• 대한수의학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.447-458
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• 1995

This study was carried out to characterize nonadrenergic, noncholinergic(NANC) relaxation of porcine retractor penis(PRP) muscle induced by electrical field stimulation(EFS) and to investigate the actions of niric oxide(NO) and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide(VIP) as candidates for NANC neurotransmitters. Biphasic relaxations of PRP muscle were induced by EFS to NANC nerve. Rapid-phase relaxation was observed at low frequency(0.5-16Hz) and slow-phase relaxation followed during high frequency(8-60Hz). Both relaxations were frequency-dependent and TTX($1{\times}10^{-6}M$)-sensitive. L-NAME($2{\times}10^{-5}M$) inhibited the rapid-phase relaxation, but not the slow-phase relaxation. The inhibition of the rapid-phase relaxation with L-NAME was reversed by L-arginine ($1{\times}10^{-3}M$) but not by D-arginine($1{\times}10^{-3}M$). Methylene blue($4{\times}10^{-5}M$) reduced the rapid-phase relaxation. Exogenous No(ExoNO, $1{\times}10^{-5}-1{\times}10^{-4}M$) induced dose-dependent relaxations of PRP muscle. Oxyhemoglobin($5{\times}1^{-5}M$) blocked the relaxation induced by ExoNO and inhibited EFS-induced relaxation. Hydroquinone($1{\times}10^{-4}M$) also abolished the relaxation induced by ExoNO, but did not affect EFS-induced relaxation. L-NAME resistant slow-phase relaxation to EFS was inhibited by ${\alpha}$-chymotrypsin(2.5 U/ml). Both methylene blue($4{\times}10^{-5}M$) and Nethylmaleimide($1{\times}10^{-4}M$) reduced the slow-phase relaxation by EFS. [4-Cl-D-$Phe^6$, $Leu^{17}$]-VIP($3{\times}10^{-6}M$) inhibited the slow-phase relaxation by EFS. External applications of VIP ($1{\times}10^{-7}M$) caused relaxations that were simillar to the L-NAME resistant slow-phase relaxations induced by EFS, and relaxant effects of exogenous VIP were blocked by ${\alpha}$-chymotrypsin(2.5 U/ml).

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.119-128
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• 1997

The relaxation of gastric fundus smooth muscles is the primary physiological event which induces the receptive relaxation of monogastric animals. L-arginine/Nitric oxide(L-arg/NO) system is known to mediate the inhibitory non-adrenergic non-cholinergic(NANC) neurotransmission in various tissues including gastrointestinal smooth muscles. The longitudinal smooth muscles of porcine gastric fundus showed fast relaxation during electrical field stimulation(EFS) and rebound contraction after EFS in NANC condition. So, the purpose of present study was elucidation of the neurotrasmitters related to the NANC relaxation and explanation of the relation between NANC relaxation and L-arg/NO system. The longitdinal smooth muscles of porcine gastric fundus were hung in the organ bath and under the presence of guanethidine($5{\times}10^{-5}M$), precontraction was induced by carbachol($1{\times}10^{-6}M$). The muscle responses to EFS and drugs were isomerically recorded. The rusults were summarized as follows. 1. The longtudinal muscles of porcine gastric fundus showed frequency-dependent relaxation and rebound contraction to electrical field stimulaton(1ms, 8V, 1~16Hz, 20sec, EFS). These responses were blocked by tetrodotoxin($1{\times}10^{-6}M$). 2. The relaxation and rebound contraction of the longitudinal muscles of porcine gastric fundus to EFS were inhibited by L-NAME($2{\times}10^{-5}M$). The inhibitory effect of L-NAME was antagonized by L-arginine($1{\times}10^{-3}M$), but not by D-arginine($1{\times}10^{-3}M$). 3. Exogenous NO($NaNO_2$, $1{\times}10^{-5}{\sim}1{\times}10^{-4}M$, pH=2.0) caused concentration-dependent relaxation as EFS did. 4. Methylene Blue($2{\times}10^{-5}M$), a soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor, inhibited the relaxation and rebound contraction of the longitudinal muscles of porcine gastric fundus induced by EFS, but N-ethlmaleimide, a adenylate cyclase inhibitor, did not. 5. 8-Br-cGMP($1{\times}10^{-6}{\sim}3{\times}10^{-6}M$), permeable cGMP analogue, induced dose-dependent relaxation. but 8-Br-cAMP($1{\times}10^{-6}{\sim}3{\times}10^{-6}M$), permeable cAMP analogue, did not. Both did not evoked rebound contraction. 6. ${\alpha}$-chymotrypsin did not affect the relaxation of the longitudinal muscles of porcine gastric fundus. 7. Reactive blue 2($1{\times}10^{-4}M$, 40min) siginificantly inhibited the rebound contraction induced by EFS and inhibited contraction caused by exogenous ATP($1{\times}10^{-4}{\sim}1{\times}10^{-3}M$). These results suggests that NANC relaxation of the longitudinal muscles of porcine gastric fundus mainly mediated by NO and the rebound contraction is related to NO and other neurotransmitters.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2013

