• Clean Technology
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.191-200
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• 2011

Natural polymers, biopolymers, and synthetic polymers based on renewable resources are the basis for the 21th portfolio of sustainable and eco-friendly plastics but high-volume consumable plastics continue to be dominated by nondegradable petroleum-based materials. Three factors have recently made biodegradable polymers economically attractive: (i) rising costs of petroleum production resulting from the depletion of the most easily accessible reserves, (ii) environmental and economic concerns associated with waste plastics, and (iii) emissions of carbon dioxide from preparation of petroleum-based materials. These pressures have driven commercial applications based on biodegradable polymers which are related to reduction of carbon dioxide in processing, such poly(hydroxy alkanoate) and poly (lactide). Since initial degradation of these polymers leads to catastrophic mechanical failure, it is necessary to control the rate of initial degradation for commercial applications. In this article, we have a critic review on the recent progress of polymer modification for the control of degradation.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.59 no.4
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• pp.191-216
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• 2007

This study focuses on the problem of feminization of poverty that is formed within family relations. In order to approach this question, this study analyses the process of becoming poor through the life stories of ten woman are now heads of a household. There are differences among the study participants in the process of becoming a member of a low-income class. I have classified them into two groups depending on the routes they are led into the low-income class; one is the continuation of poverty group, and the other is the new members of the low-income class group. The continuation of poverty group is the case where they have been poor since their childhood and are still poor in their adulthood. The new members of the low-income class group is the case where you have become a low-income class sometime around divorce. The difference of the groups are related to the differences of the ways the power relationships work within a family. Women head of a household are prone to poverty because of the discrimination in formation, distribution and control of resources in their original family and their family formed by marriage. The norm of male breadwinner worked as a discrimination device. But this kind of discrimination device showed differences in their workings according to class. The continuation of poverty group experienced exclusion in the gendered responsibility of supporting the family and maintaining the family, whereas the other group experienced exclusion through the gendered nature of the distribution and control of resources. By showing that the presupposition of discussions on the poverty of woman head of a household is false, these findings challenge the existing view that as long as 'The Family' is maintained women will not be poor.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.205-209
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• 2009

Recently, the increase of the size of GNP and the expansion of the foreign tour opportunities by the common 5 days work system in a week, reaction of the burden for visiting foreign countries, and expansion of airlines caused the rapid increase of overseas tour but slow increase in the number of foreign tourists, due to the price rise which might impact on the competitive power, and lack of tour infrastructure and attractiveness. As the wide area along the east coast of GyeongBuk Province has great amount of cultural, ocean and natural resources, it helps to get focused the tour industries and maximize the synergy effect through the mutual development coupling the resources and regions. On the basis of the potentials for the growth of east coast area to the international level and the development of local resources, a ocean tour and resort complex for four seasons, which has s strong connection to the local areas resulting the wide tour bond, could help to improve the local economy and balance the development of local province, and furthermore, jump to the level of the center in the East Coast area in the international society. Through the investigation and analysis of the ocean space development status and usage at the advanced foreign countries, the new meaning of the ocean space at the tour and resort complex would be proposed to the relevant local government in fit.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.23-31
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• 2012

Removal work about weeds that grow naturally on road and industrial complex is attaining ordinary times but is suffering difficulty in weeding work by strong self-generation power. In the meantime, going side by side with these manual processing and weeding work through construction of weed-proof seat is attaining, but economic performance, limitation of application region and withdrawal processing problem are being blamed for shortcoming. The scope of this study is about the manufacture of weed-proof mortar using eco-friendly industrial byproducts characterized by an economic and simplicity for not limited to loss of function as a product recovered after treatment. After the carried out the various experiments and actual construction for the selection of mixing materials and derivation of appropriate mix, through the comparison and analysis of results, it was investigated the research results of weed-proof mortar for fundamental development.

• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.71-91
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• 2009

One of the most fundamental problems an ageing society faces is the role deprivation and social isolation of older persons. In this respect, restoring the roles and social status of older persons by promoting their social participation is considered crucial to enhancing their quality of life. From such viewpoint, this study aims at analyzing the social participation of older persons from an actor-oriented perspective. To do so, this study classifies various social participatory activities into representative activity types and analyzes the socio-demographic determinants of each activity types. The findings show that the participatory activities of Korean older persons could be classified into four types : volunteer-focused, religion-focused, occupation-focused and kyungrodang-focused social participation. Also, it has been found that the determinants of each social participation types, including the non-participatory type, differs according to the socio-demographic condition of each older person, thus indicating that differentiated policy measure is required to enhance the activites of Korean older persons.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.83-91
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• 2021

