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Comparative Stability of vit E isomers Extracted from Unsaponifiable Fractions of Rice Bran Oil under Various Temperature and Oxygen Conditions

  • Lee, Young-Sang;Park, Soon-Ryang
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.435-439
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    • 2008
  • Due to the fact that tocopherols and tocotrienols have antioxidant and anticancer properties, the commercial utilization of unsaponifiable fractions in rice bran is increasing. These nutraceutical compounds, however, are fairly unstable and readily break down when exposed to oxygen or lighting conditions. To compare the relative sensitivity of vit E isomers to heat and oxygen, concentrated unsaponifiable fractions extracted from crude rice bran oil were exposed to various temperature, oxygen (nitrogen-balanced), and bathing solvent conditions and resultant concentration changes in ${\alpha}$- and ${\gamma}$-tocopherols (T) and tocotrienols (T3) were evaluated. Each isomer exhibited different heat stability. Among them, ${\alpha}$-T3 degraded more rapidly compared to other vit E isomers while ${\alpha}$-T was the most stable isomer. Oxygen level also showed significant impact on each isomer's stability where severe reductions of ${\gamma}$-T (by 20%) and ${\gamma}$-T3 (by 29%) were observed under 2% oxygen conditions, while under 0% oxygen conditions no degradation could be observed even after exposure to $95^{\circ}C$ for 4 hours. When various blending solvents were mixed with concentrated unsaponifiable fractions, organic solvents such as isooctane and hexane were more effective in maintaining the stability of ${\gamma}$- T3 compared to edible oils, among which com oil was more efficient than soybean and rice bran oils.

A Study on Oxygen Saturation, Vital Signs, and Vomiting by Routine Suctioning to Healthy Newborns at Nursery (정상 신생아의 출생 후 흡인에 따른 산소포화도, 활력징후 및 구토)

  • Choi, Hye-Mi;Lee, Ja-Hyung
    • Child Health Nursing Research
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.128-135
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: This study aimed to confirm the effect of routine suctioning at a nursery for healthy newborns who have undergone immediate oronasopharyngeal bulb suctioning after birth in a delivery room through the observation of their oxygen saturation level, heart rate, respiration rate, the vomiting sign, and the number of instances of vomiting. Methods: Data were collected for 62 days from March 15 to May 15, 2009 at the nursery of a hospital located in Seoul. One hundred forty newborns were assigned to one of three groups: a no suction group, an oropharyngeal suction group, or a orogastric suction group. Collected data were analyzed with the SPSS WIN 15.0 program using ANOVA, cross tabulations and an independent 2-sample t-test. Results: Routine suctioning to healthy newborns resulted in decreasing oxygen saturation levels and increasing the heart and respiration rate regardless of the kind of suctioning. Stabilization of the oxygen saturation level and vital signs was also observed without suctioning. Conclusion: To prevent healthy newborns from the side effect of suctioning, selective suctioning is recommended.

Comparison with decompression time and modes of air decompression tables in 5 countries (5개국 공기잠수감압표의 감압시간과 감압방법 비교)

  • Kang, Joonhyuk
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.445-453
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    • 2016
  • Objectives: The objective of this study is to assess relative safety level of the decompression tables in Ministry of Employment and Labor Public Notice No. 2014-28 in comparison with overseas decompression tables. Methods: Decompression tables in the Public Notice No. 2014-28 were compared with examples from Japan, the USA, Canada, and France in terms of ascent rate, surface intervals after exceptional exposures, oxygen decompression and allowable partial pressure, depth limits in air diving, no-decompression limits, and decompression time and methods. Results: Public Notice No. 2014-28 does not include air diving depth limits, exceptional exposure limits, mandatory surface intervals after exceptional exposures, oxygen decompression, and surface decompression schedules. Its decompression time was found to be the shortest among the five decompression tables. Conclusions: Public Notice No. 2014-28 has the lowest safety level in comparison with overseas decompression tables. Deck decompression chambers are not applicable due to no regulations on surface interval and oxygen use in the chamber for decompression.

Formation and stability of a ruthenium-oxide thin film made of the $O_2$/Ar gas-mixture sputtering

  • Moonsup Han;Jung, Min-Cherl;Kim, H.-D.;William Jo
    • Journal of Korean Vacuum Science & Technology
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.47-51
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    • 2001
  • To obtain high remnant polarization and good crystalinity of ferroelectric thin films in non-volatile memory devices, the high temperature treatment in oxygen ambient is inevitable. Severe problems that occur in this process are oxygen diffusion into substrate, oxidation of electrode and buffer layer, degradation of microstructure and so on. We made ruthenium dioxide thin film by reactive sputtering with oxygen and argon mixture atmosphere. Comparing quantitatively the core-level spectra of Ru and RuO$_2$ obtained by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), we found that chemical state of RuO$_2$ is very stable and of good resistance to oxygen diffusion and oxidation of adjacent layers. It opens the use of RuO$_2$ thin film as a multifunctional layer of good conducting electrode and resistive barrier for the diffusion and the oxidation. We also suggest a correct understanding of Ru 3d core-level spectrum for RuO$_2$ based on the scheme of final state screening and charge transfer satellites.

