• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.46-54
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• 2001

Background and Objectives : Nitric oxide(NO) is a short-lived molecule with messenger and cytotoxic functions in nervous, cardiovascular, and immune systems. Among the three distinct NOS isoforms, the neuronal isoform is expressed in small, discrete neuronal populations of CNS and PNS. Axonal injury in adult animals results in a dramatic NOS up-regulation in many types of central and peripheral neurons which normally lack the enzyme or express it only at very low levels. In previous study, we confirmed the efficacy of PEMS on the early functional recovery in rats with surgically transected and reanastomosed recurrent laryngeal nerve. Therefore, after we obtained functionally recovered rats using PEMS in this study, we studied to evaluate the expression of nNOS through the analysis of the difference between functional recovery group and non-recovery group in the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Materials and Method : Using 84 healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats, transections and primary anastomosis were performed on their left recurrent laryngeal nerves. Rats were then randomly assigned to 2 groups. The rats in group A(n=42) received PEMS by placing them in custom cages equipped with Helm-holz coils(3 hr/day, 5 days/wk, for 12 wk). The rats in group B(n=42) were handled the same way as the group A, except that they did not receive PEMS. Laryngovideoendoscopy was performed before and after surgery and followed up weekly. Laryngeal EMG was obtained in both PCA and TA muscles. Immunohistochemisty staining using monoclonal anti-neuronal nitric oxide synthase(nNOS) antibody was performed to detect nNOS in recurrent laryngeal nerve and nodose ganglion. Results : 20 rats(63%) in group A and 5 rats(17%) in the group B showed recovery of vocal fo1d motion. The number of NOS-positive cells was increased in functionally-recovered rats. NOS-staining intensity was reduced 12 weeks after nerve injury. The difference between PEMS group and non-stimulated group was not found. Conclusion : This study shows that nNOS may exert a beneficial effect on nerve regeneration and functional repair.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.213-220
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• 2001

Background: A previous study has shown that Euonymus alatus (EA) has an antidotic activities against inflammation, suggesting possibility that EA can exert this beneficial effects to liver injury by an initial protection against drug-induced hepatocyte demage. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the protective effect of EA-extract on experimentally induced hepatitis in ICR mice and to investigate some mechanisms responsible for its action. Methods: Water EA extract was used in this experiments. The mice received i.p. a dose of 700 mg/kg galactosamine (GalN) together with $5{\mu}g/kg$ of endotoxin (LPS), or received i.v. 12 mg/kg of concanavalin A (Con A). EA (4 mg/mouse) was administrated on day -2, -1 and 0 before induction of liver injury. Liver injury was assessed by measurement of serum alanin amino-transferase (SGPT) levels on 9 hr after GaIN.LPS, or 8 hr after con A administration. Results: Treatment with either GaIN or LPS alone did not cause hepatitis. However, simultaneous administration of GalN and LPS to mice resulted in LPS-dose dependent fulminant hepatitis. GaLN/LPS-induced liver injury was reduced when mice were given EA for 3 days before induction. This preventive effect of Ea was more prominent when EA was given by intraperitoneal route rather then by oral route. Pretreatment of EA or dexamethasone inhibited significantly $TNF{\alpha}$ production in GalL/LPS-injured mice. However, EA-treatment did not influence $TNF{\alpha}$-induced hepatitis in GalN-sensitized mice, suggesting that $TNF{\alpha}$ is likely to act as one of final mediators of endotoxin action and the protective effect of EA might be manifested chiefly by inhibition of endotoxin-induced $TNF{\alpha}$ production, not by blocking the $TNF{\alpha}$-action. Injection of Con A into mice evoked remarkable liver injury in a dose dependent fashion. This liver damage was reduced by EA-pretreatment. Dexamethasone significantly reduced both GalL/LPS-induced and Con A-induced liver damages, showing synergism with EA. However, indomethacin reduced only GalN/ LPS-induced hepatitis, not for Con A-induced hepatitis. Conclusion: These results led to the conclusion that EA may be able to contribute at least in part to prevent the drug-induced hepatotoxicity, and that its anti-hepatitis effects might be manifested directly by modulation of endogenous mediators, such as leukotriese D4, $TNF{\alpha}$ and free radical, and indirectly by regulation of immune mediated responses. Also these results suggested that EA could be developed as a potential antidotic agent.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.197-202
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• 2008

