• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.45-49
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• 2003

Foliar treatment with different concentrations of potassium chloride (KCl) to mulberry plants resulted in higher level of total chlorophyll, total sugars, soluble protein, in vivo nitrate reductase activity (NRA), net photosynthetic rate (NPR), pWUE and leaf yield. Optimal concentration was found to be 10.0 mM KCl with limited irrigation provided in the mulberry plantation planted in 90 ${times}$ 90 cm spacing. The deleterious effect of soil moisture stress condition has been found to be overcome by KCl foliar spray twice at 15 days interval. Regression and correlation coefficients were analyzed, and a strong positive correlation was found between chlorophyll and total sugars, soluble protein and in vivo nitrate reductase activity, leaf dry weight and net photosynthetic rate and pWUE and net photosynthetic rate.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.50-55
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• 2010

Gait initiation is a transitional process from the balanced upright standing to the beginning of steady-state walking. Dysbalanced gait initiation often causes stroke patients to fall. The net center of pressure, measured by two triaxial force plates from twenty healthy subjects and two stroke patients, was investigated to assess asymmetry of gait initiation in hemiparetic subjects. The time interval and distance of the net center of pressure(CoP) moved from the initiation point to the toe off(S1) and from the toe off to the initial contact(S2) were calculated during gait initiation of normal and stroke patients. When the patient with right hemiplegia(A) initiated his gait with right foot, the time interval and the distance of the net CoP in S1 and S2 were smaller than that of normal subjects' values. However, he initiated the gait with left foot(unaffected side) the time interval and the distance of net CoP in S1 were larger than normative values. Differently, the patient with left hemiplegia(B) has shown that larger time interval and distance in S1 and smaller time interval and distance in S2 in both sides. His asymmetry(with which side the gait initiated) was not significant. It is too early to conclude that these results could be general characteristics of the stroke patients because the variations were large and moreover, the level of motor recovery of the patients was different. However, it is expected that these trials could help to set up the strategy of the therapy for the rehabilitation or prevention of fall in stroke patients.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.1255-1261
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• 2005

The objective of this study was to evaluate the net flux response of nitrogen compounds (alpha-amino N, ammonia N, urea N, essential amino acids) across the portal-drained viscera (PDV), liver and total splanchnic tissues of mature wethers to increasing level of dietary fishmeal (FM) supplementation. Four wethers (average body weight, 64 kg) with chronic indwelling catheters into the portal, hepatic and mesenteric veins and the abdominal aorta were used in a 4${\times}$4 Latin square design. A basal diet consisting of 0.7 hay and 0.3 concentrate was fed twice daily with a fixed amount at 1.4 times maintenance energy (1.3 kg/day on a dry matter basis). The supplementation proportion of FM as treatment was 0, 0.03, 0.06 and 0.09 to the amount of the basal diet to contain 119, 137, 154 and 170 g crude protein per kg dietary dry matter, respectively. Blood flows through PDV and liver did not differ (p>0.05) among the treatments. Both net PDV release and hepatic uptake of alpha amino acid N increased linearly (p<0.05) in response to increased dietary FM, which resulted in similar total splanchnic release of alpha-amino N among the treatments. Similarly, increased dietary FM increased net PDV absorption and hepatic removal of ammonia N linearly (p<0.05). Hepatic synthesis and total splanchnic release of urea N increased linearly (p<0.01) with increased dietary FM, but PDV uptake of urea N did not respond to increased dietary FM. Linear regression equations between the increases in FM N intake and PDV net flux indicated that 0.34 and 0.30 of FM N was absorbed in the form of alpha-amino N and ammonia N, respectively. The results demonstrated that FM supplementation provides more alpha-amino N than ammonia N to the liver, but the alpha-amino acid N absorption is less than the expected metabolizable protein N from FM supplementation.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.41-65
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• 1999

