• Macromolecular Research
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.573-580
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• 2004

To prepare chitosan-based polymeric amphiphiles that can form nanosized core-shell structures (nanopar­ticles) in aqueous milieu, chitosan oligosaccharides (COSs) were modified chemically with hydrophobic cholesterol groups. The physicochemical properties of the hydrophobized COSs (COSCs) were investigated by using dynamic light scattering and fluorescence spectroscopy. The feasibility of applying the COSCs to biomedical applications was investigated by introducing them into a gene delivery system. The COSCs formed nanosized self-aggregates in aqueous environments. Furthermore, the physicochemical properties of the COSC nanoparticles were closely related to the molecular weights of the COSs and the number of hydrophobic groups per COS chain. The critical aggregation concentration values decreased upon increasing the hydrophobicity of the COSCs. The COSCs effi­ciently condensed plasmid DNA into nanosized ion-complexes, in contrast to the effect of the unmodified COSs. An investigation of gene condensation, performed using a gel retardation assay, revealed that $COS6(M_n=6,040 Da)$ containing $5\%$ of cholesteryl chloroformate (COS6C5) formed a stable DNA complex at a COS6C5/DNA weight ratio of 2. In contrast, COS6, the unmodified COS, failed to form a stable COS/DNA complex even at an elevated weight ratio of 8. Furthermore, the COS6C5/DNA complex enhanced the in vitro transfection efficiency on Human embryonic kidney 293 cells by over 100 and 3 times those of COS6 and poly(L-lysine), respectively. Therefore, hydrophobized chitosan oligosaccharide can be considered as an efficient gene carrier for gene delivery systems.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.113-123
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• 2012

하중을 받는 대상제체의 하중경감과 구조물의 경량화를 위해 본 연구에서 개발한 공법은 기존의 인공경량성토공법을 개선한 공법으로써 다공성의 경량골재인 bottom ash와 시멘트를 주재료로 하는 슬러리에 기포제를 혼합 발포시켜 경량의 성토재료를 제조하고 이를 대상 구조물에 적용하는 기술이다. 이 공법의 소재인 기포혼합콘크리트의 경우도 시멘트를 주성분으로 하고 있기 때문에 시간 의존적 변형이 발생되고, 외기 환경에 노출되므로 내구성능 저하는 필연적으로 발생하게 된다. 따라서 적용한 경량성토제의 시간 의존성 장기거동과 내구성 문제를 보다 명확하게 규명할 필요가 있다고 판단된다. 본 연구에서는 선행 작업으로 콘크리트의 배합인자별 역학적 특성 분석을 토대로 영향을 미치는 주요 인자를 도출하였으며, 이를 토대로 장기거동과 내구성 실험에 필요한 배합변수를 설정하여 그들의 미치는 영향을 분석을 통해 평가하였다. 연구결과, 개발된 기포혼합콘크리트는 건조수축변형률이나 크리프 등의 장기거동과 동결융해 및 탄산화의 내구성 측면에 있어 기존의 경량기포콘크리트에 비해 우수한 효과를 보였으며 특히, bottom ash의 혼입이 저항성 향상에 매우 효과적인 것으로 나타났다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.548-553
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• 2007

본 과에서는 우측 악하부의 부종 및 동통을 주소로 내원한 환자를 초기에 우측 악하부 및 협부 농양으로 진단하고 절개 및 배농술을 시행하였으나 증상의 호전이 없고 고열과 림프절 비대가 지속적으로 관찰되었다. 이에 저자 등은 비대된 임프절의 적출술과 다양한 검사를 통하여 괴사성 림프절염을 조직학적으로 확인하고 최종적으로 Kikuchi Fujimoto Disease로 확진하였다. Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease는 임파선 비대와 고열이 동반되는 원인 불명의 괴사성 임파선염으로 특징지워지는 질환으로서, 적출생검을 통해 증상이 사라지는 경우가 많으므로 상기와 같은 증상이 동반된 환자의 경우 악성 림프종이나 전신성 홍반성 루푸스등의 여러 질환과의 감별진단을 통하여 정확한 치료를 시행하는 것이 추천된다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.234-242
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• 2011

BACKGROUND: Cultivation of winter cover crops is strongly recommended to increase land utilization efficiency, animal feeding material self-production, and to improve soil and environmental quality. METHODS AND RESULTS: Four major winter crops (barley, Chinese milk vetch, hairy vetch, and rye) having different C/N ratio were seeded in silt loam paddy soil in the November 2007 and the aboveground biomass was harvested on the late May 2008 to evaluate its effectiveness as green manure, and root biomass distribution was characterized at the different depth (0-60 cm) to study its effect on physical properties and carbon sequestration in soil. During this experiment, the naturally growing weed in the rice paddy soil in Korea, short awn foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis Sobol), was considered as control treatment. Above-ground biomass of all cover crops selected was significantly higher than that of the control treatment (2.8 Mg/ha). Comparatively higher above-ground biomass productivity of rye and barley (15.8 and 13.5 Mg/ha, respectively) suggested that these cover crops possibly had the highest potential as a green manure and animal feeding material. Root biomass production of different cover crops followed the same trend as that for their above ground biomass. Rye (Secale cereal) might have the highest potential for soil C accumulation (7893 C kg/ha) by root biomass development, and then followed by barley (6985 C kg/ha), hairy vetch (6467 C kg/ha), Chinese milk vetch (6671 C kg/ha), and control (5791 C kg/ha). CONCLUSION(s): Cover crops like rye and barley having high biomass productivity might be the most effective winter cover crops to increase organic carbon distribution in different soil aggregates which might be beneficial to improve soil structure, aeration etc. and C sequestration.

