축우 부루셀라병의 ELISA 진단법에 관한 연구

임윤규,이두식,박전홍,양기천,김승호,김공식,현관종,김우택,이영순 濟州大學校 農科大學 動物科學硏究所 1993 動物科學論叢 Vol.8 No.1

Enzyme-linked Immuno sorbent Assay (ELISA) for the serological diagnosis oi Bruceiia abortus was developed and compared with plate aggluhnation test Cell wall antigen was extracted from Brucella abortus 1119-3 by sonicabon and with a sodium deoxychlate solution Optimum protein concentra tion of coating antigen 0.4㎍/100㎕ protein on each microtiter plate well. Horse radish peroxidase(HRP) labled protein-G was used as a tracer of reacted antibodies ELISA confirmed the agreeable results of 40 rases out of 43 cases by plate aggulutination test ELISA diagnosed positive cases (10 out of 12) and negatiw cases (1 out of 12) with dubious sera by plate agglutination test From this results EL ISA could be used for the early diagnostic tools of Brucellosis in cattle.

토양환경지도 자료를 이용한 콩밭 토양의 화학성 비교

박지숙,이민진,정재원,김미혜,이서연,지윤미,한준호,김유학,공명석,한광현,노희명 忠北大學校 農業科學硏究所 2015 農業科學硏究 Vol.31 No.2

It is important to interpret the soil chemical properties in order to effectively manage the farmland. This study was conducted to investigate the soil chemical properties of upland soybean field according to the soil series at 32 upland fields located in the parts of Gangwon-do. Soil sampling sites were selected by using the National Statistics DB and KSIS DB that is a soil environment information system provided by the Rural Development Administration. Soil samples were collected from 0~15 cm of top soil before seeding or transplanting, air-dried, passed through a 2 mm sieve, and analyzed for soil pH, EC, organic matter, available phosphorus (P2O5), exchangeable potassium, exchangeable calcium and exchangeable magnesium. The average chemical properties have exceeded the each nutrient optimum range level of RDA, except the organic matter in experimental soil 2015. And despite application of conventional fertilization, each soil series nutrient contents were change respectively. The results of this study suggest that conventional fertilization should be applied based on the analysis about the amount of accumulated nutrient contents in the soil.

沙上地域 産業體 勞動者의 職場體育 參與擴大 方案

安永弼,鄭琮勳,鄭三鉉,金海禮,趙在基,朴俊東,金垠利,張禎允,金福善,孔庚鎬 東亞大學校附設스포츠科學硏究所 1989 스포츠科學硏究論文集 Vol.7 No.-

한국인 직무 스트레스 측정도구의 개발 및 표준화

장세진,고상백,강동묵,김성아,강명근,이철갑,정진주,조정진,손미아,채창호,김정원,김정일,김형수,노상철,박재범,우종민,김수영,김정연,하미나,박정선,이경용,김형렬,공정옥,김인아,김정수,박준호,현숙정,손동국 大韓産業醫學會 2005 대한직업환경의학회지 Vol.17 No.4

