• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.522-529
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• 2021

This study was conducted to analyze the antioxidant and antidiabetic activities of acorns according to the types of Quercus serrata Thunb (QST) and Q. acutissima Carruther (QAC). The total polyphenol contents of the extracts from QST and QAC were 220.59 and 320.96 mg GAE/g, respectively. The content of total polyphenol of QAC was higher than that of QAC (p<0.001). DPPH (2,2 Diphenyl 1 picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging activity, reducing power and superoxide dismutase (SOD)-like activity were increased in a concentration-dependent manner by both acorn extracts, and QAC showed high activity in all antioxidant experiments (p<0.05). The inhibitory activities of α-glucosidase and α-amylase were also increased in a concentration-dependent manner, and QAC showed higher inhibitory activity than QST (p<0.05). Our study indicates that QST and QAC are functional food materials with high antioxidant and antidiabetic activities. In addition, QAC has a higher physiological activity than QST.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.631-637
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• 2022

Objective: Surface disinfection is important in the proper running of livestock farms. However, disinfection of farm equipment and facilities is difficult because they are made of different materials, besides having large surface areas and complex structures. 3-(trimethoxysilyl)-propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride (Si-QAC) is a quaternary ammonium salt-based disinfectant that attaches to various surfaces by forming covalent bonds and maintains its disinfecting capacity for a considerable time. Our aim was to evaluate the potential use of Si-QAC for disinfection of farm equipment and facilities. Methods: The short- and long-term antimicrobial and antiviral effects of Si-QAC were evaluated in both laboratory and farm settings using modified quantitative assessment method based on the standard operating procedures of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Results: Si-QAC was highly effective in controlling the growth of the Newcastle disease virus and avian pathogenic Escherichia coli. Electron microscopy revealed that the mechanism underlying the disinfection activity of Si-QAC was associated with its ability to damage the outer membrane of the pathogen cells. In the field test, Si-QAC effectively reduced viral contamination of surfaces of equipment and space. Conclusion: Our results suggest that Si-QAC has great potential as an effective chemical for disinfecting farm equipment and facilities. This disinfectant could retain its disinfection ability longer than other commercial disinfectants and contribute to better farm biosecurity.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.201-210
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 뉴런모스를 사용한 다운리터럴(Down-Literal) 회로블록과 전류미러 스위치 블록을 사용하여 3.3(V)의 저전력과 고속에서 동작하는 4치 아날로그 변환기(Quartenary to Analog Converter : QAC)를 설계하였다. 다운리터럴 회로를 사용하여 4치입력을 전류미러 스위치의 제어신호로 전환하고 전류미러 스위치는 4치입력에 해당하는 아날로그 신호를 출력한다. 제안된 구조로 설계된 QAC는 고속의 정착시간과 저전력소모의 특징을 가지며 CMOS 0.35㎛ n-well 공정을 사용한 실험 결과를 통해서 3.3(V)의 단일 전원을 사용하여 6MHz의 표본속도와 24.5mW의 전력소모를 확인한다.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1994

To improve the antimicrobial activity and crease resistance of Korean traditional Hansan ramie fabrics, partially saponified polyethylene(PPS) was used as a softening water repellent agent and 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl dimethyl octadecyl ammonium chloride(QAC) as a antimicrobial agent. The antimicrobial activity was effective by treatments of PPS, QAC and PPS/QAC for shake flask test. For the halo test, PPS/QAC showed good antimicrobial activity. It was found that the desirable composition of H$_{2}$O/PPS/QAC is 98/1/1 for improving the antimicrobial activity and crease resistance of the fabrics.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.135-143
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 다치논리(Multiple-Valued Logic : MVL)를 위한 데이터 변환기의 설계방법에 대해서 논의한다. 3.3 v의 단일 전원의 4 디지트의 CMOS 아날로그 4치 변환기(Analog to Quaternary Converter : AQC)와 4치 아날로그 변환기(Quaternary to Analog Converter)를 뉴런모스를 사용한 다운리터럴회로(Down-Literal Circuit : DLC)를 사용하여 설계하였다. 뉴런모스 다운리터럴회로는 제안된 AQC와 QAQ가 4개의 전압 레벨값을 출력과 입력으로 사용하게 하며, 소자의 다중 문턱전압 특성을 갖게한다. 제안된 AQC -QAC 회로는 구조면에서 전전력 소모의 특성을 갖는다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.2811-2817
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• 2010

논문에서는 다중의 sink 노드를 가지는 무선 센서 네트워크에서 서비스의 질(Quality of Service: QoS)을 지원하면서 에너지 소모를 줄이는 MAC 프로토콜(QAC-MAC)을 제안한다. 일반적으로 데이터 수집 네트워크에서 sink 노드근처의 노드들은 많은 양의 데이터를 처리해야 하므로 sink 노드 부근에서 혼잡이 발생하게 되어 지연에 민감한 데이터에 치명적일 수가 있다. QAC-MAC은 센서 노드들의 에너지 자원을 절약하면서 전체 네트워크 수명을 높이기 위하여 매체 접근 및 스케줄링을 위하여 경쟁기반 프로토콜과 충돌없이 데이터를 전송하기 위한 TDMA 기반의 데이터 전송 구조를 가지는 하이브리드 메커니즘을 사용한다. 일반적으로 우선순위가 높은 실시간 트래픽은 버스티하고 동일한 목적지를 가지는 특성을 가진다. QAC-MAC은 cross-layer 개념을 도입하여 각 센서 노드에서 동일한 목적지로 향하는 데이터를 재정돈하여 가능한 적은 노드들만이 데이터 전송에 참여함으로 에너지를 절약함으로 전체 네트워크 수명을 연장한다.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.11.1-11.7
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• 2021

