• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.148-155
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• 2013

This study is about the development of the wrist rehabilitation system for the patient who has limited capability of movement after stroke. Electromyography triggered training system (ETTS) can play the role between complete passive training and patient activating training system. Surface EMG was measured on pronator teres muscle and biceps brachii muscle for wrist pronation and supination. Our system detects whether the subject makes muscular effort for pronation or supination or nothing in every 50 ms. When the effort level exceeds the preset percentage of maximal voluntary contraction, the motor rotates according to the direction of the intention of the subject. EMG triggers the motor rotation for the wrist rehabilitation training until the preset angle. To evaluate its performance, the maximum voluntary contraction level was measured for 4 subjects at first. With the audio-visual instruction to rotate the wrist (pronation or supination) the subjects made effort to follow the instruction. After calculating root mean square (RMS) for 50 ms, the controller determines whether there was muscular effort to rotate while holding the motor. When there was an effort to rotate, the controller rotates the motor 0.8 degree. By comparing the RMS values from two channels of EMG, the controller determines the rotational direction. The onset delay is $0.76{\pm}0.24$ s and offset delay is $0.65{\pm}0.22$ s for pronation. For supination the onset delay is $1.24{\pm}0.41$ s and offset delay is $0.77{\pm}0.22$ s. The system responded fast enough to be used for rehabilitation training. The controller perceived the direction of rotation 100% correctly for the pronation and 97.5% correctly for supination. ETTS was developed and the fundamental functions were validated for normal subjects. The clinical validation should be done with patients for real world application. With ETTS, the subjects can train voluntarily over the limitation of the range of motion which increases the effectiveness of the rehabilitation training.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.257-266
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• 2014

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Licorice has been shown to possess cancer chemopreventive effects. However, glycyrrhizin, a major component in licorice, was found to interfere with steroid metabolism and cause edema and hypertension. The roasting process of licorice modifies the chemical composition and converts glycyrrhizin to glycyrrhetinic acid. The purpose of this study was to examine the anti-carcinogenic effects of the ethanol extract of roasted licorice (EERL) and to identify the active compound in EERL. MATERIALS/METHODS: Ethanol and aqueous extracts of roasted and un-roasted licorice were prepared. The active fraction was separated from the methylene chloride (MC)-soluble fraction of EERL and the structure of the purified compound was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The anti-carcinogenic effects of licorice extracts and licochalcone A was evaluated using a MTT assay, Western blot, flow cytometry, and two-stage skin carcinogenesis model. RESULTS: EERL was determined to be more potent and efficacious than the ethanol extract of un-roasted licorice in inhibiting the growth of DU145 and MLL prostate cancer cells, as well as HT-29 colon cancer cells. The aqueous extracts of un-roasted and roasted licorice showed minimal effects on cell growth. EERL potently inhibited growth of MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast, B16-F10 melanoma, and A375 and A2058 skin cancer cells, whereas EERL slightly stimulated the growth of normal IEC-6 intestinal epithelial cells and CCD118SK fibroblasts. The MC-soluble fraction was more efficacious than EERL in inhibiting DU145 cell growth. Licochalcone A was isolated from the MC fraction and identified as the active compound of EERL. Both EERL and licochalcone A induced apoptosis of DU145 cells. EERL potently inhibited chemically-induced skin papilloma formation in mice. CONCLUSIONS: Non-polar compounds in EERL exert potent anti-carcinogenic effects, and that roasted rather than un-roasted licorice should be favored as a cancer preventive agent, whether being used as an additive to food or medicine preparations.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.168-186
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• 1979

