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The Audit Method for Private Location Information based on Location Services (위치서비스에 기반한 개인위치정보에 대한 감리방법)

  • Seo, Jung-Ho;Seo, Hee-Myung;Kim, Dong-Soo;Kim, Hee-Wan
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.251-266
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    • 2012
  • Location Information is an information about a place where an individual exists or had existed. As smart phones are popularized, location information becomes more than simple information about the place. As a result, services using an individual's location information became the trend. However, problems arising from discharging Private Information can damage an individual, because it causes financial and economic loss but also detects individual's location and route directly. In realities, the guide that regulates Location Based Service for administering Private Location Information is insufficient. Therefore, this paper proposes check items, which contain standards of judicial action, financial loss ratings, importance of Private Location Information, and criticality of check lists, during the Private Location Information audit at the level of analysis, design, and management of the Information System, in order to prevent the infringement and disclosure of the Private Location Information. Moreover, the proposed check items were verified for its suitability by the professionals' survey.

Overcoming the challenges of Monte Carlo depletion: Application to a material-testing reactor with the MCS code

  • Dos, Vutheam;Lee, Hyunsuk;Jo, Yunki;Lemaire, Matthieu;Kim, Wonkyeong;Choi, Sooyoung;Zhang, Peng;Lee, Deokjung
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.52 no.9
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    • pp.1881-1895
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    • 2020
  • The theoretical aspects behind the reactor depletion capability of the Monte Carlo code MCS developed at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) and practical results of this depletion feature for a Material-Testing Reactor (MTR) with plate-type fuel are described in this paper. A verification of MCS results is first performed against MCNP6 to confirm the suitability of MCS for the criticality and depletion analysis of the MTR. Then, the dependence of the effective neutron multiplication factor to the number of axial and radial depletion cells adopted in the fuel plates is performed with MCS in order to determine the minimum spatial segmentation of the fuel plates. Monte Carlo depletion results with 37,800 depletion cells are provided by MCS within acceptable calculation time and memory usage. The results show that at least 7 axial meshes per fuel plate are required to reach the same precision as the reference calculation whereas no significant differences are observed when modeling 1 or 10 radial meshes per fuel plate. This study demonstrates that MCS can address the need for Monte Carlo codes capable of providing reference solutions to complex reactor depletion problems with refined meshes for fuel management and research reactor applications.

RADIATION DAMAGE IN THE HUMAN BODY ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME AND MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE

  • AKASHI, MAKOTO;TAMURA, TAIJI;TOMINAGA, TAKAKO;ABE, KENICHI;HACHIYA, MISAO;NAKAYAMA, FUMIAKI
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.231-238
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    • 2006
  • Whole-body exposure to high-dose radiation causes injury involving multiple organs that depends on their sensitivity to radiation. This acute radiation syndrome (ARS) is caused by a brief exposure of a major part of the body to radiation at a relatively high dose rate. ARS is characterized by an initial prodromal stage, a latent symptom-free period, a critical or manifestation phase that usually takes one of four forms (three forms): hematologic, gastrointestinal, or cardiovascular and neurological (neurovascular), depending upon the exposure dose, and a recovery phase or death. One of the most important factors in treating victims exposed to radiation is the estimation of the exposure dose. When high-dose exposure is considered, initial dose estimation must be performed in order to make strategy decisions for treatment as soon as possible. Dose estimation can be based on onset and severity of prodromal symptoms, decline in absolute lymphocyte count post exposure, and chromosomal analysis of peripheral blood lymphocytes. Moreover, dose assessment on the basis of calculation from reconstruction of the radiation event may be required. Experience of a criticality accident occurring in 1999 at Tokai-mura, Japan, showed that ARS led to multiple organ failure (MOF). This article will review ARS and discuss the possible mechanisms of MOF developing from ARS.

