• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.1035-1041
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• 2011

Salinity of soil under the plastic film houses in Korea is known as a significant factor to lower the crop production and to hamper the sustainable agricultural land management. In this study we propose a field monitoring technique to examine the methods applied to minimize the adverse effect of salts in soil based on the relationship between soil electrical characteristics and soil properties. Field experiments for 4 different treatments (water only, fertilizer only, DTPA only, and DTPA and fertilizer together) were conducted on soils at the plastic film house built for cultivating a cucumber plant located at Chunan-si, Chungchungnam-do in Korea. The electrical resistivity was measured by both a dipole-dipole and wenner multi-electrodes array method. After the electrical resistivity measurement we also measured the soil water content, temperature, and electrical conductivity on surface soil. The resulted image of the interpreted resistivity by the inversion technique presented a unique spatial distribution depending on the treatment, implying the effect of the different chemical components. It was also highly suspected that resistivity response changed with the nutrients level, suggesting that our proposed technique could be the effective tool for the monitoring soil water as well as nutrient during the cropping period. Especially, subsoils under DTPA treatment at 40 to 60 cm depth typically presented lower soil water accumulation comparing to subsoils under non-DTPA treatment. It is considered that DTPA resulted in increase of a root water uptake. However, our demonstrated results were mainly based on qualitative comparison. Further experiments need to be conducted to monitor temporal changes of electrical resistivity using time lapse analysis, providing that a plant root activity difference based on changes of soil water and nutrients level in time.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2014

고혈압은 전 세계의 심혈관 및 뇌혈관 질환의 중요한 사망 원인으로서 지속적인 혈압관리가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 급성장하고 있는 모바일 헬스케어 환경에서 지속적으로 혈압 관리를 받을 수 있는 생체정보 교환 서비스 모델로서 HL7 FHIR을 선택하였다. 개발한 HL7 FHIR 프레임워크는 매니저(스마트폰)과 에이전트(혈압계) 간에 블루투스 헬스기기 프로파일과 통하여 IEEE 11073-10407 PHD 프로토콜로 통신하여 혈압정보를 획득한다. 테스트 결과 고혈압 환자의 혈압 모니터링, 측정기록관리, 문서 생성, 측정정보전송을 성공적으로 수행하였다. 실제 임상환경에서는 TCP/IP 프로토콜을 통해 측정정보를 전송할 수 있으므로 모바일 헬스케어에서 지속적인 연구와 활성화가 기대된다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.65-77
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• 2005

Present article reviews about clinical pharmacology of mycophenolic acid (MPA), the active form of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), as widely used component of immunosuppressive regimens in the organ transplantation field. MMF, used alone or concomitantly with cyclosporine or tacrolimus, has approved in reducing the incidence of acute rejection and has gained widespread use in solid organ such as kidney, heart and liver transplantation. The application of MPA and development of MMF has shown a considerable impact on immunosuppressive therapy for organ transplantation as a new immunosuppressive agent with different mechanism of action from other drugs after early 1990s. In particular aspect, use of MMF, a morpholinoethyl ester of MPA, represented a significant advance in the prevention of organ allograft rejection as well as allograft and patient survival. In considering MMF clinical data, it is important to note that there is a strong correlation between high MPA area under curve(AUC) values and a low probability of acute allograft rejection. Individual trials have shown that MMF is generally well tolerated and revealed that MMF decreased the relative risk of developing chronic allograft rejection compared with azathioprine. Recent clinical investigations suggested that improved effectiveness and tolerability will results from the incorporation of MPA therapeutic drug monitoring into routine clinical practice, providing effective MMF dose individualization in renal and heart transplant patients. Therefore, MMF has a selective immunosuppressive effect with minimal toxicity and has shown to be more effective that other agents as next step of immunosuppressive agents and regimens that deliver effective graft protection and immunosuppression along with a more favorable side effect.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1347-1355
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• 2004

