• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.335-342
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• 2003

엄밀한 변형해석을 위해서는 전체변형률 범위에서 신뢰성 있는 변형특성 평가가 가능한 현장시험 기법이 개발되어야 한다. 공내재하시험은 현장지반의 변형률 크기에 따른 전단탄성계수를 직접 평가할 수 있는 유일한 시험기법이다. 본 연구에서는 $10^{-5}$% ∼20%의 전체변형률 범위에 대하여 적용 가능한 공동변형 측정방법을 고안하였다. 개발된 장비의 순응성 검증을 위하여 검증토조에 대한 시험과 현장시험을 수행하였다. 개발된 장비는 $5\times 10^{-2}$% 이상의 변형률 범위에서 신뢰성 있는 전단탄성계수 측정이 가능하였다. 미소한 공동변형을 측정하는데 발생하는 주요 오차의 원인은 공동변형 측정 시스템 자체보다는 측정봉과 멤브레인 사이에서 역재하-재재하 과정에 발생하는 마찰인 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.37-47
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• 1993

This study was conducted to develop the on-line monitoring system for plant growth responses. The system consisted of two parts. One system was the measuring system and the other was its controlling system. The established measuring systems were the ultrasonic wave sensor driver for height of plant, the potentiometer for diameter of plant stem, and the weighing system with strain gage application for plant weight. Also, computer program for measurement and controlling was developed, and the whole system was tested by the fabricated plant, and the actual plant growth responses were monitored by the system. When monitoring the actual plant growth responses, even the small amount of plant growth resposes could be measured by the system within tolerable error ranges.

• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.260-267
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• 2006

재조합 Agrobacterium tumefaciens균주를 사용한 Liquid Culture Assay는 quorum sensing autoinducer를 검색하는 생물학적 분석 방법으로 개발되었다. 그러나 이 시스템에 사용되는 해양천연물 시료들이 일반적으로 낮은 수용액에 대한 용해도를 갖기 때문에 활성검색에 걸림돌이 되고 있다. 시료의 용해도는 유기용매 혹은 계면활성제의 첨가로 증가될 수 있으나, 유기용매나 계면활성제 자체가 검색결과의 정확한 해석을 방해할 수 있으므로 적절한 조건의 확립이 매우 중요하다. Methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, DMSO와 DMF를 0~10% 농도 범위에서 재조합 A. tumefaciens균주에 대한 세포 성장에 미치는 영향과 ${\beta}$-galactosidase activity에 미치는 영향을 살펴본 결과 methanol 2%이하의 농도가 가장 적합하였으며, 계면활성제의 경우, Tween 20, Tween 80보다는 Triton X-100이 약 0.05% 농도에서 세포내로의 활성물질의 전달효율을 높이는데 효과적이었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권12호
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• pp.2901-2909
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• 2020

Thermal creep is a key property of zircaloy cladding. CZ developed by CGN is a new zircaloy used as PWR fuel cladding. This research is devoted to investigating the thermal creep behavior of CZ and build the thermal creep model of CZ. Twenty internal pressure creep tests were conducted, and the ranges of temperature and Tresca stress were 320-430 ℃ and 70-300 MPa, respectively. Real-time creep data were analyzed by separating primary creep and steady-state creep. Based on Soderberg model and creep test data, CZ thermal creep model is derived. As a whole, the mean value and the standard deviation of P/M of CZ saturated primary creep strain are very close to these from steady-state creep rate, however, the predictive effect of primary creep is less satisfactory. Four conditions, where there exists large deviation between predicted values and test data, are 320 ℃ and 300 MPa, 350 ℃ and 190 MPa, 380 ℃ and 160 MPa, 380 ℃ and 190 MPa, respectively. As primary creep was much smaller than steady-state creep in long-time operation, the thermal creep model built can be applied to predict the thermal creep behavior of CZ cladding.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.207-218
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• 1990

