• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.298-307
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• 2023

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze the recent trends in patients with work-related musculoskeletal disorders in South Korea and to check the major results by reviewing the literature on the risk factors and prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases related to work. Methods: Industrial disaster data from the Ministry of Employment and Labor from 2012 to 2021 were used, and the literature was reviewed regarding risk factors for musculoskeletal diseases related to work using PubMed and RISS. Results: The trend of patients with work-related musculoskeletal disorders has increased overall since 2017 after declining until 2016, with a particularly notable increase in the average annual number of patients with physical burden work. The average annual rate per ten thousand people for patients with body burden work, non-accidental lower back pain, and carpal tunnel syndrome among work-related diseases was high in the mining industry. The average annual rate per ten thousand people for patients with accidental lower back pain was the highest in the fishing industry. Within the manufacturing field, it was the highest in the shipbuilding and ship repair industry. As a result of the literature review, the search rate for work-related musculoskeletal disease papers in unstructured work was high. In addition, physical stress factors were high among risk factors, and pain areas showed a high rate for the waist. Conclusion: Even after the institutional implementation of a hazard investigation system related to musculoskeletal diseases is implemented, the number of patients with occupational musculoskeletal disorders continues to increase. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct regular surveys and implement effective improvement activities for vulnerable industries or occupations.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.186-192
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• 2015

Background: Various solar energy collecting systems have been developed and analyzed for agricultural applications. They include solar thermal and electric devices such as solar crop dryers, solar water pumps, solar greenhouse heating, ventilation for livestock, solar aeration pumps, solar electricity, and many more. Purpose: This review provides the current status of research and development in the field as well as the solar energy systems that are currently in use in the agriculture sector across the globe. Review: Solar energy is the largest and cheapest energy resource on earth; one hour of solar radiation exceeds the complete global energy consumption in one year. The potential annual total solar radiation in South Korea is $3.58-5.4 kWh/m^2/day$. The available solar energy is sufficient for agricultural applications across the entire country. Conclusion: The scope of solar energy utilization in agricultural machinery engineering in South Korea and in other countries is promising.

• 한국주거학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국주거학회 2008년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.145-148
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• 2008

The objective of this study is to analyze and to shed light on the evolutions of factors with the wall structure and their relations with production mechanisms of urban form. this study based on followings; literature review of existing study and setting up of examination factors, analytical review of each wall's current situation and problems, analytical review of each wall's urban regeneration. The significance of this study is in that the study use a contemporary map showing the actual spatial arrangement in the period, instead of using the historical map. We understood the planning methods to interpret the site's historical urban trace and memory. Based on the results, this study presented the solution for the placeless and potential energy.

• 한국프랜차이즈경영연구
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.7-18
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• 2019

Purpose - This paper attempts to provide an understanding of practice of franchising in eight countries - USA, UK, Australia, Brazil, China, Malaysia, South Africa and Nigeria. The bases of the review are: number of systems and outlets, employment generation, annual turnover, GDP contribution, legal and regulatory frameworks and country-specific franchise business practice nuances. Research design, data and methodology - the paper is descriptive, highlighting elements of the business practice that distinguish one country from another. Documentary data - mainly industry publications supplemented by empirical literature - was used for the review. Result - Although there are commonalities in the technical design and implementation of franchise business practice - especially the business model type - differences exist in terms of legal and regulatory frameworks guiding the industry across the eight countries studied. Conclusion - There are no two countries that have the same franchise practices. Franchise markets in the developed, and to some extent, the emerging economies have saturated. Franchise markets in African countries are at infant stage and thus, these countries are strategizing to attract foreign brands into their domains.

• 경영과학
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.15-25
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• 2017

We evaluated industry growth and employment effects of every possible pairs of 22 manufacturing sectors and 16 regions (i.e, 352 region-sectors). We used annual data of manufacturing sectors from 2008 to 2014 for the evaluation. The evaluation comprises of two steps; We first find several region-sectors that outperform others with respect to the effects of industry growth and employment, which are measured by location quotient analysis, shift share method, employment to GDP ratio and employment elasticity. In addition, cross-efficiency analysis follows to classify region-sector pairs into two sub-categories : efficient region-sectors that deserve to hold the current level of investments and inefficient region-sectors where we should consider efficiency improvements. To examine the efficiency, R&D investment, employment size, and capital investment were used as input factors and production volume, added value, changes in employment size, changes in annual salary per capita were used as output factors. For region-sector pairs that have outstanding growth and employment effects but are inefficient, we employed a CCR DEA model and analyzed how much to adjust the values of input and output factors to improve the efficiency scores. The analysis results showed that inefficiency is mainly due to several factors such as R&D investment, changes in employment size and changes in annual salary per capita.

• Integrative Medicine Research
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.195-219
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• 2015

Acupuncture therapy has been proved to be effective for diverse diseases, symptoms, and conditions in numerous clinical trials. The growing popularity of acupuncture therapy has triggered the development of modern acupuncture-like stimulation devices (ASDs), which are equivalent or superior to manual acupuncture with respect to safety, decreased risk of infection, and facilitation of clinical trials. Here, we aim to summarize the research on modern ASDs, with a focus on featured devices undergoing active research and their effectiveness and target symptoms, along with annual publication rates. We searched the popular electronic databases Medline, PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and Web of Science, and analyzed English-language studies on humans. Thereby, a total of 728 studies were identified, of which 195 studies met our inclusion criteria. Electrical stimulators were found to be the earliest and most widely studied devices (133 articles), followed by laser (44 articles), magnetic (16 articles), and ultrasound (2 articles) stimulators. A total of 114 studies used randomized controlled trials, and 109 studies reported therapeutic benefits. The majority of the studies (32%) focused on analgesia and pain-relief effects, followed by effects on brain activity (16%). All types of the reviewed ASDs were associated with increasing annual publication trends; specifically, the annual growth in publications regarding noninvasive stimulation methods was more rapid than that regarding invasive methods. Based on this observation, we anticipate that the noninvasive or minimally invasive ASDs will become more popular in acupuncture therapy.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.145-153
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• 2023

