• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.881-887
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• 2018

Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary cashew nut testa (CNT) as an alternative feed ingredient to wheat bran on reproductive performance, litter performance, milk composition, and blood profiles of gestating sows. Methods: Forth multiparous sows ($Yorkshire{\times}Landrace$) were fed experimental diets starting at 35 days of pregnancy and an initial average body weight (BW) of $211.53{\pm}8.86kg$. Each sow was assigned to a treatment based on BW, backfat thickness (BF) and parity with 10 sows per treatment. Treatments were as follows: i) corn-soybean meal based diet with 6% of wheat bran (C0); ii) basal diet with 2% of CNT and 4% of wheat bran (C2); iii) basal diet with 4% of CNT and 2% of wheat bran (C4); and iv) basal diet with 6% of CNT (C6). Results: There were no statistically significant differences in BW and BF of gestating sows throughout the experimental period. However, changes in BF (p = 0.09) and the daily feed intake of sows (p = 0.09) tended to linearly increase during the lactation period. The weaning to estrus interval (WEI) showed a quadratic response to CNT treatment (p = 0.02), and the C2 diet showed the shortest WEI. Litter birth weight (p = 0.04) and piglet birth weight (p = 0.06) were linearly decreased with increase in CNT. Furthermore, there had no significant differences in piglet weight and litter weight in 21 day. Insulin concentration at day 70 of gestation was linearly reduced with increasing CNT level in diets (p = 0.03). Conclusion: When 6% CNT replaced wheat bran in gestating sow diets, there were no negative effects on sow performance, but litter birth weight and piglet birth weight were decreased when CNT level increased in gestating sow diets.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.162-169
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• 1999

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes toward complementary and alternative medicine among 1,490 residents(339 households) in Suwon city. Methods: All respondents were asked about types, frequency, effects, side-effects, views, and cost of complementary or alternative medicine through a questionnaire from July 24th to 27th. Six therapies were investigated: diet; acupuncture/ massage/ chiropractic etc., mind control such as Ki/ Yoga/ spiritual therapy/ relaxation therapy etc.; nutritional supplements, cultural remedies; and Herb medications Results: The results of this survey were as follows: 35.6% of respondents had experiences with at least one or more types of complementary and alternative medicine. The average number of different types of therapies used was 3.4. More experience with various types of therapies were found among those respondents of higher education, older age group, higher income, married group, religious group than among the opposite groups of respondents. Herb medications were used most frequently(39.8%), followed by minor grains(37.9%), Ginseng(23.8%), Boshintang(21.5%), acupuncture(20.3%), Gaesojou(15.3%) Gingko nut(12.0%), mushroom(11.5%), Cupping therapy(10.2%), and black goat(0.0%). Acupuncture and Herb medications were used for treatment of hypertension the most frequently; minor grains or silkworm for treatment of diabetic mellitus; vegetables for treatment of obesity; acupuncture, Cupping Therapy, Herb medications for treatment of rheumatism; and acupuncture, Herb medications, or exercises for treatment of Cerebro Vascular Accident(CVA). The average costs of treatment were 108,000 Won for hypertension, 87,200 Won for diabetic mellitus, 16,800 Won for obesity, 68,800 Won for rheumatism, and 87,500 Won for CVA. Among 10.9% of respondents, there were 13 cases of side-effects with acupuncture, Herb medications, and Gaesojou. Among the cases of side-effects, majority was due to Herb medications. Respondents reported that Cupping Therapy was the most effective, followed by acupuncture, Ginseng, Gingko nut, Boshintang, black goat, minor grains, Gaesojou, Herb medications, vegetables, and mushroom. In response to the views of complementary and alternative medicine which they had used, they recommended minor grains first, followed by Ginseng, acupuncture, Gingko nut, Cupping Therapy, vegetables, Boshintang, black goat, mushroom and Herb medications. In contrast, they did not recommend Herb medications, acupuncture, nor Gaesojou. Conclusions: These findings indicate that many people use various complementary and alternative medicine without any guidelines for treatment of serious chronic diseases not even to invigorate themselves. It is, therefore, suggested that medical doctors or scientists verify the true effects or side-effects from the most common complementary or alternative therapies through experiments. Also medical doctors should provide a comfortable atmosphere for discussion among doctors and patients who would like to try these therapies.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.399-407
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• 2008

