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Development of pH-Responsive Core-Shell Microcapsule Reactor

  • Akamatsu, Kazuki;Yamaguchi, Takeo
    • Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.191-194
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    • 2004
  • A novel type of intelligent microcapsule reactor system was prepared. The reactor can recognize pH change in the medea and control reaction rate by itself. For the reactor system, acrylic acid (AA), N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM), and glucose oxidase (GOD) were selected as a pH-responsive device, a gating device according and a reaction device, respectively. Poly(NIPAM-co-AA) (P-NIPAM-co-AA) are known to change its hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity due to pH change. They were integrated in a core-shell microcapsule space. GOD was loaded inside the core space and the pores in the outside shell layer were filled with P-NIPAM-co-AA linear grafted chains as pH-responsive gates by plasma graft filling polymerization method. When P-NIPAM-co-AA gates are hydrophilic at high pH value, this microcapsule permits glucose penetration into the core space and GOD reaction proceeds. However, when P-NIPAM-co-AA gates are hydrophobic at low pH value, this microcapsule forbids glucose penetration and GOD reaction will not occur. The accuracy of this concept was examined.

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A Study on Selection of a Control Slope for Daylight Responsive Dimming Systems (광센서 조광제어시스템의 제어기울기 선정방법에 관한 연구)

  • Joo, Keun-Tak;Choi, An-Seop
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.179-184
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    • 2005
  • The daylight responsive dimming systems, which use daylight and automatically controls the brightness of electric lighting, according to the amount of daylight coming into the indoor, as well as always maintains target illuminance, is an energy saving type system. The control slope that decide the dimming percent for dimming ballast to run this system efficiently should be decided exactly. This research ran performance assessment applying daylight responsive dimming systems to actual space, and supplemented control slope in the sky condition for the elevation of system. Also we revaluated a system by modified control slope and compiled valid propriety and alternative for the elevation system.

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Thermoresponsive Phase Transitions of PLA-block-PEO-block-PLA Triblock Stereo-Copolymers in Aqueous Solution

  • Lee, Hyung-Tak;Lee, Doo-Sung
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.359-364
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    • 2002
  • A series of PLA-PEO-PLA triblock stereo-copolymers with varying PLA/PEO and L-DL-LA ratios were synthesized via ring opening pelymerizations. Aqueous solutions of these copolymers undergo thermo-responsive phase transitions as the temperature monotonically increases. Further study shows that there is a critical gel concentration (CGC), and also lower and upper critical gel temperatures (CGTs), at which the thermo-responsive phase transition occurs. The CGC and CGTs are affected by various factors such as block length, as well as the compositions of the PLA blocks and of the additives. In particular, the changes in the phase diagram produced by varying the L-/DL-LA ratio in the PLA blocks were determined to be mainly due to consequent stereo-regularity changes in the PLA blocks.

Dopa-responsive dystonia with additional unusual clinical features: A case report confirmed by molecular genetics

  • Lee, Woong-Woo;Choi, Jong-Moon;Lee, Cha Gon
    • Journal of Genetic Medicine
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.34-38
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    • 2020
  • The term dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD) is used to describe a group of neurometabolic disorders, which are characterized by dystonia, and are typically associated with diurnal fluctuations and respond to levodopa treatment. Autosomal dominant DRD (DYT5a, MIM# 128230) is caused by a heterozygous mutation in the GTP cyclohydrolase 1 (GCH1) gene (MIM# 600225). GCH1 encodes an enzyme, which is involved in the biosynthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin, an essential co-factor for tyrosine hydroxylase. Herein, we report the case of a 16-year-old girl who was diagnosed with DYT5a. She exhibited additional unusual clinical features, including intellectual disability, depression, multiple skeletal anomalies, and short stature, which are not commonly observed in patients with DYT5a. The patient harbored a heterozygous missense variant, c.539A>C, p.Gln180Pro, in the GCH1 gene, which was identified by targeted gene panel analysis using next-generation sequencing.

