• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.71-75
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• 2018

The CRISPR-Cas system is the adaptive immune system in bacteria and archaea against invading phages or foreign plasmids. In the type II CRISPR-Cas system, an endonuclease Cas9 cleaves DNA targets of phages as directed by guide RNA comprising crRNA and tracrRNA. To avoid targeting and destruction by Cas9, phages employ anti-CRISPR (Acr) proteins that act against host bacterial immunity by inactivating the CRISPR-Cas system. Here we report the backbone $^1H$, $^{15}N$, and $^{13}C$ resonance assignments of AcrIIA4 that inhibits endonuclease activity of type II-A Listeria monocytogenes Cas9 and also Streptococcus pyogenesis Cas9 using triple resonance nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The secondary structures of AcrIIA4 predicted by the backbone chemical shifts show an ${\alpha}{\beta}{\beta}{\beta}{\alpha}{\alpha}$ fold, which is used to determine the solution structure.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.242-248
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• 2016

This research was conducted to determine the effects of four different substrates, expanded rice hulls (ERH), commercial substrates for strawberries (CSS), clay sand (CS), and loamy sand (LS), on the inhibition of anthracnose crown rot (ACR) in strawberry. Mother plants of 'Seolhyang' strawberry were transplanted into an elevated bed in March, 2013 and March, 2014 and the runners connecting mother plants and daughter plants were cut in early August of both years. After separation, growth characteristics of the daughter plants were measured and then each daughter plant was inoculated with conidial suspensions of Colletotrichum fructicola, one of several species of Colletotrichum that causes ACR in strawberries. The incidence of ACR as influenced by the different substrates was investigated in both years. The daughter plants grown on CSS had the highest values for shoot height, leaf area, and fresh weight. Those grown on ERH and LS substrates also displayed good above-ground growth characteristics except for fresh weight, but the daughter plants grown on CS had the poorest above-ground growth characteristics. The ERH and CS treatments resulted in the highest number of primary roots and the greatest root weight. The CSS-grown daughter plants had the highest ACR disease index, followed by the CS and LS treatments, but there were no significant differences among the three substrates. However, the ERH-grown daughter plants had a markedly lower ACR disease index on October 11, 2013 and October 7, 2014. The CSS-grown daughter plants had high nitrogen and potassium contents and low calcium content, whereas the ERH-grown daughter plants had low nitrogen levels and high silicon levels. The results of this study provide basic information on the ability of the different substrates tested to provide disease suppression of ACR in the propagation of strawberry transplants.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제32권3A호
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• pp.297-309
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• 2007

우리는 이동 애드 혹 네트워크에서 인터넷 프로토콜을 위한 세 가지의 주소 자동 설정 기법을 소개한다. RADA (Random ADdress Allocation)는 무작위로 IP 주소를 선택하는 방법이고, LiA (Linear Address Allocation)는 최대 IP 주소를 사용하여 순서대로 새로운 주소를 할당하는 방법이다. LiACR (Linear Address Allocation with Collision Resolution)이라고 칭하는 LiA의 확장된 방법은 제어 메시지의 오버헤드를 줄이는 방법을 사용하였다. 짧은 시간동안 다수의 노드들이 네트워크에 들어오게 되면 RADA는 LiA나 LiACR 보다 훨씬 빠르게 주소를 할당할 수 있다. 하지만 RADA는 주소 공간을 비효율적으로 사용하게 된다. 즉, RADA 는 특히 전장이나 위급 상황에서 긴급한 주소 설정이 필요할 경우 유용하다. 반면에 LiA나 LiACR은 네트워크 크기가 크고, 닫힌 형태이며, 관리 제어의 형태로 종속되는 이를테면, 무선 서비스 제공자에 의해 조정되는 애드 혹 네트워크에 더 적합하다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권21호
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• pp.9471-9473
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• 2014

