• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.180-183
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• 2001

Developed Edge-defined film-fed growth (EFG)법으로 $YVO_{4}$ 및 Nd:$YVO_{4}$ 단결정을 성장하였으며 성장된 결정의 광학적 특성을 측정하였다. $YVO_{4}$ 및 Nd:$YVO_{4}$ 단결정 모두 투명하였으며, 결정성장 동안 융액 표면 온도의 균질 및 meniscus의 안정화로 고품질의 결정을 얻을 수 있었다. 투과 및 흡수 스펙트럼 측정 결과에서 $YVO_{4}$ 단결정은 340 nm에서 1000 nm까지 대체로 넓은 영역에서 높은 투과율이 나타났지만, Nd:$YVO_{4}$ 단결정은 532, 593, 753, 807, 888 nm의 특정한 영역에서 흡수 peak들이 나타남을 획인할 수 있었다. 또한 Photoluminescence (PL) 스펙트럼을 측정한 결과, 800~900 nm의 영역에서 에너지 방출을 관찰할 수 있었다.

• 간호행정학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.229-240
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• 2008

Purpose: To develop the patient classification system based on the resource utilization for reimbursement of long-term care hospitals in Korea. Method: Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRA) conducted a survey in July 2006 that included 2,899 patients from 35 long-term care hospitals. To calculate resource utilization, we measured care time of direct care staff (physicians, nursing personnel, physical and occupational therapists, social workers). The survey of patient characteristics included ADL, cognitive and behavioral status, diseases and treatments. Major category criteria was developed by modified delphi method from 9 experts. Each category was divided into 2-3 groups by ADL using tree regression. Relative resource use was expressed as a case mix index (CMI) calculated as a proportion of mean resource use. Result: This patient classification system composed of 6 major categories (ultra high medical care, high medical care, medium medical care, behavioral problem, impaired cognition and reduced physical function) and 11 subgroups by ADL score. The differences of CMI between groups were statistically significant (p<.0001). Homogeneity of groups was examined by total coefficient of variation (CV) of CMI. The range of CV was 29.68-40.77%. Conclusions: This patient classification system is feasible for reimbursement of long-term care hospitals.

• BMB Reports
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.684-690
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• 2004

Heparin lyase I was purified to homogeneity from Bacteroides stercoris HJ-15 isolated from human intestine, by a combination of DEAE-Sepharose, gel-filtration, hydroxyapatite, and CM-Sephadex C-50 column chromatography. This enzyme preferred heparin to heparan sulfate, but was inactive at cleaving acharan sulfate. The apparent molecular mass of heparin lyase I was estimated as 48,000 daltons by SDS-PAGE and its isoelectric point was determined as 9.0 by IEF. The purified enzyme required 500 mM NaCl in the reaction mixture for maximal activity and the optimal activity was obtained at pH 7.0 and $50^{\circ}C$. It was rather stable within the range of 25 to $50^{\circ}C$ but lost activity rapidly above $50^{\circ}C$. The enzyme was activated by $Co^{2+}$ or EDTA and stabilized by dithiothreitol. The kinetic constants, $K_m$ and $V_{max}$ for heparin were $1.3{\times}10^{-5}\;M$ and $8.8\;{\mu}mol/min{\cdot}mg$. The purified heparin lyase I was an eliminase that acted best on porcine intestinal heparin, and to a lesser extent on porcine intestinal mucosa heparan sulfate. It was inactive in the cleavage of N-desulfated heparin and acharan sulfate. In conclusion, heparin lyase I from Bacteroides stercoris was specific to heparin rather than heparan sulfate and its biochemical properties showed a substrate specificity similar to that of Flavobacterial heparin lyase I.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.572-579
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• 2006