• 한국동물생명공학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2020

Fish ovarian germline stem cells (OGSCs) that have the abilities to self-renew and differentiate into functional gametes can be used in various researches and applications. A main issue to be solved for effective utilization of fish OGSCs is the development of their stable in vitro culture condition, but only few researches about fish OGSC culture have been reported so far. In this study, in order to find the clues to develop the culture condition for OGSCs from Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes), we tried to establish somatic cell lines as a candidate for the feeder cells and evaluated its supporting effects on the culture of ovarian cell populations from O. latipes. As the results, the somatic cell lines could be established only from the embryonic tissues among three tissues derived from embryos, fins and ovaries. Three embryonic cell lines were tested as a feeder cell for the culture of ovarian cell population and all three cell lines induced cell aggregation formation of the cultured ovarian cells whereas the feeder-free condition did not. Furthermore, a significant cellular proliferation was observed in the ovarian cells cultured on two of three cell lines. As a trial to increase the capacity of the cell lines as a feeder cell that supports the proliferation of the cultured ovarian cells, we subsequently established a stable line that expresses the foreign O. latipes fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) from an embryonic cell line and evaluated its effectiveness as a feeder cell. The ovarian cells cultured on FGF2 expressing feeder cells still formed cell aggregates but did not show a significant increase in cellular proliferation compared to those cultured on non-transformed feeder cells. The results from this study will provide the fundamental information for in vitro culture of medaka OGSCs.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2021

Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) can be classified as a type of self-immobilized microbial aggregates measuring more than 0.2 mm. It offers the option to simultaneously remove COD, N, and P that occur in different zones inside a granule. Also, AGS is characterized by high precipitability, treatability with high organic loading, and high tolerance to low temperature. In this study, a sequencing batch reactor inoculated with AGS (AGS-SBR) is a new advanced wastewater treatment process that was proven to grow AGS with integrated nutrient removal and low C/N ratio. A pilot plant, AGS-SBR with a capacity of 225 ㎥/d was installed at an S sewage treatment plant in Gyeonggi-do. The results of the operation showed that the water quality of the effluent indicated that the value of BOD5 was 1.5 mg/L, CODMn was 11.4 mg/L, SS was 6.2 mg/L, T-N was 13.2 mg/L, and T-P was 0.197 mg/L, and all of these values reliably satisfied an effluent standard (I Area). In winter, the T-N treatment efficiency at a lower temperature of less than 11℃ also showed reliability to meet the effluent standard of the I Area (20 mg/L or less). Analysis of microbial community in AGS showed a higher preponderance of beneficial microorganisms involved in denitrification and phosphorus accumulation compared with activated sludge. The power consumption and sludge disposal cost were reduced by 34.7% and 54.9%, respectively, compared to the domestic SBR type sewage treatment plant with a processing capacity of 1,000 ㎥/d or less.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.855-868
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• 2021

The present study was designed to investigate the effects of protein formula with different casein (C) to whey protein (W) ratios on dispersion stability, protein quality and body composition in rats. Modification of the casein to whey protein (CW) ratio affected the extent of protein aggregation, and heated CW-2:8 showed a significantly increased larger particle (>100 ㎛) size distribution. The largest protein aggregates were formed by whey protein self-aggregation. There were no significant differences in protein aggregation when the CW ratios changed from 10:0 to 5:5. Based on the protein quality assessment (CW-10:0, CW-8:2, CW-5:5, and CW-2:8) for four weeks, CW-10:0 showed a significantly higher feed intake (p<0.05), but the high proportion of whey protein in the diet (CW-5:5 and CW-2:8) increased the feed efficiency ratio, protein efficiency ratio, and net protein ratio compared to other groups. Similarly, CW-2:8 showed greater true digestibility compared to other groups. No significant differences in fat mass and lean mass analyzed by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry were observed. A significant difference was found in the bone mineral density between the CW-10:0 and CW-2:8 groups (p<0.05), but no difference was observed among the other groups. Based on the results, CW-5:5 improved protein quality without causing protein instability problems in the dispersion.

