• 대한족부족관절학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.128-134
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• 2012

Purpose: To design novel balance tests to assess FAI and evaluate whether these tests are affected by BMI or gender, with the goal of developing reliable FAI assessment tests that are not influenced by these factors. Materials and Methods: Participants included 20 young, healthy volunteers, 12 males and 8 females, with a mean age of $24{\pm}4$ years and a mean BMI of $23{\pm}2.28$. None of the subjects had known ankle instability. The following tests were assessed in each participant: single leg balance (SLB), percentage of leg press (PLP), single leg cycling (SLC), one leg squat (OLS), multiple direction reach-front/back/side (MDR-F/B/S), single leg hop (SLH), two leg jump (TLJ) and side step (SS). Data were analyzed using the SPSS 12.0 software program with ANOVA and t-test used. Results: When grouped by BMI, we found that despite differences in BMI, the performances of all subjects were equivalent except for the one-leg-squat test, for which the mean ratios for underweight ($1.69{\pm}0$), normal weight ($1.05{\pm}0.19$), and overweight ($0.93{\pm}0.30$) individuals were significantly different (p=0.02); ratios for SLB (p=0.273), SLC (p=0.903), PLP (p=0.664), MDR-F/B/S (p=0.498, 0.908, and 0.503, respectively), SLH (p=0.332) were not significantly different. When calculated according to gender, we found that the OLS (p=0.013) and MDRS (p=0.034) were significantly different, while parameters for all the remaining tests were not affected. Conclusion: We found that the SLB, PLP, SLC, MDR-F/B, and SLH ratios were unaffected by BMI or sex and, therefore, are reliable parameters for assessing ankle instability.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제55권10호
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• pp.397-402
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• 2012

Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare, X-linked recessive disorder characterized by dysmyelination in the central nervous system. PMD results from deletion, mutation, or duplication of the proteolipid protein gene (PLP1) located at Xq22, leading to the failure of axon myelination by oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system. PMD may be suspected when there are clinical manifestations such as nystagmus, developmental delays, and spasticity, and genetic analysis can confirm the diagnosis. Further diagnostic manifestations of the disease include a lack of myelination on brain magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and aberrant N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) and choline concentrations that reflect axonal and myelination abnormalities on phroton MR spectroscopy. We report 5 cases of PMD (in 1 girl and 4 boys). PLP1 duplication was detected in 2 patients. Brain MR analyses and MR spectroscopy were performed for all the patients. The brain MR images showed white matter abnormalities typical of PMD, and the MR spectroscopic images showed diverse patterns of NAA, creatinine, and choline concentrations. We propose that MR spectroscopic analysis of metabolic alterations can aid the PMD diagnosis and can contribute to a better understanding of the pathogenesis of the disease.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate flexural strength, composite surface and fractured surface of three different indirect composite resins. Methods: Fifteen bar-shaped specimens ($25mm{\times}2mm{\times}2mm$) were fabricated for each FL group (Flow type and Light curing) and PLP group (Putty type and Light, Pressure curing) and PL group (Putty type and Light curing) according to manufacturer's instructions and ISO 10477. Fabricated specimens were stored in the distilled water for 24 hours at the temperature of $37^{\circ}C$. Three-point bending strength test was performed to measure flexural strength using universal testing machine at a crosshead speed of 1mm/min (ISO 10477). Surface and fractured surface of specimens were observed by digital microscope. Results were analyzed with Kruskal-wallis tests (${\alpha}=0.05$). Results: Mean (SD) of three different indirect composite resins were 83.38 (6.67) MPa for FL group, 139.90(16.53) MPa for PLP group and 171.72(16.74) MPa for PL group. Flexural strength were statistically significant (p<0.05). Differences were not observed at fractured surface among three groups. However, many pores over $100{\mu}m$ were observed at PL group in observing surface of specimen. Conclusion: Flexural strength of composite resins was affected by second polymerization method and content of inorganic filler.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 20대 초반의 젊은 여성인 일부 여대생을 대상으로 영양소 섭취량. 인체계측, 혈장 호모시스테인 및 혈중 비타민 농도를 분석하여 혈장 호모시스테인 농도와 비타민 영양상태 간의 상관성을 조사하였다. 조사대상자의 평균연령은 22.4세였으며 평균 수축기, 이완기 혈압은 각각 115mmHg, 71.5mmHg였다. 조사대상주중 13%(4명)만이 영양 보충제를 섭취하였고 33%(10명)정도가 월 3회 이상 음주를 하였으며 흡연자는 3%(1명)에 해당하였다. 평균 신장과 체중은 각각 160.9cm. 54.5kg이었으며 BMI는 21.0 체지방률은 24.9%로 모두 정상수준 범위에 해당하였다. 일일 평균 열량 섭취량은 1731.9kcal로 권장량의 86.6%에 해당하는 다소 낮은 수준이었다. 비타민 B$_{12}$의 일일 평균 섭취량은 2.2mg이었으며 비타민 B$_{6}$와 엽산의 일일 평균 섭취량은 각각 0.9mg, 139.8$\mu\textrm{g}$으로 권장량의 58.7%와 55.9%로 나타나 낮은 섭취수준을 보였다. 이들 비타민의 주요 급원 식품으로 비타민 B$_{6}$는 곡류 및 전분류(61.4%), 비타민 B$_{12}$는 육류 및 달걀류(49.0%) 그리고 엽산은 야채 및 과일류 (55.2%)로 조사되었다. 조사대상자의 혈장 호모시스테인의 평균농도는 12.4$\mu$mol/l로 정상범위를 나타내는 5~15$\mu$mol/l에 해당하였으며 전체 조사대상자중 5명은 15$\mu$mol/l이상의 혈장 호모시스테인 농도(15.1~17.8$\mu$mol/l)를 나타내었다. 혈장 비타민 B$_{6}$(PLP)의 평균 농도는 77.5nmol/l로 정상수준인 30nmol/l이상이었으며. 비타민 B$_{12}$의 평균농도 역시 267.4pmol/l로 정상범위인 147.6~664pmol/l에 속하였다. 적혈구와 혈청의 평균 엽산 농도는 각각 736.5nmol/l, 17.1nmol/l였으며 조사대상자 모두 적혈구 엽산의 한계결핍 수준인 315~359nmol/l 이상과 혈청 엽산 농도의 적정 수준인 13.5nmo/l/이상의 양호한 영양상태를 나타내었다. 또한 적혈구와 혈청의 엽산 농도 사이에 유의한 양의 상관성이 있었다 비타민 B$_{6}$, B$_{12}$ 및 엽산의 섭취가 증가할수록 혈장 호모시스테인 함량이 감소하는 경향이 있었으며 이들 비타민의 혈중 농도와 혈장 호모시스테인 농도 사이에도 음의 경향을 나타내었으나 유의한 상관성은 없었다. 엽산 섭취량의 증가에 따라 적혈구와 혈청의 엽산 농도가 증가하는 경향을 나타내었고 비타민 B$_{6}$의 섭취량과 혈중 총 비타민 B$_{6}$의 90%이상을 차지하는 혈장 PLP농도 사이에는 유의한 양의 상고나성이 있었다. 혈중 호모시스테인 농도는 질병의 위험요인으로서 뿐 아니라 대사적으로 밀접하게 연관된 비타민 영양상태의 biomarker로서도 그 영향력이 크다고 할 수 있다. 따라서 성별에 다른 다양한 연령집단에서 건강한 일반인과 심혈관계 질환자 등을 대상으로 호모시스테인과 비타민 영양상태에 대한 연구가 체계적으로 이루어 져야 할 것이다.

