• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권14호
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• pp.5767-5772
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• 2015

Background: Polymorphisms in the MDM2 309 (T>G) and TP53 72 (G>C) genes are reported to increase the susceptibility to head and neck cancer (HNC) in various populations. The risk for HNC is also strongly associated with etiologic habits such as smoking, alcohol consumption and/or chewing of betel quid (BQ). In a case-control study, we investigated the significance of the above polymorphisms alone, and upon interaction with one another as well as with various etiologic habits in determining HNC risk in a Northeast Indian population. Materials and Methods: Genotyping at 309 MDM2 and 72 TP53 in 122 HNC patients and 86 cancer free healthy controls was performed by PCR using allele specific primers, and the results were confirmed by DNA sequencing. Results: Individuals with the GG mutant allele of MDM2 showed a higher risk for HNC in comparison to those with the TT wild type allele (OR=1.9, 95%CI: 1.1-3.3) (p=0.022). The risk was further increased in females by ~4-fold (OR=4.6, 95% CI: 1.1-19.4) (P=0.04). TP53 polymorphism did not contribute to HNC risk alone; however, interaction between the TP53 GC and MDM2 GG genotypes resulted in significant risk (OR=4.9, 95% CI: 0.2-105.1) (p=0.04). Smokers, BQ- chewers and alcohol consumers showed statistically significant and dose-dependent increase in HNC risk, irrespective of the MDM2 genotype. Conclusions: MDM2 genotype could serve as an important predictive biomarker for HNC risk in the population of Northeast India.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1993-1999
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• 2014

Background: This study aimed to explore the role of XRCC1 (Arg399Gln) and XPD (Lys751Gln) gene polymorphisms, lifestyle and environmental factors as well as their possible interactions in propensity to develop lung cancer in a population with high incidence from North East India. Materials and Methods: A total of 272 lung cancer cases and 544 controls were collected and XRCC1 (Arg399Gln) and XPD (Lys751Gln) genotypes were analyzed using a polymerase chain reaction based restriction fragment length polymorphism assay. Conditional multiple logistic regression analysis was used to calculate adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals after adjusting for confounding factors. Results: The combined Gln/Gln genotype of XRCC1 and XPD genes (OR=2.78, CI=1.05-7.38; p=0.040) was significantly associated with increased risk for lung cancer. Interaction of XRCC1Gln/Gln genotype with exposure of wood combustion (OR=2.56, CI=1.16-5.66; p=0.020), exposure of cooking oil fumes (OR=3.45, CI=1.39-8.58; p=0.008) and tobacco smoking (OR=2.54, CI=1.21-5.32; p=0.014) and interaction of XPD with betel quid chewing (OR=2.31, CI=1.23-4.32; p=0.009) and tobacco smoking (OR=2.13, CI=1.12-4.05; p=0.022) were found to be significantly associated with increased risk for lung cancer. Conclusions: Gln/Gln alleles of both XRCC1 and XPD genes appear to amplify the effects of household exposure, smoking and betel quid chewing on lung cancer risk in the study population.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.393-396
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• 2000

Packing tower has been used in the chemical industry and the protection of environment for a long time. In the view of environmental protection purification of exhaust gas can be performance effective by gas absorption in counter-current packing tower. In this study characteristics of hydraulic and mass transfer were investigated in D. $0.3m {\times} H. 1.4m$ packing tower with 50mn plastic Hiflow-ring. This study was carried out "Test systems were experimented in conditions of Air, $Air/H_2O. NH_3-Air/H_2O, NH_3-Air/H_2O-H_2SO_4$ and $SO_2-Air/H_2O-NaOH$ under steady state" The extent of test included dry and wetting pressure drop physical law separation efficiency and hold-up as function of gas and liquid load.quid load.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.48-52
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• 2002

When applying a SQUID system for diagnosing heart disease, it is informative to obtain the source current distributions from the measured MCG (magnetocardiogram) signals since the bioelectric activity in the heart is generally represented by distributed current sources. In order to estimate the Primary current distribution in a heart, the minimum norm estimate was computed, assuming a source plane below the chest surface. In the simulation, current distributions, which were computed for the test dipoles represented well the essential feature of the test-current configurations. Source current reconstruction was performed for MCG signal of a healthy volunteer, which was recorded using a 40-channel SQUID system in a magnetically shielded room. It was found that the obtained current distribution is consistent with the electrical activity in a heart.

