• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.42-47
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• 2014

Objective : Helicopter ambulance transport (HAT) is a highly resource-intensive facility that is a well-established part of the trauma transport system in many developed countries. Here, we review the benefit of HAT for neurosurgical patients in Korea. Methods : This retrospective study followed neurotrauma patients who were transferred by HAT to a single emergency trauma center over a period of 2 years. The clinical benefits of HAT were measured according to the necessity of emergency surgical intervention and the differences in the time taken to transport patients by ground ambulance transport (GAT) and HAT. Results : Ninety-nine patients were transferred to a single university hospital using HAT, of whom 32 were taken to the neurosurgery department. Of these 32 patients, 10 (31.3%) needed neurosurgical intervention, 14 (43.8%) needed non-neurosurgical intervention, 3 (9.4%) required both, and 11 (34.4%) did not require any intervention. The transfer time was faster using HAT than the estimated time needed for GAT, although for a relatively close distance (<50 km) without ground obstacles (mountain or sea) HAT did not improve transfer time. The cost comparison showed that HAT was more expensive than GAT (3,292,000 vs. 84,000 KRW, p<0.001). Conclusion : In this Korean-based study, we found that HAT has a clinical benefit for neurotrauma cases involving a transfer from a distant site or an isolated area. A more precise triage for using HAT should be considered to prevent overuse of this expensive transport method.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.338-344
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• 2016

Recent trends in transport system for carrying heavy freight are that demands of a high efficiency, economic efficiency, convenience and safety are increased. Conventional transport systems were poor in transport efficiency and economic efficiency. And Safety problems can be caused to products and workers. In order to overcome these problems, an air cushion transport device with a high-pressure air is required. The air cushion transporter is a device for reducing the frictional force of floor surface and lifting the heavy freight by spraying the high-pressure air to the floor. Technology to float and transfer freight using high-pressure air is very convenient and initial cost can be reduced. In this paper, the study on the levitation performance and transport efficiency of air cushion transport system is conducted and verified that air cushion transporter has a significantly higher transport efficiency than conventional heavy handling systems.

• 한국포장학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.107-117
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• 2016

In order to reduce packaging and logistics costs for any business, it is important to identify opportunities for improvement throughout an entire logistics system including measurement of the performance and cost of packaging. Although the importance of packaging in a supply chain has been recognized by many scholars and experts, the total cost and value of packaging have not been successfully estimated. This paper reviews the recent researches and articles that tried to quantify the value of packaging focusing on the business decision between reusable and expendable shipping container systems. Three key factors such as cost, ownership, and standardization are identified and discussed in terms of impact on supply chain costs and performances. It is important to understand that the decision of a package system can change a logistics activities and even entire logistical system. Hence, the total cost and value of transport packaging should be calculated with understanding of interactions with logistical activities throughout supply chain. Identifying the opportunities and constraints of packaging changes on total logistics cost and activities must be carefully examined before implementation of a packaging system.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide an effective construction project cost estimation tool for preparing a business plan of healthcare facilities which can be practically used for development projects. Methods: In order to provide a tool for calculating construction project costs, this study analyzed the Building and Related Laws, the Building Technology Promotion Laws, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport notifications and directives, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy notifications, the detailed guidelines of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, the Building Service Industry Promotion Acts, various certification standards, actual project budget calculation cases, etc. with advices from related experts. Results: 1) Construction cost is classified into construction costs, architectural design costs, supervision costs, incidental costs, and each sub-element. In particular, since there are many incidental cost items, essential items to be reviewed during planning are derived and costs are calculated according to appropriate consideration criteria. 2) Criteria for Payment calculation mainly applies the construction cost rate method or the actual cost fixed amount method in consideration of the characteristics and scope of work. Implications: There are many calculation factors that need to be applied to the construction project cost. Therefore, it is necessary to organize the calculation process more clearly.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.159-165
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• 2008

우리나라 연안컨테이너운송 서비스는 1995년 이후 한진과 대한통운이 연안항로에 전용선을 투입하여 운송서비스를 실시하였으나 연안컨테이너 물동량의 감소로 인하여 운항채산성이 악화되어 1999년 대한통운이, 2006년 5월에는 (주)한진이 연안컨테이너운송서비스를 중단하였다. 이로 인하여 국내외 선사들은 우리나라 항만간에 발생하는 환적화물의 처리 및 적시 운송에 어려움을 겪고 있다. 화주측면에서도 연안운송이 아닌 도로운송 등을 이용함으로써 물류비의 증가는 물론 운송지체에 따른 시간적 손실이 발생하고 있다. 따라서, 본 연구는 국내 연안컨테이너운송체계의 현황과 문제점을 파악하여 그 해결방안으로 몬테카를로 분석기법을 통해 컨테이너 연안운송분야에 외국적 외항선박이 투입되었을 경우의 경제적 효과에 대해 분석하였다.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.143-153
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• 2006

