High-entropy alloys (HEAs) have been reported to have better properties than conventional materials; however, they are more expensive due to the high cost of their main components. Therefore, research is needed to reduce manufacturing costs. In this study, CoCrFeMnNi HEAs were prepared using metal injection molding (MIM), which is a powder metallurgy process that involves less material waste than machining process. Although the MIM-processed samples were in the face-centered cubic (FCC) phase, porosity remained after sintering at 1200°C, 1250°C, and 1275°C. In this study, the hot isostatic pressing (HIP) process, which considers both temperature (1150°C) and pressure (150 MPa), was adopted to improve the quality of the MIM samples. Although the hardness of the HIP-treated samples decreased slightly and the Mn composition was significantly reduced, the process effectively eliminated many pores that remained after the 1275°C MIM process. The HIP process can improve the quality of the alloy.

The demand for transportation is increasing due to the continuous generation of radioactive wastes. Especially, considering the geographical characteristics of Korea and the location characteristics of nuclear facilities, the demand for maritime transportation is expected to increase. If a sinking accident happens during maritime transportation, radioactive materials can be released into the ocean from radioactive waste transportation containers. Radioactive materials can spread through the ocean currents and have radiological effects on humans. The effect on humans is proportional to the concentration of radioactive materials in the ocean compartment. In order to calculate the concentration of radioactive materials that constantly flow along the ocean current, it is necessary to divide the wide ocean into appropriate compartments and express the transfer processes of radioactive materials between the compartments. Accordingly, this study analyzed various ocean transfer evaluation methodologies of overseas maritime transportation risk codes. MARINRAD, POSEIDON, and LAMER codes were selected to analyze the maritime transfer evaluation methodology. MARINRAD divided the ocean into two types of compartments that water and sediment compartments. And it was assumed that radionuclides are transfered from water to water or from water to sediment. Advection, diffusion, and sedimentation were established as transfer process for radionuclides between compartments. MARINRAD use transfer parameters to evaluate transer processes by advection, diffusion, and sedimentation. Transfer parameters were affected by flow rate, sedimentation rate, sediment porosity, and etc. POSEIDON also divided the ocean into two types that water and sediment compartment, each compartments was detaily divided into three vertical sub-compartment. Advection, diffusion, resuspension, sedimentation, and bioturbation were established as transport processes for radionuclides between compartments. POSEIDON also used transfer parameters for evaluating advection, diffusion, resuspension, sedimentation, and bioturbation. Transfer parameters were affected by suspended sediment rates, sedimentation rates, vertical diffusion coefficients, bioturbation factors, porosity, and etc. LAMER only considered the water compartment. It divided the water compartment into vertical detailed compartments. Diffusion, advection and sedimentation were established as the nuclide transfer processes between the compartments. To evaluated the transfer processes of nuclides for diffusion and advection, LAMER calculated the probability with generating random position vectors for radionuclides’ locations rather than deterministic methods such as MARINRAD’s transfer parameters or POSEIDON’s transfer rates to evaluate transfer processes. The results of this study can be used as a basis for developing radioactive materials’ ocean transfer evaluation model.

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are attracting attention because of their excellent properties and functions; however, they are relatively expensive compared with commercial alloys. Therefore, various efforts have been made to reduce the cost of raw materials. In this study, MIM is attempted using coarse equiatomic CoCrFeMnNi HEA powders. The mixing ratio (powder:binder) for HEA feedstock preparation is explored using torque rheometer. The block-shaped green parts are fabricated through a metal injection molding process using feedstock. The thermal debinding conditions are explored by thermogravimetric analysis, and solvent and thermal debinding are performed. It is densified under various sintering conditions considering the melting point of the HEA. The final product, which contains a small amount of non-FCC phase, is manufactured at a sintering temperature of 1250oC.

