• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2020

The nonlinear dynamics of a directly forced clamped-clamped-free-free magneto-rheological elastomer (MRE) sandwich shell has been experimentally investigated. Experiments have been conducted on an aluminium shallow shell (shell A) and an MRE-aluminium sandwich shallow shell with single curvature (shell B). An electrodynamic shaker has been used to directly force shells A and B in the vicinity of their fundamental resonance frequency; a laser displacement sensor has been used to measure the vibration amplitude to construct the frequency-response curves. It was observed that for an aluminium shell (shell A), that at small forcing amplitudes, a weak softening-type nonlinear behaviour was observed, however, at higher forcing amplitudes the nonlinear dynamical behaviour shifted and a strong hardening-type response occurred. For the MRE shell (shell B), the effect of forcing amplitude showed softening at low magnetic fields and hardening for medium magnetic fields; it was also observed the mono-curved MRE sandwich shell changed dynamics to quasiperiodic displacement at some frequencies, from a periodic displacement. The presence of a magnetic field, initial curvature, and forcing amplitude has significant qualitative and quantitative effects on the nonlinear dynamical response of a mono curved MRE sandwich shell.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.71-79
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• 2018

The nonlinear vibration analysis of a magneto-rheological elastomer (MRE) sandwich plate is conducted experimentally. Experiments have been performed in order to construct the frequency-response curves in the vicinity of the fundamental natural frequency of an MRE sandwich plate (plate A) in either the absence or presence of a localised external magnetic field at 3 different geometrical locations, for both small and medium magnetic fields. Furthermore, experiments have also been conducted on a pure aluminium plate (plate B) with an equal thickness to the MRE sandwich plate (plate A) in order to examine the influence of the MRE layer on the nonlinear dynamics of the system. An electrodynamic shaker was used to directly force each system and the displacement at the centre of the plate was measured. Meanwhile, permanent magnets were used to apply a localised magnetic field for the experiments where the MRE sandwich plate was subject to an external magnetic field. It was observed all the MRE systems displayed strong hardening-type nonlinear behaviour, however, with increasing magnetic field this behaviour transitioned to a weak hardening-type nonlinearity.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.64-67
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• 2007

Electronic structures of ordered double perovskites $Ba_2MReO_6$ (M=Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni) are investigated by using the linearized muffin-tin orbitals band method in the local spin-density approximation (LSDA) and the LSDA+U method. The half-metallic ferrimagnetic ground states are obtained for M=Fe and Ni in the LSDA+U, whereas the insulating ground state is obtained for M=Mn in the LSDA+U incorporating the spinorbit interaction. For M= Co, the antiferromagnetic ground state is stabilized in the LSDA+U by invoking the structural distortion.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.180-188
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• 2022

Objective: To validate the performance of 3T spin-echo echo-planar imaging (SE-EPI) magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) for staging hepatic fibrosis in a large population, using surgical specimens as the reference standard. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study initially included 310 adults (155 undergoing hepatic resection and 155 undergoing donor hepatectomy) with histopathologic results from surgical liver specimens. They underwent 3T SE-EPI MRE ≤ 3 months prior to surgery. Demographic findings, underlying liver disease, and hepatic fibrosis pathologic stage according to METAVIR were recorded. Liver stiffness (LS) was measured by two radiologists, and inter-reader reproducibility was evaluated using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). The mean LS of each fibrosis stage (F0-F4) was calculated in total and for each etiologic subgroup. Comparisons among subgroups were performed using the Kruskal-Wallis test and Conover post-hoc test. The cutoff values for fibrosis staging were estimated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Results: Inter-reader reproducibility was excellent (ICC, 0.98; 95% confidence interval, 0.97-0.99). The mean LS values were 1.91, 2.41, 3.24, and 5.41 kPa in F0-F1 (n = 171), F2 (n = 26), F3 (n = 38), and F4 (n = 72), respectively. The discriminating cutoff values for diagnosing ≥ F2, ≥ F3, and F4 were 2.18, 2.71, and 3.15 kPa, respectively, with the ROC curve areas of 0.97-0.98 (sensitivity 91.2%-95.9%, specificity 90.7%-99.0%). The mean LS was significantly higher in patients with cirrhosis (F4) of nonviral causes, such as primary biliary cirrhosis (9.56 kPa) and alcoholic liver disease (7.17 kPa) than in those with hepatitis B or C cirrhosis (4.28 and 4.92 kPa, respectively). There were no statistically significant differences in LS among the different etiologic subgroups in the F0-F3 stages. Conclusion: The 3T SE-EPI MRE demonstrated high interobserver reproducibility, and our criteria for staging hepatic fibrosis showed high diagnostic performance. LS was significantly higher in patients with non-viral cirrhosis than in those with viral cirrhosis.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.307-316
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• 2015