Objectives: Although it is difficult to define the quality of stroke care, acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients with moderate-to-severe neurological deficits may benefit from thrombectomy-capable hospitals (TCHs) that have a stroke unit, stroke specialists, and a substantial endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) case volume. Methods: From national audit data collected between 2013 and 2016, potential EVT candidates arriving within 24 hours with a baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score ≥6 were identified. Hospitals were classified as TCHs (≥15 EVT case/y, stroke unit, and stroke specialists), primary stroke hospitals (PSHs) without EVT (PSHs-without-EVT, 0 case/y), and PSHs-with-EVT. Thirty-day and 1-year case-fatality rates (CFRs) were analyzed using random intercept multilevel logistic regression. Results: Out of 35 004 AIS patients, 7954 (22.7%) EVT candidates were included in this study. The average 30-day CFR was 16.3% in PSHs-without-EVT, 14.8% in PSHs-with-EVT, and 11.0% in TCHs. The average 1-year CFR was 37.5% in PSHs-without-EVT, 31.3% in PSHs-with-EVT, and 26.2% in TCHs. In TCHs, a significant reduction was not found in the 30-day CFR (odds ratio [OR], 0.92; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.76 to 1.12), but was found in the 1-year CFR (OR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.73 to 0.96). Conclusions: The 1-year CFR was significantly reduced when EVT candidates were treated at TCHs. TCHs are not defined based solely on the number of EVTs, but also based on the presence of a stroke unit and stroke specialists. This supports the need for TCH certification in Korea and suggests that annual EVT case volume could be used to qualify TCHs.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.203-208
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• 2024

The convergence of deep learning and smart factory is drawing a lot of attentions from not only industrial but also academic circles. The objective of this article is to quantitatively review on deep learning and smart factory from 2010 to 2023. This research analyzed the 138 articles, extracted from the Core Collection of Web of Science, in terms of four dimensions such as the main trend in article publications, the main trend in article citations, the distribution of article publications by research area, and the keywords representing the main contents of published articles. The quantitative review results reveal the following four points: First, the article publications drastically grew from 2019 to 2022 in its annual trend. Second, the article citations have rapidly grown since 2018. Third, Engineering, Computer Science, and Telecommunications are the top 3 research areas composing the 138 articles. Fourth, it is the top 10 keywords such as 'deep', 'learning', 'smart', 'detection', factory', 'data', 'system', 'manufacturing', 'neural', and 'network' that represent the main contents of the 138 articles published from 2010 to 2023 in deep learning and smart factory. These findings revealed by this quantitative review will be significantly useful for deepening and widening relevant future research on deep learning and smart factory.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.266-273
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 국내 서해안의 해상풍력 발전을 위한 적지를 검토하기 위해 기상청에서 제공하는 6개 지점(서수도, 가대암, 십이동파, 갈매여, 해수서, 지귀도)의 2014년 연간 풍속 자료를 수집하고 이를 분석하였다. 관측된 풍속 자료는 Rayleigh 모델과 Weibull 모델에 적합하였으며, 풍속 출현빈도에 따라 연간 부존량을 추정하였다. 풍력발전기 모델로는 GWE-3kH(3 kW급) 터빈과 GWE-10KU (10 kW급) 터빈을 선정하였으며 이의 성능곡선을 이용하였다. 그 결과, 서수도, 가대암, 십이동파, 갈매여, 해수서, 지귀도의 연평균 풍속은 각각 4.60, 4.5, 5.00, 5.13, 5.51, 5.90 m/s로 나타났으며, 연간 발전량은 10,622.752, 11,313.05, 13,509.41, 14,899.55, 17,106.13, 19,660.85kWh로 나타났다. 6개 지점의 연평균에너지 밀도는 전체적으로 poor와 marginal 계급으로 나타났으며, 터빈 이용률은 지귀도가 22.44%로 가장 높게 나타났다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제51권9호
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• pp.783-793
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• 2018

본 연구의 목적은 한국의 지역별 연평균 강우침식인자 값을 갱신하기 위한 것이다. 2012년 환경부는 표토의 침식 현황조사에 관한 고시를 공포하면서 전국 규모의 토양침식량을 추정하기 위한 모델로서 범용토양유실공식 모델을 채택한 바 있다. 이 고시에는 범용토양유실공식을 적용하기 위해 필요한, 158개 지점에 대한 지역별 강우침식인자가 포함되어 있으나, 이 값은 1997년 이전에 만들어진 데이터를 바탕으로 하고 있기에 개선될 필요가 있다. 본 연구는 우리나라 전국 단위의 연평균 강우침식인자 데이터를 수집하고 분류, 통합하여 분석에 사용하였다. 연구결과 1961~2015년 기간의 54개 지점에 대한 연평균 강우침식인자를 재산정하였으며 새로운 등강우침식도를 제시하였다. 또한 실무에서 활용이 용이하도록 국내 167개 시 군별 연평균 강우침식인자 데이터를 제시하였다. 본 연구에서 제시한 값은 표토침식량을 예측하기 위한 업데이트된 강우침식인자로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.