In this study, the immunological effect of a traditional Korea herbal acupuncture, that has been widely used for the treatment of various immunological disorders including inflammation in Korea, was examined in vitro and in vivo. In our previous study demonstrated that BV increased the expression of IFN-γ mRNA, that plays pivotal role in T cell response. This study was designated to evaluate the effect of BV on helper T cell development by monitoring Th1/Th2 specific cytokine secretion patterns in artificially induced Th1/Th2 polarized condition and in vivo. The results demonstrated that BV didn't have mitogenic effects on the unstimulated CD4+ T cell, but increased the CD4+ T cell proliferation upon activation with anti-CD3/CD28 antibody. The Th1 cells were over-populated dramatically in Th1 driven condition with BV treatment, while the Th2 cells were increased slightly in Th2 skewed condition. Furthermore, under Th1-skewed conditions, the level of IFN-γ was considerably increased with BV treatment. Besides, the expression of T-bet, a transcription factor that plays pivotal role in Th1 lineage programming, was increased with BV treatment. The expressions of IFN-γ and T-bet were also significantly increased in vivo. The results that Th1 specific cytokine secretion were considerably increased and Th2 specific cytokine secretion were not significantly changed in vitro and in vivo indicated that BV enhances Th1 lineage development, Therefore, these results suggest that BV might be desirable agent for correction of Th1 dominant pathological disorders.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.99-103
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• 2017

Toxoplasma gondii is an important opportunistic agent especially in immunocompromised hosts and can cause significant morbidity and mortality. Hence, detection and monitoring of anti-Toxoplasma antibodies are of a great interest in HIV-infected patients. A study on the prevalence of toxoplasmosis and associated risk factors was carried out among HIV-infected patients in Jahrom, southern Iran. The prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma IgG antibodies was 21.1% in HIV-infected patients by ELISA. PCR was performed on all of the samples, and 1 of the blood samples was positively detected. Among the HIV patients, anti-Toxoplasma IgG antibodies were significantly higher in age group of 30-39 years old (P=0.05). The seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in patients with $CD4^+$ < $100cells/{\mu}l$ was 33.3% that was significantly higher than the other groups (P=0.042) with or without IgG antibodies. The $CD4^+$ count mean of seropositive patients was lower than that of seronegative patients. The seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in patients with highly active antiretroviral therapy was significantly less than patients without therapy (P=0.02). In conclusion, this study showed low seroprevalence of latent toxoplasmosis among HIV-infected patients in the region and confirmed the need for intensifying prevention efforts among this high-risk population and also the risk of toxoplasmosis reactivation which could be important among this population.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.270-275
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• 2014

This study was conducted to select and develop effect of eco-friendly organic materials for the eco-friendly prevention of Anthracnose occurred in the ginseng. Anthracnose on ginseng is occurred by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and the crop damage is severe especially from July to August after rainy season. The test results showed that control effect by test products materials on the three years ginseng and four years ginseng field was lower in eco-friendly organic materials than that of chemical pesticide. However, the control effect of bordeaux mixture was higher with 71.3% and 73.8% levels than those of mineral matter, microbial agent, and developed plants extract mixtures (Eugenol, Curcumin, Wood vinegar, etc). On the other hand, three types of developed plants extract mixtures (3 types) showed control effect in a range of from 58.1% to 63.6% against Anthracnose which was higher as compared with plant extract alone and sodium silicate regardless of ages of ginseng. The results of this study would attribute in verifying the control effect of eco-friendly materials against Anthracnose for ginseng through investigating antimicrobial compounds contained in the plants body. Also, it would be used as control method against Anthracnose occurred in ginseng by judging the right control time through monitoring occurrence of disease.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.904-913
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• 2006