• 한국근적외분광분석학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국근적외분광분석학회 2001년도 NIR-2001
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• pp.2101-2101
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• 2001

Near-infrared spectroscopy is now being used in clinical diagnosis as a non-invasive monitor of tissue oxygenation state. However, due to lack of the optical pathlength information within tissues, it is still difficult to quantitate the hemoglobin concentration with present CW techniques. Time-resolved spectroscopy (TRS), which measures temporal profiles of emerging light from tissues, enables to estimate the pathlength distribution within tissues by converting time to distance. Consequently, quantitative measurement of tissue oxygenation is possible by analyzing the data with optical diffusion equation 1) or our Microscopic Beer-Lambert law2). Time-Resolved Spectroscopy System : TRS-1O3) Our TRS-10 system consists of a three-wavelength (759, 797, 833 nm) PLP as pulsed light source, a high speed PMT with high sensitivity and three signal-processing circuits for time-resolved measurement (CFD/TAC, A/D converter and histogram memory). Optical pulse train consisting of 759, 797 and 833nm is generated by PLP at 5㎒ repetition rate and irradiated a sample through a single optical fiber. The diffuse-reflected light from the sample is collected by a bundle fiber and then detected by the PMT for single photon measurement. After being amplified by a following fast amplifier, the electrical signals for each wavelength are picked out by CFD/TAC module. Then, a signal processing circuit integrated the TRS data for each wavelength individually. The simultaneous TRS measurement for three wavelengths achieved without any optical or mechanical switch. Experiment and Results Input and detection fibers of TRS-10 were attached at the human forehead with a fiber separation of 3cm. TRS measurements were continuously performed for about 20 minutes including 2 minutes hyper ventilation. It was observed that the total hemoglobin concentration was decreasing during the hyper ventilation and recovered until 2 minutes after hyper ventilation. On the other hand, the deoxy-hemoglobin concentration began to increase after hyper ventilation and had its peak at around 2 minute later, showing 502 drop from 75% to 60% due to inhibition of breathing by performing hyper ventilation. The results showed that this system might be able to quantitate the concentrations of oxy- and deoxy-hemoglobin in the human brain.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.1108-1113
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• 2015

Cadaverine (1,5-diaminopentane) is an important industrial chemical with a wide range of applications. Although there have been many efforts to produce cadaverine through fermentation, there are not many reports of the direct cadaverine production from lysine using biotransformation. Whole-cell reactions were examined using a recombinant Escherichia coli strain overexpressing the E. coli MG1655 cadA gene, and various parameters were investigated for the whole-cell bioconversion of lysine to cadaverine. A high concentration of lysine resulted in the synthesis of pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (PLP) and it was found to be a critical control factor for the biotransformation of lysine to cadaverine. When 0.025 mM PLP and 1.75 M lysine in 500 mM sodium acetate buffer (pH6) were used, consumption of 91% lysine and conversion of about 80% lysine to cadaverine were successfully achieved.

