• 한국가스학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 국내 휘발성 유기화합물질의 주요 취급시설에 대한 조사를 통하여 배출원별 배출메카니즘을 정립하고, 새로운 배출량산정모델을 제안하였다. 또한 각 배출원에 적용가능한 배출저감기술과 각 기술의 경제성 평가기법을 제안하였다. 여기에 배출원 DB, 화학물질물성치 DB, 기상정보 DB, 배출계수 DB 등의 정보를 연계하여 휘발성유기화합물질 배출량산정 및 관리 소프트웨어 VEER(VOCs Emission Estimation and Reduction)를 개발하였다. 결국 본 연구를 통해 개발된 VEER를 이용하여, 휘발성 유기화합물질 취급업체, 관리기관, 연구기관 등에서 쉽고 정확하게 배출원 인벤토리를 구축하고, 배출량을 산정하며, 계산된 결과를 바탕으로 각 배출원의 배출유량과 농도에 적합한 휘발성 유기화합물질 배출 저감기술을 선택하고, 여러 저감기술들에 대한 경제성을 평가함으로써, 저비용의 배출량 저감 및 배출원 관리기술을 선택하고, 설계할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.555-563
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• 2016

For several years, we have conducted a series of studies on the patterns of ancient parasitism prevailing in the soil of rural and urban areas of past Kingdom of Korea. Actually, during our survey of paleoparasitology in archaeological sites of Korean peninsula, numerous ancient parasite eggs were discovered in the samples from the city districts of Hansung (Joseon) and Buyeo (Baikje), the palace moat at Gyeongju (Silla), shell-midden site at Bonghwang-dong (Silla to Joseon), and the reservoir found in Hwawangsansung fortress (Silla). By the paleoparasitological studies, with respect to parasitism in the high-density populations of ancient towns and cities, we have managed to catch glimpses of the patterns prevalent therein: a serious parasitic contamination of the soil in ancient urban areas, but not in rural areas of the past. Our historical research also proposed the plausible mechanism of parasite infection very serious indeed among urban populations in Korean history. Although city dwelling doubtless has accrued significant benefits for people and populations with agriculture, it can be equally supposed that living in such highly populated areas might have facilitated the spread of parasite infection.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.26-32
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• 2015

Toll-like receptors (TLR) 7 and 9 transduce a cellular signal through the MyD88-dependent pathway and induce the production of inflammatory mediators against microbial nucleotide components. The repeated stimulation of TLR4 leads to endotoxin tolerance, but the molecular mechanisms of tolerance induced through the costimulation of individual TLR has not yet been established, although endosomal TLRs share signaling pathways with TLR4. In the present study, mouse macrophages were simultaneously stimulated with the TLR7 agonist, gardiquimod (GDQ), and the TLR9 agonist, CpG ODN 1826, to examine the mechanism and effector functions of macrophage tolerance. Compared with individual stimulation, the costimulation of both TLRs reduced the secretion of TNF-${\alpha}$ and IL-6 through the delayed activation of the NF-${\kappa}B$ pathway; notably, IL-10 remained unchanged in costimulated macrophages. This tolerance reflected the early induction of suppressor of cytokine signaling-1 (SOCS-1), according to the detection of elevated TNF-${\alpha}$ secretion and restored NF-${\kappa}B$ signaling in response to the siRNA-mediated abrogation of SOCS-1 signaling. In addition, the restimulation of each TLRs using the same ligand significantly reduced the expression of both TLRs in endosomes. These findings revealed that the costimulation of TLR7 and TLR9 induced macrophage tolerance via SOCS-1, and the restimulation of each receptor or both TLR7 and TLR9 downregulated TLR expression through a negative feedback mechanisms that protects the host from excessive inflammatory responses. Moreover, the insufficient and impaired immune response in chronic viral infection might also reflect the repeated and simultaneous stimulation of those endosomal TLRs.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.598-607
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• 1992

