• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제63권3호
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• pp.13-26
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• 2021

Recent drought events in the South Korea and the magnitude of drought losses indicate the continuing vulnerability of the agricultural drought. Various studies have been performed on drought hazard assessment at the regional scales, but until recently, drought management has been response oriented with little attention to mitigation and preparedness. A vulnerability assessment is introduced in order to preemptively respond to agricultural drought and to predict the occurrence of drought. This paper presents a method for spatial, Geographic Information Systems-based assessment of agricultural drought vulnerability in South Korea. It was hypothesized that the key 14 items that define agricultural drought vulnerability were meteorological, agricultural reservoir, social, and adaptability factors. Also, this study is to analyze agricultural drought vulnerability by comparing vulnerability assessment according to weighting method. The weight of the evaluation elements is expressed through the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), which includes subjective elements such as surveys, and the Entropy method using attribute information of the evaluation items. The agricultural drought vulnerability map was created through development of a numerical weighting scheme to evaluate the drought potential of the classes within each factor. This vulnerability assessment is calculated the vulnerability index based on the weight, and analyze the vulnerable map from 2015 to 2019. The identification of agricultural drought vulnerability is an essential step in addressing the issue of drought vulnerability in the South Korea and can lead to mitigation-oriented drought management and supports government policymaking.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.105-115
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• 2019

Brain tumor surgery may be difficult, but it is also incredibly important. The technological improvements for traditional brain tumor surgeries have always been a focus to improve the precision of surgery and release the potential of the technology in this important area of the body. The need for precision during brain tumor surgery has led to an increase in Robotic-assisted surgeries (RAS). One of the challenges to the widespread acceptance of RAS in the neurosurgery is to recognize invisible tumor accurately. Therefore, it is important to detect brain tumor size and location because surgeon tries to remove as much tumor as possible. In this paper, we proposed brain tumor detection procedures for MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) system. A method of automatic brain tumor detection is needed to accurately target the location of the lesion during brain tumor surgery and to report the location and size of the lesion. In the qualitative assessment, the proposed method showed better results than those obtained with other brain tumor detection methods. Comparisons among all assessment criteria indicated that the proposed method was significantly superior to the threshold method with respect to all assessment criteria. The proposed method was effective for detecting brain tumor.

• 대한예방의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한예방의학회 1994년도 교수 연수회(환경)
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• pp.412-415
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• 1994

The fundamental assumption that thresholds exist for noncarcinogenic toxic effects of chemicals is reviewed; this assumption forms the basis for the no-observed-effect level/ safety-factor (NOEL/SF) approach to risk assessment for such effects. The origin and evolution of the NOEL/SF approach are traced, and its limitations are discussed. The recently proposed use of dose-response modeling to estimate a benchmark dose as a replacement for the NOEL is explained. The possibility of expanding dose-response modeling of non carcinogenic effects to include the estimation of assumed thresholds is discussed. A new method for conversion of quantitative toxic responses to a probability scale for risk assessment via dose-response modeling is outlined.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.35-51
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• 2015

