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High Durability of Stack for Automobile (차량용 스택 고출력 내구성능)

  • Kim, Young-Min;Lee, Jong-Hyun;Yoon, Jong-Jin;Cho, Jang-Ho
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.557-560
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    • 2007
  • The durability of 80 kW class stack module was tested in hydrogen recirculation and non-recirculation systems with the condition of 300Amps (constant current mode) and hydrogen pulse purging (10 seconds close/0.8 seconds open). A localized membrane failure in the interfacial area between membrane and sub-gasket, carbon corrosion in cathode electrode, and Pt dissolution/extraction have been found through the post mortem analysis such as CV, Impedance, SEM, and so on. The main reason of these mechanisms will be discussed in this study.

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A Study on the Relationship of [a] Sound Wave to Sasang Constitution - by Sasang Constitution Analysed with PSSC-2004 ([a] 음성파형과 사상체질과의 상관성연구 - 사상체질음성분석기(四象體質音聲分析機)(PSSC-2004)를 이용하여)

  • Yoon, Woo-Young;Choi, Min-Ki;Jung, Woon-Ki;Lee, Sang-Jun;Kim, Dal-Rae;Yoo, Jun-Sang
    • Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.83-95
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    • 2006
  • 1. Objectives and Methods The purpose of this study was to objectify the diagnosis of Sasang constitution. It analyzed the adult male and female voices into 23factors using PSSC-2004. The study was conducted by subjects inputting 2.5-3 sec of [a] in 586 men and women's voices to PSSC-2004. The statistical analyses are applied to three groups: total group, male group, female group. The group with a total of 586 was composed of 155 Soyangin, 230 Taeumin and 201 Soeumin. The male group was composed with 61 Soyangin, 127 Taeumin and 87 Soeumin. The female group was composed with 94 Soyangin, 103 Taeumin and 114 Soeumin. Taeyangin were excluded for a more accurate statistical analysis. 2. Results (I) In total group, Taeumin's peak sum was significantly high compared with the others(P=0.021). It was significant for distinction between Taeumin and Soyangin at the result of post mortem. (2) In total group, the Soyangin's rank6, rank7 and rank8 were significantly high compared with the others (P=0.050)(0.043)(0.034). (3) In total group, the Soyangin's rank9 was significantly high compared with the others(P=0.025). It was significant for distinction between Taeumin and Soyangin at the result of post mortem. (4) In male group, the Soyangin's code3 was significantly high compared with the others(P=0.050). (5) In male group, the Soyangin's code1 was significantly low compared with the others(P=0.004). It was significant for distinction between Taeumin and Soyangin at the result of post mortem. (6) In male group, the Soyangin's rank1, rank2, rank3 and rank4 were significantly high compared with the others(P=0.017)(0.008) (0.005)(0.002). They were significant for distinction between Taeumin and Soyangin at the result of post mortem. (7) In female group, the Taeumin's code1 was significantly low compared with the others(P=0.016). It was significant for distinction between Taeumin and Soeumin at the result of post mortem. 3. Conclusion From above result, there is the possibility of efficiency standard gide for constitutional diagnosis by analyzation of the voices.

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Metabolomic profiling of postmortem aged muscle in Japanese Brown beef cattle revealed an interbreed difference from Japanese Black beef

