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Finding of a new freshwater gammarid (Gammarus gageoensis) from South Korea

  • Kim, Min-Seop;Lee, Kyung-Sook;Min, Gi-Sik
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.59-71
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    • 2010
  • Gammarus gageoensis n. sp., a new species of freshwater gammarid, was collected from Gageodo Island, South Korea. This new species is characterized in terms of its morphology by the flagellum of antenna 2 with calceoli, the pereopods 3 and 4 with numerous long curled setae on the posterior margins, the terminal article of the outer ramus in uropod 3, which is longer than the adjacent spines, and the presence of both rami with long simple setae. The morphological characters of the new species that are different to related species are presented in the text. This paper also compares the new species to related species by the partial sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene. The sequence difference, consisting of a 39-44% difference relative to closely related species, is also large enough to designate this gammarid as a different species from other freshwater gammarid species. This is the first finding of a new species of Korean freshwater gammarid since 1992. Including this new species, a total of 10 species are known to Korea.

A Study on the Effects of Chewing Side Preference on the Pattern of Occlusal Contacts (저작습관에 따른 교합접촉의 변화양태에 관한 연구)

  • Sun-Oh Kwon;Kyung-Soo Han
    • Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.117-124
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    • 1991
  • The purpose of his study was to investigate the variations of occlusal contact pattern according to chewing side preference. The author selected 59 dental students (mean age 23.6 years) who had no signs and symptoms of masticatory disorders and divided into two groups, that is, bilateral chewing side group and unilateral chewing side group, respectively. For recording, T-Scan System(Teksan Inc., USA) was used and the recorded occlusal contacts were examined as to the number of occlusal contacts, points distribution in dental arch, time sequence and force snapshot. The obtained results were as follow s: 1. Total number of occlusal contacts were more in unilateral chewing side group and there were significant difference in number between right and left side or between chewing and less-chewing side in all two groups. 2. All items related to time sequence showed no statistical significant difference between two groups in any case. 3. Unilateral chewing side group had more occlusal contact force than bilateral group, especially in chewing side. From the above finding, the author considered that there was occlusal unbalance in unilateral chewing side group. 4. Chewing side preference would possibly have more effects on the occurrence rate of anterior tooth contact that the rate of prolonged their contact but proved.

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Structure function relationships amongst the purple acid phosphatase family of binuclear metal-containing enzymes

  • Hamilton, Susan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bioinformatics Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.5-5
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    • 2003
  • The purple acid phosphatases comprise a family of binuclear metal-containing enzymes. The metal centre contains one ferric ion and one divalent metal ion. Spectroscopic studies of the monomeric, ${\sim}$36 kDa mammalian purple acid phosphatases reveal the presence of an Fe(III)Fe(II) centre in which the metals are weakly antiferromagnetically coupled, whereas the dimeric, ${\sim}$110 000 kDa plant enzymes contain either Fe(III)Zn(II) or Fe(III)Mn(II). The three dimensional structures of the red kidney bean and pig enzymes show very similar arrangements of the metal ligands but some significant differences beyond the immediate vicinity of the metals. In addition to the catalytic domain, the plant enzyme contains a second domain of unknown function. A search of sequence databases was undertaken using a sequence pattern which includes the conserved metal-binding residues in the plant and animal enzymes. The search revealed the presence in plants of a 'mammalian-type' low molecular weight purple acid phosphatase, a high molecular weight form in some fungi, and a homologue in some bacteria. The catalytic mechanism of the enzyme has been investigated with a view to understanding the marked difference in specificity between the Fe-Mn sweet potato enzyme, which exhibits highly efficient catalysis towards both activated and unactivated phosphate esters, and other PAPs, which hydrolyse only activated esters. Comparison of the active site structures of the enzymes reveal some interesting differences between them which may account for the difference. The implications fur understanding the physiological functions of the enzymes will be discussed.

