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Assessment of genetic diversity of Prangos fedtschenkoi (Apiaceae) and its conservation status based on ISSR markers

  • Mustafina, Feruza U.;Kim, Eun Hye;Son, Sung-Won;Turginov, Orzimat T.;Chang, Kae Sun;Choi, Kyung
    • Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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    • v.47 no.1
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    • pp.11-22
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    • 2017
  • Prangos fedtschenkoi (Regel et Schmalh.) Korovin (Apiaceae) is an endemic species for mountainous Middle Asia, which is both a rare and useful plant. Organic extractions from this species are being used in pharmaceutics and cosmetology. In recent years, P. fedtschenkoi distribution area has considerably decreased, presumably, resulting from human activities such as agriculture, construction works, overgrazing and collection from wild for pharmaceutic purposes. Six populations were found in Uzbekistan and their genetic divergence and differentiation were studied with 10 inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers, selected out of 101. Totally 166 amplified ISSR fragments (loci) were revealed, of which 164 were polymorphic. Relatively moderate level of polymorphism was found at population level with polymorphic bands ranging from 27.71% to 47.59%. Mean P = 39.05%, $N_a=1.40$, $N_e=1.25$, S.I. = 0.21, and $H_e=0.14$ were revealed for all loci across six populations. AMOVA showed higher variation among populations (62%) than within them (38%). The Bayesian model determined 5 clusters, or genetic groups. The posteriori distribution of the Theta II estimator detected full model identifying high inbreeding, intensified by low gene flow (Nm = 0.3954). Mantel test confined population 6 as distinct cluster corresponding to geographic remoteness (R = 0.5137, $p{\leq}0.005$). Results were used as the bases for developing conserve measures to restore populations.

A Comparative of Ground Stress with Difference of the Fixed Point Loading and Moving Wheel Loading (모형실험을 통한 고정 및 이동하중 재하 방법에 따른 노반 변형거동 비교)

  • Choi, Chan-Yong;Shin, Eun-Chul;Eum, Ki-Young;Shin, Min-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.49-56
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, it was compared the characteristics of the stress and settlement that occur from a track on the ground using a model test and has quantitatively analyzed the difference based on stress path and effect of the rotation of principal stress. Under identical roadbed conditions, the settlement generated by moving wheel loads were found to be 6 times and 3 times larger than that from static loads and cyclic loads, respectively. The deviator stress affecting shear deformation and the length of stress path generated by moving loads were twofold or greater increase than those by static loads. Furthermore, the stress path generated by moving loads was approached more closely to Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria compared to that by static loads. Also, it was found that ballasted track was occurred about 60% of maximum stress at $40^{\circ}$ of the rotation angle of principal stress and was affected with rotation of principal stress with moving wheel loading condition.

Physicochemical Properties of Cross-linked Apios Starch (가교결합 아피오스 전분의 이화학적 특성)

  • Park, Mi Hye;Kim, Meera
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.400-406
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    • 2014
  • Apios (Apios americana Medikus) belongs to Leguminosae and is called 'American groundnut', 'Potato bean', and 'wild bean'. Apios is native to the Northern United States but is not widely distributed in Korea. In this study, cross-linked apios starch was prepared by reaction with epichlorohydrin, followed by characterization. FT-IR spectroscopy confirmed the degree of cross-linking of apios starch. X-ray diffraction patterns of native apios showed typical 'A' type as peaks at 15.1, 17.1, 17.9 and $23.2^{\circ}$, and cross-linking did not affect relative crystallinity and X-ray diffraction patterns of the starch. Scanning electron micrographs showed that apios starch granules were smooth with a globular shape, and there was little damage to starch granules after cross-linking. The lightness value of cross-linked apios starch was lower than that of native apios starch, whereas the redness value was not significantly different between cross-linked apios starch and native apios starch. Blue value showed that cross-linking of starch did not affect the iodine reaction of starch.

