• 대한약침학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.207-212
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• 2016

Objectives: Acupuncture treatments are safe and effective for a wide variety of diseases involving autonomic dysregulation. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a noninvasive method for assessing sympathovagal balance. The low frequency/high frequency (LF/HF) spectral power ratio is an index of sympathovagal influence on heart rate and of cardiovascular health. This study tests the hypothesis that from rest to 30% to 50% of peak oxygen consumption, the nonlinear Conte-Zbilut-Federici (CZF) method of computing the LF/HF ratio is a more reliable index of changes in the HRV than linear methods are. Methods: The subjects of this study were 10 healthy young adults. Electrocardiogram RR intervals were measured during 6-minute periods of rest and aerobic exercise on a cycle ergometer at 30% and 50% of peak oxygen consumption ($VO_{2peak}$). Results: The frequency domain CZF computations of the LF/HF ratio and the time domain computations of the standard deviation of normal-to-normal intervals (SDNN) decreased sequentially from rest to 30% $VO_{2peak}$ (P < 0.001) to 50% $VO_{2peak}$ (P < 0.05). The SDNN and the CZF computations of the LF/HF ratio were positively correlated (Pearson's r = 0.75, P < 0.001). fast Fourier transform (FFT), autoregressive (AR) and Lomb periodogram computations of the LF/HF ratio increased only from rest to 50% $VO_{2peak}$. Conclusion: Computations of the LF/HF ratio by using the nonlinear CZF method appear to be more sensitive to changes in physical activity than computations of the LF/HF ratio by using linear methods. Future studies should determine whether the CZF computation of the LF/HF ratio improves evaluations of pharmacopuncture and other treatment modalities.

• 공업화학
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.620-626
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 $Cu/CeO_2$ 촉매의 함량과 소성온도를 제어함으로써 촉매의 구조적 특성이 CO 산화반응에 미치는 영향과, $100{\sim}300^{\circ}C$의 온도범위에서 촉매의 CO 전환율을 평가하였다. 촉매의 구조적 특성이 변화함에 따라 촉매의 화학적 특성에 미친 영향을 확인하기 위해 XRD, Raman, BET, $H_2-TPR$, XPS 분석을 수행하였다. 이때, Cu와 Ce의 치환 결합이 형성되는 것을 확인하였고, Cu를 5 wt.% 담지한 촉매를 $400^{\circ}C$로 소성하였을 때 Cu와 Ce의 결합을 많이 이루고 있는 것으로 판단하였다. Cu와 Ce의 결합은 Raman 분석 상에서 peak의 이동과, $H_2-TPR$에서 나타난 peak를 통해 확인하였다. 또한 산화상태 분석을 통하여 치환 결합을 쉽게 이룰 수 있다고 알려져 있는 $Ce^{3+}$종과 반응에 더욱 쉽게 기인할 수 있는 표면 산소종(surface labile oxygen)이 많이 형성되어 있는 것을 확인하였다. 이때, 본 연구에서 사용한 촉매의 CO 전환율은 $150^{\circ}C$에서 100%에 가까운 수치를 나타내는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.349-358
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• 2007

투수성이 큰 낙동강 하구 사질 갯벌 퇴적물에서 유기탄소의 생지화학적 순환을 이해하기 위해 현장과 실험실에서 유기탄소 생산 및 소비에 대한 정보를 추정했다. 퇴적물 상부층의 Chl-a 농도와 공극수의 영양염 농도는 니질 퇴적물에 비해 낮았다. 반면, 사질 퇴적물의 산소소모율은 유기물 함량이 높은 연안 니질 퇴적물 보다 높아 이류에 의한 유기탄소의 분해와 물질의 이동이 큰 것을 의미했다. 간단한 유기탄소의 물질수지는 퇴적물에서 유기탄소의 주 공급원이 퇴적물 표층에 서식하는 저서미세조류와 수생식물의 쇄설성 유기물로 나타났다. 해수 여과율에 낙동강 전체 면적을 외삽한 일당 자연 생촉매 여과양은 부산시 7개 주요 하수종말처리장의 최대 처리량 보다 한 자리수 이상 크게 나타나 연안환경에서 사질퇴적물이 생지화학적 정화와 물질의 재분배에 매우 큰 기여를 할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제41권9호
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• pp.657-662
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• 2004

