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Evaluation of Response Modification Factor of Steel Special Resisting Frame Building Before and After Retrofitted with Buckling Restrained Brace (비좌굴가새의 보강 전과 후의 철골 특수모멘트저항골조 건물의 R계수 평가)

  • Shin, Jiuk;Lee, Kihak;Jo, Yeong Wook
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.11-19
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    • 2013
  • This research presents that seismic performance of steel moment resisting frame building designed by past provision(UBC, Uniform Building Code) before and after retrofitted with BRB (Buckling-Restrained Brace) was evaluated using response modification factor (R-factor). In addition, the seismic performance of the retrofitted past building was compared with that specified in current provision. The past building considered two different connections: bilinear connection, which was used by structural engineer for building design, and brittle connection observed in past earthquakes. The nonlinear pushover analysis and time history analysis were performed for the analytical models considered in this study. The R-factor was calculated based on the analytical results. When comparing the R-factor of the current provision with the calculated R-factor, the results were different due to the hysteresis characteristics of the connection types. After retrofitted with BRBs, the past buildings with the bilinear connection were satisfied with the seismic performance of the current provision. However, the past buildings with the brittle connection was significantly different with the R-factor of the current provision.

A Study on Major Factors on Patient Satisfaction of General Hospitals in Korea - Analysis of factors associated with in Health Service Evaluation Program by the Korean Government - (종합병원 입원환자와 외래환자의 만족도 요인 분석 - 의료기관 서비스평가 자료를 활용한 실증 분석 -)

  • Bae, Sung-Kwon;Nam, Eun-Woo;Park, Jae-Young
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.26-44
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate these major factors on patient satisfaction, and to examine the affecting level of major factors in. The subjects in this study was 70 hospitals that were surveyed the hospital evaluation program containing the survey of patient satisfaction by KHIDI(Korea Health Industry Development Institute) from 1997 to 1999. The collected data was analysed SPSS for Windows(Ver 10.0). On basically, frequency analysis, t-test, and ANOVA was performed and, for more analysis, correlation analysis, factor analysis, multiple regression analysis, logistic regression analysis was utilized. According to this study, the major factors of inpatient satisfaction are divided 3 types facility factor, manpower factor, and service factor. And the major factors of outpatient satisfaction are analyzed 5 types; facility factor related direct medical service, facility factor related indirect medical services, manpower factor, pharmacy factor, and facility factor related utilization convenience. The importance of this study lies in the identification of major factors on hospital patient satisfaction.

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A Study on the Customer's Selection Attributes for Japanese Chain Restaurants in Seoul.Kyunggi Area (서울.경기지역 일식체인 레스토랑의 선택속성에 관한 연구)

  • Yun, Tae-Hwan;Lee, Soo-Bum;Yoon, Hye-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2004
  • The specific purposes of this study are that ; 1) to investigate the distinguished selection attributes on performance of Japanese chain restaurant according to general characteristics of the respondent ; 2) to find out relationships between selection attributes on performance for Japanese restaurant and customer's satisfaction Frequency analysis. one-way ANOVA, reliability analysis, factor analysis, multiple regression were used to analyze the data. Total 350 questionnaires were distributed and 312 were replied(89.14%). Selection attributes on performance for Japanese chain restaurant was divided into 7 factors. There are Factor1 'Store Image & Kindness', Factor2 'Sanitation & Taste', Factor3 'Approximation & Children's Menu', Factor4 'Delivery & Business Hours', Factor5 'Food Quantity & Korean Food', Factor6 'Service & Parking' Factor7 'Price & Publicity'. Monthly income, eating-out expense per once and type of companion have significant influences on selection attributes for performance. Customer's total satisfaction is significantly affected by selection attributes on performance. Factor7 'Price & Publicity' has the most significant influence on customer's satisfaction. We expect that the results can be used to provide basic information to plan marketing strategies, and take improved customer's satisfaction for Japanese chain restaurants.

