Conjugated Polyelectrolytes as Efficient Hole Transport Layers in Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes

Lee, Bo Ram,Yu, Jae Choul,Park, Jong Hyun,Lee, Seungjin,Mai, Cheng-Kang,Zhao, Baodan,Wong, Matthew S.,Jung, Eui Dae,Nam, Yun Seok,Park, Song Yi,Di Nuzzo, Daniele,Kim, Jin Young,Stranks, Samuel D.,Baza American Chemical Society 2018 ACS NANO Vol.12 No.6

<P>Perovskite-based optoelectronic devices have been rapidly developing in the past 5 years. Since the first report, the external quantum efficiency (EQE) of perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) has increased rapidly through the control of morphology and structure from 0.1% to more than 11%. Here, we report the use of various conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs) as the hole injection layer in PeLEDs. In particular, we find that poly[2,6-(4,4-bis-potassium butanylsulfonate)-4<I>H</I>-cyclopenta-[2,1-<I>b</I>;3,4-<I>b</I>′]-dithiophene)] (PCPDT-K) transfers holes effectively, blocks electron transport from the perovskite to the underlying ITO layer, and reduces luminescence quenching at the perovskite/PCPDT-K interface. Our optimized PeLEDs with PCPDT-K show enhanced EQE by a factor of approximately 4 compared to control PeLEDs with PEDOT:PSS, reaching EQE values of 5.66%, and exhibit improved device stability.</P> [FIG OMISSION]</BR>

Design and Synthesis of Carbohydrate-based HIV Vaccine

Chung-Yi Wu,S. Shivatare Sachin,Shiou-Ting Lee,Chi-Hui Liang,Chi-Huey Wong 한국당과학회 2012 한국당과학회 학술대회 Vol.2012 No.1

The HIV-1 envelope is a basic lipid bilayer that contains gp120 and gp41 glycoproteins. Several animal models studies have demonstrated that antibodies can provide considerable benefit against HIV or SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus) challenge and prompted an interest in inducing broadly neutralizing antibodies, an ultimate goal in HIV vaccine research. However, the HIV vaccine development has been deterred by the low antigenicity and immunogenicity of the HIV envelope glycoprotein gp120 and the efficient hiding of highly immunogenic epitopes by their surface glycans. Recently, a new class of bNABs (PG9, PG16, PGT121-137, and PGT141-145) isolated from HIV positive donors was shown to be potent in neutralizing primary HIV-1 strains across clades. Here we describe our efforts towards chemical and enzymatic synthesis of various gp-120 related high-mannose, hybrid, and complex type N-Glycans. We studied specificities of various bNABs towards synthetic N-glycans printed on glass slides using carbohydrate microarray. Based on recognition patterns of bNABs to quaternary structure at variable domain (V1/V2 and V3 regions) of gp-120, we created synthetic oligomannose constructs that more effectively mimic the glycan display found on gp120 and further optimized strategies to conjugate these constructs to carrier protein molecule.

Comparison of Serum Ketone Levels and Cardiometabolic Efficacy of Dapagliflozin versus Sitagliptin among Insulin-Treated Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Chi-Ho Lee,Mei-Zhen Wu,David Tak-Wai Lui,Darren Shing-Hei Chan,Carol Ho-Yi Fong,Sammy Wing-Ming Shiu,Ying Wong,Alan Chun-Hong Lee,Joanne King-Yan Lam,Yu-Cho Woo,Karen Siu-Ling Lam,Kelvin Kai-Hang Yiu 대한당뇨병학회 2022 Diabetes and Metabolism Journal Vol.46 No.6

Background: Insulin-treated patients with long duration of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are at increased risk of ketoacidosis related to sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i). The extent of circulating ketone elevation in these patients remains unknown. We conducted this study to compare the serum ketone response between dapagliflozin, an SGLT2i, and sitagliptin, a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, among insulin-treated T2DM patients.Methods: This was a randomized, open-label, active comparator-controlled study involving 60 insulin-treated T2DM patients. Participants were randomized 1:1 for 24-week of dapagliflozin 10 mg daily or sitagliptin 100 mg daily. Serum β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) levels were measured at baseline, 12 and 24 weeks after intervention. Comprehensive cardiometabolic assessments were performed with measurements of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC), vibration-controlled transient elastography and echocardiography.Results: Among these 60 insulin-treated participants (mean age 58.8 years, diabetes duration 18.2 years, glycosylated hemoglobin 8.87%), as compared with sitagliptin, serum BHB levels increased significantly after 24 weeks of dapagliflozin (P=0.045), with a median of 27% increase from baseline. Change in serum BHB levels correlated significantly with change in free fatty acid levels. Despite similar glucose lowering, dapagliflozin led to significant improvements in body weight (P=0.006), waist circumference (P=0.028), HDL-C (P=0.041), CEC (P=0.045), controlled attenuation parameter (P=0.007), and liver stiffness (P=0.022). Average E/e’, an echocardiographic index of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, was also significantly lower at 24 weeks in participants treated with dapagliflozin (P=0.037).Conclusion: Among insulin-treated T2DM patients with long diabetes duration, compared to sitagliptin, dapagliflozin modestly increased ketone levels and was associated with cardiometabolic benefits.

