• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.173-181
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• 2023

3D printing is a technology that can transform and process computerized data obtained through modeling or 3D scanning via CAD. In the medical field, studies on customized 3D printing technology for clinical use or patients and diseases continue. The importance of research on filaments and molding methods is increasing, but research on manufacturing methods and available raw materials is not being actively conducted. In this study, we compare the characteristics of each material according to the manufacturing method of the phantom manufactured with 3D printing technology and evaluate its usefulness. We manufactured phantoms of the same size using poly methyl meta acrylate (PMMA), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), and Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) based on the international standard phantom of aluminum step wedge. We used SITEC's radiation generator (DigiRAD-FPC R-1000-150) and compared the shielding rate and line attenuation coefficient through the average after shooting 10 times. As a result, in the case of the measured dose transmitted through each phantom, it was confirmed that the appearance of the dose measured for phantoms decreased linearly as the thickness increased under each condition. The sensitivity also decreased as the steps increased for each phantom and confirmed that it was different depending on the thickness and material. Through this study, we confirmed that 3D printing technology can be usefully used for phantom production in the medical field. If further development of printing technology and studies on various materials are conducted, it is believed that they will contribute to the development of the medical research environment.

• 분석과학
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.134-142
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• 2020

어린이 제품 중 21 종의 알러지 유발 방향성 물질들을 기체 크로마토그래피 질량 분석기(GC-MSD)를 사용하여 분석하였다. 분석물질들은 자동 속슬렛 추출장치를 사용하여 추출하였으며, 고속 냉동 원심분리기에서 10분동안 원심분리하고 상징액을 실린지 필터로 여과 한 후 2 mL vial에 옮겨 Split mode로 주입하여 분석하였다. 확립된 조건에서 검정곡선은 0.9981 이상의 결정계수를 갖는 직선성을 보였으며, 감도의 경우는 0.3145 ~ 1.6757로서 물질별로 상당히 넓은 범위의 감도를 나타내었다. 기기검출한계는 0.0016 ~ 0.0423 ㎍/mL로서 최대 약 0.05 ㎍/mL이하를 나타내었고, 방법검출한계는 0.0030 ~ 0.0589 ㎍/mL의 범위를 나타내었다. 또한 정량한계는 0.0096 ~ 0.1876 ㎍/mL의 범위를 보였고, 정밀도는 0.41 ~ 10.49 %, 정확도는 83 ~ 116 %의 범위를 나타내었다. 본 연구에서 개발한 분석법으로 시판품에 실제 적용하였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.121-133
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• 2023

The demand for cement and limestone crushed materials has increased many folds due to the tremendous increase in construction activities in Pakistan during the past few decades. The number of cement production industries has increased correspondingly, and so the rock-blasting operations at the limestone quarry sites. However, the safety procedures warranted at these sites for the blast-induced ground vibrations (BIGV) have not been adequately developed and/or implemented. Proper prediction and monitoring of BIGV are necessary to ensure the safety of structures in the vicinity of these quarry sites. In this paper, an attempt has been made to predict BIGV using artificial neural network (ANN) at three selected limestone quarries of Pakistan. The ANN has been developed in Python using Keras with sequential model and dense layers. The hyper parameters and neurons in each of the activation layers has been optimized using randomized and grid search method. The input parameters for the model include distance, a maximum charge per delay (MCPD), depth of hole, burden, spacing, and number of blast holes, whereas, peak particle velocity (PPV) is taken as the only output parameter. A total of 110 blast vibrations datasets were recorded from three different limestone quarries. The dataset has been divided into 85% for neural network training, and 15% for testing of the network. A five-layer ANN is trained with Rectified Linear Unit (ReLU) activation function, Adam optimization algorithm with a learning rate of 0.001, and batch size of 32 with the topology of 6-32-32-256-1. The blast datasets were utilized to compare the performance of ANN, multivariate regression analysis (MVRA), and empirical predictors. The performance was evaluated using the coefficient of determination (R²), mean absolute error (MAE), mean squared error (MSE), mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), and root mean squared error (RMSE)for predicted and measured PPV. To determine the relative influence of each parameter on the PPV, sensitivity analyses were performed for all input parameters. The analyses reveal that ANN performs superior than MVRA and other empirical predictors, andthat83% PPV is affected by distance and MCPD while hole depth, number of blast holes, burden and spacing contribute for the remaining 17%. This research provides valuable insights into improving safety measures and ensuring the structural integrity of buildings near limestone quarry sites.

