• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.195-200
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• 2004

Trypsin can be immobilized on silk fibroin fiber (SFF) by introducing several spacer arms, such as ethylene diamine (ED), bovine serum albumin (BSA) and silk sericin (SS). Direct immobilization on silk fiber (SFFGA) has low activity because of the steric hindrance between the trypsin and substrate. The introduction of spacer arms onto SFF-GA can enhance the activity of trypsin by reducing the steric hindrance. When ED is used as a spacer arm, the activity of trypsin has increased but its stability decreased due to the increased hydrophobicity of SFF. BSA and SS, as a spacer arm, have better results in both activity and stability. SFF-BSA shows some decrease in the specific activity due to improper immobilizatin. SFF-SS maintained 90% of its initial activity even after 12 hrs incubation at $50^{\circ}C$. In the case of repeated hydrolysis of silk sericin with immobilized trypsin, SFF-GA and SFF-ED lost 50% of their initial activity right after first run, whereas SFF-BSA and SFF-SS maintained 80% of their initial activities even after 5 runs. Higher operational stability is due to increased hydrophilicity of SFF by introducing hydrophilic spacer arms such as BSA and SS. The high content of serine in SS increases the hydrophilicity of SFF resulting the best results among other spacer arms.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.355-359
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• 2006

The functional stability of mRNA is one of the crucial factors affecting the efficiency of in vitro translation. As the rapid degradation of mRNA in the cell extract (S30 extract) causes early termination of the translational reactions, extending the mRNA half-life will improve the productivity of the in vitro protein synthesis. Thus, a simple PCR-based method is introduced to increase the stability of mRNA in an S30 extract. The target genes are PCR-amplified with primers designed to make the ends of the transcribed mRNA molecule anneal to each other. When compared with normal mRNA, the mRNA with the annealing sequences resulted in an approximately 2-fold increase of protein synthesis in an in vitro translation reaction. In addition, sequential transcription and translation reactions in a single tube enabled direct protein expression from the PCR-amplified genes without any separate purification of the mRNA.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.161-168
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• 2004

5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is an antimetabolite anticancer agent active against many types of solid tumors. Tegafur (TF), a prodrug of 5-FU, is frequently used in combination with uracil as dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) inhibitory fluoropyrimidine. We studied the stability of 5-FU and TF in biological fluids of rats and determined their bioavailability (BA) and excretion into bile, and urine. The drug concentrations were analyzed by an HPLC method. At room temperature, there was a 14-30% decrease in the concentration of 5-FU and TF in bile, urine, and plasma specimen at 10 and $100\;{\mu}g/ml$ over 240 min. No significant difference was noted among the sample types or between two different concentrations of 10 and $100{\mu}g/ml$. The decrease in drug concentration was significantly less in samples kept on ice (6-12%) for both drugs. These data indicate that biological fluid samples containing 5-FU or TF in plasma, urine, or bile should be placed on ice during the sample collection. Following these storage guidelines, samples were collected after administration 50 mg/kg of each drug via i.v. or oral route. BA was 1.5 folds greater for TF (60%) than that of 5-FU (42%). Approximately 0.52 and 3.3% of the i.v. doses of 5-FU and TF was excreted into bile, respectively. Renal clearance of 5-FU was about 16% of its total body clearance. These results suggest that instability of 5-FU and TF in biological fluids should be considered in pharmacokinetic or pharmacogenomic studies.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.39-51
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• 2012

군집분석은 마이크로어레이 발현자료에서 유전자 혹은 표본들의 유사한 특성을 갖는 연관구조를 조사하는데 중요한 도구이다. 본 논문에서는 마이크로어레이 자료에서 계층적 군집방법, K-평균법, PAM (partitioning around medoids), SOM (self-organizing maps) 그리고 모형기반 군집방법 들의 성능을 3가지 군집 타당성 측도인 내적 측도, 안정적 측도 그리고 생물학적 측도를 가지고 비교분석하고자 한다. 모의실험을 통해 생성된 자료와 실제 SRBCT (small round blue cell tumor) 자료를 가지고 여러 가지 군집방법들의 성능을 비교하였으며 그 결과 모의실험 자료에서는 거의 모든 방법들이 3가지 군집측도에서 원래 자료와 일치하는 좋은 군집 결과를 나타내었고 SRBCT 자료에서는 모의실험 자료처럼 명확한 군집화 결과를 보여주지는 않으나 내적측도의 실루엣 너비 (Silhouette width) 관점에서는 PAM 방법, SOM, 모형기반 군집방법 그리고 생물학적 측도에서는 PAM 방법과 모형기반 군집방법이 모의실험 결과와 비슷한 결과를 얻었고 안정적 측도에서 모형기반 군집방법이 다른 방법들보다 좋은 군집결과를 보여주었다.

