• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.231-236
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• 2013

Some cytotoxicity studies for the interpretation of the interaction between nanoparticles and cells are non-mechanistic and time-consuming. Therefore, non-biological screening methods, which are faster and simpler than in-vivo and in-vitro methods, are required as alternatives to current cytotoxicity tests. Here, we proposed a simple screening method for the analysis of the interaction between several AgNPs (bare-, citrate-, and polyvinylpyrrolidone-coating) and dye-containing vesicles acting as a biomimetic cell-membrane. The interaction between AgNPs and vesicles could be evaluated readily by UV-vis spectra. Absorbance deviation in UV-vis spectra revealed a large attraction between neighboring particles and vesicles. This was confirmed by (Derjagin, Landau, Verwey, and Overbeek) theory and DMF (dark-field microscopy) analysis. This proposed method might be useful for analyzing the cytotoxicity of nanoparticles with cell-membranes instead of in vitro or in vivo cytotoxicity tests.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.14-19
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• 2015

In multicellular wireless networks, intercell interference limits system performance, especially cell edge user performance. One promising approach to solve this problem is the intercell interference coordination (ICIC) scheme. In this paper, we propose a new ICIC scheme based on a resource partitioning approach to enhance cell edge user performance in a wireless multicellular system. The most important feature of the proposed scheme is that the algorithm is performed at each base station in a distributed manner and therefore minimizes the required information exchange between neighboring base stations. The proposed scheme has benefits in a practical environment where the traffic load distribution is not uniform among base stations and the backhaul capacity between the base stations is limited.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2008년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.265-266
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• 2008

TD-SCDMA combines TDMA and CDMA components to provide more efficient use of radio resources. However, since the same frequency band is used in both the uplink and downlink, serious interference may occur if the base stations are not synchronized. The interference caused by different transmission directions between neighboring cells is called cross-slot interference. This paper proposes a data rate control algorithm that can decrease the cross-slot interference in TD-SCDMA.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.141-149
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• 2020

In the present study, a mechanical model is applied to account the effects of the surrounding viscoelastic media on the buckling behavior of single microfilament within the cell. The model immeasurably associates filament's bending rigidity, neighboring system elasticity, and cytosol viscosity with buckling wavelengths, buckling growth rates and buckling amplitudes of the filament. Cytoskeleton components in living cell bear large compressive force and are responsible in maintaining the cell shape. Actually these filaments are surrounded by viscoelastic media consisting of other filaments network and viscous cytosole within the cell. This surrounding, viscoelastic media affects the buckling behavior of these filaments when external force is applied on these filaments. The obtained results, indicate that the coupling of viscoelastic media with the viscous cytosol greatly affect the buckling behavior of microfilament. The buckling forces increased with the increase in the intensity of surrounding viscoelastic media.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2022

본 논문은 매크로 기지국(Macro base station, MBS) 커버리지에 위치한 건물 내부의 밀집된 스몰셀 네트워크 환경에서 매크로 사용자 단말(Macro user equipment, MUE)의 성능향상을 위한 채널 선택 기반 다중점 협력통신(Coordinated multi-point, CoMP) 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 CoMP 방법에서 건물 내에 위치한 MUE의 성능향상을 위해 스몰셀 기지국(Small-cell base station, SBS)들이 이웃한 MUE에게 간섭을 적게 미치는 방법으로 채널을 선택하고 CoMP가 필요한 MUE에게 적절한 신호를 송신한다. 시뮬레이션 결과에서 제안하는 CoMP 방법이 기존의 랜덤채널할당 기반의 스몰셀 네트워크 방법과 CoMP방법보다 MUE의 성능을 각각 최대 164%와 51%까지 향상시킨다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2016

Toxoplasma gondii infection induces alteration of the host cell cycle and cell proliferation. These changes are not only seen in directly invaded host cells but also in neighboring cells. We tried to identify whether this alteration can be mediated by exosomes secreted by T. gondii-infected host cells. L6 cells, a rat myoblast cell line, and RH strain of T. gondii were selected for this study. L6 cells were infected with or without T. gondii to isolate exosomes. The cellular growth patterns were identified by cell counting with trypan blue under confocal microscopy, and cell cycle changes were investigated by flow cytometry. L6 cells infected with T. gondii showed decreased proliferation compared to uninfected L6 cells and revealed a tendency to stay at S or G2/M cell phase. The treatment of exosomes isolated from T. gondii-infected cells showed attenuation of cell proliferation and slight enhancement of S phase in L6 cells. The cell cycle alteration was not as obvious as reduction of the cell proliferation by the exosome treatment. These changes were transient and disappeared at 48 hr after the exosome treatment. Microarray analysis and web-based tools indicated that various exosomal miRNAs were crucial for the regulation of target genes related to cell proliferation. Collectively, our study demonstrated that the exosomes originating from T. gondii could change the host cell proliferation and alter the host cell cycle.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제33권6A호
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• pp.624-634
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• 2008

