• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2016

Background: A number of neurological and neurodegenerative diseases share impaired cognition as a common symptom. Therefore, the development of clinically applicable therapies to enhance cognition has yielded significant interest. Previously, we have shown that activation of lysophosphatidic acid receptors (LPARs) via gintonin application potentiates synaptic transmission by the blockade of $K^+$ channels in the mature hippocampus. However, whether gintonin may exert any beneficial impact directly on cognition at the neural circuitry level and the behavioral level has not been investigated. Methods: In the current study, we took advantage of gintonin, a novel LPAR agonist, to investigate the effect of gintonin-mediated LPAR activation on cognitive performances. Hippocampus-dependent fear memory test, synaptic plasticity in the hippocampal brain slices, and quantitative analysis on synaptic plasticity-related proteins were used. Results: Daily oral administration of gintonin for 1 wk significantly improved fear memory retention in the contextual fear-conditioning test in mice.We also found that oral administration of gintonin for 1 wk increased the expression of learning and memory-related proteins such as phosphorylated cyclic adenosine monophosphate-response element binding (CREB) protein and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). In addition, prolonged gintonin administration enhanced long-term potentiation in the hippocampus. Conclusion: Our observations suggest that the systemic gintonin administration could successfully improve contextual memory formation at the molecular and synaptic levels as well as the behavioral level. Therefore, oral administration of gintonin may serve as an effective noninvasive, nonsurgical method of enhancing cognitive functions.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.985-990
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• 2019

역사적으로 중요한 사건이 일어난 시기를 다루는 교과목에서는 기억법이 적용되면 교육 효과를 높일 수 있다. 수치 기억법 기반의 연구에서 점, 선, 막대 등과 같은 부가 정보를 적용함으로써 기억률을 높이는 방법들이 연구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이전 연구에서 부족했던 장기기억 메커니즘을 적용한 방법을 제안한다. 이는 사용자가 실수로 입력한 오류 데이터를 수정해주는 메커니즘으로 기억의 환기 효과를 부여하여 기억률을 높이고자 한다. 이를 위해 모바일 환경에서 진행되는 특유의 과정을 제안하고, 실수 수정 수치 알고리즘을 구현 평가한다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2024

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) has memory impairment associated with aggregation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. Although anti-amyloid β (Aβ) protein antibody and chemical drugs can be prescribed in the clinic, they show adverse effects or low effectiveness. Therefore, the development of a new drug is necessarily needed. We focused on the cognitive function of Panax ginseng and tried to find active ingredient(s). We isolated panaxcerol D, a kind of glycosyl glyceride, from the non-saponin fraction of P. ginseng extract. Methods: We explored effects of acute or sub-chronic administration of panaxcerol D on cognitive function in scopolamine- or Aβ_25-35 peptide-treated mice measured by several behavioral tests. After behavioral tests, we tried to unveil the underlying mechanism of panaxcerol D on its cognitive function by Western blotting. Results: We found that pananxcerol D reversed short-term, long-term and object recognition memory impairments. The decreased extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK) or Ca²⁺/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) in scopolamine-treated mice was normalized by acute administration of panaxcerol D. Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), caspase 3, NF-kB p65, synaptophysin and brainderived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression levels in Aβ_25-35 peptide-treated mice were modulated by sub-chronic administration of panaxcerol D. Conclusion: Pananxcerol D could improve memory impairments caused by cholinergic blockade or Aβ accumulation through increased phosphorylation level of ERK or its anti-inflammatory effect. Thus, panaxcerol D as one of non-saponin compounds could be used as an active ingredient of P. ginseng for improving cognitive function.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.94-101
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• 2020

In the age of industry 4.0, artificial intelligence is being widely used to realize machinery condition monitoring. Due to their excellent performance and the ability to handle large volumes of data, machine learning techniques have been applied to realize the fault diagnosis of different equipment. In this study, we performed the failure mode effect analysis (FMEA) of an aluminum electrolytic capacitor by using deep learning and big data. Several tests were performed to identify the main failure mode of the aluminum electrolytic capacitor, and it was noted that the capacitance reduced significantly over time due to overheating. To reflect the capacitance degradation behavior over time, we employed the Vanilla long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network architecture. The LSTM neural network has been demonstrated to achieve excellent long-term predictions. The prediction results and metrics of the LSTM and Vanilla LSTM models were examined and compared. The Vanilla LSTM outperformed the conventional LSTM in terms of the computational resources and time required to predict the capacitance degradation.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.195-203
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• 2014

We investigated the effect low salt (2 or 4% salt) concentrations jeotgal made from Todarodes pacificus on the learning and memory impairments in scopolamine-induced (2 mg/kg, i.p.) dementia rats. Rats treated with oral BF-7 (200 mg/kg, p.o.) as a positive control and Todarodes pacificus jeotgal had significantly reduced scopolamine-induced memory deficits in the passive avoidance test. The Morris water maze test or treatment with 2% salt jeotgal made from Todarodes pacificus significantly ameliorated the scopolamine-induced memory deficits in the formation of long- and short-term memory. The acetylcholine content and acetylcholinesterase acitivity paralleled the results of the behavior experiment. There were no significant differences in the brain acetylcholine contents of the experimental groups, while the brain acetylcholine content of the group treated with 2% salt Todarodes pacificus jeotgal was higher than that of the control group. The inhibitory effect of 2% salt jeotgal made from Todarodes pacificus on the acetylcholinesterase activity in the brain was lower than that of the control group. These trends were similar to those of the gamma-aminobutyric acid content. We suggest that Todarodes pacificus jeotgal enhances learning memory and cognitive function by regulating cholinergic enzymes.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제59권2호
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• pp.191-199
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• 2021

