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A Refined Method for Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow using N-13 Ammonia and Dynamic PET (N-13 암모니아와 양전자방출단층촬영 동적영상을 이용하여 심근혈류량을 정량화하는 새로운 방법 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Joon-Young;Lee, Kyung-Han;Kim, Sang-Eun;Choe, Yearn-Seong;Ju, Hee-Kyung;Kim, Yong-Jin;Kim, Byung-Tae;Choi, Yong
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.73-82
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    • 1997
  • Regional myocardial blood flow (rMBF) can be noninvasively quantified using N-13 ammonia and dynamic positron emission tomography (PET). The quantitative accuracy of the rMBF values, however, is affected by the distortion of myocardial PET images caused by finite PET image resolution and cardiac motion. Although different methods have been developed to correct the distortion typically classified as partial volume effect and spillover, the methods are too complex to employ in a routine clinical environment. We have developed a refined method incorporating a geometric model of the volume representation of a region-of-interest (ROI) into the two-compartment N-13 ammonia model. In the refined model, partial volume effect and spillover are conveniently corrected by an additional parameter in the mathematical model. To examine the accuracy of this approach, studies were performed in 9 coronary artery disease patients. Dynamic transaxial images (16 frames) were acquired with a GE $Advance^{TM}$ PET scanner simultaneous with intravenous injection of 20 mCi N-13 ammonia. rMBF was examined at rest and during pharmacologically (dipyridamole) induced coronary hyperemia. Three sectorial myocardium (septum, anterior wall and lateral wall) and blood pool time-activity curves were generated using dynamic images from manually drawn ROIs. The accuracy of rMBF values estimated by the refined method was examined by comparing to the values estimated using the conventional two-compartment model without partial volume effect correction rMBF values obtained by the refined method linearly correlated with rMBF values obtained by the conventional method (108 myocardial segments, correlation coefficient (r)=0.88). Additionally, underestimated rMBF values by the conventional method due to partial volume effect were corrected by theoretically predicted amount in the refined method (slope(m)=1.57). Spillover fraction estimated by the two methods agreed well (r=1.00, m=0.98). In conclusion, accurate rMBF values can be efficiently quantified by the refined method incorporating myocardium geometric information into the two-compartment model using N-13 ammonia and PET.

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17 beta-Estradiol Increases Peak of $\textrm{Ca}^{2+}$ Current in Mouse Early Embryo (에스트로겐이 생쥐 초기배의 $\textrm{Ca}^{2+}$ 전류에 미치는 영향)

  • 강다원;신용원;김은심;홍성근;한재희
    • Journal of Embryo Transfer
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.79-89
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    • 2001
  • Steroid hormones control the expression of many cellular regulators, and a role thor estrogen in mouse oocytes has been well documented. The preovulatory $E_2$increment is generally accepted as the endocrine process regulating induction of in vivo oocyte maturation To address whether the activity of the T-type $Ca^{2+}$ channel is altered by 17 beta-estradiol ( $E_2$), we examined the actions of $E_2$on the calcium channel of mouse oocytes and early embryos. Oocrtes were collected from the oviduct of mice treated with pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin (PMSG) and human choronic gonadotropin (hCG). Whole cell voltage clamp technique and confocal microscopy were used to examine that $E_2$increase intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ concentration ([C $a^{2+}$]$_{i}$ ) via voltage dependent $Ca^{2+}$ channel (VDC) and estrogen receptor (FSR), and $E_2$concentration by the use of radioimmunoassay (RIA) were examined in mouse. The results obtained were as follows: The peak of $Ca^{2+}$ current induced by $E_2$increased 122% to 1.50$\pm$0.03 nA from 1.23$\pm$0.21 nA (n=15) in the presence of 5 mM extracellular $Ca^{2+}$ concentration ([C $a^{2+}$]$_{o}$ ). The increased $Ca^{2+}$ current was temporally associated with $Ca^{2+}$ transients. The intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ level increased 207%~30 s following the addition of 1${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ $E_2$(relative fluorescence intensity: 836.4$\pm$131.2 for control, n=10, 1736.4$\pm$192.0 in the presence of $E_2$, n=10). $E_2$increased amplitude of $Ca^{2+}$ current and [C $a^{2+}$]$_{i}$ . $E_2$-induced $Ca^{2+}$ current and $E_2$concentration in blood were showed difference on the stage of embryo. These results suggest that $E_2$modulate $Ca^{2+}$ channel to increase $Ca^{2+}$ influx.$Ca^{2+}$ influx.

