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Cloning and Characerization of the Ribosomal RNA Gene from Gonyaulax polyedra

  • Lee, Hee-Gyun;Lee, Ji-Yeon;Lee, Dong-Hee
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.515-523
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    • 2001
  • The dinoflagellates have some primitive nuclear features and are evolutionarily intermediate between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The small subunit ribosomal RAN gene, the 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of Gonyaulax polyedra were cloned, and their sequences were analyzed to better understand their evolutionary position. The small subunit ribosomal RNA gene was 1,794 nt long, the large subunit ribosomal RNA gene was approximately 3,500 nt long, and the 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene was 159 nt long. The first internal transcribed spacer (ITS1) was 191 nt long, and the second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) was 185 nt long. The intergenic spacer of the ribosomal RNA gene (IGS) was about 2,200 nt long, indicating that 5,800 nt of transcribed sequences were separated by roughly 2,200 nt of intergenic spacer. The ribosomal RNA genes were repeated many times and arranged in a head-to-tail, tandemly repeated manner. The repeating unit of ribosomal RNA gene of G. polyedra was proposed to be 8,000 nt long. Based on the lengths of ribosomal RNA, sequence alignments with representative organisms, and phylogenetic analysis on ribosomal RNA, G. polyedra appears to be one of the alveolates branched from the eukaryotic crown and, among dinoflagellates, it seems to not have emerged early.

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Spermatozoan Ultrastructure of 4 Species in Mactridae (개량조개 과 4종의 정자미세구조)

  • Kim Jin Hee;Yoo Myong Suk
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.504-511
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    • 2002
  • Ultrastructure and sperm morphology were investigated Mactra venerifomis, Mactra chinensis, Spisula sacharinensis, Tresus keenae in Mactridae. All the sperm studied were primitive type. They consisted of three parts; the head, the middle piece and the tail part. The acrosome forms were similar among the 4 species. The acrosome was shaped like a modified hat. It was consisted of two different parts in electronic density; the anterior part, electric lucent part (elp), and the posterior part, electric dense part (edp). But nuclei forms were slightly different among the species. All the species studied had 4 mitocondria at middle piece. We guessed that the Mactridae sperm were family-specific with characterful acrosome shape.

Ferroelectric Domans in $BaTiO_3$ ($BaTiO_3$의 강유전성 분역)

  • 박봉모;정수진
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.56-64
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    • 1996
  • A large amount of papers about the cubic-to-tetragonal phase transition the ferroelectric domain structures of the BaTiO3 were already reported but there exist still some needs to observe the domain behaviors directly. In this study the domain structures of the tinned plates prepared from ta single crystal grown by the TSSG technique were observed using a polarizing microscope TE and X-ray topography. The spatial relation be-tween the orientation states of domains was investigated and the effects of external stresses and electric fields on the behaviors of ferroelectric and ferroelastic domains were studied. All the 90$^{\circ}$walls cut off in the crystal are the wedge shaped lamellar domains and all the straight boundaries in the observed domain patte군 can be interpreted as the head-to-tail 90$^{\circ}$walls. The irregular overlapped boundaries commonly observed by using a polarizing microscope and X-ray topography are complex combinations of well-known 90$^{\circ}$walls and are domain walls were predominant and were stabilized after surface polishing. In the paraelectric phase region the domain walls vanished but the residual surface strain patterns could be seen at the same positions of the stabilized 90$^{\circ}$a-a walls in the tetragonal phase region, These stabilized walls resulted from the surface strain had a memory effect in domain formation during the repeated phase transitions and could notr be affected by an external electtric field.

