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Use of SSR Markers to Complement Tests of Distinctiveness, Uniformity, and Stability (DUS) of Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Varieties

  • Kwon, Yong-Sham;Lee, Je-Min;Yi, Gi-Bum;Yi, Seung-In;Kim, Kyung-Min;Soh, Eun-Hee;Bae, Kyung-Mi;Park, Eun-Kyung;Song, In-Ho;Kim, Byung-Dong
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.428-435
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    • 2005
  • This study was carried out to assess the potential of SSR markers for variety identification by comparing SSR markers and morphological traits in tests of distinctiveness, uniformity, and stability (DUS) of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) varieties. Twenty-seven SSR markers were polymorphic in 66 pepper varieties, revealing a total of 89 alleles. Average polymorphism information content (PIC) value was 0.529, ranging from 0.03 to 0.877. Cluster analysis of the band patterns separated the varieties into three groups corresponding to varietal types. Morphological trait-based clustering showed some degree of similarity to dendrogram topologies based on the SSR index. However, no significance correlation was found between the SSR and morphological data. SSR markers could be used to complement a DUS test of a candidate variety and to select complimentary varieties by pre-screening existing varieties in the context of protecting new varieties of pepper.

PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUORENONES WITH CHIRAL SUBSTITUENTS AND THEIR ASYMMETRIC RECOGNITION THROUGH INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDING INTERACTIONS IN THE EXCITED STATES

  • Aikawa, Yoshihide;Shimada, Tetsuya;Tachibana, Hiroshi;Inoue, Haruo
    • Journal of Photoscience
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.165-170
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    • 1999
  • Asymmetric recognition of chiral alcohol by fluorenone derivatives with chiral substituents through intermolecular hydrogen bonding interaction in the singlet excited state was attempted. 1-((1S, 2R, 5S)-(+)-Menthyloxycarbonyl)aminofluoren-9-one (1-MAF) and 1-((1S, 2R, 5S)-(+)-menthyloxycarbonyl)oxyfluoren-9-one (1-MOF) were synthesized and their photophysical behaviors were characterized by the measurement of absorption and fluorescence spectra, as well as the quantum yield and the lifetime of fluorescence. The excited singlet states of 1-MAF and 1-MOF were revealed to have characteristics similar to those of fluorenone, though the intramolecular CT nature was fairly suppressed as compared with 3- and 4-substituted aminofluorenones. Fluorescences of 1-MAF and 1-MOF in acetonitrile were quenched by the addition of alcohols. Differences in fluorescence quenching efficiency were hardly observe for rather small chiral alcohols such as (R)-(-)- or (S)-(+)-2-butanol, while bulky alcohols such as menthol and isopinocampheol showed chiral recognition effects in their fluorescence quenching of 1-MAF in either acetonitrile or butyronitrile.

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MPEG Multimedia Application Format Technology Trend (MPEG 멀티미디어 응용 포맷 기술 동향)

  • Jung, Dae-Kyu;Kim, Hui-Yong;Lee, Han-Kyu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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    • 2007.02a
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    • pp.25-28
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    • 2007
  • 최근 많은 멀티미디어 응용 제품이 나오고 있으며, 그 제품을 보면 하나의 기능만 있는 것이 아니라, 여러 가지 기능이 하나의 응용 제품에 들어 있어 보다 복잡하고 다양한 기술들이 포함되어 있다. 이와 관련하여 MPEG 표준화 그룹에서는 급변하는 산업계의 요구에 보다 빠르게 대응하기 위해서 응용 중심의 목적 지향형 표준 규격 제정을 목표로 멀티미디어 응용 표준화(MPEG-A : MPEG-Applications, ISO/IEC 23000) 활동이 진행되고 있다. 멀티미디어 응용 표준화는 기존의 규격들 중 특정 서비스를 위해 이미 존재하는 필요한 표준 규격만을 조림하여 하나의 표준으로 규격화하므로 다양한 응용 서비스를 제공하는데 효율적이고 진행 속도 또한 빠르게 이루어진다. 멀티미디어 응용 포맷들은 콘텐츠, 부가콘텐츠, 메타데이터, 저장 파일 포맷이 그들만의 새로운 형식으로 변형되어 제공된다.[1] 본 논문에서는 2007년 1월 모로코에서 개최된, 제79차 MPEG 회의까지 제안된 여러 가지 멀티미디어 응용 포맷(MAF : Multimedia Application Format)들에 대해서 다룰 것이다.[3] 멀티미디어 응용 표준화에서는 이미 표준화가 완료된 MAF들, 개발 중인 MAF들, 고려중인 MAF들의 세 가지 단계로 표준화 과정을 분류하고 있다. 각 단계별로 해당 멀티미디어 응용 포맷 기술을 소개한다.

