• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.451-458
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• 2008

After more than 10 years construction, KSTAR (Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research) had finally completed its assembly in June 2007, and then achieved the goal of first-plasma in July 2008 through the four month's commissioning. KSTAR was constructed with fully superconducting magnets with material of $Nb_3Sn$ and NbTi, and their operation temperatures are maintained below 4.5K by the help of Helium Refrigerator System. During the first-plasma operation, plasmas of maximum current of 133kA and maximum pulse width of 865ms were obtained. The KSTAR Integrated Control System (KICS) has successfully fulfilled its missions of surveillance, device operation, machine protection interlock, and data acquisition and management. These and more were all KSTAR commissioning requirements. For reliable and safe operation of KSTAR, 17 local control systems were developed. Those systems must be integrated into the logically single control system, and operate regardless of their platforms and location installed. In order to meet these requirements, KICS was developed as a network-based distributed system and adopted a new framework, named as EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System). Also, KICS has some features in KSTAR operation. It performs not only 24 hour continuous plant operation, but the shot-based real-time feedback control by exchanging the initiatives of operation between a central controller and a plasma control system in accordance with the operation sequence. For the diagnosis and analysis of plasma, 11 types of diagnostic system were implemented in KSTAR, and the acquired data from them were archived using MDSpius (Model Driven System), which is widely used in data management of fusion control systems. This paper will cover the design and implementation of the KSTAR integrated control system and the data management and visualization systems. Commissioning results will be introduced in brief.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.174-179
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• 2004

We developed various plasmid cloning vectors that are useful in the construction of genomic and shotgun libraries. Two medium copy vectors, pCUGlblu21 (pCb21) and pAGlblu21 (pAb21), which are resistant to kanamycin ($Km^R$) and chloramphenicol ($Cam^R$), respectively, are useful for cloning DNA inserts ranging from 5kb to 15kb. Two high copy vectors, pCUGlblu31 (pCb31) and pAGlblu31 (pAb31), containing $Km^R$ and $Cam^R$, respectively, are useful for DNA inserts less than 5kb. These vectors are well adapted for large-scale genome sequencing projects by providing choice of copy number and selectable marker. The small vector size is another advantage of these vectors. All vectors contain lacZa including multicloning sites that originated from pBluscriptllsk- for easy cloning and sequencing. Two medium copy vectors contain unique and rare cutting Swal (ATTTAAAT) restriction enzyme sites for easy determination of insert size. We developed two combined vectors, pC21A31 and pC31A21, which are combinations of (pCb21 + pAb31) and (pCb31 + pAb21), respectively. These two vectors provide four choices of vectors such as $Km^R$ and medium, $Cam^R$ and high, $Cam^R$ and medium, and $Km^R$ and high copy vectors by restriction enzyme cutting, dephosphorylation, and gel purification. These vectors were successfully applied to high throughput shotgun sequencing of rice, tomato, and brassica BAC clones. With an example of extremely biased hydro sheared 3 kb shotgun library of a tomato BAC clone, which is originated from cytogenetically defined peri-centromeric region, we suggest the utility of an additional 10 kb library for sequence assembly of the difficult-to-assemble BAC clone.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.536-557
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• 2020

Sugarcane yellow leaf virus (SCYLV) is a distinct member of the Polerovirus genus of the Luteoviridae family. SCYLV is the major limitation to sugarcane production worldwide and presently occurring in most of the sugarcane growing countries. SCYLV having high genetic diversity within the species and presently ten genotypes are known to occur based on the complete genome sequence information. SCYLV is present in almost all the states of India where sugarcane is grown. Virion comprises of 180 coat protein units and are 24-29 nm in diameter. The genome of SCYLV is a monopartite and comprised of single-stranded (ss) positive-sense (+) linear RNA of about 6 kb in size. Virus genome consists of six open reading frames (ORFs) that are expressed by sub-genomic RNAs. The SCYLV is phloem-limited and transmitted by sugarcane aphid Melanaphis sacchari in a circulative and non-propagative manner. The other aphid species namely, Ceratovacuna lanigera, Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominalis, and R. maidis also been reported to transmit the virus. The virus is not transmitted mechanically, therefore, its transmission by M. sacchari has been studied in different countries. SCYLV has a limited natural host range and mainly infect sugarcane (Sachharum hybrid), grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), and Columbus grass (Sorghum almum). Recent insights in the protein-protein interactions of Polerovirus through protein interaction reporter (PIR) technology enable us to understand viral encoded proteins during virus replication, assembly, plant defence mechanism, short and long-distance travel of the virus. This review presents the recent understandings on virus biology, diagnosis, genetic diversity, virus-vector and host-virus interactions and conventional and next generation management approaches.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.91-91
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• 2013

