• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.64-69
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• 2003

Pseudomonas chlororaphis HS21 was isolated from a soil sample and found to produce medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (MCL-PHAs) using palm kernel oil (PKO) as the sole carbon source. Up to 3.3 g/1 dry cell weight containing $45\%$ MCL-PHA was produced, when the strain was grown for 21 h in a jar fermentor culture containing 5 g/1 PKO. The polymer produced from PKO consisted of unsaturated monomers of $7.3\%$ 3-hydroxy-5-cis-tetradecenoate and $2.3\%$ 3-hydroxy-5,8,-cis, cis-tetradecadienoate as well as saturated even-carbon number monomers ranging from $C_6\;to\;C_14$, as determined by GC and El GC/MS The PHA was a transparent, sticky material at room temperature. A differential scanning calorimetric analysis revealed that the polymer was amorphous with a $-44^{\circ}C$ glass transition temperature. The number average molecular weight and polydispersity index of the PHA were 83,000 and 1.53, respectively. Although the PHA was practically biodegradable, its degradability was lower than that of poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate) based on a comp:trison of the clear zones formed by growing PHA depolymerase-producing bacteria on an agar plate containing the respective polymers.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.475-478
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• 1996

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.27-37
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• 2002

This is the study of the knee joint injured patients at the orthopaedic surgery clinic where is located in Daejon, who has MCL combine injured ACL reconstruction caused by sport activity and accident during the period from Jan. 2001 to Oct. 2001. By comparing with groups between 7th case of I-group for MCL combined stitch and II-group for ACL reconstruction since 6weeks cast. We have been concluded with that following results. 1. Range of motion for the knee was not limited at 5th case(37%) of I-group, 6th case(42%) of II-group and the cases of Flexion deficit less then 10 -degree were 2nd case(13%) of I-group and II-group 1st case(8%) with no extension deficit more then 5 -degree. 2. The level of activity that tells you whether you are capable of exercise for six month after operation. It han been divided by 3 levels. The case of capable of doing low risk exercise(swimming, cycling, etc.) was 5th case of I-group, the case of capable of doing medium risk exercise(jogging, etc.) was 3rd case of I-group and 4th case of II-group and the case of capable of doing high risk exercise(football, etc.) were 3rd case of I-group and 3rd case of II-group. 3. The timing of the return to their job were average 6.4 weeks for I-group and average 22.9 weeks for II-group(P<.05, statistical difference). 4. There was no statistical difference between I-group and II-group for the timing of the return to their job(P>.05). 5. By using VAS to compare them there was no statistical difference between I-group and II-group of clinical results according to Lysholm scale.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2014

One of the major challenges in metabolic engineering for enhanced synthesis of value-added chemicals is to design and develop new strains that can be translated into well-controlled fermentation processes using bioreactors. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of various fed-batch strategies in the performance of metabolically engineered Pseudomonas putida strains, ${\Delta}gcd$ and ${\Delta}gcd-pgl$, for improving production of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHAs) using glucose as the only carbon source. First we developed a fed-batch process that comprised an initial phase of biomass accumulation based on an exponential feeding carbon-limited strategy. For the mcl-PHA accumulation stage, three induction techniques were tested under nitrogen limitation. The substrate-pulse feeding was more efficient than the constant-feeding approach to promote the accumulation of the desirable product. Nonetheless, the most efficient approach for maximum PHA synthesis was the application of a dissolved-oxygen-stat feeding strategy (DO-stat), where P. putida ${\Delta}gcd$ mutant strain showed a final PHA content and specific PHA productivity of 67% and $0.83g{\cdot}l^{-1}{\cdot}h^{-1}$, respectively. To our knowledge, this mcl-PHA titer is the highest value that has been ever reported using glucose as the sole carbon and energy source. Our results also highlighted the effect of different fed-batch strategies upon the extent of realization of the intended metabolic modification of the mutant strains.

