• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.249-251
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• 2002

The avian pineal as well as the retina has been known to contain several types of photoreceptors with different visual pigments such as rhodopsin, iodopsin and the pineal specific opsin, pinopsin. These organs are also known to have circadian clock to regulate melatonin production. Exposure of animals to light causes a decline of the melatonin level and the phase shifts of melatonin rhythms in the pineal and retina. Therefore, the circadian clock system of these organs seem to consist of three elements, i.e., light input, oscillator and melatonin output systems. In birds, it was suggested that rhodopsin might be involved in the entrainment of pineal melatonin rhythms from the action spectrum experiment for controlling NAT activity rhythms. However, there are much more pinopsin-immunoreactive (Pino-IR) cells than rhodopsin (Rho-IR) and iodopsin (Iodo-IR) cells in the avian pineal. We found that Pino-IR cells appeared earlier embryonic stages than Rho-IR and Iodo-IR cells. So, we tried to identify the visual pigments involved in the circadian melatonin rhythms in the pineal and retina. Organ cultured pineals were exposed to monochromatic light to find out which opsin participates in regulation of melatonin rhythms. The action spectra showed a peak at 475nm, suggesting that pinopsin is the major photopigment to regulate melatonin production in birds.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제59권2호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2019

Enrofloxacin, a fluoroquinolone, is a broad-spectrum antibiotic widely used in veterinary medicine that inhibits the action of bacterial DNA gyrase, resulting in anti-bacterial effects. This study was performed to examine whether enrofloxacin has modulatory and anti-inflammatory activity on immune cells. A few studies have reported the anti-inflammatory effects of enrofloxacin. In this study, we used mouse spleen cells treated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and examined the effects of enrofloxacin. Several assays were performed in LPS-treated spleen cells after the enrofloxacin treatment. Enrofloxacin inhibited the metabolic activity and mitochondrial membrane potential of LPS-treated spleen cells significantly. On the other hand, enrofloxacin did not alter the proportion of the subsets in spleen cells, and did not induce cell death. The production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in LPS-treated spleen cells was inhibited by enrofloxacin. Overall, enrofloxacin had modulatory activity in spleen cells treated with LPS. These data may broaden the use of enrofloxacin as an antibiotic with anti-inflammatory activity in veterinary clinics.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.93-102
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• 1983

Waksman's group discovered SM in 1944, and opened a new field of antibiotcs: i. e. AGs. A large group of antibiotics containing aminosugar and/or aminocyclitol is called the AGs. A majority of AGs are produced by actinomycetes. In the first period, AGs effective against tuberculosis were chiefly examined. Following the studies on NM and KM, AGs active against staphyllococci and gram-negative robs were investigated. The discovery of GM and synthesis of DKB and AMK led to the studies on the third generation AGs, which show a broad antimicrobial spectrum including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and drug-resistant bacteria. Since opportunistic infection caused by drug-resistant bacteria are increasing, the third generation AGs are extensively investigated at present.

• 인간행동과 음악연구
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.61-88
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• 2023

본 연구는 자폐스펙트럼장애(Autism Spectrum Disorder, 이하 ASD) 아동과 비장애 형제를 대상으로 협력적 악기연주 프로그램을 실행하여 형제간 상호작용에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는지를 알아보기 위한 사례연구이다. 대상자는 만 7-12세 ASD 아동 3명과 만 6-11세 비장애 형제 3명으로 ASD 아동과 비장애 형제로 구성된 각 그룹이 40분씩, 주 2회, 총 8회기의 중재에 참여하였다. 중재는 동시적 행동 수행의 단계, 상호보완적 행동 수행의 단계, 협력을 통한 공동의 목표 성취의 단계 총 3단계로 구성되었다. 매회기 중재 시 ASD 아동과 비장애 형제에게 나타난 상호작용 시작·반응행동, 연쇄적 상호작용 행동 및 협력적 연주 행동을 관찰하여 측정하였으며 중재 전후 비장애 형제는 형제관계척도를 보호자는 보호자가 지각한 형제관계척도를 평정하도록 하였다. 연구 결과, 상호작용 시작·반응행동, 연쇄적 상호작용 행동, 협력적 연주 행동이 중재 회기가 진행됨에 따라 점차 증가하는 양상을 보였다. 보호자와 비장애 형제가 평정한 형제관계척도의 평정 점수 또한 프로그램 후 증가하였으나 형제 갈등 및 경쟁의식 하위 영역에서는 뚜렷한 변화가 나타나지 않았는데 이는 형제간 접촉이 증가하면서 갈등과 경쟁의식을 경험하는 기회 역시 증가할 수 있음을 나타낸다. ASD 아동과 비장애 형제가 함께 참여하는 중재 연구의 필요성이 증가하는 시점에서 본 연구 결과는 공동의 목표를 가지고 협력적으로 연주하는 중재가 형제간 상호작용 시도 및 친밀감 증가에 효과적일 수 있음을 시사한다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권21호
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• pp.9355-9360
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• 2014