Purpose : The relaxation times of tissue in MRI depend on strength of magnetic field, morphology of nuclear, viscosity, size of molecules and temperature. This study intended to analyze quantitatively that materials' temperatures have effects on T1 and T2 relaxation times without changing of other conditions. Materials and Methods : The equipment was used MAGNETOM SKYRA of 3.0T(SIEMENS, Erlagen, Germany), 32 channel spine coil and Gd-DTPA water concentration phantom. To find out T1 relaxation time, Inversion Recovery Spin Echo sequences were used at 50, 400, 1100, 2500 ms of TI. To find out T2 relaxation time, Multi Echo Spin Echo sequences were used at 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270 ms of TE. This experiment was scanned with 5 steps from 25 to $45^{\circ}C$. next, using MRmap(Messroghli, BMC Medical Imaging, 2012) T1 and T2 relaxation times were mapped. on the Piview STAR v5.0(Infinitt, Seoul, Korea) 5 steps were measured as the same ROI, and then mean values were calculated. Correlation between the temperatures and relaxation times were analyzed by SPSS(version 17.0, Chicago, IL, USA). Results : According to increase of temperatures, T1 relaxation times were $214.39{\pm}0.25$, $236.02{\pm}0.87$, $267.47{\pm}0.48$, $299.44{\pm}0.64$, $330.19{\pm}1.72$ ms. T2 relaxation times were $180.17{\pm}0.27$, $197.17{\pm}0.44$, $217.92{\pm}0.39$, $239.89{\pm}0.53$, $257.40{\pm}1.77$ ms. With the correlation analysis, the correlation coefficients of T1 and T2 relaxation times were statistically significant at 0.998 and 0.999 (p< 0.05). Conclusion : T1 and T2 relaxation times are increased as temperature of tissue goes up. In conclusion, we suggest to recognize errors of relaxation time caused local temperature's differences, and consider external factors as well in the quantitative analysis of relaxation time or clinical tests.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 보호, 여과, 차수기능을 갖는 부직포 지오텍스타일과 지오멤브레인의 응력완화거동을 각각 고찰하였다. "두 가지 지오신세틱스 제품의 응력완화거동을 해석하는데 "전이현상이론"이 적용되었다. 이들 지오신세틱스 제품의 응력완화거동에서 초기 및 후기 완화시간은 구성방정식으로부터 구하였다. 이들 지오신세틱스 제품의 초기완화거동은 부가변형률에 대한 의존성이 있으며, 특히 온도가 증가 할수록 증가하였다. 끝으로, 이들 지오신세틱스 제품의 초기 및 후기 완화시간은 부가변형률 및 온도가 커질수록 짧아졌으며, 완화시간 감소는 지오멤브레인보다 부직포 지오텍스타일의 경우가 더 큼을 알 수 있었다.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2008

목적 : 주요 뇌 대사물질들의 T1 및 T2 이완시간들을 1.5T 및 3.0T 자기공명영상에서 산출하고 비교하여, 실제 임상응용의 기초자료로 제시하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 1.5T와 3.0T에서 N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), Choline (Cho), Creatine (Cr)을 함유한 모형을 이용하여 STEAM (STimulated Echo-Acquisition Mode)방법으로 반복시간 (Repetition time)을 5000 ms, 에코시간 (Echo time)을 20 ms로 고정한 후 혼합시간 (Mixing time)을 11단계로 변화시켜서 획득된 스펙트럼들에서 뇌 대사물질들의 T1 이완시간을 산출하였으며, PRESS (Point-REsolved SpectroScopy)방법으로 반복시간을 3000 ms에 고정시킨 후 에코시간을 5단계로 변화시켜서 획득된 스펙트럼들에서 뇌 대사물질들의 T2 이완시간을 산출한 후 그 결과들을 1.5T와 3.0T사이에서 비교하였다. 결과 : T1 이완시간에 대하여, NAA는 1.5T에서 $2293\;{\pm}\;48\;ms$, 3.0T에서 $2559\;{\pm}\;124\;ms$로 산출되어 1.5T와 비교하여 3.0T에서 11.6% 길어졌고, Cho은 1.5T에서 $2540\;{\pm}\;57\;ms$, 3.0T에서 $2644\;{\pm}\;76\;ms$로 3.0T에서 4.1% 길어졌으며, Cr 은 1.5T에서 $2543\;{\pm}\;75\;ms$, 3.0T에서 $2665\;{\pm}\;94\;ms$로 3.0T에서 4.8% 길어졌다. T2 이완시간에 대하여, NAA는 1.5T에서 $526\;{\pm}\;81\;ms$, 3.0T에서 $468\;{\pm}\;74\;ms$로 산출되어 3.0T에서 11.0% 짧아졌고, Cho은 1.5T에서 $220\;{\pm}\;44\;ms, 3.0T에서 $182\;{\pm}\;35\;ms$로 3.0T에서 17.3% 짧아졌으며, Cr 은 1.5T에서 $289\;{\pm}\;47\;ms$, 3.0T에서 275\;{\pm}\;57\;ms$로, 3.0T에서 4.8% 짧아졌다. 결론 : 1.5T와 비교하여 3.0T에서 모형에 함유된 주요 뇌 대사물질들의 T1이완시간들은 $4.1%\;{\sim}\;11.6%$ 증가하였고, T2이완시간들은 4.8% ~ 17.3% 감소하였으므로, 자기공명분광법의 적정화를 위하여 3.0T에서 반복시간을 연장시키고, 에코시간은 단축시켜야 한다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.211-216
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• 2017