Educational choice and marketization in Hong Kong: the case of direct subsidy scheme schools

Yisu Zhou,Yi-Lee Wong,Wei Li 서울대학교 교육연구소 2015 Asia Pacific Education Review Vol.16 No.4

Direct subsidy scheme (DSS) schools are a product of Hong Kong’s market-oriented educational reform, mirroring global reform that champions parental choice and school marketization. Such schools have greater autonomy in matters of curricula, staffing, and student admission. Although advocates of the DSS credit it with increasing educational diversity and competition, little empirical is available to back up such claim. In this study, we use data from the Program for International Student Assessment to compare student achievements in DSS schools with those in traditional public schools. We find that while DSS students’ test scores in math, reading, and science have improved significantly over time, though the variation is much greater. Changes in mean performance have been anchored by a substantial change in student composition. DSS schools have a higher proportion of students with high socioeconomic status than with medium and low socioeconomic status. DSS schools also amplify the effects that family background have on student achievement. These findings raise concerns that the DSS approach favors a small minority of students.

Early Intervention with High-Dose Steroid Pulse Therapy Prolongs Disease-Free Interval of Severe Alopecia Areata: A Retrospective Study

( Chao Chun Yang ),( Chun Te Lee ),( Chao Kai Hsu ),( Yi Pei Lee ),( Tak Wah Wong ),( Sheau Chiou Chao ),( Julia Yu Yun Lee ),( Hamm Ming Sheu ),( Wenchieh Chen ) 대한피부과학회 2013 Annals of Dermatology Vol.25 No.4

Background: Spontaneous recovery of severe alopecia areata is rare and the condition is difficult to treat. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate and compare the effects and safety of steroid pulse therapy between oral and intravenous administrations between 1999 and 2010 at the Department of Dermatology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital. Methods: Data were retrospectively retrieved. A satisfactory response was defined as more than 75% hair regrowth in the balding area. Results: A total of 85 patients with more than 50% hair loss were identified and treated, with an overall satisfactory response rate of 51.8%. The mean follow-up time was 37.6 months, with a relapse rate of 22.7%. Patients with alopecia areata (hereafter, AA) of recent onset within one year showed higher response rates (p< 0.001) and lower relapse rates compared to patients with AA persisting for more than 1 year. Further, even in patients with alopecia totalis, alopecia universalis or ophiasis type, early treatment resulted in a satisfactory response rate of 47% among the treated patients. In general, oral therapy was as effective and well-tolerated as intravenous therapy. Conclusion: The response rate is determined by disease severity and time of intervention, not by the administration form of steroid pulse therapy. Oral steroid pulse therapy can be considered as the first-line treatment for patients with severe AA of recent onset within one year. (Ann Dermatol 25(4) 471∼474, 2013)

Ginsenoside Rg1 activates ligand-independent estrogenic effects via rapid estrogen receptor signaling pathway

Gao, Quan-Gui,Zhou, Li-Ping,Lee, Vien Hoi-Yi,Chan, Hoi-Yi,Man, Cornelia Wing-Yin,Wong, Man-Sau The Korean Society of Ginseng 2019 Journal of Ginseng Research Vol.43 No.4

