• 한국중재학회지:중재연구
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.61-80
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• 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a decision on the case between AT&T and Concepcion, which confirmed the contractuality of a defense as a threshold to distinguish between what is a viable defense for invalidation of consumer arbitration agreement and what is not. In this paper, the adhesiveness of arbitration clause, which is a unique character for consumer arbitration, is investigated in the U.S. as a legal defense to invalidate the consumer arbitration agreements, and its contractuality and related legal doctrines are analyzed. The legal issues of consumer arbitration have been analysed in several legal perspectives including the voluntary, knowing and intelligent doctrine, doctrine of separation, contract of adhesion and the contractuality of defenses. Among all of these, the first three issues are related with arbitration clause, and the last one, the contractuality of defenses, reflects the nature of defenses invalidating the consumer arbitration agreement.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권3_spc호
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• pp.443-448
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• 2021

Objective: Astaxanthin is a natural super antioxidant. The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of astaxanthin rich Phaffia rhodozyma (PR) supplementation in diets on laying production performance, egg quality, antioxidant defenses and immune defenses in laying hens. Methods: A total of five hundred and twelve 60-week-old Lohmann Brown laying hens (2,243±12 g) were randomly assigned to four groups, each including 4 replicates with 32 birds per replicate. Astaxanthin rich PR was added to corn-soybean meal diets to produce experimental diets containing 0 (Control), 800 mg/kg, 1,200 mg/kg, and 1,600 mg/kg PR, respectively. The astaxanthin content in the diet was 0.96 mg/kg, 1.44 mg/kg and 1.92 mg/kg respectively. Results: Results showed that dietary PR supplementation tended to increase daily feed intake (p = 0.0512). There was no effect of astaxanthin rich PR on Haugh units, albumen height, egg shape index, eggshell strength, and eggshell thickness at weeks 6 (p>0.05). However, egg yolk color was significantly improved (p<0.05). In addition, astaxanthin rich PR supplementation significantly increased serum glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activity (p<0.05), increased serum immunoglobulin G content (p<0.05), and reduced malondialdehyde content (p<0.05) in laying hens. Conclusion: In conclusion, astaxanthin rich PR can improve the color of egg yolk, enhance the antioxidant defenses, and regulate the immune function.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.103-135
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• 2013

본 논문은 '경쟁제고'와 '반사실'의 두 가지 핵심 개념을 중심으로 경쟁제한적 기업결합 심사에서 항변으로 고려되는 효율성 및 파산기업 문제의 경제적 근거와 인정 요건들을 정합적으로 설명한다. 효율성 항변에 대해서는 그 경제적 근거가 효율성 증대 자체보다 효율성 증대가 초래하는 경쟁제고 효과에 있음을 강조한다. 파산기업 항변에 대해서는 당해 기업결합이 진행된 후의 경쟁 상황이 그렇지 않은 반사실 경우의 그것과 크게 다르지 않다는 점이 주요 경제적 근거라고 설명한다. 이러한 이해 방식은 최근의 관련 국제 논의 및 경쟁법 선진국들이 운용하고 있는 기업결합 가이드라인에 공통으로 나타나고 있는 것이다. 이러한 이해를 바탕으로 할 경우 항변의 인정 요건들도 정합적으로 설명된다. 또한, 본 논문에서는 이러한 이해를 바탕으로 그 간의 국내 기업결합 심사 사례들에 대한 분석을 통해 우리나라 "기업결합심사기준"에 대한 개선 방향을 제시한다. 효율성과 관련해서는 소비자 이전 가능성 요건 합병 특유성 인정 요건으로서의 제3자와의 기업결합 문제 등을 논의하며, 파산기업과 관련해서 경제적 근거 포함 문제 등을 논의한다.

• Safe Food
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.6-10
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• 2008

• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.34-48
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• 2020

Currently, cybersecurity technologies are primarily focused on defenses that detect and prevent cyberattacks. However, it is more important to regularly validate an organization's security posture in order to strengthen its cybersecurity defenses, as the IT environment becomes complex and dynamic. Cyberattack simulation technologies not only enable the discovery of software vulnerabilities but also aid in conducting security assessments of the entire network. They can help defenders maintain a fundamental level of security assurance and gain control over their security posture. The technology is gradually shifting to intelligent and autonomous platforms. This paper examines the trends and prospects of cyberattack simulation technologies that are evolving according to these requirements.