본 연구에서는 고온중 장시간 사용중에 일어나는 야금학적 성질의 변화의 추 원인인 특정 탄화물을 비파괴적으로 검출하기 위해, 최근에 연구 되고 있는 전기화학 적 방법을 응용하기 위한 기초연구이다. 한편으로는 비파괴적 방법의 실험실적 연구 를 현장에 응용시키기 위한 시도를 행하고, 본 연구 결과를 이용한 향후 설비 진단 시 스템의 개요를 고찰해 보인다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.3532-3536
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• 2012

난자 세포의 정상적인 성숙과정을 이해하려면 모계유래 유전자 발현 증가의 분자 생물학적 기전을 밝혀내야 한다. 이것은 모계 유전자의 염기서열의 변화와 밀접한 관계가 있다. 전 연구결과에 의하면 돼지 난자 체외 성숙과정에서의 모계 유전자 mRNA 발현은 통상적으로 poly(A) 꼬리 길이와 아데닐산 중합반응에 의하여 검증된다. 하지만 포유동물 체외성숙 과정에서는 아직까지 밝혀진 것이 없다. 따라서 본 연구목적은 성숙단계 난모세포에서의 분자생물학적 기전을 해명하고자, 4개의 중요한 모계유전자발현을 real-time PCR기법으로 확인하여 poly(A) 꼬리 길이와 아데닐산중합반응의 변화를 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 접합체 유전자 활성화 단계에서 모계 유전자의 비정상적인 발현과 이것에 상응하는 단백질 수준의 억제는 일부 혹은 대부분 유전자 손실에 의하여 초래된 것임을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 이상적인 모계 유전자 발현은 난자 세포의 성숙 및 더 나가서 초기 배아 발달에 중요한 역할을 하는 것임을 확인 하였다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권11호
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• pp.1766-1775
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• 2021

Objective: The oxidative stress status and changes of chicken ovary tissue after shading were studied, to determine the mechanism of the effect of shading on follicular development. Methods: Twenty healthy laying hens (40 weeks old) with uniform body weight and the same laying rate were randomly divided into two groups (the shading group and normal light group). In the shading group, the cage was covered to reduce the light intensity inside the cage to 0 without affecting ventilation or food intake. The normal lighting group received no additional treatment. After 7 days of shading, oxidative stress related indicators and gene expression were detected. Results: Analysis of paraffin and ultrathin sections showed that apoptosis of ovarian granulosa cells (GCs) increased significantly after light shading. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay results revealed that the levels of total antioxidant capacity, malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione, catalase (CAT), and other substances in the sera, livers, ovaries, and follicular GCs of laying hens increased significantly after shading for 7 days; and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels in the livers of laying hens also increased significantly. ROS in the serum, ovarian and GCs also increased. After shading for 7 days, the levels of 8-hydroxy-2 deoxyguanosine in the sera and ovarian tissues of laying hens increased significantly. Cell counting kit-8 detection showed that the proliferation activity of GCs in layer follicles decreased after shading for 7 days; the expression level of the anti-apoptotic gene B-cell lymphoma-2 in ovarian tissue and follicular GCs was significantly reduced, and the expression levels of pro-apoptotic caspase 3 (casp3), and SOD, glutathione peroxidase 2 (GPX2), and CAT were all significantly increased. Conclusion: Oxidative stress induced by shading light has a serious inhibitory effect on follicular development during reproduction in laying hens.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2019

N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) is a typical nitrogen disinfection by-product, which has posed a potential threat to human health during drinking water disinfection. Because of the well-known effects of mutagenesis, carcinogenesis and teratogenesis, the high detection rate in water engineering systems (such as coagulation, membrane filtration and biological systems), and difficulty to remove, it has received wide concern in the field of water engineering systems. The NDMA is a low molecular weight hydrophilic organic substance, which is difficult to remove. Also, the mechanism for NDMA formation is also recognized to be complex, and many steps still needed to be further evaluated. Therefore, the mechanistic knowledge on NDMA formation potential and their removal processes is of particularly interest. Few papers summarize the occurrence and control of NDMA in water engineering systems. It is for this reason that the content of this paper is particularly important for us to understand and control the amount of NDMA thus reducing the threat of disinfection by-products to drinking water. Four parts including the mechanisms for the NDMA formation potential, the factors affecting the NDMA formation potential, the technologies for removal of NDMA are summarized. Finally, some definite suggestions are given.

