• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.4153-4156
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• 2012

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy and toxicity of a combination of gemcitabine with nedaplatin (GN) or cisplatin (GC) for patients with unresectable or recurrent esophagus squamous cell carcinoma. Methods: Gemcitabine was administered at 1 g/m2 intravenously on days 1 and 8; and nedaplatin or cisplatin were administered at 80 mg/m2 intravenously on day 1. We analyzed the response rate, overall survival time, progression-free survival time, and toxicity in 21 patients treated with GN and 27 patients treated with GC. Results: In patients treated with gemcitabine plus nedaplatin, the ORR was 47.6%, the median progression-free survival time was 4.1 months, and the median survival time was 9.3 months. In patients treated with gemcitabine plus cisplatin, the ORR was 48.2%, the median progression-free survival time was 3.9 months, and the median survival time was 9.1 months, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences in ORR, PFS and OS between the two groups. In both, the most commonly observed toxicities were thrombocytopenia and fatigue. Nausea and vomiting was more frequent in the GC group than in the GN group. Conclusion: Gemcitabine based chemotherapy was effective and tolerable for patients with unresectable or recurrent esophagus squamous cell carcinoma refractory to first line chemotherapy.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.1837-1840
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• 2012

Background: In spite of the fact that platinum-based doublets are considered the standard therapy for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), no elderly-specific platinum based prospective phase III regimen has been explored. The aim of this retrospective singlecenter study was to evaluate the efficacy and side effects of cisplatin-based therapy specifically for the elderly. Methods: Patients receiving platinum-based treatment were divided into three groups. In the first group (GC), Gemcitabine was administrated at 1000 $mg/m^2$ on days 1, 8 and cisplatin was added at 75 $mg/m^2$ on day 1. In the second group (DC), 75 $mg/m^2$ docetaxel and cisplatin were administered on day 1. The third group (PC) received 175 mg of paclitaxel and 75 mg of cisplatin on day 1. These treatments were repeated every three weeks. Result: GC arm had 36, the DC arm 42 and the PC arm 29 patients. Grade III-IV thrombocytopenia was higher in the GC arm (21.2% received GC, 2.8% received DC, and 3.8% received PC), while sensory neuropathy was lower in patients with GC arm (3.0%, 22.2%, and 23.1% received GC, DC and PC, respectively). There were no statistically significant difference in the response rates among the three groups (p>0.05). The median Progression-free survival (PFS) was 5.0 months and the median Overall survival (OS) in each group was 7.1, 7.4 and 7.1 months, respectively (p>0.05). Conclusion: The response rate, median PFS and OS were similar among the three treatment arms. Grade III-IV thrombocytopenia was higher in the GC arm, while the GC regimen was more favorable than the other cisplatin-based treatmetns with regard to sensory neuropathy.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2005

In this study, a Long Path Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy system (K-JIST LP-DOAS) has been used to simultaneously measure atmospheric monoaromatic hydrocarbons and other trace compounds. The validity of the K-JIST LP-DOAS for measuring atmospheric monoaromatic hydrocarbons was tested during a field campaign between 12 February and 14 March 2003 at an urban site in Seoul, Korea through inter-comparative measurements against a collocated on-line Gas Chromatography (GC) system. The concentrations of benzene, toluene, p-xylene, and m-xylene were measured with the K-JIST LP-DOAS system in the UV region (239～302 nm) over a 740 m beam path. For the other trace compounds, a longer spectral range (299～362 nm) was used. In order to remove the interference of atmospheric abundant species (such as oxygen, sulfur dioxide and ozone), two oxygen optical density spectra obtained at two pathlengths, 697 and 1133m, and reference spectra of sulfur dioxide and ozone were incorporated in the fitting procedure. The mean concentrations measured by our LP-DOAS during the measurement period were 0.77 ($\pm$0.38) ppbv for benzene, 3.68 ($\pm$1.90) ppbv for toluene, 0.41 ($\pm$0.19) ppbv for p-xylene, 0.54 ($\pm$0.24) ppbv for m-xylene. The concentration data of benzene, toluene, p-xylene and m-xylene obtained by our LP-DOAS were found to be in relatively good correlations with those of the online GC system. Pearson's coefficients in the observed concentrations between LP-DOAS and on-line GC were 0.84 for benzene, 0.83 for toluene and 0.65 for m,p-xylene. This study suggests that the LP-DOAS system can be used to provide reliable information on both the mixing ratios and temporal distribution characteristics of monoaromatic hydrocarbons in the urban air.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.929-939
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• 2006

