• Journal of Species Research
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.350-355
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• 2021

In 2020, 11 Basidiomycetous yeast strains were isolated from soil samples collected from the forests of Namhansanseong in Korea. Among them, seven species were reported, but four species were unreported in Korea. To identify wild yeasts, pairwise sequence comparisons of D1/D2 domain of the 26S rRNA were performed using Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST). The cell morphologies and assimilation test are observed by phase contrast microscope and API 20C AUX kit, respectively. The 11 strains were assigned to the genera Rhodotorula (4 strains) of the order Sporidiobolales of the class Microbotryomycetes; and Cryptococcus(2 strains), Goffeauzyma (1 strains), Naganishia (2 strains) of the order Filobasidiales and Saitozyma (2 strains) of the order Tremellales of the class Tremellomycetes in the phylum Basidiomycota. The unreported yeast strains Cryptococcus gastricus 20n5-2, Goffeauzyma gilvescens 20n2-7, Naganishia adeliensis 20n8-1, and Naganishia friedmannii 20n24-1 belong to the family Filobasidiaceae. All strains had oval shaped cells and cream-colored colonies cultured on on YM agar for 3 days. In this study, we focus on the description of four unreported yeast species in Korea.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.219-227
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to quickly and effectively identify the Nosema disease of bumblebees in Gangwon Province in Korea. Bumblebees are crucial pollinators of various crops, and microsporidia are the critical pathogens of these hosts. When bumblebees are infected with Nosema bombi, their abdomens can become distended. Paralyzed and infected workers often become sluggish and die early. We have identified the morphology of the microsporidium by light and electron microscopy, and found it to have fairly small oval spores, as has been described previously in many other articles. For the specific and sensitive diagnosis of the microsporidian parasite N. bombi in bumblebees, we have developed an improved method of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for expeditious diagnosis. Two pairs of primers were tested on N. bombi and the related microsporidia Nosema apis and Nosema sp., both of which infect Bombus ignitus and Bombus hypocrita sapporoensis. Furthermore, we have verified and analyzed the 16SrRNA sequence data of N. bombi in bumblebees by using the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) server at the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.1072-1079
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• 2005

Conceptual design is the first step in the overall process of product design. Its intrinsic uncertainty, imprecision, and lack of information lead to the fact that current conceptual design activities in engineering have not been computerized and very few CAD systems are available to support conceptual design. In most of the current intelligent design systems, approach of principle synthesis, such as morphology matrix, bond graphic, or design catalogues, is usually adopted to deal with the concept generation, in which optional concepts are generally combined and enumerated through function analysis. However, as a large number of concepts are generated, it is difficult to evaluate and optimize these design candidates using regular algorithm. It is necessary to develop a new approach or a tool to solve the concept generation. Generally speaking, concept generation is a problem of concept synthesis. In substance, this process of developing design candidate is a combinatorial optimization process, viz., the process of concept generation can be regarded as a solution for a state-place composed of multi-concepts. In this paper, genetic algorithm is utilized as a feasible tool to solve the problem of combinatorial optimization in concept generation, in which the encoding method of morphology matrix based on function analysis is applied, and a sequence of optimal concepts are generated through the search and iterative process which is controlled by genetic operators, including selection, crossover, mutation, and reproduction in GA. Several crucial problems on GA are discussed in this paper, such as the calculation of fitness value and the criteria for heredity termination, which have a heavy effect on selection of better concepts. The feasibility and intellectualization of the proposed approach are demonstrated with an engineering case. In this work concept generation is implemented using GA, which can facilitate not only generating several better concepts, but also selecting the best concept. Thus optimal concepts can be conveniently developed and design efficiency can be greatly improved.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.139-147
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• 2009

