• Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.49-57
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• 2017

We isolated marine bacterium, isolate DG-2 which produces the antibiotics against MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). This isolate DG-2 was examined by its morphological, biochemical properties, and 16S rRNA sequencing analysis. And then, isolate DG-2 was identified to the genus Streptomyces. Therefore, this isolate was designated as Streptomyces sp. DG-2. Streptomyces sp. DG-2 grew relatively well at $25^{\circ}C$, pH 7.0, and NaCl 1.0%. For the pre-purification of the bioactive compounds, DG-2 was fermented in 30 L PPES-II medium, and the culture filtrates of DG-2 was extracted by ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate extract of DG-2 showed the significant anti-MRSA and antibacterial activities.

• The Korea Journal of Herbology
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.55-63
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• 2014

Objectives : The purpose of this study was verification of the restoration ability effect of Danggwisusan extract(DG) in wound induced Rat. Methods : It needed to make a scar(around $2{\times}2cm^2$) on the top of the fascia in the back of the rats and then the rats were divided into 4groups(n=6). Control was not treated at all, where as DG was orally medicated DG, Terra was percutaneously applied Terramycin, and DG + Terra was both orally medicated DG and percutaneously applied Terramycin per day for three weeks. Results : 93% or higher cell viability was observed in all tested groups from 1, 10, $100{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ in RAW 264.7cells. The DG decreased NO and cytokine production activity dose dependently. The production of IL-$1{\beta}$, IL-6 and TNF-${\alpha}$ were decreased by 46%, 46% and 40% in DG treated $100{\mu}g/m{\ell}$. The size of wound was significantly decreasing in DG, Terra, DG + Terra. WBC was significantly reduced in DG and DG + Terra. Monocyte was significantly reduced in DG, Terra and DG + Terra. Neutrophil was also reduced in DG, DG + Terra but not meaningless. The mRNA expression of MMP-1 was significantly reduced in Terra, MMP-2 was significantly reduced in DG, Terra, DG + Terra, and MMP-9 was significantly reduced in DG + Terra. Conclusions : According to the results, we thought that DG showed anti-inflammatory activities on the RAW 264.7cells in mouse macrophage and in adult rat wound. Moreover, the progress of recovery was found visually, heamatologically, genetically and histopathologically. In conclusion, it could be thought that DG has effect on the treating of wound.

• Journal of Information Technology and Architecture
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.123-135
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• 2013

This paper presents a two-dimensional grouping index(2DG-index) for efficient processing of XML filtering queries. Recently, many index techniques have been suggested for the efficient processing of structural relationships among the elements in the XML database such as an ancestor- descendant and a parent-child relationship. However, these index techniques focus on simple path queries, and don't consider the path queries that include a condition value for filtering. The 2DG-index is an index structure that deals with the problem of clustering index entries in the twodimensional domain space that consists of a XML path identifier domain and a filtering data value domain. For performance evaluation, we have compared our proposed 2DG-index with the conventional one dimensional index structure such as the data grouping index (DG-index) and the path grouping index (PG-index). As the result of the performance evaluations, we have verified that our proposed 2DG-index can efficiently support the query processing in XML databases according to the query types.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.452-456
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• 2010

It is known that 1,3-diglyceride (1,3-DG) hardly accumulates inside human body because the metabolism of 1,3-DG is entirely different from that of general fats such as triglycerides (TG). This research focuses on the selective synthesis of 1,3-DG by the esterification reaction using an immobilized lipase. For a reaction between glycerin and oleic acid (OA) with a mole ratio of 1 : 2 under vacuum, changes in the compositions of monoglyceride (MG), TG and DG and the contents of 1,3-isomers in DG were investigated, as a function of reaction temperature and the amount of lipase. The reactivities determined by the rate of the consumption of OA became higher with the increase in temperature and the amount of lipase. When the results were compared with those obtained in the earlier study where Novozym was applied as an immobilized lipase, the reactivity was higher for Novozym, on the other hand, selectivity to 1,3-DG was much higher for Lipozyme. Especially, it is remarkable that 1,3-DG content in total DG reached to 98% in the reaction carried out at $50^{\circ}C$ using Lipozyme.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.443-448
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• 2009

It is known that 1,3-diglyceride (1,3-DG) hardly accumulates inside human body because the metabolism of 1,3-DG is entirely different from that of general fats such as triglycerides (TG). This research focuses on the selective synthesis of 1,3-DG by the esterification reaction using an immobilized lipase. For a reaction between glycerin and oleic acid (OA) with a mole ratio of 1 : 2 under vacuum, changes in the compositions of monoglyceride (MG), TG and DG and the contents of 1,3-isomers in DG were investigated, as a function of reaction temperature and the amount of lipase. The reactivities determined by the rate of the consumption of OA became higher with increased in temperature and the amount of lipase. Changes in the compositions of MG, DG and TG, however, occurred after the DG content reached maximum, which were found to be dependent on various factors. TG was a main product, and significant decrease in the amount of both 1,3-DG and DG were observed, when reactions were carried out at high temperatures or when 10 wt% of lipase was used.

