Eu³⁺→Eu²⁺ unusual reduction and bond energy in MAlSi₂O₆:Eu (M = Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs)

Pan, Yu,Wang, Wenjun,Zhu, Yuhan,Xu, Haibing,Noh, Hyeon Mi,Jeong, Jung Hyun,Liu, Xiaoguang,Li, Ling Elsevier 2018 CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL Vol.44 No.7

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>Eu-doped MAlSi<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>6</SUB> (M = Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs) phosphors were synthesized by solid-state reaction in air. The crystal structure and optical properties of the phosphors were investigated by X-ray powder diffraction and photoluminescence. Their emission spectra are composed of some broad bands coming from the 5d-4f transition of Eu<SUP>2+</SUP> and some sharp emission peaks coming from the f-f transitions of Eu<SUP>3+</SUP>. The co-existence of Eu<SUP>3+</SUP> and Eu<SUP>2+</SUP> cations is detected in MAlSi<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>6</SUB>:2%Eu, which shows that the unusual Eu<SUP>3+</SUP>→Eu<SUP>2+</SUP> reduction process occurs in MAlSi<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>6</SUB>. The preferential occupancy of Eu<SUP>3+</SUP> or Eu<SUP>2+</SUP> in MAlSi<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>6</SUB> can be calculated to be M<SUP>+</SUP> sites by the bond-energy method. The deviation of the Eu<SUP>3+</SUP>–O<SUP>2-</SUP> bond energy is closed to that of the Eu<SUP>2+</SUP>–O<SUP>2-</SUP> bond energy, which means that Eu<SUP>3+</SUP> and Eu<SUP>2+</SUP> can coexist in air. The abnormal reduction of Eu<SUP>3+</SUP> to Eu<SUP>2+</SUP> can be explained by charge compensation model. The doped Eu<SUP>3+</SUP> was induced to M<SUP>+</SUP> and the vacancy (<I>V</I> <SUB> <I>M</I> </SUB>) may be formed. The vacancy(<I>V</I> <SUB> <I>M</I> </SUB>) acted as a donor of electrons, and the Eu M ∙ ∙ defect acted as an acceptor of electrons. The theoretical result is consistent with the experimental phenomenon.</P>

쌍태임신과 단태임신에서의 모체 혈청내 Uric Acid치의 비교

김왕식,김종인,박성규,김경희,김판조,배정만 啓明大學校 醫科大學 1998 계명의대학술지 Vol.17 No.1

1997년 1월부터 1997년 12월까지 계명대학교의과대학 산부인과 교실에 분만 및 치료를 위해 입원한 임신 28주 이상의 쌍태 임신 (24례), 단태 임신 (79례), 전자간증이 동반된 쌍태 임신 (18례), 전자간증이 동반된 단태 임신 (35례)을 대상으로 정맥혈을 이용하여 혈청내 뇨산 (uric acid)을 측정하여, 쌍태 임산부에서의 혈청내 정상 뇨산 값의 측정과 단태 임산부에서의 뇨산의 측정 및 쌍태 임신과의 비교, 전자간증의 유무에 EK른 뇨산값을 비교하고자 본 연구를 시도하였다. 전자간증이 없는 24례의 쌍태 임신 군과 79례의 단태 임신 군에서는 쌍태 임신 군에서의 혈청내 뇨산(uric acid)의 값이 유의하게 높게 나타났다. (4.94±1.5 versus 4.04±1.4mg/dL, P=0.001). 또한 전자간증이 동반된 18례의 쌍태 임신 군에서의 혈정내 뇨산의 값이 (6.125±1.6 mg/dL) 전자간증이 동반된 35례의 단태 임신 군에서의 값(5.98±1.2 mg/dL)보다 유의하게 높았다(P=.001). 쌍태 임신에서는 모성 혈정내 뇨산의 값이 5.8 mg/dL 이상인 경우 전자간증의 예측 cutoff 값으로 측정되어, 이 값을 cutoff level 값으로 이용하여 18례의 전자간중이 동반된 쌍태아임신부에서 17례 (94%)에서 진단예측이 가능하였고, 35례의 전자간증이 동반된 단태 임신에서는 7례 (20%)에서 진단이 가능하였다. 모성 혈청내 뇨산 5.8 mg/dL의 값을 이용한 쌍태 임신에서의 전자간중의 진단예측에 대한 민감도는 94%, 특이도는 78%를 나타내었다. 본 연구에서 쌍태 임신에 동반되는 전자간중의 진단 예견에 도움이 되는 모성 혈정내 뇨산의 cutoff 값이 제한된 수에서 얻은 결과로 확실한 진단 예견에 어려움이 있으나, 임상 진단에서의 정확한 진단이 어려운 경우 진단의 보조 수단으로서 이용이 가능하며, 특히 쌍태 임신에서의 전자간증의 진단 예견에는 많은 도움이 되리라 사료된다. This study was undertaken to establish normative values of serum uric acid levels in women with twin pregnancy and to compare maternal serum uric acid levels of twins and singletons, stratified by the presence or absence of preeclampsia. With or without preeclampsia, women carrying twins have significantly higher serum uric acid levels than their singleton counterparts, which suggests a need for separate normative values for twin gestations. We proposed that a serum uric acid level of 5.8 mg/dL or greater be used to identify those women with twin gestaions who are at higher for preeclampsia by a receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve.

