Background: Despite its anticancer activity, cisplatin exhibits severe testicular toxicity when used in chemotherapy. Owing to its wide application in cancer therapy, the reduction of damage to normal tissue is of imminent clinical need. In this study, we evaluated the effects of catechin hydrate, a natural flavon-3-ol phytochemical, on cisplatin-induced testicular injury. Methods: Type 2 mouse spermatogonia (GC-1 spg cells) were treated with 0-100 μM catechin and cisplatin. Cell survival was estimated using a cell proliferation assay and Ki-67 immunostaining. Apoptosis was assessed via flow cytometry with the Dead Cell Apoptosis assay. To determine the antioxidant effects of catechin hydrate, Nrf2 expression was measured using qPCR and CellROX staining. The anti-inflammatory effects were evaluated by analyzing the gene and protein expression levels of iNOS and COX2 using qPCR and immunoblotting. Results: The 100 μM catechin hydrate treatment did not affect healthy GC-1 spg cells but, prevented cisplatin-induced GC-1 spg cell death via the regulation of anti-oxidants and inflammation-related molecules. In addition, the number of apoptotic cells, cleaved-caspase 3 level, and BAX gene expression levels were significantly reduced by catechin hydrate treatment in a cisplatin-induced GC-1 spg cell death model. In addition, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory marker genes, including Nrf2 , iNOS, and COX2 were significantly downregulated by catechin hydrate treatment in cisplatintreated GC-1 cells. Conclusions: Our study contributes to the opportunity to reintroduce cisplatin into systemic anticancer treatment, with reduced testicular toxicity and restored fertility.

본 연구는 신생아 검사 중 포수클로랄(chloral hydrate)을 투여 후 진행되는 신생아 진정 검사 대비 진정 대체 방식 중 하나인 피드 및 랩(feed and wrap) 방식의 유용성을 평가한 연구이다. 본 연구에선 진정으로 진행한 신생아의 두뇌 T2 축면 영상과 피드 및 랩 방식으로 진행한 같은 영상 각 30개의 운동 허상(motion artifact)과 백질과 회백질의 구분 정도를 두 명의 영상의학과 전문의가 정성적으로 평가하였고, 운동 허상을 측정하기 위해서 위상부호화(phase encoding) 방향의 배경 영역(background area)의 평균 신호 강도(mean signal intensity)를 구하여서 정량적 방식으로 평가하였다. 또한 총검사 시간을 정리한 뒤 정량적 방식으로 평가하였고 투약 기록의 여부와 간호일지를 토대로 피드 및 랩 방식의 총 39건의 검사 건수 대비 성공률을 측정하였다. 운동 허상의 정량적 평가와 영상 품질의 정성적 평가 모두에서 두 집단은 유의미한 차이가 없었으나, 검사 시간의 정량적 평가에선 p값이 0.001로 유의한 차이가 있었다. 피드 및 랩 방식의 총검사 건수 대비 성공률은 100%였다. 결론적으로 본 논문에선 피드 및 랩 방식과 진정 방식의 영상 품질이 유의한 차이가 없고 성공률이 높기에 유용하다고 판단하였으나, 검사 시간이 더 지연되는 한계가 있다는 사실을 확인하였다.

The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is very sluggish compared to the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Considering this difference is essential when designing and developing a cost-effective and facile synthesis method for a catalyst that can effectively perform OER activity. The material should possess a high surface area and more active sites. Considering these points, in this work we successfully synthesized sheets of cobalt phosphate hydrate (CP) and sulphurated cobalt phosphate hydrate (CPS) material, using simple successive ionic layered adsorption and reaction (SILAR) methods followed by sulfurization. The CP and CPS electrodes exhibited overpotentials of 279 mV with a Tafel slope of 212 mV dec1 and 381 mV with a Tafel slope of 212 mV dec1, respectively. The superior performance after sulfurization is attributed to the intrinsic activity of the deposited well-aligned nanosheet structures, which provided a substantial number of electrochemically active surface sites, speeded electron transfer, and at the same time improved the diffusion of the electrolyte.