본 연구는 국내 외 항공운송산업의 환경 변화에 따라 우리나라 항공운송산업의 비용효율성을 극대화할 수 있는 전략을 제시하고, 나아가 이를 유도할 수 있는 정책방안을 제시하고자 27개 세계 주요 항공사들의 비용 및 산출 자료를 이용해 밀도, 규모 및 범위의 경제성을 추정하였다. 추정결과 KAL과 AAR 모두 국제선의 운항밀도를 증대시키는 것이 비용절감의 효과를 높일 수 있다는 것으로 나타났으며, 운항네트워크와 관련하여 KAL과 AAR 모두 가능하다면 네트워크를 확대하는 것이 적절하지만, 보다 더 비용효율적인 효과를 얻기 위해서는 네트워크 확장보다는 국제선의 운항밀도를 증대시키는 것이 보다 적절한 것으로 나타났다. 다음으로 현재와 같은 국내선 및 국제선 여객 화물의 운항비율을 나타내는 국적항공사의 평균비용을 극소화하는 적정 산출량 수준은 현재 보다 높지만 현재 산출량과 적정 산출량 수준에서의 평균비용간에 큰 차이를 보이지는 않는 것으로 나타났으며, 국내선만 운영하는 항공사의 경우는 국적항공사의 적정 규모보다 훨씬 작은 것으로 도출되었다. 마지막으로 양 국적항공사는 국내선의 운항 비중을 줄여 화물 운항 비중을 현재보다 늘릴 경우 범위의 경제가 크게 발생하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.219-235
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• 2019

Scheduled inspections of common crossings are one of the main cost drivers of railway maintenance. Prognostics and health management (PHM) approach and modern monitoring means offer many possibilities in the optimization of inspections and maintenance. The present paper deals with data driven prognosis of the common crossing remaining useful life (RUL) that is based on an inertial monitoring system. The problem of scheduled inspections system for common crossings is outlined and analysed. The proposed analysis of inertial signals with the maximal overlap discrete wavelet packet transform (MODWPT) and Shannon entropy (SE) estimates enable to extract the spectral features. The relevant features for the acceleration components are selected with application of Lasso (Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator) regularization. The features are fused with time domain information about the longitudinal position of wheels impact and train velocities by multivariate regression. The fused structural health (SH) indicator has a significant correlation to the lifetime of crossing. The RUL prognosis is performed on the linear degradation stochastic model with recursive Bayesian update. Prognosis testing metrics show the promising results for common crossing inspection scheduling improvement.

• International Journal of Railway
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2009

The development of structural solutions for high-speed or very high-speed tracks that minimize total life cycle costs of the system is a key issue to improve the operational profitability of new investments. In opposition to conventional ballasted tracks, slab track solutions can be a cost-effective solution, but only in the cases where the benefits due to the increase in track availability and the reduction of track maintenance offsets its much higher construction costs. In the cases where such investment is not feasible, it is worth to evaluate possible structural improvements to ballasted track that allow reducing its maintenance needs without increasing too much its construction costs. This paper evaluates the design requirements and the impact of improving conventional high-speed ballasted tracks by using a bituminous subballast layer. It is divided into two main parts: first the design requirements of the structural solutions with bituminous subballast and its possible benefits on high-speed track deterioration, and secondly the evaluation of the economic impact, in terms of construction costs, of using this structural solution material in future Spanish high-speed lines.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.205-214
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• 2023

Soil salinity is becoming one of the most devastating environmental hazards over the years. Soil investigation involves fast, low cost and non disturbing methods to measure soil characteristics for both construction projects as well as for agricultural use. The electrical resistivity of saline soils is greatly governed by salt concentration and the presence of moisture in soil matrix. Experimental results of this investigation highlight that there is a significant relationship between the electrical resistivity of soil samples mixed with chloride solutions (NaCl, KCl, and MgCl₂) at various concentrations, and soil physical properties. Correlations represented by quadratic functions were obtained between electrical resistivity and soil characteristics, namely, water content, degree of saturation and salt concentration. This research reveals that the obtained correlations between electrical resistivity, salt concentration, water content and degree of saturation are effective for predicting the characteristics of salt affected soils in practice, which constitute a governing element in the assessment of saline lands sustaining infrastructure.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.479-484
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• 2006

Highly c-axis oriented poly-crystalline GaN with a dimension of $1{\sim}3\;{\mu}m$ was deposited on $c-Al_2O_3$ substrate by vapor transport epitaxy (VTE) method at the temperature range of $900{\sim}1150^{\circ}C$. XRD intensities from (00'2) plane of grown GaNs were increased with reaction conditions which indicate the improvement of the crystal quality. In the PL spectra measured at 10 K, the spectrum composed with the neutral-donor bound exciton-related emission at 3.47 eV, crystal defect-related emission band at 3.42 eV and with its phonon replicas. The fact that intensity of $I_2$ were increased and FWHM were decreased with growth conditions means that the quality of GaN crystals were improved. With this simple VTE technology, we confirm that the GaNs were simply deposited on sapphire substrate and crystal quality related to optical properties of GaN grown by VTE were relatively good. PL emission without deep level emission in spite of polycrystalline structure can be applicable to the fabrication of large area and low cost optical devices using poly-GaN grown by VTE.