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Cadaverine is Transported into Vibrio vulnificus Through its CadB in Alkaline Environment

  • Kang, In-Hye;Kim, Eui-Jin;Lee, Jeong-K.
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.19 no.10
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    • pp.1122-1126
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    • 2009
  • The exogenously added cadaverine is effective in protecting Vibrio vulnificus from methyl viologen (MV)-induced superoxide stress at pH 8.5. Such a protective effect by cadaverine was not observed at pH 7.5. Consistently, the accumulated level of intracellular cadaverine at pH 8.5 is approximately four times as much as that of the control cell at pH 7.5. Cadaverine accumulation is not affected by MV. The protection of V. vulnificus by cadaverine from superoxide stress was abolished when cadB coding for the lysine-cadaverine antiporter was interrupted. However, the cadaverine-mediated protection was complemented with cadB DNA. Therefore, CadB of V. vulnificus not only acts as a lysine-cadaverine antiporter at acid pH to neutralize the external medium, but also mediates cadaverine uptake at alkaline pH to result in cell protection from superoxide stress.

Electrochemical Characteristics of Arc Zn Thermal Spray Coating Layer in Sea Water (해수 내 아크 아연 용사코팅 층의 전기화학적 특성)

  • Park, Il-Cho;Seo, Gwang-Cheol;Lee, Gyeong-Woo;Kim, Seong-Jong
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.48 no.6
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    • pp.343-348
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, arc Zn thermal spray coating was carried out on the SS400 steel, and then various electrochemical characteristics and surface damage behavior of Zn thermal spray coating layer were analyzed. As the results, the potential of Zn thermal spray coating layer presented driving voltage above 300 mV compare to that of SS400 steel. The passivity characteristic in anodic polarization curve was not presented. It was adequate to as sacrificial anode material. In the surface damage after galvanostatic experiments, uniform corrosion tendency of Zn thermal spray coating layer was clearly observed with acceleration of the dissolution reaction. In conclusion, Zn thermal spray coating could be determined to represent the corrosion protection effect by stable sacrificial anodic cathodic protection method in seawater because it had sufficient driving voltage and uniform corrosion damage tendency for the SS400 steel.

Electrochemical Damage Characteristics of Anodized 5083 Aluminum Alloy with Flow Rate in Seawater (양극산화 처리된 5083 알루미늄 합금의 해수 내 유속변화에 따른 전기화학적 손상 특성)

  • Park, Il-Cho;Kim, Seong-Jong
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.49 no.4
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    • pp.349-356
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    • 2016
  • In this study, electrochemical damage behaviors with flow rate were investigated for anodized 5083 aluminum alloy in seawater. As the results of anodic polarization experiments and potentiostatic experiments at +1.0 V (vs. SSCE), the non-flow condition presented largely damaged surface resulting from a tendency of local pitting damage. Under various flow rate conditions, however, less surface damages under the application of anodic potential was obtained which is attributed to no accumulation of $H^+$ and $Cl^-$ ions on the surface. On the other hand, the results of the potentiostatic experiments at -1.0 V (vs. SSCE) with flow rate showed that anodized 5083 aluminum alloys could achieve the effective cathodic protection by low cathodic protection current density less than $2.61{\times}10^{-7}A/cm^2$ even under high flow rate of 1 m/s.

Development and Verification of Lightning Induced Transient Protection Device for Avionics Computer (항공기 탑재 컴퓨터용 간접낙뢰 보호장치 개발 및 검증)

  • Sim, Yong-gi;Ahn, Tae-sik;Park, Jun-hyun;Han, Jong-pyo;Yang, Seo-hee
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.395-402
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    • 2015
  • This paper introduces the design details and test procedures of the lightning induced transient protection device for protecting the damage caused by indirect lightning strike on the computer mounted on the aircraft. Lightning induced surge voltage is bring a malfunction or damage to the aircraft electrical and electronic equipment, that is referred to indirect effects of lightning. In order to protect the electronic equipment on aircraft from the indirect effects of lightning, that is achieved by analyzing the effect on aircraft from lightning and protect design for each devices. In this paper, we introduce an indirect lightning strike level decisions, the protection circuit design method according to the chosen level through the RTCA DO-160G Section 22 category analysis and selection was performed in order to protect the damage caused by indirect lightning strikes in the protected equipment. In addition, we show the indirect lightning effects verification test performed to validate the designed protection circuits.

Building Response to Excavation-Induced Ground Movements and Damage Estimation (굴착유발 지반변위에 의한 인접구조물의 거동 및 손상도 예측)

  • Son, Moo-Rak;Cording, E.J.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2006.03a
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    • pp.249-256
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    • 2006
  • New infrastructures and buildings are being constructed increasingly in congested urban areas, and excavation-induced ground movements often cause distortion and damage to adjacent buildings. Protection of adjacent structures occupies a major part of the cost, schedule and third-party impacts of urban development. To limit damage or mitigate their effects on nearby structures, it is highly important to understand the whole mechanism from excavation to building damage, and to estimate building damage reliably before excavation and provide appropriate measures. This paper investigates the effects of excavation-induced ground movements on nearby structures, considering soil-structure interactions for ground and structures, and a building damage criterion, which is based on the state of strain, is proposed. The criterion is compared with other existing damage estimation criteria and a procedure is finally provided for estimating building damage due to excavation-induced ground movements.