• 한국지열·수열에너지학회논문집
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2009

This study describes energy and exergy analysis of the Maeeum-Ri Geothermal District Heating System(MGDHS) of Ganghwa Island, Incheon, Korea. Design data are used to assess the performance of the geothermal district heating system. Geothermal resources of MGDHS are found to be low quality with specific exergy index of 0.029. Exergy losses occur in the pumps and heat exchangers as well as in the geothermal Quid and direct discharge. As a result, the total exergy losses accounts for 5.2% in pumps, 47% in the discharge, and 3.3% in heat exchanger based on the total exergy input to the entire MGDHS. The overall energy and exergy efficiencies of the system are found to be 28.8% and 44.5%, respectively.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.575-582
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• 1998

Sutiability of Jungsan clay shale dolomite sludge Anyang feldspar and alumina as raw materials for light-weight porous ceramics was examined. In order to find optimum manufacturing conditions compositions heating temperatuers and heating times were varied and their effects on physical properties were measured and bloating mechanism was investigated. Jungsan clay seems suitable as raw material to make the light-weight constructional materials with 5wt% of ANyang feldspar and alumina added in calcined clay (800$^{\circ}C$) having bulk density of 0.45g/cm3 water absorption of 1.34% and compressive strength of 85kg/cm2 rapid-heated at 1200$^{\circ}C$ for 30min. It is suggested that bloating mechanism depends on the difference of tem-peratures between the inside and outside in specimen the remained gases in interstices can bloat by the li-quid phase of surface with high viscosity and gas pressure at elevated temperature.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.11-24
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• 1990

간흡충의 항원성 부위를 규명하기 위하여 간흡충 충체로부터 분리한 체액을 실험 토끼에 주사하여 면역시킨 IgG와 간흡충에 감염된 실험 토끼의 IgG를 간흡충 조직 항원에 반응시키고 면역황금 표식법을 이용하여 전자현미경으로 관찰한 바 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 간흡충의 조직세포 사이의 구성물인 세포간질과 맹관의 내용물, 그리고 맹관 막 구조물은 충체에 감염된 IgG와 체액 항원에 면역된 IgG 모두에서 항원-항체 반응이 관찰되었지만 체액 항원으로 면역된 IgG에서 다소 강한 반응이 나타났다. 표피의 기저층과 난황선의 난황 물질은 충체에 감염된 IgG에서는 반응이 나타나지 않았으나 체액 항원에 면역된 IgG에서는 강한 반응이 나타나 이들을 구 성하는 물질은 체액 반응 IgG에 대한 특이 항원으로 생각되었다. 배설관의 내용물과 막 구조물은 충체에 감염된 IgG에 대한 반응이 특이하였으나 체액 항원에 면역된 IgG에 대한 반응은 매우 미 약 하여 항원성에 차이점이 있는 것으로 생각되었다. 수정낭의 정자세포 간질은 충체 감염 IgG에 반응 하고 정자세포의 두부는 체액 항원으로 면역된 IgG에 반응하여 매우 상이한 항원성이 나타났다. 이상의 결과로 보아 충체의 세포간질과 맹관 구성물은 충체 감염시와 체액 항원에 면역된 IgG에 대하여 반응의 정도 차이는 있으나 항원성으로 관찰되는 것은 동일하였다. 그러나 수정낭의 세포간질과 배설낭의 구성물질은 충체에 감염된 IgG에 대한 특이 항원이며 수정낭 내의 정자들의 두부와 난황을 구성하는 물질은 체액 면역 IgG에 대한 특이 항원인 것으로 생각된다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.87-94
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• 1988

Kim et at.(1986)은 유구낭미충 낭액을 감작시켜 만든 단세포군 항체를 CNBr활성화 Sepharose 4B에 연결시켜 친화성 크로마토그래피를 실시하고 낭액에서 A-항원을 분리한 바 있다. 이 연구는 그 항원 단백질의 생화학적 성상을 관찰한 것이다. Disc-PAGE에 의해 4.5~10% 폴리아크릴아마이드 젤에서 나타내는 Rf간을 기초로 분자량을 측정한 결과 A 항원의 분자량은 150,000 dalton이었다. A-항원은 SDS-PAGE에서 15,000, 10,000, 7,000 dalton에 해당하는 polypeptide로 분획이 구별되었다. 10% 2-mcrcaptoethanol로 처리하지 않거나 $95^{\circ}C$에서 5분간 처리하지 않은 A-항원의 SDS-PAGE에서는 7,000 dalton의 polypeptide가 분리되지 않았다. A-항원의 등전점(PI)은 pH6.8이었다. 낭액항원의 각 분획에 반응하는 항체를 갖는 환자혈청으로 A-항원을 SDS-PAGE/EITB한 바 환자혈청은 15,000, 10,000, 7,000 dalton에 해당하는 부위에서만 반응하였다. 낭액 단백질의 약70%를 차지하는 A-항원은 면역학적으로 내열성을 가졌으며 포충(hydatid cyst) 낭액 항원중 Oriol et at.(1971)의 "Antigen B"와 생화학적 성상이 비슷한 단백질이었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권18호
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• pp.8227-8233
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• 2016

