• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
• /
• v.8 no.6
• /
• pp.417-422
• /
• 2016

PURPOSE. The purposes of this study were to evaluate the staining resistance of CAD/CAM resin-ceramics polished with different techniques and to determine the effectiveness of the polishing techniques on resin-ceramics, comparing it with that of a glazed glass-ceramic. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Four different CAD/CAM ceramics (feldspathic ceramic: C-CEREC Blocs, (SIRONA) and three resin-ceramics: L-Lava Ultimate, (3M ESPE), E-Enamic, (VITA) and CS-CeraSmart, (GC)) and one light cure composite resin: ME-Clearfil Majesty Esthetic (Kuraray) were used. Only C samples were glazed (gl). Other restorations were divided into four groups according to the polishing technique: nonpolished control group (c), a group polished with light cure liquid polish (Biscover LV BISCO) (bb), a group polished with ceramic polishing kit (Diapol, EVE) (cd), and a group polished with composite polishing kit (Clearfil Twist Dia, Kuraray) (kc). Glazed C samples and the polished samples were further divided into four subgroups and immersed into different solutions: distilled water, tea, coffee, and fermented black carrot juice. Eight samples ($8{\times}8{\times}1mm$) were prepared for each subgroup. According to CIELab system, four color measurements were made: before immersion, immersion after 1 day, after 1 week, and after 1 month. Data were analyzed with repeated measures of ANOVA (${\alpha}=.05$). RESULTS. The highest staining resistance was found in gl samples. There was no difference among gl, kc and cd (P>.05). Staining resistance of gl was significantly higher than that of bb (P<.05). Staining resistances of E and CS were significantly higher than those of L and ME (P<.05). CONCLUSION. Ceramic and composite polishing kits can be used for resin ceramics as a counterpart of glazing procedure used for full ceramic materials. Liquid polish has limited indications for resin ceramics.

• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
• /
• v.35 no.5
• /
• pp.334-341
• /
• 2001

Purpose: Ascorbic acid us known to act as an antioxidant. Therefore, it can be used in increasing the efficiency of radiochemical labeling of Technetium-99m setamibi by inhibition of oxidation of $Sn^{2+}$ at low concentration. We intended to estimate the efficiency of radiochemical labeling and the stability of the newly formed formulation when ascorbic acid was added to a commercial kit. Materials and Methods: Synthesis of sestamibi was performed according to Dong-A's patent procedure (No.10-2001-0012877). First, we undertook a study to evaluate the efficiency of radiochemical labeling of sestamibi containing ascorbic acid. The stability of the vials was assessed using either $7.5{\mu}g\;or\;75{\mu}g$ of ascorbic acid, added to commercial vials under the accelerated condition(Temp : $40^{\circ}C{\pm}2^{\circ}C$, Relative humidity : $75{\pm}5%$). Results: Sestamibi was synthesized in overall 35-40% yield over 5 steps from a commercially available methallyl chloride as a starling material. When ascorbic acid was added, the efficiency of radiochemical labeling was maintained compared to the vial with no ascorbic acid. The accelerated test showed that the addition of ascorbic acid inhibited the oxidation of $Sn^{2+}$ ion by antioxidation mechanism. Also, the efficiency of radiochemical labeling of this vial after 9 months was nearly the same as the starting point. Therefore, the storage period of the kit is likely to be extended. Taken together, it suggests that the addition of ascorbic acid as a stabilizer is desirable. Conclusion: To increase the stability of a sestamibi cold kit, it is desirable to add ascorbic acid as a stabilizer to the commercial formulation.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
• /
• v.32
• /
• pp.313-336
• /
• 1997

