• Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.11-15
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• 2015

The Last PlannerSystem (LPS) has been implemented on construction projects to increase work flow reliability, a precondition for project performance againstproductivity and progress targets. The LPS encompasses four tiers of planning processes:master scheduling, phase scheduling, lookahead planning, and commitment / weeklywork planning. This research highlights deficiencies in the current implementation of LPS including poor lookahead planning which results in poor linkage between weeklywork plans and the master schedule. This poor linkage undetermines the ability of theweekly work planning process to select for execution tasks that are critical to projectsuccess. As a result, percent plan complete (PPC) becomes a weak indicator of project progress. The purpose of this research is to improve lookahead planning (the bridgebetween weekly work planning and master scheduling), improve PPC, and improve theselection of tasks that are critical to project success by increasing the link betweenShould, Can, Will, and Did (components of the LPS), thereby rendering PPC a betterindicator of project progress. The research employs the case study research method to describe deficiencies inthe current implementation of the LPS and suggest guidelines for a better application ofLPS in general and lookahead planning in particular. It then introduces an analyticalsimulation model to analyze the lookahead planning process. This is done by examining the impact on PPC of increasing two lookahead planning performance metrics: tasksanticipated (TA) and tasks made ready (TMR). Finally, the research investigates theimportance of the lookahead planning functions: identification and removal ofconstraints, task breakdown, and operations design.The research findings confirm the positive impact of improving lookaheadplanning (i.e., TA and TMR) on PPC. It also recognizes the need to perform lookaheadplanning differently for three types of work involving different levels of uncertainty:stable work, medium uncertainty work, and highly emergent work.The research confirms the LPS rules for practice and specifically the need to planin greater detail as time gets closer to performing the work. It highlights the role of LPSas a production system that incorporates deliberate planning (predetermined andoptimized) and situated planning (flexible and adaptive). Finally, the research presents recommendations for production planningimprovements in three areas: process related, (suggesting guidelines for practice),technical, (highlighting issues with current software programs and advocating theinclusion of collaborative planning capability), and organizational improvements(suggesting transitional steps when applying the LPS).

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.295-301
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• 2009

최근, 골다공증 치료 약물인 비스포스포네이트와 관련된 악골괴사증(BONJ)이 구강악안면 영역에서 발생할 수 있는 새로운 질환의 하나로 떠오르고 있다. 비스포스포네이트와 관련된 악골괴사증은 구강내로 노출된 악골이 관찰된 후 8주가 지나도 완전히 치유되지 않고 지속되는 상태를 말하며, 환자는 구강악안면 영역에 방사선 치료를 받은 병력이 없어야 하며, 비스포스포네이트로 치료 중이거나 치료받은 병력이 있어야 한다. 비스포스포네이트는 골에 결합하는 물질인데, 골개조가 활발히 일어나는 곳에 고농도로 집적되어 장기간 골격 내에 머물면서 골흡수를 강력히 억제하는 효과를 발휘한다. 한국에서도 골다공증이나 암환자에서 골전이를 막기 위해 비스포스포네이트로 치료를 받는 환자가 점차 늘고 있으며, 이는 또한 BONJ의 발생 가능성도 증가함을 의미한다. 우리는 BONJ로 의심되는 환자를 두 증례 소개하고자 하며, 이와 함께 BONJ가 어떤 질환이며, BONJ에 대한 치과의사의 인식의 중요성을 언급하고자 한다. BONJ는 드물게 발생하는 질환이긴 하나, 일단 발생하면 예후가 불량한 경우가 대부분이다. 그래서, BONJ에 대한 충분한 이해가 악골괴사를 예방하고, 치료하는 데 반드시 필요할 것이다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제30권7호
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• pp.912-919
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• 2017

