Development of a Mobile Application, "Wild Flowers of Bukhansan National Park (version 1.0)", for Identification of Plants in Bukhansan National Park

Kim, Sang-Tae,Lee, Seung-Yeon,Kim, Seung-Chul,Byun, Hye-Won,Lee, Sang-Tae,Kim, Mu-Yeal,Hong, Seok-Pyo,Chung, Young-Jae,Park, Ki-Ryong,Lee, Chung-Hee,Lee, Joong-Ku,Heo, Kyeong-In,Lee, Ji-Ye,Lee, Eun-Je National Science Museum of Korea 2011 Journal of Korean nature Vol.4 No.3

We developed the educational purpose mobile application, named "Wild Flowers of Bukhansan National Park (version 1.0)", aiming for easy identification of wild flowers for students and visitors in the park. When visitors find a flower or part of plant in the park, visitors can search for its name utilizing the pictures and characters provided in their own smartphone mobile devices or tablet PCs. The application provides pictures of wild flowers in the park and character-based searching system based on 12 diagnostic features (e.g., growth form, leaf arrangement, flower symmetry, petal color, petal number, sepal number, etc). We adopted the complete floristic survey of Chung and Lee (1962) and added species that we confirmed their distribution in the park during the development of this application. In summary, number of vascular plants in this park was estimated to be 428 taxa including 100 families, 280 genera, 327 species, 1 subspecies, 50 varieties, and 5 formas. We provided a total of 588 pictures representing 358 taxa and each taxon includes multiple pictures in many cases. Included identification quizzes can be an efficient educational tool as well as fun activity for students and visitors who are learning plant species in Korea. Our next step will include GPS function in the application for indicating visitor's location and for providing previously reported sites of the species that we interested in the map of the park. The future application which includes GPS function will be a valuable tool for the monitoring of rare plants, plant researches related to the climate changes, etc. We currently provide Korean iPhone version only, and English version and both of android versions will be serviced soon.

Systemic administration of low dosage of tetanus toxin decreases cell proliferation and neuroblast differentiation in the mouse hippocampal dentate gyrus

Bing Chun Yan,In Hye Kim,Joon Ha Park,Ji Hyeon Ahn,Jeong-Hwi Cho,Bai Hui Chen,Jae-Chul Lee,Jung Hoon Choi,Ki-Yeon Yoo,Choong Hyun Lee,Jun Hwi Cho,Jong-Dai Kim,Moo-Ho Won 한국실험동물학회 2013 Laboratory Animal Research Vol.29 No.3

In the present study, we investigated the effect of Tetaus toxin (TeT) on cell proliferation and neuroblast differentiation using specific markers: 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU) as an exogenous marker for cell proliferation, Ki-67 as an endogenous marker for cell proliferation and doublecortin (DCX) as a marker for neuroblasts in the mouse hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG) after TeT treatment. Mice were intraperitoneally administered 2.5 and 10 ng/kg TeT and sacrificed 15 days after the treatment. In both the TeT-treated groups, no neuronal death occurred in any layers of the DG using neuronal nuclei (NeuN, a neuron nuclei maker) and Fluoro-Jade B (F-J B, a high-affinity fluorescent marker for the localization of neuronal degeneration). In addition, no significant change in glial activation in both the 2.5 and 10 ng/kg TeT-treated-groups was found by GFAP (a marker for astrocytes) and Iba-1 (a marker for microglia) immunohistochemistry. However, in the 2.5 ng/kg TeT-treated-group, the mean number of BrdU, Ki-67 and DCX immunoreactive cells, respectively, were apparently decreased compared to the control group, and the mean number of each in the 10 ng/kg TeT-treated-group was much more decreased. In addition, processes of DCX-immunoreactive cells, which projected into the molecular layer, were short compared to those in the control group. In brief, our present results show that low dosage (10 ng/kg) TeT treatment apparently decreased cell proliferation and neuroblast differentiation in the mouse hippocampal DG without distinct gliosis as well as any loss of adult neurons.

