• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권10호
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• pp.1616-1627
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• 2022

Objective: This work was conducted to investigate the effects of oxidative stress on meat quality, mitochondrial function, calcium metabolism and ferroptosis of broilers. Methods: In this study, a total of 144 one-day-old male Ross 308 chicks were divided into 3 groups (control group, saline group, and hydrogen peroxide [H₂O₂] group) with 6 replicates of 8 broilers each. The study lasted for 42 d. The broilers in the saline and H₂O₂ groups were intraperitoneally injected with 0.75% saline and 10.0% H₂O₂ on the 16th and 37th day of the experimental period respectively, the injection volumes were 1.0 mL/kg of broiler body weight. On the 42nd day of the experimental period, two chicks were randomly selected from each cage, a total of thirty-six chicks were stunned by electric shock and slaughtered to collect breast muscle samples. Results: The H₂O₂ exposure reduced pH value, increased drip loss and shear force of breast meat (p<0.05), impaired the ultrastructure and function of mitochondria. The H₂O₂ exposure damaged the antioxidant system in mitochondria, excessive reactive oxygen species carbonylation modified calcium channels on mitochondria, which impaired the activities of key enzymes on calcium channel, resulted in the increased calcium concentration in cytoplasm and mitochondria (p<0.05). In addition, the H₂O₂ exposure increased the iron content and lipid peroxidation (p<0.05), which induced ferroptosis. Conclusion: Oxidative stress could impair meat quality by causing mitochondrial dysfunction, resulting in calcium metabolism disorder and ferroptosis.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.865-873
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• 2019

Objective: The study was designed to investigate the effects of restraint method, restraint duration, and body weight on stress-linked hormones (corticosterone, adrenaline, and noradrenaline), blood biochemical (namely glucose and lactate), and the meat quality in broiler chickens. Methods: A total of 120 male broiler chickens (Cobb 500) were assigned to a $2{\times}3{\times}2$ factorial arrangement in a completely randomized design using two restraint methods (shackle and cone), three durations of restraint (10, 30, and 60 s), and two categories of live body weight ($1.8{\pm}0.1kg$ as lightweight and $2.8{\pm}0.1kg$ as heavyweight). Results: Irrespective of the duration of restraint and body weight, the coned chickens were found to have lower plasma corticosterone (p<0.01), lactate (p<0.001), lower meat drip loss (p<0.01), cooking loss (p<0.05), and higher blood loss (p<0.05) compared with their shackled counterparts. The duration of restraint had significant effects on the meat initial pH (p<0.05), ultimate pH (p<0.05), and yellowness (p<0.01). The lightweight broilers exhibited higher (p<0.001) blood loss and lower (p<0.05) cooking loss compared to the heavyweight broilers, regardless of the restraint method used and the duration of restraint. However, the interaction between the restraint method, duration of restraint, and body weight contributed to differences in pre-slaughter stress and meat quality. Therefore, the interaction between the restraint method and the duration of restraint affected the meat shear force, lightness ($L^*$) and redness ($a^*$). Conclusion: The duration of restraint and body weight undoubtedly affect stress responses and meat quality of broiler chickens. Regardless of the duration of restraint and body weight, the cone restraint resulted in notably lower stress, lower meat water loss, and higher blood loss compared to shackling. Overall, the findings of this study showed that restraint method, duration of restraint, and body weight may affect the stress response and meat quality parameters in broilers and should be considered independently or interactively in future studies.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.173-185
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• 2020

Calcareous soil is originated from marine biogenic sediments and weathering of carbonate rocks. The formation history for calcareous sediment includes complex physical, biological and chemical processes. It is preferably selected as the major fill materials for hydraulic reclamation and artificial island construction. Calcareous sands possess inter pores and complex shape are liable to be damaged at normal working stress level due to its fragile nature. Thus, the engineering properties of calcareous soil are greatly affected by its high compressibility and crushability. A series of triaxial shear tests were performed on calcareous sands derived from South China Sea under different test conditions. The effects of confining pressure, particle size, grading, compactness, drainage condition, and water content on the total amount of particle breakage for calcareous soil were symmetrically investigated. The test results showed that the crushing extent of calcareous sand with full gradation was smaller than that a single particle group under the same test condition. Large grains are cushioned by surrounding small particles and such micro-structure reduces the probability of breakage for well-graded sands. The increasing tendency of particle crushing for calcareous sand with a rise in confining pressure and compactness is confirmed. It is also evident that a rise in water content enhances the amount of particle breakage for calcareous sand. However, varying tendency of particle breakage with grain size is still controversial and requires further examination.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2006

