• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.277-282
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• 2006

The aim of this study was to investigate the anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant activity of Ligularia fischeri leaf extract on adjuvant induced arthritis in experimental mice. The oral administration of the L. fischeri leaf extract (LF), at doses of 100 and 200 mg/kg body weight once a day for 3 weeks, significantly reduced hindpaw swelling and the production of inflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor(TNF)-${\alpha}$, interleukin(IL)-$1{\beta}$, and IL-6). Treatment with LF (100 mg/kg) also decreased the serum levels of triglyceride and low density lipoprotein(LDL)-cholesterol, and increased high density lipoprotein(HDL)-cholesterol contents compared with those of a control group. The induction of arthritis significantly increased oxidized proteins such as protein carbonyl, advanced oxidation protein products, and advanced glycation end-products in the lung, heart, and brain. Treatment with LF for 3 weeks reduced the levels of oxidized proteins. These results suggest that L. fischeri extract might be beneficial in the treatment of chronic inflammatory disorders.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.60-68
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• 2010

최근 PCS(Power Conditioning System)는 고효율, 고 전력밀도 및 고 기능화를 통해 고집적화 추세에 있다. 이러한 요구를 만족시키기 위해 LLC 공진인버터와 LF 사이클로 컨버터로 구성된 회로를 제안했다. 동작분석 및 1kW 시제품을 제작하여 110Vac, 60Hz 전원계통연계실험 통해 적용 가능함을 보였으며 이에 대한 실험결과를 서술하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제42회 동계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.486-486
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• 2012

반도체 식각 공정에서 이온의 플럭스와 충돌 에너지를 각각 조절하고자 Dual frequency RF source가 사용된다. 듀얼 freuqnecy RF가 인가된 Capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) 의 경우, 기판에 걸린 Low freuqency (LF) RF 소스에 의하여 이온의 에너지를 조절하고, High frequency (HF) 소스를 조절하여 이온의 플럭스를 조절하는 것이 일반적이다. 그러나 LF의 세기가 증가함에 따라서, 플라즈마의 밀도가 오히려 감소하는 문제점이 있었다. 이 경우, 약한 자장을 플라즈마에 걸어줌으로써 밀도가 감소되는 문제를 해결할 수 있다고 알려져 왔다. Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) 에서는 HF를 안테나에 가하여 이온의 플럭스를 조절하고, LF를 기판에 가하여 이온의 충돌 에너지를 조절하는 것이 일반적인데, 위와 동일한 문제가 이 경우에도 발생하는 것을 확인 하였다. CCP와 마찬가지로, 바이어스에 걸린 파워의 세기가 증가함에 따라서 플라즈마의 밀도가 감소하고 전자의 온도가 증가하는 현상을 확인하였다. 또한 이때에도, 약한 자장을 걸어줌으로써 플라즈마의 밀도가 감소하지 않고 유지될 수 있으며, 전자의 온도 또한 유지될 수 있음을 발견하였다.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2018

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the respiratory cycle and posture can modulate the autonomic nervous system. Methods : Thirty-two healthy men and women, aged 20-30 years, were enrolled in this study. We conducted 2-second and 6-second respiratory cycle with the subjects in standing, sitting, and supine positions, respectively. Their heart rate variability was measured in each position for both cycle lengths. Results : The low frequency/high frequency (LF/HF) ratio is derived from heart rate variability. In the 2-second respiratory cycles, the LF/HF ratios were highest in standing, sitting, and supine position in descending order. There was a significant difference in heart rate between standing and sitting positions (P<.005). In addition, there was a significant difference in heart rate between standing and supine position (P<.000). In the 6-second respiratory cycles, the LF/HF ratios were again highest in a standing, sitting, and supine position in descending order. However, posture was not found to make a significant difference in this case. Conclusion : Respiratory cycle and posture effectively modulated the autonomic nervous system. Further studies of the clinical application of these results should be conducted.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.207-212
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• 2016