Kinetics and Isotherm Analysis of Valuable Metal Ion Adsorption by Zeolite Synthesized from Coal Fly Ash (석탄비산재로부터 합성한 제올라이트를 이용한 유가금속이온의 흡착속도 및 등온 해석)

  • Ahn, Kab-Hwan;Lee, Chang-Han;Lee, Min-Gyu
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.83-90
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    • 2018
  • In this study, zeolite (Z-C2) was synthesized using a fusion/hydrothermal method on coal fly ash (FA) discharged from a thermal power plant in the Ulsan area and then analyzed via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The Z-C2 was characterized in terms of mineralogical composition and morphological analysis. The XRD results showed that its peaks had the characteristics of Na-A zeolite in the range of $2{\theta}$ of 7.18~34.18. The SEM images confirmed that the Na-A zeolite crystals had a chamfered-edge crystal structure almost identical to that of the commercial zeolite. The adsorption kinetics of Cu, Co, Mn and Zn ions by Z-C2 were described better by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model more than by the pseudo-first-order kinetic model. The Langmuir model fitted the adsorption isotherm data better than the Freundlich model did. The maximum adsorption capacities of Cu, Co, Mn and Zn ions obtained from the Langmuir model were in the following order : Cu (94.7 mg/g) > Co (77.7 mg/g) > Mn (57.6 mg/g) > Zn (51.1 mg/g). These adsorption capacities are regarded as excellent compared to those of commercial zeolite.

Untersuchungen zur Grammatikalitat der attributiven Adjektive aus dem Partizip II (독일어 제 2분사(Partizip II)의 부가전적인 형용사화에 따른 문법상의 제약)

  • Lee Hae-Jong
    • Koreanishche Zeitschrift fur Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft
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    • v.8
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    • pp.61-87
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    • 2003
  • In diesem Aufsatz versuche ich, die $Grammatikalit\"{a}t$ der attributiven Adjektive zu beurteilen, die aus ihren Basisverben abgeleitet sind. In den bisherigen Untersuchungen der deutschen Syntax sind die $Ausdr\"{u}cke$ wie das verbrannte Papier, die $aufgebl\"{u}hte$ Rose, die verklungene Glocke als grammatisch angenommen worden. All diejenigen Adjektive sind aus den Ereignissverben abgeleitet. Fraglich ist nun, ab man die Attribuierung der Adjektive aus den Fortbewegungs­verben kommen, gehen, laufen auch fur akzeptabel halten soli. Einige Beispiele wie der in Heidelberg angekommene Zug, der aus dem $B\"{u}ro$ gelaufene Mann zeigen, dass die Ableitung der attribuierten djektive auch fur Fortbewegungsverben $m\{o}glich$ sei. Auf der anderen Seite kann man diejenigen Beispiele schwer akzeptieren, wie der zum Bahnhof gegangene Mann, der $\"{u}ber$ den Fluss geschwommene Junge, die aus kommen, gehen, laufen usw. abgeleitet sind. Die entscheidenden Kriterien der $Grammatikalit\"{a}t$ liegen darin, dass die Ableitung der attribuierten Adjektive $haupts\"{a}chlich$ folgende Bedingungen $erf\"{u}llen$ soli: 1. Das an dem Ereignis beteiligte Argument muss eine Theta-Rolle [THEME] haben. 2. Das Argument soli irgendwie qualitativ oder quantitativ $ver\"{a}ndert$ werden. 3. Das Ereignis muss eine $Ver\"{a}nderung$ zeigen, die Anfangszustand, Endzustand und auch eine $\"{U}bergangszeit$ dazwischen beinhaltet. Mit diesen Kriterien habe ich die $Grammatikalit\"{a}t$ der wichtigen Beispiele der Attribuierung entscheiden $k\"{o}nnen$, die in der deutschen Linguistik theoretisch viel diskutiert worden sind.

