A combined technology of transvaginal ovum pick-up(OPU) system with in vitro-oocyte manipulation technique can be used for improving reproductive efficiency in the cattle. The objective of this study was to establish a newly-conceived breeding program using OPU in the pregnant cows. The OPU trial was performed in pregnant cows every 10 days from 40 through 90 days of artificial insemination (Al), and number of follicles in ovary, number of retrieved oocytes and embryo development following in vitro-fertilization, were evaluated. Reduced number of follicles in the ovaries of pregnant cows was firstly detected from 70 days after A' and a significant (P<0.05) decrease in the follicle number (5.4 follicles /donor) was found at 90 days than at 40, 50, 60 and 80 days after Al (8.0~9.2). A similar pattern was also observed in the number of oocytes retrieved by OPU apparatus during experimental period. When retrieved oocytes were matured and inseminated in vitro with frozen bull semen, development of the oocytes to the blastocyst stage was not significantly affected by the retrieval time. Four embryos (morula or blastocyst stage) derived from oocytes retrieved from pregnant cows were nonsurgically transferred to four recipient cows on day 7 of estrus cycle. For the first time in Korea, three of four transferred embryos developed to live calves with normal physiological parameters. In conclusion, an effective breeding program employing pregnant cow can be developed by use of OPU trial and in vitro culture techniques of oocytes ; OPU system could be repeated in pregnant cows with no risk of abortion and viable offsprings were borne after transfer to the recipients.

Sleep deprivation may affect the brain functions such as cognition and consequently, dynamics of the BEG. We examined the effects of sleep deprivation on chaoticity of the EEG. Five volunteers were sleep-deprived over a period of 24 hours They were checked by EEG during two days. thc first day of baseline period and the second day of total sleep deprivation period. EEGs were recorded from 16 channels for nonlinear analysis. We employed a method of minimum embedding dimension to calculate the first positive Lyapunov exponent. Fer limited noisy data, this algorithm was strikingly faster and more accurate than previous ones. Our results show that the sleep deprived volunteers had lower values of the first positive Lyapunov exponent at ten channels (Fp1, F4. F8. T4, T5. C3, C4. P3. P4. O1) compared with the values of baseline periods. These results suggested that sleep deprivation leads to decrease of chaotic activity in brain and impairment of the information processing in the brain. We suggested that nonlinear analysis of the EEG before and after sleep deprivation may offer fruitful perspectives for understanding the role if sleep and the effects of sleep deprivation on the brain function.

The study offers the first large scale product-level study of the factors which influence Japanese manufacturing firm`s order of U.S. market entry. Our results support market rivalry rather than firm-specific advantages arguments. Japanese first-investors do not have as strong a research concentration as second-investors and late-investors. Japanese firms with medium market shares have a greater tendency to be first-investors. Japanese firms belonging to enterprise groups tend to be first-investors due to stiff competition across enterprise groups. In addition, Japanese firms with previous experience in the U. S. market tend to be first-investors in another product market. On the other hand, Japanese firms` advertising intensity and their membership in a keiretsu group do not affect its order of U.S. market entry.

서로 다른 씨클로펜타디엔 유도체가 π-결합된 최초의 비스무스 화합물인 η5-C5(CH3)5Bi(η5-C5H5)2이 디펜타메틸씨클로펜타디에닐 비스무스디메틸아미드 Cp*2BiNMe2[Cp*=C5(CH3)5]와 씨클로펜타디에닐 모노머와의 반응으로 합성되었다. 반응조건은 에테르 용매하에 -78℃ 반응온도 조건하에서 얻어졌다. 합성된 반응물을 노르말 헥산 용매에서 재결정시킨 결과, 검은색 결정이 60% 수율로 얻어졌다. 그리고 재결정시킨 반응물을 190K에서 X-선 단결정 구조 분석 방법에 의해 그 구조를 밝혔다. 그 결과 결정계의 격자계는 I2/a, a=1756.00 picometer, b=906.00 picometer, c=2211.00 picometer, β=104.04, Z=8로 확인되었다. 여기서 a, b, c는 결정?Ю? 상수이고, β는 결정격자 상수인 b와 c간의 각도이며, Z는 단위 결정 격자당 분자의 갯수이다.

강원도 오대산에서 한국 미기록과인 Blasticotomidae를 채집하였다. 이는 고사리줄기잎벌과 고사리줄기잎벌속 고사리줄기잎벌(신칭), Blasticotoma filiceti pacifica Malaise, 1931(Blasticotomidae)으로 동정되어 보고한다.

본 논문에서는 랜덤한 축대칭 기하학적 초기결함을 갖는 원통이 축방향 충격하중을 받는 경우의 반경방향 변위가 임계기준치를 최초로 통과하는 확률론적 충격좌굴 파괴시간을 해석할 수 있는 방법을 제시하였다. 랜덤한 기하학적 초기결함의 생성을 위해 초기결함의 평균함수 및 상관함수를 이용하여 확률장을 형성하는 방법을 사용하였다. 본 논문에서 제시된 방법은 실제적인 기하학적 초기결함이 갖는 불확실성을 취급하는데 적절하고 실용적이므로 이를 고려한 원통의 구조안전도해석에 이용할 수 있다.

Construction of the 'Two-degree Field' (2dF) instrument on the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) is now virtually complete and commissioning is well underway. The key components are described. Several recent milestones are reported, including the first scientific results. Future prospects and plans are discussed.

