• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.261-266
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• 2012

Fermented Chlorella vulgaris CBT$^{(R)}$ was evaluated for its effects on egg production, egg quality, liver lipids and intestinal microflora in laying hens. One hundred and eight Hy-line Brown layers (n = 108), 80 wk of age, were fed a basal diet supplemented with CBT$^{(R)}$ at the level of 0, 1,000 or 2,000 mg/kg, respectively for 42 d. Egg production was measured daily and egg quality was measured every two weeks. Five eggs from each replicate were collected randomly to determine egg quality. Egg production increased linearly with increasing levels of CBT$^{(R)}$ supplementation (p<0.05), although there was no significant effect of treatment on feed intake. Egg yolk color (p<0.001) and Haugh unit (p<0.01) improved linearly with increasing dietary CBT$^{(R)}$. Hepatic triacylglycerol level was linearly decreased with increasing dietary CBT$^{(R)}$ (p<0.05). The supplemental CBT$^{(R)}$ resulted in linear (p<0.001) and quadratic (p<0.01) response in population of cecal lactic acid bacteria. In conclusion, fermented Chlorella vulgaris supplemented to laying hen diets improved egg production, egg yolk color, Haugh unit and positively affected the contents of hepatic triacylglycerol and the profiles of cecal microflora.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.155-160
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• 2014

Purpose: This study aimed to analyse female academician health beliefs for breast cancer screening and levels of self-esteem. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between October 2010 and March 2011, covering female academicians working in all faculties and vocational schools at Ondokuz Mayis University, except for the ones in the field of health (n=141). Data was collected using a questionnaire developed by researchers in the light of the related literature, the Champion's Health Belief Model Scale for Breast Cancer, and the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory. Descriptive statistics, the t-test, Mann-Whitney U and correlation analysis were used to analyze the data with the SPSS 13.0 statistical package. Results: 53.8% of the participants were single, 58.6% did not have children, 80.7% had regular menstrual cycles, 28.3% was taking birth control pills, 17.9% were undergoing hormone therapy, 11% suffered breast problems, 8.3% had relatives with breast cancer, 78,6% knew about breast self-examination (BSE), 68.3% was performing BSE, 16.2% were performing BSE monthly, 17.9% had had mammograms, and 30.3% had undergone breast examinations conductedby physicians. The women who had breast physical examinations done by physicians had higher susceptibility, self-efficacy and health motivation, and fewer barriers to mammography than those who did not have breast physical examinations. Conclusions: There was a relationship between the female academician self-esteem and their perceived seriousness of breast cancer, perceived barriers to BSE and health motivation. Our Turksih female academicians had medium levels of self-esteem.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.4819-4823
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• 2016

Bckground: Adjuvant radiation therapy is commonly administered following breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer patients. Hypofractionated radiotherapy can significantly reduce the waiting time for radiotherapy, working load on machines, patient visits to radiotherapy departments and medical costs. Material/Methods: Fifty-two patients with operable breast cancer (pT1-3pN0M0) who underwent breast conservation surgery in Tehran Cancer Institute during January 2011 to January 2012, were randomly assigned to undergo radiotherapy in two arms (hypofractionated radiotherapy arm with 30 patients, dose 42.5 Gy in 16 fractions; and conventional radiotherapy arm with 22 patients, dose 50 Gy in 25 fractions). W compared these two groups in terms of overall survival, locoregional control, late skin complications and cosmetic results. Results: At a median follow-up of 52.4 months (range: 0-64 months), the follow-up rate was 82.6%. Overall, after 60 months, there was no detectable significant differences between groups regarding cosmetic results (p = 0.857), locoregional control or survival. Conclusions: The results confirm that hypofractionated radiotherapy with a subsequent boost is as effective as conventional radiotherapy, is well-tolerated and can be used as an alternative treatment method following breast conservation surgery.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.972-978
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• 2002