Background and Purposes: Over the past three decades, numerous studies performed in Korea have reported that job stress is a determinant risk factor for chronic diseases and work disability. Every society has its own culture and occupational climate particular to their organizations, and hence experiences different occupational stress. An occupational stress measurement tool therefore needs to be developed to estimate it objectively. The purpose of this study is to develop and standardize the Korean Occupational Stress Scale (KOSS) which is considered to be unique and specific occupational stressors in Korean employees. Subjects and Methods: Data were obtained from the National Study for Development and Standardization of Occupational Stress (NSDSOS Project: 2002-2004). A total of 12,631 employees from a nationwide sample proportional to the Korean Standard Industrial Classification and the Korean Standard Occupational Classification were administered. The KOSS was developed for 2 years (2002-2004). In the first year, we collected 255 items from the most popular job stress measurement tools such as JCQ, ERI, NIOSH and OSI, and 44 items derived from the a qualitative study (depth interview). Forty-three items of KOSS, in the second year, were retained for use in the final version of the KOSS by using Delphi and factor analysis. Items were scored using conventional 1-2-3-4 Likert scores for the response categories. Results: We developed eight subscales by using factor analysis and validation process: physical environment (3 items), job demand (8 items), insufficient job control (5 items), interpersonal conflict (4 items), job insecurity (6 items), organizational system (7 items), lack of reward (6 items), and occupational climate (4 items). Together they explained 50.0% of total variance. Internal consistency alpha scores were ranged from 0.51 to 0.82. Twenty-four items of the short form of the KOSS (KOSS-SF) were also developed to estimate job stress in the work setting. Because the levels of the subscales of occupational stress were gender dependent, gender-specific standard norms for both the 43-item full version and the 24-item short form using a quartile for the subscales of KOSS were presented. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that KOSS might be an appropriate measurement scale to estimate occupational stress of Korean employees. Further and more detailed study needs to be conducted to improve the validity of this scale.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Korea Between 2008 and 2011: an Analysis of Korean Nationwide Cancer Registry

( Jun Sik Yoon ),( Han Ah Lee ),( Jun Yong Park ),( Bo Hyun Kim ),( In Joon Lee ),( Young Eun Chon ),( Suk Kyun Hong ),( Dong Hyeon Lee ),( Hyun-joo Kong ),( Young-joo Won ),( Eunyang Kim ),( Jeong-ho 대한간암학회 2020 대한간암학회지 Vol.20 No.1

Backgrounds/Aims: Backgrounds/Aims: In Korea, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common cancer and results in the second-highest cancer death rate among all cancers. We aimed to describe the characteristics of patients who were newly diagnosed with HCC in Korea between 2008 and 2011. Methods: The Korean Primary Liver Cancer Registry (KPLCR) is a random sample consisting of approximately 15% of patients with newly diagnosed primary liver cancer registered in the Korean Central Cancer Registry. We investigated the baseline characteristics, treatment modalities, and overall survival (OS) of patients with HCC registered in the KPLCR between 2008 and 2011. Results: A total of 6,083 patients were histologically or radiologically diagnosed with HCC. The hepatitis B virus was the predominant HCC etiology (72.0%). According to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging system, stages 0, A, B, C, and D accounted for 8.6%, 39.7%, 11.5%, 33.8%, and 6.9%, respectively. Transarterial therapy (41.7%) was the most commonly performed initial treatment, followed by best supportive care (21.7%), surgical resection (16.7%), and local ablation therapies (10.6%). The overall rate of adherence to the BCLC treatment guideline was only 37.7%. The 1-, 3-, and 5-year OS rates were 65.6%, 46.2%, and 36.8%, respectively. Conclusions: Between 2008 and 2011, approximately half of patients with HCC (48.3%) were candidates for curative treatment (BCLC stage 0 or A), but one-third of patients (33.8%) had advanced HCC (BCLC stage C). Transarterial therapy was the most commonly conducted initial treatment and the 5-year OS rate was 36.8% in this period. (J Liver Cancer 2020;20:41-52)

Melatonin Induces Akt Phosphorylation through Melatonin Receptor- and PI3K-Dependent Pathways in Primary Astrocytes

Kong, Pil-Jae,Byun, Jong-Seon,Lim, So-Young,Lee, Jae-Jun,Hong, Sung-Jun,Kwon, Kwang-Jun,Kim, Sung-Soo The Korean Society of Pharmacology 2008 The Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology Vol.12 No.2

Melatonin has been reported to protect neurons from a variety of neurotoxicity. However, the underlying mechanism by which melatonin exerts its neuroprotective property has not yet been clearly understood. We previously demonstrated that melatonin protected kainic acid-induced neuronal cell death in mouse hippocampus, accompanied by sustained activation of Akt, a critical mediator of neuronal survival. To further elucidate the neuroprotective action of melatonin, we examined in the present study the causal mechanism how Akt signaling pathway is regulated by melatonin in a rat primary astrocyte culture model. Melatonin resulted in increased astrocytic Akt phosphorylation, which was significantly decreased with wortmannin, a specific inhibitor of PI3K, suggesting that activation of Akt by melatonin is mediated through the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway. Furthermore, increased Akt activation was also significantly decreased with luzindole, a non-selective melatonin receptor antagonist. As downstream signaling pathway of Akt activation, increased levels of CREB phoshorylation and GDNF expression were observed, which were also attenuated with wortmannin and luzindole. These results strongly suggest that melatonin exerts its neuroprotective property in astrocytes through the activation of plasma membrane receptors and then PI3K-Akt signaling pathway.

