• 생명과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.210-217
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• 2000

A kinetic profile of the catalytic domain of stromelysin-1 (SCD) using the fluorescent peptide substrate has been determined by the stopped-flow technique. The pH profile has a pH optimum of about 5.5 with an extended shoulder above pH 7. Three pKa values, 5.0, 5.7, and 9.8 are found for the free enzyme state and two pH independent Kcat/Km values of 4.1$\times$104 M-1 s-1 and 1.4$\times$104 M-1 s-1 at low and high pH, respectively. The profile is quite different in shape with other MMP family which has been reported, having broad pH optimum with two pKa values. The substrate specificity of SCD towards fluorescent heptapeptide substrates has been also examined by thin layer chromatography. The cleavage sites of the substrates have been identified using reverse-phase HPLC method.SCD cleaves Dns-PLA↓L↓WAR and Dns-PLA↓L↓FAR at two positions. However, the Dns-PLA↓LRAR, Dns-PLE↓LFAR, adn Dns-PLSar↓LFAR are cleaved exclusively at one bond. The double cleavages of Dns-PLALWAR and Dns-PLALFAR by SCD are in marked contrast to the close structurally related matrilysin. A notable feature of SCD catalysis agrees with the structural data that the S1' pocket of SCD is deeper than that of matriysin. The differences observed between SCD and matrilysin may form the basis of understanding the structural relationships and substrate specificities of the MMP family in vivo.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.944-951
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• 2016

Tdrd12 is one of tudor domain containing (Tdrd) family members. However, the expression pattern of Tdrd12 has not been well studied. To compare the expression levels of Tdrd12 in various tissues, real time-polymerase chain reaction was performed using total RNAs from liver, small intestine, heart, brain, kidney, lung, spleen, stomach, uterus, ovary, and testis. Tdrd12 mRNA was highly expressed in testis. Antibody against mouse TDRD12 were generated using amino acid residues SQRPNEKPLRLTEKKDC of TDRD12 to investigate TDRD12 localization in testis. Immunostaining assay shows that TDRD12 is mainly localized at the spermatid in the seminiferous tubules of adult testes. During postnatal development, TDRD12 is differentially expressed. TDRD12 was detected in early spermatocytes at 2 weeks and TDRD12 was localized at acrosome of the round spermatids. TDRD12 expression was not co-localized with TDRD1 which is an important component of piRNA pathway in germ cells. Our results indicate that TDRD12 may play an important role in spermatids and function as a regulator of spermatogenesis in dependent of TDRD1.

• 한국학교수학회논문집
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.145-156
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is to consider students′ scholastic relationship in mathematics between elementary school and middle school from the 3rd grade in elementary school to the 2nd and the 3rd grades in middle school. The following are the results: 1. CONCLUSIONS 1. Students′ present scores are most closely related to those of their previous grade. The data are based on the two groups of the 3rd grade middle school students - one is honhappan(mixed students from different elementary school) and the other shinaepan(the students from the same elementary school in kong ju city). This close relation between present and previous scores in mathematics may well be reasonable since mathematics is systemized hierarchically. Among the score data in elementary school, the scores in the 5th grade are meaningfully related to present score data in mathematics. 2. Two pans (as I mentioned above, honhap and shinae) are divided into groups and their scores are traced from the 3rd grade in elementary school and the data show that the high-levelled students have little changes in their scores, but low-levelled students have dropped radically in their scores from the first grade in middle school. 3. In terms of students′ interests, students who answered, "I′m very interested in mathematics." have no distinguished characteristics in their scores while those who answered, "I have little interest in mathematics" shows a decrease in their scores. 4. Among the reasons for their lack of interests, the replies are "because of exams," "because of teaching methods," and "because of the textbooks." II. Suggestion To compensate the limitation and difficiency of this study, the foll owing is suggested for the following studies related to this one. 1. This study was limited to gathering students′ score data from female students in a small city. For a more accurate statistic a bigger population is needed as well as varied geographical and social economical area is suggested. A good idea is to study homogeneous sex groups as well as heterogeneous sex groups 2. It is easy to find out what grade is closely related to the present scores by statistical analysis, but the reasons for their relationship have to be found out through the following studies 3. There are many studies on cognitive domain in math but it is expected to have more studies on affective domain as well.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.217-228
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• 2012