Three hundred gram of Korean ginseng root was extracted with 95% ethanol on a boiling water bath for about 300 hr. Evaporation of alcohol yieled 50.2g of dark brown residue which was used by dissolving 4 mg of the residue in 1 ml of physiological saline. The ginseng group and the saline group received each day 0.5 ml per 100 g body weight of ginseng extract and physiological saline, respectively. Both the ginseng and saline group with stress were exposed to positive radial acceleration (1∼29g), cold (5$^{\circ}C$, 0$^{\circ}C$ &-10$^{\circ}C$) and heat (35$^{\circ}C$) environment, and surgical stress. After termination of the last stress, the tolerance, body weight, visceral organ weight, basal metabolism rate, rectal temperature, the number of erythrocyte and leucocyte, hemoglobin level, hematocrit ratio, total serum protein content and it's fraction and the content of adrenal ascorbic acid in the experimental animal exposed to stress were measured and at the corresponding periods, the same measurements were also carried out with the ginseng and the saline groups without stress exposure (serving as control). Results obtained were as follows. 1. Administration of ginseng does depressed the decrease of the tolerance, body weight, visceral organ weight, basal metabolism rate, the number of erythrocyte, hemoglobin value, hematocrit ratio and the A/G ratio in the mice and rats exposed to various stress. 2. The change of the rectal temperature, eosinophile counts, total serum protein content and the content of adrenal ascorbic acid of ginseng group that exposured to various stress facilitates the reaction to, and accelerates the recovery from the stress. 3. Even after hypophysectomy which served the link between the central and the peripheral portion of the stress mechanism, the adrenal ascorbic acid content of ginseng group decreased significantly more than that of the saline group 30 min. after administration of ACTH, while the value approached the normal level significantly closer in the ginseng group than in the saline group 1 and 2 hr after ACTH administration. Judging from the above results, it is concluded that administration of ginseng extract tolerated the experimental animals under the environment of stressfu1 stmuli, although the ginseng has no significant influence upon the stress mechanism in the absence of stressful stimuli. The site of action of the ginseng appears to be in the peripheral portion of the stress mechanism.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.83-95
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• 2003

본 연구는 차량검지기 데이터를 이용한 통행시간 추정 및 예측에 관한 수집기법 및 추정·예측기법의 고찰을 통해 고속도로 환경에 적합한 통행시간 추정 및 예측모형을 개발하는 데 목적이 있다. 먼저, 기존 통행시간 추정기법의 고찰을 통해 차량검지기에서 수집되는 교통데이터 중 교통류의 변동을 민감하게 포착할 수 있는 교통량을 이용한 통행시간 추정모형을 정립하고자 하였다. 기존방식인 차량검지기 속도 데이터를 이용한 통행시간과 본 연구에서 제안한 추정모형과의 비교 분석을 위해, 실측치에 거의 근사하는 통행료 징수시스템의 출발지기준 통행시간을 이용하여 통행시간 산출기법의 적용성 평가를 수행한 결과, 고속도로 구간의 혼잡시 본 연구모형에 의한 통행시간 산출방식이 기존방식보다 신뢰성있는 통행시간을 제공할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 고속도로 구간의 차량통과속도가 70km/h이상일 때는 기존 차량검지기 속도데이터를 이용한 통행시간 산출방식을 적용하고 혼잡시에는 교통량을 이용한 추정모형에 의한 통행시간 산출방식을 병용하여 적용하는 것이 타당하다는 결론을 도출하였다. 통계적 모형을 이용한 교통상황의 예측과 보다 정확한 통행시간을 예측하기 위해 본 연구에서 칼만필터를 이용한 단기 예측을 수행해 본 결과, 시시각각 변화하는 고속도로의 교통류에 대해 예측력이 우수한 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식품저장유통학회 1996년도 임시총회 및 제8차 학술발표회 진행표 및 발표논문 초록
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• pp.25-25
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• 1996

;Jindo Hongju is an unique red-colored traditional distilled wine of Korea. The unique attractive color of Jindo Hongju is due to the pigments of gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) root, derivatives of naphtoquinone such as shikonin and acetylshikonin. Which are extracted during the distillation process. The attractive color of the gromwell pigments is easily changed to dark red or to brown causing deterioration of the Quality of Jindo Hongju. Due to the discoloration of the pigments and to the limited supply of gromwell roots, some brewers manufacture spurious Jindo Hongju using artificial colorants. This study was performed to devise a simple method of detecting spurious Jindo Hongju products. The color of the gromwell pigments was greatly affected by pH change and the change could be demonstrated by the change of the absorption spectrum. At pH 4.0 the normal pH of Jindo Hongju, the absorption spectra of gromwell pigments and genuine Hongju products showed an absorption maximum of 520 nm. The absorption maximum was shifted to 570 nm and to 616 nm as the pH was raised to 7.0 and 11.0 respectively. This transition due to the pH change was also demonstrated on em chromaticity diagram. The characteristic transition due to pH change of gromwell pigment solution was not observed with an artificial colorant (red No.2) which was suspected to be used in the manufacture of imitation products. The absorption spectra of most of the Jindo Hongju collected from the market were similar to that of the gromwell pigments and showed the characteristic transition due to pH change with the addition of NaOH. However, with a few of the products, the absorption spectra was similar to that of the artificial colorant and the characteristic transition due to pH change was not observed, indicating these products might have been forged. The result of study suggests that the transition of the absorption spectrum and the change of the color due to pH change be used for the detection of imitation products. Farther more, since, at pH above 9.0, the color of the gromwell pigments and genuine Jindo Hongju could be visually differentiated from that of the artificial colorant and forged products, it might be possible that the forged products be easily detected by raising the pH to above 9.0 and visually comparing the color with that of the gromwell pigment at the same pH.me pH.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.339-345
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• 2007

