• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.321-332
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• 2017

The reverse fault is a dangerous geological hazard faced by buried steel pipelines. Permanent ground deformation along the fault trace will induce large compressive strain leading to buckling failure of the pipe. A hybrid pipe-shell element based numerical model programed by INP code supported by ABAQUS solver was proposed in this study to explore the strain performance of buried X80 steel pipeline under reverse fault displacement. Accuracy of the numerical model was validated by previous full scale experimental results. Based on this model, parametric analysis was conducted to study the effects of four main kinds of parameters, e.g., pipe parameters, fault parameters, load parameter and soil property parameters, on the strain demand. Based on 2340 peak strain results of various combinations of design parameters, a semi-empirical model for strain demand prediction of X80 pipeline at reverse fault crossings was proposed. In general, reverse faults encountered by pipelines are involved in 3D oblique reverse faults, which can be considered as a combination of reverse fault and strike-slip fault. So a compressive strain demand estimation procedure for X80 pipeline crossing oblique-reverse faults was proposed by combining the presented semi-empirical model and the previous one for compression strike-slip fault (Liu 2016). Accuracy and efficiency of this proposed method was validated by fifteen design cases faced by the Second West to East Gas pipeline. The proposed method can be directly applied to the strain based design of X80 steel pipeline crossing oblique-reverse faults, with much higher efficiency than common numerical models.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.438-445
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• 2009

We investigated global gene expression from both mouse liver and mouse hepatic cell lines treated with acetaminophen (APAP) in order to compare in vivo and in vitro profiles and to assess the feasibility of the two systems. During our analyses of gene expression profiles, we picked up several down-regulated genes, such as the cytochrome P450 family 51 (Cyp51), sulfotransferase family cytosolic 1C member 2 (Sult1c2), 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A synthase 1 (Hmgcs1), and several genes that were up-regulated by APAP, such as growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible 45 alpha (Gadd45a), transformation related protein 53 inducible nuclear protein 1 (Trp53inp1) and zinc finger protein 688 (Zfp688). For validation of gene function, synthesized short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) for these genes were transfected in a mouse hepatic cell line, BNL CL.2, for investigation of cell viability and mRNA expression level. We found that siRNA transfection of these genes induced down-regulation of respective mRNA expression and decreased cell viability. siRNA transfection for Cyp51 and others induced morphological alterations, such as membrane thickening and nuclear condensation. Taken together, siRNA transfection of these six genes decreased cell viability and induced alteration in cellular morphology, along with effective inhibition of respective mRNA, suggesting that these genes could be associated with APAP-induced toxicity. Furthermore, these genes may be used in the investigation of hepatotoxicity, for better understanding of its mechanism.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.712-717
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• 2010

Cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s) are involved in the synthesis of a wide variety of valuable products and in the degradation of numerous toxic compounds. The P450 BM3 (CYP102A1) from Bacillus megaterium was the first P450 discovered to be fused to its redox partner, a mammalian-like diflavin reductase. Here, we report the development of a whole-cell biocatalyst using ice-nucleation protein (Inp) from Pseudomonas syringae to display a hemeand diflavin-containing oxidoreductase, P450 BM3 (a single, 119-kDa polypeptide with domains of both an oxygenase and a reductase) on the surface of Escherichia coli. The surface localization and functionality of the fusion protein containing P450 BM3 were verified by flow cytometry and measurement of enzymatic activities. The results of this study comprise the first report of microbial cell-surface display of a heme- and diflavin-containing enzyme. This system should allow us to select and develop oxidoreductases containing heme and/or flavins into practically useful whole-cell biocatalysts for extensive biotechnological applications, including selective synthesis of new chemicals and pharmaceuticals, bioconversion, bioremediation, live vaccine development, and biochip development.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.206-212
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• 1996

저압MOCVD 방법을 이용하여 76 Torr에서 $In_{1-x}Ga_xAs$ 에피층을 성장하였다. 성장온도에 따른 성장속도의 변화는 크지 않았으며, 격자불일치와 성장온도, $AsH_3/(TMIn+TMGa)$ 비에 따라 표면형상이 변화하는 경향성을 관찰하였다. 깨끗한 byaus을 가지는 $In_{1-x}Ga_xAs$ 에피층의 5K PL 측정을 통하여 2.8meV 반가폭을 가지는 결정성이 좋은 에피가 성장되었음을 확인하였다. 성장온도에 따른 조성의 변화는 크지 않았으며, 고체상에서의 $In_{1-x}Ga_xAs$ 조성은 기체상에서의 원료가스의 확산단계에 의해 결정되었다. 격자불일치와 성장온도가 $In_{1-x}Ga_xAs$ 에피층의 전기적 특성을 결정하는 가장 중요한 변수로 확인되었고, 최적조건에서 성장한 에피층에 대해 상온에서 $8{\times}10^{14}/cm^3$의 전자농도와 11,000$\textrm{cm}^2$/V.sec 의 전자이동도를 얻었다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.275-281
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• 2014