Objective: Identification of the candidate genes that play key roles in phenotypic variations can provide new information about evolution and positive selection. Interleukin (IL)-32 is involved in many biological processes, however, its role for the immune response against various diseases in mammals is poorly understood. Therefore, the current investigation was performed for the better understanding of the molecular evolution and the positive selection of single nucleotide polymorphisms in IL-32 gene. Methods: By using fixation index ($F_{ST}$) based method, IL-32 (9375) gene was found to be outlier and under significant positive selection with the provisional combined allocation of mean heterozygosity and $F_{ST}$. Using nucleotide sequences of 11 mammalian species from National Center for Biotechnology Information database, the evolutionary selection of IL-32 gene was determined using Maximum likelihood model method, through four models (M1a, M2a, M7, and M8) in Codeml program of phylogenetic analysis by maximum liklihood. Results: IL-32 is detected under positive selection using the $F_{ST}$ simulations method. The phylogenetic tree revealed that goat IL-32 was in close resemblance with sheep IL-32. The coding nucleotide sequences were compared among 11 species and it was found that the goat IL-32 gene shared identity with sheep (96.54%), bison (91.97%), camel (58.39%), cat (56.59%), buffalo (56.50%), human (56.13%), dog (50.97%), horse (54.04%), and rabbit (53.41%) respectively. Conclusion: This study provides evidence for IL-32 gene as under significant positive selection in goat.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.223-234
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• 2013

Poultry industry is abounding day by day as it engrosses less cost of investment per bird as compared to large animals. Poultry have the most copious genomic tool box amongst domestic animals for the detection of quantitative trait loci (QTL) and marker assisted selection (MAS). Use of multiple markers and least square techniques for mapping of QTL affecting quality and production traits in poultry is in vogue. Examples of genetic tests that are available to or used in industry programs are documented and classified into causative mutations (direct markers), linked markers in population-wide linkage disequilibrium (LD) with the QTL (LD markers), and linked markers in population wide equilibrium with the QTL (LE markers). Development of genome-wide SNP assays, role of 42 K, 60 K (Illumina) and 600 K (Affymetrix$^{(R)}$ Axim$^{(R)}$) SNP chip with next generation sequencing for identification of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) has been documented. Hybridization based, PCR based, DNA chip and sequencing based are the major segments of DNA markers which help in conducting of MAS in poultry. Economic index-marker assisted selection (EI-MAS) provides platform for simultaneous selection for production traits while giving due weightage to their marginal economic values by calculating predicted breeding value, using information on DNA markers which are normally associated with relevant QTL. Understanding of linkage equilibrium, linkage dis-equilibrium, relation between the markers and gene of interest are quite important for success of MAS. This kind of selection is the most useful tool in enhancing disease resistance by identifying candidate genes to improve the immune response. The application of marker assisted selection in selection procedures would help in improvement of economic traits in poultry.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.193-204
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• 1984

Zymolyase 조효소로부터 분리, 정제되었고, 효모세포벽 용해 촉진물질로 밝혀진 바 있는 Arthrobacter luteus로부터 유래한 염기성 protease(AL-protease)의 효소학적 성질 및 활성 아미노산 잔기를 검색한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. AL-pretense는 저해제 DFP 및 PMSF에 의해서 그 Protease 활성 및 용해 촉진활성이 동시에 완전히 소멸 되었으며, 그 저해 반응속도는 chymotrypsin에 대한 것에 비하여 대단히 완만하였다. 1.반응에서 AL-protease와 DFP의 결합 mole비는 1:1로 추정 되었다. 2. 정제된 AL-protease의 동결건조품 중에는 종래효모세포벽 용해반응에 관여하는 것으로 알려진 yeast phosphomannase를 비롯한 다당류 가수분해효소들의 활성은 그 어느 것도 인정되지 않았다. 3. AL-protease의 casein에 대한 최적 pH 및 최적 온도는 pH 10.5와 $65^{\circ}C$이었고, 그 활성은 pH 5${\sim}$11 사이와 $65^{\circ}C$이하에서 안정하였다. 또한, AL-Protease의 활성에 미치는 여러가지 금속이온의 영향은 인정되지 않았다. 4. [$^{32}P$]-DFP에 의하여 화학수식된 [$^{32}P$]-DIP-AL-protease에 대한 활성부위의 아미노산 잔기를 검색, 동정하기 위하여 조제용 PAG-전기영동, SDS-PAG-전기영동, Dowex 이온교환 크로마토그래피 및 고압 여지 전기영동을 실시하였고, 그 결과, AL-protease는 활성 부위에 1분자당 1 mole의 serine 잔기를 가지는 염기성 protease로 밝혀졌다.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.143-152
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• 2008