Comparative Study of LC Scheme with Some Conventional Schemes by Truncation Error Analysis (선형특성 (LC) 법과 그 외 고전적 방법들과의 절단오차 분석에 의한 비교연구)

  • Kim, Chan-Hyeong;Kim, Jong-Kyung;Yook, Chong-Chul
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.179-188
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    • 1988
  • A recently developed spatial differencing scheme, Linear Characteristic (LC) scheme is compared with some traditionally used schemes such as Step Difference (SD), Diamond Difference (DD), and Step Characteristic (SC) scheme by analyzing the truncation error calculated numerically in slab geometry. Those four candidate schemes are applied to one simple source sink problem and two criticality problems (one is calculation of multiplication factor and the other is slab critical half thickness). The calculated results are then examined by some equitable measures of error. It is concluded that the LC scheme is terribly more powerful than any other candidate scheme that has been prevalent up to the present time. Moreover, the LC scheme estimates integral parameter such as multiplication factor and critical half thickness much more efficiently than SD or SC scheme. This is due to the fact that the fortuitous error cancellation, which occurs when the deviations of cell average flux are summed over the whole gamut of spatial meshes, happens much more favorably to the LC scheme.

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Simulations of BEAVRS benchmark cycle 2 depletion with MCS/CTF coupling system

  • Yu, Jiankai;Lee, Hyunsuk;Kim, Hanjoo;Zhang, Peng;Lee, Deokjung
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.52 no.4
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    • pp.661-673
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    • 2020
  • The quarter-core simulation of BEAVRS Cycle 2 depletion benchmark has been conducted using the MCS/CTF coupling system. MCS/CTF is a cycle-wise Picard iteration based inner-coupling code system, which couples sub-channel T/H (thermal/hydraulic) code CTF as a T/H solver in Monte Carlo neutron transport code MCS. This coupling code system has been previously applied in the BEAVRS benchmark Cycle 1 full-core simulation. The Cycle 2 depletion has been performed with T/H feedback based on the spent fuel materials composition pre-generated by the Cycle 1 depletion simulation using refueling capability of MCS code. Meanwhile, the MCS internal one-dimension T/H solver (MCS/TH1D) has been also applied in the simulation as the reference. In this paper, an analysis of the detailed criticality boron concentration and the axially integrated assembly-wise detector signals will be presented and compared with measured data based on the real operating physical conditions. Moreover, the MCS/CTF simulated results for neutronics and T/H parameters will be also compared to MCS/TH1D to figure out their difference, which proves the practical application of MCS into the BEAVRS benchmark two-cycle depletion simulations.

An Evaluation Model of IT PMO Performance Using Pentagon Model (Pentagon Model을 활용한 정보화 프로젝트 PMO의 성과평가 모형 제시)

  • Kim, Ki-Hyun;Park, Geun-Wan;Hwang, Seung-June
    • The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.119-136
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    • 2016
  • Precedent studies revealed that success of IT project strongly depends on the competency of PMO(project management offices), however, there are only few studies which show the importance of PMO competency. In this study, we will suggest an evaluation model of IT PMO competency using the Pentagon Model which is a tool to assess the performance of project organization, and the Analytic Hierarchy Process. We classified effect factor of PMO competency into 25 items in 5 fields such as Structure, Technology, Culture, Interaction, Social Relations and Networks based on pentagon model, also analysis of criticality between the effect factors was conducted by AHP. The study result shows 3 factors of Structure were included in the top 10, while 2 factors of Technology, Culture, Interaction were included separately. In terms of Social Relations and Networks, only 1 factor was included in the top 10. Therefore Structure of PMO should be aggressively considered for the successful IT project.

