• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2017

Background: BIOGF1K, a compound K-rich fraction prepared from the root of Panax ginseng, is widely used for cosmetic purposes in Korea. We investigated the functional mechanisms of the anti-inflammatory and antioxidative activities of BIOGF1K by discovering target enzymes through various molecular studies. Methods: We explored the inhibitory mechanisms of BIOGF1K using lipopolysaccharide-mediated inflammatory responses, reporter gene assays involving overexpression of toll-like receptor adaptor molecules, and immunoblotting analysis. We used the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay to measure the antioxidative activity. We cotransfected adaptor molecules, including the myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 (MyD88) and Toll/interleukin-receptor domain containing adaptor molecule-inducing interferon-${\beta}$ (TRIF), to measure the activation of nuclear factor (NF)-${\kappa}B$ and interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3). Results: BIOGF1K suppressed lipopolysaccharide-triggered NO release in macrophages as well as DPPH-induced electron-donating activity. It also blocked lipopolysaccharide-induced mRNA levels of interferon-${\beta}$ and inducible nitric oxide synthase. Moreover, BIOGF1K diminished the translocation and activation of IRF3 and NF-${\kappa}B$ (p50 and p65). This extract inhibited the upregulation of NF-${\kappa}B$-linked luciferase activity provoked by phorbal-12-myristate-13 acetate as well as MyD88, TRIF, and inhibitor of ${\kappa}B$ ($I{\kappa}B{\alpha}$) kinase ($IKK{\beta}$), and IRF3-mediated luciferase activity induced by TRIF and TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1). Finally, BIOGF1K downregulated the NF-${\kappa}B$ pathway by blocking $IKK{\beta}$ and the IRF3 pathway by inhibiting TBK1, according to reporter gene assays, immunoblotting analysis, and an AKT/$IKK{\beta}$/TBK1 overexpression strategy. Conclusion: Overall, our data suggest that the suppression of $IKK{\beta}$ and TBK1, which mediate transcriptional regulation of NF-${\kappa}B$ and IRF3, respectively, may contribute to the broad-spectrum inhibitory activity of BIOGF1K.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.3-10
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• 2017

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Sargassum horneri is an edible brown alga that grows in the subtidal zone as an annual species along the coasts of South Korea, China, and Japan. Recently, an extreme amount of S. horneri moved into the coasts of Jeju Island from the east coast of China, which made huge economic and environmental loss to the Jeju Island. Thus, utilization of this biomass becomes a big issue with the local authorities. Therefore, the present study was performed to evaluate the anti-inflammatory potential of crude polysaccharides (CPs) extracted from S. horneri China strain in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. MATERIALS/METHODS: CPs were precipitated from S. horneri digests prepared by enzyme assistant extraction using four food-grade enzymes (AMG, Celluclast, Viscozyme, and Alcalase). The production levels of nitric oxide (NO) and pro-inflammatory cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$ and interleukin (IL)-$1{\beta}$ were measured by Griess assay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, respectively. The levels of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), nuclear factor (NF)-${\kappa}B$, and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) were measured by using western blot. The IR spectrums of the CPs were recorded using a fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) spectrometer. RESULTS: The polysaccharides from the Celluclast enzyme digest (CCP) showed the highest inhibition of NO production in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells ($IC_{50}$ value: $95.7{\mu}g/mL$). Also, CCP dose-dependently down-regulated the protein expression levels of iNOS and COX-2 as well as the production of inflammatory cytokines, including TNF-${\alpha}$ and IL-$1{\beta}$, compared to the only LPS-treated cells. In addition, CCP inhibited the activation of NF-${\kappa}B$ p50 and p65 and the phosphorylation of MAPKs, including p38 and extracellular signal-regulated kinase, in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. Furthermore, FT-IR analysis showed that the FT-IR spectrum of CCP is similar to that of commercial fucoidan. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that CCP has anti-inflammatory activities and is a potential candidate for the formulation of a functional food ingredient or/and drug to treat inflammatory diseases.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.652-663
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• 1996

