• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.20-23
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• 2010

The analog front end (AFE) of a radio frequency identification transponder using the ISO 14443 type A standard with a 100% amplitude shift keying (ASK) modulation is proposed in this paper and verified by circuit simulations and measurements. This AFE circuit, using a 13.56 MHz carrier frequency, consists of a rectifier, a modulator, a demodulator, a regulator, a power on reset, and a dynamically enabled digital phase locked loop (DPLL). The DPLL, with a charge pump enable circuit, was used to recover the clock of a 100% modulated ASK signal during the pause period. A high voltage lateral double diffused metal-oxide semiconductor transistor was used to protect the rectifier and the clock recovery circuit from high voltages. The proposed AFE was fabricated using the $0.18\;{\mu}m$ standard CMOS process, with an AFE core size of $350\;{\mu}m\;{\times}\;230\;{\mu}m$. The measurement results show that the DPLL, using a demodulator output signal, generates a constant 1.695 MHz clock during the pause period of the 100% ASK signal.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.43-48
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• 2007

Laser Transmission Joining (LTJ) of plastics is a process in which light of suitable wavelength is transmitted through a transparent substrate that is in contact with an absorbing one. In this paper, LTJ is investigated by preliminary experiments from the viewpoint of mechanical engineering. To understand transmitting characteristics of each polymer substrate, transmission rate, reflection rate and absorption coefficient of polymer are measured by using a laser power-meter. Characteristics of joining in the spot welding and seam welding are investigated by measuring the fracture load. Fracture load increases in accordance to the laser power and irradiation time. However, when the laser power is over 60W and irradiation time over 4seconds, fracture load decreases. This phenomenon is probably due to heat-softening of materials. Besides, cavities are generated at a joint by evaporation of water molecules, which can be suppressed by introduction of a gap between two substrates.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.23-31
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• 2014

This study was accomplished to get the foundation design data of VMD(Vacuum Membrane Distillation) system for Solar Thermal VMD plant. VMD experiment was designed to evaluate thermal performance of VMD using PVDF(polyvinylidene fluoride) hollow fiber hydrophobic membranes. The total membrane surface area in a VMD module is $5.3m^2$. Experimental equipments to evaluate VMD system consists of various parts such as VMD module, heat exchanger, heater, storage tank, pump, flow meter, micro filter. The experimental conditions to evaluate VMD module were salt concentration, temperature, flow rate of feed sea water. Salt concentration of feed water were used by aqueous NaCl solutions of 25g/l, 35g/l and 45g/l concentration. As a result, increase in permeate flux of VMD module is due to the increasing feed water temperature and feed water flow rate. Also, decrease in permeate flux of VMD module is due to increasing salinity of feed water. VMD module required about 590 kWh/day of heating energy to produce $1m^3/day$ of fresh water.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.199-209
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• 1993

The effects of ${\alpha}_1$-adrenergic stimulation on membrane potential, intracellular sodium activity $(a_N{^i{_a}})$, and contractility were investigated in the isolated papillary muscle of euthyroid, hyperthyroid, and hypothyroid guinea pigs. Cardiac alterations in the thyroid state have been shown to induce marked changes in action potential characteristics, the most pronounced shortening of action potential duration by hyperthyroidism and an increase in duration by hypothyroidism. $10^{-5}M$ Phenylephrine produced a decrease in $(a_N{^i{_a}})$ in euthyroid and hypothyroid preparations, but an increase in $(a_N{^i{_a}})$ in hyperthyroid ones. The major findings were that phenylephrine produced a stronger positive inotropic effect(PIE) without initial negative inotropic effect(NIE) in hyperthyroid preparations, while phenylephrine produced markedly NIE in hypothyroid ones. The alterations in membrane potential, $(a_N{^i{_a}})$, and contractility were abolished by $3{\times}10^{-5}M$ prazosin in hypothyroidism. In hypothyroid ventricular muscle, the decrease in $(a_N{^i{_a}})$ caused by phenylephrine were not abolished or reduced by $10^{-5}M$ strophanthidin, $10^{-5}M$ TTX, $3{\times}10^{-4}M$ lidocaine, or $100^{-5}M$ verapamil. These results indicate that the ${\alpha}_1$-adrenoceptor-mediated decrease in $(a_N{^i{_a}})$ is not associated with a stimulation of the $Na^+$-$K^+$ pump, inhibition of the $Na^+$ or $Ca^+$ channel in hypothyroid ventricular muscle. $10^{-5}M$ Phenylephrine decreased $(a_N{^i{_a}})$ but increased $(a_N{^i{_a}})$ in the presence of a PKC activator phorbol dibutyrate$(PDB_u)$. In conclusion, it is suggested that the following sequence of events in response to phenyleplhane occur in guinea pig ventricular muscle. First, changes in thyroid state may contribute to the ventacular electrophysiological propeties or ion transport system. Second, the adrenoceptor-mediated initial transient NIE may be associated with the decrease in $(a_N{^i{_a}})$ by PKC activation.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.101-106
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• 2005

