• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.123-130
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• 2001

The research described in this paper was aimed toward improving the understanding of the interaction of tire inflation pressure and the soil-tire interface stresses. A three-directional stress transducer was developed to measure stress distribution on undertread for a tractor tire. The transducer can directly measure three-directional stresses (normal stress, tangental stress and lateral stress and lateral stress) simultaneously and has both strong structure and high sensitivity, which is not changed by the abrasion of the detecting plate. Measurements of soil-undertread interface stresses were made at tire center on undertread on a 12.4-R24 radial tractor tire opeated at three combinations of a dynamic load (11.8kN) and three inflation pressures (59kPa, 108kPa and 157kPa). These measurements showed that as inflation pressure increased, the soil-undertread interface stresses increased. The results of three stresses comparisons were shown that the peak normal stresses were considerably higher than the tangential peak stresses and the peak lateral stresses.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제23권3_4호
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• pp.85-90
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• 1980

The chemical affinities among 12 species of Viola from Jeju Island are investigated by thin-layer chromatography for their MeOH soluble and aglycon parts. They are classified into three groups which are closely related to those of morphological classification: the first allience-Viola hirtipes, V. chaerophylloides, V. meta-japonica, V. keiskei var. okuboi and V. violacea; the second allience-V. xanthopetala, V. ovata-oblonga, V. acuminata var. acuminata and V. grypoceras; and the third allience-V. pachyrhiza, V. phalacrocarpa and V. mandshurica var. ciliata. The first allience consists of the species without stem which have PA value greater than 50% with one another. V. hirtipes and V. chaerophylloides show closer affinity among the taxa of this allience. The second allience consists of the species with stem, of which PA value are about 50%. The third allience consists of the species without stem which have PA values lower than 50% when compared with any other taxa.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.1520-1526
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• 2009

We have identified the iscR (PA3815) gene encoding an iron-sulfur cluster assembly regulator homolog as one of the genes required for peroxide resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14. Here, we present the phenotypic characterization of an iscR deletion mutant in terms of KatA expression, stress responses, and virulence. The iscR null mutant exhibited reduced KatA activity at the posttranslational level, hypersensitivity to hydrogen peroxide, and virulence-attenuation in Drosophila melanogaster and mouse peritonitis models. These phenotypes were fully restored by multicopy-based expression of katA. These results suggest that the requirement of IscR in P. aeruginosa is related to the proper activity of KatA, which is crucial for peroxide resistance and full virulence of this bacterium.

• Journal of Korean Vacuum Science & Technology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.16-23
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• 1999

Deposition of parylene (PA) films has been explored at substrate temperatures below 2$0^{\circ}C$ and pressures below 4 torr. The film thickness was measured using AFM and the film thickness measured was 3,500-12,000$\AA$ and the growth rate was 20-70$\AA$/min. T도 dielectric constant of the deposited PA films was found to be 2.66 and the dielectric strength was in excess of 2$\times$105V/cm. The growth rate became a maximum at a precursor decomposition temperature of $600^{\circ}C$. It was found that the growth rate decreased with increasing substrate temperature, whereas it increased with increasing pressure. At a precursor decomposition temperature of 75$0^{\circ}C$ or at a deposition pressure above 1 Torr the film surface became rough due to particle formation in the gas phase. The condensation of a p-xylylene monomer on the substrate surface turned out to be a rate-limiting step in the growth of the PA films.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.1174-1181
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• 2007

To study the immunity of the buffalo mammary gland during involution and around parturition and compare it with the mastitic mammary gland, milk samples were collected from 9 Murrah buffaloes during the above critical periods. SCC of buffalo milk increased significantly (p<0.01) by day 21 of involution and one week prepartum. SCC was significantly higher around parturition but became normal at 14 days postpartum. Phagocytic activity (PA) and phagocytic index (PI) of the buffalo milk neutrophils decreased as the duration of the dry period increased. Elevated levels of immunoglobulins at calving improved the PA and PI, but the lowest PA of 18.8% and PI of 1.75 were recorded at 7 days postpartum. Buffaloes suffering from clinical mastitis had PA of 12.3% and PI of 1.46 that increased significantly (p<0.01) on the third day of treatment. Distance of teat from ground level was found to be minimum at one week before parturition. The investigation showed that in vitro phagocytic activity of buffalo neutrophils was weakest at one week postpartum.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1299-1305
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• 2011

An important modification of thrombolytic agents is resistance to plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1). In previous studies, a new truncated PAI-1-resistant variant was developed based on deletion of the first three domains in t-PA and the substitution of KHRR 128-131 amino acids with AAAA in the truncated t-PA. The novel variant expressed in a static culture system of Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) DG44 cells exhibited a higher resistance to PAI-1 when compared with the full-length commercial drug; Actylase. In the present study, the truncated-mutant protein was expressed in CHO DG44 cells in 50 ml orbital shaking bioreactors. The final yield of the truncated-mutant in the culture was 752 IU/ml, representing a 63% increase compared with the static culture system. Therefore, these results suggest that using the combined features of a transient and stable expression system is feasible for the production of novel recombinant proteins in the quantities needed for preclinical studies.