In this study, the concentrations of major odorous compounds including reduced sulfur compounds (DMS, $CS_2$, and DMDS) and aromatic VOC (benzene, toluene, xylene, etc.) were measured continuously using an on-line GC analytical system. Our measurements were made from a residential area of Ansan city during about two weeks period of October, 2004. The highest mean concentrations of reduced S and VOC were recorded as 56.9 ppt of DMS and 21.7 ppb of toluene, respectively. The results of this study generally show that the pollution levels for both types of chemicals are significant relative to previous measurement results reported from comparable sites, if the results are compared simply in terms of the magnitude of the measured concentration data. Moreover, when the relative importance of different compounds is compared in terms of the odor strength, it indicates that the contribution of reduced S compounds may be much more important than that of VOC in the study area.

• 공업화학
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.8-15
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• 1997

바니린을 Curie-point pyrolyzer-GC/MSD 장치를 사용하여 920, 740, 500, $333^{\circ}C$에서 각각 열분해하고, 열분해 생성물을 분리 및 확인하였다. 확인된 성분중에서 $920^{\circ}C$에서는 95개 성분, $740^{\circ}C$에서는 40개 성분, $500^{\circ}C$에서는 17개 성분, $333^{\circ}C$에서는 11개 성분을 확인할 수 있었으며 이 열분해 반응생성물 중 주요 생성물인 벤젠, 페놀, 2-히드록시 벤즈알데히드, 2-메톡시페놀, 4-메톡시벤즈알데히드, 벤즈알데히드, 메톡시벤젠, 1,3-시크로펜타디엔 등은 바니린의 작용기가 해리되었거나, 분해된 생성물로 생각되며, 1,3-benzodioxole-5-carbox-aldehyde, 메틸벤젠, 스틸렌, 메틸페놀 등은 $500^{\circ}C$ 이하에서도 바니린의 메톡시 작용기가 해리되어 생성되는 것으로 생각된다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.57.1-57.1
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• 2016

Methanol ($CH_3OH$) is a key species in the formation of complex organic molecules. We report the first detection of solid $CH_3OH$ in a line of sight toward the Galactic center (GC) region, based on L-band spectra taken with the Subaru telescope, aided by L'-band imaging data and moderate-resolution spectra from NASA/IRTF. It is found toward a background star, ~8000 AU in projected distance from a newly discovered massive young stellar object (YSO). This YSO also exhibits a strong $CO_2$ ice absorption band at ${\sim}15{\mu}m$ in Spitzer/IRS data, which has a prominent long-wavelength wing. It confirms that a high $CH_3OH$ abundance is responsible for the broad $15{\mu}m$ $CO_2$ ice absorption towards massive YSOs in the GC. Clearly, $CH_3OH$ formation in ices is efficient in the GC region, as it is in star-forming regions in the Galactic disk. We discuss implications of our result on the astrochemical processes in the hostile GC molecular clouds.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.679-687
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• 2003

In this study, we investigated the analytical techniques to quantify the ambient concentration of hydrogen sulfide (H$_2$S) in air at ppt concentration level. For this purpose, an on-line GC analytical system equipped with both pulsed-flame photometric detector (PFPD) and thermal desorption unit (TDU) was investigated by collecting ambient air samples. The results of our study generally indicated that calibration conditions of GC system is highly sensitive to affect the accuracy of the analytical technique. Most importantly. we found that the use of different matrices in the the preparation stage of working standards was sensitive to control the overall performance of this technique. The calibration of our analytical system was tested by the two types of working standard (prepared by mixing either with high purity $N_2$ or with the ambient air). According to this test, the latter represented more efficiently the detecting conditions of actual air samples. The peak occurrence patterns of both air samples and standards (prepared by mixing with ambient air) were altered in a similar manner as the function of the loaded volume; however, it was not the case for the $N_2$-mixed standards. Results of our study suggest that detection of H$_2$S is highly different from other sulfides and that its quantification requires minimiaing interfering effects of non -pure substance (like water vapor) and (either sorptive or destructive) loss effects.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.321-326
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• 2009

