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Role of oxygen in plasma induced chemical reactions in solution

  • Ki, Se Hoon;Uhm, Han Sup;Kim, Minsu;Baik, Ku Youn;Choi, Eun Ha
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2016.02a
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    • pp.208.2-208.2
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    • 2016
  • Many researchers have paid attention to the studies on the interaction between non-thermal plasma and aqueous solutions for biomedical applications. The gas composition in the plasma is very important. Oxygen and nitrogen are the main gases of interest in biological applications. Especially, we focus on the oxygen concentration. In this experiment, we studied the role of oxygen concentration in plasma induced chemical reactions in solution. At first, the amount of ions are measured according to changing the oxygen concentration. And we checked the relationship between these ions and pH value. Secondly, when the oxygen concentration is changed, it identified the type and amount of radical generated by the plasma. In order to confirm the effect of these chemical property change to biological material, hemoglobin and RBCs are chosen. RBCs are one of the common basic biological cells. Thirdly, when plasma treated according to oxygen concentration in nitrogen feeding gas, oxidation of hemoglobin and RBC is checked. Finally, membrane oxidation of RBC is measured to examine the relation between hemoglobin oxidation and membrane damage through relative hemolysis and Young's modulus. Our results suggest that reactive species generated by the plasma differsdepending on the oxygen concentration changes. The pH values are decreased when oxygen concentration increased. OH decrease and NO increase are also observed. These reactive species makes change of chemical properties of solution. We also able to confirm that the difference in these reactive species to affect the oxidation of the Hb and RBCs. The Hb and RBCs are more oxidized with the high oxygen concentration conditions. But membrane is damaged more by plasma treatment with only nitrogen gas. It is shown that red blood cells membrane damage and oxidation of hemoglobin are not directly related.

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Neural Network Models and Psychiatry (신경망 모델과 정신의학)

  • Koh, InSong
    • Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.194-197
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    • 1997
  • Neural network models, also known as connectionist models or PDP models, simulate some functions of the brain and may promise to give insight in understanding the cognitive brain functions. The models composed of neuron-like elements that are linked into circuits can learn and adapt to its environment in a trial and error fashion. In this article, the history and principles of the neural network modeling are briefly reviewed, and its applications to psychiatry are discussed.

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Biogeochemical Activities of Microorganisms in Mineral Transformations: Consequences for Metal and Nutrient Mobility

  • Gadd, Geoffrey-M.;Burford, Euan-P.;Fomina, Marina
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.323-331
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    • 2003
  • Bacteria and fungi are fundamental biotic components of natural biogeochemical cycles for metals and metalloids, and play important roles in dissolution, precipitation, oxidation and reduction processes. Some processes catalyzed by microorganisms also have important applications in environmental biotechnology in the areas of ore leaching and bioremediation.

Some Evidence of Squeeze Film Lubrication in Biological Joints (생체 관절에서 압착막 윤활의 구체적 가능성)

  • 유형선
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.13-18
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    • 1985
  • A solution scheme for the squeeze film problem using the Newton-Raphson method with a tangential matrix is presented. The integration of elasticity equation is done with the aid of isoparametric elements and the film thickness under a sinusoidal load is obtained. A new squeeze-suction phenomenon which shoㅁvs the possibility oi maintaining fluid film under cyclic positive load conditions is observed for small load and Period and large compliance parameter cases. Thia could be an interesting result in applications like the viscous hydroplaning and the biological joints.