Autophagy is a series of catabolic process mediating the bulk degradation of intracellular proteins and organelles through formation of a double-membrane vesicle, known as an autophagosome, and fusing with lysosome. Autophagy plays an important role of death-survival decisions in neuronal cells, which may influence to several neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson's disease. Chebulagic acid, the major constituent of Terminalia chebula and Phyllanthus emblica, is a benzopyran tannin compound with various kinds of beneficial effects. This study was performed to investigate the autophagy enhancing effect of chebulagic acid on human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell lines. We determined the effect of chebulagic acid on expression levels of autophagosome marker proteins such as, DOR/TP53INP2, Golgi-associated ATPase Enhancer of 16 kDa (GATE 16) and Light chain 3 II (LC3 II), as well as those of its upstream pathway proteins, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and Beclin-1. All of those proteins were modulated by chebulagic acid treatment in a way of enhancing the autophagy. Additionally in our study, chebulagic acid also showed a protective effect against 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ($MPP^+$) - induced cytotoxicity which mimics the pathological symptom of Parkinson's disease. This effect seems partially mediated by enhanced autophagy which increased the degradation of aggregated or misfolded proteins from cells. This study suggests that chebulagic acid is an attractive candidate as an autophagy-enhancing agent and therefore, it may provide a promising strategy to prevent or cure the diseases caused by accumulation of abnormal proteins including Parkinson's disease.

• 센서학회지
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.36-44
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• 1994

Inp 소자를 이용하여 광섬유 온도 센서를 제작하고 InP센서의 기초 광흡수단의 이동특성을 조사하였다. 그 결과를 일반 반도체의 흡수계수에 적용하여 InP 소자의 광흡수 계수(${\Omega}$)를 유도하였다. 광흡수 계수와 InP 센서소자의 두께 파라미터를 전달특성에 대입하여 온도변화에 따른 기초 광흡수단 가장자리의 이동특성을 세점의 온도($249^{\circ}K$, $298^{\circ}K$, $369^{\circ}K$)에서 컴퓨터로 계산하고 실험 결과와 비교하였다. 그 결과 InP 소자의 기초 광흡수단이 온도에 비례하여 장파장 영역으로 이동하였으며 단위 온도 상승시 광흡수단의 이동거리는 약 0.42 nm / $^{\circ}K$ 였다. 또 반도체 소자의 두께가 증가할수록 광 파워 밀도 곡선이 낮은 온도로 이동하였다.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.153-163
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• 2023

This study is situated in the context of intelligent transport systems, where in-vehicle devices assist drivers to avoid accidents and therefore improve road safety. The vehicles present in a given area form an ad' hoc network of vehicles called vehicular ad' hoc network. In this type of network, the nodes are mobile vehicles and the messages exchanged are messages to warn about obstacles that may hinder the correct driving. Node mobilities make it impossible for inter-node communication to be end-to-end. Recognizing this characteristic has led to delay-tolerant vehicular networks. Embedded devices have small buffers (memory) to hold messages that a node needs to transmit when no other node is within its visibility range for transmission. The performance of a vehicular delay-tolerant network is closely tied to the successful management of the nodes' transit buffer. In this paper, we propose a message transit buffer management model for nodes in vehicular delay tolerant networks. This model consists in setting up, on the one hand, a policy of dropping messages from the buffer when the buffer is full and must receive a new message. This drop policy is based on the concept of intermediate node to destination, queues and priority class of service. It is also based on the properties of the message (size, weight, number of hops, number of replications, remaining time-to-live, etc.). On the other hand, the model defines the policy for selecting the message to be transmitted. The proposed model was evaluated with the ONE opportunistic network simulator based on a 4000m x 4000m area of downtown Bouaké in Côte d'Ivoire. The map data were imported using the Open Street Map tool. The results obtained show that our model improves the delivery ratio of security alert messages, reduces their delivery delay and network overload compared to the existing model. This improvement in communication within a network of vehicles can contribute to the improvement of road safety.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.44-51
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• 2018