BLAST는 생명정보학 분야에서 가장 많이 사용하는 도구이다. 이 도구는 입력서열을 기존 서열 데이터베이스와 신속히 비교하고 그 기능을 예측한다. 생물학자는 BLAST를 이용하여 실험의 범위, 시간과 비용을 줄일 수 있다. 하지만, 서열 데이터 양이 급격히 증가함에 따라 그 처리 시간도 같이 증가하여 성능개선 방안이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 대용량 BLAST처리 성능 향상을 위한 PC 기반의 클러스터 인프라 (E-Cluster)를 제시하고 이 기반에서 데이터베이스 분할기법 (Logical Partitioning)과 질의 라우팅 기법(Intra-Query)을 제안한다. 제안된 시스템을 평가하기 위해 다양한 길이의 서열들과 NR 데이터베이스와 비교하여 응답시간(Response Time), 성능 향상(Speedup), 효율(Efficiency) 관점에서 평가한다. 본 실험을 통해 기존 SMP, Cluster, 그리드 기반의 BLAST 시스템보다 성능, 효율이 뛰어남을 확인하였고, 특히 제안한 시스템의 최대 효율은 600%로 매우 높았다.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.131-143
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• 2004

최적경로 알고리즘에서 링크표지를 활용하면 도시가로망 상에 나타나는 유턴이나 피턴과 같은 주행했던 교차로를 다시 주행하는 통행에 대한 설명이 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 링크표지기법을 표지갱신기반 다수경로탐색알고리즘으로 확대하는 것이 목적이다. 이를 위해 도시가로망에서 발생하는 운전자의 합리적 통행행태를 링크기반으로 개념화하고, 이들 행태가 반영되도록 링크표지갱신 다경로 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 소규모 네트워크 테스트를 통하여 알고리즘의 수행과정과 결과의 적정성을 확인하였다. 대규모 네트워크 컴퓨터 수행을 통해 해의 퇴화현상을 파악하고 소수의 대안경로 정보제공에 활용 가능한 (K-1)차원 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 결론적으로 제안된 다수경로 알고리즘으로 링크표지기법이 제공하는 합리적 통행행태의 고려가 다수의 경로에도 가능해졌을 뿐만 아니라, 효율적인 대안경로 제공의 활용단계를 위해 한단계 전진되었다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.345-351
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• 2005

난배양 미생물로부터 천연물질을 찾기 위하여 토양으로부터 직접분리 된 DNA와 cosmid vector를 이용하여 metagenomic library를 제작하고 탐색 하였다. 대장균에서 발현되는 유전자은행 초기 탐색 결과 LB배지에서 잘 자라면서 브라운 색깔을 내는 여러 개의 clone을 선발 하였다. 선발된 여러 후보 clone중 pYS85C는 돌연변이를 유도하였으며 색깔을 생산하지않는 clone 들에 대하여 염기서열을 결정 하였다. 돌연변이clone들로부터 결정된 pYS85C 염기서열 결과 아미노산이 393개이며 44.5 kDa으로 색소형성에 관여하는 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid dioxygenase(HPPD) 유전자로 판명 되었다. 또한, BLAST비교 분석에서 이효소는 기존에 밝혀진 HPPD효소와 60% 정도의 identity를 보였고 C-말단에서는 많은 conserved domain이 있었다. 이러한 결과로 볼 때 천연물질을 합성 할 수 있는 유전자는 토양DNA로부터 직접 분리되어 발현될 수 있으며 이러한 기술은 새로운 물질을 찾는데 중요한 tool이 될 수 있다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.393-401
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• 2009

We isolated and identified a microorganism which was excellent for ammonia oxidation in the biological control of ammonia gas in odor producing materials from organic composting. The isolated strain was tested for growth characteristics and ammonia elimination efficiency under various conditions of temperature, pH, carbon concentration and ammonia concentration. The strain was isolated from a culture broth used in a $NO_2$ producing test with Griess-Ilosvay reagent. The results of 16S rRNA sequence from the isolated strain by using BLANST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) and confirming RDP (Ribosomal Database Project II) and ERRD (The European Ribosomal RNA Database) indicate that the strain is related to Delftia sp. UV-Spectrophotometer (Shimadzu, UVmini-1240) was used as a microbial growth test by measuring turbidity on OD660nm and ammonia concentration was measured by Spectrophotometer (HACH, DR-4000). The optimum growth culture conditions of the ammonia oxidizer Delftia sp. were $30^{\circ}C$, pH 7, glucose concentration 1.00% and $(NH_4)_2SO_4$ 0.5 g/l. Ammonia elimination efficiency was over 94% under the same conditions.