본 연구는 기존의 지하수 오염 취약성 평가 방법을 개선하고, 연구지역에 적용하여 보다 정량적인 지하수 오염 취약성 분석을 기반으로 지하수 관리 우선 대상 지역을 선정하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 첫째, 기존의 '잠재오염' 중심의 지하수 오염 취약성 평가 방법을 오염을 완화시키는 '대응 능력'을 고려한 방법론으로 개선하였다. 둘째, 계층분석 방법(AHP)과 지하수 전문가의 설문을 바탕으로 지하수 오염 취약성 평가 인자의 가중치를 산정하였다. 셋째, 광역지자체(경기도)를 연구지역으로 선정하고 개선된 방법론 및 가중치를 GIS로 구현하여 실제 지하수 오염 취약성 평가를 수행하였다. 넷째, 정량적 지하수 오염 취약성 평가도를 바탕으로 지하수 오염 관리 우선 대상 지역을 선정하였다. 본 연구에서 개선된 지하수 오염 취약성 평가 세부 평가인자는 총 15개 이며, 이에 대한 AHP를 활용한 가중치의 산정결과에서 기존의 '잠재오염'에 해당하는 평가인자 보다 신규로 개선된 '대응능력'이 높은 가중치로 분석되었다. 또한 GIS를 활용한 경기도 지역의 지하수 오염 취약성 평가 결과 서울에 인접한 고양시 및 광명시 등이 지하수 오염 취약성이 높았으며, 포천시 및 양평군이 상대적으로 취약성이 낮은 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 지하수 오염 취약성 평가를 개선하였고 실제 연구지역에 적용하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 향후 국가 및 지자체 차원의 지하수 관리 기본계획에 직간접적으로 활용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국소프트웨어감정평가학회 논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 RGB 영상에서 홍채 검출 방법에 관하여 기술하였다. 기존의 홍채 검출 방법은 대부분 적외선 영상을 대상으로 하고 있어, 다양한 응용을 위해서는 RGB 영상의 홍채 검출 기술이 요구된다. 제안된 홍채 검출 방법은 i) 입력 영상에서 원형 허프 변환을 사용한 홍채 후보 영역 검출, ii) 딥러닝 기반의 동공 중심점 검출, iii) 동공 중심점을 이용한 홍채 영역 선택, iv) 선택된 홍채 영역 보정 과정으로 구성된다. 홍채 후보 영역은 허프 공간을 생성한 후 중심점 후보의 교차 개수가 많은 순으로 검출하며, 후보 영역 중 홍채는 검출된 동공의 중심점을 기준으로 선택한다. 그리고, 홍채의 모양이 왜곡되어 오차가 발생하는 것을 보완하기 위해 검출된 홍채 중심을 기준으로 새로운 경계점을 찾아 보정하는 방법을 사용하였다. 또한, 실험을 통하여 제안된 방법이 기존 원형 허프 변환 방법 대비 약 27.4% 향상된 정확도를 갖는 것을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.282-290
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• 2013

Objectives: This study aimed to develop a health needs assessment (HNA) tool for persons with brain disorders and to assess the unmet needs of persons with brain disorders using the developed tool. Methods: The authors used consensus methods to develop a HNA tool. Using a randomized stratified systematic sampling method adjusted for sex, age, and districts, 57 registered persons (27 severe and 30 mild cases) with brain disorders dwelling in Seoul, South Korea were chosen and medical specialists investigated all of the subjects with the developed tools. Results: The HNA tool for brain disorders we developed included four categories: 1) medical interventions and operations, 2) assistive devices, 3) rehabilitation therapy, and 4) regular follow-up. This study also found that 71.9% of the subjects did not receive appropriate medical care, which implies that the severity of their disability is likely to be exacerbated and permanent, and the loss irrecoverable. Conclusions: Our results showed that the HNA tool for persons with brain disorders based on unmet needs defined by physicians can be a useful method for evaluating the appropriateness and necessity of medical services offered to the disabled, and it can serve as the norm for providing health care services for disabled persons. Further studies should be undertaken to increase validity and reliability of the tool. Fundamental research investigating the factors generating or affecting the unmet needs is necessary; its results could serve as basis for developing policies to eliminate or alleviate these factors.

• 한국품질경영학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국품질경영학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.381-391
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• 2006

When the environmental materials of the raw and sub material to applied in electronic goods removed, the reliability assessment and the forecasting is stand on the low level and in case of neglect, it is acting as latent defect that can be connected to large size disaster. In this research, the study on the management method of environmental restriction substances which is recognized as important element in the reliability assessment about environmental material of electronic goods and the study on reliability assessment method of PWB without environmental material are progressed

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.144-156
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• 2018

