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The effects of zeatin on Cd2+ -induced physiological toxicities in Commelina communis L (Zeatin이 Cd2+에 의한 닭의장풀의 생리적 독성에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee Joon Sang
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.345-350
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    • 2005
  • Three-week old Commelina communis was transferred and grown in Hoagland solution containing $100{\mu}M\;Cd^{2+},\;100{\mu}M\;Cd^{2+}+100{\mu}M\;kinetin,\;100{\mu}M\;Cd^{2+}+100{\mu}M\;zeatin\;and\;100{\mu}M\;Cd^{2+},\;200{\mu}M$ zeatin for 7 days, and then a number of physiological activities were investigated. In control, the length of the stem of plants was increased to 4.7cm, but in $Cd^{2+},\;Cd^{2+}+kinetin,\; Cd^{2+}+100{\mu}M\;zeatin\;and\;Cd^{2+}+200{\mu}M$ zeatin treatments, the growth of plants were increased to 1.5cm, 2.1cm, 3.9cm and 4.3 em, respectively. In the treatments of $Cd^{2+},\;Cd^{2+}+kinetin,\;Cd^{2+}+100{\mu}M\;zeatin\;and\; Cd^{2+}+200{\mu}M$ zeatin, total chlorophyll contents were reduced to $26\%,\;24\%,\;15\%\;and\;3\%$, respectively, on the contrast to the control. In chlorophyll fluorescence experiments, Fv/Fm ratios were also reduced to $44\%,\;21\%,\;17\%\;and\;5\%$ in the light intensity of $2100{\mu}Mmole\;E\;m^{-2}s^{-1}\;by\;Cd^{2+},\;Cd^{2+}+kinetin,\;Cd^{2+}+$100{\mu}M\;zeatin\;and\;Cd^{2+}+200{\mu}M$ zeatin treatments on the contrast to the control. Water stresses were increased to 2.6, 1.7 and 1.2 times by $Cd^{2+},\; Cd^{2+}+kinetin\;and\;Cd^{2+}+{\mu}M$ zeatin. On the other hand, combination of $Cd^{2+}+200{\mu}M$ zeatin reduced water stress to $0.12\%$. In $Cd^{2+}$ accumulation experiments $Cd^{2+}$transports were inhibited to $33\%\; 48\%\;and\;70\%\;by\;Cd^{2+}+kinetin,\;Cd^{2+}+100{\mu}M\;zeatin\;and\;Cd^{2+}+200{\mu}M$ zeatin. Therefore, it could be concluded that zeatin clearly reduced the toxicities of $Cd^{2+}$ by reducing the absorption of $Cd^{2+}$.

Draft Proposal of Smart Outdoor Wear upon the Outdoor Wear Functionality Demand (아웃도어 웨어 기능성 요구에 따른 스마트 아웃도어 재킷 설계시안)

  • Paek, Kyung Ja;Lee, Jeong Ran
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.446-455
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    • 2014
  • This study revealed the results related to the functionality of outdoor wear required when man and women in their 30s to 50s engage in outdoor activities. Based on the results of the survey, we proposed composition draft for a smart outdoor jacket with main functions of GPS device and light-emitting device using solar cell and EL. Absorption and release of sweat, functionality regarding rain and wind, and lightweightness, etc. from material functionalities of outdoor wear were found to be important. From function required in clothing for outdoor activity, location tracking, night glow, and lighting functions were found to be most important. For results investigating the necessity of the jacket's location tracking function and lighting function using solar cell, high scores of 3.9~4.0 were given. Purchase intentions for smart outdoor jacket with location tracking and lighting functions devised by this study were fairly positive and most responses indicated that the appropriate purchase price was between 200,000 to 300,000 won while possible problems of this smart outdoor jacket were listed in the order of washing inconvenience, high price, device weight, and discomfort in movement. The draft proposal to integrate with wearable devices for smart outdoor jacket prototype is as follows: Solar cell has been attached to the upper arm but placed inside a transparent pocket which has been detachable for washing convenience while the solar cell and controller have been integrated into a single unit. Using frequent movement exhibited by the arms, EL has been attached along the center line of the raglan sleeve for easy spotting when used as an emergency signal or for night lighting function during outdoor activity. GPS has been attached on the left sleeve so that the person can bend the left arm inward and operate the GPS screen with the right hand while walking or running outdoors.