This study was carried out to evaluate the mechano-sorptive deflection of shear creep of drift pin jointed solid wood. Specimens were the solid wood of Pinus densiflora. The joint was composed with steel plate and drift pin, 85mm in length and 10mm in diameter. The creep tests were conducted under the constant loads in an variable environment. Five different shearing loads were applied parallel to the grain of specimens. The shearing loads applied were 170, 340, 510, 680 and 850 kgf. The stress levels were 10, 20, and 30, 40 and 50% of the bearing strength obtained from the tension-type lateral strength test. The creep tests for specimens were carried out for 10300 hours. A few general conclusions could be drawn from this study: The mechano-sorptive deflection (${\delta}$ ms) is defined as ${\delta}\;ms={\delta}\;t-({\delta}\;c+{\delta}\;sh)-{\delta}\;o$, where ${\delta}$ t is the total deflection, ${\delta}$ c is the pure creep, ${\delta}$ sh is shrinkage-swelling behavior, and ${\delta}$ o is the initial deflection. Changes of relative humidity may cause more severe creep deflection than those of constant humidity, especially during the drying process. The mechano-sorptive behaviors of specimens, except the effects of shrinkage and swelling, gradually increased with increasing time. The deflection is increased in desorption process and recovered in adsorption process. The deflections of drift pin jointed solid wood under different loads showed almost same tendency in all specimens. Although the creep deflection tendencies of each series are very similar, the specimens subjected to a large shearing load exhibit large creep deflections in the desorption process than do those to the small shearing load specimens.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2011

Objective: To evaluate the shear bond strength (SBS), fracture mode, wire pull out (WPO) resistance and microleakage between low-shrinking and conventional composites used as a lingual retainer adhesive. Methods: A total of 120 human mandibular incisor teeth, extracted for periodontal reasons, were collected. Sixty of them were separated into two groups. To determine the SBS, either Transbond-LR (3M-Unitek) or Silorane (3M-Espe) was applied to the lingual surface of the teeth by packing the material into standard cylindrical plastic matrices (Ultradent) to simulate the lingual retainer bonding area. To test WPO resistance, 20 samples were prepared for each composite where the wire was embedded in the composite materialand cured. Then tensile stress was applied until failure of the composite occurred. The remaining 60 teeth were divided into two groups and multi-stranded 0.0215-inch diameter wire was bonded with the same composites. Microleakage was evaluated by the dye penetration method. Statistical analyses were performed by Wilcoxon, Pearson chi-square, and Mann-Whitney-U tests at p < 0.05 level. Results: The SBS and WPO results were not statistically significant between the two groups. Significant differences were found between the groups in terms of fracture mode (p < 0.001). Greater percentages of the fractures showed mix type failure (85%) for Silorane and adhesive (60%) for Transbond-LR. Microleakage values were lower in low-shrinking composite than the control and this difference was found to be statistically significant (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Low-shrinking composite produced sufficient SBS, WPO and microleakage values on the etched enamel surfaces, when used as a lingual retainer composite.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2018

The aim of this study was to measure whole blood viscosity (WBV) and then to establish its reference values and identify correlation between WBV and hematology or serum chemistry in beagle. The experiment was made up of 82 healthy beagle dogs. Jugular vein blood samples (10 ml) were collected. WBV (cP) measured within 4 hours after collection by U-shaped scanning capillary-tube viscometer ($BVD-PRO1^{(R)}$) which is capable of measuring yield stress and viscosity of whole blood continuously over a wide range of shear rates from $1s^{-1}$ to $1000s^{-1}$ is new type of capillary tube viscometer and calculates viscosity using Casson fluid model. Measured values of WBV, Complete blood cell count, serum chemistry were analyzed by RM-ANOVA test. Mean diastolic and systolic WBV (cP) were $29.032{\pm}6.137$ and $4.528{\pm}0.865$. Bodyweight (BW), Red blood cell count (RBC), Hemoglobin (HGB), Hematocrit (HCT), Alkaline phosphatase (ALP), Cholestetol (CHOL), Total protein (TP), Globulin, Chloride (Cl), Fibrinogen, were statistically correlated with WBV over whole range of shear rates (p < 0.05). This study newly evaluated reference values of WBV by U-shaped viscometer in beagle. Correlation between WBV and BW, RBC, HGB, HCT, ALP, CHOL, TP, Globulin, Cl, Fibrinogen was presented.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제29권6C호
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• pp.287-294
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• 2009

