• Herbal Formula Science
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.181-189
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• 2021

Objectives : The calyx of Diospyros kaki Thunb. has usually been used to treat obstinate hiccup. This study investigated the protective effects of Diospyros kaki using C2C12 myoblasts of H₂O₂-induced oxidative stress. Methods : Cell viability and cytotoxicity were determined by MTT assay. The level of reactive oxygen species (ROS), malondialdehyde (MDA), and reduced glutathione (GSH) were measured by using optical properties. Results : The calyx of Diospyros kaki Thunb. extract showed no toxicity to C2C12 myoblasts until 20 ㎍/mL concentration and increased cell viability compared to the H₂O₂ treated group. The calyx of Diospyros kaki Thunb. extract inhibited the production of ROS and MDA at all concentrations. In addition, the calyx of Diospyros kaki Thunb. extract increased the concentration of GSH. Conclusion : This study provides that the calyx of Diospyros kaki Thunb. can be used as a potential material that exhibit antioxidative and protective effects on H₂O₂-induced oxidative stress in C2C12 Myoblasts.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.64 no.6
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• pp.334-344
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• 2020

The adsorption of various atmospheric harmful gases (COx, NOx, SOx) on graphene-like Germanene 2D sheet was theoretically investigated using density functional theory(DFT) method. The structures were fully optimized at the B3LYP/cc-pvDZ and CAM-B3LYP/cc-pvDZ levels of theory and confirmed to be a local minimum by the calculation of the harmonic vibrational frequencies. The adsorptions of gases on the Germanene sheet were predicted to be a physisorption process for CO, CO2, NO, and SO2 gases but to be a chemisorption process for NO2, SO, and SO2 gases.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.17-27
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• 2021

This study was performed to investigate the antioxidant activities of subfractions of Peucedanum insolens Kitagawa root in various organic solvents and their anti-inflammatory effects on LPS-treated RAW264.7 cells. First, P. insolens Kitagawa roots were dried at room temperature for one week, chopped, and extracted with 70% ethanol. The resulting extracts were successively sub-fractionated with hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, and water. The antioxidant potential of the fractions was evaluated using a DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging assay and by measuring total polyphenol and flavonoid contents. The anti-inflammatory potency of the fractions was evaluated by measuring the inhibition levels of the expressions of inflammatory-mediated genes and proteins (e.g., iNOS, COX-2, IL-1β, and IL-6) in RAW264.7 cells. The results clearly showed that the ethyl acetate fraction of the P. insolens Kitagawa root contained relatively high total flavonoid (34.08±1.68 ㎍ of quercetin equivalents per mg) and total polyphenol (154.1±3.2 ㎍ of gallic acid equivalents per mg) contents. The DPPH assay results showed that the P. insolens Kitagawa root possessed strong free radical scavenging activity in the ethyl acetate fraction. Both the ethyl acetate and hexane fractions showed strong inhibitory potencies to nitric oxide production induced by lipopolysaccharide (1 ㎍/ml) treatment for 24 hr in RAW264.7 cells. The results also showed that both the hexane and ethyl acetate fractions of the P. insolens Kitagawa root strongly inhibited mRNA levels of iNOS, IL-1β, and IL-6, which were overexpressed by LPS treatment for 24 hr in the RAW264.7 cells. These results suggest that P. insolens Kitagawa root may contain compounds that possess strong potency for anti-inflammatory activity. Further studies are needed to discover more detailed modes of action of P. insolens Kitagawa root fractions against inflammation modulation, such as the regulation of cytokine signaling and inflammatory signaling pathways.

• Journal of agriculture & life science
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.21-28
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• 2011

Hibiscus cannabinus L is a plant in the Malvaceae family. Kenaf was seeded at June 1st in 2010 and harvested at November 18th and dried and evaluated worth as a bulking agent for livestock composting. Harvested and dried Kenaf was divided into the bast, core and leaf. All materials were grinded by hammer mill and the moisture absorption, moisture evaporation, pH, volume weight and C/N ratio were measured. Kenaf was higher water absorption and evaporation ability than those of sawdust and chaff. The pH values of Kenaf were pH $2.8{\pm}0.01$ - $4.34{\pm}0.02$, which is lower pH value than those of sawdust (pH $5.28{\pm}0.01$) and chaff (pH $6.3{\pm}0.02$). The C/N ratio of Kenaf showed 649 of core, 204 of bast and 70 of leaf, which were lower than sawdust (789.1) but higher than chaff (132). In volume weight test, the materials were divided by particle size of Kenaf, named as group A(${\geq}4cm$), B(${\leq}4cm$, ${\geq}0.25cm$) and C(${\leq}0.25cm$). The volume of weight of group A and B for core, bast and leaf showed similar, but group C showed higher than those of sawdust and chaff. Especially, the volume weight of group C for leaf was 5 times higher than those of sawdust and chaff. This study suggested the possibility of using Kenaf as a bulk agent for composting of livestock manure. This is considered that strengthen the competitiveness of farmers through reducing the cost, prevention of environmental pollution caused by livestock manure and environmentally friendly processing of livestock manure.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.205-212
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• 2023