• BMB Reports
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2009

Alanine racemase catalyzes the interconversion of L-alanine and D-alanine and plays a crucial role in spore germination and cell wall biosynthesis. In this study, alanine racemase produced by Bacillus anthracis was expressed and purified as a monomer in Escherichia coli and the importance of lysine 41 in the cofactor binding octapeptide and tyrosine 270 in catalysis was evaluated. The native enzyme exhibited an apparent $K_m$ of 3 mM for L-alanine, and a $V_{max}$ of $295\;{\mu}moles/min/mg$, with the optimum activity occurring at $37^{\circ}C$ and a pH of 8-9. The activity observed in the absence of exogenous pyridoxal 5'-phosphate suggested that the cofactor is bound to the enzyme. Additionally, the UV-visible absorption spectra indicated that the activity was pH independece, of VV-visible absorption spectra suggests that the bound PLP exists as a protonated Schiff's base. Furthermore, the loss of activity observed in the apoenzyme suggested that bound PLP is required for catalysis. Finally, the enzyme followed non-competitive and mixed inhibition kinetics for hydroxylamine and propionate with a $K_i$of $160\;{\mu}M$ and 30 mM, respectively.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권8호
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• pp.4092-4104
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• 2017

In this paper, an efficient 4K and 8K UHD(Ultra High Definition) transmission scheme is proposed on the convergence networks with broadcasting and LTE(Long Term Evolution) by using CoMP(Coordinated Multi-Point). A video data is compressed and divided into BL(Base Layer), E(Enhanced layer)1, E2 and E3 by scalable HEVC(High Efficiency Video Coding). The divided layers can be combined by the scalable HEVC such as mobile HD, full HD, 4K and 8K UHD(Ultra High Definition). The divided layers are transmitted through the convergence networks with DVB-T2(Digital Video Broadcasting-$2^{nd}$ Generation Terrestrial) broadcasting system and LTE CoMP. This scheme transmits mobile HD and full HD layers through DVB-T2 broadcasting system by using M-PLP(Multiple-physical Layer Pipes), and adaptively transmits 4K or 8K UHD layer through LTE CoMP with MMT(MPEG Media Transport) server. An adaptive transmitting and receiving scheme in the LTE CoMP system provides 4K or 8K UHD layer to a user according to the user status. The proposed scheme is verified by showing the system-level simulation results which is better BER(bit-error-rate) performance than the conventional scheme. The results show that the proposed scheme provides the stable video contents to the user especially at the cell edge.

• 식물병과 농업
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.18-21
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• 1995

Mycosphaerella nawae, the causal organism, of spotted leaf casing disease of persimmon, was isolated from infected leaves showing typical symptom. The cultural characteristics of the fungus were compared on artificial media. Among 24 different combinations of culture media and supplements, oatmeal agar+persimmon leaf extract (PLE) and PAD+ PLE+streptomycin showed the highest rate of isolating as 57.1%. The best medium for mycelial growth of the fungus was PDA+persimmon leaf powder (PLP). The colony diameter was reached 47mm for 30 days at 2$0^{\circ}C$. PDA+PLE also supported good mcyelial growth showing 46mm of diameter in same condition. The optimum growth temperature of this fungus in PDA was recognized fairly low. The mycelial growth was higher at 2$0^{\circ}C$ than 15$^{\circ}C$. The variation of pH between pH 4 to pH 8 did not affect to the mycelial growth of the pathogen.

• 한국음향학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국음향학회 1999년도 학술발표대회 논문집 제18권 2호
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• pp.97-100
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• 1999

본 논문은 자동차의 편의성 및 안전성의 동시 확보를 위하여, 보조적 스위치의 조작없이 상시 음성의 입$\cdot$출력이 가능하도록 하였고, 남성과 여성을 구별하기 위하여 피치검출법을 사용하여 속도별로 구분하였다. 또한, band pass filter를 이용하여 자동으로 잡음하에서 정확하게 음성추간 검출(End Point Detection)을 하게 하였다. Reference Pattern은 DMS(Dynaminc Multi-Section)[1]모델을 사용하려고, 음성의 특징 파라미터와 인식 알고리즘은 PLP 13차와 One Stage Dynamic Programming(OSDP)를 사용하였다. 시내주행중인 자동차 환경에서 자주 사용되는 차량제어 명령어 30단어를 가지고 실험한 결과 40-80km에서 화자독립 남성 $96\%$, 여성 $94.4\%$ 화자종속일 때 남성 $97\%$, 여성 $95\%$의 인식률을 얻을수 있었고 남성과 여성을 구분하므로 써 인식률을 향상 시켰다.