• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.92-97
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• 2012

Objective : This study was performed to determine the safety and outcome of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) and adjuvant chemotherapy with temozolomide for Korean patients with a newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Methods : Patients were recruited from four institutions between 2004 and 2007. The patients received fractionated focal irradiation in daily fractions of 2 Gy given 5 days per week for 6 weeks and daily temozolomide, followed by 6 cycles of adjuvant temozolomide. The primary endpoint was overall survival (OS) and the secondary endpoints were progression-free survival (PFS), response, and safety. Results : A total of 103 patients were enrolled in this study. Ninety-six patients (93%) completed the CCRT and 54 patients (52%) received 6 cycles of adjuvant temozolomide. The response rate was 73% (53/73) and the tumor control rate was 92% (67/73). Of the 96 patients who completed the CCRT, the median OS was 18.0 months and the 1- and 2-year OS rates were 74 and 38%, respectively. The median PFS was 10.0 months and the 1- and 2-year PFS rates were 33 and 16%, respectively. The only significant prognostic factor of survival was the extent of surgical resection (p<0.05). CCRT resulted in grade 3 or 4 hematologic toxic effects in 8% of patients. No opportunistic infections were noted. Conclusion : This study is the first prospective multi-institutional report of CCRT and adjuvant chemotherapy with temozolomide for patients with a newly diagnosed glioblastoma in Korea. The current protocol may prolong the survival of Korean patients with a glioblastoma and may be tolerable in terms of toxicity.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.17-22
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• 2010

본 연구의 목적은 대형 석탄 화력 발전소에 DSI (Dry Sorbent Injection)공정을 실제 적용 할 경우에 실현 가능성에 대한 연구로서 N 발전(주)의 S 화력발전본부에서 운용중인 500MW급 석탄화력 발전시설의 보일러 후단에서 전기 집진기 전 단까지를 모델로 삼아 Lab-scale 실험장치를 제작하여 탈황효율을 높이기 위한 실험을 수행하였다. 이를 위하여 Lobedplate와 Step-plate라는 혼합촉진장치를 고안하고 각각 형상을 달리하여 궁극적으로 탈황효율을 높이기 위한 혼합촉진장치의 최적 형상도출을 위한 실험을 수행하였으며 부수적으로 탈황제의 분사구의 개수에 따른 탈황효율 또한 분석하였다. 그 결과 혼합촉진장치가 설치된 경우가 더 높은 탈황 효율을 나타내었고 형상에서는 계단형상일 경우 가장 높은 탈황효율을 보였다. 또한, 탈황제의 분사구의 개수에 따른 탈황효율은 혼합 촉진 장치가 설치되지 않은 경우, 분사구의 개수가 증가할수록 높은 탈황 효율을 보였으나 혼합촉진장치가 설치된 경우는 분사구의 개수가 4개일 경우가 이론적 결과와 같이 가장 높은 탈황효율을 나타내었다.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2017년도 9th Asian Crop Science Association conference
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• pp.12-12
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• 2017

Genetic improvement in potato can be carried out through several approaches, as sexual crosses, somatic hybridization, mutation and genetic engineering. Although the approach is different, but the goal is the same, to get a superior cultivar. Mutation and genetic engineering are very interesting methods for genetic improvement of potato plants. Mutation by gamma-ray irradiation have been performed to get some new potato cultivars which are more resistant to disease and have higher productivity. We have carried out a mutation of some potato cultivars and obtained some excellent clones to be potentially released as new superior cultivars. By the mutation method, we have released one potato cultivar for the French fries industry, and we registered one cultivar of potato for chips, and two cultivar for vegetable potatoes. Actually we are doing multi-location trial for three clones to be released as new cultivars. Through genetic engineering, several genes have been introduced into the potato plant, and we obtained several clones of transgenic potato plants. Transgenic potato plants containing FBPase gene encoding for fructose bisphosphatase, have a higher rate of photosynthesis and higher tuber productivity than non-transgenic plants. This result suggests that FBPase plays an important role in increasing the rate of photosynthesis and potato tuber productivity. Some transgenic potatoes containing the Hd3a gene are currently being evaluated for their productivity. Over expression of the Hd3a gene is expected to increase tuber productivity and induce flowering in potatoes. Transgenic potato plants containing MmPMA gene encoding for plasma membrane ATPse are more tolerant to low pH than non-transgenic plants, indicating that plasma membrane ATPase plays an important role in the potato plant tolerance to low pH stress. Transgenic potato plants containing c-lysozyme genes, are highly tolerant of bacterial wilt diseases caused by Ralstonia solanacearum and bacterial soft rot disease caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum. Expression of c-lyzozyme gene plays an important role in increasing the resistance of potato plants to bacterial diseases.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2016