2-Dimensional colloidal micropatterning of cholesteric liquid crystal microcapsules for temperature-responsive color displays

  • Lee, Woo Jin;Kim, Bohyun;Han, Sang Woo;Seo, Minjeong;Choi, Song-Ee;Yang, Hakyeong;Kim, Shin-Hyun;Jeong, Sohee;Kim, Jin Woong
    • Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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    • v.68
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    • pp.393-398
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    • 2018
  • This work offers a promising approach for development of a temperature-responsive colorimetric display platform. For this purpose, uniform thermochromic microcapsules consisting of a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) core and a thin polyurethane shell layer were fabricated by conducting in-situ condensation polymerization at the interface of monodisperse CLC-in-water emulsion drops. Colloidal packing-driven microcapsule registry led to exact 2-dimensional positioning of CLC microcapsules into a holes-patterned flexible film stencil. Furthermore, we showed that the designated registry of different color types of CLC microcapsules on the stencil enabled development of a microwriting display technology capable of reversible text representation according to temperature change.

Utilizing Teacher Noticing within a Representation of an Elementary Engineering Lesson to Support Responsive Teaching in the Classroom

  • Estapa, Anne;Tank, Kristina M.;DuPont, Michael
    • Research in Mathematical Education
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.201-228
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    • 2021
  • Teacher noticing has been termed consequential to teaching because what you see and do not see impacts decisions made within the classroom. Further, how a teacher responds to student thinking depends on what a teacher sees in student thinking. Within this study we sought to understand what teachers noticed within an engineering lesson and the decisions made as a result of that noticing. Findings indicate that student teachers and cooperating teachers drew on their pedagogical knowledge for decisions, rather than taking up the integrated content of student thinking and understanding. These findings serve as a guide for the experiences needed to engage in the complex work of teaching or, more specifically, implementing engineering into instruction through a responsive teaching frame.

Diagnostic Significance of pH-Responsive Gd3+-Based T1 MR Contrast Agents

  • Bhuniya, Sankarprasad;Hong, Kwan Soo
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.17-25
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    • 2019
  • We discuss recent advances in Gd-based $T_1$-weighted MR contrast agents for the mapping of cellular pH. The pH plays a critical role in various biological processes. During the past two decades, several MR contrast agents of strategic importance for pH-mapping have been developed. Some of these agents shed light on the pH fluctuation in the tumor microenvironment. A pH-responsive self-assembled contrast agent facilitates the visualization of tumor size as small as $3mm^3$. Optimization of various parameters is crucial for the development of pH-responsive contrast agents. In due course, the new contrast agents may provide significant insight into pH fluctuations in the human body.

Responsive Pneumatic Facade with Adaptive Openings for Natural Ventilation (창호의 개폐조절을 기반으로 한 리스펀시브 뉴메틱 파사드)

  • Lee, Jisun;Lee, Hyunsoo
    • Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Planning & Design
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    • v.33 no.12
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    • pp.29-39
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    • 2017
  • The building skins are important architectural elements in both functional and aesthetical aspects. This study focuses on developing a responsive facade with autonomous opening and closing behaviors in accordance with environmental conditions and user requirements for natural ventilation for the office building. The pneumatic ETFE panels are applied as the skin materials taking advantage of the efficiency of the inflatable skin of lightness, architectural performance and sustainable material properties. The biomimetic design methodology is taken for its innovative and visionary concept for the facade design. The interpretation of the building facade in analogy to natural organisms delivers functional and aesthetic characters. By exploring the structural movements of the plant pores, the facade control is developed to be autonomous by the parameter values. The facade opening and closing configurations are derived through parametric modeling and visualization programming. Through the application of this study, expected results are to improve user comfort and energy efficiency.

Studies on the Selection for Grain Yield and Components of Yield in Wheat Breeding (소맥육종에 있어서 수량 및 수량구성형질의 선발을 위한 기초적 연구)