• 한국미생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물학회 2004년도 International Meeting of the Microbiological Society of Korea
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• pp.47-50
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• 2004

The defenses against free radical damage include specialized repair enzymes that correct oxidative damages in DNA, and detoxification systems such as superoxide dismutases. These defenses may be coordinated genetically as global responses. We hypothesized that the expression of the SOD and the DNA repair genes would inhibit DNA damage under oxidative stress. Therefore, the protection of E. coli mutants deficient in SOD and DNA repair genes $(sod^-\;xth^-\;and\;nfo^-)$ was demonstrated by transforming the mutant strain with a plasmid pYK9 which encoded Photobacterium leiognathi CuZnSOD and human AP endonuclease. The results show that survival rates were increased in $sod^+\;xth^-\;nfo^+$ cells compared to $sod^-\;xth^-\;ap^+,\;sod^-\;xth^-\;ap^-,\;and\;sod^+\;xth^-\;ap^-$ cells under oxidative stress generated from 0.1 mM Paraquat or 3 mM $H_2O_2$. The data suggested that, at least, SOD and DNA repair enzymes may have collaborate protection and repair of the damaged DNA. Additionally, both enzymes are required for protection against free radicals.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.1-4
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• 2008

A gene's influence on an organism's Darwinian fitness ultimately determines whether it will be lost, maintained or modified by natural selection, yet biologists have few gene expression systems in which to measure whole-organism gene function. In the Department of Molecular Ecology at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology we are training "molecularly enabled field biologists" to use transformed plants silenced in the expression of environmentally regulated genes and the plant's native habitats as "laboratories." Research done in these natural laboratories will, we hope, increase our understanding of the function of genes at the level of the organism. Examples of the role of threonine deaminase and RNA-directed RNA polymerases illustrate the process.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2013

Autophagy is a fundamental cellular process in eukaryotic cells for maintaining homeostasis by degrading cellular proteins and organelles. Recently, the roles of autophagy have been expanded to immune systems, which in turn modulate innate immune responses. More specifically, autophagy acts as a direct effector for protection against pathogens, as well as a modulator of pathogen recognition and downstream signaling in innate immune responses. In addition, autophagy controls autoimmunity and inflammatory disorders by negative regulation of immune signaling. In this review, we focus on recent advances in the role of autophagy in innate immune systems.

• 생태와환경
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.107-114
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• 2009

Daphnia pulex와 D. galeata에 대한 실잠자리류 유충의 포식 특성과 이들이 포식자로서 분비하는 화학물질에 의해 유도되는 두 종의 물벼룩의 생활사 및 형태적 방어 반응을 어류 포식자인 배스에 대해 나타내는 반응과 비교분석 하였다. 실잠자리류의 유충은 낮과 밤에 관계없이 섭식활동을 하며 상대적으로 작은 크기의 물벼룩을 주로 포식하였고, 소형의 D. galeata에 대한 포식율이 높았다. D. pulex는 실잠자리류 유충과 배스가 분비한 카이로몬에 대하여 생활사 및 형태적 변화를 나타내었다. D. galeata는 실잠자리류 유충에 상대적으로 높은 포식압에도 불구하고 배스의 카이로몬에 대한 반응만을 나타냈다. 본 실험의 결과는 다양한 포식자에 대응하는 생존전략이 물벼룩 종에 따라 다를 수 있음을 보여주었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.184-191
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• 2014

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of respiratory infection in infants and young children. Severe clinical manifestation of RSV infection is a bronchiolitis, which is common in infants under six months of age. Recently, RSV has been recognized as an important cause of respiratory infection in older populations with cardiovascular morbidity or immunocompromised patients. However, neither a vaccine nor an effective antiviral therapy is currently available. Moreover, the interaction between the host immune system and the RSV pathogen during an infection is not well understood. The innate immune system recognizes RSV through multiple mechanisms. The first innate immune RSV detectors are the pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), including toll-like receptors (TLRs), retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I)-like receptors (RLRs), and nucleotide-biding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors (NLRs). The following is a review of studies associated with various PRRs that are responsible for RSV virion recognition and subsequent induction of the antiviral immune response during RSV infection.