• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.323-327
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• 2002

Chronic diabetic patients need to sample capillary blood for monitoring and controlling the blood sugar level. Frequent sampling requires to minimize pain during skin puncture. The present study developed mechanisms to minimize pain with effective sampling procedure. which consisted of tapered spring, guiding tunnel, and 30G needle Penetration depth was limited to within 2mm for pain reduction as well as for safety. Simple no-reuse mechanism also prevented the cross-patient and secondary infection possibility. Clinical experiments demonstrated the best convenience and safety with minimal pain in the diabetes, normal, and nursing students groups. Sing1e blood sampling was enough for successful blood sugar test by portable analyzer. The present sing1e use auto-lancet should be of great convenience in frequent capillary blood sampling for the diabetes.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.1-9
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• 2015

This study is on the shear strength of the internal joints of RCS composite structure consisting of reinforced concrete column and steel beam. As a newly structure system, the composite system has been developed to fully utilize the advantages of reinforced concrete column and steel beam, which also include economic and practical joint detail. Nevertheless stress transfer mechanism and structural behavior of the joints had not been still clearly revealed and shown much difference from the proposed equation. In this study, by observing the crossing of reinforced concrete column through steel beam to the RCS structure beam type, thirty seven shear failure specimens were selected and applied to the 5 major equations which is used to calculate the shear strength of RCS joint. Through the regression analysis, modified equation which is more reliable and approximate results for shear strength of RCS joints was proposed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.105-105
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• 2015

환경용수는 수질보전, 친수환경 제공, 생물다양성 보전 등을 위하여 하천이나 농업 용수로를 흐르는 물을 말한다. 둑높이기 저수지 사업에 의하여 109개의 농업용 저수지에 증가된 저수용량만큼 2.4억 $m^3$의 환경용수가 창출되었다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 환경용수의 개념을 정립하고 둑높이기 저수지에 창출된 환경용수의 전개방향을 제시한다. 환경용수는 크게 농업적 환경용수와 비농업적 환경용수로 분류할 수 있다. 농업적 환경용수는 농업용수에 내재된 환경용수를 말하며 이를 지역용수라고도 한다. 일본에서는 여러 지역에서 비관 개기의 농업용수 수리권이 인정되어 농업용수가 마을의 생활용수, 환경용수로서 활용되고 있다. 우리나라에서는 충북 청주 무심천을 흐르는 농업용수가 여기에 해당되며, 관개기 동안 $5.0m^3/s$의 유량이 무심천 상류에서 방류되어 시내를 관통한 후 하류에서 취수되고 있다. 농업용수가 청주시내를 관통하면서 수심을 상승시켜 친수환경을 제공하고 있다. 비농업적 환경용수는 수질보전이나 생태계보전을 위한 하천유지용수나 친수환경 개선을 위한 환경개선용수가 여기에 해당된다. 일본에서는 2005년 처음으로 센다이시(仙台市)가 신규 수리권을 취득하여 비관개기에 하천수를 농업용수로를 통하여 수질개선 및 친수환경 제공의 목적으로 공급한 이후, 다수의 환경수리권 취득 사례가 보고되고 있다. 둑높이기 저수지의 농업용수는 관개기에는 관개라는 주목적 외에 내재된 환경용수의 기능을 부수하고 있다. 한편, 새로 확보된 환경용수는 갈수기나 비관개기에 하천 및 농업용수로를 통하여 공급되어야 그 기능을 발휘할 수 있다. 하천으로 방류되면 하천유지용수나 환경개선용수가 되어 하천 환경의 개선에 기여할 것이고, 용수로로 방류되면 지역용수가 되어 농촌마을의 친수 및 어메니티 향상을 위한 용수로서 활용되어 농업의 다원적(공익적) 기능 향상에 기여할 것이다. 농업의 다원적 기능은 OECD(경제협력개발기구)에서 인정된 농업에 존재하는 경제 외부효과로서 홍수조절, 지하수함양, 경관형성, 친수기능, 생태계보전 등을 말한다. 향후의 과제로서 둑높이기 저수지에 확보된 환경용수를 하천과 농업 용수로로 적절히 배분하는 기준의 설정 및 각각의 환경용수량 결정이 대두된다.

• 한국노년학
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.761-779
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• 2020

This study is a qualitative study applied with in-depth interviews and phenomenological analysis. The objective of this study was finding out the function of the elder protection agency by interpreting the meaning developed from the experience of the workers about the role of the elder protective service agency. As a result of the analysis, the essential themes were 'Struggling and working hard', 'Obstacles that cannot be lifted', and 'Reaching the time to be reborn as an organization for the elderly human rights.' The common essence of these themes is 'The road to human rights orientation: a destination that must be reached, though not easy to go.' In order for the meanings to be settled and to fit in to the community, it was suggested it is a situation in which both internal and external renewal of the institution for the protection of the elderly is most needed. In addition, much as it turned out that legal and institutional support must be provided so that the elder protection agency can be reborn as human rights organizations with more professionalism, it was proposed to follow the institutional improvement plan derived from this study.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.56-61
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• 2013