Ladle furnace slag is a byproduct of the steel-making process, and it contains the mineral β-C2Sandtherapid-settingmineral (dependingonwhichreducingagenthasbeenused). Ladle furnace slag is often treated through slow cooling, which causes the slag to lose its reactivity. In this study, the properties of air-quenched CAC and pulverized ladle furnace slag containing gypsum were evaluated, and the optimal mixing ratio was determined for broadening their usage. Consequently, the properties of CAC aredemonstrated by the dissolution of gypsum after a period of three hours and the content of gypsum after a period of one day. The optimal mixing ratio of anhydrate and hemihydrate gypsum is found to be within 30% and that of dihydrate gypsum is found to be higher than 35%. Furthermore, based on the results of CAC with dihydrate gypsum, the applicability of the by-product dihydrate gypsum has been verified.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.519-539
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• 2020

We reviewed numerical approaches to assess a hydraulic properties of excavation-disturbed zone (EDZ)created in argillaceous sedimentary rocks. It has been reported that fractures in the sedimentary rocks containing expansive clays are gradually closing due to swelling and their permeabilities are evolving to the level of in-tact rock, which is known as a self-healing or self-sealing process. The numerical approaches introduced here are capable of simulating spatio-temporal variation of EDZ permeability during long-term operation of a repository by including the self-healing characteristics of fractures, which wa observed in laboratory as well as in-situ experiments, The applicability of the numerical approaches was verified from the comparison to in-situ measurements of EDZ permeability at underground research laboratories.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.607-618
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• 2022

This study involves the development of a Hwangto permeable block for rainwater storage tanks. The permeable products that form continuous voids between Hwangto binders and aggregates are fine milled slag powder, which is an industrial by-product generated during the production of Hwangto and iron, and ferro nickel slag. The properties of Hwangto permeable blocks were studied using recycled resource aggregates. The target quality is based on KSF 2394. The Hwangto permeable block for a rainwater storage tank is made of water-permeable material, and the permeability of the Hwangto permeable block itself is 0.1mm/sec or higher, with a physical performance of over 5.0MPa in flexural strength and over 20.0MPa in compressive strength. The physical properties of Hwangto permeable block for rainwater storage tanks were researched and developed. In order to prevent flooding due to heavy rain in summer and the urban heat island phenomenon due to depletion of ground water, continuous pores are formed in the block to secure a permeability function to prevent rainwater from accumulating in the pavement of the floor, and to prevent slippage for comfortable and safe storage.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.10b
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• pp.511-512
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• 2008

EPLA 패킷 스케줄링 알고리즘은 IEEE 802.22 WRAN 시스템의 실시간 트래픽 전송 지원을 위한 패킷 스케줄링 알고리즘으로 참고문헌[4]으로 제안되었다. 패킷 기반 무선 전송 시스템에서 실시간 트래픽의 경우 짧은 데이터 유효 시간을 가지며, 만약 데이터 유효 시간이 초과할 경우 실시간 트래픽 데이터로써의 가치를 상실하기 때문에 시스템에서는 해당패킷을 전송하지 않고 제거해 버린다. 그러므로 실시간 트래픽의 중요한 서비스 품질(QoS) 인자인 요구된 패킷 손실율을 보장하기 위해서는 실시간 트래픽의 데이터 유효 시간을 고려하여 자원을 할당하여야 한다. 기존의 패킷 스케쥴링 알고리즘들은 많은 경우 큐의 맨 앞에 위치한 패킷의 지연 시간을 고려하지만 EPLA는 패킷이 저장되는 큐 내의 다음 프레임에서 제거 될 것으로 예상되는패킷의 손실양을 고려하여 자인을 할당함으로 기존의 실시간 패킷 스케줄링 알고리즘에 비해 훨씬 좋은 성능을 보인다. 하지만 EPLA는 예상되는 패킷 손실양을 계간하기 위해서 모든 사용자의 큐에 저장된 패킷들을 확인해야하므로 높은 복잡도를 가지는 문제점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 각 사용자로부터 피드백 받은 부채널의 상태 정보를 기반으로 사용자 큐를 확인하여 횟수를 제한함으로써 패킷 손실을 성능의 손실 없이 복잡도를 줄이는 간단한 방법을 제안하고, 실시간 트래픽인 음성 트래픽과 비디오 트래픽에 대한 시뮬레이션 결과를 통해 이를 확인한다.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.53-61
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• 2017

Seabed settlement and erosion sometimes occurr when a artificial reef is installed in soft seabed. Therefore, this study carried out CBR test and water tank settlement test to investigate settlement behavior of artificial reef according to reinforcement characteristics such as reinforced types and reinforced area. Soil types of ground are sand, silt and clay deposits. Three reinforced types were prepared: unreinforced, geogrid and hybrid bamboo mat(HBM) with different reinforced area. Laboratory test results indicated that reinforced artificial reef improved bearing capacity of ground and reduced settlement as reinforced area increased. Especially, reinforced HBM provided more bearing capacity and less settlement than reinforced geogrid.