• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.301-308
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• 2018

Objective: This study compared the meat quality, muscle fiber characteristics, and fatty acids between Jinjiang yellow cattle (JJ) and F1 Simmental${\times}$Jinjiang yellow cattle (SJ) which were offered the same diet. Methods: Six JJ and six SJ individuals were reared and fattened from 10 to 26 months of age. After feeding, the highrib (HR), ribeye (RB), and tenderloin (TL) samples were taken from the carcass for meat quality evaluations. Results: The results showed that growth performance of SJ was higher than that of JJ (higher live weight and average daily gain), and the hot carcass weight of SJ was higher than that of JJ (p<0.05). pH of JJ was higher than that of SJ in TL (p<0.05); the color of $a^{\ast}$ of SJ was higher than that of JJ in TL and RB (p<0.05); the cooking loss of SJ was significantly lower than that of JJ in TL and RB (p<0.05); the shear force value was significantly lower in SJ compared to JJ (p<0.05); the muscle fiber diameter was higher and the fiber density was lower in SJ compared to JJ in HR and TL (p<0.05); compared to SJ, the muscles of JJ had higher saturated fatty acid (SFA) composition; the sum of monounsaturated fatty acid and polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) were lower in the muscle of JJ; the mRNA expressions of myosin heavy chain-I (MyHC-I) and MyHC-IIa were higher in SJ compared to JJ in muscle of HR and RB; the mRNA expressions of MyHC-IIx and MyHC-IIb were lower in SJ compared to JJ in HR and RB (p<0.05). Conclusion: Meat quality and fatty acid profile differed between SJ and JJ; the muscle of SJ had higher $a^{\ast}$ and SFA; SJ had lower cooking loss, shear force and PUFA compared to the muscle of JJ. In addition, the type and development characteristics of the muscle fiber had some difference between SJ and JJ; these might be factors which caused the differences in meat quality and fatty acid profile between SJ and JJ.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.730-738
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• 2016

est19 is a gene from Bacillus sp. K91 that encodes a new esterase. A comparison of the amino acid sequence showed that Est19 has typical Ser-Gly-Asn-His (SGNH) family motifs and could be grouped into the SGNH hydrolase family. The Est19 protein was functionally cloned, and expressed and purified from Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). The enzyme activity was optimal at 60℃ and pH 9.0, and displayed esterase activity towards esters with short-chain acyl esters (C₂-C₆). A structural model of Est19 was constructed using phospholipase A1 from Streptomyces albidoflavus NA297 as a template. The structure showed an α/β-hydrolase fold and indicated the presence of the typical catalytic triad Ser49-Asp227-His230, which were further investigated by site-directed mutagenesis. To the best of our knowledge, Est19 is a new member of the SGNH hydrolase family identified from thermophiles, which may be applicable in the industrial production of semisynthetic β-lactam antibiotics after modification.

• 재활복지공학회논문지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.125-132
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• 2011

본 연구는 장애인의 장애특성, 환경, 활동 영역 및 보조기구를 고려하여 기존의 공적급여 전달체계를 개선함으로써 보다 질적으로 향상된 장애인보조기구 서비스를 제공하였다. 이에 정부주도의 장애인보조기구의 대여, 개조, 맞춤제작을 통한 보조공학 전달체계 서비스의 주요한 부분들을 파악하였고, 이를 개선함으로써 효율적인 서비스를 제공하게 되었다. 사례 연구로 2명의 장애인을 대상으로 개선된 절차 하에 보조공학 서비스를 제공하였고, 그들이 가지고 있는 어려움의 장벽들을 해소하기 위해 기존의 보조기구 무상교부의 절차와 다른 보다 전문적인 상담, 평가 및 회의 등의 과정을 통해 대상자의 요구를 충족시킨 후 그들의 활동 영역의 변화를 살펴보았다. 그 과정에는 상용화된 보조기구를 지원하기 전에 전문기관의 여러 가지 보조기구를 대여하여 사용하게 한 후 대상자의 환경에 가장 적합한 제품을 지원되게 함으로써 활용성을 높였다. 그리고 연구대상자의 특성 및 환경을 고려한 보조기구를 제작하여 제공하였다. 그 결과 장애에 적합한 보조기구의 사용은 보조기구의 보다 적극적으로 사용함으로써 활동범위는 증가하였고, 신체적 피로 및 보호자의 의존도를 경감하는 효과를 얻게 되었다. 하지만 연구대상자가 제한적이어서 과학적으로 효과를 검증하기에는 어려움이 있었다. 향후 전문기관의 보조기구 서비스 전달체계를 통해 더욱 다양한 사례의 수집으로 그 효과를 보다 명확하게 파악할 필요가 있으며 이러한 일련의 과정을 통해서 서비스 대상자의 문제점들을 해결하고 지속적인 사후관리가 필요함을 알 수 있었다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.125-131
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• 2004

