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Studies on the Highly-phosphorylated Nucleotides during the Differentiation of Aspergillus niger (검정곰팡이의 분화(分化)에 따르는 균체내(菌體內)의 고인산(高燐酸)뉴크레오티드의 소장(消長)에 관한 연구(硏究))

  • Kim, Jong-Hyup
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.57-65
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    • 1982
  • Highly phosphorylated nucleotides were investigated to assure whether the eucaryotic Aspergillus niger produce these substances or not during the differentiation. Investigation was extended to see how organic phosphate interacts with inorganic polyphosphate during development, and high molecular weight RNA-polyphosphate complex was detected in 2.6% polyacrylamide gel by electrophoresis. Guanosine tetraphosphate was found in vesicle and phialide forming mycelia and spore forming body by PEI cellulose TLC. It is revealed that guanosine tetraphosphate is a common substance for spore formation in eucaryotic microorganisms as well as in procaryotic. Especially, prior to sporulation, protein bound RNA and protein bound phosphate may occur as a result of reorganization of cellular materials. The evidence was obtained by the fact of differential increase of optical density ratio between the samples from different developmental stages of this fungus. In 2.6% polyacrylamide gel which was run to electrophoresis, high molecular weight RNA (mostly rRNA) was found to couple and to make RNA-polyphosphate complex. The complex was examined with enzymes and radioactive isotope of $^{32}P$. (enzymic test was not reported here.) RNA-polyphosphate complex might be another sort of highly phosphorylated nucleotide or rRNA beside guanosine-tetraphosphate.

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Studies on the Coating Structure and Printability of Coated Paper(III) - Effect of the interaction with pigments and ionic latices on the property of coated paper - (도공층 구조 및 도공지의 인쇄적성에 관한 연구(제3보) - 도공용 안료와 이온성 라텍스와의 상호작용이 도공지 품질에 미치는 영향 -)

  • Park, Kyu-Jae;Lee, Yong-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.73-81
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    • 1999
  • This paper was intended to evaluate the effect of the blending condition of pigments on the packing structure of coating color and the interaction between pigments and latices on the optical and interior properties of coated paper. It has been studied many ways to modify the coating structure to induce the interaction among coating components as followings ; 1) to use dispersant for pigment, 2) to control the charge density and the type of surface charge of latex, 3) to support the water retention by adding water retention agent or flow modifier. This paper was performed through the introduction of interaction between pigments which were two kinds of clays and one precipitated calcium carbonate(PCC) and ionic latices of which anionic and amphoteric respectively under the certain blending condition of pigments where their blending ratio of clays to calcium carbonate was 70pph to 30pph. The reason is that packing volume of pigments was highest in that region and thixotropical behavior appears in measuring rheology of coating color. We measured the properties of coating color, interaction with pigments and latex, and properties of coated paper and its printability. As a results, we could find out that amphoteric latex had a great influence on the interaction with pigments, especially clays, no matter what grade and also affected the coating structure significantly in case that this blending condition was 70(clays) to 30(PCC). It produced a powerful effect on the forming of bulky and smooth coating structure and in turn improved the printability of coated paper.

