• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.637-645
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• 1999

Two putative regulator genes, mocR and mocS, of the moc (mannityl opine catabolism) operons in pTi15955 of the octopine-/mannityl opine-type Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain 15955, were tested for their possible roles as repressors in the moc operons. The regions upstream of macC and mocD, the first structural genes in the two divergently oriented moc operons, were transcriptionally fused into the promoterless lacZ reporter gene. Each of the lacZ-fusions was introduced into Agrobacterium strain UIA5, a Ti plasmid-cured derivative, harboring either a mocR or a mocS clone. The resulting strains were grown in media containing various sugar sources, and the $\beta$-galactosidase activities were quantitatively measured. The results suggested that MocR repressed the expression of macC and macD. The expression of the fused $\beta$-galactosidase was not induced by mannopine (MOP) or possible catabolic intermediates of the opine, e.g. santhopine (SOP), glucose, mannose, or glutamine. However, the repression was significantly relieved by the supplementation of MOP and the concomitant introduction of the agcA gene encoding MOP cyclase that catalyzes the lactonization of MOP to agropine (AGR). These results suggested that AGR, rather than MOP or the other catabolic intermediates, is the inducer for the expression of the operon. On the contrary to previous report showing that the induction levels of macC and macD were lowered by the supplementation of inorganic nitrogen in media, the expression of these genes was not affected by the level of nitrogen in our reporter system. MocS did not strongly repress the expressions of macC and mocD. It is possible that MocS may be involved in the regulation of the operons present downstream of the moc operon, which are responsible for the utilization of mannopinic acid and agropinic acid.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권10호
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• pp.2162-2172
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• 2020

Due to its computational efficiency and geometrical flexibility, the Method of Characteristics (MOC) has been widely used for light water reactor lattice physics analysis. Usually acceleration methods are necessary for MOC to achieve acceptable convergence on practical reactor physics problems. Among them, Coarse Mesh Finite Difference (CMFD) is very popular and can drastically reduce the number of transport iterations. In OpenMOC, CMFD acceleration was implemented but had the limitation of supporting only a uniform CMFD mesh, which would often lead to splitting MOC source regions, thus creating an unnecessary increase in computation and memory use. In this study, CMFD acceleration with a non-uniform Cartesian mesh is implemented into OpenMOC. We also propose a quadratic fit based CMFD prolongation method in the axial direction to further improve the acceleration when multiple MOC source regions are contained in one CMFD coarse mesh. Numerical results are presented to demonstrate the improvement of the CMFD acceleration capability in OpenMOC in terms of both efficiency and stability.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.715-722
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• 1999

On a urea-molasses-straw (3:15:82, UMS) based diet, effect of graded levels of mustard oil cake (MOC) supplementation on the performances of native bulls has been studied. Four cannulated adult Bos indicus bulls of $415({\pm}44.6)kg$ live weight and 80 months old, were given daily either of 0, 200, 400 or 800 g of MOC in four periods in a $4{\times}4$ latin square design. Besides, each animal also received 200 g of each of molasses and wheat bran and a mineral mixture. For unit (1 g) increase in MOC intake, total DM intake increased by 0.8 g/d ($r^2=0.88$) but no change in the straw DM intake. With the increasing levels of MOC, crude protein (CP) digestibility increased exponentially with an asymptotic value of 72%. However, MOC level had no effect on the digestibilities of DM, OM and ADF. Similarly, rumen degradability of rice straw was also not affected by the level of dietary MOC, and mean straw DM degradabilities were 15, 21. 28, 37, 47 and 51% at 8, 16, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours of incubation respectively. Microbial N yield per kg digestible organic matter apparently fermented in the rumen were 7.46, 8.77, 6.88 and 5.96 g respectively for 0, 200, 400 or 800 g of dietary MOC. For each gram increase in dietary MOC, N intake and N balance increased by 0.054 g/d ($r^2=0.998$) and $0.59mg\;N/kg\;W^{0.75}/d$ ($r^2=0.99$) respectively. Nitrogen balance was estimated to be attained at the N intakes of $246mg\;N/kg\;W^{0.75}/d$. Thus, on a UMS-based diet supplementation of MOC up to 800 g (10% of total intake) of the dietary intake had little or no effect on intake, digestibility, rumen parameters, and microbial N yield but slightly increased the N balance. However marginal response to MOC supplementation is probably due to the high degradability of MOC protein in the rumen. Thus, any substantial positive response of MOC supplementation on a UMS-based diet can probably be achieved by reducing its protein degradability in the rumen.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2011