화학 공정의 주요 설비 중 하나인 증류탑은 물질들의 끓는점 차이를 이용하여 혼합물에서 원하는 생산물을 분리하는 설비이며 증류 공정은 많은 에너지가 소비되기 때문에 최적화 및 운전 예측이 필요하다. 본 연구의 대상 공정은 공급처에 따라 원료의 조성이 일정하지 않아 정상 상태로 운전이 어려워 효율적인 운전이 어렵다. 이를 해결하기 위해 데이터 기반 예측 모델을 이용하여 운전 조건을 예측 할 수 있다. 하지만 미가공 공정 데이터에는 이상치 및 노이즈가 포함되어 있어 예측 성능을 향상시키기 위해 데이터 전처리가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 인공 신경망 모델인 Long short-term memory (LSTM)과 Random forest (RF)를 사용하여 모델을 최적화한 후, 데이터 전처리 방법으로 Low-pass filter와 One-class support vector machine을 사용하여 데이터 전처리 방법 및 범위에 따른 예측 성능을 비교하였다. 각 모델의 예측 성능과 데이터 전처리의 영향은 R2과 RMSE를 사용하여 비교하였다. 본 연구의 결과, 전처리를 통해 LSTM의 경우 R2은 0.791에서 0.977으로 RMSE는 0.132에서 0.029로 각각 23.5%, 78.0% 향상되었고, RF의 경우 R2은 0.767에서 0.938으로 RMSE는 0.140에서 0.050으로 각각 22.3%, 64.3% 향상되었다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.355-360
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• 2021

본 연구는 초기 사용자 경험 단계에서 발생 할 수 있는 확증 편향의 요인에 관해 요인별 사용자 경험 요소를 도출하여 허니콤 모형으로 분석하였다. 초기 사용자 경험 단계에서 확증 편향은 인상의 단계에서 발생한다. 기억의 처리단계에서는 감각기억과 작동 기억 그리고 선택적 기억을 저장하고 인출하는 장기 기억과 밀접한 관련이 있었다. 확증편향은 사용성 부분에서 가시성, 상관성, 기억성, 명확성, 보편성으로 분류되었고 감정요인으로는 만족감, 기쁨, 불만족이 도출되었다. 허니콤 모형으로 분석한 결과 사용성 요인에서 시각성, 명확성, 보편성과 감정 요인에서 기쁨은 확증편향에 미치는 영향이 미미하였으며 상관성과 기억성 그리고 감정 요인에서는 만족감과 불만족이 확증 편향의 주요요인으로 분석되었다. 본 연구는 확증 편향 요인에 대해 디자인 패턴을 커스텀화 하는 기업의 경우 참고 자료로 유용하게 활용될 수 있다는 점에서 의의를 가진다.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.50-56
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• 2020

In this study, we investigated whether long short-term memory (LSTM) can be used in the future to predict F10.7 index data; the F10.7 index is a space environment factor affecting atomic oxygen erosion. Based on this, we compared the prediction performances of LSTM, the Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model (which is a traditional statistical prediction model), and the similar pattern searching method used for long-term prediction. The LSTM model yielded superior results compared to the other techniques in the prediction period starting from the max/min points, but presented inferior results in the prediction period including the inflection points. It was found that efficient learning was not achieved, owing to the lack of currently available learning data in the prediction period including the maximum points. To overcome this, we proposed a method to increase the size of the learning samples using the sunspot data and to upgrade the LSTM model.

• 대한한방부인과학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.20-35
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• 2023

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to review clinical studies and investigate the efficacy and safety of oriental medicine on memory in menopausal women. Methods: 'menopause', 'memory', 'oriental medicine' were searched on 4 online databases (Cochrane Library, Pubmed, CNKI, OASIS). Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated menopausal memory with oriental medicine treatment were included. The methodological quality of each RCT was assessed by using Cochrane risk of bias tool. Results: 8 RCTs were selected among 1067 articles. The overall risk of bias was evaluated as uncertain. 5 studies showed that oriental medicine alone was significant effective, but 1 long-term study with the same oriental medicine did not sustain the effect, and 2 studied were not statistically significant. Conclusions: Oriental medicine can be an effective option for improving memory in menopausal women. but considering the small number and quality of studies, inconsistent and insufficient evidence, further well-designed studies are needed to confirm the efficacy and safety of this treatment.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.100-109
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• 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate effect of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on the injury of putative parvalbumin positive interneurons defined by molecular marker and hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP), a marker of neural plasticity following acute carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Methods: Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to 1100 ppm CO for 40 minutes followed by 3000 ppm CO for 20 minutes. Animals received daily intraperitoneal injection of NAC (150 mg/kg) for 5 days after CO exposure. Changes in learning and spatial memory were evaluated by Y-maze test 5 days after the poisoning. In vivo LTP in hippocampal CA1 area was evaluated by using extracellular electrophysiological technique. Immunohistochemical staining were adopted to observe expressional damages of parvalbumin (PV) immunoreactive interneurons in the hippocampus following the poisoning. Results: Acute CO intoxication resulted in no changes in memory performance at Y-maze test but a significant reduction of LTP in the in hippocampal CA1 area. There was also a significant reduction of PV (+) interneurons in the hippocampal CA1 area 5 days after CO poisoning. Daily treatment of NAC significantly improved hippocampal LTP impairment and reduced immunoreactivity for PV in the hippocampus following the acute CO poisoning. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that reduction of hippocampal LTP and PV (+) interneurons in the hippocampus is sensitive indicator for brain injury and daily NAC injections can be the alternative therapeutics for the injury induced by acute CO poisoning.