• 분석과학
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.196-213
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• 2002

물 시료 중 알킬페놀류, 클로로페놀류 및 비스페놀 A의 동시분석을 기체크로마토그래피/질량분석기-선택이온검색법을 사용하여, US EPA 분석방법, isoBOC 유도체화 분석방법과 TBDMS 유도체화 분석방법을 비교하였다. 시료의 전처리는 유기용매로 추출하고 농축하여 분석한 방법과 XAD-4를 이용한 액체-고체 추출 후 isoBOC 유도체화와 TBDMS 유도체화를 실시하였다. 11종의 페놀류에 대한 회수율 실험은 3차 증류수에 각각 10 ${\mu}g/{\ell}$ (US EPA 방법) 또는 2 ${\mu}g/{\ell}$ (isoBOC 유도체화 분석방법과 TBDMS 유도체화 분석방법)의 농도를 대상으로 측정한 결과 각각 85.1~109.9%와 90.3~126.6%의 결과를 얻었다. 각 분석방법의 비스페놀 A에 대한 분석방법 검출한계는 US EPA 분석방법, isoBOC 유도체화 분석방법과 TBDMS 유도체화 분석방법이 각각 0.732 ${\mu}g/{\ell}$, 0.002 ${\mu}g/{\ell}$와 0.021 ${\mu}g/{\ell}$로 나타났으며, $5{\sim}400ng/{\ell}$의 농도 범위에서 isoBOC 유도체화 분석방법과 TBDMS 유도체화 분석방법 각각 0.9755~0.9981과 0.9908~0.9996의 직선성을 보였다. 폴리에틸렌 공장의 방류수를 대상으로 잔류량을 측정한 결과 일부페놀이 검출한계 이하에서 흔적으로 나타났다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 1997

본 연구에서는 한국인 만성신부전증 환자에서 심혈관계 질환의 조기진단을 위한 생화학적 표지 자로서 homocysteine의 임상적 유용성을 검토하기 위하여, 만성신부전증 환자와 건강인에서 HPLC/FLD (high performance liquid chromatography/fluorescence detector)를 이 용하여 혈장 homocysteine 농도를 측정하고 그 결과를 비교하였다. 본 실험방법의 회수율은 98.6$\pm$5.8%를 나타내었으며, 0.2 nmol/L 보다 낮은 농도까지 측정이 가능하였고, 2~50 nmol/ml까지 직선성이 성립하였다 (correlation coefficient =0.9997). 한국인 중 건강한 정상인 (20명)과 만성신부전증 환자 (90명)에서 혈장 homocysteine은 각각 6.81$\pm$1.54 nmol/ml과 27.28$\pm$14.94 nmol/ml이었으며 , 환자군에서는 정상인군에 비하여 약 4배정도 높은 수치를 나타내었다 (p<0.05).본 실험의 결과로 볼 때 HPLC/FLD를 이용한 homocysteine 측정은 예민도와 재현성이 높아 routine 실험실 방법으로 유용성이 높을 것으로 생각되며, 또한 혈장 homocysteine의 측정은 만성신부전증 환자의 주요한 사망원인이 되는 폐쇄성 동맥질 환을 조기에 진단하거나, 혹은 homocysteine 농도를 저하시키는 치료를 실시 한 후 치료효과를 판단하기 위한 생화학적 marker로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제53권10호
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• pp.871-876
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• 2020

임해발전소의 냉각수 배출구 인근과 준설된 해역을 전파하는 파랑의 특성을 이해하는 것은 임해발전소 건설과 운영에 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 (1) 배출구 주변 외부 흐름과 (2) 준설된 해저지형을 나타내는 함몰지형에 의한 파랑의 반사율을 고유함수전개법을 이용하여 해석하였다. 먼저, 외부흐름을 나타내기 위한 격자수와 소멸파수의 최적값을 수렴 테스트를 통해 산정하였다. 그리고 ¹⁾외부흐름의 속도, ²⁾외부흐름의 폭, ³⁾함몰지형 간 거리, ⁴⁾함몰지형의 개수에 따른 반사율 변화 정도를 분석하였다. 분석결과, 함몰지형 수와 거리에 따른 반사율이 외부흐름의 속도와 폭에 따른 반사율보다 더 민감한 결과를 보였다. 또한, 외부흐름의 영향이 작을지라도 천해와 천해부근 상대수심 (0.01 < kh ≦ 0.70)에서는 외부흐름의 영향을 무시할 수 없다는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.390-397
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• 2010

Residual solvents in foods are defined as organic volatile chemicals used or produced in manufacturing of extracts or additives, or functional foods. The solvents are not completely eliminated by practical manufacturing techniques and they also may become contaminated by solvents from packing, transportation or storage in warehouses. Because residual solvents have no nutritional value but may be hazardous to human health, there is a need to remove them from the final products or reduce their amounts to below acceptable levels. The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate an analytical method for the screening of residual solvents in health functional foods. Furthermore, the aim of this study was to constitute a reasonable management system based on the current state of the market and case studies of foreign countries. Eleven volatile solvents such as MeOH, EtOH, trichloroethylene and hexane were separated depending on their column properties, temp. and time using Gas Chromatography (GC). After determining the GC conditions, a sample preparation method using HSS (Head Space Sampling) was developed. From the results, a method for analyzing residual solvents in health functional foods was developed considering matrix effect and interference from the sample obtained from the solution of solvents-free health functional foods spiked with 11 standards solutions. Validation test using the developed GC/HSS/MS (Mass Spectrometry) method was followed by tests for precision, accuracy, recovery, linearity and adequate sensitivity. Finally, examination of 104 samples grouped in suits was performed by the developed HSS/GC/MS for screening the solvents. The 11 solvents were isolated from health functional foods based on vapor pressure difference, and followed by separation within 15 minutes in a single run. The limt of detection (LOD), limit of quantification (LOQ), recovery and coefficient of variation (C.V.) of these compounds determined by the HSS/GC/MS were found to be 0.1 pg/mL, 0.1-125 pg/g, 51.0-104.6%, and less than 15%, respectively. Using the developed HSS/GC/MS method, residual solvent from 16 out of 104 health functional products were detected as a EtOH. This method therefore seems t o be a valuable extension ofanalytical method for the identification of residual solvents in health functional food.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.289-298
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• 2015

