• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제64권3호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2022

To understand the distribution characteristics of PM_2.5 concentration in the Saemangeum Reclamation Area and nearby areas, three points of the background area, the occurrence area, and the affected area were selected and samples were collected for each season. The chemical composition was determined. As a result of analyzing the chemical composition contained in PM_2.5, NO₃^- (7.2 ㎍/m³), SO₄^2- (4.3 ㎍/m³), NH₄+ (4.3 ㎍/m³), OC (2.5 ㎍/m³), Si (1.3 ㎍/m³) m³) and EC (0.5 ㎍/m³) seemed to be the main components, and NO₃-, SO₄^2-, NH₄⁺, which are components that form secondary particles, occupied a large proportion. The composition ratio of PM_2.5 was investigated in the order of ion component (56.8%) > Unknown (27.4%) > carbon component (11.8%) > heavy metal component (4.0%). During the PM_2.5 high concentration case days, the ionic component accounted for 90.7% during atmospheric stagnation cases, whereas the chemical composition ratio was in the order of ionic component (51.7%) > heavy metal component (41.5%) > carbon component (6.8%) during yellow dust cases. It was found that the characteristic of PM_2.5 in the Saemangeum reclaimed land and surrounding areas is mainly influenced by outside (domestic and overseas) throughout the year. Ion components accounted for the largest portion of PM_2.5 components in this area, but there were few sources of SOx and NOx emission in the Seamangeum area, which are precursors for secondary particle formation. Therefore, it is judged that most of these are generated and influenced as a secondary reaction in the atmosphere from the outside.

• 청정기술
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.258-264
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 제강전기로 슬래그를 해양복토제로 활용하기 위한 인제거 특성실험을 실시하였다. 제강전기로 슬래그의 $PO_4{^-}-P$ 제거 특성에 관한 시험 결과, 슬래그 내의 CaO는 $Ca^{2+}$와 $OH^-$로 이온화됨에 따라 $PO_4{^-}-P$와 반응하여 HAP를 형성함으로써 용액 중에 존재하는 $PO_4{^-}-P$를 효과적으로 제거하는 것으로 나타났다. 연속반응기를 통한 해수 내 $PO_4{^-}-P$의 지속적인 유업에 대한 제거특성을 확인한 결과, 칼럼 내 $PO_4{^-}-P$ 농도는 반응 3일 이후 급격히 감소하여 10일 이후에는 0.5 ppm 이하로 나타났다. 실제 연안해역의 저질을 이용한 제강전기로 해양복토제 적용실험 결과, 반응 25일 후 $PO_4{^-}-P$ 발생량을 93~98% 저감시키는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 제강전기로 슬래그를 해양복토제로 활용할 경우 $PO_4{^-}-P$ 제거 및 억제효과가 있으며, 파쇄선별 등 별도의 추가공정 없이 적은 량으로도 사용 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.122-133
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• 2022

The aim of this study was to investigating whether lncRNA H19 promotes myocardial fibrosis by suppressing the miR-29a-3p/miR-29b-3p-VEGFA/TGF-β axis. Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and healthy volunteers were included in the study, and their biochemical parameters were collected. In addition, pcDNA3.1-H19, si-H19, and miR-29a/b-3p mimic/inhibitor were transfected into cardiac fibroblasts (CFs), and proliferation of CFs was detected by MTT assay. Expression of H19 and miR-29a/b-3p were detected using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and expression of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), collagen I, collagen II, matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), and elastin were measured by western blot analysis. The dual luciferase reporter gene assay was carried out to detect the sponging relationship between H19 and miR-29a/b-3p in CFs. Compared with healthy volunteers, the level of plasma H19 was significantly elevated in patients with AF, while miR-29a-3p and miR-29b-3p were markedly depressed (P < 0.05). Serum expression of lncRNA H19 was negatively correlated with the expression of miR-29a-3p and miR-29b-3p among patients with AF (r_s = -0.337, r_s = -0.236). Moreover, up-regulation of H19 expression and down-regulation of miR-29a/b-3p expression facilitated proliferation and synthesis of extracellular matrix (ECM)-related proteins. SB431542 and si-VEGFA are able to reverse the promotion of miR-29a/b-3p on proliferation of CFs and ECM-related protein synthesis. The findings of the present study suggest that H19 promoted CF proliferation and collagen synthesis by suppressing the miR-29a-3p/miR-29b-3p-VEGFA/TGF-β axis, and provide support for a potential new direction for the treatment of AF.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권9호
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• pp.1336-1349
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• 2023