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The effect of relax therapy on the change of facial temperature by D.I.T.I. (이완요법(弛緩療法)이 안면(顔面) 체열(體熱) 변화(變化)에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Cho, Jung-Hoon;Lee, Kyung-Sub
    • Journal of Oriental Medical Thermology
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.27-35
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    • 2004
  • Today, everybody lives in the stress. So 50% to 80% or 60% to 80% of the modern diseases are estimated what is caused by the stress. And one of the most important point of the stress is a too serious and continuos tension state. Therefore the best way to promotion, persistence, prevention and treatment of the modern man's health will be the relaxion from the tension state. The relax therapy as known as am effective method to the disease which as concerned with stress. that can be adapted to the treatment of anxiety-related diseases, insomnia, hypertension, tension headache, migraine, asthma, preparation of delivery, G-I disorders and menstrual disorders. Until now we guess the change of a relaxed state by the observation to the change of autonomic nervous system(ANS) and EEG. From the point of the ANS, sympathetic nervous system progresses slowly but parasympathetic nervous system increases the activity. In the EEG, both the alpha-wave concerned with the deep physical relaxed state and emotional stability and the theta-wave appeared in the state of meditation are increased. Current studies show that among the biochemical changes, especially serotinin like body hormone is increased by the feeling of the stability or the happiness. So, to see the change of the relaxed state in the image of the D.I.T.I., we used the deviational differences between the pre-relaxed state and the post-relaxed state of 70 people. As a result, the portional deviation of the face is decreased in the image of the D.I.T.I. So it can be thaught that we can determine the changes of the relaxed state by the D.I.T.I.

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Clinical Validity of the Domestic EEG and EP Mapping System(Neuronics) (국산화 EEG 및 EP Mapping System(Neuronics)의 임상적 타당성 연구)

  • Min, Sung-Kil;Jon, Duk-In;Lee, Sung-Hoon;Ahn, Chang-Beom;Yoo, Sun-Kook
    • Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.96-106
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    • 1997
  • The clinical validity of a korean EEG and EP mapping system(Neuronics) was evaluated with schizophrenic patients(n=20), normal controls(n=19), and 10 patients with central nervous system disease(8 patients with cerebrovascular accident, 1 patient with brain mass, and 1 patient with periodic paralysis). In the normal control group, the pattern of resting computerized EEG with eyes closed showed normal parieto-occipital dominance of alpha wave. Compared with normal controls, schizophrenic patients had more delta activity in the frontal region, and less alpha activity especially in the parieto-occipital region. In most cases patients with cortical organic lesions(n=5) revealed increased delta and theta activity and decreased alpha activity on the lesion areas. These findings were compatible with their MRI and clinical findings. However in the cases of subcortical lesions(n=5) EEG showed various findings which suggest diverse influences of subcortical abnormalities on cortical activities. The P300 of schizophrenic group was smaller and more delayed than those of normal controls. These results are generally compatible with the previous studies using other EEG and EP mapping systems consequenty and suggest that the this EEG and EP mapping system(Neuronics) has clinical validity.

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Sintering and Electrical Properties of Mn-doped ZnO-$TeO_2$ Ceramics

  • Hong, Youn-Woo;Baek, Seung-Kyoung;Hwang, Hyun-Suk;Shin, Hyo-Soon;Yeo, Dong-Hun;Kim, Jong-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.49-49
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    • 2008
  • ZnO-based varistors have been widely used for voltage stabilization or transient surge suppression in electric power systems and electronic circuits. Recently, It has reported that the varistor behavior with nonlinear coefficient of 6~17 in Mn-doped ZnO. In this study we have chosen the composition of ZnO-$TeO_2-Mn_3O_4$ (ZTM) system to the purpose of whether varistor behavior appeared in doped ZnO by the solid state sintering or not. We investigated the sintering and electric properties of 0.5~3.0 at% Mn doped ZnO-1.0 at% $TeO_2$ system. Electrical properties, such as current-voltage (I-V), capacitance-voltage (C-V), and impedance spectroscopy were conducted. $TeO_2$ itself melts at $732^{\circ}C$ in air but forms the $ZnTeO_3$ phase with ZnO as increasing temperature and therefore retards the densification of ZnO to $1000^{\circ}C$. The average grain size of sintered samples was at about $3{\mu}m$ and decreased with increasing Mn contents. It was found that a good varistor characteristics were developed in ZTM system sintered at $1100^{\circ}C$ (nonlinear coefficient $\alpha$ ~ 60). The results of C-V characteristics such as barrier height ($\Theta$), donor density ($N_d$), depletion layer (W), and interface state density ($N_t$) in ZTM ceramics were $4\times10^{17}cm^{-3}$, 0.7 V, 40 nm, and $1.6\times10^{12}cm^{-2}$, respectively. It will be discussed about the stability and homogeneity of grain boundaries using distribution parameter ($\alpha$) simulated with the Z(T)"-logf plots in ZTM system.