Objectives : Magnoliae officinalis Cortex (MOC) has been used in traditional medicine for digestive diseases in Korea, China and Japan. However, Machili thunbergii Cortex (MTC) also has been used as a substitute of MOC in Korea sometimes. Thus, this study was carried out to investigate and compare the effects of MOC and MTC on intestinal motility of isolated small intestinal segments from ICR mouse. Methods : Changes in motility were recorded via isometric transducers connected to a data acquisition system and amplitude, frequency and area under the curve (AUC) of intestinal spontaneous phasic contraction were compared. Results : The MOC extracts ($1{\sim}{\mu}g/mL$) dose-dependently decreased both amplitudes and frequencies of the spontaneous phasic contraction, but not AUC. However, high concentration of MOC (100 ${\mu}g$/mL) evoked tonic contraction. And it was not inhibited by tetrodotoxin, a sodium channel blocker, and nifedipine, a L-type $Ca^{2+}$ channel antagonist. These results suggested that MOC (100 ${\mu}g$/mL)-induced tonic contraction is not mediated by nerve or L-type $Ca^{2+}$ channel. On the other hand, the MTC extracts dose-dependently inhibited amplitude and AUC, but not the frequency. Conclusions : Although both MOC and MTC affected intestinal motility, MOC is more effective on intestinal motility than MTC. And MOC has been used as a traditional medicine for a long time but not MTC. Thus, we suggested that MTC should not be used in Korea as a substitute of MOC and MOC might be useful traditional medicine for gastrointestinal disease. The mechanism of MOC is still remained to elucidate.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.42-47
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• 2005

The possibility of using Moringa oleifera as a ruminant protein supplement was investigated by comparison between nutritive and anti-nutritive value of its different morphological parts with that of conventionally used Leucaena leucocephala leaf meal (LL). Parameters determined were chemical composition, rumen degradable protein (RDP), acid detergent insoluble protein (ADIP), pepsin soluble protein (PESP), non-protein nitrogen (NPN) total soluble protein (TSP) and protein potentially digested in the intestine (PDI). Total phenols (TP) and total extractable tannins (TET) were also evaluated as anti-nutritive factors. In vitro gas production characteristics were measured and organic matter digestibility (OMD) was estimated basing on 24 h-gas production. Crude protein content ranged from 265-308 g/kg DM in M. oleifera leaves (MOL) and seed cake (MOC) respectively. Leucaena leucocephala and Moringa oleifera soft twigs and leaves (MOLSTL) had CP content of 236 and 195 g/kg DM while Moringa oleifera soft twigs alone (MOST) and Moringa oleifera bucks (MOB) had 160, 114 and 69.3 g/kg DM respectively. RDP was highest in (MOC) (181 g/kg DM) followed by (MOL) (177 g/kg DM) and was lowest in MOB (40 g/kg DM). The proportion of the protein that was not available to the animal (ADIP) was (p<0.05) higher in MOL and MOC (72 and 73 g/kg DM) respectively and lowest in LL (29 g/kg DM). The PDI was high in LL (74 g/kg DM) followed by MOC (55 g/kg DM) then MOL (16 g/kg DM). PESP was highest (p<0.05) in MOC followed by MOL then LL (273, 200 and 163 g/kg DM respectively). MOC exhibited highest NPN content (116 g/kg DM) and was lowest in MOB (18 g/kg DM) (p<0.05). Highly (p<0.05) TSP was observed in MOC and MOL (308 and 265 g/kg DM respectively) followed by LL (236 g/kg DM). MOL had negligible TET (20 g/kg DM) when compared with about 70 g/kg DM in LL. Highly (p<0.05) b and a+b values were observed for MOLSTL (602 and 691 g/kg DM respectively) followed by MOL (490 and 538 g/kg DM). Highest c value was observed in MOSTL followed by MOC and MOL (0.064, 0.056 and 0.053 rate/hour) respectively. OMD was highest (p<0.05) for MOSTL followed by MOC and then MOL (579, 579 and 562 g/kg DM respectively). LL exhibited lower (p<0.05) OMD (467 g/kg DM). It was concluded from this study that the high crude protein content in MOL and MOLST could be well utilized by ruminant animals and increase animal performance however, high proportion of unavailable protein to the lower gut of animals and high rumen degradable protein due to negligible tannin content render it a relatively poor protein supplement for ruminants. MOC can be a best alternative protein supplement to leaves and leaves and soft twigs for ruminants.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권12호
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• pp.1195-1204
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• 2020

