• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.6423-6427
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• 2012

Background: Functional single nucleotide polymorphisms of x-ray repair cross-complementing protein 1 (XRCC1) have been suspected to contribute to uterine cervical cancer risk for a long time; however, most previous case-control studies were small sized and biased. Additionally, recent studies suggested that XRCC1 polymorphisms could be a biomarker of response to platinum-based chemotherapy. Methods: A comprehensive search was conducted to retrieve eligible studies and odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were calculated to measure association strength. Results: A total of 13 studies were identified and analyzed. We found that the Arg194Trp polymorphism (Trp vs. Arg, OR=1.342, 95% CI: 1.176) was associated with increased risk of cervical cancer, while no significant association was found with Arg280His (His vs. Arg, OR=1.059, 95% CI: 0.863, 1.299) or Arg399Gln (Gln vs. Arg, OR=1.144, 95% CI: 0.938, 1.394). As for response to platinum-based chemotherapy, the variant XRCC1 399Gln allele (Gln vs. Arg, OR=0.345, 95% CI: 0.163, 0.729) was linked with a poor response; however, the Arg194Trp polymorphism (TrpArg vs. ArgArg, OR=6.421, 95% CI: 1.573, 26.205) predicted a good response. Conclusion: The Arg194Trp polymorphism of XRCC1 increases risk of cervical cancer; the variant 399Gln allele predicts poor response to platinum-based chemotherapy, while the Arg194Trp polymorphism indicates a good response.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.957-980
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• 2016

Structural damage detection (SDD) is a challenging task in the field of structural health monitoring (SHM). As an exploring attempt to the SDD problem, a hybrid self-adaptive Firefly-Nelder-Mead (SA-FNM) algorithm is proposed for the SDD problem in this study. First of all, the basic principle of firefly algorithm (FA) is introduced. The Nelder-Mead (NM) algorithm is incorporated into FA for improving the local searching ability. A new strategy for exchanging the information in the firefly group is introduced into the SA-FNM for reducing the computation cost. A random walk strategy for the best firefly and a self-adaptive control strategy of three key parameters, such as light absorption, randomization parameter and critical distance, are proposed for preferably balancing the exploitation and exploration ability of the SA-FNM. The computing performance of the SA-FNM is evaluated and compared with the basic FA by three benchmark functions. Secondly, the SDD problem is mathematically converted into a constrained optimization problem, which is then hopefully solved by the SA-FNM algorithm. A multi-step method is proposed for finding the minimum fitness with a big probability. In order to assess the accuracy and the feasibility of the proposed method, a two-storey rigid frame structure without considering the finite element model (FEM) error and a steel beam with considering the model error are taken examples for numerical simulations. Finally, a series of experimental studies on damage detection of a steel beam with four damage patterns are performed in laboratory. The illustrated results show that the proposed method can accurately identify the structural damage. Some valuable conclusions are made and related issues are discussed as well.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.429-437
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• 2005

Sensor localization has become an essential requirement for realistic applications over wireless sensor networks (WSN). In this paper we propose an ad hoc localization algorithm that is infrastructure-free, anchor-free, and computationally efficient with reduced communication. A novel combination of distance and direction estimation technique is introduced to detect and estimate ranges between neighbors. Using this information we construct unidirectional coordinate systems to avoid the reflection ambiguity. We then compute node positions using a transformation matrix [T], which reduces the computational complexity of the localization algorithm while computing positions relative to the fixed coordinate system. Simulation results have shown that at a node degree of 9 we get $90\%$ localization with $20\%$ average localization error without using any error refining schemes.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• 제29권3_4호
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• pp.891-900
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• 2011

In this paper, we study the impulsive dynamic systems on time scales with initial time difference. By employing cone-valued Lyapunov functions, some comparison theorems and several practical ${\phi}_0$-stability criteria for impulsive system on time scales with initial time difference are obtained.

• 한국약용작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국약용작물학회 2012년도 심포지엄 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.77-78
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• 2012

• 암석학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.201-219
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• 2017

