• Applied Microscopy
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.1-13
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• 1986

The purpose of this study was to investigate the morphology and intercellular junctions of the odontoblast of dental pulp in the rat incisor by means of the freeze fracture electron microscopy. Twenty male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing $150{\sim}200g$ were used. After being anesthetized by an intraperitoneal injection of 0.5 ml sodium pentobarbital per kg in body weight(60 mg/ml) the animals were perfused with 2.5% glutaraldehyde-2% paraformaldehyde fixative in 0.1 M cacodylate buffer, pH 7.2 through the ascending aorta for one hour. The incisors were carefully extracted from the jaws and demineralized by suspending them in 0.1 M EDTA in 3% glutaraldehyde (pH 7.2) for two weeks. After demineralization, the specimens were obtained from the portion divided into five equal parts. For freeze-fracture replication, demineralized tissues were infiltrated for several hours with 10%, 25% glycerol in 0.1M cacodylate buffer as a cryoprotectant and then frozen in liquid Freon 22 and stored in liquid nitrogen. Fracturing and replication were done in Balzers BAF 400D high-vacuum freeze-fracture apparatus at $-120^{\circ}C$ under routine $5X10^{-7}$ Torr vacuum. The tissue was immediately replicated with platinum unidirectionally at $45^{\circ}$ angle and reinforced with carbon at $90^{\circ}$ angle unidirectionally or by using a rotary stage. The replication process was monitored by a quartz-crystal device. The replicas were immersed in 100% methanol overnight. The tissue was then digested from the replica by clorox (laundry bleach), placed into 5% EDTA, and washed repeatedly with distilled water. The replicas were picked up on 0.3% formvar-coated 75 mesh grids and examined in the JEOL 100B electron microscope. The results were as follows; 1. Both in thin sections and freeze-fracture replicas, three types of intercellular junctions were recognizable in the plasma membrane of odontoblast: gap junction, tight junction and desmosome-like junction. 2. The nuclear pores were evenly distributed over the nuclear envelope. The pore complex formed a ring about 70 nm in diameter. 3. Gap junctions were found between odontoblasts as well as odontoblasts and neighbouring pulp cells (fibroblast, subodontoblastic cell process, nerve-like fibre). Gap junctions, which were round, ellipsoid and pear-shaped and 600 nm in diameter, were observed in the odontoblast. 4. Numerous round and ellipsoid gap junctions could be frequently seen on the plasma membranes in cell body and apical part of the odontoblasts. On the P face, the junctions were recognized as a cluster of closely packed particles, measuring about 9 nm in diameter, and on the E face, the junctions were recognized as a shallow grooves.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.96-102
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• 2006

본 연구는 현재 시판중인 $Profile^{(R)},\;ProTaper^{(R)},\;K3^{(R)},\;Hero\;642^{(R)},\;Hero\;Shaper^{(R)}$를 단면을 비교하고 이들 5가지 NiTi 파일과 사용방법에 따른 피로 파절 소요 시간을 비교하고자 시행되었다. 각 NiTi전동파일의 치근단 1/3을 temporary resin에 매몰시키고 다이아몬드 표면처리된 버로 잘라내어, 초음파를 이용하여 세척 후, 주사전자현미경으로 단면을 관찰하였다. 주기적인 피로 실험을 수행하기 위해, 회전속도, pecking 거리를 자동적으로 조절할 수 있는 장치를 제작하고 파일을 만곡된 상태를 재현하기 위하여 15도 경사진 금속 토막에 위치시키고 분당 300회전의 속도로 회전시켜 파일이 파절될 때까지의 시간을 측정하였다. 사용방법에 따른 실험군은 동적군과 정적군으로 나누고 pecking 거리는 3 mm, 6 mm로 하였다. 실험결과 동적군 보다는 정적군의 피로파절 소요시간이 통계학적으로 유의차 있게 짧았으며 3 mm, 6 mm의 pecking distance에 따른 영향은 나타나지 않았다. 결론적으로 NiTi전동파일은 pecking motion으로 사용하는 것이 피로파절을 줄이는데 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.65-75
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• 2009

