• Molecules and Cells
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.342-355
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• 2021

The microphthalmia-associated transcription factor family (MiT family) proteins are evolutionarily conserved transcription factors that perform many essential biological functions. In mammals, the MiT family consists of MITF (microphthalmia-associated transcription factor or melanocyte-inducing transcription factor), TFEB (transcription factor EB), TFE3 (transcription factor E3), and TFEC (transcription factor EC). These transcriptional factors belong to the basic helix-loop-helix-leucine zipper (bHLH-LZ) transcription factor family and bind the E-box DNA motifs in the promoter regions of target genes to enhance transcription. The best studied functions of MiT proteins include lysosome biogenesis and autophagy induction. In addition, they modulate cellular metabolism, mitochondria dynamics, and various stress responses. The control of nuclear localization via phosphorylation and dephosphorylation serves as the primary regulatory mechanism for MiT family proteins, and several kinases and phosphatases have been identified to directly determine the transcriptional activities of MiT proteins. In different immune cell types, each MiT family member is shown to play distinct or redundant roles and we expect that there is far more to learn about their functions and regulatory mechanisms in host defense and inflammatory responses.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.79-91
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• 2019

Renewed interest in the long-term pile foundations has been driven by the increase in offshore wind turbine installation to generate renewable energy. A monopile subjected to repetitive loads experiences an evolution of displacements, pile rotation, and stress redistribution along the embedded portion of the pile. However, it is not fully understood how the embedded pile interacts with the surrounding soil elements based on different pile geometries. This study investigates the long-term soil response around offshore monopiles using finite element method. The semi-empirical numerical approach is adopted to account for the fundamental features of volumetric strain (terminal void ratio) and shear strain (shakedown and ratcheting), the strain accumulation rate, and stress obliquity. The model is tested with different strain boundary conditions and stress obliquity by relaxing four model parameters. The parametric study includes pile diameter, embedded length, and moment arm distance from the surface. Numerical results indicate that different pile geometries produce a distinct evolution of lateral displacement and stress. In particular, the repetitive lateral load increases the global lateral load resistance. Further analysis provides insight into the propagation of the shear localization from the pile tip to the ground surface.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2021

This paper proposes a new personalized HRTF estimation method which is based on a deep neural network (DNN) model and improved elevation reproduction using a notch filter. In the previous study, a DNN model was proposed that estimates the magnitude of HRTF by using anthropometric measurements [1]. However, since this method uses zero-phase without estimating the phase, it causes the internalization (i.e., the inside-the-head localization) of sound when listening the spatial sound. We devise a method to estimate both the magnitude and phase of HRTF based on the DNN model. Personalized HRIR was estimated using the anthropometric measurements including detailed data of the head, torso, shoulders and ears as inputs for the DNN model. After that, the estimated HRIR was filtered with an appropriate notch filter to improve elevation reproduction. In order to evaluate the performance, both of the objective and subjective evaluations are conducted. For the objective evaluation, the root mean square error (RMSE) and the log spectral distance (LSD) between the reference HRTF and the estimated HRTF are measured. For subjective evaluation, the MUSHRA test and preference test are conducted. As a result, the proposed method can make listeners experience more immersive audio than the previous methods.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제45권7호
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• pp.435-443
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• 2022

In response to environmental changes, signaling pathways rewire gene expression programs through transcription factors. Epigenetic modification of the transcribed RNA can be another layer of gene expression regulation. N⁶-adenosine methylation (m⁶A) is one of the most common modifications on mRNA. It is a reversible chemical mark catalyzed by the enzymes that deposit and remove methyl groups. m⁶A recruits effector proteins that determine the fate of mRNAs through changes in splicing, cellular localization, stability, and translation efficiency. Emerging evidence shows that key signal transduction pathways including TGFβ (transforming growth factor-β), ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase), and mTORC1 (mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1) regulate downstream gene expression through m⁶A processing. Conversely, m⁶A can modulate the activity of signal transduction networks via m⁶A modification of signaling pathway genes or by acting as a ligand for receptors. In this review, we discuss the current understanding of the crosstalk between m⁶A and signaling pathways and its implication for biological systems.

• Mycobiology
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2022

Strawberries are a popular economic crop, and one of the major plantations and exporting countries is Korea in the world. The Fusarium oxysporum species complex (FOSC) is a soil-borne pathogen with genetic diversity, resulting in wilt disease in various crops. In Korea, strawberries wilt disease was first reported in the 1980s due to the infection of FOSC, causing significant economic damage every year. The causal agent, F. oxysporum f. sp. fragariae, is a soil-borne pathogen with a characteristic of FOSC that is difficult to control chemically and mutates easily. This study obtained genetic polymorphism information that was based on AFLP, of F. oxysporum f. sp. fragariae 91 strains, which were isolated from strawberry cultivation sites in Gyeongsangnam-do and Chungcheongnam-do, and compared strains information, which was the isolated location, host variety, response to chemical fungicide, and antagonistic bacteria, and mycelium phenotype. As a result, AFLP phylogeny found that two groups were mainly present, and group B was present at a high frequency in Gyeongsangnam-do. Group B proved less sensitive to tebuconazole than group A through Student's t-test. In addition, the fractions pattern of AFLP was calculated by comparing the strain information using PCA and PERMANOVA, and the main criteria were separated localization and strawberry varieties (PERMANOVA; p< 0.05). And tebuconazole was different with weak confidence (PERMANOVA; p< 0.10). This study suggests that the F. oxysporum f. sp. fragariae should be continuously monitored and managed, including group B, which is less chemically effective.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2022년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.189-189
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• 2022

