• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.735-743
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• 2018

We investigated the effect of transforming growth factor beta 1 ($TGF-{\beta}1$) on equine hyaluronan synthase 2 (HAS2) gene expression and hyaluronan (HA) synthesis in culture models of articular chondrocytes. Equine chondrocytes were treated with $TGF-{\beta}1$ at different concentrations and times in monolayer cultures. In three-dimensional cultures, chondrocyte-seeded gelatin scaffolds were cultured in chondrogenic media containing 10 ng/mL of $TGF-{\beta}1$. The amounts of HA in conditioned media and in scaffolds were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. HAS2 mRNA expression was analyzed by semi-quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. The uronic acid content and DNA content of the scaffolds were measured by using colorimetric and Hoechst 33258 assays, respectively. Cell proliferation was evaluated by using the alamarBlue assay. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), histology, and immunohistochemistry were used for microscopic analysis of the samples. The upregulation of HAS2 mRNA levels by $TGF-{\beta}1$ stimulation was dose and time dependent. $TGF-{\beta}1$ was shown to enhance HA and uronic acid content in the scaffolds. Cell proliferation and DNA content were significantly lower in $TGF-{\beta}1$ treatments. SEM and histological results revealed the formation of a cartilaginous-like extracellular matrix in the $TGF-{\beta}1$-treated scaffolds. Together, our results suggest that $TGF-{\beta}1$ has a stimulatory effect on equine chondrocytes, enhancing HA synthesis and promoting cartilage matrix generation.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.672-680
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• 2020

This study was conducted to effectively supplement vitamin D and increase the consumption of ear mushroom based on the investigation of the quality characteristics of cookies containing ear mushroom supplemented with vitamin D. Cookies were made of 0%, 1%, 3%, and 5% ear mushroom powder treated by ultraviolet B. Increased addition of ear mushroom powder led to a decrease in the bulk density of the dough as well as a spread factor, color value, and hardness of the cookies. There was no significant difference in the loss rate, but the water content of the dough and cookies was increased. The total polyphenol content of cookies added with 1~5% ear mushroom powder was higher than that of the 0%. The DPPH free radical scavenging activity of cookies added with 5% ear mushroom powder (23.8%) was 2 times higher than that of the 0% (10.9%). The vitamin D2 content of cookies added with 5% ear mushroom powder (835.5 ㎍/100 g D.W.) was 44 times higher than that of the 0% (19.0 ㎍/100 g D.W.). Consequently, ear mushroom powder is considered to be suitable for the production of functional cookies because of high values of antioxidant activity and vitamin D2 content.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.1-6
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• 2022

In recent years, many global manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW have been using augmented reality technology to spread it to various fields such as assembly process, after-sales service, sales stores, and consumer manuals. In this study, the application status of innovation in manufacturing using industrial augmented reality was identified, and the possibility of combining existing ERP and augmented reality was analyzed based on this. In addition, it was empirically analyzed that the selection of a dedicated content development engine is the most important factor in development productivity in the development of industrial augmented reality content. The same content developed with Unity3d was redeveloped with Vuforia Studio, and as a result of comparative analysis of development man-hours by field, the development lead time was shortened by 8 times. This study proves productivity by actually developing industrial augmented reality contents, and it is a study with a difference that is difficult to implement in practice.

• The korean journal of orthodontics
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• v.53 no.2
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• pp.116-124
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• 2023

Objective: The absence of a guideline to refer to developing malocclusions appropriately, may be a contributing factor to the inadequacy of timely interceptive orthodontics provision. This study aimed to develop and validate a new orthodontic grading and referral index to be used by dental frontliners to prioritize the orthodontic referral of developing malocclusion in children based on its severity. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving clinical assessment with 413 schoolchildren aged between 8.1 and 11.9 years was conducted in 2018. All the presenting malocclusion was listed and graded based on a few dental guidelines to produce the draft index. The validity and reliability of the draft index were tested using twenty study models. Face and content validation was carried out using the content validation index and Modified Kappa Statistics. Results: Fourteen dental and occlusal anomalies were identified as components of malocclusion and three grades of referral (monitor, standard, urgent) were included in the final index. The scale-level content validity index average value of 0.86 and 0.87 was obtained for content and face validation, respectively. There was moderate to excellent agreement in the Modified Kappa Statistics for both validations. Excellent inter- and intra-assessor agreement was obtained. The new index displayed valid and reliable scores. Conclusions: The Index for Interceptive Orthodontics Referral was developed and validated for the dental frontliners to identify and prioritize the developing malocclusion in children based on its severity and refer for orthodontic consultation to increase the possibility for interceptive orthodontics.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference
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• 2022.10a
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• pp.54-54
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• 2022