VoD(Video on Demand) 시스템의 QoS(Quali쇼 of Service)는 클라이언트들의 스트림 서비스 요청이 시스템으로부터 거부되거나 서비스 도중에 손실되는 장애현상의 발생을 줄임으로써 향상시킬 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 VoD 시스템의 작업과정을 주기적으로 모니터링하며, 동적으로 작업부하(workload)를 조정하여 장애현상의 발생을 줄임으로써 성공적인 스트림 서비스 처리량(throughput)을 증가시킬 수 있는 동적 작업부하조정기 (Dynamic Workload Balancer) 모델을 제안하였다. 제안된 모델은 에이전트개념을 사용하여 VoD 시스템과는 서로 독립적으로 작동할 수 있게 하였으며, VoD 시스템과 인터페이스를 하는 에이전시(Agency) 부분과 작업부하 조정에 필요한 조치를 추론하거나 학습하는 인텔리전스(Intelligence) 부분으로 구성된다. 그리고 제안된 모델을 VoD 시스템에 적용하는 경우에 실효성이 있는지를 시뮬레이터를 구현하여 실험하였다. 실험의 결과, 제안된 모델을 적용하면 기존의 방법을 적용한 경우보다 상대적으로 QoS가 향상된다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.689-694
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• 2003

꿀벌의 벌집에서 채집되어지는 프로폴리스는 항염증, 항암성 등의 민간의학으로 사용되어져 왔다. 이러한 프로폴리스를 이용하여 총당에 대한 포도당 함량(0~100%), 에탄올 농도(20~100%) 및 에탄올 용액 분무량 (6~10%)의 비율로 혼합하여 세립형성에 따른 수율, 교반에 의한 분쇄율 및 관능적 특성의 변화를 검토하였다. 수율의 경우 에탄올 함량이 감소할수록 수율이 높게 나타났으며, 분쇄율의 경우 에탄올 함량이 증가할수록 감소하였다 색, 향, 맛, 입안에서의 느낌 및 전반적인 기호도에 있어서는 총당에 대한 포도당의 함량, 에탄올 농도 및 에탄올 함량 모두에 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났으며, 전반적인 기호도는 총당에 대한 포도당 함량 47.94%, 에탄올 농도 56.45%및 에탄올 용액 분무량 8.04%일 때 관능적으로 가장 우수한 6.90의 평점이 나타났다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2009

우리는 사용자의 행동을 관찰하고 학습하여 사용자 대신에 문서를 수집 분석함으로써 사용자에게 필요한 정보만을 추출하여 제공하는 웹 문서 추천 에이전트 시스템을 개발한다. 또한 우리는 이 시스템에 한국어 시소러스를 이용한 질의어 확장 방법의 적용을 제안한다. 한국어 시소러스를 이용한 질의어 확장을 위해, 새로운 웹 문서를 검색하기 위해 생성된 질의어를 한국어 시소러스를 통하여 그 하의어들을 찾아 후보 집합을 생성해 주고, TF-IDF와 상호 정보량을 이용하여 후보 집합 안에 있는 단어 들 중에서 질의어와 가장 많은 관련 정보를 가지고 있는 단어를 추출함으로써 질의어를 확장해 주었다. 확장되지 않은 질의어만으로 웹 문서를 추천하게 되면 추천된 웹 문서의 수는 극히 제한적이지만, 질의어를 확장함으로써 보다 더 많은 유용한 웹 문서를 사용자에게 추천 및 제공 할 수 있다.

• 분석과학
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.243-247
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• 1998

백금을 함유한 항암제로 신장과 신경계에 심각한 부작용을 일으키는 cisplatin의 혈중 농도를 flameless atomic absorption spectrometry법(FAAS)으로 분석하였다. 이 방법은 시료전처리 과정이 필요 없어 신속하고 간단한 분석법이다. 검정곡선에 대한 직선성을 조사한 결과 20~1000ng/mL 농도 범위에서 r=0.999로 나타났으며, 정확도는 50 ng/mL 이상의 농도에서 상대표준편차가 5.0% 이하 이었다. 그리고, 혈장시료 $200{\mu}L$에 대한 검출한계는 10 ng/mL 이었다. 본 방법은 cisplatin의 최적 치료 조건과 독성 경감을 위한 혈중 모니터링에 그 활용이 크게 기대된다.