Self-assembled Nanostructures for Broadband Light Absorption Enhancement in Silicon Absorber

  • Gang, Gu-Min;Kim, Gyeong-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.134.1-134.1
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    • 2014
  • 콜로이달 리소그래피는 나노미터 크기의 나노구를 자가조립에 의해 정렬시킴으로써, 파장이하 크기의 주기 구조를 저비용으로 쉽게 구현할 수 있는 패터닝 기법이다. 콜로이달 리소그래피나 소프트 리소그래피와 같이 대면적 패터닝이 가능한 공정을 태양전지를 위한 반사방지 및 광 포획 증대 구조에 적용함으로써, 기존 성능을 크게 향상시켰다. 본 연구에서는, 유한차분 시간영역 수치해석법을 이용하여 반사 방지 및 광 포획 증대 구조에 대한 이론적 검증 및 설계를 진행하였고, 콜로이달 리소그래피 및 반도체 공정을 통해 샘플을 제작하였으며, 제작된 샘플의 성능을 적분구를 겸비한 자외선 가시광 근적외선 영역 분광기를 통해 평가하였다. 반사방지 나노섬을 겸비한 나노 원뿔대 언덕형 굴절률 소자를 구현함으로써, 300나노미터 이하의 구조체를 사용하지 않고도 근자외선 영역을 포함하는 태양광 에너지의 손실을 최소화할 수 있는 광대역 방사방지 구조체를 제시하였다. 나노 원뿔대가 격자상수 이상의 파장에 대한 언덕형 굴절률을 제공하고, 4분의 1파장 나노섬 반사방지막이 격자 상수 이하의 근자외선 태양광을 추가적으로 흡수하여, 근자외선 영역에서의 평균 반사율을 3.8% 수준으로 달성 할 수 있었다. 또한, 낮은 양호계수를 갖는 속삭임 회랑 공진기 어레이를 이용하여, 박막 태양전지에 적합한 유전체 기반 광포획 증대 나노구조를 제시하였다. 나노반구, 나노고깔, 나노구, 함몰형 나노구 어레이 형태를 가지며, 500nm의 주기를 갖는 유전체 표면 텍스쳐드 구조를 초박형 비정질 실리콘 필름(100nm) 위에 제작하여 광대역 광 포획 증대 효과를 실험적으로 평가하였다. 구조들 중 함몰형 나노구 어레이가 결합된 비정질 실리콘 박막이 가장 높은 성능을 보였으며, 구조가 없는 경우 대비 약 67.6%의 가중 흡수율 증가를 나타내었다. 특히, 함몰형 나노구 어레이 구조 중 폴리메틸메타아크릴레이트로 제작된 평판형 함몰층은 나노구 비정질 박막 실리콘 사이의 접착력 및 기계적 강성을 향상시켰을 뿐 아니라, 함몰층 내부로 회절되고 산란된 빛들이 도파모드 효과에 의해 부가적인 광 포획 증대를 가져옴으로써, 가장 높은 광 포획 효과를 얻을 수 있었다. 유전체 기반 나노 구조들은 간단하고 저비용이며, 대면적으로 쉽게 제작할 수 있는 자가 조립 기반 콜로이달 리소그래피 및 소프트 리소그래피 기술을 이용하여 제작되었다.

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Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) Biosensors on Metal Nanoparticles with the Design of Bioreceptors

  • Kim, Min-Gon;Park, Jin-Ho;Byun, Ju-Young;Shin, Yong-Beom
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.126-126
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    • 2014
  • Label-free biomolecular assay based localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of noble metal nanoparticles enables simple and rapid detection with the use of simple equipment. Nanosized metal nanoparticles exhibit a strong absorption band when the incident light frequency is resonant with the collective oscillation of the electrons, which is known as the LSPR. Here we demonstrate localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) substrates such as plasmonic Au nanodisks fabricated by a nanoimprinting process and gold nanorod-immobilized surfaces and their applications to highly sensitive and/or label-free biosensing. To increase detection sensitivity various bioreceptors weree designed. A single chain variable fragment (scFv) was used as a receptor to bind C-reactive protein (CRP). The results of this effort showed that CRP in human serum could be quantitatively detected lower than 1 ng/ml. Aptamers, which were immobilized on gold nanorods, were used to detect mycotoxins. The specific binding of ochratoxin A (OTA) to the aptamer was monitored by the longitudinal wavelength shift of LSPR peak in the UV-Vis spectra resulting from the changes of local refractive index near the GNR surface induced by accumulation of OTA and G-quadruplex structure formation of the aptamer. According to our results, OTA could be quantitatively detected lower than 1 nM level. Additionally, aptamer-functionalized GNR substrate was quite robust and can be regenerated many times by rinsing at 70 OC to remove bound target. During seven times of washing steps, the developed OTA sensing system could be reusable. Moreover, the proposed biosensor exhibited selectivity over other mycotoxins with an excellent recovery for detection in grinded corn samples, suggesting that the proposed LSPR based aptasensor plays an important role in label-free detection of mycotoxins.

