• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2015년도 제49회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.159-159
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• 2015

A new approach for antimicrobial is based on the overproduction of reactive nitrogen species (RNS), especially; nitric oxide (NO) and peroxinitrite (ONOO-) are important factors to deactivate the bacteria. Recently, non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) has been frequently used in the field of microbial sterilization through the generation of different kinds of RNS/ROS species. However, in previous study we showed APPJ has combine effects ROS/RNS on bacterial sterilization. It is not still clear whether this bacterial killing effect has been done through ROS or RNS. We need to further investigate separate effect of ROS and RNS on bacterial sterilization. Hence, in this work, we have enhanced NO production, especially; by applying a 1% of HNO3 vapour to the N2 based APPJ. In comparison with nitrogen plasma with inclusion of water vapour plasma, it has been shown that nitrogen plasma with inclusion of 1% of HNO3 vapour has higher efficiency in killing the E. coli through the high production of NO. We also investigate the enhancement of NO species both in atmosphere by emission spectrum and inside the solution by ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy. Moreover, qPCR analysis of oxidative stress mRNA shows higher gene expression. It is noted that 1% of HNO3 vapour plasma generates high amount of NO for killing bacteria.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.475-480
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• 2010

Actinomycetes are Gram-positive soil bacteria and one of the most important industrial microorganisms due to superior biosynthetic capabilities of many valuable secondary metabolites as well as production of various valuable bioconversion enzymes. Among them are cytochrome P450 hydroxylase (CYP), which are hemoproteins encoded by a super family of genes, are universally distributed in most of the organisms from all biological kingdoms. Actinomycetes are a rich source of soluble CYP enzymes, which play critical roles in the bioactivation and detoxification of a wide variety of metabolite biosynthesis and xenobiotic transformation. Cyclosporin A (CyA), one of the most commonly-prescribed immunosuppressive drugs, was previously reported to be hydroxylated at the position of 4th N-methyl leucine by a rare actinomycetes called Sebekia benihana, leading to display different biological activity spectrum such as loss of immunosuppressive activities yet retaining hair growth-stimulating side effect. In order to improve this regio-selective CyA hydroxylation in S. benihana, previously-identified several secondary metabolite up-regulatory genes from Streptomyces coelicolor and S. avermitilis were heterologously overexpressed in S. benihana using an $ermE^*$ promoter-containing Streptomyces integrative expression vector. Among tested, SCO4967 encoding a conserved hypothetical protein significantly stimulated region-specific CyA hydroxylation in S. benihana, implying that some common regulatory systems functioning in both biosynthesis and bioconversion of secondary metabolite might be present in different actinomycetes species.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.361-368
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• 2002

본 연구는 초당 2개의 속도로 이송되는 사과를 대상으로 측정된 투과 에너지 스팩트럼 데이터를 이용하여 사과의 당도예측 모델을 개발하기 위해 각종 전처리가 당도 예측 모델의 정밀도에 미치는 영향을 구명하고, 신뢰성이 높은 당도 예측 회귀 모델을 개발하기 위해 수행되었다. 스펙트럼의 산란 보정, 노이즈 감소 등을 위해 1차미분, MSC, SNV, OSC 및 이들 조합으로 구성된 전처리 알고리즘을 프로그래밍하고, 이들 전처리를 스펙트럼데이터에 적용한 결과 특히 MSC SNV에 의해 각 파장에서의 투과에너지와 당도와의 상관관계가 전처리를 하지 않은 경우에 비해 현저히 증가하였다. 각종 전처리를 수행한 후 당도 예측 회귀 모델을 개발하고, 검정한 결과, 전처리 방법에 따라 예측모델의 SEP가 최대 1.265%brix 에서 최소 0.507%brix로 큰 차이를 나타내었다. 이는 SEP를 최소화하기 위해 주어진 스펙트럼 데이터의 특성에 알맞는 전처리 방법이 개발 또는 선택되어야 함을 의미한다. MSC 와 SNV는 예측 정밀도와 밀접한 관계가 있으며, OSC는 PLS의 factor 수와 관계되는 것으로 판단되었다. 1차미분은 오히려 모델의 예측 성능을 저하시키는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 실시간으로 측정된 투과스펙트럼에 상대적으로 노이즈 성분이 많이 포함되어 이들 성분이 미분에 의해 강조된 것으로 판단되었다. 본 연구에 사용된 스펙트럼 데이터의 경우 MSC와 OSC 전처리를 수행한 당도예측모델이 $R^2=0.8823$, SEP=0.5071%brix, bias=0.0327로 가장 우수하였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.429-438
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• 1997

기계식 판막은 매몰식 인공장기에 널리 사용돼 왔으며, 판막의 이상은 환자의 죽음으르 의미한다. 판막의 이상에 영향을 미치는 것은 많은 요소들이 있는데 대표적으로 기계적인 고장과 혈전현상이 있다. 그래서 비침습적으로 이것들을 발견하는 것이 필요하게 된 것이다. 이 논문의 목적은 스펙트럼의 해석과 인공신경망을 이용하여 혈전현상을 발견하는데 있다. 신호의 측정은 공압식 좌심실 보조장치에 장착한 기계식 판막으로부터 마이크로폰과 증폭기를 이용하였다. 디스크 위의 모의 혈전현상과 봉합링의 주위에 혈전현상, 20%, 40% 60%로 자라나는 혈전현상은 펠레세인과 실리콘을 이용하여 제작하였다. 기초 성능 평가를 위해 1KHz 정현파를 인가하여 시스템을 평가하였으며, 정상적인 판막과 5 종류의 혈전현상의 스펙트럼은 혈전현상의 정보를 지닌 개폐시 peak의 신호 파형에서 구하였다. 데이터의 정량적인 해석을 위해 7,000개의 입력 노드와 20개의 은닉층과 1개의 출력층으로 이루어진 인공신경망을 사용하였다. 결론적으로 훈련된 인공신경망을 사용한 결과 정상 판막과 비정상 판막을 판단하는데 90%의 판단능력을 보였다. 이상의 실험을 통해 판막의 이상유무를 신호의 스펙트럼 해석과 인공신경망을 통해 평가할수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 본 논문의 결과는 앞으로 인공장기를 몸속에 지니고 있는 환자에게서 장기의 상태를 지속적으로 감시할 수 있는 기술적 토대를 제공할 것이다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2016

