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Stability Enhancement of hGM-CSF in Transgenic Nicotiana tabacum Suspension Cell Cultures

  • Lee, Sang-Yoon;Cho, Jong-Moon;Kim, Dong-Il
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.187-191
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    • 2003
  • Proteolytic enzymes existing in plant cell cultured media are the major reason for the loss of secreted human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (hGM-CSF). The addition of pepstatin, aprotinin and PMSF relatively decreased the proteolytic degradation of hGM-CSF in a conditioned medium, but sufficient prevention against the proteolytic activity could not be obtained with chemical protease inhibitors. Gelatin, as a competitive substrate for protease, showed a stabilizing effect in a conditioned medium. Compared to the initial hGM-CSF concentration in a conditioned medium. with 10 g/L of gelatin, 68% of the hGM-CSF remained after 5 days. In a cell culture experiment, 5 g/L of gelatin significantly stimulated the hGM-CSF production and accumulation in culture media, with no growth inhibition. compared to the controls (4.72 $\mu\textrm{g}$/L), the extracellular hGM-CSF level could be increased to 39.78 $\mu\textrm{g}$/L with the addition of 5 g/L of gelatin.

Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Divergent Passage with 30° Inclined Ribs (30° 경사 리브가 있는 확대 채널 통로 내의 열전달 증가)

  • Lee, Myung Sung;Ahn, Soo Whan
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.29 no.8
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    • pp.401-407
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    • 2017
  • The effect of different rib geometries such as V-shaped continuous (case A), parallel broken (case B), and V-shaped broken (case C) ribs on local heat transfer distributions and pressure drops in a divergent channel with $30^{\circ}$ inclined ribs on one wall or two walls was investigated for Reynolds numbers from 22,000 to 75,000. Top and bottom walls were insulated; two side walls were uniformly heated in the divergent channel. Heated walls were composed of 10 isolated coper sections and length-to-outlet hydraulic diameter ratio of 10. Rib height-to-outlet hydraulic diameter ratio was 0.1, and rib pitch-to-height ratio equaled 10. Results revealed that V-shaped continuous rib (case A) produced approximately 1.4 times higher average Nussselt number than in the parallel broken rib (case B), and V-shaped broken rib (case C) in the channel with two ribbed walls at Re = 54,000.

The Effect of Density Gradient on the Self-modulated Laser Wakefield Acceleration with Relativistic and Kinetic Effects

  • Yoo, Seung-Hoon;Kim, Jae-Hoon;Kim, Jong-Uk;Seo, Ju-Tae;Hahn, Sang-June
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.42-47
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    • 2009
  • The propagation of an intense laser pulse through an upward density-gradient plasma in a self-modulated laser wakefield acceleration (SM-LWFA) is investigated by using particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. In the fully relativistic and kinetic PIC simulations, the relativistic and kinetic effects including Landau damping enhance the electron dephasing. This electron dephasing is the most important factor for limiting the energy of accelerated electrons. However, the electron dephasing, which is enhanced by relativistic and kinetic effects in the homogeneous plasma, can be forestalled through the detuning process arising from the longitudinal density gradient. Simulation results show that the detuning process can effectively maintain the coherence of the laser wake wave in the spatiotemporal wakefield pattern, hence considerable energy enhancement is achievable. The spatiotemporal profiles are analyzed for the detailed study on the relativistic and kinetic effects. In this paper, the optimum slope of the density gradient for increasing electron energy is presented for various laser intensities.

Thin Metal Electrodes for Semitransparent Organic Photovoltaics

  • Lee, Kyu-Sung;Kim, Inho;Yeon, Chang Bong;Lim, Jung Wook;Yun, Sun Jin;Jabbour, Ghassan E.
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.587-593
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    • 2013
  • We demonstrate semitransparent organic photovoltaics (OPVs) based on thin metal electrodes and polymer photoactive layers consisting of poly(3-hexylthiophene) and [6,6]-phenyl $C_{61}$ butyric acid methyl ester. The power conversion efficiency of a semitransparent OPV device comprising a 15-nm silver (Ag) rear electrode is 1.98% under AM 1.5-G illumination through the indium-tin-oxide side of the front anode at 100 $mW/cm^2$ with 15.6% average transmittance of the entire cell in the visible wavelength range. As its thickness increases, a thin Ag electrode mainly influences the enhancement of the short circuit current density and fill factor. Its relatively low absorption intensity makes a Ag thin film a viable option for semitransparent electrodes compatible with organic layers.

Efficient Organic Light-emitting Diodes using Hole-injection Buffer Layer

  • Chung, Dong-Hoe;Kim, Sang-Keol;Lee, Joon-Yng;Hong, Jin-Woong;Cho, Hyun-Nam;Kim, Young-Sik;Kim, Tae-Wan
    • Journal of Information Display
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.29-33
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    • 2003
  • We have investigated the effects of hole-injection buffer layer in organic light-emitting diodes using copper phthalocyanine (CuPc), poly(vinylcarbazole)(PVK), and Poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT: PSS) in a device structure of $ITO/bufferr/TPD/Alq_3/Al$. Polymer PVK and PEDOT:PSS buffer layer were produced using the spin casting method where as the CuPc layer was produced using thermal evaporation. Current-voltage characteristics, luminance-voltage characteristics and efficiency of device were measured at room temperature at various a thickness of the buffer layer. We observed an improvement in the external quantum efficiency by a factor of two, four, and two and half when the CuPc, PVK, and PEDOT:PSS buffer layer were used, respectively. The enhancement of the efficiency is assumed to be attributed to the improved balance of holes and elelctrons resulting from the use of hole-injection buffer layer. The CuPc and PEDOT:PSS layer function as a hole-injection supporter and the PVK layer as a hole-blocking one.