In order to accumulate the ecological information of Drosophila suzukii for export negotiations of domestic strawberry, we weekly monitored occurrence of D. suzukii at three strawberry fields located in Gok-seong, Dam-yang and Hwa-sun using the best combination of trap and attractant from November 2017 to May 2018, the period of strawberry production. Monitoring was carried out at three sites (a hill located 150 meter distant to greenhouse, outside greenhouse and inside greenhouse) in Gok-seong. Drosophil suzukii was trapped at three short periods from November to the beginning of December, from the end of December to the beginning of January, and from April in a hill. At outside greenhouse, D. suzukii was trapped at two short periods from November to the early December and the beginning of May. In inside greenhouse, it occurred once after May 24th. Gok-seong data can be summarized as more occurrence for longer period as the distance to greenhouse increases. Dam-yang occurred once in a short period inside greenhouse and hill, respectively on May. In case of Hwa-sun, D. suzukii did not trapped in whole trapping sites during trapping period, except for the surrounding grape and peach cultivation areas at the end of November. Summarized, no occurrence periods are from November 20th, 2017 to May 14th, 2018 inside greenhouse; from December 11th, 2017 to May 3rd, 2018 outside greenhouse; and from January 8th, 2018 to April 12th, 2018 on a hill. In connection with strawberry culture, the D. suzukii tends to occur at the beginning and the end of the strawberry production period. We expect this result can serve as a helpful data for export negotiation for quarantine.

벗초파리는 우리나라에서는 심각한 해충으로 인식되지 않아 발생 기간 및 패턴, 기주 범위 등의 생태적인 연구뿐만 아니라 모니터링을 위한 우수 유인제 및 트랩의 연구도 제한적으로 수행된 실정이다. 본 연구는 기존 연구 결과를 참조하여 사과식초 함유 유인제 2종과 화학적 루어 2종 그리고 트랩 2종에 대한 선발 시험을 수행하였다. 선발 시험은 사육중인 벗초파리를 이용한 choice test와 함께 수목원, 딸기 농장, 블루베리 농장에서의 6반복 유인력 검증 실험을 수행하였다. 유인력 비교 결과 ACV + wine의 포획량이 높았으며, 블루베리 농장 인근 결과값은 전체 조사 항목에서 통계적 유의성을 보였다 (P < 0.05). 트랩 선발 실험 결과 모든 실험 장소에서 Dreves 트랩이 높은 포획량을 보였다. 이상의 결과를 통해 ACV + wine과 Dreves 트랩 조합을 선발하였으며, 이를 이용하여 향후 지속적인 모니터링, 월동 발생 조사 등의 연구에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

목 적 : 경추 MRI 검사 시 고식적 2D T2 TSE 시상면 영상과 3D T2 SPACE 시상면 영상에 대해 비교하고, 얻어진 3D 볼륨 데이터에 다중 평면 영상 재구성 기법(이하 MPR)을 이용해 양측 신경공 축에 수직 방향으로 사위 시상 재구성 영상을 획득하여 3D T2 SPACE영상의 진단적 유용성에 대해 평가하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 2015년 6월부터 2016년 1월 까지 경추의 통증으로 본원에 내원하여 경추 MRI 처방을 받고 검사를 시행한 환자 20명을 대상으로 하였고, 연령군은 남자 12명(평균나이=42.23세), 여자 8명(평균나이=40.38세)이었으며, 총 평균나이는 41.52세 이었다. 영상 평가는 영상의학과 근골격계 전문의 1명, 정형외과 전문의 1명이 환자의 사전정보를 모두 배제 시킨 고식적 2D T2 시상면, 3D T2 SPACE 시상면, 3D T2 SPACE 재구성 사위시상면에 대해 각 시퀀스 별로 해부학적 구조물(Neural foramen, Intraspinal nerve roots, Foraminal fat tissue, Spinal cord, CSF, Bone. Disc)들의 관찰정도를 리커트(Likert scale) 5점 척도로 일원배치 분산분석(One-way ANOVA)을 이용하여 평가하였고 통계적 기법의 검증 결과는 일원배치 분산분석 검증 후, p< 0.05일 때 유의한 것으로 간주하였다. 두 평가자 간 신뢰도를 위한 일치성 검증은 Cohen’s weighted kappa 95% 신뢰구간에서 평가 하였다. 결 과 : 정성적 평가에서 2명의 평가자에 의한 리커드 5점 척도 결과. 고식적 2D T2 시상면, 3D T2 SPACE 시상면, 3D T2 SPACE 재구성 사위시상면의 평가 결과는 Neural foramen에서 1.8±0.516, 3.525±0.505, 4.8±0.405, Intraspinal root에서 2.325±0.797, 4.325±0.474, 4.75±0.438, Foraminal fat tissue에서 3.0±0.877, 3.675±0.572, 4.15±0.735, CSF에서 4.85±0.483, 4.4±0.59, 4.2±0.822, Spinal cord에서 4.7±0.464, 4.0±0.555, 3.45±0.504, Bone에서 4.15±0.662, 3.4±0.496, 3.35±0.483, Disc에서 4.43±0.500, 3.7±0.464, 3.85±0.579 라는 결과를 얻었다. 평가된 값의 평균을 비교해본 결과 Neural formen, Intraspinal root, Foraminal fat tissue는 3D T2 SPACE 재구성 사위시상면, 3D T2 SPACE 시상면, 고식적 2D T2 시상면 순으로 높은 결과가 나왔고, CSF, Spinal cord, Bone, Disc에 대해서는 고식적 2D T2 시상면이 3D T2 SPACE 시상면, 3D T2 SPACE 재구성 사위시상면 보다 높다는 결과를 나타냈으며, 두 평가자 간 평가결과의 일치성 검정은 통계적으로 유의하였다(p<0.0001). 결 론 : 3D T2 SPACE 시상면 영상과 3D T2 SPACE 재구성 사위시상면 영상은 높은 공간 분해능과 T2 대조도를 가지고 있으며, CSF, Spinal cord, Bone, Disc의 해부학적 구조물 관찰정도가 고식적 T2 시상면 영상와 큰 차이를 보이지 않으며, Neural foramen, Intraspinal nerve root, Neural foramen fat tissue의 구조물들이 잘 관찰되는 결과를 얻었다. 따라서 신경근병증, 디스크 탈출증 의증을 주소로 내원하는 환자에게 3D T2 SPACE 시상면 시퀸스를 적용한다면 Neural foramen, Intraspinal nerve root, Neural foramen fat tissue에 관한 높은 진단적 영상정보를 제공하므로 질환의 감별에 유용하리라 사료된다

