Inhibition of Cytokine-Mediated Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression in Rat Insulinoma Cells by Scoparone

Kim#, Eun Kyung,Kwon#, Kang Beom,Lee, Ju Hyung,Park, Byung Hyun,Park, Jin Woo,Lee, Hern Koo,Jhee, Eun Chung,Yang, Jeong Yeh Pharmaceutical Society of Japan 2007 Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin Vol.30 No.2

<P>Cytokines produced by immune cells infiltrating pancreatic islets are important mediators of β-cell destruction in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Scoparone (6,7-dimethoxycoumarin) is known to have a wide range of pharmacological properties <I>in vitro</I>. In this study, the effects of scoparone on cytokine-induced β-cell dysfunction were examined. Presence of scoparone significantly protected interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-mediated cytotoxicity of RINm5F, a rat insulinoma cell line, and preserved glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in rat pancreatic islets. Scoparone also resulted in a significant reduction in IL-1β and IFN-γ-induced nitric oxide (NO) production, a finding that correlated well with reduced levels of the inducible form of NO synthase (iNOS) mRNA and protein. The molecular mechanism by which scoparone inhibited iNOS gene expression appeared to involve the inhibition of NF-κB activation. These results revealed the possible therapeutic value of scoparone for the prevention of diabetes mellitus progression.</P>

우리나라 기업의 조세혜택과 내재적 조세에 관한 실증적 연구

이양현,김지범,윤지환 중앙대학교 산업경영연구소 2000 산업경영연구 Vol.9 No.1

본 연구는 Scholes & Wolfson(1992) 의 「Taxes and Business Sstrategy」에서 효율적으로 세무계획을 하려면 투자와 자금조달결정에 있어서 외형적 조세(Explicit Tax)뿐만 아니라 내재적 조세(Implicit Tax)와 같은 간접적인 세금의 효과도 고려해야 한다는데 착안하여 우리 나라 기업소득에 대한 내재적 조세를 이론적으로 분석하고, 실증적으로 검증하였다. 그리고 내재적 조세의 발생에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 원인변수인 조세혜택에 기업특성변수가 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 분석결과 조세혜택기업(租稅惠澤企業)과 조세비혜택기업(租稅非惠澤企業) 사이에 부채비율, 수출비율, 자본집약도입비율, 이익증가율 등은 유의적인 차이가 있었지만, 기업규모, 연구개발비율은 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 또한 기업에 대한 조세혜택의 증가가 세전자기자본수익률의 감소를 가져올 것이라는 내재적 조세가설(內在的 租稅假說)을 실증분석한 결과 표본기간에 걸쳐 표본전체기업을 대상으로 한 분석에서는 독립변수인 세전자기자본조세혜택비율(稅前自己資本租稅惠澤比率)과 종속변수인 세전자기자본수익율(稅前自己資本收益率) 간에는 유의적인 음(-)의 상관관계가 나타나 내재적 조세가 존재하는 것으로 나타났다. Previous horizontal equity studies have measured the variation in explicit taxes only, when both implicit and explicit taxes are considered, apparent horizontal in equity disappear and all that remains is variation due to market imperfection. Researchers have long known of suspected that omitting implicit taxes is a problem in the examining of horizontal equity on the total tax burden. Scholes and Wolfson's(1992) definition of implicit taxes and the advent of experimental markets research provide opportunities to demonstrate the effects of implicit taxes on the measurement of horizontal equity. The concept of implicit tax is based on perfectly competitive market at equilibrium. So the after-tax returns of all investments are equal after adjusting for risk. The empirical test was complied to these two sub samples. tax-advantaged firms and tax-disadvantaged firms. The result of study provides an empirical evidence that there exists a significant inverse relation between pre-tax return and tax subsidy among only tax-disadvantaged firms listed on the korean stock market. Results of previous empirical studies are consistent with the predictions of implicit tax by hypothesis and are statistically significant inverse relation between tax subsidy(PTTSE) and pre-tax return(PTROE), but the empirical relation is weaker than predicted for a pertectly competitive and frictionless market, which is due to presence of market frictions or systematic measurement error. There finding should allow policy makers to enact more effective legislation and enable researchers to construct experiments that have greater power and more internal validity.

