• 멤브레인
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2022

세계적인 에너지 수요의 증가는 통제할 수 없는 환경 오염을 야기하고 있다. 화석 연료에 대한 수요와 그로 인한 탄소 배출이 지구 온난화와 기후 변화로 이어진 것이다. 핵에너지는 청정 에너지를 생산하는 대체 자원이지만 핵연료 채굴은 유해한 화학물질과 관련이 있다. 반면에 막 분리 과정을 통해 바닷물에서 중요 광물을 채굴하는 것은 효율적이며 친환경적이다. 분리와 흡착을 통해 해수로부터 주요 광물을 채굴하는 것은 또 다른 효율적인 과정이다. 희토류 원소에서 악티늄족을 회수하는 것은 매우 어렵고 고비용의 과정이다. 압력 기반 막 분리 과정은 친환경적일 뿐만 아니라 경제적으로 실현가능한 과정이기도 하다. 본 리뷰에서 다루는 막 공정에는 폴리에테르 설폰, 폴리아미드, 폴리이미드, 폴리아미독신 및 하이브리드 막이 있다. 또한 흡착 공정의 경우, 주로 아미독심 종류의 흡착제가 논의될 것이다.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.157-166
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• 2021

떡납줄갱이 Rhodeus notatus와 흰줄납줄개 R. ocellatus 간의 자연 잡종으로 추정되는 3개체를 충청남도 아산시 좌부동 곡교천의 지류인 온양천 일대에서 채집하였으며, 이들의 부모종을 명확히 판별하기 위하여 형태학적 및 분자계통학적 분석을 수행하였다. 자연 잡종 3개체의 체색은 등 쪽이 연한 녹갈색으로 떡납줄갱이의 연한 갈색과 흰줄납줄개의 진한 녹갈색의 중간 색상이었고, 등지느러미 앞쪽 상단 및 뒷지느러미 바깥 가장자리에 붉은색을 나타내는 면적은 떡납줄갱이와 흰줄납줄개 간의 중간 크기로 나타나 전반적으로 부모종 간의 중간형질을 나타냈다. 계측 및 계수형질의 경우, 자연 잡종은 체장에 대한 가슴지느러미 기점거리의 비, 뒷지느러미 기점거리의 비와 두장에 대한 문장의 비, 양안 간격의 비, 미병장의 비, 미병고의 비 그리고 종렬비늘수 등에서 이들의 고유한 형질이 나타난 것으로 분석되었다. 핵 DNA의 rag1 유전자 영역에서 자연 잡종 3개체는 떡납줄갱이와 흰줄납줄개 간의 단일염기다형성 부위를 모두 반영하는 것으로 분석되었으며, 미토콘드리아 DNA의 cytb 유전자 영역을 이용한 분자계통도에서는 떡납줄갱이와 동일한 유전적 clade를 형성하였다. 따라서, 본 연구에서 분석한 자연 잡종 추정 개체들은 암컷 떡납줄갱이와 수컷 흰줄납줄개 간의 종간 잡종으로 판별되었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.2335-2347
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• 2023

As medical facilities are usually built at urban areas, special concrete aggregates and evaluation methods are needed to optimize the design of concrete walls by balancing density, thickness, material composition, cost, and other factors. Carbon treatment rooms require a high radiation shielding requirement, as the neutron yield from carbon therapy is much higher than the neutron yield of protons. In this case study, the maximum carbon energy is 430 MeV/u and the maximum current is 0.27 nA from a hybrid particle therapy system. Hospital or facility construction should consider this requirement to design a special heavy concrete. In this work, magnetite is adopted as the major aggregate. Density is determined mainly by the major aggregate content of magnetite, and a heavy concrete test block was constructed for structural tests. The compressive strength is 35.7 MPa. The density ranges from 3.65 g/cm³ to 4.14 g/cm³, and the iron mass content ranges from 53.78% to 60.38% from the 12 cored sample measurements. It was found that there is a linear relationship between density and iron content, and mixing impurities should be the major reason leading to the nonuniform element and density distribution. The effect of this nonuniformity on radiation shielding properties for a carbon treatment room is investigated by three groups of Monte Carlo simulations. Higher density dominates to reduce shielding thickness. However, a higher content of high-Z elements will weaken the shielding strength, especially at a lower dose rate threshold and vice versa. The weakened side effect of a high iron content on the shielding property is obvious at 2.5 µSv=h. Therefore, we should not blindly pursue high Z content in engineering. If the thickness is constrained to 2 m, then the density can be reduced to 3.3 g/cm³, which will save cost by reducing the magnetite composition with 50.44% iron content. If a higher density of 3.9 g/cm³ with 57.65% iron content is selected for construction, then the thickness of the wall can be reduced to 174.2 cm, which will save space for equipment installation.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.363-370
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• 1997

