• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.133-136
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• 1990

자궁암치료에서 재발되거나 치료가 어려운 종양에 대하여 방사선과 온열요법을 병행함으로서 치료 성과를 다소 향상시킬 수 있었다. 더욱이 방사선 근접조사와 강내온열치료는 주위 건강조직의 피해를 줄이면서 종양에 집중손상을 줄 수 있었으며 강내방사선조사 기구를 공동으로 이용하므로서 시술이 간단하고 치료부위를 정확히 조준할 수 있었다. 그러나 강내조사용 안테나는 그 모양과 구성에 따라 온열 분포가 변하며 재래식 쌍극철심형 안테나는 끝부분 또는 연결부위의 가온이 급증하여 균등한 온열분포를 기대할 수 없었다. 저자들은 안테나의 길이를 마이크로파의 약수 즉 3, 6, 12 cm로 하여 공명이 잘 이루어지도록 하였으며 끝이 굵고 접촉 부위가 가느다란 꼬깔형 (conical) 안테나를 제작하여 사용한 결과 안테나 축에 따라 거의 일정하거나 약간 타원형의 온도분포를 이루었으며 가온 깊이도 $2\~3\;cm$로서 비교적 깊은 곳까지 가열할 수 있어 강내 치료효과를 향상시킬 수 있다고 생각된다.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.181-187
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• 1993

Si 이방성 에칭 용액인 EPW(Ethylenediamine, Pyrocatechol, Water) 용액내에서 potentiostat를 이용한 cyclic polarization 방법으로 양극 산화막의 연구를 수행하였다. p-Si 및 n-Si에서 양극 산화막의 breakdown potential은 동일한 값을 보였으며, $p^+$-Si의 경우에는 양극 산화막의 breakdown이 일어나지 않았다. 산화막의 XPS 분석결과 n-Si과 p-Si의 경우 Si 2p photopeak의 chemical shift는 각각 ${\Delta}$3.62eV, ${\Delta}$3.55eV였으며, $p^+$-Si의 경우에는 ${\Delta}$4.25eV였다. 따라서 $p^+$-Si의 양극 산화막이 light doping의 경우와 비교하여 커다란 에칭 저항성을 보이는 것은 산화막의 화학적 조성차이에 기인하는 것이라 생각된다. $p^+$-Si이 에칭 용액내에서 anodic bias 상태에 농이게 되면 boron이 표면으로 diffuse-out되는 것을 SIMS 분석을 통해 알 수 있었는데, 그 원인은 아직 분명하지는 않지만, 이것은 실제 etch-stop이 일어나는 임계 boron 농도가 일반적으로 알려진 값보다 훨씬 높을 것이라는 것을 시사한다.

• 환경생물
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.46-51
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• 2011

새만금호의 염습지에 위치한 갯벌 5 지점에서 동정된 부착조류는 5강의 44종이었으며 규조류가 33종으로 가장 다양한 조성을 나타냈다. 2007년 이후 연도별 출현종수에서는 전체적으로 큰 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 출현종 수가 가장 크게 변동한 곳은 D1 지점으로 2009년에는 전년에 비해 2배 이상의 종이 출현하였다. 부착조류 개체수는 대부분 규조류에 의한 것이었다. 세포수와 생물량은 2009년에 가장 높았으며, D1과 D2 지점에 서는 큰 증가를 나타냈다. 부착조류의 개체군 밀도와 생물량은 갯벌의 표층에서 가장 높았다. 개체군 밀도는 2월의 만경 1 지점 0~1mm 깊이에서 2,011 cells $cm_2$로 가장 높았다. 생물량은 D2지점의 0~1mm 깊이에서 $1.35{\times}10^3{\mu}m^3\;cm^{-2}$로 가장 높게 나타났다.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.91-104
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• 2013