A Study on Cost Optimization of Preventive Maintenance for the Second Driving Devices for Korea Train Express (KTX 2차 구동장치에 대한 예방정비 비용의 최적화에 관한 연구)

  • Jung, Jin-Tae;Kim, Chul-Su
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2016
  • Although the second driving device of KTX, which consists of the wheel and the axle reduction gears unit, is a mechanically integrated structure, its preventive maintenance (PM) requires two separate intervals due to the different technical requirements. In particular, these subsystems perform attaching and detaching work simultaneously according to the maintenance directive. Therefore, to reduce the unnecessary amount of PM and high logistic availability of the train, it is important to optimize PM with regard to reliability-centered maintenance toward a cost-effective solution. In this study, fault tree analysis and reliability of the subsystems, considering the criticality of the components, were performed using the data derived from field data in maintenance. The cost optimization of the PM was derived from a genetic algorithm considering the target reliability and improvement factor. The cost optimization was derived from a maximum of the fitness function of the individual in generation. The optimal TBO of them using the genetic algorithm was 2.85x106 km, which is reduced to approximately 21% compared to the conventional method.

The Satisfaction and Needs of the Environmental Improvement Project of Elementary Schools in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4차 산업혁명시대에 대응한 초등학교 교실 환경개선사업의 만족도 및 필요도)

  • Hoon, Kim-Young;Nam, Kyung Sook
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.269-276
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    • 2020
  • In this study, we will analyze the classroom space of elementary schools that have implemented the Seoul Metropolitan Government's 'Dream Classroom' project and identify satisfaction and needs in terms of users. Primary school was selected and the composition and color of space was investigated by the present ministerial inspection. The survey was conducted on homeroom teachers and analyzed as SPSS/WIN Statistical Programme 22.0. The satisfaction level of space elements was verified by the technical statistical analysis, the general classroom and the 'classroom with dreams' difference in response t-test, the need for planning elements (criticality), and the difference in satisfaction with one way ANOVA. The space had the most separate, primary-colored classrooms. They preferred emotional factors and bright and light atmosphere for the lower grades, and the soft and soft atmosphere for the middle and high school students. The school preferred communication space with the community, proper play and relaxation space for the complex type of classroom. This will help set the direction for elementary school classroom space planning during the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Petro-mineralogical and Mechanical Property of Fault Material in Phyllitic Rock Tunnel (천매암 터널 단층물질의 암석.광물학적 및 역학적 특성)

  • Lee, Kyoung-Mi;Lee, Sung-Ho;Seo, Yong-Seok;Kim, Chang-Yong;Kim, Kwang-Yoem
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.339-350
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    • 2007
  • Content, swelling, concentration, drainage of clay are critical factors that could control rock failures as well as discontinuous geological structures like faults and joints. Especially, the proportional components of clay minerals can be one of few direct indicators to a rock failure caused well by rainfall. Criticality of the role of clay mineral contents gets bigger in the slope and tunnel design. This study, using a horizontal boring core of pelitic/psammitic phyllite from the OO tunnel construction site, aims to investigate mineral composition changes related to fault distribution and their mechanical effects to the activity of these discontinuous layers (i.e., clay-filled fault layers), and eventually to define correlation among rock compositions, weathering products and rock instabilities. Field survey and lab tests were carried out for the composition and strength index of fault clay minerals within the core samples and microscopic analysis of fresh and weathered rock samples.

An Application of Homogenization Theory to the Coarse-Mesh Nodal Calculation of PWRs (PWR 소격격자 Nodal 계산에의 균질화 이론 적용)

  • Myung Hyun Kim;Jonghwa Chang;Kap Suk Moon;Chang Kun Lee
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.202-216
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    • 1984
  • The success of coarse-mesh nodal solution methods provides strong motivation for finding homogenized parameters which, when used in global nodal calculation, will reproduce exactly all average nodal reaction rates for large nodes. Two approximate theories for finding these ideal parameters, namely, simplified equivalence theory and approximate node equivalence theory, are described herein and then applied to the PWR benchmark problem. Nodal code, ANM, is used for the global calculation as well as for the homogenization calculation. From the comparative analysis, it is recommended that homogenization be carried out only for the unique type of fuel assemblies and for core boundary color-sets. The use of approximate homogenized cross-sections and approximate discontinuity factors predicts nodal powers with maximum error of 0.8% and criticality within 0.1% error relative to the fine-mesh KIDD calculations.

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