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A Study on a Radar Absorbing Structure for Aircraft Leading Edge Application

  • Baek, Sang Min;Lee, Won Jun;Joo, Young Sik
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.215-221
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    • 2017
  • An electromagnetic (EM) wave absorber reduces the possibility of radar detection by minimizing the radar cross section (RCS) of structures. In this study, a radar absorbing structure (RAS) was applied to the leading edge of a blended wing body aircraft to reduce RCS in X-band (8.2~12.4GHz) radar. The RAS was composed of a periodic pattern resistive sheet with conductive lossy material and glass-fiber/epoxy composite as a spacer. The applied RAS is a multifunctional composite structure which has both electromagnetic (EM) wave absorbing ability and load-bearing ability. A two dimensional unit absorber was designed first in a flat-plate shape, and then the fabricated leading edge structure incorporating the above RAS was investigated, using simulated and free-space measured reflection loss data from the flat-plate absorber. The leading edge was implemented on the aircraft, and its RCS was measured with respect to various azimuth angles in both polarizations (VV and HH). The RCS reduction effect of the RAS was evaluated in comparison with a leading edge of carbon fabric reinforced plastics (CFRP). The designed leading edge structure was examined through static structural analysis for various aircraft load cases to check structural integrity in terms of margin of safety. The mechanical and structural characteristics of CFRP, RAS and CFRP with RAM structures were also discussed in terms of their weight.

High Frequency of Codon 12 but not Codon 13 and 61 K-ras Gene Mutations in Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of Breast in a South Indian Population

  • Sushma, C;Prasad, Shiva;Devi, Rudrama;Murthy, Sudha;Rao, TS;Naidu, CK
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.16 no.8
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    • pp.3505-3508
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    • 2015
  • Background: Ras genes are thought to play an important role in human cancer since they have been found to be activated frequently in several types of tumors including breast cancer, where the overall incidence of K-RAS oncogene activation is 0-10%. Evaluation of K-RAS gene not only for mutational frequency but also for mutation types in this downstream signaling gene pathway is necessary to determine the mechanisms of action. The present study was conducted to test the hypothesis that K-RAS activation is involved in breast cancer risk of south Indian population. Materials and Methods: A total of 70 paired pathologically confirmed tumor and non-tumor tissues from the same breast cancer patients were analysed for most common K-RAS mutations of codon 12,13 and 61 by polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction digestion and direct nucleotide sequencing method. Results: We found that a high rate of homozygous and heterozygous mutations of codon 12, but not codon 13 and 61, may influence the invasive ductal carcinoma of breast risk in this study. Conclusions: Our study indicated that only codon 12 may be involved in initiating breast carcinogenesis in India.

Transforming Growth Factor-${\beta}$ (TGF-${\beta}$) Induces Invasion and Migration of Ras- Transformed MCF10A Human Breast Epithelial Cells

  • Kim, Mi-Sung;Moon , A-Ree
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.327.3-328
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    • 2002
  • Transforming growth factor-${\beta}$ (TGF-${\beta}$), a hormonally active polypeptide found in normal and transformed tissues. regulates cellular growth and phenotyphic plasticity. We have previously shown that H-ras. but not N-ras. induces invasive phenotype in MCF10A human breast epithelial cells. In this study. we wished to examine the effect of TGF-${\beta}$ on H-ras-induced invasion and motility in MCFI 10A cells by performing in vitro invasion assay and wound migration assay. (omitted)

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The development of automated control system for the growth of shaped sapphire crystals: combined control

  • Borodin, A.V.;Borodin, V.A.;Petkov, I.S.;Sidorov, V.V.
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.437-440
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    • 1999
  • New method of control based upon a physical model of the Stepanov growth technique has been developed. The controller keeps the system stable and completely denies operator's interference into the process. The system demonstrates very reliable results under commercial production of shaped sapphire crystals.

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Effect of Several Endocrine Disrupting Compound on Mammary Gland Carcinogenesis in c-Ha-ras-trasgenic Rats

  • Han, Bum-Sup
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Veterinary Pathology Conference
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    • 2001.09a
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    • pp.13-15
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    • 2001
  • 발암성시험연구에 사용되고 있는 형질전환 동물들은 랫드와 마우스 등이 있는데, 그 중 c-Ha-ras proto-oncogene 마우스 (ras H2 mice), v-Ha-ras 형질전환 마우스 (Tg.AC mice), pim-1 형질전환 마우스 및 p53 knockout 마우스 등이 발암유발물질에 감수성이 높아 현재 중기발암성시험에 이용되고 있다. (중략)

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A Study about Finding Optimal Path Using RAS Dynamic Programming (RAS Dynamic Programming을 이용한 최적 경로 탐색에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jeong-Tae;Lee, John-Tak;Lee, Kwon-Soon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2007.07a
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    • pp.1736-1737
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    • 2007
  • Significant increase of container flows in marine terminals requires more efficient automatic port systems. This paper presents a novel routing and collision avoidance algorithm of linear motor based shuttle cars using random access sequence dynamic programming (RAS DP). The proposed RAS DP is accomplished online for determining optimal paths for each shuttle car.

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Activation of MKK6 Induces Invasive and Migrative Phenotypes in MCF10A Human Breast Epithelial Cells

  • Song, Hyun;Moon, Aree
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.141-141
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    • 2003
  • Ras expression has been suggested as a marker for tumor aggressiveness of breast cancer, including the degrees of invasion and tumor recurrence. We previously showed that p38 MAPK is a key signaling molecule differentially regulated by H-ras and N-ras, leading to H-ras-specific cell invasive and migrative phenotypes in human breast epithelial cells (Cancer Res.: 63, 5454-5461, 2003).(omitted)

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Roles of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase(PI3K) and Rac1

  • Shin, Il-Chung;Kim, Seon-Hoe;Moon, A-Ree
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.223.1-223.1
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    • 2003
  • Many studies have identified the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) as a key regulator for various cellular functions including cell survival, growth and motility. We have previously shown that H-ras, but not N-ras. induces invasiveness and motility in human breast epithelial cells (MCF10A), while both H-ras and N-ras induce transformed phenotype. In the present study, we wished to investigate the functional role of PI3K pathway in H-ra-induced invasive phenotype and motility of MCF10A cells. (omitted)

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Activation of MKK6 induces invasive and migrative phenotypes in MCF10A human breast epithelial cells

  • Song, Hyun;Moon, A-Ree
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.170.2-170.2
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    • 2003
  • Ras expression has been suggested as a marker for tumor aggressiveness of breast cancer, including the degrees of invasion and tumor recurrence. We previously showed that p38 MAPK is a key signaling molecule differentially regulated by H-ras and N-ras, leading to H-ras-specific cell invasive and migrative phenotypes in human breast epithelial cells (Cancer Res: 63, 5454-5461, 2003). In this study, we further investigated the role of p38 MARK pathway in the induction of metastatic potential in MCF10A cells as a "gain of function" study. (omitted)

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