• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 1993년도 수공학연구발표회논문집
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• pp.175-182
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• 1993

The complex nature of low flow transport and tranformation of nonconservative pollutants in natural streams with pools and riffles has been investigated using a numerical solution of a proposed mathematical model that is based on a set of mass balance equations describing hydrodynamic processes (advection, dispersion, and mass exchange mechanicms in streams and in storage zones) and chemical processes (reaction or decay). In this study, a mathematical model (named "Storage-Transformation Model") has been developed to predict adequately the non-Fickian nature of mixing and transformation mechanisms for decaying substances in natural streams under low flow conditions. Comparisons between the concentration-time curves predicted usingthe proposed model and the measured stream data shows that the Storage-Transformation Model yields better agreements in the goneral shape, peak concentration and time to peak than the 1-D dispersion model. The result of this study also demonstrates the differences between transport in pool-and-riffle streams versus transport in more uniform channels. The proposed model shows significant improvement over the conventional 1-D disperision model in predicting natural mixing and stroage processes in streams through pools and riffles.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.216-223
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• 2010

Abalone (Haliotis discus hannai), mostly distributed and maricultured in southwestern coastal areas of South Korea, is recognized as an economically important species in the fishery industry. Abalone intestines are one of the by-products of abalone processing. To investigate abalone intestines as bioactive substances, abalone intestine gastrointestinal digests (AIGIDs) of various molecular weights (MWs) were prepared using in vitro gastrointestinal digestion and an ultrafiltration system, and tested for inhibitory effects against reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative stress in macrophage cells treated with hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$). In our results, among AIGIDs, AIGID-III (MW=5-10 kDa) showed potent inhibitory activities for lipid peroxidation and free radicals. Additionally, the results clearly indicated that AIGID-III treatment could prevent cytotoxic damage of macrophages by $H_2O_2$-induced oxidative stress due to its potent scavenging ability against cellular ROS. These results suggest that AIGIDs may have protective and therapeutic potential for oxidative stress syndromes and immune diseases through ROS inhibition in macrophage cells.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.6-10
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• 2007

Culture broth of a streptomycete isolate, Streptomyces sp. CS684 showed antibacterial activity on methicilin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE). Among purified substances from the organism, CSU-1, which is active against MRSA and VRE, is a $C_{37}H_{62}O_{12}Na\;(M^+,721.3875)$, and identified as laidlomycin. The anti-MRSA and anti-VRE activity of CSU-1 was stronger than oxacillin and vancomycin. Phylogenetic analysis showed that strain CS684 is very similar to Streptomyces ardus NRRL $2817^T$, whereas the ability of Streptomyces sp. CS684 to produce laidlomycin was shown to be unique.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2000

To develop natural antimicrobial agents for keeping qualities of postharvested greenhouse produce the antimiocrobial actions of Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. et Zucc. extract , which showed remarkable antimicrobial effects against microorganism causing the postharvest decay of greenhouse produce, were investigate. In the inhibitory experiment of enzymes related to energy production metabolism hexokinase activities decreased to 73% and 68% by treating with Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. et.Zucc. extract and Eugenia caryophyllata Thumnberg extract in comparison with control, respectively. Direct visualization of microbial cells by using both transmission electron microscope and scanning electron microscope showed that microbial cell membrane was destroyed by treating with the dilute extract solution. this change of celluloar membrane permeability could be identified in the experiment that 0-nitrophenyl-${\beta}$-D-galactopyrano-side(ONPG), the artificial substrate of ${\beta}$-galactosidase, was hydrolyzed in the presence of the extract, indicating that the membrane was perturbed. The separation and identification of the most antimicrobialo substances isolated from Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb et. Zucc. extract and Eugenia caryophyllata Thunberg extract were carried out by using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry 9GC/MSD), which were identified as eugenol. As a result, the functionality of Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. et Zucc. extract and Eugenia caryophyllata Thunberg extract as antimicrobial agents for keeping qualities of postharvested greenhouse produce may be recommended.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.20-28
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• 1998

