• Applied Microscopy
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2009

본 연구는 스트레이트 펌에 의해서 손상된 모발의 인장특성과 미세구조적 변화를 인장강도기와 주사전자현미경을 사용하여 관찰 분석하였다. 건강모발과 스트레이트 펌 모발의 인장강도를 측정한 후 형태적인 특징을 비교하였을 때 스트레이트 펌 모발에서 큐티클층의 큐티클세포들은 건강모발에 비하여 심하게 분리되어서 들떠있는 상태로 관찰되었다. 이들 세포들은 세포막사이 복합체의 파괴에 의해서 분리되었고 세포질의 파괴나 부서짐의 현상은 나타나지 않았다. 건강모발과 스트레이트 펌 모발의 인장특성에 관한 비교 실험에서 스트레이트 펌 모발의 인장거리는 건강모발에 비하여 24.5%가 감소되어 약 3.05 mm의 차이가 나타났고 인장강도는 34.63%가 감소되어 $5.62\;g/cm^2$가 작았다. 또한, 최고응력은 34.59%가 감소되어 56.12 g이 작은 것으로 나타났다. 결과적으로 스트레이트 펌 모발의 인장특성은 탈색모발과 염색모발의 선행 연구결과보다 가장 낮은 것으로 나타났다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.241-246
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• 2017

공변세포는 선태류, 양치류 그리고 모든 관다발식물의 잎에서 발견되며, 공변세포벽의 특징은 식물에 따라 매우 다양하고 특수하다. 식물에서 공변세포의 형태적 특징은 단자엽식물과 쌍자엽식물에서 관찰할 수 있는 두 종류로 분류되어 왔다. 일반적으로 단자엽식물은 아령형이고 쌍자엽식물은 콩팥형으로 알고 있다. 그러나 많은 단자엽식물의 공변세포는 콩팥형이다. 벼과에 속하는 옥수수와 벼 그리고 사초과의 공변세포는 아령형이다. 아령형의 공변세포를 보이는 식물은 부세포가 있다. 쌍자엽식물의 공변세포는 대부분 콩팥형이며 부세포가 없는 것이 특징이다. 기공은 공변세포와 부세포로 구성되어 있는 것으로 알고 있으나, 대부분의 쌍자엽식물은 부세포가 없다. 이제까지 단자엽식물은 공변세포 모양이 아령형이며 쌍자엽식물은 콩팥형으로 알고 있으나, 결론적으로 공변세포의 모양은 단자엽식물과 쌍자엽식물에 의해 분류되지 않으며 대부분의 벼과와 사초과를 제외하면 단자엽식물의 공변세포도 콩팥형이다. 돌나물은 공변세포가 가늘고 긴 입술형 그리고 자주달개비의 공변세포는 완벽하게 반달형이다. 따라서 콩팥형의 경우는 식물에 따라 그 모양이 모두 다르다고 할 수 있으며, 아령형의 경우는 그 공변세포의 형태가 비교적 일정하다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.38-43
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• 2013

In this study, the artery's compliance model and the pulsation waveform model was proposed to estimate blood pressure without applying HPF (High Pass Filter) on signal measured by the oscillometric method. The method proposed in the study considered two ways of estimating blood pressure. The first method of estimating blood pressure is by comparing and analyzing changes in pulsation waveform's dicrotic notch region during each cardiac period. The second method is by comparing and analyzing morphological changes in the pulsation waveform during each cardiac period, which occur in response to the change in pressure applied on the cuff. To implement these methods, we proposed the compliance model and the pulsation waveform model of the artery based on hemodynamic theory, and then conducted various simulations. The artery model presented in this study only took artery's compliance into account. Then, a pulsation waveform model was suggested, which uses characteristic changes in the pulsation waveform to estimate blood pressure. In addition, characteristic changes were observed in arterial volume by applying artery's pulsation waveform to the compliance model. The pulsation waveform model was suggested to estimate blood pressure using characteristic changes of the pulsation waveform in the arteries. This model was composed of the sum of sine waves and a Fourier's series in combination form up to 10th harmonics components of the sinusoidal waveform. Then characteristic of arterial volume change was observed by inputting pulsation waveform into the compliance model. The characteristic changes were also observed in the pulsation waveform by mapping the arterial volume change in accordance with applied cuff's pressure change to the pulsation waveform's change according to applied pressure changes by cuff. The systolic and diastolic blood pressures were estimated by applying positional change of pulsation waveform's dicrotic notch region.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.287-289
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• 2002

Planarians show negative phototaxis and have extensive regenerative ability, including the ability to regenerate the brain. Recently the process of regeneration of the planarian brain has been divided into three steps based on the expression of neural markers. In this study, we have analyzed the process of recovery of the light response during head regeneration. Although morphological observations indicated that regeneration of the eyes and optic nerves appeared to be completed by the fourth day, the recovery of the evasion behavior against light was not recovered within 4 days after amputation. Functional recovery of the evasion behavior could be detected starting 5 days after amputation and then gradually recovered. We previously identified genes which are specifically expressed in the brain after the recovery of morphological structures. This characteristic suggested that these genes may be involved in functional recovery of the brain. To investigate the function of these genes, we performed gene knockout analysis using the RNA interference method. The results clearly indicated that these genes are involved in the functional recovery of the visual system.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권23호
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• pp.10495-10500
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• 2015