Objectives : Pyrite is one of the important prescriptions that has been used in oriental medicine for healing of fracture. It is reasonable, therefore, to postulate that native copper affects the process of bone metabolism and bone formation. The purpose of this study is to discover the effect of Pyrite on the healing of tibia fracture. Methods : 1. In vitro test : MG-63 cell in human body and the Pyritum in the ratio of 0.5mg/ml, 1.0mg/ml, 1.5mg/ml, 2.0mg/ml were incubated for 24 hours. After 24 hours, RNA was extracted via trizol reagent (Sigma, USA). In order to understand the activation of osteoblast, the level of OPN mRNA, osteopontin, was measured. 2. In vivo tesgroups normal group, control group and experimental group. Left tibia bones of mice in CON and JT groups were fractured by bone cutters. Pyrite was orally administered to the experimental group. After 14 days, each group's tibia specimen was constructed to observe changes in activation of proinflmmatory cytokines in relation to MIF and IL-6. Also, proliferation of osteoblast and osteopontin were measured via changes in levels of OPN and OPN mRNA. Results : In jn-Titro test, the level of OPN mRNA, osteopontin production was remarkably increased in Pyritum-treated MG-63 cells. In in-vitro test, fractured area in external tibia morphology was increased more in the JT group than that of the CON group. Osteogenesis, endochodrial ossification, and osteoid in fractured area were also increased more in the JT group than that of the CON group. Increase in OPN mRNA, osteopontin level and osteoblast's proliferation were observed. Activation of MIF and IL-6 was confirmed from the fracture region. Conclusions : From the result, development of a new stimulator in healing fracture via pyrite is expected.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2009

본 논문은 수리학적 현장 주입시험 기간 동안 고려될 필요가 있는 수리역학적 상호작용에 따른 균열암반매질의 수리학적 거동에 대한 수치적 연구이다. 이러한 주입시험은 굴착정 내에 설치된 개구간(open hole section)을 따라 높은 압력을 가진 유량을 주입하며, 이를 통해 굴착정을 가로지르는 균열로부터 유량을 측정하는 것이다. 시간에 따라 변화되는 유량측정결과는 수리역학적 상호작용에 대한 분석 및 예측을 위해 개발된 수치모형의 현장 적용성을 평가하기 위해 사용되었다. 유량측정결과 전도성이 있는 균열들은 상호의존적인 균열망을 형성하며, 이로 인해 균열망을 구성하는 개별적인 균열요소들은 독립적인 시스템으로서 적절하게 모형화 될 수 없음을 보여주었다. 또한 간극수압이 굴착정 주위에 작용하는 최소주응력을 초과할 때 새로운 유체유입영역이 발생되며, 이러한 최소주응력보다 훨씬 큰 간극수압은 굴착정 주위의 균열들에 의해 유지될 수 있다는 것을 보여주었다. 본 연구에서 이러한 특성들이 자연 상태의 균열망의 구성형태에 따라 어떻게 영향을 미치게 되는지 이산 균열망 모형을 통해 수치적으로 분석되었다.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.13-19
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• 1996

본 연구는 불연속면이 존재하는 암반에서 smooth blasting 이 실시되었을 때의 발파파단면의 형성기구를 밝히고, 효과적인 smooth blasting을 실시하기 위한 기술적 자료를 제공하기 위하여 수행되었다. 첫째, 불연속면의 경사와 발파공간거리에 의해서 형성되는 발파파단면의 형상을 I형(인접발파공이 직접 연결된 것), II형(단일 균열으로 연결된 것) 그리고 III형(방사상 균열에 의해서 형성된 것)으로 가정하고, 발파파단면의 요철도의 정도를 예측하는 방법을 제시하였다. 둘째 불연속면의 종류와 발파공에서 불연속면까지의 거리의 변화에 따른 발파균열의 상황을 검토하여 발파균열이 단일이나 방사상으로 되는 한계불연속거리를 결정하였다. 끝으로 불연속면의 종류, 발파공간거리 그리고 불연속면의 경사를 변화시킨 모형실험을 실시하여 파단면의 요철도를 실측하였다. 이 실측결과를 (2)식으로 계산되는 요철도의 예측치와 (3)식으로 계산되는 한계공간거리를 기준으로 대비함으로써 예측법의 타당성을 평가하였다. 실측치와 예측치를 불연속면의 종류와 경사별로 발파공간 거리를 기준으로하여 비교한 결과 overbreak + u 의 값은 예측치와 실험치가 높은 일치성을 나타내고, underbreak - u 의 값은 일치성이 다소 낮게 나타났으나 전체적으로 양호한 일치성을 나타냄으로써 파단면의 형성과 요철도의 예측법이 충분히 합리적이었음이 증명되어 불연속면을 함유하는 암반에서 Smooth Blasting 의 기구가 상당부분 밝혀졌다고 사료된다.