Background: Since 2002, from October till December of each year, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health conducts a mammogram based breast cancer screening campaign in the whole country for women over 40 years of age. These mammograms are performed free of charge in governmental hospitals or for reduced fees in private hospitals. The aim of this study is to analyze the direct impact of this campaign on cancer detection and subsequent treatment. Materials and Methods: Radiologic records of women screened with a mammogram during the campaign period from October till December 2012 at Saint Joseph Hospital, Baouchrieh, Beirut, were reviewed. Results of mammograms were reported using the ACR score. Women with ACR score ${\geq}4$ were tracked and investigated. Results: 900 screening mammograms were performed; median age was 55.2 years (range:31-81 years). Some 826 (91.8%) had an ACR score of ${\leq}2$; 66 (7.3%) an ACR =3 and only 8 (0.89%) an ACR=4. Thus, less than 1% (8/900) of all screened women were considered at high risk and needed a close follow-up. Among these 8 women, 4 underwent surgery for an early breast cancer, one had synchronous metastatic breast cancer and two were lost to follow-up. Conclusions: To coclude, Among 900-screened women for BC, less than 1 % (8 out of 900) were at high risk of hiding a BC (ACR=4), half of them benefited from early therapy (4 women out of 900) and one was a false positive. Larger studies on national level should be accomplished to have a complete data on breast cancer screening in Lebanon. The results of these studies can affect the Lebanese health policy regarding BC.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.535-542
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• 2023

This study aimed to implement a deep learning model that can perform quantitative quality control through ACTS software used for quantitative evaluation of ACR phantom in CT quality control and evaluate its usefulness. By changing the scanning conditions, images of three modules of the ACR phantom's slice thickness (ST), low contrast resolution (LC), and high contrast resolution (HC) were obtained and classified as ACTS software. The deep learning model used ResNet18, implementing three models in which ST, HC, and LC were learned with epoch 50 and an integrated model in which three modules were learned with Epoch 10, 30, and 50 at once. The performance of each model was evaluated through Accuracy and Loss. When comparing and evaluating the accuracy and loss function values of the deep learning models by ST, LC, and HC modules, the Accuracy and Loss of the HC model were the best with 100% and 0.0081, and in the integrated model according to the Epoch value, Accuracy and Loss with epoch 50 were the best with 96.29% and 0.1856. This paper showed that quantitative quality control is possible through a deep learning model, and it can be used as a basis and evidence for applying deep learning to the CT quality control.

• 한국엔터테인먼트산업학회논문지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.139-143
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• 2019

본 연구의 목적은 비타민 D와 소변 microalbumin / creatinine (uACR)과 한국 성인의 비만 연관성을 평가하는 것이다. 연구 대상자는 2012년 국민 건강 영양 조사에 참여한 20세 이상의 한국 성인 (4,948명)이었다. 공변량을 보정한 공분산 검사는 비타민 D 결핍과 관련하여 uACR 수준에 대해 실시되었다[비타민 D 결핍, 25 (OH) D < 10 ng / dL; 비타민 D 부족, 25(OH) D ≥ 10, < 20 ng / dL; 충분한 비타민 D, 25(OH) D ≥ 20 ng / dL]. 주요 연구 결과는 다음과 같다: 첫째, 비만하지 않은 집단(BMI < 25 kg / m²)에서 uACR 수준은 관련 변수를 조정한 후에 비타민 D 상태의 증가와 함께 감소했다(p < 0.001). 둘째, 비만 인구 (BMI ≥25 kg/m²)에서 uACR 수준과 비타민 D 상태 사이의 연관성은 유의하지 않았다(p = 0.659). 결론적으로, 소변 microalbumin / creatinine 치는 비만이 없는 한국 성인에서 비타민 D 상태와 반비례 관계를 가지나 비만이 있는 한국 성인에서는 그렇지 않았다.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.145-154
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• 2019

본 연구는 대한민국 성인에서 eGFR 및 uACR과 Ferritin의 관련성에 대한 연구이다. 2012년 국민건강영양조사자료에서 20세 이상의 4,948명을 대상으로 관련변수를 보정한 후, 만성신장질환(CKD, eGFR<$60mL/min/1.73m^2$) 및 알부민뇨($uACR{\geq}30mg/g$)에 따른 페리틴 수준을 분석하였다. 만성신장질환군의 ferritin 수준($M{\pm}SE$) [$103.04{\pm}6.59mL/min/1.73m^2$; 95% confidence interval (CI), 90.12~115.96]은 정상군($84.87{\pm}1.16mL/min/1.73m^2$; 95% CI, 82.59~87.14)에 비하여 유의하게 높았다(P=0.007). 그러나 정상군($82.72{\pm}4.09mg/g$; 95% CI, 74.71~90.73)과 알부빈뇨군($82.72{\pm}4.09mg/g$; 95% CI, 74.71~90.73)의 ferritin 수준은 유의한 차이가 없었다(P=0.487). 결과적으로, 대한민국 성인에서 만성신장질환과 ferritin수준은 양의 상관관계가 있었지만, 알부빈뇨에서는 유의한 차이가 없었다.