Gas hydrate (GH)-based desalination process have a potential as a novel unit desalination process. GHs are nonstoichiometric crystalline inclusion compounds formed at low temperature and a high pressure condition by water and a number of guest gas molecules. After formation, pure GHs are separated from the remaining concentrated seawater and they are dissociated into guest gas and pure water in a low temperature and a high pressure condition. The condition of GH formation is different depending on the type of guest gas. This is the reason why the guest gas is a key to success of GH desalination process. The salt rejection of GH based desalination process appeared 60.5-93%, post treatment process is needed to finally meet the product water quality. This study adopted reverse osmosis (RO) as a post treatment. However, the test about gas rejection by RO process have to be performed because the guest gas will be dissolved in a GH product (RO feed). In this research, removal potential of dissolved gas by RO process is performed using lab-scale RO system and GC/MS analysis. The relation between RO membrane characteristics and gas removal rate were analyzed based on the GC/MS measurement.

역삼투 해수담수공정의 전처리로 CO2 가스하이드레이트를 이용한 급속동결담 수(HIID)공정의 가능성 평가를 목적으로 실험을 진행하였다. CO2 가스하이드레 이트는 가압된 CO2가스를 GUEST로 사용하여 만들어지는 얼음형태의 결정을 의미하며, 이때, 가압된 압력을 상압으로 감압하게 되면 흡열반응이 진행되어 온도가 급감하게 된다. HIID공정은 이 온도감소를 구동력으로 해수를 동결하였다. 이 전처리된 해수를 225psi로 역삼투막을 6시간 저압 운전시 수투과도가 14 LMH이상, 제거율이 98.5-99%로 관찰되었다. 이 실험으로 HIID공정이 역삼투공 정의 전처리로 사용가능함을 확인하였으며, 후단의 역삼투공정에서 운전하는 압력을 기수조건으로 가능하게 하였다. 이를 통해 저비용으로 해수담수가 가능함 을 확인하였다.

Gas hydrate desalination process is based on a liquid to solid (Gas Hydrate, GH) phase change followed by a physical process to separate the GH from the remaining salty water. The GH based desalination process show 60.5-90% of salt rejection, post treatment like reverse osmosis (RO) process is needed to finally meet the product water quality. In this study, the energy consumption of the GH and RO hybrid system was investigated. The energy consumption of the GH process is based on the cooling and heating of seawater and the heat of GH formation reaction while RO energy consumption is calculated using the product of pressure and flow rate of high pressure pumps used in the process. The relation between minimum energy consumption of RO process and RO recovery depending on GH salt rejection, and (2) energy consumption of electric based GH process can be calculated from the simulation. As a result, energy consumption of GH-RO hybrid system and conventional seawater RO process (with/without enregy recovery device) is compared. Since the energy consumption of GH process is too high, other solution used seawater heat and heat exchanger instead of electric energy is suggested.

CSA, a cement mineral compound that is mainly composed of 3CaO·3Al2O3·CaSO4, generates ettringite as a hydration product after a reaction with glass (lime), gypsum and water to speed up the hardening process and enhance the strength and degree of expansion. When used as a cement admixture, there is increased production of ettringite, which can improve the initial strength in the first three days and ameliorate the reduction in the initial strength caused by the use of fly ash in particular. In this study, a hydrate analysis was performed using XRD and SEM after substitution with fly ash (30%) and CSA (8%) with the goal of observing the effect of CSA on the initial strength of a cement mixture containing fly ash. The results of the analysis showed that an addition of CSA promoted the production of ettringite and improved the initial strength, resulting in the generation of hydrates, which can effectively enhance the long-term strength of these materials.

염화희토류 수화물(RECl3·xH2O) 내 존재하는 수분을 제거하기 위하여 탈수화 장치를 제작하여 8가지 (La, Ce, Nd, Pr, Sm. Eu, Gd, Y)Cl3·xH2O에 대한 탈수화 실험을 수행하였다. 탈수화 과정 중 희토류옥 시염화물의 형성을 억제하기 위하여 TGA 분석을 바탕으로 하여 단계적인 온도 상승(80→150→230℃)구 간을 설정하였으며 증발된 수분의 원활한 이동을 위하여 예열된 Ar 가스와 vacuum pump를 이용하였다. 각 온도구간에서의 탈수화 정도를 살펴본 결과 YCl3·xH2O를 제외한 염화희토류 수화물은 원자번호가 높을수록 높은 온도에서 더 많은 탈수화가 일어남을 알 수 있었다. 탈수화 과정 후 희토류옥시염화물의 형성은 보이지 않았으며 염화 희토류 수화물 내 수분을 10%이하로 감소시킬 수 있었다.

