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Persistence length calculation from light scattering and intrinsic viscosity of dilute semiflexible polyimide solutions with different degree of imidization

  • Hansol Cho;Kim, Youn-Cheol;Kim, Sang-Ouk;Chung, In-Jae
    • Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.69-76
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    • 2000
  • We have derived the translation diffusion coefficient and the intrinsic viscosity formula adopting the Kholodenko's theory using 3+1 dimensional Dirac propagator in the Kirkwood and Riseman scheme. We also performed static light scattering experiments and intrinsic viscosity measurement of dilute solutions of polyimides with different rigidities. In the framework of Kholodenko's theory, we can easily measure the persistence length of polyimide. We prepared five different polyamic acids and polyimides with different degree of imidization by controlling imidization temperatures. From experimental results, we obtained molecular weights and persistence lengths according to the Kholodenko's plot. The molecular weight and the intrinsic viscosity decreased and then increased with the imidization temperature but the persistence length increased monotonically and then leveled off. The persistence lengths calculated from intrinsic viscosities showed very good agreement with those from light scattering experiments.

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Population persistence of the perennial kelp Eisenia arborea varies across local spatial scales

  • Gossard, Daniel J.;Steller, Diana L.
    • ALGAE
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.63-74
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    • 2022
  • Perennial stipitate kelps are globally distributed and individual species can inhabit broad latitudinal ranges, expressing notably longevous persistence. Despite the foundational role kelps provide to their communities, little is known about the variability in persistence of the stipitate kelps at local spatial scales. We studied the population persistence of Eisenia arborea, a heat- and wave force-tolerant perennial stipitate kelp with a distributional range extending from British Columbia to south of the range limit of all other northeast Pacific kelps, in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Persistence characteristics for E. arborea among sites were compared and used to test the hypothesis that stand persistence varied at local spatial scales around Isla Natividad, a Pacific island off the Baja California peninsula with documented spatiotemporal environmental heterogeneity. Collected individuals around the island were "aged" using the previously validated age estimation technique of counting annual cortical dark rings. After detecting no significant differences among sites in the covariation between estimated ages for collected individuals and stipe length, we utilized in-situ population-level stipe length measurements to more rapidly predict age structures within six stands around the island. Predicted age structures, and associated stand densities, revealed persistence characteristics and density varied at local scales and a strong positive relationship existed between stand density and stand mean and maximum ages. We speculate that stands responded differently to deterministic influences (e.g., the 2014-2016 marine heatwave and / or competition with Macrocystis) resulting in heterogenous local persistence of this foundation species.

A study on the stability of Keyblock in underground excavation with consideration of joint persistence (절리 영속성을 고려한 지하굴착에서의 Keyblock 안정성 고찰)

  • 조태진;김석윤
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.351-358
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    • 1998
  • A statistical method for assessing the joint persistence based on the in-situ measurement of joint trace length has been derived. This method utilizes the probability density distribution of either the joint trace length or the diameter of hypothetically circular joint diameter depending on the relative size of joint surface to that of the potential keyblock. The stability of potential keyblock with different sizes and joint persistences has been also calculated to illustrate the applicability of the developed method to the design and the safe excavation of large scale underground openings.

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Topological Properties of Recursive Circulants : Disjoint Paths (재귀원형군의 위상 특성 : 서로소인 경로)

  • Park, Jeong-Heum;Jwa, Gyeong-Ryong
    • Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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    • v.26 no.8
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    • pp.1009-1023
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    • 1999
  • 이 논문은 재귀원형군 G(2^m , 2^k ) 그래프 이론적 관점에서 고찰하고 정점이 서로소인 경로에 관한 위상 특성을 제시한다. 재귀원형군은 1 에서 제안된 다중 컴퓨터의 연결망 구조이다. 재귀원형군 {{{{G(2^m , 2^k )의 서로 다른 두 노드 v와 w를 잇는 연결도 kappa(G)개의 서로소인 경로의 길이가 두 노드 사이의 거리d(v,w)나 혹은 G(2^m , 2^k )의 지름 \dia(G)에 비해서 얼마나 늘어나는지를 고려한다. 서로소인 경로를 재귀적으로 설계하는데, 그 길이는 k ge2일 때 d(v,w)+2^k-1과 \dia(G)+2^k-1의 최솟값 이하이고, k=1일 때 d(v,w)+3과 \dia(G)\+2의 최솟값 이하이다. 이 연구는 (2^m , 2^k )의 고장 감내 라우팅, 고장 지름이나 persistence의 분석에 이용할 수 있다.Abstract In this paper, we investigate recursive circulant G(2^m , 2^k ) from the graph theory point of view and present topological properties concerned with node-disjoint paths. Recursive circulant is an interconnection structure for multicomputer networks proposed in 1 . We consider the length increments of {{{{kappa(G)disjoint paths joining arbitrary two nodes v and win G(2^m , 2^k )compared with distance d(v,w)between the two nodes and diameter {{{{\dia(G)of G(2^m , 2^k ), where kappa(G)is the connectivity of G(2^m , 2^k ). We recursively construct disjoint paths of length less than or equal to the minimum of {{{{d(v,w)+2^k-1and \dia(G)+2^k-1for kge2 and the minimum of d(v,w)+3 and \dia(G)+2for k=1. This work can be applied to fault-tolerant routing and analysis of fault diameter and persistence of G(2^m , 2^k )

