• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2007

To develop an efficient screening method for detection of the transgene in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa spp. pekinensis) utilizing Basta spray, optimal conditions for Basta application were examined in this study. Two transgenic Chinese cabbage lines were obtained through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and used as transgenic positive controls in the Basta screening experiment. Differential concentrations of glufosinate-ammonium were sprayed into three different growth stages of 12 commercial Chinese cabbage cultivars. The results showed that no plants could survive higher than 0.05% glufosinate-ammonium, and plants at the 2-3 leaf stage were most vulnerable to glufosinate-ammonium. On the other hand, no damage was observed in the transgenic control plants. Reliability of the Basta spray method was proven by showing perfect co-segregation of the tolerance to glufosinate-ammonium and the presence of the bar gene in T₁ segregating populations of the transgenic lines, as revealed by both PCR and Southern blot analyses. Using the developed Basta screening method, we tried to investigate the transgene flow through pollen dispersal, but failed to detect any transgene-containing non-transgenic Chinese cabbages whose parents had been planted adjacent to transgenic Chinese cabbages in field conditions. However, the transgene was successfully detected using Basta spray from the non-transgenic plants bearing the transgene introduced by hand-pollination. Since the Basta spray method developed in this study is easy to apply and economical, it will be a valuable tool for understanding the mechanism of gene flow through pollen transfer and for establishing a biosafety test protocol for genetically modified (GM) Chinese cabbage cultivars.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.79-87
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• 2024

Purpose: Recently, the prevalence of eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease (EGID) has shown an increasing trend worldwide. As the diagnosis of EGID requires invasive endoscopy with biopsy, noninvasive markers for detecting EGID in suspected patients, particularly children, are urgently needed. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of serum eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) beyond peripheral eosinophil counts in pediatric patients with EGID. Methods: Overall, 156 children diagnosed with EGID were enrolled and 150 children with functional abdominal pain disorder (FAPD) were recruited as controls. All participants underwent endoscopic biopsy in each segment of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and serum ECP measurement, as well as peripheral eosinophil percent and absolute eosinophil count. Results: Comparing EGID (n=156) with FAPD (n=150) patients, serum ECP levels were significantly higher in pediatric patients with EGID than in those with FAPD (25.8±28.6 ㎍/L vs. 19.5±21.0 ㎍/L, p=0.007), while there was no significant difference in peripheral eosinophil percent and absolute eosinophil counts between the two groups. Serum ECP levels were correlated with peripheral eosinophil percent (r=0.593, p<0.001) and the absolute eosinophil count (r=0.660, p<0.001). The optimal cutoff value of serum ECP for pediatric EGID was 10.5 ㎍/mL, with a sensitivity of 69.9% and a specificity of 43.4% with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.562. Conclusion: The combination of serum ECP levels and peripheral eosinophil counts, when employed with appropriated thresholds, could serve as a valuable noninvasive biomarker to distinguish between EGID and FAPD in pediatric patients manifesting GI symptoms.

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.141-147
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• 2024

점진적 광자 매핑 방식은 복잡한 전역 조명 효과를 효율적으로 렌더링할 수 있다. 그러나 샘플이 유한한 경우, 반경 축소비율 변수에 의해 분산과 편향 값이 크게 영향 받는다. 유한한 샘플을 사용한 렌더링 결과의 픽셀 오류 및 기울기를 추정하여 추정된 기울기를 기반으로 반경 축소비율을 결정하는 최적의 매개변수를 학습할 수 있다면, 렌더링 된 이미지의 오류를 줄일 수 있을 것이다. 본 논문에서는 점진적 광자 매핑 방식을 통한 렌더링과 매개변수 학습이 동시에 될 수 있도록 기울기를 추정하고 추정된 기울기를 유한 차분법을 통해 계산된 기울기와 비교하여 검증한다. 본 논문에서 추정된 기울기는 향후 점진적 광자 매핑 방식의 렌더링과 매개변수 추정을 동시에 수행하는 온라인 학습 알고리즘에 적용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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• pp.620-626
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• 2004