Background: To investigate polymorphisms in heat shock proteins A1B and A1L (HOM) and associated risk of oesophageal carcinoma in Northeast India. Materials and Methods: The study includes oesophageal cancer (ECA) patients attending general outpatient department (OPD) and endoscopic unit of Gauhati Medical College. Patients were diagnosed based on endoscopic and histopathological findings. Genomic DNA was typed for HSPA1B1267 and HSPA1L2437 SNPs using the polymerase chain reaction with restriction fragment length polymorphisms. Results: A total of 78 cases and 100 age-sex matched healthy controls were included in the study with a male: female ratio of 5:3 and a mean age of $61.4{\pm}8.5years$. Clinico-pathological evaluation showed 84% had squamous cell carcinoma and 16% were adenocarcinoma. Dysphagia grades 4 (43.5%) and 5 (37.1%) were observed by endoscopic and hispathological evaluation. The frequency of genomic variation of A1B from wild type A/A to heterozygous A/G and mutant G/G showed a positive association [chi sq=19.9, p=<0.05] and the allelic frequency also showed a significant correlation [chi sq=10.3, with cases vs. controls, OR=0.32, $p{\leq}0.05$]. The genomic variation of A1L from wild T/T to heterozygous T/C and mutant C/C were found positively associated [chi sq=7.02, p<0.05] with development of ECA. While analyzing the allelic frequency, there was no significant association [chi sq=3.19, OR=0.49, p=0.07]. Among all the risk factors, betel quid [OR=9.79, Chi square=35.0, p<0.05], tobacco [OR=2.95, chi square=10.6, p<0.05], smoking [OR=3.23, chi square=10.1, p<0.05] demonstrated significant differences between consumers vs. non consumers regarding EC development. Alcohol did not show any significant association [OR=1.34, chi square=0.69, p=0.4] independently. Conclusions: It can be concluded that the present study provides marked evidence that polymorphisms of HSP70 A1B and HSP70 A1L genes are associated with the development of ECA in a population in Northeast India, A1B having a stronger influence. Betel quid consumption was found to be a highly significant risk factor, followed by smoking and tobacco chewing. Although alcohol was not a potent risk factor independently, alcohol consumption along with tobacco, smoking and betel nut was found to contribute to development of ECA.

• 철학연구
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• 제144권
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• pp.51-82
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• 2017

"성찰"의 제2성찰에서 데카르트는 '그러면 도대체 나는 무엇인가sed quid igitur sum'라고 묻는다. 클락(A. Clark)은 우리의 본질 규정에 해당하는 이 물음에 "우리는 부드러운 자아들"이라고 주장한다. 클락의 생각은 인지적 과정(cognitive process), 인지적 상태(cognitive state), 그리고 자아(self)가 생물학적 유기체 넘어로 확장될 수 있다는 확장된 마음 이론(the extended mind theory)의 자연스러운 귀결이다. 그러나 확장된 자아 개념이 도덕적 행위자의 자격을 가지기 힘들어 보인다. 지금까지 주로 인지적 과정과 인지적 상태의 확장 가능성에 대해 논쟁이 벌어졌지만, 확장된 자아에 행위의 책임귀속성이 부여될 수 있는 지에 관해서는 많은 논의가 이뤄지지 않았다. 본 논문에서 우선 레이코프와 존슨의 은유 이론과 행위자와 행위의 존재론적 본성에 대한 분석을 통해서 확장된 자아 개념이 기껏해야 은유적 수사법에 불과할 뿐, 행위자와 행위의 존재론적 본성에 대한 합리적인 이해로서는 적합하지 않다는 점이 드러날 것이다. 또한 인공적 도덕 행위자(AMA)의 문제를 분석하면서, 행위자의 필요충분조건으로 '강한 일인칭 시점'이 제시될 것이다. 끝으로, 확장된 자아 개념은 행위자로서의 우리 자신에 대한 이론적 설명으로는 적합하지 않다는 것이 명확하게 드러날 것이며, 인간인격(human person) 개념이 그 대안으로 제시될 것이다.