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Energy Status of Neurospora crassa Mutant nap in Relation to Accumulation of Carotenoids

  • Belozersk, Tatyana A.;Potapova, Tatyana V.;Isakova, Elena P.;Shurubor, Eugene I.;Savel'eva, Ludmila V.;Zvyagilskaya, Renata A.
    • Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.41-45
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    • 2003
  • N crassa mutant strain nap showed reduced growth rate, decreased electric membrane potential, and elevated intracellular ATP content in comparison to the wild type. Blue light induced a hyperpolarization of the membrane potential in both strains. The analysis of oxidative and phosphorylation activities of mitochondria isolated from the two strains has revealed that nap utilized more efficient oxidative pathways. The higher intracellular ATP content in the nap was presumably due to impaired transport systems of the plasma membrane, and to a lesser extent to the functioning of the fully competent respiratory chain. The excess ATP possibly accounts for carotenoid accumulation in the mutant.

Survival and Histological Changes in Gill of the Rockfish, Sebastes schlegeli Following Exposure to Naphthalene (나프탈렌에 노출된 조피볼락의 생존 및 아가미의 조직학적 변화)

  • Cho, Jae Kwon;Kim, Tae Ik;Son, Maeng Hyun;Kim, Kyong Min;Jin, Young Guk
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2013
  • Rockfish, Sebastes schlegeli (total length; $10.36{\pm}0.49cm$, total weight; $16.28{\pm}1.86g$, N; 290) were exposed to various concentrations of naphthalene for 28 days. Exposure concentrations of naphthalene established control, ethanol (solvent) control, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 mg Nap $L^{-1}$. After exposure, We observed survival rate, and degree of tissue change (DTC) in gill under optical microscopy. Survival rate of the rockfish was more than 90% in control, ethanol control, 0.5 and 1.0 mg Nap $L^{-1}$, whereas it decreased in 1.5 and 2.0 mg Nap $L^{-1}$ (respectively 80%, 62.2%). In histological observation of gill, hyperplasia of epithelial cells observed in all exposure groups. But no showed increase of DTC which was related to concentration. Whereas, DTC at fusion of gill lamellar, lamellar telangiectasia, stasis, aneurysm and necrosis showed dose dependent increase. Especially, fusion of gill lamellar, lamellar telangiectasia and stasis observed at more 1.0 mg Nap $L^{-1}$, and aneurysm and necrosis at more 1.5 mg Nap $L^{-1}$. These results showed naphthalene caused survival and severe change to the gill of the rockfish which was related to exposure concentration.

The Relationship between Internet Use for Non-academic Purposes and Happiness and Stress in Adolescents (학업 목적 외의 인터넷 사용과 청소년들의 행복감 및 스트레스와의 관련성)

  • Park, Hyunju
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.169-177
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: Previous studies focused on the negative effects of Internet use such as obesity, depression, and addiction. However, few studies investigated whether the Internet use for an appropriate time has positive effects on adolescents' health. Thus, the purpose of the study was to examine the dose-response relationship between Internet use for non-academic purposes (NAP) and happiness/stress in adolescents. Methods: This study used data from the 2013 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey. A total of 72,435 adolescents were included. Rao-Scott ${\chi}^2$ and multiple logistic regression were conducted. To test the dose-response relationship, this study examined how happiness/stress changed with increase in the time of Internet use for NAP. Results: After controlling for general characteristics, the odds ratios for being unhappy and stressful were lowest in adolescents using the Internet for NAP for more than 0 hour and less than an hour a day. Interestingly, students who did not use the Internet for NAP had a significantly higher risk of being unhappy/stressful than those using for more than 0 hour and less than an hour a day. Conclusion: Internet use for NAP for more than 0 hour and less than an hour a day has positive effects on happiness/stress in adolescents.

Prediction of PAH Concentration in Soil using Regression Analysis (회귀분석에 의한 토양내 PAH 농도 예측에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jongo;Park, Soo-Ho;Lee, Woo-Bum
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.26-32
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    • 2017
  • Regression analyses were conducted for prediction of benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) and total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils. Dimensionless units were applied after each PAH was divided by naphthalene (Nap) for the regression analyses using a previously published Swiss data set or all data sets, including Chinese and Brazilian. A strong correlation was found between BaP/Nap ($R^2=0.95$) or ${\Sigma}PAH/Nap$ ($R^2=0.99$) and Pyr/Nap ratios from the Swiss data set. When the developed prediction equation was applied to other measurements to validate its accuracy, there was great agreement between the data and predicted values. This model could be used as a useful tool for the calculation of average BaP and ΣPAH in specific regions without additional tests.

Network Adaptive Prefetching for Constant QoS Guarantee in Media Streaming (미디어 스트리밍에서 일정한 QoS보장을 위한 네트워크 적응적 프리페칭 기법)

  • Lee, Joa-Hyoung;Jung, In-Bum
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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    • v.15C no.6
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    • pp.547-556
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    • 2008
  • Recently, with the advance of computing and networking technique, the high speed internet becomes widespread, however, it is still hard job to do streaming the media which requires high network bandwidth over the internet. Previous researches for streaming over the internet mainly proposed techniques that controls the QoS(Quality of Service) of the media in proportion to the network status. Though, this could be the solution for the service provider while the service user who wants constant QoS may not satisfy with variable QoS. In the paper, we propose a network adaptive prefetching technique, NAP, for guarantee of constant QoS. The NAP prefetches frames by increasing the frame transmission rate while the available network bandwidth is high. The NAP uses the prefetched frames to guarantee the QoS while the available network bandwidth is low. The experiment result shows that the proposed NAP could guarantee the constant QoS by prefetching the frames adaptively to the network bandwidth with the characteristic of video stream.