Uncoupling Protein 3의 골격근 세포내 과발현이 OLETF 백서 및 배양된 골격근 세포에서 포도당대사에 미치는 영향

한정희,박혜선,고정민,김하영,강호경,이인규,박중열,홍성관,이재담,이기업 대한당뇨병학회 2002 Diabetes and Metabolism Journal Vol.25 No.6

연구배경:Uncoupling protein(UCP)는 미토콘드리아의 내막에 위치하는 단백질로 세포내의 과다한 에너지를 열로 발산시키는 기능을 가진다. 최근 동물의 갈색지방조직에만 존재하는 UCP와 유사성을 가진 아형들(UCP2,3)이 사람에게도 존재함이 알려져 큰 관심을 끌도 있는데 이중 UCP3는 그 발현이 골격근세포와 갈색지방조직에만 국한된다. 본 연구에서는 UCP3가 체내 인슐린 감수성을 결정하는데 가장 중요한 조직인 골격근에 국한되어 발현되는 점에 착안하여 UCP3를 골격근세포에 과발현시켰을 때 포도당 대사에 어떠한 영향이 나타나는 지를 조사하였다. 방법:25주령의 8마리의 OLETF 백서를 대상으로 하여 4마리는 골격근에 adenovirus 2mL(1×10¹²pfu/mL)를 주사하여 대조군으로 하였고 4마리는 골격근에 재조합법으로 제작된 adenovirus­UCP3 2mL(1×10¹²pfu/mL)를 주사하였다(UCP3 과발현군). UCP3를 투여한 백서에서 먹이섭취가 증가하는 경향이 있어 그 전날 대조군이 먹은 야의 먹이만큼 투여하였다. 골격근에 adenovirus를 주사한 10일 후에 euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp를 시행하였다. Adenovirus­UCP를 C2C12 골격근 세포에 transfection시켜 UCP3를 C2C12 골격근 세포에 transfection시켜 UPS3­C2C12를 만들고 C2C12 골격근 세포와 UPS3­C2C12 골격근 세포에서 포도당 수송 및 당원합성을 측정하였다. 결과:UCP3 과발현 OLETF에서 체중이 감소하는 경향을 보였고 인슐린 감수성이 증가하였다. C2C12세포에서 기저상태 포도당 수송은 1.28±0.17μmol/L/min였고 100nM 인슐린으로 2시간 처리한 후 2.67±0.20 μmol/L/min로 증가하였다. UCP3­C2C12 세포에서는 기저상태 포도당 수송이 3.98±0.13μmol/L/min로 증가되었고 인슐린 처리 후 5.74±0.44μmol/L/min로 증가하였다. 인슐린을 처리한 UCP3­C2C12 세포에 P13K 억제제인 wortmannin을 첨가하였을 때 포도당 수송활성이 3.81±0.20μmol/L/min로 감소하였다. 기저상태 당원합성은 C2C12 세포에서 0.25±0.01μmol/L/min였고 인슐린 처리 후 0.45±0.01μmol/L/min로 증가하였다. UCP3­C2C12 세포에서는 기저상태 당원합성이 0.62±0.01μmol/L/min였고 인슐린 처리 후 1.26±454μmol/L/min로 증가하였다. UCP3­C2C12세포에 wortmannin을 첨가하였을 때 당원합성율이 0.80±0.04μmol/L/min로 감소하였다. 결론:UCP3 과발현이 OLETF 백서에서 인슐린 감수성을 증가시켰고 골격근세포에서 포도당 수송 및 당원합성을 증가시켰다. wortmannin을 첨가하였을 때 포도당 수송 및 당원합성이 감소함으로 보아 이 과정이 인슐린 신호전달체계인 P13K에 일부 의존함을 알 수 있었다. Background : UC P3 is a mitochondrial membrane protein expressed selectively in the skeletal muscle and brown adipose tissue. Since the skeletal muscle is the main organ determining insulin sensitivity in the body, it was hypothesized that UCP3 overexpression in skeletal muscle cells would improve glucose metabolism. Methods : An adenovirus-UCP3 was produced by a recombinant DNA method. OLETF rats were divided into 2 groups. Four rats were injected with the adenovirus-UCP3 (UCP3 group) and others were injected with the adenovirus(control group) in the skeletal muscle. The UCP3 group was provided with the same quantity of food as that consumed by the control group on the previous day. Insulin sensitivity was evaluated by the euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp method. In a separate experiment, glucose transport and glycogen synthesis we evaluated in C2C212 cells transfected with ether an adenovirus or the adenovirus-UCP3. Results : The insulin sensitivity improved significantly and the body weight decreased in the UCP3 group. The glucose transport and glycogen synthesis were higher in the UCP3-C2C12 skeletal muscle cells at the basal state. After insulin treatment, glucose transport and glycogen synthesis were also higher in the UCP3-C2C12 cells but the increments were reduced after treatment with wortmannin, a PI3K inhibitor. Conclusion : Insulin sensitivity was higher in the UCP3-overexpressed OLETF rats in the in vivo study. UCP3 transfection also increased glucose transport and glycogen synthesis in the cultured skeletal muscle cells by a PI3K dependent mechanism(J Kor Diabetes Asso 25 :460~468, 2001).