As the size of container ships continues to increase, not many existing harbors can host the super-container ship due to its increased draft and the corresponding dredging requires huge budget. In addition, the minimization of waiting and loading/offloading time is the most important factor in harbor competitiveness. In this regard, mobile-harbor concept has been developed in Korea to achieve much improved harbor capacity and efficiency. In developing the concept, one of the most important elements is the operability of crane between two or more floating bodies in side-by-side arrangement. The container ship is to be stationed through a hawser connection to an outside-harbor fixed-pile station with the depth allowing its large draft. The mobile harbors with smart cranes are berthed to the sides of its hull for loading/offloading containers and transportation. For successful operation, the relative motions between the two or more floating bodies with hawser/fender connections have to be within allowable range. Therefore, the reliable prediction of the relative motions of the multiple floating bodies with realistic mooring system is essential to find the best hull particulars, hawser/mooring/fender arrangement, and crane/docking-station design. Time-domain multi-hull-mooring coupled dynamic analysis program is used to assess the hydrodynamic interactions among the multiple floating bodies and the global performance of the system. Both collinear and non-collinear wind-wave-current environments are applied to the system. It is found that the non-collinear case can equally be functional in dynamics view compared to the collinear case but undesirable phenomena associated with vessel responses and hawser tensions can also happen at certain conditions, so more care needs to be taken.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.151-154
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• 2004

Issues of ferroelectric high-density memories (>64 Mb) indispensable for upcoming ubiquitous era have been on the cell integration less than $0.1\;\mu\textrm{m}^2$ and reliabilities. Thus nanoscale control of microstructures of ferroelectric films with large switching polarization has been one of the issues to obtain the uniform electrical properties for realization of high-density memories. In this study the grain orientations and distributions of BT-based films by spin-on coatings were examined by FEG-SEM/EBSD. Ferroelectric domain characteristics by PFM were also performed to study the dependence of reliabilities on the grain orientations and distributions. It is believed that understandings of the nucleation and growth mechanisms of the a- or b-axis oriented films during the thermal processes such as RTA and furnace annealing affecting on grain orientation and uniformity could be possible based on our experimental results.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.17-22
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• 2000

수직보자력이 크고 CoCrPt에 비하여 noise 저감 효과가 큰 것으로 알려진 CoCrPtTa계 합금박막의 수직이방성을 더욱 개선하기 위해 Ti를 우선 증착하였다. 본 연구에서는 Ti 두께 변화에 따른 비교적 높은 수직보자력치를 보였던 $CoCr_{16.2}Pt_{10.8}Ta_4$Ti/glass 시편에서 자기적 특성과 자구형상의 변화를 살펴보았다. 또한 VSM(Vibrating Sample Magnetometer)을 이용하여 M-H loop를 측정하였으며 자구형상은 MFM(Magnetic Force Microscopy)로 관찰하였다. 육방정 Ti가 하지층으로서 우선증착되면 bare glass 직접 증착되는 경우보다 CoCrPtTa 자성층의 수직이방성에 현저한 향상을 가져왔으며 Ti의 두께가 두꺼울수록 c-축 배향성도 개선되었다. MFM 결과에 의하면 Ti두레가 20 nm에서 90 nm로 증가함에 따라 자구형상이 연속적인 stripe type에서 mass type으로 분절된 형태로 변하였다. 이는 Ti의 증착이 비자성 Cr 편석 거동에 영향을 미쳐 자화반전시 인접 columnar grain의 자화벡터들간의 상호교환작용을 억제하는 자기적 분리 효과에 기여했음을 의미한다. 아울러 이와 같은 거동은 Ti가 CoCr계 자성층의 수직이방성을 개선하는데 있어서 형상자기이방성적인 측면에서의 기여가 현저함을 의미하기도 한다.

• 암석학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.99-118
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• 2000