Background: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remains as one of the most difficult malignancies to control because of its high propensity for local invasion and cervical lymph node dissemination. In this study, we evaluate the efficacy of our novel pH and temperature sensitive doxorubicin-methotrexate-loaded nanoparticles (DOX-MTX NP) in affecting HER2 expression profile in OSCC model in rat. Results: DOX-MTX- nanoparticle complexes caused significant decrease in mRNA level of HER2 compared to untreated cancers (p<0.05) and this finding was more pronounced with the IV mode (p<0.000). Surprisingly, HER2 mRNA was not affected in DOX treated as compared to the control group (p>0.05). On the other hand, in the DOX-MTX NP treated group, fewer tumors characterized with advanced stage and decreased HER2 paralleled improved clinical outcome (P<0.05). Moreover, the effectiveness of the oral route in the group treated with nanodrug accounted for the enhanced bioavailability of nanoparticulated DOX-MTX compared to free DOX. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in mRNA level of HER2 (p>0.05). Conclusions: Influence of HER2 gene expression is a new feature and mechanism of action observed only in dual action DOX-MTX-NPs treated groups. Down-regulation of HER2 mRNA as a promising marker and prognosticator of OSCC adds to the cytotoxic benefits of DOX in its new formulation. Both oral and IV application of this nanodrug could be used, with no preferences in term of their safety or toxicity. As HER2 is expressed abundantly by a wide spectrum of tumors, i DOX-MTX NPs may be useful for a wide-spectrum of lesions. However, molecular mechanisms underlying HER2 down regulation induced by DOX-MTX NPs remain to be addressed.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.198-203
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• 2006

매실추출물의 항균력을 조사한 결과, $250{\mu}g/mL$ 이상의 농도에서 뚜렷한 항균활성을 보였고, 광역의 병원성 및 부폐성 미생물들에 대하여 항균활성을 나타내었다. 또한, 매실추출물의 항균물질은 넓은 범위의 온도$(40{\sim}120^{\circ}C)$ 및 $pH(3{\sim}11)$에서 안정성을 나타냈다. 따라서 매실추출물의 항균물질은 항균활성이 높고, 항균 spectrum이 광범위할 뿐아니라, 넓은 범위의 온도 및 pH에 안정하여 이상적인 천연 항균제로시의 개발가능성을 제시하였다. 아울러, 매실추출물의 항균작용을 조사한 결과, 매실추출물에는 두 종류 이상의 항균물질이 존재하며 이 물질들의 상승작용으로 항균활성을 나타냄을 확인하였다 매실추출물의 항균활성은 친수성 성분임을 확인하였으며, 항균물질의 주요 작용기작은 세포막 perturbation에 기인한 것으로 사료되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.137-145
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• 2000

Carcinogenesis is a multi-stage process that generally consists of at least three steps; initiation, promotion, and progression. If one of these carcinogenic steps were suppressed or delayed, the cancer could be prevented. Cancer chemoprevention is defined to be inhibition or reversal of the carcinogenic process by the specific chemical agents and is a novel approach to cancer management alternative to conventional chemotherapy. Chlorophylln(CHL), a water-soluble derivative of chlorophyll, containing sodium and copper, has been known to be strong antimutagen in several test systems, but its mechanism of antimutagenic action is unknown. In the present experiment, the possibility of CHL as chemopreventive drugs on 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene(DMBA)-induced hamster buccal pouch carcinogenesis was investigated by mutagenicity test, carcinogenicity test, and frequency or spectrum of H-ras mutations in the both of DMBA-induced and chlorophylln-pretreated-DMBA induced tumor by polymerase chain reaction and non-isotopic restriction fragment length polymorphism. The treatment of CHL reduced the yields and multiplicity of the 0.5% DMBA-induced tumor, 86% to 62.5% and $3.7{\pm}0.6$ to $1.4{\pm}0.3$, respectively. The occurrence of histidine revertant by $20{\mu}mole$ DMBA was inhibited 25.6 to 81.7% by 1 to $5{\mu}M$ CHL in a dose-dependent manner. The mutation rates of H-ras gene in DMBA-induced and CHL-pretreated-DMBA induced tumor were 96%, 94% of which the most mutations were in codon 12/13. These results suggest that CHL inhibits the carcinogenic action of DMBA by the formation of complex between CHL and DMBA or the inhibition of the activation of DMBA in vivo. But CHL did not affect the mutation rates or its spectrum in already formed tumor.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제37권7호
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• pp.642-647
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• 1993