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Performance Analysis of DS/CDMA with PLL Gain under the Nakagami-m Fading Channel (나카가미-m 페이딩 채널 하에서 PLL 이득에 따른 DS/CDMA의 성능 분석)

  • 강찬석;박진수
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TE
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.53-59
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    • 2000
  • A received signal in mobile communication environments exhibits variation in both amplitude and phase due to the multipath fading. Therefore we analyzed the performance of DS/CDMA(Direct Sequence/code Division Multiple Access) DPSK(Differential Phase Shift Keying) system for the variations of PLL(Phase Locked Loop) gain with Tikhonov probability density function, assuming that the phase difference between transmitter and receiver signals is phase error. As a result, it is discovered that the performance of system could be improved by the control of PLL gain in compared with the DPSK system which does not consider the phase error. If the PLL gain is 1dB, the difference of two systems is 4.8dB and 0.4dB at 7dB. and if 30dB, it coincides. From above, it

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Complete Nucleotide Sequence of Cytochrome P450 2El Expressed in the Rat Brain

  • Shin Song Woo;You Kwan Hee;Ryu Hye Myung;Kim Su Won;Kwon Oh Sik;Song Jae Chan;Kim Myoung Hee;Kim Dae Ran;Yoo Min
    • Biomedical Science Letters
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.109-113
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    • 2005
  • From the RT-PCR amplifications using mRNA templates isolated from Sprague-Dawley rat brains, we isolated a cDNA fragment of 1,524 bp which covered the full coding information of the rat brain CYP2El. Its nucleotide sequence was identical to the previously reported rat liver CYP2El mRNA except for the difference of one base (A to C at the nucleotide position 73). This difference also altered the amino acid Lys to GIn. However, no insertion or deletion of nucleotide(s) which could alter the reading frame was found within the structure of this rat brain CYP2El. This study should provide the molecular basis regarding the pathophysiological function of CYP2El in the brain.

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Effect of Post-Activation Potentiation according to Sequence of Velocity Using Isokinetic Device on Short-Term Performance of Lower Extremity: Taekwondo Athletes and Healthy Adults

  • Sang-Woo Pyun;Seong-Eun Kim;Jong-Wan Kim;Dongyeop Lee;Ji-Heon Hong;Jae-Ho Yu;Jin-Seop Kim;Hyun Suk Yang;Seong-gil Kim
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.298-303
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to figure out how PAP (Post-Activation Potentiation) phenomenon affects short-term performance efficiently. Methods: This study was conducted with 18 Taekwondo athletes and 16 healthy adults. By using isokinetic dynamometer, two different intervention, TDP (Top-down program) and BUP (Bottom-up program), were performed to measure isokinetic parameter; (peak torque: PT, total work: TW, average power: AP, and average torque: AT) of knee extensor for intragroup, intergroup comparison and two-way ANOVA. Results: The Taekwondo athletes group showed statistically significant differences in all isokinetic parameters PT, TW, AP, and AT after TDP (p<0.05). However, in the healthy adult group, the difference in isokinetic parameters according to the exercise sequence was not statistically significant. (p>0.05). PT and TW at TDP were statistically significant (p<0.05) when the rate of change in TDP and BUP was compared and analyzed considering the difference in physical ability between the Taekwondo athlete group and the healthy adult group. However, AP and AT were not statistically significant. Finally, when examining the interaction between the two groups and two exercise sequence according to isokinetic parameters, only TW (p<0.05) showed a statistically significant interaction, while PT (P=0.099), AP (P=0.103), and AT (P=0.096) did not. This study suggests that short-term performance can be improved through the PAP phenomenon when TDP is applied to the Taekwondo group. Conclusion: According to our result, for Taekwondo athletes, if the goal is to improve short-term performance just before the main game, we suggest a training program through TDP.

Robust DNA Watermarking based on Coding DNA Sequence (부호 영역 DNA 시퀀스 기반 강인한 DNA 워터마킹)