• 대한관절경학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.114-120
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• 2012

목적: 내측 반월상 연골 후각 부착부 봉합술 시 시행하는 표층 내측측부인대 유리술의 유용성 및 안전성에 대해 연구하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2006년 4월부터 2010년 9월까지 표층 내측측부인대 유리술을 시행하지 않고 내측 반월상 연골 후각 부착부 봉합술을 시행한 환자 20명(PM군)과 표층 내측측부인대 유리술을 시행하고 봉합술을 시행한 시행한 환자 32명(RM군)을 대상으로 하였다. 동반 수술을 시행한 환자는 제외하였다. 안정성 검사로 술 후 3개월, 1년 추시 시 압통, 주관적 불안정성 및 외반 부하 검사를 시행하였고, 유용성 검사로 압박대 사용시간을 비교하였고, 임상 결과는 Lysholm 점수와 International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) 점수로 평가하였다. 결과: 전례에서 표층 내측측부인대 유리술과 관련하여 임상적으로 의미 있는 합병증은 없었다. 술 후 3개월 및 1년 추시 관찰 시 압통, 주관적 불안정성에서 음성을 보였으며, 5명의 환자에서 외반 부하 검사상 grade I의 불안정성을 보였다. 압박대 사용 시간은 PM군 $53.5{\pm}13.6$분, RM군 $41.3{\pm}12.7$분으로 두 군간 차이를 보였다(P<0.05). 술 후 임상결과는 PM군은 술 전 Lysholm 점수 $56.8{\pm}5.5$에서 술 후 $85.1{\pm}5.8$로(P<0.001), 술 전 IKDC 점수 $42.6{\pm}6.3$에서 술 후 $77.2{\pm}6.3$로(P<0.001), RM군은 술 전 Lysholm 점수 $56.2{\pm}5.4$에서 술 후 $87.4{\pm}3.9$로(P<0.001), 술 전 IKDC 점수 $42.7{\pm}5.7$에서 술 후 $89.6{\pm}2.9$로(P<0.001) 개선되었다. 두 군간 수술 전, 후의 Lysholm 점수, IKDC 점수 차이는 없었다(P>0.05). 결론: 표층 내측측부인대 유리술은 슬관절 내측 수술 시 시야 확보에 유리하며, 수술 시간을 줄일 수 있고, 임상적 의미있는 잔존 불안정성을 남기지 않아 내측 반월상 연골 후각 부착부 봉합술 시 유용한 것으로 사료된다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.279-282
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• 2011

Coexistence analysis is extremely important in examining the possibility for spectrum sharing between orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)-based international mobile telecommunications (IMT)-Advanced and other wireless services. In this letter, a new closed form method is derived based on power spectral density analysis in order to analyze the coexistence of OFDM-based IMT-Advanced systems and broadcasting frequency modulation (FM) systems. The proposed method evaluates more exact interference power of IMT-Advanced systems in FM broadcasting systems than the advanced minimum coupling loss (A-MCL) method. Numerical results show that the interference power is 1.3 dB and 3 dB less than that obtained using the A-MCL method at cochannel and adjacent channel, respectively. This reduces the minimum separation distance between the two systems, which eventually saves spectrum resources.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.95-100
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• 2016

Background: Survival time of lymphoma patients can be estimated with the help of microarray technology. In this study, with the use of iterative Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) method, survival time of Mantle Cell Lymphoma patients (MCL) was estimated and in reference to the findings, patients were divided into two high-risk and low-risk groups. Materials and Methods: In this study, gene expression data of MCL patients were used in order to select a subset of genes for survival analysis with microarray data, using the iterative BMA method. To evaluate the performance of the method, patients were divided into high-risk and low-risk based on their scores. Performance prediction was investigated using the log-rank test. The bioconductor package "iterativeBMAsurv" was applied with R statistical software for classification and survival analysis. Results: In this study, 25 genes associated with survival for MCL patients were identified across 132 selected models. The maximum likelihood estimate coefficients of the selected genes and the posterior probabilities of the selected models were obtained from training data. Using this method, patients could be separated into high-risk and low-risk groups with high significance (p<0.001). Conclusions: The iterative BMA algorithm has high precision and ability for survival analysis. This method is capable of identifying a few predictive variables associated with survival, among many variables in a set of microarray data. Therefore, it can be used as a low-cost diagnostic tool in clinical research.

