• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.267-274
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• 2008

Since first discovered in chick skeletal muscles, stretch-activated channels (SACs) have been proposed as a probable mechano-transducer of the mechanical stimulus at the cellular level. Channel properties have been studied in both the single-channel and the whole-cell level. There is growing evidence to indicate that major stretch-induced changes in electrical activity are mediated by activation of these channels. We aimed to investigate the mechanism of stretch-induced automaticity by exploiting a recent mathematical model of rat atrial myocytes which had been established to reproduce cellular activities such as the action potential, $Ca^{2+}$ transients, and contractile force. The incorporation of SACs into the mathematical model, based on experimental results, successfully reproduced the repetitive firing of spontaneous action potentials by stretch. The induced automaticity was composed of two phases. The early phase was driven by increased background conductance of voltage-gated $Na^+$ channel, whereas the later phase was driven by the reverse-mode operation of $Na^+/Ca^{2+}$ exchange current secondary to the accumulation of $Na^+$ and $Ca^{2+}$ through SACs. These results of simulation successfully demonstrate how the SACs can induce automaticity in a single atrial myocyte which may act as a focus to initiate and maintain atrial fibrillation in concert with other arrhythmogenic changes in the heart.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.6403-6410
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• 2015

의료용 고분자 PLGA는 높은 생체적합성, 생분해성, 기계적 특성, 생체안정성을 가지고 있으며, 단량체 수량을 조절함으로서 분해기간을 조절할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 상전이법을 이용하여 제조된 분자량과 L/D 타입 구성비가 다른 PLGA 멤브레인들을 인산완충생리식염수 하에서 멤브레인의 분자량과 용액의 온도 조건에 따른 생분해 특성을 유추하기 위하여 질량 변화와 용액의 pH값 측정하였으며, DSC와 실사현미경을 이용하여 Tg와 표면구조의 변화을 파악하였다. PLGA의 분자량이 증가할수록 가수분해속도는 기하급수적으로 감소하고 있으며, L/D 타입 구성비에 따라 분해속도와 용액 pH변화의 차이가 크게 나타났다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.1027-1034
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• 2010

상온경화 주형용으로 사용되는 상업적 폴리우레탄 수지에 평균 입자크기가 ${\mu}m$ 및 nm 크기의 서로 다른 무기물 파우더를 충전하여 만든 폴리우레탄 복합수지의 중합반응 및 분해반응 특성을 살펴보고 기계적물성의 변화를 연구하였다. 중합반응의 경우, 평균입자크기가 약 $0.5{\mu}m$로서 상대적으로 입경이 큰 Ce500 무기분말을 사용한 충전하는 경우에는 충전량이 많아질수록 최고 반응 속도점의 반응온도는 상대적으로 낮아지는 것으로 나타나는 반면, 나노두께크기의 MMT 충전제를 사용하는 경우에는 충전 함량에는 큰 차이가 없이 최고반응온도가 높아지면서 반응속도도 빨라지는 거동을 보였다. 또한 TGA 열중량 시험결과에 대하여 Kissinger method를 이용하여 분석한 결과로서 Ce500-복합체의 경우에는 분해반응의 활성화 에너지가 139.34 kJ/mol이었고 MMT-복합체의 경우에는 91.12 kJ/mol로 나타났으며 이로부터 MMT 분말의 분해촉매 효과를 확인할 수 있었다. 한편, 인장강도는 5phr 정도의 소량 충전함량에서는 별 변화를 보이지 않으나 그 이상의 함량에서는 MMT가 충전된 샘플의 강도 증가 현상이 뚜렷이 나타났다.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.126-135
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• 2005