Grains display characteristics of both elastic bodies and viscous fluids when they are subjected to mechanical treatments in harvesting, handling, and processing. This viscoelastic behavior of grains when mechanically stressed must be fully understood to establish maximum machine efficiency and have a minimum degree of grain damage and the highest quality of the final product. The studies were conducted to examine the effect of the moisture content, the loading rate and the initial deformation on the stress relaxation behavior of whole kernel of rough rice, and develop the rheological model to represent its stress relaxation behavior. The following results were obtained from the study. 1. Moisture content had the greatest influence on the initial portion of the relaxation curve. With elapsing time the lower moisture content resulted in the lower residual stress for the Japonica-type rough rice and vice versa for the Indica-type rough rice. But within the ranges of moisture content tested, the degree of stress relaxation per unit strain on the Indica-type rough rice was a little higher than those on the Japonica-type rough rice. 2. The slower loading rate resulted in less initial stress. The decreasing trend of residual stress for all the samples tested with increasing loading rate was shown. 3. The higher initial deformation for all the samples resulted in less initial stress. The increasing of amount of stress relaxation per unit strain with increase of initial stress indicated that viscoelastic properties of rough rice depended not only upon duration of load applied but also initial stress applied. This means that rough rice is nonlinear viscoelastic material. 4. The compression stress relaxation properties of rough rice kernel can be described by a generalized Maxwell model representing by the Maxwell elements.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.327-337
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• 2021

Fibrinolytic enzymes with a direct mechanism of action and safer properties are currently requested for thrombolytic therapy. This paper reports on a new enzyme capable of degrading blood clots directly without impairing blood coagulation. This enzyme is also non-cytotoxic and constitutes an alternative to other thrombolytic enzymes known to cause undesired side effects. Twenty-four Bacillus isolates were screened for production of fibrinolytic enzymes using a fibrin agar plate. Based on produced activity, isolate S127e was selected and identified as B. subtilis using the 16S rDNA gene sequence. This strain is of biotechnological interest for producing high fibrinolytic yield and consequently has potential in the industrial field. The purified fibrinolytic enzyme has a molecular mass of 27.3 kDa, a predicted pI of 6.6, and a maximal affinity for Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe. This enzyme was almost completely inhibited by chymostatin with optimal activity at 48℃ and pH 7. Specific subtilisin features were found in the gene sequence, indicating that this enzyme belongs to the BPN group of the S8 subtilisin family and was assigned as AprE127. This subtilisin increased thromboplastin time by 3.7% (37.6 to 39 s) and prothrombin time by 3.2% (12.6 to 13 s), both within normal ranges. In a whole blood euglobulin assay, this enzyme did not impair coagulation but reduced lysis time significantly. Moreover, in an in vitro assay, AprE127 completely dissolved a thrombus of about 1 cc within 50 min and, in vivo, reduced a thrombus prompted in a rat tail by 11.4% in 24 h compared to non-treated animals.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.41-50
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• 2005

Leu. mesenteroides KCCM 35471을 변이처리하고 젖산과 초산이 2:1로 함유된 유기산 조정 배지에서 screening을 하여 유기산 내성 변이균주 M-200을 얻었다. 내산성 개량균주 M-200과 야생균주 LM-W는 $10^{\circ}C\~30^{\circ}C$ 온도범위와 pH $3.5\~4.5$의 영역에서 생육 특성에 대해 실험을 행하였다. 내산성 변이균주 M-200의 경우에는 HCI로 조절한 배지에서는 $10^{\circ}C$, pH 3.5영역에서도 증식하였다. 유기산으로 조절한 배지에서는 $10^{\circ}C$, pH 3.8의 영역까지 증식하였다. 내산성 변이균주 M-200과 야생균주 LM-W를 김치에 starter로 첨가하여 $10^{\circ}C$에서 발효시킨 결과를 살펴보면, 내산성 변이균주 M-200은 김치 발효가 끝나는 시점까지 산도 0.55 이하를 유지하였다. 이는 김치의 적숙 기간을 산도가 $0.4\~0.75\%$일 때로 본다면 내산성 변이균주 M-200을 첨가한 군은 발효기간 내내 적숙기를 유지한다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 이를 야생균주 LM-W를 첨가한 군과 비교해보면 가식기간이 약 3.5배 연장됨을 볼 수 있었다. 그러나 지나친 M-200의 생육으로 Lac. plantarum의 생육이 떨어지고 김치의 산도가 올라가지 못하고 신맛이 부족하여 김치의 관능이 떨어졌다. 유기산 분석에 있어서도 젖산의 생산이 대조군에 비해 발효 21일째부터는 약 절반 정도 밖에 생산하지 못하였다 따라서 starter 첨가량 조절과 다른 변이주 들과의 혼합첨가를 한다면 좋은 관능을 갖는 김치를 생산할 수 있을 것으로 생각되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권11호
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• pp.1519-1528
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• 2013

