• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.471-484
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• 2019

The complex combination of organic contaminants in the wastewater made water treatment challenging; hence, organic matter in water bodies is usually measured in terms of organic carbon. Since it is important to identify the types of compounds when deciding suitable treatment methods, this study implemented a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the organic matter content in an actual graywater sample from Ulsan, Republic of Korea using mass spectroscopy (MS). The graywater was treated using adsorption to remove the organic contaminants. Using orbitrap MS, the organic matter content between an untreated graywater and the treated effluent were compared which yielded a significant formula count difference for the samples. It was revealed that CHON formula has the highest removal count. Isotherm studies found that the Freundlich equation was the best fit with a coefficient of determination ($R^2$) of 0.9705 indicating a heterogenous GAC surface with a multilayer characteristic. Kinetics experiments fit the pseudo-second order equation with an $R^2$ of 0.9998 implying that chemisorption is the rate-determining step between the organic compounds and GAC at rate constant of $52.53g/mg{\cdot}h$. At low temperatures, the reaction between GAC and organic compounds were found to be spontaneous and exothermic. The conditions for optimization were set to achieve a maximum DOC and TN removal which yielded removal percentages of 94.59% and 80.75% for the DOC and TN, respectively. The optimum parameter values are the following: pH 6.3, 2.46 g of GAC for every 30 mL of graywater sample, 23.39 hrs contact time and $38.6^{\circ}C$.

• 공업화학
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.585-590
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• 2020

암(예: 폐암, 전립선암, 간암, 부신겉질샘암종 등)의 조기 진단은 치료비용, 생존율, 완치 여부를 결정짓는 아주 중요한 단계다. 현재의 암 진단 시스템(예: 조직검사, 컴퓨터단층쵤영, 양전자방출단층쵤영, 자기공명영상, 초음파촬영 등)은 고가의 장비를 사용하거나 훈련된 고급 인력만이 수행 가능하기 때문에 신속한 조기 진단에 적합하지 못하다. 국제 의과학 사회는 현장검사(point of care) 디바이스 개발을 통한 효과적인 질병 관리 시스템 개발을 지향하고 있으며, 다양한 분석법 기반의 디바이스가 개발되어왔다. 이 중에서도 측면 흐름 면역 크로마토그래피 분석법 스트립은 경제적인 비용, 짧은 검사 시간, 사용자의 쉬운 접근성 등의 많은 이점들이 있다. 본 논문에서는 LFIA 스트립의 최신 연구 동향을 바탕으로 암 진단 관점에서의 비색법 기반 LFIA 스트립의 연구 방향 및 잠재적 응용에 대해 논의하고자 한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.378-384
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• 2018

$C_9H_7NH$과 크롬 (VI) 산화물을 반응시켜 $C_9H_7NHCrO_3Cl$을 합성하였다. 적외선 분광광도법 (FT-IR)과 원소 분석으로 구조를 확인하였다. 여러 가지 용매 하에서 $C_9H_7NHCrO_3Cl$을 이용하여 벤질 알코올의 산화반응을 측정한 결과, 용매의 유전상수 값 (${\varepsilon}$), 이 증가함에 따라 반응 수율이 증가했다. 그 순서는 DMF (N,N'-디메틸포름아미드) > 아세톤 > 클로로포름 > 시클로헥센 이었다. DMF 용매 하에서 $C_9H_7NHCrO_3Cl$을 이용하여 여러 가지 알코올류의 산화반응을 측정한 결과, $C_9H_7NHCrO_3Cl$은 벤질 알코올, 알릴 알코올, 일차 알코올 및 이차 알코올류를 그에 대응하는 알데히드나 케톤 (75%-95%)으로 전환시키는 효율적인 산화제였다. DMF 용매 하에서 $C_9H_7NHCrO_3Cl$을 이용하여 여러 가지 알코올류의 선택적인 산화반응을 측정한 결과, $C_9H_7NHCrO_3Cl$은 이차 알코올류 존재 하에서 벤질 알코올, 알릴 알코올, 일차 알코올류의 선택적인 산화제였다. $H_2SO_4$ 촉매를 이용한 DMF 용매 하에서, $C_9H_7NHCrO_3Cl$은 벤질 알코올 (H)과 그의 유도체들 ($p-OCH_3$, $m-CH_3$, $m-OCH_3$, m-Cl, $m-NO_2$)을 효과적으로 산화시켰다. 전자 받개 그룹들은 반응 속도가 감소한 반면에 전자 주개 치환체들은 반응 속도를 증가시켰고, Hammett 반응상수 (${\rho}$) 값은 -0.69 (308K) 이었다. 본 실험에서 알코올의 산화반응 과정은 속도결정단계에서 수소화 전이가 일어났다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.540-545
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• 1992