  • Susumu Muroya;Riko Nomura;Hirotaka Nagai;Koichi Ojima;Kazutsugu Matsukawa
    • Animal Bioscience
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.506-520
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    • 2023
  • Objective: Japanese Brown (JBR) cattle, especially the Kochi (Tosa) pedigree (JBRT), is a local breed of moderately marbled beef. Despite the increasing demand, the interbreed differences in muscle metabolites from the highly marbled Japanese Black (JBL) beef remain poorly understood. We aimed to determine flavor-related metabolites and postmortem metabolisms characteristic to JBRT beef in comparison with JBL beef. Methods: Lean portions of the longissimus thoracis (loin) muscle from four JBRT cattle were collected at 0, 1, and 14 d postmortem. The muscle metabolomic profiles were analyzed using capillary electrophoresis time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The difference in post-mortem metabolisms and aged muscle metabolites were analyzed by statistical and bioinformatic analyses between JBRT (n = 12) and JBL cattle (n = 6). Results: A total of 240 metabolite annotations were obtained from the detected signals of the JBRT muscle samples. Principal component analysis separated the beef samples into three different aging point groups. According to metabolite set enrichment analysis, post-mortem metabolic changes were associated with the metabolism of pyrimidine, nicotinate and nicotinamide, purine, pyruvate, thiamine, amino sugar, and fatty acid; citric acid cycle; and pentose phosphate pathway as well as various amino acids and mitochondrial fatty acid metabolism. The aged JBRT beef showed higher ultimate pH and lower lactate content than aged JBL beef, suggesting the lower glycolytic activity in postmortem JBRT muscle. JBRT beef was distinguished from JBL beef by significantly different compounds, including choline, amino acids, uridine monophosphate, inosine 5'-monophosphate, fructose 1,6-diphosphate, and betaine, suggesting interbreed differences in the accumulation of nucleotide monophosphate, glutathione metabolism, and phospholipid metabolism. Conclusion: Glycolysis, purine metabolism, fatty acid catabolism, and protein degradation were the most common pathways in beef during postmortem aging. The differentially expressed metabolites and the relevant metabolisms in JBRT beef may contribute to the development of a characteristic flavor.

Ante-Mortem Diagnosis of an Atypical Mixed Form of Feline Infectious Peritonitis through Pericardial Effusion Analysis in a Cat

  • Junyoung Kim;Yebeen Kim;Jihye Choi;Junghee Yoon
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.308-313
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    • 2023
  • A 1-year-old castrated male Korean Shorthair cat presented with dyspnea, anorexia, lethargy, and seizures. Physical examination revealed salivation, right forelimb hemiparesis, and rapid breathing. No abnormalities were detected on auscultation. Laboratory findings revealed increased levels of bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), globulin, glucose, and a decreased albumin-to-globulin (A:G) ratio. Both N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and feline serum amyloid A (fSAA) levels were significantly elevated. Thoracic radiography revealed mild cardiomegaly and diffuse increased interstitial infiltration with soft tissue opacity in the periphery of the right caudal pleural space. Echocardiography and lung ultrasonography were performed to investigate the cause of mild cardiomegaly and soft tissue opacity in the pleural space. Echocardiography revealed a mild amount of echogenic pericardial effusion, and lung ultrasonography showed an echogenic soft tissue mass with no blood signal in the right caudal pleural space, suggestive of a granulomatous lesion. After obtaining 5 mL of pericardial fluid through pericardiocentesis, cytology of the pericardial effusion sample revealed marked neutrophils and macrophages with no bacteria. IDEXX feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) virus real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) confirmed the presence of the FIP virus biotype in the sample. This case presents a rarely reported atypical mixed form of FIP in a cat diagnosed ante-mortem using pericardial effusion analysis. In this case, ultrasound examination played a crucial role in the definitive diagnosis of FIP by PCR biotyping through pericardiocentesis. Ultrasonography can be highly beneficial in guiding the diagnosis and evaluation of cats with suspected FIP.

Occult Gastric Cancer Presenting as Hypoxia from Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy

  • Mandaliya, Rohan;Farhat, Salman;Uprety, Dipesh;Balla, Mamtha;Gandhi, Apurva;Goldhahn, Richard;Auerbach, Herbert;Christensen, Chris;Reed, Conrad;Cohen, Sidney
    • Journal of Gastric Cancer
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.142-146
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    • 2014
  • Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) causing fatal pulmonary hypertension is a rare presentation of malignancy. In general, patients with PTTM rapidly succumb to death due to severe hypoxia. To date, very few cases of PTTM have been reported in the literature; and most of these cases were from gastric cancer and were diagnosed on post mortem autopsy, as it is extremely challenging to make an ante mortem diagnosis. We here report on a case of undiagnosed diffuse gastric cancer, presenting as worsening hypoxia. The clinical, radiographic, and echocardiographic features, and laboratory and pathological results were consistent with PTTM from gastric cancer. The patient was started on anticoagulation therapy, corticosteroids, and high-flow oxygen. However, her hypoxia worsened to the extent that she required ventilator support, and she died soon after intubation due to cardiac arrest. Since diffuse gastric cancer is associated with hereditary diffuse gastric cancer syndrome, cadherin 1 gene mutation analysis was performed to estimate the risk to her daughters. The test came back negative.