Objectives: The method of analyzing urinary arsenic by flow injection hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (FI-HG-AAS) is generally used because it shows relatively greater sensitivity, low detection limits, low blocking action, and is simple to operate. In this study, the results of analysis according to three pre-reductants commonly used in the FI-HG-AAS method were compared with each other. Methods: To analyze urinary arsenic, nineteen urine samples were collected from adults aged 43-79 years old without occupational arsenic exposure. Analysis equipment was FI-HG-AAS (AAnalyst 800/FIAS 400, Perkin- Elmer Inc., USA). The three pre-reductants were potassium iodide (KI/AA), C3H7NO2S (L-cysteine), and a mixture of KI/AA and L-cysteine (KI/AA&L-cysteine). Results: In the results of the analysis, the recovery rate of the method using KI/AA was 82.3%, 95.7% for Lcysteine, and 123.5% for KI/AA and L-cysteine combined. When compared with the results by use of high performance liquid chromatography inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICP-MS), the method using L-cysteine was the closest to those using HPLC-ICP-MS ($98.57{\mu}g/L$ for HPLC-ICP-MS; $74.96{\mu}g/L$ for L-cysteine; $69.23{\mu}g/L$ for KI/AA and L-cysteine; $13.06{\mu}g/L$ for KI/AA) and were significantly correlated (R2=0.882). In addition, they showed the lowest coefficient of variation in the results between two laboratories that applied the same method. Conclusion: The efficiency of hydride generation is considered highly important to the analysis of urinary arsenic via FI-HG-AAS. This study suggests that using L-cysteine as a pre-reductant may be suitable and the most rational among the FI-Hg-AAS methods using pre-reductants.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2019

Melting temperature shift ($T_m-shift$) is a new detection method that analyze the melting curve on real-time PCR thermocycler using SYBR Green I fluorescent dye. To establish a $T_m-shift$ method for the detection of Ancylostoma ceylanicum and A. tubaeforme in cats, specific primers, with GC tail of unequal length attached to their 5' end, were designed based on 2 SNP loci (ITS101 and ITS296) of the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) sequences. The standard curve of $T_m-shift$ was established using the standard plasmids of A. ceylanicum (AceP) and A. tubaeforme (AtuP). The $T_m-shift$ method stability, sensitivity, and accuracy were tested with reference to the standard curve, and clinical fecal samples were also examined. The results demonstrated that the 2 sets of primers based on the 2 SNPs could accurately distinguish between A. ceylanicum and A. tubaeforme. The coefficient of variation (CV) of $T_m$- values of AceP and AtuP was 0.07% and 0.06% in ITS101 and was 0.06% and 0.08% in ITS296, respectively. The minimum detectable DNA concentration was $5.22{\times}10^{-6}$ and $5.28{\times}10^{-6}ng/{\mu}l$ samples of AceP and AtuP, respectively. The accuracy of $T_m-shift$ method reached 100% based on examination of 10 hookworm DNA samples with known species. In the clinical detection of hookworm in 69 stray cat fecal sample, the $T_m-shift$ detection results were consistent with the microscopic examination and successfully differentiated between the 2-hookworm species. In conclusion, the developed method is a rapid, sensitive and accurate technique and can provide a promising tool for clinical detection and epidemiological investigation of cat-derived hookworms.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2023

지진 시 매설 PE관은 파단시 신장율이 우수하여 상대적으로 우수한 내진성능을 보이는 것으로 보고되고 있다. 국내 융착식 PE관의 응답변위법 기반 내진성능평가 절차를 제안한 바 있으나, 기계식 이음 PE관에 대한 절차는 부재한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 기계식 이음 PE관의 응답변위법 기반 내진성능평가 절차를 제시하였다. 기계식 이음 PE관의 경우 분절관의 평가 절차를 따르며, 관체 발생응력, 이음부 신축변형률 및 이음부 휨 각도 평가를 수행하도록 제안하였다. 또한 지반의 축방향 변형률 산정에 필요한 지반의 불균질성 계수를 도입하였다. 지반 액상화 우려가 있는 지반에 대한 측방 변위 및 재압밀 침하량 계산 방법도 함께 제안하였다. 국내 지반 환경을 고려한 민감도 해석 결과, 일정 품질이 확보된 기계식 이음 PE관은 지반 액상화를 고려하지 않을 때, 양호한 구조적 지진 안전성을 보였다. 본 절차는 주로 소규모 관경의 배관 접합에 사용하는 기계식 접합 매설 PE관의 내진설계 및 내진성능평가에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.