A field experiment was carried out to determine the effects of nitrogen (N) fertilization levels after first harvest (0, 30, 60, 90 and 120 kglha) during spring season on the gms growth, dry matter (DM) yield, nutritive value, and efficiency of DM product

We present UBVRI CCD photometry of the Type Ie supernova SN 19941 in M51 which was discovered on April 2, 1994 (UT). UBVRI CCD photometry of SN 1994 I were obtained for the period of the first two months from April 4, 1994, using the Seoul National University Observatory 60 cm telescope. The light curves of SN 19941 show several interesting features: (a) SN 19941 reaches the maximum brightness at B-band on April 8.23 (B = 13.68 mag), at V-band on April 9.10 (V = 12.89 mag), and at I-band on April 10.32 (I = 12.48 mag); (b) The light curves around the maximum brightness are much narrower than those of other types of supernovae; (c) The light curves after the peak decline more steeply than those of other types of supernovae; and (d) The colors get redder from (V-R) ≈ 0.2 mag ((V - I) ≈ 0.3 mag, (B - V) ≈ 0.7 mag) on April 4 to (V-R)≈ 0.6 mag ((V-1) ≈0.9 mag, (B-V) ≈ 1.3 mag) on April 18. Afterwards (V - R) colors get bluer slightly (by ~0.005 mag/day), while (V-I) colors stay almost constant around (V-1) ≈ 1.0 mag. The color at the maximum brightness is (B-V)=0.9 mag, which is ~1 mag redder than the mean color of typical Type la supernovae at the maximum brightness. The light curves of SN 1994I are similar to those of the Type Ie supernova SN 1962L in NGC 1073. Adopting the distance modulus of (m-M)0 = 29.2 mag and the reddening of E(B - V) = 0.45 mag [Iwamoto et al. 1994, preprint for ApJ], we derive absolute magnitudes at the maximum brightness of SN 1994I, Mv(max) = -17.7 mag and MB(max) = -17.4 mag. This result shows that SN 1994I was ~2 mag fainter at the maximum brightness compared with typical Type Ia supernovae. A narrower peak and faster decline after the maximum in the light curve of SN 1994I compared with other types of supernovae indicate that the progenitor of SN 1994I might be a lower mass star compared with those of other types of supernovae.

Stirling기관(機關)의 성능(性能) 예측(豫測)을 위한 1차원해석방법(次元解析方法)으로서 지금까지는 온도(溫度)의 기준(基準)으로 팽창(膨脹) 및 압축공간(壓縮空間)의 작동유체(作動流體)의 온도(溫度)를 각각(各各) 가열기(加熱器)와 냉각기내(冷却器內)의 작동유체(作動流體)의 온도(溫度)와 동일(同一)하게 취급(取扱)하였으나 실제로는 등온팽창(等溫膨脹), 등온압축(等溫壓縮)의 변화(變化)를 수행시킬 수 없으므로 팽창공간내(膨脹空間內)의 온도(溫度)는 가열기내(加熱器內)의 온도(溫度)보다 낮고, 압축공간내(壓縮空間內)의 온도(溫度)는 냉각기내(冷却器內)의 온도(溫度)보다 높기 때문에 실제(實際)와 부합(符合)되지 않는 점이 있었다. 따라서 본(本) 연구(硏究)에서는 팽창(膨脹) 및 압축공간내(壓縮空間內)의 대표온도(代表溫度)를 팽창공간내(膨脹空間內)의 온도(溫度) 저하(低下)와 압축공간내(壓縮空間內)의 온도(溫度) 상승(上昇)을 고려하여 성능(性能)을 평가(評價)한 결과(結果), 팽창공간내(膨脹空間內)의 작동유체(作動流體) 온도(溫度)를 가열기(加熱器)와 가열기(加熱器)부터 기관압축비(機關壓縮比) 에 상당하는 단열압축(斷熱壓縮)을 했을 때의 온도(溫度)와의 평균온도(平均溫度)로 하고 압축공간내(壓縮空間內)의 작동유체(作動流體) 온도(溫度)를 냉각기(冷却期)와 냉각기(冷却期)로부터 기관압축비(機關壓縮比) 에 상당하는 단열압축(斷熱壓縮)했을때의 온도(溫度)와의 평균온도(平均溫度)로 선정(選定)한 경우가 팽창공간내(膨脹空間內)의 온도저하(溫度低下)만을 고려하고, 압축공간(壓縮空間)의 온도(溫度)는 냉각기내(冷却期內)의 온도(溫度)와 동일(同一)하게 취급(取扱)했을 경우, 그리고 팽창공간(膨脹空間)과 압축공간내(壓縮空間內)의 작동유체(作動流體)의 온도(溫度)를 각각(各各) 가열기(加熱器)와 냉각기내(冷却器內)의 작동유체(作動流體)의 온도(溫度)와 동일(同一)하게 취급(取扱)하였을 경우보다 실측치(實測値)에 더 접근(接近)하였다.

본 실험은 혼파초지에서 봄철 1차 이용시기와 1차 이용후 재생기간에 따른 목초의 일당 건물생산량, 경엽분포비율, 일반성분함량 및 세포벽 구성물질 등에 미치는 영향을 구명하고자 1차 이용시기(주구)를 영양생장기(초장 25-30cm), 절간신장기(초장 40~50cm) 및 출수기(초장 60~70cm)로 하고 1차 이용후 재생기간(세구)을 20, 30 및 40일로 하여 1987년도와 1988년도 2개년에 걸쳐 실시하였다. 1차 이용시 일당생산량은 늦게 이용할수