• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2008

The objective of the study which utilised population based data was to determine the respiratory condition of elementary school children in Gangneung. From October 9th to December 14th, 2006, Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT) including Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) and Forced Expiratoy Volume in I Second $(FEV_1)$ were conducted on the target group of children using a spirometer. The prevalence of asthmatic symptoms was 29.8% among boys and 39.6% among girls. By using logistic regression, we found that family history of allergic rhinitis (OR=3.90, CI=1.05-14.51), experience of allergic conjunctivitis (OR=4.67, CI=1.54-14.16) and atopic dermatitis (OR=2.86, CI=1.17-7.05) significantly increased the asthmatic symptoms. Also, a family history of asthma and food allergy were associated with asthmatic symptoms. In relation to housing and environmental risk factors, residences under the ground (OR=3.59, CI=1.35-9.51) and big-size dolls (OR=2.71, CI=0.86-8.53) significantly increased the prevalence of asthmatic symptoms. For PFT, above four families, exposure of passive smoking and pets significantly reduced FVC in both groups (p<0.05). In girls, a big-size doll was significantly associated with decreased lung function (FVC and $FEV_1$). In boys, using bed significantly reduced $FEV_1$. Also, the risk of asthmatic symptoms was found to increase when the house has been built for 5 years or more, the house is close to a road $({\leq}100m)$, a gas/Kerosene heater or carpet is utilized within the house. However, their differences were not significant. It is concluded that genetic factor such as a family history of respiratory disease, allergic symptoms and housing risk factor are related to asthmatic symptoms. These results were worth noting because the findings will help address risk factors related respiratory symptoms especially in relation to housing and environment.

• 생태와환경
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.244-253
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 잉어의 생태 반응에 미치는 초음파(강도 31 dB re 1 ${\mu}Pa$, 주파수 $14{\sim}15$ kHz)의 영향을 구명하기 위하여 치사율, 체중변화, 건강성 평가 및 행동패턴을 관찰하였다. 실험기간 동안 초음파에 노출된 잉어 Cyprinus carpio의 치사율은 대조군을 포함하여 처리군 모두 5% 이하로 실험구 사이의 치사율은 뚜렷하게 구별되지 않았다(P>0.05). 각각의 실험구에서 측정한 실험어류의 평균 체중은 실험종료 시 대조군에 비해 처리군에서 약간 증가하는 경향을 보였으나 실험구간의 뚜렷한 차이는 보이지 않았다. 대조군과 고처리군의 일부 개체들은 가벼운 표피손상과 꼬리지느러미의 출혈 흔적이 관찰되었으나 눈, 지느러미, 기생충 감염, 흉선의 출혈 및 아가미에서는 이상증상이 전혀 관찰되지 않았다(P>0.05). 근거리에서 일시적으로 초음파를 발생시켰을 때 어류는 음원으로부터 회피하는 방향성 움직임을 보였으나 원거리에서 초음파에 노출된 잉어는 뚜렷한 행동변화를 보이지 않았다. 결론적으로 낮은 강도의 초음파에 노출된 어류는 초음파 발생에 따른 심각한 스트레스는 받지 않을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.94-100
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• 1990

우리나라의 대표적인 내동성뽕품종인 용천뽕의 엽질을 규명하고 그 이용효율증진을 위하여 뽕잎을 분석하는 한편 1987년과 1988년에 잠박육과 조상육으로 사율시험을 수행하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 4-5령은 용천뽕으로 사육한 때의 수견량은 개량뽕 대비 춘잠기에 5%, 추잠기에 10% 떨어졌으나 견층비율과 생사량비율은 개량뽕과 같거나 약간 높았으며 춘잠기의 생사량은 개량뽕과 대등하고 추잠기에는 75 정도 낮았다. 2. 4령기에만 용천뽕으로 사육한 때의 사율시험은 거의 개량뽕과 같았다. 3. 4령기간과 5령전기를 용천뽕으로 사육하면 수견량은 개량뽕의 95%, 생사량은 97-98% 수준에까지 향상되었다. 4. 용천뽕은 전실소, 조단백질이 개량뽕보다 적은 반면 전탄수화물 조분 조지방 함량이 많았으며 무기물 중에는 인산과 붕소가 많고 망간 함량은 적었다. 5. 용천뽕의 엽면적중은 1.57g/dcm2, 잎두께는 113$\mu$으로 개량뽕보다 가볍고 얇었으며 방치 3시간 후의 수분감모율은 41.3%로 갸량뽕보다 4.6% 많었다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.197-202
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• 2008