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the tensile bond strength to tooth structure of composite resin and glass ionomer cement according to filling methods and light curing units. In this study, two class V cavities were prepared on the buccal surface of each tooth of 140 extracted human molars, and they were randomly assigned into 3 experimental groups with 40 teeth and control group with 20 teeth. And then, each experimental groups subdivided into 2 groups(A,B) according to light curing units. The cavities of each group were filled with the CLEARFIL FII self curing resin(Control Group), Z-100 light curing resin(Group 1), Vitremer$^{TM}$ light curing glass ionomer cement(Group 2) and Z-100 light curing resin over the Vitrebond$^{TM}$ liner(Group 3). And subdivided A Group used Argon Laser(SPECTRUM$^{TM}$, U.S.A.), B Group used XL 1,000 curing light (3M, U.S.A.). The specimens underwent temperature changed from $5^{\circ}C$ to $55^{\circ}C$ five hundred times. After thermocycling, specimens were stored in 100% relative humidity at $37^{\circ}C$ for 24 hours. And then, the tensile bond strength of specimens were calculated with Universal Testing Machine(AGS-100A, Japan). The results were as follows : 1. Among the experimental groups, the group 2-B showed the highest tensile bond strength ($18.89{\pm}7.80$) and the group 1-A showed the lowest tensile bond strength ($11.68{\pm}2.28$). There was significant difference between group 2-B and group 1-A(p<0.01). 2. Between the light curing units, the XL 1,000 unit showed higher tensile bond strength ($16.63{\pm}3.20$) than that of the Argon Laser unit ($13.73{\pm}2.30$). There was significant difference between XL 1,000 and Argon Laser(p<0.01). 3. About filling methods and materials, the group 2 showed the highest tensile bond strength ($17.56{\pm}1.89$) and the group 1 showed the lowest tensile bond strength($13.03{\pm}1.90$). There was significant difference between group 2 and group 1,3(p<0.01). In conclusion, the results showed that the glass-ionomer cement that cured by XL 1,000 light curing unit demonstrated significantly higher tensile bond strength than other curing unit and filling methods.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.136-142
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• 1999

Ni0.65Zn0.35Cu0.3Fe1.7O4의 결정학적 및 자기적 성질을 X-선 회절법과 Mossbauer 분광법, 진동시료 자화율 측정기(VSM)로 연구하였다. 결정구조는 cubic spinel 구조이며, 격자상수 a0=8.403$\AA$임을 알았다. Mossbauer 스펙트럼은 12K부터 665K까지 취하였으며, 온도가 상승함에 따라 Mossbauer 스펙트럼의 line broadening 현상이 나타났다. 이는 철의 자리에서 여러 다른 초미세자기장의 온도의존성으로부터 기인된다고 볼 수 있고, 분포함수 모델을 사용하여 실온에서 사면체자리[A자리], 팔면체자리[B자리]의 초미세자기장값 Hhf(A)=470kOe, Hhf(B0)=495kOe, Hhf(B1)=485kOe, Hhf(B2)=453kOe, Hhf(B3)=424kOe, Hhf(B4)=390kOe, Hhf(Bavr.)=451kOe을 얻었다. 실온에서 이성질체 이동결과 A, B자리 모두 Fe+3임을 알았고, Neel 온도 TN=665K로 결정하였다. VSM 실험결과 실온에서 포화자화값은 66emu/g이고 보자력은 36Oe를 나타냈다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.88-97
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• 2015

전방위 광학계는 360도의 방위각과 지평선 위와 아래의 수직화각에 대한 상을 동시에 결상이 가능한 광학계이다. 본 논문에서는 제작을 쉽게 하면서 크기가 작아지도록 하기 위해서 가운데에 구멍이 뚫려있는 옵스큐레이션(obscuration)을 갖는 구면거울 1장과 평면거울 1장으로 이루어진 거울계 및 이 거울계에서 반사하여 구면거울의 옵스큐레이션을 통과한 시야각 범위 안의 광을 결상하는 구면렌즈 3개와 하나의 구면 이중렌즈로 구성된 결상렌즈계를 사용하는 가시광용 반사굴절식 전방위 광학계를 설계하고 제작하여 전방위 영상을 실제로 결상하였다. 그리고 자동차 앞, 뒷번호판의 영상을 보고 이 전방위 광학계의 통과 공간주파수를 측정하고, ISO 12233 차트의 영상으로부터 전방위 광학계의 수직화각을 측정하여 광학계의 성능을 평가하였다. 이 결과 전방위 광학계의 수직화각은 $+53^{\circ}{\sim}-17^{\circ}$이며, 방위각은 $360^{\circ}$이고, 3 m 거리에서 자동차 앞번호판의 숫자를 구별할 수 있었는데, 이는 135 lp/mm의 통과 공간주파수에 해당한다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.594-600
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• 2018

