• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.344-349
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• 2014

Background: The Damus-Kaye-Stansel (DKS) procedure is a method for mitigating the risk of systemic ventricular outflow tract obstruction (SVOTO). However, there have been few reports on which surgical technique shows a better outcome. The objective of this study was to compare the outcome of the DKS procedure according to the surgical technique used. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 12 consecutive patients who underwent the DKS procedure from March 2004 to April 2013. When the relationship of the great arteries was anterior-posterior, the double-barrel technique (group A) was performed. If the relationship was side-by-side, the ascending aortic flap technique (group B) was performed. Results: There was no early mortality and 1 late mortality in group B. There was no statistically significant difference in the median peak pressure gradient of preoperative subaortic stenosis in both groups: 14 mmHg (range, 4 to 53 mmHg) in group A and 15 mmHg (range, 0 to 30 mmHg) in group B (p=0.526). Further, a significant postoperative pressure gradient was not observed in either group A or group B. More than moderate postoperative neoaortic regurgitation was observed in 1 patient of group B; this patient underwent neoaortic valve replacement 66 months after the DKS procedure. No one had a recurrent SVOTO during follow-up. Conclusion: The DKS procedure is an effective way to minimize the risk of SVOTO, and there is little difference in the outcomes of the DKS procedure according to the surgical technique used.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.83-92
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• 2013

휴대폰 시장의 확산으로 인하여 휴대폰에 장착되는 카메라 렌즈모듈의 수요도 급증하고 있다. 렌즈모듈 부품의 경우 해상도의 증가에 따른 사출공정의 품질보증과 원가절감이라는 두 가지 목표를 달성해야 한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 더블카세트 방식의 금형구조를 이용하여 경통과 쉴드 두 종류의 제품을 개발하기 위해 시뮬레이션을 활용한 사례를 소개한다. 개발과정에서 두 종류의 시뮬레이션 기술을 활용하였는데, 첫 번째는 금형 설계단계에서 사출품의 성형성을 분석하기 위한 시뮬레이션(일명 Computer Aided Engineering)을 Mold Flow$^{TM}$를 사용하여 수행하였고, 두 번째는 사출기에 금형을 장착한 후 제품이 사출되어 취출하는 동작을 분석하기 위한 동작 시뮬레이션을 DPM Assembly$^{TM}$를 이용하여 수행하였다. 개발 결과 기존 방식에 비해 제품의 생산성이 300% 이상 증가하는 효과를 얻었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.3248-3252
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• 2012

Vibrio extracellular metalloprotease (vEP), secreted from Vibrio vulnificus, shows various proteolytic function such as prothrombin activation and fibrinolytic activities. Premature form of vEP has an N-terminal (nPP) and a C-terminal (C-ter100) region. The nPP and C-ter100 regions are autocleaved for the matured metalloprotease activity. It has been proposed that two regions play a key role in regulating enzymatic activity of vEP. Especially, C-ter100 has a regulatory function on proteolytic activity of vEP. C-ter100 domain has been cloned into the E. coli expression vectors, pET32a and pGEX 4T-1 with TEV protease cleavage site and purified using gel-filtration chromatography followed by affinity chromatography. To understand how C-ter100 modulates proteolytic activity of vEP, structural studies were performed by heteronuclar multi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. Backbone $^1H$, $^{15}N$ and $^{13}C$ resonances were assigned by data from standard triple resonance and HCCH-TOCSY experiments. The secondary structures of vEP C-ter100 were determined by TALOS+ and CSI software based on hydrogen/deuterium exchange. NMR data show that C-ter100 of vEP forms a ${\beta}$-barrel structure consisting of eight ${\beta}$-strands.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권8호
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• pp.2508-2512
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• 2012