순수 정제한 스쿠알렌 색소(DSSQ(4-distearylamino phenyl-4'-dimethylaminophenylsquaraine) 를 Langmuir Blodgett 방법으로 $SnO_2$ 전극위에 단분자막으로 도포하였다. DSSQ 용액의 최대 흡수 파장은 630 nm 이었으나, $SnO_2$ 전극에 도포한 상태는 최대흡광파장 위치가 530 nm로 이동되어 스쿠알렌 집합체를 나타내었다. 이 집합체를 열처리하였더니 최대흡광 위치는 620~680 nm 로 이동되었다. 스쿠알렌 집합체에서의 에너지 이동 관계를 알기 위하여 광전류를 측정하였다. 광전류의 action spectrum은 흡수스펙트럼과 거의 같은 경향을 보였으며, 열처리한 시료의 광전류 action 스펙트럼도 처리전과 같은 결과를 나타내었다. 이때의 양자수율은 약 0.3%이었다. 용액내의 빛의 tunneling 효과를 보기 위하여 $SnO_2$전극과 DSSQ 색소사이에 스테아린산을 2~8층으로 각각 도포하고 광전류를 측정하였더니, 광전류가 현저히 감소하였다. 2층을 더 도포한 시료에서는 광전류가 전혀 나타나지 않았다. 또한 전해질 용액에 질소를 통하였을 경우에는 광기전력이 현저히 감소하고, 산소를 통하였을 때는 같은 정도로 증가하는 것으로 보아 전해질의 용존 산소가 전자 주게 역할을 하고 있음을 추정할 수 있었다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.1123-1130
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• 2018

이전 연구에서 자폐성 장애의 여러 특징적 증상을 갖는 아이들의 치료를 위해 사용될 수 있는 로봇을 설계 및 제작하여 현장실험이 진행 되었으며 기존 로봇은 터치에 의한 아이들과 상호작용을 통해 감정 표현 동작을 한다. 이러한 터치 상호작용에 감정 교육 및 치료를 위해 인공신경망을 이용한 동작 설계를 하였다. 하지만 이러한 물리적 접촉은 치료 활동의 초기에 사용되기 어려워 초기 치료 효과를 기대하기 어려웠다. 이에 본 논문에서는 동작 방식을 보완하여 음성 정보를 이용한 빠른 상호작용을 통해 치료 활동이 초기에 가능하고 유연한 대처와 다양한 상황에서 로봇이 사용될 수 있는 동작 설계를 기술한다. 이에 필요한 요소로서 음성 데이터 수집 방법 및 인공신경망을 이용한 음성 인식 구조가 설계되었으며 실험을 통하여 분류 결과를 분석하였다. 이렇게 설계된 인공신경망은 향후 다양한 음성 데이터를 수집하여 정확도를 향상시키고 현장실험을 통하여 동작의 효용성을 살펴볼 것이다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.221-236
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• 2023

In order to study the seismic response of the main plant of steel reinforced concrete (SRC) structure of the CAP1400 nuclear power plant under the influence of different high-mode vibration, the 1/7 model structure was manufactured and its dynamic characteristics was tested. Secondly, the finite element model of SRC frame-bent structure was established, the seismic response was analyzed by mode-superposition response spectrum method. Taking the combination result of the 500 vibration modes as the standard, the error of the base reactions, inter-story drift, bending moment and shear of different modes were calculated. Then, based on the results, the influence of high-mode vibration on the seismic response of the SRC frame-bent structure of the main plant was analyzed. The results show that when the 34 vibration modes were intercepted, the mass participation coefficient of the vertical and horizontal vibration mode was above 90%, which can meet the requirements of design code. There is a large error between the seismic response calculated by the 34 and 500 vibration modes, and the error decreases as the number of modes increases. When 60 modes were selected, the error can be reduced to about 1%. The error of the maximum bottom moment of the bottom column appeared in the position of the bent column. Finally, according to the characteristics of the seismic influence coefficient αj of each mode, the mode contribution coefficient γj•Xji was defined to reflect the contribution of each mode to the seismic action.