SKD 11 steel has been widely used for tools, metallic mold and die for press working because of its favorable mechanical properties such as high toughness and creep strength as well as excellent oxidation resistance. The ion nitrided tool steel containing Mo results in improvement of corrosion resistance, strength at high temperature and pitting resistance, especially in $Cl^-$ contained environment. But the Mo addition causes a disadvantage such as lower oxidation resistance at elevated temperature. In this study, several effects of ion-disadvantage on the oxidation characteristics for SKD 11 steel with various oxidation temperature were investigated. SKD 11 steels were manufactured by using vacuum furnace and solutionized for 1 hr at $1,050^{\circ}C$. Steel surface was ion nitrided at $500^{\circ}C$ for 1 hr and 5 hr by ion nitriding equipment. ion nitrided specimen were investigated by SEM, OM and hardness tester. Oxidation was carried out by using muffle furnace in air at $500^{\circ}C,\;700^{\circ}C\;and\;900^{\circ}C$ for 1hr, respectively. Oxidation behavior of the ion nitrided specimen was investigated by SEM, EDX and surface roughness tester. The conclusions of this study are as follows: It was found that plasma nitriding for 5 hr at $500^{\circ}C$, compared with ion nitriding for 1 hr at $500^{\circ}C$, had a thick nitrided layer and produced a layer with good wear, corrosion resistance and hardness as nitriding time increased. Nitrided SKD 11 alloy for 1hr showed that wear resistance and hardness decreased, whereas surface roughness increased, compared with nitrided SKD 11 alloy for 5 hr. The oxidation surface at $900^{\circ}C$ showed a good corrosion resistance.

• 폴리머
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.722-729
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• 2013

Poly(dimethyl siloxane)(PDMS, 실리콘 고무)의 열전도도 향상을 위하여 보론 나이트라이드과 탄소나노튜브를 열전도성 충전제로 사용하였다. 보론 나이트라이드의 함량은 0에서 100 phr로 증가시켰으며, 탄소나노튜브의 함량은 보론 나이트라이드의 함량을 100 phr로 고정시킨 상태에서 0에서 4 phr로 증가시켰다. 실리콘 고무 복합재료의 열전도도는 보론 나이트라이드 함량의 증가에 따라 증가하였으나, 탄소나노튜브를 추가로 첨가하더라도 열전도도 향상에 대한 효과는 미미하였다. 100 phr 함량의 보론 나이트라이드 함량에 탄소나노튜브를 충전 시 복합재료의 열분해가 가속화되는 예상치 못한 결과를 얻었다. 이를 해석하기 위하여 Horowitz-Metzger 방법을 이용하여 열분해 활성화 에너지를 계산하였다. 또한 보론 나이트라이드/탄소나노튜브가 충전된 실리콘 고무 복합재료의 경화거동, 전기저항 및 기계적 물성을 연구하였다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.267-272
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• 1984

미생물 세포를 효소 고정화 담체로 사용하여 ${\beta}-fructofuranosidase$를 고정화 시켰다. Penicillium spp. "K-8"로 명명된 곰팡이를 배양한 뒤 균체의 세포벽에 존재하는 다당체를 periodate와 반응시켜 활성화된 알데히드기를 얻을 수 있었다. 이 때 건조 세포 g당 periodate, 1.2g이 최적 농도이었고, 이 농도하에서 온도가 알데히드 형성에 미치는 영향은 거의 없었다. 활성화된 균체에 ${\beta}-fructofuranosidase$를 공유결합에 의하여 고정화시켰다. 더 높은 효소의 고정화를 위하여 이를 glutaraldehyde를 처리한 바 0.5%의 농도와 1시간의 반응조건에서 최대 효소 고정화율 26%를 나타내었다. 이 조건에 의해 제조한 고정화 효소는 kinetic parameters로서 최적온도가 $55^{\circ}C$, 최적 pH가 5, Km값이 55mM. Ea가 19kJ $mol^{-1}$이었다. 회분식 반응조내에서는 6번의 반복된 반응기간동안 고정화 효소 활성에 약간의 감소가 있었으나 비교적 좋은 역가의 안정성을 보여주었다.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제50권9호
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• pp.659-667
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• 2012

Alloy 617 is a Ni-base superalloy and a candidate material for the intermediate heat exchanger (IHX) of a very high temperature gas reactor (VHTR) which is one of the next generation nuclear reactors under development. The high operating temperature of VHTR enables various applications such as mass production of hydrogen with high energy efficiency. Alloy 617 has good creep resistance and phase stability at high temperatures in an air environment. However, it was reported that the mechanical properties decreased at a high temperature in an impure helium environment. In this study, high-temperature corrosion tests were carried out at $850^{\circ}C-950^{\circ}C$ in a helium environment containing the impurity gases $H_2$, CO, and $CH_4$, in order to examine the corrosion behavior of Alloy 617. Until 250 h, Alloy 617 specimens showed a parabolic oxidation behavior at all temperatures. The activation energy for oxidation in helium environment was 154 kJ/mol. The SEM and EDS results elucidated a Cr-rich surface oxide layer, Al-rich internal oxides and depletion of grain boundary carbides. The thickness and depths of degraded layers also showed a parabolic relationship with time. A normal grain growth was observed in the Cr-rich surface oxide layer. When corrosion tests were conducted in a pure helium environment, the oxidation was suppressed drastically. It was elucidated that minor impurity gases in the helium would have detrimental effects on the high-temperature corrosion behavior of Alloy 617 for the VHTR application.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제77권1호
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• pp.47-56
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• 2021