황강리 지역내 앰피볼라이트에 나타나는 대상 각섬석류의 Na(A), K. Na(M4), Al(IV) 그리고 Al(VI)+Fe3++Ti+Cr의 함량변화를 치화작용의 관점에서 보면 쳐마카이트 치환과 에데나이트 치환 그리고 글로코페인 치환의 정도는 핵부위의 양기석질이 주변부로 감에 따라 감섬석으로 보이는 가장 높은 변성도의 세 시료(M29-2, M26-2, M78)에 존재하는 각섬석들의 치환성분 함량은 더 낮은 변성도의 주연부에서 더 높다. 또한 투휘석을 포함하거나 녹갈색의 감섬석을 보이는 가장 높은 변성도의 세 시료(M29-2, M76-2, M78)에 존재하는 각섬석들의 치환성분 함량은 더 낮은 변성도의 주연부 각섬석보다는 낮고 양기석 보다는 높은 것으로 나타나고 있어 치환작용의 정도가 전체 각섬석류중에서 중간영역에 해당되고 있다. 대상 각섬석류의 성인데 대한 고찰을 해보면 첫째로 두 시료 R120-1와 R210-9가 서로 동일하게 각섬석류의 핵은 양기석질 각섬석이고 주연부는 마그네시안 해스팅사이트에 해당되는데 사장석은 각각 알바이트(R102-1)와 라브라도라이트(R210-9)의 큰 성분격차를 보여주고 있다. 알바이트와 라브라도라이트가 한번의 변성작용으로 동시에 생성되기가 어렵기 때문에 대상 각섬석류는 불혼합 구간(Miscibility gap)이 아닌 다변성작용의 결과로 형성된 것으로 추정된다. 둘째로 양기석과 각섬석간의 접촉면이 광학적으로 뚜렷한 경우와 점이적일 경우 모두 화강암체와 떨어진 거리에 상관없이 본암에 형성되어 있다. 두 광물이 뚜렷한 접촉면을 보여주는 시료의(R210-9, M128, M130) 경우 사장석이 저변성도와 중변성도에서 생성되는 성분을 함께 보여주고 있다. 이런 다양한 성분의 사장석은 불혼합 구간이 형성되는 변성도보다 더 높은 변성도의 변성작용이 중첩되어 있음을 지시하기 때문에 대상 각섬석류가 다변성작용에 의해 성장한 것을 의미한 준다. 또한 광물간에 점이적인 접촉면을 갖는 경우도 이 조직이 주로 화강암체 주변에서 산출된다는 사실과 변성도의 고찰 등을 통해 다변성작용의 영향에 기인한 것으로 생각된다. 대상 각섬석류의 성분변화를 변성작용의 압력형과 연관지어보면 핵부위의 양기석들은 중압형의 변성작용에 의해 성장한 것으로 볼 수 있고 주연부의 각섬석들은 저압형과 유사한 변성작용으로 인해 형성된 것임을 알 수 있다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제60권10호
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• pp.327-332
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• 2017

Purpose: Short stature affects approximately 2%-3% of children, representing one of the most frequent disorders for which clinical attention is sought during childhood. Despite assumed genetic heterogeneity, mutations or deletions in the short stature homeobox-containing gene (SHOX ) are frequently detected in subjects with short stature. Idiopathic short stature (ISS) refers to patients with short stature for various unknown reasons. The goal of this study was to screen all the exons of SHOX to identify related mutations. Methods: We screened all the exons of SHOX for mutations analysis in 105 ISS children patients (57 girls and 48 boys) living in Taif governorate, KSA using a direct DNA sequencing method. Height, arm span, and sitting height were recorded, and subischial leg length was calculated. Results: A total of 30 of 105 ISS patients (28%) contained six polymorphic variants in exons 1, 2, 4, and 6. One mutation was found in the DNA domain binding region of exon 4. Three of these polymorphic variants were novel, while the others were reported previously. There were no significant differences in anthropometric measures in ISS patients with and without identifiable polymorphic variants in SHOX. Conclusion: In Saudi Arabia ISS patients, rather than SHOX, it is possible that new genes are involved in longitudinal growth. Additional molecular analysis is required to diagnose and understand the etiology of this disease.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.3-12
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• 2011

