• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.85-91
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• 1992

The intestinal microflora of humans is an extraordinarily complex mixture of microorganisms, the majority of which are anaerobic microorganisms. The distribution of amylolytic microorganisms in the human large intestinal tract was investigated in various individuals of differing ages using anaerobic culture techniques. A large percentage of the amylolytic microorganisms present belonged to the Genus Bifidobacteria. The number of Bifidobacteria increased significantly at two years of age. Adults and children above 2 years old carried about $0.8{\times}10^9-2.0{\times}10^{10}$ colony forming units (CFU/gram) of amylolytic Bifidobacteria. Among these amylolytic Bifidobacteria, Int-57 was chosen for further studies. Between 65% and 85% of the amylase produced was secreted and the remaining amylase was bound to the cell wall facing the outside. Amylase production could be induced by starch in a stable form. When cells were grown on maltose or glucose, amylase production was much lower than on starch and amylase activity disappeared after 24 hours growth on these media. Partially purified enzymes showed optimum activity at a temperature of $50^{\circ}C$ and at an optimum pH of 5.5, respectively. Heat treatment at $70^{\circ}C$ for 30 minutes almost completely inactivated amylase. The hydrolysis products of starch were mainly maltose and maltotriose. Soluble starch, amylose, amylopectin, and $\gamma$-cyclodextrin($\gamma$-CD) were easily hydrolyzed. The rate of hydrolysis of $\alpha$-CD and $\beta$-CD was slower than that of $\gamma$-CD. Carboxymethyl cellulose, $\beta$-1, 3-glucan and inulin were not hydrolyzed.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2011

We investigated the effect of composition of a sulfur electrode with MWNT on the discharge behavior and cycling property of a Li/S cell. The MWNT content of a 60wt.% sulfur electrode varied from 10 wt.% to 30 wt.%. The optimum content of MWNT is 20wt.%, which shows the best cycling property. The first discharge capacity is 1166 mAh/g and decrease to the 542 mAh/g after 30th cycle. The homogeneous distribution of MWNT is an important factor for cycling properties.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권11C호
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• pp.1029-1039
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 기존의 변이 영상 획득 방법들에 비하여 시간 대비 정확도가 우수한 기법을 제안하고 H/W로 구현한다. 제안한 기법은 고속 연산이 가능한 화소 대 화소의 움직임 추정 기법을 이용한다. 움직임 추정 기법은 영상 내 텍스쳐의 분포 특성과 무관하게 정합 윈도우의 유사성에만 의존하기 때문에 추출된 변이정보의 정확도가 떨어진다. 이를 해결하기 위해서 영상의 국부 특성에 따른 가변 크기 윈도우 정합 기법을 도입하고, 영상 내 텍스쳐가 균일한 부분 및 물체의 윤곽선 부분에서도 높은 정확도를 얻는다. 제안한 기법은 고속 연산이 가능하도록 수행속도에 최적화된 하드웨어로 설계된다. 하드웨어는 Verilog-HDL로 설계하였고, Hynix $0.35{\mu}m$ CMOS 라이브러리를 사용하여 게이트수준으로 합성하였다. 구현한 하드웨어는 최대 120MHz의 클록 주파수에서 초당 15 프레임을 안정적으로 처리할 수 있었다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.106-111
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• 2016

Objective: To study the clinical outcomes of single frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer cycles according to the hatching status of frozen-thawed blastocysts. Methods: Frozen-thawed blastocysts were divided into three groups according to their hatching status as follows: less-than-expanded blastocyst (${\leq}EdB$), hatching blastocyst (HgB), and hatched blastocyst (HdB). The female age and infertility factors of each group were evaluated. The quality of the single frozen-thawed blastocyst was also graded as grade A, tightly packed inner cell mass (ICM) and many cells organized in the trophectoderm epithelium (TE); grade B, several and loose ICM and TE; and grade C, very few ICM and a few cells in the TE. The clinical pregnancy and implantation rate were compared between each group. The data were analyzed by either t-test or chi-square analysis. Results: There were no statistically significant differences in average female ages, infertility factors, or the distribution of blastocyst grades A, B, and C in each group. There was no significant difference in the clinical pregnancy and implantation rate of each group according to their blastocyst grade. However, there was a significant difference in the clinical pregnancy and implantation rate between each group. In the HdB group, the clinical pregnancy and implantation rate were similar regardless of the blastocyst quality. Conclusion: There was an effect on the clinical outcomes depending on whether the blastocyst hatched during single frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer. When performing single frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer, the hatching status of the frozen-thawed blastocyst may be a more important parameter for clinical outcomes than the quality of the frozen-thawed blastocyst.

