• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.291-297
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• 1999

다채널의 심전도 신호에서, 소수의 리이드에 만 잡음이 유기되고 나머지 대부분의 리이드 신호들은 이 잡음과 통계적인 상관 관계가 없을 때, source consistency filtering(SCF) 은 이러한 잡음의 감쇄에 매우 효과적이다. 특히, SCF는 원래 신호의 왜곡을 최소화하면서 , 선택적으로 잡음 만을 제거하는 매우 우수한 특성을 가진다. 이러한 특성은 하나의 신호원에서 기인하는 다채널 신호들의 공간적 및 시간적 상관관계를 모두 이용함으로서 가능하다. 본 논문에서는 SCF의 원리 및 구현 방법을 구체적으로 기술하여 이 방법에 대한 이해를 증진하고자 한다. 또한 기존의 방법을 개선한 새로운 SCF를 제안하였으며 , 이의 효과적인 구현에 필요한 알고리즘의 상세한 설계 지침을 제시하였다. 다채널의 심전도 신호를 대상으로 하여 그 성능을 검증하였고, 현재의 SCF 가 가지는 한계를 명확히 하며, 개선의 방향을 제시하였다.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.229-237
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• 2008

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of honeybee venom, purified using bee venom collector, and feeding of probiotics on the body weight gain, growth rate and hematological characteristics of pigs. A total of 120 pigs were examined and divided into 4 groups 1) Control (basal diet), 2) BV (basal diet + bee venom), 3) PB (basal diet + probiotics), 4) BVPB (basal diet + BV + PB). Average daily weight gain improved significantly in all test groups, especially BVPB (P < 0.05) compared to the controls. There was a significant difference in the feed conversion rate (P < 0.05) and efficiency (P < 0.05) between BVPB and control pigs. Weight gain and survivability was higher in the tests than the controls, but white blood cell count was not. Serum total protein, albumin and IgG concentration of BVPB were slightly higher than those of controls. These results suggest that treated honeybee venom and probiotics should be used together to effectively increase the productivity of pigs.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.732-739
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• 2002

고온온열치료(Hyperthermia)용 안테나의 성능은 안테나의 임피던스 매칭과 안테나 주위 조직의 SAR 분포에 의해서 결정된다. 본 논문에서는 FDTD 해석법을 이용하여 coaxial-slot 안테나를 계단형(staircasing)으로 근사화하여 분석하였고, 가열 특성을 개선시킬 수 있는 Hyperthermia용 안테나를 설계하였다. 계단형과 구형(square) 모델로 근사화한 coaxial-slot 안테나에서 간에 유기되는 SAR 값을 분석하였고 두 모델의 SAR 값을 Saito의 측정결과와 비교해 보았으며 그 결과 계단형 모델이 구형 모델 보다 측정결과에 가까운 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 안테나에서 유기되는 SAR 값은 1g 평균 첨두치가 195 W/kg으로 Saito가 제안한 안테나의 SAR 값인 152.5 W/kg에 비해 대략 27.9 %도 증가한 값으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.27-37
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• 1990

흰 쥐 내피세포의 배양에 있어서 세포골격단백의 변화 양상과 심근세포와의 공존 배양시의 영향 그리고 colchicine 이 미치는 영향에 대해 알아보고자 monoclonal antibodies를 이용한 간접면역형광법으로 actin과 tubulin염색을 시행하여 microtubule과 microfilament의 변화 양상을 일령별로 관찰하였다. 실험결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 세포질이 넓게 퍼지고 많은 돌기를 가진 세포에서 섬유사형태의 반응이 강하였으며 내피세포가 단층을 형성하면서 섬유사형태의 반응이 약해졌다. 심근세포를 혼합배양한 군에서 내피세포가 단층을 형성하면서 microtubule은 대조군과 같은 수준으로 섬유사형태의 반응이 감소하였으나 microfilament는 여전히 강한 섬유사형태의 반응을 유지하였다. Colchicine을 처리한 군에서 microfilament는 대조군과의 차이점이 발견되지 않았으나 microtubule에서는 colchicine 처리 직후부터 섬유사 형태의 감소경향을 보였으며 1일 이후가 가장 현저한 감소를 보이다가 2일 이후에는 대조군의 수준으로 돌아왔다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.396-402
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• 2012

Vaccination is the main strategy for preventing influenza infection. However, vaccine efficacy is influenced by several factors, including age and health status. The efficacy of the influenza vaccine is much lower (17% to 53%) in individuals over 65 yr of age compared with young adults (70% to 90%). Therefore, increasing vaccine efficacy remains a challenge for the influenza vaccine field. In this study, we investigated the impact of supplementing vaccination with the dietary intake of Korean red ginseng (RG) extract and RG saponin. Mice were immunized two times intranasally with inactivated influenza A (H1N1) virus. Mice received RG extract or RG saponin orally for 14 d prior to the primary immunization. After the primary immunization, mice continued to receive RG extract or RG saponin until the secondary immunization. Mice vaccinated in combination with dietary intake of RG extract and RG saponin showed elevated serum anti-influenza A virus IgG titers and improved survival rates in lethal influenza A virus infection: 56% and 63% of mice receiving RG extract or RG saponin survived, respectively, while 38% of mice that only received the vaccine survived. Moreover, mice receiving RG extract supplementation recovered their body weight more quickly than those not receiving RG extract supplementation. We propose that the dietary intake of RG extract and RG saponin enhances the vaccine-induced immune response and aids in providing protection against influenza virus infection.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.414-418
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• 2009