결핵균 감염에 대한 주요 방어 항원 물질로서 항원 85 복합체(Ag85A, B, C)가 주목되고 있다. 우리는 이들 항원들을 과발현하는 재조합 BCG를 클로닝하였고, 마우스 모델을 이용하여 결핵균 감염에 대한 재조합 BCG의 방어 효능을 알아보고자 하였다. 항원 85A를 과발현하는 재조합 BCG를 rBCG/FA, 항원 85B를 과발현하는 재조합 BCG를 rBCG/FB, 그리고, 이들 두 항원을 과발현하는 재조합 BCG를 rBCG/B.FA라고 명명하였고, 이들 항원들의 과발현 여부를 SDSPAGE상에서 확인한 결과, 재조합 BCG에서 항원 85A와 B 단백질이 BCG에 비해 과발현된 것을 알 수 있었다. 면역주사한 마우스에서 분리한 비장세포를 M. tuberculosis H37Rv의 culture filtrate protein(CFP)으로 자극하여 분비된 IFN-${\gamma}$ 농도를 측정한 결과에서는 rBCG/B.FA만이 BCG에 비해 높은 IFN-${\gamma}$ 농도를 나타내었으나, 마우스 모델을 이용한 결핵균 감염에 대한 재조합 BCG의 방어 효능 실험에서는 BCG와 뚜렷한 차이를 나타내지 못하였다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.237-244
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• 2015

시멘트는 건설 산업의 발전과 비례하여 눈부신 발전을 이루었다. 그러나 이산화탄소의 발생량 또한 매우 치명적이다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 이산화탄소의 배출이 적은 시멘트의 개발이 시급한 상황이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 시멘트의 대체제로 소성과정이 없어 에너지 손실률이 낮으며 이산화탄소의 배출량이 적은 비소성 시멘트(Non-Sintered Cement, 이하 NSC) 모르타르를 개발하고자 하였다. 산업 부산물인 고로슬래그 미분말(Granulated ground Blast Furnace Slag, 이하 GBFS)에 이를 활성화시키기 위한 자극제를 배합하였다. 그리고 GBFS와 자극제의 배합비율이 어떠한 양생조건에서 우수한 지를 알아보기 위해 각각의 양생조건에 따른 휨 및 압축강도, 그에 따른 수화 반응 생성물과 메커니즘을 알아보기 위해 SEM, XRD 실험을 진행하였고, 또한 화학저항성, pH측정, 염화물 이온 침투 저항성 및 탄산화 촉진실험을 실시하여 내구성을 알아보았다. 실험 결과 보통 포틀랜드 시멘트와 비교하여 전체적으로 우수한 특성과 내구성을 보여주었고, 콘크리트 2차 제품으로 개발하여 경제성 향상, 친환경적인 제품 생산, 환경문제 및 에너지 절약에 큰 이바지를 할 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.99-103
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• 1998

rotifer의 배양조에 혼재된 Artemia가 rotifer의 증식에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 실험에는 Koshiki주의 rotifer, Brachionus rotundiformis와 미국 샌프란시스코의 Great Salt lake주의 Artemia sp.를 사용했다. 그리고 모든 실험은 염분을 22ppt, 배양 온도는 $25^{\circ}C.$, 먹이로서 N. oculata을 2일 간격으로 ml 당 $7{\times}10^5$ 세포씩 공급하면서, 50 ml의 비이커에 N. oculata 현탁액을 40ml씩 넣고, rotifer 20마리 그리고 Artemia는 3마리씩 각 수조에 수용하여 각 생물들을 단일종 배양한 경우와 혼합 배양한 경우의 증식을 비교하였다. rotifer와 Artemia 유생을 혼합 배양한 경우, 두 생물은 한정된 먹이 N. oculata 조건하에서 먹이 경쟁(food competition)을 하였다. 또한, rotifer의 대량 배양조에 Artemia 성체의 급속한 섭식 활동에 의해서 심각한 먹이 부족 현상을 일으켰다. 결국, Artemia 성체는 rotifer의 안정적인 생산을 크게 방해하는 rotifer 증식 억제 요인으로서 작용했다. 즉, rotifer을 안정적으로 생산하기 위해서는 종묘 생산 과정에서 유발될 수 있는 Artemia의 혼재가 일어나지 않도록 각별한 주의가 필요하다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.968-973
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• 2002