• 폴리머
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.426-432
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• 2015

Poly(ether sulfone) (PES)가 첨가된 비스페놀-A 에폭시 복합재가 그 기계적 특성 및 열 안정성을 증진하기 위하여 제조되었다. 인장강도, 굽힘강도 및 충격강도 등의 기계적 강도가 PES 함량에 따라 의미있게 변화하였다. 특히 그 파괴인성 값은 약 24%의 정도 크게 향상되었다. 적분 열분해 진행온도를 통하여 계산된 PES/에폭시 복합재의 열 안정성은 PES 미첨가 에폭시와 비교하여 12%의 향상을 보였다. 또한 DSC 분석 결과 PES 함량이 증가함에 따라 경화온도와 경화열이 점점 감소함을 확인하였다. 이러한 현상은 에폭시 수지와 선형 PES가 가교구조(semi-interpenetrating polymer networks; semi-IPNs)를 형성하고 잘 분산되었기 때문으로 판단된다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.387-392
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• 2011

생촉매인 효소의 기질선택성은 다양한 분야에서 유용하게 이용되고 있다. 그 중에서도 효소결합면역흡착검사(enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, ELISA)는 항원항체의 결합을 항체와 공유결합된 효소의 반응으로 나타냄으로써 다양한 항원들의 진단을 가능케 했다. 하지만 기존의 효소결합면역흡착검사는 하나의 항체당 하나의 효소가 결합된 형태이기 때문에 감도(sensitivity)의 증가 폭에 그 한계가 있으며, 이를 극복하기 위한 방안으로 하나의 항체당 결합된 효소의 수를 증가시킴으로써 혁신적인 감도의 향상을 가져오는 연구가 진행되었다. 최근 나노바이오촉매(nanobiocatalyst, NBC) 접근방식을 이용한 효소활성의 안정화는 효소결합면역흡착검사의 감도 향상뿐만 아니라 그 성능의 안정성을 확보할 수 있는 연구결과로 이어지고 있다. 본 총설에서는 일반적인 효소결합면역흡착검사의 기본적인 원리와 감도향상을 위한 연구, 그리고 성능안정성(performance stability)을 향상시키기 위한 나노바이오촉매-결합면역흡착검사(Nanobiocatalyst-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, NBC-LISA)에 대하여 살펴보고자 한다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.293-301
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• 2011

치과보철물의 소재는 생물 화학적, 물리적 안정성을 위하여 우수한 생체친화성이 요구된다. 그래서 본 연구에서는 새로운 기술인 레이저 선택용융 가공법으로 제작된 Co-Cr합금(SC시편), Ti합금(ST시편)을 일반적으로 사용되는 주조법으로 제작된 Co-Cr합금(CC시편), Ni-Cr합금(CN시편)과 비교분석하여 기계적 특성과 생물학적 안정성 평가를 실시하였다. 기계적 특성 평가를 위하여 인장시험을 통한 탄성계수를 측정하였다. 그리고 생물학적 안정성 평가를 위하여 유사체액(lactic acid-NaCl solution)을 이용한 용출물질 분석과 용출배지를 이용한 세포독성을 관찰하였다. 그 결과 레이저 선택용융 가공법으로 제작한 Co-Cr 합금이 주조법으로 제작한 Co-Cr합금보다 탄성계수가 높게 나타났다. 그리고 용출물질 분석과 세포독성 평가에서 레이저 선택용융 가공법으로 제작한 Co-Cr합금의 생물학적 안정성이 양호한 것으로 평가되었다. 결과에 의하여 레이저 선택용융 가공법으로 제작한 합금이 치과보철물 제작을 위한 합금으로 적용할 수 있는 것으로 판단된다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.169-184
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• 2011

We review the current understanding of modularity in biological motor control and its forms, and then relate this modularity to proposed modular control structures for biomimetic robots. We note the features that are different between the robotic and the biological 'designs' with features which have evolved by natural selection, and note those aspects of biology which may be counter-intuitive or unique to the biological controls as we currently understand them. Biological modularity can be divided into kinematic modularity comprised of strokes and cycles: primitives approximating a range of optimization criteria, and execution modularity comprised of kinetic motor primitives: muscle synergies recruited by premotor drives which are most often pulsatile, and which have the biomechanical effect of instantiating a visco-elastic force-field in the limb. The relations of these identified biological elements to kinematic and force-level motor primitives employed in robot control formulations are discussed.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.522-525
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• 2006

Biodiesel conversion from soybean oil reached a maximum of 70% at 18 h using immobilized 1,3-specific Rhizopus oryzae lipase alone. Biodiesel conversion failed to reach 20% after 30 h when immobilized nonspecific Candida rugosa lipase alone was used. To increase the biodiesel production yield, a mixture of immobilized 1,3-specific R. oryzae lipase and nonspecific C. rugosa lipase was used. Using this mixture a conversion of greater than 99% at 21 h was attained. When the stability of the immobilized lipases mixture was tested, biodiesel conversion was maintained at over 80% of its original conversion after 10 cycles.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.91-110
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• 2002

Ecosystem health assessment is an emerging concept regarded as a useful diagnostic tool for evaluating ecosystems. The stability of ecosystem is the main theme in the assessment. Generally, two components - resilience and resistance - are involved in the mechanism of ecosystem stability. In this study, relative degrees of the resistance and the resilience were quantified for most aquatic Insects Inhabiting running waters in Korea. A total of 34 groups were newly categorized based on previous studies, and a conceptual model has been produced. The model was applied for the aquatic insect communities inhabiting different streams and demonstrated that each stream ecosystem possessed different degrees of stability. This study also indicated that it was possible to compare stabilities of different ecosystems using relative degrees of resilience and resistance. Using the conceptual model, suitable conservation and management strategies could be recommended in ecological assessments. The model can be used as a stepping-stone for developing more comprehensive methodology that objectively diagnoses and evaluates the ecosystem stability.