Objectives: Acupuncture treatments are safe and effective for a wide variety of diseases involving autonomic dysregulation. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a noninvasive method for assessing sympathovagal balance. The low frequency/high frequency (LF/HF) spectral power ratio is an index of sympathovagal influence on heart rate and of cardiovascular health. This study tests the hypothesis that from rest to 30% to 50% of peak oxygen consumption, the nonlinear Conte-Zbilut-Federici (CZF) method of computing the LF/HF ratio is a more reliable index of changes in the HRV than linear methods are. Methods: The subjects of this study were 10 healthy young adults. Electrocardiogram RR intervals were measured during 6-minute periods of rest and aerobic exercise on a cycle ergometer at 30% and 50% of peak oxygen consumption ($VO_{2peak}$). Results: The frequency domain CZF computations of the LF/HF ratio and the time domain computations of the standard deviation of normal-to-normal intervals (SDNN) decreased sequentially from rest to 30% $VO_{2peak}$ (P < 0.001) to 50% $VO_{2peak}$ (P < 0.05). The SDNN and the CZF computations of the LF/HF ratio were positively correlated (Pearson's r = 0.75, P < 0.001). fast Fourier transform (FFT), autoregressive (AR) and Lomb periodogram computations of the LF/HF ratio increased only from rest to 50% $VO_{2peak}$. Conclusion: Computations of the LF/HF ratio by using the nonlinear CZF method appear to be more sensitive to changes in physical activity than computations of the LF/HF ratio by using linear methods. Future studies should determine whether the CZF computation of the LF/HF ratio improves evaluations of pharmacopuncture and other treatment modalities.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.338-343
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• 2003

Various factors, such as the adsorption pH, adjuvant dose, and adjuvant age, which affect the adsorption degree and immunogenicity of an antigen, were investigated. In addition, the effect of pH, antigen content, and adjuvant content on immunogenicity was also studied through animal experiments. Within the ranges studied, a low pH for adsorption, freshly preformed gel, and low pH formulation for the combined DTwP-HepB vaccine were preferrable for the adsorption of the antigens. In addition, a higher DT content was found to have a positive effect on the HBsAg immunogenicity in the combined vaccine. Accordingly, considering the factors affecting the adsorption rate and immunogenicity of the antigens, a novel DTwP-HepB vaccine (40 Lf/ml of diphtheria toxoid, 15 Lf/ml of tetanus toxoid, 20 OU/ml of detoxified whole cell pertussis, $24\;\mu\textrm{g}$ of HBsAg, $24\;\mu\textrm{g}\;Al/ml\;of \;Al(OH)_3\;gel,\;776\;\mu\textrm{g}\; Al/ml\;of\;AIPO_4\;gel$, and pH 7.1) was developed, whose immunogenicity was comparable to the case of administrating, separately and simultaneously, a combined DTwP vaccine (40 Lf/ml of diphtheria toxoid, 15 Lf/ml of tetanus toxoid, 20 OU/ml of detoxified whole cell pertussis, $300\;\mu\textrm{g}\;Al/ml\;of\; AIPO_4\;gel$, and pH 7.1) and mono HepB vaccine [$Hepavax^{\circledR},\;24\;\mu\textrm{g}/ml$ of HBsAg and $500\;\mu\textrm{g}\;Al/ml\;of\;Al(OH)_3\;gel$], which satisfies the potency criteria of the K-FDA for a combined DTwP vaccine and mono HepB vaccine.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.13-23
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• 2007

Objectives : The aim of the present study was to assess the effects of Sa-am acupuncture (Damjeonggyeok) on autonomic nervous system in night nurses by heart rate variability. Methods : Five night nurses were divided into two groups. We checked their HRV once after sleeping for night and 5 times after working for night, 4 times after operation. We operate Sa-am acupuncture (Damjeonggyeok) and sham acupuncture twice by turns for group A and in reverse order for group B. We checked responses of HRV change after operations. Statistical analysis was performed by using the SPSS Win. Ver. 13.0 for analysis about correlation between data, and Baysian analysis using WinBUGS(Ver. 1.4) for comparison between Sa-am acupuncture (Damjeonggyeok) and sham acupuncture. Results : The median overall decrease for difference in responses of low-frequency power in normalized units (LF (NU)) was -16.56 (-28.88, -6.446), the median overall increase for difference in responses to high-frequency power in normalized units (HF (NU)) was 16.25 (8.104, 28.6) and for the median overall decrease for difference in responses to the ratio of low- to high-frequency power (LF/HF) was -1.846 (-3.922, -0.069), 95% credibility intervals being shown in brackets. VAS of stress was correlated with LF (NU) and HF (NU), LF/HF (p<0.0l). Conclusion : Sa-am acupuncture (Damjeonggyeok) might have sympatholytic and parasympathomimetic effects.

• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.135-143
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• 2003

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to analyze and compare heart rate variability(HRV) of patient of twenties and thirties diagnosed as Kiwooljeung with healthy controls'. Methods : We measured HRV of 35 patient(20 to 39 years old, male 14, female 11) diagnosed as Kiwooljeung and 40 healthy controls(male 24, female 16). HRV was measured by SA-3000P(Medicore, Korea) for 5 minutes after 5 minutes resting. Results : 1. In time domain analysis, Mean pulse rate(PRT) in Kiwooljeung group was higher than healthy controls. Standard deviation of all normal N-N intervals (SDNN) in Kiwooljeung group was lower and the results of twenties and thirties were same. 2. In frequency domain analysis, total power(TP), very low frequency(VLF), low frequency(LF), high frequency(HF), Ln TP, Ln VLF, Ln LF, Ln HF in Kiwooljeung group were lower than healthy controls but LF/HF ratio was higher than healthy controls. 3. Comparing gender in Kiwooljeung group, LF/HF ratio in male was higher than female. Conclusions : This study suggests lower activity and imbalance of cardiac autonomous nervous system in Kiwooljeung with the age group between twenties and thirties.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.192-196
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• 2014

The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of high and low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on motor cortical excitability and the balance function in subacute stroke patients. Twenty-four subjects were randomly assigned to either the high frequency (HF) rTMS group, or the low frequency (LF) rTMS group, with 12 subjects each. All subjects received routine physical therapy. In addition, both groups performed a total of 20 sessions of rTMS for 20 minutes, once a day, 5 times per week, for a 4-week period. In the HF rTMS group, 10 Hz rTMS was applied daily to the hotspot of the lesional hemisphere; and in the LF rTMS group, 1 Hz rTMS was applied daily to the hotspot of the nonlesional hemisphere. Motor cortex excitability was determined by motor evoked potentials, and the balance function was evaluated by use of the Balance Index (BI) and the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), before and after the intervention. The change rate in the value of each variable differed significantly between the two groups (p<0.05). Furthermore, significant differences were observed between all post-test variables of the two groups (p<0.05). In the HF rTMS, significant differences were found in all the pre- and post-test variables (p<0.05). On the other hand, in the LF rTMS, significant difference was observed only between the pre- and post-test results of BI and BBS (p<0.05). The findings demonstrate that HF rTMS can be more helpful in improving the motor cortical excitability and balance function of patients with subacute stroke treatment than LF rTMS, and that it may be used as a practical adjunct to routine rehabilitation.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2013

본 실험은 조사료와 농후사료비율(조:농비)에 따라 low forage(LF)구 및 high forage(HF)구로 나누어 Holstein 착유소(초산) 10두를 각 5두씩 배치하여 실시하였다. LF구는 조:농비가 37:63로 BIRG 사일리지와 혼합건초를 포함한 조사료의 급여량을 줄인 반면 농후사료를 다량 급여하였다. HF구는 조:농비가 62:38로 농후사료 급여량을 줄인 반면 BIRG 사일리지와 혼합건초를 포함한 조사료를 다량 급여하였다. 평균 조사료섭취량은 LF구 7.1 및 HF구 13.0 kg으로 HF구에서, 평균 농후사료 섭취량은 LF구 12.3 및 HF구 7.9 kg으로 LF구에서 유의적으로 높았다(p<0.05). 총 사료 섭취량은 LF구 19.4 및 HF구 20.9 kg으로 HF구에서 높은 경향을 보였으나 유의적인 차이는 없었다(p>0.05). CP, TDN 및 NEL 섭취량은 두 처리구간에 유의적인 차이는 없었다(p>0.05). 실제 산유량은 LF구 26 및 HF구 23.9 kg/d 으로 처리 간에 유의적인 차이는 없었으나(p>0.05) LF구에서 높은 경향을 보였다. 4% FCM은 LF구 22.8 및 HF구 22.3 kg/d 으로 유의적인 차이는 없었다(p>0.05). HF구에서 유지방 함량은 높고 MUN 함량은 낮았다. 우유의 C14:0, C16:0 및 C16:1n7 함량은 HF구가 LF구 보다 유의적으로 높았으나(p<0.05), 그 외의 우유지방산은 두 처리구간에 차이는 없었다. 이상의 결과로부터 본 연구에서와 같이 급여 사료 중 BIRG 사일리지와 수입건초와 같은 조사료를 적절하게 배합하여 다량급여 하여도 착유소(초산우)에 필요한 영양소 충족이 가능하여 산유량의 감소가 없는 것으로 사료된다.