Streptomyces sp. AD001 is a Gram-positive soil actinomycetes secreting an uncharacterized 2,4-dichlorophenol (DCP) oxidizing enzyme, whose activity is similar to the previously known Actinomycetes lignin-peroxidase (ALiP). This extracellular peroxidase was purified from Streptomyces sp. AD001 as a single protein band on an SDS-PACE by ammonium sulfate fractionation, Q-sepharose, concanavalin A, and Bio-Gel HTP column chromatographies. The molecular mass of the purified peroxidase was determined by SDS-PAGE to be 45.2 kDa, and 49.7 kDa with MALDI-TOF-MS, respectively. The highest level of peroxidase activity was observed at pH 7.5 and $30^{\circ}C$. The amino terminal sequence of the purified peroxidase (G-E-P-E-E-G-N-V-D-G-T-L) showed no significant homologies to my known proteins, suggesting that Streptomyces sp. AD001 may secrete a novel kind of bacterial peroxidase Initial rate kinetic data of the 2,4-DCP oxidation were best modeled with a random-binding bireactant system.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.191-196
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• 1982

미곡저장중 균류에 의한 미곡의 손실을 방지하기 위하여 1978년 12월 부터 1979년 6월까지 7개월간 싸일로, 평창고 및 통가리에 저장한 미곡시료(밀양23호)에서 균류를 분리, 동정하였다. 한국산 벼 및 현미에서 분리된 30종의 균류중, Aspergillus속 11종(A. caespitosus, A. condidus, A. chevalieri, A fischeri, A. fumigatus, A. fiavus, A. nidulans, A. oryzae, A. ruber, A. sydowii, A. versicolor), Penicillium 속 5 종 (P. atramentosum P. chrysogenum, P. cyaneofulvum, P. nototum, P. steckii), Alternaria 속 2종 (Al. faesiculata, Al. grisea) Curvalaria 속 2종 (C, interseminata, C. tetromea), Trichothecium roseum, Nigrospora sphaerica, Rhizopus nigricans, Fusarium spp., Mucor spp., Helminthosporium spp., 및 Gliocladiopsis spp. 각 1종, 총 27종이 동정, 확인되었다. 한국산 벼에서 분리된 표면균류는 A. flavus와 A. candidus가 대부분이었으며, 현미에서는 A. sydowii가 많이 출현하였다. 또한 저장중 변질미에는 A. candidus, A. versicolor 및 A. glaucus group들이 주로 많았다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.144-149
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• 2006

Hexane을 유일 탄소 에너지원으로 하여 농화배양한 배양액으로부터 hexane 분해능이 우수한 EH741 균주를 순수 분리 동정하였고, 분리균주에 의한 hexane 생분해 특성을 조사하였다. EH741 균주는 Rhodococcus sp.로 동정되었고, 액상 배양계에서 hexane 용해도를 향상시키기 위해 첨가한 계면활성제 Pluronic F68(PF68)은 hexane 생분해 속도에 영향을 미치지 않았다. Hexane을 유일 탄소원으로 첨가한 무기염 배지에서 EH741의 최대 비성장속도(${\mu}_{max}$)값은 $0.04h^{-1}$이었고, 최대 hexane 분해속도($V_{max}$)와 포화상수($K_s$)는 각각 $161{\mu}mol{\cdot}g-DCW^{-1}{\cdot}h^{-1}$ 및 10.5 mM이었다. Rhodococcus sp. EH741은 hexane 처리를 위한 생물학적 공정에 유용하게 활용될 것으로 사료된다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.251-257
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• 2020

This study was performed to verify the possibility of nitrification and denitrification in a single reactor. In batch type experiment, optimal point of experimental conditions could be found by performing the experiments. When supply location of microbubbles was located at half of width of the aeration tank and operating pressure of 0.5 bar, it was possible for zones in the aeration tank to be separated into anoxic and aerobic by controlling air suction rate according to operating pressure of the generator. To be specific, the concentration of dissolved oxygen (DO) in zone 1 and 2 of the aeration tank could be maintained as less than 0.5 mg/L. Also, in the case of concentration of oxygen in zone 3 and 4, the concentration of DO was increased up to 1.7 mg/L due to effects of microbubbles. In continuous flow type experiment based on the results of batch type experiments, the removal efficiency of nitrogen based on T-N was observed as 39.83% at operating pressure of 0.5 bar and 46.51% at operating pressure of 1 bar so it was able to know that sufficient air suction rate should be required for nitrification. Also, denitrification process could be achieved in a single reactor by using ejector type microbubble generator and organic matter and suspended solid could be removed. Therefore, it was possible to verify that zones could be separated into anoxic and aerobic and nitrification and denitrification process could be performed in a single reactor.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.35-39
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• 2014

