• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.345-358
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• 2014

For introducing the groundwater quality assessment using background concentration of groundwater, several methods had been studied to estimate the background concentration of groundwater and to suggest the background concentration of study area. Some methods such as Box whisker plot, Percentile and Cumulative probability distribution had been adopted to estimate background concentration, and it was evaluated that the Cumulative probability distribution method presents more reasonable background concentration because it can consider the data distribution. So we estimated the background concentration of study area using cumulative probability distribution method. We suggested the background concentration for each hydrogeology respectively in case hydrogeological water quality similarity is very low.

• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.3-10
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• 2014

How to teach calculus is an important issue since Calculus is the first mathematics in college curriculum which highly influences other subjects including Physics, Engineering Mathematics like differential equations, and other engineering major subjects. This study suggests that a class model of Engineering Mathematics include Calculus review test so that students can study for themselves Calculus 'outside Calculus class'. First of all, a systematic process of administrating a review test is presented. Secondly, scores of the Calculus review test is statistically analyzed to confirm that ability in Calculus is highly correlated to their achievements in Engineering mathematics. Through a survey, it is confirmed that students in Engineering Mathematics study Calculus for themselves as they think Calculus review test is helpful.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.483-490
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• 2000

The aim of this study was to analyze the reliability of an ultrasonic device(SDM) measuring soft tissue thickness in relation to tooth position, and to find factors which can influence the reliability. The results showed that 1. measurement error was the largest in the maxillary second molar position and the smallest in the mandibular central incisor position. 2. in a box whisker plot, the difference between two measurements was most widely distributed in molar positions. 3. in Pearson correlation analysis, the relationship between two measurements was the highest in the maxillary lateral incisor position and, the lowest in the maxillary second molar, mandibular first and second premolar position. 4. a stepwise multiple regression analysis could explain the difference of two measurements with various independent variables in 29.7% (P<0.0001). Gingival thickness was the only variable influencing the measurement difference in a statistically significant level(P<0.0001). It can be concluded that its high reliability, ease to use and patient comfort justified the application of the SDM in measurement of soft tissue thickness.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.240-240
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• 2020

강우 시 우수관로 내부의 수리 거동(유속, 수위)에 영향을 미치는 대표적인 매개변수는 관로의 조도계수와 손실계수 등이 있다. 이 중 조도계수는 관로 내부의 퇴적 및 협잡물로 인한 조도높이 변화에 따른 관로 내의 수리학적 거동을 평가할 수 있는 매개변수이며 손실계수는 관로의 확대, 축소, 만곡 등에 의한 에너지 감쇄 효과에 따른 관로 내 수리학적 변화를 평가할 수 있는 매개변수이다. 본 연구에서는 서울시 주요 배수구역에 대해 관로 조도계수 및 손실계수 변화에 따른 수위, 유속 변동성을 SWMM으로 분석하였다. 연구에 적용한 대상 배수구역은 반포 02 (방배1), 안양천 13 (봉천1), 성내 05 (길동), 안양천 11(신림4), 반포 03 (방배2), 안양천 01 (오류1), 성내 03 (천호)로 총 7개 배수구역이다. 모형수행을 위한 조건으로 조도계수는 0.015 ~ 0.120 구간에 대해 0.003 단위로 증가시키며 총 12개 CASE를 적용하였으며 손실계수는 0.0 ~ 0.5 구간에 대해 0.1 단위로 총 6개 CASE를 적용하였다. 관로 수리특성에 따른 수심, 유속의 변화량 분석 결과는 관로 및 유역의 크기별로 변화의 폭이 매우 크므로 상자-수염그림(Box-whisker plot) 이용하여 중간값의 변화 정도를 검토하였다. 조도계수 증가에 따른 수심증가, 유속 감소치의 중간값을 분석한 결과 조도계수가 0.013에서 0.034로 증가 시 수심은 40.6% 증가하고 유속은 47.4% 감소하는 것으로 검토되었다(그림 1, 2). 한편, 손실계수 증가에 따른 수심증가, 유속 감소치의 중간값을 분석한 결과 조도계수가 0.0에서 1.6으로 증가시 수심은 15.7% 증가하고 유속은 15.0% 감소하는 것으로 검토되었다. 이상과 같은 연구의 성과는 우수관로 내부의 다양한 여건 변화가 강우 시 관로 내 수리특성에 미치는 영향을 판단하기 위한 기초 자료로 활용할 수 있으며 향후, 우수관로 모니터링 결과와 연계하여 유지관리 방안 수립에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.85 no.4
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• pp.469-484
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• 2023