이동성을 보장하는 IEEE 802.16e 네트워크에서 MS는 자신이 핸드오버 할 타겟 BS를 결정하기 위해 스캐닝 과정을 수행한다. IEEE 802.16e 네트워크에서 동작하는 BS는 각각의 MS에 대한 위치정보를 관리하지 않으므로 스캐닝 스케줄을 요청한 각각의 MS들에게 위치적으로 고려되지 않은 이웃 BS 채널들을 제공하게 된다. MS는 적절한 타겟 BS 채널을 발견하기까지 긴 시간을 스캐닝 과정에 머무르게 된다. 이러한 스캐닝 과정은 반복적인 스캔 구간에 의해 MS의 서비스 품질을 저하시키거나 MS가 이후의 핸드오버를 시작할 적절한 타이밍을 놓치게 하는 등의 문제점을 내제하고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.16e의 여러 MS들이 그룹을 형성하여 분산적으로 스캐닝을 수행하고 그 결과를 공유함으로써 보다 빠르고 효율적으로 타겟 BS를 발견할 수 있는 그룹 스캐닝 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법은 직접 그룹을 형성하는 MS들 뿐만 아니라 동일한 셀 내에서 유영하는 다른 MS들에게도 유용하게 적용될 수 있다.

• ALGAE
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.75-84
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• 2022

Intercellular nutrient and signal transduction are essential to sustaining multicellular organisms and maximizing the benefits of multicellularity. It has long been believed that red algal intercellular transport of macromolecules is prevented by the protein-rich pit plug within pit-connections, the only physical connection between cells. Fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran and recombinant green fluorescence protein (rGFP) of various molecular sizes were injected into vegetative cells of Griffithsia monilis using a micromanipulator, and intercellular transport of the fluorescent probes was examined. Pit-connections were found to provide intercellular transport of tracers at rates comparable to plasmodesmata in other organisms. The time necessary for the transport to an adjacent cell was dependent on the molecular size and the direction of the transport. Fluorescent dextran of 3 kDa was transported to adjacent cells in 1-2 h after injection and migrated to all cells of the filament within 24 h, but fluorescent dextran of 10-20 kDa took 24 h to transfer to neighboring cells. The migration occurred faster towards adjacent reproductive cells and to apical cells than basally. Fluorescent tracers above 40 kDa and rGFP was not transported to neighboring cells, but accumulated near the pit plug. Our results suggest that pit-connections are conduit for macromolecules between neighboring cells and that these size-specific conduits allow intercellular communication between the vegetative cells of red algae.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제38권7호
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• pp.751-756
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• 2014

우리 주변에는 수많은 알갱이들이 서로 상호작용하면서 운동하는 모습을 주로 볼 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 수많은 알갱이들의 접촉에 따른 동적 거동을 분석하였다. 접촉에 의한 각 요소의 거동을 해석하기 위해 이산 요소법(Discrete element method)을 사용하였다. 접촉 관계에 있어서 접촉 판별을 위해 Neighboring-Cell 알고리즘을 사용하였고, 접촉력 계산에 Hertzian contact model과 Tangential sliding friction contact 모델을 사용하였다. 수많은 알갱이의 접촉해석을 위해 GPU 기반의 병렬 프로그램을 구성하였다. 해석을 검증하기 위해서 댐 붕괴 실험을 수행하였다. 거동 종료시점에 입자들의 쌓인 형상을 시뮬레이션 결과와 비교하여 해석 프로그램의 신뢰성을 검증하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권4A호
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• pp.291-301
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 OFDMA(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) 기반 MMR(Mobile Multi-hop Relay) 시스템에서 전파 시간 차이로 인한 ISI(Inter-Symbol Interference)와 ICI(Inter-Carrier Interference)에 대한 영향을 인접 매크로 셀 또는 릴레이 셀에서 전송된 이전 OFDMA 심볼에 의한 ISI와 다음 OFDMA 심볼에 의한 ISI로 나누어 분석한다. 또한, 이를 극복할 수 있는 ISI와 ICI가 반영된 Effective SINR(Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio) 추정 기법과 이를 이용한 하향링크, 상향링크의 전송 경로 결정 기법을 제안한다. 모의 실험을 통하여 본 논문에서 제안한 전송 경로 결정 기법을 상향링크에 적용할 경우에 OFDMA 기반 MMR 시스템에서 전파 시간 차이로 인한 성능 열화를 크게 완화할 수 있음을 보인다.