본 연구는 시가독소 생성 대장균(STEC)를 제어하기 위하여 하천수 시료로부터 넓은 숙주저해범위를 갖는 ECP33 파지와 NOECP91 파지를 분리, 선별하였다. 총 44주의 STEC균주에 대해 ECP33 파지는 약 45.5%와 NOECP91 파지는 약 65.9%로 숙주저해특성을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 형태학적 특성을 확인한 결과 모두 Myoviridae family에 속하였다. 환경에 대한 안정성 분석을 진행한 결과, 두 파지 모두 50 ppm 농도의 차아염소산 및 pH 4-10의 pH환경에 대해서는 최소 30분까지 비교적 안정한 것으로 나타났다. 반면, $70^{\circ}C$의 고온에서는 NOECP91 파지는 15분 내에, ECP33 파지는 30분 처리 시에 대부분 사멸하고, 유기용매(EtOH) 환경에서 NOECP91 파지는 30% 에탄올 1시간 처리에 모두 사멸하였으나, ECP33파지의 경우 70% EtOH/에탄올 1시간 처리에도 2 log PFU/mL 미만의 감소율을 보여 온도와 유기용매(EtOH) 환경에 대해 ECP33 파지가 NOECP91 파지보다 안정적인 것으로 나타났다. 아울러 분리된 ECP33 파지와 NOECP91 파지를 MOI 0.1 조건에 따른 STEC 균주 생육억제 정도를 분석한 결과, 배양 10시간대까지 생육억제가 이루어지는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 본 연구를 통해 분리된 ECP33 파지와 NOECP91 파지는 시가독소 생성 대장균의 생물학적 제어제로서 적용이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국근적외분광분석학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국근적외분광분석학회 2001년도 NIR-2001
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• pp.1246-1246
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• 2001

The quality of meat is highly variable in many properties. This variability originates from both animal production and meat processing. At the pre-slaughter stage, animal factors such as breed, sex, age contribute to this variability. Environmental factors include feeding, rearing, transport and conditions just before slaughter (Hildrum et al., 1995). Meat can be presented in a variety of forms, each offering different opportunities for adulteration and contamination. This has imposed great pressure on the food manufacturing industry to guarantee the safety of meat. Tissue and muscle speciation of flesh foods, as well as speciation of animal derived by-products fed to all classes of domestic animals, are now perhaps the most important uncertainty which the food industry must resolve to allay consumer concern. Recently, there is a demand for rapid and low cost methods of direct quality measurements in both food and food ingredients (including high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), thin layer chromatography (TLC), enzymatic and inmunological tests (e.g. ELISA test) and physical tests) to establish their authenticity and hence guarantee the quality of products manufactured for consumers (Holland et al., 1998). The use of Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) for the rapid, precise and non-destructive analysis of a wide range of organic materials has been comprehensively documented (Osborne et at., 1993). Most of the established methods have involved the development of NIRS calibrations for the quantitative prediction of composition in meat (Ben-Gera and Norris, 1968; Lanza, 1983; Clark and Short, 1994). This was a rational strategy to pursue during the initial stages of its application, given the type of equipment available, the state of development of the emerging discipline of chemometrics and the overwhelming commercial interest in solving such problems (Downey, 1994). One of the advantages of NIRS technology is not only to assess chemical structures through the analysis of the molecular bonds in the near infrared spectrum, but also to build an optical model characteristic of the sample which behaves like the “finger print” of the sample. This opens the possibility of using spectra to determine complex attributes of organic structures, which are related to molecular chromophores, organoleptic scores and sensory characteristics (Hildrum et al., 1994, 1995; Park et al., 1998). In addition, the application of statistical packages like principal component or discriminant analysis provides the possibility to understand the optical properties of the sample and make a classification without the chemical information. The objectives of this present work were: (1) to examine two methods of sample presentation to the instrument (intact and minced) and (2) to explore the use of principal component analysis (PCA) and Soft Independent Modelling of class Analogy (SIMCA) to classify muscles by quality attributes. Seventy-eight (n: 78) beef muscles (m. longissimus dorsi) from Hereford breed of cattle were used. The samples were scanned in a NIRS monochromator instrument (NIR Systems 6500, Silver Spring, MD, USA) in reflectance mode (log 1/R). Both intact and minced presentation to the instrument were explored. Qualitative analysis of optical information through PCA and SIMCA analysis showed differences in muscles resulting from two different feeding systems.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.307-319
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• 2023

Ground fissures have a huge effect on the integrity of surface structures. In high-intensity ground fissure regions, however, land resource would be wasted and city building and economic development would be limited if the area avoiding principle was used. In view of this challenge, to reveal the seismic response and seismic failure characteristics of ground fissure sites, a shaking table test on model soil based on a 1:15 scale experiment was carried out. In the test, the spatial distribution characteristics of acceleration response and Arias intensity were obtained for a site exposed to earthquakes with different characteristics. Furthermore, the failure characteristics and damage evolution of the model soil were analyzed. The test results indicated that, with the increase in the earthquake acceleration magnitude, the crack width of the ground fissure enlarged from 0 to 5 mm. The soil of the hanging wall was characterized by earlier cracking and a higher abundance of secondary fissures at 45°. Under strong earthquakes, the model soil, especially the soil near the ground fissure, was severely damaged and exhibited reduced stiffness. As a result, its natural frequency also decreased from 11.41 Hz to 8.05 Hz, whereas the damping ratio increased from 4.8% to 9.1%. Due to the existence of ground fissure, the acceleration was amplified to nearly 0.476 m/s², as high as 2.38 times of the input acceleration magnitude. The maximum of acceleration and Arias intensity appeared at the fissure zone, which decreased from the main fissure toward both sides, showing hanging wall effects. The seismic intensity, duration and frequency spectrum all had certain effects on the seismic response of the ground fissure site, but their influence degrees were different. The seismic response of the site induced by the seismic wave that had richer low-frequency components and longer duration was larger. The discrepancies of seismic response between the hanging wall and the footwall declined obviously when the magnitude of the earthquake acceleration increased. The research results will be propitious to enhancing the utilizing ratio of the limited landing resource, alleviation of property damages and casualties, and provide a good engineering application foreground.

