• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.133-141
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• 2017

Traffic volume increases according to highway expansion and industrial development which causes repetitive defect and durability degradation on pavement. The research of quality assurance system used abroad has introduced Korea. Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC) has developed a Quality Performance Index (QPI) that quantitatively assesses the level of quality of the final product, and practical applications. Assessment factor on concrete pavement consisted of pavement thickness, compressive strength, IRI and spacing factor. Assessment factor on concrete pavement is determined by empirical evaluation factor from abroad. In this study, analysis of evaluation factors of concrete pavement by using pavement life prediction simulation and measured data were evaluated with consideration of feasibility of the assessment factor. Pavement life, performance and durability are affected by pavement thickness, compressive strength, IRI and spacing factor in assessment factor on concrete pavement, QPI.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.19-31
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• 2021

Groundwater level (GWL) causes the stress state within soil and affects the bearing capacity and the settlement of foundation. In this study, the analyses of influencing factors on GWL fluctuation were performed. From the results, river stage and moving average of precipitation were main influence components for urban near large river and rural areas, respectively. In addition, the prediction performance of GWL using artificial neural network (ANN) was conducted with respect to the influence components. As a result, the effect of main component was significant on the prediction performance of GWL.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.551-557
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• 2022

Geotechnical risk factors encountered in intermediate-depth underground tunnel construction are diverse, and the types and standards of risk factors are different according to the depth and regional geological characteristics of Korea. In order to understand the effects of geological characteristics and geologic structure on safety, which show various porous characteristics of urban underground complex ground, the risk factors of intermediate-depth rock mass in Korea were analyzed based on domestic and foreign cases. As a result of the study, seven categories affecting the stability of the intermediate-depth tunneling, namely, geologic structure, rock characteristics, hydrogeology, overburden, high stress, ground characteristics and artificial structures, and about 22 risk factors were derived. We present the risk criteria and interval values for risk evaluation of faults, folds, dikes, and rocks that have the greatest influence among risk factors. Criteria and interval values for other risk factors are under study.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.424-436
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• 2012

While local autonomy is settled, each local government plans and fulfills policy to foster local industry for local development so it is important to establish industry location and economic foundation which is fitting to local conditions. Local development requires the development of local industry and it is necessary that this industry fits to the local conditions in order to be focused and developed. The regional input-output tables contain very useful data to understand the structure of local industry and interregional industry and also the analysis of linkage by industrial ripple effect among regions is needed. The study divided the country into 7 units and conducted factor analysis by using sum data of inducement coefficients in 78 parts of 2005's regional input-output tables, and as conclusion extracted 8 factors.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.119-124
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• 2009

In this study, the characteristics of estimating methodology for RUSLE factors such as soil erodibility factor, slope length-steepness factor, and cover management factor were reviewed and then the relative error according to each methodology was analyzed. RUSLE was applied to experimental watershed for 42 storm events and their results were compared with measured sediment yield to examine the applicability of RUSLE. As a result, this paper found that it should be necessary to consider vegetation effect for forest application of RUSLE as cover management was the most sensitive factor. Also, soil erodbility factor was calculated from data of soil series by National Academy of Agricultural Science caused sediment yield to be overestimated because there were big differences between the soil series and on-site soil texture. The 22.7% of maximum relative error was shown according to selecting the rain energy equation. In addition, it will be necessary to verify the RUSLE factors with more data in order to improve their accuracy.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2001.03a
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• pp.91-91
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• 2001

