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Binding of Aflatoxin G1, G2 and B2 by Probiotic Lactobacillus spp.

  • Byun, J.R.;Yoon, Y.H.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.16 no.11
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    • pp.1686-1689
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    • 2003
  • The ability of ten probiotic bacteria to bind a common food carcinogen aflatoxin $G_1$,$G_2$ and $B_2$ was assessed. The strains were incubated in vitro with aflatoxins and the toxin residues in the supernatant were measured using high performance liquid chromatography. The aflatoxin $G_1$ binding capacity of the strains was found to strain dependent, most efficient binding of AF$G_1$ was observed by L. acidophilus CU028 and L. brevis CU06 which bound approximately 50%. L. acidophilus CU028 was capable of bind approximately 67% of AF$G_2$, difference in their binding ability showed statistical significance (p>0.05). L. acidophilus CU028 and L. helveticus CU 631 were the best binders and the strains were observed to possess variable AF$B_2$-binding ability in the range was from 38.0% to 55.9%. Lactobacillus acidophilus CU028 was the best common binders of the three types of food carcinogen aflatoxins. The application of binding phenomenon in the removal of mycotoxins from contaminated feeds is urgently needed to improve the safety of feeds.

Patients on Anticoagulants after a Head Trauma : Is a Negative Initial CT Scan Enough? Report of a Case of Delayed Subdural Haematoma and Review of the Literature

  • Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios F.;Anagnostopoulos, Christos;Chamilos, Christos;Petsanas, Adamantios
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.55 no.1
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    • pp.51-53
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    • 2014
  • Mild traumatic brain injury is common in elderly patients, many of whom are on anticoagulant. The common practice is to discharge these patients from the emergency room if the computed tomography (CT) of the brain is normal. However, a very small proportion of these patients may develop a life threatening intracranial haematoma in the following days. We present here a case of a 66-year-old male on anticoagulant therapy that developed a subdural haematoma 48 hours after a mild head injury, with a normal initial CT scan of the brain. The patient underwent a craniotomy with evacuation of a large subdural clot. Postoperatively he had progressively improved and six months later has a Glasgow Outcome Score of three. This case is characterized by the delayed onset of a subdural haematoma in a patient on anticoagulation and we discuss here the possible pathogenesis related to this phenomenon. We also briefly review the pertinent literature and the current guidelines for the management of this type of head injuries.

Bonding of Different Mate using Common Glass in Zero Shrinkage LTCC (공통의 Glass를 이용한 LTCC 이종소재의 무수축 접한)

  • Jang, Ui-Kyeong;Shin, Hyo-Soon;Yeo, Dong-Hun;Kim, Jong-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.19 no.12
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    • pp.1106-1111
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    • 2006
  • To improve warpage, delamination and the chemical reaction between 2 different co-fired materials, the bonding behavior with common glass was studied. As shown in the previous paper, the phenomenon of the infiltration is different with the composition of the glass. In particular, in the case of low temperature melting glass, infiltration is experimented in this study. GA-1 glass is infiltrated among $BaTiO_3$ particles below $800^{\circ}C$ and is made by glass/ceramic composite. Until the laminate is fired under $850^{\circ}C$, provskite phase is observed. Although in the case of GA-12 glass, the temperature of the glass infiltration is lower than it of GA-l glass, the perovskite phase already disappears at $800^{\circ}C$. As a result, GA-1 and GA-12 glasses are infiltrated among particles at low temperature, however, the chemical reactivity of the glass/ceramic and sintering temperature should be considered.

Design of a Sense Amplifier Minimizing bit Line Disturbance for a Flash Memory (비트라인 간섭을 최소화한 플래시 메모리용 센스 앰프 설계)

  • Kim, Byong-Rok;So, Kyoung-Rok;You, Young-Gab;Kim, Sung-Sik
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2000
  • In this paper, design of sense amplifier for a flash memory minimizing bit line disturbance due to common bit line is presented. There is a disturbance problem at output modes by using common bit line, when the external devices access an internal flash memory. This phenomenon is resulted form hot carrier between floating gates and bit lines by thin oxide thickness. To minimize bit line disturbance, lower it line voltage is required and need sense amplifier to detect data existence in lower bit line voltage. Proposed circuits is operated at lower bit line voltage and we fabricated a embedded flash memory MCU using 0.6u technology.

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Isolation and Identification of Hyperparasites against Powdery Mildew Fungi in Korea (우리나라에서 흰가루병균(病菌)을 침해하는 중복기생균(重複寄生菌)의 분리(分離) 및 동정(同定))

  • Shin, Hyeon-Dong
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.355-365
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    • 1994
  • An extensive ssurvey was conducted on the occurrence of hyperparasites (HP) on powdery milew species in Korea during $1991{\sim}1994$ seasons. As a result, a total of 1070 materials infected with powdery mildew fungi were collected. Of these, 92 ones were infected with the HP; 6 with the unidentified HP and the rest 86 with Ampelomyces quisqualis. This showed infection of powdery mildew species with HP was common phenomenon in nature and A. quisqualis was the most common HP in Korea. To prove the hyperparasitism of A. quisqualis, 24 isolates from 32 collections in 1992 year were successfully cultured. All isolates tested were hyperparasitic to cucumber powdery mildew, Sphaerotheca fusca.

