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Endoprotease and Exopeptidase Activities in the Hepatopancreas of the Cuttlefish Sepia officinalis, the Squid Todarodes pacificus, and the Octopus Octopus vulgaris Cuvier

  • Kim, Min Ji;Kim, Hyeon Jeong;Kim, Ki Hyun;Heu, Min Soo;Kim, Jin-Soo
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.197-202
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    • 2012
  • This study examined and compared the exopeptidase and endoprotease activities of the hepatopancreas (HP) of cuttlefish, squid, and octopus species. The protein concentration in crude extract (CE) from octopus HP was 3,940 mg/100 g, lower than those in CEs from squid HP (4,157 mg/100 g) and cuttlefish HP (5,940 mg/100 g). With azocasein of pH 6 as a substrate, the total activity in HP CE of octopus was 31,000 U, lower than the values for cuttlefish (57,000 U) and squid (69,000 U). Regardless of sample type, the total activities of the CEs with azocasein as the substrate were higher at pH 6 (31,000-69,000 U) than at pH 9 (19,000-34,000 U). With L-leucine-p-nitroanilide (LeuPNA) of pH 6 as the substrate, the total activity of the HP CE from octopus was 138,000 U, higher than values from both cuttlefish HP (72,000 U) and squid HP (63,000 U). Regardless of sample type, the total activities of the CEs with LeuPNA as the substrate were higher at pH 6 (63,000-138,000 U) than at pH 9 (41,000-122,000 U). With LeuPNA as the substrate, the total activities of the CEs from octopus HP and cuttlefish HP were higher at pH 6 than at pH 9. However, there was no difference in total activity between pH 6 and 9 for squid HP CE with LeuPNA as the substrate. These results suggest that the octopus HP is superior to the cuttlefish HP and squid HP as a potential resource for extracting exopeptidases. Exopeptidases from octopus HP have potential industrial applications and their use might aid in reducing pollution related to the octopus industry.

Evaluation of HP300 Soybean Protein in Starter pig Diets

  • Zhu, Xiaoping;Li, Defa;Qiao, Shiyan;Xiao, Changting;Qiao, Qingyan;Ji, Cheng
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.201-207
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    • 1998
  • One growth trial and one digestibility trial were conducted to evaluate the nutritional value of HP300, a commercially processed soybean meal product for weanling pigs. Dried whey, fish meal and/or full fat extruded soybeans (FFES) as well as portions of soybean meal (SBM) were replaced with HP300 in weanling pig diets. The objectives were to investigate the effects of HP300 on growth performance, digestibility, ileal amino acid digestibility and blood amino acid concentration in weanling pigs. One hundred and twenty crossbred $(Duroc{\times}Beijing\;Black{\times}Landrace)$ pigs weaned at 28 days of age were used in the growth trial. The pigs were randomly allocated to five treatments, with three pens per treatment and eight pigs per pen. The trial duration was 28 days. The control (CTRL) diet contained no HP300; in treatments 2, 3 and 4, dried whey and fish meal were replaced by 3.0%, 7.5% and 10.5% HP300; in treatment 5, full fat extruded soybeans were replaced by 10.5% HP300 plus soybean oil to attain the same metabolic energy content as FFES. Five T-cannulated barrows were used in a digestibility trial with a $5{\times}5$ Latin square design to determine nitrogen retention and amino acid ileal digestibility of HP300 used alone or mixed with other ingredients. The results indicated that replacement of dried whey, fish meal, full fat extruded soybeans and a part of the soybean meal with HP300 in piglet diets improved average daily gain and feed conversion ratio (p < 0.05). There was a trend toward improved DM, crude protein and amino acid ileal digestibilities and improved protein and amino acid ileal digestibilities and improved protein net availability with the use of HP300 in swine diets.

