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Inactivation of Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria in Corn Silk Tea Using a Microwave Plasma Sterilization System (Microwave Plasma Sterilization System 처리가 옥수수수염 차의 저장 중 Escherichia coli 및 Listeria monocytogens의 생육 저해에 미치는 영향)

  • Yu, Dong-Jin;Choi, Dong-Won;Shin, Yoon-Ji;Song, Hye-Yean;Song, Kyung-Bin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.40 no.8
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    • pp.1195-1199
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    • 2011
  • Inactivation of foodborne pathogenic bacteria in corn silk tea was evaluated using a microwave plasma sterilization system (MPSS). Corn silk tea was inoculated with Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes, treated with an MPSS treatment, and stored at 25$^{\circ}C$ for 12 days. The one, two, and three cycles of treatment with MPSS reduced the population of E. coli by 1.14, 2.49, and 5.72 log CFU/mL, respectively, compared to that of the control. In the case of L. monocytogenes, one, two, and three cycles of MPSS treatment reduced the population by 1.93, 4.49, and 6.62 log CFU/mL, respectively. Both E. coli and L. monocytogenes were eliminated within four cycles of treatment with MPSS, and even after 12 days of storage, the bacteria were not detected. Total polyphenol content in the corn silk tea did not change much among treatments, and turbidity of the corn silk tea improved following four cycles of MPSS treatment. These results suggest that MPSS treatment can be useful for improving the microbial safety and quality of corn silk tea during storage.

Effect of Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate on Innate Immune Function of Canine Peripheral Blood Phagocytes

  • Park, Moo-Rim;Kang, Ji-Houn;Yang, Mhan-Pyo
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.440-446
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    • 2008
  • Glucocorticoids (GCs) are the most widely used immunosuppressive agents, but animals treated with GCs may experience deleterious side effects which limit their use in many clinical conditions. In the present study, we examined whether methylprednisolone sodium succinate (MPSS), a glucocorticoid, modulates circulating leukocyte numbers, phagocytic capacity and oxidative burst activity (OBA) of canine peripheral blood phagocytes, and whether tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-$\alpha$) release is affected by MPSS injection. Neutrophilia and monocytosis were induced by the administration of a high dose of MPSS, which is the recommended protocol for canine patients with acute spinal cord injury. The injection of MPSS decreased the phagocytic capacity of canine PMNs but not PBMCs, and recovered 12 hours (hr) after the completion of MPSS dosing. The OBA of both PMNs and PBMCs was suppressed by MPSS, and restored 24 hr after the completion of dosing. The lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-α release by PBMCs but not PMNs exposed to MPSS was reduced 12 hr after the completion of dosing, and recovered 48 hr after the completion of dosing. These results suggest that the application of MPSS protocol inhibits the innate immune functions of canine peripheral blood phagocytes for short time relatively.

Mucopolysaccharidoses in Taiwan

  • Lin, Hsiang-Yu;Chuang, Chih-Kuang;Lin, Shuan-Pei
    • Journal of mucopolysaccharidosis and rare diseases
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.14-20
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    • 2018
  • Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPSs) are a group of rare inherited metabolic disorders caused by specific lysosomal enzyme deficiencies leading to the sequential degradation of glycosaminoglycans, causing substrate accumulation in various cells and tissues and progressive multiple organ dysfunction. The rare disease medical care team at Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taiwan has been dedicated to the study of MPSs for more than 20 years. Since 1999, more than 50 academic papers focusing on MPSs have been published in international medical journals. Topics of research include the following items regarding MPSs: incidence, natural history, clinical manifestations, gene mutation characteristics, cardiac function, bone mineral density, sleep studies, pulmonary function tests, hearing assessments, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, anesthetic experience, imaging analysis, special biochemical tests, laboratory diagnostics, global expert consensus conferences, prenatal diagnosis, new drug clinical trials, newborn screening, and treatment outcomes. Of these published academic research papers, more than half were cross-domain, cross-industry, and international studies with results in cooperation with experts from European, American and other Asian countries. A cross-specialty collaboration platform was established based on high-risk population screening criteria with the acronym "BECARE" (Bone and joints, Eyes, Cardiac and central nervous system, Abdomen and appearance, Respiratory system, and Ear, nose, and throat involvement). Through this platform, orthopedic surgeons, rheumatologists, ophthalmologists, cardiologists, rehabilitation physicians, gastroenterologists, otorhinolaryngologists, and medical geneticists have been educated with regards to awareness of suspected cases of MPSs patients to allow for a further confirmative diagnosis of MPSs. Because of the progressive nature of the disease, an early diagnosis and early multidisciplinary therapeutic interventions including surgery, rehabilitation programs, symptom-based treatments, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and enzyme replacement therapy, are very important.

A Study of antibacterial effect on pseudomonas aeruginosa of soft contact lens multi-purpose solution (MPS) (Pseudomonas aeruginosa에 대한 soft contact lens 다목적 용액의 항균효과)

  • Yoon, Min-Hwa;Park, Hyun-Ju;Lee, Ki-Young
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.353-359
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    • 2004
  • This study was performed to examine the pseudomonas aeruginosa, antibacterial effect of a soft contact lens multi-purpose solution (MPS). Pseudomonas aeruginosa was incubated in the Muller Hinton Broth culture, and treated with 5 MPSs. TO investigate the antibacterial efficiency of MPSs, UV spectrometer was used for measuring optical density of pseudomonas aeruginosa. The antibacterial effect of 4 MPSs was significant except for one MPS. This result suggested that the antibacterial effect of MPSs is dependant on their components, pH. Therefore they had antibacterial effect of the pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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뮤코다당증의 장기 치료 효과와 한계점 극복을 위한 노력