Field performance and morphological characterization was conducted on seven transgenic lines of Codonopsis lanceolata expressing ${\gamma}-TMT$ gene. The shoots were obtained from leaf explants after co-cultivation with Agrobacterium tume-faciens strain LBA 4404 harboring a binary vector pYBI 121 that carried genes encoding ${\gamma}-Tocopherol$ methyltransferase gene (${\gamma}-TMT$) and a neomycin phosphotransferase II gene (npt II) for kanamycin resistance. The transgenic plants were transferred to a green house for acclimation. Integration of T-DNA into the $T_0\;and\;T_1$ generation of transgenic Codonopsis lanceolata genome was confirmed by the polymerase chain reaction and southern blot analysis. The progenies of transgenic plants showed phenotypic differences within the different lines and with relative to control plants. When grown in field, the transgenic plants in general exhibited increased fertility, significant improvement in the shoot weight, root weight, shoot height and rachis length with relation to the control plants. However, all seven independently derived transgenic lines produced normal flower with respect to its shape, size, color and seeds number at its maturity. Indicating that the addition of a selectable marker gene in the plant genome does not effect on seed germination and agronomic performance of transgenic Codonopsis lanceolata. $T_1$ progenies of these plants were obtained and evaluated together with control plant in a field experiment. Overall, the agronomic performance of $T_1$ progenies of transgenic Codonopsis lanceolata showed superior to that of the seed derived non-transgenic plant. In this study, we report on the morphological variation and agronomic performance of transgenic Codonopsis lanceolata developed by Agrobacterium transformation.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제41권
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• pp.4.1-4.10
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• 2019

Background: The mandibular third molar (M3) is typically the last permanent tooth to erupt because of insufficient space and thick soft tissues covering its surface. Problems such as alveolar bone loss, development of a periodontal pocket, exposure of cementum, gingival recession, and dental caries can be found in the adjacent second molars (M2) following M3 extraction. The specific aims of the study were to assess the amount and rate of bone regeneration on the distal surface of M2 and to evaluate the aspects of bone regeneration in terms of varying degree of impaction. Methods: Four series of panoramic radiographic images were obtained from the selected cases, including images from the first visit, immediately after extraction, 6 weeks, and 6 months after extraction. ImageJ software^® (NIH, USA) was used to measure linear distance from the region of interest to the distal root of the adjacent M2. Radiographic infrabony defect (RID) values were calculated from the measured radiographic bone height and cementoenamel junction with distortion compensation. Repeated measures of analysis of variance and one-way analysis of variance were conducted to analyze the statistical significant difference between RID and time, and a Spearman correlation test was conducted to assess the relationship between Pederson's difficulty index (DI) and RID. Results: A large RID (> 6 mm) can be reduced gradually and consistently over time. More than half of the samples recovered nearly to their normal healthy condition (RID ≤ 3 mm) by the 6-month follow-up. DI affected the first 6 weeks of post-extraction period and only showed a significant positive correlation with respect to the difference between baseline and final RID. Conclusions: Additional treatments on M2 for a minimum of 6 months after an M3 extraction could be recommended. Although DI may affect bone regeneration during the early healing period, further study is required to elucidate any possible factors associated with the healing process. The DI does not cause any long-term adverse effects on bone regeneration after surgical extraction.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.111-120
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• 2008