• 한국패류학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2013

본 연구는 지중해담치, Mytilus galloprovincialis의 체내 중금속 농도, 이성생식세포 발현과 소화선의 조직학적 지표 변화를 이용하여 이들의 안정성을 알아보고자 하였다. 시료는 2010년 5월 한국 남해안의 가막만 2곳에서 채집하였다. 금속이온의 체내 축적 농도는 분석된 10가지 금속 이온 가운데 Al이 가장 높았으며, 두번째로 Zn이 높았다. 그리고 Co가 가장 낮은 농도로 나타났다. 이성생식세포 발현율은 26.4%로 나타났으며, 수컷에서 더 높았다. 이성생식세포 발현 형태는 네 가지 형태가 관찰되었다. 조직학적 지표는 소화선의 조직학적 변화, 호염기성세포와 지방갈색소의 분포비율을 이용하였다. 소화선에서는 소화선세관 상피층의 파괴가 가장 높은 비율로 나타났다. 호염기성세포의 분포 비율은 6.1%로 나타났고, 지방 갈색소 분포 비율은 1.5%였다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제23권11호
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• pp.643-648
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• 2013

Activated carbon (AC) was synthesized from rice husks using the chemical activation method with KOH, NaOH, a combination of (NaOH + $Na_2CO_3$), and a combination of (KOH + $K_2CO_3$) as the chemical activating reagents. The activated carbon with the highest surface area (around $2000m^2/g$) and high porosity, which allows the absorption of a large number of ions, was applied as electrode material in electric double layer capacitors (EDLCs). The AC for EDLC electrodes is required to have a high surface area and an optimal pore size distribution; these are important to attain high specific capacitance of the EDLC electrodes. The electrodes were fabricated by compounding the rice husk activated carbons with super-P and mixed with polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) at a weight ratio of 83:10:7. AC electrodes and nickel foams were assembled with potassium hydroxide (KOH) solution as the electrolyte. Electrochemical measurements were carried out with a three electrode cell using 6 M KOH as electrolyte and Hg/HgO as the reference electrode. The specific capacitance strongly depends on the pore structure; the highest specific capacitance was 179 F/g, obtained for the AC with the highest specific surface area. Additionally, different activation times, levels of heating, and chemical reagents were used to compare and determine the optimal parameters for obtaining high surface area of the activated carbon.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.67-75
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• 2015

PV module is conventionally connected in series with some solar cell to adjust the output of module. Some bypass diodes in module are installed to prevent module from hot spot and mismatch power loss. However, bypass diode in module exposed outdoor is easily damaged by surge voltage. In this paper, we study the thermal and electrical characteristics change of module with damaged bypass diode to easily find module with damaged bypass diode in photovoltaic system consisting of many modules. Firstly, the temperature change of bypass diode is measured according to forward and reverse bias current flowing through bypass diode. The maximum surface temperature of damaged bypass diode applied reverse bias is higher than that of normal bypass diode despite flowing equal current. Also, the output change of module with and without damaged bypass diode is observed. The output of module with damaged bypass diode is proportionally reduced by the total number of connected solar cells per one bypass diode. Lastly, the distribution temperature of module with damaged bypass diode is confirmed by IR camera. Temperature of all solar cells connected with damaged bypass diode rises and even hot spot of some solar cells is observed. We confirm that damaged bypass diodes in module lead to power drop of module, temperature rise of module and temperature rise of bypass diode. Those results are used to find module with a damaged bypass diode in system.