마그카본계 내화물의 산화저항성을 증대시키기 위하여 섭씨 100$0^{\circ}C$에서 120$0^{\circ}C$에서 산화기구를 조사하고, TiC를 첨가하여 산화저항성 증가에 대한 효과를 관찰하였다. 산소공급을 위해 공기를 분당 0.2리터의 속도로 흘려주었으며 열천칭으로 무게변화가 없어질 때까지 매 30초 간격마다 무게감소를 측정하였다 본 실험에서 사용된 마그카본계 시편의 산화거동과 관련한 유효확산 계수는 1.39${\times}$$10^{-4}$ $m^2$/sec이다. 이러한 실험조건에서 총체적인 산화공정은 산화된 기공층을 통하여 내부로 향하는 산소의 확산에 의해 지배되는 반응으로 해석할 수 있다. TiC를 첨가한 시편은 마그카본계 내화물의 산화 저항성을 증대시켰다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.519-528
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• 2002

This study was to evaluate the impact of river runoff and salt intrusion by tide on nutrient balance of estuary during a complete tidal cycle. 24 hours time series survey was carried out during a spring tide July 2001 on a tidal estuary in the Keum river. Three stations(A,B,C) were set along a transect line of about 10km, which linked the lower part of estuary dyke to the subtidal zone. Surface water was sampled simultaneously at each station every hours f3r the determination of nutrients. Water temperature, pH and dissolved oxygen were measured in situ. Riverine input of silicate and nitrate during ebb tide significantly increased the concentration of all stations. Conversely, during high tide, nutrient concentration were lowered by the mixing of fresh water with sea water Ammonium nitrogen concentration were higher at intertidal zone(Stn.B) due to sewage inflow to Kyeongpo stream and ammonium release under anaerobic conditions. Also, these results was discussed as a biological component that influences the processes of nutrient regeneration within the estuary. Best correlations were found at lower part of estuary dyke(Stn.A) for salinity against DIN(Y=0.121 Sal.+4.97, r2=0.956) and silicate(Y=0.040 Sal.+2.62, r2=0.785). But no significant correlation was found between salinity and ammonium. Unbalanced elemental ratio(N/P, Si/N and Si/P) depended significantly on the import of nutrients (silicate & nitrate nitrogen) from river and stream. The effect of the tidal cycle and river runoff is important that in determining the extend of the variations in nutrient concentrations at all station.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• 제18권E1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2002

The selective catalytic reduction (SCR) reaction of promoter catalysts was investigated in this study. A pure anatase type of TiO$_2$ was used as support. Activation measurement of prepared catalysts was practiced on a fixed reactor packing by the glass bead after filling up catalysts in 1/4 inch stainless tube. The reaction temperature was measured by K-type thermocouple and catalyst was heated by electric furnace. The standard compositions of the simulated flue gas mixture in this study were as follows: NO 1,780ppm, NH$_3$1,780ppm, $O_2$1% and $N_2$ as balance gas. In this study, gas analyzer was used to measure the outgassing gas. Catalyst bed was handled for 1hr at 45$0^{\circ}C$, and the reactivity of the various catalyst was determined in a wide temperature range. Conversion of NH$_3$/NO ratio and of $O_2$ concentration was practiced at 1,1.5 and 2, respectively. The respective space velocity were as follows . 10,000, 15,000 and 17,000 hr-1. It was found that the maximum conversion temperature range was in a 5$0^{\circ}C$. It was also found toi be very sensitive at space velocity, $O_2$ concentration, and NH$_3$/NO ratio. We also noticed that the maximum conversion temperature of (W, Mo, Sn) -V$_2$O$_{5}$/TiO$_2$ catalysts was broad. Specially WO$_3$-V$_2$O$_{5}$TiO$_2$2 catalyst appeared nearly 100% conversion at not only above 30$0^{\circ}C$ ut also below 25$0^{\circ}C$. At over 30$0^{\circ}C$, NH$_3$ oxidation decreased with decrease of surface excess oxygen. In addition, WO$_3$-V$_2$O$_{5}$TiO$_2$ catalyst did not appear to affect space velocity, $O_2$ concentration, and NH$_3$/NO ratio.ratio.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.317-325
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• 2017