Background: Ginsenoside Rg1 was shown to exert ligand-independent activation of estrogen receptor (ER) via mitogen-activated protein kinase-mediated pathway. Our study aimed to delineate the mechanisms by which Rg1 activates the rapid ER signaling pathways. Methods: ER-positive human breast cancer MCF-7 cells and ER-negative human embryonic kidney HEK293 cells were treated with Rg1 ($10^{-12}M$, $10^{-8}M$), $17{\beta}$-estradiol ($10^{-8}M$), or vehicle. Immunoprecipitation was conducted to investigate the interactions between signaling protein and ER in MCF-7 cells. To determine the roles of these signaling proteins in the actions of Rg1, small interfering RNA or their inhibitors were applied. Results: Rg1 rapidly induced $ER{\alpha}$ translocation to plasma membrane via caveolin-1 and the formation of signaling complex involving linker protein (Shc), insulin-like growth factor-I receptor, modulator of nongenomic activity of ER (MNAR), $ER{\alpha}$, and cellular nonreceptor tyrosine kinase (c-Src) in MCF-7 cells. The induction of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) phosphorylation in MCF-7 cells by Rg1 was suppressed by cotreatment with small interfering RNA against these signaling proteins. The stimulatory effects of Rg1 on MEK phosphorylation in these cells were suppressed by both PP2 (Src kinase inhibitor) and AG1478 [epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor]. In addition, Rg1-induced estrogenic activities, EGFR and MEK phosphorylation in MCF-7 cells were abolished by cotreatment with G15 (G protein-coupled estrogen receptor-1 antagonist). The increase in intracellular cyclic AMP accumulation, but not Ca mobilization, in MCF-7 cells by Rg1 could be abolished by G15. Conclusion: Ginsenoside Rg1 exerted estrogenic actions by rapidly inducing the formation of ER containing signalosome in MCF-7 cells. Additionally, Rg1 could activate EGFR and c-Src ER-independently and exert estrogenic effects via rapid activation of membrane-associated ER and G protein-coupled estrogen receptor.

OpenCV를 사용한 화재 영상 처리

강석원(Kang Suk Won),이순이(Lee Soon Yi),박지웅(Park Ji Wong) 한국콘텐츠학회 2009 한국콘텐츠학회 종합학술대회 논문집 Vol.7 No.1

본 논문에서는 화재 영상을 검출하기 위한 새로운 영상처리 기법을 제안한다. 카메라에서 획득한 영상에서 화재 영상 검출에 필요한 차영상, 이진화 영상, 윤곽선 검출, 노이즈 제거(열림, 닫힘 연산), 픽셀검사[1], 플라커링 검사[2]등 영상처리기법들을 구현하기 위하여 OpenCV라는 영상처리 라이브러리를 사용하였다. In this paper, we propose new image processing method to detect fire image. At captured image from camera, we using OpenCV library to implement various image processing techniques such like differential image, binarization image, contour extraction, remove noise(morphology open, close), pixel calculation, flickering extraction, etc.

Time- and Dose-based Gene Expression Profiles Produced by a Bile-duct–damaging Chemical, 4,4′-methylene Dianiline, in Mouse Liver in an Acute Phase

Kwon, Sun-Bom,Park, Joon-Suk,Yi, Jung-Yeon,Hwang, Jae-Wong,Kim, Mingoo,Lee, Mi-Ock,Lee, Byung-Hoon,Kim, Hyung-Lae,Kim, Ju Han,Chung, Heekyoung,Kong, Gu,Kang, Kyung-Sun,Yoon, Byung-IL Sage Publications 2008 Toxicologic pathology Vol.36 No.5

<P>A toxicogenomics study was performed in the mouse liver after treatment of a bile-duct–damaging chemical, 4,4′-methylene dianiline (MDA), across multiple doses and sampling times in an acute phase using the AB Expression Array System. Imprinting control region (ICR) mice were given a single oral administration of a low (10 mg/kg b.w.) or high (100 mg/kg b.w.) dose of MDA. Mice were sacrificed six, twenty-four, and seventy-two hours after treatment for serum chemistry, histopathology, and mRNA preparation from liver samples. Treatment with MDA increased liver-toxicity–related enzymes in blood and induced bile-duct cell injury, followed by regeneration. To explore potential biomarker gene profiles, the altered genes were categorized into four expression patterns depending on dose and time. Numerous functionally defined and unclassified genes in each category were up- or down-regulated throughout the period from cellular injury to the recovery phase, verified by RT-PCR. Many genes associated with liver toxicity and diseases belonged to one of these categories. The chemokine-mediated Th1 pathway was implicated in the inflammatory process. The genes associated with oxidative stress, apoptosis, and cell-cycle regulation were also dynamically responsive to MDA treatment. The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway was likely responsible for the reconstitution process of the MDA-injured liver.</P>

Ginsenoside Rg1 activates ligand-independent estrogenic effects via rapid estrogen receptor signaling pathway