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Aerosol Size Distributions and Optical Properties during Severe Asian Dust Episodes Measured over South Korea in Spring of 2009-2010 (2009-2010년 봄철 심한 황사 사례에 대한 에어러솔 크기 분포와 광학적 특성)

  • Kang, Dong-Hun;Kim, Jiyoung;Kim, Kyung-Eak;Lim, Byung-Sook
    • Atmosphere
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.367-379
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    • 2012
  • Measurements of $PM_{10}$ mass concentration, aerosol light scattering and absorption coefficients as well as aerosol size distribution were made to characterize the aerosol physical and optical properties at the two Korean WMO/GAW regional stations, Anmyeondo and Gosan. Episodic cases of the severe Asian dust events occurred in spring of 2009-2010 were studied. Results in this study show that the aerosol size distributions and optical properties at both stations are closely associated with the dust source regions and the transport routes. According to the comparison of the $PM_{10}$ mass concentration at both stations, the aerosol concentrations at Anmyeondo are not always higher than those at Gosan although the distance from the dust source region to Anmyeondo is closer than that of Gosan. The result shows that the aerosol concentrations depend on the transport routes of the dust-containing airmass. The range of mass scattering efficiencies at Anmyeon and Gosan was 0.50~1.45 and $0.62{\sim}1.51m^2g^{-1}$, respectively. The mass scattering efficiencies are comparable to those of the previous studies by Clarke et al. (2004) and Lee (2009). It is noted that anthropogenic fine particles scatter more effectively the sunlight than coarse dust particles. Finally, we found that the aerosol size distribution and optical properties at Anmyeondo and Gosan show somewhat different properties although the samples for the same dust_episodic events are compared.

Color Index and Coloring Substances in Korean Sugar Maple, Acer mono Max.,Syrup (고로쇠나무(Acer mono Max.)수액(樹液) 표준농축액(標準濃縮液)의 색도지수(色度指數)와 착색물질(着色物質))

  • Ahn, Won Yung
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.7-12
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    • 1975
  • The sap uses of Korean sugar maple, Acer mono Max., "Gorosoe-namoo," the most abundant growing stock in maples, for a medical beverage at every early spring have had the long history in Korea. The sap of Korean sugar maple (the maple) was prepared with a unique tapping method from the trees during the sap flow season of 1974, measured the sugar content in $2.6^{\circ}$ to $3.3^{\circ}Brix$ of sugar on average and the sugar concentration of the sap was enough for a sweetener resource comparing with those of American sugar maples in literature. The color of sirup was very dark and the color index was 2.69 for the sirup of $15.3^{\circ}Brix$ having 10 hours evaporation and 3.380 for the standard sirup, as shown in Table 3 and Figure 2, due to the prolonged evaporation in deep aluminium or stainless steel kettles. The alcohol extractives of standard sirup has the light color and the residue reddish brown and the absorption spectra have the maxima in wave length of 350 nm, 1,000 nm, 1,170 nm, 1,400 nm and 1900 nm, as shown in Figure 3. The extractives of ethanol and monoethanolamine mixture (97:3, v/v) has dark red and the residue darker redish brown.

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Effects of Temperature and Additives on the Thermal Stability of Glucoamylase from Aspergillus niger

  • Liu, Yang;Meng, Zhaoli;Shi, Ruilin;Zhan, Le;Hu, Wei;Xiang, Hongyu;Xie, Qiuhong
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.33-43
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    • 2015
  • GAM-1 and GAM-2, two themostable glucoamylases from Aspergillus niger B-30, possess different molecular masses, glycosylation, and thermal stability. In the present study, the effects of additives on the thermal inactivation of GAM-1 and GAM-2 were investigated. The half-lives of GAM-1 and GAM-2 at 70℃ were 45 and 216 min, respectively. Data obtained from fluorescence spectroscopy, circular dichroism spectroscopy, UV absorption spectroscopy, and dynamic light scattering demonstrated that during the thermal inactivation progress, combined with the loss of the helical structure and a majority of the tertiary structure, tryptophan residues were partially exposed and further led to glucoamylases aggregating. The thermal stability of GAM-1 and GAM-2 was largely improved in the presence of sorbitol and trehalose. Results from spectroscopy and Native-PAGE confirmed that sorbitol and trehalose maintained the native state of glucoamylases and prevented their thermal aggregation. The loss of hydrophobic bonding and helical structure was responsible for the decrease of glucoamylase activity. Additionally, sorbitol and trehalose significantly increased the substrate affinity and catalytic efficiency of the two glucoamylases. Our results display an insight into the thermal inactivation of glucoamylases and provide an important base for industrial applications of the thermally stable glucoamylases.