Soil salinity negatively affects plant growth, productivity, and metabolism. Rice is known to have more sensitive phenotypes than other cereal crops, such as wheat, sorghum, and barley. We characterized the molecular function of rice C3HC4 as a really interesting new gene (RING). Oryza sativa RING finger protein H2-3 (OsRFPH2-3) was highly expressed in 100 mM NaCl. To identify the localization of OsRFPH2-3, we fused vectors that include C-terminal GFP protein (35S;;OsRFPH2-3-GFP). OsRFPH2-3 was expressed in the nucleus in rice protoplasts. An in vitro ubiquitin assay demonstrated that OsRFPH2-3 possessed E3-ubiquitin ligase activity. However, the mutated OsRFPH2-3 were not possessed any E3-ubiquitin ligase activity. Under normal conditions, there is no significant phenotypic difference between transgenic plants and WT plants. However, OsRFPH2-3-overexpressing plants exhibited higher fresh weight and length under saline conditions. Also, transgenic plants maintain higher chlorophyll, proline, and soluble sugar contents and lower H₂O₂ and MDA contents than the wild type; these results support transgenic plants with enhanced salinity tolerance phenotypes.

• Mycobiology
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.273-280
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• 2023

The nucleolus is the largest, membrane-less organelle within the nucleus of eukaryotic cell that plays a critical role in rRNA transcription and assembly of ribosomes. Recently, the nucleolus has been shown to be implicated in an array of processes including the formation of signal recognition particles and response to cellular stress. Such diverse functions of nucleolus are mediated by nucleolar proteins. In this study, we characterized a gene coding a putative protein containing a nucleolar localization sequence (NoLS) in the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae. Phylogenetic and domain analysis suggested that the protein is orthologous to Rrp8 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MoRRP8-GFP (translational fusion of MoRRP8 with green fluorescence protein) co-localizes with a nucleolar marker protein, MoNOP1 fused to red fluorescence protein (RFP), indicating that MoRRP8 is a nucleolar protein. Deletion of the MoRRP8 gene caused a reduction in vegetative growth and impinged largely on asexual sporulation. Although the asexual spores of DMorrp8 were morphologically indistinguishable from those of wild-type, they showed delay in germination and reduction in appressorium formation. Our pathogenicity assay revealed that the MoRRP8 is required for full virulence and growth within host plants. Taken together, these results suggest that nucleolar processes mediated by MoRRP8 is pivotal for fungal development and pathogenesis.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2023년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.156-156
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• 2023

Salinity is a major abiotic stress that limits rice productivity in many regions of the world. In order to develop salt stress tolerant rice plants, genetic engineering is a promising approach. We characterized the molecular function of rice C3H2C3 as a really interesting new gene (RING). Oryza sativa RING finger protein H2-3 (OsRFPH2-3) was highly expressed in 100 mM NaCl. To identify the localization of OsRFPH2-3, we fused vectors that include C-terminal GFP protein (35S;;OsRFPH2-3-GFP). OsRFPH2-3 was expressed in the nucleus in rice protoplasts. An in vitro ubiquitin assay demonstrated that OsRFPH2-3 possessed E3-ubiquitin ligase activity. However, the mutated OsRFPH2-3 were not possessed any E3-ubiquitin ligase activity. Under salinity conditions, OsRFPH2-3-overexpressing plants exhibited higher chlorophyll, proline, SOD, POD, CAT, and soluble sugar contents and lower H₂O₂ accumulation than wild-type plants, supporting transgenic plants with enhanced salinity tolerance phenotypes. OsRFPH2-3-overexpressing plants exhibited low Na+ accumulation and Na+/K+ ratios in their roots. Theses results suggest that overexpression of OsRFPH2-3 can make plant insensitivity about salinity conditions.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.662-671
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• 1996