RNase MRP is a ribonucleoprotein complex with a site-specific endonuclease activity. Its original substrate for cleavage is the small mitochondrial RNA near the mitochondrial DNA replication origin, thus it was proposed to generate the primer for mtDNA replication. Recently, it has been shown to have another substrate in the nucleus, such as pre-S.8S ribosomal RNA in nucleolus. The gene for the RNA component of RNase MRP (MRP RNA) was found to be encoded by the nucleus genome, suggesting an interesting intracellular trafficking of MRP RNA to both mitochondria and nucleolus after transcription in nucleus. In this study, genomic DNA encoding MRP RNA was microinjected into the nucleus of Xenopus oocytes, to analyze promoter regions involved in the transcription. It showed that the proximal sequence element and TATA box are important for basal level transcription; octamer motif and Sp1 binding sites are for elevated level transcription. Most of Xenopus MRP RNA was exported out to the cytoplasm following transcription in the nucleus. Utilizing various hybrid constructs, export of MRP RNA was found to be regulated by the promoter and the 5' half of the coding region of the gene. Interestingly, the transcription in nucleus seems to be coupled to the export of MRP RNA to cytoplasm. Intracellular transport of injected MRP RNA can be easily visualized by whole-mount in situ hybridization following microinjection; it also shows possible intra-nuclear sites for transcription and export of MRP RNA.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.70-73
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• 2014

Interspecific hybrids between tiger grouper Epinephelus fuscoguttatus and giant grouper E. lanceolatus were genetically identified based on the partial sequence analysis of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COX I) gene and nuclear recombination activating gene 2 (RAG 2) gene. Out of 585 base positions of RAG 2, a total of five nucleotide substitutions were detected between the two parental species (E. fuscoguttatus and E. lanceolatus). The hybrids had two distinct types of RAG 2 sequences corresponding to those of both parental species. Mitochondrial COX I gene sequencing showed that hybrids had sequences identical to E. fuscoguttatus. Molecular data clearly demonstrate that hybridization does occur between E. fuscoguttatus and E. lanceolatus, but with E. fuscoguttatus as the maternal parent.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.697-701
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• 2009

We previously identified cancer-upregulated gene 2 (CUG2) as a commonly up-regulated gene in various human cancer tissues, especially in ovary, liver, and lung (Lee et al., 2007a). CUG2 was determined to be a nuclear protein that exhibited high proto-oncogenic activities when overexpressed in NIH3T3 mouse fibroblast cells. To identify other cellular functions of CUG2, we performed yeast two-hybrid screening and identified CENP-T, a component of CENP-A nucleosome complex in the centromere, as an interacting partner of CUG2. Moreover, CENP-A, the principle centromeric determinant, was also found in complex with CENP-T/CUG2. Immunofluorescent staining revealed the co-localization of CUG2 with human centromeric markers. Inhibition of CUG2 expression drastically affected cell viability by inducing aberrant cell division. We propose that CUG2 is a new component of the human centromeric complex that is required for proper chromosome segregation during mitosis.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2004년도 Proceedings of the 4th Korea-China Joint Workshop on Nuclear Waste Management
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• pp.150-164
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• 2004