Yield and Morphology of White Clover in Response to Infrequent, Frequent Defoliation and Their Alternations (예취빈도의 전환이 White Clover의 수량 및 형태적 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • 강진호;박진서
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.221-227
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    • 1995
  • White clover (Trifolium repens L) gives rise to either weak persistence or overdominance in the pastures. To get information on grazing method to surmount the problem, the experiment was done to measure the effect of infrequent, frequent and their alternations on harvest yield and morphological characteristics of the clover. Individual plants of Regal, Louisiana S-l, Grasslands Huia, and Aberystwyth S184 were grown in 22cm plastic pot containing a 2: 1: 1 soil: sand: Peat moss mixture for 27 days after transplanting 50-day seedlings raised on 3cm pots, and then their all fully expanded leaves are trimmed. Defoliation treatments were forced every 1 (CC, frequent), 4 week(RR,infrequent) or their alternations(CR, RC) after 8 weeks from the trimming. To analyze the treatment effects, plants were sampled on 4, 8, 12, and 16 weeks after the trimming. Harvest yield of infrequent defoliation (RR) was higher than that of frequent defoliation (CC). Leaf area and no. of leaves per plant, petiole length and stolon length per plant, moreover, showed the similar result to the yield but stolon length and leaf area per g were reverse. The alternation of infre-quent and then frequent defoliation (RC) had greater yield than that of their reverse (CR) although both alternations showed intermediate ones compared to CC and RR. Morphological characteristics, furthermore, related to the clover leaf were immediately changed by alternations of defoliation inter-val(RC and CR) while those done to the stolon were lasted longer thereafter(RC and CR). Harvest yields in RC and CR were positively correlated to leaf area and no. of leaves or stolon length per plant but negatively done to leaf area and stolon length per g. It is concluded that weak persistence or overdominance of white clover in pasture can be controlled by alternation of infrequent and then frequent defoliation or reverse.

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Comparison of the cultivation performance between Korean (Sugwawon No. 301) and Chinese strains (Huangguan No. 1) of kelp Saccharina japonica in an aquaculture farm in Korea

  • Hwang, Eun Kyoung;Liu, Fuli;Lee, Ki Hyun;Ha, Dong Su;Park, Chan Sun
    • ALGAE
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.101-108
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    • 2018
  • Saccharina japonica was introduced to both Korea and China from Hokkaido, Japan, and it has become an economically important species in both nations. After a long period of cultivation, several varieties of S. japonica have been developed in Korea and China. In this study, we conducted aquacultural research on the persistence of thalli from two kelp cultivars, one from China (Huangguan No. 1) and one from Korea (Sugwawon No. 301), between December 2015 and November 2016 in Haenam, Korea. The maximum length was $247.8{\pm}13.0$ and $227.5{\pm}42.0cm$, respectively, which were significantly longer in Sugwawon No. 301 than in Huangguan No. 1. The maximum width was $29.9{\pm}5.4$ and $23.2{\pm}1.9cm$, respectively, which were significantly wider in Huangguan No. 1 than in Sugwawon No. 301. The mean biomass obtained from the culture ropes was for Sugwawon No. 301 was $3.5{\pm}0.3kg\;wet\;wt\;m^{-1}$ and for while Huangguan No. 1 was $3.1{\pm}1.0kg\;wet\;wt\;m^{-1}$ of culture rope. After August, the persistence of the thalli of Sugwawon No. 301 was two months longer than that of Huangguan No. 1. We found that the Sugwawon No. 301 performed as well as the Huangguan No. 1 in Korean waters possibly due to increased flexibility as a result of the different cell arrangements of the two cultivars. Overall, the use of the Sugwawon No. 301 cultivar rather than the Huangguan No. 1 cultivar of S. japonica appears the best alternative to help to ensure a stable year round algal feed supply for the Korean abalone industry.

