• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.22-30
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• 2010

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.57-64
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• 2012

The waiting time of patients is an important factor related with service quality of a hospital system. An appointment system of patients is not popular, in special, in a private hospital. An appointment system is expected to diversify patients in time and to reduce patient's waiting time. Three appointment rules are suggested and analyzed to compare the waiting time of appointment and walk-in patients using simulation analysis. The results of two way ANOVA show that the time slot of 30 minutes for allocating appointment patients is better than the time slot of 60 minites in view of patient's waiting time. The results of the appointment level 1 also show that the constant pattern rule and the zigzag pattern rule give shorter waiting time for walk-in patient and for appointment patient, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.175.2-175.2
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• 2016

외부에서 운용되는 태양광 시스템에 있어서 셀 보호를 위해 사용되는 보호용 유리는 다양한 기후 변화를 겪으며 직면 하게 되는 먼지, 비 그리고 바람으로 부터 그 시스템을 보호하는데 필수적이다. 그러나 유리 자체의 제한된 투과도는 태양으로 부터의 에너지 전달에 있어서 일부 손실을 야기 한다. 많은 연구자들은 유리의 투과도를 향상시킴으로써 주어진 태양광 발전 시스템의 효율을 높이고자 노력 하였다. 한 예로써 패터닝 및 화학 공정을 통해 특정 크기의 표면 구조를 형성 하게 되면 유리의 투과도가 향상됨으로써 태양광 효율을 높이는 방법이 제시 된 바 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 고비용 장시간을 요하는 공정 대신 1분 이내의 단 시간에 He/CH4/C4F8 대기압 플라즈마를 이용한 공정의 최적화를 통하여 유리 표면에 마이크로 나노 구조 형성 및 표면 장력 에너지를 낮추어 투과도 향상은 물론 자가 세정 기능을 더함으로써 태양광 시스템의 장기적인 외부 운용 효율을 약 0.3% 가량 높일 수 있었다. 또한 표면 처리에 사용한 대기압 플라즈마의 optical emission spectroscopy 를 통하여 공정의 최적화 과정에서의 반응 가스 온도, 전자 여기 온도 그리고 라디칼 등의 생성 반응 기작을 연구 하였다.

• 전기의세계
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.3-9
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• 1979

대기오염은 인간의 건강에 중요한 영향을 미칠뿐 아니라 공업적으로도 많은 해를 초래하고 있다. 그중 한가지 예가 접촉부품에 대한 것을 열거할 수 있다. 일반적으로 모든 금속재 부품에 대해서도 같은 영향을 주나 접촉부품에서는 접촉저항 특성을 중요시하기 때문에 대기오염의 영향은 직접적으로 민감하게 미친다고 볼 수 있다. 접촉부품은 전기회로를 개폐, 절환 또는 이탈시키는 작용을 하며, 크게 나누어 개폐, 정지및 접동등 세가지 형식으로 분류할 수 있다. 이러한 견지에서 대부분의 전자장치및 전기기기에는 접촉부품이 어떠한 형태로서든지 사용하게 되며, 또한 중요한 기능과 역할을 담당하고 있음을 알 수 있다. 이러한 접촉부품에서 접점의 성능은 일반적으로 접촉저항특성, 융착특성 및 소모전이 특성 등 여러 특성으로 요약할 수 있으며 특히 소형화의 경향이 있는 접촉부에 대해서는 접촉저항특성이 중요한 요소가 된다. 일반용의 금속과 같은 과정으로 접촉부금속도 주위 분위기의 기체와 반응을 하여 접촉면에 여러 오염피막을 발생시킨다. 이러한 오염피막은 일반적으로 높은 전기저항을 표시하기 때문에 접촉저항특성을 현저하게 나쁘게 할 것이다. 이러한 입장에서 정밀하고 신뢰성 있어야 할 접촉부품이 대기오염으로 인하여 전기적성질이 저하되어 예기치 못하였든 사고발생을 추정해야 할 시기가 우리나라에도 도래한 것 같으며 공업단지내의 공장에 종사하는 기술자는 적어도 이러한 문제를 고려해야 하겠기애 몇가지 사항에 대하여 간단히 기술하고자 한다.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.31-65
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• 2015

This paper examines why older wage workers leave their jobs and what determine the hazard of retirement. Major results are as follows. First, aged workers leaving their jobs because of formal mandatory retirement are relatively few in number and largely males employed in large establishments. Second, a higher hourly wage is associated with a greater retirement hazard, especially among male employees of large firms. Third, informal mandatory retirement puts a strong pressure towards retirement among older female workers. Fourth, poor health is the primary reason for retirement among older workers, especially for females and small-firm employees. Finally, reasonable hours and greater flexibility of work tend to lower retirement hazard. We discuss some implications of the results for old-age labor market policies.

• Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.111-125
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• 2023

China's rapid economic growth and accelerated urbanization have significantly increased labor force mobility. The choice of city residence and long-term residence intentions of migrants will have significant consequences on both economic output and societal dynamics. This paper investigates the impact of air quality on the long-term residence intention of migrants. By matching an individual-level survey on willingness to stay in the long run and the city-level air quality, represented by PM2.5, we find that the willingness to stay in the long run increases with better air quality. This implies that public policy to maintain good air quality is crucial in keeping those who moved to the city.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.435-443
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• 2013

While rural highways carry on lower traffic volumes, the deviations of running speeds between vehicles appear to be higher on rural highways than urban highways. The speed characteristic of rural highways is adding to pedestrian-related accidents which occur on a crosswalk with poor sight distance due to the limits of car headlights and lighting. Specially, the aged was mostly occupied in nighttime-related accidents on crosswalks, and pedestrians crossing on the far side of approaching vehicles appear to have the probability of fatality higher than the near side. An alternative is needed to resolve the compounded accidents, and then this study is to establish a new approach to an optimum lighting environment on a crosswalk to improve pedestrian safety. This study was conducted by a survey and a field study on the lighting of existing crosswalks. The field study shows that the existing lighting has the problem of wasting energy and impeding walking due to glare. The survey shows that nighttime sight distance on a crosswalk is required to improve and that road users prefer to be brighter pedestrian waiting space together with the crosswalk. Thus, a lighting environment that is not too bright and illuminates the crosswalk and the pedestrian waiting space is needed to implement.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.109-118
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• 2001

The purpose of this review is to discuss the debate concerning the interpretation of epidemiologic studies on particles and health effects. Study of the 1952 air pollution disaster in London established that very high levels of particulate-based smog can cause dramatic increases in daily mortality. However, recent epidemiologic studies have reported statistically significant health effects and mortality due to low levels of air pollution. The statistical significance does not prove causation in observational studies; therefore it is necessary to evaluate these associations. There are arguments for and against each of the numerous studies using Hill's criteria, however the body of accepted evidence supports the causal association. In particular, a high level of consistency in the estimated effect of PM10 has been observed across studies worldwide. The mechanism of the relationship between air pollution and health effects is not obvious. The mechanism of particle-induced injury may involve the production of an inflammatory response by the particulate. The harvesting and the threshold effect are also major concerns regarding the health effects of air pollution. However, current epidemiologic findings indicate that linear models lacking a threshold are appropriate for assessing the effect of particulate air pollution on daily mortality even at current levels.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2006.04a
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• pp.305-306
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.299-300
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• 2008