For general nonlinear processes, it is difficult to control with a linear model-based control method and nonlinear controls are considered. Among the numerous approaches suggested, the most rigorous approach is to use dynamic optimization. Many general engineering problems like control, scheduling, planning etc. are expressed by functional optimization problem and most of them can be changed into dynamic programming (DP) problems. However the DP problems are used in just few cases because as the size of the problem grows, the dynamic programming approach is suffered from the burden of calculation which is called as 'curse of dimensionality'. In order to avoid this problem, the Neuro-Dynamic Programming (NDP) approach is proposed by Bertsekas and Tsitsiklis (1996). To get the solution of seriously nonlinear process control, the interest in NDP approach is enlarged and NDP algorithm is applied to diverse areas such as retailing, finance, inventory management, communication networks, etc. and it has been extended to chemical engineering parts. In the NDP approach, we select the optimal control input policy to minimize the value of cost which is calculated by the sum of current stage cost and future stages cost starting from the next state. The cost value is related with a weight square sum of error and input movement. During the calculation of optimal input policy, if the approximate cost function by using simulation data is utilized with Bellman iteration, the burden of calculation can be relieved and the curse of dimensionality problem of DP can be overcome. It is very important issue how to construct the cost-to-go function which has a good approximate performance. The neural network is one of the eager learning methods and it works as a global approximator to cost-to-go function. In this algorithm, the training of neural network is important and difficult part, and it gives significant effect on the performance of control. To avoid the difficulty in neural network training, the lazy learning method like k-nearest neighbor method can be exploited. The training is unnecessary for this method but requires more computation time and greater data storage. The pH neutralization process has long been taken as a representative benchmark problem of nonlin ar chemical process control due to its nonlinearity and time-varying nature. In this study, the NDP algorithm was applied to pH neutralization process. At first, the pH neutralization process control to use NDP algorithm was performed through simulations with various approximators. The global and local approximators are used for NDP calculation. After that, the verification of NDP in real system was made by pH neutralization experiment. The control results by NDP algorithm was compared with those by the PI controller which is traditionally used, in both simulations and experiments. From the comparison of results, the control by NDP algorithm showed faster and better control performance than PI controller. In addition to that, the control by NDP algorithm showed the good results when it applied to the cases with disturbances and multiple set point changes.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권13호
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• pp.5187-5194
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• 2014

Background: Numerous studies have suggested that selenium deficiency may be associated with an increased risk for several types of cancer, but few have focused on thyroid cancer. Materials and Methods: We examined the association between post-diagnostic fingernail selenium levels and differentiated thyroid cancer risk in a French Polynesian matched case-control study. Conditional logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Results: The median selenium concentration among controls was $0.76{\mu}g/g$. Significantly, we found no association between fingernail selenium levels and thyroid cancer risk after conditioning on year of birth and sex and additionally adjusting for date of birth (highest versus lowest quartile: odds-ratio=1.12, 95% confidence interval: 0.66-1.90; p-trend=0.30). After additional adjustment for other covariates, this association remained non-significant (p-trend=0.60). When restricting the analysis to thyroid cancer of 10 mm or more, selenium in nails was non-significantly positively linked to thyroid cancer risk (p-trend=0.09). Although no significant interaction was evidenced between iodine in nails and selenium in nails effect (p=0.70), a non-significant (p-trend =0.10) positive association between selenium and thyroid cancer risk was seen in patients with less than 3 ppm of iodine in nails. The highest fingernail selenium concentration in French Polynesia was in the Marquises Islands ($M=0.87{\mu}g/g$) and in the Tuamotu-Gambier Archipelago ($M=0.86{\mu}g/g$). Conclusions: Our results do not support, among individuals with sufficient levels of selenium, that greater long-term exposure to selenium may reduce thyroid cancer risk. Because these findings are based on post-diagnostic measures, studies with prediagnostic selenium are needed for corroboration.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.693-700
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• 2004

방사선 조사 전분류의 확인방법을 연구하기 위하여 옥수수 전분, 고구마 전분 및 감자 전분을 대상으로 Brookfield rheometer를 이용한 점도측정법의 적용 가능성을 검토하면서, 전분현탁액의 농도(7.0-9.5%)와 점도계의 spindle 회전속도(25-125rpm)가 감마선 조사(0-6.0kGy) 시료의 점도에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 모든 변수들의 관계에서 조사선량과 점도의 상관성이 가장 높은 조건을 선택하여 점도 측정을 위한 최적 조건으로 설정하고, 아울러 조사 전분에 대한 검지방법으로 적용하기 위하여 점도 threshold value를 설정하였다. 모든 시료에서 조사선량이 증가함에 따라 점도가 유의적으로 감소하였으며 (p<0.05), 시료 현탁액의 농도가 증가할수록 점도가 증가하고 rpm이 증가할수록 점도는 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 조사 전분의 확인에 있어서, 점도 측정조건으로 유용한 전분 농도(%)와 spindle 회전속도(rpm)는 옥수수 전분 7.5(6.7%, d.b.)와 125, 고구마 전분 8.5(7.3%, d.b.)와 125, 감자 전분 9.0(7.3%, d.b.)와 100이었다. 그리고 이 조건에서 threshold value는 비조사 시료가 0.521, 0.798 및 1.693임에 비해 최저 선량인 1.5 kGy 조사시료는 0.313, 0.345 및 0.811로 뚜렷한 차이를 보여 감마선 조사 시료는 비조사 시료로부터 확인이 가능하였다.