Intrafractional motion of patients, such as respiratory motion during radiation treatment, is an important issue in image-guided radiotherapy. The accuracy of the radiation treatment decreases as the motion range increases. We developed a control system for a robotic patient immobilization system that enables to reduce the range of tumor motion by compensating the tumor motion. Fusion technology, combining robotics and mechatronics, was developed and applied in this study. First, a small-sized prototype was established for use with an industrial miniature robot. The patient immobilization system consisted of an optical tracking system, a robotic couch, a robot controller, and a control program for managing the system components. A multi speed and position control mechanism with three degrees of freedom was designed. The parameters for operating the control system, such as the coordinate transformation parameters and calibration parameters, were measured and evaluated for a prototype device. After developing the control system using the prototype device, a feasibility test on a full-scale patient immobilization system was performed, using a large industrial robot and couch. The performances of both the prototype device and the realistic device were evaluated using a respiratory motion phantom, for several patterns of respiratory motion. For all patterns of motion, the root mean squared error of the corresponding detected motion trajectories were reduced by more than 40%. The proposed system improves the accuracy of the radiation dose delivered to the target and reduces the unwanted irradiation of normal tissue.

• 분석과학
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.165-171
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• 2010

글루코스 옥시다아(GOx)제 고정화 바이오센서를 두 가지 방법으로 제조 하였다. 첫 번째 방법은 폴리(maleic anhydride) 그래프트 탄소나노튜브(PMAn-g-MWCNT) 전극에 감마선 조사법으로 제조 된 Au 나노입자를 물리적으로 흡착시킨 후, GOx을 고정화 시켜 바이오센서를 제조한 경우이고, 다른 하나는 PMAn-g-MWCNT 전극에서 Au 이온을 전기화학적으로 환원시켜 Au 나노입자를 코팅 시키고, 그 위에 GOx을 고정화 시켜 바이오센서를 제조 한 경우이두. 제조된 바이오센서에 대해 효율 평가를 수행 하였는데, 물리적 흡착법으로 제조된 전극의 경우 검출 범위는 $30\;{\mu}M\sim100\;{\mu}M$이었으며, 검출한계는 $15\;{\mu}M$이었다. 또한 ascorbic acid와 uric acid에 대한 검출한계는 7.6%이었다. 물리적으로 Au 나노입자가 흡착된 전극의 경우가 글루코스 측정에 매우 우수한 전극임을 확인 하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.1137-1144
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• 2013

$TiO_2$ composites with seven different carbon materials (activated carbons, graphite, carbon fibers, single-walled carbon nanotubes, multi-walled carbon nanotubes, graphene oxides, and reduced graphene oxides) that are virgin or treated with nitric acid are prepared through an evaporation method. The photocatalytic activities of the as-prepared samples are evaluated in terms of $H_2$ production from aqueous methanol solution (photo-catalytic reduction: PCR) and degradation of aqueous pollutants (phenol, methylene blue, and rhodamine B) (photocatalytic oxidation: PCO) under AM 1.5-light irradiation. Despite varying effects depending on the kinds of carbon materials and their surface treatment, composites typically show enhanced PCR activity with maximum 50 times higher $H_2$ production as compared to bare $TiO_2$. Conversely, the carbon-induced synergy effects on PCO activities are insignificant for all three substrates. Colorimetric quantification of hydroxyl radicals supports the absence of carbon effects. However, platinum deposition on the binary composites displays the enhanced effect on both PCR and PCO reactions. These differing effects of carbon materials on PCR and PCO reactions of $TiO_2$ are discussed in terms of physicochemical properties of carbon materials, coupling states of $TiO_2$/carbon composites, interfacial charge transfers. Various surface characterizations of composites (UV-Vis diffuse reflectance, SEM, FTIR, surface area, electrical conductivity, and photoluminescence) are performed to gain insight on their photocatalytic redox behaviors.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.277-284
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• 2012