• 대한정형외과스포츠의학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2003

목적: 스키손상에서슬관절인대손상의형태와영향을줄수있는인자를분석하고, 수상전후의슬관절기능평가및스포츠활동도변화를알고자하였다. 대상및방법: 슬관절인대손상환자30명을대상으로설문및이학적검사, X선및MRI 촬영을통한평가를하였고, 기능평가는Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale, 스포츠활동도는Tegner activity score로평가하였다. 결과: 내측측부인대손상을동반한전방십자인대손상이11명으로가장많았고, 내측측부인대손상이9명으로그다음이었다. 수상기전은유령발현상(phantom foot phenomenon)과외전-외회전기전이각각13례와12례로83 $\%$를차지했다. 최종추시에서평균Lysholm score는93.4점으로매우양호하였으며, 활동도는수상전Tegner activity score 6.1점에서수상후4.2점으로감소되었다. 기능과활동도평가에서내측측부인대단독손상군이경과가가장양호하였으며, 내측측부인대손상을동반한전방십자인대손상군이경과가불량하였다. 스키손상에영향을미칠수있는요인으로는스키를지속적으로2시간이상탄경우, 바인딩이풀리지않는경우, 적절한스키강습프로그램을받지않은경우였다. 결론: 환자들의수상후Lysholm score는매우양호했지만, 수상후스포츠활동도에서는수상전과뚜렷한차이를보여적극적이고체계적인스포츠복귀프로그램이필요함을알수있었다.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.19-34
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• 2015

Objectives: This study was performed to investigate the anti-tumor effect of O. japonicus extracts on intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma cell line SNU-1079. Methods: Cholangiocarcinoma SNU-1079 cells were treated with various concentrations of O. japonicus DW and EtOH extracts ($0-300{\mu}g/ml$) for 24, 48 or 72 h. Cell viability was evaluated through a PMS/MTS assay, and the apoptosis rate was examined through ELISA assay and flow cytometry analysis. The mRNA expression of apoptosis- and cell cycle progression-related genes (Bcl-2, Mcl-1, Bax, Survivin, Cyclin D1, and p21) was evaluated using real-time PCR, and the caspase activity was examined using immunoblot analysis. Results: O. japonicus extracts inhibited cell proliferation and increased apoptosis rate in both ELISA assay and flow cytometry analysis. O. japonicus extracts decreased Bcl-2, Mcl-1, Survivin, and Cyclin D1 mRNA expression and increased Bax mRNA level. O. japonicus extracts also increased Caspase-3 activation. Overall, O. japonicus DW extracts were more effective than EtOH extracts. Conclusions: O. japonicus inhibited cell proliferation and induced apoptosis in SNU-1079 cells via mitochondria -mediated intrinsic pathway, which leads to Caspase-3 activation. The results indicate that O. japonicus is a potential therapeutic herb with anti-tumor effect against intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.126-133
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• 1994

A Pseudomonas putida strain able to accumulate high amount of polyesters of medium-chain-length 3-hydroxyalkanoic acids ($PHA_{MCL)$) was isolated from soil in a landfill site using an enrichment technique. Culture condition of the isolated strain for polyester production in a one-step culture was optimized in a mineral-salts medium against pH and concentrations of ammonium sulfate, carbon source(e.g., octanoate), and phosphate. The optimal values for maximal cell growth and PHA accumulation were: pH; 7$\sim$8, $(NH_4)_2SO_4$; 8 mM, octanoate; 40 mM. The optimum temperature was in the range of $20\sim30^{\circ}C$, which was rather broader than in other bacteria. Cell growth was strongly inhibited by the phosphate limitation to less than 1 mM. An increase of phosphate concentration above 1 mM showed little effect on cell growth and polyester accumulation. When the strain was grown on octanoate under this optimized condition it produced 3.4 g dry biomass per liter and yielded 1.7 g PHA per liter amounting to 53 wt% of dry cells. The monomer units composing the polyester synthesized from octanoate were 3-hydroxyoctanoate (3HO), 3-hydroxycaproate (3HC), and 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB) (85:13:2, mole ratio). Other low linear $C_3\simC_{10}$ monocarboxylic acids were also tested for polyester production.