알루미늄 표면불량 검사를 위한 영상처리알고리즘 응용에 관한 연구

신신범,김학범,이양범 울산대학교 1999 공학연구논문집 Vol.30 No.2

본 연구에서는 알루미늄의 압연 과정에서 발생하는 알루미늄 판재 표면불량을 검출하는 영상처리 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 표면불량의 정상적인 면의 영상과 흠집 영상의 화소 밝기 차이를 이용하여 불량 부분의 경계 부분을 검출하기 위해 다양한 필터를 사용하였다. 먼저 미디언 필터를 이용하여 영상 내의 잡음을 제거하고, 불량의 경계 부분을 강조하기 위하여 Sharpening 필터를 적용하였다. 그리고 Canny 알고리즘을 이용하여 불량 부분의 경계 점들을 검출하였다. 최종적으로 검출된 경계 부분을 포함하는 사각형의 두 좌표를 찾아 원 영상으로부터 불량에 해당하는 영상을 다시 구성하였다. 알루미늄 압연 판재의 서로 다른 표면불량 샘플 4종을 대상으로 제안한 알고리즘을 적용한 결과, 만족할 만한 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. This study is on the application the image processing algorithm for inspection of the aluminium mill strip surface defect. The image of surface defect data was obtained using the CCD camera with the digital signal processing board. The edge was found from the difference of pixel intensity between the normal image and the defect image. Two steps were taken to find the edge in the image processing algorithm. Frist, noise was removed by using the median filter in the image. Canny Algorithm was used to defect the exact edge. The defect image section was separated from the original image is to find the coordination point p1 and p2 which include the defect image. Experiments showed that this algorithm is useful enough to inspect the defects.

초·중·고 학생들의 과학 탐구 능력 추이 분석을 위한 종단적 연구

우종옥,김범기,허명,김찬종,양일호,최관순,김태선 한국교원대학교 과학교육연구소 1999 청람과학교육연구논총 Vol.9 No.1

본 연구에서는 우리 나라 초·중·고등학교 학생들의 과학 탐구 능력에 대한 종단적 추이를 분석하였다. 1997년에는 우종옥 등(1998)이 개발한 검사지를 사용하였으며, 1999년에는 이를 일부만 수정하여 사용하였다. 조사 대상은 성별, 지역별 등을 고려하여 표집하였다. 조사된 자료는 각각 횡단적으로 분석하고, 이를 바탕으로 학생들의 과학 탐구능력이 어떻게 변해 가는지 종단적 추이를 분석하였다. 조사 결과 초등학생들의 과학 탐구 능력은 유의미한차이가 없었으나, 중·고등학생들의 과학 탐구 능력은 유의미하게 향상된 것으로 나타났다. 학교 과학 교육의 질을 과학적으로 관리하기 위해서는 교육과정이 추구하는 교육 목표의 달성이 성공적으로 이루어지고 있는지를 국가수준에서 주기적으로 측정하여 부진의 원인을 진단하고, 개선 방안을 계속 연구하여야 할 것이다. The longitudinal trend of elementary and secondary students' science process skills were investigated to monitor the progress of science learning. Science process skill test, developedin an earlier study on developing a national science process skills assessment system, was revised and administered for the study on March, 1999. Subjects were sampled nation wide according to sex and region. The results of this assessments were compared to those administered on February, 1997. The results showed little difference on science process skills among elementary school students. However, secondary students showed marked increase in science process skills. More systematic and long-term research for assessing science process skills should be planned and performed periodically to provide empirical and foundational data for educational policy making.