• Advances in materials Research
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.147-164
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• 2022

This study aims to investigate the influence of scoria aggregate (SA) and silica fume (SF) as a replacement of conventional aggregate and ordinary Portland cement (OPC), respectively. Three types of concrete were prepared namely normal weight concrete (NWC) using limestone aggregate (LSA) and OPC (control specimen), lightweight concrete (LWC) using SA and OPC, and LWC using SA and partial SF (SLWC). The representative workability and compressive strength properties of the developed concrete were evaluated, and the results were correlated with non-destructive ultrasonic pulse velocity and Schmidt hammer tests. The LWC and SLWC yielded compressive strength of around 30 MPa and 33 MPa (i.e., 78-86% of control specimens), respectively. The findings indicate that scoria can be beneficially utilized in the development of structural lightweight concrete. Present renewable sources of aggregate will preserve the natural resources for next generation. The newly produced eco-friendly construction material is intended to break price barriers in all markets and draw attraction of incorporating scoria based light weight construction in Saudi Arabia and GCC countries. Findings of the SWOT analysis indicate that high logistics costs for distributing the aggregates across different regions in Saudi Arabia and clients' resistant to change are among the major obstacles to the commercialized production and utilization of lightweight concrete as green construction material. The findings further revealed that huge scoria deposits in Saudi Arabia, and the potential decrease in density self-weight of structural elements are the major drivers and enablers for promoting the adoption of lightweight concrete as alternative green construction material in the construction sector.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2012

본 총설은 N-acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL)에 기반한 quorum sensing(QS)을 비롯한 다양한 QS 시스템 및 생물막 형성과의 관련성에 대한 연구 동향을 정리하였다. 또한 anti-QS으로서 quorum quenching 전략을 이용한 생물막 억제 연구 동향에 대해 중점적으로 서술하였다. 세균의 독특한 신호전달 체계인 QS는 AHL과 같은 특정한 신호분자의 농도에 의해 세균의 집단적 행동 양식이 결정되는 세포밀도-의존성 유전자 발현 조절 메커니즘이다. QS 시스템은 미생물의 부착 및 생물막 형성에 있어 중요한 역할을 한다. AI-1이나 AI-2에 의한 QS는 생물막 형성 과정에 필요한 세포외 다당류, 단백질, 세포 외 DNA 등 주요한 구성 성분 등의 생산뿐만 아니라, 세균의 운동성 조절, 부착, 생물막 해체 과정까지도 조절하는 기능을 한다. 일부 세균의 경우 QS시스템 이외에도 second messenger로 알려진 c-di-GMP에 의한 signaling이 QS와 서로 연결되어 생물막 형성이나 병독성과 같은 타깃들을 함께 조절한다. 생물막은 병원성 세균에 의한 감염 시 여러 가지 병독성 가운데 가장 중요한 요소 중 하나이기 때문에, 생물막 형성을 조절하는 QS를 차단하기 위한 다양한 anti-quorum sensing 전략이 연구되고 있다. Anti-QS 접근 방식은 의학적 이용뿐만 아니라 물에 노출되어있는 MBR을 비롯한 많은 산업적 장치 등에서 생물막 형성으로 인한 손상 및 오염을 방지하기 위해 쓰일 수 있다. Anti-QS 전략 중 신호분자인 AHL을 무력화 시키는 quorum quenching 효소(AHL-lactonase, AHL-acylase, oxidoreductas)를 이용하여 생물막 형성을 억제할 수 있으며, 막을 이용한 수처리 공정에서 막에 발생하는 biofouling을 완화시킬 수 있는 새로운 anti-fouling 처리 기술로서 이러한 QQ 효소의적용 가능성을 보여 주고 있다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.120-130
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• 1996

본 연구는 세골재는 사용하지 않고 인공경량조골재로써 팽창점토와 경석을 사용하여 제작된 인공경량골재 콘크리트의 응력-변형율특성을 구명하기 위하여 실시되었으며, 시험을 통하여 얻어진 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 동탄성계수는 인공경량조골재인 팽창점토와 경석을 사용한 경우 $1.9{\times}10^5kg/cm^2$과 $2.0{\times}10^5kg/cm^2$으로 나타났으며, 경석을 사용한 경우가 5%정도 크게 나타났다. 2. 정탄성계수는 팽창점토 및 경석을 사용한 경우 $1.8{\times}10^5kg/cm^2$과 $1.6{\times}10^5kg/cm^2$으로 나타났으며, 정탄성계수는 동탄성계수보다 10~30%정도 작게 나타났다. 3. 사용골재에 따른 하중-이력곡선은 하중이 증가하여 최대하중에서 파괴가 이루어진 후 급격히 감소하는 경향을 보였으며, 특히 기포제를 첨가한 경우는 최대하중에서 파괴된 이후에도 상당시간 내하능력을 유지하는 것으로 나타났다. 4. 응력-변형율곡선은 사용골재의 종류에 관계없이 응력의 증가와 함께 증가하여 최대하중에서 파괴가 된 후 급격히 감소하는 경향을 보였으며, 취성이 크다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 5. 최대응력하에서의 변형율은 팽창점토를 사용한 경우 $1.7{\times}10^{-3}$, 경석을 사용한 경우는 $2.83{\times}10^{-3}$로써, 팽창점토보다 경석을 사용한 경우의 변형율이 66%정도 크게 나타났다.