• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1701-1710
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• 2017

Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) is the etiologic agent of classical swine fever, a highly contagious disease that causes significant economic losses to the swine industry. The lapinized C-strain, a widely used vaccine strain against CSFV, has low growth efficiency in cell culture, which limits the productivity in the vaccine industry. In this study, a recombinant virus derived from C-strain was constructed and subjected to continuous passaging in PK-15 cells with the goal of acquiring a high progeny virus yield. A cell-adapted virus variant, RecCpp80, had nearly 1,000-fold higher titer than its parent C-strain but lost the ability to induce fever in rabbits. Sequence analysis of cell-adapted RecC variants indicated that at least six nucleotide changes were fixed in RecCpp80. Further adaption of RecCpp80 variant in swine testicle cells led to a higher virus yield without additional mutations. Introduction of each of these residues into the wild-type RecC backbone showed that one mutation, M979R (T3310G), located in the C-terminal region of E2 might be closely related to the cell-adapted phenotype. Rabbit inoculation revealed that $RecCpp40_{+10}$ failed to induce fever in rabbits, whereas $RecCpp80_{+10}$ caused a fever response similar to the commercial C-strain vaccine. In conclusion, the C-strain can be adapted to cell culture by introducing specific mutations in its E2 protein. The mutations in RecCpp80 that led to the loss of fever response in rabbits require further investigation. Continuous passaging of the C-strain-based recombinant viruses in PK-15 cells could enhance its in vitro adaption. The non-synonymous mutations at 3310 and 3531 might play major roles in the enhanced capacity of general virus reproduction. Such findings may help design a modified C-strain for improved productivity of commercial vaccines at reduced production cost.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2023

Lab-on-a-disc is a circular disc shape of cartridge that can be used for blood-based liquid biopsy to diagnose an early stage of cancer. Currently, liquid biopsies are regarded as a time-consuming process, and require sophisticated skills to precisely separate cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and circulating tumor cells (CTCs) floating in the bloodstream for accurate diagnosis. However, by applying the lab-on-a-disc to liquid biopsy, the entire process can be operated automatically. To do so, the lab-on-a-disc should be designed to prevent blood leakage during the centrifugation, transport, and dilution of blood inside the lab-on-a-disc in the process of liquid biopsy. In this study, the main components of lab-on-a-disc for liquid biopsy are fabricated by injection molding for mass production, and ultrasonic welding is employed to ensure the bonding strength between the components. To guarantee accurate ultrasonic welding, the flatness of the components is optimized numerically by using the response surface methodology with four main injection molding processing parameters, including the mold & resin temperatures, the injection speed, and the packing pressure. The 27 times finite element analyses using Moldflow® reveal that the injection time and the packing pressure are the critical factors affecting the flatness of the components with an optimal set of values for all four processing parameters. To further improve the flatness of the lab-on-a-disc components for stable mass production, a quarter-disc shape of lab-on-a-disc with a radius of 75 mm is used instead of a full circular shape of the disc, and this significantly decreases the standard deviation of flatness to 30% due to the reduced overall length of the injection molded components by one-half. Moreover, it is also beneficial to use a quarter disc shape to manage the deviation of flatness under 3 sigma limits.

• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2010

Background: Although quantitative sensory test (QST) is being used with increasing frequency for measuring sensory thresholds in clinical practice and epidemiologic studies, there has been no age-matched normative data in Korean adults. The objective of this study is to evaluate the value of QST in diabetic polyneuropathy with normal range in Korean adults. Methods: The Computer Aided Sensory Examination IV 4,2 (WR Medical Electronics Co., Stillwater, Minnesota, U.S.A.), with 4,2,1 stepping algorithm was used to determine vibration and cold perception threshold in 70 normal controls and 19 patients with diabetic polyneuropathy aged from 21 to 79 years. The data were used to define age-matched upper and lower normal limits and normal range of side to side difference. We also evaluated the duration of diabetes, serum HbA1C level, and findings of nerve conduction study (NCS) and QST in patients with diabetic polyneuropathy. Results: In normal adults, sensory thresholds slightly increased with age, and a slight side-to-side difference was observed. The diagnostic sensitivity of QST was not higher than NCS in patients with diabetic polyneuropathy (36.8% vs. 42.1%, p=0.716), especially among elderly patients. Conclusions: QST might be used as a complementary test for NCS in the diagnosis of diabetic polyneuropathy. Although the QST is a simple method for the evaluation of peripheral nerve function, there are some limitations. Most of all, because the QST measuring is dependent on the subjective response of patients, the degree of concentration and cooperation of the patients can significantly affect the result. And thus, attention should be paid during the interpretation of QST results in patients with peripheral neuropathy.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.67-71
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to explore olfactory sensitivity of odors from injection molding processing. To do this, the experiment was carried out in an injection molding factory, and participants were exposed to the environment where odor-substances (Formaldehyde, Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylene, Styrene) exist. In addition, we used the subjective scale using semantic adjectives as an olfactory sensitivity. As a result, the assessment structure of olfactory sensitivity was composed of eight factors (irritant, thermal, tense, unique, like-dislike, active, stable, masculine), and the main factor which was irritant characteristics explained 20% of the total olfactory sensibility. These results suggested that odors from injection molding processing would cause more negative emotional responses than the flavor which is mainly used in olfactory sensitivity. This study, as a basic study of the improvement in a factory environment for the efficiency of work, has limits in that it was conducted to the extent of identifying the olfactory sensitivity structure of those who were at a laboratory and who were exposed to the environment of odor substance induced in the injection molding processing. Therefore, for the method of removing malodorous substance, the effect of materials which can neutralize it, and the comparison of a direct performance in the environment where negative sensitivity structure exists, a series of studies which aim to improve the environment of injection molding factories, such as performance assessment in the environment of a factory and an office need to be conducted. It is expected that when these studies are put together, the improvement guidelines will be provided as a type that can maximize the effectiveness of work in the factory environment where injection molding processing is done.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.149-159
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• 1998

프리스트레스트 콘크리트 박스 거더 교량의 장기거동의 정확한 예측은 시공중 및 완공후의 사용성 확보를 위해서 매우 중요하다. 이러한 장기거동은 콘크리트의 크리프와 건조수축등의 확률특성에 따라 크게 영향을 받는다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 프리스트레스트 콘크리트 박스거더 교량에서의 크리프와 건조수축효과의 불확실성 및 민감도 해석에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 콘크리트의 크리프와 건조수축효과의 불확실성은 입력이자의 변동성을 고려하여 산출한다. 불확실성 및 민감도 해석은 Latin Hypercube 샘플링 기법에 의해 수행하며, 각 샘플에 대하여 시간 의존적 구조해석을 하여 그 결과를 통계학적으로 분석한다. 본 연구에서는 각 입력인자의 구조해석 결과에 대한 민감도를 정량화 하기 위하여 3가지 즉, RCC, PRCC 와 SRCC 상관계수를 사용하여 민감도 해석을 수행하였다. 현재, 주로 교량설계시 사용되는 ACI모델, CEB-FIP모델과 도로교 표준시방서 모델의 민감도 분석을 수행한결과 크리프 모델 자체의 불확실성과 상대습도가 시간에 따른 변형에 가장 중요한 영향인자인 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서는 장기거동에 영향을 미치는 주요인자를 도출하는 합리적인 해석기법을 정립하였으며, 이로부터 좀 더 합리적인 모델정립에 유용한 토대가 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 무역상무연구
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• 제34권
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• pp.77-108
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• 2007