Beginning from the recognition of FtsZ as a bacterial tubulin homolog in the early 1990s, many bacterial cytoskeletal elements have been identified, including homologs to the major eukaryotic cytoskeletal elements (tubulin, actin, and intermediate filament) and the elements unique in prokaryotes (ParA/MinD family and bactofilins). The discovery and functional characterization of the bacterial cytoskeleton have revolutionized our understanding of bacterial cells, revealing their elaborate and dynamic subcellular organization. As in eukaryotic systems, the bacterial cytoskeleton participates in cell division, cell morphogenesis, DNA segregation, and other important cellular processes. However, in accordance with the vast difference between bacterial and eukaryotic cells, many bacterial cytoskeletal proteins play distinct roles from their eukaryotic counterparts; for example, control of cell wall synthesis for cell division and morphogenesis. This review is aimed at providing an overview of the bacterial cytoskeleton, and discussing the roles and assembly dynamics of bacterial cytoskeletal proteins in more detail in relation to their most widely conserved functions, DNA segregation and coordination of cell wall synthesis.

• 한국음향학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국음향학회 1996년도 영남지부 학술발표회 논문집 Acoustic Society of Korean Youngnam Chapter Symposium Proceedings
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• pp.61-65
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• 1996

본 논문은, 공간영역에서 화상을 압축할 수 있는 Quad-tree 부호화법을 분석하고, 보다 화질 및 압축율을 개선하기 위하여 적응 불록분할 및 병합 알고리듭을 제안하엿다. 화상은 에지부분을 제외하고는 인접한 화소들간에 데이터의 용장도가 높으므로 이 영역을 하나의 대표값으로 설정하여 그 값과 그 블록의 위치좌표를 부호화할 수 있다. Quad-tree 분할은 초기의 병합을 제외하고 순차적으로 분할과정만 반복처리하지만 본 알고리듬에서는 단위블록(3$\times$3 호소) 의 평균잘류에너지(MRE)를 이용하여 블록의 분할과 병합을 반복처리한다. 시뮬레이션결과, 본 알고리듭은 압축율 1bit/pixel에서 기존의 Quad-tree 방법보다 PSNR에서 1.0dB의 개선이 있었으며, 화상의 블록화 현상도 전혀 나타나지 않았다.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.17-32
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• 2009

The aim of this work is to generalize reliability equivalence technique to apply it to a system consists of n independent and non-identical components connected in series system, that have mixing constant failure rates. We shall improve the system by using some reliability techniques: (i) reducing some failure rates; (ii) add hot reduncy components; (iii) add cold reduncy components; (iv) add cold reduncy components with imperfect switches. We start by establishing two different types of reliability equivalence factors, the survival equivalence (SRE), and mean reliability equivalence (MRE) factors. Also, we introduced some numerical results.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2015년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.345-347
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• 2015

