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Effects of air-abrasion pressure on the resin bond strength to zirconia: a combined cyclic loading and thermocycling aging study

  • Al-Shehri, Eman Z.;Al-Zain, Afnan O.;Sabrah, Alaa H.;Al-Angari, Sarah S.;Dehailan, Laila Al;Eckert, George J.;Ozcan, Mutlu;Platt, Jeffrey A.;Bottino, Marco C.
    • Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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    • v.42 no.3
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    • pp.206-215
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    • 2017
  • Objectives: To determine the combined effect of fatigue cyclic loading and thermocycling (CLTC) on the shear bond strength (SBS) of a resin cement to zirconia surfaces that were previously air-abraded with aluminum oxide ($Al_2O_3$) particles at different pressures. Materials and Methods: Seventy-two cuboid zirconia specimens were prepared and randomly assigned to 3 groups according to the air-abrasion pressures (1, 2, and 2.8 bar), and each group was further divided into 2 groups depending on aging parameters (n = 12). Panavia F 2.0 was placed on pre-conditioned zirconia surfaces, and SBS testing was performed either after 24 hours or 10,000 fatigue cycles (cyclic loading) and 5,000 thermocycles. Non-contact profilometry was used to measure surface roughness. Failure modes were evaluated under optical and scanning electron microscopy. The data were analyzed using 2-way analysis of variance and ${\chi}^2$ tests (${\alpha}=0.05$). Results: The 2.8 bar group showed significantly higher surface roughness compared to the 1 bar group (p < 0.05). The interaction between pressure and time/cycling was not significant on SBS, and pressure did not have a significant effect either. SBS was significantly higher (p = 0.006) for 24 hours storage compared to CLTC. The 2 bar-CLTC group presented significantly higher percentage of pre-test failure during fatigue compared to the other groups. Mixed-failure mode was more frequent than adhesive failure. Conclusions: CLTC significantly decreased the SBS values regardless of the air-abrasion pressure used.

Effects of SIS Sponge and Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells on the Osteogenic Differentiation for Tissue Engineered Bone (SIS 스폰지와 골수유래줄기세포를 이용한 조직공학적 골분화 유도)

  • Park Ki Suk;Jin Chae Moon;Yun Sun Jung;Hong Keum Duck;Kim Soon Hee;Kim Moon Suk;Rhee John M.;Khang Gilson;Lee Hai Bang
    • Polymer(Korea)
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.501-507
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    • 2005
  • Small intestinal submucosa (SIS) had been widely used as a biomaterial without immune rejection responses. SIS sponges prepared by crosslinking with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC). SIS powders dissolved in $3\%(v/v)$ acetic acid aqueous solution for 48hrs and freeze-dried. EDC solution ($H_2O$ : ethanol = 5 : 95) as a crosslink agent was used in concentration of 100mM. In vitro, rat-BMSCs seeded in SIS sponges and induced the osteogenesis for 28 days. We have characterized the osteogenic potential of rat-BMSCs in SIS sponges by alkaline phosphatase activity(ALP), n assay, SEM and RT-PCR for osteogenic phenotype. In SEM, all morphology of SIS sponges was regular and showed interconnected pore structure. By RT-PCR analysis, we observed type I collagen expression. These results demonstrate osteogenic differentiation of rat-BMSCs. In conclusion, we confirmed that the morphology of surface, cross-section, and side of SIS sponges were highly porous with good interconnections between each pores, which can support the surface of cell growth, proliferation, and differentiation. This result indicates that SIS sponge is useful for osteogenesis of BMSCs.

Thermal Degradation of Thermoplastic Polyurethane Modified with Polycarbonate (열가소성 폴리우레탄으로 개질된 폴리카보네이트에서 TPU의 열분해)

