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Chapter and Conference Paper
Dynamics of Flexible Machines: A Variational Approach
Recent developments in dynamics of mechanical systems with flexible bodies in spacecraft dynamics [1 and references cited therein] and in flexible machine dynamics [2 and references cited therein] illustrate a...
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Morphological stability of cylindrical pores in an external diffusion field
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Collapse of interconnected open Pores in Solid-State Sintering of W-Ni
The closing behavior of interconnected open pores has been investigated in W-Ni systems where the dominant sintering mechanism is grain boundary diffusion. The samples were prepared by conventional powder meta...
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Lumbar Spinal Stabilization by the MOSS System
Various internal fixation devices have been developed and used clinically to stabilize unstable spines [1–3], regardless of whether the cause is congenital or acquired. The more popular posterior fixation devi...
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Open AccessEffects of cadmium on glucose transport in rat adipocytes and human erythrocytes: stimulation of GLUT1 catalytic activity
The effects of cadmium on facilitative glucose transporter function In rat adipocytes were studied. A short (30 min) incubation with cadmium resulted in stimulation of 3-O-methyl-D-glucose (3OMG ) equilibrium ...
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Effects of newly synthesized benzimidazole derivatives on gastric H+/K+ ATPase
The effects of various synthetic benzimidazole derivatives on gastric H+/K+ ATPase activityin vitro were examined. The results showed that the effects of substituents on the benzimidazole ring were not significan...
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Reaction mechanism on the smelting reduction of iron ore by solid carbon
The kinetics of the smelting reduction of iron ore by a graphite crucible and carbon-saturated molten iron was investigated between 1400 °C and 1550 °C, and its reaction phenomena were continuously observed in si...
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Open AccessRapid increase of cytosolic content of acetyl-CoA carboxylase isoforms in H9c2 cells by short-term treatment with insulin and okadaic acid
Mammalian acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) is present in two isoforms, α and β, both of which catalyze formation of malonyl-CoA by fixing CO2 into acetyl-CoA. ACC-α is highly expressed in lipogenic tissues whereas...
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Open AccessHeterogeneous HBV mutants coexist in Korean hepatitis B patients
Although many hepatitis B virus (HBV) mutants have been found in all open reading frames since the precore defective mutant was initially reported, systematic investigations of diverse HBV mutant populations i...
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Open AccessThe regulatory mechanism of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase by insulin in 3T3 L1 fibroblasts: phosphorylation-independent activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
Phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase plays an important role in transducing the signals of various growth factor receptors. However, the regulatory mechanism of PI3-kinase activity by these growth factor recepto...
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Prevalence of congenital malformations and genetic diseases in Korea
A nationwide investigation of congenital malformations and genetic diseases in Korea was conducted by analyzing Medical Insurance data for infants aged under 1 year. Medical Insurance data were obtained for 1...
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Interactive visualization of hierarchical clusters using MDS and MST
In this paper, we discuss interactively visualizing hierarchical clustering using multidimensional scaling (MDS) and the minimal spanning tree (MST). We can examine the sequential process leading to agglomera...
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Bertrand’s paradox revisited
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Etiological roles of A β and carboxyl terminal peptide fragments of amyloid precursor protein in Alzheimer disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder of the brain characterized by the presence of neuritic amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in various areas of the brain [1]. Many lines of evid...
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Test bed for vehicle longitudinal control using chassis dynamometer and virtual reality: An application to adaptive cruise control
In this study, a test bed for vehicle longitudinal control is developed using a chassis dynamometer and real time 3-D graphics. The proposed test bed system consist of a chassis dynamometer on which test vehic...
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The usefulness of serum transferrin receptor and ferritin for assessing anemia in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with bone marrow iron study
Objectives. This study was aimed at investigating the usefulness of serum transferrin receptor (sTfR) and ferritin in anemic patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared with bone marrow storage iron and oth...
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Effects of nucleating agents on preparation of polypropylene hollow fiber membranes by melt spinning process
Microporous polypropylene hollow fiber membrane was fabricated from isotactic polypropylenesoybean oil system by melt spinning process. Addition of nucleating agent accelerated the crystallization rate and ele...
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Anisotropic threshold stress intensity factor, KIH and crack growth rate in delayed hydride cracking of Zr-2.5Nb pressure tubes
The objectives of this study are to systematically investigate the delayed hybride cracking (DHC) velocity and the threshold-stress intensity factor, K IH, of a Zr-2.5Nb pressure tube as a functio...
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Anisotropic threshold stress intensity factor, KIH and crack growth rate in delayed hydride cracking of Zr-2.5Nb pressure tubes
The objectives of this study are to systematically investigate the delayed hydride cracking (DHC) velocity and the threshold-stress intensity factor, K IH ...
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A Subsystem Synthesis Method for Efficient Vehicle Multibody Dynamics
A subsystem synthesis method has been proposed for dynamicanalysis of a vehicle multibody system that consists of severalsubsystems. In this method, each subsystem can be independently analyzedwith a virtual r...