  • Son, Yeong-Bae
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Inherited Metabolic disease
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.29-36
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    • 2014
  • Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPSs) are a group of rare inherited metabolic diseases caused by deficiency of lysosomal enzymes. MPSs are clinically heterogeneous and characterized by progressive deterioration in visceral, skeletal and neurological functions. The aim of this article is to review the treatment of MPSs, the unmet needs of current treatments and vision for the future including recent clinical trials. Until recently, supportive care was the only option available for the management of MPSs. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), another potentially curative treatment, is not routinely advocated in clinical practice due to its high risk profile and lack of evidence for efficacy. From the early 2000s, enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) was approved and available for the treatment of MPS I, II and VI. ERT is effective for the treatment of many somatic symptoms, particularly walking ability and respiratory function, and remains the mainstay of MPS treatment. However, no benefit was found in the neurological symptoms because the enzymes do not readily cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB). In recent years, intrathecal (IT) ERT, substrate reduction therapy (SRT) and gene therapy have been rapidly gaining greater recognition as potential therapeutic avenues. Although still under investigation, IT ERT, SRT and gene therapy are promising MPS treatments that may prevent the neurodegeneration not improved by ERT.

A flow-directed minimal path sets method for success path planning and performance analysis

  • Zhanyu He;Jun Yang;Yueming Hong
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.56 no.5
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    • pp.1603-1618
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    • 2024
  • Emergency operation plans are indispensable elements for effective process safety management especially when unanticipated events occur under extreme situations. In the paper, a synthesis framework is proposed for the integration success path planning and performance analysis. Within the synthesis framework, success path planning is implemented through flow-directed signal tracing, renaming and reconstruction from a complete collection of Minimal Path Sets (MPSs) that are obtained using graph traversal search on GO-FLOW model diagram. The performance of success paths is then evaluated and prioritized according to the task complexity and probability calculation of MPSs for optimum action plans identification. Finally, an Auxiliary Feed Water System of Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR-AFWS) is taken as an example system to demonstrate the flow-directed MPSs search method for success path planning and performance analysis. It is concluded that the synthesis framework is capable of providing procedural guidance for emergency response and safety management with optimal success path planning under extreme situations.

Cytotoxicity of Multipurpose Contact Lens Solutions on the Cultured Corneal Epithelial Cells Evaluated by Image Analysis (이미지 분석법을 이용한 소프트 콘택트렌즈용 다목적용액의 각막상피세포 독성 평가)

  • Kim, Nam-Youl;Lee, Koon-Ja
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.51-60
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: To determine the effect of marketed multipurpose contact lens solutions (MPSs) on human corneal epithelial cells (HCEpiCs) toxicity by using image analysis. Methods: HCEpiCs were exposed six MPSs (product A-F) at 0.05~50% for 2h, 12h, 24h, and 48h respectively. HCEpiCs were fixed and stained with Draq5 after exposure with MPSs, and the cell viability and apoptosis were evaluated by using confocal microscope and ImageXpress UltraTM. Results: Viabilities of HCEpiCs exposed to MPS A-F for a 2h were not affected, while reductions (52~75%) in cell viability over a 12h exposure of MPS B, MPS C, MPS D and MPS F, and significant more reductions (29~73%) over a 24h and 48h-exposure. Apoptosis of HCEpiC was not affect over a 12h MPS exposure, however was significantly increased (199~526%) over 24h and 48h MPS exposure. Among the products MPS D, E and F reduced viability of HCEpiCs and apoptosis increased more than MPS A (p<0.05). Conclusions: Lower concentration of MPSs have not an cytotoxic effect on HCEpiCs, however higher concentration of MPSs induce apoptosis and reduce viability of HCEpiCs. Therefore, it need to develop MPS having antimicrobial effectiveness with low cytotoxicity.

Newborn Screening of Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Including Mucopolysaccharidoses

  • Kim, Su Jin
    • Journal of mucopolysaccharidosis and rare diseases
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.9-13
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    • 2017
  • Tandem mass spectrometry and other new technologies for the multiplex and quantitative analysis of dried blood spots have emerged as powerful techniques for the early screening and assessment of newborns for lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs). Screening newborns for these diseases is important, since treatment options, including enzyme replacement therapy or hematopoietic transplantation, are available for some LSDs, such as infant-onset Pompe disease, Fabry disease, some types of mucopolysaccharidoses (MPSs), and Krabbe disease. For these diseases, early initiation of treatment, before symptoms worsen, often leads to better clinical outcomes. Several problems, however, are associated with newborn screening for LSDs, including the development of accurate test methods to reduce low false-positive rates and treatment guidelines for late-onset or mild disease variants, the high costs associated with multiplex assays, and ethical issues. In this review, we discuss the history, current status, and ethical problems associated with the newborn screening for LSDs, including MPSs.

A Study on the UV Intensity Models and their Affecting Factors (자외선 강도 산정 모델과 영향 인자에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Dooil;Choi, Younggyun;Kim, Sunghong
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.421-427
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    • 2008
  • UV disinfection is widely used in water treatment facilities and wastewater treatment plant because of its effectiveness to removal of pathogen and Giardia which is resistant to traditional chemical disinfection. As a design and performance tool of UV disinfection system, 3 dimensional UV intensity models were composed and simulated to compare each other and to find affecting factors in this study. Reflection, refraction and absorption are important parameters in UV intensity model and MPSS and MSSS model can reflect these parameters while LSI model can not. Absorption is the most important parameters among the reflection, refraction, absorption and shadowing so, this should not be neglect. Based on this simulation, shadowing effect is negligible when the number of installed lamp is a few but, this effect can not be neglectable when the number of installed lamp is quite a few. The errors according to shadowing effect is increased as the number of lamp installed increased.