This study was attempted to identify the factors affecting profitability of general hospital in Kyung-In Region. Operating profit to gross revenues and net profit to gross revenues were used as a proxy indicator for profitability of hospitals. The unit of analysis was hospital, and the data were collected 5 years data from 20 hospitals. The major findings are as follows; (1) The average operating profit rate was 1.03% and the net profit rate was -5.00% in twenty hospitals in the Kyung-In Region for the last five years. In terms of maximum surplus, the operating profit rate was 14% and net profit rate was 3.40%. In terms of maximum loss revenue, the operating profit rate was -16.56% and the net profit rate was -22.83%. (2) Since the year 1993, which was the starting year of this study, the operating profits and the net profits consistently decreased. (3) Analyzing the difference in profits among various hospital groups, the tertiary hospital group and the 501-1000 beds group exhibited the highest in operating profit rate. Also, among the higher grade number of beds in hospital group, per 100 beds group, the 41-50 beds group exhibited the highest in operating profit rate. There is a statistically significant difference in those groups(p<0.05, p<0.01). (4) In the health care delivery system, the profit gain in the secondary hospital was 51.5% and in the tertiary hospital was 72.4%. Based on the number of beds in each hospital group, the highest profit gain was 75.0% in the over 1001 beds group, and 71.4% in the 501-1000 beds group. Also, among the higher grade number of beds in hospital group, per 100 beds group, the 41-50 beds group exhibited 88.6% surplus. (5) According to the surplus difference based on the analysis of health care utilization, a group with over 31 patients in bed turnover rate, a group with over 96% in bed occupancy rate and group with over 9% in emergency cases to outpatient visits exhibited the highest profit gains. In addition, a group with over 301 patients in daily outpatient visits per 100 beds and group with 11-12 days average length of stay exhibited the highest profit gains. These results are statistically significant(p<0.05, p<0.01). (6) According to a stepwise regression analysis, the variables measuring the bed turnover rate, number of licensed beds, and number of outpatient visits per specialist explain 34.1% of the variation in operating profits. In terms of net profits, the new outpatient visits, the bed turnover rates and the number of general bed variables explain 30.6%. These results are statistically significant(p<0.01).

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제63권2호
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• pp.367-379
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• 2021

The objectives of this study were to evaluate convolutional neural network models and computer vision techniques for the classification of swine posture with high accuracy and to use the derived result in the investigation of the effect of dietary fiber level on the behavioral characteristics of the pregnant sow under low and high ambient temperatures during the last stage of gestation. A total of 27 crossbred sows (Yorkshire × Landrace; average body weight, 192.2 ± 4.8 kg) were assigned to three treatments in a randomized complete block design during the last stage of gestation (days 90 to 114). The sows in group 1 were fed a 3% fiber diet under neutral ambient temperature; the sows in group 2 were fed a diet with 3% fiber under high ambient temperature (HT); the sows in group 3 were fed a 6% fiber diet under HT. Eight popular deep learning-based feature extraction frameworks (DenseNet121, DenseNet201, InceptionResNetV2, InceptionV3, MobileNet, VGG16, VGG19, and Xception) used for automatic swine posture classification were selected and compared using the swine posture image dataset that was constructed under real swine farm conditions. The neural network models showed excellent performance on previously unseen data (ability to generalize). The DenseNet121 feature extractor achieved the best performance with 99.83% accuracy, and both DenseNet201 and MobileNet showed an accuracy of 99.77% for the classification of the image dataset. The behavior of sows classified by the DenseNet121 feature extractor showed that the HT in our study reduced (p < 0.05) the standing behavior of sows and also has a tendency to increase (p = 0.082) lying behavior. High dietary fiber treatment tended to increase (p = 0.064) lying and decrease (p < 0.05) the standing behavior of sows, but there was no change in sitting under HT conditions.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권9호
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• pp.1282-1287
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• 2011

The objective of this study was to assess the effect of xylanase on net energy for production, performance, nutrient digestion and gut microflora of broilers fed corn/soy-based diet. Eighty-four day-old male broiler chicks were allocated to two groups receiving two treatments, respectively. Each treatment had six replicate cages with seven broilers per cage. The diets were based on corn and soybean. The treatments were: i) basal diet reduced in apparent metabolizable energy (-0.63 MJ/kg compared to commercial diet specifications); ii) basal diet supplemented xylanase at 4,000 u/kg feed. The experiment used the auto-control, open circuit respiration calorimetry apparatus to examine the heat production and net energy for production. The results revealed that xylanase supplementation did not affect growth performance and diet AME value, but increased $NE_p$ value by 18.2% (p<0.05) and decreased daily heat production per $kg^{0.75}$ by 31.7% (p<0.05). There was no effect (p>0.05) of xylanase supplementation on the ileal digestibility of N and hemicelluloses, but the ileum digestibility of energy was increased by 2% by xylanase supplementation (p<0.05). Xylanase supplementation increased (p<0.05) the count of lactobacillus and bifidobacterial in the caecum.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.857-864
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• 2006