The objectives of this study were to monitor and assess the environmental impacts of indirect wastewater reuse on water quality and soil in paddy fields. Yongin monitoring site (YI) irrigated from agricultural reservoir and Osan monitoring site (OS) irrigated with treated wastewater diluted with stream water were selected as control and treatment, respectively. Monitoring results for irrigation water quality showed a significant statistical difference in salinity, exchangeable cation and nutrients. Pond water quality showed a similar tendency with irrigation water except for the decreased difference in nutrients due to the fertilization impact. Soil chemical properties mainly influenced by fertilization activity such as T-N, T-P, and $P_2O_5$ were changed similarly in soil profiles of both monitoring sites, while the properties, EC, Ca, Mg, and Na, mainly effected by irrigation water quality showed a considerable change with time and soil depth in treatment plots. Heavy metal contents in paddy soil of both control and treatment did not exceed the soil contamination warning standards. This study could contribute to suggest the irrigation water quality standards and proper agricultural practices including fertilization for indirect wastewater reuse, although long-term monitoring is needed to get more scientific results.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.14-18
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• 2004

High levels of ambient noise and safety factors often limit the use of 'active-source' seismic methods for geotechnical investigations in urban environments. As an alternative, shear-wave velocity-depth profiles can be obtained by treating the background microtremor wave field as a stochastic process, rather than adopting the traditional approach of calculating velocity based on ray path geometry from a known source. A recent field test in Melbourne demonstrates the ability of the microtremor method, using only Rayleigh waves, to resolve a velocity inversion resulting from the presence of a hard, 12 m thick basalt flow overlying 25 m of softer alluvial sediments and weathered mudstone. Normally the presence of the weaker underlying sediments would lead to an ambiguous or incorrect interpretation with conventional seismic refraction methods. However, this layer of sediments is resolved by the microtremor method, and its inclusion is required in one-dimensional layered-earth modelling in order to reproduce the Rayleigh-wave coherency spectra computed from observed seismic noise records. Nearby borehole data provided both a guide for interpretation and a confirmation of the usefulness of the passive Rayleigh-wave microtremor method. Sensitivity analyses of resolvable modelling parameters demonstrate that estimates of shear velocities and layer thicknesses are accurate to within approximately $10\%\;to\;20\%$ using the spatial autocorrelation (SPAC) technique. Improved accuracy can be obtained by constraining shear velocities and/or layer thicknesses using independent site knowledge. Although there exists potential for ambiguity due to velocity-thickness equivalence, the microtremor method has significant potential as a site investigation tool in situations where the use of traditional seismic methods is limited.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.253-262
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• 2004

Construction of tunnels in a deep crystalline host rock for a potential High-Level Radioactive Waste(HLW) repository inevitably generates an excavation disturbed zone (EDZ). There have been a series of debates on whether a permeability in an EDZ increases or not and what would be the maximum depth of an EDZ. Recent studies show mixed opinions on permeability. However, there has been an international consensus on the thickness of an EDZ; 30 cm for TBM and 1 meter for controlled blast. One of the impacts of an EDZ is on determining the distance between adjacent deposition holes. The void gap by the excavation hinders relaxation of temperature profiles so that the current Korean reference designing distance between holes should be stretched out more to keep the maximum temperature in a buffer region below 100 degrees Celsius. The other impact of an EDZ is on the long-term post closure radiological safety. To estimate the impact, the reference scenario, the well scenario, is chosen. Released nuclides diffuse through a bentonite buffer region experiencing strong sorption and reach a fracture surrounded by a porous medium. Inside a fractured porous region, radionuclides migrate by advection and dispersion with matrix diffusion into a porous medium. Finally, they reach a well assumed to be a source of potable water for local residents. The annual individual dose is assessed on this well scenario to find out the significance of an EDZ. A profound sensitivity study was performed, but all results show that the impact is negligible. Even though the role of an EDZ turns out to be limited on overall safety assessment, still it is worthwhile to study the chemical role of an EDZ, such as a potential source for natural colloids, potential sealing of an open fracture by fine clay particles generated by the process of an EDZ, and alteration of a sorption mechanism by an EDZ in the future.

• BMB Reports
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.14-20
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• 2018

Biomedical research involving nanoparticles has produced useful products with medical applications. However, the potential toxicity of nanoparticles in biofluids, cells, tissues, and organisms is a major challenge. The '-omics' analyses provide molecular profiles of multifactorial biological systems instead of focusing on a single molecule. The 'omics' approaches are necessary to evaluate nanotoxicity because classical methods for the detection of nanotoxicity have limited ability in detecting miniscule variations within a cell and do not accurately reflect the actual levels of nanotoxicity. In addition, the 'omics' approaches allow analyses of in-depth changes and compensate for the differences associated with high-throughput technologies between actual nanotoxicity and results from traditional cytotoxic evaluations. However, compared with a single omics approach, integrated omics provides precise and sensitive information by integrating complex biological conditions. Thus, these technologies contribute to extended safety evaluations of nanotoxicity and allow the accurate diagnoses of diseases far earlier than was once possible in the nanotechnology era. Here, we review a novel approach for evaluating nanotoxicity by integrating metabolomics with metabolomic profiling and transcriptomics, which is termed "metabotranscriptomics."