Objective: The study was conducted to screen differentially expressed miRNAs in sows at early pregnancy by high-throughput sequencing and explore its mechanism of action on embryo implantation. Methods: The blood serum of pregnant and non-pregnant Landrace×Yorkshire sows were collected 14 days after artificial insemination, and exosomal miRNAs were purified for high throughput miRNA sequencing. The expression patterns of 10 differentially expressed (DE) miRNAs were validated by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The qRT-PCR quantified the abundance of serum exosomal miR-192 in pregnant and control sows, and the diagnostic power was assessed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The target genes of DE miRNAs were predicted with bioinformatics software, and the functional and pathway enrichment analysis was performed on gene ontology and the Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes terms. Furthermore, a luciferase reporter system was used to identify the target relation between miR-192 and integrin alpha 4 (ITGA4), a gene influencing embryo implantation in pigs. Finally, the expression levels of miRNAs and the target gene ITGA4 were analyzed by qRT-PCR, and western blot, with the proliferation of BeWo cells detected by cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8). Results: A total of 221 known miRNAs were detected in the libraries of the pregnant and non-pregnant sows, of which 55 were up-regulated and 67 were down-regulated in the pregnant individuals compared with the non-pregnant controls. From these, the expression patterns of 10 DE miRNAs were validated. The qRT-PCR analysis further confirmed a significantly higher expression of miR-192 in the serum exosomes extracted from pregnant sows, when compared to controls. The ROC analysis revealed that miR-192 provided excellent diagnostic accuracy for pregnancy (area under the ROC curve [AUC]=0.843; p>0.001). The dual-luciferase reporter assay indicated that miR-192 directly targeted ITGA4. The protein expression of ITGA4 was reduced in cells that overexpressed miR-192. Overexpression of miR-192 resulted in the decreased proliferation of BeWo cells and regulated the expression of cell cycle-related genes. Conclusion: Serum exosomal miR-192 could serve as a potential biomarker for early pregnancy in pigs. miR-192 targeted ITGA4 gene directly, and miR-192 can regulate cellular proliferation.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.965-981
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• 2024

Objective: Milk composition varies considerably and depends on paratypical, genetic, and epigenetic factors. MiRNAs belong to the class of small non-coding RNAs; they are one of the key tools of epigenetic control because of their ability to regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. We compared the relative expression levels of miR-106b, miR-191, and miR-30d in milk to demonstrate the relationship between the content of these miRNAs with protein and fat components of milk in Holstein and Ayrshire cattle. Methods: Milk fat, protein, and casein contents were determined in the obtained samples, as well as the content of the main fatty acids (g/100 g milk), including: saturated acids, such as myristic (C14:0), palmitic (C16:0), and stearic (C18:0) acids; monounsaturated acids, including oleic (C18:1) acid; as well as long-, medium- and short-chain, polyunsaturated, and trans fatty acids. Real-time stem-loop one-tube reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction with TaqMan probes was used to measure the miRNA expression levels. Results: The miRNA expression levels in milk samples were found to be decreased in the first two months in Holstein breed, and in the first four months in Ayrshire breed. Correlation analysis did not reveal any dependence between changes in the expression level of miRNA and milk fat content, but showed a multidirectional relationship with individual milk fatty acids. Positive associations between the expression levels of miR-106b and miR-30d and protein and casein content were found in the Ayrshire breed. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that miR-106b and miR-30d expression levels can cause changes in fatty acid and protein composition of milk in Ayrshire cows, whereas miR-106b expression level determines the fatty acid composition in Holsteins. Conclusion: The data obtained in this study showed that miR-106b, miR-191, and miR-30d expression levels in milk samples have peculiarities associated with breed affiliation and the lactation period.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.1213-1224
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• 2021