현재 진행되고 있다고 여겨지는 지구변화 (Global Change)의 연구는 환경/지구과학의 초미의 관심사로 떠오르고 있다. 특히 온실가스의 분출로 인한 지구 온난화 (Global Warming)는 지구환경에 부정적인 효과가 초래될 것으로 우려되는바, 여러 지구환경 인자들의 변화를 초래할 것으로 예측되고 있다. 가장 직접적인 인자는 대기온도이고 아울러 해수온도/해류, 바람속도/방향, 대기화학 조성, 식생분포, 구름량, 얼음분포 등이 간접적인 인자들이다. 본 연구에서는 EOS 위성군 중 고층대기 연구를 위한 UARS 위성의 HRDI 센서의 자료를 분석하였다. HRDI는 대기성분 중 산소 $O_2$ 발광선의 도플러 변이를 측정하여 바람속도를 측정한다. 이 자료의 분석을 통하여 50~100 km 상공의 바람속도 변화를 지상에서의 OH 발광선 관측치와 비교하였다. 본 연구는 초기 연구로서 정략적이고 보편적인 결과 도출보다는 향후 연구를 위한 기반연구로서의 성격을 갖는다. 지구온난화는 대기의 온도를 상승시키고, 이는 대기 중 에너지의 증가를 불러와 필연적으로 고층대기의 교란 현상이 있을 것으로 예상된다. 앞으로 지구전체 대기의 풍속/풍향의 고도변화가 분석되면 지구온난화에 의한 고층대기 변화가 탐지될 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.281-287
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• 2017

Stress in skin plays a significant role in both the direct/indirect regulation of cellular processes occurring in hair, which in turn affect the hair cycle. However, experimental data regarding the effects of stress-related corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) released by stress on the apoptotic process involved in hair is limited. Therefore, we investigated the acceleration of early-stage apoptosis induced by atopy-related stress using a 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene NC/Nga mice model. Expression of CRF, its related proteins, annexin V, and mitochondrial dysfunction were measured by immunohistochemical analyses. Atopic stress strongly stimulated stress hormones response, such as CRF and adrenocorticotropic hormone, in outer epithelial sheath of the hair. Moreover, its stress induced mitochondrial damage and early-stage apoptosis of cells in hair root. These findings suggest that hair damage due to apoptosis in atopy model is accelerated in a high CRF environment. Importantly, the effect of stress-related CRF on apoptosis processes involved in atopy dermatitis-related hair loss, suggests that the CRF-regulating development or maintenance materials may provide effective therapeutic strategies for hair health.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.170-174
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• 2014

This study evaluated the efficacy of soluble canine small intestinal submucosa gel in comparison to bovine thrombin in activating rabbit platelet rich plasma (PRP) by detecting growth factors. PRP from rabbits was activated by using soluble canine SIS gel, bovine thrombin, or both. The surface morphology of each group of samples was examined by scanning electron microscopy. The release of transforming growth factor (TGF)-${\beta}1$ from each set of samples was measured over 7 days using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The PRP-canine SIS gel group exhibited the highest total amount of released TGF-${\beta}1$. However, there were no significant differences between any groups. The use of soluble type of canine SIS gel could be an effective alternative to bovine thrombin.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.30 no.3D
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• pp.279-288
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• 2010

Recently, researches on the performance warranty contracting has been going on to improve construction quality in road pavement area. The performance warranty contracting gives construction companies opportunity to select materials and methods freely while asks them to maintain a certain level of performance during a given period. To introduce the performance warranty contracting in Korea, lots of research results on performance indicator and threshold value of asphalt pavement have been made to be included in the warranty specification. However, research effort on the performance indicator and threshold value of concrete pavement which is commonly constructed in expressway and national highway has not been enough. In this study, the warranty duration, performance indicator, and threshold value of the concrete pavement were investigated by reviewing literatures on cases of the performance warranty contracting in European countries and states of the US. Major distresses influencing the performance of jointed concrete pavement were investigated and analyzed to be compared to the warranty duration, performance indicator, and threshold value of foreign countries.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.332-339
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• 2020

This study was a prior study to establish the shelf life of bulletproof helmets, considered the aging factor of bulletproof helmets. To estimate the aging factor of bulletproof helmets, we established a hypothesis that the 'temperature' factor would have the greatest impact on the shelf life of the bulletproof helmet, considering the environmental treatment of the American army's bulletproof helmet's materials. To verify the hypothesis, high temperature acceleration environmental treatment of bulletproof helmets was performed, and the Arrhenius formula was applied to calculate the shelf life. The study result confirmed the negative correlation between bulletproof performance and high temperature, and the influence of temperature as an aging factor was not significant by deriving life by using the Arrhenius model. The limitation of this study is that we couldn't obtain enough samples due to the specificity (miliary supplies) of the test subjects. However, given that the life-related research on bulletproof helmets has not been carried out, this research has great implications and could be used as a reference for improving the Korean Army's bulletproof helmet specifications.