• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.120-128
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• 2002

목적 : 성상세포종과 다형성교모세포증과 같은 뇌종양에서 37 양성자 자기공명분광법을 이용한 분광 소견을 알아보고, 이를 정상인 뇌의 분광소견과 비교하여, 그 차이를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 대상환자는 가톨릭의대 부속 강남성모병원에서 2001년 1월 1일부터 2002년 6월 1일까지 조직학적으로 확인된 astrocytoma 및 glioblastoma multiforme (GM) 환자들 중에서 양성자 자기공명분광을 시행한 10명의 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 연령분포는 28세에서 73세(평균: 52.2세), 남녀비는 4:6이었다. 양성자 자기공명분광법은 전신용 3T MRI/MRS 시스템(Medinus Co., LTD. Magnus 2.1)과 STEAM (stimulated echo acquisition mode) pulse sequence를 사용하였다. 획득한 자기공명분광 소견은 각각의 군에서 N-acetyla-spartate (NAA), phosphocreatine and creatine (Cr), choline containing compounds (Cho) and lactate (Lac)와 같은 대사물질들을 Cr을 기준으로 대사산물 신호강도의 비율로 상대적으로 계측하였다. 각각의 군에서 상대적인 비율의 평균과 표준편차를 구하여 정상뇌와 뇌종양을 비교하였고, 종합적인 결과는 Student t-test로 통계 처리하였다. 결과 : 양성자 자기공명분광소견상 정상 뇌조직과 뇌종양의 Cho/Cr 평균값은 각각 1.16$\pm$0.15, 1.79$\pm$1.02로 측정되었고, NAA/Cr은 각각 1.67$\pm$0.18, 0.64$\pm$0.38로 측정되었다. Lactate는 정상 뇌조직에서는 거의 발견되지 않은데 비해 뇌종양에서는 모두 관찰되었고 그 양은 3.53$\pm$2.54로 높게 나타났다. 결론 뇌종양(성상세포종, 다형성교모세포증)은 정상 뇌조직에 비해 Cho/Cr 비율이 현저히 증가하였으며, NAA/Cr 비율은 감소하였다. 또한 뇌종양에서는 강한 Lactate signal을 보여 주었다. 양성자 자기공명분광은 뇌종양에 대한 생화학적 정보를 얻을 수 있으므로, 임상적으로 비침습적인 방법을 통한 진단뿐 만 아니라 치료후 효과 판정이나, 뇌종양 재발 등의 감별진단에도 이용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 지질공학
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.457-465
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• 2013

지반 조사를 위해 흔히 수집하는 지표탐사 자료, 시추조사 자료, 지질공학 자료들을 서로 상관시켜 불연속 경계면 및 암반 파쇄대등의 분포를 파악하였다. 전기비저항 입체도와 공내 영상촬영을 통해 개략적인 지질 연약대의 주향 방향을 분석하고, 시추공 사이 탄성파 토모그래피 속도와 로즈 다이어그램을 통해 지층 및 암반 파쇄대의 공간적인 분포대를 파악하였다. 암반의 동적 물성을 파악하기 위해 S-PS 검층과 ${\gamma}-{\gamma}$ 검층으로 동적 탄성계수를 계산하여 푸아송 비 및 P파 속도와의 상관관계를 알아보았다. 지층의 불연속 경계면은 타격수 N값, 개별적인 밀도나 속도 정보를 이용하여 결정하는 것 보다 물리검층에서 수집한 속도와 밀도로부터 계산한 음향 임피던스의 대비, 즉 반사계수 자료와 시각적으로 잘 상관되었다. 암반에 발달한 주요 파쇄대 구간은 그 상부 경계면이 반사계수와 최적 리커 요소파의 곱말기로 계산된 합성탄성파 트레이스에서 극성이 음인 높은 진폭과 잘 상관되었다. 합성탄성파 기록으로 해석된 주된 파쇄대는 실제로 시추 코어 자료에서 관찰된 코어손실 구간 및 공내 영상촬영 자료에서 평가된 낮은 암질 구간과 잘 부합되었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.691-694
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• 2014

