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Effects of Extracts of Pueraria radix on Enzymes Activities of Serum and Lead Level of the Tissues of the Pb-administered Rats (갈근 추출물이 납을 투여한 흰쥐의 혈청 효소활성도 및 조직의 납 축적에 미치는 영향)

  • Han, Sung-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.914-919
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    • 2000
  • This study was designed to investigate the effects of korean pueraria radix extract in Pb administered rats. Forty-two male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing $100{\pm}10g$ were used for this experiment and divided into following 6 groups; control group, 3% pueraria radix group(3% pue.), 100 ppm and 200 ppm alone pb group, 100 ppm and 200 ppm alone pb group with 3% pue. Tissue weight of liver, lung, stomach, heart, kidney and spleen of pb exposed rats were reduced by 3% extracts of pueraria radix group. The Pb content in the rats tissue of pb alone administered group was lower than in the rats tissue of pb group with 3% pue. GPT and GOT were increased in pb-administered group and lower in the 3% extracts of pueraria radix group. LDH was lower in the 3% extracts of pueraria radix-pb group than in the pb group. ChEase was higher in the 3% extracts of pueraria radix group than in the pb alone administered group.

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Artificial Neural Network-based Thermal Environment Prediction Model for Energy Saving of Data Center Cooling Systems (데이터센터 냉각 시스템의 에너지 절약을 위한 인공신경망 기반 열환경 예측 모델)

  • Chae-Young Lim;Chae-Eun Yeo;Seong-Yool Ahn;Sang-Hyun Lee
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.883-888
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    • 2023
  • Since data centers are places that provide IT services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, data center power consumption is expected to increase to approximately 10% by 2030, and the introduction of high-density IT equipment will gradually increase. In order to ensure the stable operation of IT equipment, various types of research are required to conserve energy in cooling and improve energy management. This study proposes the following process for energy saving in data centers. We conducted CFD modeling of the data center, proposed an artificial intelligence-based thermal environment prediction model, compared actual measured data, the predicted model, and the CFD results, and finally evaluated the data center's thermal management performance. It can be seen that the predicted values of RCI, RTI, and PUE are also similar according to the normalization used in the normalization method. Therefore, it is judged that the algorithm proposed in this study can be applied and provided as a thermal environment prediction model applied to data centers.

The Energy Saving Effect through Hot aisle-Cold aisle Isolation of Supercomputer (슈퍼컴퓨터의 열복도-냉복도 구성을 통한 에너지 절감 효과)

  • Sung, Jin-Woo;Koh, Dong-Gun;Lee, Young-Joo;Jang, Ji-Hoon;Park, Chan-Yeol
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2012.04a
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    • pp.98-100
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    • 2012
  • 컴퓨팅 성능향상과 장비의 증가는 전력소비의 증가로 이어져 데이터센터 경영자에게 운영경비의 증가로 피할 수 없는 중요한 문제가 되었다. 그래서 미국의 데이터센터에서는 에너지 효율화 지수인 PUE(Power Usage Effectiveness)를 표준지수로 정하고 에너지소비를 관리하고 있다. 데이터센터에서 소비되는 에너지에서 IT부문과 비IT부문의 에너지 소비비율은 50:50 비율이다. IT장비는 처음 도입 시 에너지 효율적인 장비를 도입하면 컴퓨터 운영상에서 에너지를 절감할 기회는 많지가 않지만, 비IT부문은 설비운영적인 측면으로 안정성을 고려하면서 동시에 효율적인 운영환경을 유지하는 것이 가능하다. 본 문서에서는 비IT부문에서 전산실 장비의 열복도-냉복도 분리 배치가 에너지 절감효과가 어느 정도인지 실험을 하였으며, 그 실험결과를 기술하였다.

A New Grafted Cactus with Bright Yellow Color, 'Hwangseon'

  • Park, Pil-Man;Jeong, Myeung-Il;Yae, Byeong-Woo;Kim, Mi-Sun;Lee, Young-Ran;Park, Pue-Hee;Yoo, Bong-Sik
    • Horticultural Science & Technology
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.342-344
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    • 2012
  • A new grafted cactus cultivar, called 'Hwangseon', Gymnocalycium mihanovichii, is a hybrid crossed between two orange color cultivars 'Geoseong' and 'Huhwang'. Mating was performed in the greenhouse of National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science (NIHHS) in 2005. The harvested seeds were sown at 100 mL volumetric flasks filled with 'Kyoto' medium. Seedling had been grafted into a young rootstock, Hylocereus trigonus, and cultured in vitro in 100 mL test tube for more than six months. After re-grafting and planting in the green house in 2006, their characteristics were evaluated three times until 2009. The new cultivar has a flat round shape and bright yellow skin color. In addition, it has 7 to 9 ribs with gray and straight spines on the body and produces an average of 12.3 offsets.