• 한국산학기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국산학기술학회 2008년도 춘계학술발표논문집
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• pp.224-227
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• 2008

사용자가 안전한 WiBro 서비스를 받기 위해서 사용자 단말과 ACR(Access Control Router) 간에 인증이 선행되어야 한다. 그렇지 않을 경우, 많은 공격 위험으로부터 노출될 수 있다. 따라서 한국정보통신기술협회(TTA)에서는 휴대인터넷(와이브로$^{TM}$) 서비스를 위한 상호 인증 절차 표준을 제정하였다. 이 표준 프로토콜은 PISIM(Portable Internet Subscriber Identity Module)을 이용하여 PE(Portable Equipment)와 ACR 간에 상호 인증을 수행한다. 그러나 표준은 인증에 필요한 메시지의 수가 대체적으로 많은 편이며 PISIM의 분실과 에러가 발생했을 경우에는 사용자는 무선인터넷 서비스를 사용할 수 없게 된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 ACR과 PSS 간에 키 동의 프로토콜을 수행하여 PSS를 인증한다. 이때 PSS의 계산량을 지원하기 위한 PSD(Power Support Device)가 키 동의 프로토콜에 참여하게 된다. 이렇게 생성된 키는 ACR과 안전한 통신 세션을 맺고 있는 KAS(Key Authentication Server)에 PSS의 식별자와 키 정보를 암호화에서 저장한다. 끝으로 제안된 프로토콜의 안전성과 효율성을 분석한다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.219-224
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• 2021

The purpose of these experiments is often to scan infected patients with MRI. Therefore, it is to investigate whether the antibacterial film containing silver ions, which is a non-magnetic substance, affects magnetic resonance imaging. In this experiment, the ACR phantom was used, not the patient. The ACR phantom was wrapped in an antibacterial film and the SNR, CNR, sagittal localization image, and geometrical accuracy were compared before and after. The experiment was performed 10 times and the averaged values were compared. There were no significant differences in the results of all experiments. The FDA recommends removing metal and antibacterial film masks during MRI scans. The reason is that there was one case of injury with facial burns. When I touched the antibacterial film to check the fever during the 2 hour experiment, I did not feel any particular fever. In light of the experimental results, it would be helpful to use an antibacterial film when testing an infected patient. The reason is that there isn't a difference before and after the experiment of SNR, CNR, and sagittal localization images.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.1605-1612
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• 2016

Quinolone-resistant Salmonella strains were isolated from patient samples, and several quinolone-sensitive strains were used to analyze mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) of gyrA, gyrB, parC, and parE and to screen for plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance. Among the 21 strains that showed resistance to nalidixic acid and ciprofloxacin (MIC 0.125-2.0 μg/ml), 17 strains had a mutation in QRDR codon 87 of gyrA, and 3 strains had a single mutation (Ser83 → Phe). Another cause of resistance, efflux pump regulation, was studied by examining the expression of acrB, ramA, marA, and soxS. Five strains, including Sal-KH1 and Sal-KH2, showed no increase in relative expression in an analysis using the qRT-PCR method (p < 0.05). In order to determine the genes involved in the resistance, the Sal-9 isolate that showed decreased susceptibility and did not contain a mutation in the gyrA QRDR was used to make the STM (MIC 8 μg/ml) and STH (MIC 16 μg/ml) ciprofloxacin-resistant mutants. The gyrA QRDR Asp87 → Gly mutation was identified in both the STM and STH mutants by mutation analysis. qRT-PCR analysis of the efflux transporter acrB of the AcrAB-TolC efflux system showed increased expression levels in both the STM (1.79-fold) and STH (2.0-fold) mutants. In addition, the expression of the transcriptional regulator marA was increased in both the STM (6.35-fold) and STH (21.73-fold) mutants. Moreover, the expression of soxS was increased in the STM (3.41-fold) and STH (10.05-fold) mutants (p < 0.05). Therefore, these results indicate that AcrAB-TolC efflux pump activity and the target site mutation in gyrA are involved in quinolone resistance.