In our previous publication we compared the gene expression profiles on hepatotoxicants exposure to assess the comparability between in vivo and in vitro test systems. We investigated global gene expression from both mouse liver and mouse hepatic cell line treated with thioacetamide (TAA) and identified several common genes. In this study, we selected genes to validate them as potential biomarkers for hepatotoxicity on the relevance of in vitro and in vivo system. Three up-regulated, aquaporin 8 (Aqp8), glutathione peroxidase 1 (Gpx1), succinate-CoA ligase, GDP-forming, alpha subunit (Suclg1) and two down-regulated, DnaJ (Hsp40) homolog subfamily C member 5 (Dnajc5) and tumor protein D52 (Tpd52) genes were tested for their effects in vitro. For characterization of gene function, short interfering RNA (siRNA) for each gene was synthesized and transfected in mouse hepatic cell line, BNL CL.2. Cell viability, mRNA expression level and morphological alterations were investigated. We confirmed siRNA transfection against selected five genes induced down-regulation of respective mRNA expression. siRNA transfection in general decreased cell viability in different degrees and induced morphological changes such as membrane thickening and alterations of intracellular structures. This suggests that these genes could be associated with TAA-induced toxicity. Furthermore, these genes may be used in the investigation of hepatotoxicity for better understanding of its mechanism.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.557-565
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• 2010

Recently, regulations on toxic compounds in aquatic environment have been strengthened in korea due to the increasing public awareness of the water quality. Typically, these regulations include introduction of emerging toxic compounds and stricter effluent limitations for the already regulated compounds. However, too strict regulations may cause excessive burden on the industry. Therefore it is also important to assess the economic impacts when the new effluent limitation guidelines are introduced. The estimation of the additional cost for the wastewater dischargers to meet the new guidelines are based on the selected treatment technology to handle the hazardous substances and the regulatory levels for effluent limitations. To explore the procedures for cost estimation in enforcing new effluent limitations, a case study was performed specially for 1,4-dichlorobenzene. The pollutants of concern are surveyed for different industrial categories and various treatment technologies. For a given pollutant, the general performances of the treatment technologies are surveyed and a representative technology is selected. For a given technology, the capital cost and annual Operation and Maintenance (O&M) cost was calculated. The calculation of baseline costs to operate ordinary treatment technologies is also important. The ratio between the cost for introducing new treatment process and the baseline cost required for conventional technology was used to evaluate the economic impact on the industry. For 1,4-dichlorobenzene, steam stripping and activated carbon processes were selected as the specific treatment technologies. The cost effects to the regulation of the compound were found to be 6.4% and 14.5% increase in capital cost and O&M cost, respectively, at the flow rate over $2,000m^3/d$ for the categories of synthetic resin and other plastics manufacturing industry. For the case of petrochemical basic compounds manufacturing industry, the cost increases were 5.8% and 12.4%, respectively. It was suggested that cost effect analysis to evaluate the economic impacts of new effluent limitations on the industry is crucial to establish more balanced and reasonable effluent limitations to manage the industrial wastewater containing emerging toxic compounds in the wastewater.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.461-467
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• 1990

Acrylamide의 신경독성에 대해 조사하기 위하여 초기 후지마비 증상이 유도된 생쥐의 뇌를 SDS-PAGE와 이차원 전기영동법으로 분석한 결과, SDS-polyacrylamid gel 전기영동에 의해 처리군, 대조군 및 회복군을 비교하여 보았을때 두드러진 양상의 차이를 나타내지 않았으나 이차원 전기영동상에서 실험군간의 다소 상이한 단백질 양상이 관찰되었다. 특히, 처리군에서 spot 20(14,500, 5.64),21(19,900, 6.78)및 수개의 단백질이 소실되었으며 spot 9(31,300, 5.82),11(31,300, 5.36) 및 19(16,400, 5.42)들은 비교적 많이 감소되었다. 처리군에서 양적변화를 보인 이들 spot중에서 spot 20 (14,500, 5.64)는 회복군에서 대조군 보다 현저히 증가하였으나 spot 11(31,300, 5.36),19(16,400, 5.42) 및 다수의 spot들은 회복군에서 대조군과 대등한 양상을 보여주었다. 위와같은 실험결과는 acrylamide가 초기적 말초신경 장애를 나타내는 시기에 이미 뇌의 단백질대사에 관여함으로써 단백질합성이 저해되고, 이로 인하여 뇌의 조절능력이 부진하게 되어 결과적으로 중추신경계의 이상이 일어나게 된다는 것을 시사한다. 또한 손사에 대한 회복은투여된 농도 및 기간에 의존하여 acrylamide에 대한 노출이 중지된 후 점진적인 자구적 복구에 의해 이루어지는 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2004