마이산을 포함한 진안분지는 영남육괴 북쪽 경계 중앙부에 위치하고 있으며 이 지역의 기반암은 고원생대 편마암과 이를 관입한 중생대 화강암으로 백악기 이전에 지표로 노출되었다. 진안분지는 백악기에 영동-광주 단층대를 따라 일어난 좌수향 주향이동단층에 의해 형성된 인리형 분지이며 마이산은 진안분지 내의 경사가 급했던 분지 동쪽 경계부에 퇴적된 역암으로 구성된 산이다. 마이산 봉우리는 말 귀의 형상을 보이며 역암 절벽에 타포니가 발달한 특이한 지형을 보여주고 있다. 진안분지를 형성시킨 단층은 지하 깊은 곳까지 연결됨으로서 200 km 깊이에서 형성된 마그마가 지표로 분출하여 진안분지 내와 그 주변에 활발한 화산 활동을 일으켰다. 그 결과 마이산 주변에는 화산폭발에 의해 형성된 화산쇄설암으로 구성된 천반산, 화산분출시 마그마가 관입한 암경으로 구성된 구봉산 그리고 화산 분출시 분출되어 흐른 용암에 의해 형성된 운일암 반일암등이 특이 지형을 형성하며 나타난다. 그리고 진안분지와 주변 화산암이 형성된 이후 진안분지와 그 주변 지역이 융기하여 마이산을 포함한 주변 명산들을 형성하였다. 융기 시기는 정확히 알 수는 없지만 대략 69-38 Ma경으로 추측된다. 이때 추가령에서 무주와 진안을 지나 함평으로 연결되는 노령산맥이 형성되었을 것으로 추정되며, 이로 인해 금강과 섬진강 수계가 나뉘어지고 갈라진 수계에 의해 쉬리의 종이 분화되었다. 또한 북북서 방향으로 발달한 운장산에 의해 금강과 만경-동진강 수계가 나뉘어졌다. 이로 인해 마이산과 그 주변 지역에는 다양한 생태계가 조성되었으며 동시에 마이산에는 특이한 암상과 관련된 다양한 문화, 역사 자원이 존재한다. 따라서 마이산과 주변 지역은 지질유산을 중심으로 생태, 문화, 역사가 잘 어우러진 지질 관광이 성공적으로 개발될 수 있는 지역으로 국가지질공원 및 세계 지질공원으로서의 가능성이 높다.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.261-265
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• 2007

인삼재배가 가능한 임간의 기후적 특성과 임간재배지내에서의 병해충 발생상황 및 생육상황을 관행재배지와 비교해본 결과는 다음과 같다. 가. 임간재배지의 온도는 관행재배지보다 $1^{\circ}C$ 정도 낮고 습도는 2% 정도 높았으며 토양온도는 $1.9^{\circ}C$ 낮고 토양수분도 11.8%가 낮았다. 임간재배지의 풍속은 관행재배지보다 3배 정도 늦었으며 결로시간은 3.3시간 긴 것으로 나타났다. 특히 일사량은 현저히 부족하였고 강우량도 약간 부족한 것으로 나타났으나 큰 차이는 없었다. 나. 2003년이 2004년과 2005년보다 병해의 발생이 많았고 임간재배지에서의 병해발생이 관행재배지보다 심하였다. 때문에 8월 중순경에 지상부가 거의 다 고사되었다. 임간재배지의 주요 병해충으로는 탄저병, 점무늬병 및 뿌리썩음병이었고, 관행재배지는 위의 병해와 잿빛곰팡이병의 발생이 주를 이루는 것으로 나타났다. 해충으로는 잎별레와 나방류가 가해하는 것으로 조사되었다. 3년근의 생육상황을 비교한 결과 임간재배지에서 자란 인삼의 생육상황이 전반적으로 50% 이상 불량하였고 특히 근중은 87.2% 정도 가벼운 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.405-418
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• 2022

Simotang oral liquid (SMT) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) consisting of four natural plants and is used to alleviate gastrointestinal side effects after chemotherapy and functional dyspepsia (FD). However, the mechanism by which SMT helps cure these gastrointestinal diseases is still unknown. Here, we discovered that SMT could alleviate gastrointestinal side effects after chemotherapy by altering gut microbiota. C57BL/6J mice were treated with cisplatin (DDP) and SMT, and biological samples were collected. Pathological changes in the small intestine were observed, and the intestinal injury score was assessed. The expression levels of the inflammatory factors IL-1β and IL-6 and the adhesive factors Occludin and ZO-1 in mouse blood or small intestine tissue were also detected. Moreover, the gut microbiota was analyzed by high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA amplicons. SMT was found to effectively reduce gastrointestinal mucositis after DDP injection, which lowered inflammation and tightened the intestinal epithelial cells. Gut microbiota analysis showed that the abundance of the anti-inflammatory microbiota was downregulated and that the inflammatory microbiota was upregulated in DDP-treated mice. SMT upregulated anti-inflammatory and anticancer microbiota abundance, while the inflammatory microbiota was downregulated. An antibiotic cocktail (ABX) was also used to delete mice gut microbiota to test the importance of gut microbiota, and we found that SMT could not alleviate gastrointestinal mucositis after DDP injection, showing that gut microbiota might be an important mediator of SMT treatment. Our study provides evidence that SMT might moderate gastrointestinal mucositis after chemotherapy by altering gut microbiota.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• 제31권5_6호
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• pp.895-906
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• 2013

In this paper, we study the stabilization problem of switched systems with both controllable and uncontrollable subsystems. By using an average dwell time approach, we first establish a sufficient condition such that the switched system is exponentially stabilizable under appropriate switching signals. We also extend this result to the switched system with nonlinear impulse effects and disturbances. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the theoretical results.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• 제32권3_4호
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• pp.455-464
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• 2014

We establish some new criteria for the oscillation of mth order nonlinear difference equations. We study the case of strongly superlinear and the case of strongly sublinear equations subject to various conditions. We also present a sufficient condition for every solution to be asymptotic at ${\infty}$ to a factorial expression $(t)^{(m-1)}$.