Performance Prediction of a Laser-guide Star Adaptive Optics System for a 1.6 m Telescope

Jun Ho Lee,Sang Eun Lee,Young Jun Kong 한국광학회 2018 Current Optics and Photonics Vol.2 No.3

We are currently investigating the feasibility of a 1.6 m telescope with a laser-guide star adaptive optics (AO) system. The telescope, if successfully commissioned, would be the first dedicated adaptive optics observatory in South Korea. The 1.6 m telescope is an f/13.6 Cassegrain telescope with a focal length of 21.7 m. This paper first reviews atmospheric seeing conditions measured over a year in 2014~2015 at the Bohyun Observatory, South Korea, which corresponds to an area from 11.6 to 21.6 cm within 95% probability with regard to the Fried parameter of 880 nm at a telescope pupil plane. We then derive principal seeing conditions such as the Fried parameter and Greenwood frequency for eight astronomical spectral bands (V/R/I/J/H/K/L/M centered at 0.55, 0.64, 0.79, 1.22, 1.65, 2.20, 3.55, and 4.77 μm). Then we propose an AO system with a laser guide star for the 1.6 m telescope based on the seeing conditions. The proposed AO system consists of a fast tip/tilt secondary mirror, a 17 × 17 deformable mirror, a 16 × 16 Shack-Hartmann sensor, and a sodium laser guide star (589.2 nm). The high order AO system is close-looped with 2 KHz sampling frequency while the tip/tilt mirror is independently close-looped with 63 Hz sampling frequency. The AO system has three operational concepts: 1) bright target observation with its own wavefront sensing, 2) less bright star observation with wavefront sensing from another bright natural guide star (NGS), and 3) faint target observation with tip/tilt sensing from a bright natural guide star and wavefront sensing from a laser guide star. We name these three concepts ‘None’, ‘NGS only’, and ‘LGS + NGS’, respectively. Following a thorough investigation into the error sources of the AO system, we predict the root mean square (RMS) wavefront error of the system and its corresponding Strehl ratio over nine analysis cases over the worst (2σ) seeing conditions. From the analysis, we expect Strehl ratio >0.3 in most seeing conditions with guide stars.

A study of subjective ratings for grip strengths based on target force levels

Jun-Hyub Lee,Kyeong-Hee Choi,Jae-Min Shin,Ju-Hee Lee,Yong-Ku Kong 대한인간공학회 2017 대한인간공학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.2017 No.11

Objective: The aim of this study was an analysis for accuracy of subjective ratings for target force levels (%MVC Levels) when there is no feedback of exertions for participants in this analysis. Background: Many studies of perceived force exertion about the static contractions have been conducted with using the Borg CR-10 scale for various levels of target force exertions (i.e., %MVCs). However, there was only few studies for how people correctly estimate their subjective ratings of the grip strength associated with target force levels under no feedback. Method: A total of 10 healthy males were asked to perform their maximum grip strength, and then each participant was also asked to evaluate the subjective rating with the random target force levels (10 ~ 90% MVCs). Results: As the target force level was increased, subjective rating was also increased. In accuracy of subjective ratings for target force levels, 30, 40, 50, and 90% force levels were accurately estimated by the subjective rating of grip strength. However, participants under-estimated for the 10% and 20%MVC, whereas over-estimated for the 60~80% MVCs, respectively. Conclusion: Based on the study of accuracy of subjective perceive ratings for target force levels, people showed under-estimation for the relatively lower levels of target force levels and over-estimation for the higher levels of target force level (90% MVC). Most participants estimated fairly accurate subjective ratings for the target force levels of 40~50% MVCs. Application: The results of this study may applied as for understanding of the subjective rating of grip strength pattern based on the various voluntary grip force levels.

