• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.467-476
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• 2016

In the present study, we examined the effect of pertussis toxin (PTX) administered centrally in a variety of stress-induced blood glucose level. Mice were exposed to stress after the pretreatment of PTX (0.05 or 0.1 mg) i.c.v. or i.t. once for 6 days. Blood glucose level was measured at 0, 30, 60 and 120 min after stress stimulation. The blood glucose level was increased in all stress groups. The blood glucose level reached at maximum level after 30 min of stress stimulation and returned to a normal level after 2 h of stress stimulation in restraint stress, physical, and emotional stress groups. The blood glucose level induced by cold-water swimming stress was gradually increased up to 1 h and returned to the normal level. The intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) or intrathecal (i.t.) pretreatment with PTX, a $G_i$ inhibitor, alone produced a hypoglycemia and almost abolished the elevation of the blood level induced by stress stimulation. The central pretreatment with PTX caused a reduction of plasma insulin level, whereas plasma corticosterone level was further up-regulated in all stress models. Our results suggest that the hyperglycemia produced by physical stress, emotional stress, restraint stress, and the cold-water swimming stress appear to be mediated by activation of centrally located PTX-sensitive G proteins. The reduction of blood glucose level by PTX appears to due to the reduction of plasma insulin level. The reduction of blood glucose level by PTX was accompanied by the reduction of plasma insulin level. Plasma corticosterone level up-regulation by PTX in stress models may be due to a blood glucose homeostatic mechanism.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2007

This study was aimed to establish analytical method of Bi to develop a guideline of the bioequivalence test of tripotassium dicitrato bismuthate (TDB). For this purpose, a simple, specific and sensitive inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP/MS) method were developed and validated in human plasma. Various concentrations of bismuth standard solution (0-25ng/mL) were prepared with distilled water and human blank plasma. To 10mL of the volumetric flasks, 2mL of blank plasma was added with 8ml of distilled water. Bi standard solution was added to prepare the calibration samples and injected into ICP-MS. The plasma samples obtained from volunteers given 3 tablets of bismuth (total 900mg as TDB) were analyzed as described above. As a result, the coefficients of variation were <20% in quantitation limit (0.2 ng/mL) and <15% at the rest of concentrations. The stability test by repeated freezing-thawing cycles showed that the samples were stable only for 24hr. The stability tested for samples with a short-term period of storage at room temperature and pre-treatment prior to the analysis showed very stable over 24hr. In 8 healthy Korean subjects received Denol tablets at the dose of 900mg bismuth, AUC, $C_{max},\;T_{max}$ and half-life $(t_{1/2})$ were determined to be $198.33{\pm}173.78 ng{\cdot}hr/mL,\;64.48{\pm}27.06 ng/mL,\;0.52{\pm}0.21 hr,\;and\;5.15{\pm}2.67 hr$, respectively, from the plasma bismuth concentration-time curves. In conclusion, the method was suitable for the determination of bismuth in human plasma samples and could be applied to bioequivalence test of bismuth tablet.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.45-50
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• 1973

The changes of plasma renin activity, aldosterone concentration, serum sodium-, and potassium levels were studied before and after the water loading followed by diuretics injection. The materials were: 13 non-, 11 normal-, and 11 toxemic pregnancy cases. The plasma renin activity and aldosterone concentration of the cord and postpartum blood were also measured. Following were the results: 1. The plasma renin activity was elevated significantly in normal pregnancy, and slightly in toxemic pregnancy. The serum sodium levels were decreased in pregnancy. 2. The plasma aldosterone concentration was slightly decreased in normal pregnancy, and slightly increased in toxemic pregnancy, however, statistically insignificant. 3. The plasma renin activity of the cord and postpartum blood were lower than those of pregnancy cases. 4. The changes of plasma renin activity after the diuretic administration showed an initial increase, which recovered within 2 hours. These changes were the least in normal pregnancy, and the most in toxemic pregnancy. 5. The changes of plasma aldosterone concentration after the diuretic administration were similar to those of plasma renin activity, although the variations were not so wide.

• Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.51-55
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• 2016

The surface treatment of a titanium implant is investigated with a non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma jet. The plasma jet is generated by the injection of He and $O_2$ gas mixture with a sinusoidal driving voltage of 3 kV or more and with a driving frequency of 20 kHz. The generated plasma plume has a length up to 35 mm from the jet outlet. The wettability of 4 different titanium surfaces with plasma treatments was measured by the contact angle analysis. The water contact angles were significantly reduced especially for $O_2/He$ mixture plasma, which was explained with the optical emission spectroscopy. Consequently, plasma treatment enhances wettability of the titanium surface significantly within the operation time of tens of seconds, which is practically helpful for tooth implantation.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.495-502
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• 2019

This study was conducted to investigated the possibility of inactivating wilt germs (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis lycopersici) using Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) plasma in a hydroponic system. Recirculating hydroponic cultivation system for inactivation was consisted of planting port, LED lamp, water tank, and circulating pump for hydroponic and DBD plasma reactor. Two experiments were conducted: batch and intermittent continuous process. The effect of plasma treatment on Total Residual Oxidants (TRO) concentration change, Fusarium inactivation and growth of lettuce were investigated. In the batch experiment, most of the Fusarium was inactivated at a TRO concentration of 0.15 mg/L or more at four-day intervals. There was no change in lettuce growth after two times of plasma treatment for one week. The intermittent continuous experiment consisted of 30-minute, 60-minute, and 90-minute plasma treatment in 2 day intervals and 30-minute treatment a one-day; most of the Fusarium was inactivated only by treatment for 30-minute every two days. However, if inactivation under $10^1CFU/mL$ is required, it will be necessary to treat for 60 minutes in 2 day intervals. The plasma treatment caused no damage to the lettuce, except the 30 min plasma treatment ay the one-day interval. It was considered that the residual TRO concentration was higher than that of the other treatments.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.197-203
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• 2019

본 연구는 왕고들빼기 어린잎의 염소수 및 플라즈마 처리가 저장 중 품질 및 미생물 제어에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 수행하였다. 초장이 10cm 수준에서 수확한 왕고들빼기 어린잎을 100ppm의 염소수와 플라즈마 가스로 1, 3, 6시간동안 살균 처리한 후 산소투과도가 $1,300cc{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}day^{-1}{\cdot}atm^{-1}$인 OTR(oxygen transmission rate) 필름을 사용하여 포장하였고, $8{\pm}1^{\circ}C$의 저장 온도와 상대 습도 $85{\pm}5%$의 조건에서 25일간 저장하였다. 저장 중 생체중 감소율은 모든 처리구가 1.0% 미만을 보였고, 저장 종료일 모든 처리구의 포장 내 산소 농도는 16-17%을 보였고, 포장 내 이산화탄소 농도는 6-8%의 수준을 보였다. 포장 내 에틸렌 농도는 저장 기간 중 $1-3{\mu}L{\cdot}L^{-1}$의 수준으로 증감을 반복하였는데, 저장 10일째부터 저장 종료일까지 플라즈마 6시간 처리구가 가장 높은 농도를 보였다. 모든 처리구의 이취는 거의 느껴지지 않는 수준이었고, 염소수 및 플라즈마 가스 1시간 처리가 저장 종료일까지 상품성을 유지하였다. 저장 종료일에 조사한 엽록소 함량과 Hue angle 값은 염소수와 플라즈마 1시간 처리가 저장 전과 유사한 수준으로 높은 수준을 유지하였다. 살균 처리 직후 모든 살균 처리구에서 대장균은 검출되지 않았고, 총 세균 및 총 곰팡이 수는 플라즈마 6시간 처리구를 제외한 모든 살균 처리구에서 국내 미생물 허용 기준을 충족하였다. 저장 종료일 조사한 총 미생물수는 저장 전에 비해 증가하였으나 대장균은 모든 살균 처리구에서 검출되지 않았다. 세균과 곰팡이에 대한 살균효과는 염소수 처리가 가장 우수하였고, 플라즈마 처리구는 살균효과는 나타났으나 처리 시간이 길어짐에 따라 그 효과는 미비하였다. 위의 결과를 종합해보면, 왕고들빼기 어린잎은 염소수 처리 및 단시간 플라즈마 처리 시 황화 및 부패 억제를 통한 상품성 유지 및 미생물 제어에 효과가 있는 것으로 판단된다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.297-304
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• 1987

