• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.31-37
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• 1993

To analyze and classify the varietal variation of alkali digestibility in detail, which is closely connected with the gelatinization temperature and physical characteristics of cooked rice, the patterns of alkali decomposition changed along the alkali concentration were investigated for thirty three Korean leading rice cultivars and new breeding lines(japonica : 25, Tongil-type:8) including five glutinous rice. Principal component analysis was used to condense the information and to classify rice materials according to decomposed reaction pattern at several levels of potassium hydroxide(KOH) concentration. Thirty three rice varieties were classified largely into four groups by the distribution on the plane of upper two principal component scores which contained above 92% of total informations. Group I was consisted of one variety, Dobongbyeo, which owned almost same strong resistance to alkali digestion at the range of 0.8% to 1.6% KOH solutions. Group II included three japonica and Tongil-type glutinous rice varieties, which revealed medium alkali digestion value(ADV) at 1.4% KOH solution and intermediate change in ADV from 0.8% to 1.6% KOH solutions. Most of Tongil-type and early-maturity japonica rice, which exhibited medium-high ADV at 1.4% of KOH concentration and large ADV difference between low and high alkali solutions, were contained in Group III. Group N included most of medium or medium-late-maturity japonica, which showed high ADV at 1.4% KOH and medium or intermediate-high ADV change between low and high alkali solutions. The 1st principal component indicated the average index of ADV through 0.8-1.6% KOH solutions and the 2nd principal component pointed out the factor related with ADV difference between low and high alkali solutions or regression coefficients of ADV change along with the KOH concentrations.

• 순환기질환의공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.12a
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• pp.25-26
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• 2005

동맥경화의 재발생 위치는 속도와 전단응력 등과 같은 혈류역학의 인자들의 영향을 많이 받는 혈관형태를 가진 영역이다. 이러한 결과는 관상동맥에 동맥경화의 발생빈도를 조사한 결과와 일치하고 있으며, 즉 좌전 하행지, 회선지, 및 우관동맥 등의 동맥경화성 병변 발생빈도에서 좌전하행지가 가장 많은 빈도를 나타낸다. 따라서 동맥경화의 발생 및 재형성은 혈관의 동맥경화성 위험지역의 형태적 특징, 즉, 분지부의 위치, 길이, 각도의 변화 등에 따라 달라질 수 있음을 시사한다. 동일한 관상동맥이더라도 동맥경화의 발생이 용이한 형태가 있는데, 혈관의 형태학적 특성에 따란 혈류역학적 특성이 달라지고 동맥경화가 발생할 수 있는 가능성이나 진행과정이 차이가 날 수 있음을 말한다. 특히 임계치를 넘는 고전단응력은 혈관내피세포를 파괴하거나 손상을 주며, 반대로 임계치 미만의 저전단응력은 혈류의 정체시간을 길게 하여 양쪽 모두 동맥경화성 생물학적 반응을 유발 할 수 있며, 고전단응력과 저전단응력의 빈번한 맥동성 변화작용으로 혈관이 손상될 수 있는 한계범위를 넘어서게 될 때 내피세포의 방어체계를 파괴시키거나 혈관성형술후의 신내포세포 형성과정에서 생물학적 활성반응을 촉진하게 되는 환경을 제공하게 되어 동맥경화를 촉진한다고 할 수 있다. 즉 임계치 이상의 고전단응력이 나타나는 형태와 입구경계조건이 발생되면 내피세포 손상에 따른 혈전 현상의 발생가능성이 높아지며, 임계치 미만의 저전단응력이 발생되면 동맥경화성 죽상반 재형성에 영향을 미치게 한다. 결론적으로 동맥경화의 재발생의 기전은 변형된 혈관의 형태학적인 차이와 위치에 따라 서로 다른 혈류역학적 유발할 수 있는 물리적 환경을 제공하는 데에서 출발한다고 할 수 있다.$8.0{\sim}8.3$으로 알카리 쪽으로 이동하였다. 파일롯트 규모로 본 고정화 효소 충전탑(내경 30cm, 높이 85cm)에 의한 이성화당의 생산을 시도하였던바, 고정화 효소(350 IXIU/ml-R) 1리터가 30일동안에 약 293리터의 이성화당을 생산할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.l plane에서 선수군(選手群)이 $62.7{\pm}7.36^{\circ}$로서 비선수군(非選手群)과 별(別) 차이(差異)가 없었고, horizontalplane에서는 선수군(選手群)이 $-23.5{\pm}7.2^{\circ}$로서 비선수군(非選手群)의 $-38.8{\pm}8.2^{\circ}$에 비(比)해 유의(有意)하게 높았으며 운동후(運動後) 양군(兩群) 모두 유의(有意)하게 높았다. QRS vector 길이에서 Frontal plane에서 선수군(選手群)이 $13.86{\pm}1.44\;mm$로서 비선수군(非選手群)의 $9.62{\pm}0.97\;mm$에 비(比)해 유의(有意)하게 높았으며 운동후(運動後)에도 유의(有意)하게 높았다. Horizontal plane에서도 선수군(選手群)이 $19.82{\pm}2.10\;mm$로서 비선수군(非選手群)의 $16.90{\pm}1.39\;mm$에 비(比)해 유의(有意)하게 높았고 운동후(運動後)에도 선수군(選手群)이 유의(有意)하게 높았다. 이상(以上)을 종합(綜合)해 보면 선수군(選手群)의 R파고(波高)가 비선수군(非選手群)에 비(比)해 운동후(運動後) 계속(繼續) 유의(有意)하게 높았고, $Rv_5$