The traditional name given to the insurance of third party liabilities and certain contractual liabilities which arise in connection with the operation of ships is protection and indemnity(P & I) insurance. P & I insurance is very different from traditional hull and machinery insurance in that shipowners' hull and machinery insurance is designed primarily to protect the assured against losses to his vessel, whereas P & I insurance seeks to indemnify an shipowner in respect of the discharge of legal liabilities he has incurred in operating his own vessels. This study is to examine the background of establishment of British P & I clubs md, therefore, the identity of P & I insurance. The present British P & I clubs are the remote descendants of the many small and local hull mutual insurance clubs that were formed by British shipowners in the end of 18th century. At that time, British shipowners were dissatified with the state of marine insurance market and, therefore, established clubs together in mutual hull insurance clubs. After the removal of the company monopoly in 1824, greater competition had a good effect on the rates, terms of cover and service offered by the commercial marine insurance market and by Lloyd's underwriters, and the hull clubs became less necessary and went into decline. The burden of British shipowners on liabilities to third parties was steadily increased after the middle of the 19th century, but the amount insured under hull policy was limited in the insured value of the ship. Eventually, the first protection club, that is, the Shipowners' Mutual Protection Society was formed in 1855. It was designed to like past mutual hull clubs, but to cover liabilities for loss of life and personal injury and also the collision risks excluded from the current marine policies, particularly the excess above the limits in hull policies. In 1870, the risks of liability for loss of or damage to cargo carried on board the insured ship was first awarded by the British shipowners. After 1874, many protection clubs formed indemnity club to cover the risk of liability for loss or damage to cargo. As mentioned above, British P & I clubs have been steadily changed according to the response of shipowners under the rapidly changing law of British shipowners' liability, and so on in the future.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.628-643
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• 1998

To investigate the exposure levels of organic solvents and subjective symptoms of dry-cleaning workers, 77 male and 52 female dry-cleaning workers who had been worked in a small city of Chungnam province, and a large city, Taejon were selected for the study group. Air concentrations of organic solvents in the working environment were analyzed, and subjective symptoms of dry-cleaning workers were surveyed, from July to August 1996. The results obtained were as follows : 1. The concentrations of organic solvents in the working environment were within permissible TLV-TWA limits. 2. For the 13 symptom clusters, the most frequently complained symptom clusters were fatigue as 71.3%, and followed by depression and urinary disturbances as 53.5% and 51.9%. Other symptom clusters complained were below 50%. 3. Positive response rates of subjective symptoms were significantly higher in worker groups such as lived in a large city, female, higher education level, more frequently alcohol drinking, higher concentration of organic solvent in working environment, work in alone. 4. Workers who had used solvent B showed 2.3 point higher scores of subjective symptoms than those of solvent A. Of the subjective symptoms scores, amnesia and nervousness were higher in solvent B user group than solvent B user group. 5. As a result of factor analysis, 3 factors such as depression, urinary disturbance and neurologic disturbance were selected. 6. As a result of the logistic regression analysis, sex, the number of fellow workers, working time, region, job tenure, smoking, alcohol drinking, ventilating system, concentration of organic solvent in working environment and place of residence were selected for the related variables. For the conclusion, even though the concentrations of organic solvents in the working environments of dry-cleaning workers were within permissible limit of TLV-TWA, many dry-cleaning workers complained symptoms, such as fatigue, depression, urinary disturbances and so on. And the factors affecting to the symptoms of dry-cleaning workers were the number of fellow workers, work hours, region, job tenure, smoking and alcohol drinking.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2011

인간이 환경을 보전 복원하고자 하는 목적은 자연이 인간에게 제공하는 환경서비스를 지속적으로 공급받기 위함이다. 이러한 측면에서 유류오염에 대응하고 복원하는 근본적인 목적은 인간의 생활 및 생산환경의 지속성을 유지하기 위한 것이라 할 수 있다. 즉, 유류유출의 사회경제적 피해영향 및 복원정도 모니터링은 손상된 자연환경의 기능 회복에 중요한 요소이다. 하지만 사회경제적 영향평가는 직간접적 관련자들의 이해와 직결되어 있어 적절한 조사 및 평가 방법을 선택하는 것이 어렵고 결과를 해석하는 것도 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 허베이 스피리트호 유류유출 사고를 대상으로 생활 및 생산환경 피해 모니터링의 주요 지표인 수산, 관광부문의 영향평가를 위해 기존의 문헌 및 통계자료조사 외에 지역주민 체감조사를 병행하였다. 조사 결과, 복원의 수준은 40~50 % 수준이고, 복원정도는 둔화 혹은 감소하고 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 체감조사결과가 문헌 및 통계자료 조사결과 보다 2~10 점 정도 낮은 것으로 평가되었다. 결론적으로 기존의 사회경제적 영향평가를 위해 기본적으로 수행하여 왔던 문헌 및 통계자료를 통한 분석이 피해영향 복원의 지표로 삼기에는 한계가 있음을 보여주었고, 실제 피해지역 주민들이 체감하는 영향과 복원정도에 대한 분석의 필요성을 제기하였다.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.133-147
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• 2009