Molecular characterization of the autophagy-related gene Beclin-1 from the olive flounder (<i>Paralichthys olivaceus</i>)

Kong, Hee Jeong,Moon, Ji-Young,Nam, Bo-Hye,Kim, Young-Ok,Kim, Woo-Jin,Lee, Jeong-Ho,Kim, Kyung-Kil,Kim, Bong-Seok,Yeo, Sang-Yeob,Lee, Chang Hoon,Kang, Kwang-Il,Lee, Sang-Jun Elsevier 2011 Fish & shellfish immunology Vol.31 No.2

<P><B>Abstract</B></P><P>Autophagy is an important cellular response to starvation and stress, and plays critical roles in embryogenesis, development, cell death, cancer, and immunity. Beclin-1 is one of the central regulators of autophagy in mammals. In the present study, we isolated a PoBeclin-1 cDNA from the olive flounder (<I>Paralichthys olivaceus</I>) by screening a flounder gill cDNA library and rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The PoBeclin-1 cDNA we isolated encodes a 447-amino acid polypeptide containing a conserved Bcl-2-binding domain. The deduced amino acid sequence of PoBeclin-1 showed high degrees of sequence identity (80.5–95.3%) with Beclin-1 from human, frog, mouse, zebrafish, and pufferfish. PoBeclin-1 transcripts were detected from 1 day post-hatching and were found to be ubiquitously expressed in the healthy flounder. Expression of PoBeclin-1 mRNA was increased in the kidney and spleen of flounders challenged with viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV). When infected with VHSV, PoBeclin-1-overexpressing HINAE cells had low level (about 26%) of VHSV G transcripts compared to control cells. Taken together, these results suggest that PoBeclin-1 may play a role in the innate immune response to viral infection in the flounder.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P><P>► PoBeclin-1 cDNA encodes a 447-aa polypeptide containing a conserved BH3 domain. ► Expression of PoBeclin-1 mRNA was increased in flounders challenged with VHSV. ► Overexpression of PoBeclin-1 decreased VHSV-G mRNA levels. ► PoBeclin-1 may play a role in the innate immunity to VHSV infection.</P>

Prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis by PCR in Men Attending a Primary Care Urology Clinic in South Korea

Jun-Hyeok Seo,Hye-Won Yang,So-Young Joo,Su-Min Song,Yu-Ran Lee,Jae-Sook Ryu,Eun Sang Yoo,Won Kee Lee,Hyun-Hee Kong,Sang-Eun Lee,Won-Ja Lee,Youn-Kyoung Goo,Dong-Il Chung,Yeonchul Hong 대한기생충학열대의학회 2014 The Korean Journal of Parasitology Vol.52 No.5

Trichomonas vaginalis, a causative agent of trichomoniasis, may trigger symptomatic or asymptomatic nongonococcal urethritis and chronic prostatitis in men. Despite the availability of highly sensitive diagnostic tests, such as nucleic acid amplification tests, including PCR, few prospective studies present data on male T. vaginalis infection in South Korea. In the present study, the prevalence of T. vaginalis and associated clinical conditions were evaluated in 201 male patients from a primary care urology clinic in South Korea. The prevalence of T. vaginalis infection in our cohort was 4% (8/201) by PCR. T. vaginalis infection was common in men older than 40 years (median age, 52 years). Among the 8 Trichomonas-positive patients, 87.5% (7/8) had prostatic diseases, such as prostatitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia, and 25.0% (2/8) and 12.5% (1/8) were coinfected with Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium, respectively. Our results suggest that T. vaginalis infection is not rare in men attending primary care urology clinics in South Korea, especially in those older than 40 years, in whom it may explain the presence of prostatic disease. The possibility of T. vaginalis infection should be routinely considered in older male patients with prostatic diseases in South Korea.