• Title/Summary/Keyword: Physiological process

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Somatic Embryogenesis: Morphogenesis, Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

  • Thorpe, Trevor A.
    • 식물조직배양학회지
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    • 제27권4호
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    • pp.245-258
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    • 2000
  • Somatic embryogenesis has become a major tool in the study of plant embryology, as it is possible in culture to manipulate cells of many plant species to produce somatic embryos in a process that is remarkably similar to zygotic embryogenesis. Traditionally, the process has been studied by an examination of the ex vitro factors which influence embryo formation. Later structural, physiological and biochemical approaches have been applied. Host recently, molecular tools are being used. Together, these various approaches are giving valuable information on the process. This article gives an overview of somatic embryogenesis by reviewing information on the morphogenesis, physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of the process. Topics covered include a brief description of the factors involved in the production of embryogenic cells. Carrot cell suspension is most commonly used, and the development of a high frequency and synchronous system is outlined. At the physiological and biochemical lev-els various topics, including the reactivation of the cell cycle, changes in endogenous growth regulators, amino acid, polyamine, DNA, RNA and protein metabolism, and embryogenic factors in conditioned medium are all discussed. Lastly, recent information on genes and molecular markers of the embryogenic process are outlined. Somatic embryogenesis, the best example of totipotency in plant cells, is not only an important tool in studies in basic biology, but is potentially of equal significance in the micropropagation of economically important plants.

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Learning experience of undergraduate medical students during 'model preparation' of physiological concepts

  • Soundariya, Krishnamurthy;Deepika, Velusami;Kalaiselvan, Ganapathy;Senthilvelou, Munian
    • Korean journal of medical education
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    • 제30권4호
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    • pp.359-364
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: Learning physiological concepts and their practical applications in the appropriate contexts remains a great challenge for undergraduate medical students. Hence the present study aimed to analyze the learning experience of undergraduate medical students during an active learning process of 'preparation of models' depicting physiological concepts. Methods: A total of 13 groups, involving 55 undergraduate medical students with three to five individuals in each group, were involved in model preparation. A total of 13 models were exhibited by the students. The students shared their learning experiences as responses to an open-ended questionnaire. The students' responses were analyzed and generalized comments were generated. Results: Analysis of the results showed that the act of 'model preparation' improved concept understanding, retention of knowledge, analytical skills, and referral habits. Further, the process of 'model preparation' could satisfy all types of sensory modality learners. Conclusion: This novel active method of learning could be highly significant in students' understanding and learning physiology concepts. This approach could be incorporated in the traditional instructor-centered undergraduate medical curriculum as a way to innovate it.

독성동태 모델과 데이터의 해석 (Toxicokinetic Models and Data Interpretation)

  • 유선동
    • Toxicological Research
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    • 제18권4호
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    • pp.311-324
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    • 2002
  • Toxicokinetic studies are intended to provide critical evaluation of drug disposition at toxico-logical doses and help understand the relationship between blood or tissue levels and the time course of toxic events. Relatively high dose levels wed in toxicokinetics, compared to pharmacokinetics, complicates absorption, protein binding, metabolism and elimination processes. In this mini review, frequently wed toxicokinetic models such as linear compartment models, physiological models, and nonlinear kinetic mod-ec are introduced. In addition, optimization of toxicokinetic studies, their role in the drug development process, and prediction oj human toxicokinetics based on animal data by interspecies scaling are briefly discussed.

Physiological Responses of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Spores to High Pressure

  • Ahn, Ju-Hee;Balasubramaniam, V.M.
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제17권3호
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    • pp.524-529
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    • 2007
  • Pressure inactivation behavior of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens spores was investigated in deionized water. The spores of B. amyloliquefaciens were subjected to $105^{\circ}C$ and 700 MPa. The magnitude of the decrease in viability after pressure treatment was similar to that after pressure treatment followed by heat shock. The increase of dipicolinic acid (DPA) release was correlated with the spore inactivation, and the hydrophobicity did not significantly change during the pressure-assisted thermal processing (PATP). Lag phase duration increased with increasing pressure process time. The mechanisms of spore germination and inactivation during the PATP were related to a complex physiological process.

자동 감성 인식을 위한 비교사-교사 분류기의 복합 설계 (Design of Hybrid Unsupervised-Supervised Classifier for Automatic Emotion Recognition)

  • 이지은;유선국
    • 전기학회논문지
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    • 제63권9호
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    • pp.1294-1299
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    • 2014
  • The emotion is deeply affected by human behavior and cognitive process, so it is important to do research about the emotion. However, the emotion is ambiguous to clarify because of different ways of life pattern depending on each individual characteristics. To solve this problem, we use not only physiological signal for objective analysis but also hybrid unsupervised-supervised learning classifier for automatic emotion detection. The hybrid emotion classifier is composed of K-means, genetic algorithm and support vector machine. We acquire four different kinds of physiological signal including electroencephalography(EEG), electrocardiography(ECG), galvanic skin response(GSR) and skin temperature(SKT) as well as we use 15 features extracted to be used for hybrid emotion classifier. As a result, hybrid emotion classifier(80.6%) shows better performance than SVM(31.3%).

