• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.191-197
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• 2011

Transparent organic materials have been frequently used as an analog of the solidifying metallic materials, because their transparency permits an in-situ observation of the microstructural development during solidification through optical microscopy. Pivalic acid (PVA)-ethanol system showing an anisotropic property in solid-liquid interfacial energy and interface kinetics was adopted in the present experiment, and the detailed experiments performed are as follows: (1) variation of dendrite tip temperature with growth velocity, (2) correlation between primary dendrite arm spacing (${\lambda}_1$) and the growth orientation away from the heat flow direction (tilt angle: ${\theta}$), (3) variation of dendrite tip radius (R) with growth velocity (V), (4) dendrite tip stability parameter (${\sigma}^*$) and its dependence on the concentration. Concerning the correlation between the dendrite tip temperature and growth velocity the present result is well suited to Hunt-Lu equation. As the tilt angle increases, the average primary dendrite spacing tends to increase.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.897-903
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• 2011

A hybrid ${\Delta}{\Sigma}$ modulator for audio applications is presented in this paper. The pulse generator for digital-to-analog converter alleviates the requirement of the external clock jitter and calibrates the coefficient variation due to a process shift and temperature changes. The input resistor network in the first integrator offers a gain control function in a dB-linear fashion. Also, careful chopper stabilization implementation using return-to-zero scheme in the first continuous-time integrator minimizes both the influence of flicker noise and inflow noise due to chopping. The chip is implemented in a 0.13 ${\mu}m$ CMOS technology (I/O devices) and occupies an active area of 0.37 $mm^2$. The ${\Delta}{\Sigma}$ modulator achieves a dynamic range (A-weighted) of 97.8 dB and a peak signal-to-noise-plus-distortion ratio of 90.0 dB over an audio bandwidth of 20 kHz with a 4.4 mW power consumption from 3.3 V. Also, the gain of the modulator is controlled from -9.5 dB to 8.5 dB, and the performance of the modulator is maintained up to 5 nsRMS external clock jitter.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.233-245
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• 2021

암석의 미세구조에 대한 많은 연구는 실제 암석 관찰 뿐만 아니라 다양한 실험 장비를 이용하여 미구조의 발달 과정과 그 메커니즘을 이해하기 위해 수행되어 왔다. 변성이나 변형 작용 중에 입자 성장이나 입도의 변화를 일으킬 수 있는 광물 군집 내 입자 경계 이동 작용은 주요한 재결정작용 메커니즘 중 하나이다. 특히, 변형 과정 중 나타날 수 있는 입자 경계 이동의 연속적 관찰은 암석 유사 실험을 이용하여 수행될 수 있었다. 이번 연구에서는 다양한 실험 방법 중 유사 물질을 이용한 입자 성장 및 변형 실험 방법에 대해 기존 방법을 개량할 수 있는 실험 장비의 개발과 이를 통한 효과적인 미구조 분석 방법을 제시하였다. 개발된 실험 장비는 유사 물질 실험이 가능한 변형 장치와 실체 현미경에 회전 조작이 가능한 편광판들을 장착하여 광학적 조작이 가능하도록 구성되었다. 이들 장치들은 마이크로 컨트롤러를 통해 온도 및 변형 속도 제어 및 실험 동안 관찰되는 미구조 변화를 연속적으로 촬영할 수 있도록 자동화하여 구성되었다. 또한 편광판 회전 조작을 통해 취득되고 합성된 디지털 이미지들은 보다 정확한 입자 경계를 구분하고 분석할 수 있게 해주었다. 실험 결과의 입도 및 형태와 같은 미구조 분석을 위해 선분 교점 측정 방법과 입자 경계 트레이싱 방식을 비교하여 적용하였다. 유사물질로써는 석영과 유사한 광학적 성질을 가지는 노캠퍼(Norcamphor, C7H10O)라는 물질을 사용하였다. 개발된 장비의 실효성을 검증하고자 노캠퍼를 이용한 정적 입자 성장 실험과 단순 전단 변형 실험 및 이에 대한 미구조 분석을 수행하였다. 정적 입자 성장 실험은 시간이 지남에 따라 입자 수의 감소와 입도가 증가하는 전형적인 입자 성장 작용의 특징과 온도에 따른 성장 곡선들의 명확한 차이를 보여주었다. 중온-저변형율 조건의 단순 전단 변형 실험 결과는 평균 입도의 큰 변화는 없었으나, 입자 형태에 대해 전단 변형이 증가함에 따라 전단력 방향에 수직한 방향에 대해 약 53°의 방향으로 신장률이 증가하는 변화를 보여주었다. 이러한 미구조의 발달과정은 주어진 실험 조건에서 변형에 의해 입자 내부의 소성 변형과 내부 회복 작용이 균형을 이루면서 진행된 것으로 해석된다. 개량화 및 자동화된 실험장치를 이용한 이들 입자 성장 작용 실험 및 변형 실험의 예는 유사물질 실험에서 목적하는 바와 같이 실험 과정 동안의 입자의 미구조 변화과정을 순차적으로 관찰할 수 있고, 전체 수행 과정동안 수동적 조작없이 효율적으로 실험을 진행할 수 있다는 장점을 보여주었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.880-888
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• 2006

