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후두학의 역사 (History of Laryngology)

  • 정성민
    • 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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    • 제23권1호
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    • pp.13-17
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    • 2012
  • An understanding of the history of laryngology is both interesting and useful for those in the field so this study attempts to uncover some of the interesting aspects of its history. The oldest reference of laryngology in the Orient is in the medical documents called the "Whangjainaekyung",(황제내경) which was written over a time period between 3000-4000 B.C., and described the laryngeal function of respiration, protection of the airway and phonation. In the West, a drawing that seems to portray a tracheostomy was found in medical tombs in the plains of Saqqara in Egypt. These drawings date from approximately 3600 B.C. A watershed in laryngology occurred when a spanish music professor named Manuel Garcia in first successfully used a mirror to inspect the larynx. Since that time, laryngology has developed relatively quickly and clinical laryngology made it possible by means of a number of favorable developments. Great advances in laryngological diagnosis and treatment has occurred since the 1970s thanks to improvements in technology leading to the introduction of an operating microscope, endoscopes and lasers. Despite our recent advances in laryngology, we still have not achieved uniformly favorable outcomes and there is much that we do not know. Our future promises continued advances in the field of laryngology such as gene therapy to improve wound healing and tissue engineering to allow the recreation of normal mucosa. In this review, I divide the history of the larynx into the past, present and future. In the last section, I described the history of laryngology in Korea briefly.

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Advances in the design of high-rise structures by the wind tunnel procedure: Conceptual framework

  • Simiu, Emil;Yeo, DongHun
    • Wind and Structures
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    • 제21권5호
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    • pp.489-503
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    • 2015
  • This paper surveys and complements contributions by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to techniques ensuring that the wind tunnel procedure for the design of high-rise structures is based on sound methods and allows unambiguous inter-laboratory comparisons. Developments that enabled substantial advances in these techniques include: Instrumentation for simultaneously measuring pressures at multiple taps; time-domain analysis methods for estimating directional dynamic effects; creation of large simulated extreme directional wind speed data sets; non-parametric methods for estimating mean recurrence intervals (MRIs) of Demand-to-Capacity Indexes (DCIs); and member sizing based on peak DCIs with specified MRIs. To implement these advances changes are needed in the traditional division of tasks between wind and structural engineers. Wind engineers should provide large sets of directional wind speeds, pressure coefficient time series, and estimates of uncertainties in wind speeds and pressure coefficients. Structural engineers should perform the dynamic analyses, estimates of MRIs of wind effects, sensitivity studies, and iterative sizing of structural members. The procedure is transparent, eliminates guesswork inherent in frequency domain methods and due to the lack of pressure measurements, and enables structural engineers to be in full control of the structural design for wind.

Applications, Shortcomings, and New Advances of Job Safety Analysis (JSA): Findings from a Systematic Review

  • Fakhradin Ghasemi;Amin Doosti-Irani;Hamed Aghaei
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • 제14권2호
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    • pp.153-162
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    • 2023
  • Background: Job safety analysis (JSA) is a popular technique for hazard identification and risk assessment in workplaces that has been applied across a wide range of industries. This systematic review was conducted to answer four main questions regarding JSA: (1) which sectors and areas have used JSA? (2) What has been the aim of employing JSA? (3) What are the shortcomings of JSA? (4) What are the new advances in the field of JSA? Methods: Three main international databases were searched: SCOPUS, Web of Science, and PubMed. After screening and eligibility assessment, 49 articles were included. Results: Construction industries have used JSA the most, followed by process industries and healthcare settings. Hazard identification is the main aim of JSA, but it has been used for other purposes as well. Being time-consuming, the lack of an initial list of hazards, the lack of a universal risk assessment method, ignoring hazards from the surrounding activities, ambiguities regarding the team implementing JSA, and ignorance of the hierarchy of controls were the main shortcomings of JSA based on previous studies. Conclusion: In recent years, there have been interesting advances in JSA making attempts to solve shortcomings of the technique. A seven-step JSA was recommended to cover most shortcomings reported by studies.