Cold shock proteins (CSPs) are a family of proteins induced at low temperatures. CSPs bind to single-stranded nucleic acids through the ribonucleoprotein 1 and 2 (RNP 1 and 2) binding motifs. CSPs play an essential role in cold adaptation by regulating transcription and translation via molecular chaperones. The solution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) or X-ray crystal structures of several CSPs from various microorganisms have been determined, but structural characteristics of psychrophilic CSPs have not been studied. Therefore, we optimized the purification process to obtain highly pure Lm-Csp and determined the three-dimensional structure model of Lm-Csp by comparative homology modeling using MODELLER on the basis of the solution NMR structure of Bs-CspB. Lm-Csp consists of a ${\beta}$-barrel structure, which includes antiparallel ${\beta}$ strands (G4-N10, F15-I18, V26-H29, A46-D50, and P58-Q64). The template protein, Bs-CspB, shares a similar ${\beta}$ sheet structure and an identical chain fold to Lm-Csp. However, the sheets in Lm-Csp were much shorter than those of Bs-CspB. The Lm-Csp side chains, E2 and R20 form a salt bridge, thus, stabilizing the Lm-Csp structure. To evaluate the contribution of this ionic interaction as well as that of the hydrophobic patch on protein stability, we investigated the secondary structures of wild type and mutant protein (W8, F15, and R20) of Lm-Csp using circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. The results showed that solvent-exposed aromatic side chains as well as residues participating in ionic interactions are very important for structural stability. Further studies on the three-dimensional structure and dynamics of Lm-Csp using NMR spectroscopy are required.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.775-784
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• 2017

A neutral xylanase (CcXyn) was identified from Coprinus cinereus. It has a single GH10 catalytic domain with a basic amino acid-rich extension (PVRRK) at the C-terminus. In this study, the wild-type (CcXyn) and C-terminus-truncated xylanase ($CcXyn-{\Delta}5C$) were heterologously expressed in Pichia pastoris and their characteristics were comparatively analyzed with aims to examine the effect of this extension on the enzyme function. The circular dichorism analysis indicated that both enzymes in general had a similar structure, but $CcXyn-{\Delta}5C$ contained less ${\alpha}-helices$ (42.9%) and more random coil contents (35.5%) than CcXyn (47.0% and 32.8%, respectively). Both enzymes had the same pH (7.0) and temperature ($45^{\circ}C$) optima, and similar substrate specificity on different xylans. They all hydrolyzed beechwood xylan primarily to xylobiose and xylotriose. The amounts of xylobiose and xylotriose accounted for 91.5% and 92.2% (w/w) of total xylooligosaccharides (XOS) generated from beechwood by CcXyn and $CcXyn-{\Delta}5C$, respectively. However, truncation of the C-terminal 5-amino-acids extension significantly improved the thermostability, SDS resistance, and pH stability at pH 6.0-9.0. Furthermore, $CcXyn-{\Delta}5C$ exhibited a much lower $K_m$ value than CcXyn (0.27 mg/ml vs 0.83 mg/ml), and therefore, the catalytic efficiency of $CcXyn-{\Delta}5C$ was 2.4-times higher than that of CcXyn. These properties make $CcXyn-{\Delta}5C$ a good model for the structure-function study of $({\alpha}/{\beta})_8$-barrel-folded enzymes and a promising candidate for various applications, especially in the detergent industry and XOS production.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.1508-1521
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• 2015

Vibrio harveyi is a pathogenic marine bacterium causing systemic symptoms resulting in mass mortalities in fishes and shrimps in aquaculture. Outer membrane proteins(OMPs) are related to the pathogenicity and thus good targets for diagnosis and vaccination for Gram negative bacteria. Recently vaccination strategies using the OMPs have been suggested to control vibriosis in several fish species. In this study, we have isolated V. harveyi from diseased marine fishes from different regions of Korea and investigated genetic variations of four OMP genes including OmpK, OmpU, OmpV and OmpW. Consequently, OmpK and U genes could be divided into 3 subgroups of type I, II, III and type A, B, C, respectively, without any correlation with geographical regions and species while OmpV and W were highly homologous. OmpW gene of V. harveyi FP4138 was fully sequenced and predicted the deduced amino acid sequence to form ${\beta}-barrel$ with hydrophobic channel. Indeed, the immunogenicity of recombinant OmpW produced in Escherichia coli was assessed by vaccinating flounder. As a result, the high antibody response with antibody titer of $4.2{\pm}0.7$ and protection with relative percent survival of 60% against artificial infection of V. harveyi were demonstrated. This result indicates that OmpW is a virulence related factor and it can be a vaccine candidate to prevent a high mortality caused by V. harveyi infection in olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2004