Development of a Small Sized Cymbidium Variety 'Snow Bell' with Light Pink Colored Flower and Frangrance

  • Kim, Mi-Seon;Park, Pue-Hee;Yae, Byung-Woo
    • Horticultural Science & Technology
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.415-419
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    • 2014
  • A Cymbidium variety 'Snow Bell' (C. kanran ${\times}$ C. Jack Frost) was developed at the National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration in 2011. A cross between C. kanran with small-sized greenish colored flowers and C. Jack Frost with bright pink colored flowers, was conducted in 1999. Based on flower color, leaf shape, flower stalk, and vigor one line was selected. Evaluation and selection trials were conducted from 2006 to 2010. 'Snow Bell' has a light pink sepal (RHS, R56D), red lip (R56A) and a leaf length of 47.5 cm. The average number of flowers on each peduncle is 13.8 and the flower diameter is 6.2 cm. The characteristics of petals and sepals show some incurve and some spreading. 'Snow Bell' has a vigorous growth and a round flower. It has an adequate peduncle height of 50.7 cm compared with leaf length of 47.5 cm, and start blooming in December. In electronic nose analysis, the degree of fragrance between 'Snow Bell' and the C. kanran was similar and both of them showed strong scents, although they had different fragrance patterns.

Development of a SCAR Marker Linked to Ph-3 in Solanum ssp.

  • Park, Pue Hee;Chae, Young;Kim, Hyun-Ran;Chung, Kyeong-Ho;Oh, Dae-Geun;Kim, Ki-Taek
    • Korean Journal of Breeding Science
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.139-143
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    • 2010
  • Late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans is historically a serious epidemic disease in potato and tomato cultivations. Accession L3708 (Solanum pimpinellifolium), a new source for late blight resistance was identified in AVRDC, and carries the resistance gene, Ph-3, incompatible to P. infestans race 3. The AFLP markers linked to Ph-3 were previously developed from the L3708 accession (Chunwongse et al. 2002). To facilitate tomato breeding with the Ph-3 gene, an attempt was made to convert AFLP markers to sequence-characterized amplified region (SCAR) markers. Among 6 AFLP markers, only one AFLP marker, L87, was successfully converted to SCAR marker. The resistance-specific 230 bp AFLP fragment was cloned and sequenced, and the PCR primer amplifying a 123 bp fragment was designed. This SCAR marker could discriminate resistant and susceptible individuals with high stringency. The developed SCAR marker could be used for the marker assisted-selection in tomato breeding programs.

Critical Factors for Acceptance of Social Commerce: A Case Study in Oman

  • FAROOQUE, Murtaza;ALMARHOON, Shahrazad;ALHARIZI, Shamma;MOHAMMED, Aref
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.5
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    • pp.657-665
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    • 2021
  • The study aims to assess the acceptance of social commerce and participate in social commerce amongst Omani people. The questions of the survey Instrument were prepared in English later converted into Arabic. The survey instrument was having two parts; the first part sought the demographic information like age, gender, education, occupation etc. The second part of the instrument was related to the variables, which was in 5-point Likert scale, where 5 means strongly agree while 1 meaning strongly disagree. The data was collected using online and offline surveys, making the number of the valid responses to 478. A conceptual model was developed using the following variables. The selected variables such as "Familiarity" (F), "Trust" (T), "Perceived usefulness" (PU), "Perceived ease of use" (PEU), "Intention to Purchase" (IP). The hypothesis was tested using structural equation modelling. The results indicate that all six hypotheses were supported. The F, T and PEU, and PU was found to be positive and significant related to intention to purchase (p-value 0.003, 0.001, 0.000. & 0.007). Amongst the four, p value of F was found to be the lowest and PU was found to be the highest. This indicate F was strong indicator of IP as compared to others. PUE relates to PU, and F was related to IP.