건축공사 표준시방서에서 규정하는 TS고력볼트는 KS B 2819에 따라 토크관리법에 의한 체결한다. TS고력볼트는 핀 테일이 파단되면 적정축력이 도입되는 것으로 알려져 있지만, 실제로는 온도조건에 따라 토크계수가 변하고 도입축력도 설계기준에 미치지 못하는 경우가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 현장 온도조건이 볼트의 토크계수 및 도입축력의 영향을 평가하기 위해 ${-10^{\circ}C{\sim}50^{\circ}C}$ 범위에서 3 종류의 고력 볼트에 대해 도입축력, 토크계수, 너트회전각을 실험적으로 비교 분석하였다. 실험결과 TS고력볼트의 경우 핀 테일이 파단될 때 모든 온도조건에서 설계볼트장력과 표준볼트장력을 상회하는 도입축력을 나타냈으며 ${-10^{\circ}C}$에서 ${50^{\circ}C}$까지 온도 상승함에 따라 핀 테일 파단시점의 볼트에 도입되는 평균축력은 20kN 증가되었다. 아연피막 처리한 일반육각형 고력볼트의 경우, $0^{\circ}C$, $20^{\circ}C$, $50^{\circ}C$조건, 토크계수 0.13과 토크 ${462N{\cdot}m} $에서 표준볼트축력을 상회하였지만, 도입축력의 일정한 경향을 찾을 수 없었으며 온도변수 별 평균 도입축력 차는 최대 50kN이었다. 일반 육각고력볼트의 경우, 온도상승에 따라 평균 도입축력도 상승되는 추세였으며 토크 ${462N{\cdot}m} $ 일때 온도변수별 볼트의 도입축력은 최대 33kN 차이를 보였다. 또한, TS볼트를 제외한 육각볼트 종류 군에 대해서는 너트회전각 ${90^{\circ}}$ 경우의 도입축력은 설계볼트장력에 미치지 못했다. 따라서, 기존 너트회전각 ${120^{\circ}{\pm}30^{\circ}}$의 하한치 ${-30^{\circ}}$에 대한 재평가를 고려해 볼 필요가 있다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.1817-1823
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• 2016

Areca nut (AN) chewing is a habit in many countries in Central, Southern, and Southeast Asia. It is strongly associated with the occurrence of oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal cancer as well as systemic inflammation. However, the association between AN intake and the development of gastric lesions has not yet been identified. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of AN on gastric diseases using a mouse model for Helicobacter pylori infection. We studied four groups of mice: those fed a normal diet (ND), those fed a diet containing 2.5% AN (AD), those fed ND and infected with H. pylori PMSS1 strain (ND/HP), and those fed AD and infected with H. pylori PMSS1 strain (AD/HP). Food intake and body weight were monitored weekly during the experiments. At 10 weeks, the mice were sacrificed, and the stomach weight, H. pylori colonization, and gastric inflammation were evaluated. The stomach weight had increased significantly in the ND/HP and AD/HP groups along with increases in H. pylori colonization; however, there was no significant difference between these two groups with respect to stomach weight and colonization. On histological grading, mononuclear cell infiltration was severer in the AD/HP group than in the ND/HP group. These data suggest that chronic gastric inflammation was aggravated by AN treatment in the mice with H. pylori-induced gastric lesions. Furthermore, as previously suggested, this animal model is useful to determine the effect of potential carcinogens on gastric lesions induced by H. pylori infection.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제59권11호
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• pp.27.1-27.7
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• 2017

Background: Cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) is an agricultural byproduct containing alkylphenols that has been shown to favorably change the rumen fermentation pattern only under experimentally fixed feeding conditions. Investigation of CNSL potency in rumen modulation under a variety of feeding regimens, and evidence leading to the understanding of CNSL action are obviously necessary for further CNSL applications. The objective of this study was to evaluate the potency of CNSL for rumen modulation under different dietary conditions, and to visually demonstrate its surfactant action against selected rumen bacteria. Methods: Batch culture studies were carried out using various diets with 5 different forage to concentrate (F:C) ratios (9:1, 7:3, 5:5. 3:7 and 1:9). Strained rumen fluid was diluted with a buffer and incubated with each diet. Gas and short chain fatty acid (SCFA) profiles were characterized after 18 h incubation at $39^{\circ}C$. Monensin was also evaluated as a reference additive under the same conditions. Four species of rumen bacteria were grown in pure culture and exposed to CNSL to determine their morphological sensitivity to the surfactant action of CNSL. Results: CNSL supplementation decreased total gas production in diets with 5:5 and 3:7 F:C ratios, whereas the F:C ratio alone did not affect any gas production. Methane decrease by CNSL addition was more apparent in diets with 5:5, 3:7, and 1:9 F:C ratios. An interactive effect of CNSL and the F:C ratio was also observed for methane production. CNSL supplementation enhanced propionate production, while total SCFA production was not affected. Monensin decreased methane production but only in a diet with a 1:9 F:C ratio with increased propionate. Studies of pure cultures indicated that CNSL damaged the cell surface of hydrogen- and formate-producing bacteria, but did not change that of propionate-producing bacteria. Conclusion: CNSL can selectively inhibit rumen bacteria through its surfactant action to lead fermentation toward less methane and more propionate production. As CNSL is effective over a wider range of dietary conditions for such modulation of rumen fermentation in comparison with monensin, this new additive candidate might be applied to ruminant animals for various production purposes and at various stages.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.4175-4179
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• 2016

