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Physico-chemical Properties of Milt and Fine Structure of Cryopreserved Spermatozoa in Tiger Puffer (Takifugu rubripes) (자주복(Takifugu rubripes) 정액의 물리$\cdot$화학적 성상과 냉동보존 전후 정자의 미세구조)

  • CHANG Yun Jeong;CHANG Young Jin;LIM Han Kyu
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.353-358
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    • 1998
  • Experiments were performed to find out the physico-chemical properties of milt, and morphological changes of cryopreserved spermatozoa in tiger puffer, Takifugu rubripes. The average number of sperm and spermatocrit in milt stripped were $9.81{\pm}0.34{\times}10^{10}/m{\ell}$ and $97.8{\pm}0.8$, respectively. While total lipid concentration from seminal fluid was higher than that from sperm, total protein concentration from sperm was higher than that from seminal fluid, Na and K concentrations in sperm and those in seminal fluid were similar each other, However, glucose from sperm and seminal fluid were not detectable. Spermatozoon of tiger puffer was consisted of head, middle Piece and tail. Size of head showing horseshoe shape was $0.65{\pm}0.10{\mu}m$ in diameter and $1.35{\pm}0.30{\mu}m$ in length. The head fully containing chromatin did not have acrosome. Mitochondrion in middle piece was $0.2{\mu}m$ in average diameter and flagellum showed 9+2 structure. A few of cryopreserved spermatozoa showed morphologically loose or swollen plasma membranes.

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Hepatoprotective Effect of Forest frog's oviduct oil on Acetaminophen-induced Liver Injury in Mice. (Acetaminophen에 의해 손상된 마우스 간세포에서 합마유의 간세포보호 효과)

  • Lee, Jang-Cheon
    • The Korea Journal of Herbology
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2007
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study is that the protective effects of habmayou on acetaminophen (AP)-induced hepatotoxicity were investigated in mice. Methods : Before administering AP mice supplied with only water were left alone for 18 hours. after concentration and dissolution in poly ethylglycol AP 400mg per 1kg of mouse weight, we injected AP titrated density with a physiological saline solution into the abdominal cavity of mouse to induce hepatotoxicity. we researched mortality rate and the shape of liver tissue of mouse. Results : Treatment with habmayou (250 mg/kg, p.o.) 0.5 h after AP administration significantly prevented an increase in plasma alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase activities and AP-induced hepatic necrosis, and also reduced AP-induced mortality from 46% to 0%. In addition, oral treatment with habmayou significantly prevented AP-induced depletion of glutathione (GSH) contents. However, habmayou treatment, by itself, did not affect hepatic GSH contents. Conclusion : These results show that the hepatoprotective effects of habmayou against AP overdose may be due to its ability to block the bioactivation of AP by regeneration of hepatonecrotic cells.

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Consideration of CCD Gate Structure in the Determination of the Point Spread Function of Yohkoh Soft X-Ray Telescope (SXT)

  • Shin, Jun-Ho;Sakurai, Takashi
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.93.2-93.2
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    • 2012
  • Point Spread Function (PSF) is one of the most important optical characteristics for describing the performance of a telescope. And a concept of subpixelization is inevitable in evaluating the undersampled PSF (Shin and Sakurai 2009). Then, the internal structure of Yohkoh SXT CCD pixel is not uniform: For the top half of pixel area, the X-ray should pass a so-called gate structure where the charges are transferred to an output amplifier. This gate structure shows energy-dependent sensitivity (Tsuneta et al. 1991). For example, for Al-K (8.34 A) X-ray emission, the transmission of the polysilicon gate is about 0.9. Also, for the peak coronal response of the SXT thin filters, around 17 angstrom (0.729 keV), the transmission of the gate is about 0.6, falling off sharply towards longer wavelengths. It should be noted that this spectrally dependent non-uniform response of each CCD pixel will certainly have a noticeable effect on the properties of the PSF at longer wavelengths. Therefore, especially for analyzing the undersampled PSF of low energy source, a careful consideration of non-uniform internal pixel structure is required in determining the shape of the PSF core. The details on the effect of gate structure will be introduced in our presentation.