Review on the Effects of Acupuncture Stimulation on Autonomic Nervous System (침 자극이 인체의 자율신경계에 미치는 영향 고찰)

  • Lee, Ju-Ho;Park, Young-Jae;Park, Young-Bae
    • The Journal of the Society of Korean Medicine Diagnostics
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.127-140
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    • 2011
  • Objectives: Acupuncture has been shown to relieve pain and modulate biological function by stimulating the organ-specific meridians and enhances parasympathetic activity and suppresses sympathetic activity. The aim of this review is to summarize and understand the effects of acupuncture on autonomic nervous system. Methods: We reviewed a total of 29 studies published from 2000 to 2010 searched by PueMed and various domestic oriental medicine journals to obtain acupuncture studies related with ANS. Each article was classified by ANS measurement index and reviewed for study objectives, outcomes, acupuncture points, experimental and control interventions. Results: In the study of acupuncture about EEG, HRV, SCR, the experiment results are not the same by acupoints. Although same acupoint the results differ by subject's condition. But the study showed some clear tendency. In brief, in normal states acupuncture enhanced either vagal or sympathetic tone depending on the stimulated acupuncture point sites. On the other hand, most of studies demonstrated that acupuncture restored the autonomic dysfunctions in various kinds of tired or stressful states. Conclusions: We reviewed studies that contributed to an understanding of the effects and mechanisms of acupuncture on autonomic nervous system. Although the relationship between acupuncture and ANS response is still uncertain, acupuncture could be a excellent treatment method for modulating autonomic dysfunction.

Scent Analysis Using an Electronic Nose and Flowering Period of Potted Diploid and Tetraploid Cymbidium (심비디움 2배체, 4배체의 분화수명 조사 및 전자코를 이용한 향기패턴분석)

  • Hwang, Sook-Hyun;Kim, Mi-Seon;Park, Pue-Hee;Park, So-Young
    • Horticultural Science & Technology
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.163-171
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    • 2016
  • We investigated the intensity and pattern of the scent produced by diploid and tetraploid Cymbidium flowers, using an electronic nose with 6 metal oxide sensors (MOS). The MOS responses were evaluated by principal component analysis, discriminant function analysis, and sensor data. These analyses revealed that tetraploid flowers had a stronger scent than diploid flowers in Cymbidium Golden Elf 'Sundust'. Furthermore, among the different flower parts-column, lip, and petals-the column produced the strongest scent. There was no significant difference between the flowering periods of diploid and tetraploid potted Cymbidium Golden Elf 'Sundust' and Cymbidium Elma 'Orient Toyo' grown in a greenhouse. Moreover, there were no significant differences between the number of flowers per flower stem and the length of flower stems on the diploid and tetraploid plants of these two Cymbidium cultivars. This study provides potentially useful information for the breeding of polyploidy Cymbidium in the floriculture industry.

Development of Gene-based Markers for the Allelic Selection of the Restorer-of-fertility Gene, Rfo, in Radish (Raphanus sativus)

  • Kim, Sunggil;Lim, Heerae;Cho, Kang-Hee;Park, Pue Hee;Park, Suhyung;Sung, Soon-Kee;Oh, Daegeun;Kim, Ki-Taek
    • Korean Journal of Breeding Science
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.194-204
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    • 2009
  • Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) and fertility restoration have been utilized as valuable tools for $F_1$-hybrid seed production in many crops despite laborious breeding processes. Molecular markers for the selection of CMS-related genes help reduce the expenses and breeding times. A previously reported genomic region containing the Ppr-B gene, which is responsible for restoration of fertility and corresponds to the Rfo locus, was used to develop gene-based or so-called "functional" markers for allelic selection of the restorer-of-fertility gene (Rfo) in $F_1$-hybrid breeding of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) Polymorphic sequences among Rfo alleles of diverse breeding lines of radish were examined by sequencing the Ppr-B alleles. However, presence of Ppr-B homolog, designated as Ppr-D, interferes on specific PCR amplification of Ppr-B in certain breeding lines. The organization of Ppr-D, resolved by genome walking, revealed extended homology with Ppr-B even in the promoter region. Interestingly, PCR amplification of Ppr-D was repeatedly unsuccessful in certain breeding lines implying the lack of Ppr-D in these radishes. Ppr-B could only be successfully amplified for analysis through designing primers based on the sequences unique to Ppr-B that exclude interference from Ppr-D gene. Four variants of Rfo alleles were identified from 20 breeding lines. A combination of three molecular markers was developed in order to genotype the Rfo locus based on polymorphisms among four different variants. These markers will be useful in facilitating $F_1$-hybrid cultivar development in radish.