The pharmacokinetics of oral nifedipine (5 mg/kg) was studied in rabbits given after or simultaneously with naringin (1.5, 7.5 and 15 mg/kg, respectively). The area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) and the peak concentration $(C_{max})$ of nifedipine coadministered or pretreated with naringin were significantly increased (p < 0.05, coad.; p < 0.01, pret.) compared with the control group. The absolute bioavailability (AB%) of nifedipine was significantly (p < 0.05, coad.; p < 0.01, pret.) higher by 22.3 - 28.1 % compared to the control (17.9%). The relative bioavailability (RB%) of nifedipine was higher by 1.24 - 1.43 times (coad.) and 1.32 -1.57 times (pret.) than those of the control, showing that preatreatrnent of naringin was more effective than that of the coadministration of naringin. Naringin did not show significant effect on the Tmax and $t_{1/2}$ of nifedipine. It is suggested that naringin may alter pharmacokinetic paramiters of nifedipine by inhibition of P-glycoprotein efflux pump and its first-pass metabolism. The dosage of nifedipine should be adjusted when it is administered with naringin in a clinical situation.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.381-394
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• 2017

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate carbonated drinks induced dental caries with qualitative analysis and to compare with oral organic acids including lactate, acetate, propionate, formate, butyrate, pyruvate and valerate which cause caries when taking either 10% sucrose drinks or carbonated drinks. Methods: Saliva was collected from six study subjects before and after (start, 5, 10, 30 minutes) taking water intake upon (A) 10% sucrose intake, (B) 10% sucrose intake, and (C) carbonated drink intake, then they were centrifuged at 1,200 rpm followed by removing bacteria and enzymes with syringe filtering, performing a qualitative analysis with HPLC conductivity detection (GP50 gradient pump, ED 50 detector) after saliva pre-treatment under isocratic 100 mM NaOH mobile phase. Results: Higher risk of dental caries was evaluated in order of C>B>A, with the results of total oral organic acids' concentration, lactates of organic acids and organic acids produced after 5 minutes from the 3 types of drinks intake. Conclusions: Carbonated beverages were estimated to develop higher dental caries induction than beverages containing 10% sucrose because of the high organic acid concentration in the mouth after its intake.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.89-94
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• 2016

In this experimental study, the effects of top clearance on the performance of automotive a/c compressor were studied. Top clearance measuring device was also developed to ensure the reliability using vacuum conditions to secure constant control of top clearance without external environmental influence. Our results revealed that the improvements in compressor performance according to different top clearance values using the same compressor and same operator were about 4.12% at 800 rpm and about 7.8% at 2,000 rpm in 0.243~0.252 mm of top clearance compared to 0.431~0.456 mm of top clearance. To confirm the consistency in measuring top clearance affecting compressor performance, the top clearance measuring device was developed in this study using a vacuum pump. After performing reliable tests repeatedly, the distribution of measuring values under this device was within 0.99~1.83%, indicating that the constant test data in compressor performance was not affected by any other external environment.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제40권8호
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• pp.567-576
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• 2017