Natural indigo colorants were prepared by extraction of polygonum tintorium which was harvested just in the blooming season(in the late of July). The components were analyzed by TLC and HPLC, and its structures were analyzed by FT-IR, EI-mass and NMR. The dyeing mechanism and fermentation conditions were investigated. Its colour fastness was studied as well. The results obtained are summarized as follows ; The natural indigo powder was dissolved in DMSO and developed in eluent, $CHCl_3/CH_3CN(8.5:1.5v/v)$ by means of TLC for its quality analysis. It was segregated into indirubin as il red colour and indigo as a blue colour. In case of HPLC analysis, the retention times of indirubin and indigo were 7.442 and 6.543, respectively. FT-IR spectrum of indirubin showed a peak for NH residue between 3200 and $3300cm^{-1}.^1H-NMR$ spectrum for indigo displayed AA'BB' spin system caused by indole structure between 6.5 and 7.7ppm of H4, 5, 6 and 7, and -NH proton for indirubin showed an singlet between 10.88 and. 11.0ppm. EI-mass spectrum of indigo an d indirubin both disclosed their molecular size as 262 and it implies that these two substances are isomer.

• Mycobiology
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.329-334
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• 2019

Streptomyces blastmyceticus strain 12-6 was isolated from a forest soil sample of Cheonan area on the basis of strong antifungal activities against plant pathogenic fungi. Butanol extracts of the cultural filtrates were active against C. acutatum, C. coccodes, C. gloeosporioides, F. oxysporum, and T. roseum. Active fractions were prepared by thin layer chromatography using silica gel plate; 12-6-2 ($R_f$ 0.36), 12-6-3 ($R_f$ 0.44). Scanning electron microscopy showed that the active fractions caused a change in surface texture of fungal spores from smooth surface to wrinkled surface. The lethal effect on the spores of the active fractions varied from 56% to 100%. It was shown that the spores of C. acutatum were more sensitive to the antifungal fractions than the spores of F. oxysporum. Fluorescence staining using TOTO-1 indicated that the antifungal fractions could make the spores more sensitive to the fluorescence dye. Thus, it was suggested that antifungal agents prepared in this study exhibited the antifungal activity by damaging the plasma membrane of both fungal spores and hyphae. Identification of antifungal agents in the active fraction using GC-MS analysis revealed the presence of cyclo-(Leu-Pro) and 9-octadecenamide as major components that have already been known as antifungal substances.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.131-138
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• 2019

Xerostomia due to the subjective dry mouth feeling that may occur even when the salivary gland function reduction is not objectively confirmed. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not dry mouth is more sensitive to pain in the oral facial area, which is the main cause of dental problems. The natural products used in this study are Boswellia serrata and seabuckthorn, Both natural substances are known as a representative antioxidant substance rich in vitamins. 4-DAMP was injected into the peritoneal cavity of the experimental animals, and 5% formalin was injected into the face to observe the change of inflammatory pain. Boswellia (15, 30 mg/kg) or seabuckthorn (150, 30 mg/kg, 5 mg/kg) after formalin infusion, As a result, pain response was significantly reduced in the drug-infused group compared to the formalin-infused group (*P<0.05). It was also found that the two drugs were more effective when administered together. Based on these results, we confirm that natural extract can be an alternative treatment modality for the control of oral facial inflammatory pain.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.15.1-15.7
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• 2019

Automatically detecting mentions of pharmaceutical drugs and chemical substances is key for the subsequent extraction of relations of chemicals with other biomedical entities such as genes, proteins, diseases, adverse reactions or symptoms. The identification of drug mentions is also a prior step for complex event types such as drug dosage recognition, duration of medical treatments or drug repurposing. Formally, this task is known as named entity recognition (NER), meaning automatically identifying mentions of predefined entities of interest in running text. In the domain of medical texts, for chemical entity recognition (CER), techniques based on hand-crafted rules and graph-based models can provide adequate performance. In the recent years, the field of natural language processing has mainly pivoted to deep learning and state-of-the-art results for most tasks involving natural language are usually obtained with artificial neural networks. Competitive resources for drug name recognition in English medical texts are already available and heavily used, while for other languages such as Spanish these tools, although clearly needed were missing. In this work, we adapt an existing neural NER system, NeuroNER, to the particular domain of Spanish clinical case texts, and extend the neural network to be able to take into account additional features apart from the plain text. NeuroNER can be considered a competitive baseline system for Spanish drug and CER promoted by the Spanish national plan for the advancement of language technologies (Plan TL).