Method validation of detecting ethanol metabolites (EtG, EtS) in post-mortem spleen (비장 조직에서 에탄올 대사체(EtG, EtS)를 검출하는 방법과 유효성 확인)

  • Kim, Soo-Min;Jo, Young-Hoon;An, Song-Hie;Lee, Woo-Jae;Kwon, Mia
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.115-121
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    • 2021
  • Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and ethyl sulfate (EtS), which are ethanol metabolites, are direct indicators of ethanol intake; they have been studied in a variety of biological samples in forensic science. It is necessary to analyze ethanol metabolites to determine whether the ethanol detected in autopsy cases was due to alcohol consumption before death or due to the ethanol produced from post-mortem decay. In general, EtG and EtS are detected in the blood together with ethanol; however, it may be difficult to secure blood depending on the extent of decay. Therefore, the aforementioned method should be replaced by detecting the ethanol metabolites using tissue biological samples. In this study, we determined the optimal experimental conditions for detecting EtG and EtS from spleen samples using Liquid Chromatography - Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Herein, the test method was validated, and an analysis method was applied to the actual autopsy cases.

A Study on Result Analysis and Survey of User Requirements for Military Sleeping Bag (군용 침낭 사용자 요구에 맞춘 설문조사와 결과 분석)

  • Lee, Jeong Mun
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.42 no.3
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    • pp.339-360
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: The objective of this paper was to analyze the requirements of the end-users by class after carrying out a survey on the user requirements for sleeping bags and utilize the result for effective product development. Methods: The test for difference in means by class was conducted through one sample analysis and one-way ANOVA after the survey result has gone through a reliability verification, and an LSD (Least Significant Difference) test was conducted as a post-mortem method. Results: A significant result was derived from the survey on the user requirements for sleeping bags by method of use, use of combination of sleeping bag components or a sleeping bag alone. Conclusion: The significant result derived from the survey of this paper on the user requirements for sleeping bags can be utilized for effective development of sleeping bags.

Facial Triangle and Histogram Analysis for Automatic Super-impose Individual Recognition (자동 개인식별을 위한 안면삼각법과 히스토그램분석)

  • 이진행;송현교;강민구
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.321-327
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    • 1999
  • In this progressed super-impose individual recognition system, the photograph of a skull was caught by CCD-camcoder with the MPEG, and an ante-mortem photograph was read by scanner. These two images were processed and superimposed using horizontal angle and vertical angle of face using the forensic dental medicine theory. The enhancement of super-impose individual recognition by anatomical references was performed on the two superimposed images of the same angle using the facial triangle and histogram analysis scheme.

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A Study on the Relationship of [i] Sound Wave to Sasang Constitution - by Sasang Constitution Analysed with PSSC-2004 ([i]음성파형과 사상체질과의 상관성연구 - 사상체질음성분석기(四象體質音聲分析機)(PSSC-2004)를 이용하여)