본 연구는 저장 조건을 달리 한 농가 3곳의 건시를 저장하면서 품질 특성변화를 비교 및 분석하였다. 건시는 각각 OP, GP, NP로 지칭하였으며 저장된 건시는 30일 간격으로 각 농가의 시료를 취하여 품질 변화를 실험, 분석하였다. 색도의 경우 내부 온습도 변화와 평균 온도가 가장 크고 습도가 가장 낮게 유지된 GP가 가장 유의미한 변화량을 보였다. OOP, IOP, ONP, INP의 변화값에 비해 OGP, IGP는 초기값에서 유의적으로 감소하였다. 색차의 산출결과 색도 변화에서도 OGP는 저장 기간 전체에서 가장 큰 값을 보였으며 IGP의 경우에도 큰 변화가 없는 IOP와 INP에 비해 저장기간 중 점차 색차값이 증가하였다. Glucose함량은 OP와 GP가 함께 증가하는 경향을 보였으며, 그 중 GP가 초기 값에 비해 가장 크게 증가하였다. Fructose함량의 경우도 OP와 GP가 둘 다 증가하는 경향을 보였으며, 저장 60일차 이후에는 큰 변화가 없었다. 조직감의 경우에도 큰 변화가 없는 OP와 NP와는 다르게 GP는 유의적인 차이를 보이며 크게 경화하는 경향을 보였다. 관능 검사의 경우 전반적 기호도, 특히 color항목에서 GP는 지속적으로 감소하는 모습을 보였다. 이상의 결과를 종합하였을 때, 소비자들의 건시에 대한 위생성, 안정성을 보장하고 품질을 향상시켜 기호성을 증대하기 위해서 내부 온습도 변화를 최대한 감소시켜야 하며, 이를 위해 일관성 있는 저장조건을 유지함의 중요함을 알 수 있었다. 향후 실제 농가에서 적합한 건시의 저장 및 유통조건 설정에 도움이 될 것이라고 사료된다.

• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.135-146
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• 2011

The objective of the present research was to map QTLs associated with agronomic traits such as days from sowing to flowering, plant height, yield and leaf-related traits in a population of recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of sunflower (Helianthus annuus). Two field experiments were conducted with well-irrigated and partially irrigated conditions in randomized complete block design with three replications. A map with 304 AFLP and 191 SSR markers with a mean density of 1 marker per 3.7 cM was used to identify QTLs related to the studied traits. The difference among RILs was significant for all studied traits in both conditions. Three to seven QTLs were found for each studied trait in both conditions. The percentage of phenotypic variance ($R^2$) explained by QTLs ranged from 4 to 49%. Three to six QTLs were found for each yield-related trait in both conditions. The most important QTL for grain yield per plant on linkage group 13 (GYP-P-13-1) under partial-irrigated condition controls 49% of phenotypic variance ($R^2$). The most important QTL for 1,000-grain weight (TGW-P-11-1) was identified on linkage group 11. Favorable alleles for this QTL come from RHA266. The major QTL for days from sowing to flowering (DSF-P-14-1) were observed on linkage group 14 and explained 38% of the phenotypic variance. The positive alleles for this QTL come from RHA266. The major QTL for HD (HD-P-13-1) was also identified on linkage group 13 and explained 37% of the phenotypic variance. Both parents (PAC2 and RHA266) contributed to QTLs controlling leaf-related traits in both conditions. Common QTL for leaf area at flowering (LAF-P-12-1, LAF-W-12-1) was detected in linkage group 12. The results emphasise the importance of the role of linkage groups 2, 10 and 13 for studied traits. Genomic regions on the linkage groups 9 and 12 are specific for QTLs of leaf-related traits in sunflower.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.76-82
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• 2003

Alcaligenes faecalis T1의 Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)(PHB) depolymerase활성 증진을 위해 DNA shuffling방법을 이용하였다. 제조된 A. faecalis T1의 PHB depolymerase 돌연변이 유전자의 library를 Pseudomonas syringae의 icenucleation protein유전자를 포함하는 발현벡터 pJHCll에 클로닝하여 약 7,000개의 형질전환체를 얻었다. 탄소원으로 PHB또는 poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)를 포함하는 M9최소배지를 이용하여 형질전환체들로부터 활성이 서로 다른 돌연변이주들을 선별하였다. 이들의 PHB depolymease 활성은 평판배지에서의 halo형성 및 배양 상등액을 이용한 탁도 감소 실험으로 확인하였으며,형질전환체들 중에서 shuffling전의 대조군에 비하여 사용된 기질에 따라 효소활성이 1.8-3.2배 증진된 II-4 돌연변이주를 얻었다. DNA 염기서열의 분석을 통하여 II-4의 PHB depolymease에는 3개의 아미노산 치환(A1a209Va1, Leu258Phe, Asp263Thr)이 이루어졌음을 확인하였다. 여러 가지 돌연변이주의 아미노산 서열의 변화를 분석한 결과, PHB depolymerase의 catalytictriad주위에 기존 아미노산에 비하여 보다 소수성인 아미노산으로의 치환이 소수성 기질인 PHB에 대한분해 활성 중진에 기여하는 것으로 추정되었다.