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ON THE WEAK LAW FOR RANDOMLY INDEXED PARTIAL SUMS FOR ARRAYS

  • Hong, Dug-Hun;Sung, Soo-Hak;Andrei I.Volodin
    • Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.291-296
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    • 2001
  • For randomly indexed sums of the form (Equation. See Full-text), where {X(sub)ni, i$\geq$1, n$\geq$1} are random variables, {N(sub)n, n$\geq$1} are suitable conditional expectations and {b(sub)n, n$\geq$1} are positive constants, we establish a general weak law of large numbers. Our result improves that of Hong [3].

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The Associations of Percent Body Fat with Dietary Intake, Plasma Lipids, Lipoprotein(a), and PAI-1 in Middle Aged Korean Adults

  • Kim Rim, Jean-Chinock;Kang, Soon-Ah;Hiojung Wee
    • Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
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    • v.3 no.5
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    • pp.695-706
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    • 1998
  • This study was designed to investigate the associations of the percent body fat dietary intake, plasma lipoprotein profile, lipoprotein(a), and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1(PAI-1) concentrations of 1982 Korean subjects(men : 1000 and women : 982) between the ages of 40 and 59 years. The dietary assessment consisted of twenty-four hour dietary records and food frequency questionnaires. The subjects were identified into one of the five rating groups of % body fat : lean, underweight, normal, overweight and obese groups. The biochemical assessment included measurements of plasma total cholesterol(TC), HDL-cholesterol(HDL-C), LDL-cholesterol(LDL-C), triglyceride(TG), lipoprotein(a)(Lp(a)), and PAI-1. With respect to the ratio of percent energy intake of carbohydrate : protein : fat of the normal group of the women was 62% : 17% : 20%, respectively. Women apparently had a higher intake of carbohydrates than men(52% : 17 : 20%) did. There was a linear relationship between energy intake and % body fat in both mean and women(with the exception of the underweight group of women). The relationship of % body fat of men to the protein and fat intake was higher than that of the carbohydrate intake. Of the men in the study, intakes of energy, protein and alcohol were positively correlated to % body fat. In women, energy, carbohydrate and protein intake were positively correlated to % body fat, however, the fat, cholesterol and alcohol intake did not show any correlation to the % body fat in women. This study showed that % body fat was positively correlated with plasma TC, LDL-C, PAI-1 levels, and TG, but the % body fat was negatively correlated with plasma HDL-C level in both men and women. These results indicated that the high energy intake of obese or overweight subjects might contribute to several of the biochemical indices fo coronary heart disease(CHD) risk. In conclusion, increased energy intake is associated with overweight or obesity in middle aged Korean people. There was no relationship between % energy intake of fat and % body fat in the study, in middle-aged Korean men and women. The plasma lipid profile and PAI-1 level thought to be the risk factors of CHD were positively associated with percent body fat in middle aged Korean people.

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Glutamic Acid Rich Helix II Domain of the HIV-1 Vpu has Transactivation Potential in Yeast

  • Hong, Seung-Keun;Bae, Yong-Soo;Kim, Jung-Woo
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.405-408
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    • 1999
  • The transactivation potential of HIV-1 Vpu was identified from the yeast two-hybrid screening process. The helix II domain of HIV-1 Vpu protein and mutant Vpu protein lacking the transmembrane domain exhibited transactivation of the LacZ and Leu2 reporter genes carrying LexA upstream activating sequences, but full-length HIV-1 Vpu and the helix I domain of HIV-1 Vpu did not. The helix II domain of HIV-1 Vpu consists of a number of acidic amino acids, and is especially rich in glutamic acid, a characteristic of many transcription factors. This result suggests that protein-protein interaction may occur through the acidic helix II domain of HIV-1 Vpu.

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Isolation and Characterization of Lacticin 10790, a New Bacteriocin Produced by Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris KFCC 10790

  • Joo, Nam-Eok;Kim, Il-Han;Yoo, Jin-Young;Lee, Yong-Eok
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.539-543
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    • 2000
  • A new bacteriocin, named lacticin 10790, was purified from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris KFCC 10790 by sequential adsorption, immobilized metal-affinity, cation-exchange, and $C_{18}$ reverse-phase chromatographies. The molecular mass of the bacteriocin was estimated to be between 3,000 and 3,500 Da. Lacticin 10790 showed a broad antimicrobial spectrum against many gram-positive bacteria. The bacteriocin was stable to heat and in the pH range between 2 and 6. Lacticin 10790 was destroyed by digestion with proteases and exhibited a bactericidal mode of action. An amino acid composition analysis of purified lacticin 10790 revealed a high concentration of hydrophobic amino acids. The N terminus of the bacteriocin was found to be blocked, upon analysis by Edman degradation. The results suggest that lacticin 10790 is a class I bacteriocin.

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Text Classification for Patents: Experiments with Unigrams, Bigrams and Different Weighting Methods

  • Im, ChanJong;Kim, DoWan;Mandl, Thomas
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.66-74
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    • 2017
  • Patent classification is becoming more critical as patent filings have been increasing over the years. Despite comprehensive studies in the area, there remain several issues in classifying patents on IPC hierarchical levels. Not only structural complexity but also shortage of patents in the lower level of the hierarchy causes the decline in classification performance. Therefore, we propose a new method of classification based on different criteria that are categories defined by the domain's experts mentioned in trend analysis reports, i.e. Patent Landscape Report (PLR). Several experiments were conducted with the purpose of identifying type of features and weighting methods that lead to the best classification performance using Support Vector Machine (SVM). Two types of features (noun and noun phrases) and five different weighting schemes (TF-idf, TF-rf, TF-icf, TF-icf-based, and TF-idcef-based) were experimented on.