A deep recursive bidirectional Cuda Deep Neural Network Long Short Term Memory (Bi-CuDNNLSTM) layer is recruited in this paper to predict the entire force time histories, and the corresponding hysteresis and backbone curves of reinforced concrete (RC) bridge piers using experimental fast and slow cyclic tests. The proposed stacked Bi-CuDNNLSTM layers involve multiple uncertain input variables, including horizontal actuator displacements, vertical actuators axial loads, the effective height of the bridge pier, the moment of inertia, and mass. The functional application programming interface in the Keras Python library is utilized to develop a deep learning model considering all the above various input attributes. To have a robust and reliable prediction, the dataset for both the fast and slow cyclic tests is split into three mutually exclusive subsets of training, validation, and testing (unseen). The whole datasets include 17 RC bridge piers tested experimentally ten for fast and seven for slow cyclic tests. The results bring to light that the mean absolute error, as a loss function, is monotonically decreased to zero for both the training and validation datasets after 5000 epochs, and a high level of correlation is observed between the predicted and the experimentally measured values of the force time histories for all the datasets, more than 90%. It can be concluded that the maximum mean of the normalized error, obtained through Box-Whisker plot and Gaussian distribution of normalized error, associated with unseen data is about 10% and 3% for the fast and slow cyclic tests, respectively. In recapitulation, it brings to an end that the stacked Bi-CuDNNLSTM layer implemented in this study has a myriad of benefits in reducing the time and experimental costs for conducting new fast and slow cyclic tests in the future and results in a fast and accurate insight into hysteretic behavior of bridge piers.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.238-252
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• 2015

The effect of weir construction (2009~2011) was investigated on algal bloom dynamics and surrounding conditions in the Youngsan River by analyzing the long-term (2001~2014) data provided by the Water Information System, Ministry of Environment. The data include chlorophyll a and water properties such as total suspended solids (TSS), ammonium ($NH_4{^+}$), nitrate ($NO_3{^-}$), orthophosphate ($PO{_4}^{3-}$), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP) and DIN/DIP molar ratio collected from 12 stations along the channel of the river. Temporal variations were examined using data collected monthly from 2001~2014 and Box-Whisker plot was used to examine the difference in algal bloom dynamics between before (2006~2008) and after (2012~2014) the weir construction. Pearson's correlation analysis was also used to analyze the correlation of parameters. The results showed that TSS affecting water turbidity increased during the construction but decreased especially at the stations located in the upper and middle regions of the river after the construction. Ammonium concentrations increased whereas the concentrations of other nutrients decreased after the construction inducing an increase in N:P molar ratio. Chlorophyll a decreased suddenly during the construction but increased clearly after the construction at the stations where TSS decreased. This indicates that algal blooms can develop in the Youngsan River due to a decrease in turbidity that increases light penetration in water column although the concentrations of nutrients such as orthophosphate were reduced after the weir construction.

• Atmosphere
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.467-482
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• 2010

In this study, characteristics of various stability indexes (SI) and environmental parameters (EP) for the lightning are analysed by using 5 upper air observatories (Osan, Gwangju, Jeju, Pohang, and Baengnyeongdo) for the years 2002-2006 over South Korea. The analysed SI and EP are the lifted index, K-index, Showalter stability index, total precipitable water, mixing ratio, wind shear and temperature of lifting condensation level. The lightning data occurred on the range of -2 hr~+1 hr and within 100 km based on the launch time of rawinsonde and observing location are selected. In general, summer averaged temperature and mixing ratio of lower troposphere for the lightning cases are higher about 1 K and $1{\sim}2gkg^{-1}$ than no lightning cases, respectively. The Box-Whisker plot shows that the range of various SI and EP values for lightning and no lightning cases are well separated but overlapping of SI and EP values between lightning and no lightning are not a little. The optimized threshold values for the detection of lightning are determined objectively based on the highest Heidke skill socre (HSS), which is the most favorable validation parameter for the rare event, such as lightning, by using the simulation of SI and EP threshold values. Although the HSS is not high (0.15~0.30) and the number and values of selected SI and EP are dependent on geographic location, the new threshold values can be used as a supplementary tool for the detection or forecast of lightning over South Korea.