  • Lee, Suk-Hwan;Kwon, Seong-Geun;Kwon, Ki-Ryong
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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    • v.49 no.2
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    • pp.123-133
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    • 2012
  • This paper discuss about DNA watermarking using coding DNA sequence (CDS) for the authentication, the privacy protection, or the prevention of illegal copy and mutation of DNA sequence and propose a DNA watermarking scheme with the mutation robustness and the animo acid preservation. The proposed scheme selects a number of codons at the regular singularity in coding regions for the embedding target and embeds the watermark for watermarked codons and original codons to be transcribed to the same amino acids. DNA base sequence is the string of 4 characters, {A,G,C,T} ({A,G,C,U} in RNA). We design the codon coding table suitable to watermarking signal processing and transform the codon sequence to integer numerical sequence by this table and re-transform this sequence to floating numerical sequence of circular angle. A codon consists of a consecutive of three bases and 64 codons are transcribed to one from 20 amino acids. We substitute the angle of selected codon to one among the angle range with the same animo acid, which is determined by the watermark bit and the angle difference of adjacent codons. From in silico experiment by using HEXA and ANG sequences, we verified that the proposed scheme is more robust to silent and missense mutations than the conventional scheme and preserve the amino acids of the watermarked codons.

A Study for Reducing Traffic Accident at Signalized Intersection - Focus on Left-turn Phase Sequence - (교차로 교통사고 감소방안에 관한 연구 - 좌회전 현시 순서를 중심으로 -)

  • Park, Jong-Wook;Lee, In-Won;Lee, Choul-Ki;Yang, Lyun-Ho;Lee, Gun-Sang
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.5 no.2 s.10
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    • pp.61-71
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    • 2006
  • The main purpose of this study is to search a method for reducing traffic accident at signalized intersections. One of the important factors for this is the Left-turn phase sequence. In 1985, the operational principle of Left-turn phase Sequence was changed from Lagging left-turn to Leading left-turn in Korea. Then there was a resonable motive-no exclusive left turn-lane and narrow intersection. So, it is necessary to evaluate the performance difference between Leading and Lagging left -turn phase Sequence. The process of this study is as follows: $\cdot$ First, all the intersection was divided three parts for analysis the traffic safety: Inside part of an Intersection, Crosswalk, Intersection approach and exit. $\cdot$ Second, a safety analysis was performed by using the concepts of 'Effective interphase Period(EIP)' and 'Conflict method' The Study result is that the benefit of of phase Sequence changes from Leading to Lagging phase were significant. For an example the Accident cost will reduced about 41.8 billion won per year in korea.

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Effects of aging and freezing/thawing sequence on quality attributes of bovine Mm. gluteus medius and biceps femoris

  • Kim, Hyun-Wook;Kim, Yuan H. Brad
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.254-261
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    • 2017
  • Objective: The effects of aging and freezing/thawing sequence on color, physicochemical, and enzymatic characteristics of two beef muscles (Mm. gluteus medius, GM and biceps femoris, BF) were evaluated. Methods: Beef muscles at 3 d postmortem were assigned to four different combinations of aging and freezing/thawing sequence as follows; aging at $2^{\circ}C$ for 3 wk (A3, never-frozen control), freezing at $-28^{\circ}C$ for 2 wk then thawing (F2, frozen/thawed-only), aging at $2^{\circ}C$ for 3 wk, freezing at $-28^{\circ}C$ for 2 wk then thawing (A3F2), and freezing at $-28^{\circ}C$ for 2 wk, thawing then further aging at $2^{\circ}C$ for 3 wk (F2A3). Results: No significant interactions between different aging/freezing/thawing treatments and muscle type on all measurements were found. Postmortem aging, regardless of aging/freezing/thawing sequence, had no impact on color stability of frozen/thawed beef muscles (p<0.05). F2A3 resulted in higher purge loss than F2 and A3F2 treatments (p<0.05). A3F2 and F2A3 treatments resulted in lower shear force of beef muscles compared to F2 (p<0.05). Although there was no significant difference in glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity, F2A3 had the highest ${\beta}-N-acetyl$ glucominidase (BNAG) activity in purge, but the lowest BNAG activity in muscle (p<0.05). GM muscle exhibited higher total color changes and purge loss, and lower GSH-Px activity than BF muscle. Conclusion: The results from this present study indicate that different combinations of aging/freezing/thawing sequence would result in considerable impacts on meat quality attributes, particularly thaw/purge loss and tenderness. Developing a novel freezing strategy combined with postmortem aging will be beneficial for the food/meat industry to maximize its positive impacts on tenderness, while minimizing thaw/purge loss of frozen/thawed meat.