In our previous publication we compared the gene expression profiles on hepatotoxicants exposure to assess the comparability between in vivo and in vitro test systems. We investigated global gene expression from both mouse liver and mouse hepatic cell line treated with thioacetamide (TAA) and identified several common genes. In this study, we selected genes to validate them as potential biomarkers for hepatotoxicity on the relevance of in vitro and in vivo system. Three up-regulated, aquaporin 8 (Aqp8), glutathione peroxidase 1 (Gpx1), succinate-CoA ligase, GDP-forming, alpha subunit (Suclg1) and two down-regulated, DnaJ (Hsp40) homolog subfamily C member 5 (Dnajc5) and tumor protein D52 (Tpd52) genes were tested for their effects in vitro. For characterization of gene function, short interfering RNA (siRNA) for each gene was synthesized and transfected in mouse hepatic cell line, BNL CL.2. Cell viability, mRNA expression level and morphological alterations were investigated. We confirmed siRNA transfection against selected five genes induced down-regulation of respective mRNA expression. siRNA transfection in general decreased cell viability in different degrees and induced morphological changes such as membrane thickening and alterations of intracellular structures. This suggests that these genes could be associated with TAA-induced toxicity. Furthermore, these genes may be used in the investigation of hepatotoxicity for better understanding of its mechanism.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.673-677
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• 2017

The present study was performed to investigate the seroprevalence and risk factors for Dirofilaria immitis infection in cats from Liaoning province, northeastern China. From October 2014 to September 2016, sera of 651 cats, including 364 domestic cats and 287 feral cats (332 females and 319 males) were assessed. They were tested for the presence of D. immitis antigen using SNAP Heartworm RT test kit. In this population, the average prevalence was 4.5%. Age and rearing conditions (feral or domestic) were found to be associated with the prevalence of D. immitis. The prevalence was significantly higher in feral cats compared with domestic cats (8.4% vs 1.4%, P<0.01). There was no significant difference between males and females (4.7% vs 4.2%, P>0.05), but older cats (${\geq}3$ years old) showed a statistically higher prevalence compared with younger cats (<3 years old) in feral populations (16.8 vs 2.4%, P<0.01), while the difference between the age groups was not statistically significant in domestic cats (2.4% vs 0.51%, P>0.05), all these results suggest that outdoor exposure time may be one of the most important factors for D. immitis prevalence in cats. Results reveal that D. immitis are prevalence in domestic and feral cats in northeastern China, which indicates that appropriate preventive measures should be taken to decrease the incidence of feline heartworm disease in Liaoning province, northeastern China.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.373-382
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• 2016

도장 또는 금속용사는 강구조물의 방식에 널리 사용되고 있으며, 금속용사와 도장의 복합방식법은 혹독한 부식환경하에 놓인 강구조물에 고내후성 피복방식법으로 적용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 아연(Zn), 아연-알루미늄(ZnAl)합금, 알루미늄(Al), 알루미늄-마그네슘(AlMg)합금의 4종류 금속용사 후 실링 처리한 시편, 4종류 금속용사 후 중방식 도장한 시편과 도장만 실시한 시편을 대상으로 175일간의 ISO 20340 부식촉진실험을 실시하여, 각 방식법의 상대적인 내후성능을 비교, 검토하였다. 강재표면까지 도달하는 원형 및 선형 초기결함으로부터의 표면상태 변화 및 도막의 노화면적에 근거한 내후성능의 평가 결과, 금속용사 후 실링 처리한 시편의 경우에는 알루미늄(Al) 및 알루미늄-마그네슘(AlMg)금속용사 후 실링 처리한 시편이 가장 우수한 내후성능을 보였으며, 금속용사 후 도장을 실시한 금속용사와 도장의 복합방식법의 경우에는 아연(Zn)용사에 도장을 실시한 복합방식 시편이 가장 우수한 내후성능을 나타내었다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.39-49
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• 2010