Pleurocidin, an $\alpha$-helical cationic antimicrobial peptide, was isolated from skin mucosa of winter flounder (Pleuronectes americamus). It had strong antimicrobial activities against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, but had very weak hemolytic activity. The Gly$^{13,17}\rightarrow$Ala analog (pleurocidin-AA) showed similar antibacterial activities, but had dramatically increased hemolytic activity. The bacterial cell selectivity of pleurocidin was confirmed through the membrane-disrupting and membrane-binding affinities using dye leakage, tryptophan fluorescence blue shift, and tryptophan quenching experiments. However, the non-cell-selective antimicrobial peptide, pleurocidin-AA, interacts strongly with both negatively charged and zwitterionic phospholipid membranes, the latter of which are the major constituents of the outer leaflet of erythrocytes. Circular dihroism spectra showed that pleurocidin-AA has much higher contents of $\alpha$-helical conformation than pleurocidin. The tertiary structure determined by NMR spectroscopy showed that pleurocidin has a flexible. structure between the long helix from $Gly^3$ to $Gly^{17}$ and the short helix from $Gly^{17}$ to $Leu^{25}$. Cell-selective antimicrobial peptide pleurocidin interacts strongly with negatively charged phospholipid membranes, which mimic bacterial membranes. Structural flexibility between the two helices may play a key role in bacterial cell selectivity of pleurocidin.

• BMB Reports
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• 제42권9호
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• pp.586-592
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• 2009

The bactenecin is an antibacterial peptide with an intramolecular disulfide bond. We recently found that homodimeric bactenecin exhibits more potent antibacterial activity than the monomeric form and retains its activity at physiological conditions. Here we assess the difference in the modes of antibiotic action of homodimeric and monomeric bactenecins. Both monomeric and dimeric bactenecins almost completely killed both Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli within 10-30 min at concentrations of $8-16\;{\mu}M$. However, exposure to liposomes elicited an increase in the fluorescence quantum yield from a tryptophan-containing monomeric analog, while the homodimeric analog showed a significant reduction in fluorescence intensity. Moreover, unlike the monomer, the homodimer displayed apparent membrane-lytic activity enabling release of various sized dyes from liposomes, and rapidly and fully depolarized the S. aureus membrane. Together, our results suggest that homodimeric bactenecin forms pores in the bacterial membrane, while monomeric one penetrates through the membrane to target intracellular molecules/organelles.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.30-38
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• 1989

Since the nuclear power plants in Korea have been operated in 1979, the nondestructive testing (NDT) of pressure vessels and/or piping welds plays an important role for maintaining the safety and integrity of the plants. Ultrasonic method is superior to the other NDT method in the viewpoint of the detectability of small flaw and accuracy to determine the locations, sizes, orientations, and shapes. As the service time of the nuclear power plants is increased, the radiation level from the components is getting higher. In order to get more quantitative and reliable results and secure the inspector from the exposure to high radiation level, automation of the ultrasonic equipments has been one of the important research and development(R & D) subject. In this research, it was attempted to visualize the shape of flaws presented inside the specimen using a Modified C-Scan technique. In order to develope Modified C-Scan technique, an automatic ultrasonic scanner and a module to control the scanner were designed and fabricated. IBM-PC/XT was interfaced to the module to control the scanner. Analog signals from the SONIC MARK II were digitized by Analog-Digital Converter(ADC 0800) for Modified C-Scan display. A computer program has been developed and has capability of automatic data acquisition and processing from the digital data, which consist of maximum amplitudes in each gate range and locations. The data from Modified C-Scan results was compared with shape from artificial defects using the developed system. Focal length of focused transducer was measured. The automatic ultrasonic equipment developed through this study is essential for more accurate, reliable, and repeatable ultrasonic experiments. If the scanner are modified to meet to appropriate purposes, it can be applied to automation of ultrasonic examination of nuclear power plants and helpful to the research on ultrasonic characterization of the materials.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.310-315
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• 2015

목적: 본 연구는 토크 게이지를 이용하여, 치과 기공사들이 임플란트 기공을 진행할 때 가하는 토크의 양을 측정해 분석하고, 이러한 결과가 보철물에 어떠한 결과를 미치는 알아보기 위함이다. 연구 재료 및 방법: 치과 기공사들이 임플란트 기공시 임플란트 나사에 가하는 토크를 디지털 토크 게이지를 이용하여 측정한다. 이후 기성지대주와 analog를 이용하여, 제조사의 권장 토크로 조였을 때의 길이를 통계학적으로 비교 분석하였다. 결과: 치과 기공사들의 임플란트 기공시 평균 토크는 $1.563{\pm}0.332Ncm$로 나타났으며, 제조사의 권장토크 값으로 조였을 때와 비교하면, 외부연결형의 침하량 차이는 없으나, 내부연결형의 침하량의 차이는 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(P < 0.05). 결론: 치과기공실에서도 제조사의 권장토크를 이용하여 보철물 기공작업을 시행하고, 정확한 토크 게이지의 사용법을 익히면, 기공오차에 따른 임플란트의 부적합을 어느 정도 해소할 수 있을 것이라 사료된다.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.128-133
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• 2010