Tourism is not only a cultural service but also a resource consuming industry. Landscape function framework is a powerful tool to show the relationship between nature and people. This study collects 50 documents around the world to analyze the relationship between the 4 functional groups of the landscape (regulatory functions, production and supply functions, resident functions, information and entertainment functions) and the tourism industry. On that basis, we created an establishment for practical contact analysis of the goods and services of the landscape for tourism development in Moc Chau plateau, Vietnam. Research results show that tourism is an economic sector that benefits from the landscape and has a clear resource orientation. Moc Chau plateau has rich tourism resources and has the conditions to develop various types of tourism, especially cultural tourism based on community and resort tourism. The two cultural functions and the providing functions are the two most important functional groups for the tourism development of Moc Chau district, bringing the two most important tourism icons for Moc Chau, a green steppe, cool milk benevolent and also a district rich in national culture. From these conclusions, the authors give recommendations and notable points about landscapes in the tourism industry, especially in places with topography like Moc Chau.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2005

최소산소농도의 정확한 지식은 산업화재를 적절하게 예방하고, 제어하는데 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 Response Surface Methodology(RSM) 방법과 문헌자료를 사용하여 최소산소농도(MOC)를 예측하는 식을 제시하였다. 탄화수소에 대한 예측 식에 의해 계산된 최소산소농도와 문헌값의 A.A.P.E.(average absolute percent error)는 $3.48\%$, A.A.D.(average absolute deviation)는 $0.57vo1\%$ 그리고 상관계수는 0.919이다. 탄화수소와 할로겐화탄화수소를 포함한 경우 예측값과 문헌값의 A.A.P.E.는 $5.06\%$, A.A.D.는 $0.59vo1\%$, 상관계수는 0.938이다. 제시한 예측식에 의한 계산값은 문헌값과 일치하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서 제시된 식이 다른 가연성물질의 최소산소농도 연구에도 이용되기를 기대한다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제42권12호
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• pp.1028-1036
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• 2014

연구에서는 MOC 및 CFD를 이용한 극초음속 노즐 설계 절차를 수립하였다. MOC를 이용하여 설계된 비점성 노즐 형상에 대하여, 점성 유체 전산 해석을 통하여 경계층 두께를 산출하여 노즐 형상을 보정하였다. 여러 가지의 경계층 두께 정의를 비교한 결과, 노즐 단면 최대 속력의 95% 속력을 가지는 경계층 두께의 정의가 설계 마하수를 가장 잘 만족하는 것으로 여겨진다. 노즐 설계과정은 MOC 설계에 대한 격자 형성, 비점성 해석 및 점성 해석, 경계층 보정 및 점성 해석에 의한 확인 및 결과 도출의 순서로 진행되며, 모든 과정은 자동 일괄 처리토록 작성되었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.156-163
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• 2008

화학공장에서는 공정 이상, 장치 수명 및 경제적 환경 등에 의하여 변경이 발생하고 있다. 그리고 변경관리는 정확한 기술적 판단근거에 의한 변경 판정, 위험도 확인 및 위험성 평가 수행 등 근본적인 공정안전 기술을 바탕으로 이루어진다. 그러나 변경관리는 경험 부족, 지식 부족 및 기술인력 부족 등의 이유로 수행하기 매우 어려운 상황에 놓여있다. 본 연구에서는 화학공장 변경관리의 취약점을 파악하고 이를 적절히 보완하여 안전성을 향상할 수 있는 변경관리 체계를 구축하였다. 위험성 평가를 기반으로 하는 변경관리 절차의 정립 및 변경 여부 판단, 변경시 위험도 산정 등 변경관리 의사결정 단계들의 명확한 판단 기준 체계 정립을 통한 장치산업의 변경관리 수행 체계를 제안하였다. 이러한 안전공학 기술이 접목된 형태의 변경관리 절차를 제안하여 화학공장의 안전성 향상을 꾀하고자 하였다.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.463-469
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• 2010

화성의 고도정보를 제공하는 MOLA 센서는 화성전역에 대한 데이터를 제공하지 못하므로, 수치표고모형을 만들기 위해서는 MOC-NA영상을 이용한 영상정합이 수행되어야만 한다. 그러나 특색(feature)이 적고 명암대비가 낮은 화성영상의 특성상, 자동 영상정합은 어려운 실정이다. 본 논문은 MOC-NA 영상에 대하여 영역기준 영상정합에 기반한 반 자동 영상정합의 알고리즘을 다룬다. 공액점을 나타내는 시드(seed)포인트 들이 수동으로 스테레오 영상에 추가되고 이를 바탕으로 특징점들이 자동으로 삽입된다. 각 영상의 특징점들은 서로의 초기 공액점으로 사용되며, 영역기준 영상정합으로 정제된다. 영상정합의 과정 중 정합에 실패한 점들은 초기 공액점의 위치를 정합에 성공한 주변의 여섯 점들을 이용하여 재 계산한 후 정제된다. 타깃영상과 검색영상의 역할을 바꾸어 수행한 영상정합의 질적 평가 결과, 97.3%의 점들이 한 화소 이하의 절대거리를 나타내었다.