'한아름' 배의 저장 및 유통온도 조건에 따른 품질 및 생리장해 발생 비교 (Comparison of fruit quality and occurrence of physiological disorders during storage and simulated marketing at different temperature conditions in 'Hanareum' pears)

  • 이욱용;황용수;안영직;천종필
    • 농업과학연구
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    • 제40권3호
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    • pp.191-196
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    • 2013
  • This study was conducted to investigate the effect of temperature during transportation and continuing shelf-life on fruit quality and the occurrence of physiological disorder to set up the appropriate exportation temperature condition in Asian pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai) 'Hanareum'. In the experiment of simulated exportation headed for USA, the fruits transported at $1^{\circ}C$ showed less weight loss than those of $5^{\circ}C$. Market temperature appeared as a key factor for keeping freshness of exported pear fruits rather than transportation temperature. Quality factors such as high flesh firmness and low incidence of fruit rot and physiological disorders including core breakdown and pithiness were attained at the fruits maintained at $18^{\circ}C$. Approximately two times higher incidence of physiological disorders and of fruit decay rates were observed in the fruits distributed at $25^{\circ}C$ than the those of $18^{\circ}C$. Therefore, temperature management during marketing resulted as an important factor for maintaining fruits quality in the process of pear fruit exportation.

Mobile u-healthcare system in IEEE 802.15.4 WSN and CDMA network environments

  • 토싱후이;이승철;이훈재;도경훈;정완영
    • 센서학회지
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    • 제18권5호
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    • pp.337-342
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    • 2009
  • This paper describes a robust mobile u-healthcare system with multiple physiological signs measurement capability in real time with integration of WSN(wireless sensor network) technology and CDMA(code division multiple access) network. A cellular phone receives health data in WSN and performs local physiological signs analysis at a phone processor, and then transmits abnormal data to server for further detail or precise health signal evaluation by a medical doctor over a CDMA network. Physiological signs of the patients are continuously monitored, processed and analyzed locally at cellular phone process to produce useful medical information for diagnosis and tracking purposes. By local simple analysis in cellular phone processor we can save the data transmission cost in CDMA network. By using the developed integrate ubiquitous healthcare service architecture, patients can realize self-health checking so that the prevention actions can be taken earlier. Appropriate self-monitoring and self-management can cure disease and relieve pain especially for patients who suffer from chronic diseases that need long term observation.

소음에 장기 노출되었을 때 나타나는 심리생리적 효과 (Effects of Long-term Exposure to Noise on Psychophysiological Responses)

  • Estate Sokhadze;Park, Sangsup;Lee, Kyung-Hwa;Kim, Yeon-Kyu;Sohn, Jin-Hun
    • 한국감성과학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국감성과학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.211-215
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    • 1999
  • It is well known that a long-term exposure to a loud noise environment affects performance, since it distracts attention, and also is able to evoke stress accompanied by negative emotional states. The purpose of this study was to analyze dynamics of subjective and physiological variables during long-lasting (30 min) exposure to intensive white noise (85 dB[A]). Physiological signals on 23 college students were recorded by BIOPAC, Grass Neurodata systems and AcqKnowledge 3.5 software. Autonomic variables, namely skin conductance level (SCL), non-specific SCR number (N-SCR), inter-beat intervals in ECG (RR intervals), heart rate variability index (HF/LF ratio of HRV), respiration rate (RESP), and skin temperature (SKT) were analyzed on 5 min epoch basis. Psychological assessment (subjective rating of stress level) was also repeated on every 5 min basis. Regression and correlation analyses were employed to trace the time course of the dynamics of the subjective and autonomic physiological variables and their relationship. Results showed that intense noise evokes subjective stress with associated autonomic nervous system responses. However, it was shown that physiological variables endure specific changes in the process of exposure to loud white noise. Discussed are probable psychophysiological mechanisms mediating reactivity to long-term auditory stimulation of high intensity.

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Autonomic, Respiratory and Subjective Effects of Long-term Exposure to Aversive Loud Noise : Tonic Effects in Accumulated Stress Model

  • Sohn, Jin-Hun;Sokhadze, Estate;Choi, Sang-Sup;Lee, Kyung-Hwa
    • 감성과학
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    • 제2권2호
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    • pp.37-42
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    • 1999
  • Long-term exposure to loud noise affects performance since it changes arousal level, distracts attention, and also is able to evoke subjective stress accompanied by negative emotional states. The purpose of the study was to analyze dynamics of subjective and physiological variables during a relatively long-lasting (30 min) exposure to white noise (85 dB[A]). Physiological signals were recorded on 15 college students during 30 min of intense auditory stimulation. Autonomic variables, namely skin conductance level , non-specific SCR number, inter-best intervals in ECG, heart rate variability index (HF/LF ratio of HRV), skin temperature, as well as respiration rate were analyzed on 5 min epoch basis. Psychological assessment (subjective rating of stress level) was also repeated every 5 min. Statistical analysis was employed to trace the time course of the dynamics of subjective and autonomic physiological variables and their relationships. Results showed that the intense noise evoked subjective stress as well as associated autonomic nervous system responses. However it was shown that physiological variables endured specific changes in the process of exposure to the loud white noise. Discussed were probable psychophysiological mechanisms mediating reactivity to long-term auditory stimulation of high intensity, namely short-term activation, followed by transient adaptation (with relatively stable autonomic balance) and then a subsequent wave of arousal due to tonic sympathetic dominance.

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