• 분석과학
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.510-517
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• 2008

본 연구는 건강한 성인남자로부터 비스테로이드성 항염증제인 diclofenac약물을 복용 후 26시간 동안 배설된 소변을 채취하여 이 약물의 대사과정과 배설에 대하여 연구를 수행하였다. 소변 중에 diclofenac의 포합대사체를 검출하기 위하여 산가수분해 과정을 수행하였고 이 과정에서 diclofenac과 대사체들은 탈수반응에 의해 락탐환이 형성되어 이들의 극성은 산성에서 염기성으로 전환된다. 그러나 변환된 락탐환은 염기조건에서 수산화이온에 의해 쉽게 분해가 일어나므로 오히려 염기성 조건에서의 추출율이 낮아지는 경향이 있어 적정 추출 조건에 대하여 연구하였다. 미량의 대사체 검출을 위하여 trimethylsilylation (TMS) 유도체 반응을 시킨 후 gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS)를 이용하여 분석하였다. 본 연구를 통해 4개의 대사체를 검출할 수 있었으며, 이들은 모두 산화과정에 의해 약물모핵에 hydroxylation된 화합물이었다. 각 대사체는 질량스펙트럼의 해석과 이전 연구결과의 비교를 통하여 구조가 규명되었으며, 이를 바탕으로 시간에 따른 모 약물과 대사체의 배설율을 조사하였다. 본 실험 결과로부터 diclofenac의 체내 대사 경로를 제안하였다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.58.1-59
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• 2021

Exploration of asteroids' internal structure is essential for understanding their evolutional history. It also provides a fundamental information about the history of coalescence and collision of the solar system. Among several models of the internal structures, the rubble-pile model, confirmed by the near-Earth asteroid (25143) Itokawa by Hayabusa mission [1], is now widely regarded as the most common to asteroids with size ranging from 200 m to 10 km [2]. On the contrary, monolithic and core-mantle structures are also possible for small asteroids [3]. It is, however, still challenging to look through the interior of a target object using remote-sensing devices. In this presentation, we introduce our ongoing research conducted at Seoul National and propose an idea to infer the internal structure of Apophis using available instruments. Itokawa's research provides an important benchmark for Apophis exploration because both asteroids have similar size and composition [4][5]. We have conducted research on Itokawa's evolution in terms of collision and space weathering. Space weathering is the surface alteration process caused by solar wind implantation and micrometeorite bombardment [6]. Meanwhile, resurfacing via a collision acts as a counter-process of space weathering by exposing fresh materials under the matured layer and lower the overall degree of space weathering. Therefore, the balance of these two processes determine the space weathering degrees of the asteroid. We focus on the impact evidence on the boulder surface and found that space weathering progresses in only 100-10,000 years and modifies the surface optical properties (Jin & Ishiguro, KAS 2020 Fall Meeting). It is important to note that the timescale is significantly shorter than the Itokawa's age, suggesting that the asteroid can be totally processed by space weathering. Accordingly, our result triggers a further discussion about why Itokawa indicates a moderately fresh spectrum (Sq-type denotes less matured than S-type). For example, Itokawa's smooth terrains show a weaker degree of space weathering than other S-type asteroids [7]. We conjecture that the global seismic shaking caused by collisions with >1 mm-sized interplanetary dust particles induces granular convection, which hinders the progression of space weathering [8]. Note that the efficiency of seismic wave propagation is strongly dependent on the internal structure of the asteroid. Finally, we consider possible approaches to investigate Apophis's internal structure. The first idea is studying the space weathering age, as conducted for Itokawa. If Apophis indicates a younger age, the internal structure would have more voids [9]. In addition, the 2029 close encounter with Earth provides a rare natural opportunity to witness the contrast between before and after the event. If the asteroid exhibits a slight change in shape and space weathering degree, one can determine the physical structure of the internal materials (e.g., rubble-pile monolithic, thick or thin regolith layer, the cohesion of the materials). We will also consider a possible science using a seismometer.