Nineteen stimulus photograghs varied in hue and color scheme of one clothing style of Korean dress worn by a female were used to investigate the effect of color color scheme and structure on impression formation for Korean dress. Subjects were 77 male and 86 female undergraduate and graduate students. The stimuli c9onsisted of two sets(cool and warm) of four similar color schemes two sets (cool and warm in Chima color) of five contrasting color schemes and one extra stimulus triad 3 hue base. Structures were de-fined by color schemes of Kit.Korum toward the color schemes of Jokori and Chima. Stimu-lus photogragh selected from Korean dress fashion magazines was managed and varied in hues and color schemes to Kit Korum Jokori and Chima according to Korean Standard Color through scanning and Adobe photoshop 3.0 program and then pictured through slide printer(HR-6000). Each subject assessed 19 stimulus color photographs with incorporated 7 point semantic differential response scale. The data were analyzed by frequency mean factor analysis t-test ANOVA and Scheffe test. Results indicate impression ofrmations are af-fected by clothing cues. 1) Four factors emerged to account for dimensional structure of impressions of female features on Korean dress. These four factors were titled as(1) preference.evaluation (2) individuality.attention (3) youth and (4) friendshio. The preference.evaluation factor was the largest including eleven adjectives and accounting for 29.62% of the variances. 2) Almost every clothing cue(color, color scheme, structure) had some effects on im-pressions formed But the color of Chima did not form the effects on impression of prefer-ence.evaluation factor. The effect of related color scheme was the most influential clothing cue on impressions of preference.evalation factor and friendship factor whereas the ef-fect of contrasting color scheme was the most influential clothing cue on impressions of indi-viduality.attention factor and youth factor. The effect of cool color of Chima was the most influential clothing cue on impression of indi-viduality.attention factor whereas the effect of warm color of Chima was the most influen-tial clothing cue on impressions of youth factor and friendship factor. The effect of Jokori/Chima.Kit.Korum structure was the most influential clothing cue on impressions of pref-erence.evaluation factor and youth factor whereas the effect of Kit.Korum/Jokori.Chima structure was the most influential clothing cue on impressions of individuality.attention factor and friendship factor. 3) The interaction effects were appeared among clothing cues. Significant interaction effects between color schemes(similar and contrasting) and colors of Chima(cool and warm were appeared on impressions of prefer-ence.evaluation factor imdividuality.atten-tion factor and friendship factor, Significant interaction effects between color schemes (similar and contrasting) and structures (Jokori.Chima.Kit.Korum; Jokori.Kit.Koru-m/Chima;Jokori/Chima.Kit.Korum;Kit.Korum/Jokori.Chima) were appeared on impressions of preference.evaluation factor youth factor and friendship factor. Signifi-cant interaction effects between colors(cool and warm) and structures were appeared on impressions of individuality.attention factor youth factor and friendship factor. Sighifi-cant interaction effects between colors(cool and warm) and structures were appeared on impressions of individuality.attention factor youth factor and friendship factor. Significant interaction effects among clothing cues(color color schemes and structures) were appeared on all impression factors. The friendship factor was the most friquently affected impression factor by interaction effects among clothing cues. In summary the clothing was used as nonverbal cues in the effect on impression for-mation of female dressed in Korean dress. it concluded that color schemes worked as cen-tral traits and colors of Chima and structures worked as peripheral traits in the formation of impression of the female clothed in Korean dress. hence organizing our impressions with respect to the parts of the Korean dress in re-lation to the whole holistic perceptual pro-cess Gestalt approach was used and supported.

• BMB Reports
• /
• v.51 no.8
• /
• pp.418-423
• /
• 2018

Emergency granulopoiesis is a very important strategy to supply efficient neutrophil number in response to infection. However, molecular mechanism involved in this process remains unclear. Here, we found that administration of WKYMVm, an immune modulating peptide, to septic mice strongly increased neutrophil number through augmented emergency granulopoiesis. WKYMVm-induced emergency granulopoiesis was blocked not only by a formyl peptide receptor 2 (FPR2) antagonist (WRW4), but also by FPR2 deficiency. As progenitors of neutrophils, $Lin^-c-kit^+Sca-1^-$ cells expressed FPR2. WKYMVm-induced emergency granulopoiesis was also blocked by a phospholipase C inhibitor (U-73122). These results suggest that WKYMVm can stimulate emergency granulopoiesis via FPR2 and phospholipase C enzymatic activity.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics T
• /
• v.36T no.1
• /
• pp.51-57
• /
• 1999