Elevated Serum Haptoglobin is Associated with Clinical Outcome in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients

  • Tabassum, Umaira;Reddy, Obula;Mukherjee, Geetashree
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.13 no.9
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    • pp.4541-4544
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    • 2012
  • Background: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy with the highest incidence rates among women worldwide. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) disease is diagnosed more frequently in younger women, and is associated with a poor prognosis. Elevated levels of serum haptoglobin protein (Hp) are observed in many malignant diseases including breast cancer. We evaluated the expression and prognostic value of Hp among patients with TNBC. Materials and Methods: Serum Hp levels were determined by Elisa in 41 patients with TNBC and 10 normal individuals. Hp status was correlated with other clinico-pathological parameters including patient survival. Results: Of the 41 patients with TNBC, Hp over expression was detected in 24 (59%) by Elisa. Hp up-regulation was confirmed by Elisa based quantification in the serum of 41 TNBC patients against lower grades and 10 normal individuals. Survival analysis revealed that Hp ($p=2.016{\times}10^{-5}$), stage ($p=2.166{\times}10^{-5}$), distant metastasis ($p=2.217{\times}10^{-5}$), tumor size ($p=1.053{\times}10^{-5}$), and tumor grade (p=0.001), correlated with patient survival on univariate analysis. Multivariate analysis revealed that Hp (p=0.001), and grade of the disease (p=0.008) were independent predictors of survival. Conclusion: Our results indicate that serum levels of Hp may play a role as a potential serum biomarker and prognostic indicator among TNBC patients. Thus, Hp may present a new promising prognostic biomarker in TNBC patients, but independent validations are now necessary for confirmation.

A Low Complexity Candidate List Generation for MIMO Iterative Receiver via Hierarchically Modulated Property (MIMO Iterative 수신기에서 계층적 변조 특성을 이용한 낮은 복잡도를 가지는 후보 리스트 발생 기법)

  • Jeon, Eun-Sung;Yang, Jang-Hoon;Kim, Dong-Ku
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.34 no.6A
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    • pp.500-505
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, We present a low complexity candidate list generation scheme in iterative MIMO receiver. Since QAM modulation can be decomposed into HP symbols and LP symbol and HP symbol is robust in error capability, we generate HP symbol list with simple ZF detector output and its corresponding neighbor HP symbols, Then, based on HP symbol list, the LP symbol list is generated by using the sphere decoder. From the second iteration, since apriori value from channel decoder is available, the candidate list is updated based on demodulated apriori value. Through the simulation, we observe that at the first iteration, the BER performance is worse than LSD. However, as the number of iteration is increased, the proposed scheme has almost same performance as LSD. Moreover, the proposed one has reduced candidate list generation time and lower number of candidate list compared with LSD.

Effects of Egg Size and Eggshell Conductance on Hatchability Traits of Meat and Layer Breeder Flocks

  • Shafey, Tarek M.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2002
  • Eggs obtained from 46 and 42 weeks old meat (Hybro) and layer (Leghorn) breeders flocks, respectively were used to examine the effects of genetic type of birds and egg size (small, medium and large) on variables of eggshell characteristics and hatchability traits. The variables measured were egg weight (EW), egg surface area (ESA) and eggshell characteristics (shell conductance (EC), per cent shell (PS), shell thickness (ST), shell volume (SV), shell density (SD) and hatchability traits (per cent hatchability (HP), early dead embryos (ED), late dead embryos (LD), pips with live embryos (PL) and pips with dead embryos (PD)). Genetic type of bird influenced all egg characteristics and HP of eggs. Eggs produced by the small Leghorn bird had lower EW, ESA, EC, ST, SV and HP than those produced by the heavy Hybro bird. The reduction of HP was associated with an increase in the percentage of ED and PL. Egg size influenced all variables measured except ST. Small size eggs had lower EW, ESA and EC and higher PS and SD than those of large eggs. Medium size eggs produced a higher HP when compared with that of large size eggs. The reduction of HP in large eggs was associated with higher percentage of ED, LD and PL. There were significant interactions between the genetic group of birds and egg size on LD and HP. Large egg size of Hybro birds had higher LD and lower HP than those of small size eggs produced by the same flock. However, There was no difference in HP and LD among the different egg sizes produced by Leghorn birds. It was concluded that genetic make up of birds and egg size influence eggshell characteristics and HP. The type of bird (heavy or small) influences the optimum egg size for successful hatching. Attention should be given to the size and eggshell characteristics of eggs of breeders' flocks for achieving maximum HP.