Level 3 Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) is performed for the risk assessment that calculates radioactive material dispersion to the environment. This risk assessment is performed with a tool of MELCOR Accident Consequence Code System (MACCS2 or WinMACCS). For the off-site consequence analysis of multi-unit nuclear power plant (NPP) accident, the single location (Center Of Mass, COM) method has been usually adopted with the assumption that all the NPPs in the nuclear site are located at the same COM point. It was well known that this COM calculation can lead to underestimated or overestimated radionuclide concentration. In order to overcome this underestimation or overestimation of radionuclide concentrations in the COM method, Multiple Location (ML) method was developed in this study. The radionuclide concentrations for the individual NPPs are separately calculated, and they are summed at every location in the nuclear site by the post-processing of radionuclide concentrations that is based on two-dimensional Gaussian Plume equations. In order to demonstrate the efficiency of the ML method, radionuclide concentrations were calculated for the six-unit NPP site, radionuclide concentrations of the ML method were compared with those by COM method. This comparison was performed for conditions of constant weather, yearly weather in Korea, and four seasons, and the results were discussed. This new ML method (1) improves accuracy of radionuclide concentrations when multi-unit NPP accident occurs, (2) calculates realistic atmospheric dispersion of radionuclides under various weather conditions, and finally (3) supports off-site emergency plan optimization. It is recommended that this new method be applied to the risk assessment of multi-unit NPP accident. This new method drastically improves the accuracy of radionuclide concentrations at the locations adjacent to or very close to NPPs. This ML method has a great strength over the COM method when people live near nuclear site, since it provides accurate radionuclide concentrations or radiation doses.

• 간호행정학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.419-437
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• 1998

Nurses use a nursing process. that is a scientific approach method. in order to understand the clients' condition and to solve their problems. Professional nurses have accepted the nursing process as a standard framework for nursing activities, and the first step of the nursing process is nursing assessment. The purpose of this study was to develop a nursing assessment tool for emergency patients. Assessment is a first step in the nursing process, and scientific assessment helps to better understand the patients. Thus the development of an assessment tool for emergency patients will improve of nursing quality and advance to efficacy of emergency room(ER) management. The study involved the development of a conceptual framework, preliminary tool, content validity verification process. and reliability verification process. The conceptual framework was developed through a review of the literature. and preliminary tool was developed from the conceptual framework that based on care flow sheet' developed James A. Haley. The preliminary tool was evaluated for validity and reliability by seven experts, one ER nurse manager, two ER head nurses, two emergency medicine doctors. and two ER charge nurses and by ten nurses with one to five year careers in ER nursing. The results of this study was as follows 1. The conceptual framework which was developed was composed of three parts. They were triage criteria, first assessment and secondary assessment. 2. The preliminary tool which was developed had 31 items based on the conceptual framework. 3. To test expert validity a 4-point scale was used. items which had gained 3-4 points from six persons of the seven experts were selected. All 31 items from the preliminary tool were selected. 4. The reliability test was done by ten nurses educated in the use of the assessment tool. Two pairs of nurses simultaneously assessed the same patients. A total agreement percentile was calculated and result was 87.3% agreement. 5. After the validity and reliability testing. the final emergency patient nursing assessment tool was finalized with 31 items. and a check-list for the responses. This study concludes that the tool which was developed is both valid and reliable will advance quality care for emergency patients. This emergency nursing assessment tool was also found to be an adequate tool for assessment of emergency patients.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.443-453
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• 2005

For the purpose of the comparative environmental estimation of the incineration processes for domestic wastes, environmental impacts for several incineration processes for one ton of domestic wastes have been estimated by employing life cycle assessment as the environmental impact assessment method. The scheme of minimum production of environmental pollutants has been considered for three different incineration processes. The evaluation for latent influence on environment was carried out by using CML(Center of Environmental Science) method which was developed by University of Leyden in Netherlands based on the equivalency factor suggested by Korea Accreditation Board. The result of life cycle assessment has showed that the total cost analysis according to the amount of incinerating waste was dependent on the operating conditions of incineration process. In addition, the annual running cost for the incineration of one ton of wastes was estimated to be negatively dependent on the amount of wastes. The degree of environmental pollution was mainly due to the kinds of the wastes rather than by the amount of wastes.