  • 권회진;차윤종;최순자
    • Polymer(Korea)
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.314-325
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    • 2000
  • Thermal degradation of thermoplasitc polyurethane modified polycarbonate has been investigated by means of DSC, GPC and FT-IR techniques. The polyurethanes used in this study are TPU-35 and TPU-53 containing 35.5 and 53.4 wt% of hard segments, respectively. The more content of hard segment, the higher the glass transition temperature (T$_{g}$) of TPU was observed. On the other hand, the T$_{g}$ of the TPU modified PC decreased with the content of TPU and the annealing temperature regardless of the hard segment contents. The latter behavior nay arise from the thermal degradation of TPU upon annealing process: the observed thermal degradation temperatures were at 240 and 25$0^{\circ}C$ for the PC/TPU-35 and PC/TPU-53, respectively. The molecular weight, molecular weight distribution and viscosity agree well with the DSC measurement, which implicates a thermal degradation of TPU. In addition, thermal stability of the TPU modified PC linearly decreased with an incorporation of TPU. Transesterification or any interaction was not observed using FT-IR: the evidence was no frequency shift or any variance betwere the carbonyl stretching and NH group. For the specimens prepared below the degradation temperature, the enhancement of the thickness dependent impact strength of the PC/TPU blend was observed, and the morphology of the two blends was compared.d.

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Development of Herbicide Resistant Plant Through Plant Tissue Culture (제초제(除草劑) Butachlor 및 Simetryne에 저항성(抵抗性)인 식물체(植物體) 선발육성(選拔育成))

  • Kim, K.U.;Kim, S.H.
    • Korean Journal of Weed Science
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.200-207
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    • 1987
  • This study was conducted to select and develop herbicide resistant plant through tissue culture. Growth response of seedlings and callis of various rice varieties with Echinochloa species was assessed under the treatment of various rates of butachlor [N-(butoxy methyl)-2-chloro-2', 6'-diethyl acetamide] and simetryne [2,4-bis(ethyl amino)-6-methyl thio-1,3,5-triazine]. Further, succinate dehydrogenase activity was determined in herbicide treated callus to characterize different response of plants to herbicide. Rice variety like Sangpung showed relative resistance in both callus and seedling states against butachlor, indicating maintenance of resistance. However, in the simetryne treatment, the similar response was not observed in callus and seedling state, although there was a great different response among plant materials against simetryne. Rice variety which exhibited resistance in callus and seedling states showed low succinate dehydrogenase inhibition index. Succinate dehydrogenase inhibition index can be used as an important marker characters to differentiate varietal response of plant to herbicide. Rice plant was differentiated from butachlor and simetryne tolerant callus treated at $2.5{\times}10^{-5}$ M is growing under the growth chamber and can be used for resistant source.

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Effects of Dietary Supplementation of Microbial Complex on Improvement of Environment in Finishing Pig Building (복합미생물제제 급여가 비육돈사의 환경개선에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Tae-Wan;Kim, Chul-Wook;Kim, Doo-Hwan
    • Journal of Animal Environmental Science
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.171-178
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    • 2007
  • This study was carried out to investigate the effect of microbial complex diets on improvement of air quality in finishing pig building. Ammonia and hydrogen sulfide concentrations were significantly(p<0.05) decreased by dietary supplementation of 0.1% level of microbial complex compared with those of control according to the time in the finishing pig building. Characteristics of piggery liquid slurry that total nitrogen and $NH_3-N$ of treatment were reduced relatively compared with those of control, and were decreased depending on the time. In conclusion, the result obtained from this study suggest that the dietary supplementation of microbial complex for finishing pigs may improve environment in the finishing pig building.

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Implementation of A Patient Card Integrating System Using by IC Card To Share A Medical Information (진료정보 공유를 위한 IC카드 기반 병원 진찰 카드 통합 시스템 구축)

  • Pack D.H.;Lee N.Y.;Kim Y.J.;Lee K.B.
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.24 no.6 s.81
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    • pp.533-541
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    • 2003
  • In the paper. the health card system to integrate several cards into one card for protecting patient's privacy and security problems is proposed. Firstly, it is defined the minimal data set for integrating several patient cards into one card using IC card, and developed the issuing system to issue the integrated patient IC card. In order to secure and certificate a patient's personal information. the integrated patient IC card has applied 3-DES and the PKI certificate authority based Windows 2000 is established. The receipt and reservation system for taking care of a healthcare has developed to cooperate with the existing hospital computer system. The integrating patient IC card system proposed in this paper is implemented to 11 hospitals and used for 1.000 patients. On the result of the simulation. the proposed system can receive or reserve for a patient to take care of healthcare in the simulated hospitals and also establish the basis of the mechanism to share a medical information.