Accurate heat release analysis based on the cylinder pressure trace is important for evaluating combustion process of diesel engines. However, traditional single-zone heat release models (SZM) have significant limitations due mainly to their simplified assumptions of uniform charge and homogeneity while neglecting local temperature distribution inside cylinder during combustion process. In this study, a heat release analysis based on single-zone model has been evaluated by comparison with computational simulation result using Fire-code, which is based on multidimensional model (MDM). The limitations of the single-zone assumption have been estimated, To overcome these limitations, an improved model that includes the effects of spatial non-uniformity has been applied. From this improved single-zone heat release model (Improved-SZM), two effective values of specific heat ratios, denoted by ${\gamma}_V$ and ${\gamma}_H$ in this study, have been introduced. These values are formulated as the function of charge temperature changing rate and overall equivalence ratio. Also, it is applied that each equation of ${\gamma}_V$ and ${\gamma}_H$ has respectively different slopes according to several meaningful periods during combustion progress. The heat release analysis results based on improved single-zone model gives a good agreement with FIRE-code results over the whole range of operating conditions of target engine, Hyundai HiMSEN H21/32.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.829-835
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• 2004

A fibrinolytic enzyme has been found in several bacteria isolated from fermented food. This study was carried out to investigate the purification and characteristics of the fibrinolytic enzyme produced by Bacillus subtilis KCK-7 originated from Chungkookjang. The fibrinolytic enzyme was purified to homogeneity from the culture supernatant using ammonium sulfate fractionation and chromatographies on DEAE-cellulose and on Sephadex G-100. The final specific activity of the purified enzyme increased 11.0-fold, and the protein amount in the purified enzyme was about 16% of that in the culture supernatant. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was estimated to be about 45,000 by SDS-PAGE. The optimum pH and temperature for the enzyme activity were pH 7.0 and $60^{\circ}C$, respectively. The enzyme activity was relatively stable up to $60^{\circ}C$ over the pH range of 7.0-10.0. The fibrinolytic enzyme activity increased by $Ca^{2+}$ and $Cu^{2+}$, whereas it was inhibited by $Hg^{2+}$ and $Ba^{2+}$. In addition, it was severely inhibited by PMSF and DFT. It is suggested that the purified enzyme was a serine protease for the fibrinolysis. The purified enzyme could completely hydrolyze fibrin in vitro within 8 h. Hence, it is suggested that the purified enzyme can be put into practice as an effective thrombolytic agent.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.176-182
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• 2003

한국재래간장으로부터 혈전용해효소를 강하게 생산하는 균주를 선발하고 이를 Bacillus subtilis K7로 동정하였다. B. subtilis K7이 생산하는 혈전용해성 protease를 정제하여 분자량을 확인한 결과 21,500 Da이었다. 정제된 효소의 최적반응조건은 $40^{\circ}C$와 pH 9.0이었으며 pH 5.0라서 12.0까지 안정하고 $50^{\circ}C$에서 20분간 열처리한 후에도 50%이상의 효소활성을 가지며 EDTA, CDTA 및 iodoacetat에 실활하는 효소이었다. 이 효소의 fibrin에 대한 Km 값은 $1.8{\times}10^{-2}$ M이었다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.310-316
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• 2012

A new method for early caries diagnosis was proposed and tested through a home-made optical examination system that used quantitative light fluorescence (QLF) and digital imaging fiber optic transillumination (FOTI) (DIFOTI), with light sources across a wide spectral range, from 350 nm to 1,000 nm. The front-illuminated infrared light scattering image (FIR) showed similar diagnostic abilities to that of DIFOTI. The FIR method was invented based on the observation that caries lesions lose the high transmittance and low scattering properties of benign enamel tissue. There are various methods for the early diagnosis of caries, such as visual examination, exploration, X-ray radiography, QLF, FOTI, and infrared fluorescence (diagnodent). Among them, methods based on optical properties are regarded as having the most potential. A comparative study was performed between the FOTI, QLF, diagnodent, optical coherence tomography, and FIR scattering image methods, using 20 extracted teeth samples with early caries. A scale of lesion measurement based on optical image contrast was proposed. The statistical analysis showed a significant correlation between the DIFOTI and FIR methods (r = 0.35, p < 0.05). However, the QLF and diagnodent methods showed little association with FIR images, as they have different detection principles as compared with FIR. Tomographic images obtained by OCT, using 1,330 nm super luminescent LED as a gold standard of tooth structure, verified that the FOTI and FIR results correctly represented the lack of homogeneity in dental tissue. The newly proposed FIR method attained similar diagnostic results to those of FOTI, but with an easier approach.