Water Quality Evaluation on the Bottom Water of Masan Bay by Multivariate Analysis (다변량 해석에 의한 마산만 저층수의 수질평가)

  • Lee, Mu-kang;Hwang, Jeung-Wook;Choi, Young-Kwang
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.15-23
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    • 1996
  • During the last two decades, many industrial complexes for heavy and chemical industries have been established along the Korean coastline, thereby increasing the pollution materials burden on the coastal environment of seawater. Masan Bay is one of the most polluted coastal areas in Korea and the main soures of pollutants are domestic and industrial wastewater from Masan, Changwon. This study was aimed to evaluate relationships among the physicochemical parameters in the bottom water of Masan bay and to examine environmental factors affecting to pollutions of seawater by factor analysis. 'rife factor loading, 1 is showed higher increasing inclination after 1989 year in station 1. The variance of pollutant materials is showed 43.7% in which the coastal inflow water is indicated external loadings(factor 1 : NO3--N, TN, factor 4 : SiO2-Si) corresponded to domestic sewage, industrial wastewater, and earth-sands in the bottom water of Masan bay And the internal loadings(factor 2 : SS, salinity, factor 3 . W.T., DO) are explained 33.8%'corresponded the phenomena of sedimentary layer and oxygen concentration. Therefore, The external loadings are explained by the higher factor pollutantal variance in Masan bay.

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Importance perception on the sanitation and cleanliness of family restaurant employees (패밀리레스토랑 종업원의 위생과 청결에 관한 중요도 인식)

  • Ko Ho-Seok;Kim Sun-Kyung;Kim Dong-Ki;Kim Beom-Jin
    • Korean journal of food and cookery science
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    • v.21 no.2 s.86
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    • pp.155-162
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with sanitation and cleanliness regarding the importance of family restaurant employees in the Ulsan and Busan areas. Accordingly, this study conducted a suey questionnaire consisting of 28 measures of food-service as well as major subject descriptors. From the results, the frequency, descriptive, factor, correspondence analysis, major findings and marketing implications could be summarized as follows: First, 6 factors were extracted: cooking and control factor, food and tableware handling factor, personal cleanliness condition factor, purchase and receiving factor, unit food material store factor and Kitchen utensil sanitation factor. KMO and Bartlett' stest statistics showed that the data fitted the factor analysis well. Results of factor analysis, average variance extracted estimates and shared variance showed that the convergent and discriminant validity of 6 factors are supported and Cronbach's alpha showed that the internal consistency of the 6 factors was supported. Second, correspondence analysis indicated that statistically significant relationships existed between some of the family restaurant employee sanitation and cleanliness factors and the family restaurant enterprise.

Reassessment of Validity and Reliability of the Tools for Measuring Yangseng -Focused on the Elderly People in Jeonbuk Area- (양생측정도구의 타당도와 신뢰도 재검증 -전북지역 노인을 중심으로-)

  • Jung, Hae-Kyoung;Kwon, So-Hee;Kim, Ae-Jung;Wang, Myoung-Ja;Lee, Ki-Nam
    • Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.17-36
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    • 2005
  • The objective of this study is to present basic data for producing tools to measure Yangseng of the elderly aged older than 65 by reassessing the validity and reliability of such tools already developed. In the present study, total 855 subjects were divided into 4 groups and given 31 question for the ultimate factor analysis of each item. The results cloud be summarized as follows: 1. In case of 'don't have sex in drunken state or right after dinner'(the 31st item of sex live yangseng). factor loading came out proportionally in 3 factors such as factor 4=0.358, factor 5=0.389 and factor 6=0.386. As they all failed to reach the general standard of 0.5 or more and even the minimum standard of 0.4 or more, the 31st item was deleted from the questionnaires. 2. From the factor analysis after exclusion of the 31st item, factor loading of the 25th item of sleep yangseng 'go to bed and get up regularly' appeared to be proportional in 2 factor(factor 4=0.393 and factor 7=0.373). Since it was shown that the 25th item could not be classified into a category but interacted with others in common and didn't satisfy the minimum standard of 0.4, it was deleted form the questionnaires, too. 3. From the factor analysis conducted after excluding the item numbers 31 and 25, factor loading of the 12th item of diet yangseng 'do not eat much' turned out to be relatively high with such values as factor 5=0.518 and factor 3=0.453. As it was, however, tied up with the factor of exercise yangseng, it was also deleted. In conclusion, 28 items after excluding the item numbers 12, 25 and 31 form 4 group showed the same results as divided into 8 factor with high grade of reliability and validity, evidencing the assumption that they can be employed practically to measure yangseng of the elderly aged 65 and oder.