The $Na^+/H^+$ exchanger is responsible for maintaining the acidic tumor microenvironment through its promotion of the reabsorption of extracellular $Na^+$ and the extrusion of intracellular $H^+$. The resultant increase in the extracellular acidity contributes to the chemoresistance of malignant tumors. In this study, the chemosensitizing effects of cariporide, a potent $Na^+/H^+-exchange$ inhibitor, were evaluated in human malignant mesothelioma H-2452 cells preadapted with lactic acid. A higher basal level of phosphorylated (p)-AKT protein was found in the acid-tolerable H-2452AcT cells compared with their parental acid-sensitive H-2452 cells. When introduced in H-2452AcT cells with a concentration that shows only a slight toxicity in H-2452 cells, cariporide exhibited growth-suppressive and apoptosis-promoting activities, as demonstrated by an increase in the cells with pyknotic and fragmented nuclei, annexin V-PE(+) staining, a $sub-G_0/G_1$ peak, and a $G_2/M$ phase-transition delay in the cell cycle. Preceding these changes, a cariporide-induced p-AKT down-regulation, a p53 up-regulation, an ROS accumulation, and the depolarization of the mitochondrial-membrane potential were observed. A pretreatment with the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor LY294002 markedly augmented the DNA damage caused by the cariporide, as indicated by a much greater extent of comet tails and a tail moment with increased levels of the p-histone H2A.X, $p-ATM^{Ser1981}$, $p-ATR^{Ser428}$, $p-CHK1^{Ser345}$, and $p-CHK2^{Thr68}$, as well as a series of pro-apoptotic events. The data suggest that an inhibition of the PI3K/AKT signaling is necessary to enhance the cytotoxicity toward the acidtolerable H-2452AcT cells, and it underlines the significance of proton-pump targeting as a potential therapeutic strategy to overcome the acidic-microenvironment-associated chemotherapeutic resistance.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.226-232
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• 2013

소형 무인항공기의 동력장치로 연료전지 시스템을 적용하기 위해 화학수소화합물 수소 저장방법을 이용한 소형 수소 발생 제어장치를 설계하였다. 효율이 높은 소형/경량 수소 발생 제어장치를 설계하기 위하여 $NaBH_4$ 수용액 공급 유량에 따른 Co-B 촉매의 수소 전환율을 확인하였고, 100W 스택의 최대 수소 발생량에 적합한 Co-B 촉매양을 제안하였다. 효율적인 연료 소모를 위해 Dead-end 방식의 스택을 선택하였고, 수소 발생 제어장치 내부 압력을 이용한 펌프 on/off 제어로 수소 생성량을 제어하였다. 소형 수소 발생 제어장치를 이용한 연료전지 시스템의 각 작동구간에서 안정된 운전을 확인하였다. 장시간 운전 실험을 통하여 최대 7시간 운전이 가능하며, 임의의 비행 프로화일에 요구되는 추력 프로화일은 최소 4시간 이상 조정 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.357-371
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• 1996

리튬(Lithium)은 임상에서 조울병 치료에 이용되고 있다. 본 연구는 흰쥐 적출 관류부신 으로부터 catecholamine (CA) 분비에 대한 리튬의 작용을 검색 하고 그 기전을 규명하고자 하여 얻어진 결과는 다음과 같다. 정상 Krebs-bicarbonate 용액내의 $Na^+$ (118.4 mM)을 리튬으로 대치하여 관류하였을때 CA 분비는 점차적인 증가를 나타내었으며, $30{\sim}60$분에서 최대 분비작용을 나타내었다. Li-Krebs액은 모든 실험에서 부신정맥을 통해서 2시간동안 관류하였다. Li-Krebs에 의한 CA 분비반응은 $Ca^{++}-free$ Krebs액으로 전처치한 상태에서 유의하게 억제되었다. 이와같은 Li-Krebs 액에 의한 CA 분비작용은 nicardipine ($10^{-6}$ M), TMB-8 ($10^{-5}$ M) 및 chlorisondamine ($10^{-6}$ M) 등을 20 분간 각각 전처치 하였을때 현저히 감약되었으나 pirenzepine ($2{\times}10^{-6}$ M)에 의해서는 별다른 영향을 받지 않았다. $Na^+$ pump 억제제인 ouabain ($10^{-4}$ M)으로 20 분간 전처치한 후 Li-Krebs에 의한 CA 유리작용은 뚜렷이 억제되었다. 더우기 tetrodotoxin ($5{\times}10^{-7}$ M)으로 20 분간 전처치 하였을때도 Li-Krebs에 의한 CA 분비반응은 현저히 감약되었다. 이상과 같은 실험결과를 종합하여 보면, 리튬은 흰쥐 부신수질의 크롬 친화성 세포내에 측적됨으로써 칼슘의존성의 CA 분비작용을 일으키며, 이러한 분비작용은 i) 크롬친화성 세포의 탈분극과 이어서 voltage-sensitive 칼슘채널의 개방과 ii) $[Li]_i-[Ca]_0$ counter-transport system의 활성화를 통한 두가지 작용기전에 의해서 매개되는 것으로 생각된다.