This paper deals with damage detection using a Gapped Smoothing Method (GSM) combined with deep learning. Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is a model of deep learning. CNN has an input layer, an output layer, and a number of hidden layers that consist of convolutional layers. The input layer is a tensor with shape (number of images) × (image width) × (image height) × (image depth). An activation function is applied each time to this tensor passing through a hidden layer and the last layer is the fully connected layer. After the fully connected layer, the output layer, which is the final layer, is predicted by CNN. In this paper, a complete machine learning system is introduced. The training data was taken from a Finite Element (FE) model. The input images are the contour plots of curvature gapped smooth damage index. A free-free beam is used as a case study. In the first step, the FE model of the beam was used to generate data. The collected data were then divided into two parts, i.e. 70% for training and 30% for validation. In the second step, the proposed CNN was trained using training data and then validated using available data. Furthermore, a vibration experiment on steel damaged beam in free-free support condition was carried out in the laboratory to test the method. A total number of 15 accelerometers were set up to measure the mode shapes and calculate the curvature gapped smooth of the damaged beam. Two scenarios were introduced with different severities of the damage. The results showed that the trained CNN was successful in detecting the location as well as the severity of the damage in the experimental damaged beam.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.171-177
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• 2021

동남권 경제구역은 중소·중견 제조업 중심이었으나 산업변화와 코로나19로 지역경제 침체의 원인이 되었다. 본 연구는 동남권 지역경제 활성화를 위해 항공특화산업과 연관 기업들의 애로사항 제시 및 지역 경제 활성화 방안을 제시 하였다. 첫째, 항공특화부품 기업들은 수동적인 산업의 구조적 문제를 개선하기 위해 다양한 지원이 필요하다. 둘째, 동 산업 분야는 국제적 표준에 부합하는 제품과 기술을 개발하고 체계적 프로젝트 수행을 위해 전문 인력을 양성하여 안정적인 인력 수급을 지원하도록 국제적 인증 교육을 수행하는 체계적 교육시스템이 필요하다. 셋째, 동 산업분야는 고도의 표준화 기준을 충족시킬 수 있는 기술 및 제품 개발을 위해 정부의 재정적, 행정적 지원이 필요하다. 이외에도 중소·중견기업들의 거래처 발굴과 확대, 원가절감을 위한 투자지원 등 기업이 안고 있는 한계와 애로사항을 체계적으로 개선하기 위한 지원이 필요하다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제55권10호
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• pp.512-517
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• 2022

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is brain damage which is caused by the impact of external mechanical forces. TBI can lead to the temporary or permanent impairment of physical and cognitive abilities, resulting in abnormal behavior. We recently observed that a single session of early exercise in animals with TBI improved their behavioral performance in the absence of other cognitive abnormalities. In the present study, we investigated the therapeutic effects of continuous exercise during the early stages of TBI in rats. We found that continuous low-intensity exercise in early-stage improves the locomotion recovery in the TBI of animal models; however, it does not significantly enhance short-term memory capabilities. Moreover, continuous early exercise not only reduces the protein expression of cerebral damage-related markers, such as Glial Fibrillary Acid Protein (GFAP), Neuron-Specific Enolase (NSE), S100β, Protein Gene Products 9.5 (PGP9.5), and Heat Shock Protein 70 (HSP70), but it also decreases the expression of apoptosis-related protein BAX and cleaved caspase 3. Furthermore, exercise training in animals with TBI decreases the microglia activation and the expression of inflammatory cytokines in the serum, such as CCL20, IL-13, IL-1α, and IL-1β. These findings thus demonstrate that early exercise therapy for TBI may be an effective strategy in improving physiological function, and that serum protein levels are useful biomarkers for the predicition of the effectiveness of early exercise therapy.