According to the Korean long-term plan for nuclear technology development, KAERI is conducting a few R&D projects related to the proliferation-resistant back-end fuel cycle. The R&D activities for the back-end fuel cycle are reviewed in this work, especially focusing on the study of the partitioning and transmutation(P&T) of long-lived radionuclides. The P&T study is currently being carried out in order to develop key technologies in the areas of partitioning and transmutation. The partitioning study is based on the development of pyroprocessing such as electrorefining and electrowinning because they can be adopted as proliferation-resistant technologies in the fuel cycle. In this study, various behaviors of the electrodeposition of uranium and rare earth elements in the LiCl-KCl electrorefining system have been examined through fundamental experimental work. As for the transmutation system, KAERI is studying the HYPER (HYbrid Power Extraction Reactor), a kind of subcritical reactor which will be connected with a proton accelerator. Up to now, a conceptual study has been carried out for the major elemental systems of the subcritical reactor such as core, transuranic fuel, long-lived fission product target, and the Pb-Bi cooling system, etc. In order to enhance the transmutation efficiency of the transuranic elements as well as to strengthen the reactor safety, the reactor core was optimized by determining its most suitable subcriticality, the ratio of height/diameter, and by introducing the concepts of optimum core configuration with a transuranic enrichment as well as a scattered reloading of the fuel assemblies.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제65권2호
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• pp.203-211
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• 2018

This paper introduces the development process of NCC(New Concrete Cutting) system and analyzes first verification test. Based on the first verification test results, some problems of NCC system have been newly modified. We carry out the second verification test. We tried to verify cutting performance and dust control efficiency of NCC system through the cutting test of concrete bridge piers. In particular, this verification test strives to solve the problem of concrete dust, which is the biggest problem of dry cutting method. The remaining dust problems in cutting section tried to solve through this verification test. This verification test of the NCC system shows that the dust problem of dry cutting method is closely controlled and solved. In conclusion, the proposed NCC method is superior to the dry cutting method in all aspects, including cutting performance, dust vacuum efficiency and cooling effect. The proposed NCC system is believed to be able to provide eco-friendly cutting technology to various industries, such as the removal of the SOC structures and the dismantling of nuclear plants, which have recently become a hot issue in the field of concrete cutting.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2011

전자구조의 계산에서 교환과 상관 효과에 대한 기술을 개선하기 위해서는 교환-상관범함수에 대한 개념을 명확히 하는 것이 바람직하다. 이 목적을 성취하기 위해서는 많은 그룹의 물질에 대하여 다른 이론 방법을 적용할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 탄소나노튜브의 고리와 바구니 내원자들의 밀도전하를 연구하기 위하여 혼성 밀도함수 이론(DFT) 계산을 수행하였다. 핵-핵 에너지, 전자-핵 에너지와 운동에너지에 대한 교환 및 상호작용을 관찰하였으며, B3P86, B3PW91, B1B96, BLYP와 B3LYP 수준에서 계산하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.295-299
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• 2003

Adenovirus (Ad) precursor to the terminal protein (pTP) plays an essential roles in the viral DNA replication. Ad pTP serves as a primer for the synthesis of a new DNA strand during the initiation step of replication. In addition, Ad pTP forms organized spherical replication foci on the nuclear matrix (NM) and anchors the viral genome to the NM. Here we identified the interferon inducible gene product 1-8D (Inid) as a pTP binding protein by using a two-hybrid screen of a HeLa cDNA library. Of the clones obtained in this assay, nine were identical to the Inid, a 13-kDa polypeptide that shares homology with genes 1-8U and Leu-13/9-27, most of which have little known functions. The entire open reading frame (ORF) of Inid was cloned into the tetracycline inducible expression vector in order to determine the biological functions related with adenoviral infection. When Inid was introduced to the cells along with adenoviruses, fifty to sixty percent of Ad-infected cells expressing Inid had rounded morphology, which was suggestive of apoptosis. Results from the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) and DNA fragmentation assays confirmed that Inid induces apoptosis in Ad-infected or in uninfected cells. The Inid binding to pTP may target the cell for apoptotic destruction as a host defense mechanism against the viral infection.