A Study of Intercalations-complexes of Montmorillonite as Model-Systems (Model-system으로서의 몬트모릴로나이트의 층간화합물에 관한 연구 (I))

  • Jo, Seong-Jun;Kim, Jong-Ok
    • The Journal of Natural Sciences
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.77-86
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    • 1992
  • By cation-exchange-reaction long-chain organic cationic tensides can be intercalated in the montmorillonite layer space, and thus intercalations-complexes of montmorillonite with different properties of materials can be obtained. Such intercalations-complexes are finding strong technical appliances in many areas and are also used very often as model-systems for studying behaviors of materials. Therefore in this research intercalations-complexes of montmorillonite with organic cationic tensides ad model-systems were synthesized and their behabiors under various different conditions were studied.

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Effect of HF and Plasma Treated Glass Surface on Vapor Phase-Polymerized Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Thin Film : Part I

  • Lee, Joonwoo;Kim, Sungsoo
    • Journal of Integrative Natural Science
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.211-214
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    • 2013
  • In this study, in order to investigate how consecutive treatments of glass surface with HF acid and water vapor/Ar plasma affect the quality of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane self-assembled monolayer (APS-SAM), poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) thin films were vapor phase-polymerized immediately after spin coating of FeCl3 and poly-urethane diol-mixed oxidant solution on the monolayer surfaces prepared at various treatment conditions. For the film characterization, various poweful tools were used, e.g., FE-SEM, an optical microscope, four point probe, and a contact angle analyzer. The characterization revealed that HF treatment is not desirable for the synthesis of a high quality PEDOT thin film via vapor phase polymerization method. Rather, sole treatment with plasma noticeably improved the quality of APS-SAM on glass surface. As a result, a highly dense and smooth PEDOT thin film was grown on uniform oxidant film-coated APS monolayer surface.

STRONG LAWS FOR WEIGHTED SUMS OF I.I.D. RANDOM VARIABLES (II)

  • Sung, Soo-Hak
    • Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.607-615
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    • 2002
  • Let (X, $X_{n}$, n$\geq$1) be a sequence of i.i.d. random variables and { $a_{ni}$ , 1$\leq$i$\leq$n, n$\geq$1} be an array of constants. Let ø($\chi$) be a positive increasing function on (0, $\infty$) satisfying ø($\chi$) ↑ $\infty$ and ø(C$\chi$) = O(ø($\chi$)) for any C > 0. When EX = 0 and E[ø(|X|)]〈$\infty$, some conditions on ø and { $a_{ni}$ } are given under which (equation omitted).).

SLLN for Pairwise Independent Random Variables (쌍별독립인 확률변수에 대한 대수의 강법칙)

  • Sung, Soo-Hak
    • The Journal of Natural Sciences
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.15-17
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    • 1999
  • Let {f(n)} be an increasing sequence such that f(n)>0 for each n and f(n)$\rightarrow$$\infty$. Let {X$_n$,n$\geq1$} be a sequence of pairwise independent random variables. In this paper we give sufficient conditions on {X$_n$,n$\geq1$} such that $sum_{i=1}^n$(X$_i$-EX$_i$)/f(n) converges to zero almost surely.

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Effect of Pulmonary Arterial Size on Postoperative Right Ventricular Pressure in Tetralogy of Fallot (활로씨 4 증후군에 폐동맥크기가 수술후 우심실압력에 미치는 영향)

  • 김용진
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.828-841
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    • 1988
  • To predict the postoperative hemodynamic status of right ventricle preoperatively, a retrospective analysis was undertaken to determine the influence of pulmonary artery size on postoperative right ventricular pressure in 32 consecutive patients with tetralogy of Fallot who underwent total correction between July, 1987 to June, 1988 at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital. We have related the ratio of the postrepair peak systolic pressure in the right ventricle and the systemic systolic arterial pressure[PRV/Ao] to the preoperative cineangiographic measurement of pulmonary arterial tree, expressed as pulmonary artery index[PAI], the ratio of diameter of the right pulmonary artery to diameter of ascending aorta[r.PA/A.Ao], the ratio of right and left pulmonary artery to diameter of descending aorta[r.I.PA/D.Ao] There was tendency that the postrepair PRV/Ao seems to be related to the preoperative diameter of right and left pulmonary artery, but there were no statistically significant correlation with PAI, r.PA/A.Ao, r.l.PA/D. Ao to the ratio of the postoperative peak systolic right ventricular pressure and systemic systolic arterial pressure[PRV/Ao]. There was tendency to decrease the postoperative right ventricular pressure[PRV/Ao] about 11.2%[P < 0.025] within several hours than immediately after repair, but after then, there was no change of right ventricular pressure[PRV/Ao] significantly. There was good correlation of pressure change between the immediate and late postrepair right ventricular pressure[48 hour], and the derived linear regression line was; y=0.68534 0.1994[r=0.57294, P < 0.001]. There was no operative death due to residual high right ventricular pressure[PRV/Ao >0.75] related to hypoplastic pulmonary arterial development, thus we expect, for symptomatic patients even infants, that complete repair can be attempted when the pulmonary artery index[PAI] is over 108mm2/BSA, RPA/AAo is over 0.35, RPA LPA/D. Ao is over 1.36.

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