Sleep/Wake Behavior of Shift Workers in the Iron and Steel Industry Using Wrist Actigraph (액티그라프를 이용한 철강업 교대근무자의 수면·각성 행태)

  • Moon, Se-Keun;Seo, Yoo-Jin;Matsumoto, Kazuya;Park, Young-Man;Ha, Tae-Young
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.181-189
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of sleep/wake behavior for shift workers in the iron and steel industry using wrist actigraph for 59 male workers on a continuous full-day three-team three-shift system of backward rotation including on-duty and off-duty periods. The wrist actigraph data were recorded for 15 days (l shift cycle) for each subject. The sleep length at home during night shift decreased significantly as compared to the morning or evening shifts. The night shift nap length increased significantly in all sections as compared to the morning or evening shifts. The nap length in the Steel Manufacturing Process and Rolling Process during night shift decreased significantly as compared to the Machine Maintenance Section, the Forwarding of Products Section, and the Field Management Section. However, the sleep length at home while off-duty period increased significantly. The percentage of nap length during night shift in the Rolling Process, Steel Manufacture Process, and the other three types of jobs was 16.0%, 20.4%, and about 50.0%, respectively. The nap length during night shift for the above 50 year olds increased significantly as compared to the below 50 year olds. Finally, we discussed the role of nap-taking during the burden on night shift workers and the increased difficulty in continuing their job.

Analysis of Risk Factors of Musculoskeletal Disorder for Child-care Teachers' Job

  • Kim, Jin
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.409-418
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    • 2011
  • Objective: This study was performed to evaluate the child-care teachers' job in relation to physical work. Background: Child-care teacher is directly related to the quality of child care. And their physical activity is higher than general education teachers because the proportion of day care is high. But analyzes of child-care teachers' job burdens and the work environment associated with physical activity is not well established. Method: To conduct this study, the child-care teachers' job was classified into 18 physical works. After classification, posture was evaluated by ergonomic posture evaluation schemes of OWAS, RULA, REBA and evaluated for each physical part. Next, musculoskeletal subjective symptoms were analyzed. Results: The results showed the following: The highest assessment on the posture evaluation was "helping children to ride a school bus", "feeding: meal/snack", "brushing children's teeth" and "arrangement of nap-stuff". The rank of high-risk assessment on the neck/trunk/leg part was arranged by: "feeding: meal/snack", "helping children to ride a school bus", "making nap", "arrangement nap-stuff" and "brushing children's teeth". The rank of high-risk assessment on the upper limbs part was arranged by: "helping children to ride a school bus", "the bust - group activity", "meal/snack time - preparing, feeding, arrangement", "nap time - preparing, arrangement", "brushing children's teeth", and "using the toilet". According to the results of each musculoskeletal subjective symptom, teachers ordered the pain area as follows: waist, shoulder, leg/feet, and neck, and they showed more pain on trunk than the upper limbs. Conclusion: To sum up the results from ergonomic posture evaluation and a subjective symptom, the following are high working pressures: "feeding: meal/snack", "the bust - group activity", "making nap", "brushing children's teeth" with deep bending and waist twisting, "helping children to ride a school bus", "brushing children's teeth" with lifting shoulder; "meal/snack time - preparing, arrangement", "nap time - preparing, arrangement", and "using the toilet" with moving or an up-down position in their job. Application: The results of this study might be information for improvement of the child-care teachers' job environment.

Regulation of gene expression by histone-like proteins in bacteria (박테리아의 히스톤 유사 단백질에 의한 유전자 발현 조절)

  • Park, Shinae;Lee, Jung-Shin
    • Korean Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.54 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2018
  • A prokaryotic cell has various histone-like proteins also known as nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs). These proteins bind AT-rich sequence at DNA, which induce DNA wrapping, bending, and bridging, and subsequently regulate the gene expression in bacteria. Because NAPs function in transcriptional silencing of virulence genes, it is important to study their roles in gene silencing and specific mechanisms of these proteins. In this review, we discussed two well-known NAPs, H-NS, and HU, and summarized their roles for gene expression in Escherichia coli and Salmonella Typhimurium. Through the oligomerization and filamentation of H-NS, it represses the expression of virulence genes in human pathogenic bacteria, such as Salmonella Typhimurium, and it works with other NAPs positively or negatively. Recently, H-NS also regulates typhoid toxin expression, which causes typhoid fever and systemic disease in human. Additionally, HU regulates the expression of genes related to both virulence and physiology of Salmonella. Therefore, we suggest that NAPs like H-NS and HU are crucial factors to reveal the molecular mechanisms of virulence gene expression in bacteria.

Reducing the Non Grinding Time in Grinding Operations(1st Report) -Reducing the Air Grinding time using Sound Sensor- (연삭가공에 있어 비가공 시간 단축에 관한 연구(I) -음향센서를 이용한 공연삭 시간의 단축-)

  • KIM, Sun Ho;AHN, Jung-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.85-91
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    • 1997
  • Air grinding time in grinding process has a great effect on its efficiency due to low feedrate. This paper presents a reduction methos of air grinding time in cylindrical plunge grinding operation. Tje reduction of air grinding time is accomplished by finding the distance between contact point and rising point of ultra- sonic signal of the grinding wheel to workpiece. It uses a variation of sound signal generated by the flow of coolant when the grinding wheel approaches to workpiece. The ultrasonic sensor with 23 kHz center fre- quency and 8 kHz bandwidth is used to find the nearest approaching point(NAP). Monitoring and control system of the grinding conditions is implemented with CNC controller to control feedrate override and ultrasonic sensor to find NAP. The experimental result shows that the ultrasonic signal is a good measure- ment to find NAP. But it needs the considerations for the effect of the relationship between flowrate of coolant and diameter of workpiece.

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