GC/MS-SIM과 ³²P-postlabeling방법에 의한 염료와안료를 제조하는 사업장 근로자들의 방광암 조기발견을 위한 Biomarker개발에 관한 연구

이진선,신호상,김양호,노재훈,이범규 공주대학교 자원재활용신소재지역협력센터 2000 2차년도 센터 사업 성과집 Vol.2000 No.1

To develop the biomarker of non-invasive biomonitoring among workers who exposed benzidine-based dyes in its manufacturing and treating industries, we examined and evaluated the specific carciaogen-DNA adducts in exfoliated urothelial cells of 33 exposed workers. Samples were collected from urine of workers, and then isolated DNA from them. DNA adducts were analyzed using 32P-postlabeling, along with Nuclease P1. One adducts was predominated in those samples with 6 adducts present. It was formed in all exposed workers, but the others not. Its relative adducts level(RAL) was 73.2×107, which was statistically significantly higher than any other adducts' level(p<0.05). Analyzing regression between its RAL and employment period of workers, simple linear regression was positively increased with slop of 6.922(p<0.05, r2=0.548). And also, DNA adducts were analyzed using GC/MS-SIM, along with n-butanol extraction and trifluoroacetyl auhydride(TFA) derivatization. Standard material was synthetic N-(deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-N'-acetylbenzidine. The characteristics of sample and standard were observed on the same sites, such as M+(m/z 376) and M+(m/z 279) for benzidine-di-TFA and mono-TFA. And then, they were confirmed by analyzing with secondary ion mass(SIM). This study showed that benzidine-based dyes was formed one DNA adduct into significantly high levels in bladder of all exposed workers, its chemical formula was N-(deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-N'-acetylbenzidine. So we can do monitoring the workers with exfoliated urothelial cells of them by analyzing above DNA adduct as biomarker for preventing bladder cancer causing the exposure of the benzidine-based dyes.

Outcome of Multipair Donor Kidney Exchange by a Web-Based Algorithm

Kim, Beom Seok,Kim, Yu Seun,Kim, Soon Il,Kim, Myoung Soo,Lee, Ho Yung,Kim, Yong-Lim,Kim, Chan Duck,Yang, Chul Woo,Choi, Bum Soon,Han, Duck Jong,Kim, Yon Su,Kim, Sung Joo,Oh, Ha-Young,Kim, Dae Joong American Society of Nephrology 2007 Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Vol.18 No.3

<P>Donor kidney exchange is an established method to overcome incompatibility of donor-recipient pairs (DRP). A computerized algorithm was devised to exchange donor kidney and was tested in a multicenter setting. The algorithm was made according to the consensus of participating centers. It makes all possible exchange combinations not only between two incompatible DRP but also circularly among three DRP and selects an optimum set of exchange combinations, considering several factors that can affect the outcome of the exchanged transplant. The algorithm was implemented as a web-based program, and matching was performed five times. Fifty-three DRP were enrolled from five transplant centers. The numbers of DRP that were enrolled in each matching were 38 (25:13), 39 (34:5), 33 (31:2), 32 (28:4), and 34 (30:4) (carryover:newcomer). The numbers of generated exchange combinations were 4:11, 3:17, 2:12, 2:3, and 2:3 (two-pair exchange:three-pair exchange), and the numbers of DRP in selected exchange combinations were six, 12, six, five, and four in each matching. The numbers of DRP with blood type O recipient or AB donor were five and one, respectively, in selected exchange combinations. Six DRP of two-pair exchange combinations and six DRP of three-pair exchange combinations underwent transplantation successfully. Computerized algorithm of donor kidney exchange was tried not only between two incompatible DRP but also circularly among three DRP. It showed that the algorithm has potential to improve the outcome of donor kidney exchange, especially for disadvantaged DRP with blood type O recipients or AB donors.</P>

Soil Physico-chemical Properties of Organic Grapes Farms with Different Culture Facilities and Soil Management Practices

Kim, Sun-Kook,Kim, Byeong-Sam,Kang, Beom-Ryong,Yang, Seung-Koo,Kim, Byeong-Ho,Kim, Hee-Kwon,Kim, Hyun-Woo,Choi, Kyeong-Ju 한국토양비료학회 2013 한국토양비료학회지 Vol.46 No.5