Background: Tumor length in patients with esophageal cancer (EC) has recently received great attention. However, its prognostic role for EC is controversial. The purpose of our study was to characterize the prognostic value of tumor length in EC patients and offer the optimum cut-off point of tumor length by reliable statistical methods. Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 71 consecutive patients with EC who underwent surgery. ROC curve analysis was used to determine the optimal cut-off point for tumor length, measured with a handheld ruler after formalin fixation. Correlations between tumor length and other factors were surveyed, and overall survival (OS) rates were compared between the two groups. Potential prognostic factors were evaluated by univariate Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. A P value less than 0.05 was considered significant. Results: There were a total of 71 patients, with a male/female divide of 43/28 and a median age of 59. Characteristics were as follows: squamous/adenocarcinoma, 65/6; median tumor length, 4 (0.9-10); cut-off point for tumor length, 4cm. Univariate analysis prognostic factors were tumor length and modality of therapy. One, three and five year OS rates were 84, 43 and 43% for tumors with ${\leq}4cm$ length, whereas the rates were 75, 9 and 0% for tumors >4 cm. There was a significant association between tumor length and age, sex, weight loss, tumor site, histology, T and N scores, differentiation, stage, modality of therapy and longitudinal margin involvement. Conclusions: Future studies for modification of the EC staging system might consider tumor length too as it is an important prognostic factor. Further assessment with larger prospective datasets and practical methods (such as endoscopy) is needed to establish an optimal cut-off point for tumor length.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2009

Silicon carbide (SiC) is a promising material for power device applications due to its wide band gap (3.26 eV for 4H-SiC), high critical electric field and excellent thermal conductivity. The Schottky barrier diode is the representative high-power device that is currently available commercially. A field plate edge-terminated 4H-SiC was fabricated using a lift-off process for opening the Schottky contacts. In this case, Ni/Ti dual-metal contacts were unintentionally formed at the edge of the Schottky contacts and resulted in the degradation of the electrical properties of the diodes. The breakdown voltage and Schottky barrier height (SBH, ${\Phi}_B$) was 107 V and 0.67 eV, respectively. To form homogeneous single-metal Ni/4H-SiC Schottky contacts, a deposition and etching method was employed, and the electrical properties of the diodes were improved. The modified SBDs showed enhanced electrical properties, as witnessed by a breakdown voltage of 635 V, a Schottky barrier height of ${\Phi}_B$=1.48 eV, an ideality factor of n=1.04 (close to one), a forward voltage drop of $V_F$=1.6 V, a specific on resistance of $R_{on}=2.1m{\Omega}-cm^2$ and a power loss of $P_L=79.6Wcm^{-2}$.

• 한방비만학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.69-77
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• 2020

Objectives: In this study, we investigated the antiobesity and antidiabetic effects of polyherbal extract, DM2 consisting of Atractylodis Rhizoma, Anemarrhenae Rhizoma, Cinnamomi Cortex, and Moutan Radicles Cortex in high fat diet-induced obesity mice. Methods: DM2 extract was prepared with a hot water. Six-week-old male C57BL/6N mice were fed a high-fat diet (HFD) for 8 weeks and then administrated with DM2 extract (500 mg/kg, p.o.) for 4 weeks. The changes of physiological markers, body weight (BW), food and water intakes, and the levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG) were measured once a week for 4 weeks in mice. The the serum levels of glucose, insulin, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), total cholesterol (T-CHO), triglyceride, and low density lipoprotein cholesterol in sera were measured in mice using autometic chemical analyzer and enzyme linked immunosorbant assay. We also observed the histological changes of liver and pancreatic tissues with Hematoxylin & Eosin staining. Results: In physiological change, the increases of BW, calorie intake, and FBG in HFD-induced obese mice were significantly decreased after administration of DM2 extract for 4 weeks. The decrease of water intake was significantly increased in DM2 extract-administrated mice. In serological change, the administration of DM2 extract in obesity mice was significantly decreased the serum levels of glucose, insulin, T-CHO, AST, and ALT levels. We also found that DM2 extract inhibited the increase of lipid droplets in liver and the structural destruction of pancreatic tissues in obesity mice. Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that DM2 extract has antiobesity antidiabetic effects with body weight loss, decrease of glucose and insulin levels, and lipid accumulation on liver tissue.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.230-235
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• 2022

BACKGROUND: Ammonia gas emitted from nitrogen fertilizers applied in agricultural land is an environmental pollutant that catalyzes the formation of fine particulate matter (PM2.5). A significant portion (12-18%) of nitrogen fertilizer input for crop cultivation is emitted to the atmosphere as ammonia gas, a loss form of nitrogen fertilizer in agricultural land. The widely practiced method for fertilizer use in agricultural fields involves spraying the fertilizers on the surface of farmlands and mixing those with the soils through such means as rotary work. To test the potential reduction of ammonia emission by nitrogen fertilizers from the soil surface, we have added N, P, and K at 2 g each to the glass greenhouse soil, and the ammonia emission was analyzed. METHODS AND RESULTS: The treatment consisted of non-fertilization, surface spray (conventional fertilization), and soil depth spray at 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 cm. Ammonia was collected using a self-manufactured vertical wind tunnel chamber, and it was quantified by the indophenol-blue method. As a result of analyzing ammonia emission after fertilizer treatments by soil depth, ammonia was emitted by the surface spray treatment immediately after spraying the fertilizer in the paddy soil, with no ammonia emission occurring at a soil depth of 10 cm to 30 cm. In the upland soil, ammonia was emitted by the surface spray treatment after 2 days of treatment, and there was no ammonia emission at a soil depth of 15 cm to 30 cm. Lettuce and Chinese cabbage treated with fertilizer at depths of 20 cm and 30 cm showed increases of fresh weight and nutrient and potassium contents. CONCLUSION(S): In conclusion, rather than the current fertilization method of spraying and mixing the fertilizers on the soil surface, deep placement of the nitrogen fertilizer in the soil at 10 cm or more in paddy fields and 15 cm or more in upland fields was considered as a better fertilization method to reduce ammonia emission.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.169-174
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• 2008

