• Journal of Technologic Dentistry
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.135-142
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• 2016

Purpose: The aim of this research was to evaluate the influence of different surface treatments on the shear bond strength of zirconia ceramic to composite resin. Methods: Seventy two cylinder-shape (diameter: 5 mm; height: 12 mm) blocks of experimental industrially manufactured Y-TZP ceramic were abraded with $125{\mu}m\;Al_2O_3$ particles and randomly divided into 4 groups. All the materials were categorized as group Gc(control group - composite resin veneering on zirconia surface), Gr - composite resin veneering after surface treatment of Rocatec system (3M ESPE, Seefeld, Germany) group; Gz - composite resin veneering after surface treatment of Zirconia primer (Z-primer, Bisco, U.S.A) group; Gm - composite resin veneering after surface treatment of zirconia primer (Monobond plus, ivoclar vivadent AG, Liechtenstein) group. Two different zirconia primers and Rocatec system were used to zirconia cylinders (n=16) onto the zirconia surface. Zirconia specimens, polished and roughened, were pretreated and composite bilayer cylinders bonded using conventional adhesive techniques. Results: Shear bond strengths were analyzed using single-factor ANOVA(p<0.05). Bond strength values achieved after airbone particle abrasion and zirconia surface pre-treatments(p<0.05). Conclusion: Shear bond strength tests denmonstrated that zirconia primer is a viable method to improved bond strength between zirconia ceramic core and veneering composites.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.1652-1660
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• 2004

Apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells(VSMCs) is essential in atherogenesis, being a factor that modulates its early progression rather than a terminal event in the course of the disease. Various stimuli, including oxide lipoproteins, altered hemodynamic stress and free radical, can induced VSMCs apoptosis in vitro. The protective effects of Sophorae Radix (SR) on apoptotic cell death induced by H₂O₂ were investigated in VSMCs. The viability of VSMCs was markedly decreased by H₂O₂. Sophorae Radix protected the H202-induced apoptotic death of VSMCs, which was characterized as nuclear fragmentation and increase of sub-G0/G1 fraction .. Sophorae Radix decreased the activation of caspase-3 like protease induced by H₂O₂ and recovered control level from H202-induced PARP, Bak, Bcl-XL and mitochondrial membrane potential. These results suggest that Sophorae Radix protected VSMCs apoptotic death induced by H₂O₂ via inactivation of caspase-3 and modulation of mitochondrial function. Also, the expression profile of proteins by using two-dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis was screened. Future investigations will need to explore the use of an anti atherosclerotic therapy of Sophorae Radix, which relies on inhibition of the proapoptotic activation of the vascular smooth muscle cells.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.25 no.12
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• pp.2090-2099
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• 2015

Recently, the cardiovascular disease has been widely problematic in humans probably due to fibrin formation via the unbalanced Western style diet. Although direct (human plasmin) and indirect methods (plasminogen activators) have been available, bacterial enzyme methods have been studied because of their cheap and mass production. To detect a novel bacterial fibrinolytic enzyme, 111 bacterial strains with fibrinolytic activity were selected from kimchi. Among them, 14 strains were selected because of their stronger activity than 0.02 U of plasmin. Their 16S rRNA sequence analysis revealed that they belong to Bacillus, Leuconostoc, Propionibacterium, Weissella, Staphylococcus, and Bifidobacterium. The strain B. subtilis ZA400, with the highest fibrinolytic activity, was selected and the gene encoding fibrinolytic enzyme (bsfA) was cloned and expressed in the E. coli overexpression system. The purified enzyme was analyzed with SDS-PAGE, western blot, and MALDI-TOF analyses, showing to be 28.4 kDa. Subsequently, the BsfA was characterized to be stable under various stress conditions such as temperature (4-40oC), metal ions (Mn²⁺, Ca²⁺, K²⁺, and Mg²⁺), and inhibitors (EDTA and SDS), suggesting that BsfA could be a good candidate for development of a novel fibrinolytic enzyme for thrombosis treatment and may even be useful as a new bacterial starter for manufacturing functional fermented foods.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.267.1-267.1
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 nematic 액정의 종류 중 하나인 5CB (4-Cyano-4'-pentylbiphenyl) 물질을 박막 트랜지스터 (TFT)의 passivation 층으로 사용했을 때 그 전기적 특성향상을 확인하였다. RF-magnetron sputtering법으로 증착된 비정질 InGaZnO 박막을 활성층으로 사용한 TFT를 제작하여 그 활성층 위에 drop형식으로 passivation 하였다. 그 결과, drain current (I_DS)가 약 10배 정도 증가하고, linear region(V_D=0.5V)에서 mobility와 subthreshold slope(SS)이 각각 6.7에서 12.2, 0.3에서 0.2로 향상되는 것이 보였다. 이것은 gate bias가 인가되었을 때 freedericksz 전이를 통한 액정의 배향과 이때 형성된 dipole 형성에 의한 것으로 보이며, 이러한 LC의 배향은 편광현미경을 통하여 표면과 수직으로 배향한다는 사실을 확인 할 수 있었고 이 LC-passivation된 a-IGZO TFT의 전기적 특성의 향상에 대한 mechanism을 제시하였다. 그리고 배향한 LC가 가지는 dipole에 의해 bias stress 상황에서 독특한 electron trapping과 recovery의 증폭효과가 나타났다. V_G=+20V의 positive gate bias stress를 1000s동안 가했을 때, passivation되지 않은 a-IGZO TFT의 경우 +4V의 threshold voltage shift(${\Delta}V$_TH)가 발생되었고, 바로 -20V의 negative gate bias를 30s간 가해주었을 때 -2.5V의 ${\Delta}V$_TH가 발생하였다. 반면 LC-passivation된 a-IGZO TFT의 경우 각각 +5V와 -4V의 ${\Delta}V$_TH로 더 큰 변화를 가져왔다. 이러한 LC에 의한 electron trapping/recovery 증폭효과에 대한 model을 제시하였다.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.67-75
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• 1995