運動의 危險性

朴鱗基,白永守,鄭泰相 忠南大學校體育科學硏究所 1993 體育科學硏究誌 Vol.11 No.1

The purpose of this study was to introduce the risk of exercise to exersize testing or participation. The real and theoretical benefits of regular exercise have promoted this activity not only in healthy individuals. but also in cardiac patients. Exercise is assuming an increasingly important role in preventive medicine and cardiac rehabilitation. Apart from favorable effects on plasma lipids, there is often the experience of even greater psychological benefits, that is, improved in mood, reduced nxiety, and sense of well-being. A through medical evaluation is recommended before starting an exercise program for all individuals with known cardiovascular, pulmonary or metabolic disease. Individuals of any age considered at higher risk by the presence of diabetes, hypertension, family history of coronary disease, elevated cholesterol, or smoking may benefit from the screening exercise test before engaging in competitive or recreational sports. Sudden death in sport is a recently recongnized phenomenon for which little scientific information exists. Most previous investigation on sudden death in sport has concentrated on running, track and field sports. Death, directly related to sporting activities is rate. The total risk is low, but the relative risk is increased during vigorous exercise. Risk increases with age and with the intensity of exercise. The basis of clinical studies and our personal experience, most deaths during exercise in the adult population are probably preventable because they occur in individuals exercising under one or more of the following circumstances: no medical clearance, no supervison, the limits of the exercise prescription were exceed, the symptoms during exercise were disregarded. Orthopedic injuries appear to increase exponentially with jog-run types of activities in association with increased the total volume of work done in the program, such as, structural abnomalities, sudden large increases in training, running form, streching habits, warm-up, and cool-down may constitude risk factors. With high risk individuals, a physician should be present during exercise intensity, and energy equipment and qualified personnel should be avaiable for exercise testing of all patients in order to provide life saving emergency are, In addition to significant clinical signs and symptoms.

복합레진의 조건등색에 관한 연구 : D_(65), A, C, FCW and TL84

박기정,황윤찬,김선호,오원만,황인남 전남대학교 치의학연구소 2003 구강과학 Vol.15 No.2

There were problems in selecting exact colors of composite resins currently used in clinic by examining with naked eyes. This study was done to present a criterion in selection of the most proper light sources and materials by measuring metamerism index of the light curing composite resins with spectrocolorimeter. Metamerism is present when two objects appear to be the same color in one illuminant but different in another. This is due to the fact that they have different spectral curves that fail to match under the second illuminant. In this study, five light polymerized composite resins; Esthet-X, Filteck Z250, Filteck A110, Charisma, Vitalescence which are currently used in clinic were chosen based on Vita shade. Five samples were made for shade of each product with Teflon mold(diameter: 15mm, thickness: 2mm). Compressed resins with glass slab were light polymerized with a visible light curing unit(Optilux 500, 13mm tip diameter, Demetron, USA) for 60 seconds. Polymerized samples were removed and those were grinded to 2.0mm in thickness with sand papers(#600 & #1000). Samples were carefully prepared without fingerprints and impurities in grinding procedure and kept in distilled water for a week at room temperature. Metamerism index of each samples on a Barium sulfate plate(L^(*)=96.54, a^(*)=0.19, b^(*)=0.01) prepared for sample fixation were measured with spectrocolorimeter(Miniscan XE plus. Model 4000s. Hunter Lab, USA) by applying standard light source D65, C, Fcw, TL84' and A. Standardization was done with Reference standard(X=80.8, Y=85.7, Z=90.8) and Light trap. Samples were kept in distilled water at room temperature in all procedures. The results are as follows. 1. Different resins using same Vita shade showed recognizable color difference(ΔE^(*)>2). 2. All composites had Ml below accepted value 0.5 between standard illuminant(D65, C, & A) and below 1.5 under fluorescent condition (Fcw & TL84). 3. Ml value between D65 and A showed higher value than Ml value between other source of light(p<0.01). 4. All resins except Z25O showed Ml value that A3 is higher than Al between D65 and A(p<0.05).