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Calcium hydroxide dressing residues after different removal techniques affect the accuracy of Root-ZX apex locator

  • Uzunoglu, Emel;Eymirli, Ayhan;Uyanik, Mehmet Ozgur;Calt, Semra;Nagas, Emre
    • Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.44-49
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    • 2015
  • Objectives: This study compared the ability of several techniques to remove calcium hydroxide (CH) from the root canal and determined the influence of CH residues on the accuracy of the electronic apex locator. Materials and Methods: Root canals of 90 human maxillary lateral incisors with confirmed true working length (TWL) were prepared and filled with CH. The teeth were randomly assigned to one of the experimental groups according to the CH removal technique (n = 14): 0.9% saline; 0.9% saline + master apical file (MAF); 17% ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA); 17% EDTA + MAF; 5.25% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl); 5.25% NaOCl + MAF. Six teeth were used as negative control. After CH removal, the electronic working length was measured using Root-ZX (Morita Corp.) and compared with TWL to evaluate Root-ZX accuracy. All specimens were sectioned longitudinally, and the area of remaining CH (CH) and total canal area were measured using imaging software. Results: The EDTA + MAF and NaOCl + MAF groups showed better CH removal than other groups (p < 0.05). Root-ZX reliability to prevent overestimated working length to be > 85% within a tolerance of ${\pm}1.0mm$ (p < 0.05). There was strong negative correlation between amount of CH residues and EAL accuracy (r = -0.800 for ${\pm}0.5mm$; r = -0.940 for ${\pm}1.0mm$). Conclusions: The mechanical instrumentation improves the CH removal of irrigation solutions although none of the techniques removed the dressing completely. Residues of CH medication in root canals affected the accuracy of Root-ZX adversely.

EFFECTIVENESS OF CUSTOMIZED MASTER CONE ON APICAL SEALING IN VARIOUS APICAL SIZE OF PREPARED ROOT CANALS (근단부 크기에 따른 customized master cone의 치근단 밀폐효과에 관한 연구)

  • Hong, Hye-Young;Choi, Ho-Young;Choi, Gi-Woon
    • Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.66-76
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of customized master cone on apical sealing in various apical size of prepared root canals, that is MAF(Master Apical File) and to know at which apical size the apical leakage is to be significantly reduced using customized master cone. 120 extracted single rooted premolars were divided into four groups according to their apical size(MAF), #30, 40, 50 and 60. And then, each group was subdivided into three in accordance with three obturation methods, lateral condensation with standardized master cone, lateral condensation with chloroform-dipped customized master cone, and continuous wave of obturation technique. Resorcinol-formaldehyde resin was used for the microleakage test of this study. Teeth were sectioned horizontally at 1.5mm(Level 1), 2.5mm(Level 2), and 3.5mm(Level 3) from the anatomical root apex using low speed microtome. All sections were examined under $\times$40 magnification with a stereomicroscope, photographed, and then scanned. With the scanned images, resin-infiltrated area presenting the microleakage was calculated using SigmaScan/Image, and the ratio of leakage to the total root canal area of each group was analyzed statistically(one way ANOVA). The results were as follows ; 1. In groups of MAF #30, there was no significant difference of mean leakage ratio among three obturation methods at all three levels. 2. In groups of MAF #40, the group using lateral condensation with customized master cone had the low-est mean leakage ratio at all three levels, but there was no significant difference among three obturation techniques. 3. In groups of MAF #50, the mean leakage ratio of the group using lateral condensation with standard master cone was the highest among those of three obturation techniques at level 1, and this difference was statistically significant(p<0.05). 4 In groups of MAF #60, the groups using lateral condensation with standard master cone had also the highest mean leakage ratio at all levels, but there was no significant difference at level 1 and 2. At level 3, the leakage of the group using lateral condensation with standard master cone was significantly higher than that of the group using continuous wave of obturation(p<0.05). The results of this study suggested that the obturation method using customized master cone or the continuous wave of obturation is more effective for apical sealing than that using standardized master cone when MAF is larger than #50.

Epidemiological analysis of Escherichia coli O157 : H7 by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and multiplex polymerase chain reaction

  • Jung, Byeong-yeal;Jung, Suk-chan;Cho, Dong-hee;Kim, Jong-yeom;Kim, Bong-hwan
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.338-342
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    • 1999
  • Twenty three strains of Escherichia (E) coli O157 : H7 isolated from Korea, Japan, USA were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of XbaI-digested chromosomal DNA and multiplex polymerase chain reaction. Various PFGE patterns of E. coli O157 : H7 were found on the same farm. Most of the E, coli O157 : H7 strains had shiga-like toxin (slt) II gene only (43.5%) or both slt I and slt II genes(30.4%). eaeA gene was highly conserved in the E. coli O157 : H7. There was no correlation between PFGE and slt gene patterns. The results indicate that various genotypes of E. coli O157 : H7 have spread throughout the country and genomic DNA patterns generated by PFGE are highly specific for different strains and have significant value in epidemiologic investigations of infectious disease outbreaks.