• 수산경영론집
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.23-56
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• 2004

The offshore trawl fishery is seeking its survival way to overcome current management conditions in red, resulted from the bilateral agreement with China and Japan. However, this movement magnifies conflicts between fisheries on the contrary and it is thought to be impossible to get over current situations. For all that, this study is aimed at investigating how this current situations have occurred. The management freedom as response to the change in fishing conditions of a certain fishery, in case of Korea, is affected by institutional regulations. The example of this is controls on fishing gears, fishing vessels, and fishing grounds. The most exposure of this control is a segmentation of institutional fisheries. The initial segmentation of the offshore trawl fishery in Korea was occurred in the period of Japan's colonization when the degree of use of fishing grounds was limited geographically. At that time, fisheries were divided by fishing areas, but it did not divide the fishery itself. The large - sized fishing vessels were developed politically to be more competative to Japanese fishing vessels since 1950s. During this time, the trawl fishery was merged into current Eastern trawl fishery and South - Western trawl fishery. It was also inevitable to divide into the pair trawl and single trawl fishery as a result of the physical mergency between Western trawl and Southern trawl fishery. In order to develop the trawl fishery, new licenses were issued on the shrimp trawl fishery, through which it was expected to boost the trawl fishery. As opposed, the shrimp trawl fishery was changed into the mid - sized trawl fishery, targeting on the eastern fishing areas and the large - sized trawl fishery was developed since the late of 1970s with the development of filefish processing industry. The large trawl fishery that led in development of offshore trawl fishery since the late of 1950s was started to divide into a pair trawl and single trawl according to the fishing method and capital power. It finally became an institutionally independent fishery in 1980s, respectively. Looking into these historical process, the segmentation of the trawl fishery is thought as a result of the lack of long - term perspective and as a production of trial and error resulted by unprepared policy. As a result, these segmentation of fisheries roles as critical obstacles in harmonization of fisheries and in overcoming of current situations. Therefore, the review of this institutional segmentation of the offshore trawl fishery should be taken for an optimal redistribution of fishing grounds suits with business and fishing technology. For this, the fishery must be divided into large capitalized fishery and small - mid fishery with consideration of capital, fishing method, and the condition of use of fishing grounds. In addition to this, by limiting outline of fishing ground that the large fishery can harvest, it must allow for the small - mid fishery to catch with its own boundary. Furthermore, by launching buyback programs on the trawl, eastern trawl, pair trawl, it can provide broader fishing grounds where the fishery can harvest with management freedom.

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 확률적 모델예측제어(model predictive control) 기법을 이용하여 예제 동작 데이터가 주어지면 물리 기반 시뮬레이션 환경에서 그 동작을 모방할 수 있는 캐릭터 동작 제어기를 빠르게 학습할 수 있는 간편한 지도 학습(supervised learning) 프레임워크를 제안한다. 제안된 프레임워크는 크게 학습 데이터 생성과 오프라인 학습의 두 컴포넌트로 구성된다. 첫번째 컴포넌트는 예제 동작 데이터가 주어지면 확률적 모델예측제어를 통해 그 동작 데이터를 추적하기 위한 최적 제어기를 캐릭터의 현재 상태로부터 시작하여 가까운 미래 상태까지의 시간 윈도우에 대해 주기적으로 업데이트하면서 그 최적 제어기를 통해 캐릭터의 동작을 확률적으로 제어한다. 이러한 주기적인 최적 제어기의 업데이트와 확률적 제어는 주어진 예제 동작 데이터를 모방하는 동안 캐릭터가 가질 수 있는 다양한 상태들을 효과적으로 탐색하게 하여 지도 학습에 유용한 학습 데이터를 수집할 수 있게 해준다. 이렇게 학습 데이터가 수집되면, 오프라인 학습 컴포넌트에서는 그 수집된 데이터를 정규화 시켜서 데이터에 내제된 크기와 단위의 차이를 조정하고 지도 학습을 통해 제어기를 위한 간단한 구조의 인공 신경망을 학습시킨다. 걷기 동작과 달리기 동작에 대한 실험은 본 논문에서 제안한 학습 프레임워크가 물리 기반 캐릭터 동작 제어기를 빠르고 효과적으로 생성할 수 있음을 보여준다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.122-131
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• 2023