Imagine a world where we could biomanufacture hybrid nanomaterials having atomic-scale resolution over functionality and architecture. Toward this vision, a fundamental challenge in materials science is how to design and synthesize protein-like material that can be fully self-assembled and exhibit information-specific process. In an ongoing effort to extend the fundamental understanding of protein structure to non-natural systems, we have designed a class of short peptides to fold like proteins and assemble into defined nanostructures. In this talk, I will talk about new strategies to drive the self-assembled structures designing sequence of peptide. I will also discuss about the specific interaction between proteins and inorganics that can be used for the development of new hybrid solar energy devices. Splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen is one of the promising pathways for solar to energy convertsion and storage system. The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) has been regarded as a major bottleneck in the overall water splitting process due to the slow transfer rate of four electrons and the high activation energy barrier for O-O bond formation. In nature, there is a water oxidation complex (WOC) in photosystem II (PSII) comprised of the earthabundant elements Mn and Ca. The WOC in photosystem II, in the form of a cubical CaMn4O5 cluster, efficiently catalyzes water oxidation under neutral conditions with extremely low overpotential (~160 mV) and a high TOF number. The cluster is stabilized by a surrounding redox-active peptide ligand, and undergo successive changes in oxidation state by PCET (proton-coupled electron transfer) reaction with the peptide ligand. It is fundamental challenge to achieve a level of structural complexity and functionality that rivals that seen in the cubane Mn4CaO5 cluster and surrounding peptide in nature. In this presentation, I will present a new strategy to mimic the natural photosystem. The approach is based on the atomically defined assembly based on the short redox-active peptide sequences. Additionally, I will show a newly identified manganese based compound that is very close to manganese clusters in photosystem II.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.379-383
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• 2012

$TiO_2$ thin films consisting of positively charged poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride)(PDDA) and negatively charged titanium(IV) bis(ammonium lactato) dihydroxide(TALH) were successfully fabricated on glass beads by a layer-by-layer(LBL) self-assembly method. The glass beads used here showed a positive charge in an acid range and negative charge in an alkaline range. The glass beads coated with the coating sequence of(PDDA/TALH)n showed a change in the surface morphology as a function of the number of bilayers. When the number of bilayers(n) of the(PDDA/TALH) thin film was 20, Ti element was observed on the surface of the coated glass beads. The thin films coated onto the glass beads had a main peak of the (101) crystal face and were highly crystallized with XRD diffraction peaks of anatase-type $TiO_2$ according to an XRD analysis. In addition, the $TiO_2$ thin films showed photocatalytic properties such that they could decompose a methyl orange solution under illumination with UV light. As the number of bilayers of the(PDDA/TALH) thin film increased, the photocatalytic property of the $TiO_2$-coated glass beads increased with the increase in the thin film thickness. The surface morphologies and optical properties of glass beads coated with $TiO_2$ thin films with different coating numbers were measured by field emission scanning electron microscopy(FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction(XRD) and by UV-Vis spectrophotometry(UV-vis).

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.287-296
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• 2014

조류의 난포 성장은 호르몬의 작용에 따라 크기가 달라져 각각의 단계를 이루며 성장하게 된다. 난의 성숙에 관련된 유전자는 난 단백질 생산과 산란률에 밀접한 관련이 있으며, 이를 유전자 발현 측면에서 심도 있는 고찰이 필요가 있다. 본 연구는 NGS를 이용한 RNA-seq 데이터를 이용하여 유전자의 발현량과 유전자 상호 구조에 대한 분석을 실시하여 난의 발달 과정에 필요한 유전자군을 조사하였다. 본 실험에 사용된 개체는 한국 재래계 흑색계통이 사용되었고, 비교조직은 미성숙란과 성숙란의 RNA를 추출하여 유전자의 발현 양상을 살펴봄으로 난의 성숙에 필요한 유전자의 발현 양상을 보고자 하였다. 실험을 위해 Total RNA를 추출하였고, HiSeq 2000 platform을 사용하여 염기서열을 분석하고, Tuxedo Protocol과 DAVID 프로그램을 통해 유전자의 기능과 상호간의 연관관계를 예측하였다. 탐색된 유전자군은 미성숙란과 성숙란 간에 많은 차이를 보이고 있는 유전자군을 탐색한 결과, 315개의 발현이 다르게 나타나는 것으로 보이고 있으며, GO 분석을 통하여 기능면에서 미성숙란과 성숙란에서 확연히 구분되는 유전자 발현 양상을 확인할 수 있었다. 이들 결과를 통하여 향후 난성숙 과정을 이해하고, 계란 품질 향상을 위한 마커 개발을 기여할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.233-239
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• 2010