Objective: To develop a machine learning (ML) pipeline based on radiomics to predict Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity and the future deterioration to critical illness using CT and clinical variables. Materials and Methods: Clinical data were collected from 981 patients from a multi-institutional international cohort with real-time polymerase chain reaction-confirmed COVID-19. Radiomics features were extracted from chest CT of the patients. The data of the cohort were randomly divided into training, validation, and test sets using a 7:1:2 ratio. A ML pipeline consisting of a model to predict severity and time-to-event model to predict progression to critical illness were trained on radiomics features and clinical variables. The receiver operating characteristic area under the curve (ROC-AUC), concordance index (C-index), and time-dependent ROC-AUC were calculated to determine model performance, which was compared with consensus CT severity scores obtained by visual interpretation by radiologists. Results: Among 981 patients with confirmed COVID-19, 274 patients developed critical illness. Radiomics features and clinical variables resulted in the best performance for the prediction of disease severity with a highest test ROC-AUC of 0.76 compared with 0.70 (0.76 vs. 0.70, p = 0.023) for visual CT severity score and clinical variables. The progression prediction model achieved a test C-index of 0.868 when it was based on the combination of CT radiomics and clinical variables compared with 0.767 when based on CT radiomics features alone (p < 0.001), 0.847 when based on clinical variables alone (p = 0.110), and 0.860 when based on the combination of visual CT severity scores and clinical variables (p = 0.549). Furthermore, the model based on the combination of CT radiomics and clinical variables achieved time-dependent ROC-AUCs of 0.897, 0.933, and 0.927 for the prediction of progression risks at 3, 5 and 7 days, respectively. Conclusion: CT radiomics features combined with clinical variables were predictive of COVID-19 severity and progression to critical illness with fairly high accuracy.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.388-393
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• 2023

Background: Differentiating between bacterial and nonbacterial colitis remains a challenge. We aimed to evaluate the value of serum procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in differentiating between bacterial and nonbacterial colitis. Methods: Adult patients with three or more episodes of watery diarrhea and colitis symptoms within 14 days of a hospital visit were eligible for this study. The patients' stool pathogen polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing results, serum PCT levels, and serum CRP levels were analyzed retrospectively. Patients were divided into bacterial and nonbacterial colitis groups according to their PCR. The laboratory data were compared between the two groups. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was used to evaluate diagnostic accuracy. Results: In total, 636 patients were included; 186 in the bacterial colitis group and 450 in the nonbacterial colitis group. In the bacterial colitis group, Clostridium perfringens was the commonest pathogen (n=70), followed by Clostridium difficile toxin B (n=60). The AUC for PCT and CRP was 0.557 and 0.567, respectively, indicating poor discrimination. The sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing bacterial colitis were 54.8% and 52.6% for PCT, and 52.2% and 54.2% for CRP, respectively. Combining PCT and CRP measurements did not increase the discrimination performance (AUC, 0.522; 95% confidence interval, 0.474-0.571). Conclusion: Neither PCT nor CRP helped discriminate bacterial colitis from nonbacterial colitis.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.57-67
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• 1975