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STATISTICAL PHYSICS APPROACH TO BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA

  • Sung, Wokyng
    • Proceedings of the Korean Biophysical Society Conference
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    • 1996.07a
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    • pp.7-7
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    • 1996
  • A new trend that emerges at the turn of the century is the physical approach to biological phenomena. It is expected that biology provides novel materials for condensed matter physics and, most importantly, a revolutionary paradigm for physics at large. On the other hand, physics, if properly extended, is expected to provide systematic and quantitative understanding of biological phenomena, and multitude of biotechnological applications. (omitted)

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Research Trend on Diabetes Mobile Applications: Text Network Analysis and Topic Modeling (당뇨병 모바일 앱 관련 연구동향: 텍스트 네트워크 분석 및 토픽 모델링)

  • Park, Seungmi;Kwak, Eunju;Kim, Youngji
    • Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.170-179
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify core keywords and topic groups in the 'Diabetes mellitus and mobile applications' field of research for better understanding research trends in the past 20 years. Methods: This study was a text-mining and topic modeling study including four steps such as 'collecting abstracts', 'extracting and cleaning semantic morphemes', 'building a co-occurrence matrix', and 'analyzing network features and clustering topic groups'. Results: A total of 789 papers published between 2002 and 2021 were found in databases (Springer). Among them, 435 words were extracted from 118 articles selected according to the conditions: 'analyzed by text network analysis and topic modeling'. The core keywords were 'self-management', 'intervention', 'health', 'support', 'technique' and 'system'. Through the topic modeling analysis, four themes were derived: 'intervention', 'blood glucose level control', 'self-management' and 'mobile health'. The main topic of this study was 'self-management'. Conclusion: While more recent work has investigated mobile applications, the highest feature was related to self-management in the diabetes care and prevention. Nursing interventions utilizing mobile application are expected to not only effective and powerful glycemic control and self-management tools, but can be also used for patient-driven lifestyle modification.

Three-dimensional porous graphene materials for environmental applications

  • Rethinasabapathy, Muruganantham;Kang, Sung-Min;Jang, Sung-Chan;Huh, Yun Suk
    • Carbon letters
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    • v.22
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2017
  • Porous materials play a vital role in science and technology. The ability to control their pore structures at the atomic, molecular, and nanometer scales enable interactions with atoms, ions and molecules to occur throughout the bulk of the material, for practical applications. Three-dimensional (3D) porous carbon-based materials (e.g., graphene aerogels/hydrogels, sponges and foams) made of graphene or graphene oxide-based networks have attracted considerable attention because they offer low density, high porosity, large surface area, excellent electrical conductivity and stable mechanical properties. Water pollution and associated environmental issues have become a hot topic in recent years. Rapid industrialization has led to a massive increase in the amount of wastewater that industries discharge into the environment. Water pollution is caused by oil spills, heavy metals, dyes, and organic compounds released by industry, as well as via unpredictable accidents. In addition, water pollution is also caused by radionuclides released by nuclear disasters or leakage. This review presents an overview of the state-of-the-art synthesis methodologies of 3D porous graphene materials and highlights their synthesis for environmental applications. The various synthetic methods used to prepare these 3D materials are discussed, particularly template-free self-assembly methods, and template-directed methods. Some key results are summarized, where 3D graphene materials have been used for the adsorption of dyes, heavy metals, and radioactive materials from polluted environments.

Study on production process of graphite for biological applications of 14C-accelerator mass spectrometry

  • Ha, Yeong Su;Kim, Kye-Ryung;Cho, Yong-Sub;Choe, Kyumin;Kang, Chaewon
    • Journal of Radiopharmaceuticals and Molecular Probes
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.20-26
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    • 2020
  • Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) is a powerful detection technique with the exquisite sensitivity and high precision compared with other traditional analytical techniques. Accelerator mass spectrometry can be widely applied in the technique of radiocarbon dating in the fields of archeology, geology and oceanography. The ability of accelerator mass spectrometry to measure rare 14C concentrations in microgram and even sub-microgram amounts suggests that extension of 14C-accelerator mass spectrometry to biomedical field is a natural and attractive application of the technology. Drug development processes are costly, risky, and time consuming. However, the use of 14C-accelerator mass spectrometry allows absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) studies easier to understand pharmacokinetics of drug candidates. Over the last few decades, accelerator mass spectrometry and its applications to preclinical/clinical trials have significantly increased. For accelerator mass spectrometry analysis of biological samples, graphitization processes of samples are important. In this paper, we present a detailed sample preparation procedure to apply to graphitization of biological samples for accelerator mass spectrometry.