• 약학회지
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.817-828
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• 1997

In order to investigate pharmacological properties of New Woohwangchungsimwon Pill (NWCH) and Woohwangchungsimwon Pill(WCH), effects of NWCH and WCH on cerebral ischemia and central nervous system were compared. Cerebral ischemia insult was performed using unilateral carotid artery occlusion in Mongolian gerbils. The histological observations showed preventive effect of NWCH and WCH treatments with ischemia-induced brain damage. The ATP in brain tissue was decreased in vehicle-treated ischemic gerbils. This decrease was prevented by NWCH and WCH treatment. In contrast to what was seen with ATP, the lactate and lipid peroxide were both elevated in vehicle-treated ischemic gerbils. This elevation was inhibited by NWCH and WCH treatments. In central nervous system, NWCH and WCH had sedative effect in rotarod and spontaneous activity test, but no effects on the hexobarbital-induced sleeping time. And, NWCH and WCH had weak anticonvulsion effects in electric shock- and pentetrazol-induced convulsion test. NWCH and WCH increased the respiration rate, but decreased the respiration depth in rats. Furthermore, NWCH and WCH showed antistress effect. Our findings suggest that the pharmacological profiles of NWCH on cerebral ischemia and central nervous system are similar to that of WCH.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.151-160
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• 2002

3차원 흐름 모델링시스템 FEMOS를 개발하고, 아산만 조류분포를 모의하였다. 개발된 시스템은 조간대 모의를 할 수 있으며, 수치해석방법으로 유한요소법을 사용하여 격자형성이 자유스러우며, 복잡한 해안선을 효과적으로 나타낼 수 있다. 넓은 조간대와 큰 조차, 얕은 수심을 가진 아산만의 조류분포 모의에 시스템을 적용한 결과, 모의결과는 장기간의 중층에서 유속변화, 층별 유속의 시간변화와 일치하는 양호한 계산결과를 보였다. 아산항 건설 전·후 조류 계산결과에 기초하여 산정한 바닥마찰응력 분포 변화를 수심변화 관측결과와 비교한 결과, 마찰음력이 증가하는 곳에서는 침식으로 수심이 깊어지고, 감소하는 곳에서는 퇴적으로 수심이 얕아지고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 개발된 본 모델링시스템은 그 적용성이 입증됨에 따라 복잡한 해안선과 지형을 가진 연안해역의 해수유동 연구에 널리 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.10-19
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• 2018

Background: Monte Carlo (MC) simulation is the most accurate for calculating radiation dose distribution and determining patient dose. In MC simulations of the therapeutic accelerator, the characteristics of the initial electron must be precisely determined in order to achieve accurate simulations. However, It has been computation-, labor-, and time-intensive to predict the beam characteristics through predominantly empirical approach. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationships between electron beam parameters and dose distribution, with the goal of simplifying the MC commissioning process. Materials and Methods: The Varian Clinac 2300 IX machine was modeled with the Geant4 MC-toolkit. The percent depth dose (PDD) and lateral beam profiles were assessed according to initial electron beam parameters of mean energy, radial intensity distribution, and energy distribution. Results and Discussion: The PDD values increased on average by 4.36% when the mean energy increased from 5.6 MeV to 6.4 MeV. The PDD was also increased by 2.77% when the energy spread increased from 0 MeV to 1.019 MeV. In the lateral dose profile, increasing the beam radial width from 0 mm to 4 mm at the full width at half maximum resulted in a dose decrease of 8.42% on the average. The profile also decreased by 4.81% when the mean energy was increased from 5.6 MeV to 6.4 MeV. Of all tested parameters, electron mean energy had the greatest influence on dose distribution. The PDD and profile were calculated using parameters optimized and compared with the golden beam data. The maximum dose difference was assessed as less than 2%. Conclusion: The relationship between the initial electron and treatment beam quality investigated in this study can be used in Monte Carlo commissioning of medical linear accelerator model.