• Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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• v.51 no.2
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• pp.191-197
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• 2019

Although auto-adjusting positive airway pressure (APAP) titration at home has several advantages over a CPAP titration in terms of convenience and time saving, there are still concerns as to whether it will show corresponding accuracy when compared to laboratory-based polysomnography (PSG) and CPAP titration. To obtain more evidence supporting home-based auto-titration, APAP titration was performed at home for patients who were presented with OSA on laboratory-based diagnostic PSG followed by CPAP titration. A total of 79 patients were included in the study. They all underwent split-night PSG with CPAP titration, and APAP titration for more than 7 days. The patients with successful titration at both situations were selected. The optimal pressure and apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of CPAP and APAP titration were compared. The optimal pressure for CPAP and APAP titration were $7.0{\pm}1.8cmH_2O$ and $7.6{\pm}1.6cmH_2O$ (P<0.001), whereas the corresponding AHI were $1.3{\pm}1.5/h$ and $3.0{\pm}1.7/h$ (P<0.001). As a result, the achievement rates of optimal pressure for CPAP and APAP titration were 96.2% and 94.9% (r=-0.045, P=0.688), respectively. The results of this study did not differ with regard to the optimal pressure between CPAP and APAP titration. Overall, CPAP and APAP titrations should be chosen depending on a required situation.

• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.133-139
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• 2002

Purpose: Scintillation Proximity Assay (SPA) does not require the physical separation of receptor bound form from free form. SPA was applied to the study of interaction of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and $anti-{\alpha}$ hCG in serum. Materials and methods: $Anti-{\alpha}$ hCG was biotinylated for the binding to streptavidin. The assay was based on the simple competitive binding method between $[^{125}I]hCG$ and the hCG in sample serum, with $anti-{\alpha}$ hCG-coated beads. Aliquots of biotinylated $anti-{\alpha}$ hCG were dispensed into scintillation vials containing $100{\mu}{\ell}\;[^125}I]hCG\;and\;200{\mu}{\ell}$ of either a standard concentration of hCG for preparation of standard curve or unknown sample, and incubated for 20 min. at room temperature. Then $20{\mu}{\ell}$ streptavidin-coated beads were added to vials, and finally incubated for 10 min at room temperature. Values for unknown samples were then calculated from the standard curve. Results: Optimal background counts were certificated using varied radioactivity of radionuclides. Appropriate standard curve was obtained from SPA method successively, and the concentration of hCG from unknown serum was determined by standard curve. The result from SPA assay was similar to that of RIA. Conclusion: This observation confirms that SPA method could be useful for clinical diagnosis.

• Korean Journal of Crystallography
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.114-119
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• 1998

Imperatorin, 9-[(3-methyl-2-butenyl)oxy]-7H-furo[3,2-g][1]benzopyran-7-one의 분자 및 결정구조를 X-선 회절법으로 연구하였다. 이 결정의 분자식은 C16H14O4, 결정계는 삼사정계이고 공간군은 P이다. 단위포상수는 a=11.818(1) , b=11.906(1) , c=11.059(1) 이며, α=96.32(1)o, β=90.74(1)o, γ=64.88(1)o, V=13.993(2) 3, T=293 K, Z=4이다. 구조해석에 사용한 X-선은 CuKα선(λ=1.5418 )을 사용하였다. 구조는 직접법으로 풀었으며 최소자승법으로 정밀화하였다. 최종 신뢰도 R 값은 F0>4σ(F0)인 3951개의 독립회절데이타로 356개 파라메타에 대해 R=7.02%이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.449-450
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• 2009

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.368-373
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• 1991

Palladium(II) complexes of the type Pd(IEAA-NR)$_2$ (R = H, CH$_3$, C$_2$H$_5$, n-C$_3$H$_7$, n-C$_4$H$_9$, or CH$_2$C$_6$H$_5$), where IEAA-NR represents N-alkyl derivative of isonitrosoethylacetoacetate (H-IEAA) imine, have been prepared. And the structure of the complexes have been studied by elemental analyses, electronic, infrared, $^1$H and $^{13}$C-NMR spectra. It is proposed that both of IEAA-NR ligands coordinate to metal through nitrogens of imine and isonitroso groups to form 5-membered chelate rings in the complexes.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.33 no.12
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• pp.2002-2010
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• 2009

