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Orbital exenteration for a third eyelid gland carcinoma in a dog

  • Park, Yoonji;Kang, Seonmi;Jeong, Manbok;Park, Jungyun;Seo, Kangmoon
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.58 no.4
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    • pp.223-225
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    • 2018
  • A 13-year-old neutered male Poodle dog was presented with a third eyelid mass in the left eye. The dog had undergone local resection of the mass about a year prior in a private practice. On cytological examination, the mass was diagnosed as adenocarcinoma. Although lung and lymph node metastases were suspected, based upon the computed tomographic results, exenteration was performed to relieve chronic pain and to improve the dog's quality of life. Exenteration carried a good prognosis with no tumor recurrence until 1 year and 10 months after surgery, when local recurrence occurred near the left zygomatic arch.

Seasonal Variation in Fatty Acid Composition in Female Pen Shell (Atrina Pectinata)

  • Baik Sung-Hyun;Kim Kang-Jeon;Choo Jong-Jae;Choe Sun-Nam;Chung Ee-Yung;Park Kwan Ha
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.261-264
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    • 2001
  • Seasonal variation in fatty acid profiles was examined in the visceral mass and the posterior adductor muscle of the female pen shell, Atrina pectinata. Total percentages of saturated fatty acids were similar between the two organs, and there was not a prominent seasonal change in both tissues. While the percentages of highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFAs) in the visceral mass were higher than those in the posterior adductor muscle, monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) were high in the posterior adductor muscle. HUFA contents, especially in $20: 5\omega3$, $22: 5\omega3$ and $22: 6\omega3$, markedly decreased in September in the visceral mass, and this decrease was associated with a corresponding total MUFAs in the same organ. A similar pattern of change in September was noted in the posterior adductor muscle MUFAs and HUFAs. These results indicate that $20:\omega3$ and $22:\omega3$ HUFA changes in the visceral mass and posterior adductor muscle reflect the reproductive stages in pen shell.

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Diagnostic Evaluation of Enzyme Activity Related to Steroid Metabolism by Mass Spectrometry-Based Steroid Profiling

  • Choi, Man Ho;Chung, Bong Chul
    • Mass Spectrometry Letters
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.35-41
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    • 2014
  • Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) methods have been used extensively in clinical steroid analyses. Evaluating the metabolic ratios of precursors to products by accurate quantification of individual steroid levels in biological samples can reveal the activities of enzymes associated with steroid metabolism. This review article discusses the impact of GC-MS-based steroid profiling on our understanding of the biochemical role of steroids and their metabolic enzymes in hormone-dependent diseases, such as congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), cortisol-mediated hypertension, apparent mineralocorticoid excess (AME), male-pattern baldness, and breast and thyroid cancers. Steroid profiling is a comprehensive analytical technique that can be applied whenever the highest specificity is required and may be a reasonable initial diagnostic approach.

Numerical Calibration method of an Electrochemical Probe for Measurement of Wall-Shear-Stress in Two-Phase Flow

  • Park, Ki-Yong;No, Hee-Cheon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 1996.05b
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    • pp.227-232
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    • 1996
  • The one-third calibrating relation by steady solution can cause large error when applied to an unsteady flow with large amplitude waves. Extended calibrating method, which can treat the normal convective contribution, is developed. The normal mass convective term is included into the 2-D mass transport equation by means of rms value and random function. The unknown shear rate is numerically determined by solving the 2-D mass transport equation inversely. This recovery method which predicts the unknown shear rate is constructed. It is found that it works very well without distortion. The inclusion of the normal convective term has a negligible effect on the mass transfer coefficient.

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Sequence Verification of Synthetic Oligonucleotides by Exonuclease Digestion and Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry

  • Kim, Jin-Sung;Jang, Jung-Suk;Choi, Jong-Soon;Chang, Yoon-Seok
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.122-126
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    • 1996
  • A series of oligonucleotides were synthesized by automatic DNA synthesizer. The purity of crude products was checked and their molecular weights determined by matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) with an accuracy of better than 0.05% deviation even without using an internal standard. This mass determining technology in combination with partial digestion of oligonucleotides by 5'- and 3'-exonuclease provides a straightforward and simple method to obtain sequence information of oligonucleotides. The extension of this technology to the sequencing of modified oligonucleotides and genomic DNA and RNA might become possible.

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On the use of tuned mass dampers to suppress vortex shedding induced vibrations

  • Strommen, Einar;Hjorth-Hansen, Erik
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.19-30
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    • 2001
  • This paper concerns computational response predictions when a tuned mass damper is intended to be used for the suppression of vortex shedding induced vibrations of e.g., a bridge deck. A general frequency domain theory is presented and its application is exemplified on a suspension bridge (where vortex shedding vibrations have been observed and where such an installation is a possible solution). Relevant load data are taken from previous wind tunnel tests. In particular, the displacement response statistics of the tuned mass damper as well as the bridge deck are obtained from time domain simulations, showing that after the installation of a TMD peak factors between three and four should be expected.

Bistable tuned mass damper for suppressing the vortex induced vibrations in suspension bridges

  • Farhangdoust, Saman;Eghbali, Pejman;Younesian, Davood
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.313-320
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    • 2020
  • The usage of conventional tuned mass damper (TMD) was proved as an effective method for passive mitigating vortex-induced vibration (VIV) of a bridge deck. Although a variety of linear TMD systems have been so far utilized for vibration control of suspension bridges, a sensitive TMD mechanism to wind spectrum frequency is lacking. Here, we introduce a bistable tuned mass damper (BTMD) mechanism which has an exceptional sensitivity to a broadband input of vortex shedding velocity for suppressing VIV in suspension bridge deck. By use of the Monte Carlo simulation, performance of the nonlinear BTMD is shown to be more efficient than the conventional linear TMD under two different wind load excitations of harmonic (sinusoidal) and broadband input of vortex shedding. Consequently, an appropriate algorithm is proposed to optimize the design parameters of the nonlinear BTMD for Kap Shui Mun Bridge, and then the BTMD system is localized for the interior deck of the suspension bridge.