Exposure to ionizing radiation is regarded as a kind of abiotic stresses that can change the expression of genes in living organisms. This study aimed on investigating the variations in gene expressions induced by two different types of irradiations with different doses, which were low linear energy transfer (LET) gamma rays (100, 200, and 400 Gy) and high LET ion-beams (20, 40, and 80 Gy) on rice. RNA sequencing was carried out using the Illumina HiSeq-2500 platform. The average amount of reads were 4.8 Gb per individual, and 5 to 8% of the reads were removed after quality control. More than 90% of the RNA-seq reads were mapped to the rice reference genome sequence (IRGSP-1.0). A total of 247 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified by comparison of the gene expression levels between the wildtype and the irradiated individuals. The 247 DEGs were divided into five modules and 27 intra-modular hub genes were found using the weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA) method. The MEturquiose module had the most number of genes with 75 related to carbohydrate and small molecule metabolic processes. The co-expression network reconstructed using ARACNE (algorithm for reconstruction of accurate cellular networks) showed specific up- or down-regulation of the genes in each module according to the types and doses of radiation. This study will contribute to understanding the gene expression responses to ionizing irradiation.

Ionizing radiation is known to cause chromosomal alterations such as inversions and deletions and affects gene expression within the plant genome. To monitor the genome-wide transcriptome changes by ionizing radiation, we used rice Affimetrix GeneChip microarray to identify genes that are up- or down regulated by gamma-ray (200 Gy, 60Co source), cosmic-ray and ion beam (40 Gy, 220 MeV carbon ion). The overall expression patterns between gamma-ray and ion beam were similar but cosmic-ray was regulated differently. Combined results from all 3 radiations identified 27 up-regulated genes and 188 down regulated genes. These results mean the induction of similar mechanism changes in treatments of gamma ray and ion beam. However the different expression in treatment of cosmic-ray might be due to the other environmental conditions. Among the commonly up- or down- regulated genes, we chose highly up- or down- regulated several genes and confirmed its regulation in response to ionizing radiation exposure by RT-PCR analysis. Moreover, we showed that specific co-expression networks of candidate radio marker genes by ARACNE algorithm. Our results present profiles of gene expression related to different ionizing radiation and marker gene to predict sensitivity to ionizing radiation, such as GS (glutelin subunit) and FBX322.