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Sensing and Vetoing Loud Transient Noises for the Gravitational-wave Detection

  • Jung, Pil-Jong;Kim, Keun-Young;Oh, John J.;Oh, Sang Hoon;Son, Edwin J.;Kim, Young-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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    • v.73 no.9
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    • pp.1197-1210
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    • 2018
  • Since the first detection of gravitational-wave (GW), GW150914, September 14th 2015, the multi-messenger astronomy added a new way of observing the Universe together with electromagnetic (EM) waves and neutrinos. After two years, GW together with its EM counterpart from binary neutron stars, GW170817 and GRB170817A, has been observed. The detection of GWs opened a new window of astronomy/astrophysics and will be an important messenger to understand the Universe. In this article, we briefly review the gravitational-wave and the astrophysical sources and introduce the basic principle of the laser interferometer as a gravitational-wave detector and its noise sources to understand how the gravitational-waves are detected in the laser interferometer. Finally, we summarize the search algorithms currently used in the gravitational-wave observatories and the detector characterization algorithms used to suppress noises and to monitor data quality in order to improve the reach of the astrophysical searches.

Cloning and Biochemical Characterization of a Hyaluronate Lyase from Bacillus sp. CQMU-D

  • Lu Wang;Qianqian Liu;Xue Gong;Wenwen Jian;Yihong Cui;Qianying Jia;Jibei Zhang;Yi Zhang;Yanan Guo;He Lu;Zeng Tu
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.235-241
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    • 2023
  • Hyaluronidase (HAase) can enhance drug diffusion and dissipate edema by degrading hyaluronic acid (HA) in the extracellular matrix into unsaturated HA oligosaccharides in mammalian tissues. Microorganisms are recognized as valuable sources of HAase. In this study, a new hyaluronate lyase (HAaseD) from Bacillus sp. CQMU-D was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21, purified, and characterized. The results showed that HAaseD belonged to the polysaccharide lyase (PL) 8 family and had a molecular weight of 123 kDa. HAaseD could degrade chondroitin sulfate (CS) -A, CS-B, CS-C, and HA, with the highest activity toward HA. The optimum temperature and pH value of HAaseD were 40℃ and 7.0, respectively. In addition, HAaseD retained stability in an alkaline environment and displayed higher activity with appropriate concentrations of metal ions. Moreover, HAaseD was an endolytic hyaluronate lyase that could degrade HA to produce unsaturated HA oligosaccharides. Together, our findings indicate that HAaseD from Bacillus sp. CQMU-D is a new hyaluronate lyase and with excellent potential for application in industrial production.

Fabrication and Characterization of New Glass Wasteforms for Radioactive Iodine Immobilization

  • Kang, Min-Ji;Kim, Miae;Hong, Kyong-Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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    • 2019.05a
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    • pp.229-230
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    • 2019
  • We fabricated three $AgI-Ag_2O-B_2O_3$ glasses with different compositions. As a result, two specimens appeared in amorphous phases and one in a crystalline phase. The prepared glasses in this study are considered as one candidate of immobilizing matrices for $^{129}I$.

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