To evaluate the chewing activity of ruminant feeds, four Holstein steers (average body weight $742{\pm}15kg$) were employed. Experimental feeds were four roughages ($NH_3$-treated rice straw, alfalfa hay, corn silage, orchard grass hay) and four concentrate ingredients (cotton seed hull, beet pulp pellet, barley grain, oat grain). Regarding palatability for each experimental feeds which was overviewed during the adjustment period, animals were fed roughages alone, but with 50% $NH_3$-treated rice straw ($NH_3$-RS) for concentrate ingredients. Therefore, all the data for concentrate ingredients was derived by extracting the result per unit obtained from steers fed $NH_3$-RS alone. The experiment was conducted using a 4${\times}$4 Latin square designs for roughages and concentrate ingredients. Experimental feeds were fed during a 10 d adaptation and 2 d chewing data collection during each experimental period. Animals were gradually adjusted to the experimental diet. Dry matter intake (DMI) was restricted at a 1.4% of mean body weight (10.4 kg DM/d). Time spent eating and eating chews per kilogram of DMI were greatest for beet pulp pellet, and lowest for barley grain (p<0.05). Time spent rumination per kilogram of DMI was greatest for $NH_3$-RS, cotton seed hull and orchard grass, but rumination chews were greatest for cotton seed hull and orchard grass except $NH_3$-RS (p<0.05). Roughage index value (chewing time, minute/kg DMI) was 58.0 for cotton seed hull, 56.1 for beet pulp pellet, 55.5 for $NH_3$-RS, 53.1 for orchard grass hay, 45.9 for corn silage, 43.0 for alfalfa hay, 30.0 for oat grain, and 10.9 for barley grain. The ratio of rumination time to total chewing time (eating plus ruminating) was about 72% for the roughages except corn silage (66.9%), and followed by cotton seed hull (69.5%), and ranged from 49.5% to 52.9% for other feeds. Higher percentages of rumination in total chewing time may be evidently indicate the characteristics of roughage. Therefore, this indicate that the chewing activity of concentrate ingredients can be more fully reflects by the ruminating time than total chewing time (RVI), although it is reasonable to define the RVI for roughages.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권7호
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• pp.1096-1103
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• 1999

A study was conducted to clarify the impact of recombinant porcine somatotropin (pST) on the efficiency of absorbed nitrogen use for protein deposition in growing pigs. Three levels of dietary crude protein (9.0, 11.5, 14.0% CP) were used. Each had either a sub-optimum or near optimum lysine: CP concentration (Low-lysine, 3.8 g/100 g CP and High-lysine, 5.5 g/100g CP) in order to achieve different metabolic efficiencies for nitrogen deposition (ca. 45 vs. 60%). Twelve crossbred female pigs $(59{\pm}4kg\;BW)$ were placed in metabolism cages and fitted with bladder catheters. Each pig received an excipient injection daily for the first 10-d, a pST (5 mg/d) injection for the second 10-d, and then excipient for the last 10-d. Pigs were randomly assigned to one of six dietary treatments (2 pigs/diet) and fed 4 times per d at $92g/kg\;BW^{0.75}$ $(3{\times}maintenance)$. Means for the excipient period were compared to means for the pST period. Urinary nitrogen (N) output declined in pST-treated pigs (p<0.01) irrespective of dietary protein content or lysine level. Nitrogen retention increased by an average of 11% (p<0.01) with pST treatment (726 vs. $803mg\;N/kg^{0.75}\;BW/d$). Forty-eight percent of the absorbed N was retained with Low-lysine diets, but this increased to 53% with pST injection (+11%, p<0.01). Pigs fed High-lysine diets retained 62% of absorbed N which increased to 69% with pST (+11% p<0.01). the addition of lysine improved N use by 27% (High vs. Low, p<0.01), but the effect of lysine and pST was additive (+40%). Therefore, pST improves N retention and the efficiency of apparently absorbed N use in growing pigs (>60kg). It does so with diets having the potential for either low or high efficiencies of N use (48% and 62%). More work is needed to determine if the partial efficiency of N use improves in direct proportion to pST dose since the improvement in protein deposition is a function of pST dose.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.155-160
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• 2000