• 정보과학회 논문지
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• 제42권10호
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• pp.1222-1230
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• 2015

무릎 자기공명영상에서 전방십자인대의 분할은 밝기값의 불균일성 및 주변 조직들과의 유사 밝기값 특성으로 인해 기존 분할기법의 적용에 한계가 있다. 본 논문에서는 지역적 정렬을 통한 확률아틀라스 생성 및 반복적 그래프 컷을 통한 다중아틀라스 기반 전방십자인대 분할기법을 제안한다. 첫째, 전역 및 지역적 다중아틀라스 강체정합을 통해 전방십자인대의 확률아틀라스를 생성한다. 둘째, 생성된 확률아틀라스를 이용하여 최대사후추정 및 그래프 컷을 통하여 전방십자인대 초기 분할을 수행한다. 셋째, 마스크 기반 강체정합을 통한 형상정보 개선 및 반복적 그래프 컷을 통해 전방십자인대 분할 개선을 수행한다. 제안방법의 성능평가를 위하여 육안평가 및 정확성평가를 수행하였으며, 평가 결과 제안방법의 Dice 유사도는 75.0%, 평균표면거리는 1.7화소, 제곱근표면거리는 2.7화소로서 기존 그래프 컷 방법에 비하여 전방 십자인대의 분할정확도가 각각 12.8%, 22.7%, 및 22.9% 향상된 것으로 나타났다.

• 대기
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.343-364
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• 2014

This study presents local and synoptic conditions associated with extreme heavy snowfall events in the Yeongdong region, as well as the temporal and spatial variability of these conditions. During the last 12 years (2001~2012), 3 extreme snowfall events occurred in the Yeongdong region, which recorded daily snowfall greater than 50 cm, respectively. In these events, one of the noticeable features is the occurrence of heavy hourly snowfall greater than 10 cm. It was reported from satellite analysis that these heavy snowfall may be closely related to mesoscale convective clouds. In this paper the 3 extreme events are examined on their synoptic environments associated with the developments of mesoscale convective system using numerical model output. These 3 events all occurred in strongly forced synoptic environments where 500 and 300 hPa troughs and 500 hPa thermal troughs were evident. From the analysis of diagnostic variables, it was found in all 3 events that absolute vorticity and cold air advection were dominant in the Yeongdong region and its surrounding sea at upper levels, especially at around 500 hPa (absolute vorticity: $20{\sim}60{\times}10^{-5}s^{-1}$, cold air advection: $-10{\sim}-20^{\circ}C$ $12hr^{-1}$). Moreover, the spatial distributions of cold advection showed mostly the shape of a narrow band along the eastern coast of Korea. These features of absolute vorticity and cold advection at 500 hPa were sustained for about 10 hours before the occurrence of maximum hourly snowfall.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.105-110
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• 1988

흡입전신마취시에 마취호흡기를 사용할 겨우 환자에게 가장 적절한 1회 호흡량을 흡입시킬수 있는 방법을 알아보기 위하여 전신마취환자 30명에서 흡입기압력 $10cmH_2O$가 되도록 용량조절마취호흡기의 1회 호흡량을 조절하고 호흡수를 분당 12회로 하여 기계조절양압호흡을 유지시켜 보았던 바 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1) PH : $7.39{\pm}0.01$로서 정상범위내 이었다. 2) $PaCO_2$ : $34{\pm}0.6mmHg$ 로서 약간의 과환기상태 이었다. 3) $PaO_2$ : $228.0{\pm}8.2mmHg$ 이었다. 4) Buffer base : $20.7{\pm}0.3mEq/{\ell}$로서 약간의 염기부족상태 이었다. 이상의 결과로 미루어 보아 전신마취시 충분한 근 이완상태에서 기계조절호흡을 시행하는 경우 1회 호흡량 조절은 흡기압력을 $10cmH_2O$로 유지함이 가장 바람직한 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1980-1991
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• 2017

Many stroke patients undergoing rehabilitation therapy require a quantitative indicator for the evaluation of body function in paretic and non-paretic regions. In this study, the impedance parameters were acquired to assess the physical status in the upper extremity of thirty six stroke patients with hemiplegia caused by cerebral hemorrhage (10 patients) and cerebral infarction (26 patients), using bioelectrical impedance. Prediction marker (PM), phase angle (PA), PM/PA, and resistance (R) versus reactance ($X_c$) were utilized to evaluate the functional status of the paretic and non-paretic regions. In addition, the hand grip strength (HGS) and the pinch strength (lateral, palmer, tip) were measured on the upper extremity of hemiplegic stroke patients. PM was distributed in inversely proportional to HGS, but PA was distributed in proportional to HGS. However, there were a number of patients with HGS of 0, regardless of the impedance parameters (PM, PA, R vs. $X_c$). Paretic and non-paretic status in upper extremity of these patients could not be analyzed using impedance parameters. At the rehabilitation therapist's instructions, they were unable to move the hand and fingers of the paretic upper extremity by cranial nerve damage, motor nerve damage, and severe cognitive decline.