• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.45-49
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• 2013

In tissue engineering application, a fibrous structure of scaffolds has been issued as an alternative system to regulate cell survival and tissue regeneration, and electrospinning technique has been popularly used to generate fibrous meshes or sheets mimicking the structure of native extracellular matrix (ECM). However, recent strategy in the scaffold development is expanded to provide the structural property as well as a biological property of native ECM, a variety of surface modification techniques have been used to introduce biological property. In this study, we developed biomimetic poly(L-lactide-co-${\varepsilon}$-caprolactone) (PLCL) nano- and micro-fibrous scaffolds as a unique platform with structural and biological properties with native ECM using electrospinning method and gamma-ray irradiation. Surface morphology of the scaffolds was observed by scanning electron microscopy, and alteration of surface property was evaluated with toluidine blue O staining, water contact angle measurement and ATR-FTIR analysis.

• 환경생물
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.280-285
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• 2011

고등식물은 고정된 장소에 서식하기 때문에 주변 환경의 오염에 따른 부정적 영향을 회피할 수 없다. 대기 오염 지역과 청정지역에 서식하는 가로수의 이온화 방사선에 대한 효소활성 변화를 이용하여 대기오염 정도를 진단하는 방법을 개발하고자 본 연구를 수행하였다. 오염된 대기 속에 서식하며 대기에 포함된 오염물질로부터 지속적으로 산화스트레스를 받아온 식물체의 경우 이를 극복하기 위한 수단으로 생화학적 저항성을 발달시키게 된다. 항산화 효소와 자유라디칼 제거능, 세포막 안정도 등는 산화스트레스에 대한 저항성을 분별하는데 이용되는 좋은 생체지표로 이용되어 왔다. 비교를 위하여 대기오염이 심한 온산 지역과 비교적 청정한 곳인 기장 지역에 서식하는 사철나무의 가지와 잎을 채취하여 공시재료로 사용하였다. 공시재료에 0, 50, 100 Gy의 감마선을 조사하고 시간 경과에 따른 SOD 활성 변화와 자유라디칼 제거 능력(EDA)을 측정하였다. 그 결과, 대기오염 지역의 식물은 이온화 방사선의 조사가 SOD나 EDA에 큰 변화를 일으키지 않았다. 그러나 청정지역 식물인 경우 이온화 방사선 조사 후 6~10시간까지는 SOD 효소 활성이 증가 추세를 보이다가 그 이후 점진적 활성 저하 현상이 나타났다. 이는 오염이 심한 대기에 적응한 식물의 경우 이온화 방사선에 의하여 유발된 산화 스트레스를 극복할 수 있는 수용력이 높다는 것을 의미한다. 각기 다른 서식지의 식물체에 이온화 방사선을 조사한 후 나타나는 생화학적 변화의 차이를 이용하여 그들의 서식환경에 관한 통합 오염도를 진단하는 것이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.52-57
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• 2023

Background: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) operates several nuclear research facilities licensed by Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC). The emergency preparedness requirements, GSR Part 7, by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) request protection strategy based on the hazard assessment that is not applied in Korea. Materials and Methods: In developing the protection strategy, it is important to consider an accident scenario and its consequence. KAERI has tried the hazard assessment based on a hypothesis accident scenario for the major nuclear facilities. During the assessment, the safety analysis report of the related facilities was reviewed, the simulation using MELCOR, MACCS2 code was implemented based on a considered accident scenario of each facility, and the international guidance was considered. Results and Discussion: The results of the optimized protective actions were 300 m evacuation and 800 m sheltering for the High-Flux Advanced Neutron Application Reactor (HANARO), the evacuation to radius 50 m, the sheltering 400 m for post-irradiation examination facility (PIEF), 100 m evacuation or sheltering for HANARO fuel fabrication plant (HFFP) facility. Conclusion: The results of the optimized protective actions and its distances for the KAERI facilities for the maximum postulated accidents were considered in establishing the emergency plan and procedures and implementing an emergency exercise for the KAERI facilities.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.579-587
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• 2016

