• The Journal of the Korean bone and joint tumor society
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.131-138
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• 2003

Purpose: We analyzed our malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) cases to find out their oncologic results following by each treatment modalities. Materials and Methods: Thirty four patients with MPNST were registered in Korea Cancer Center Hospital from Feb. 1986 to Nov. 1996. Seventeen cases were male and 17, female. Average age was 41 years (range 18 to 74). Location of the tumor was as follows; 17 in lower extremity, 11 upper extremity, 4 trunk, and 2 retroperitoneum. Following the AJC classification, stage IA were 2 cases, stage IIA 2, stage IIB 6, stage III 16 and stage IV 8. Twenty six patients took operations and adjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy, 3 operation only and 3 adjuvant chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Average follow up period was 33.5 months (5.6 to 146.1). Kaplan-Meiyer method was done for survival curve, and log rank test for comparison analysis. Results: Fourteen cases were continuous disease free, 2 no evidence of disease, 2 alive with disease and 14 dead of disease states at final follow up. Actual 5-year and 10-year survival rates were 53.5%, 35.7%. Local recurrence rate after operation was 24.1%. 5-year survival rates of stage I/II/III were 100/85.7/55.9% and 2-year survival rate of stage IV was 14.3% (p=0.04). In 21 cases operated with stage II-III, wide margin (15cases) had 76.0% 5-year survival rate, and marginal or intralesional marigin (6cases) had 40.0%. The actual 5-year survival rate of the group which were done 4 or more cycles chemotherapy (8cases) was 71.4% and the actual 3-year survival rate less than 4cycles chemotherapy (6cases) was 83.3% (p=0.96). In 19 cases operated with stage II-III and which had no radiotherapy, marginal or intralesional margin (5cases) had 3 cases of local recurrences (60.0%), though wide margin (14cases) had 4 cases recurrences (28.6%). There was no local recurrence in 8cases which had pre-or post-operative radiotherapy. Conclusions: Surgical margin is an important factor in local recurrence. Resection margin has a tendency to influence the survival despite insufficient statistical significance. Conventional chemotherapy has no defnite statistical sigficance in the effect on local control and survival. Preoperative and postoperative radiotherapy has some positive effect on local control.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.211-217
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• 1990

This study was carried out to elucidate the effect of different time and severity of defoliation on the dry matter accumulation in grain of rye (cv, Paldanghomil) and triticale (cv, Sinkihomil). The weight of the 2nd leaf blade was the greatest and this was followed by the 3rd and flag leaf in that order. The chlorophyll content in leaf blade and sheath were decreased at lower leaf position (flag > 2nd > 3rd). The average chlorophyll content of rye was higher than that of triticale. The earlier and severer defoliation was made, the more grain weight was its was decreased. As the time of defoliation was made later and the degree of its was small, 1,000 grain weight was increased. The results showed that the effect of defoliation on 1,000 grain weight followed the order of the flag, the 2nd and the 3rd leaf. The greatest 1,000 grain weight was observed at the middle part of panicle, which followed by the top and bottom part in that order.

• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.77-89
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• 2008

Objectives : This study evaluates the hair growth promoting effect of Yonnyuniksoogobon-dan on shaved C57BL6 mice. Methods : Yonnyuniksoogobon-dan was administered orally (Group I) and both orally and by skin application (Group II) once a day for 12 days. The experimental groups were compared to Control, which was orally administered physiological saline solution. Hair regrowth was photographically and histologically determined during the experimental period. The levels of hair growth cycle related factors (EGF, TGF-${\beta}$1) and vascular factors (VEGF, iNOS) were also determined by immunohistochemistry. On gross observation of hair growth, both Group I and Group II shaved C57BL6 mice showed accelerated hair regrowth. Results : The hair regrowth index of Group I increased significantly from 7 days (P<0.05) to 12 days (P<0.01) after shaving and that of Group II was significantly higher at 12 days (P<0.05). On histological observation, both Group I and Group II demonstrated histological improvement and increases in the number and diameter of the hair follicles. EGF expression on the root sheath of hair follicles was up-regulated in both Group I and II. TGF-${\beta}$1 expression on the root sheath of hair follicles was unchanged in both Group I and II. VEGF expression in the tissues surrounding hair follicles was up-regulated in both groups. iNOS expression in the tissues surrounding hair follicles was down-regulated in both groups. Conclusions : These results suggest that Yonnyuniksoogobon-dan promotes hair growth and this effect is related to up-regulation of EGF and VEFG expression and down-regulation of TGF-${\beta}$1 and iNOS expression on hair roots.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2002.02a
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• pp.351-354
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• 2002

