• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.90-94
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• 2005

Prazosin hydrochloride is an antihypertensive drug with selective ${\alpha}_1$-adrenoreceptor blocking effects. A simple high performance liquid chromatographic method has been developed and validated for the quantitative determination of prazosin in human plasma. A reversed-phase C18 column was used for the separation of prazosin and terazosin (internal standard) with a mobile phase composed of water, acetonitrile and triethylamine(75:25:0.1, V/V;pH5.0) at a flow rate of 1.5 ml/min. the fluorescence detector was set at excitation and emissionwavelengths of 250 and 370 nm, respectively. Intra-and inter-day precision and accuracy were acceptable for all quality control samples including the lower limit of quantification of 0.5 ng/ml. Good recovery (>80%) was seen in plasma. Prazosin was stable in human plasma under various storage conditions. This method was used successfully for a pharmacokinetic study in plasma after oral administration of a single 2-mg dose as prazosin base to 16 healthy volunteers. The maximum plasma concentration of prazosin was 23.1 ${\pm}$ 16.5 ng/ml at 2.1 h, and the mean area under the curve and elimination half-life were calculated to be 108.4 ${\pm}$ 74.2 ng ${\cdot}$hr/ml and 2.5 ${\pm}$ 0.6 h, respectively.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제60권1호
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• pp.131-148
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• 2016

Tuned Liquid Dampers (TLDs) provide low damping when it comes to deep water condition, and that not all water depth is mobilized in energy dissipation. This research focussed on a method to improve the efficiency of TLDs with deep water condition. Several bottom-mounted baffles were installed inside a TLD and the dynamic characteristics of modified TLDs together with their effect on the vibration control of a SDOF structure were studied experimentally. A series of free vibration and harmonic forced vibration tests were carried out. The controlling parameter in the conducted tests was the Vertical Blocking Ratio (VBR) of baffles. Results indicated that increase in VBR decreases the natural frequency of TLD and increases its damping ratio. It was found that the VBR range of 10% to 30% reduced response of the structure significantly. The modified TLD with the VBR of 30% showed the best performance when reduction in structural responses under harmonic excitations were compared.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.671-675
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• 2012

본 연구는 2008년부터 2010년까지 경기도 여주군 능서면 오계2리 SCB 액비를 시용한 논에서 수질환경 부하 저감을 위한 물관리 방안을 제시하고자 시험을 수행하였다. 첫째, 액비가 시용된 경지정리된 논에서는 시용 직후부터 이앙 후 3주까지 물 흘러대기를 금지하여 시용된 양분의 환경부하를 최소화하면서 시비효율을 높이는 방안, 둘째, 액비를 최소 이앙 20일 전에 시비하여 토양 중 양분 보유 능력을 높여 작물의 양분 이용효율을 높이는 방안, 셋째, 액비 살포 후 바로 경운시 담수심을 5 cm내외로 유지하여 환경부하 저감 및 용수절감 효과를 높이는 방안, 넷째, 액비 중에 포함되어 있는 분변성 대장균은 논에 시용 후 48시간 후부터 소멸되기 시작하므로 최소 2일 동안 물꼬를 막아 논 표면수의 유출을 억제하여 대장균에 의한 인근 하천 수계 오염을 저감하는 방안이 있다. 그러나, 본 연구에서는 SCB 액비를 시용하는 평탄지 논에서 수행한 연구결과로 물관리 패턴이 다른 곡간지 논에서는 한계점이 있을 것으로 생각되나 액비를 시용하는 논은 대부분 시용이 용이한 경지정리된 평탄지 논으로 본 연구결과들은 외부 수질환경 부하를 방지하기 위한 영농지도 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제46권8호
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• pp.524-537
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• 2008