This thesis is written about the Wired Logic Type Unit in developing equipment that the load is driven, that the interface unit connect with 1 Scan time to PO30 of operated PLC output contact with that a sensing signal of Temperature Sensor RSD Pt $100\Omega$ let generate the relay output of temperature controller and input the PLC. The PLC Test Kit in country that the PLC to be programmed at the PLC education place is able to drive the load, is done to do a education of PLC on status that interface process between PLC and load are disregarded. As Developing Kit for supplement this point, when the relay output of temperature controller to use Pt 100 of temperature sensor as mentioned on the former among every kinds of sensor feed back to the input of the PLC, as the equipment to act with real time system that the output contact of PLC operated to insert the WLTIJ among PC, PLC and the load, it can understand and see very easy the main principle of PLC use. The structure of WLTU to be a interface unit of load separated as to the point of contact and noncontact, sensor, indicating lamp and A contact and B contact that is belong to driving part, and a motor is belong to loading part.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
• /
• v.23 no.6
• /
• pp.1032-1037
• /
• 1994

A simple, reproducible , and accurate enzymatic method using a cholesterol assay kit was developed to quantify total cholesterol content in egg yolk. Total egg yolk lipid was extracted with hexane : isopropanol(3 : 2, v/v) mixture. Samples containing various amount of the total lipid(0-3mg) in optically identifical culture tubes were reacted for 10 min in a water bath (37$^{\circ}C$) with the enzyme solution (5ml) from the cholesterol assay kit. Cholesterol content of the reaction mixturesin culture tubes was spectrophotometrically determined by two different ways : (1) using the culture tube as a curvette(designate culture tube method ; CTM) and (2) the quartz cvette containing the reaction mixture transferred from the culture tube (designate standard cvette method, SCM). CTM revealed lower cholesterol content in 0.1-1.0mg lipid sample range that SCM did, but not significant. For more than 2.0mg lipid sample, CTM gave significantly (p<0.01) lower cholesterol content relative to that by SCM, suggesting that SCM give a false positive result from the sample containing more than 2 mg lipid due to the interference of absorbance by lipid dispersed in the reaction solution . Cholesterol content of less than 1.0mg lipid sample by CTM was proportional to the amount of lipid used, but its linear relationship was not seen in more than 2mg lipid sample. Thus, to determine the appropriate lipid amounts (mg) analyzed . A constant level (41$\mu\textrm{g}$/mg) of cholesterol concentration was observed from the sample containing 0.1-1mg lipid. after which the cholesterol level was dropped to less than 41$\mu\textrm{g}$ /mg. Cholesterol concentration in egg yolk samples quantified by CTM was in accordance with that by GC method. These results suggest that CTM is an useful method for the quantification of cholesterol in egg yolk lipid and other lipids as well.

• Journal of Radiation Industry
• /
• v.9 no.2
• /
• pp.63-68
• /
• 2015

Lyophilized DOTMP kits were prepared using DOTMP, ammonium acetate, and ascorbic acid. The $^{68}Ga$-DOTMP was prepared by incubating the kit dissolved in 0.5 ml of concentrated $^{68}Ga$ using NaCl method and 0.5 ml of DDW, at $100^{\circ}C$ for 7 min. The labeling yield was evaluated by two solvent systems of TLC. 1 MBq of concentrated $^{68}Ga$ was labeled with $0.8{\mu}g$ of DOTMP by high radiolabeling yield (>98%), which was determined by two TLC methods. The composition of the prepared freeze-dried vial is $400{\mu}g$ of DOTMP, 19.27 mg of ammonium acetate and 17.62 mg of ascorbic acid. ~555 MBq of $^{68}Ga$-DOTMP was prepared with excellent radiochemical purity (>98%) and it was stable for 4 hr at room temperature. In conclusion, Freeze-dried DOTMP kits for the convenient preparation of $^{68}Ga$-DOTMP have been developed. Availability of this kit is expected to stimulate the widespread use of $^{68}Ga$-DOTMP in the fields of nuclear medicine.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
• /
• v.29 no.2
• /
• pp.78-83
• /
• 2001