• Biomedical Science Letters
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.113-118
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• 2009

Actin cytoskeletal architecture is believed to be a crucially important modulator of chondrocyte phenotype. 2DG(2-Dexoy-D-glucose) induces reorganization of actin cytoskeletal architecture in chondrocytes. In this study, we have investigated the effects of 2DG on dedifferentiation and inflammation via reorganization of cytoskeletal architecture in rabbit articular chondrocytes, with a focus on p38 kinase pathway. Treatment of 2DG alone reduced type II collagen and COX-2 expression in chondrocytes. But, 2DG reduced type II collagen was recovered by CD, disruptor of actin cytoskeletal architecture, whereas did not affect on COX-2 expression and production of $PGE_2$ compared with 2DG alone treated cells. Treatment of 2DG with JAS, inducer of cytoskeletal architecture polymerization, accelerated reduction of type II collagen expression and synthesis of proteoglycan but did not affect on COX-2 expression and production of $PGE_2$. Also, 2DG stimulated activation of p38 kinase. This result showed that 2DG regulates type II collagen but not cyclooxygenase-2 expression through reorganization of cytoskeletal architecture via p38 kinase pathway in rabbit articular chondrocytes.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.84-90
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• 2004

Diglyceride (DG) was prepared by reaction of soybean oil and glycerol in the presence of lipase. The initial rate of DG production was greatly affected by the amount of lipase. However the DG content at equilibrium was hardly affected by the amount of lipase added to the reaction mixture. The initial rate of FFA formation was highly affected by the moisture content between 0.5 and 2.3%, but at higher water content (3.3-5.2%), there was a small increase in the rate. And DG content at equilibrium slowly increased with the increase of the water content in glycerol up to 4.4%. However, there was a sharp decrease in DG content at higher water content (5.2-6.4%) due to higher free fatty acid production. The highest yield of DC was obtained at the temperature ranges of 30-5$0^{\circ}C$. The final yield of DG was not dependent on the glycerol (GL) to triglyceride (TG) molar ratio. However, at the molar ratio of 0.75:1 (GL/TG), the enzyme-catalyzed reaction was highly efficient and utilized all the glycerol. In optimized conditions for glycerolysis a yield of approximately 45% DG was obtained. 66% of total DG was 1,3-DG.

• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.133-150
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• 2008

Objective: This study was performed to examine Danggui (DG, Angelica gigas Nakai)'s potential activity for promoting axonal regeneration in the injured peripheral nerve. Methods: Using the sciatic nerve in the rats, DG extract 5 ${\mu}l$(10 mg/ml in 0.5% saline) was dripped into the injury site of the nerve. Results: DG treatment facilitated axonal elongation responses in the distal portion to the injury site. GAP-43 protein levels were upregulated by DG treatment in the injured nerve and also in the DRG, suggesting the induction of GAP-43 expression at gene expression level after nerve injury. Phospho-Erk1/2 protein levels were upregulated in the injured nerve area and also in the DRG, suggesting retrograde transport of phospho-Erk1/2 protein from the injury area to the cell body. Cdc2 protein levels were slightly upregulated by DG treatment. DG treatment increased the number of non-neuronal cells in the distal portion to the injury site. Conclusions: The present data suggest that DG is effective for enhanced axonal regrowth after sciatic nerve injury.

• KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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• v.2A no.4
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• pp.166-173
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• 2002

Dispersed Generation (DG) units significantly effect the existing distribution protection practices. Therefore, new protection practices of the distribution system interconnected with DG units should be reevaluated and developed. In this paper, a new inter-tie protection scheme of DG units for distribution automatic reclosing is proposed. The impact of DG units on existing radial-sectionaliser coordination is analyzed. And the effects of the distribution reclosing type (radial and passive reclosing) on DG dynamics are analyzed and classified. From the results of the DG dynamic responses by the reclosing type, i.e. radial and passive reclosing, the inter-tie protection schemes of DG are introduced to improve the reliability and availability of utility interactive DG. The proposed schemes are proved and evaluated by a case study using PSCAD/EMTDC simulation.

• Advances in Energy Research
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.163-176
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• 2016

Rapid depletion of fossil based oil, coal and gas reserves and its greater demand day by day necessitates the search for other alternatives. Severe environmental impacts caused by the fossil fire based power plants and the escalating fuel costs are the major challenges faced by the electricity supply industry. Integration of Distributed Generators (DG) especially, wind and solar systems to the grid has been steadily increasing due to the concern of clean environment. This paper focuses on a new simple and fast load flow algorithm named Backward Forward Sweep Algorithm (BFSA) for finding the voltage profile and power losses with the integration of various sizes of DG at different locations. Genetic Algorithm (GA) based BFSA is adopted in finding the optimal location and sizing of DG to attain an improved voltage profile and considerable reduced power loss. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm is more efficient in finding the optimal location and sizing of DG in 15-bus radial distribution system (RDS).The authenticity of the placement of optimized DG is assured with other DG placement techniques.