The degradation behavior of berberine is examined using GC-MS to select the fingerprint products that can be used to identify berberine dye in badly faded archaeological textiles. A total of $100^{\circ}C$ thermal and $H_2O_2/UV/O_2$ degradation systems were used to degrade berberine chloride 0.1% solution up to 408 hours. The samples were analyzed using the GC-MS. Dihydroberberine, 2-pteridinamine, 6,7-dimethyl-N-[(trimethylsilyl) oxy]-, and 8-methoxy-11-[3-methylbutyl]-11H-indolo[3,2-c]-quinoline, 5-oxide were detected as the major products of thermal degradation and identified as the fingerprint products for berberine dye at the early stage of degradation. Isobenzofuran-1,3-dione,4,5-dimethoxy-, 9H-fluorene,3,6-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-,1,3-dioxolo[4,5-g]isoquinolin-5(6H)-one,7,8-dihydro-, and 3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole were detected as the major products generated by the $H_2O_2/UV/O_2$ degradation and identified as the fingerprint products for berberine dye under severe degradation conditions.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.552-557
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• 1992

Chloramphenicol was studied by differential pulse polarography (DDP). A reduction peak which is dependent on pH of the solution appeared in the voltage range between zero and -1.50 volt vs. Ag/AgCl (sat. KCl) reference electrode. A plot of peak potentials (Ep) measured at room temperature (20$^{\circ}C$) vs. pH of the chloramphenicol solutions showed linear relationship changing slope (Ep/pH) at pH 8.9. The slope was -59.7 mV/pH in pH 2.7∼8.9 and -24.3 mV/pH in pH 8.9∼11.2, respectively. A log plot of peak currents (ip) vs. concentrations showed a linearity at the concentrations between 4.8 ${\times}$ 10$^{-7}$ M and 6.2 ${\times}$ 10$^{-5}$ M (0.16 ppm∼20 ppm) chloramphenicol in pH 8.0 ammonium buffer. Between the DPP method and the reference method measuring absorbance at 278 nm, the correlation coefficient was 0.996, which means an excellent linearity. The DPP method was able to detect degradation products of chloramphenicol in mild alkaline solution (pH = 8.0) more distinctly than the spectrophotometric method.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07e
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• pp.2441-2443
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• 1999

광섬유에서 전송되는 신호의 예측을 위하여 편미분방정식인 비선형 슈래딩거 방정식(Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation, NLSE)을 단계분할 유한 요소법(Split-Step Finite Element Method, SS-FEM)을 적용하여 해석하였다. 수치결과를 해석적인 해가 알려진 솔리톤의 해로부터 전송되는 거리의 증가에 따라 각 단계마다 오차를 계산하였으며, 그 결과를 단계분할 푸리에법(Split-Step Fourier Method, SS-FM)에 의한 수치해와도 비교하였다.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.116-123
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• 1993

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.55 no.1
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• pp.107-114
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• 2017

The performance of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) could be deteriorated when fuel contains contaminants such as carbon monoxide (CO) or hydrogen sulfide ($H_2S$). Generally, $H_2S$ is introduced in hydrogen by steam reforming of hydrocarbon which has mercaptan as odorant. $H_2S$ poisoning effect on PEMFC performance was examined on this study. Pure hydrogen injection, voltage cycling and water circulation methods were compared as performance recovery methods. The PEMFC performance was analyzed using electrochemical methods such as polarization curve, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV). Pure hydrogen injection and voltage cycling methods showed low recovery ratio, however, water circulation method showed high recovery ratio over 95%. Because anode was directly poisoned by $H_2S$, anode water circulation showed higher recovery ratio compared to the other methods. Water circulation method was developed to recover PEMFC performance from $H_2S$ poisoning. This method could contribute to PEMFC durability and commercialization.