Quan-Gui Gao,Li-Ping Zhou,Vien Hoi-Yi Lee,Hoi-Yi Chan,Cornelia Wing-Yin Man,Man-Sau Wong 고려인삼학회 2019 Journal of Ginseng Research Vol.43 No.4

Background: Ginsenoside Rg1 was shown to exert ligand-independent activation of estrogen receptor(ER) via mitogen-activated protein kinaseemediated pathway. Our study aimed to delineate themechanisms by which Rg1 activates the rapid ER signaling pathways. Methods: ER-positive human breast cancer MCF-7 cells and ER-negative human embryonic kidneyHEK293 cells were treated with Rg1 (10 12M, 10 8M), 17ß-estradiol (10 8M), or vehicle. Immunoprecipitationwas conducted to investigate the interactions between signaling protein and ER in MCF-7 cells. To determine the roles of these signaling proteins in the actions of Rg1, small interfering RNA or theirinhibitors were applied. Results: Rg1 rapidly induced ERa translocation to plasma membrane via caveolin-1 and the formation ofsignaling complex involving linker protein (Shc), insulin-like growth factor-I receptor, modulator ofnongenomic activity of ER (MNAR), ERa, and cellular nonreceptor tyrosine kinase (c-Src) in MCF-7 cells. The induction of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase(MEK) phosphorylation in MCF-7 cells by Rg1 was suppressed by cotreatment with small interferingRNA against these signaling proteins. The stimulatory effects of Rg1 on MEK phosphorylation in thesecells were suppressed by both PP2 (Src kinase inhibitor) and AG1478 [epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR) inhibitor]. In addition, Rg1-induced estrogenic activities, EGFR and MEK phosphorylation in MCF-7 cells were abolished by cotreatment with G15 (G protein-coupled estrogen receptor-1 antagonist). Theincrease in intracellular cyclic AMP accumulation, but not Ca mobilization, in MCF-7 cells by Rg1 could beabolished by G15. Conclusion: Ginsenoside Rg1 exerted estrogenic actions by rapidly inducing the formation of ER containingsignalosome in MCF-7 cells. Additionally, Rg1 could activate EGFR and c-Src ER-independentlyand exert estrogenic effects via rapid activation of membrane-associated ER and G protein-coupled estrogenreceptor.

Methodological Study on the Evaluation of Face Mask Use Scale among Public Adult: Cross-Language and Psychometric Testing

Lam, Simon Ching,Chong, Andy Chun Yin,Chung, Jessie Yuk Seng,Lam, Ming Yee,Chan, Lai Man,Shum, Cho Yee,Wong, Eliza Yi Ni,Mok, Yat Man,Lam, Ming Tat,Chan, Man Man,Tong, Ka Ying,Chu, Oi Lee,Siu, Fong Ki 한국성인간호학회 2020 성인간호학회지 Vol.32 No.1

Purpose: This study aimed to establish the translation adequacy and examine the psychometric properties of FaceMask Use Scale (FMUS). Methods: This methodological study employed a cross-sectional design with repeatedmeasures. Phase 1 examined the equivalence and relevance of English and Chinese versions of FMUS. Phase2 examined the internal consistency, stability and construct validity. Different sample batches (213 universitystudents and 971 general public) were used appropriately for psychometric testing. The 2-phase data were collectedbetween January and April 2017. Results: In Phase 1, the semantic equivalence and relevance (item- and scale-levelcontent-validity-index=100%) was satisfactory. Furthermore, from 133 paired test-retest responses, the quadraticweighted kappa (.53~.73, p<.001) and Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC=.81) between the English andChinese version of FMUS were satisfactory. In Phase 2, FMUS demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency(Cronbach’s ⍺=.80~.81; corrected item-total correlation coefficients=.46~.67) and two-week test-retest stability(ICC=.84). The known-groups method (t=3.08, p<.001), exploratory (71.10% of total variance in two-factor model)and confirmatory factory analysis (x2/df=4.02, Root Mean Square Residual=.03, Root Mean Square Error ofApproximation=.06, Goodness of Fit Index=.99, Comparative Fit Index=.99) were all satisfactory for establishingthe construct validity. Conclusion: The FMUS has an equivalence Chinese and English versions, satisfactoryreliability and validity for measuring the practice of face mask use. This poses clinical and research implications forthose community health nurses who works on respiratory protection. Further research should be conducted on the‘negligent practice’ of FMU.