Background: Oral cavity cancer (OCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. No studies have reported on the prevalence and epidemiologic risk factors of oral premalignant lesions (OPLs) in Thailand. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of OPLs and associated factors in Roi Et Province, Thailand. Materials and Methods: To investigate the prevalence of OPLs, a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in which 2,300 subjects over 40 years of age were recruited and screened for the prevalence of OPLs. To identify factors associated with OPLs, a matched case-control study was used in which the subjects were 102 cases with OPL and 102 matched controls without OPLs. The studies were conducted in Roi Et Province during the period 1 February, 2014, to 30 April, 2014, and the data were collected by the use of a structured interview questionnaire and by extraction of information from medical records. Data analyses involved the use of descriptive statistics, McNemar's test, and conditional logistic regression. Results: The overall prevalence of OPLs was 3.8%, and no-one was diagnosed with more than one type of OPL. The factors found to be associated with a statistically significant higher risk of an OPL were betel nut chewing, smoking, and alcohol consumption. The associations with these factors were strong, especially for betel nut chewing and smoking. Conclusions: The habits of betel nut chewing, smoking, and alcohol use are confirmed as factors associated with OPLs in a population of Roi Et Province, Thailand. Campaigns to reduce such risk healthy behaviour are needed, but whether any actual decrease will prevent the eventual transformation of an OPL into an OCC remains an open question.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제88권2호
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• pp.195-204
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• 1999

채종원(採種園) 관리를 위해 개발된 여러 수종의 다양한 수형 조절 방법의 검토 및 이미 수형 조절 작업을 받은 16년생 접목 잣나무의 성장 조사와 I영급~III영급 조림지 임목의 성장 조사를 통하여 잣나무 인공림에서 잣과 목재를 생산할 수 있는 수형과 그 조절 방법을 제시하였다. 제 1형은 I~II영급에 잣 생산만을 위해 적용할 수 있는 방법으로 지상 1m 정도의 힘센 생지(生枝)를 포함하여 1m 정도 간격으로 4~5마디까지 남기고 단간(斷幹)하되 각 마디에 3~4개의 일차지(一次枝)를 윤생(輪生)으로 배치하는 변칙주간형(變則主幹型)이고, 제 2형은 잣과 목재 생산을 함께 도모하는 II영급~III영급에 적용이 가능한 방법으로 힘센 첫 생지 (지표에서 4m~8m)의 아래 부분은 무절(無節) 주간(主幹)으로 성장시키고 그 위는 1m 정도 간격으로 최고 4~5마디까지 남기고 단간하되 각 마디에 3~4개의 일차지를 윤생으로 배치하는 변칙주간형이며, 제 3형은 목재 생산만을 위해 지하고(枝下高)가 9m를 넘는 잣나무를 강도(强度)의 가지치기로 주간형(主幹型)을 이루게 하여 곧고 빠른 주간의 성장을 도모하는 방법이다.