• 대한기관식도과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기관식도과학회 1979년도 제13차 학술대회 연제순서 및 초록
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• pp.8.1-8
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• 1979

이비인후과영역의 microsurgery 는 중이수술을 위한 Otomicrosurgery에 이어 최근에는 후두 특히 성대의 수술에도 크게 이용되는 경향을 보이고 있다. 저자들은 1974년 8월부터 1579년 4월까지 4연5개월간 본에서 시행하였던 Suspension Lanpgoscope을 이용한 micro-surgery하에서 적출한 후두종괴 63례에 대해 임상통계적으로 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다. 1) Suspension Laryngoscope은 총 63례로 남자 34측(54%), 여자 29례(46%)이었고 남여비는 1.2 : 1이였다. 2) 연령별로는 30대가 20례(31.7%)로 가장 많았으며 40대(15.9%), 20대(14.3%), 50대(12.7%)의 순이었다. 3) 수술부위는 성문부가 61례(96.8%) 성문상부가 2례(3.2%)이었다. 4) 성문부위별로는 양측이 24례(38.1%), 우측 22례(34.9), 좌측 15례(23.8%)의 순이었다. 5) 질병별로는 조직생검결과에 준하였으며 후두결절이 30례(47.6%)로 가장 많았으며, 편평상피암 10례(15.9%), 후두용종 8례(12.7%), 후두유두종 5례(7.95%)이고 기타의 비특리성염증이 5례(7.95%)순이였다.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.129-134
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• 1997

HLA-A2 is one of the most diversified HLA-class I antigen with 17 subtypes so far identified at the molecular level. HLA-A*02 subtyping has significant implications on the tissue typing for organ and bone marrow transplantations. Recently, DNA-based typing methods have been successfully applied to the elucidation of HLA gene polymorphisms. In the present study, HLA-A*O2 genotyping was established by using nested polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primers (PCR-SSP) and distribution of A*O2 alleles were determined in Korean individuals. Genomic DNA prepared from four B-lymphoblastoid cell lines and lymphocytes from serologically defined 48 HLA-A2 Korean individuals by phenol/chloroform extractions was typed. The results of the four B-lymphoblastoid cells were consistent with the previous data typed by PCR analysis. Five A*O2 alleles-A*0201, A*0203, A*0206, A*0207 and A*0210-were commonly observed in a total of 17 A*02 alleles. Of these, A*0207 (f=49.0%) was the most frequent allele in Korean population. A*0206 (f=28.3%) and A*0201 (f=17.0%) were also found frequently while A*0203 and A*0210 types were observed in less than 5%. In conclusion, the high level of discrimination for HLA-A*O2 alleles will prove useful and informative in the study of transplant survival, and may identify the importance of allelic differences not readily detectable by serology on host and donor compatibility.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.222-227
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• 1992

Unlike carbohydrats and fats, alcohol is essentially foreign to the body and it is known that the body get rid of it by oxidizing alcohol maily in the liver. Acetaldehyde is produced during ethanol metabolism and is known to be oxidized mainly by aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). ALDH activity was found mainly in the mitochondrial fraction but a significant ALDH activity was also present in microsomal and cytosol fraction. Wistar rats (150~200 g, male) were given freely with 12% ethanol (Control) and/or 12% ethanol containing 0.1% ginseng saponins (Test) instead of water for 6 days and the liver was analyzed. ALDH activities of both control and test group were lower than that of normal group but test AkDH was less inhibited than control. ADH activies of both control and test were slightly higher than that of normal group but our previous data showed that it became gradually steady after prolonged ethanol feeding. MEOS activities of both control and test group were much higher than that of normal group. MEOS enzymes are inducible but the activity of test group was greatly higher than that of control. Ethanol containing [1-i4C] ethanol (5 $\mu$Ci) was injected to the above three groups and 30 min later, the distribution of radioactivity of hepatic lipids was investigated. Radioactivities of hepatic lipids of both control and test group were higher than that of normal group, however, that of test group was much lower than that of control. Analysis of individual lipids showed that phospholipid biosynthesis was significantly impaired and fatty acid and triglycerides biosynthesis were greatly stimulated. However, it was realized that the saponin prevented phospholipid biosynthesis depression and the increase of triglyceride biosynthesis considerably. It seemed that the saponin might stimulate ADH, ALDH and MEOS and the acetaldehyde formed would be removed faster. The excess hydrogen can be shunt more quickly into lipid biosynthesis. Electron microscopic observation showed that the hepatic cell of control group was si gnificantly damaged. Mitochondria were swollen and rough endoplasmic reticulum were dilated, however, hepatocytes of test group were not damaged.