• The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.284-287
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• 1999

CuO catalyst-coated alumino-silicate fiber filters were prepared for the simultaneous removal of particulate matter and gaseous contaminants such as NOx and SOx. Hot gas cleaning experiments similar to Shell UOP process other than the catalyst supporting materials were carried out between 300 and $500^{\circ}C$ for the evaluation of the gas removal efficiency of the catalytic filter. Experimental results showed that removel efficiency for $SO_2$ was greater than 99% in the temperature range 450~$500^{\circ}C$ and more than 90% of NO was collected between 350 and $370^{\circ}C$. It was found that the higher the CuO content, the higher the removal efficiency for $SO_2$. Removal efficiency for NO was more affected by the gas cleaning temperature than by the CuO content in the catalyst-filter.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.29-34
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• 1993

Two major hazardous gases. SOx and NOx. are emissioned from fossile fuels. SOx has been removed when oil is refined but NOx hasn't. So NOx is very serious problem in air pollution now There are several technologies to remove NOx. e.g. cooling method. scrubbers method. combustion method, polymer membrane method and adsorbent methods. Polymer membrane and adsorbent methods have good economic merit in removal systems of low content hazard gases. Traditional absorbents are porous silicas, aluminas. active carbon and zeolites. But these absorbents act only physisorption which has less removal performance than chemisorption. In this study. polymeric absorbent which has chemisorption as well as physisorption was analyzed about chemical structure and experimented about optimum operation conditions. The results showed that the chemical structure of the polymeric absorbent was expected as polystyrene having -N-CH$_2$COOH absorbent was revealed about 310$m^2$/g. The molar ratio of absored NO to charged NO in absorption experiments was shown 60% of the polymeric absorbent and 45% of zeolite absorbent at 3$0^{\circ}C$.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.45-51
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• 1996

Domestic coal contains approximnlely 03 to 7 percentage of sulfur. When the suliur in coal is burned, exhaust gas , nay be thc causc of air pollution problcms as well as acid rain. Thc government dccideil lo strengthen the environmcnlal protection policy a1 the 270 ppm of SO, for the coal-Ered plants and to stari in Ian. 1, 1999. This study was carried out lo rcmove the stlfur and mineral mancrs in the samplw using wet msg~xiic separatol ant1 oil agglomeration apparatus. The rcsults for the wet magnetic separalion showed that the total sulfur removal from Kangnung coal sample was 60.8% with 82.6% combustible recovery. For the results of oil agglomeration testa, combustible recavety, ash nod sulfur rcmovcl horn Maro coal sample were 98.0, 70.9 and 95.7 percent, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.25-31
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• 2000

전 세계적으로 환경문제에 대한 위기감이 확산되면서 과거에는 국지적인 환경오염문제였던 것이 지구 온실효과, 산성비, 오존층 파괴 등의 형태로 범지구적인 환경오염 문제로서 심각히 대두되고 있다. 지구 환경오염의 주 요인들인 $CO_2$, SOx, NOx의 배출 규제기준은 점점 더 강화되어 기존의 석탄 화력발전기술로는 엄격해지는 환경기준을 만족시키는 데 한계가 있다. 따라서 기존기술을 대체할 수 있는 신 발전기술의 개발이 절실한 실정이다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.447-448
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• 2003

SOx 등과 함께 대기오염 발생에 가장 크게 관여하는 NOx를 제거 하고자 오래전부터 지금까지 많은 연구가 수행되어 왔다. NOx가 배출되는 유형에 따라 발전소, 보일러 및 산업체와 같은 고정원에서 배출되는 경우와 자동차나 선박과 같은 이동원에서 배출되는 두 가지의 경우가 있다. 고정원에서 NOx를 제거하는 가장 효율적인 방법은 암모니아에 의한 NOx의 선택적 제거법(Selective Catalytic Reduction)으로 알려져 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.165-166
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• 2002

암모니아(NH$_3$)는 주요 악취물질로 알려져 있으며 대기중의 2차적인 미세먼지 형성에도 기여를 하고 있는 물질이다 하지만 다른 주요 대기오염물질(NOx, SOx)과 달리 그 배출량과 배출특성에 대한 현황 파악이 부족한 실정이다 따라서 본 연구에서는 암모니아 배출량 산정방법을 검토하고 각 배출부문별 배출량을 산정 하였다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 1999.05a
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• pp.55-61
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• 1999

최근 국내외적으로 지구온난화, 산성비, 오존층파괴 등의 환경문제가 심각하게 대두되기 시작하면서 화석연료 사용에 대한 규제가 점차적으로 강화되고 있다. 이와같은 상황에서 기존의 미분탄 화력발전시스템에 비해서 NOx, SOx, $CO_2$, 분진 등의 대기오염물질을 현저히 줄일 수 있으며 발전효율도 높아서 석탄 사용에 따른 지구의 환경오염 저감과 에너지의 효율적인 이용 측면에서 석탄가스화 복합발전 시스템은 청정석탄 이용기술로 크게 관심을 모으고 있어서 국내외적으로 관련연구가 활발히 진행중이다.(중략)