목적: 치과 임플랜트 주위의 변연골 변화는 임플랜트의 기능적인 유지 뿐만 아니라 심미적 성공을 위해서도 중요하다. 변연골의 유지를 위한 임플랜트 디자인이 연구되고 있다. 이번 예비 연구는 두 종류의 external hex implant 시스템에서 임플랜트의 상부 미세 나사산이 변연골 변화량에 미치는 영향을 평가하고자 한다. 재료 및 방법: 총 24명의 환자를 대상으로 $Br{{\aa}}nemark$ 임플랜트 식립군 (1군, 거친 표면 임플랜트, 20개)과 원플란트 임플랜트 식립군 (2군, 미세나사산을 가진 거친 표면 임플랜트, 20개)으로 분류하였다. 기준 시점 (임플랜트 부하)과 부하를 가한 1년 뒤 임상적, 방사선학적 검사를 시행하였다. UTHSCSA Image Tool을 이용하여 임플랜트-보철 경계부로부터 변연골 높이 변화량으로 계측하였다. 계측치는 SAS 프로그램을 이용하여 three-level ANCOVA로 통계처리 하였다. 결과: 기준 시점과 비교하여 1년 기능 후, 두 그룹 간의 변연골 소실 변화량에 있어서 통계학적으로 유의한 차이가 있었다 (P<0.05). 1군의 평균 변연골 높이 변화량은 $0.83{\pm}0.31mm$, 2군에 있어서는 $0.44{\pm}0.36mm$ 이었다. 미세나사산을 가진 거친 표면 임플랜트가 미세나 사산을 가지지 않은 거친 표면 임플랜트 보다 더 적은 변연골 소실 변화량을 보였다. 결론: 미세나사산을 가진 거친 표면 임플랜트가 기능적 부하 후 변연골 높이를 유지하는데 있어 더 유리한 디자인으로 보인다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.259-267
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• 2003

실험적 뇌손상 전후에 쥐의 뇌대사물질 변화를 4.7 T 자기공명분광법을 이용하여 조사하여 보았다. 자기공명 스펙트럼는 비교대상 그룹으로서 정상 쥐 우측 두전엽 피질에서 획득되었다. 유체타진손상기법(Fluid Percussion Injury)을 사용하여 뇌손상을 유발시킨후 3일 후 스펙트럼이 얻어졌다. 뇌손상 쥐의 뇌대사불질들의 변화는 정상쥐의 뇌대사물질들과 비교되었다. Neuronal marker로써 NAA/Cr 비율은 대조군에서 1.13$\pm$0.12이었고 뇌좌상부위에서 0.90$\pm$0.11로 손상전과 비교하여 대조군에 비해 유의성있는 감소소견을 나타내었으며 이는 neuronal loss를 의미하는 것으로 추정된다(P=0.001). Cho/Cr 비율은 대조군에서 0.76$\pm$0.15이었고 뇌좌상부위에서 0.91$\pm$0.17로 손상전과 비교하여 대조군에 비해 유의성있게 증가하는 경향을 나타내었으며 이는 생체막의 파괴나 염증반응과 관련된 것으로 추정된다(P=0.02). 하지만 Glx/Cr 비율은 손상전후에 유의성있는 변화를 나타내지 않았다. Lac/Cr 비율은 대조군에 비해 증가하는 경향을 나타내었고 이는 외상후 에너지 대사의 변위양상으로 고려되어진다. 이러한 소견들은 자기 공명분광법이 유체타진손상기법을 이용한 외상성 뇌좌상에서 신경병리학적 변화과정에 대한 이해를 증진시키고 나아가 외상에 의한 뇌좌상의 임상적인 평가를 위해 매우 유용한 modality임을 시사하는 것이라고 사료된다. 그러나 본 연구에서 몇몇의 케이스에서 voxel을 선정하면서 두개골의 일부가 포함되거나 혹은 죄상과 동반된 출혈로 인해 유용한 데이터를 획득하는데 어려움을 주기도 하였다. 앞으로 보다 더 세밀한 분석과 연구를 위해 유체타진 손상의 다양한 정도에서 대사물질들의 변화양상을 평가할 필요가 있을 것으로 사료된다. .