• 폴리머
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.380-384
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• 2006

구조가 제어된 polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)을 무기물로 폴리스티렌(PS)을 유기고분자로 사용하여 유기용매에 가역적으로 용해될 수 있는 새로운 유기-무기 나노복합재료를 합성하였다. 페닐기가 도입된 POSS와 PS와의 복합화에서는 다양한 중량비에서 투명하고, 균일한 복합재료를 얻을 수 있었다. 반면에 사이클로헥실기가 도입된 POSS와 PS와의 복합화에서는 불투명하구 불균일한 복합체를 얻었다. 따라서 페닐기가 도입된 POSS와 PS간의 물리적인 결합(physical bonding), 즉 aromatic(${\pi}-{\pi}$) 결합을 통하여 지금까지 유기물질과 무기물질을 복합화하기 위해 주로 사용되었던 화학결합(chemical bonding) 없이도 두 성분이 서로 균일하게 나노 크기로 혼성된 새로운 나노복합재료를 제조할 수 있었다. 또한 POSS를 이용해 얻어진 나노복합체는 기존의 솔-젤(sol-gel)방법으로 얻어진 복합체와는 달리, 용매에 다시 녹고 물리적인 결합을 이용했기 때문에 가역적으로 반복해서 복합재료를 만들 수 있는 장점을 가지고 있었다. 합성되어진 복합재료의 균일성과 분산성은 시차 주사열분석기(DSC)와 주사전자현미경(SEM) 및 X-선 회절분석기(XRD)에 의해 확인하였다.

• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.270-281
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• 2011

Purpose: This study was done to determine if osteoarthritis (OA) patients living in rural Korea would have a benefit from a structured group program focused on self-help strategies. Methods: A hundred and twenty-six patients with OA were recruited from nine Primary Health Care Posts. The experimental group received a 6-week self-help education program while the control group received usual care. T-tests and c2-tests were used to determine the homogeneity between the experimental and control groups. Independent sample t-tests were performed to determine the effect of the treatment program. To guard against such likelihood, the level of significance of t-test was determined by Bonferroni correction within the study constructs. When significant group differences were found in study variables at baseline, analysis of covariances (ANCOVAs) were used for group comparisons of outcome variables. Results: The experimental group reported more significant improvement in fatigue, difficulty with physical activity, depression, quality of life, self-efficacy, and health behaviors than did the control group. The experimental group also showed improvements in range of motion and muscle strength as compared to the control group. Conclusion: A self-help group education program was an effective and powerful strategy to promote physical and psychosocial health in OA patients

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.429-435
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• 1999

An adenosine 5'-monophosphate deaminase (AMP aminohydrolase, EC 3.5.4.6) was purified to homogeneity from the cell-free extract of Saccharomyces cerevisiae DKCTC7248. The molecular mass of subunit was estimated to be 80 kDa on SDS-PAGE, and that of the holoenzyme was shown to be 240 kDa by gel filtration. The isoelectric point of the enzyme (AMP deaminase D) was determined to be 6.2. The AMP deaminase D was specific towards AMP with an apparent $K_m$ value of 4.1 mM and a Hill coefficient, $n_H$, of 2.2. Both ATP and ADP were positive allosteric effectors of the AMP deaminase D: The apparent $K_{m}$ was decreased to 1.6 mM and 3.3 mM in the presence of 0.1 mM ATP and ADP, respectively, lowering $n_{H}$ to 1.0. Univalent cations like $K^+, Na^+ and Li^ +$ activated the enzyme but some divalent cations such as $Cu^{ 2+} and Cd^{2+}$ showed strong inhibitory effects. This enzyme displayed optimum activity at $30^{\circ}C$ and pH 7.0. In addition, it was stable up to $45^{\circ}C$ and over a wide pH range(pH 5.5-9.0). Amino acid sequences of its N-terminal region were analyzed to be ADYKMQMFADDA.