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Study on image quality improvement using Non-Linear Look-Up Table (비선형 Look-Up Table을 통한 영상 화질 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sun-Chil;Lee, Jun-Il
    • Korean Journal of Digital Imaging in Medicine
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.32-44
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    • 2002
  • The role of radiology department has been greatly increased in the past few years as the technology in the medical imaging devices improved and the introduction of PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) to the conventional film-based diagnostic structure is a truly remarkable factor to the medical history. In addition, the value of using digital information in medical imaging is highly expected to grow as the technology over the computer and the network improves. However, the current medical practice, using PACS is somewhat limited compared to the film-based conventional one due to a poor image quality. The image quality is the most important and inevitable factor in the PACS environment and it is one of the most necessary steps to more wide practice of digital imaging. The existing image quality control tools are limited in controlling images produced from the medical modalities, because they cannot display the real image changing status. Thus, the image quality is distorted and the ability to diagnosis becomes hindered compared to the one of the film-based practice. In addition, the workflow of the radiologist greatly increases; as every doctor has to perform his or her own image quality control every time they view images produced from the medical modalities. To resolve these kinds of problems and enhance current medical practice under the PACS environment, we have developed a program to display a better image quality by using the ROI optical density of the existing gray level values. When the LUT is used properly, small detailed regions, which cannot be seen by using the existing image quality controls are easily displayed and thus, greatly improves digital medical practice. The purpose of this study is to provide an easier medical practice to physicians, by applying the technology of converting the H-D curves of the analog film screen to the digital imaging technology and to preset image quality control values to each exposed body part, modality and group of physicians for a better and easier medical practice. We have asked to 5 well known professional physicians to compare image quality of the same set of exam by using the two different methods: existing image quality control and the LUT technology. As the result, the LUT technology was enormously favored over the existing image quality control method. All the physicians have pointed out the far more superiority of the LUT over the existing image quality control method and highly praised its ability to display small detailed regions, which cannot be displayed by existing image quality control tools. Two physicians expressed the necessity of presetting the LUT values for each exposed body part. Overall, the LUT technology yielded a great interest among the physicians and highly praised for its ability to overcome currently embedded problems of PACS. We strongly believe that the LUT technology can enhance the current medical practice and open a new beginning in the future medical imaging.

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Inhibition of Photooxidation by Breakdown of ChlorophyII in Oil Model System Using Gamma Irradiation (감마선 조사된 유지 model system의 chlorophyII 제거 및 광산화 억제)

  • Lee, Kyong-Haeng;Jo, Cheo-Run;Yook, Hong-Sun;Byun, Myung-Woo
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.693-699
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    • 2001
  • ChlorophyII destruction by irradiation in linoleic acid in methanol system was studied. ChlorophyII b standard (3 ppm) was added into methanol solution containing 1% of linoleic acid, and the sample was irradiated up to 20 kGy with or without nitrogen gas-bubbling. The content of chlorophyII b was analyzed by HPLC, and Hunter color value and UV-visible spectra were analyzed during 6 hr of photooxidation. The content of chlorophyll was reduced by irradiation and completely destroyed at 2.517 kGy. The model system with nitrogen gas-bubbling did not develop the lipid oxidation after irradiation or photooxidation at 20 kGy UV-visible spectra showed decreasing values of optical density by increase of irradiation doses, supporting the destruction of chlorophyII b. The results indicate that irradiation technology can be applied to reduce or eliminate the residual chlorophyII and to prolong the shelf-life of oil products.

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Antimicrobial Activity of Lysimachia clethroides Duby Extracts on Food-borne Microorganisms (식중독 미생물에 대한 큰까치수영(Lysimachia clethroides Duby)의 항균활성)

  • Han, Ji-Sook;Shin, Dong-Hwa
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.774-783
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    • 2001
  • The ethanol extract of 77 species of edible and medicinal plants were examined antimicrobial activity against 5 strains of Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19111, ATCC 19112, ATCC 19113, ATCC 19114 and ATCC 15313 by optical density using Bioscreen C. The ethanol extract of Siegesbeckia glabrescens Makino, Jeffersonia dubia Benth, Aquilaria agallocha Roxburgh, Lysimachia clethroides Duby and Nardostachys chinensis Batal. exhibited comparatively strong growth inhibition effect on 5 strains of L. monocytogenes at 1000 ppm level in broth. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of ethanol extract of Lysimachia clethroides Duby was $100{\sim}500\;ppm$ on 5 strains of L. monocytogenes. The MIC of the n-hexane and chloroform fraction of the extract were same concentration as $50{\sim}100\;ppm$. The n-hexane fraction of Lysimachia clethroides Duby showed strong growth inhibition at 25 ppm on Vibrio parahaemolyticus for 72 hr at $30^{\circ}C$ and at 50 ppm on Bacillus cereus and at 500 ppm on Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