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The study on the Hydrogen Characteristics of MmNi4.5Mn0.5 Hydrogen Storage Alloy (MmNi4.5Mn0.5계 수소저장합금의 수소화 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Kil-Ku;Kang, Sei-Sun;Kwon, Ho-Young;Lee, Rhim-Youl
    • Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.151-158
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    • 2002
  • The hydorgen storage alloys were produced by melting in arc melting furnace and then solution heat treated at $1,100^{\circ}C$ followed by pulverization. The chemical analysis on the samples showed that the major elements of misch metal(Mm) were La, Ce, Pr and Nd with impurity less than 1wt.%. X-ray diffraction indicated that the structure for these samples were a single phase of hexagonal with $CaCu_5$ type. Compared to the initial particle size $100{\sim}110{\mu}m$, the many fine cracks were found and particle size decreased to $14{\mu}m$ for $MmNi_{4.5}Mn_{0.5}$ after hydriding/dehydring test run. To activate the sample the vessel filled with hydrogen storage alloys was first evacuated for for at $70^{\circ}C$ and then treated for 10.5hr under hydrogen pressure of 20atm for $MmNi_{4.5}Mn_{0.5}$ alloy. The experimental data showed that the hydrogen storage alloy of $MmNi_{4.5}Mn_{0.5}$ had superior adsorption and description properties within a temperature rang of $40^{\circ}C{\sim}80^{\circ}C$ and also they had a good P-C-T curve.

Development of Packaging Materials for MA Packaging(1) (MA포장용 기능성 포장 소재개발에 관한 연구(1))

  • Park, Hyung-Woo;Park, Moo-Hyun;Kim, Hoon;Lee, Jae-Young;Yang, Han-Chul
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.25-31
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    • 1996
  • Various treaments such heating, acid tenting, acid healing, alkaline treating, acid+alkaline renting were attempted to investigate their effects on molar ratio, chemical composition, DTA and specific surface area(SSA) of natural zeolite poder. Molar ratio, Si to AI. of natural zeolite was 4.78, which represented high silica type. Composition of natural zeolite showed that $SiO_2$ was 66.34% $Al_2O_3$ was 13.89%, $Fe_2O_2$ was 1.55% X-ray diffraction showed that main component of natural zeolite was mordenite and clinoptliolite. Differential Thermal Analysis and Thermogravimetry curve of natural zeolite was showed to peak of endothermic peak at $80^{\circ}C$ and it means to the peak of dehydrate reaction, but recristalization was not formed below at $1,000^{\circ}C$. Weight loss during calcination was 16% at $1,000^{\circ}C$. Thermal treatments on SSA of natural zolite powder decreased from $75.2m^2/g\;to\;2.1m^2/g$. In contrast chemical treatments on SSA showed to increase to $300.2m^2/g$(1 N HCl treating), $54.9m^2/g$(1 N NaOH) and $90.9m^2/g$(HCl+NaOH)tudy, it could be proposed to employ acid tret method as packaging materisls for MA packaging.

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Influence of Carrier Trap in InAs/GaAs Quantum-Dot Solar Cells (InAs/GaAs 양자점 태양전지에서 전하트랩의 영향)

  • Han, Im Sik;Kim, Jong Su;Park, Dong Woo;Kim, Jin Soo;Noh, Sam Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.37-44
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    • 2013
  • In order to investigate an influence of carrier trap by quantum dots (QDs) on the solar parameters, in this study, the $p^+-QD-n/n^+$ solar cells with InAs/GaAs QD active layers are fabricated, and their characteristics are investigated and compared with those of a GaAs matrix solar cell (MSC). Two different types of QD structures, the Stranski-Krastanow (SK) QD and the quasi-monolayer (QML) QD, have been introduced for the QD solar cells, and the parameters (open-circuit voltage ($V_{OC}$), short-cirucuit current ($I_{SC}$), fill factor (FF), conversion efficiency (CE)) are determined from the current-voltage characteristic curves under a standard solar illumination (AM1.5). In SK-QSC, while FF of 80.0% is similar to that of MSC (80.3%), $V_{OC}$ and $J_{SC}$ are reduced by 0.03 V and $2.6mA/cm^2$, respectively. CE is lowered by 2.6% as results of reduced $V_{OC}$ and $J_{SC}$, which is due to a carrier trap into QDs. Though another alternative structure of QML-QD to be expected to relieve the carrier trap have been firstly tried for QSC in this study, it shows negative results contrary to our expectations.

