• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.309-316
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• 1995

RF (radio-frequency) probes of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance are one of the important factors and should be designed and built properly depending upon the geometry of the samples and the information. In general there are two kinds of rf probes : one encircles the sample while the other is placed on the surface of the sample. However, in case that the samples on human internal organs have a tube shape, the two kinds of rf probes, as specified above, are usually unsuitable for the internal imaging due to the degradation of signal-to-noise ratios (SNR's). In this case a probe should be positioned as close to the area as possible by putting the probe in the tubelike sample to improve filling factor In the present study inside-out probes have been constructed in the three different shapes such as an anti-solenoidal, a saddle and a dual surface types. RF-field distributions have also been calculated depending upon the geometrical changes of anti-solenoid probes. Moreover, the performance of the inside-out probes has been checked by measuring SNR's of the images acquired. The inside-out probes constructed in this study produced better SWR's and rf-field uniformity in the area close to the probes in comparing with any other commercial probes. There is a high feasibility that the constructed probes in the present study are applicable to the diagnosis of human bodies.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.207-215
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• 1998

There have been many radiation measurement methods so far among which film dosimetry, TLD, and ion chamber are the most frequently used methods. But this study describes a new radiation measurement method which uses polymer gel and magnetic resonance imaging(MRI). The objective of this study is to fabricate a polymer gel sensitive to radiation and to generate a dose to MRI contrast relationship, and to apply this results to the radiation measurement for the brachytherapy. To do this, 12 cm diameter cylindrical gel phantom was made, and the phantom was irradiated using the 30 mm diameter circular collimator which was used for radiosurgery. And this irradiated phantom was scanned with MRI. To find out the relationship between the radiation dose and the transversal relaxation time, an image processing software(IDL) was used. From this study it is found out that the radiation dose showed linear relationship to the transversal relaxation time of the gel up to 17 Gy($R^2$=0.993) and they had a different relationship above 17 Gy. The dose distributions were calculated using these results for the Ir-192 sources, one for the HDR afterloading system and the other for a 2 mCi seed source. And these calculated dose distributions were compared to the ones from the treatment planning computers. From this study the dose to the irradiated gel's transversal relaxation time relationship was examined, and this result was tried for the measurement of the brachytherapy.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.57 no.1
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• pp.40-51
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• 2013

In order to develop a quantitation method for Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid(PFOS) contained in plastics that are mainly used in electric and electronic equipment, this study consisted of conducting method validations with LDPE samples using soxhlet solvent extraction and LC/MS. As a result, the limits of detection and quantitation (LOD, LOQ) were $2.58{\mu}g/L$ and $7.82{\mu}g/L$, respectively. Additionally, the recovery was 96-102%. For the correlation coefficient of LC/MS, the $r^2$ value was 0.9992 in the concentration range of $7.82-100{\mu}g/L$, which confirmed its linearity. Furthermore, for the standardization of the analysis method for PFOS in electric and electronic equipment to correspond to EU environmental regulations, we conducted a proficiency test with a number of domestic and international testing laboratories. Three of the ten testing laboratories that participated in the proficiency test submitted outliers. Accordingly, we examined the cause of the outliers using the $^{19}F$ NMR, finding that the main cause was an error in the processing of the results for isomers in PFOS that existed in standard solutions and samples.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.386-390
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• 2009

In this study, sulfadiazine acrylamide monomer was synthesized by the reaction of sulfadiazine, known as an antibiotic substance, with acryloyl chloride. The monomer was characterized by $^1H-NMR$, and $^{13}C-NMR$. Using the synthesized sulfadiazine acrylamide monomer and styrene monomer, a copolymer, poly(styrene-co-sulfadiazine), was obtained by the free radical copolymerization and characterized by $^1H-NMR$, GPC, DSC and TGA. The copolymer nanofibers web has been successfully prepared by electrospinning technique under DMF solution. The diameter of the nanofibers was in the range between 500 and 800 nm. Antibacterial activity of the nanofiber web was evaluated utilizing the colony counting method against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

• Food Engineering Progress
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.243-250
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• 2009

Pravastatin sodium, competitive inhibitors of HMG-CoA(3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A) reductase, is produced from the culture broth of Streptomyces carbophilus KCCM 10370, The production of Pravastatin sodium was increased about 45 fold compared to wild type by UV mutation. Production of Pravastatin was also improved by continuous feeding of Compactin sodium to 24% and bioconversion ratio was also increased to 4.3% by intermittent addition. In main culture, concentration of Compactin sodium was kept less than 0.1%(w/v) under continuous feeding of Compactin sodium then product was 0.49% and bioconversion was 70%. After finishing the fermentation, Pravastatin was purified by various chromatographies such as Diaion HP20 resin column, Partition, and ODS(Octa-Decylsilyl Silicagel) resin column with a final yield of 70~72% and over 99.7% purity. The IR, UV, and NMR study of the purified Pravastatin sodium showed the same pattern as that of EP(European Pharmacopoeia).