  • Song, Hak-Soo;Jung, Woon-Ki;Choi, Min-Ki;Kim, Jong-Chae;Kim, Dal-Rae;Yoo, Jun-Sang
    • Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.68-82
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    • 2006
  • 1. Objectives and Methods The purpose of this study was to objectify the diagnosis of Sasang constitution. It was analyzed the adult men and women's [i] sound into 23 factors with PSSC-2004. The study was conducted by subjects inputting 2.5-3 sec of [i] of 586 adult men and women's voices to PSSC-2004. The statistical analysis are applied to three groups : total group, male group, female group. The group of total 586 was composed with 155 Soyangin, 230 Taeumin and 201 Soeumin. The male group was composed with 61 Soyangin, 127 Taeumin and 87 Soeumin. The female group was composed with 94 Soyangin, 103 Taeumin and 114 Soeumin. 2. Results (1) In total group, the Soyangin's code3 was significantly low compared with the others(P=0.011). In total group, the Taeumin's code2 and the Soyangin's code1 were significantly high compared with the others(p=0.007)(P=0.030). (2) In total group, the Soyangin's peak, 50 up in peak and under 3 in peak were significantly low compared with the others(P=0.003) (P=0.005)(P=0.023). (3) In total group, the Taeumin's rank7, rank8, rank9 and rank10 were significantly high compared with the others (P=0.013)(P=0.015) (P=0.016)(P=0.003). (4) In male group, the Soeumin's code3 was significantly high compared with the others(P=0.002). (5) In male group, the Soeumin's peak sum was significantly high compared with the others(P=0.009). It was significant for distinction between Soeumin and Soyangin at the result of post mortem. In male group, the Soeumin's 50 up in peak, 50 down in peak were significantly high compared with the others(P=0.049)(p=0.037). In male group, the Soeumin's under 3 in peak was significantly high compared with the others(P=0.016). It was significant for distinction between Soeumin and Soyangin at the result of post mortem. (6) In male group, the Soeumin's rank 2, rank 3 and rank 4 were significantly low compared with the others(P=0.011) (0.011)(0.024). (7) In female group, the Taeumin's code2 was significantly high compared with the others(P=0.023). In female group, the Soyangin's code1 was significantly low compared with the others (P=0.046). In female group, Soyangin's code-1 was significantly high compared with the others(P=0.024). It was significant for distinction between Taeumin and Soyangin at the result of post mortem. (8) In female group, the Taeumin's peak sum was significantly high compared with the others(P=0.024). It was significant for distinction between Taeumin and Soyangin at the result of post mortem. In female group, the Taeumin's 50 up in peak was significantly high compared with the others(P=0.012). (9) In female group, the Taeumin's rank 7, rank 8, rank 9 and rank 10 were significantly high compared with the others (P=0.009) (P=0.013)(P=0.016)(P=0.023). 3. Conclusion From above result, there is the possibility of efficiency standardguide for constitutional diagnosis by analyzation of the voices.

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Change in Protein Composition of Filefish Muscle during Post-Mortem Lapse (말쥐치육의 사후경과에 따른 단백질조성의 변화)

  • PYEUN Jae-Hyeung;NAM Taek-Jeung
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.15-23
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    • 1981
  • Protein compositions of filefish (Navoden modestus) skeletal muscle and their changes in postmortem with reference to freshness kept at $0^{\circ}C$ were investigated. The muscle protein was approximately composed of $31\%\;sarcoplasmic,\;55\%$ myofibrillar, $10\%$residual intracellular, and $4\%$stroma protein. The sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar protein decreased while the residual intracellular protein increased with the decline of freshness during post-mortem lapse. In the analysis of electrophoretograms and its densitograms, the myofibrillar protein resembled to other fishes in protein composition: $70\%$ actin and myosin, $20\%$ regulatory proteins, and $10\%$ unknown proteins. And most of the residual intracellular protein was estimated as myofibrillar protein. Troponin T, troponin C and myosin light chain 2 of the myofibrillar protein constituents were decreased during storage. Amino acid composition of the protein from the at-death muscla was similar to those of other fishes except that tryptophan and sulfur-containing amino acids were scant. Proline and cysteine were remarkably decreased whereas leucine, isoleucine and phenylalanine were slightly increased in the protein from the muscle lapsed of 18 days. In free amino acid composition, alanine, glycine, lysine, and especially taurine were rich in the at-death muscle. The muscle lapsed of 18 days showed an increase of taurine, histidine, valine and methionine, and a decrease of lysine, arginine, aspartic acid, threonine, leucine, and isoleucine.

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