Recently, as one of the major problems in the quality of sweetpotato, occurrence of thin and long fibrous tissues in storage root acts as a negative factor when consumers eat sweetpotato. In this study, the fiber content was compared according to the cultivation period in storage roots of 'Sodammi' and 'Hopungmi', which were newly bred and developed, and in that of 'Hogammi', which contains a lot of fibrous tissues. To isolate of fiber from storage root, the Association Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) method was applied for quantifying fiber present in storage root of sweetpotato. The fiber contents isolated by this method is calculated by converting the weight of the storage root. The fiber content was measured every 20 days from 60 to 120 days after planting. As a result of this study, the lowest amount of fiber was 'Hopungmi' (70~140 mg/100 g), and the highest amount of fiber was observed in 'Hogammi' (115~223 mg/100 g). 'Sodammi' showed an intermediate level (104~149 mg/100 g) between the fiber content of 'Hopungmi' and 'Hogammi'. The fiber contents of 'Hopungmi' was 39% lower than that of 'Hogammi'. As the increased cultivation periods, the fiber contents showed a tendency to decrease. In the future research, the length, thickness, and fiber contents will be investigated to compare the degree of taste inhibition.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.41 no.11
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• pp.302-309
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• 2017

Background: Large-scale land-use change is being caused by various socioeconomic problems. Land-use change is necessarily accompanied by changes in the regional carbon balance in terrestrial ecosystems and affects climate change. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the correlation between environmental factors altered by land-use change and the carbon balance. To address this issue, we studied the characteristics of soil carbon flux and soil moisture content related to rainfall events in mountain pastures converted from deciduous forest in Korea. Results: The average soil moisture contents (SMC) during the study period were 23.1% in the soil respiration (SR) plot and 25.2% in the heterotrophic respiration (HR) plot. The average SMC was increased to 2.1 and 1.1% in the SR and HR plots after rainfall events, respectively. In addition, saturated water content was 29.36% in this grassland. The soil water content was saturated under the consistent rainfall of more than $5mm\;h^{-1}$ rather than short-term heavy rainfall event. The average SR was increased to 28.4% after a rainfall event, but the average HR was decreased to 70. 1%. The correlation between soil carbon flux rates and rainfall was lower than other environmental factors. The correlation between SMC and soil carbon flux rates was low. However, HR exhibited a tendency to be decreased when SMC was 24.5%. In addition, the correlation between soil temperature and respiration rate was significant. Conclusions: In a mountain pasture ecosystem, rainfall induced the important change of soil moisture content related to respiration in soil. SR and HR were very sensitive to change of SMC in soil surface layer about 0-10-cm depth. SR was increased by elevation of SMC due to a rainfall event, and the result was assumed from maintaining moderate soil moisture content for respiration in microorganism and plant root. However, HR was decreased in long-time saturated condition of soil moisture content. Root has obviously contributed to high respiration in heavy rainfall, but it was affected to quick depression in respiration under low rainfall. The difference of SMC due to rainfall event was causative of a highly fluctuated soil respiration rate in the same soil temperature condition. Therefore, rainfall factor or SMC are to be considered in predicting the soil carbon flux of grassland ecosystems for future climate change.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.218-222
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• 1999

The effects of storage temperature, moisture content and the concentration of additives, such as sucrose fatty acid ester(SE), isomaltooligosaccharide(IO) and glycerin(GL), on texture properties, hardness(HA), cohesiveness(CO) and chewiness(CH) of Baikseolgi after 7 days storage were analyzed by response surface methodology(RSM). The contour values of HA of SE added Baikseolgi at 20, 50 and $80^{\circ}C$ of storage temperate were $1500{\sim}3200,\;500{\sim}1300$ and $100{\sim}400\;g_f$, respectively. The HA of IO or GL added Baikseolgi decreased with increased storage temperature, moisture content and additive concentration. The storage temperature was the most significant factor affecting the HA of Baikseolgi. However, the second and third significant factors were moisture content and additive concentration, respectively. These results imply that the control of storage temperature is the most effective method to increase the storage stability of Baikseolgi. The CO of IO or GL added Baikseolgi was increased by the change of strage temperature from $20{\circ}\;to\;50{\circ}$. While, there was no significant difference between $50{\circ}\;and\;80{\circ}$ of storage temperature. The CO of IO or GL added Baikseolgi was maximized around 40% of moisture content and that of GL added Baikseolgi was minimized around 0.5% of GL concentration. The storage temperature, additive concentration and moisture content were the first, second and third affacing factors on the CO of Baikseolgi, respectively. The CH of Baikeolgi was decreased by increasing storage temperature, moisture content and additive concentration. The storage temperature, moisture content and additive concentration were the first, second and third affacting factors on the CH of Baikseolgi, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.250-256
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• 2003