Feasibility study on the development of respiration sensor using a chalcogenide optical fiber (Chalcogenide 광섬유를 이용한 호흡측정 센서 개발을 위한 기초 연구)

  • Yoo, Wook-Jae;Cho, Dong-Hyun;Jang, Kyoung-Won;Oh, Jeong-Eun;Lee, Bong-Soo;Tack, Gye-Rae
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.331-336
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    • 2007
  • In this study, we have fabricated an infrared optical fiber based sensor which can monitor the respiration of a patient. The design of a chalcogenide optical fiber based sensor is suitable for insertion into a high electro-magnetic field environment because the sensor consists of low cost and compact mid-infrared components such as an infrared light source, a chalcogenide optical fiber and a thermopile sensor. A fiber-optic respiration sensor is capable of detecting carbon dioxide ($CO_{2}$) in exhalation of a patient using the infrared absorption characteristics of carbon gases. The modulated infrared radiation due to the presence of carbon dioxide is guided to the thermopile sensor via a chalcogenide receiving fiber. It is expected that a mid-infrared fiber-optic respiration sensor which can be developed based on the results of this study would be highly suitable for respiration measurements of a patient during the procedure of an MRI.

A Study on the Cold Pad Batch Dyeing of a String Wallcovering with Reactive Dyestuff (반응성염료를 이용한 스트링벽지 패딩염색에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Joonhan;Kang, Youngwoong;Kim, Sunmee
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.105-112
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    • 2017
  • A string wallcovering is a kind of textile wallcovering which is made of cellulose fiber yarn laminated on base paper. Compared with normal paper or PVC wallpaper, a string wallcovering is preferred continually in the interior design market, as it is not only environmentally friendly but it also has less cost on mass production without the weaving process and has a natural visual effect, excellent functionality such as thermo keeping, permeability, sound absorption. However, in the dyeing process, it is not appropriate to use plenty of energy such as water, electricity, steam or chemicals considering the environmental trend and the government policy plenty of energy such as water, electricity, steam or chemicals. Currently, a string wallcovering is made of raw white yarn and padding with direct dye or pigment which includes toxic elements, especially the use of direct dye is restricted in a part of the developed country due to inclusion of azo. In this study, we researched dyeing based on cold pad batch dyeing of a string wallcovering with reactive dyestuff. The peel strength and bending depth test confirmed that the optimum adhesive type and spread amount improved the water resistance of the string wallcovering. Also, pad batch dyeing with optimum reactive dyestuff enhanced the color fastness to light and rubbing in dry and wet conditions. Additionally, for improvement of color fastness to rubbing in a wet condition, the additional treatment finishing without soaping process which is used water. The results of this study can be used as basic data for environmentally friendly and energy saving of the textile wallcovering.

A Research on the Actual Condition of Narrator Models' Wearing Uniform (도우미의 유니폼 착용실태 조사 - 내레이터 모델을 중심으로 -)

  • Jung, Hea-Young;Lee, Myung-Hee
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.6 no.6
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    • pp.707-714
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    • 2004
  • This study was carried out to research the actual condition of narrator models' wearing uniform, targeting on the narrator models who are being currently active and are from 19-year-old to 30-year-old. A poll was performed through visiting internet circles and spots, and the characteristic of objects, the form of uniform, attitude on uniform, dissatisfaction index on wearing uniform and preference index on wearing uniform were researched. It was carried out from August 18, 2003 to August 31, 2003. In order to perform this study, 161 questionnaires were used in all, and frequency analysis was implemented using SPSS 10.0. The objects of study were composed of female. Those who are from 21-year-old to 25-year-old accounted for 74.5%, and those who have career from 2 years to 3 years accounted for 75.5%. In respect to attitude on wearing uniform, affirmative answers, affirmative answers, such as a sense of belonging, a pride in activity and increase of efficiency, accounted for 68.8%. On the other hand, in respect to a harmonization between uniform and work, just the 39.8-percent showed affirmative reaction. Concerning the functionality of uniform, such as retaining warmth and ventilating, dissatisfaction index showed very high value; it is judged that it should be improved henceforth. Working postures were researched, following the order of standing posture and arm-using posture. In inconvenient actions, bending down and moving arms were orderly pointed out. With regard to the dissatisfaction of size, busts, the length of skirt and waist girth were orderly pointed out. Likewise, considering the parts of which room is required, bust, hip girth and waist girth were orderly pointed out. As to the points that should be bettered, design and functionality were orderly pointed out. In respect to materials of uniform, sweat-absorption material, light material and well-ventilated material were orderly suggested.