This study was attempted to find out how the ecological niche and interspecies relationship of Quercus aliena and Q. serrata, which are the main constituents of potential natural vegetation along the riverside of mountains in Korea, under climate change conditions. To this end, soil moisture and soil nutrients were treated with 4 grad ients under climate change conditions with elevated CO₂ and temperature, plants we re harvested at the end of the growing season, growth responses of traits were measured, ecological niche breadth and overlap were calculated, and it was compared with that of the control group(ambient condition). In addition, the relationship between the two species was analyzed by principal component analysis using trait values. As a result, the ecological niche breadth of Q. aliena was wider than that of Q. serrata under the moisture environment conditions under climate change. Under nutrient conditions, the ecological niche of the two species were similar. In addition, the ecological overlap for soil moisture of Q. aliena and Q. serrata was wider than the soil nutrient gradient under climate change. The species with traits in which the increase in ecological niche breadth due to climate change occurred more than the decrease was Q. aliena in both water and nutrient gradients. And in the responses of the population level, due to climate change, the adaptability of Q. aliena was higher than that of Q. serrata under the soil moisture condition, but the two species were similar under the nutrient condition. These results mean that the competition between the two species occurs more severely in the water environment under climate change conditions, and at that time, Q. aliena has higher adaptability than Q. serrata.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.84-89
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• 2006

Keeping pace with the speed of development of science & technology domain, the domain terms continuously repeat the step of creation and extinction. This study tries to define term life cycle and analyze extracted terms from a large corpus with the viewpoint. We chose 'ETNEWS' corpus which includes about 17 million Eojeols for 12 years because it is easy to inspect the transition of term life cycle and the corpus represents computer, IT, and electrotechnology domains. This study acquired several useful conclusions including the relation between specificity and life of terms. We expect that term life cycle will contribute to analyze the competition of similar technologies and determine which term be registered into general dictionary.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.43-47
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• 2005

With the high interest and the results of active research in life science and Bioinformatics recent years, various information and resources have been produced and new algorithms have been developed to analyze those. Web Services is a computer technology using XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI. This paper introduces the One Stop Web Services program developed in CCBB which has a graphic user interface for users.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2013

Ionic liquids (ILs) have been widely recognized as environmentally benign solvents. Their unique properties, including negligible vapor pressure, non-flammability, a wide liquid range and their tunable physicochemical properties by proper selection of cations and anions, make them attractive green solvents in a variety of fields such as organic synthesis/catalysis, extraction/ separation, and electrochemistry, amongst others. In this paper, the recent technological developments and their prospects in the application of ILs in microbiology and biochemical engineering, including enzymatic reactions, protein folding/refolding and biomass dissolution, are discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2005.11b
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• pp.223-225
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• 2005

근래 들어 생명과학 및 생명정보에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 활발한 연구 활동의 결과물로 많은 정보를 얻을 수 있게 되었다. 또한 방대한 생명정보를 분석할 수 있는 많은 알고리즘이 개발되었으며 웹 기술이 발달함에 따라 생명정보의 활용도가 높아져서 다양한 방법으로 정보서비스가 가능하게 되었다. 특히 XML, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI를 사용하는 Web Services는 분산 컴포넌트 기반의 컴퓨팅 기술로 최신의 기술이다. 이에, 바이오인포매틱스센터에서는 CCBB, NCBI, EBI, DDBJ 등의 사이트에서 배포한 Web Services에 접근하여 입력 값과 출력된 결과를 확인 및 유지하고, 객체들의 흐름을 볼 수 있는 프로그램으로 One-Stop Web Services를 개발하였다. One-Stop Web Services는 GUI 환경의 인터페이스로 사용자에게는 용이한 실행 환경을 제공하므로, Web Services 개발자에게 사용자 인터페이스 개발 부담을 줄일 수 있다.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.321-323
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• 2016

최근 연구에서 기계학습 중 지도학습 방법으로 개체명 인식을 하고 있다. 그러나 지도 학습 방법은 데이터를 만드는 비용과 시간이 많이 필요로 한다. 본 연구에서는 주석 된 말뭉치를 사용하여 지도 학습 방법을 사용 한다. 의생명 개체명 인식은 Protein, RNA, DNA, Cell type, Cell line 등을 포함한 텍스트 처리에 중요한 기초 작업입니다. 그리고 의생명 지식 검색에서 가장 기본과 핵심 작업 중 하나이다. 본 연구에서는 순환형 신경망과 워드 임베딩을 자질로 사용한 조건적 임의 필드에 대한 성능을 비교한다. 조건적 임의 필드에 N_Gram만을 자질로 사용한 것을 기준점으로 설정 하였고, 기준점의 결과는 70.09% F1 Score이다. RNN의 jordan type은 60.75% F1 Score, elman type은 58.80% F1 Score의 성능을 보여준다. 조건적 임의 필드에 CCA, GLOVE, WORD2VEC을 사용 한 결과는 각각 72.73% F1 Score, 72.74% F1 Score, 72.82% F1 Score의 성능을 얻을 수 있다.