• Journal of Environmental Policy
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.115-138
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• 2009

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the main components of economic growth and the effects of environmental factorson productivity by comparing traditional productivity growth and environmentally-adjusted productivity growth in 28 Chinese regions based on growth accounting analysis. To do this, we measured the shadow prices of SOx for the 28 Chinese regions. This study found that the annualized growth rate of output in the 28 Chinese regions was almost 10.07% for 1999-2005, though the growth rate was higher in the eastern region than in the middle and western regions. The average traditional productivity was 3.58%, again with the eastern region showing the highest level. The average environmentally-adjusted productivity of the three regions was about 3.56%, which is similar to the level of traditional productivity. This implies that activities regarding pollution reductions in the 28 Chinese regions have not been practiced, even though environmental regulations have been strengthened. Therefore, the regional and central governments should strengthen environmental regulations and strictly enforce them.

• Journal of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.10-19
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• 2019

Morphology of cumulus-oocyte-complexes (COCs) at germinal vesicle (GV) stage as one of the evaluation criteria for oocyte maturation quality after in vitro maturation (IVM) plays important roles on the meiotic maturation, fertilization and early embryonic development in pigs. When cumulus cells of COCs are insufficient, which is induced the low oocyte maturation rate by the increasing of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in porcine oocyte during IVM. The ROS are known to generate including superoxide and hydrogen peroxide from electron transport system of mitochondria during oocyte maturation in pigs. To regulate the ROS production, the cumulus cells is secreted the various antioxidant enzymes during IVM of porcine oocyte. Our previous study showed that Mito-TEMPO, superoxide specific scavenger, improves the embryonic developmental competence and blastocyst formation rate by regulating of mitochondria functions in pigs. However, the effects of Mito-TEMPO as a superoxide scavenger to help the anti-oxidant functions from cumulus cells of COCs on meiotic maturation during porcine oocyte IVM has not been reported. Here, we categorized experimental groups into two groups (Grade 1: G1; high cumulus cells and Grade 2: G2; low cumulus cells) by using hemocytometer. The meiotic maturation rate from G2 was significantly (p < 0.05) decreased (G1: $79.9{\pm}3.8%$ vs G2: $57.5{\pm}4.6%$) compared to G1. To investigate the production of mitochondria derived superoxide, we used the mitochondrial superoxide dye, Mito-SOX. Red fluorescence of Mito-SOX detected superoxide was significantly (p < 0.05) increased in COCs of G2 compared with G1. And, we examined expression levels of genes associated with mitochondrial antioxidant such as SOD1, SOD2 and PRDX3 using a RT-PCR in porcine COCs at 44 h of IVM. The mRNA levels of three antioxidant enzymes expression in COCs from G2 were significantly (p < 0.05) lower than COCs of G1. In addition, we investigated the anti-oxidative effects of Mito-TEMPO on meiotic maturation of porcine oocyte from G1 and G2. Meiotic maturation and mRNA levels of antioxidant enzymes were significantly (p < 0.05) recovered in G2 by Mito-TEMPO ($0.1{\mu}M$, MT) treatment (G2: $68.4{\pm}3.2%$ vs G2 + MT: $73.9{\pm}1.4%$). Therefore, our results suggest that reduction of mitochondria derived superoxide by Mito-TEMPO may improves the meiotic maturation in IVM of porcine oocyte.

• Biomaterials and Biomechanics in Bioengineering
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.105-114
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of cryopreservation on dental pulp-derived stem cells (DPSC) viability over a period of three years. Dental pulp-derived stem cells were isolated and cultured from thirty-one healthy teeth. DPSC isolates were assessed for doubling-time and baseline viability prior to cryopreservation and were assessed again at three time points; one week (T1), 18 months (T2), and 36 months (T3). DPSC can be grouped based on their observed doubling times; slow (sDT), intermediate (iDT), and rapid (rDT). Viability results demonstrated all three types of DPSC isolates (sDT, iDT and rDT) exhibit time-dependent reductions in viability following cryopreservation, with the greatest reduction observed among sDT-DPSCs and the smallest observed among the rDT-DPSC isolates. Cryopreserved DPSCs demonstrate time-dependent reductions in cellular viability. Although reductions in viability were smallest at the initial time point (T1) and greatest at the final time point (T3), these changes were markedly different among DPSC isolates with similar doubling times (DTs). Furthermore, the analysis of various DPSC biomarkers - including both intracellular and cell surface markers, revealed differential mRNA expression. More specifically, the relative high expression of Sox-2 was only found only among the rDT isolates, which was associated with the smallest reduction in viability over time. The expression of Oct4 and NANOG were also higher among rDT isolates, however, expression was comparatively lower among the sDT isolates that had the highest reduction in cellular viability over the course of this study. These data may suggest that some biomarkers, including Sox-2, Oct4 and NANOG may have some potential for use as biomarkers that may be associated with either higher or lower cellular viability over long-term storage applications although more research will be needed to confirm these findings.