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.502-508
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• 1998

Proinflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-$\alpha$(TNF-$\alpha$) have been implicated in myocardial and organ dysfunction associated with postperfusion syndrome. We tested the hypothesis that cytokine productions are depressed by preoperative cortiosteroid injection for cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB) and the postoperative courses will be better than without steriod pretreated cases. Cardiac surgery was performed in randomized blind fashion for 20 patients from June 1996 to September 1996. In the steroid group(n=10), corticosteroid(dexamethasone 1 mg/kg) was injected 1 hour before anesthetic induction, but in the control group(n=10), nothing was injected. Each of groups were sampled 11 times as scheduled for TNF-$\alpha$ bioassays. We have checked EKG, cardiac enzymes(CPK, LDH with isoenzyme), WBC count preoperative day, one day and three days after operation. Viatal signs were continuously monitored for three postoperaive days. In the postoperative period three patients in the control group had elevated body temperature and four patients had hypotension that required considerable intravenous fluid administration. But steroid injected patients showed normal body temperture and acceptable blood pressures without supportive treatment. CPK enzymes rose in control group higher than steroid group at postoperative 1st and 3rd day(CPK; 1122$\pm$465 vs 567$\pm$271, 864$\pm$42 vs 325$\pm$87), and CPK-MB enzymes rose in control group higher than steroid group at postoperative 1st day(106.4$\pm$115.1 vs 29.5$\pm$22.4)(P=0.02). Arterial tumor necrosis factor-$\alpha$ rose during cardiopulmonary bypass, peaking at 5 minutes before the end of aortic cross clamping(ACC-5min) in steroid group(11.9$\pm$4.7 pg/ml), and 5 minutes before the end of cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB-5min) in control group(22.3$\pm$6.8 pg/ml). The steroid pretreated patients had a shorter period of time in respirator suport time, ICU stay day, hospital admission day. We conclude that corticosteroid suppress cytokine production during and after cardiopulmonary bypass, and may improve the postoperative course through inhibition of reperfusion injury such as myocardial stunning and hemodynamic instability.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.24-31
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• 2020

A study on the H2O2 based low toxic hypergolic propellant was conducted. The fuel candidates were chosen as a mixture of Amine solvent and reactive additive. The analytical performance was calculated via the NASA CEA code and 96% Isp of the NTO/UDMH was confirmed. The ignition delay measurement with drop test was performed and all candidates showed less than 10 ms in the best performance cases. Based on these results, the feasibility of high response H2O2 based low toxic hypergolic propellant was confirmed.

• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.525-533
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• 1998

Purpose: Radiation adaptive response in human peripheral lymphocytes and mouse bone marrow cells was investigated using both metaphase analysis and micronucleus assay. We assessed the correlation between both tests. Materials and Methods: Two groups of the human peripheral lymphocytes and mouse bone marrow cells were exposed to low dose (conditioning dose, 0,18 Gy) or high dose (challenging dose, 2 Gy) ${\gamma}$-rays. The other 4 groups were exposed to low dose followed by high dose after several time intervals (4, 7, 12, and 24 hours, respectively). The frequencies of chromosomal aberrations in metaphase analysis and micronuclei in micronucleus assay were counted. Results: Chromosomal aberrations and micronuclei of preexposed group were lower than those of the group only exposed to high dose radiation. Maximal reduction in frequencies of chromosomal aberrations were observed in the group to which challenging dose was given at 7 hour after a conditioning dose (p<0.001). Metaphase analysis and micronucleus assay revealed very good correlation in both human lymphocytes and mouse bone marrow cells (r=0.98, p<0.001 ; r=0.99, p=0.001, respectively). Conclusion: Radiation adaptive response could be induced by low dose irradiation in both human lymphocytes and mouse bone marrow cells. There was a significant correlation between metaphase analysis and micronucleus assay.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.309-317
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• 2008

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of Anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) as a predictive marker for ovarian response and cycle outcome in IVF cycles. Methods: From Jan., to Aug., 2007, 111 patients undergoing IVF/ICSI stimulated by short or antagonist protocol were selected. On cycle day 3, basal serum AMH level and FSH level were measured. The correlation between basal serum AMH or FSH, and COH outcome was analyzed and IVF outcome was compared according to the AMH levels. To determine the threshold value of AMH for poor- and hyper-response, ROC curve was analyzed. Results: Serum AMH showed higher correlation coefficient (r=0.792, p<0.001) with the number of retrieved mature oocyte than serum FSH (r=-0.477, p<0.001). According to ovarian response, FSH and AMH leves showed significant differences among poor, normal, and hyperresponder. For predicting poor (${\leq}2$ oocytes) and hyperresponse (${\geq}17$ oocyets), AMH cut-off values were 0.5 ng/ml (the sensitivity 88.9% and the specificity 89.5%) and 2.5 ng/ml (sensitivity 85.7%, specificity 87.0%), respectively. According to the AMH level, patients were divided into 3 groups: low (${\leq}0.60\;ng/ml$), normal ($0.60{\sim}2.60\;ng/ml$), and high AMH (${\geq}2.60\;ng/ml$). The number of retrieved mature oocytes was significantly higher ($2.7{\pm}2.2$, $8.1{\pm}4.8$, $16.5{\pm}5.7$) and total gonadotropin dose was lower ($3530.5{\pm}1251.0$, $2957.1{\pm}1057.6$, and $2219.2{\pm}751.9\;IU$) in high AMH group (p<0.001). There was no significant difference in fertilization rates and pregnancy rates (23.8%, 34.0%, 37.5%) among the groups. Conclusions: Basal serum AMH level correlated better with the number of retrieved mature oocytes than FSH level, suggesting its usefulness for predicting ovarian response. However, IVF outcome was not significantly different according to the AMH levels. Serum AMH level presented good cut-off value for poor- or hyper-responders, therefore it could be useful in prediction of cycle cancellation, gonadotropin dose, and OHSS risk in IVF cycles.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.134-141
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• 2014

Along with the wide use of radiotherapy in cancer treatment, there is growing interest in beneficial effect of low-dose irradiation (LDI) in cancer therapy. Therefore, we investigate how LDI affects immune responses in mice model. Total body irradiation (TBI) on C57BL/6 mice was given at low-dose rate of $1mGy{\cdot}min^{-1}$ using $^{137}Cs$ source at three times for consecutive three days. Hematological examination, total cell numbers of spleen, populations and characteristics of splenocytes were determined. Total numbers of RBC or platelet in irradiated mice showed no significant changes. WBC counts were decreased in a dose-dependent manner 2 days after TBI, however, these differences are gradually waned until 28 days. Dose-dependent decrease in the number of splenocytes of TBI mice at day 2 was also improved as time progressed. While the level of Foxp3 mRNA was decreased, the frequency of $CD4^+$ T cells and $CD69^+$ cells in spleen was increased at day 2 and 14. Fractionated low-dose TBI on mice exhibited normal body weight with no distinguishable behavior during whole experimental periods. These results suggest that some parameters of immune system could be altered and evaluated by fractionated low-dose TBI and be used to broaden boundary of low dose radiation research.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.599-602
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• 1999