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Scientific Investigation for Conservation Methodology of Bracket Mural Paintings of Daeungjeon Hall in Jikjisa Temple (직지사 대웅전 포벽화 보존방안을 위한 과학적 조사)

  • Lee, Hwa Soo;Kim, Seol Hui;Han, Kyeong Soon
    • Journal of Conservation Science
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.107-118
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    • 2018
  • This report does studied for making the method of conserving bracket murals in Daeungjeon of Jikjisa Temple, through the scientific way. Results of evaluated the conservation status at the braket mural paintings, most serious damage is structural damage like cracks, breakage, and delamination. After optical investigation, a characteristic point wasn't found such as underdrawing or traces of a coat of paint. The ultrasonic examination speed by each wall painting was measured from about 195.8 m/s to 392.7 m/s, according to the location of the surface, and it was able to compare the surface properties according to the location. In Infrared-thermal image measurement shows that wall layer separation and paint layer delamination are closely detected, therefore it was able to judge of damage on the objective way. Material analysis revealed that the walls were made by sand and weathering soil. The wall layer combined sand with less than fine sand size by nearly 5:5, and the finishing layer was found to have mixed medium sand and fine sand at approximately 6:4 rates. However, In case of finishing layer, mixing ratios of sizes less than very fine sand were found to be significantly lower than wall. Therefore, it is estimated that the plysical damage such as the separation between the layers of the walls created in the braket mural paintings, is continuously caused by changes in the internal stresses and volume ratio caused by the density differences between the wall and the finishing layers.

THE EFFECT OF CANAL FILLING WITH GUTTA-PERCHA OR RESILON ON ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS IN BOVINE DENTINAL TUBULES (Gutta-percha 또는 Resilon을 사용한 근관충전이 상아세관 내의 Enterococcus faecalis에 미치는 영향)

  • Jee, Sang-Wook;Kim, Eui-seong;Jung, Il-Young;Yoo, Yun-Jung
    • Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.385-392
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study was to observe the effect of canal filling on the bacteria left in the dentinal tubules and to compare the sealing ability between Gutta-percha and Resilon. The bovine dentin block models were prepared E. faecalis was inoculated to dentin blocks and incubated. The dentin blocks were divided into 5 groups. Group 1 was the negative control. Group 2 was the positive control. Group 3 was filled with ZOE based sealer and Gutta-percha, Group 4 with resin based sealer and Gutta-percha, and Group 5 with resin based sealer and Resilon. After 24 hour, the blocks were incubated at $37^{\circ}C$ for 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks on BHI agar plates. The internal dentin portion of the blocks was removed using ISO 027, 029, 031, 035 round burs and the dentin chips were incubated at $37^{\circ}C$ for 24 hour Following incubation, the optical density of the medium was measured. The data were statistically analysed using repeated measures ANOVA and one-way ANOVA. The results were as follows, 1. There. was statistically significant reduction in the number of E. faecalis of the group where dentinal tubules were completely sealed with nail varnish in comparison with the groups obturated with gutta-percha or resilon (p < 0.05). 2. In group 5, the number of E. faecalis in the dentinal tubules decreased significantly with time (p < 0.05). whereas in Group 3 and 4, there was no reduction in its number (p > 0.05). 3. Under the conditions of this experiment, E. faecalis survived up to 4 weeks after obturation with gutta-percha or resilon (p > 0.05).