다양한 전신질환으로 입원한 환자들의 전신질환별 구강질환의 주소와 치료내용을 조사하여 기본적인 구강질환의 실태를 파악하고자 본 연구를 시행하였는데, 전신질환으로 입원하여 구강질환의 진단과 치료를 위하여 내원한 환자를 대상으로 연구한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 주된 전신질환인 내분비, 영양 및 대사 질환의 경우 구강질환은 치은염 및 치주질환 44.9%, 타액선의 질환 22.4%, 치아우식증 12.2%, 치수 및 치근단주위의 질환 4.1%, 매몰치와 매복치, 치아경조직의 기타질환 각각 2% 순서로 나타났다. 2. 주된 구강질환인 치은 및 치주질환의 경우 전신질환은 인슐린-비의존성 당뇨 39.2%, 뇌경색 29.4%, 신경근 및 신경총장애 5.6%, 뇌내출혈 3.9%, 위의 악성 신생물, 갑상선기능항진증, 정신분열증, 알콜성 간질환, 신증후군 각각 2% 순서로 나타났다. 이상의 결과로 전신질환이 있는 환자의 구강질환과 구강질환이 있는 환자의 전신질환에 대해서는 일정부분 파악이 되었으나 향후 전신질환으로 입원한 환자의 구강질환과 전신질환과의 상관관계에 대한 연구가 이루어져야 한다고 사료된다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.646-651
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• 1998

기체크로마토그래피에서 황화합물의 분자구조와 용리시간과의 관계를 연구하였다. 분석대상인 황화합물은 황화수소, 이산화항, 이황화탄소, 에틸메르캅탄, 황화이메틸, 이소프로필메르캅탄, 노말프로필메르캅탄, 황화에틸메틸, 황화이에틸, t-부틸메르캅탄, 테트라히이드로티오핀, 티오핀, 2-클로르티오핀이었다. 다중선형회귀분석방법으로 용리시간과 분자의 설명인자 사이의 상관관계를 설명할 수 있었다. 기체크로마토그래피에서 오븐 온도 프로그램을 30$^{\circ}C$에서 10.5분간 유지 후 15$^{\circ}C$/min 비율로 150$^{\circ}C$까지 증가하는 것으로 설정하였다. SAS를 사용하여 사대적 용리시간에 대한 예측식을 다음과 같이 얻을 수 있었다. $RRT=0.121bp+14.39dp-8.94dp^2+0.0741sqmw-35.78\;(N=8,\;R^2=0.989, \;Variance=0.175,\;F=66.21)$. 상대적 용리시간은 끓는점, 분자량의 제곱근 및 분자쌍극자모멘트의 함수이며 끓는점에 의한 영향이 가장 컸다. 무극성 컬럼 사용시 분자쌍극자모멘트가 0.805D에서 용리시간이 가장 길었다. 분자구조가 평면성을 띠면서 대칭성이 높은 물질은 용리속도가 작았다. 훈련세트(training set)에서 SAS 프로그램을 통해 얻은 예측식의 상관계수의 제곱$(R^2)$은 0.989이며 분산은 0.175이다. 시험세트(testing set)에서 3개의 황화합물에 대하여 예측식을 통해 얻은 상대적 용리시간과 관측된 값 사이의 분산은 0.432 이었다.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.651-657
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• 2007

치아종은 치성 종양 중 가장 흔한 형태로 증상이 없는 경우가 대부분이며 종종 영구치의 매복이나 맹출지연을 유발한다. 이는 치아를 구성하는 법랑질, 상아질, 백악질, 치수로 구성되며, 형태에 따라 복합 치아종과 복잡 치아종으로 구분된다. 복합 치아종은 다수의 작고 치아와 유사한 형태를 지니며 상악 전치부에 호발하고, 복잡 치아종은 무정형의 치성조직으로 구성되어 있으며 전체 치아종의 약 25%를 차지하고 하악 구치부에 호발한다. 치아종의 병인은 확실치는 않으나 국소적인 외상, 감염, 유전적 요인이 관여할 것이라 추측된다. 치료는 보존적인 외과적 적출술이 추천되며 재발은 거의 없다. 다음의 두 증례는 각각 하악 제 1대구치와 하악 측절치의 맹출 지연을 주소로 본원에 내원한 환아들로, 매복치 상방의 복잡 치아종을 외과적 적출술을 시행하고 매복치의 외과적 노출 및 교정적 견인을 시행하여 양호한 결과를 보였기에 보고하는 바이다.