In most of electrical applications using Bi-2223/Ag HTS tapes, bending and tension stresses are essentially applied to the tape. Therefore, the critical current of the Bi-2223/Ag tape is degraded by increasing the deformation stress, though brittle superconducting filaments are embedded in the reinforced Ag alloy sheath. It is needed to understand bending and tension properties of HTS tapes at room temperature and cryogen to make superconducting magnet, cable and etc. using Bi-2223/Ag HTS tapes. Actually, bending and tension stress applied to the tapes simultaneously, when winding the tapes on former for applications. In this study, the effect of mechanical deformations, bending and tension, on the critical current of Bi-2223/Ag tape was investigated.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.210-215
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• 2001

The phenotype of Rhizoctonia solani KR-13 was randomly segregated to both melanin-producing (M+) and non-producing (M-) types through successive cultures on PDA. M+type with dark melanin showed strong pathogenicity to rice and self-anastomosis. Meanwhile, M- type with white or less-melanized mycelia showed very weak pathogenicity and non-self-anastomosis. Melanin production of R. solani was affected by incubation temperature in both M+ and M- types, but not by light treatment. The application of tricyclazole, an inhibitor of fungal melanin biosynthesis, showed no controlling effect on R. solani causing rice sheath blight. Results of this study showed that melanization of mycelia of R. solani is an important pathogenicity factor in rice.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.311-314
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• 2003

Superconduction materials possess electrical/electronic and magnetic properties. Because superconduction materials is a ceramic powder, that can not be produced singlehandedly. So Ag sheathed Bi-2223 wire was produced by drawing process using powder-in-tube(PIT) method This superconductor has many difficulties to produce. The main difficulty is that the mechanical properties of the ceramic powder are very different from those of the Ag sheath. Actually, the fabrication of Ag sheathed Bi-2223 superconductor by PIT tends to lead to non-uniformity in the core thickness during drawing process. That is so called “Sausaging”. This study analyzed a sausaging using the finite-element method. Also, Effects of drawing process parameters on a sausaging has been carried out using finite element method. Finally, A way to prevent a sausaging has been discussed.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.110-112
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• 2008

This paper describes the effects of earth continuity conductor for reducing the level of induced sheath overvoltage at the single point bonded section of combined transmission systems. Firstly, 3 kinds of fault section are considered, and also faulty phases and the distance between phase conductor and earth continuity conductor are changed for the various analysis.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.179-185
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• 1994

음극에 DLC 필름이 놓여져 있는 용량결합형의 RF 플라즈마 장치에서 Ar가스에 의한 방전에서 발생된 입자의 분포를 레이져 산란에 의하여 관측하였다. 발생된 입자들은 플라즈마와 sheath의 경계면 에서 높은 밀도의 구름을 이루었으며 시간에 따라 주기적인 분포의 변화가 반복되었다, 입자 구름의 발 생은 플라즈마 물성의 변화를 야기하였으며 그 결과로 심한 self-bias 전위의 감소현상이 관측되었다. 입자 구름분포의 시간에 따른 변화와 같은 주기의 self-bias 플라즈마전위의 진동현상이 가열된 fast-scanning langmuir 탐침에 의하여 관측되었다. 이결과는 입자 표면에로의 음전하 누적에 따른 전체 음전하의 이동도 감소에 의한 것으로 해석된다. 또한 방출 분광법에 의하여 입자오염상태의 Ar 플라즈 마와 정상상태의 Ar 플라즈마의 방출 선세기의 변화를 관측하였는데 입자구름 오염시의 2차전자 차폐 현상에 의해 높은 문턱 에너지를 가진 Ar II 선의 세기 감소현상이 나타났다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.83-89
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• 1996

Multivariate statistical procedures were used to analyse data on the chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of four varienties of rice straw after treatment with 4% NaOH solution, 4% urea solution or distilled water (control) for 48 hours. For each treatment, stepwise discriminant analysis identified the variables which maximized differences between varieties and the eigenvectors from principal component analysis quantified the contribution of these criterion variables to varietal differences. The overall response of varieties to chemical treatment was demonstrated qualitatively, by cluster analysis, and quantitatively, from the magnitude of the principal component scores. The analysis revealed that the urea and control treatments elicited the same response whereas NaOH had the greatest effect on the poorest straw variety. Similar analyses conducted on the botanical fractions of the varieties showed that the relative response of the inflorescence, stem, leaf blade and leaf sheath fractions was not altered by chemical treatment.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.676-678
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• 2005

In underground power cable system, the apparent impedance at the relaying point can be changed because of the complicated configuration such as the various earth resistance and the operation of sheath voltage limiter (SVL). They have a bad effect on the distance relay operation Therefore, in this paper, in order to solve this problem, the authors are going to anly the advanced computational technique(ACI) of FR-FIS(Fuzzy Relation-based Fuzzy Inference System).