Chemical Changes of Kanjang Made with Barley Bran (보리등겨로 제조한 간장의 각종 성분 변화)

  • Lee, Eun-Jeong;Kwon, O-Jun;Im, Moo-Hyeog;Choi, Ung-Kyu;Son, Dong-Hwa;Lee, Suk-Il;Kim, Dae-Gon;Cho, Young-Je;Kim, Woo-Seong;Kim, Sung-Hong;Chung, Yung-Gun
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.751-756
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    • 2002
  • For the development of functional jang-products, kanjang was prepared using barley bran. Optical density of barley bran kanjang was significantly high at 15 days after fermentation, and the amount of extract was $2{\sim}3$ fold higher than that of soybean kanjang. Among the flavor components identified in barley bran kanjang, the content of 2-furancarboxaldehyde was the highest, followed by 4-vinyl-2-methoxy-phenol, benzene-acetaldehyde, palmitic acid, and methyl-9,12-octadecadienoate. In barley bran and soybean mixtare (1 : 1) kanjang, the content of 2-furancarboxaldehyde was the highest, followed by benzeneacetaldehyde, diethyl phtalate, palmitic acid, and 2-chloroethyl linoleate. Flavor components detected in both barley bran kanjang and barey bran and soybean mixture kanjang were 2-furancarboxaldehyde, benzaldehyde, benzeneacetaldthyde, 4-vinyl-2-mehtoxy-phenol, 1-furfuryl-2-formy pyrrole, dimethyl-1,2-benzenedicarboxylate, diethyl phtalate, palmiticacid, dibutyl-1,2-benzenedicarboxylate, and di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate.

Quantification of Genetically Modified Soy Proteins in Fresh Soybean Curd by Antigen-coated Plate ELISA (효소면역측정법을 이용한 두부 중의 유전자 재조합 대두단백질 분석)

  • Jung, Mee-Hyun;Bae, Hyung-Ki;Kim, Kyung-Mi;Jang, In-Suk;Ko, Eun-Jung;Bae, Dong-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.36 no.5
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    • pp.828-832
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    • 2004
  • Enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA) was applied to quantify soy protein in fresh soybean curd (bean curd) produced by combination of genetically modified (GM) and genetically not modified (non-GM) soybeans. Antibodies against 113 and 24 kDa proteins, which appeared only in non-GM bean curd (specific band), and in both non-GM and GM bean curds (non-specific band) based on SDS-PAGE results, were prepared by immunization to rabbit. Through ELISA using either antibody, GM bean curd protein content was determined at dilution rates of $10^{-1}-10^{-6}$. Standard curve showing relationship between ELISA optical density and non-GM protein content was produced using antibody against 113 kDa protein at protein dilution between $10^{-7}\;to\;10^{-6}$, highly antigen content-dependent dilution. Bean curd prepared by random combinations of GM and non-GM soybeans were analyzed by ELISA, and standard curve was produced. Results reveal non-GM protein content of bean curd could be quantified with higher than 93% accuracy.

Extraction Characteristics of Red Flower Cabbage Pigment (꽃양배추 색소의 추출특성)

  • Lee, Jang-Wook;Lee, Hyang-Hee;Rhim, Jong-Whan
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.149-152
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    • 2001
  • Extraction characteristics of anthocyanin pigment from red flower cabbage(Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala) as a new source of natural food colorant were investigated. The pigment extracted from red flower cabbage showed the characteristic bathochromic shift of the maximum wavelength of light absorption(${\lambda}_{max}$) as pH of the solution changed from pH 1 to 12. As the concentration of citric acid in the extraction solvent increased, extraction rate and total optical density(TOD) of the extract increased. Maximum TOD was obtained by using the extracting solvent including $0.8{\sim}1.0%$ citric acid and stable pigment solution was obtained by using the extracting solvent including $10{\sim}20%$ ethanol in distilled water. As a result, 10% ethanolic solution with 0.8% citric acid was decided as the optimum extraction solvent for the anthocyanin pigment from red flower cabbage. Within the experimental ranges, the extraction rate increased and therefore extraction time decreased as the extraction temperature increased. The times to reach a certain value of TOD i.e., 2.1 were 24, 8, 4 and 2 hours at extraction temperature of 5, 20, 40 and $60^{\circ}C$, respectively.

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