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Antibiotic resistance pattern of E. coli and Salmonella spp. isolated from chicken feces (닭 분변유래 E. coli 및 Salmonella spp.의 항생제 내성패턴)

  • Lee, Young-Ju;Kim, Ae-Ran;Jung, Suk-Chan;Song, Si-Wook;Kim, Jae-Hong
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.45 no.1
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    • pp.75-83
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the antibiotic resistance pattern of E. coli and Salmonella spp. isolated from chicken feces. One hundred and forty-seven E. coli isolates showed resistance to tetracycline (95.2%), erythromycin (89.2%), ampicillin (70.1%), streptomycin (59.2%), cephalothin (56.5%), sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (53.7%), ciprofloxacin (57.1%), enrofloxacin (59.2%) and norfloxacin (57.1%). The multiple resistance was seen in 144 isolates (97.9%) and the rate of five, six and seven drugs resistance pattern were 20.4%, 18.4% and 16.3%, respectively. Also, the multiple resistance of E. coli to twelve drugs were seen in 1 isolates (0.7%). Fourteen Salmonella spp. showed resistance to ampicillin (50.0%), streptomycin (57.1%), erythromycin (64.3%) and tetracycline (57.1%) and the rate of two and three drugs resistance pattern were 4 isolates (28.6%), respectively. The prevalence of resistant organisms in Korea probably reflects lack of proper antibiotic policy resulting in prolonged and indiscriminate use of antimicrobial agents.

Studying of the Effects of Gamichungsangboha-tang water-extract and ethanol-extract on $IFN{\gamma}$, IL-4, T-bet, GATA-3, c-maf in Asthma Model (가미청상보하탕(加味淸上補下湯)의 물과 에탄올 추출법에 따른 항(抗)알레르기 효과(效果)에 대(對)한 연구(硏究))

  • Heo, Tae-Seok;Ko, Eun-Jung;Jung, Hee-Jae;Rhee, Hyung-Koo;Bae, Hyun-Su;Jung, Sung-Ki
    • The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.40-54
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    • 2006
  • Objective: This study aimed to identify the different effects of GMCSBHT water-extract and ethanol-extract on Th1/Th2 differentiation by monitoring Th1/Th2 specific cytokine secretion patterns and the transcriptional activities of T-bet, GATA-3, c-maf, $INF{\gamma}$ and IL-4. Materials and Methods: Spleen cells from eight week-old BALB/c mice were cultured in GMCSBHT extracts containing medium without activation for 24 hours and with activation for 48 hours. CD4+ T cells were isolated and mRNA expression levels of $INF{\gamma}$, IL-4, T-bet, GATA-3, c-maf by RT-PCR and secretion cytokines levels of $IFN{\gamma}$, IL-4 by ELISA were analyzed. Results: GMCSBHT extracts didn't have mitogenic effects on the unstimulated CD4+ T cells. In Th1 skewed condition, GMCSBAHT water extract had no significant effects on mRNA expression levels of $IFN{\gamma}$, T-bet and c-maf, but inhibited mRNA expression levels of IL-4, GATA-3. It showed significantly increased secretion cytokine levels of $IFN{\gamma}$, but had no significant effect on secretion cytokine levels of IL-4. In Th2 skewed condition, GMCSBHT ethanol extract inhibited mRNA expression levels of $INF{\gamma}$, IL-4, GATA-3 and c-maf significantly, but had no significant effects on mRNA expression levels of T-bet. It had no significant effects on secretion cytokine levels of $INF{\gamma}$, but showed remarkable inhibitory effects on secretion cytokine levels of IL-4. Conclusion: Results suggest that on Th1/Th2 deviation, GMCSBHT water extract has both amplifying effects on Th1 differentiation and inhibitory effects on Th2, but GMCSBHT ethanol extract has stronger inhibitory effects on Th2 differentiation than on Th1.

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Water Injection/Urea SCR System Experimental Results for NOx Reduction on a Light Duty Diesel Engine

  • Nam, Jeong-Gil
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.394-403
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    • 2008
  • The effects of water injection (WI) and urea injection for NOx on a 4-cylinder Direct Injection (DI) diesel engine were investigated experimentally. For water injection, it was installed at the intake pipe and the water quantity was controlled at the intake manifold and Manifold Air Flow (MAF) temperatures while the urea injection was located at the exhaust pipe and the urea quantity was controlled by NOx quantity and MAF. The effects of WI system, urea-SCR system and the combined system were investigated with and without exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). Several experiments were performed to characterize the urea-SCR system, using engine operating points of varying raw NOx emissions. The results of the Stoichiometric Urea Flow (SUF) and NOx map were obtained. In addition, NOx results were illustrated according to the engine speed and load. It is concluded that the NOx reduction effects of the combined system without the EGR were better than those with the EGR-based engine.