집약적인 시설재배 농업에서 화학비료와 퇴비의 연용과 과다한 사용은 용탈현상이 제한되어 있는 시설재배 토양의 염류집적현상을 쉽게 유발시키고 있다. 토양중의 염류집적에 따른 수분 흡수의 어려움을 극복하기 위하여 식물은 여러 가지의 무기 및 유기용질을 체내에 축적하는데, 특히 토양 중에 그 함량이 높아 쉽게 이용할 수 있는 $NO_3$를 삼투압 조절물질로 흡수 축적하는 것으로 결론지을 수 있다. 안전농산물의 생산 측면에서 특히 시설재배 신선야채류의 $NO_3$ 축적을 줄이기 위한 노력이 요구되고 있으며, 이를 이해서는 과다한 시비의 지양과 광조건의 개선이 필요하며 이에 더하여 토양 염류집적을 줄일 수 있는 토양 관리 및 시비 방법들이 심각하게 고려되어야 할 것이다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제36권7호
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• pp.483-491
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 강화된 TP 처리를 위해, 처리해야 할 인 농도에 대한 응집제 최적 주입 비율을 보다 손쉽게 결정하고 조절할 수 있는 실시간 자동제어가 가능한 응집제 주입량 최적제어 시스템(M-COS)을 구성하였으며, 실제 하수처리장 현장실험을 통하여 유량과 수질 변동에 따른 현장 적용성을 검토하였다. 현장적용은 1월말(Period 1), 4월초(Period 2), 5월 중순(Period 3)의 각 시기에 M-COS가 설치된 pilot plant에서 운전?평가되었다. 그 결과, 수질에 따른 능동적 대처가 가능한 M-COS에 비해 대조군의 경우 과량으로 주입된 경우가 많이 발생하여, M-COS에 의한 응집제 절감률은 각 기간 동안 10.4%, 15.3%, 9.0%로 평균 11.6%가 절감되는 것으로 평가되었다. 또한, 응집제 주입에 따른 구입비, 슬러지 발생량, 슬러지 처리비용, 처리용량($1,000,000m^3/d$)을 반영한 처리비용 증가액을 예측하였다. 예측된 M-COS 실험군의 처리비용 증가액은 대조군 대비 각각 13.8%, 20.0%, 11.4%로 평균 15.0%의 비용절감 효과가 나타나, 현장적용이 가능함을 판단할 수 있었다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.563-571
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• 2020

공동구의 설치 목적은 반복굴착 방지, 재해·재난 예방 등이나 국내 공동구는 신도시 개발 계획에 포함되어 건설되었으며, 현재 기관별 의견 충돌 및 재원 조달의 문제로 공동구 설치는 어려운 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 신도시 및 기존 시가지의 공동구 활성화 개선방안 제시를 위하여 단계별 절차를 기준으로 연구를 진행하였다. 먼저 공동구 관련법 및 현황 조사를 수행하였으며, 현황에 대한 검토 및 분석을 기반으로 문제점을 도출하였다. 마지막으로 문제점 해결을 위한 개선방안을 제시하는 방법을 적용하였다. 관련법과 문제점을 기반으로 공동구 설치의무규모 선정을 위하여 최근 개발사업(도시개발, 택지개발, 도시재생) 현황을 분석하였으며, 공동구 설치의무규모 200만㎡ 이하에서의 경제적 타당성 분석을 통하여 적정 규모를 검토하였다. 신도시 및 기존시가지를 고려하여 공동구 추가설치지역 및 점용기관의 부담 경감을 위한 관리비 지원사항을 제안하였다. 또한 공동구 설치지역 검토를 위해 기본계획 등에 관한 세부 사항에 대하여 개선방안을 제시하였다. 본 논문은 향후 지역의 공동구 계획 및 설치 시 이해관계자의 원활한 업무 수행에 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.301-310
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• 2010