Preparing of Carbon Fiber Composites Using by Vacuum Bag Hot-press Molding Process and Comparison with the other Molding Processes (진공백 핫 프레스 성형공정을 이용한 탄소섬유 복합재료의 제조와 공정비교)

  • Heo, Won-Wook;Jeon, Gil Woo;An, Seung Kook
    • Composites Research
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.76-80
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    • 2020
  • In this study, vacuum bag hot-press (V-HP) process can be used as an out-of-autoclave (OOA) process by improving the inefficient process of the autoclave forming method with excellent physical properties and surface quality. A carbon fiber composite was molded via V-HP process and analyzed the physical properties and microstructures between composites manufactured by autoclave (AC) process and hot-press process (HP). The tensile strength of the composite materials using the V-HP process was 320.6 MPa and the AC process samples found to be substantially close to the tensile strength of 335.3 MPa. As a result of confirming the surface quality of the composite material using SEM, it was confirmed that in the V-HP process, the removal state of pores due to volatile solvent in the resin was slightly lower than that of the AC process, but it had a considerably superior surface compared to the HP process.

Anti-Helicobacter pylori Activity of Bifidobacterium spp.

  • Bae, Eun-Ah;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Han, Myung-Joo
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.532-534
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    • 2000
  • The inhibitory effects of different Bifidobacterium spp. on the growth of Helicobacter pylori (HP) were investigated. A significant suppression of HP growth occurred only when HP was inoculated onto a petri dish containing 0.1 mg/ml of Bifidobacterium spp. When HP was separately cultured with B. breve K-110, B. catenulatum K-309, B magnum K-311, B. magnum K-321, and B. cuniculi K-513, the urease activity was also inhibited by these Bifidobacterium spp. Therefore, it appears that these Bifidobacterium spp. excrete a heat-labile inhibitory component for HP growth into the culture medium. Although most organic acids produced by the Bifidobacterium spp. inhibited the growth of HP, the HP growth was not inhibited by the physiological concentrations of organic acids produced in bifidobacteria-cultured media. Accordingly, these results suggest that some Bifidobacterium spp. may produce antibiotic-like compounds (bacteriocins).

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신기술신제품-HP의 새로운 인쇄표준, 확장형 프린팅 플랫폼 SPT

  • Kim, Jeong-Sang
    • 프린팅코리아
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    • s.51
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    • pp.104-105
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    • 2006
  • 지난해 6월, HP는 새로운 인쇄 기술의 하나로 SPT(Scalable Printing Technology)를 선정하고 앞으로 출시되는 모든 제품에 적재할 것이라고 밝혔다. SPT는 HP 확장형 프린팅 기술로 빠른 속도와 고품질 인쇄 구현을 통해 인쇄시간과 비용을 절감할 수 있는 효율적인 시스템이다. SPT기술이 활용된 제품을 이용하면 집안에서도 손쉽게 고화질의 사진을 인화할 수 있으며, 소규모 업체에서도 부담 없이 고품질의 예술작품을 프린팅 할 수 있게 된다. HP의 새로운 인쇄의 표준인 HP SPT에 대해서 알아봤다.

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비즈니스인사이드 - 한국 HP, 세계 최고 속도 오피스젯 프로 X 시리즈 출시

  • Jo, Gap-Jun
    • 프린팅코리아
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.88-89
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    • 2013
  • 한국 HP가 지난 3월 13일 타임스퀘어 아모리스홀에서 신제품 출시회를 갖고 빠른 인쇄 속도와 경제성을 동시에 잡은 HP 오피스젯 프로 X 시리즈를 공개했다. 한국HP는 오피스젯 프로 X 시리즈를 통해 대기업 부서 및 중소기업에 효율적인 문서 출력 환경을 제공하며, 기업용 잉크젯 프린터 시장 판도에 혁신적인 변화를 주도하겠다고 밝혔다.

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동호회탐방-HP스키.스노우보드 동호회

  • Jo, Gap-Jun
    • 프린팅코리아
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    • s.19
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    • pp.100-101
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    • 2004
  • 1991년 12월에 개설, 설립한 지 만 12년이 된 한국HP의 스키.스노우보드 동호회 '스노우 HP(회장 이강세 과장, 국제구매본부)'는 스키는 물론, 요즘 젊은이들의 폭발적인 인기를 끌고 있는 스노우보드를 즐기는 모임이다. 사람들의 활동이 눈에 띄게 줄어드는 겨울 철, '스노우HP'는 움츠러드는 몸을 추스르고 눈밭 길을 오르내리며 사원간의 친목을 다지는 동호회로서 매년 12월에서 익년 2월 사이에 5-7회의 정기모임을 갖는다.

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