• BMB Reports
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.441-447
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• 2006

Abuse of drugs can elicit compulsive drug seeking behaviors upon repeated administration, and ultimately leads to the phenomenon of addiction. We developed a procedure for the standardization of microarray gene expression data of rat brain in drug addiction and stored them in a single integrated database system, focusing on more effective data processing and interpretation. Another characteristic of the present database is that it has a systematic flexibility for statistical analysis and linking with other databases. Basically, we adopt an intelligent SQL querying system, as the foundation of our DB, in order to set up an interactive module which can automatically read the raw gene expression data in the standardized format. We maximize the usability of this DB, helping users study significant gene expression and identify biological function of the genes through integrated up-to-date gene information such as GO annotation and metabolic pathway. For collecting the latest information of selected gene from the database, we also set up the local BLAST search engine and non-redundant sequence database updated by NCBI server on a daily basis. We find that the present database is a useful query interface and data-mining tool, specifically for finding out the genes related to drug addiction. We apply this system to the identification and characterization of methamphetamine-induced genes' behavior in rat brain.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.515-522
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• 2011

이 연구는 플로팅 호텔의 건축계획에 대한 것으로, 관련 문헌과 인터넷 검색을 통하여, 플로팅 호텔의 개념을 살펴보고, 사례를 분석하여, 앞으로 플로팅 호텔 계획을 위한 참고자료를 제시하고자 한다. 플로팅 호텔은 수상 부유시스템을 갖는 건축물로서, 인간의 거주/휴양/업무/오락 등의 목적으로 사용되며, 자유로운 항해는 불가능하다. 연구대상 건축물들은 콰이강 뗏목 리조트가 1976년, Four Seasons Hotel은 1988년, Salt & Sill은 2008년 등의 순서로 건립되었다. 플로팅 호텔의 규모는 층과 실의 개수 등의 측면에서 다양하고, 부대시설로는 다양한 기본시설, 문화시설, 운동시설, 해양관련 시설 등이 있다. 플로팅 호텔의 건축적 특징으로는, 설비 자립화, 친환경 건축계획, 재생에너지의 활용, 복합재료 도입, 호텔을 회전을 통한 모든 객실에 동등한 경관 제공 등을 들 수 있다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.583-590
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• 2018

Genus Typha L. (Typhaceae; Cattail in common) is one of the hydrophytic plants found in semi-aquatic regions. About nine to 18 species of the genus exist all over the world. In Korea, the most commonly found cattail species are T. laxmanni and T. angustifolia. The aim of this study was to prepare a cDNA library and sequences and analyze expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from these species, T. laxmanni and T. angustifolia. In the case of T. laxmanni, we observed that 715 out of 742 ESTs had high quality sequences, whereas the remaining 27 ESTs were low quality sequences. In this study, we identified 77 contigs, 393 unassembled clones and 65.7% singletons. Furthermore, in the case of T. angustifolia, we recorded 992 high quality EST sequences, and by excluding 28 low quality sequences from among them, we retrieved 120 contigs, 348 unassembled clones and 48.9% singletons. The basic local alignment search tool (BLAST) and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) database results enabled us to identify the functional categories, i.e., molecular function (16.5%), biological process (22.2%) and cellular components (61.3%). In addition, between these two species, the no hits and anonymous genes were 4.2% and 11.7% and 6.2% and 11.2% in T. laxmanni and T. angustifolia, respectively, based on the BLAST results. The study concluded that they have certain species-specific genes. Hence, the results of this study on these two species could be a valuable resource for further studies.