The aim of this study was to apply the Cornell net carbohydrate and protein system (CNCPS) in subtropical Taiwan. This was done by means of 3 trials, viz, in situ, lactation and metabolic trials, the latter using the urinary purine derivatives (UPD) to estimate the ruminal microbial yield. Dietary treatments were formulated according to different nutrient requirement systems including, (1) a control NRC78 group on NRC (1978), (2) a NRC88 group on NRC (1988), and (3) a CNCPS group on Cornell Net carbohydrate and protein system model. Results from the lactation trial showed that DM intake (DMI) was higher (p<0.05) in the NRC78 than the other treatment groups. The treatments did not significantly influence milk yield, but milk yield after covariance adjustment for DMI was higher in the CNCPS group (p<0.05). The FCM, milk fat content and yield were greater in both the NRC78 and the NRC88 group over the CNCPS group (p<0.05). The treatments did not significantly influence the DMI adjusted FCM. The solid-non-fat and milk protein contents were higher in the CNCPS group (p<0.05) with or without DMI covariance adjustment. Lactating efficiency was higher in the CNCPS group (p<0.05) compared to the other groups. The significantly lowest milk urea-N (MUN) with better protein utilization efficiency in the CNCPS group (p<0.05) suggested that less N would be excreted into the environment. Cows in the CNCPS group excreted significantly more and the NRC88 group significantly less urinary purine derivatives (UPD) implying that more ruminal microbial protein was synthesized in the CNCPS over the NRC88 group. The CNCPS could become the most useful tool in predicting the trends in milk yield, microbial yield and MUN.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.65-74
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• 2010

지금까지 태반에서 monoamine들을 재 흡수할 수 있는 몇 가지 membrane transporter들이 발현됨이 보고되었다. 그러나 카테콜라민 트렌스포터(norepinephrine transporter, NET)의 발현과 부인과 질환을 포함한 태반 발달과의 연관성에 관한 연구는 거의 보고된 것이 없다. 본 연구의 목적은 태반에서 NET의 발현을 동정하고, 그 기능을 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 정상과 자간전증(preeclampsia) 태반에서 각각 NET 단백질을 동정하고, 영양막세포주인 HTR8-SV/neo 영양막 세포에 NET 유전자를 주입 후 그 기능을 분석하였다. NET 발현을 분석하고자 태반조직에서 다음과 같이 환자를 분류하여 semi-quantitative RT-PCR과 면역조직화학 방법을 사용하였다. 분만 고통이 없는 산모의 태반을 중심으로(none underwent labor): 1) 만기 정상 태반(term normal placenta)(n=15); 2) 만기 자간전증 태반(term with preeclamptic placenta)(n=15); 3) 중기 자간전증 태반(pre-term preeclamptic placenta)(n=11)을 수집하여, NET 발현을 RNA 수준에서 분석한 결과, mRNA 분석에서는 NET 유전자가 정상 태반 조직보다 자간전증 태반에서 낮게 발현되는 것을 확인하였다. 그러나 Western blot을 통한 NET 단백질의 변화는 거의 없는 것으로 확인되었다. HTR8-SV/neo 영양막세포를 이용하여, NET 유전자의 기능을 알아보고자 NET 유전자의 플라스미드(a plasmid vector for NET gene)와 siRNA(NET gene-specific siRNA)을 HTR8-SV/neo 영양막 세포에 24시간 동안 각각 핵 내 주입하고, NET 유전자 발현에 따른 침윤은 NET 유전자를 증가시킨 경우 대조군보다 2.5배(p<0.05) 촉진시키는 것으로 확인됐으며, NET 유전자를 감소시킨 경우는 침윤능력이 감소하는 경향이 관찰되었다. 또한 NET의 과도한 고발현 또는 저발현은 MMP-2와 MMP-9 발현과 활성을 저해하는 것이 관찰하였다. 따라서 자간전증에서 NET의 발현 감소는 영양막세포의 침윤능력을 억제하는 요인이 될 수 있다. 그러므로 이러한 결과들은 영양막세포의 침윤 기전뿐만 아니라 자간전증을 포함한 부인과 질환의 기초 연구에 지침을 제공할 것이다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제82권2호
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• pp.188-194
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• 1993