Phytase (myo-inositol hexakisphosphate phosphohydrolase: EC 3.1.3.8) hydrolyzes phytic acid (myo-inositol hexakisphosphate) to myo-inositol and monophosphates. In order to obtain phytase producing bacteria, many samples were collected from various soils. Among thirty-five phytase-producing strains, YH100 showed the highest phytase activity. In order to identify the selected YHlOO strain, the morphological and physiological characteristics were examined according to the method of Bergey's manual by 168 rRNA sequence, cellular fatty acids profile, O+C contents and physiological test using API 20E kit. The strain YH100 identified to be a genus of Enterobacter cloacae and was named as Enterobacter cloacae YHlOO. Optimum medium for the phytase production by the Entemhacter c!o([we YHlOO was composed of 2.0%(w/v) glucose, 1.0%(w/v) peptone, 1.0%(w/v) beef extract, 0.1 %(w/v) KCI. and 0.1 %( w/v) sodium phytate.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
• /
• v.21 no.3
• /
• pp.196-203
• /
• 2013

Recent accumulating studies have reported that hypoxic preconditioning during ex vivo expansion enhanced the self-renewal or differentiation of various stem cells and provide an important strategy for the adequate modulation of oxygen in culture conditions, which might increase the functional bioactivity of these cells for cardiac regeneration. In this study, we proposed a novel priming protocol to increase the functional bioactivity of cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) for the treatment of cardiac regeneration. Firstly, patient-derived c-$kit^+$ CPCs isolated from the atrium of human hearts by enzymatic digestion and secondly, pivotal target molecules identified their differentiation into specific cell lineages. We observed that hCPCs, in response to hypoxia, strongly activated ERK phosphorylation in ex vivo culture conditioning. Interestingly, pre-treatment with an ERK inhibitor, U0126, significantly enhanced cellular proliferation and tubular formation capacities of CPCs. Furthermore, we observed that hCPCs efficiently maintained the expression of the c-kit, a typical stem cell marker of CPCs, under both hypoxic conditioning and ERK inhibition. We also show that hCPCs, after preconditioning of both hypoxic and ERK inhibition, are capable of differentiating into smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and cardiomyocytes (CMs), but not endothelial cells (ECs), as demonstrated by the strong expression of ${\alpha}$-SMA, Nkx2.5, and cTnT, respectively. From our results, we conclude that the functional bioactivity of patient-derived hCPCs and their ability to differentiate into SMCs and CMs can be efficiently increased under specifically defined culture conditions such as short-term hypoxic preconditioning and ERK inhibition.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
• /
• v.25 no.5
• /
• pp.317-323
• /
• 2008

Canine trypsin-like immunoreactivity (cTLI), which is a mirror of the concentration of trypsin and trypsinogen, is a pancreas-specific enzyme and a suitable marker for canine pancreatitis and especially exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI). To develop the immunochromatographic test kit, monoclonal antibodies that recognize cTLI were prepared. Anionic trypsin, cationic trypsin, and chymotrypsin from canine pancreas were successfully purified to homogeneity, using ammonium sulfate fractionation and benzamidine-affinity chromatography. The purification fold for anionic trypsin was 108 times when compared with that of the homogenation of pancreas. The molecular weights by SDS-PAGE analysis were approximately 23 kDa for chymotrypsin and approximately 20 kDa for cationic trypsin and anionic trypsin, respectively. Using the purified trypsin-like proteins, ten hybridomas which secret canine trypsin-specific monoclonal antibody were prepared. Klotz plot indicated that hybridomas, 5G2H10G4 and 2F4A11, have high affinity constant (Ka) of $4.1\;{\times}\;10^{9}$ and $1.8\;{\times}\;10^{9}$, respectively. Especially, 5F9H3 showed the cationic typsin-specific binding pattern and its Ka was determined to $4.5\;{\times}\;10^{9}$. The development of immunochromatographic test kit using these monoclonal antibodies against cTLI will be very useful in the diagnosis of canine EPI or canine pancreatitis.