Chitosan was depolymerized by using nitrous acid. In order to synthesize new fluorinated chitosan oligomer(FCO) derivative, free amine groups of resulting low molucular weight chitosan oligomers were reacted with trifluoroacetic anhydride. The structure changes in the samples were conformed by using FT-IR, $^{1}H\;NMR$, $^{13}C\;NMR$ and $^{19}F\{^{1}H\}NMR$. Antiviral activity of FCO was studied by measuring DAN amounts of the replication viruses at 36 hr after the cells were infected with the viral solution containing FCO of various concentrations. The viral replications in the cells infected with the viral solution containing FCO were proportionally decreased with the FCO does, compared to those of the control groups, indicating that FCO efficiently inhibits viral infection. In particular, viral replication was decreased to 40% in the 1% FCO-treated cells.

• Clean Technology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.221-227
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• 2020

When the waste solid fuel (SRF, Bio-SRF) is burnt in a boiler, a problem occurs in the combustion process involving the alkali components (Na, K) contained in large amounts in the fuel. The alkaline component has a low melting point, which usually forms low melting point salt in the temperature of the furnace, with the resulting low melting point salts attaching to the heat pipe to form a clinker. Various additives are used to suppress clinker generation, and the additive based on the kaolinite has alkali-aluminum-silica to inhibit the clinker. In this study, the reactivity of the additives based on the kaolinite was compared. The additives utilized were R-kaolinite, B-kaolinite, and A-kaolinite. Also silica and MgO were sourced as the comparison group. The experimental group was employed as a laboratory-scale batch horizontal reactor. The additive and alkaline salts were reacted at a weight ratio of 1 : 1, and the reaction temperature was performed at 900 ℃ for 10 hours. The first measurement of HCl occurring during the experiment was performed 30 minutes after the detection tube was used, and the process was repeated every hour after the experiment. After the reaction, solid residues were photographed for characterization analysis by means of an optical microscope. The reaction characteristics of the kaolinite were confirmed based on the analysis results.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.38 no.1 s.246
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• pp.29-37
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• 2005

This study was prospectively designed to determine the physiologic effects of normothermic CPB and to compare its influences with hypothermic CPB. Material and Method: Thirty-six adult patients scheduled for el­ective cardiac surgery were randomly assigned to moderate hypothermic (hypothermic group nasopharyngeal tem­perature $26\~28^{\circ}C,\;n=18)$ ornormothermic (normothermic group, nasopharyngeal temperature > $35.5^{\circ}C\;n=18)$ CPB. Arterial blood samples were taken before CPB (Pre-CPB), 10 minutes after the start of CPB (CPB-10), and imme­diately after CPB stop (CPB-off) for determining total leukocyte counts, neuron-specific enolase (NSE), interleukin-6 (IL-6), endothelin-1 (ET-1), cortisol, troponin I (TNI), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), creatinine, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and the pulmonary index $(Pi,\;PaO_{2}/FiO_{2}),$Other parameters such as urine output, mechanical ventilating period, ICU-staying period, postoperative complications and hospitalized days were also evaluated. Result: Total leukocyte counts, increased rate in NSE, in IL-6 and in cortisol at CPB-10 and CPB-off were significantly higher in normothermic group than in hyphothermic group. Urine output during CPB was lower in normothermic group than in hyphothermic group. The duration of mechanical ventilation, ICU-stay, and hospitalization were longer in normothermic group than in hyphothermic group. Conclusion: These findings sug­gested that normothermic CPB caused higher inflammatory and stress responses than hypothermic CPB during car­diac surgery using cold crystalloid cardioplegia. However, further studies with large number of cases should be carried out to validate this hypothesis.