Nickel(Ⅱ)-8-hydroxyquinolinate의 용매추출에 대한 반응속도와 메카니즘을 분광광도법으로 연구하였다. 유기상 chloroform에 있는 8-hydroxyquinoline(HOx) 농도와 물층의 pH값을 변화시켜 가면서 흡광도를 측정하였으며, 흡광도 데이터를 해석하여 반응속도가 oxine농도에 대하여는 1차, [$H^+$]에 대하여는 -1차임을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 추출 반응의 속도결정단계는 1 : 1 금속킬레이트인 $NiOx^+$의 생성단계이며, 속도식은 다음과 같다. -d[$Ni^{2+}$]/dt = k[Ni$^{2+}$][Ox$^-$]=k'[Ni$^{2+}$][HOx]$_0$/[H$^+$]. 이 식의 k'값은 log [Ni$^{2+}$]$_0$/[Ni$^{2+}$]$_t$와 시간을 도시한 기울기로부터 구하였으며, 속도상수 k값은 k' = k ${\times}$ K$_{HOx}$ / K$_{D,HOx}$를 써서 계산하였다. 온도에 따른 속도상수의 변화로부터 계산한 활성화에너지 $E_a$ = 6.26 kcal/mol이었고, 활성화 파라미터인 ${\Delta}$G$^{\neq}_{298}$ = 6.59 kcal/mol, ${\Delta}$H$^{\neq}_{298}$ = 5.67 kcal/mol, ${\Delta}$S$^{\neq}_{298}$8 = -3.09 eu/mol이었다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.197-208
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• 1996

Endosomes lower their internal pH by an ATP-driven proton pump, which is critical to dissociation of many receptor-ligand complexes, the first step in the intracellular sorting of internalized receptors and ligands. Endosomes are known to exhibit n great range of pH values that can vary between 5.0 and 7.0 within a single cell although the factors that regulate endosomal pH remain uncertain. To evaluate the morphological and topological differences of endosomes in the different stages, confocal microscopy was used. The early endosomes labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran for 10 min at $37^{\circ}C$ were identifiable at the peripheral and tubule-vesicular endosome compartment. In contrast, the late endosomes formed by 10 min pulse and 20 min trace were located deeper in the cytoplasm and showed more vesicular features than early endosomes. For the purpose of determining whether ATP-dependent acidification was heterogeneous and whether the differences in acidification were attributed to differences in the activity of $Na^{+}-K^{+}$-ATPase and/or $Cl^{-}$ channel, endocytic compartments were fractionated into subpopulation using percoll gradient and measured ATP-dependent acidification. While all fractions exhibited ATP-dependent acidification activity, both the initial rate of acidification and extent of proton translocation were lower in early endosomes and gradually increased in late endosomes. Phosphorylation by PKA and ATP enhanced ATP-dependent acidification in both early and late endosomes, hut there was no difference in the degree of enhancement by phosphorylation between two subpopulations. When ATP-dependent acidification was determined in the presence or absence of vanadate ($Na_{3}VO_{4}$) or ouabain, only early endosomes exhibited the vanadate or ouabain dependent stimulation of acidification activity, suggesting the inhibition of $Na^{+}-K^{+}$-ATPase. Therefore, it seems probable that the inhibition of early endosome acidification by $Na^{+}-K^{+}$-ATPase observed in vitro at least in part plays a physiological role in controlling the acidification of early endosomes in vivo.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.531-539
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• 2015

클로로알카리 산업은 염화나트륨 수용액의 전기분해로 연간 약 7천만 톤의 가성소다 및 염소를 생산하는 전 세계적으로 가장 큰 전기화학 공정 중 하나이다. 클로로알카리 공정에서는 DSA(Dimensionally Stable Anodes) 전극인 $RuO_2$ 및 $IrO_2$를 주로 사용하여 염소를 생산하며 상업적으로 사용되고 있는 전극에 비하여 염소 발생 효율이 높은 전극을 개발하려는 연구가 계속되고 있다. 그러나 보다 염소 발생 효율이 좋은 전극을 개발하기 위해서는 DSA 전극에서의 염소 발생 메커니즘에 대한 이해가 뒷받침되어야 한다. 따라서 본 글에서는 기존 연구를 중심으로 DSA 전극에서 염소 발생 메커니즘 연구가 현재까지 어떻게 발전되어 왔는지 검토하고 염소 발생 메커니즘의 핵심적인 요인들을 분석 및 정리하여 DSA 전극에서 염소 발생을 체계적으로 이해하는데 도움이 되고자 한다.