Triboelectrostatic Separation of Unburned Carbon from Flyash for Ash Recycling (마찰대전 정전분리기를 이용하여 석탄회에 함유된 미연탄소분 제거에 관한 연구)

  • 이재근;김성찬;손낙원;김두현;오정근
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.15-21
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    • 1997
  • Flyash from a coal-hed power plan1 is produced approximtcly 3 million tons m 1996 and causes the serious environmentalpmblem due to the disposal in the ash pond. Flyash is an accepted additive in concrete where it adds strength, sulfate ateresistanceand reduced cost, provided acccptablc levcls of unbunrned carbon are mmtmed This papzr describes to investigate thc technicalfeasibility of a dry triboelcctrostatlcp roccss to scparate unburned carbon h m f lyash into economically valuable produck Puliclesof unburned carbon and flyash can be impded positivc and negative surface charzes. rcapeclively. with a copper tniochargcr dueto dirferences in the work function values of thc particles and the tnbacharger. and cm he separated by passing thcm throuph anexternal electic field. A laboratory s d e separation system consists of r sacw feeder for ash supply, a tniocharger, verticalcollecling copper plates, power supplies, a flow meter, and a fan. Separation tests taking into account separahian efficiency and ashrecovery showed that flyash recovery was sh-nngly dependent an thc tnbocharger geomzhy, elect"c ficld strength. flyssh s ~ c a,n dash feeding late. Optimal separation conditions were flyash size less than 125 Fm and electric field shcngrh of 200 kV1m. Ovcr 80%of the flyash with 7% lass on ignition was recovered at wrbon contznts less than 3%bon contznts less than 3%

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A Study of the Removal Characteristics of Heavy Metal(loid)s using by Product from NoMix Toilet and its Characterization (NoMix toilet 에서 발생하는 부산물을 이용한 수용액내 (준)중금속 제거 특성 및 가능성 연구)

  • Shim, Jaehong;Lim, Jeong-Muk;Kim, Jin-Won;Kim, Hae-Won;Oh, Byung-Taek
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.28-39
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    • 2016
  • Struvite (MgNH4PO4 ⋅ 6H2O) and hydroxyapatite (HAP, Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2) precipitation in urine-separating toilets (NoMix toilets) causes severe maintenance problems and also reduce the phosphate and calcium content. Application of urine separating technique and extraction of by-products from human urine is a cost effective technique in waste water treatment. In this study, we extract urine calcite from human urine by batch scale method, using urease producing microbes to trigger the precipitation and calcite formation process. Extracted urine calcite (calcining at 800℃) is a potential adsorbent for removal of heavy metal(loid)s like (Cd2+, Cu2+, Ni2+, Pb2+, Zn2+ and As3+) along with additional leaching analysis of total nitrogen (T-N), phosphate (T-P) and chemical oxygen demand (COD). The transformations of calcite during synthesis were confirm by characterization using XRD, SEM-EDAX and FT-IR techniques. In additional, the phosphate leaching potential and adsorbate (nitrate) efficiency in aqueous solution was investigated using the calcinedurine calcite. The results indicate that the calcite was effectively remove heavy metal(loid)s lead up to 96.8%. In addition, the adsorption capacity (qe) of calcite was calculated and it was found to be 203.64 Pb, 110.96 Cd, 96.02 Zn, 104.2 As, 149.54 Cu and 162.68 Ni mg/g, respectively. Hence, we suggest that the calcite obtain from the human urine will be a suitable absorbent for heavy metal(loid)s removal from aqueous solution.