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Experimental Investigation of Ion Mobility Measurements in Oxygen under Different Gas Pressures

  • Liu, Yun-Peng;Huang, Shi-long
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.852-857
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, measurements of ion mobility were performed in oxygen at gas pressures of 44.52 - 101.19 kPa using the drift tube method. Over this pressure range, mobility values were within the limits of 1.796 to $3.821cm^2{\cdot}V^{-1}{\cdot}s^{-1}$ were determined and ion mobility shown to decrease non-linearly with increasing gas pressure towards a certain level of saturation. Ion mobility measured in air was lower than that measured in oxygen at the same gas pressure. Finally, a parameter correction method for calibrating the relationship between the ion mobility and gas pressure in oxygen was proposed.

The Effect of Oxygen in Fuel on the Exhaust Gas Emissions in Diesel Engine (디젤기관에서 연료중의 산소성분이 배기가스 배출특성에 미치는 영향)

  • 유경현;오영택
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.59-67
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    • 2000
  • Recently the world is faced with the very serious problems related to the increasing use of the conventional petroleum fuels. THe air pollutions in big cities were also occurred by the exhaust emissions from automobiles. many researchers have been attracted various oxygenated fuels as an alternative fuel and a renewable fuel for the measure of these problems. In this study the effect of oxygen in fuel on the exhaust gas emissions has been investigated with oxygenated fuels as an alternative fuel for diesel engine. The exhaust gas emission were investigated by comparing with that of the diesel fuel. The vegetable fuel oil such as soybean oil gives lower smoke level than that with diesel fuel. Furthermore the smoke emission is more affected by the oxygen content in fuel than by the fuel viscosity. This study concluded that the fuels including oxygen might be a good measure to reduce smoke in diesel engine because the oxygen strongly influenced the combustion process.

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Electronic Structures of Graphene Intercalated by Oxygen on Ru(0001): Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Study

  • Jang, Won-Jun;Jeon, Jeung-Hum;Yoon, Jong-Keon;Kahng, Se-Jong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2011.08a
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    • pp.114-114
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    • 2011
  • Graphene is the hottest topic in condensed-matter physics due to its unusual electronic structures such as Dirac cones and massless linear dispersions. Graphene can be epitaxially grown on various metal surfaces with chemical vapor deposition (CVD) processes. Such epitaxial graphene shows modified electronic structures caused by substrates. In the method for removal of the effect of substrate, there are bi, tri-layer graphene, gold intercalation, and oxygen intercalation. Here, We will present the changes of geometric and electronic structure of graphene grown on Ru(0001) by oxygen intercalation between graphene and Ru(0001). Using Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spectroscopy (STS), we observed the aspect that the band gap features near the fermi level of graphene on Ru(0001) system is shifted and narrow. Based on the observed results, two effects by intercalated oxygen were considered.

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Decomposition of Biological Macromolecules by Plasma Generated with Helium and Oxygen

  • Kim Seong-Mi;Kim Jong-Il
    • Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.466-471
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    • 2006
  • In this study, we attempted to characterize the biomolecular effects of an atmospheric-pressure cold plasma (APCP) system which utilizes helium/oxygen $(He/O_2)$. APCP using $He/O_2$ generates a low level of UV while generating reactive oxygen radicals which probably serve as the primary factor in sterilization; these reactive oxygen radicals have the advantage of being capable to access the interiors of the structures of microbial cells. The damaging effects of plasma exposure on polypeptides, DNA, and enzyme proteins in the cell were assessed using biochemical methods.

Effect of oxygen defects on luminescent characteristics of ZnGa_2O_4$:Mn phosphors (산소 결함이 ZnGa_2O_4$:Mn형광체 발광 특성에 미치는 효과)

  • 박용규;한정인;곽민기;한종근;주성후
    • Electrical & Electronic Materials
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    • v.9 no.10
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    • pp.1040-1046
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    • 1996
  • Low voltage phosphor, ZnGa$_{2}$O$_{4}$:Mn, was synthesized and sintered at the high temperature in Ar or vacuum. By XRD analysis, it is confirmed that poly crystalline ZnGa$_{2}$O$_{4}$:Mn solid solution was formed. From EPMA analysis of the samples prepared in Ar and vacuum, the change of oxygen content was investigated and as a result, it was observed that the oxygen amounts were reduced in ZnGa$_{2}$O$_{4}$:Mn prepared in vacuum. It caused the deficiency in oxygen amounts in the phosphor and then consequently, it results in the formation of the energy level near 513 nm. It contributes to the improvement of the brightness of ZnGa$_{2}$O$_{4}$:Mn.

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Effects of Using convenient Tool (put- on - style - stool) on Farm Worker′s Physiological Responses (농작업자의 생리반응으로 본 착용식 의자의 활용 효과)

  • Choi, Jung-Hwa;Seol, Hyang;Ryu, Kwan-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Rural Living Science
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 1997
  • In this study we tried to examine the efficiency of the agricultural convenient tool (put-on-style-stool) by observing subjects'physiological responses. For this we measured subjects' heart rate, oxygen consumption, blood lactate level, mean skin temperature and rectal temperature. The results of this study are as follows; Heart rate was 75$\pm$2 beats/min with the put-on-style-stool and 78$\pm$2 beats/min without it (P<0.01). Oxygen consumption was 3.88$\pm$1.90 $m\ell$/kg/min with the Put-on-style-stool and 5. 06$\pm$0.40 $m\ell$/kg/min without it (P<0.05). Blood lactate level was 2.39$\pm$0.64 mmol with the put-on-style-stool and 3.38$\pm$0.45 mmol without it (P<0.05). Mean skin temperature was lower but rectal temperature was higher with than without the put- on - style - stool (P<0.05 and P<0.01 respectively) So, using the put-on-style-stool was evaluated positively in farmer's work.

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