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.133-137
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• 1978

A straight chain flexible tetraamine ligand, 1,l0-dipropyl-5R-methyltriethylenetetraamine(R-$Pr_2$metrien) has been synthesized, and the dichloro and dinitro cobalt(III) complexes of this ligand have been prepared. The ligand has been expected to show a topological preference for the trans isomer. As expected, only trans geometrical isomers have been obtained and their structures have been elucidated via elemental analyses, nmr, electronic absorption and CD data.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.99-104
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• 1978

The synthesis of a bidentate secondary amine ligand, 2,2-bis(methylaminomethyl-2,3-dioxolane(methylaminomethyl)-1,3-dioxolane(mexo) and the preparation of dichloro and trans-R-cyclohexanediamine platinum(II) complexes of this ligand are reported. The structures of the ligand and complexes prepared have been elucidated via elemental analyses, nmr, electronic absorption, and CD spectra.

• Korean Journal Plant Pathology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.72-79
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• 1996

보리로부터 분리한 Fusarium sp. BYA-1균주의 감자한천배지 배양체로부터 여러 식물병원곰팡이에 길항력을 나타내는 세 개의 항생물질을 분리하였다. 추출한 세 개의 항생물질은 silica gel관 크로마토그래피와 분취 HPLC, 그리고 Phytolhthora capsici 검정을 이용하여 정제하였다. 이들 분리한 항생물질들을 동정하기 위하여 융점 결정, 자외선흡광법, 질량분석 및 핵자기공명법 등의 기기분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과, 세 개의 항진균성 항생물질들은 fusarielin A, enniatin B, 그리고 enniatin B\ulcorner으로 각각 동정되었다. 분리한 세 개의 물질 중 fusarielin A가 공시된 곰팡이에 가장 강한 항균활성을 나타내었으며, 최소저해농도는 40$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml이하였다. Fusarium속 균주가 구조적으로 다른 두 종류의 항진균성 항생물질인 fusarielin A와 enniatins을 동시에 생성한다는 것은 본 논문에서 처음으로 보고하는 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.517-517
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• 2013

세포막지질의 산화는 심각한 세포막의 기능저하를 유발하고 심하면 세포를 죽음에 이르게하여 생물학적으로 중요한 지표이다. 세포막지질의 산화는 간접적인 화학적 방법으로 측정하거나, 지질을 추출해내어 질량분석기나 핵자기공명분광기 같은 물리적 방법으로 분석한다. 우리는 이온유도 이차전자 방출계수(${\gamma}$) 변화를 측정하여 세포막지질의 산화를 지질추출 없이 측정할 수 있는지 조사해 보았다. 세포막분리가 쉬운 적혈구를 모델세포로 사용하였고, 다양한 라디칼을 발생시키는 대기압 공기 DBD플라즈마 장치를 이용하였다. 적혈구를 플라즈마에 노출하는 시간으로 산화의 정도에 차이를 만들어 측정값과 비교하였다. ${\gamma}$값은 Auger의 중화이론에 바탕을 둔 이온유도 이차전자 방출빔(${\gamma}$-FIB)장비를 이용하여 측정하였다. 측정결과 적혈구가 산화됨에 따라서 ${\gamma}$값이 증가함을 볼 수 있었고, 동시에 workfunction값이 변화함을 보았으며, 그 결과를 화학적 방법과 비교해 보았다.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.247-251
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• 1985

Dichloro cobalt(III) complex of a flexible tetradentate ligand of ethylenediamine-N,N'-di-S-${\alpha}$-propionic acid (eddp) has been prepared via the air-oxidation technique. Only ${\Delta}$-cis isomer has been yielded showing high stereoselectivity of the eddp ligand. Elemental analysis, ir, nmr and electronic absorption spectra have been used to characterize the complex and the absolute configuration of the complex is assigned by means of the nmr spectroscopy.