• 공업화학
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2006

원수의 pH, 응집제의 주입량, 희석배수에 따라 알루미늄계 응집제(Alum, PACS, PACC)의 원수내 인과 탁질의 제거효과를 고찰하였다. 저탁도(20 NUT) 및 적정 pH 6~9하에서 알류미늄계 응집제간의 탁도 제거율의 차이는 뚜렷하게 나타나지 않았다. 그러나 인의 제거율에 있어서는 20~40 ppm의 주입량에 대해서 응집제의 염기도가 증가할수록 감소함을 알 수 있었다. Alum (0%)>PACS (45~50%)>PACC (70%), 고탁도(100 NUT) 하에서는 고분자 응집제인 PACS와 PACC의 응집성능이 단분자 응집제인 Alum보다 뛰어남을 알 수 있었다. 20 NUT의 저탁도에서 직접 주입한 경우와 비교해서, 500~2000배로 희석한 Alum의 경우에는 응집효율의 감소가 나타났으나 희석된 응집제의 체류시간이 증가함에 따라 탁도 및 인의 제거율이 증가하는 경향을 나타내주었다. 반면에 희석된 PACC의 경우에는 분산도의 증가에 기인한 응집성능의 향상이 나타났으나 희석된 응집제의 체류시간이 증가함에 따라 응집효율의 감소가 나타났다. 100 NTU의 고탁도 조건하에서는 Alum과 PACC를 희석하여 주입시 모두 응집성능이 향상됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Weed & Turfgrass Science
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.136-143
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 캐슈넛 오일의 살조활성 특징을 파악하고, 유해조류를 보다 효과적으로 제어할 수 있는 혼합처리제를 개발하기 위하여 실시하였다. 공시된 시험 추출물중 anacardic acid 함량이 상대적으로 높은 Ana-A가 남조류 M. aeruginosa에 대한 살조활성이 가장 높았다. Ana-A는 전체적으로 녹조류보다는 남조류에 대해 더 높은 살조활성을 가지면서 폭넓은 살조활성스펙트럼을 보였다. Ana-A에 대한 남조류 종간 반응에 있어서는 Oscillatoria tenuis ($IC_{50}=0.19{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$)가 가장 민감하였고, 녹조류 중에서는 Chlorella vulgaris가 상대적으로 가장 민감한 반응을 나타내었다($IC_{50}=4.54{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$). Ana-A와의 혼합처리를 통해 효능이 상승되는 화합물을 탐색한 결과, MSB와 menadione은 매우 강한 상승작용을, citric acid는 약간의 상승작용을, chrysophanol, copper sulfate, quinoclamine 등은 상가적 작용의 활성을 나타내었다. 종합적으로 볼 때, anacardic acid 고함유 캐슈넛 오일은 처리량의 최적화와 상승작용을 가지는 MSB 또는 menadione과 같은 화합물과의 혼합처리를 통해 M. aeruginosa 및 O. tenuis가 발생하는 현장의 선택적 제어를 위해 환경 친화적인 살조제로서 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것 같았다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.630-635
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 성분분석을 통해 품질이 확인된 PNO의 항비만효과를 세포수준에서 확인하고 기능성소재로서의 연구 가능성을 제시하고자 수행하였다. 그 결과 PNO는 기존에 알려진 바와 같이 linoleic acid, oleic acid, pinolenic acid, 및 palmitic acid가 분석되었으며 정량을 위한 표준물질인 undecanoic acid의 함량을 기준으로 확인한 결과 linoleic acid 43.4%, oleic acid 25.7%, pinolenic acid로 예측되는 11번 unknown peak 12.8%, palmitic acid 5.2% 및 다수의 미량 성분을 함유하고 있었다. 세포독성 실험을 통해 0.2 mg/mL 농도 까지 독성이 관찰되지 않음을 확인하였으며 그 이상의 농도에서도 PNO보다는 용매 DMSO에 의한 독성이 관찰되었다. PNO를 이용하여 항비만 효과에 대한 잠재적 기능 및 기전을 연구하기 위해 Oil Red O staining, $PPAR{\gamma}$ 및 aP2 mRNA 발현 확인 그리고 leptin의 분비량 측정을 진행하였다. 그 결과 PNO는 MDI solution 처리를 통해 분화가 유도된 mature adipocyte에서 지방적(lipid droplet) 형성을 유의하게 억제하는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며 이는 PNO가 항비만 활성에 잠재적으로 기능을 할 수 있음을 의미한다. 또한 $PPAR{\gamma}$와 aP2 mRNA 발현을 확인한 결과, 두 유전자가 유의한 수준으로 MDI control 대비 감소하는 반면 SREBP-1c, $C/EBP{\alpha}$, glucokinase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 및 perilipin에는 영향이 없는 것을 확인할 수 있었다(data not shown). RT-PCR 결과는 PNO의 처리가 지방대사 및 축적을 단백질 및 유전자 발현조절 기전에 의해 억제할 수 있음을 제시하여 주며, 추가적인 연구가 필요함을 시사한다. 마지막으로 확인한 PNO의 leptin 방출유도 실험을 통해 leptin이 PNO의 처리에 의해 농도 의존적으로 방출량이 증가됨을 확인할 수 있었다. Leptin은 식욕억제 효과가 있는 호르몬으로 잘 알려져 있다. 이는 PNO가 기존에 알려진 cholecystokinin과 glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1)의 분비증가를 통해 식욕을 억제할 뿐만 아니라 leptin의 방출을 유도하여 추가적인 식욕억제작용을 유도할 수 있음을 의미한다. 위의 연구결과를 종합하면 PNO는 불포화지방산이 다량 함유된 우수한 식물성유지이며 기능적으로 항비만 효능을 잠재적으로 가지는 우수한 소재임을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 본 연구결과를 기초자료로 하여 효과적인 기능성 식품 및 소재의 개발을 위해 체계적이고 과학적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.