The emission of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels has been identified as a major contributor to green house emissions and subsequent global warming and climate changes. For these reasons, it is necessary to separate and recover CO2 gas. A new process based on gas hydrate crystallization is proposed for the CO2 separation/recovery of the gas mixture. In this study, gas hydrate from CO2/H2 gas mixtures was formed in a semi-batch stirred vessel at a constant pressure and temperature. This mixture is of interest to CO2 separation and recovery in Integrated Coal Gasification (IGCC) plants. The impact of tetrahydrofuran (THF) on hydrate formation from the CO2/H2 was observed. The addition of THF not only reduced the equilibrium formation conditions significantly but also helped ease the formation of hydrates. This study illustrates the concept and provides the basic operations of the separation/recovery of CO2 (pre-combustion capture) from a fuel gas (CO2/H2) mixture.

[ SF6 ] gas has been widely used as an insulating, cleaning and covering gas due to its outstanding insulating feature and because of its inert properties. However, the global warming potential of SF6 gas is extremely high relative to typical global warming gases such as CO2, CFCs, and CH4. For these reasons, it is necessary to separate and collect waste SF6 gas. In this study, the effects of a surfactant (Tween) on the formation rate of SF6 gas hydrates were investigated. The SF6 gas hydrate formation rate increased with the addition of Tween and showed a nearly 6.5 times faster hydrate formation rate with an addition of 0.2 wt.% Tween compared to an addition of pure water. This is believed to be due to the increased solubility of SF6 gas with the addition of the surfactant. It was also found that SF6 gas hydrate in the surfactant solution showed two-stage hydrate formation rates with a formation rate that increased rapidly in the 2nd stage.

점토 광물로부터 황산 처리법을 이용하여 수화 황산 알루미늄을 제조하였다. 하동 카올린 을 황산 처리하였을 때 수화 황산 알루미늄 형성에 미치는 카올린의 하소 온도와 하소 시간, 산처리 반응 온도와 반응 시간 및 황산의 농도의 영향을 조사하였다. 또한, 황산 처리된 용액으로부터 수화 황산 알루미늄이 석출되는 최적 조건을 구하였으며, 생성된 수화 황산 알루미늄을 상온에서 1200˚C 까지 각각의 온도 구간에서 열처리한 분말에 대해서 XRD, TG-DTA, FT-IR, SEM, 입도 분석 및 불순물 분석을 하였다. 최적 조건 하에서, 카올린 중의 알루미나가 수화 황산 알루미늄으로 생성되는 전화율은 약 60%였고, XRD, TG-DTA, FT-IR 등의 분석 결과로 부터 생성된 수화 황산 알루미늄의 열분해 반응은 Al2(SO4)3·18H2O→Al2(SO4)3·6H2O→Al2(SO4)→ amorphous alumina→γ-alumina→δ-alumina→θ-alumina→α-alumina이었다. 또한 생성된 수화 황산 알루미늄을 1200˚C에서 하소 하여 얻은 알루미나 분말의 순도는 99.99%였다.

콘크리트의 수화물 및 이와 관련된 특성치들은 재령에 따라 변화하며 이는 염화물 확산성과 큰 관련이 있다. 본 연구에서는 세 가지 수준의 물-결합재 비와 플라이 애시 및 고로슬래그 미분말을 30% 혼입한 콘크리트 대하여 2년간 장기 양생을 수행하였다. 5번의 측정 시점(28일, 56일, 180일, 365일, 730일)에 대하여 촉진실험을 통하여 촉진 염화물 확산계수를 평가하였으며, DUCOM을 통하여 도출된 공극률, 염화물 구속능, 투수계수의 변화와 비교하였다. 염화물 확산성과 투수성의 변화 패턴이 가장 유사하였는데, 이는 투수성이 공극률의 제곱에 비례하기 때문이다. 또한, 각 재령 기간 동안 변화하는 비율을 분석하였는데, 초기 재령(재령 28일~56일)에서 공극률, 투수성 및 염화물 확산성의 변화가 지배적이었고, 낮은 물-결합재 비를 가진 OPC 콘크리트에서는 180일까지 확산성의 변화가 지속적으로 크게 평가되었다.