  • Dong-Woo Lee
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.15
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    • pp.33-59
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    • 1974
  • A series of experiments were conducted at Crop Experiment Station from 1968 to 1971 to obtain basic information on effects of selection on yield of wheat varieties. Heritability estimates, correlation and path coefficients computed for yield and yield related characters from fixed variety groups-Korean, U.S., and Japan; early and late-$F_2$ and $F_3$ generations were studied. The same estimates for fixed variety groups grown under different fertilizer levels and years were also studied. The results were summarized as follow: 1. Three variety groups classified by their origins as Korea, United States and Japan showed high heritability estimates for heading date, plant height and spike length. The heritability estimates for grain number per spike and 1, 000 grain weight were moderate and those for the number of spikes per plant and grain yield were low. Very low estimates of heritability were obtained for grain number per spike and yield of variety group from the Unites States. 2. High genotypic correlation coefficients between 1, 000 grain weight and yield were obtained for all variety groups originated from Korea, United States and Japan and early variety group, except late variety group. The genotypic correlation coefficients between grain number per spike and yield were also high for all variety groups except variety group originated from the United States. 3. The direct effects of 1, 000 grain weight in terms of path-coefficients to yield were high for all variety groups except late variety group. 4. High genotypic correlation coefficients were obtained between 1, 000 grain weight and yield in $F_2$ from. two crosses. The same degree of genotypic correlation coefficients were obtained between grain number per spike and yield, although slight differences in its magnitude were found depending upon the cross combination. 5. The analysis of path-coefficients in $F_2$ shows that the direct effects of yield components to yield were negligible. 6. The characters that showed high genotypic correlation coefficients with yield in $F_3$ were 1, 000 gnain weight and grain number per spike. These characters showed also high direct effects to yield. 7. No great variations of heritability estimates for heading date, plant height and spike length were obtained for either fertilizer responsive or non responsive variety group due to fertilizer levels applied. 8. Heritability estimates of 1, 000 grain weight in fertilizer responsive group and yield in fertilizer nonresponsive group were high as level of fertilizer increased. 9. Heritability estimates for grain number per spike and 1, 000 grain weight of fertilizer non-responsive-group were higher than those of fertilizer. responsive group. 10. Genotypic corretation coefficients between yield and 1, 000 grain weight in fertilizer responsive group were getting lower as the level of fertilizer increased and those in fertilizer non-responsive group were vice versa. 11. Genotypic correlation coefficient between yield and spike number per plant in fertilizer responsive group was high. However, the genotypic correlation coefficient between yield and spike number per plant in fertilizer non-responsive group was low. 12. The direct effects of 1, 000 grain weight to yield were higher than other yield components either in fertilizer responsive or non-responsive group regardless of levels of fertilizer applied. The spike number per plant, however, was high only when high level of fertilizers were applied to fitilizer responsive group. 13. Slight variations of heritability estimates for heading dates, plant height, spike length, grain number per spike and 1, 000 grain weight were obtained between years. However, the spike number per plant with low heritabilility showed great variation between years. 14. The character that showed high genotypic correlation coefficients with yield in two years was 1, 000 grain weight, and this character was also high in direct effect to yield in terms of path-coefficients. 15. From the above experimental results, it might be concluded that 1, 000 grain weight would be one of the most important characters to increase the effects of selection for yield in wheat breeding in Korea.

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Exploring the Teachers' Responsive Teaching Practice and Epistemological Framing in Whole Class Discussion After Small Group Argumentation Activity (소집단 논변 활동 후 전체 논의에서 이루어진 교사의 반응적 교수 실행과 인식론적 프레이밍 탐색)

  • Ha, Heesoo;Lee, Youngmi;Kim, Heui-Baik
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.11-26
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate teachers' responsive practices in whole class discussion after small group argumentation and the underlying epistemological framing. Three teachers and 84 students participated in this study by engaging in argumentation activities about the sensory system. We recorded both their discussions in the classes and our interviews with the teachers, which were transcribed for analysis. The results of the analysis showed that the teachers' responsive practices and the epistemological framing were categorized into four types. By framing the discussion as 'reaching the correct answer through discussion,' the teacher focused on whether students' ideas corresponded to scientific concepts and transferred scientific ideas to the students. By framing the discussion as 'eliciting appropriate conceptual resources and developing them into a scientific idea through critical evaluation,' the teacher engaged in the students' discussion as another participant, and considered the small groups' arguments as resources that could develop into scientific concepts. By framing the discussion as 'sharing small groups' arguments,' the teacher responded by asking for clarification of each group's argument, considering it as a valid argument in its own way. By framing the discussion as 'reaching a consented argument through critical evaluation,' the teacher negotiated students' critical evaluation and revision of the arguments. We explored the implications and limitations of each type of responsive practice and considered that the results of this study will contribute to developing teachers' responsive teaching strategies in argumentation activities.