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2005

Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS), polycarbonate (PC) and their alloys are an important class of engineering thermoplastics that are widely used for automotive industry, computer and equipment housings. For the process of recycling mixtures of ABS and PC, it is desirable to know how sensitive the blend properties are to changes in compositions. It was for this reason that blends of virgin ABS and virgin PC at five different compositions, namely, $15\%,\;30\%,\;50\%,\;70%$ and $85\%$ by weight of ABS were prepared and characterised by rheological and mechanical measurements. Rheological properties of these blends in steady, oscillatory and transient step shear and mechanical properties, namely, tensile strength, elongation-at-break and Izod impact strength are reported. The results show that PC behaves in a relatively Newtonian manner, but ABS exhibits significant shear thinning. The ABS-rich blends show a trend that is similar to that of ABS, while PC-rich blends, namely $0\%$ and $15\%$, exhibit a nearly Newtonian behaviour. However, at a fixed shear rate or frequency, the steady shear or the dynamic viscosity varied respectively in a non-mono-tonic manner with composition. Except for $15\%$ blend, the viscosities of other blends fall into a narrow band indicating a wide-operation window of varying blend ratio. The blends exhibited a lower viscosity than either of the two pure components. The other noticeable feature was that the blends at $70\%$ and $85\%$ ABS content had a higher G' than pure ABS, indicating an enhancement of elastic effect. The tensile yield strength of the blends followed the 'rule of mixtures' showing a decreasing value with the increase of ABS content in PC. However, the elongation-at-break and the impact strength did not appear to obey this 'rule of mixtures,' which suggests that morphology of the blends also plays a significant role in determining the properties. Indeed, scanning electron micrographs of the fracture surfaces of the different blends validate this hypothesis, and the $15\%$ blend is seen to have the most distinct morphology and correspondingly different behaviour and properties.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.2374-2385
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• 1994

SiCw/Al composite material is especially attractive because of their superior specific strength, specific stiffness, corrosion fatigue resistance, creep resistance, and wear resistance compared with the corresponding wrought Al alloy. In this study, Fatigue crack growth behavior and fatigue crack path morphology(FCPM) of SiC whisker reinforced Al 6061 alloy with 25% SiC volume fraction and Al 6061 allay were performed. Result of the fatigue crack growth test sgiwed that fatigue crack growth rate of SiCw/Al 6061 composite was slower than that of Al 6061 matrix therefore it was confirmed that Sic whisker have a excellent fatigue resistance. And Al 6061 matrix had only FCPM perpendicular to loading direction. On the other hand SiCw/Al 6061 composite had three types in fatigue crack path morphology. First type is that both sides FCPM of artificial notch are perpendicular to loading direction. Second type is that a FCPM in artifical notch has slant angle to loading direction and the other side FCPM is perpendicular to loading direction. Third type is that both sides FCPM of notch have slant angle to loading direction. It was considered that this kinds of phenomena were due to non-uniform distribution of SiC whisker and confirmed by SEM observation for fracture mechanism study.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.157-171
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• 2019