Effect of treadmill exercise on autophagy related protein expression in the cardiac muscle of high-fat diet fed rats (트레드밀 운동이 고지방 식이 쥐 심근세포의 자가포식 관련 단백질 발현에 미치는 영향)

  • Jeong, Jae-Hoon;Kang, Eun-Bum
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.91-101
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of obesity on the expression of autophagy-related proteins in cardiac muscle. To this end, obesity was induced in rats through 20 weeks of high-fat diet, and the animals were then subjected to 8 weeks of treadmill exercise. Subsequently, the expression of proteins that regulate the induction of autophagy, formation of autophagosome, and fusion of autophagosome and lysosome was confirmed. Obesity was induced in the experimental animals (SD rats) through 20 weeks of high-fat diet (carbohydrate: 20%, fat: 60%, and protein: 20%), and they were subsequently subjected to 8 weeks of treadmill exercise (5 days/week, 30 min/day, 5 minutes; 8m/min, 5 minutes; 11m/min, 20 minutes; 14m/min). The experimental groups comprised the normal diet control group (ND-CON, n=10), high-fat diet comparison group (HFD-CON, n=10), and high-fat exercise group (HFD-TE, n=10). Oral glucose tolerance test was conducted before and after 8 weeks of treadmill exercise, and the area under the curve (AUC) was calculated. Through fasting insulin and fasting glucose levels, HOMA-IR, which is an index of insulin resistance, and abdominal visceral fat/body weight (AVF/BW) were calculated for comparison. Moreover, autophagy-related proteins were analyzed from cardiac tissue to investigate the effects of exercise training. Obesity was successfully induced in the HFD-CON group through long-term high-fat diet, and the HFD-CON group had higher body weight, AUC, HOMA-IR, and AVF/BW compared to the ND-CON group. The HFD-TE group, which underwent 8 weeks of treadmill exercise, showed improvements in AUC, HOMA-IR, and AVF/BW. Although the body weight tended to decrease as well, there was no statistically significant difference. mTOR and AMPK, which are involved in the induction of autophagy, both decreased in obesity but increased upon exercise. Beclin-1, BNIP3, ATG-7, p62, and LC3, which are related to the formation of autophagosomes, all increased in obesity and decreased after exercise. Cathepsin L and LAMP2, which regulate the fusion of autophagosome and lysosome, both decreased in obesity and increased upon exercise. Physical activity, including treadmill exercise, was found to induce normal autophagy and improve pathological phenomena observed in metabolic diseases. Therefore, the findings suggest the need to consider treadmill exercise as a primary means to achieve effective prevention and treatment of cardiac diseases.

A study on property of using $ALU^+$ for firing in crystalline silicon solar cell ($ALU^+$를 이용한 결정질 태양전지 소성에 따른 특성 연구)

  • Song, Kyuwan;Jang, Juyeon;Yi, Junsin
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.123.2-123.2
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    • 2011
  • $ALU^+$ 태양전지는 PN접합을 후면에서 즉, Al을 소성하여 형성시키기 때문에 얼마나 균일하고 두껍게 형성하는 것이 가장 중요하다. 소성(Firing)은 태양전지 제조 과정에서 후면의 접촉을 위한 중요한 공정이다. 본 연구에서는 상업화가 가능한 n-type $ALU^+$ Emitter 태양전지에서 소성 횟수에 따른 특성을 연구 하였다. $ALU^+$ emitter 형성의 최적화를 위해 소성온도를 가변하고, 최적화된 온도에서 소성 횟수에 따른 DIV 측정을 통해 셀을 분석 하였다. 소성 횟수는 1~3회로 하였고, 그 결과 단락전류 밀도(Jsc)가 33.57mA/$cm^2$로 처음보다 15.1%증가 하였고, 곡선인자(Fill Factor)는 3회에서 66.04%로 218%증가 하였다. Al을 짧은 시간 안에 소성을 시키므로 해서 후면의 $P^+$ Emitter가 균일하게 형성되었기 때문에 개방전압(Voc)의 증가를 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 $ALU^+$ 태양전지의 후면 Aluminium 소성 조건의 최적화를 통하여 $ALU^+$ emitter가 충분히 형성되지 못하면 누설전류가 발생되고 직렬저항(Rs)이 크게 증가하여 개방전압(Voc) 및 단락전류밀도(Jsc)의 감소가 발생하게 되고, 직렬저항(Rs)의 증가와 병렬저항(Rsh)의 감소는 Fill Factor의 급격한 감소를 초래하게 됨을 알 수 있다. 이를 개선하면 태양전지 효율을 상승시키는 결과를 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다.

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MBE로 성장한 CdTe 박막의 photoconductivity