The poxvirus group is considered to be a typical cytoplasmic inclusion forming virus. Every poxvirus has been reported to produce only one kind of inclusion in the infected tissues. A vague concept that inclusions of poxviruses are eosinophilic or acidophilic has prevailed. Although many papers and theories about the nature of the inclusion have been presented, most of them are not quite convincing on the point of the relations with virus multiplication, and an analysis of papers published showed that there seem to be many discrepancies in the descriptions of the nature of the poxvirus inclusions. Comparative studies on host-virus interaction with cowpox, orf, swinepox and fowlpox viruses which selected from each Group (I-IV) of poxviruses were performed from the morphological and virological standpoints. At first, in cowpox virus-FL cell system, as a comparative model, cytoplasmic inclusion, nucleic acid metabolism by autoradiography and detection of viral antigen by immunofluorescence were studied and obtained the results as follows: 1. The focus-like cytopathic effect (CPE) at early stage developed to entire culture at terminal stage of infection, and also the developing status of CPE was correlated to viral doses for inoculation. Two kinds of cytoplasmic inclusions which named A and B type were easily observed by Giemsa, hematoxylin-eosin (H & E) and May-Greenwald Giemsa (MGG) stainings in the infected cells. The B type inclusions were formed at early stage of infection and the A type inclusions were produced subsequently the B type formation. The B type which common type inclusion in poxviruses was a small compact or aggregate at early stage and developed to a large diffuse body at terminal stage of infection. On the other hand, the A type inclusion which depend upon the kind of virus was appeared as round and discrete shape, and its size and number was increased gradually during the culture period. It was characteristic to form distinct halos around the both types of inclusions in acid fixed, H & E stained preparations of infected cultures. The B type inclusion was always positive in Feulgen reaction and showed as DNA containing body but the A type inclusion was not. 2. In the relationship between inclusion and DNA metabolism of infected cells by the qualitative autoradiography using 3H-thymidine, the appearance of silver grains was coincided with B type inclusion but not with A type inclusion. This showed that the DNA synthesis was proceeded in all B type inclusions except those in the terminal stage with a diffuse form. This suggested that the B type inclusions are only sites of DNA synthesis and this was proceeded after the cell infection independently. The activity of DNA synthesis of the inclusions was nearly the same as that of the nucleic of normal cells and non-inclusion bearing cells. and non-inclusion bearing cells. Regardless of the size of the degree of DNA synthesis of the B type inclusion, inclusion bearing cells all showed remarkable suppression of nuclear DNA synthesis. 3. By the direct fluorescent antibody technique viral antigen in infected cells was detected. The B type inclusions have been proved to contain a great deal of viral antigen, whereas the basic substance of A type inclusion did not show antigenicity except the round edge. It was suggested that the round edge fluorescence might be caused by the glare of cytoplasmic viral antigen which pushed out and concentrated by the A type inclusion development. 4. Hemorrhagic red pock formations on chorioallantoic membrane of embryonated chicken egg had proved the characteristic of used viral strain. 5. By the above studies on the nature of two types of inclusions and the role they play in virus multiplication, it was concluded that the B type inclusion must be the site of the synthesis of viral DNA and protein as well as the site of the virus.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.97-105
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• 1997