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2005

Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS), polycarbonate (PC) and their alloys are an important class of engineering thermoplastics that are widely used for automotive industry, computer and equipment housings. For the process of recycling mixtures of ABS and PC, it is desirable to know how sensitive the blend properties are to changes in compositions. It was for this reason that blends of virgin ABS and virgin PC at five different compositions, namely, $15\%,\;30\%,\;50\%,\;70%$ and $85\%$ by weight of ABS were prepared and characterised by rheological and mechanical measurements. Rheological properties of these blends in steady, oscillatory and transient step shear and mechanical properties, namely, tensile strength, elongation-at-break and Izod impact strength are reported. The results show that PC behaves in a relatively Newtonian manner, but ABS exhibits significant shear thinning. The ABS-rich blends show a trend that is similar to that of ABS, while PC-rich blends, namely $0\%$ and $15\%$, exhibit a nearly Newtonian behaviour. However, at a fixed shear rate or frequency, the steady shear or the dynamic viscosity varied respectively in a non-mono-tonic manner with composition. Except for $15\%$ blend, the viscosities of other blends fall into a narrow band indicating a wide-operation window of varying blend ratio. The blends exhibited a lower viscosity than either of the two pure components. The other noticeable feature was that the blends at $70\%$ and $85\%$ ABS content had a higher G' than pure ABS, indicating an enhancement of elastic effect. The tensile yield strength of the blends followed the 'rule of mixtures' showing a decreasing value with the increase of ABS content in PC. However, the elongation-at-break and the impact strength did not appear to obey this 'rule of mixtures,' which suggests that morphology of the blends also plays a significant role in determining the properties. Indeed, scanning electron micrographs of the fracture surfaces of the different blends validate this hypothesis, and the $15\%$ blend is seen to have the most distinct morphology and correspondingly different behaviour and properties.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.230-237
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• 2001

음향 반향 제거기, 적응 등화기 그리고 적웅 잡음 제거기 등에 적응 필터가 널리 활용되고 있다. 적응 필터의 계수는 주로 NLMS 알고리즘을 이용하고 있지만 NLMS 알고리즘은 주변 잡음에 의해서 적응 필터의 계수가 오조정된다. 본 논문에서 최적 필터의 직교원리를 이용하여 LMS 알고리즘의 순시 기울기 벡터를 저역 통과 시켜 적응 알고리즘의 적응 상수로 결정하는 방법을 제안한다. 순시 기울기 벡터는 입력 신호와 추정 오차 신호의 상호 상관도로써 수렴 초기에는 추정 오차 신호 속에 입력 신호가 대부분 포함되어 있기 때문에 상관도가 크고 적응 필터가 수렴한 후에는 0 에 가까운 값을 갖게 된다. 그리고 입력 신호와 주변 잡음 신호는 상관이 없기 때문에 주변 잡음에 의해서 상호 상관도는 큰 변화가 없다. 따라서 상호 상관도를 적응 상수로 결정하면 수렴 속도가 느려지지 않으면서 주변 잡음에 강건한 특성을 가진다. 본 논문에서는 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해서 제안하는 적응 알고리즘의 성능이 기존 알고리즘에 비해서 우수함을 보인다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.215-222
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• 1997

The regulatory mechanism of the flux of acetyl-CoA in Alcaligenes eutrophus in unbalanced growth conditions was investigated using a PHB-negative mutant and transformants reintroduced PHB-biosynthesis enzymes through the transformation of cloned phbCAB genes. The PHB-negative mutant was defected absolutly in PHB synthase but partially in ${\beta}$-ketothiolase and acetoacetyl-CoA reductase, and excreted substantial amount of pyruvate to culture broth at late growth phase. The excretion was due to the inhibitory effect of acetyl-CoA on the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase. The cloned phbC and phbCAB genes were transformed to the PHB-negative mutant strain to reintroduce PHB biosythesis enzymes. Pyruvate excretion could be decreased substantially but not completely by transformation of PHB synthase alone, while pyruvate excretion was ceased by transformation of all three PHB biosynthesis enzymes. To identify the most critical PHB biosynthesis enzyme influencing on the flux of acetyl-CoA, the effect of the variation of PHB biosynthesis enzymes on pyruvate dehydrogenase was investigated. ${\beta}$-Ketothiolase influenced the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase more sensitively than PHB synthase. ${\beta}$-Ketothiolase, the first step enzyme of PHB biosynthesis that condense acetyl-CoA to acetoacetyl-CoA, seems to be the major enzyme determining the flux of acetyl-CoA to PHB biosynthesis or TCA cycle, and the rate of PHB biosynthesis in A. eutrophus.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.1636-1643
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• 2014

3-Hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase is an enzyme that catalyzes the second step in the biosynthesis of n-butanol from acetyl-CoA, in which acetoacetyl-CoA is reduced to 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA. To understand the molecular mechanisms of n-butanol biosynthesis, we determined the crystal structure of 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase from Clostridium butyricum (CbHBD). The monomer structure of CbHBD exhibits a two-domain topology, with N- and C-terminal domains, and the dimerization of the enzyme was mostly constituted at the C-terminal domain. The mode of cofactor binding to CbHBD was elucidated by determining the crystal structure of the enzyme in complex with $NAD^+$. We also determined the enzyme's structure in complex with its acetoacetyl-CoA substrate, revealing that the adenosine diphosphate moiety was not highly stabilized compared with the remainder of the acetoacetyl-CoA molecule. Using this structural information, we performed a series of site-directed mutagenesis experiments on the enzyme, such as changing residues located near the substrate-binding site, and finally developed a highly efficient CbHBD K50A/K54A/L232Y triple mutant enzyme that exhibited approximately 5-fold higher enzyme activity than did the wild type. The increased enzyme activity of the mutant was confirmed by enzyme kinetic measurements. The highly efficient mutant enzyme should be useful for increasing the production rate of n-butanol.