Purpose: Specific bacteria are believed to play an important role in chronic periodontitis. Although extensive microbial analyses have been performed from subgingival plaque samples of periodontitis patients, systemic analysis of subingival microbiota has not been carried out in a Korean population so far. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of 29 putative periodontal pathogens in Korean chronic periodontitis patients and evaluate which pathogens are more associated with Korean chronic periodontitis. Material and Methods: A total of 86 subgingival plaque samples were taken from 15 chronic periodontits(CP) patients and 13 periodontally healthy subjects in Korea. CP samples were obtained from the deepest periodontal pocket (>3 mm probing depth[PD]) and the most shallow periodontal probing site ($\leq$3 mm PD) in anterior tooth and posterior tooth, respectively, of each patient. Samples in healthy subjects were obtained from 1 anterior tooth and 1 posterior tooth. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) of subgingival plaque bacteria was performed. Detection frequencies(% prevalence) of 29 putative periodontal pathogens were investigated as bacterium-positive sites/total sites. Results: With the exception of Olsenella profuse and Prevotella nigrescens, the sites of diseased patients generally showed higher prevalence than the healthy sites of healthy subjects for all bacteria analyzed. Tanerella forsythensis (B.forsythus), Campylobacter rectus, Filifactor alocis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Porphyromonas endodontalis and Porphyromonas gingivalis were detected in more than 80% of sites with deep probing depths in CP patients. In comparison between the sites (deep or shallow PD) of CP patients and the healthy sites of healthy subjects, there was statistically significant difference(P<0.05) of prevalence in T.forsythensis (B.forsythus), C.rectus, Dialister invisus, F.alocis, P.gingivalis and Treponema denticola. Conclusion: Our results demonstrate that the four putative periodontal pathogens, T.forsythensis (B.forsythus), C.rectus, P.gingivalis and F.alocis are closely related with CP patients in the Korean population.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.240-246
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• 2014

Mutation in HNF1B, the hepatocyte nuclear factor-$1{\beta}$ (HNF-$1{\beta}$) gene, results in maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) 5, which is characterized by gradual impairment of insulin secretion. However, the functional role of HNF-$1{\beta}$ in insulin secretion and glucose metabolism is not fully understood. We identified a family with early-onset diabetes that fulfilled the criteria of MODY. Sanger sequencing revealed that a heterozygous P159L (CCT to CTT in codon 159 in the DNA-binding domain) mutation in HNF1B was segregated according to the affected status. To investigate the functional consequences of this HNF1B mutation, we generated a P159L HNF1B construct. The wild-type and mutant HNF1B constructs were transfected into COS-7 cells in the presence of the promoter sequence of human glucose transporter type 2 (GLUT2). The luciferase reporter assay revealed that P159L HNF1B had decreased transcriptional activity compared to wild-type (p < 0.05). Electrophoretic mobility shift assay showed reduced DNA binding activity of P159L HNF1B. In the MIN6 pancreatic ${\beta}$-cell line, overexpression of the P159L mutant was significantly associated with decreased mRNA levels of GLUT2 compared to wild-type (p < 0.05). However, INS expression was not different between the wild-type and mutant HNF1B constructs. These findings suggests that the impaired insulin secretion in this family with the P159L HNF1B mutation may be related to altered GLUT2 expression in ${\beta}$-cells rather than decreased insulin gene expression. In conclusion, we have identified a Korean family with an HNF1B mutation and characterized its effect on the pathogenesis of diabetes.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.53-65
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• 2006