오늘날 세계의 정치, 경제가 변화하면서 '세계화' 라는 용어가 지배적으로 사용되고 있고 각 지역이나 국가발전을 위해서 필수적으로 대응해야 하는 과정으로 나타나고 있다. 따라서 각 국가들은 어떤 형태로든 경제적으로나 정치적으로 세계화과정에 대응하고 있다. 여러나라들에서 일반적으로 나타나고 있는 공통된 대응전략은 경제재구조라 할 수 있다. 1970년대의 경제재구조는 구조적 위기(자본축적율 저하의 형태)에 의해서 야기되었다. 자본은 일반적으로 특정 부문이나 특정지역에 집중되는 경향이 있기 때문에 재구조화는 경제부문과 지역에 차별적으로 영향을 주게된다. 재구조는 경쟁적이지 못한 지역이나 경제부문을 쇠퇴시키고 따라서 빠른 탈투자를 일으킨다. 소위 "포디즘의 위기' 와 '포드지역의 위기' 에 직면하여 '유연적 전문화' 로의 전환이나 '자본의 세계화' 를 일으켰고 그리고 그러한 재구조화된 경제를 담기위한 공간재구조화는, 일부 경제부문과 일부 지역에 문제를 일으키고 있으나, 국가재구조나 효율적인 지역정책으로 비교적 완만하게 진행되고 있다. 포디즘의 위기는 지방정부로 하여금 지역 경제발전을 위해서 더욱 적극적으로 지역경제에 개입하도록 부추겼다. 지방정부들은 지역경제발전을 위해서 재충전하고 있고 국가내에서 그들의 역할을 재규정하고자 제도적인 변화를 일으키고 있다. 지방정부들을 따라서 그들 지역경제를 재구조시키고 다른 국가나 세계적인 지역들과 경쟁하기 위해서 기업가로서의 역할을 선택하고 있다. 후기-포드주의 경제로서의 유연적 전문화와 기업가로서의 지방정부는 세계화와 후기-포드주의 사외를 위한 세계적인 선택이 되고 있다. 본문은 재구조화 과정에 있어서 정치경제적 관점을 광범위하게 다루고 있는 조절론에 주안점을 두고자 한다. 그리고 본문은 경제적 세계화와 세계화에 대응한 경제적, 정치적 반응로서의 지구지방화의 개념을 통합 할 것을 시도하고자 한다.증대로 시장가격은 하락되고, 일정한 수요상태에서는 경작지면적의 감소로 이어지는 결과가 예측된다.의 특성과 참석자들의 특성을 고려하여 보다 발전된 프로그램이 나오기를 바란다.있어서 진단내용, 환자의 기능적 상태, 합병증 유무 등에 따라서는 큰 차이 없이 회복촉진, 합병증예방상담 및 건강관리지도 항목에서 가장 높은 요구도를 나타냈고 나머지 간호요구는 큰 차이가 없었다. 사망하였다. 한 명(T1N0M0, stage Ib)은 술 후 방사선요법 중에 21개월 째에 양측폐에 다발성 결절을 보이는 전이로 치료 중 사망하였다. 술 후 평균 추적기간은 50.87$\pm$24.77개월이었다. 전체 생존율을 분석해보면 3년에 $97.1\%$, 5년에 $83.7\%$였다. 병기1기 환자의 경우 2년에 $96.3\%$, 5년에 $96.3\%$로 나왔다. 전체 환자의 재발 없는 생존율을 분석해보면 1년에 $100\%$, 2년에 $90\%$, 5년에 $76\%$이고 병기 1기의 경우 2년에 $96.4\%$, 5년에 $90.6\%$였다. 술 후 항암화학요법을 시행한 환자는 7명으로 $22.58\%$이고, 술 후 항암방사선요법을 시행한 환자는 1명으로 $3.22\%$, 2가지 모두 시행한 환자는 2명으로 $6.45\%$였다. 재발부위는 폐전이 3예, 골전이가 1예, 뇌전이가 1예였다. 결론: 기관세지폐포암은 동일병기의 다른 비소세포암보다 수술 절제 후에 비교적 재발률이 적고 병기가 초기인 경우 생존율이 우수함을 알 수 있었다.lyceride와 0.51의 정의 상관, 배최장근단면적은 testosterone과 -0.91,

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제53권10호
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• pp.123-130
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• 2016

고주파 유도가열장치는 LC 공진회로에 고주파 전원을 인가하여 금속을 가열 할 수 있다. 공진회로는 워크 코일과 전도 냉각 커패시터로 구성되며, 커패시터의 특성에 따라 열처리 설비의 성능을 좌우한다. 그러나 전도 냉각 커패시터는 국내 원천기술의 연구개발 부족으로 해외 수입 의존도가 높다. LC 공진 시 커패시터 내부의 발열을 최소화하고, 무효 전력손실을 줄이며, 내 전압특성이 우수한 커패시터가 요구된다. 국산화를 위하여, 선진 제조사의 완성품 커패시터의 주파수 응답 특성 분석에 대한 선행 연구가 필요하다. 주어진 로그-로그 특성 곡선의 임의 점에서 값을 읽기 위한 보간법을 연구하여 매틀랩 코딩으로 커패시터의 분석 도구로 적용하였다. 커패시터를 간단 화 된 RC 직렬 등가 회로로 가정하고, 등가 직렬 저항 ESL 값을 구하여 주파수 응답 특성 곡선을 재현하는 시뮬레이션을 시도하였다. 실제 무효전력의 피크 치에 대한 특성과 시뮬레이션 특성을 비교할 때 재현율이 83% 이상 결과 값으로 나타나는 것을 확인할 수 있었고, 이 알고리즘은 간단화 된 모델의 커패시터 특성곡선을 분석하여 예측 할 때 적용이 가능하다.