Background: The spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis causes anthrax, an often-fatal infection in animals. Therefore, a rapid and reliable strategy to decontaminate areas, humans, and livestock from B. anthracis is very critical. Objectives: The aim of this study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of sodium hypochlorite, calcium hypochlorite, and quaternary ammonium compound (QAC) sanitizers, which are commonly used in the food industry, to inhibit spores and vegetative cells of B. anthracis surrogate. Methods: We evaluated the efficacy of sodium hypochlorite, calcium hypochlorite, and a QAC in inhibiting vegetative cells and spores of a B. anthracis surrogate. We treated a 0.1-mL vegetative cell culture or spore solution with 10 mL sanitizer. The samples were serially diluted and cultured. Results: We found that 50 ppm sodium hypochlorite (pH 7), 1 ppm calcium hypochlorite, and 1 ppm QAC completely eliminated the cells in vegetative state. Exposure to 3,000 ppm sodium hypochlorite (pH 7) and 300 ppm calcium hypochlorite significantly eliminated the bacterial spores; however, 50,000 ppm QAC could not eliminate all spores. Conclusions: Calcium hypochlorite and QAC showed better performance than sodium hypochlorite in completely eliminating vegetative cells of B. anthracis surrogate. QAC was ineffective against spores of the B. anthracis surrogate. Among the three commercial disinfectants tested, calcium hypochlorite most effectively eliminated both B. anthracis vegetative cells and spores.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.5800-5818
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• 2018

Interference may occur when several co-located wireless body area networks (WBANs) share the same channel simultaneously, which is compressed by resource scheduling generally. In this paper, a QoS-aware Adaptive Coloring (QAC) scheduling algorithm is proposed, which contains two components: interference sets determination and time slots assignment. The highlight of QAC is to determine the interference graph based on the relay scheme and adapted to the network QoS by multi-coloring approach. However, the frequent resource assignment brings in extra energy consumption and packet loss. Thus we come up with a launch condition for the QAC scheduling algorithm, that is if the interference duration is longer than a threshold predetermined, time slots rescheduling is activated. Furthermore, based on the relative distance and moving speed between WBANs, a prediction model for interference duration is proposed. The simulation results show that compared with the state-of-the-art approaches, the QAC scheduling algorithm has better performance in terms of network capacity, average delay and resource utility.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2015

Purpose As medical radiation exposures on patients are being social issues an interest in a relief of radiation exposures on patients is increasing. Further, there are many cases where some patients among who are getting PET/CT tests choose to get implanted with metal artifacts in their bodies. This study is to find out effects of presence or absence of metal artifacts when dose change or CT attenuation correction for the relief of radiation exposures are applied using phantoms through changes in standard uptake value (SUV). Materials and Methods GE company's Discovery 710 machine was used for PET/CT test equipments. We used NEMA IEC body phantoms. We also used screw and mesh cage made of titanium which are used in real clinical processes for the metal artifacts. Two experiments were conducted: One is to test and measure repeatedly about SUV about differences in CT attenuation corrections according to dose changes and another is to do the same procedure for SUV about the presence and absence of the metal artifacts. We injected $^{18}F-FDG$ into NEMA IEC body phantoms with a TBR ratio of 4:1 and then put the metal material into the transformation phantoms. Once a scanning for the metal artifacts was done we eliminated the metal artifacts and went on non-metal artifacts. For the each two experiments, we scanned repeatedly with CT kVp (140, 120, 100, 80) and mA (120, 80, 40, 20, 10) for an experimental condition. For PET, we reconstructed each with standard AC (STD) technique and quantitation achieved cnsistently QAC) technique among CT attenuation correction methods. We conducted a comparative analysis on measured average values and variations which were measured through repeated measure of SUV of region 1, 2, 3 spheres for each conditions of non-metal /metal scan. Results For each kVp, 120, 80, 40 (mA) of non/metal (screw, mesh cage) showed low frequency of fluctuation rates of above 2%. In 20, 10 mA above 2% of fluctuation rates appeared in high frequency. Also, when we compared the fluctuation rates of STD and QAC techniques in non/metal (screw, mesh cage) tests QAC technique showed about 1-10% of differences for each conditions compared to STD technique. In addition, metal types did not have significant effects on fluctuation rates. Conclusion We confirmed that SUV fluctuation rates for both STD and QAC techniques increase as dosage is lower. We also found that the SUV of PET data was maintained steadily in a low dosage for QAC technique when compared with STD technique. Hence, when the low dosage is used for the relief of radiation exposures on patients QAC technique may be exploited helpfully and this could be applied in the same way for patients with metal artifacts implanted in their bodies.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.55-60
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• 2020

물리적 항균효과를 나타내는 4차 암모늄 화합물을 치과 진료실 미생물 주요 오염 구역에 도포 후 시기별 오염도의 변화를 측정하고자 하였다. 4개의 국내외 치과병의원에서 미생물 감염이 쉬운 유닛체어 핸들, 타구대 표면, 핸드피스 거치대 등에 ATP (adenosine triphosphate) 모니터링 시스템과 ATP 표면검사 테스트 키트를 사용하여 항균제 도포 전과 후 시기별 오염도를 비교 측정하였다. 4차 암모늄 화합물 도포 전 구역별 미생물 오염도는 치과의사가 주로 사용하는 핸드피스 거치대가 가장 높았다. 도포 후 시기별 오염도의 변화를 분석한 결과 대부분의 진료실에서 현저한 오염도의 감소를 보였으며, 대략 4-6개월 정도 효과가 지속되는 양상을 보였다. 항균효과의 지속성과 최소량의 화학성분 노출이라는 장점으로 향후 대단위 후속연구를 통해 4차 암모늄 화합물이 치과 진료실에서 효과적으로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.