Monitoring of Ambient Air Particles and Inorganic Elements in China and Korea during an Asian Dust Storm

Park, Eun-Jung,Kim, Dae-Seon,Park, Chung-Hee,Song, Sang-Whan,Lee, Byung-Hoon,Hong, Yun-Chul,Pan, Xiaochuan,Wang, Jin-Gyu,Zhang, Yi-Xiang,Park, Kwang-Sik Korean Society of Environmental Health 2010 한국환경보건학회지 Vol.36 No.5

Concentrations of ambient air particles such as total suspended particulates (TSP), particulate matter $(PM)_{10}$, and $PM_{2.5}$, were monitored simultaneously from May to June, 2007, at four locations at Alashan and Beijing in China, and Seoul and Gosan in South Korea. These monitoring sites are in the pathway of Asian dust (AD) storms traveling from China to the Korean peninsula. An AD event was observed in the Korean peninsula on May 25-26. During the sampling period, the average concentrations of TSP and PM10 were each higher than $150\;{\mu}g/m^3$ in Alashan and Beijing, but not in Seoul and Gosan. The concentration of TSP in Alashan (where the dust storm originated) on the day of the AD event reached $1824.7\;{\mu}g/m^3$, this being the highest concentration of air particles observed during the sampling period. The level was decreased to 15% of this ($274.7\;{\mu}g/m^3$) in Seoul and to 8.7% ($159.0\;{\mu}g/m^3$) in Gosan when the AD was observed two days later in Korea. Gosan, a representative background site in East Asia, displayed the lowest concentration of particles, with this maximal TSP concentration of $159\;{\mu}g/m^3$. Inorganic element contents in the air particles were also measured, and the concentrations in the four different regions compared. Concentrations of anthropogenically-enriched heavy metals in $PM_{10}$ and $PM_{2.5}$, such as lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury, were higher in the metropolitan cities of Beijing and Seoul compared to non-industrialized regions of Alashan and Gosan. However, the concentrations of inorganic soil elements including iron, magnesium, aluminum sodium, and manganese, were higher in Alashan compared to those in other sampling sites.