세계는 지속가능개발에 대한 관심을 가져왔고, 지속가능의 3가지 가치(환경보전성, 경제성장성, 사회발전성)를 중요시 여겼다. Rio+20 회담은 "녹색경제"에 대해 주목하고 지속가능개발을 위한 방안을 모색하려 했지만, 결론적으로 Rio+20에서 제시한 "The Future We Want"에 대한 답을 찾지 못하여 많은 아쉬움을 가지고 있다. 또한 지속가능개발의 3가지 가치만으로는 지속적인 발전에 한계가 있다고 판단되고, "The Future We Want"에 대한 해답과 지속가능개발의 발전을 위한 방안으로써 5가지 가치 즉, 녹색별(환경보전성, 경제성장성, 사회발전성, 과학기술성, 자율자발성)을 제안한다. 그리고 4대강사업의 결과를 녹색별로 검증함으로써 녹색별 모델을 지속가능발전을 위한 새로운 패러다임으로 제시하고, 대한민국의 안녕강국을 기대한다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.636-646
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• 2007

Adequate postural control depends on the spatial and temporal integration of vestibular, visual, and somatosensory information. Especially, the musculoskeletal function is essential to maintain the postural control. The experimental studies was performed on the muscular activities in the lower extremities during maintaining and moving exercises on an unstable platform with Magneto Rheological(MR) dampers. The unstable platform of the developed system was controlled by electric currents to the MR dampers. A subject executed the maintaining and moving exercises which are presented through the display monitor. The electromyographies of the eight muscles in lower extremities were recorded and analyzed in the time and the frequency domain: the muscles of interest were rectus femoris(RF), biceps femoris(BF), tensor fasciae latae(TFL), vastus lateralis(VL), vastus medialis(VM), gastrocnemius(Ga), tibialis anterior(TA), Soleus(So). The experimental results showed that the muscular activities differed in the four moving exercises and the nine maintaining exercises. For the anterior-posterior pattern, the TA showed highest activities; for the left-right pattern, the TFL; for the 45, $-45^{\circ}$ pattern, the TFL and TA. Also, the rate of the increase in the muscular activities were affected by the condition of the unstable platform with MR dampers for the maintaining and moving exercises. The experimental results suggest that the choice of different maintaining and moving exercises could selectively train different muscles in various intensity. Futhermore, the findings suggested that the training using this system can improve the ability of postural control.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.628-635
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• 2007

We studied the effect of vibratory stimulations of different leg muscles, tibialis anterior(TA) and triceps surae(TS), and plantar zones in ten healthy subjects during 1) quiet standing, 2) forward lean of body, 3) backward lean of body, 4) right lean of body, and 5) left lean of body. The experiments were performed on the force platform. The effect of vibration were measured by monitoring the area of COP(Center of pressure) sway. The subjects wore a vibratory stimulation system on foot and ankles and were given the instruction not to resist against the applied perturbations. The results show that all vibratory stimulations to lower limb muscles and plantar zones reduced the COP sway area. This reduction of the COP sway area occurred also in partial vibratory stimulations during quiet standing. In forward lean of body, vibratory stimulations to TA reduced the COP sway area. During backward lean of body, vibratory stimulations to TS reduced the COP sway area. When the subject was tilted right, vibratory stimulations to left plantar zone reduced the COP sway area. During left lean of body, vibratory stimulations to right plantar zone reduced the COP sway area. Thus, the influence of vibratory stimulations to leg muscle and plantar zones differed significantly depending on the lean of body. We suggest that the vibration stimuli from leg muscles and plantar zones could be selectively used to help maintaining postural balance stable.