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Permeabilization of Ochrobactrum anthropi SY509 Cells with Organic Solvents for Whole Cell Biocatalyst

  • Park, Kyung-Oh;Song, Seung-Hoon;Yoo, Young-Je
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.147-150
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    • 2004
  • Permeabilization is known to overcome cell membrane barriers of whole cell biocatalysts. The use of organic solvents is advantageous in terms of cost, simplicity, and efficiency. In this study, Ochrobactrum anthropi SY509 was permeabilized with various organic solvents. Treatment with organic solvents resulted in lower permeability barriers due to falling out lipids of the cell membrane. Therefore, permeabilized cells showed higher enzyme activity with no cell viability. Among various organic solvents, 0.5% (v/v) chloroform was selected as the most efficient permeabilizing reagent. Changes in the cell membrane structure were observe d and the residual amounts of phospholipids of the cell membrane were measured to investigate the mechanism of the improved permeability.

Analysis of Cause and Effect Structure for Nogwonsang (노권상(勞倦傷)의 인과 구조 분석)

  • Yoon, Kyu-Jin;Lee, Sang-Chul;Kim, Min-Yong;Park, Young-Bae;Park, Young-Jae
    • The Journal of the Society of Korean Medicine Diagnostics
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.1-14
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    • 2010
  • Backgrounds : Bojungikgitang is one of the most common herbal prescriptions in Oriental Medicine, and it is highly recommended prescription for Nogwonsang syndrome. The Author developed Nogwonsang questionnaire for quantitative evaluation. Nogwonsang questionnaire is consisted of causes that induce fatigue, symptoms that directly associated with fatigue, and secondary symptoms that is induced from fatigue. Purposes : This study aims to verify whether the Bojungikgitang Questionnaire has causality and meaningful path structure by path analysis. Methods : 242 patients from 12 OMD clinics participated in this study. The patients executed a question investigation in the object. Factor analysis was conducted for extraction of factor and abridgment of items. Path analysis was conducted to verify path structure. SPSS 15.0 for Windows and AMOS 7.0 were used for statistical analysis. Results : Overwork factor explains fatigue factor. Coefficient is 0.771. Fatigue factor explains digesting and cold factor. Individually coefficient is 0.632 and 0.465. Model fit is $X^2=61.395$(df=51), GFI=0.960, AGFI=0.939, NFI= 0.924, CFI=0.986, RMSEA=0.029. Path structure is proved to be significant. Conclusions : Further research is needed Gold standard of Nogwonsang. Establishment of Gold standard leads and the collection of data and the research which are objective are possible. Connection of the clinical indexes which are objective on the paperweight outside and leads and the development of the diagnosis tool which is fixed quantity is demanded.

Year-to-year Variability of the Vertical Temperature Structure in the Youngsan Estuary

  • Cho, Yang-Ki;Lee, Kyeong-Sig;Park, Kyung-Yang
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.239-246
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    • 2009
  • Long-term observations were conducted between 1997 and 2002 to examine the variability of the vertical temperature structure in the Youngsan Estuary, southwest Korea, in summer. The observed hydrographic data revealed that the temperature minimum layer in the middle depth persisted through the entire summer of 2000 but was rarely observed in other years. The variability in the vertical structure might be affected by the air temperature during the previous winter and the density difference between the open sea and the estuary. In 2000, the air temperature in the previous winter was lowest and the horizontal density difference during summer was largest. The large horizontal density difference probably produced more active driving of warm water along the bottom, which would have intruded into the Youngsan Estuary. Furthermore, the cold previous winter would have provided a better condition for maintaining cold temperatures in the middle water layer for a longer period.

Big data-based piping material analysis framework in offshore structure for contract design

  • Oh, Min-Jae;Roh, Myung-Il;Park, Sung-Woo;Chun, Do-Hyun;Myung, Sehyun
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.79-95
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    • 2019
  • The material analysis of an offshore structure is generally conducted in the contract design phase for the price quotation of a new offshore project. This analysis is conducted manually by an engineer, which is time-consuming and can lead to inaccurate results, because the data size from previous projects is too large, and there are so many materials to consider. In this study, the piping materials in an offshore structure are analyzed for contract design using a big data framework. The big data technologies used include HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System) for data saving, Hive and HBase for the database to handle the saved data, Spark and Kylin for data processing, and Zeppelin for user interface and visualization. The analyzed results show that the proposed big data framework can reduce the efforts put toward contract design in the estimation of the piping material cost.

Novel Cationic 2-Phenylpyridine-based Iridium(III) Complexes Bearing an Ancillary Phosphine Ligand: Synthesis, Photophysics and Crystal Structure

  • Ma, Ai-Feng;Seo, Hoe-Joo;Jin, Sung-Ho;Yoon, Ung-Chan;Hyun, Myeong-Ho;Kang, Sung-Kwon;Kim, Young-Inn
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.30 no.11
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    • pp.2754-2758
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    • 2009
  • Three novel phosphorescent 2-phenylpyridine-based iridium(III) complexes, $[(ppy)_2Ir(P\^{}N)]PF6\;(1),\;[(dfppy)_2Ir(P\^{}N)]PF_6$ (2), and $[(dfmppy)_2 Ir(P\^{}N)]PF6$ (3), where $P\^{}N$ = 2-[(diphenylphosphino)methyl]pyridine (dppmp), were synthesized and characterized. The absorption, photoluminescence, cyclic voltammetry and thermal stability of the complexes were investigated. The complexes showed bright blue luminescences at wavelengths of 448 $\sim$ 500 nm at room temperature in $CHCl_3$ and revealed that the $\pi$-acceptor ability of the phosphorous atom in the ancillary dppmp ligand plays an important role in tuning emission color resulting in a blue-shift emission. The single crystal structure of $[(dfmppy))_2Ir(P\^N)]PF_6$ was determined using X-ray crystallography. The iridium metal center adopts a distorted octahedral structure coordinated to two dfmppy and one dppmp ligand, showing cis C-C and trans N-N chelate dispositions. There is a $\pi-\pi$ overlap between π electrons delocalized in the difluorophenyl rings.