Bacillus subtilis에 존재하는 DEAD-box RNA helicase에 대한 유전자 상동성 검색을 통해 yqfR, yfmL, ydbR, deaD 의 4종류의 유전자를 확인하였고 이들 유전자 각각의 결손 돌연변이체를 제조하였다. 이들 돌연변이체들의 특성을 알아보기 위하여 LB 배양액을 사용하여 여러 온도에서의 생장 속도를 조사하였다. LB 배양액에서 $37^{\circ}C$의 생장 결과 ydbR 결손 균주가 다소 생장이 느려지나($T_d$=53 min) 다른(yqfR, yfmL, deaD) 결손 돌연변이체들은($T_d$=30-40 min) 결손이 없는 야생형 균주 CU1065와($T_d$=32 min) 유사하였다. 반면에 $22^{\circ}C$에서의 생장은 CU1065 ($T_d$=102 min)에 비해 yqfR ($T_d$=151 min), yfmL ($T_d$=214 min), ydbR ($T_d$=343 min) 결손 균주 순으로 생장속도가 느린 저온 민감성을 보인다. deaD의 $22^{\circ}C$에서의 생장 속도는 ($T_d$=109 min) CU1065와 ($T_d$=102 min) 매우 유사하여 저온 민감성을 보이지 않았다. 그리고 이들 유전자들의 이중, 삼중, 사중의 결손 균주들을 제조하였고, 여러 온도에서 ($42^{\circ}C$, $37^{\circ}C$, $22^{\circ}C$) LB 배양액을 사용하여 생장 속도를 측정 하였다. 다중 결손은 단일 결손보다 더 심한 저온 민감성을 보이며, 이중 결손의 경우, ydbR과 yfmL의 결손이 다른 조합의 결손보다 보다 큰 저온 민감성을 나타내었다 ($T_d$=984 min). 이러한 저온 민감성은 E. coli의 csdA 혹은 srmB 결손의 결과와 유사하며 리보솜 조립과 관련이 있는 생리적 기능으로 보인다.

• 기록학연구
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• 제23호
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• pp.141-178
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• 2010

노동정책 수립과 생산현장에서 노동법령을 관철하는 행정기관으로서 노동청은 주로 기술 실무적인 기능을 수행하였다. 노동청 잔존 기록 또한 노동정책 결정과정을 알 수 있는 기록은 남아 있지 않으며, 불균형적으로 존재하는 행정기록의 형태를 잘 보여주고 있다. 노동청 잔존 기록은 이관 당시의 무질서한 편철 상태가 유지되어 있어 기록철명으로는 기록의 내용을 제대로 파악하는 것이 쉽지 않다. 비록 기록철을 찾았다고 해도 일일이 기록건과 내용을 파악해야 하는 수고를 이용자가 부담해야 한다. 노동청 잔존 기록을 재조직하기 위해 노동청의 기능을 4단계로 분해하여 잔존 기록을 연계하였다. 또한 '기록물 개요 목록'을 작성하여 이용자가 더 많은 기록 정보를 이용하여 기록에 접근할 수 있도록 구상하였다. 아울러 선후행 관계를 알 수 없는 잔존 기록에 대한 '논리적 재편철'을 제안하였다. 이와 같은 잔존 기록 재조직 방식은 향후 기록의 기술과 검색도구 제공 방향을 설정하는 것은 물론 노동기록의 수집 평가 정책에도 도움이 될 수 있을 것이다. 노동사 맵(map)을 작성하는 것은 노동기록 수집 전략의 출발점이다. 이를 통해 이용자는 잔존 기록에 대한 접근을 구조적으로 할 수 있다. 노동사 맵 작성을 위해서는 먼저 잔존 노동기록의 광범위한 조사 분석이 필요하다. 경제사회분야 행정기관은 물론이고, 수사기관, 국회 등의 잔존 기록을 조사 분석해야 한다. 이와 함께 노동사 주요 사건과 활동을 주제별, 시기별로 표상화하고 정리하는 작업이 요구된다. 이를 바탕으로 잔존 기록과 연계하는 것이 가능하다면, 노동기록 수집과 구술사 프로젝트의 수행 등에 상당한 도움이 될 수 있을 것이다.