• 정보보호학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.179-188
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• 2012

악성코드의 탐지 및 분석 회피 기술 중 실행 압축 기술은 악성코드의 용량을 줄이고 분석가가 코드를 분석할 때 혼란을 주도록 코드를 변형하고 있다. 따라서 악성코드의 확산이 용이해지고 분석하는데 시간이 오래 걸려 신속한 대응이 어렵게 만들고 있다. 최근에는 이러한 실행 압축된 악성코드에 대응하기 위하여 실행 압축 해제 관련 연구가 진행되고 있다. 실행 압축 프로그램은 실행되면 실행 압축을 해제하게 된다. 실행 압축 해제 때 압축되어 있던 데이터가 해제 되면서 실행 압축 파일의 데이터가 변경되거나 추가되어 데이터의 변화가 생기게 된다. 이때 이러한 변화 때문에 실행 압축 파일의 엔트로피 값이 변화하게 된다. 실행 압축 해제가 끝나게 되면 이러한 데이터 변화가 끝나고 실제적인 프로그램이 수행되므로 엔트로피 값이 변화하지 않게 된다. 그러므로 이러한 성질을 이용하여 실행 압축 해제되는 시점을 찾게 되면 실행 압축 알고리즘에 상관없이 실행 압축을 해제 할 수 있게 된다. 본 논문에서는 실행 압축 파일의 압축 해제 때의 엔트로피 값 변화량을 보고 실행 압축 해제가 끝나는 시점을 판단하여 실행 압축을 해제하는 방법을 제안한다.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.239-248
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• 2020

The performance of the facial recognition system is determined by many technical factors. Further, most of the technical factors have been realized or are still in continued research. The recognition rate has a great influence on performance not only by technical factors but also by other factors. However, researchers are trying to improve the recognition rate by focusing only on technical factors. The mechanism of recognizing is to compare a face image obtained by photography to an already stored face image and determine the score of the similarity. However, if the photographed image is damaged by external light, even a system with a good algorithm will fail to recognize it. Therefore, it is important to prevent the disturbance of light entering from the outside, so it should be blocked, but the camera will not work without light. Thus, it is proposed that a method to secure the external light but block the disturbance of light that affects photography. A method of blocking disturbance light is to use a polarization filter. There are three polarization methods: circular polarization, linear polarization, and elliptical polarization. In this paper, an experiment was performed to overcome disturbance of light using only a circularly polarized filter. In addition, a lighting system that reproduces disturbance light was provided for the experiment, and light of varying intensities and angles was installed to affect the face recognition camera. As a result of actual application, it was determined that a very improved recognition performance in various disturbance light environments.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.263-267
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• 2022

The aim of this study was to determine whether the antibacterial activity of chitosan-modified Fe₃O₄ (CS@Fe₃O₄) nanomaterials against Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is mediated through changes in biofilm formation and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. For this purpose, the broth dilution method was used to examine the effect of CS@Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles on bacterial growth. The effects of CS@Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles on biofilm formation were measured using a semi-quantitative crystal violet staining assay. In addition, a bacterial ROS detection kit was used to detect the production of ROS in bacteria. The results showed that CS@Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles had a significant inhibitory effect on the colony growth and biofilm formation of drug-resistant A. baumannii (p < 0.05). The ROS stress assay revealed significantly higher ROS levels in A. baumannii subjected to CS@Fe₃O₄ nanoparticle treatment than the control group (p < 0.05). Thus, we demonstrated for the first time that CS@Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles had an inhibitory effect on A. baumannii in vitro, and that the antibacterial effect of CS@Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles on drug-resistant A. baumannii was more significant than on drug-sensitive bacteria. Our findings suggest that the antibacterial mechanism of CS@Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles is mediated through inhibition of biofilm formation in drug-resistant bacteria, as well as stimulation of A. baumannii to produce ROS. In summary, our data indicate that CS@Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles could be used to treat infections caused by drug-resistant A. baumannii.