Pemphigus vulgaris is a chronic autoimmune intraepithelial blistering disease with oral mucosal manifestations that very often precede the skin lesions. The vesicles or bullae are produced by an acantholytic process, detachment of differentiating keratinocytes from one another in the epithelial stratum spino sum or spinous cell layer. The pathogenesis of this disease is initially manifested by IgG(mainly) binding to desmosome(desmoglein 3 or 1) in the intercellular spaces of epithelium. This autoantibody binding caused the release of a plasminogen activator(a proteolytic enzyme) from keratinocytes. This ultimately results in cell to cell separation. The mainstay therapy of pemphigus vulgaris is systemic corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents to eliminate the pathogenic autoantibodies from circulation. A 41-year old woman presented with a 1.5 year history of oral ulceration. There were no lesions on the skin or other mucosal sites. Histology and immunostaining were consistent with pemphigus vulgaris. Control of oral ulceration and normal oral function were achieved after systemic corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents were instituted.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.163-170
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• 1995

Growth factors (GFs) produced by the embryo or by the maternal reproductive tract have been reported to regulate the embryonic development and differentiation. Among GFs, EGF as a mitogen plays a role in mitosis and functional differentiation of trophectoderm cells in mouse. The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of EGF on development of mouse embryos and to localize EGF in the mouse oocytes and embryos, which has been reported to be detected in the reproductive tract in mammals. To investigate the effect of EGF on the development of the embryo, mouse 2-cell embryos were cultured to blastocysts stage in Ham's F10 medium, treated with EGF(10-50 ng/ml) for 72 hrs. Immunocytochemistry was performed from oocyte to blastocyst stage with anti-EGF and anti-Mouse IgG, in order to determine the stage which EGF would be expressed in mouse. Exogenous EGF (more than 10 ng/ml) in the culture medium improved the developmental and hatching rates in the mouse embryos. As a result of immunocytochemistry, the embryonic EGF was expressed after the late 4-cell stage. EGF is thought to enhance preimplantation embryonic development and hatching. Exogenous EGF in the culture medium is thought to activate EGF receptor in the late 4-cell embryos and to enhance blastulation and hatching in mouse embryos. It is concluded that EGF enhances the developmental and hatching rates in the mouse embryos.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.837-842
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• 1995

고추가루 첨가 식이가 체액성 면역기능에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 실험동무로 흰쥐를 사용하여 대조군과 2%, 5%, 10% 고추가루 첨가 식이군을 설정한 후 27일간 실험식이로 사육하였다. 실험종료 10일 전에 각군의 흰쥐를 면양적혈구로 세차례 면역시킨 후 항체생성 세포수 및 혈청 중 항체 농도 등 체액성 면역기능을 중심으로 조사하였다. 그 결과, 대조군에 비해 고추가루 첨가 식이군의 항체 생성 세포수, 적혈구 응집반응 및 혈청중 항체 농도가 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 또한 이때 고추가루 첨가식이군의 각 장기조직 중 AsA 함량은 대조군에 비해 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이들 결과로 보아, 고추성분은 체액성 면역기능의 활성화에 기여하는 물질을 함유하고 있을 뿐만이 아니라, AsA의 공급효과가 뛰어난 것이 확인되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.423-428
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• 1997

Vibrio vulnificus is a halophilic gram-negative human pathogen, which affects people with underlying liver diseases or a suppressed immune system, often leading to primary septicemia with a mortality rate of higher than 60%. In an effort to develop an oral vaccine against V. vulnificus infection, we prepared a whole cell killed vaccine of V. vulnificus on a large scale and compared the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of the vaccine administered in three formulation forms in rabbits. Since V. vulnificus O-antigen serotypes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 account for more than 95% of clinical isolates, we prepared cell lysates from these six serotype strains and mixed in equal amounts for a vaccine. The vaccine was administered to rabbits intramuscularly (i.m.), orally as granules or as enteric-coated granules. In rabbits, all three formulation forms elicited a high level of serum IgG antibody reactive not only to the six strains but also to other O-antigen serotypes 6, 8 and 9, indicating cross-reactivities among the strains. Immunotherapeutic efficacy of the antisera was also evaluated by a passive immunization assay, which revealed that the orally immunized antisera as well as the i.m. immunized antisera was protective against a subsequent lethal challenge of V. vulnificus. These data demonstrate that oral immunization with a V. vulnificus whole cell lysate vaccine induced a systemic immune response and suggest the feasibility of development of this vaccine preparation as an oral vaccine.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.193-205
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• 1998

The Urechis unicinctus sperm and spermatogenic cells prepared from the testis are investigated to identify $\alpha-tubulin$ of axoneme microtubules using mouse monoclonal $anti-\alpha-tubulin$ as the first Ab and Gold(10nm) conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG as the Ab marker. The Ag-Ab reaction analyzed excellently the localization of $\alpha-tubulin$ and the gold particles incorporated with the proximal and distal centrioles, manchette microtubules, and flagellum. The gold particles can be also observed in the spermatogenic cells while the cells are still in sperm ball which is composed of a somatic cell and spermatogenic cells. The sperm ball is the functional unit of sperm production in U unicinctus testis. The spermatids are developed from the spermatogenic cells in the sperm ball and released into the testis cavity through a cortical cytoplasmic opening. The spermatid architectures are similar with the mature sperm of the testis cavity in aspects of shape of discoid acrosome, degree of nuclear condensation and ring type of mitochondrion. However, the distal centriole connecting with the flagella can be observed from the mature sperm while the both proximal and distal centrioles reveal only in the spermatids. The proximal centriole is directly connected with nuclear outer membrane during the stage of nuclear condensation and oriented perpendicularly to the distal centriole whose axis coinciding with the longitudinal axis of the spermatozoon. There are indications that the distal centriole is intimately associated with the polymerization of the flagellum. The manchette microtubules appear during spermatid development but the mature sperm have round head and no conspicuous middle piece.