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A New Method for Lateral Force Calibration in Atomic Force Microscope (원자현미경(AFM)에서 마찰력 측정을 위한 새로운 보정 기술 연구)

  • Yoon Eui-Sung;Kim Hong Joon;Wang Fei;Kong Hosung
    • Tribology and Lubricants
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.221-226
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    • 2005
  • A new calibration method for exact measurement of friction force in atomic force microscope (AFM) is presented. A new conversion factor involves a contact factor affected by tip, cantilever and contact stiffness. Especially the effect of contact stiffness on the conversion factor between lateral force and lateral signal is considered. Conventional conversion factor and a new modified conversion factor were experimentally compared. Results showed that a new calibration method could minimize the effect of normal load on friction force and improve the conventional method. A new method could be applied to the specimens with different physical properties.

Improvement of Operating Efficiency on Advanced Wastewater Plant Using Statistical Approach (고도처리 효율 향상을 위한 통계적 접근)

  • Moon, Kyung-Sook;Min, Kyung-Sub;Kim, Seung-Min;Lee, Chan-Hyung
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.405-412
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    • 2008
  • Statistical analysis technique was applied to operating parameters and removal efficiency data sets obtained from advanced wastewater treatment plant during 1 year. Through factor analysis three factors derived varimax rotation were selected each plant. Three components explained 96%, 87% of the total variance of the process, respectively. The components on $A_2O$ Plant were identified in the following order : 1) Shortening the SRT during high-flow period, 2) Keeping biomass high on winter 3) factor was related to DO. On DNR plant, we defined them as follows: factor 1, Prolonged the SRT during high-flow period; factor 2 was related to sludge return; factor 3, Influent BOD during low-DO period. This technique was believed to assist operators in identifying priorities to improve operation efficiency.

Review of Design Flexural Strengths of Steel-Concrete Composite Beams for Building Structures

  • Chung, Lan;Lim, Jong-Jin;Hwang, Hyeon-Jong;Eom, Tae-Sung
    • International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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    • v.10 no.sup3
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    • pp.109-121
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    • 2016
  • Recently, as the use of high-performance materials and complex composite methods has increased, the need for advanced design specifications for steel-concrete composite structures has grown. In this study, various design provisions for ultimate flexural strengths of composite beams were reviewed. Design provisions reviewed included the load and resistance factor design method of AISC 360-10 and the partial factor methods of KSSC-KCI, Eurocode 4 and JSCE 2009. The design moment strengths of composite beams were calculated according to each design specification and the variation of the calculated strengths with design variables was investigated. Furthermore, the relationships between the deformation capacity and resistance factor for flexure were examined quantitatively. Results showed that the design strength and resistance factor for flexure of composite beams were substantially affected by the design formats and variables.

Analysis of Deterioration Characteristics for Connection Factor used in Grounding System (접지시스템에 사용되는 접속요소의 열화특성 분석)

  • Gil, Hyoung-Jun;Shong, Kil-Mok;Kim, Young-Seok;Kim, Chong-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.9-13
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    • 2015
  • This paper describes the analysis of deterioration characteristics for connection factor used in grounding system. The connection method of grounding system is specified in IEC standard. In order to analyze the deterioration characteristics for connection factor, deterioration test was carried out when the connection factor was buried in salt water and underground. The test connection factors were C-type sleeve, clamp, and exothermic welding. As a consequence, most of the connection factor was corroded, and the electrical resistance decreased after deterioration. The analytical results can be used to establish the safety of grounding system.