감소되어 지방침착의 감소경향을 보였다.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2023년도 봄 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.151-152
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• 2023

This study investigates the effect of nano-silica and nano-calcite on the hydration properties and mechanical performance of limestone calcined clay cement (LC³) paste. The pastes were synthesized by replacing limestone with nano-silica and nano-calcite in order to enhance the mechanical properties in both early and late stages of hydration. The nano-calcite enhanced the strength of LC³ pastes at 1 day of hydration, however, the strength decreased compared to the ordinary LC³ pastes afterwards due to excessive amount of carboaluminate produced in the pastes. On the other hand, nano-silica improved the mechanical properties of LC³ pastes at all ages of hydration. This is mainly due to the nucleation effect and pozzolanic reaction of nano-silica, affecting the early age and late ages of hydration, respectively. The nucleation effect of both nanomaterials were confirmed by the analysis of hydration heat, supporting the enhanced early age strength of nanomaterial incorporated LC³ pastes. Furthermore, the dense matrix was shown in the pore size distribution, and the increased C-S-H due to the pozzolanic reaction evidence the improved compressive and splitting tensile strength of nano-silica incorporated LC³ pastes.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.1894-1898
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• 2007

본 연구는 산업체에서 널리 사용되어지고 있는 기존의 3상 AC-DC 컨버터에서 무게와 부피를 획기적으로 줄일 수 있는 고역율 3상 AC-DC컨버터를 제안하였다. 제안된 고역율 3상 AC-DC 컨버터는 LC 필터를 제거 한 상태에서 효율성과 다탕성을 검증함으로써 경량화는 물론 저 비용을 실현할 수 있게 된다. 또한 LC 필터를 제거하였음에도 불구하고 성능 면에서 볼 때 기존의 AC-DC 컨버터와 비슷한 성능을 얻을 수 있으므로 고전력 밀도 및 고역율이 요구되는 항공 우주 분야에 응용이 가능해 질 것으로 기대된다.