간단한 기체농도 측정장치를 제안하여, 혼합기체를 분리하는 흡착공정에서 성능을 실험적으로 조사하였다. 측정센서는 수정진동자의 전극에 고체의 흡착제를 도포하여 유효성분을 선택적으로 분리하게 하여 농도를 측정하였다. 센서용 흡착제는 마이크로 입자의 카본 크라이오젤(Micro-Particle Carbon(MCC))을 사용하였고, 공기와 i-부탄의 혼합기체를 대상으로 대나무 활성탄을 채운 칼럼에서 분리하는 공정을 사용하였다. 칼럼의 입구와 출구에 측정시스템을 각각 장치하고 i-부탄의 농도를 측정하였다. 입구와 출구의 실제농도를 GC로 측정한 결과와 측정한 수정진동자의 공진주파수를 비교하여 제안한 측정시스템이 유용하게 농도를 측정할 수 있음을 보였다. 실험을 통하여 제안하는 시스템이 비교적 간단한 장치로, 실시간 인라인 측정이 가능함을 입증하여 실제공정에 유용하게 활용할 수 있음을 보였다.

• 분석과학
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.256-265
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• 2011

호박유물의 적절한 보존방안 마련에 필요한 호박의 화학적 분광학적 특성을 Infrared (IR) 분석과 pyrolysis/GC/MS (py/GC/MS) 분석을 통해 조사하였다. 호박 시료는 Baltic, Chiapas, Colombian, Dominican, Fushun, Madagascar 호박 등 6개의 산지에서 총 14종을 확보하였다. 시료의 비파괴적 조사를 위해 IR 분석을 실시하였고, 고분자 구성 성분 조사를 위해 py/GC/MS를 $300^{\circ}C$ 열분해 온도에서 온라인 trimethylsilylation을 통하여 분석하였다. IR 분석에서는 대체적으로 산지에 관계없이 유사한 스펙트럼을 보였으나, 지문영역에서는 Baltic 호박의 경우 Baltic shoulder에 해당하는 $1250cm^{-1}{\sim}1150cm^{-1}$에서 흡수가 나타나는 등 각각의 산지별로 구분이 가능한 차별화된 IR 스펙트럼이 관찰되었다. py/GC/MS 분석에서는 succinic acid, pimaric acid 등 호박의 구성성분으로 알려진 물질들이 검출되었고, Baltic, Chiapas, Fushun 호박의 경우 산지 구분이 가능한 특정성분이 검출되었다. 이러한 결과는 발견 및 발굴 유물에서 호박을 확인하거나, 산지 및 제작기술 추정 등 고고과학적인 해석의 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.5231-5235
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• 2013

Objective: NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is activated in several human malignancies. However, the role of Nrf2 in gastric cancer (GC) remains incompletely understood. In this study, we therefore analyzed associations of Nrf2 expression status with clinical features and chemotherapeutic resistance in GC. Materials and Methods: A total of 186 samples from GC patients who underwent gastrectomy were used for prognostic assessment. A further 142 samples from GC cases who received first-line combination chemotherapy were applied for investigation of chemoresistance. The Nrf2 expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry in GC samples, and its relationship with clinicopathological parameters and chemotherapy sensitivity was analyzed. The effect of Nrf2 gene silencing on chemotherapy resistance was also examined by cell viability assay in vivo. Results: Of the 186 patients with GC, 104/186 (55.9%) showed high expression for Nrf2. The overexpression of Nrf2 was an independent predictor of overall survival [OS, hazard ratio (HR) 3.9; P=0.011] and disease-free survival (DFS, HR 4.3; P=0.002). The gene silencing of Nrf2 reduced resistance to cell death induced by 5-FU in GC cell lines. Conclusion: Our data show that Nrf2 is an independent prognostic factor in GC. Furthermore, Nrf2 confers resistance to chemotherapeutic drug 5-FU in GC cells. Taken together, Nrf2 is a potential prognostic marker and predictive for 5-FU resistance in GC.