Spontaneous Sm³⁺→Sm²⁺ reduction ability of MAl₂Si₂O₈ (M = Sr, Ba): Sm

Li, Ling,Wang, Wenjun,Pan, Yu,Liu, Xiaoguang,Noh, Hyeon Mi,Jeong, Jung Hyun ELSEVIER SCIENCE 2017 JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS Vol.723 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>In air atmosphere, the spontaneous reduction abilities of Sm<SUP>3+</SUP>→Sm<SUP>2+</SUP> in Sm ions doped monoclinic SrAl<SUB>2</SUB>Si<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>8</SUB> (SASO) and BaAl<SUB>2</SUB>Si<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>8</SUB> (M-BASO) as well as hexagonal BaAl<SUB>2</SUB>Si<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>8</SUB> (H-BASO) are investigated. Sm ions doped MAl<SUB>2</SUB>Si<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>8</SUB> (M = Sr, Ba) samples were synthesized using Pechini-type sol-gel technology and sintered in air atmosphere and reducing condition, respectively. By comparing the photoluminescence properties of Sm doped MAl<SUB>2</SUB>Si<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>8</SUB> (M = Sr, Ba) calcined in air with that in reducing condition, the spontaneous reduction of Sm<SUP>3+</SUP>→Sm<SUP>2+</SUP> can be detected only in the host lattice H-BASO. The essential that makes the reduction of Sm<SUP>3+</SUP> to Sm<SUP>2+</SUP> was investigated by calculating their chemical bonds parameter quantitatively. The important key environmental factor of Ba<SUP>2+</SUP> in H-BASO is the largest among the three samples MAl<SUB>2</SUB>Si<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>8</SUB>. It indicates that the hexagonal H-BASO sample is the easiest one to realize the spontaneous reduction of Sm<SUP>3+</SUP>→Sm<SUP>2+</SUP> among Sm doped MAl<SUB>2</SUB>Si<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>8</SUB> (M = Sr, Ba) samples. The needed energy transferring one electron of the ligand to the central ions Sm<SUP>3+</SUP> in H-BASO:Sm is the lowest. The theoretical analysis agrees well with the experimental result. Our work provides with the theoretical and experimental foundation for the spontaneous reduction of trivalent samarium in the crystals.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> In air atmosphere, the PL properties of Sm<SUP>3+</SUP> in MAl<SUB>2</SUB>Si<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>8</SUB>:Sm are investigated. </LI> <LI> The abnormal Sm<SUP>3+</SUP>→Sm<SUP>2+</SUP> reduction can be detected only in the hexagonal BaAl<SUB>2</SUB>Si<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>8</SUB>. </LI> <LI> The reduction essential was determined by calculating the chemical bond parameters. </LI> </UL> </P> <P><B>Graphical abstract</B></P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>

Potential for Augmentation of Fruit Quality by Foliar Application of Bacilli Spores on Apple Tree

Ryu, Choong-Min,Shin, Jung-Nam,Qi, Wang,Ruhong, Mei,Kim, Eui-Joong,Pan, Jae-Gu The Korean Society of Plant Pathology 2011 Plant Pathology Journal Vol.27 No.2

Previous studies have addressed the management of phyllosphere pathogens by leaf and root-associated microbes. The present study evaluated the effect of the foliar application of three strains of Bacillus spp. on plant growth and fruit quality. The application of a bacilli spore preparation significantly improved leaf growth parameters such as leaf thickness and photosynthesis capacity, indicating that bacilli treatment directly promoted leaf growth. In addition, foliar treatment resulted in an improvement in the key indicators of fruit quality including water, glucose, and sucrose contents. The present results suggest that foliar spraying of beneficial bacilli is a potential treatment of wide application for the improvement of apple quality. Foliar application of bacilli preparation as effective plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria broadens the spectrum of their availability for orchard application.

Evolution of Multi-temporal Landslides at Luhu, Miaoli County, Taiwan

( Che-ming Yang ),( Keng-hao Kang ),( Kuo-wei Li ),( Hui-jung Wang ),( Ching-ping Hsiao ),( Jyh-jong Liao ),( Yii-wen Pan ) 대한지질공학회 2019 대한지질공학회 학술발표회논문집 Vol.2019 No.2

A deep-seated landslide took place in Luhu, Miao-Li, Taiwan during intermittent rainfall in April 2018; initially, there were successive rock falls and gully erosion then leaded to a deep-seated landslide failure eventually. This study aims to understand the failure mechanism and the process of deep-seated failure. The study site is a steep anaclinal slope consisting of the Miocence Shihti Formation with thick sandstone, interbedded of sandstone and shale. We collected multi-temporal ortho-images and digital elevation (surface) models from 1980 to 2019 for geological investigation, geomorphological interpretation and numerical simulation. The images reveal several slope failures at 1998, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017 and 2018 with various volume and failure types. The study area contains three sub-regions: the north, the northwest and the southwest slopes. The slope failure occurred repeatedly inside the north and the northwest slopes in the early stage. Gully erosion in the southwest slope progressed to a landslide on April 5, 2018 first and expanded to cover the deep-seated landslide failure in the northwest slope eventually; the slope failure resulted in a natural dam. After the landslide, several open cracks appeared near to the crown. The estimated maximum thickness, area and volume of the deep-seated landslide are ~60 m, 65,000 m2 and ~2 Mm3, respectively. Based on these results, we also performed a series of numerical simulation using the software RAMMS to interpret the run out and the deposition of this landslide case.