액체 이산화탄소 파쇄법은 기존 수압 파쇄법에서 물 사용으로 발생하는 환경 문제를 완화시키기 위한 차세대 해결책으로 제안되어 왔으며, 액체 이산화탄소의 낮은 점성도를 이용하여 암석 공극 내 유체 주입을 수월하게 할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 액체 이산화탄소의 공극 내 주입이 파쇄 과정 중에 발생하는 파쇄 압력, 음향 방출, 균열 형상에 어떻게 영향을 미치는지에 대해 초점을 맞추었다. 이를 위해 점성도가 다른 액체 이산화탄소, 물, 오일을 파쇄 유체로 사용하여 주입 속도를 다르게 하며 인공적으로 제작한 다공성 모르타르 시편을 대상으로 실내실험을 수행하였다. 또한 기존 수압 파쇄법의 주 대상 암종인 셰일 시편의 실험에서 액체 이산화탄소 파쇄법에 의한 셰일의 파괴 특징들을 분석하였다. 실험 결과 이산화탄소 주입 시 균열이 더 비틀린 물결 형상을 띄었으며 특히, 셰일 시편에서는 그 균열 부피가 물 주입에 비해 더 발달하였다. 반면, 파쇄 유체와 파쇄 압력의 관계는 두 시편의 실험에서 반대의 경향을 보였다.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.159-170
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• 2009

Backgrounds and Objectives: A fracture means a loss of continuity in the substance of bone. Bone differs from other musculoskeletal tissue due to its ability to repair and heal itself without leaving a scar. The cutter head has multinucleated osteoclast cells to resorb the dead bone. The tail, with its conical surface, is lined with osteoblast cells laying down new bone. The conjugation of fracture is a unique biological process regulated by a complex array of signaling molecules and proinflammatory cytokines. Pyritum, one of the important prescriptions in the oriental medicine, has been used for conjugation fracture. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of administration of Pyritum on activation of osteoblast cells in human body & on tibia bone fracture in mice. Materials and Methods : Four weeks aged 30 female DBA mice were used for this study. They were divided three groups, normal group, control group(fracture elicitate mice: FE group) and experimental group(Pyritum administered mice group after fracture elicitation : PA group). Left tibia bones of mice in FE and PA groups were fractured by bone cutters. MG-63 cells in human body th Pyritum in the ratio of 1 mg/m${\ell}$, and the cells were further incubated for 24 hours. Activation of osteoblast was identified using osteopontin, FGF in vitro test. In vivo test, regeneration of fractured tibia through the morphological changes was observed, and also activation of inflammation through NF-${\kappa}$B p65, iNOS, COX-2, osteoblast through osteopontin, FGF and osteoblast's proliferation in each group was measured. Results and Conclusions : 1. In vitro test for activation of osteoblast cells in human body by Pyritum, osteopontin and FGF production were remarkably increased in Pyritum treated MG-63 cells. 2. In regeneration of fractured tibia by Pyritum, fractured area in external tibia morphology was decreased more in the PA group than that of the FE group. Osteogenesis in fractured area was increased more in the PA group than that of the FE group. Also, endochodrial ossification in central area of fracture and osteoid in lateral area of fracture were increased more in the PA group than those of the FE group. 3. In activation of inflammation by Pyritum administered, activation of NF-${\kappa}$B p65, increase of iNOS and COX-2 production were higher in the PA and the FE groups than those of the control group. Especially, the PA group showed higher activation and increase than those of the FE group. 4. In activation of osteoblast by Pyritum, increase of osteopontin, FGF and osteoblast's proliferation were higher in the PA and the FE groups than those of the control group. Especially, the PA group showed higher increase and proliferation than those of the FE group.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.106-111
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• 2007

In this research work attempts were made to study the bonding of thermo-plastics with adhesives using solar radiation. In order to study the curing behaviour necessary experiments were conducted under varying conditions of temperature, exposure time and power of solar energy. The cured samples were then studied under the optical microscope before subjecting to tensile testing in order to study their mechanical properties of thermo-plastics. The fracture surfaces were further studied under the Scanning Electron Microscopy(SEM) in order to research the microstructural changes that are taken place during curing. In order to measure the performance of solar energy cured joints the parameters such as; bond strength, surface morphology, the microstructual changes, variation in properties of adhesives bonded joints are compared to that of specimen cured at ambient conditions and specimen cured using microwave techniques.