Bacillus subtilis strains produce a broad spectrum of bioactive peptides. The lipopeptide surfactin belongs to one well-known class, which includes amphiphilic membrane-active biosurfactants and peptide antibiotics. Both the srfA promoter and the ComP-ComA signal transduction system are an important part of the factor that results in the production of surfactin. Bs-M49, obtained by means of low-energy ion implantation in wild-type Bs-916, produced significantly lower levels of surfactin, and had no obvious effects against R. solani. Occasionally, we found strain Bs-M49 decreased spore formation and the development of competence. Blast comparison of the sequences from Bs-916 and M49 indicate that there is no difference in the srfA operon promoter PsrfA, but there are differences in the coding sequence of the comA gene. These differences result in three missense mutations within the M49 ComA protein. RT-PCR analyses results showed that the expression levels of selected genes involved in competence and sporulation in both the wild-type Bs-916 and mutant M49 strains were significantly different. When we integrated the comA ORF into the chromosome of M49 at the amyE locus, M49 restored hemolytic activity and antifungal activity. Then, HPLC analyses results also showed the comA-complemented strain had a similar ability to produce surf actin with wild-type strain Bs-916. These data suggested that the mutation of three key amino acids in ComA greatly affected the biological activity of Bacillus subtilis. ComA protein 3D structure prediction and motif search prediction indicated that ComA has two obvious motifs common to response regulator proteins, which are the N-terminal response regulator receiver motif and the C-terminal helix-turn-helix motif. The three residues in the ComA N-terminal portion may be involved in phosphorylation activation mechanism. These structural prediction results implicate that three mutated residues in the ComA protein may play an important role in the formation of a salt-bridge to the phosphoryl group keeping active conformation to subsequent regulation of the expression of downstream genes.

• 건축역사연구
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.25-41
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• 2003

This paper is a study of Le Corbusier's trace regulateur of the 1920s, particularly its role in the design of the Villas La Roche-Jeanneret and Stein-de Monzie. It proceeds on the basis of the following three themes: first, the relation between the regulating line and the dom-ino frame; second, its status as a proportional device based not on a module system but one that defines relations; third, its function as an essential practical device in the design process. In the Villa La Roche-Jeanneret, the embedded horizontal planes of the dom-ino frame were constant, but the vortical lines of the columns were altered according to the changes in plan. Initially, a left-hand bay window formed a symmetry with the right-hand bay window, the only constant in the design process. With subsequent changes, mullion sections of the horizontal window and roof elements came to provide the reference points for the regulating line. Eventually, a regulating line different from the one that controlled the bay window and the elongated volume came to control the entrance hall of Villa La Roche, resulting in three different kinds of regulating lines in the final version. In contrast to the Villa La Roche-Jeanneret, a singular and consistent regulation line was anticipated in the earliest design stages of the Villa Stein-de Monzie. The repetition of its A:B grid and the standard $2.5m{\times}1.0m$ sliding window determined the proportions of both its plan and elevation, and thus the regulating line became 'automatic,' losing its viability as a practical tool. Though the regulating titles of the La Roche-Jeanneret look as if they were an afterthought, drawn after the design was complete, they were most active, requiring tenacity and discipline in their application. On the other hand, the seemingly 'redundant' regulating line of the Villa Stein-de Monzie gains its raison d'etre from the dom-ino frame. Its cantilevers and uninterrupted horizontal window could be used in decisive fashion because of the guarantee that the correct proportion would always be maintained. Thus we discover that Le Corbusier's discipline of the 1920s had a certain spectrum of flexibility. His 'parti' ranged from the extremely loose and malleable grid of the Villa La Roche-Jeanneret to the fixed grid of the Villa Stein-de Monzie. In different ways, these projects retain the tension between the dom-ino frame and the regulating line. For Le Corbusier, as much as the grid was an object with fixed attributes, it was also an active medium manipulated by the will of the architect.