Modeling and Simulation of the Cardiovascular System using DEVS formalism (DEVS 형식론을 적용한 심혈관 시스템의 모델링 및 시뮬레이션)

  • Cho, Y.J.;Son, K.S.;Nam, K.G.;Lee, Y.W.;Kim, K.N.;Choi, B.C.;Jun, K.R.
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1996 no.11
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    • pp.74-79
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    • 1996
  • This paper describes a methodology for the development of models of discrete event system(DES). The methodology is based on transformation of continuous state space into discrete one to homomorphically represent dynamics of continuous processes in discrete events. This paper proposes a formal structure which can couple DES models within a framework. The structure employs the DEVS formalism for the DES models. The proposed formal structure has been applied to develop a DEVS model for the human cardiovascular system. For this, the cardiac cycle is partitioned into a set of phases based on events identified through VisSim simulation in the CS of the electrical analog model. VisSim is the simulation tool of visual environment for developing continuous, discrete, and hybrid system models and performing dynamic simulation. For each phase, a CS of the electrical analog model for the cardiovascular system has been simulated by VisSim 2.0. To validate this model, first develop the DEVS model, then simulate the model in the DEVSIM++ environment. It has same simulation results for the data obtained from the CS simulation using VisSim. The comparison shows that the DEVS model represents dynamics of the human heart system at each phase of cardiac cycle.

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Characteristics of Oceanographic Environment in a Building with a Sea Area for the Artificial Upwelling Structure. (인공용승구조물 설치해역의 해양환경 특성)

  • Kim Dong-Sun;Hwang Suk-Bum
    • Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.133-137
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    • 2005
  • To investigated the variation of marine environments due to set up of artificial structure, we carried out field observations. High temperature and salinity waters were distributed clearly in the southeastern part of study area during summer season. The variation of current structure was also occurred around study area where artificial structure set up. In 2005 after set up of artificial structure, the nutrient concentration increased greater than that in 2002 before set up artificial structures. To illustrate the characteristics of marine environment due to set up of artificial structure, quantitative analyses on the effect of artificial structure are important.

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Radial deformation and band-gap modulation of pressurized carbon nanotubes

  • Taira, Hisao;Shima, Hiroyuki;Umeno, Yoshitaka;Sato, Motohiro
    • Coupled systems mechanics
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.147-157
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    • 2013
  • We numerically investigate the electronic band structure of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) under radial corrugation. Hydrostatic pressure application to CNTs leads to a circumferential wave-like deformation of their initially circular cross-sections, called radial corrugations. Tight-binding calculation was performed to determine the band gap energy as a function of the amplitude of the radial corrugation. We found that the band gap increased with increasing radial corrugation amplitude; then, the gap started to decline at a critical amplitude and finally vanished. This non-monotonic gap variation indicated the metal-semiconductor-metal transition of CNTs with increasing corrugation amplitude. Our results provide a better insight into the structure-property relation of CNTs, thus advancing the CNT-based device development.

Quantitative structure activity relationships for medicines based on use of neural networks

  • Aoyama, Tomoo;Zhu, Hanxi;Nagashima, Umpei
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.518-518
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    • 2000
  • We have researched quantitative structure activity relationships between molecular structure of medicines and physiological activity. Since they are non-linear, neural networks are useful tool to research them. There are many ranks for the non-linearity; therefore, the neuron function must be selected carefully. As the results of some trial calculations, Ire find the sigmoid-linear functions pair. We call the neural network constructed of the pair as ANN. The inter- or extrapolation abilities of the ANN are excellent; therefere, ANN is a superior predictor for the relationships. We evaluated the anticarcinogenic medicines, Carboquinone derivatives, by the developed ANN and leave-one-out method.

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Properties and Structure of High Frequency Soft Magnetic Nano-composite Films

  • Ohnuma, Shigehiro;Masumoto, Hiroshi
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.403-407
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    • 2011
  • Metal-insulator type, nano-granular soft magnetic films have been reviewed from the viewpoint of high frequency magnetic materials. The formation of nano-granular structure is related to the magnitude of heat of formation of intergranule materials. Variation of the ratio of granule phase to intergranule phase in the film is found to produce various characteristics in the magnetic properties of the film. The HRTEM observation reveals that neighboring granules in the film with above 60 at.% Co, contact at considerable points and the films show soft magnetic properties which are explainable in terms of the random anisotropy model for nano-crystalline materials. Addition of Ni group elements in Co-O based films enhances their anisotropy field up to 400 Oe and they exhibit excellent frequency response of permeability. Also, large electromagnetic noise suppression effect is demonstrated as one of their potential applications.