In this work, the effect of cationic initiator content on the electron-beam (EB) curing process of diglycidylether of bisphenol-A (DGEBA) resin was studied using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and critical stress intensity factor $(K_{IC})$. Benzylquinoxalinium hexafluoroantimonate (BQH) were used as an initiator and its content was varied from 0.5 to 3 phr. NIRS measurements showed that the hydroxyl group of EB-cured epoxy resin was increased with increasing the BQH content. Thermal stability and $K_{IC}$ value of EB-cured epoxy resin were increased with increasing the BQH content but were decreased above 2 phr content. These results could be attributed to the decrease of the conversion and degree of crosslinking. In another word, the conversion and degree of crosslinking were restricted by the incomplete network structure from high reactivity at the BQH content above 2 phr, resulting in decreasings of thermal stability and $K_{IC}$.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.51 no.1
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• pp.81-88
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• 2006

The 117 soybean cultivars were collected from nine provinces in Korea, and various seed quality traits along with isoflavone contents were evaluated to elucidate their relationship. The 100-seed weight of the black soybean (31.2 g) was significantly higher (p<0.05) than yellow soybeans (28.6 g). The composition of genistein, daidzein, and glycitein accounted for 75.8, 22.8, and 1.4 % of total isoflavone in yellow soybean cultivars, while their compositions in black soybeans were 58.5, 39.7, and 1.8%, respectively. The mean contents of total isoflavone in yellow and black soybean were $l,561.6{\mu}g\;g^{-1}\;and\;l,018.3{\mu}g\;g^{-1}$. The isofalvone content showed significant variation among cultivars when classified by the seed size. In the yellow soybeans, total isoflavone content was higher in small size soybean cultivars $(1,776.0{\mu}g\;g^{-1})$ and medium size soybean cultivars $(1,714.3{\mu}g\;g^{-1})$ compared to large size ones $(1,518.5{\mu}g\;g^{-1})$. Genistein content was proved as the major factor determining the relationship between isoflavone content and 100-seed weights (r =-0.206*). Daidzein and glycitein, however, showed no significant relationship with the 100-seed weights. Isoflavone content was not significantly correlated with color parameters L (lightness) and a (redness) values, but color parameter b (yellowness) was positively correlated with glycitein (r=0.264*) in the yellow soybeans, while its negative correlation between daidzein (r=-0.245*) and total isoflavone (r=-0.256*) were observed in black soybeans. However, these findings suggested that the seed color value may not serve as an effective parameter for estimating the isoflavone intensity of the soybeans. Variation of protein and lipid contents between yellow soybeans (n=58) and black soybeans (n=59) was relatively stable, however, protein and lipid contents have no significant relationship with isoflavone content.

• Food Engineering Progress
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.321-327
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• 2018

The main purposes of this study were to identify the factors affecting the supercooling property and to improve the possibility of supercooling storage of fruits and vegetables. Freezing point and nucleation temperature, moisture content, hardness, sugar content, and pH of nineteen fruits and vegetables were measured and Pearson correlation analysis was performed. Freezing point showed a statistically significant correlation with moisture content and sugar content (p<0.01), while ice nucleation temperature showed a correlation (p<0.05) only for sugar content. In particular, the water content and sugar content did not show any correlation with the freezing supercooling difference (FSD). From the correlation analysis between FSD, aerobic bacteria, lactic acid bacteria, yeast, and mold, FSD showed a correlation (p<0.01) with aerobic bacteria. The experiments of the saline solutions inoculated with aerobic bacteria at different concentrations showed FSDs of about 2 for saline inoculated with 9.4 log CFU/mL and about 6 for saline inoculated lower than 5 log CFU/mL. Therefore, the aerobic bacteria concentration was determined to be a key factor affecting the supercooling storage of fruits and vegetables.