원형 탈모증 환자에서의 감정표현불능증

박두병,전창무,손인기,민경준,김영돈,노병인 大韓神經精神醫學會 2001 신경정신의학 Vol.40 No.5

연구목적 : 감정표현불능증이 정신신체질환의 특징적인 성격 경향 인지에 대해 논란이 많이 있어 왔다. 이에 정신신체질환이면서 피부과 외래 환자의 다수를 차지하는 원형탈모증 환자에 있어서의 감정표현불능증에 대해 알아보았다. 방 법 : 원형탈모증 환자군(31명)과 연령, 성별을 대비시킨 정상대조군(31명)에서 MMPI, SCL-90-R, TAS-20K를 시행하였다. 정신신체질환 이외의 질환에 의한 영향을 배제하기 위해 다른 정신과 질환이 있다고 판단되는 경우는 제외시켰다. 집단간의 비교를 위해 paired t-검증을 실시하였다. 결 과 : 원형탈모증 환자군에서 MMPI 결과는 F 척도, K 척도, Hs 척도, D 척도, Hy 척도, Pd 척도, Pa 척도, Pt 척도, Sc 척도의 점수가 정상대조군에 비해 의미있는 차이를 보였고(p<0.05), SCL-90-R 점수에서는 SOM 척도, O-C 척도, I-S 척도, DEP 척도, ANX 척도, HOS 척도, PHOB 척도, PAR 척도, PSY 척도, GSI, PSDI, PST 점수가 정상대조군보다 유의하게 높은 점수를 보였다(p<0.05). 또한 TAS-20K 점수에서는 환자군이 정상대조군에 비해 Factor 1과 총점에서 유의하게 높은 점수를 보였다(p<0.05). 결 론 : 결론적으로, 원형 탈모증 환자군에서 정상 대조군에 비해 감정표현불능증이 더 심하고 특히 자신의 느낌을 잘 알지 못하는 것으로 나타났다 이는 원형탈모증 환자의 심리적인 대처기전을 세워 나가는데 좀더 주의를 기울이고, 더 많은 관심을 가져야 한다는 것을 의미한다. Objectives : Alexithymia has been regarded as the general personality of psychosomatic disease, but it's controversial. The object of the study is to find out the relationship between alexithymia and alopecia areata. Methods : Thirty one alopecia areata patients were compared to 31 normal healthy persons in alexithymic tendency using TAS-20K Also MMPI and SCL-90-R were checked in both groups. Psychiatric diseases were ruled out. Results : The scores of F, K, Hs, D, Hy, Pd, Pa, Pt and Sc of MMPI in alopecia areata patients were different from those in normal healthy persons. The scores of SOM, O-C, I-S, DEP, ANX, HOT, PHOB, PAR, PSY,GSI, PSDI, and PST of SCL-90-R in alopecia areata patients were significantly higher than those in normal healthy persons. In TAS-20K, the scores of Factor I and Total in alopecia areata patients were higher than those in normal healthy persons. Conclusion : Our results suggest that alopecia areata patients are more alexithymic than normal healthy persons.