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Fuzzy Distance Estimation for a Fish Robot

  • Shin, Daejung;Na, Seung-You;Kim, Jin-Young
    • International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.316-321
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    • 2005
  • We designed and implemented fish robots for various purposes such as autonomous navigation, maneuverability control, posture balancing and improvement of quick turns in a tank of 120 X 120 X 180cm size. Typically, fish robots have 30-50 X 15-25 X 10-20cm dimensions; length, width and height, respectively. It is essential to have the ability of quick and smooth turning to avoid collision with obstacles or walls of the water pool at a close distance. Infrared distance sensors are used to detect obstacles, magneto-resistive sensors are used to read direction information, and a two-axis accelerometer is mounted to compensate output of direction sensors. Because of the swing action of its head due to the tail fin movement, the outputs of an infrared distance sensor contain a huge amount of noise around true distances. With the information from accelerometers and e-compass, much improved distance data can be obtained by fuzzy logic based estimation. Successful swimming and smooth turns without collision demonstrated the effectiveness of the distance estimation.

Mass Sensing Properties of Fatty Acids System LB Films (공진주파수와 저항을 이용한 지방산 LB막의 질량감지 특성)

  • 진철남;김경환;강현욱;권영수;장정수
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1998.06a
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    • pp.419-422
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    • 1998
  • There are lots of researches which are using quratz crystal in order to apply it to sensors, for example, mass detect sensor, humidity sensor, gas sensor, etc. We tried to apply quartz crystal to the sensor using the resonant frequency and the resistance properties. Four kinds of fatty acid which are having the same head group are coated at the surface of quartz crystal, the shift of the resonant frequency and the resistance are observed according to length of the tail group. Myristic acid$(C_{14})$, palmitic acid$(C_16)$, stearic acid$(C_{18})$, and arachidic acid$(C_{20})$ were coated by Langmuir-Blodgett(LB) technique. As results, the resonant frequency shift was observed linearly. However, there are some difference compared with Sauerbrey's equation. It can be explained by the effect of the temperature property and/or humidity. On the other hand, the shift of the resistance was observed nonlinearly.

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Anatomical Ultrastructure of Spermiogenesis and Spermatozoa of Pseudobagrus fulvidraco (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Korea (한국산 동자개(Pseudobagrus fulvidraco)의 정세포변형과정과 성숙한 정자의 미세해부학적 구조(Siluriformes: Bagridae))

  • Kim, Kgu-Hwan;Kwon, Deok-Mun
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.81-86
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    • 2009
  • The spermiogenesis and mature spermatozoa of Pseudobagrus fulvidraco were described by means of scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Spermiogenesis is characterized by lateral development of the flagellum, nuclear rotation, deep nuclear fossa formation and compaction into thick granules. The spermatozoa exhibit a round head containing a nucleus that lacks an acrosome, and having a midpiece and a flagellum. The midpiece is small and has a short cytoplasm including several mitochondria separated from the tail by the cytoplasmic canal. The flagellum contains the 9+2 classical axoneme structure and has two axonemal fins. The presence of axonemal fins in the flagellum is a common character in Bagridae. The interrelationships among the Bagridae as well as other teleosts are herein discussed.

A study of overspeed-protection furling mechanism of Small Wind Turbine (소형 풍력의 과풍속 보호 장치에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hyoung-Gil;Kim, Chul-Ho;Seo, Young-Taek;Oh, Chul-Soo
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2007.07a
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    • pp.959-960
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    • 2007
  • The wind power has been used steadily since long ago, but the importance of it has been faded because of the abundant and convenient fossil energy. Now, due to the energy crisis, experiencing the environmental problems etc, the necessity of using it growing bigger. Because the small wind turbines under a few kW grade has the merits of setting up with low costs by individuals, and get the energy saving effects that, it has the secured, separate markets from the range systems, and the developing of it is continuously proceeding. The small wind turbine system must have the output power regulating system for the over wind speed, to run steadily in the various wind speed environment. In case of the small wind turbine system, to prevent the breaking and for safety, at the over wind speed, additional system is required, and in most cases, output power is restricted by mechanical means. In this paper, the furling system makes the tail and the head move to make the blades to the wind in slanted angle, restrict the output power at the over wind speed. In thesis, small prototype wind turbine is made, and analyzing the output power characteristics at the over wind speed, and to verify, through the logical study and tests.