목 적: 좌측 유방의 방사선치료에 있어, 3 빔 또는 5 빔을 이용한 세기변조방사선치료(intensity modulated radiation therapy, IMRT)와 다중빔조사영역 치료기법(multistatic fields techniques, MSF) 사이의 선량학적 차이를 분석하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 개선된 선량 균일성을 만들 수 있는 가능성을 지닌 두 종류의 방사선치료 기술을 서로 비교 분석하였다. 첫째, 다중빔조사영역치료로 주조사야와 소조사야를 동시에 사용하여 치료하였다. 둘째, 고정된 다엽 조준기를 사용하는 IMRT로, 3 빔 또는 5 빔을 이용하였다. 유방보존술 후 방사선치료를 받은 16명의 초기 좌측 유방암 환자들을 대상으로 방사선치료계획들을 세운 다음, 이들을 선량학적 측면에서 비교 분석하였다. 결 과: $V_{95}$와 선량균일지수의 평균값은, 이 세 치료 사이에 통계학적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 방사선처방선량의 110% 이상을 받는 극심한 열점은 세 치료 모두에서 관찰되지 않았다. 동측 폐와 심장의 피폭 선량측정인자들에 대한 Tukey 검정에서, 세기변조방사선치료가 다중빔조사영역치료에 비해 저선량 영역의 피폭 선량을 유의하게 증가시킨 반면, 오히려 고선량 영역에서는 다중빔조사영역치료가 방사선 피폭을 약간 증가시켰다. 결 론: 선량 균일성 개선을 위해, 통상적인 쐐기기법 대신, 세기변조방사선치료보다 쉽게 계획되고 실시 될 수 있는 다중빔조사영역치료의 적용은 초기 좌측 유방암의 방사선치료 기술로 적합하다고 생각한다.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.153-169
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• 2011

Objectives : This study was performed to investigate the anti-fibrogenic effect and the effect on cell growth and apoptosis in YJCGT, YJCGT YSO and YJCGT YSCO on thioacetamide-induced rat liver tissue and the immortalized human hepatic cell line LX2. Materials and Methods : LX2 cells were treated with various concentrations (0, 50, 150, 300 ug/ml) of YJCGT, Y+YSO, and Y+YSCO extract for 24, 48 and 72 hours. After the treatment, cell viability was measured by using MTT assay. Caspase inhibitor assay, and cell viability were determined by a colorimetric assay with PMS/MTS solution. Rat liver fibrosis was induced by intraperitoneal thioacetamide injection 150 mg/kg 3 times a week for 5 weeks. After the treatment, body weight, liver & spleen weights, liver function test, the complete blood cell count and the change of portal pressure were studied. After YJCGT, Y+YSO, and Y+YSCO treatment, percentages of collagen in thioacetamide-induced rat liver tissue were measured. Results : The viability of the LX2 cell decreased in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Exposure of LX2 cells to YJCGT, YJCGT+YSO and YJCGT+YSCO induced caspase-3 activation, but co-treatment of YJCGT, YJCGT+YSO and YJCGT+YSCO with the pan-caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-FMK, and the caspase-3 inhibitor Z-DEVE-FMK, blocked apoptosis. There was no difference in rat body weight between the thioacetamide only group and the YJCGT, YJCGT+YSO and YJCGT+YSCO groups. In the YJCGT, YJCGT YSO and YJCGT YSCO groups, the serum level of GPT significantly went down compared with the thioacetamide only group. In the YJCGT, Y+YSO, Y+YSCO groups, white blood cell elevated by thioacetamide injection decreased but RBC, Hgb, and Hct increased. In the Y+YSO group, the portal pressure elevated by thioacetamide injection significantly decreased. In the histological finding, thioacetamide injections caused severe fibrosis, but YJCGT, Y+YSO, and Y+YSCO treatment significantly reduced the amounts of hepatic collagens. Conclusions : YJCGT, Y+YSO, and Y+YSCO inhibit the growth of LX2 cells by inducing apoptosis through caspase activity. YJCGT, Y+YSO, and Y+YSCO have beneficial effects on the treatment of cirrhotic patients as well as patients with chronic hepatitis.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제29권8호
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• pp.1008-1018
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• 2000