The dielectric properties of two polyurethanes (PUs) with different hard segments, i.e., aromatic methylene di-p-phenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and aliphatic hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI), were investigated in the temperature range of -100 to $100^{\circ}C$ and in the frequency range of 1 Hz to 3 kHz. The ${\alpha}$-relaxations induced by the glass transition of the equivalent soft segments in the two PUs occurred at relaxation times of ${\tau}=3.46{\times}10^{-3}s$ for MDI-PU and ${\tau}=3.39{\times}10^{-2}s$ for HDI-PU at $-20^{\circ}C$, in accord with the temperature-frequency superposition principle, resulting in similar shifting factors. However, different I-relaxations were observed for the two PUs. The I-relaxation of MDI-PU occurred due to the mobility of the chain extenders near $80^{\circ}C$ with a slower shifting rate than the ${\alpha}$-relaxation. On the other hand, I-relaxation arising from both the extender and the unconstrained hard segments of HDI-PU occurred at $70{\sim}100^{\circ}C$, indicating complicated dielectric behavior due to partial interaction with the ${\alpha}$-relaxation at high frequencies. Thus, the I-relaxation of HDI-PU did not follow the superposition principle. The dielectric behaviors of the PUs were mainly influenced by their phase transitions, which were affected by the structure and components of the materials.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 BGR과 ADC를 사용하여 Temperature Compensation 기능을 가진 Relaxation Oscillator를 제안한다. Relaxation Oscillator는 전류조절을 통해 주파수를 결정한다. 제안하는 Relaxation Oscillator는 온도에 따른 출력 주파수를 보상하기 위하여 온도에 따른 ADC 및 BGR의 출력 코드를 사용하여 전류를 조절한다. 제안하는 Relaxation Oscillator는 CMOS 0.35 ${\mu}m$ 공정으로 설계되었으며, 면적은 $240{\mu}m{\times}210{\mu}m$ 이다. 전류 소모는 공급전압인 5 V에서 600 ${\mu}A$이며, 온도에 대한 출력 주파수는 ${\pm}1%$이내의 정확도를 가진다.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2004

보호, 여과 및 배수, 차수기능을 가진 부직포 지오텍스타일과 지오멤브레인의 응력완화거동을 각각 분석하였다. '전이현상 평형이론'이 이들 토목합성재료의 응력완화거동 해석에 적용되었다. 응력완화거동의 초기 및 후기완화시간을 구성방정식으로 부터 구하였다. 초기완화거동은 부가변형률에 좌우되며, 온도에 따라 빨라짐을 알 수 있었다. 끝으로, 이들 토목합성재료의 초기 및 후기완화시간은 부가변형률 및 온도에 따라 짧아졌다.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2010

The water proton relaxation rates increase linearly with concentrations of contrast agents, and could be expressed as a function of the concentrations. In this paper, we have investigated MR properties of two different contrast agents, $GdCl_3$ and $CoCl_2$. Relaxivity coefficients were calculated from individual contrast agent solutions, and used for predicting relaxation rates at mixtures of two contrast agents. From the experimental results, we have discussed the feasibility of constructing water solutions with the desired relaxation times using specific mixtures of contrast agents.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.17-43
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• 1995

We present a comprehensive derivation of the transport of holes involving an interacting two-valence-band system in terms of a generalized relaxation time approach. We sole a pair of semiclassical Boltzmann equations in a general way first, and then employ the conventional relaxation time concept to simplify the results. For polar optical phonon scattering, we develop a simple method th compensate for the inherent deficiencies in the relaxation time concept and apply it to calculate effective relaxation times separately for each band. Also, formulas for scattering rates and momentum relaxation times for the two-band model are presented for all the major scattering mechanisms for p-type GaAs for simple, practical mobility calculations. Finally, in the newly proposed theoretical frame-work, first-principles calculations for the Hall mobility and Hall factor of p-type GaAs at room temperature are carried out with no adjustable parameters in order to obtain a direct comparison between the theory and recent available experimental results, which would stimulate further analysis toward better understanding of the complex transport properties of the valence band. The calculated Hall mobilities show a general agreement with our experimental data for carbon doped p-GaAs samples in a range of degenerate hole densities. The calculated Hall factors show $r_H$=1.25~1.75 over all hole densities($2{\times}10^{17}{\sim}1{\times}10^{20}cm^{-3}$ considered in the calculations.