Calcium concentration in the bone resorption lacunae is high and is in the mM concentration range. Both osteoblast and osteoclast have calcium sensing receptor in the cell surface, suggesting the regulatory role of high extracellular calcium in bone metabolism. In vitro, high extracellular calcium stimulated osteoclastogenesis in coculture of mouse osteoblasts and bone marrow cells. Therefore we examined the genes that were commonly regulated by both high extracellular calcium and $1,25(OH)_2vitaminD_3(VD3)$ by using mouse oligo 11 K gene chip. In the presence of 10 mM $[Ca^{2+}]e$ or 10 nM VD3, mouse calvarial osteoblasts and bone marrow cells were co-cultured for 4 days when tartrate resistant acid phosphatase-positive multinucleated cells start to appear. Of 11,000 genes examined, the genes commonly regulated both by high extracellular calcium and by VD3 were as follows; 1) the expression of genes which were osteoclast differentiation markers or were associated with osteoclastogenesis were up-regulated both by high extracellular calcium and by VD3; trap, mmp9, car2, ctsk, ckb, atp6b2, tm7sf4, rab7, 2) several chemokine and chemokine receptor genes such as sdf1, scya2, scyb5, scya6, scya8, scya9, and ccr1 were up-regulated both by high extracellular calcium and by VD3, 3) the genes such as mmp1b, mmp3 and c3 which possibly stimulate bone resorption by osteoclast, were commonly up-regulated, 4) the gene such as c1q and msr2 which were related with macrophage function, were commonly down-regulated, 5) the genes which possibly stimulate osteoblast differentiation and/or mineralization of extracellular matrix, were commonly down-regulated; slc8a1, admr, plod2, lox, fosb, 6) the genes which possibly suppress osteoblast differentiation and/or mineralization of extracellular matrix, were commonly up-regulated; s100a4, npr3, mme, 7) the genes such as calponin 1 and tgfbi which possibly suppress osteoblast differentiation and/or mineralization of extracellular matrix, were up-regulated by high extracellular calcium but were down-regulated by VD3. These results suggest that in coculture condition, both high extracellular calcium and VD3 commonly induce osteoclastogenesis but suppress osteoblast differentiation/mineralization by regulating the expression of related genes.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.385-414
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• 2011

본 연구의 목적을 달성하기 위해 선행연구와 여러 가지 이론을 토대로 설정된 변수들을 연구 모형으로 설정하였다. 독립변수는 팬시민행동에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 개인적 차원과 상호작용적 차원의 요인 구분하였으며, 각 요인들이 팬시민행동이라는 매개변수를 거쳐 구단가치와 지역사회가치에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 확인하고자 한다. 이에 대한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 팬 개인적 차원의 특성 중에는 경기력과 연고지가 팬시민행동에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 팬정체성과 선수매력도는 팬시민행동에 유의한 영향을 미치지 못하는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 한편, 팬 상호작용적 차원의 특성 중에는 팀관심동기와 집단주의가 팬시민행동에 정(+)의 영향을 미치며 친사회적가치동기 및 상호의존성은 유의한 영향을 미치지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 팬시민행동과 결과변수와의 관계를 보면, 팬 시민행동의 경우 구단가치와 지역사회가치에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이는 스포츠 마케팅의 효과를 누리는 모든 주체들이 팬의 시민행동을 높일 수 있는 방법에 대체 관심을 가질 필요가 있다는 것이다. 구단의 경우 스포츠 마케팅 효과를 높이기 위해 팬 시민행동을 높일 수 있는 방법에 대한 고려가 필요하며, 이를 바탕으로 강력한 구단 자산을 구축하여 할 필요성이 있다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.353-360
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• 2017

Background: Endophytic fungi play an important role in balancing the ecosystem and boosting host growth. In the present study, we investigated the endophytic fungal diversity of healthy Panax notoginseng and evaluated its potential antimicrobial activity against five major phytopathogens causing root-rot of P. notoginseng. Methods: A culture-dependent technique, combining morphological and molecular methods, was used to analyze endophytic fungal diversity. A double-layer agar technique was used to challenge the phytopathogens of P. notoginseng. Results: A total of 89 fungi were obtained from the roots, stems, leaves, and seeds of P. notoginseng, and 41 isolates representing different morphotypes were selected for taxonomic characterization. The fungal isolates belonged to Ascomycota (96.6%) and Zygomycota (3.4%). All isolates were classified to 23 genera and an unknown taxon belonging to Sordariomycetes. The number of isolates obtained from different tissues ranged from 12 to 42 for leaves and roots, respectively. The selected endophytic fungal isolates were challenged by the root-rot pathogens Alternaria panax, Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium solani, Phoma herbarum, and Mycocentrospora acerina. Twenty-six of the 41 isolates (63.4%) exhibited activity against at least one of the pathogens tested. Conclusion: Our results suggested that P. notoginseng harbors diversified endophytic fungi that would provide a basis for the identification of new bioactive compounds, and for effective biocontrol of notoginseng root rot.