Objective : Glutamate induced excitotoxicity is one of the leading causes of cell death under pathologic condition. However, there is controversy whether excitotoxicity may also participate in the neuronal death under low intensity insult such as simple hypoxia or hypoglycemia. To investigate the role of NMDA receptor in low intensity insult, we chose anoxia as the method of injury and used organotypically cultured hippocampal slice as the material of experiment. Materials & Methods : The hippocampal slices cultured for 2-3 weeks were exposed to 60 minutes of complete oxygen deprivation(anoxia). Neuronal death was assessed with Sytox stain. Corrected optical density of fluorescence in gray scale, used as cellular death indicator, was obtained from pictures taken at 24 and 48 hours following the insult. The well-known in vivo phenomenon of regional difference in susceptibility of hippocampal sub-fields to ischemic insult was reproduced in HOSC(hippocampal organotypic slice culture) by complete oxygen deprivation injury. Results : $CA_1$ was the most vulnerable to complete oxygen deprivation in hippocampus while $CA_3$ was resistant. Oxygen deprivation for 10 and 20 minutes with glucose(6.5g/l) present was insufficient to induce neuronal death in the cultured hippocampal slice. However, after 30 minutes exposure under anoxic condition, neuronal death was able to be detected in the center of $CA_1$ area. The intensity and area of fluorescence indicating cell death correlated with the duration of oxygen deprivation. NMDA receptor and non-NMDA receptor blocking with MK-801(30 & $60{\mu}M$) and CNQX($100{\mu}M$) did not provide cellular protection to HOSC against damage induced by oxygen deprivation, but increased intracellular calcium buffering capacity with BAPTA-AM($10{\mu}M$) was effective in preventing neuronal death (p=0.01, Student's t-test). Cycloheximide($1{\mu}g/ml$, $10{\mu}g/ml$) provided no protection to HOSC against insult of complete oxygen deprivation for 60 minutes and combined therapy of MK-801(30 & $60{\mu}M$) and cycloheximide(1 & $10{\mu}g/ml$) was also ineffective in preventing neuronal death. Conclusion : The results of this study show that the another mechanism not associated with glutamate receptor(NMDA & non NMDA) may play major role in cell death mechanisms induced by complete oxygen deprivation and increased intracellular calcium during anoxia may participate in the neuronal death mechanism of oxygen deprivation. Further investigation of the calcium entry channel activated during oxygen deprivation is necessary to understand the neuronal death of anoxia.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.610-616
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• 2020

최근 미세먼지 및 배기가스로 인한 환경문제를 해결하고자 도로구조물의 광촉매 적용이 시도되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 폐수슬러지에서 제조 후 재활용된 저비용 고성능 광촉매(GST)의 혼합 및 분산방안을 검토하고, 질소산화물(NOx) 제거 성능을 최종 평가하여 저비용 고성능 광촉매를 활용한 콘크리트 이형박리제를 개발하고자 한다. 광촉매적용을 위한 분산방안을 검토하기 위해 분산된 시료를 4주간 옥외폭로하여 분리유무를 통한 안정성을 평가한 결과, 분산형 증점제 사용량 20 % 적용시 층분리 및 침전현상 없이 안정적인 상태를 보였다. 저비용 고성능 광촉매를 활용한 이형박리제를 거푸집에 도포시켜 탈형한 시편의 NO 및 NOx 제거율은 Plain 대비 200~400 %의 우수한 효과를 나타내었다. 저비용 고성능 광촉매를 활용한 콘크리트 이형박리제의 성능을 증진시키기 위해서는 나노사이즈인 광촉매의 분산성 향상 및 사용량 증가가 필요할 것으로 사료된다. 또한, 저비용 고성능 광촉매를 활용한 이형박리제를 도로구조물 및 노출 콘크리트에 사용하게 되면 NOx 제거효율을 증가시킬 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.