This paper presents the results of integrity assessment for the cracks happened in reactor vessel upper head penetration nozzles. The crack morphology for a boat sample from crack area was analyzed through microscope. The stress condition including weld residual stress around crack was analyzed using finite element analysis. From the results of crack morphology and stress condition, the crack was concluded as primary water stress corrosion cracking. The integrity of the cracked nozzle was assessed by the methodology provided in ASME Section XI. According to the assessment results, the remaining life of the cracked nozzle was 1.43 yrs. and the plant decided to repair it.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.77-85
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• 1999

This paper deals with an experirrental study of a nondestructive testing system using a solenoid eddy currnet sensor to inspect deteriorations in overhead distribution lines, such as broken wires, severe local corrosion or zinc loss. Corrosion rrechanisrn for ACSR and ACSR-OC is discussed and characteristics for a solenoid sensor to insprt the georretrical pararreters of the coil and testing materials impOOance are briefly analyzed. A measurement system having a constant current source, a signal processing unit and a motor driver is impIemented. This instrument has such capabilities as detecting the sensor output and estimating dinHlsions of the testing conductors, continuously. As a result, it was shown that the eddy current sensor with an encircling coil could effectively estimate the diatreter change due to deteriorations in overhead distribution lines. lines.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.252-261
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• 1991

A particle trajectory model to simulate two-phase particle-laden crossjets into two-dimensional horizontal free stream has been developed to study the variations of the jet trajectories and velocity variations of the gaseous and the particulate phases. The following conclusions may be drawn from the predicted results, which are in agreement with experimental observations. The penetration of the two-phase jet in a crossflow is greater than that of the single-phase jet. The penetration of particles into the free stream increases with increasing particle size, solids-gas loading ratio and carrier gas to free stream velocity ratio at the jet exit. When the particle size is large, the solid particles separate from the carrier gas , while the particles are completely suspended in the carrier gas for the case of small size particles. As the particle to carrier gas velocity ratio at the jet exit is less than unity, the particles in the vicinity of the jet exit are accelerated by the carrier gas. As the injection angle is increased, the difference of the particle trajectory from that of the pure gas becomes larger. Therefore, it can be concluded that the velocities and trajectories of the particle-laden jets in a crossflow change depending on the solids-gas loading ratio, particle size, carrier gas to free stream velocity ratio and particle to gas velocity ratio at the jet exit.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• v.48 no.10
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• pp.1143-1143
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• 2005

The traumatic ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a rare but potentially life threatening complication of chest wall injury. The traumatic VSD occurs in up to 4.5% of penetrating cardiac trauma. Most of the patients are usually operated on because of heart failure and/or significant left-to-right shunt. The feasibility of surgical repair under cardiopulmonary bypass may be affected by coexisting pulmonary, cerebral or other vascular injuries. Transcatheter closure of VSD is being considered as an alternative therapeutic modality to surgery in order to avoid the potential risk of cardiopulmonary bypass. We report a patient who underwent a successful transcatheter closure of VSD with an $Amplatzer^{(R)}$ VSD occluder. The patient had a residual VSD with significant left-to-right shunt after surgical repair of post-traumatic VSD using cardiopulmonary bypass.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.101-111
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• 2006

In case of drilled shafts installed by drilling through soft overburden onto a strong rock, the piles can be regarded as end-bearing elements and their working load is determined by the safe working stress on the pile shaft at the point of minimum cross-section or by code of practice requirements. Drilled shafts drilled down for some depth into weak or weathered rocks and terminated within these rocks act partly as friction and partly as end-bearing piles. The base resistance component can contribute significantly to the ultimate capacity of the pile. However, the shaft resistance is typically mobilized at considerably smaller pile movements than that of the base. In addition, the base response can be adversely affected by any debris that is left in the bottom of the socket. The reliability of base response therefore depends on the use of a construction and inspection technique which leaves the socket free of debris. This may be difficult and costly to achieve, particularly in deep sockets, which are often drilled under water or drilling slurry. As a consequence of these factors, shaft resistance generally dominates pile performance at working loads. The efforts to improve the prediction of drilled shaft pile performance are therefore primarily concerned with the complex mechanisms of shaft resistance development. In this study, the numerical analyses are carried out to investigate the behavior characteristics of side of rock socketed drilled shafts varying the loading condition at the pile head. The difference of behavior characteristics of side resistance is also evaluated with the effects of modelling of asperity.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.209-215
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• 2003

In this paper. We tested and fabricated the error amplifier for the 15 Watt linear power amplifier for the IMT-2000 baseband station. The error amplifier was comprised of subtractor for detecting intermodulation distortion, variable attenuator for control amplitude, variable phase shifter for control phase, low power amplifier and high power amplifier. This component was designed on the RO4350 substrate and integrated the aluminum case with active biasing circuit. For suppression of spurious, the through capacitance was used. The characteristics of error amplifier measured up to 45 dB gain, $\pm$0.66 dB gain flatness and -15 dB input return loss. Results of application to the 15 Watt feedforward Linear Power Amplifier, the error amplifier improved with 27 dB cancellation from 34 dBc to 61 dBc IM$_3$.