Comparative study of nutritional composition and color traits of meats obtained from the horses and Korean native black pigs raised in Jeju Island

  • Seong, Pil-Nam;Kang, Geun-Ho;Cho, Soo-Huyn;Park, Beom-Young;Park, Nam-Geon;Kim, Jin-Hyoung;Ba, Hoa Van
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.249-256
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    • 2019
  • Objective: The present study aimed at comparing the nutritional composition and color traits between two meat types: Horse meat and pork from Korean native black pigs raised in Jeju Island. Methods: After slaughter 24 h, the longissimus dorsi samples were taken from left side carcasses of the 32-mo-old Jeju female breed horses and the 6-mo-old Korean native black pigs (n = 10 each). The samples were then placed into cool boxes containing ice packs and transported to the Laboratory of Meat Science where all visual fats and connective tissues were trimmed off and then the samples were ground. All the samples were analyzed for nutritional composition (proximate composition, minerals, vitamins, fatty acids, and amino acids) and color traits. Results: The horse meat contained significantly higher collagen, moisture and protein than the pork (p<0.05). The Jeju horse meat showed more desirable fatty acid profiles such as containing significantly lower saturated fatty acids (SFA), higher polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) contents and PUFA/SFA ratios than the pork (p<0.05). Differences in concentrations of ten amino acids existed between the two meat types in which the horse meat had higher values for all these amino acids, total amino acids (20.33 g/100 g) and essential amino acids (10.06 g/100 g) than the pork (p<0.05). Also, the horse meat showed significantly higher concentrations of Fe (34.21 mg/100 g) and Cu (2.47 mg/100 g) than the pork (Fe, 17.42 mg/100 g and Cu, 1.51 mg/100 g) (p<0.05). All the vitamins detected showed statistical differences between the two meat types in which the horse meat had higher concentrations of vitamin B1 (25.19 mg/100 g), B2 (92.32 mg/100 g), B3 (2,115.51 mg/100 g), and B5 (67.13 mg/100 g) than the pork (p<0.05). Conclusion: Based on the results obtained in the study, it is concluded that the two meat types studied are rich in nutrients and the animal species strongly affected the nutritional values and color traits of the muscle tissues.

Elevational distribution and Flora of vascular plants along the Baekdudaegan trail(NeuljaeHaneuljae) (백두대간 등산로(늘재하늘재) 관속식물상 및 고도별 수직분포)

  • Kim, Se-Chang;Son, Yong Hwan;Han, Gyu-Il;Park, Seong-Ho;Seo, Han-na;Park, Wan-Geun
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2019.04a
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    • pp.66-66
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    • 2019
  • 본 연구조사의 대상지인 백두대간은 시점인 백두산에서 종점인 지리산까지 이어지는 한반도 전체를 관통하는 핵심 생태축이며, 남북한을 이어주는 산맥으로 인정되고 있다. 그 중 속리산 권역내 늘재하늘재(56.3km) 구간을 2018년 4월에서 10월까지 계절별로 식물의 고도별 수직분포, 식물상을 조사하여 한반도 식물의 기초 자료를 조사하고자 한다. 조사구간의 고도는 최저 310m에서 최고1,052m(평균 726m)로 전형적인 온대낙엽활엽수-침엽수 혼효림으로 구분된다. 주요 조사지인 300m1100m 고도에서 발견된 식물은 85과 227속 358종 4아종 37변종 5품종 총 404종이 출현하였으며 이중 한국특산식물은 노각나무, 자란초, 처녀치마 등 15과 19속 19종 2변종 총 21분류군, 희귀식물은 개병풍, 모데미풀 등 12과 19속 22종 총 22분류군, 기후변화 취약식물은 특산식물 9종, 남방계 1종, 북방계 16종으로 15과 20속 25종 총 25분류군으로 북방계 식물이 대다수 등장하였다. 고도별 분포를 보면 접속구간 300m 제외한 400m 107종, 500m 306종, 600m 137종, 700m 209종, 800m 190종, 900m 92종으로 종수-고도간 유의관계는 낮았으나, 생활형으로 구분한 목본(MM, M, N) 및 초본(CH, HH, H, G, Th, E)간 종의 구성비에서는 유의한 상관관계를 보였다. 400m에서 목본의 구성비는 40%였으나 고도에 따라 증가해 900m에서는 61%에 달했으며, 초본의 구성비는 60%에서 40%로 낮아졌다. 해당 구간의 이러한 경향을 봤을 때 마루금의 평균 해발고도 중심으로 식물이 주로 발견된 경향이 있으나 구성비의 변화를 봤을 때 700m를 중심으로 변화가 일어나고 있었으며 이는 각 정상부, 접속부의 물리적 환경의 차이로 이해된다.

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