In order to understand the effects of sex or age on cellular characteristics of adipocytes from Hanwoo and sheep, samples were obtained from omental, subcutaneous, intermuscular and intramuscular adipose tissue depots of bulls, steers, heifers and cows in Hanwoo, and perirenal, omental and subcutaneous adipose tissues of fetal lambs, suckling lambs and wethers in sheep. In case of Hanwoo, mean diameter, surface area and volume of adipocytes from each depot were obtained by multisizer II (Coulter Co., UK). Osmium-fixed adipocytes were sized and counted using $560{\mu}m$ aperture. For samples obtained from sheep, cellularity was measured by using microscope and MCV program of Texas Instrument. Bulls had less subcutaneous and kidney fat than steers even though their slaughter and carcass weight were heavier. The amounts of fat from cows were greater in subcutaneous, kidney and internal organs than heifers. Steers had larger adipocytes in subcutaneous, intermuscular and intramuscular adipose tissues than bulls, although the differences were significant only for the subcutaneous adipose tissue depots. Adipocytes appeared to be largest in omental and smallest in intramuscular adipose tissue, although there were no significant differences among tissues. In a comparison of heifers and cows, significant site effects (p<0.05) were shown in adipocyte diameter, surface area and volume, and adipocyte appeared to be largest in omental tissue. Statistical difference (p<0.05) was only shown in cell volume of intramuscular tissue which was higher in cow than heifer. Intramuscular adipose tissue tended to have relatively greater numbers of cells per gram tissue and reflect lesser maturity of intramuscular adipose tissue relative to other adipose tissues. In sheep, regardless of adipose tissue depots, wethers had the greater adipocyte diameters than those at any other growth stage of sheep. Within adipose depots, the ranking of cell size was the greatest in the omental tissue of wether and the lowest in the renal and subcutaneous adipose tissue depots of fetal lamb. The cell size of adipocyte became larger with age, especially from fetal to suckling lamb due to a rapid hypertrophy of both perirenal and subcutaneous adipocytes during the suckling period.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.587-594
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• 1995

In order to estimate the nutritive value of roasted full-fat soybean (FFS) in carp diet, growth performance and excretion of protein and phosphorus were examined using carps having mean body weight of 111 g. Growth trial was conducted for 4 weeks using the fishes fed 5 diets (Control, $F_{24}S_{13}$, $F_{16}S_{27}$, $F_8S_{40}$ and $F_0S_{56}$) containing 32%, 24%, 16%, 8% and 0% of fish meal (F) and 0%, 13%, 27%, 40% and 56% of full-fat soybean, respectively. A total of 800 fishes were allotted randomly by groups of 40 to 5 treatments with 4 replicates per treatment. Fishes were fed to station eight times daily. Feeding trial was conducted for 4 weeks. As dietary FFS increased from 0% to 56%, weight gain of fish decreased from 91 g to 39 g and feed conversion ratio increased from 1.06 to 1.95. Protein efficiency ratio (PER) was highest (2.35) in control group which had the highest protein intake, while PER significantly decreased with decrease in protein intake as dietary FFS level increased. Although dietary protein and energy levels were maintained constant, protein excretion per kg weight gain varied from 273 g to 579 g for the groups control and $F_0S_{56}$, respectively. However, the value for control group was not significantly different to those for the groups $F_{24}S_{13}$ and $F_{16}S_{27}$. On the other hand, the highest protein retention efficiency was found in group fed the diet $F_{24}S_{13}$. Fish fed the diet $F_8S_{40}$ excreted the lowest phosphorus (P) based on kg weight gain showing the highest P retention efficiency of 62%. P excretion per kg feed intake was in the range of 5 g to 10 g for the groups $F_8S_{40}$ and $F_{24}S_{13}$, respectively. The present results indicated that as dietary FFS level increased, growth performance and feed utilization decreased while excretion of protein and phosphorus increased. Therefore, it was concluded that more than 25% substitution by FFS for fish meal could exert negative effects on growth and feed utilization of carp.