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The Sex-Related Differences of Relationships between 2D : 4D Ratio and Electroencephalographic Coherence in Patients with Schizophrenia Compared with Controls (조현병 환자에서 성별에 따른 검지 대 약지의 길이 비율과 뇌파 동시성의 관련성)

  • Choi, Byungha;Lee, Yu Sang;Han, Eun-Seun;Kim, Seongkyun;Jeong, Jaeseung;Lee, Seungyeoun;Kim, Bum Joon
    • Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.151-160
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    • 2014
  • Objectives Prenatal testosterone is known to influence both cerebral laterality and 2nd to 4th digit ratio (2D : 4D). Epigenetic changes are thought to play some role in it. We studied sex-related differences between 2D : 4D and cerebral laterality in patients with schizophrenia and controls to examine the effects of prenatal testosterone in the development of schizophrenia. Methods Forty one men (18 schizophrenic patients and 23 controls) and 40 women (17 schizophrenic patients and 23 controls) were recruited from one psychiatric hospital in Korea. The 2D : 4D and electroencephalographic (EEG) coherence in 19 channels (66 pairs of interhemispheric coherence and 54 pairs of intrahemispheric coherence) were measured. The sex-related statistical analyses between 2D : 4D and EEG coherence in controls and patients with schizophrenia were performed using multiple regression. Results In male patients, the relationship between 2D : 4D and right intrahemispheric EEG coherence showed mainly positive correlation in delta and theta frequency bands, while it showed negative correlation in male controls. In female patients, the relationship between 2D : 4D and interhemispheric EEG coherence showed stronger positive correlation in alpha and beta frequency bands, while it showed weaker positive correlation in female controls. Conclusions Low prenatal testosterone may play certain roles in altered correlation between 2D : 4D and cerebral laterality in schizophrenia and the development of schizophrenia by epigenetic mechanism.

A simple finite element formulation for large deflection analysis of nonprismatic slender beams

  • AL-Sadder, Samir Z.;Othman, Ra'ad A.;Shatnawi, Anis S.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.647-664
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    • 2006
  • In this study, an improved finite element formulation with a scheme of solution for the large deflection analysis of inextensible prismatic and nonprismatic slender beams is developed. For this purpose, a three-noded Lagrangian beam-element with two dependent degrees of freedom per node (i.e., the vertical displacement, y, and the actual slope, $dy/ds=sin{\theta}$, where s is the curved coordinate along the deflected beam) is used to derive the element stiffness matrix. The element stiffness matrix in the global xy-coordinate system is achieved by means of coordinate transformation of a highly nonlinear ($6{\times}6$) element matrix in the local sy-coordinate. Because of bending with large curvature, highly nonlinear expressions are developed within the global stiffness matrix. To achieve the solution after specifying the proper loading and boundary conditions, an iterative quasi-linearization technique with successive corrections are employed considering these nonlinear expressions to remain constant during all iterations of the solution. In order to verify the validity and the accuracy of this study, the vertical and the horizontal displacements of prismatic and nonprismatic beams subjected to various cases of loading and boundary conditions are evaluated and compared with analytic solutions and numerical results by available references and the results by ADINA, and excellent agreements were achieved. The main advantage of the present technique is that the solution is directly obtained, i.e., non-incremental approach, using few iterations (3 to 6 iterations) and without the need to split the stiffness matrix into elastic and geometric matrices.