Bacillus pumilus SG2, a halotolerant strain, expresses two major chitinases designated ChiS and ChiL that were induced by chitin and secreted into the supernatant. The present work aimed to obtain a mutant with higher chitinolytic activity through mutagenesis of Bacillus pumilus SG2 using a combination of UV irradiation and nitrous acid treatment. Following mutagenesis and screening on chitin agar and subsequent formation of halos, the mutated strains were examined for degradation of chitin under different conditions. A mutant designated AV2-9 was selected owing to its higher chitinase activity. To search for possible mutations in the whole operon including ChiS and ChiL, the entire chitinase operon, including the intergenic region, promoter, and two areas corresponding to the ChiS and ChiL ORF, was suquenced. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the complete chitinase operon from the SG2 and AV2-9 strains showed the presence of a mutation in the catalytic domain (GH18) of chitinase (ChiL). The results demonstrated that a single base change had occurred in the ChiL sequence in AV2-9. The wild-type chitinase, ChiL, and the mutant (designated ChiLm) were cloned, expressed, and purified in E. coli. Both enzymes showed similar profiles of activity at different ranges of pH, NaCl concentration, and temperature, but the mutant enzyme showed approximately 30% higher catalytic activity under all the conditions tested. The results obtained in this study showed that the thermal stability of chitinase increased in the mutant strain. Bioinformatics analysis was performed to predict changes in the stability of proteins caused by mutation.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.162-174
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• 1981

Fiftysix male weanling rats of the Sprague-Dawley strain weighing $52.6{\pm} 0.9g$ were fed with 77% starch-15% casein diet by ad libitum for four days to get them adapted and divided into eight groups. For three weeks, the body weight gain of rats was controlled in three different ranges. After the period of food restriction, the rats were recovered by being fed by ad libitum for seventeen days. During the experimental period, the amount of food intake and body weight were measured. And the experimental groups were compared when they reached at the same age and at the same body weight. Anterior Tibialis, Extensor Digitorum Longus, Soleus, Plantaris, Gastrocnemius were used as analytic items of skeletal muscle. Wet weight of muscle, muscle protein, water content were measured from each of five skeletal muscles. Sodium, potassium, magnesium content were measured from Anterior Tibialis, Extensor Digitorum Longus, Soleus ana Plantaris. Phosphorus was measured only from Gastrocnemius. The whole carcass protein except the skeletal muscles was also measured. During the period of food restriction, food intake was $311.7{\pm}19.5g$ for the control group. $130.2{\pm}1.5g$ for the second group and $161.7{\pm}2.1g$ for the third group. During the period of food restriction, body weight gain was $106.8{\pm}12.7g$ for the control group, $3.6{\pm}2.1g$ for the second group and $18.9{\pm}3.3g$ for the third group. Comparing the body weight when they reached at the age 66 days, the control group showed higher value than the other groups. In the concentration of electrolytes of skeletal muscles sodium and magnesium tend to increase and potassium and phosphorus tend to decrease by food restriction. But after their recovery, there was no significant difference between the groups. By the degree of food restriction, there was time difference in reaching at the same body weight. But when they reached at the same body weight, there was no significant difference in the value of electrolytes concentration. Regarding all the results of this study, the ages of rats which reached the same body weight were different by food restriction level during weanling. Once food·restricted rats reached the same body weight by recovery, the concentration of electrolytes and protein tend to become almost the same.