농업기상정보교환에 있어 첨단기술의 효율적 활용 (Better Use of Technological Advances in Communication of Information)

  • Elijah Mukhala;Malgorzata, Keinska-Kasprzak
    • 한국농림기상학회지
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    • 제6권2호
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    • pp.85-93
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    • 2004
  • 최근 선진국에서의 IT 기술발전은 매우 급속하여 현장활용을 위한 개발 활동이 채 따라가지 못할 정도이다. 첨단기술의 발전과 이의 응용을 위한 개발과의 격차는 농업기상분야에서도 마찬가지이다. 여기에서는 농업기상정보 교환을 위해 그 활용이 증대될 것으로 기대되는 기술들의 발전현황을 다루고 있다. 한가지 새겨 두어야 할 점은 IT기술 발전은 단지 정보원에서 사용자에게로의 정보전달을 가속화하는데 사용되는 교환통로라는 점이다. 본 논문에서는 교환에 대한 정의 검토를 시도하였다. 결론적으로 여러 가지 논문 검토를 통해 살펴 본 바 교환은 "의미의 공유"라고 정의할 수 있다. 이들 논문에 의하면 실질적인 정보교환통로는 국가의 경제수준에 관계없이 매우 유사하였으며, 단지 차이가 있다면 일부 국가에서는 다른 나라에 비해 좀더 접근이 용이하다는 점뿐이었다. 보편적인 교환통로로는 신문, 농민신문, 라디오, TV, 팩스, 전자우편, 휴대폰 및 인터넷 웹을 들 수 있다. 한편 통신기술이 발전함에 따라 전 세계적으로 휴대폰의 유용성이 점차 높아지고 있다. 이러한 기술을 더욱 잘 활용하기 위해서는 이 기술을 이용할 사람들이 상세하지는 않더라도 최신기술을 운용하여 필요 자료를 획득하기 위한 기본적인 작동기술을 이해하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 첨단기술활용의 장애요인으로는 농업기상정보교환이 원래 상당한 자원을 요구하고, 정교한 농업모의모형을 구동하기 위해서는 많은 비용이 든다는 점이다.

파일럿 규모의 공정에서 CO2가 함유된 합성가스로부터 합성천연가스(SNG) 생산 (SNG Production from CO2-Rich Syngas in a Pilot Scale SNG Process)

  • 강석환;류재홍;김진호;김효식;유영돈;김준우;고동준;강용
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • 제57권3호
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    • pp.420-424
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    • 2019
  • 포항산업과학연구원(RIST, Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology)-고등기술연구원(IAE, Institute for Advanced Engineering)에서 제안한 합성천연가스(Synthetic Natural Gas, SNG) 제조공정(3개의 단열반응기와 1개의 등온반응기로 구성됨)에서, 합성가스와 함께 스팀을 공급함으로써 메탄화반응과 수성가스전환반응을 동시에 반응시켜 촉매층의 온도와 촉매 비활성화를 제어하였다. SNG 공정개발을 위해 본 연구에서는, 포항산업과학연구원에서 제조한 니켈계 촉매를 사용하여 낮은 $H_2/CO$ 비($CO_2$ 22% 포함) 조건에서의 메탄화반응 특성을 평가하였다. 운전조건(1차 단열반응기의 $H_2O/CO$ 비, 4차 등온반응기의 운전온도 범위 등)은 이전의 연구 결과를 반영하였으며, 동일한 조건을 유지하면서 파일럿 규모의 SNG 공정을 운전하였다. 그 결과, 파일럿 규모의 SNG 공정은 안정적으로 운전되었으며, CO 전환율 100%, $CH_4$ 선택도는 96.9% 그리고 $CH_4$ 생산성은 $660ml/g_{cat}{\cdot}h$의 값을 얻었다.