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Design and Evaluation of Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Scaler Produced by a Simulation (시뮬레이션을 통한 압전형 초음파 스케일러 개발 및 평가)

  • Kim, Chul-Min;Lee, Young-Jin;Paik, Jong-Hoo;Jeong, Young-Hun;Kang, Kook-Jin;Lee, Jeong-Bae;Lee, Seung-Dae
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.22 no.10
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    • pp.832-836
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    • 2009
  • A piezoelectric ultrasonic scaler, usually used to remove the tartar out of teeth and to amputate the pubis, is a recently popular instrument for dental treatment due to its several merits such as small size, low-electric power, precision and low-cost. It has typically two parts of a tip and vibration system, which is also composed of head, piezoelectric elements and tail-mass. The scaler concentrates its displacement on tip and has commonly a resonance frequency at 25~30 kHz, and in order to improve the performance of the scaler, it is important to standardize the size of the vibration system without tip for high performance because scaler in quality differs according to several tips. In this study, a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) was utilized to optimize the structure of ultrasonic scaler in the vibration system. Consequently, this study revealed that influence of several tips on property were minimized and scaler showed good property at the resonance frequency of 28 kHz.

Tricoma (Quadricoma) jindoensis, a New Species of Marine Interstitial Nematoda (Desmoscolecida: Desmoscolecidae) from Jindo Island, Korea (진도의 해양 간극 선충류 1신종, Tricoma (Quadricoma) jindoensis (고리선충목: 고리 선충과))

  • Lim, Hyung-Wook;Chang, Cheon-Young
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • no.nspc5
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    • pp.61-70
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    • 2005
  • A new marine interstitial nematode species belonging to the subgenus Quadricoma of order Desmoscolecida is described from Jindo Island, South Korea. The new species, Tricoma (Quadricoma) jindoensis sp. nov., is most allied with T. (Q.) crassicomoides Timm, 1970 in sharing the similar cephalic setae, broadly truncated border of head, lip region including 6 labial papillae, and slender and long spicule among the seven congeners with 44 quadricomoid rings. However, T. (Q.) jindoensis differs from it by the globular protuberance on the penultimate ring, 7 tail rings, and 9 pairs of subdorsal setae in male. This is the first record of Quadricoma nematodes from East Asia.

Encapsulation of Anthocyanin from Purple Potato by the Application of Food Polymers

  • Azad, Obyedul Kalam;Cho, Dong Ha;Park, Cheol Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference
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    • 2018.10a
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    • pp.42-42
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    • 2018
  • Anthocyanins has a strong antioxidant capacity but exhibit poor stability in water. Therefore, stability of anthocyanin from purple potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) was encapsulated by the application of food polymers. Solid formulation of purple potato was prepared using whey protein, tapioca and lecithin by capillary rheometer at $80^{\circ}C$. The ratio of the polymer and potato powder was 2:8. Total phenolic compound, total flavonoid, total anthocyanin and antioxidant activity was investigated by the spectrophotometer. Result revealed that total phenolic compound (TP) ($5321{\mu}g/100g$), total flavonoid (TF) ($1352{\mu}g/100g$) total anthocyanin (TA) ($764{\mu}g/100g$) and free radical antioxidant activity (DPPH) (86%) was higher in 0.01 M acetic acid mediated lecithin based formulation compared to control (Potato powder) (TP: $1357{\mu}g/100g$; TF) ($634{\mu}g/100g$, TA) ($264{\mu}g/100g\;DPPH$) (64%). Lecithin is a strong emulsifier having capacity to extract bioactive compound and encapsulate extracted compound by nonpolar tail and negatively charged head. Therefore, it would be concluded that lecithin might be used as an encapsulating agent for the bioactive compound from purple potato.

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