The progress of periodontal disease and the wound healing process after treatment result in alveolar bone bone change. So, detection of it is very important in the diagnosis and the radiograph of periodontal disease. Various effects have been made to assess the subtle alveolar bone change and digital subtraction radiography (DSR) has been reported to be the best method in evaluating it qualitatively and quantitatively. The present study was performed to estimate the detectable alveolar bone change qualitatively with digital subtraction radiography. For the in vitro study, 10 intraoral standard radiographs were taken from porcine dry mandible which a rectangular cortical bone chip of 0.1mm to 1.0mm thickness with 0.1mm increment was attached on the buccal surface. The radiographs without and with bone plates were reviewed at the same time by 10 observers and requested to detect the presence of cortical bone plates. Digital Subtraction radiograph was reviewed subsequently by using the DSR system(digital converter-256 grey-levels,DT 2851,Data Translation Co., U.S.A;IBM 386 ; CCD camera, FOTOVIX, Tamrom Co., Japan). The detectable thickness of cortical bone plate was O.4mm on the intraoral radiograph and 0.2mm on the subtaction images. For the human study, radiographs were taken from patients by using intraoral film holding device and aluminum reference wedge before and 3 month after bone graft and 1 week after osteoplasty. The grey level change was estimated in the subtraction images and calculated to aluminum equivalent thickness. The grey level of the grafted site was higher that that of healthy controls. Average grey levels of change on healthy controls were O.48mm aluminum equivalent. However, the amount of changes in grafted sites were 1.87mm aluminum thickness equivalent and in the site of osteoplasty were -1.49mm aluminum thickness equivalent. In conclusion, digital subtraction radiography was more effective in detecting as subtle change of alveolar bone than intraoral standard radiography. With the aid of quantitative analysis of digital subtraction radiography, alveolar bone resorption of apposition can be estimated during diagnosis and treatment of periodontally diseased patients.

• Biomedical Science Letters
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.145-151
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• 2006

Leukotactin-l (Lkn-l )/CCL15 has been known as a potent chemoattractant of leukocytes. However, the precise function of Lkn-l in human neutrophils has not been explained well. In the present study, we investigated the contribution of Lkn-1 in chemotactic activity of human neutrophils. Both CCR1 and CCR3 mRNA expressions are strongly expressed in human neutrophils but CCR2 protein expression was uniquely detected on the cell surface. Lkn-l binding to CCR1 and CCR3 induced chemotactic activity of neutrophils. Chemotactic index of Lkn-l was comparable to that of IL-8. $MIP-1{\alpha}/CCL3$ binding to CCR1 and CCR5 has no effect on neutrophil migration. Cell migration, in response to Lkn-l, was blocked by pertussis toxin (Ptx), a $G_o/G_i$ protein inhibitor, and U73122, a phospholipase C(PLC) inhibitor but not by protein kinase C inhibitor such as rottlerin, and Ro-31-8425. Taken together, our results demonstrate that Lkn-l transduces the chemotaxis signal through $G_o/G_i$ protein and PLC. This finding provides the molecular mechanism by which Lkn-l may contribute to neutrophil movement into the site of inflammation.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.366-371
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• 1994

The kinetics of the hydrolysis of 5,6-dihydro-1,4-thiazine derivatives was investigated by ultraviolet spectrophotometry in $H_2O$ at 25$^{\circ}C$. A rate equation which can be applied over a wide pH range was obtained. The substituent effects on the hydrolysis of 5,6-dihydro-1,4-thiazine derivatives were studied and the rate of hydrolysis was shown to be accelerated by electron donating groups. Final product of the hydrolysis was 2-(N-acetylaminoethylthio)-acetoacetanilide enol from Judging from the results of the rate equation, general base effect, activation parameters and final products, the hydrolysis of 5,6-dihydro-1,4-thiazine derivatives seemed to be initiated by the neutral $H_2O$ molecule which does not dissociate at pH below 10.0, but proceeded by the hydroxide ion at pH above 11.0, and those two reactions occurred competively at pH 10.0∼11.0 range. On the basis of these findings a plausible mechanism for the hydrolysis of 5,6-dihydro-1,4-thiazine derivative was proposed.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.115-124
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• 2010