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Identification of Three Genetic Loci Required for Progression of Leaf Senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana

  • Oh, Sung-Aeong;Park, Joon-Hyun;Lee, Gyu-In;Paek, Kyung-Hee;Park, Soon-Ki;Nam, Hong-Gil
    • Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 1996.07a
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 1996
  • Three key genetic loci required for proper progression of leaf senescence were identified in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mutations in these loci cause delay in all senescence symptoms examined, including both anabolic and catabolic activities, during natural senescence and upon artificial senescence induced by various senescence-inducing treatments. The result provides a decisive evidence that leaf senescence is a genetically programmed phenomenon controlled by several monogenic loci in Arabidopsis thaliana. The result further indicates that leaf senescence caused by various senescence signals occurs, at least in part, through common pathways in Arabidopsis and that the threed genetic loci function at the common steps.

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Scientific Reasoning Types and Levels in Science Writings of Elementary School Students (초등학생들의 과학 글쓰기에 나타난 과학적 추론의 유형과 수준)

  • Lim, Ok-Ki;Kim, Hyo-Nam
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.372-390
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this research is to know the scientific reasoning ability of elementary students. In order to find it, 320 elementary students wrote a report about germination of the 700 or 2,000 years old seeds. Their writings were analyzed by scientific writing analysis frameworks, Scientific Reasoning Types and Scientific Reasoning Level Criteria developed by Lim (2018). Minto Pyramid Principles was used to show statements and relations of statements related to scientific reasoning. This paper showed scientific reasoning statements of elementary students about germination of seeds. The characteristics of scientific reasoning of elementary students were as follows. In the process of logical writing by the types of scientific reasoning, many students showed various characteristics and different levels. In the writings based on inductive reasoning, they did not distinguish between common features and differences of cases, and did not derive the rules based on common features and differences of the cases. In the writings based on deductive reasoning, there were cases where the major premise corresponding to the principle or rule was omitted and only the phenomenon was described, or the rule was presented but not connected with the case. In the writings based on abductive reasoning, the ability to selectively use the background knowledge related to the question situation was not sufficient, and borrowing of similar background knowledge, which was commonly used in other situations, was very rare.

LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA IN A CHILD : CASE REPORT (소아 피부 경화증 환자의 치험례)

  • Kim, Eun-Young;You, Seung-Hoon;Kim, Jong-Soo
    • Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.256-261
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    • 2005
  • Scleroderma is a connective tissue disease of unknown etiology, but known as a kind of auto-immune disease. It is most common in women especially in $30{\sim}50$ years, and very rare in childhood. It can be classified into two main classes : localized scleroderma & systemic sclerosis. Localized type has better prognosis, and usually involves skin only, or in some cases, the muscle below, except inner organs. Systemic type involves skin, oral mucosa and major internal organs. Involving facial skin, we can see small and sharp nose, expressionless stare and narrow oral aperture. Usually they have Raynaud's phenomenon, and in progress, show mouth opening limitation and sclerosis of tongue and gingiva. It is called CREST syndrome showing calcinosis cutis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysfunction, sclerodactyly, and telangioectasia. Treatment of scleroderma is systemic and localized steroid therapy, use of collagen-link inhibitor (D-penicillamine), immune depressor and etc. Mouth opening limitation can be improved by mouth stretching exercise. We report a 6 years old boy, diagnosed with localized scleroderma who had mouth opening limitation. We could get additional mouth opening, and have done successful restorative treatment of mandibular and maxillary 1st and 2nd deciduous molar under deep sedation with nitrous oxide and enflurane.

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Characteristics of Small Group Discussions About Friction in Terms of the Formation of Common Context (공통맥락 형성의 관점에서 살펴본 마찰력에 대한 소집단 토론의 특징)

  • Ha, Sangwoo;Cheong, Yong Wook;Lee, Gyoungho
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.301-311
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    • 2017
  • In this study, we observed the characteristics of students' small group discussions concerning the four friction problems. Participants in this study were 22 students of upper-level mechanics course and their small group discussions have been transcribed. As a result, we found that the phenomenon in this study is well defined by 'common context.' The process of formation of the common context was explicitly observed when students discussed about the identification of the problem situation (especially the movement of A in the second problem), the nature of friction and various forces, inertial frame, and noninertial reference frame. Meanwhile, the formation of common context was tacit when students thought they already had a common context. For example, students did not discuss about the friction rule itself because they had confidence about the knowledge. We also found that the presence of the questioner, receiver, and the other opinion were important for positive group discussions. The result of this study would be meaningful because it analyzed how the theme affects the group discussion beyond the limit of previous studies of just analyzing the form or pattern of discourse.

Water Storage Cells in Succulent Orostachys malacophyllus (다육질성 둥근바위솔 수분저장세포의 특성)

  • Kim, In-Sun
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.457-463
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    • 1996
  • Water storage cells (WSCs) in the leaf succulent Orostachys malacophyllus have been studied to understand their adaptive nature to its coastal habitat employing the electron microscopy. Attention has been paid to the features of vacuoles and plasmodesmata in this study, since leaf tissues in O. malacaphyllus are under continous physiological drought due to its occurrence in the shore-line environment. The WSCs occupied almost all of the leaf volume and appeared empty at low magnifications. Among the WSCs, small rudimentary vascular bundles were scattered throughout the internal volume. However, in high magnification the WSCs were vacuolate in most cases and vacuolization into a well-developed huge central vacuole was very common phenomenon. Such vacuolization has been detected within the vacuoles as well as within the cytoplasms. Well-developed plasmodesmata were often found in cells appeared to be mucilagenous. Moreover, plasmodesmata being involved in the secretion of materials or structures were even encountered. Thus, vacuolization from various sizes of vacuoles in the WSCs to have a huge central vacuole seems playing an important role in adapting the plant itself to its coastal habitat.

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