인공위성은 다양한 센서장치, 구동장치, 전자장치들로 구성되어 있으며, 위성을 제어하는 컴퓨터 장치는 이들 장치들과 다양한 종류의 통신 버스로 연결되어있다. 정의된 프로토콜에 따라 명령을 전송하고 장치들의 상태 정보를 수집하여 위성을 운영한다. 위성에서 많이 사용되는 대부분의 상용 센서나 구동장치들은 표준화된 버스 (ex, 1553B, CAN, UART, etc ...) 인터페이스를 지원한다. 그러나 위성의 임무나 설계에 맞게 특수하게 제작된 장치의 경우는 범용의 버스보다는 용도에 적합한 프로토콜이 설계되고 제작된다. 본 논문에서는 2018년 발사 예정인 정지궤도복합위성 컴퓨터 장치 (GMU) 내의 프로세스 모듈과 시스템의 이상상태를 감지하여 GMU의 운용 모드 및 형상의 변경을 담당하는 MRE 모듈사이의 통신을 담당하는 IMGL 설계를 소개하고 IMGL 운영을 담당하는 소프트웨어 설계 및 구현 내용을 기술한다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.205-214
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• 2020

남세균은 수계나 토양 생태계에서 질소 고정 능력으로 인해 질소순환 과정에 중요한 역할을 하는 미생물로 다양한 산업분야에서 활용될 수 있는 유용 물질을 생산할 수 있다. 또한 일부 종은 수생태계에서 유해조류 번성을 일으켜 수자원의 이용을 제한한다. 일반적으로 생물소재은행은 관련 연구를 위해 남세균 배양주를 제공하는 역할을 한다. 하지만 국내 생물소재은행에서는 남세균의 체계적인 보존이 미비한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 국내에서 분리한 Trichormus variabilis (syn. Anabaena variabilis)를 대상으로 알긴산 마이크로캡슐을 이용한 동결보존기술을 개발하였다. 동결보존제만 사용하는 일반 동결보존법과 세포를 마이크로캡슐에 포집한 후 동결보존제를 혼합하는 두 가지 방법으로 실험을 수행하였고 각각의 효율을 비교하였다. T. variabilis 동결보존 후 35일간 재배양하여 세포수를 비교한 결과 두 가지 동결보존법 모두 재생에 성공하였으며, 초기 농도 1.0 × 10⁵ cells에서 마이크로캡슐 방법은 6.7 × 10⁶ cells로, 일반 동결 보존법은 1.1 × 10⁷ cells로 증가되었다. 또한 배양 14일 후 T. variabilis 세포의 부정형 형태를 발견하였다. 세포 소기관을 관찰하기 위해 투과전자현미경(TEM) 분석을 하였고 lacunae와 lipid body의 크기가 줄어든 것을 확인하였다. 세포 형태와 관련된 mreB 유전자가 동결보존 전에 비해 동결 보존 후 발현량이 54.7%로 감소된 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구결과를 통해 향후 사상성 남조류에 대하여 보존제와 마이크로캡슐을 이용한 동결보존이 가능할 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.243-251
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• 2011

The gene bolA was discovered in the 80's, but unraveling its function in the cell has proven to be a complex task. The BolA protein has pleiotropic effects over cell physiology, altering growth and morphology, inducing biofilm formation, and regulating the balance of several membrane proteins. Recently, BolA was shown to be a transcription factor by repressing the expression of the mreB gene. The present report shows that BolA is a transcriptional regulator of the dacA and dacC genes, thus regulating both DD-carboxypeptidases PBP5 and PBP6 and thereby demonstrating the versatility of BolA as a cellular regulator. In this work, we also demonstrate that reduction of cell growth and survival can be connected to the overexpression of the bolA gene in different E. coli backgrounds, particularly in the exponential growth phase. The most interesting finding is that overproduction of BolA affects bacterial growth differently depending on whether the cells were inoculated directly from a plate culture or from an overnight batch culture. This strengthens the idea that BolA can be engaged in the coordination of genes that adapt the cell physiology in order to enhance cell adaptation and survival under stress conditions.