임령(林齡) 및 환경조건(環境條件)이 유사한 굴참나무천연림(天然林)과 현사시나무인공림(人工林)의 물질생산(物質生産)을 조사(調査) 비교(比較)하기 위하여 전라남도(全羅南道) 모후산지역(母后山地域) 순천대학교(順天大學校) 연습림(演習林)에 위치하고 있는 평균(平均) 20년생(年生) 굴참나무천연림(天然林)과 17년생(年生) 현사시나무인공림(人工林)을 대상으로 각각 $20m{\times}30m$ 조사구를 설치하고 10주씩의 표본목을 선정한 후 뿌리를 제외한 지상부(地上部)의 현존량(現存量), 순생산량(純生産量) 등을 조사하였다. 수종별(樹種別), 부위별(部位別) 현존량(現存量) 추정식(推定式)을 유도 검정한 결과 흉고직경(胸高直徑)(D)과 수고(樹高)(H)를 독립변수(獨立變數)로 하는 상대성장식(相對成長式)(logWt=A+BlogD+ClogH)이 흉고직경(胸高直徑)만을 독립변수(獨立變數)로 하는 상대성장식(相對成長式)(logWt=A+BlogD)에 비하여 적합도(適合度)가 다소 높은 경향을 보였으나 큰 차이는 없는 것으로 나타났다. 임분(林分) 전체(全體)의 지상부(地上部) 현존량(現存量)은 현사시나무림이 55,581kg/ha로서 굴참나무림의 31,275kg/ha보다 1.8배 정도 많았다. 부위별(部位別) 현존량(現存量) 구성비(構成比)는 굴참나무림과 현사시나무림 모두 줄기의 목질부(木質部), 가지, 수피(樹皮), 잎의 순(順)으로 높았으나, 굴참나무림의 경우 현사시나무림에 비하여 수피(樹皮), 가지, 잎의 구성비(構成比)는 높은 반면 줄기의 목질부(木質部) 구성비(構成比)는 낮았다. 임분(林分) 전체의 지상부(地上部) 순생산량(純生産量)은 굴참나무림이 4,267kg/ha/yr.이었으며 현사시나무림은 3,903kg/ha/yr.이었다. 부위별(部位別) 순생산량(純生産量) 구성비(構成比)는 굴참나무림의 경우 잎, 줄기의 목질부(木質部), 가지, 수피(樹皮)의 순으로 높았으며 현사시나무림은 줄기의 목질부(木質部), 잎, 가지, 수피(樹皮)의 순이었다. 순동화율(純同化率)은 현사시나무림이 3.376으로서 굴참나무림의 2.121보다 1.6배 정도 높았으며, 잎의 줄기 생산능률(生産能率)의 경우 현사시나무림이 굴참나무림에 비하여 2.4배 정도 높았다. 현사시나무림은 굴참나무림에 비하여 순동화율(純同化率)이 높은 반면 잎의 현존량(現存量)이 적기 때문에 지상부(地上部) 전체 순생산량(純生産量)은 적었으나, 지속적 축적기관(蓄積器官)인 줄기의 목질부 순생산량(純生産量)이 많기 때문에 임분(林分) 현존량(現存量)이 많은 것으로 나타났다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.219-229
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• 2020

Net pressures on roofs and walls of buildings are dependent on the internal and external pressure fluctuations. The variation of internal and external pressures are influenced by the size and location of the openings. The correlation of external and internal pressure influences the net pressures acting on cladding on different parts of the roof and walls. The peak internal and peak external pressures do not occur simultaneously, therefore, a reduction can be applied to the peak internal and external pressures to obtain a peak net pressure for cladding design. A 1:200 scale wind tunnel model study was conducted to determine the correlations of external and internal pressures and effective reduction to net pressures (i.e., net pressure factors, F_C) for roof and wall cladding. The results show that external and internal pressures on the windward roof and wall edges are well correlated. The largest ${\mathcal{C}}_{{\check{p},net}$, highest correlation coefficient and the highest F_C are obtained for different wind directions within 90° ≤ θ ≤ 135°, where the large openings are on the windward wall. The study also gives net pressure factors F_C for areas on the roof and wall cladding for nominally sealed buildings and the buildings with a large windward wall opening. These factors indicate that a 5% to 10% reduction to the action combination factor, K_C specified in AS/NZS 1170.2(2011) is possible for some critical design scenarios.