본 연구는 방사성동위원소의 의학적 이용도가 증가함에 따라 의료기관 핵의학과 방사선관계종사자의 직무별 방사선 이용에 대한 개인 방사선피폭선량의 실태를 파악하여, 방사선 위험에 대해 경각심을 고취시키고, 방사선 관계종사자들에게 안전관리와 합리적인 피폭선량 관리에 도움을 주고자 분석하였다. 2010년 1월 1일부터 2010년 12월 31일까지 의료기관에서 근무하는 방사선종사자로 분류되어 개인 방사선피폭선량 측정을 정기적, 연속적으로 1년간 조사 관리된 540명의 종사자를 대상으로 부서별, 선량영역구간별, 근무기간별, 직무별 관련업무를 파악하여 심부선량에 대하여 연간평균피폭선량을 각각 분석하였다. 분석법으로는 빈도분석과 ANOVA를 시행하였다. 의료기관 방사선종사자의 부서별 연간피폭선량은 핵의학과 4.57 mSv로 가장 높았으며, 심장혈관중재술실 2.09 mSv, 마취통증의학과 1.42 mSv, 영상의학과 1.10 mSv, 구강악안면 방사선과 0.59 mSv, 방사선종양학과 0.50 mSv 순으로 높게 나타났다. 선량영역별 분포는 핵의학과, 심장혈관중재술실에서 5.01~19.05 mSv의 높은 선량영역분포를 보였으며, 부서별 방사선사의 연간피폭선량은 핵의학과 7.14 mSv로 가장 높은 피폭선량을 보이고 있으며, 심장혈관중재술실 1.46 mSv로 높았고, 영상의학과 0.97 mSv, 구강악안면방사선과 0.66 mSv, 방사선종양학과 0.54 mSv 순으로 나타났다. 세부업무에 따른 직무별 연간평균피폭선량은 싸이크로트론 관련 합성 업무 17.47 mSv로 가장 높은 피폭선량을 보였으며, Gamma camera 영상실 7.24 mSv, PET/CT 영상실 업무가 7.60 mSv로 높게 나타났고, 인터벤션 2.04 mSv, 심혈관중재술실 1.46 mSv, 일반촬영 1.21 mSv, Primart 치료실 0.90 mSv, 구강악안면방사선과 일반촬영 0.66 mSv 순으로 나타났다. 근무기간별, 선량영역별에 따른 연간평균피폭선량은 구강악안면방사선과에서는 10~14년 종사자가 1.01~3.00 mSv로 높은 평균선량을 보였고, 방사선종양학과는 모든 근무기간에 따라 0.00~1.00 mSv 의 낮은 선량영역구간에서 분포를 보였으며, 심혈관중재술실은 10~14년, 15~19년 근무에 따라 각각 1.01~3.00 mSv 선량영역구간에서 분포하였으며, 영상의학과에서는 1~4년, 5~9년 종사자가 각각 1.01~8.00 mSv의 가장 높은 선량영역구간에서 분포를 보였고, 핵의학과에서는 1~4년, 5~9년 종사자가 각각 3.01~19.05 mSv 의 가장 높은 선량영역구간에서 분포를 보였으며, 10~14년, 15~19년 종사자에서도 각각 3.01~15.00 mSv의 높은 선량영역구간에서 분포를 보였다. 이와 같은 결과로 볼 때 의료기관에서 근무하는 방사선관계종사자의 대부분이 현재의 방사선 안전관리가 실효성 있게 이루어지고 있었으며, 직무특성에 따라 많은 차이가 있는 것을 알게 되었다. 그러나 방사선 피폭을 최소화시키는 노력이 필요하며, 이를 위해서 체계적 교육과 합리적인 피폭량 관리를 위한 체계가 필요하다고 사료된다.

• Mycobiology
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.473-482
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• 2019

Rice blast disease, caused by the ascomycete fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, is one of the most important diseases in rice production. PAS (period circadian protein, aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator protein, single-minded protein) domains are known to be involved in signal transduction pathways, but their functional roles have not been well studied in fungi. In this study, targeted gene deletion was carried out to investigate the functional roles of the PAS-containing gene MoPAS1 (MGG_02665) in M. oryzae. The deletion mutant ΔMopas1 exhibited easily wettable mycelia, reduced conidiation, and defects in appressorium formation and disease development compared to the wild type and complemented transformant. Exogenous cAMP restored appressorium formation in ΔMopas1, but the shape of the restored appressorium was irregular, indicating that MoPAS1 is involved in sensing the hydrophobic surface. To examine the expression and localization of MoPAS1 in M. oryzae during appressorium development and plant infection, we constructed a MoPAS1:GFP fusion construct. MoPAS1:GFP was observed in conidia and germ tubes at 0 and 2 h post-infection (hpi) on hydrophobic cover slips. By 8 hpi, most of the GFP signal was observed in the appressoria. During invasive growth in host cells, MoPAS1:GFP was found to be fully expressed in not only the appressoria but also invasive hyphae, suggesting that MoPAS may contribute to disease development in host cells. These results expand our knowledge of the roles of PAS-containing regulatory genes in the plant-pathogenic fungus M. oryzae.