세계적으로 자국의 에너지 수급의 안정성을 도모함과 동시에 태양광 발전시스템의 효율적인 운영을 위한 위성기반 태양광 발전가능량 산출기술 개발이 중요한 관심사로 주목받고 있다. 본 연구는 위성기반 일사량 산출기술과 태양광 발전가능량 산출기술에 대한 동향을 분석하고 관련기술 개발 전략을 제시하는데 그 목적을 둔다. 동향 분석 결과, 우리나라의 태양광 발전가능량 산출에 대한 전반적인 기술 수준은 선진국 대비 30% 이하로 아주 미미한 수준이며 이는 태양광 자원지도 제작에 국한되어있다. 이러한 기술 수준을 단시간 내에 선진국과 대등하게 끌어올리는 것은 거의 불가능할 것이다. 따라서 집중적인 연구개발을 통해 선진국 대비 80% 수준의 기술 수준을 달성하여 주요한 정보를 제공하여야 만이 실제 현업에서의 태양광 발전소 운영에 기여할 수 있을 것이다. 즉 가능한 빠른 시간 내에 현재 운영되고 있는 COMS 뿐만 아니라 차세대 고해상도 정지궤도기상위성 자료를 이용한 수백 m 급 고정밀 일사량 상세화 기술과 단기 또는 중기 일사량 예측을 위한 핵심기술이 우선적으로 확보되어야하며, 이후 위성기반 태양광 발전가능량 산출기술을 개발함으로써 현업에서 활용될 수 있는 정보를 제공함이 현실적으로 타당한 기술개발 전략일 것이다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2000년도 추계학술대회논문집B
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• pp.180-185
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• 2000

Nano crystalline or non-crystalline particles have been widely used in various industrial area, such as ceramics, catalysis, electronics, metallurgy and optic device. In all applications, synthesizing the particles as small as possible and controlling the crystalline phase according to its purpose are necessary for the enhancement of processing performance. In some cases, non-agglomerated particles may be necessary for solving the packing problems. This motivates our attempt of controlling size, morphology, phase of nano titania and silica particles. If one can enhance sintering rate of small aggregates independently of collision rate, one may expect that original aggregates can be changed into volume equivalent spheres and thereby the decrease of collision frequency due to the change leads to much smaller rate of growth of the particles. This is the basic idea of our control strategy.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.253-258
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• 2004

DNA double-strand break (DSB) is a serious treat for the cells including mutations, chromosome rearrangements, and even cell death if not repaired or misrepaired. Ku heterodimer regulatory DNA binding subunits (Ku70/Ku80) bound to double strand DNA breaks are able to interact with 470-kDa DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs), and the interaction is essential for DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) activity. The Ku80 mutants were designed to bind Ku70 but not DNA end binding activity and the peptides were treated in breast cancer cells for co-therapy strategy to see whether the targeted inhibition of DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) activity sensitized breast cancer cells to ionizing irradiation or chemotherapy drug to develop a treatment of breast tumors by targeting proteins involved in damage-signaling pathway and/or DNA repair. We designed domains of Ku80 mutants, 26 residues of amino acids (HN-26) as a control peptide or 38 (HNI-38) residues of amino acids which contain domains of the membrane-translocation hydrophobic signal sequence and the nuclear localization sequence, but HNI-38 has additional twelve residues of peptide inhibitor region. We observed that the synthesized peptide (HNI-38) prevented DNA-PKcs from binding to Ku70/Ku80, resulting in inactivation of DNA-PK complex activity in breast cancer cells (MDA-465 and MDA-468). Consequently, the peptide treated cells exhibited poor to no DNA repair, and became highly sensitive to irradiation or chemotherapy drugs. The growth of breast cancer cells was also inhibited. These results demonstrate the possibility of synthetic peptide to apply breast cancer therapy to induce apoptosis of cancer cells.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제46권11호
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• pp.1414-1418
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• 2017