토양 중 농약잔류량을 신속하고 저렴하게 분석할 수 있는 다성분 동시분석법을 개발하기 위하여 작물체 중 잔류농약분석법 및 개별성분 분석법을 조사하고 확인하여 기기분석 조건을 확립하였고 분배과정의 용매별 효율성을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같았다. 국내사용농약 중 GC로 분석 가능한 성분 180 성분에 대하여 검출기별 감응성 검토결과 ECD의 경우 84 성분 및 NPD의 경우 113 성분이 예상검출한계 $0.01\;mg\;kg^{-1}$ 이하이었으며 ECD와 NPD를 종합하면 148 성분이었다. 검출한계 $0.05\;mg\;kg^{-1}$ 이하인 농약성분은 ECD 137 성분 및 NPD 170 성분이었고, 두 검출기의 결과를 종합하면 179 성분이 예상 검출한계 $0.05\;mg\;kg^{-1}$ 이하이었다. 농약성분 peak의 분리도와 분석소요시간을 고려하여 선정한 기기분석 조건에서의 머무름 시간 분포를 살펴보면 대부분의 성분이 시료주입 후 10 분에서 40 분 사이에 검출되어 적절하게 분포되었으나, 20 분과 30 분사이의 머무름 시간대에는 90 여 성분이 분포하여 많은 성분이 충분히 분리가 되지 않을 것으로 판단되었다. 분배과정의 회수율은 dichlorornethane이 가장 우수하였으며, 그 다음은 ethyl acetate/hexane 혼합용매, ethyl acetate 순으로 각각 시험대상 성분의 90%, 85% 및 81%가 70-120% 범위의 회수율을 나타내었다. 따라서 dichlorornethane을 두 분배용매체계로 대체하는 것이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• 약학회지
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.98-106
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• 2015

Analytical method for related substances can be categorized into two methods depending on the necessity of reference standard (RS). The analytical method of related substances with RS is fast and accurate, but it's very expensive and technically difficult to synthesize RS due to their complicated structure. Another method is using relative retention time (RRT) and relative response factor (RRF) which are already validated with RS. Validation of this method is not easy and time consuming, but once it has been developed, it can save cost and time. In this study, we developed the analytical method for related substances of fenofibrate using RRT and RRF. We validated the method by evaluating specificity, linearity, accuracy and precision according to the "Manual for Guideline Application for Validation of Analytical Procedures" of MFDS. Also, we calculated RRT and RRF between fenofibrate and fenofibrate related substances. The results of this study showed high specificity for fenofibrate and fenofibrate related substances. Correlation coefficient(r) of all substances were more than 0.99, and the recovery of fenofibrate, fenofibrate related substance I, II and III were 99.44%, 100.84%, 99.14% and 101.58%, respectively. Precision of fenofibrate and its related substances were ranged between RSD 0.29% and 0.93%. Quantification limits of fenofibrate, fenofibrate related substance I, II and III were determined to be $0.03{\mu}g/ml$, $0.05{\mu}g/ml$, $0.04{\mu}g/ml$ and $0.02{\mu}g/ml$, respectively by confirming signal to noise ratio of each chromatogram. The RRT for fenofibrate related substance I, II and III were determined to be 0.35, 0.41 and 1.34, respectively. Also, the RRF for fenofibrate related substance I, II and III were determined to be 1.28, 0.98 and 0.79, respectively. The developed method was applied to determine contents for fenofibrate related substances in commercial fenofibrate (active pharmaceutical ingredient). As a result, developed analytical methods of related substances will be used for revising the monograph of fenofibrate in Korean Pharmacopoeia revision and contribute quality control of drugs by improving cost and time consuming problem of RS.