석션드레인공법은 지반 내 배수재를 타설하고 진공압을 배수재에 직접 가해 전응력이 일정한 상태에서 간극수를 배출하여 유효응력을 증가시키고 이로 인해 전응력의 변화 없이 강도를 증진하고 압밀 촉진을 유도하는 새로운 연약지반 개량 공법이다. 본 논문에서는 서해안 해성 점성토 지반에 적용된 석션드레인공법의 시공 사례를 제시하였다. 석션드레인공법이 적용된 지반의 개량효과를 확인하기 위해 현장 계측과 실내시험 결과를 분석하였으며, 수치해석을 통해 설계치와 실측치를 비교하였다. 석션드레인공법과 기존 성토재하공법의 침하량 비교결과 기존 성토재하공법을 대체할 수 있는 침하거동이 발생함을 확인 하였다. 현장 계측 및 실내시험을 통해 지반개량 효과를 분석한 결과 석션드레인공법 적용 지반의 침하량이 2.3배 더 크게 발생함을 확인하였으며, 개량 후 비배수 전단강도는 약 300~400% 증가하였다. 또한 함수비는 약 30% 감소하였으며, 선행압밀하중은 약 $0.52kgf/cm^2$ 정도가 증가하였다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제29권4C호
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• pp.153-162
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• 2009

본 논문은 지반굴착으로 인해 발생된 인접지반에서의 진행성 지반변위가 구조물에 미치는 영향을 구조물 및 지반의 특성을 달리하면서 지반-구조물 상호작용이 고려된 상태에서 조사한 것이다. 지반굴착에 의해 발생된 진행성 지반변위에 노출된 4층 및 2층의 블록식구조물이 서로 다른 조건의 지반위에 위치할 때 발생되는 구조물 거동이 수치해석을 통해 조사된다. 수치해석을 위한 구조물은 소요전단 및 인장강도 이상의 응력이 발생할 때 구조물에 크랙이 발생될 수 있도록 모델링되었다. 굴착유발 진행성 지반변위에 노출된 4층 및 2층의 블록식구조물의 거동은 지반변위의 진행단계에 따라 조사되며, 이로부터 얻어진 거동특성은 구조물이 지반굴착의 최종단계에서 일어나는 지반변위에 일시에 노출될 때 발생하는 구조물의 거동특성과도 비교된다. 서로 다른 구조물 특성 및 지반조건을 가진 구조물이 진행성 지반변위 및 최종 지반변위에 노출될 때 발생하는 거동비교는 구조물에 발생한 크랙의 분포정도 및 변형크기를 고려하면서 조사되며, 이러한 비교로부터 얻어진 결과는 지반굴착으로 인해 유발되는 인접구조물의 손상을 제어하고 최소화하는데 필요한 정보를 제공한다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.659-674
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• 2024

Casting Ultra High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) on an orthotropic steel deck and forming a composite action by connectors could improve the steel deck fatigue performance. This study presents the mechanical performance of a proposed post-combination connection between UHPC and steel, which had a low constraint effect on UHPC shrinkage. A total of 10 push-out tests were conducted for static and fatigue performance investigations. And the test results were compared with evaluation methods in codes to verify the latter's applicability. Meanwhile, nonlinear simulation and parametric works with material damage plasticity models were also conducted for the static and fatigue failure mechanism understanding. The static and fatigue test results both showed that fractures at stud roots and surrounding local UHPC crushes were the main failure appearances. Compared with normally arranged studs, group arrangement could result in reductions of static stud shear stiffness, strength, and fatigue lives, which were about 18%, 12%, and 27%, respectively. Compared with the test results, stud shear capacity and fatigue lives evaluations based on the codes of AASHTO, Eurocode 4, JSCE and JTG D64 could be applicable in general while the safety redundancies tended to be smaller or even insufficient for group studs. The analysis results showed that arranging studs in groups caused obviously uneven strain distributions. The severer stress concentration and larger strain ranges caused the static and fatigue performance degradations of group studs. The research outcome provides a very important basis for establishing a design method of connections in the novel post-combination steel-UHPC composite deck.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 철근과 같은 기계적 맞물림 현상을 활용하기 위하여 이형리브가 형성되어 있는 GFRP 보강근을 제작하여 철근대체 재료로 사용하기 위해 FRP 보강근의 부착성능을 규명하고자 한다. 하지만 지금까지 많은 기존 연구자들이 부착성능에 대한 실험으로 단순 1방향(수직, 수평)인장실험으로 철근과 콘크리트 또는 FRP 보강근과 콘크리트사이의 부착특성을 고찰하여 두 재료 사이의 부착-슬립에 관한 제안식을 도출해왔다. 국내에서는 아직까지 GFRP 보강근의 부착에 대한 관심이 증대대고 있는 실정이지만 피로부착에 관한연구는 미흡한 편이이어서 GFRP 보강근의 피로 연구가 필요로 하다. 본 연구에서는 BRITISH STANDARD에서 규정하고 있는 방법에 의하여 휨 부착 시험체를 제작하여 정적 휨 부착실험 최대파괴하중의 70% ~ 90%의 하중으로 반복하중재하 후 정적실험을 통하여 GFRP로 보강된 콘크리트 피로부착 성능을 검증하였다.