VDF(volume-delay function) is one of the most important factor to improve the reliability of traffic demand estimation because it is for estimation of link travel time based on the traffic volume variation. Because VDF of link except for freeway is applied as the parameter of BPR(bureau of public road) of U.S., it causes to deteriorate the accuracy of traffic demand estimation. The purpose of this paper is to establish new parameter of VDF based on the real-surveyed traffic data in order to improve the problem of the existing VDF. We suggest the reclassification of road hierarchy, the approach of traffic survey, the estimating method of VDF parameter, and the improvements of new VDF application. The new VDF allows us to estimate more realistic traffic situation in parts of demand, travel time and path between origin-destination.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.08a
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• pp.176-176
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• 2011

실리콘 질화막($Si_3N_4$)과 산화막($SiO_2$)은 반도체 소자를 구성하는 물질 중 가장 널리 사용되는 유전 또는 절연물질이다. 이러한 실리콘 산화막과 질화막은 적용할 소자에 따라 다양한 CVD나 ALD 공정을 기반으로 제조한다. 증착공정 개발에 있어 실리콘 증착소재가 성공여부를 결정하는 근간이 되며, 이는 실리콘 증착소재의 특성에 따라 증착된 산화막과 질화막의 물성이 크게 변하기 때문이다. 실리콘 증착소재 개발을 위해서 국내외 증착소재 합성업체가 노력을 기울이고 있지만 개발된 증착소재의 특성을 정확히 진단하기 위한 기술이 뒷받침되지 않아 개발 효율이 높지 않은 것이 현실이다. 한국표준과학연구원 내 진공기술센터에서는 이러한 실리콘 증착소재의 특성, 특히 반응성을 평가하기 위한 기술 및 시스템을 개발하고 이를 활용하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 적외선 분광법을 이용하여 개발된 증착소재의 기상 열적안전성 및 반응기체에 따른 반응성을 실시간으로 진단하였다. 반응기체로는 산화막을 증착하기 위해 가장 많이 사용되는 $H_2O$와 질화막을 증착하기 위해 가장 많이 사용되는 $NH_3$를 사용하였다. 각 반응기체의 유량별, 가스셀 온도, 압력 등의 반응조건의 변화에 따른 실리콘 증착소재의 반응성 및 안정성을 평가하고 기존에 양산용으로 소자제조에 사용되고 있는 증착소재와 비교평가를 수행하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.329-329
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• 2010

반도체 및 디스플레이의 진공부품은 알루미늄 모제에 전해연마법(electrolytic polishing), 양극산화피막법(Anodizing), 플라즈마 용사법(Plasma spray) 등을 사용하여 $Al_2O_3$ 피막을 성장시켜 사용되고 있다. 반도체 제조공정 중 30~40% 이상의 비중을 차지하는 식각(etching) 및 증착(deposition) 공정은 대부분 플라즈마를 사용하고 있다. 플라즈마에 의해 화학적, 물리적 침식이 발생하여 코팅막에 손상을 일으켜 코팅막이 깨지거나 박리되면서 다량의 Particle을 생성함으로써 생산수율에도 문제를 야기 시킨다고 알려져 있다. 하지만 이들 코팅막을 평가하는 방법은 거의 전무하여 산업계에서 많은 애로를 겪고 있다. 이러한 코팅부품의 내플라즈마 성능평가 방법과 기준이 없어 적절한 교체시기를 파악하기 위한 코팅부품의 손상정도를 정량화 및 평가 방법의 표준화를 구축하는 연구를 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 소재의 특성평가를 위해 공정에서 사용 중 손상되어 교체된 샘플의 모폴로지 관찰하고 내전압 측정으로 전기적 특성을 분석하여 손상 전, 후의 변화를 관찰하였다. 또한 플라즈마의 영향에 따른 코팅 막 형태 변화 및 전기적 특성의 변화를 알아보기 위하여 양극산화피막법(Anodizing)으로 $Al_2O_3$를 성장시킨 평가용 샘플을 제작한 후, Plasma chamber 장비를 이용하여 플라즈마 처리에 따른 코팅막의 내전압, 식각율, 표면 미세구조의 변화를 측정하였고 이를 종합적으로 고려하여 진공 장비용 코팅부품의 공정영향에 의한 내플라즈마 특성평가방법 개발에 관하여 연구하였다. 이러한 실험을 통해 플라즈마 처리 후 코팅 막에 크랙이 발생되는 것을 확인할 수 있었고 코팅 막의 손상으로 전기적 특성이 감소를 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 ISPM 장비를 이용하여 진공 장비용 코팅부품이 플라즈마 공정에서 발생하는 오염 입자를 측정할 수 있는 방법을 연구하였다. 이러한 결과를 이용하여 진공공정에서 사용되는 코팅부품이 플라즈마에 의한 손상정도를 정량화 하고 평가방법을 개발하여 부품 양산업체의 진공장비용 코팅부품 개발 신뢰성 향상이 가능할 것으로 본다.