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the most prevalent liver disease in parallel with worldwide epidemic of obesity. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) contributes to the development and progression of NAFLD. Peroxisomes play an important role in fatty acid oxidation and ROS homeostasis, and catalase is an antioxidant exclusively expressed in peroxisome. The present study examined the role of endogenous catalase in early stage of NAFLD. 8-week-old male catalase knock-out (CKO) and age-matched C57BL/6J wild type (WT) mice were fed either a normal diet (ND: 18% of total calories from fat) or a high fat diet (HFD: 60% of total calories from fat) for 2 weeks. CKO mice gained body weight faster than WT mice at early period of HFD feeding. Plasma triglyceride and ALT, fasting plasma insulin, as well as liver lipid accumulation, inflammation (F4/80 staining), and oxidative stress (8-oxo-dG staining and nitrotyrosine level) were significantly increased in CKO but not in WT mice at 2 weeks of HFD feeding. While phosphorylation of Akt (Ser473) and $PGC1{\alpha}$ mRNA expression were decreased in both CKO and WT mice at HFD feeding, $GSK3{\beta}$ phosphorylation and Cox4-il mRNA expression in the liver were decreased only in CKO-HF mice. Taken together, the present data demonstrated that endogenous catalase exerted beneficial effects in protecting liver injury including lipid accumulation and inflammation through maintaining liver redox balance from the early stage of HFD-induced metabolic stress.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.1308-1318
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• 2014

The specific freshwater environment of reservoirs formed by streams has not been well studied. In this paper, the bacterioplankton community in such a reservoir, the Huangqian Reservoir in eastern China, was described using culture-independent molecular methods. We found that the most dominant bacterioplankton were affiliated with Cyanobacteria, followed by Betaproteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Gammaproteobacteria, and Actinobacteria. Both bacterial abundance and diversity increased along the direction of water flow, and the 16S rRNA gene copy number in the water outlet was nearly an order of magnitude higher than that in the water inlet. Pearson correlation analyses indicated that nitrate had a significantly negative correlation with the bacterial abundance (p < 0.05) and that ammonium was positively correlated with bacterial abundance (p < 0.05). Interestingly, owing to a remarkably negative correlation (p < 0.01), the ratio of nitrate and ammonium might serve as a good pre dictor of the relative abundance of bacterioplankton. According to redundancy analysis, nitrate and dissolved oxygen were the major factors influencing the bacterial communities. In addition, we attempted to determine the reasons why such a reservoir could maintain good ecological balance for a period of decades, and we found that the environmental factors and bacterial communities both played critical roles. This research will benefit our understanding of bacterial communities and their surrounding environments in freshwater ecosystems.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.152-160
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• 2011

The electromagnetic characteristics of FCEVs (fuel cell electric vehicles) are much different from the existing combustion engine cars as well as hybrid, plug-in-hybrid, and pure electric vehicles due to the high voltage/current generated by a fuel cell stack which uses a compressed hydrogen gas reacted with oxygen. To operate fuel cell stack efficiently, BOP (Balance of Plant) which is consisted of many motors in water pump, air blower, and hydrogen recycling pump as well as inverters for these motors is essential. Furthermore, there are also electric systems for entertainment, information, and vehicle control such as navigation, broadcasting, vehicle dynamic control systems, and so on. Since these systems are connected by high voltage or general cables, EMC (Electromagnetic compatibility) analysis for high voltage and general cable of FCEV is the most important element to prevent the possible electric functional safety errors. In this paper, electromagnetic fields by high voltage and general cables for FCEVs is studied. From numerical analysis results, total time harmonic electromagnetic field strength from high voltage and general cables have difference of 13~16 dB due to ground effect by impedance matching. The EMI results of FECV at 10 m distance shows difference of 41 dB at 30 MHz and 54 dB at 230 MHz compared with only general cable routing.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.498-505
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• 2008

천연망간광석과 천연망간광석에 금속산화물을 $Al_2O_3$와 $TiO_2$에 담지한 촉매을 이용하여 저온 선택적 산화 반응에 대하여 연구하였다. 망간계 금속산화물은 낮은 온도에서 우수한 암모니아 전환율을 나타내었다. NMO 존재하의 저온에서의 $O_2$와 $NH_3$의 흡착 활성화에너지는 각각 10.5와 22.7 kcal/mol 임을 밝혔다. 망간광석에 미량의 Ag를 함침함으로써 활성온도를 크게 낮출 수 있었다. 티타니아 담체의 경우 저온활성이 우수하게 나타나는 특성을 보였다. 또한 구리와 망간을 사용하면 망간을 단독으로 사용한 경우보다는 저온의 활성이 우수하게 나타난다. 망간이 5 wt.% 이상에서는 동일한 전환율을 나타내고 있으며, 저온 활성이 15 wt.%까지 약간 증가함을 알 수 있으며, 20 wt.%에서는 오히려 감소하는 것으로 나타나 있다. 황산화물의 피독실험 결과 본 연구에서는 최종적으로 망간에 조촉매의 첨가에 의한 내피독성의 향상은 공정의 복잡성과 비용면에서 망간의 단독 사용보다 낮게 나타났다.