초음파와 대두유 용매를 병용하여 감 껍질 유래 카로티노이드 함유 대두유를 제조하고 그의 이화학적 특성을 파악하기 위하여, Box-Behnken design과 반응표면분석법을 이용하여 추출물의 카로티노이드 농도 기준 최적 추출조건(온도 62℃, 시간 32 min, 대두유/감 껍질 비율 3.1)을 결정하였고, 이 조건에서 얻은 추출물(카로티노이드 강화 대두유)과 무처리 대두유(control)의 이화학적 특성을 비교하였다. 추출물의 총카로티노이드 함량은 강화되었고, 이러한 카로티노이드 강화 대두유의 색도는 대조구보다 명도는 낮았지만 높은 적색도와 황색도값을 보였다. 대두유의 산화 및 가열 안정성에 대한 초음파 처리와 감 껍질 유래 카로티노이드의 영향은 미미한 것으로 나타났다. 카로티노이드 강화 대두유의 점도와 활성화 에너지는 대조구보다 약간 높았다. 이로써 감 껍질에 초음파-대두유 용매 추출법을 적용하여 황적색의 카로티노이드 강화 대두유의 제조가 가능하였고, 이는 일반 유지 대체제는 물론 첨가물로서도 활용성이 높을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.897-906
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• 2006

본 연구는 셀레늄강화 한우고기 생산을 위하여 셀레늄강화 버섯폐배지(Se-SMC)가 함유된 셀레늄사료(사료내 셀레늄함량: 0.9ppm)를 활용하여 급여사양기간(2개월, 3개월, 4개월)을 달리 하였을 때, 비육후기 거세한우의 조직 내 셀레늄 함량과 혈중 글루타치온 과산화효소(GSH-Px) 활성에 미치는 영향을 조사하여 최대 포화축적기간을 제시하고자 실시하였다. 본 연구에 사용된 비육후기 거세한우는 30두로 각 급여기간(2개월: 평균 체중 677kg, 3개월: 평균 체중 610kg 및 4개월: 평균 체중 524kg)에 대한 대조구 및 Se-SMC 급여구로 나누어 처리구당 5두씩 배치하여 총 6처리구로 구분하여 실시하였다. 대조구와 Se-SMC 급여구에 사용된 실험사료는 0.1과 0.9ppm의 셀레늄을 각각 함유하였다. 각 급여기간이 종료되면 도축하여 후지와 간을 채취하였으며 이를 셀레늄 함량분석에 이용하였다. 그리고 혈중 셀레늄 농도 및 글루타치온 과산화효소활성을 분석하기 위하여 도축 시에 채혈을 실시하였다. 건물섭취량은 Se-SMC 급여 및 급여기간에 의하여 유의한 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 또한 일당증체량은 대조구 및 Se-SMC 급여구간 그리고 급여기간 간에 유의한 차이가 나타나지 않았을 뿐만 아니라 총증체량 또한 각 급여기간내 대조구와 Se-SMC 급여구 간에 유의한 차이가 나타나지 않았다. Se-SMC 급여는 혈중 셀레늄농도를 유의하게 증가시켰으나(P<0.001), 급여기간에 따른 혈중셀레늄 농도에는 유의한 영향을 미치지 않았다. 아울러 혈중 GSH-Px 활성은 혈중 셀레늄농도에서 나타난 양상과 유사한 경향을 나타내었고, 급여기간에 의한 효과는 나타나지 않았다. 후지내 셀레늄 함량은 급여기간(P<0.05)이 증가함에 따라, 그리고 Se-SMC 급여(P<0.001)에 의하여 유의하게 증가하였다. 하지만, Se-SMC의 3개월 급여군과 4개월 급여군 간에는 유의한 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 간내 셀레늄 함량은 Se-SMC의 급여기간이 증가함에 따라 다소 증가하는 경향을 나타내었으나 유의한 효과는 나타나지 않았다. 하지만, 동일한 급여기간 내 Se-SMC는 대조구에 비하여 유의하게 높았다(P<0.01).이상의 결과로부터 근육내 셀레늄 축적을 위한 적정 Se-SMC 급여기간은 후지와 간내 셀레늄 함량을 고려할 때 약 2 내지 3개월의 급여가 충분할 것으로 사료된다.