PURPOSE. The purpose of this study was to compare the accuracy of the implant master cast according to the type (pick-up, transfer) and the length (long, short) of the impression copings. MATERIALS AND METHODS. The metal master cast was fabricated with three internal connection type implant analogs (Osstem GS III analog), embedded parallel and with $10^{\circ}$ of mesial angulation to the center analog. Four types of impression coping were prepared with different combinations of types (transfer, pick-up) and lengths (long, short) of the coping. The impressions were made using vinyl polysiloxane (one step, heavy + light body) with an individual tray, and 10 impressions were made for each group. Eventually, 40 experimental casts were produced. Then, the difference in the distance between the master cast and the experimental cast were measured, and the error rate was determined. The analysis of variance was performed using the SPSS (v 12.0) program (${\alpha}$= .05), and the statistical significance was set at P < .05. RESULTS. The ANOVA showed that the pick-up type impression coping exhibited a significantly lower error rate than the transfer type. However, no significant difference was observed with respect to the length of the impression coping. Additionally, no significant difference was observed between the parallel and mesial angulated groups. CONCLUSION. Within the limitations of this study, the pick-up type impression coping exhibited a more accurate implant master cast than the transfer type in parallel group. The accuracy of the implant master cast did not differ for different lengths of impression coping of at least 11 mm. Additionally, the accuracy of the implant cast was not different for the parallel and $10^{\circ}$ mesial angulated groups.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.46-51
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• 2005

We have developed control electronics to operate flux-locked loop (FLL), and analog signal filters to process FLL outputs for 64-channel Double Relaxation Oscillation SQUID (DROS) magnetocardiography (MCG) system. Control electronics consisting of a preamplifier, an integrator, and a feedback, is compact and low-cost due to larger swing voltage and flux-to-voltage transfer coefficients of DROS than those of dc SQUIDs. Analog signal filter (ASF) serially chained with a high-pass filter having a cut-off frequency of 0.1 Hz, an amplifier having a gain of 100, a low-pass filter of 100 Hz, and a notch filter of 60 Hz makes FLL output suitable for MCG. The noise of a preamplifier in FLL control electronics is $7\;nV/{\surd}\;Hz$ at 1 Hz, $1.5\;nV/{\surd}\;Hz$ at 100 Hz that contributes $6\;fT/{\surd}\;Hz$ at 1 Hz, $1.3\;fT/{\surd}\;Hz$ at 100 Hz in readout electronics, and the noise of ASF electronics is $150\;{\mu}V/{\surd}\;Hz$ equivalent to $0.13\;fT/{\surd}\;Hz$ within the range of $1{\sim}100\;Hz$. When DROSs are connected to readout electronics inside a magnetically shielded room, the noise of 64-channel DROS system is $10\;fT/{\surd}\;Hz$ at 1 Hz, $5\;fT/{\surd}\;Hz$ at 100 Hz on the average, low enough to measure human MCG.

• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.80-85
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• 2020

Background: Atelocollagen has been studied for restoration of rotator cuff tendon. In this study, we attempted to evaluate the clinical outcome of ultrasound-guided atelocollagen injection in an outpatient clinic for patients with partial rotator cuff tear. Methods: We recruited 42 outpatients who visited our hospital from May 2019 to September 2019. Atelocollagen injection was performed in patients with partial rotator cuff tear diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound. American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES), Constant, Korean Shoulder Score (KSS) and Simple Shoulder Test (SST) scores, and range of motion were assessed before injection and after 2 months. Statistically, we analyzed the clinical results using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Results: Finally, 15 patients were enrolled for analysis. There was no significant difference between pre- and post-injection in terms of range of motion, ASES (57.0 vs. 60.4), Constant (56.4 vs. 58.9), KSS (64.6 vs. 68.5), and pain-visual analog scale (4.2 vs. 3.7), except function-visual analog scale (F-VAS; 6.3 vs. 7.1) and SST (6.6 vs. 6.9). A significant difference was found in SST (P=0.046) and F-VAS (P=0.009). According to the ultrasound results at 2 months, we found hyperechoic materials in three of seven patients. The most common complication of atelocollagen injection was post-injection pain (53%, 8/15). Conclusions: Ultrasound-guided atelocollagen injection for partial rotator cuff tear showed no significant change in terms of clinical outcomes, except for F-vas and SST score. Tendon regeneration was not clear due to the remnants of atelocollagen present at 2-month follow-up ultrasound. There seems to be alarming post-injection pain for 2 to 3 days in the patients who received atelocollagen injection in an outpatient clinic.