타워형 태양열 발전용 체적식 공기흡수기의 열전달 성능 해석을 수행하였다. 타당한 관련문헌에 기초하여 채널 한 개의 벽과 공기 온도분포를 지정된 기하학적 크기와 입력조건에서 예측 할 수 있는 계산과정들이 제시되었다. 더 나아가서 흡수기 유용도의 수학적 모델이 온도프로파일 해석을 통해 유일하게 제시되었다. 흡수기 재질은 실리콘 카바이드이다. 공기 흐름을 유도하는 정사각형 직선채널 크기는 $2mm(W){\times}2mm(H){\times}0.2mm(t){\times}320mm(L)$이며, 모듈 한 개에는 225 개의 채널이 성형되었다. 일정한 일사량 및 공기유량 가정하에서 채널과 모듈 수의 변화에 따른 열전달량, 온도분포 및 유용도 추이가 제시되었다. 태양열 발전에 응용하기 위해서는 흡수기 출구 공기온도가 $700^{\circ}C$ 이상에 도달하여야 한다. 본 수치모델은 200 kW 급 타워형 태양열 공기흡수기의 설계에 사용되었으며, 지정된 기하학적 조건과 입력조건에서 요구되는 열전달 성능을을 만족하는 모듈 수를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 비등방성 2차원 확산 기반 필터를 이용하여 전산화단층영상(computed tomography, CT)의 노이즈 제거와 공간분해능을 향상하고자 하였다. 실험은 4-채널 다중검출기 전산화단층영상기기(4-channel multi-detector computed tomography, MDCT)를 이용하였으며, CT 영상품질 평가를 위해 미국 의학물리학자협의회(american association of physicists in medicine, AAPM) CT 성능 평가용 팬톰을 사용하였다. X-선 조사 조건은 120 kVp, 100 mAs로 고정한 후 ultra-high resolution으로 10 mm 축 방향 스캔 하였다. 본 연구에서 제안한 비등방성 2차원 확산 기반 필터는 원 영상에 각 픽셀에 가중치 1.2를 곱하고 0.4% 히스토그램 스트레칭을 통해 영상의 대조도를 증가시킨 후 비등방성 2차원 확산 필터를 적용하였다. 그 결과, 공간분해능은 원 영상에서 0.75 mm까지 구분되었지만 제안한 비등방성 2차원 확산 기반 필터 영상에서는 0.40 mm까지 구분되었다. 원 영상의 노이즈는 46.0, 제안한 비등방성 2차원 확산 기반 필터 영상의 노이즈는 33.5로 27.2%가 감소하였다. 우리가 제안한 비등방성 2차원 확산 기반 필터는 CT의 노이즈 제거와 공간분해능을 향상시킬 수 있었다.

• 광물과 암석
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.213-220
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 고압 환경에서 합성된 결정 입자의 크기에 원시료(starting materials)의 상(phase)이 미치는 영향을 확인했다. 상이 다른 두 가지 원시료인 비정질 시료와 나노파우더 시료를 이용해 알루미늄이 부화된 고압의 환원환경에서 삼원계 시스템인 브리지마나이트-페리클레이스-칼슘 페라이트(calcium ferrite)상의 MgAl₂O₄을 합성했다. 시료는 40 GPa 2000 K의 압력온도 조건에서 20 시간 동안 가열하여 합성했다. 합성된 시료는 비정질 시료를 이용한 경우 입자 크기가 50-200 nm였으며, 나노파우더를 이용한 경우 ~500 nm로 나타났다. 이러한 차이는 1) 시료가 합성된 2000 K의 온도가 낮아 비정질 시료의 경우 결정 성장보다 결정핵 성장이 더 우세하게 나타났거나 2) 시료에 존재할 수 있는 산화 환원반응 상태의 차이로 생각된다. 추후 다원계 시스템에 대한 고압 실험을 수행할 때 비정질 시료보다 나노파우더를 원시료로 이용하는 것이 결정 성장에서 더 유리할 것으로 생각된다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.337-343
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this report is to describe the proton therapy system at Samsung Medical Center (SMC-PTS) including the proton beam generator, irradiation system, patient positioning system, patient position verification system, respiratory gating system, and operating and safety control system, and review the current status of the SMC-PTS. Materials and Methods: The SMC-PTS has a cyclotron (230 MeV) and two treatment rooms: one treatment room is equipped with a multi-purpose nozzle and the other treatment room is equipped with a dedicated pencil beam scanning nozzle. The proton beam generator including the cyclotron and the energy selection system can lower the energy of protons down to 70 MeV from the maximum 230 MeV. Results: The multi-purpose nozzle can deliver both wobbling proton beam and active scanning proton beam, and a multi-leaf collimator has been installed in the downstream of the nozzle. The dedicated scanning nozzle can deliver active scanning proton beam with a helium gas filled pipe minimizing unnecessary interactions with the air in the beam path. The equipment was provided by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd., RayStation from RaySearch Laboratories AB is the selected treatment planning system, and data management will be handled by the MOSAIQ system from Elekta AB. Conclusion: The SMC-PTS located in Seoul, Korea, is scheduled to begin treating cancer patients in 2015.