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and effect of various cryopreservation method on the survival and the cytoskeletal stability of metaphase II mouse oocyte. Methods: Mouse ovulated oocytes were collected and cryopreserved by a modified slow-freezing method with 1.5 M 1, 2-propanediol (PrOH)+0.1 M sucrose or by vitrification using cryo loop and EM grid with 40% ethylene glycol+0.6 M sucrose. Four hours after thawing, intact oocytes were fixed and stained with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated monoclonal anti-$\beta$-tubulin antibody to visualize spindle and propidium iodide (PI) to visualize chromosome. Spindle morphology was classified as follows: normal (barrel-shaped), slightly and absolute abnormal (multipolar or absent). Results: Survival rate of the frozen-thawed oocytes in vitrification group was significantly higher than that of slow-freezing group (62.7% vs. 24.4%, p<0.01). Vitrification with cryo loop showed significantly higher survival rate than that with EM grid (67.7% vs. 53.5%, p<0.05). On the other hand, proportion of normal spindle and chromosome configurations of the frozen-thawed oocytes between two vitrification group was not significantly different. Conclusion: For mouse ovulated oocytes, vitrification with cryo loop may be a preferable procedure compared to slow-freezing method. Further study should be needed to investigate developmental competency of frozen-thawed mouse oocytes.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2005

본 논문은 2004년 12월 국내 표준(KS)으로 제정된 ARIA 암호 알고리듬의 하드웨어 구조를 처음으로 제안하고 있다. ARIA 암호 알고리듬은 알려진 공격에 대하여 안전하며, Involution SPN (Substitution Permutation Network)으로써 구조적 효율성도 높다. 1 cycle/round 구조로 갖는 제안된 ARIA 구조는 회로 크기를 줄이기 위해 s-box를 듀얼 포트 롬과 배럴 로테이터를 채택한 고속의 라운드 키 생성기를 포함하고 있다. 제안된 ARIA는 Xilinx VirtexE-1600 FPGA를 사용하여 구현하였고, 1,490 slices와 16 RAM 블록을 사용해서 437 Mbps의 성능을 낸다. 설계된 ARIA 블록을 검증하기 위해서 영상 데이터를 암호화(복호화)하여 통신하는 시스템을 개발하였다. 설계한 ARIA는 IC 카드뿐만 아니라 데이터 저장이나 인터넷 보안 규격(IPSec, TLS)과 같은 많은 데이터를 고속 처리가 필요한 응용에 적용될 수 있다.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.850-854
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• 2012

This study is carried out in order to develop food materials for the promotion of rice consumption. In this study, we researched the physicochemical properties of extruded rice flour (ER) and gelatinization popped rice flour (GPR) by the extrusion process and by the popped method with milled rice and brown rice. The extrusion process used a couple of screw extruders. The extrusion parameter was kept constant at a feed moisture content of 25%, barrel temperature of $120^{\circ}C$ and screw speed of 400 rpm. GPR was prepared by batch popping machine after gelatinization of rice. In order to evaluate the physicochemical properties of ER and GPR, as well as the gelatinization rate, water soluble index (WSI), water adsorption index (WAI), DPPH radical scavenging activity and total dietary fiber content, the color value was carried out. The gelatinization rate was similar to 71.1~73.8%. Further, the results of WSI and WAI were increased at ER and GPR compared to the raw materials; ER was also higher than GPR. DPPH radical scavenging activity and total dietary fiber content showed a tendency to reduce after extrution and popping. As a result of the color value, the L value of ER decreased more than the raw materials, whereas GPR increased at a and b values.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.72-76
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• 1997

압출성형기의 모터에너지는 자가발열 열에너지와 기계에너지로 전환되며 히터에너지는 열에너지로 공급되는데 각 에너지가 녹말의 호화에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 저온$({\leq}80^{\circ}C)$ 압출성형조건에서 자가발열 에너지는 낮은 수분함량의 분체 마찰에 의한 것과 높은 수분함량의 점성에 의한 것으로 구분할 수 있었으며 분체 마찰에 의한 열에너지가 호화에 더 효과적임을 알 수 있었다. 또한 모터에너지에서 자가발열되고 남은 순수한 기계에너지의 효과를 상대기계에너지로 평가한 결과, 높은 수분함량$({\geq}33%)$ 조건의 호화는 상대기계에너지의 변화에 크게 의존하며 낮은 수분함량$({\leq}30%)$의 경우는 거의 영향을 받지 않는 것으로 나타났다.