A study was carried out to find out the relationship between arginine vasopressin (AVP) release and plasma osmolality in 15 young men (age: 21.4 yr). After an overnight fasting, wale. (20 ml/kg) was imbibed, and venous blood and urine samples were collected every 30 min for 90 min. then 5% saline was infused (0.06 ml/min/kg) for 120 min. AVP was extracted on Sep-Pak column and measured by radioimmunoassay. Under basal condition, plasma osmolality (pOsm), AVP (pAVP) and aldosterone (pAldo) levels were 286.5 mOsm/kg, 1.1 pg/ml, and 140 pg/ml, respectively. pAVP became undetectable during maximum water diuresis, and increased in response to hypertonic saline infusion. pAVP level began to increase when pOsm was above 280 mOsm/kg. Changes in urinary AVP excretion (uAVP) was parallel to pAVP levels. The fall in pAVP was followed by a decrease in uAVP, uOsm and an increase in free water clearance, while the later rise in pAVP was followed by an increase in uAVP, uOsm and a decrease in free water clearance. When pooling all data together, relationships between pAVP and pOsm, and uAVP and uOsm were best expressed by an exponential relationship (r=0.78, 0.86, respectively). pAldo level decreased to 71 pg/ml after water ingestion, and decreased further to 30 pg/ml 2 hr after 5% saline infusion. Even at the same pNa, pAldo level during dehydration state was significantly higher than during hydration state. Negative exponential relation (r=-0.59) was observed between pAldo and pNa. Response to change in body fluid volume was greater in aldosterone than in AVP release.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.138-145
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• 2003

난백, bpp, gelatin 및 gluten을 농도별로 첨가하였을 때 페루산과 포클랜드산 오징어 모두에서 각각 4%, 5%, 3% 및 4% 첨가구가 가장 높은 jelly강도를 나타내었고, 그 이상의 첨가에서는 큰 변화가 없었다. 이때의 물성 특성 값들을 보면 절곡시험 값은 모두 B를 나타내어 두겹으로 접어 1/2정도만 균열이 생겼으며, 페루산 오징어 연제품의 경우 수분함량은 72.06~73.78%, 보수력은 88.53~91.11%사이였고, 포클랜드산 오징어 연제품의 경우 수분함량은 71.91~72.89%, 보수력은 90.21~93.25%사이였다. 그리고 가장 높은 jelly강도 값을 나타낸 경우는 bpp를 5% 첨가하였을 때이며 이때 페루산과 포클랜드산 오징어 연제품에서 각각 872$\pm$29g.cm와 982$\pm$26g.cm를 나타내었다. Gluten 4% 첨가의 경우 jelly강도의 증가폭에 비하여 탄력성과 깨짐성의 힘이 크게 나타났으며 보수력도 크게 증가되는데 반해 경도의 변화는 크지 않았으며, 이때의 절곡시험 값은 B, 수분함량은 페루산이 73.74%, 포클랜드 산이 72.89%로 나타났다. 이상의 결과에서 오징어를 이용한 연제품제조시 적절한 단백질류 첨가는 제품의 품질 향상에 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.27-36
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• 1994

In order to produce a water repellent surface on polyester fabric, samples were treated in the atmosphere of $CF_4$ glow discharge plasma. The samples used in the study were ployester fabric and poyester film. The purpose of film treatment is for the comparison of hydrophobicity with fabric sample at same treatment condition. Radio frequency(13.56MHz) generator was used as electric source and its in put power is 100 Watt. Water repellency was evaluated by contact angle measurement. Result obtained are as follows. 1) Fiber interstice of original fabric was ana lysed as 0.43$\mu$m, and this value was sufficiently ideal for making water repellent fabric. 2) The most favorable setting position of substrate was the center area between two electrodes. 3) Fabric contact angle was higher than film contact angle at same treatment condition, and its difference was more than 50${\circ}$. And it was incapalbe of fabric contact angle measurement when the film contact angle was less than 90${\circ}$. because the fabric is susceptible to absorption of water by the capillary effect. 4) Fabric contact angle can not revealed the precise defferences of surface hydrophobicity, however, the film contact angle showed the real hydrophobic nature. 5) It was not sufficient method to evaluate the hydrophobicity of fabric surface by merely measure of the water contact angle. 6) It showed high water repellent nature at 0.06 torr of $CF_4$ plasma gas pressure and duration of 45 seconds treatment, and it can not be anticipated more improved nature if the pressure and duration of treatment time were increased.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2013년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.170-170
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• 2013

We present a novel etching technique for 2-dimentional (2-D) hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) by using capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) of oxygen combined with a post-treatment by de-ionized (DI) water. Oxygen CCP etching process for h-BN has been systematically studied. It is found that a passivation layer was generated to obstruct further etching while it can be easily and radically removed by DI water. An essential cleaning effect also has been observed in the etching process, organic residues are successfully removed and the surface roughness has much decreased. Considering h-BN is the most important 2-D dielectric material and its potential application for graphene to silicon-based electronic devices, such an etching method can be widely used to control the 2-D h-BN thickness and improve the surface quality.