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Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Peripheral T Cell Lymphoma, Lymphoepithelioid Cell Type - Report of A Case Mimicking Tuberculous Lymphadenitis - (림프유상피형 말초 T세포 림프종의 세침흡인 세포학적 소견 - 결핵성 림프절염과 감별이 어려웠던 1예 -)

  • Park, Ho-Sung;Hong, Jong-Myung;Chung, Myoung-Ja;Moon, Woo-Sung
    • The Korean Journal of Cytopathology
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.185-189
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    • 1999
  • The diagnosis of peripheral T cell lymphoma is difficult due to the varying size and shape of the neoplastic lymphoid cells and the frequent admixture of nonneoplastic mature lymphyocytes, histiocytes, eosinophils, and plasma cells. We report a case of peripheral T cell lymphoma, lymphoepithelioid ceil type, which was difficult to differentiate from tuberculous lymphadenitis due to the aggregates of epithelioid histlocytes mimicking granuloma and the past history of pulmonary tuberculosis. Fine needle aspiration cytology of the inguinal lymph node in a 63-year-old male was characterized by hypercellular aspirates composed of a mixture of small and intermediate-size lymphoid cells and large lymphoid cells with background of confluent epithelioid histiocytes. The neoplastic lymphocytes demonstrated significant nuclear irregularity with protrusion and indentations of the nuclear membrane, prominent nucleoli, and frequent mitotic figures. The diagnosis of peripheral T cell lymphoma was confirmed by histological and immunohistochemical studios.

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A Study on the Formation Mechanism of the Fly Ash from Coal Particles in the Coal Burning Boiler (석탄연소 보일러에서 생성된 석탄회의 분석과 형성 메커니즘 해석에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, Jung Eun;Lee, Jae Keun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.22 no.12
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    • pp.1691-1701
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    • 1998
  • Fly ash produced in coal combustion is a fine-grained material consisting mostly of spherical, glassy, and porous particles. A study on the formation mechanism of the fly ash from coal particles in the pulverized coal power plant is investigated with a physical, morphological, and chemical characteristic analysis of fly ash collected from the Samchonpo power plant. This study may contribute to the data base of domestic fly ash, the improvement of combustion efficiency, fouling phenomena and ash collection in the electrostatic precipitator. The physical property of fly ash is determined using a particle counter for the measurement of ash size distribution. Morphological characteristic of fly ash is performed using a scanning electron micrograph. The chemical components of fly ash are determined using an inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry(ICP). The distribution of fly ash size was bi-modal and ranged from 12 to $19{\mu}m$ in mass median diameter. Exposure conditions of flue gas temperature and duration within the combustion zone of the boiler played an important role on the morphological properties of the fly ash such as shape, particle size and chemical components. The evolution of ash formation during pulverized coal combustion has revealed three major mechanisms by large particle formation due to break-up process, gas to particle conversion and growth by coagulation and agglomeration.

Fabrication of Micro-electrodes using Liner Block Moving Electrical Discharge Grinding and Characteristics of Micro-hole Machining of Graphene Nanoplatelet-reinforced Al2O3Composites (블록직선이송 방전연삭에 의한 미세전극 가공 및 그래핀 강화 알루미나 복합소재의 마이크로 홀 가공특성)

  • Jeong, Hyeon-A;Lee, Chang Hoon;Kang, Myung Chang
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.149-156
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    • 2017
  • Graphene nanoplatelet (GNP)-reinforced alumina ($Al_2O_3$) is a promising material for micro-partapplications, particularly micro-nozzle shapes, because of its excellent wearresistance. In this study, a $Al_2O_3$/GNPcomposite with 15 vol% graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) was highly densified and fabricated via spark plasma sintering for micro-electrical discharge drilling (Micro-ED drilling) and the wear resistance property of the composite is evaluated via the ball-on-disk method. In addition, the diameter and shape of the micro-electrodes machined by wire electrical discharge grinding (WEDG), block electrical discharge grinding (BEDG), and new linear block moving electrical discharge grinding (LBMEDG) methods are systematically compared and analyzed to observe the micro-hole machining in the micro-ED drilling of the $Al_2O_3$/15vol% GNP composite.