The biomedical information (heart rate, HRV, $SpO_2$ etc) from the Photoplethysmography (PPG) signal section can be estimated without the motion artifacts if the PPG signal section in the motion artifacts is detected accurately. But the PPG signal is easily exposed to the motion artifacts by the decrease of the medical instrument size and applying as portable or wearable. Besides, it is difficult to completely eliminate the motion artifacts from the PPG signal without distortion and ensure reliability as well. In this paper, the method was suggested to determine the motion artifacts or not on the PPG signal of the section divided into intervals of constant length. By comparing the spectrum of each section, it can be determined whether the motion artifacts are or not after obtaining the spectrum of each section by the Goertzel algorithm. Moreover, an amount of computation while maintaining a high detection rate can be reduced by using the Goertzel algorithm.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.239-248
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• 1995

The method of increasing signal to noise ratio (SNR) in a Hadamard transform spectrometer (HTS) is multiplexing. The multiplexing is executed by a mask. Conventional masks are mechanical or electro-optical. A mechanical mask has disadvantages of jamming and misalignment. A stationary electro-optical mask has a disadvantage of information losses caused by spacers which partition mask elements. In this paper, a mixed-concept electro-optical mask (MCEOM) is developed by expanding the length of a spacer to that of lon-off mask element. An MCEOM is operated by stepping a movable mask. 2N measurements are required for N spectrum estimates. The average mean square error (AMSE) using MCEQM is equal to that using a stationary electro-optical mask without spacers for large N. The cost of manufacturing an MCEOM is lower than that of producing a conventional electro-optical mask because an MCEOM needs only (N + 1)/2 on-off mask elements whereas the con¬ventional electro-optical mask needs N on-off mask elements. There are no information losses in the spectrometers having an MCEOM.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to predict successful defibrillation in ventricular fibrillation using parameters extracted by wave analysis method and neuro-fuzzy. Total 15 dogs were tested for predicting successful defibrillation. Feature parameters were extracted for return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and non-ROSC by wave analysis method, and these parameters are an irregularity factor, spectral moments, mean power of level-crossing spectrum, and mean of alpha-significant value. Additionally, two parameters by analyzing method of frequency were extracted into a mean of power spectrum and a mean frequency. Then extracted parameters were analyzed in which parameters result to have high performance of discriminating ROSC and non-ROSC by a statistical method of t-test. The average of sensitivity and specificity were 62.5% and 75.0%, respectively. The average of positive predictive factor and negative predictive factor were 61.2% and 75.8%, respectively.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.750-755
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• 2007

The linear SEF (Spectral Edge Frequency) parameter and spectrum analysis method can not reflect the non-linear of EEG. This method can not contribute to acquire real time analysis and obtain a high confidence in the clinic due to low discrimination. To solve the problems, the development of a new index is carried out using the bispectrum analyzing the EEG including the non-linear characteristic. At the bispectrum analysis of the 2 dimension, the most significant's power spectrum density peaks appeared much at the specific area in awake and anesthesia state. Because many peaks are showed at the specific area in the frequency coordinate, these points are used to create the new index. Range of the index is 0-100. At the anesthesia, the index is 20-50 and at the awake, the index is 90-60. New index can discriminate the awake and anesthesia state.

• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.15-21
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• 1998

Transgenic animal and cell line models which are recently developed and used in toxicology fields combined with molecular biological technique, are powerful tools to study the mechanism of mutation in vivo and in vitro, respectively. Transgenic models, which have exogenous DNA incorporated into their genome, carry recoverable shuttle vector containing reporter genes to assess endogenous effects or alteration in specific genes related to disease processes. The lac I and lac Z gnee most widely used as a mutational target in transgenic systems. The assay is performed by treatment with putative mutagenic agents, isolation of genomic DNA from cells or tissues, exposure the isolated DNA to in vitro packaging extract, plating and sequencing. The results from these processes provide not only mutant frequency as quantitative evaluation but also mutational spectrum as qualitative evaluation of various agents. Therefore we introduce and review the principle, detailed procedure and application of transgenic mutagenesis assay system in toxicology fields especially in mutagenesis and carcinogenesis.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.349-354
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• 2006

Furaneol, a key aroma compound found in strawberry, pineapple, and processed foodstuffs, has been known to possess various biological activities on animal models. In this study, the antimicrobial effects of furaneol against human pathogenic microorganisms were investigated. The results indicated that furaneol displayed a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activities against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and fungi without hemolytic activity on human erythrocyte cells. To confirm the antifungal activity of furaneol, we examined the accumulation of intracellular trehalose as a stress response marker on toxic agents and its effect on dimorphic transition of Candida albicans. The results demonstrated that furaneol induced significant accumulation of intracellular trehalose and exerted its antifungal effect by disrupting serum-induced mycelial forms. These results suggest that furaneol could be a therapeutic agent having a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity on human pathogenic microorganisms.