Zr-based amorphous alloy matrix composites reinforced with metallic continuous fibers were fabricated by liquid pressing process, and their fracture properties were investigated by directly observing microfracture process using an in situ loading stage installed inside a scanning electron microscope chamber. About 60 vol.% of metallic fibers were homogeneously distributed inside the amorphous matrix. Apparent fracture toughness of the stainless-steel- and tungsten-fiber-reinforced composites was lower than that of monolithic amorphous alloy, while that of the Ta-fiber-reinforced composite was higher. According to the microfracture observation, shear bands or cracks were initiated at the amorphous matrix, and the propagation of the initiated shear bands or cracks was effectively blocked by fibers, thereby resulting in stable crack growth which could be confirmed by the fracture resistance curve (R-curve) behavior. This increase in fracture resistance with increasing crack length improved fracture properties of the fiber-reinforced composites, and could be explained by mechanisms of formation of multiple shear bands or multiple cracks at the amorphous matrix and blocking of crack or shear band propagation and multiple necking at metallic fibers.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.374-377
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• 2009

The operating temperature of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) usually has to be limited under $100^{\circ}C$ to maintain the proper ionic conductivity. Therefore, the only product from reaction, water, is in the liquid phase. Two-phase flow makes the flow phenomenon in the channel difficult to understand and predict. Water blocking in the PEMFC channel or the pore of Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL), called flooding, is known as the main effect of PEMFC degradation. To analyze two-phase flow, the PEMFC with transparent acrylic plate was used. Two-phase flow patterns were observed by varying the current density. When the PEMFC is mounted horizontally, water in the cathode is mainly transported on the interface between the channel and GDL.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제59권5호
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• pp.454-465
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• 2015

본 연구의 목적은 액체 혼합물의 끓음에 대한 예비 화학교사의 인식을 알아보는 것이다. 이를 위해 사범대학에 재학 중인 예비 화학교사 65명을 대상으로 에탄올 수용액의 끓는점과 가열 곡선 유형, 용액이 끓을 때의 기포 속 입자 모형 등에 대한 설문조사를 실시하고, 이 중 9명을 면담하였다. 그 결과, 50% 몰분율의 에탄올 수용액의 끓는점에 대한 예비교사의 인식은 ‘78-100 ℃ 구간에서 끓기 시작한다’는 과학적인 응답이 52.3%이었고, ‘에탄올 끓는점인 78 ℃에서 끓기 시작한다’고 생각하는 응답이 35.4%이었다. 전자의 경우, 물과 에탄올의 부분 증기압력의 합이 순수한 에탄올의 증기압력보다 작고, 물의 증기압력보다 커진다는 과학적인 설명에 비해 ‘끓을 때 에탄올 분자가 물 분자와의 인력이나 진로 방해 등을 통해 순수한 끓는점보다 높아진다’고 생각하는 설명이 많았다. 후자의 경우, 에탄올이 먼저 끓는데, 끓는점은 물질의 고유성질이므로 혼합물이 되어도 변하지 않는다고 생각하였다. 액체 혼합물의 가열 시 온도변화에 대해서는 끓기 시작하면서 온도가 증가하다가 일정한 온도가 된다고 생각하는 응답자가 69.2%이었으나 이들은 에탄올이 끓으면서 기화되어, 액체상에 물의 비율이 높아지기 때문에 점점 끓는점이 증가하게 된다는 설명을 하거나, 에탄올은 상태 변화하지만 액체로 남아있는 물이 열에너지를 흡수하기 때문에 혼합액체의 온도가 증가한다는 설명을 제시하였다. 상당수의 예비교사는 두 개의 일정한 온도 구간이 나타난다는 응답을 하였는데 이들은 액체 혼합물의 각 성분이 자신의 고유한 끓는점에서 상태변화를 한다고 생각하고 있었다. 또한, 액체 혼합물의 증발과 끓음 상황에서 기체상에서의 입자 모형을 분석한 결과, 증발 상황에서는 대부분의 예비교사가 기체상에 물과 에탄올이 동시에 존재하는 모형을 그렸으나, 끓음 상황에서는 기체상에 에탄올만 존재하는 모형을 그리는 비율이 증가하였다. 결과를 바탕으로 예비교사들이 혼합액체의 끓음에 대해 가지고 있는 대체적 개념과 이들의 인식 개선을 위한 시사점을 논의하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.355-364
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• 2008