간경변증 환자에서 Escherichia colli 균혈증 합병 시 간기능 장애에 따른 C-reactive protein 생성 능력에의 영향

박완범,강철인,김동민,이기덕,장희창,김흥빈,오명돈,이효석,최강원 대한감염학회 2003 감염과 화학요법 Vol.35 No.5

여자테니스 동호인들의 지질 및 콜레스테롤 함량

朴麟基 忠南大學校體育科學硏究所 1992 體育科學硏究誌 Vol.10 No.1

The purpose of this study is to investigate the profile of serum triglycerides, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein, and cholesterol ratio of female tennis players. I compared twelve recreational female tennis players who play tennis at least three days a week with twelve women who are not interested in sports. The conclusions are as follows. 1. The TG level has shown 138.9±37.95㎎/dl in the comparative group and 110.33±30.68㎎/dl in the female tennis player group. 2. The TC level has shown 202.92±16.30㎎/dl in the comparative group and 195.33±30.49㎎/dl in the female tennis player group. 3. The high density lipoprotein cholesterol level has shown 62.33±8.82㎎/dI in the comparative group and 69.59±12.97in the tennis player group. 4. The cholesterol ratio (TC/HDL-C) has shown 3.31±0.52 in the comparative group and 2.86±0.48 in the player group.

Glucotoxicity in the INS-1 Rat Insulinoma Cell Line Is Mediated by the Orphan Nuclear Receptor Small Heterodimer Partner

Park, Keun-Gyu,Lee, Kyeong-Min,Seo, Hye-Young,Suh, Ji-Ho,Kim, Hye-Soon,Wang, Li,Won, Kyu-Chang,Lee, Hyoung-Woo,Park, Joong-Yeol,Lee, Ki-Up,Kim, Jung-Guk,Kim, Bo-Wan,Choi, Hueng-Sik,Lee, In-Kyu American Diabetes Association 2007 Diabetes Vol.56 No.2

<P>Prolonged elevations of glucose concentration have deleterious effects on beta-cell function. One of the hallmarks of such glucotoxicity is a reduction in insulin gene expression, resulting from decreased insulin promoter activity. Small heterodimer partner (SHP; NR0B2) is an atypical orphan nuclear receptor that inhibits nuclear receptor signaling in diverse metabolic pathways. In this study, we found that sustained culture of INS-1 cells at high glucose concentrations leads to an increase in SHP mRNA expression, followed by a decrease in insulin gene expression. Inhibition of endogenous SHP gene expression by small interfering RNA partially restored high-glucose-induced suppression of the insulin gene. Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of SHP in INS-1 cells impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion as well as insulin gene expression. SHP downregulates insulin gene expression via two mechanisms: by downregulating PDX-1 and MafA gene expression and by inhibiting p300-mediated pancreatic duodenal homeobox factor 1-and BETA2-dependent transcriptional activity from the insulin promoter. Finally, the pancreatic islets of diabetic OLETF rats express SHP mRNA at higher levels than the islets from LETO rats. These results collectively suggest that SHP plays an important role in the development of beta-cell dysfunction induced by glucotoxicity.</P>

신원방우황청심원액의 심혈관계에 관한 약효

조태순,이선미,김낙두,허인회,안형수,권광일,박석기,심상호,신대희,박대규 성균관대학교 약학연구소 1999 成均藥硏論文集 Vol.11 No.-

Abstract-In order to investigate the pharmacological properties of New Wonbang Woohwangchungsimwon Liquid (NSCL), effects of Wonbang Woohwangchungsimwon Liquid (SCL) and NSCL were compared. In isolated rat aorta, NSCL and SCL showed the relaxation of blood vessels in maximum contractile response to phenylephrine (10^-6 M) regardless to intact endothelium or denuded rings of the rat aorta. Furthermore, the presences of the inhibitor of NO synthase and guanylate cyclase did not affect the relaxing effect of NSCL and SCL. NSCL and SCL inhibited the vascular contractions induced by acetylcholine, prostaglandin endoperoxide or peroxide in a dose-dependent manner. In conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs), NSCL and SCL significantly decreased heart rate. NSCL and SCL, at high doses, had a negative inotropic effect that was a decrease of left ventricular developed pressure and (-dp/dt)/(+dp/dt) in the isolated perfused rat hearts, and also decreased the contractile force and heart rate in the isolated rat right atria. In excised guinea-pig papillary muscle, NSCL and SCL had no effects on parameters of action potential such as resting membrane potential, action potential amplitude, APD_90 and V_max at low doses, whereas inhibited the cardiac contractility at high doses. These results suggested that NSCL and SCL have weak cardiovascular effects with relaxation of blood vessels and decrease of heart rate, and that this effect is no significant differences between cardiovascular effects of two preparations.