Design & Fabrication of Ferrite-core Loop Antenna for Portable Radio Receiver (휴대형 무선 단말을 위한 FERRITE-CORE LOOP ATENNA의 설계 제작)

  • 권원현;천경준;허선종;박한규
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.17 no.9
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    • pp.918-926
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    • 1992
  • In this paper, ferrite-core loop antenna for portable radio receiver is designed and its characteristics are analyzed. Antenna is fabricated by inserting the ferrite core inside the planar conductor loop$(10{\times}6{\times}15mm^3)$. Bandwidth and Q factor of fabricated antenna measure 0.55 MHz and 280, respectively. These results show remarkable enhancement compared to the conventional loop antenna having the same physical dimension(BW=1.9MHz, Q=8.14). Experimental results show that the relative gain of the fabricated antenna is about 11 dB higher than that of the conventional antenna.

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Colors and Crystals of ALC Surface with Green Body's Staying Time (성형체의 대기시간에 따른 ALC 표면 색상과 결정특성)

  • Chu, Yong Sik;Seo, Sung Kwan;Park, Soo Hyun;Song, Hun;Lee, Jong Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.49 no.6
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    • pp.535-541
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    • 2012
  • ALC was fabricated using cement, lime, quartzite and a foaming agent via a hydrothermal reaction. ALC has various hydrothermal reaction products and many pores. The properties and colors of ALC surfaces were changed by various factors during ALC fabrication process. This study tested various staying times to analyze these phenomena. It was found that the staying time of green body influenced the properties of hydrothermal products and color of ALC surface. The longer staying time of green body, the lower tobermorite content and cumulative loss weight. An increase in holding time changed color and decreased whiteness of ALC surface. The relationship between whiteness and cumulative loss weight was very high (Coefficient, r = 0.95). It was surmised that tobermorite content was an important factor for enhancement of whiteness However, ettringite and quartzite did not contribute to whiteness.

The Development of Outsole for Wet Traction Enhancement (습윤 접지력 향상을 위한 안전화 겉창 개발 연구)

  • Kim, Jung Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.33-38
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    • 2013
  • Many occupational workers or professionals have to walk on the various floors for a long period of time. The objective of this study was to develop the safety shoes with increased traction through the material selection. In order to fulfill our objective, first, two kinds of filler were selected to compare the wear mechanism at outsole surface. The developed rubber materials were tested with two kinds of portable slip meters. The sample safety shoes with developed rubber materials were also tested with subject in the laboratory. During walking, the safety shoes were naturally abraded with counter surface. The coefficient of friction(COF) was gradually decreased with number of steps to 30,000, while the COF was abruptly increased from 30,000 to 40,000. The experimental results showed that COF tested with silica rubber was at least 10% higher than that with carbon black rubber in wet or detergent condition. It has been well recognized that filler properties play a important role in wet traction in the tire industry. However it has been unclear that filler properties would be decisive factor in safety shoes. Our study shows that silica exhibits a higher slip resistance than carbon black without reference to wear states in wet or detergent condition. So, this results will provide guides for outsole compounders to develop new products and improve product performance.

A TCP Performance Enhancement Scheme in Wireless Mesh Networks (무선 메쉬 네트워크에서 TCP 성능 향상 기법)

  • Lee, Hye-Rim;Moon, Il-Young
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.1139-1145
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    • 2010
  • Wireless mesh network is similar to ad-hoc network, so when transferred to the data packet in the wireless environment, interfered factor arise. When TCP(Transport Control Protocol) was created, however as it was design based on wired link, wireless link made more transmission error than wired link. It is existent problem that TCP unfairness and congestion collapse over wireless mesh network. But packet losses due to transmission errors are more frequent. The cause of transmission error in wireless ad-hoc network may be inexactly regarded as indications of network congestion. And then, Congestion Control Algorithm was running by this situation causes the TCP performance degradation. In this paper, proposed TCP can adaptively regulate the congestion window through moving node in the Wireless Mesh Network. And it enhanced the performance.

Parameter and Brightness Characteristic of Antena according to Coil turns on Electrodeless Fluorescent Lamp (무전극 램프 안테나의 권선수에 따른 휘도와 파라미터 특성)

  • Yang, Jong-Kyung;Choi, Gi-Seung;Pack, Gwang-Hyeon;Choi, Yong-Sung;Lee, Jong-Chan;Park, Dae-Hee
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.281-284
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    • 2004
  • In Recent, it became necessary to envelope the technology about electrodeless fluorescent lamp according to demand of the electrodeless fluorescent lamp system that used higher efficiency and advantage of long-lifetime. Especially, in the electrodeless fluorescent lamp which used H-mode, efficiency of lamp is decided from matching parameter of antena and inverter So it is of the utmost importance to design antena and inverter. Therefore, this paper used a transformer principle for efficiency rising of electrodeless fluorescent lamp and interpreted an equivalent circuit, used an impedance analyzer in order to confirm a performance enhancement of lamp along design of antenna, and confirmed parameter characteristic of R, L, C, Z, Phase, Q-factor along a change of magnetic flux density. Also, this paper confirmed a luminance characteristic of electrodeless lamp along parameter change with measuring optical characteristic along a change of magnetic flux density.

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