Conductivity Change of PEDOT:PSS Film according to the Surface Structuring

  • Yu, Jung-Hoon;Nam, Sang-Hoon;Lee, Jin-Su;Hwang, Ki-Hwan;Seo, Hyeon-Jin;Ju, Dong-Woo;Jeon, So-Hyoun;Yun, Sang-Ho;Boo, Jin-Hyo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.248.1-248.1
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    • 2014
  • We present results from an experimental study of conductivity change of poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) film according to the surface structuring. We demonstrate that the patterned structure was enhanced with approximately five times conductivity in comparison with non structure of PEDOT:PSS film. In order to patterning, we have fabricated polystyrene (PS) colloidal monolayer as a template with sphere diameter of 780nm and 1.8um. Structure has honeycomb shape and it provide shorter path way to flowing of electron. Pattern size was controlled by PS diameter and varied by Transformer Coupled Plasma (TCP) etching system. Conductivity was converted from sheet resistance which measured by 4-point prove. Film thickness was derived using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM) images.

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A Study on Characterization of Modified Surface Manufactured by PTA Spray (PTA 용사에 의해 제조된 표면개질부의 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Gwang-Soo;Ji, Jung-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.110-115
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    • 2005
  • Plasma Transferred Arc Spray process was used to make modified surface for wear and corrosion resistant by using Co system powder type alloy. The modified surface was produced by changing only spray current and other process variables were constant. The current range was from 80 amp to 140 amp as inclosing 20 amp. It was appeared that the geometrical shape, microstructures and microhardness of the modified surface were affected by the different cooling rate of base metal. The modified surface that produced by 120 amp current exhibited the fine microstructure and the highest microhardness number impling good surface characteristics. It was also found that the spray current affected the width but not the height of the bead as increasing current.

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Effect of Milling Time and Addition of PCA on Austenite Stability of Fe-7%Mn Alloy (Fe-7%Mn 합금의 오스테나이트 안정성에 미치는 밀링 시간과 공정제어제 첨가 효과)

  • Oh, Seung-Jin;Shon, In-Jin;Lee, Seok-Jae
    • Journal of Powder Materials
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.126-131
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    • 2018
  • In the present study, we investigate the effects of milling time and the addition of a process control agent (PCA) on the austenite stability of a nanocrystalline Fe-7%Mn alloy by XRD analysis and micrograph observation. Nanocrystalline Fe-7%Mn alloys samples are successfully fabricated by spark plasma sintering. The crystallite size of ball-milled powder and the volume fraction of austenite in the sintered sample are calculated using XRD analysis. Changes in the shape and structure of alloyed powder according to milling conditions are observed through FE-SEM. It is found that the crystallite size is reduced with increasing milling time and amount of PCA addition due to the variation in the balance between the cold-welding and fracturing processes. As a result, the austenite stability increased, resulting in an exceptionally high volume fraction of austenite retained at room temperature.

Characteristics of Fe-Ni Nanopowders Prepared by Electrical Explosion of Wire in Water and Ethanol

  • Bac, L.H.;Kim, B.K.;Kim, J.S.;Kim, J.C.
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.435-439
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    • 2011
  • In this work, we prepared Fe-Ni alloy nanopowders by wire electrical explosion in deionized water and ethanol. Particles size and morphology of the as-synthesized nanoparticles prepared in water and ethanol were observed by transmission electron microscopy. In both cases, the as-synthesized nanoparticles were in nearly spherical shape and their size distribution was broad. The particles prepared in the water were in core-shell structure due to the oxidation of Fe element. X-ray diffraction was used to analyze the phase of the nanopowders. It showed that the nanopowders prepared in water had ${\gamma}$-Fe-Ni solid solution and FeO phase. The samples obtained in ethanol were in two phases of Fe-Ni solid solution, ${\gamma}$-Fe-Ni and ${\alpha}$-Fe-Ni. Bulk samples were made from the as-synthesized nanopowders by spark plasma sintering at $1000^{\circ}C$ for 10 min. Structure of the bulk sample was observed by scanning electron microscope. Magnetic properties of the as-synthesized nanopowders and the bulk samples were investigated by vibrating sample magnetometer. The hysteresis loop of the assynthesized nanopowders and the sintered bulk samples revealed a ferromagnetic characteristic.