• 멤브레인
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.65-74
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• 2008

자연산 유기물과 미세 입자는 분리막을 이용한 수처리 공정에서 반드시 제거되어야 하는 주요한 물질이다. 특히 휴믹물질은 막오염을 일으키는 자연산 유기물의 대표적인 물질로 알려져 있어 막여과 정수처리와 관련된 많은 연구에서 정수 원수를 모사하기 위해 이용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 휴믹산 용액과 자연수의 한외여과시 막여과 및 세척 특성을 비교 분석하여 분리막 모듈의 실제 정수 원수 적용시 휴믹산 용액을 이용한 모사수가 가지는 대표성을 검토하고자 하였다. 정수원수의 막투과도는 5 mg/L 휴믹산 용액의 여과와 거의 같은 양상을 보였으나 유기물 및 탁도 제거율 측면에서 차이를 보였다. 용존성 유기물의 제거율은 휴믹산 용액에 비해 자연수의 제거율이 아주 낮으며 자연수 내에 존재하는 유기물은 분리막에 의해 거의 제거되지 않음을 알 수 있었다. 모사수의 제거율이 상대적으로 높게 나타난 이유는 유입수 내 유기물의 분자량 분포와 $UV_{254}$ 및 SUVA 값으로부터 휴믹산 용액 내 유기물의 크기 배제 및 소수성 흡착 때문인 것으로 사료된다. 미세입자 제거의 경우 입자 분포에 있어서 상대적으로 작은 크기의 카올린을 함유한 모사수가 자연수에 비해 한외여과 처리수의 탁도가 더 낮게 나타났다. 이는 입자 크기 자체보다는 입자의 형태가 분리막에 의한 입자 제거에 영향을 미치는 것으로 추정된다. 또한 화학세정을 통한 막성능 회복률의 경우 비슷한 막투과도를 보이며 오염을 일으킨 경우에도 모사수가 자연수에 비해 다소 높은 회복률을 보였고, 이 또한 모사수의 한계를 드러낸다고 하겠다.

• 보존과학회지
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• 제24권
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• pp.75-83
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• 2008

고문서 보관을 위해 사용되고 있는 오동나무상자의 항균활성을 측정하기 위해 오동나무로부터 방출된 휘발성 물질에 대한 항균활성과 휘발성 유기물질의 주성분을 정성분석 하였다. 항균활성은 상자 내부에 TSA 배지를 장착한 미생물 포집기를 설치하고 포집 후 배지에 성장한 미생물의 집락수를 관찰하였다. 그 결과 실외에서 포집한 배지의 집락수 85개 대비 14.82%가 감소한 72개 집락수가 관찰되었다. 포집된 공기질을 열탈착시스템 및 가스크로마토그래피/질량분석법을 통해 분석한 결과, 오동나무 상자 내 VOCs에서 limonene이 특징적으로 검출되었다. Eugenol과 anethole을 주성분으로 하는 천연 살생물제 I과 II를 상자 내에 첨가하여 훈증에 의한 항균활성을 측정한 결과, 약제 모두 실외와 오동나무 상자 내부에서 포집된 미생물 개체수 대비 각각 92.6%, 99.9% 이상 감소율을 보였다. 위의 결과로부터 사용된 오동나무 상자로부터 방출된 휘발성 유기화합물에 의한 항균활성 및 그 유효성분은 분석되지 않았으며, 생물피해로부터 고서적을 장기보관하기 위한 유물 보관함의 효율을 증진시키기 위해 천연 살생물제의 적용 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다.