  • 임재현;허유범;류영선;전희창;현재관;강철기;강태원
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 1998.02a
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    • pp.113-113
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    • 1998
  • C CdTe와 HgCdTe는 광전소자나 태양전지,x 선 및 y 선 감지 소자 그리고 적외선 감지소 자로의 웅용둥으로 인하여 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 광전소자를 제작함에 있어서 깊은 준위나 얄은 준위에 있는 몇들은 운반자 수명에 매우 큰 영향을 미치고 있음에도 불구하고 광전도도 측정에 의한 운반자 수명 연구에 대하여는 보고된 것이 별로 없다. 이에 본 논문에서는 CdTe 시료의 광전도도를 측정하여 운반자 수명 및 깊은 준위의 위치를 알아보았다 M MBE방법을 이용하여 CdTe 기판위에 In을 도핑한 CdTe를 성장하였다. 광전도 붕괴(PCD) 측정은 300 K에서부터 400 K까지 온도를 변화시켜주면서 측정을 하였고 광원으로서 G GaP- LED를 사용하였으며 전압 신호를 읽기 위하여 Tektronix 2430A 오실로스코프를 이용하 였다 .. Fig. 1. 에서 보인바와 같이 광전도 붕괴곡선은 접선으로 나타낸 하나의 지수 함수적 붕 괴(a2exp( -t/ r 2))보다는 설선으로 나타낸 두 개의 지수함수적 붕괴(alexp( νr 1)+a2exp( -νr 2)) 가 더욱 잘 실험결과와 일치함을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 것은 과잉 전하에 대한 깊은준위를 가 지고 있는 반도체물질에서 일반적으로 관찰되는 것으로 시료가 n 형이기 때문에 소수 운반자 인 정공의 벚에 의한 것으로 생각된다 .. Fig. 2. 에서는 운반자 수명의 온도에 대한 변화를 나타 낸 것이다. 온도가 증가함에 따라 운반자 수명이 감소하는 경항올 보이고 있으며 이것올 이용 하여 딪익 활성화 에너지를 계산 하여 본 결과 0.35 eV 와 0.43 eV염을 알수 있었다.

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A source and phase identification study of the 10 December 2002 Cheolwon, Korea, earthquake of ML 3.6 (2002년 12월 10일 규모 3.6 철원지진의 진원요소 및 파상분석)

  • 김우한;박종찬;함인경;김성균;박창업
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.19-24
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    • 2003
  • We analysed seismic phases recorded by the 10 December 2002 Cheolwon, Korea, earthquake of $M_{L}$ 3.6 and obtained source parameters such as hypocenter, origin time, earthquake magnitude. Velocity and acceleration records used in this study are from the KMA and KIGAM seismic networks. Due to the location of the epicenter in the north of the DMZ(Demilitarized Zone), direct Pg phases were recorded only at five stations in the area south of DMZ. Identification of refracted Pn phase as the first arrival is difficult in most stations. Therefore, the hypocenter determined by existing routine methods could be affected by a large error. In order to avoid the possibility of the problem, we employed a method of seismic phase analysis developed by Kim et al.. The direct, refracted, and reflected P and S phases were successfully identified using the method together with the travel time curve data. In order to improve the accuracy in determination of the hypocenter and origin time, we included PmP and SmS phases in the analysis in addition to the phases such as Pg, Pn, Sg and Sn. The epicenter, depth, and origin time of the Cheolwon earthquake determined based on data of 11 stations within 200km from the epicenter are $38.81^{\circ}$N, $127.22^{\circ}$E, 12.0km, and 7:42:51.4(local time), respectively. The average value of the local magnitude based on the Richter's definition from all the stations is 3.6 in $M_{L}$. This magnitude is smaller by 0.2 and 0.5 compared with magnitudes determined by KMA and KIGAM, respectively.

Estimation of Estrogenic Activity by E-screen Assay and Stepwise Analysis of Endocrine Disruptors in Pilot Sewage Treatment Plant (파일럿 규모의 하수 처리 공정별 E-screen Assay에 의한 에스트로겐 활성과 내분비계 장애물질의 농도 평가)

  • Lee, Ji-Ho;Park, Jong-Yol;Ra, Jin-Sung;Duong, Cuong N.;Lee, Byoung-Cheun;Kim, Sang-Don
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.28 no.7
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    • pp.697-703
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    • 2006
  • Endocrine disruptors were measured with GC/MS in effluents discharged from sewage treatment processes in pilot scale for the purpose of water reuse. From that analysis, we compared the removal rate of them by treatment processes. Nonylphenol was mainly detected in effluents and high concentration from 0.36 to 0.94 ${\mu}g/L$. $17{\beta}$-estradiol(E2) and $17{\alpha}$-ethynylestradiol(EE2) were detected as below the limit of detection in effluent. Endocrine disruptors were removed effectively in the range from 50 to 100% by treatment process. EC50 value($9.0{\times}10^{-3}$ M) of $17{\beta}$-estradiol(E2) by dose response curve of E-screen assay has higher than that of bisphenol A($2.736{\times}10^{-5}M$) and p-octylphenol($9.760{\times}10^{-6}$ M). These results showed that alkylphenols have lower relative estrogen potency than other estrogens such as $17{\beta}$-estradiol(E2). Calculated estrogenic activity(ng-EEQ/L) was 2 times higher than measured total estrogenic activity which estimated by E-screen assay. Moreover estrogenic activity of effluent by treatment process showed very low as below 1 ng-EEQ/L.