Synthesis of Liquid Crystalline Copolyurethanes Containing Imide Unit

  • Lee, Dong-Jin;Lee, Tae-Jung;Kim, Han-Do
    • Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.94-97
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    • 1998
  • We have been studying :he synthesis of thermotropic polyurethanes, based on structural modifications by means of (i) the introduction of bulky substituent group in the aromatic ring to decrease the degree of lateral packing, (ii) the copolymerization of two kinds of monomers having different alkylene lengths to lower the regularity of the polymer structure, and (iii) the use of nonlinear monomers to lower the persistence length of the polymer chain in the liquid crystalline phase and to decrease the lateral interactions in the solid state. (omitted)

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The fluctuation and the rigidity study of F-actin filaments in a confined space

  • Park, Myung-Chul;Youli Li;Cyrus R. Safinya;Kim, Mahn-Won
    • Proceedings of the Korean Biophysical Society Conference
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    • 2003.06a
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    • pp.67-67
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    • 2003
  • Filamentous actin (F-actin) is a two stranded long helix that performs structural function in eukaryotic cells. F-actin had been assembled from Alexa-labeled G-actin and had been confined in microchannel. The fluctuation of single filaments was observed by fluorescence optical microscopy. We measured Tangent-tangent Correlation Function G(s) (where s is the distance along the contour of the chain), which tells us the confining wall effect of wormlike semi-flexible polymers as well as the flexural rigidity, such as persistence length.

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Single-Molecule Methods for Investigating the Double-Stranded DNA Bendability

  • Yeou, Sanghun;Lee, Nam Ki
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.45 no.1
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    • pp.33-40
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    • 2022
  • The various DNA-protein interactions associated with the expression of genetic information involve double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) bending. Due to the importance of the formation of the dsDNA bending structure, dsDNA bending properties have long been investigated in the biophysics field. Conventionally, DNA bendability is characterized by innate averaging data from bulk experiments. The advent of single-molecule methods, such as atomic force microscopy, optical and magnetic tweezers, tethered particle motion, and single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurement, has provided valuable tools to investigate not only the static structures but also the dynamic properties of bent dsDNA. Here, we reviewed the single-molecule methods that have been used for investigating dsDNA bendability and new findings related to dsDNA bending. Single-molecule approaches are promising tools for revealing the unknown properties of dsDNA related to its bending, particularly in cells.

Effects of Amount of Nitrogen Application on Decomposition of Barley Straw and Growth & Yield of Rice in Paddy Field of Double Cropping (이모작(二毛作) 답(畓)에서 질소시용량(窒素施用量)이 보릿짚 분해(分解)와 수도생육(水稻生育) 및 수량(收量)에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Yoo, Chul-Hyun;Yang, Chang-Hyu;Lee, Sang-Bok;Kang, Seung-Weon;Han, Sang-Soo;Kim, Seong-Jo
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.167-174
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    • 2000
  • To investigate the effect of amount of nitrogen application on decomposition of barley straw, growth and yield of rice in paddy field of double cropping, this study was conducted to Jeonbuk series at the Honam area from 1997 to 1998. Carbon persistence of barley straw was lowered while nitrogen persistence rate was increased as increasing amount of nitrogen application and carbon -nitrogen ratio was not decreased as increasing amount of nitrogen application. Soil microflora under barley straw application was high in order of actinomycetes>cellulosedecomposer>bacteria>fungi. Nitrogen starvation under barley straw application showed at tillering stage of rice, but this was not appeared in plot of N $144kg\;ha^{-1}$ application. Plant height, culm length and ear length of rice plant by barley straw application were short, but those of N $108kg\;ha^{-1}$ application was not different from compared with none-application barley straw. Rice yield of N $108kg\;ha^{-1}$ applied barley straw was smiliar to none-application barley straw, but that of N 90. $144kg\;ha^{-1}$ was highly decreased.

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