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.55-55
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• 1976

An experimental work was conducted to develop an optimum operating system of various hay drying systems ; sun-drying with long hay, sun-drying after chopping, sun-drying after crushing, heated air drying after chopping using batch-type dryer and heated air drying after crushing using tunnel-type dryer. Seombody having 60 cm long and initial moisture content of approximately 79 % in wet basis was used for the experiment. The criteria selected for determining the optimum operating condition were the drying performance rate, the production cost and quality of dried matter of each drying systems. The result of this study are summarized as follows : 1. Drying characteristics of leaves of long stem hay, chopped seombody and crushed one were obtained by maintaining the oven temperature at 70 degrees centigrade. The required drying times for various samples to approximately 15% moisture content in wet basis were about 50 min .for leaves ; 160 min. for crushed hay ; 250 min. for chopped hay ; 340min. for ling hay and more than 360 min .for stems. The drying time of crushed hay was required about 50 % of that for the uncrushed long hay. Such a significant difference of drying of time between the leaf and long stem may indicate that an effective drying of seombody may not be achieved unless any kind of special process treatment for the whole hay is undertaken. 2. In each individual drying system, the following conclusions were drawn: a. After 8 days sun-drying on concrete floor under good days with average tempe?rature at $256{\circ}C$ and relative humidity at 55% at 2 P.M., the moisture content of long hay was still above 25 5'~ and the leaf loss during drying caused by wind and rough handling was more than 50 ~G. b. It was possible to dry the chopped seombody by sun-drying down to about 10 % moisture content within 5 days, however, a stock of heat and discolouration phenomena were observed during the drying, which may be due to the increased deposit-density by chopping, resulting in lowering the quality of the dried product. c. Sun-drying for the crushed material by hay-conditioner was required about 4 days to reduce the moisture content to about 10 %, keeping the quality of dried product at good grade. o. The optimum deposit-depth of the chopped seombody in the batch-type dryer used was about 28cm with about 42kg/hr of drying performance rate. However, it was necessary to overturn the materials between the upper and lower layers in order to obtain a good quality of dried product. d. The drying performance rate by the tunnel-type drier was highest among those of drying systems tested, giving the rate of approximately 400kg/day. 3. On reviewing the individual drying system for seombody, it was possible to draw conclusion that the best system was tunnel drying with the crushed seombody as far as the performance rate was concerned. However, the methods gives the highest operational cost. The system for the lowest operational cost with good quality of dried product was the sun-drying with the crushed material. Accordingly, it may be recommended that the system of sun-drying for the crushed seombody may be the most feasible system presently applicable to farm-level operation.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.581-590
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• 1998

We developed a novel water-soluble camptothecin analobue, CKD602, and evaluated the inhibition of topoisomerase I and the antitumor activities against mammalian tumor cells and human tumor xenografts. CKD602 was a nanomolar inhibitor of the topoisomerase I enzyme in the cleavable complex assay. CKD602 was found to be 3 times and slightly more potent than topotecan and camptothecin as inhibitors of topoisomerase, respecitively. In tumor cell cytotoxicity, CKD602 was more potent than topotecan in 14 out of 26 human cancer cell lines tested, while it was comparable to camptothecin. CKD602 was tested for the in vivo antitumor activity against the human tumor xenograft models. CKD602 was able to imduce regression of established HT-29, WIDR and CX-1 colon tumors, LX-1 lung tumor, MX-1 breast tumor and SKOV-3 ovarian tumor as much as 80, 94, 76, 67, 87% and 88%, respectively, with comparable body weight changes to those of topotecan. Also the therapeutic margin (R/Emax: maximum tolerance dose/$ED-{58}$) of CKD602 was significantly higher than that of topotecan by 4 times. Efficacy was determined at the maximal tolerated dose levels using schedule dependent i.p. administration in mice bearing L1210 leukemia. On a Q4dx4 (every 4 day for 4 doses) schedule, the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) was 25 mg/kg per administration, which caused great weight loss and lethality in <5% tumor bearing mouse. this schedule brought significant increase in life span (ILS), 212%, with 33% of long-term survivals. The ex vivo antitumor activity of CKD602 was compared with that of topotecan and the mean antitumor index (ATI) values recorded for CKD602 were significantly higher than that noted for topotecan. From these results, CKD602 warrants further clinical investigations as a potent inhibitor of topoisomerase I.