목 적 : 무균성 뇌막염은 소아에서 많이 발병하는 질환으로 여름과 가을에 많이 호발하며 원인은 주로 장바이러스(enterovirus)로 알려져 있다. 감염된 환아들은 단기간에 증상이 좋 아지며 대부분 합병증 없이 회복된다. 이에 저자들은 1996년 5왈말부터 8월까지 마산지역을 중심으로 무균성 뇌막염이 유행하였던 바 뇌막염 환자 및 뇌막염 증상은 보이지 않으나 고열과 발진을 주소로 내원한 환아에서 원인 바이러스를 규명하고 임상 증상과의 관계를 추구 하고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 1996년 5월부터 8월까지 마산파티마 병원에 무균성 뇌막염으로 진단된 환아 및 고열이 나면서 몸에 특징적인 발진이 생겨 바이러스 감염이라고 생각되었던 환아 155명중 57명에서 검체를 채취하여 (뇌척수액22례, 대변57례) 바이러스 배양과 장바이러스 (enterovirus) RNA의 검출을 시행하였다. 뇌척수액은 요추천자를 하여 무균 튜브에 채취하였고 대변은 면봉법으로 채취하여 무균 튜브에 넣어서 검사 전까지 $-30^{\circ}C$ 냉동고에 보관하여 검사실까지 운반시는 밀봉된 용기에 드라이아이스를 넣어 이송하였다. 채취된 뇌척수액과 대변에서 바이러스 분리를 시행하고 면역형광법을 이용하여 바이러스를 동정하였다. 바이러스 배양에 사용한 세포주들은 human embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma(RD), African green monkey kidney(BS-C-1), human lung diploid(MRC-5), human cervix epidermoid carcinoma(HeLa)세포주였고 뇌척수액에서의 장바이러스 RNA는 reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR)을 이용하여 확인하였다. 결 과 : 1) 바이러스 감염으로 인하여 입원하였던 환아는 155명이었으며 남녀의 비는 1.94:1로 남아가 많았고 연령분포는 생후 15일부터 15세까지 다양한 연령층의 분포를 보였으나 주로 5세미만에서 발생하였으며(74.8%) 시기상으로는 1996년 5월부터 1996년 8월까지 환자가 발생 하였다. 2) 임상 증상은 전례에서 고열이 동반되었으며 그 외에 두통, 구토, 복통, 설사, 발진이 주된 임상 증상이었으며 발진은 4세 미만에서, 특히 18개월 이하에서 많이 관찰되었다 (p<0.001). 3) 뇌척수액을 이용한 RT-PCR 결과는 22례 중 10례에서 양성의 결과가 나왔고 그중 3례에서 echovirus type 9이 분리되었다. 4) 대변검체가 의뢰된 환자 54례중 41례에서 바이러스가 분리되었으며 분리된 바이러스는 모두 echovirus type 9 이었다. 결 론 : 1996년도 상반기에 경상남도 중부 지방에서 유행한 무균성 뇌막염의 원인 바이러스와 같은 시기에 유행한 고열과 발진의 원인 바이러스는 동일한 바이러스로서 모두 echovirus type 9 이었다.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.131-142
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• 2011

최근 페이스북, 트위터 등 다양한 소셜 네트워크 서비스(SNS)가 등장하였으며, 많은 사용자들이 SNS를 이용하고 있다. 이러한 사용자의 증가로 인해 많은 조직들은 SNS에 관심을 가지게 되었다. 조직에서 SNS의 사용은 다양한 이점을 지니고 있다. SNS를 통해 조직들은 사용자들의 행위에 신속하고 지속적으로 반응할 수 있고, 다양한 특성을 지닌 사용자에게 쉽게 접근할 수 있으며, 타 매체에 비하여 사용자 특성이 반영된 차별화된 전략을 세울 수 있다. 또한 기업들은 SNS를 통해 상대적으로 저렴한 비용으로 활용이 가능하며, 사용자들과 양방향 소통이 가능하여 친근성과 신뢰성이 있는 관계 구축이 용이하다. 그러나 네트워크의 특성에 따라 SNS의 정보전달의 효과가 다르게 나타남에도 불구하고 조직들은 네트워크의 특성을 고려하지 않고 획일화된 방법으로 SNS를 활용하여 사용자들과 커뮤니케이션하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 네트워크에 따른 SNS의 정보전달의 효과 차이를 분석하였다. 즉 오프라인에서의 커뮤니케이션 기반으로 형성된 네트워크와 무작위로 형성된 네트워크를 생성하여, 각각의 네트워크들의 특징 차이를 분석하기 위하여 소셜 네트워크 분석을 하였다. 또한, 각각의 네트워크에서 SNS를 이용한 정보 전달 효과의 차이가 있는지 실증적으로 검증하였다. 실증 분석후 네트워크의 특성에 따라 네트워크 내 사용자들은 SNS를 받아들이는 반응이 달랐다. 따라서 조직이 효과적인 마케팅 수단으로 소셜 네트워크를 활용하기 위해서는 그 목적에 따라 네트워크의 특성을 고려하여 적절한 네트워크 형태를 구성해야 함을 도출하였다.