감마선 조사로부터 당뇨합병증에 효과적인 소재를 개발하기 위하여 본 연구를 수행하였으며, mangiferin의 감마선 조사산물이 최종당화산물 생성 저해에 우수한 활성이 나타나 효능성분의 동정을 위하여 ODS gel을 활용한 column chromatography를 수행하여 3종의 mangiferin 유도체 화합물을 분리하였고, 각 화합물의 화학구조는 NMR 스펙트럼 데이터 해석을 통하여 mangiferdiol(1), mangferinol(2) 및 isomangiferinol(3)로 동정하였다. 이들 화합물에 대해 최종당화산물 생성 저해 활성을 평가한 결과 mangferinol(2)이 가장 강한 $5.6{\pm}0.8{\mu}M$의 $IC_{50}$ 값을 나타내었고, isomangiferinol(3)가 $7.6{\pm}0.9{\mu}M$의 $IC_{50}$ 값을 나타내었다. 또한, mangiferdiol(1)이 $12.1{\pm}1.3{\mu}M$의 $IC_{50}$ 값을 나타냈으며, 이들 활성은 mangiferin의 ketone기가 소실되고 새롭게 생성된 methyl기와 hydroxymethyl기의 결합 양상에 따른 화합물의 구조에 따라 다름이 시사되었다. 향후 이들 활성물질의 활성 기작에 대한 추가적인 연구가 필요하며 기존 유효 성분보다 우수한 최종당화산물 생성 저해 활성을 가지는 새로운 선도화합물 발굴을 위한 기초자료로 활용할 수 있으리라 판단된다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.261-271
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• 2011

Chemical radiation protection is an important strategy to protect living beings against the deleterious effects of radiation. In the present study, the radioprotective effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of Panax ginseng extract (PGR-HAE) was studied on radiation-induced deleterious alterations in Swiss albino mice. Oral administration of such extract (25 mg/kg b wt/day/animal) for 5 consecutive days, half an h. before whole-body exposure to 6 Gy gamma radiation, enhanced the 30 days survival and also inhibited the radiogenic sickness, weight loss and life shortening. PGR-HAE ameliorated radiation induced depletion in blood constituents at different necropsy intervals between 12 h to 30 d, and significantly increased the number of femoral spleen colony forming units that survived after irradiation. Furthermore, it checked depletion of glutathione and antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione S-transferase) as well as elevation of lipid peroxidation (LPO) level in blood and liver. The significant reduction in the yield of LPO demonstrates that PGR-HAE protects the membranes against radiation-induced oxidative damage. These findings conclude that such plant extract provides significant radioprotection, and it may be potentially valuable in the prevention of injuries caused during planned and unplanned radiation exposure.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.20-24
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• 2013

Reactor Vessel Internals(RVIs), which are installed within the reactor pressure vessel and support the fuel assembly, take responsibility for safety of reactor core. In operating Nuclear Power Plants(NPPs), the RVIs have been exposed to severe conditions such as neutron irradiation, high temperature, high pressure, and high velocity of coolant flow and have degraded by materials aging with long-term operation. Therefore, the effective aging management plan and the appropriate regulatory requirements are necessary to maintain the integrity of RVIs. The purpose of this paper is to provide a review guide for Periodic Safety Review(PSR) of RVIs in presurized water reactor. The review guide is developed based on the revised review guides and reports established from IAEA and USNRC, and the analysis results of design characteristics, aging mechanisms, and operating experiences of RVIs in domestic and international NPPs. Consequently, the developed review guide for PSR of RVIs is expected to contribute an overall strategy and standard for the PSR of RVIs.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.775-783
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• 2016

The identification of novel reagents that exert a biological ultraviolet (UV)-protective effect in skin cells represents an important strategy for preventing UV-induced skin aging. To this end, we investigated the potential protective effects of Ettlia sp. YC001 extracts against UV-induced cellular damage in normal human dermal fibroblasts (NHDFs). We generated four different extracts from Ettlia sp. YC001, and found that they exhibit low cytotoxicity in NHDFs. The ethyl acetate extract of Ettlia sp. YC001 markedly decreased UVB-induced cytotoxicity. Additionally, the ethyl acetate extract significantly inhibited the production of hydrogen peroxide-induced reactive oxygen species. Moreover, it inhibited UVB-induced thymine dimers, as confirmed by luciferase assay and thymine dimer dot-blot assay. Thus, the study findings suggest Ettlia sp. YC001 extract as a novel photoprotective reagent on UVB-induced cell dysfunctions in NHDFs.