Organic grape was generally produced in rainshield or plastic greenhouse culture while most of fruits were produced in open field. But little attention has been given to soil properties with different culture facilities in organic grape cultivation. This study was conducted to investigate soil physico-chemical properties of organic grapes farms with different culture facilities and soil management practices. Organic fertilizer was main resource to manage soil at organic grapes farms. Organic grapes farms were applied with total amount of organic fertilizer at one time, either at basal or additional fertilization, whereas conventional grapes farms applied with split fertilization. Bulk density and penetration resistance of soil were lower at both rainshield and green manure-applied plastic greenhouse cultures than those at clean plastic greenhouse culture. Especially, in plastic greenhouse, sod culture with natural weed after green manure application was more effective than general sod culture in improving physical properties of the rhizosphere. The contents of organic matter, available phosphate and exchangeable potassium tended to increase in the soils applied with green manure, and the difference of soil chemical properties were significant between rainshield and plastic greenhouse cultures. The optimum soil management was required in plastic greenhouse because pH, available phosphate and exchangeable cations reached over optimum range. Consequently, the ground cover management is the key factor to affect the chemical properties as well as soil physical properties extensively in plastic greenhouse. It is found that sod culture with natural weed after green manure application resulted in enhancement of utilization efficiency of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potassium in soil in comparison with general sod culture.

Effects of Ionic Liquid Molecules in Hybrid PbS Quantum Dot–Organic Solar Cells

Kim, Gi-Hwan,Kim, Hak-Beom,Walker, Bright,Choi, Hyosung,Yang, Changjin,Park, Jongnam,Kim, Jin Young American Chemical Society 2013 ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES Vol.5 No.5

<P>We investigated the effect of ionic liquid molecules (ILMs) in hybrid quantum dot-organic solar cells (HyQD-OSCs). The insertion of an ILM layer between PbS and phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) can shift the band edge of PCBM closer to the vacuum level of PbS due to spontaneous dipole polarization. Because of this new architecture, improvements in device performance were achieved, including increases in open-circuit voltage (<I>V</I><SUB>OC</SUB>, from 0.41 V to 0.49 V), fill factor (FF, from 0.48 to 0.59), and power conversion efficiency (PCE, from 1.62% to 2.21%), compared to reference devices under AM 1.5G illumination at 100 mW cm<SUP>–2</SUP>. We observed that treatment of the PbS layer with ILMs causes a significant increase in work function from 3.58 eV to 3.93 eV. Furthermore, the ILMs layer minimizes the contact resistance between PbS and PCBM due to the improved compatibility between the two layers, confirmed as a decrease in charge transfer resistance, as measured by electrical impedance spectroscopy.</P><P><B>Graphic Abstract</B> <IMG SRC='http://pubs.acs.org/appl/literatum/publisher/achs/journals/content/aamick/2013/aamick.2013.5.issue-5/am3029766/production/images/medium/am-2012-029766_0006.gif'></P><P><A href='http://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/am3029766'>ACS Electronic Supporting Info</A></P>

Control of Microbial Growth in Alginate/Polydopamine Core/Shell Microbeads

Kim, Beom Jin,Park, Taegyun,Park, So-Young,Han, Sang Woo,Lee, Hee-Seung,Kim, Yang-Gyun,Choi, Insung S. Wiley (John WileySons) 2015 Chemistry - An Asian Journal Vol.10 No.10

<P>Microbial microencapsulation not only protects microorganisms from harmful environments by physically isolating them from the outside media but also has the potential to tailor the release profile of the encapsulated cells. However, the microbial release has not yet been controlled tightly, leading to undesired detrimental exposure of microorganisms to the outside. In this work, we suggest a simple method for controlling the cell release by suppressing the microbial growth in the microbeads. Alginate microbeads, encapsulating yeast cells, were coated with ultrathin but robust polydopamine shells, and the resulting core/shell structures effectively reduced the growth rate, while maintaining the cell viability.</P>

Isolation of circadian-associated genes in Brassica rapa by comparative

Kim, Jin A,Yang, Tae Jin,Kim, Jung Sun,Park, Jee Young,Kwon, Soo Jin,Lim, Myung Ho,Jin, Min A,Lee, Sang Choon,Lee, Soo In,Choi, Beom Soon,Um, Sang Hee,Kim, Ho Il,Chun, Chang Hoo,Park, Beom Seok Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology 2007 Molecules and cells Vol.23 No.2