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A Study on Site investigation for Cut Slope Management Manual preparation (절토사면 유지관리 매뉴얼 작성을 위한 현장조사에 관한 연구)

  • Ji, Young-Hwan;Chang, Buhm-Soo;Kim, Yong-Soo;Lee, Jong-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2005.03a
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    • pp.825-830
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    • 2005
  • Cut slope and facility of management investigation is the protection of humans and properties. it is very important the prevention of disaster facility and the damage of the slope protection facility. It is very difficult to forecast slope stability, disaster possibility and collapse. It will be able to minimize the damage which it prepare against slope facility and cut slope of deformable investigation and collapse and the disaster. therefore those deformable investigation is important. Investigations execute upheaval, crack, sliding for slope and cut slope reinforcement. Investigation executes forecast in place where the construction problem, the effect which the damage in road traffic or the contiguity facility.

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A Study on Authoritativeness of Electric Fire by Activating of Fire Damaged MCCB (소손된 배선용 차단기 동작상태에 의한 전기화재 규명의 신뢰성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jong-Hwa;Mun, Yong-Soo;Kong, Ha-Sung
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.87-94
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    • 2009
  • In the fire there are fusion signs and damage by fire, and insulation aging and carbonization of the electric wiring in the ignition spot because of special characteristic of the appliance in the electricity fire. Because of the physical factor applied in the damage of fire, the decision of ignition spot by eye investigation is insufficient. In this paper, the cause of electricity fire is researched. The focus is on the operation state of operated MCCB(Molded Case Circuit Breaker) at the time of electricity fire. Through grasping the operation principle of MCCB and the experiment, the state of MCCB after fire suppression is discriminated. The distinction possibility on the exist of electricity fire is proposed.

Antioxidant Activities of Various Extracts of Hovenia dulcis Thunb Fruits

  • Hu, Weicheng;Lee, Kab-Yeon;Wang, Myeong-Hyeon
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.207-213
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    • 2010
  • Hovenia dulcis Thunb fruits were successively extracted with hot water, water, methanol, ethyl acetate, and chloroform. The crude extracts were investigated for potential antioxidant by measuring scavenging against DPPH free radicals, reducing power, superoxide radicals, and protection of protein damage and cultured cells from a lethal dose of hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$). In all chemical assays used, the hot water extract of H. dulcis fruits, which contained $61.14{\pm}2.57$ (Tannic acid mg/g extract, n=3) of total phenolic compounds contents exhibited highest activity in in vitro models of DPPH free radical scavenging activity, reducing power assay, superoxide radical scavenging activity and protection of protein damage. In addition, the hot water extract protected cultured RAW 264.7 macrophages from a lethal dose of $H_2O_2$ and reduced reactive oxygen species level in RAW 264.7 cells.

A Study on the Analysis of Fire Risk for each Building Usage Based on the Reliability of Operation of Fire Protection System (소방설비 작동신뢰성 기반 건축용도별 화재리스크 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Jin, Seung-hyeon;Kim, Hye-Won;Seo, Dong-Goo;Kwon, Young-Jin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2020.06a
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    • pp.113-114
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    • 2020
  • In the design and maintenance of buildings, identifying the degree of damage in the event of a fire is an important factor in fire prevention and fire safety design. In order to predict fire damage, safety measures should be established by predicting the nature of evacuation according to fire, smoke and in-house characteristics, and the effects of the operation of fire safety facilities should also be considered, but in Korea, the risk analysis due to the operation of fire safety facilities is insufficient. Accordingly, this study uses fire statistics and sprinkler inspection data to analyze the degree of fire damage caused by the operation of sprinkler facilities in a probabilistic manner.

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Collaborative Effect of CuZnSOD and Human AP Endonuclease against Oxidative Stress

  • Kim Young Gon
    • Proceedings of the Microbiological Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.47-50
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    • 2004
  • The defenses against free radical damage include specialized repair enzymes that correct oxidative damages in DNA, and detoxification systems such as superoxide dismutases. These defenses may be coordinated genetically as global responses. We hypothesized that the expression of the SOD and the DNA repair genes would inhibit DNA damage under oxidative stress. Therefore, the protection of E. coli mutants deficient in SOD and DNA repair genes $(sod^-\;xth^-\;and\;nfo^-)$ was demonstrated by transforming the mutant strain with a plasmid pYK9 which encoded Photobacterium leiognathi CuZnSOD and human AP endonuclease. The results show that survival rates were increased in $sod^+\;xth^-\;nfo^+$ cells compared to $sod^-\;xth^-\;ap^+,\;sod^-\;xth^-\;ap^-,\;and\;sod^+\;xth^-\;ap^-$ cells under oxidative stress generated from 0.1 mM Paraquat or 3 mM $H_2O_2$. The data suggested that, at least, SOD and DNA repair enzymes may have collaborate protection and repair of the damaged DNA. Additionally, both enzymes are required for protection against free radicals.

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