Mushrooms are regarded as one of the well-known foods and biopharmaceutical materials with a great deal of interest. ${\beta}$-Glucan is the major component of mushrooms that displays various biological activities such as antidiabetic, anticancer, and antihyperlipidemic effects. In this study, we explored the molecular mechanism of its immunostimulatory potency in immune responses of macrophages, using exopolysaccharides prepared from liquid culture of Lentinus edodes. We found that fraction II (F-II), with large molecular weight protein polysaccharides, is able to strongly upregulate the phenotypic functions of macrophages such as phagocytic uptake, ROS/NO production, cytokine expression, and morphological changes. F-II triggered the nuclear translocation of NF-${\kappa}B$ and activated its upstream signaling cascades such as PI3K/Akt and MAPK pathways, as assessed by their phosphorylation levels. The function-blocking antibodies to dectin-1 and TLR-2, but not CR3, markedly suppressed F-II-mediated NO production. Therefore, our data suggest that mushroom-derived ${\beta}$-glucan may exert its immunostimulating potency via activation of multiple signaling pathways.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2021

Modern society shows rapid growth that is different from that of the development of existing technologies. The development of these technologies has led to the tendency of buildings to become dense, large and advancing. Regarding fire hazards, the possibility of large-scale fires causing fatal damage, due to the rapid spread of fire, increases. Therefore, for this reason, fire defense, i.e. detection and fire extinguishing facilities, in buildings are essential and well applied. But there are always limitations to that. Based on this reason, we would like to suggest the introduction of a new concept of a fire safety system. The method presented here is not only to use a single system for fire detection and fire extinguishing systems but to jointly use it in the environment and energy management fields within the building. However, an important step is required before introducing a system of these technologies. The fire extinguishing method proposed by this system is a method of extinguishing by blocking oxygen flowing into the space where the fire occurred. However, a sufficient basis is needed for this system to be applied in practice. Therefore, in this study, we intend to conduct a preliminary experiment to introduce the new concept of fire detection and extinguishing. The experiment used ethanol with a relatively simple combustion reaction and a high possibility of complete combustion. As a result, it was confirmed how the internal values changed during a fire using ethanol. Resultingly, we obtained the internal oxygen concentration and internal environmental changes according to the initial flame size. Lastly, the data accumulated in this study can be used as data for application in an automatic fire extinguishing system.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.567-572
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• 2013

In many electro-devices, the vacuum process is used as the manufacturing process. However, the vacuum process has a problem, it is difficult to apply to a continuous process such as a R2R(roll to roll) printing process. In this paper, we propose an ESD (electro static deposition) printing process has been used to apply an organic solar cell of thin film forming. ESD is a method of liquid atomization by electrical forces, an electrostatic atomizer sprays micro-drops from the solution injected into the capillary with electrostatic force generated by electric potential of about several tens kV. The organic solar cell based on a P3HT/PCBM active layer and a PEDOT:PSS electron blocking layer prepared from ESD method shows solar-to-electrical conversion efficiency of 1.42% at AM 1.5G 1sun light illumination, while 1.86% efficiency is observed when the ESD deposition of P3HT/PCBM is performed on a spin-coated PEDOT:PSS layer.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.137-145
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• 2016

This study screened the biological activity of an acidified gill extract of the Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum including antimicrobial, hemolytic, membrane permeabilization, and DNA-binding activity, and purified the antimicrobial material. The acidified gill extract showed potent antimicrobial activity against Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli without significant hemolytic activity, but showed no membrane permeabilization or DNA-binding ability. An antimicrobial material was purified from the acidified gill extract using C₁₈ reversed-phase and cation-exchange high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Treatment of the purified material with trypsin completely abolished all of the antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis, suggesting that the purified material is a proteinaceous antibiotic. The molecular weight of the purified material was 2571.9 Da, but no primary structural information was obtained due to N-terminal blocking. A future study should confirm the primary structure. Our results suggest that the Manila clam gill contains proteinaceous antibiotics that have a role in first-line defense. This information could be used to better understand the Manila clam innate immune system.