웰다잉(Well-dying) 정보제공 툴킷 서비스 디자인

Jeong Eun Park,Ye Jin Ma,En Yi Chiu,Jung Ho Kim,Shiyu Wang,Young Hwan Pan 한국서비스디자인학회 2019 한국서비스디자인학회 학술대회자료집 Vol.2019 No.2

Comparison of the Infant and Adult Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Proliferation, Senescence, Anti-oxidative Ability and Differentiation Potential

Wu Szu-Hsien,Yu Jin-Huei,Liao Yu-Ting,Liu Kuo-Hao,Chiang En-Rung,Chang Ming-Chau,Wang Jung-pan 한국조직공학과 재생의학회 2022 조직공학과 재생의학 Vol.19 No.3

BACKGROUND: Infant adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs) collected from excised polydactyly fat tissue, which was surgical waste, could be cultured and expanded in vitro in this study. In addition, the collecting process would not cause pain in the host. In this study, the proliferation, reduction of senescence, anti-oxidative ability, and differentiation potential in the infant ADSCs were compared with those in the adult ADSCs harvested from thigh liposuction to determine the availability of infant ADSCs. METHODS: Proliferation was determined by detecting the fold changes in cell numbers and doubling time periods. Senescence was analyzed by investigating the age-related gene expression levels and the replicative stress. The superoxide dismutase (SOD) gene expression, adipogenic, neurogenic, osteogenic, and tenogenic differentiation were compared by RTqPCR. The chondrogenic differentiation efficiency was also determined using RT-qPCR and immunohistochemical staining. RESULTS: The proliferation, SOD (SOD1, SOD2 and SOD3) gene expression, the stemness-related gene (c-MYC) and telomerase reverse transcriptase of the infant ADSCs at early passages were enhanced compared with those of the adults’. Cellular senescence related genes, including p16, p21 and p53, and replicative stress were reduced in the infant ADSCs. The adipogenic genes (PPARc and LPL) and neurogenic genes (MAP2 and NEFH) of the infant ADSC differentiated cells were significantly higher than those of the adults’ while the expression of the osteogenic genes (OCN and RUNX) and tenogenic genes (TNC and COL3A1) of both demonstrated opposite results. The chondrogenic markers (SOX9, COL2 and COL10) were enhanced in the infant ADSC differentiated chondrogenic pellets, and the expression levels of SODs were decreased during the differentiation process. CONCLUSION: Cultured infant ADSCs demonstrate less cellular senescence and replicative stress, higher proliferation rates, better antioxidant defense activity, and higher potential of chondrogenic, adipogenic and neurogenic differentiation.

Acetylation of Smc3 by Eco1 Is Required for S Phase Sister Chromatid Cohesion in Both Human and Yeast

Zhang, Jinglan,Shi, Xiaomin,Li, Yehua,Kim, Beom-Jun,Jia, Junling,Huang, Zhiwei,Yang, Tao,Fu, Xiaoyong,Jung, Sung Yun,Wang, Yi,Zhang, Pumin,Kim, Seong-Tae,Pan, Xuewen,Qin, Jun Elsevier 2008 Molecular cell Vol.31 No.1

<P><B>Summary</B></P><P>Sister chromatid cohesion is normally established in S phase in a process that depends on the cohesion establishment factor Eco1, a conserved acetyltransferase. However, due to the lack of known in vivo substrates, how Eco1 regulates cohesion is not understood. Here we report that yeast Eco1 and its human ortholog, ESCO1, both acetylate Smc3, a component of the cohesin complex that physically holds the sister chromatid together, at two conserved lysine residues. Mutating these lysine residues to a nonacetylatable form leads to increased loss of sister chromatid cohesion and genome instability in both yeast and human. In addition, we clarified that the acetyltransferase activity of Eco1 is essential for its function. Our study thus identified a molecular target for the acetyltransferase Eco1 and revealed that Smc3 acetylation is a conserved mechanism in regulating sister chromatid cohesion.</P>