Background: To evaluate the effects of bufalin in A549 human lung adenocarcinoma epithelial cells in vitro and assess the underlying mechanisms. Materials and Methods: Human A549 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells were treated with various concentrations of bufalin. Cell proliferation was measured by CCK-8 assay, apoptotic cell percentage was calculated by flow cytometry and morphological change was observed by inverted phase contrast microscopy/transmission electron microscopy. In addition, the membrane potential of mitochondria was detected by JC-1 fluorescence microscopy assay, and the related protein expression of cytochrome C and caspase-3 was analyzed by Western blotting. Results: Bufalin could inhibit the proliferation of A549 cells via induction of apoptosis, with the evidence of characteristic morphological changes in the nucleus and mitochondria. Furthermore, bufalin decreased the mitochondrial membrane potential with up-regulation of cytochrome C in the cytosol, and activation of caspase-3. Conclusions: Bufalin inhibits the proliferation of A549 cells and triggers mitochondria-dependent apoptosis, pointing to therapeutic application for NSCLC.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.371-375
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• 1999

AL072 is a potent anti-Legionella antibiotic produced by Streptomyces strain AL91. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of AL072 against Legionella pneumophila was 0.2$\mu$g/ml. Bacterial growth was rapidly inhibited at the dose range between the MIC and 20 times of the MIC when the antibiotic was added at the mid-exponential phase. Ultrastructural changes in L. pneumophila were observed upon treatment with AL072. Under electron microscopical observation, the organisms treated with AL072 exhibited characteristic morphological changes in the cellular outer coat. Also irregular morphological changes, such as the formation of filamentous materials in the cytoplasm, an increase in the size and number of cytoplasmic vacuoles, the extruding of cytoplasmic contents, the formation of spheroplast and ghost cells, and blebbings in the cell wall were observed. Furthermore, immunoelectron microscopical observation of the group treated with the MIC showed that the immune complex attached mainly to the cell wall. The results of these experiments indicate that AL072, like the inhibitors of cell wall synthesis, act selectively on the cell wall of L. pneumophila.

• 한국연초학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.195-200
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• 2005

The goal of refining is to treat fibers so they meet the requirements of the papermaking process. The refining process in papermaking has great influence on the quality of the final product by changing the fiber properties, such as fiber length, shape, fine contents and so on. In this study, the effect on the morphological change of fibers by the refining conditions were investigated using the fiber morphology analyzer. Fiber morphology analyzer used to determine which pulps are suitable for producing particular products. Furthermore it is widely used in paper mills to monitor paper quality. The morphological change of fibers according to refining conditions were evaluated out by measuring fiber, shive and fine. In the fiber morphology, the domestic reconstituted tobacco fiber has the bigger average fiber length value than that of the foreign reconstituted tobacco.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2005

The taxonomy of Acanthamoeba spp., an amphizoic amoeba which causes granulomatous amoebic encephalitis and chronic amoebic keratitis, has been revised many times. The taxonomic validity of some species has yet to be assessed. In this paper, we analyzed the morphological characteristics, nuclear 18s rDNA and mitochondrial 16s rDNA sequences and the Mt DNA RFLP of the type strains of four Acanthamoeba species, which had been previously designated as A. divionensis, A. parasidionensis, A. mauritaniensis, and A. rhysodes. The four isolates revealed characteristic group II morphology. They exhibited 18S rDNA sequence differences of $0.2-1.1\%$ with each other, but more than $2\%$ difference from the other compared reference strains. Four isolates formed a different clade from that of A. castellanii Castellani and the other strains in morphological group lion the phylogenetic tree. In light of these results, A. paradivionensis, A. divionensis, and A. mauritaniensis should be regarded as synonyms for A. rhysodes.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.253-257
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• 2010

Two adult rock partridges raised in a city zoo were examined parasitologically and pathologically. Two distinctive eggs resembling those of Capillaria and Heterakis were detected in the feces. At necropsy, a markedly-dilated duodenum with severe catarrhal exudates, containing adult worms of Capillaria sp. and Heterakis sp. in the cecum, was observed. Male Capillaria had the cloacal aperture extended almost terminally with a small bursal lobe and an unsheathed spicule with transverse folds without spines. Female Capillaria had a vulva that was slightly prominent and slightly posterior to the union of the esophagus and intestine. The esophagus of the adult Capillaria was more than a half as long as the body in the male, but was much shorter in the female. Based on these morphological features, the capillarid nematode was identified as Capillaria obsignata. The male adult worms of Heterakis was identifiable by 2 dissimilar spicules, a unique morphological feature where the right spicule was considerably longer than the left, which is also a characteristic feature of Heterakis gallinarum. This is the first report of concurrent infections with C. obsignata and H. gallinarium in rock partridges.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제40회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.337-337
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• 2011

The elecronic absorption and surface morphology evolution of two types of molecular double layer thin films, copper phthalocyanine(CuPc) layer deposited on top of chloro[subphtalocyaninato]boron(III) (SubPc) layer, denoted as SubPc/CuPc, and vice versa, at various thicknesses were invertigated using ultraviolet(UV)-visible spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Both types of double layer structures showed similar broadened absorption patterns in UV-visible region which were well consistent with fitted spectra by a simple linear combination of single layer absorption spectra of two materials. In contrast, the surface morphology of double layer structures was dependent on the order of deposition. For CuPc/SubPc structures, the surface morphology was characterized by elongated grains, characteristic of SubPc thin films, indicating the morphological influence of underlying CuPc layer on subsequent SubPc layer was not large. For SubPc/CuPc structures, however, the underlying SubPc layer acted as a morphological template for the subsequently deposited CuPc layer. It was also observed that the grain size of CuPc layer varied by the thickness of underlying SubPc layer.