• Journal of Menopausal Medicine
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.150-154
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• 2018

As disasters have been increasing in recent years, disaster health literacy is gaining more important for a population such as middle-age women. This is because they face developmental crises (menopause) and situational crisis (disaster). Due to the growing elderly population, it is imperative to seriously consider the issue of aging women's healthcare, and their educational needs relative to emergencies and disasters. The purpose of study was to clarify the importance of disaster health literacy for middle-age women. This study is a review of the literature using PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Google Scholar, SCOPUS, OVID, ProQuest, Springer, and Wiley. Data was collected with keywords related to the research topic ("Women's health" OR "Geriatric health") AND ("Health literacy" OR "Disaster health literacy" OR "Disaster prevention literacy" OR "Risk knowledge" OR "Knowledge management") AND ("Disasters" OR "Risk" OR "Crises") in combination with the Boolean-operators OR and AND. We reviewed full text English-language articles published November 2011 November 2017. Additional references were identified from reference lists in targeted publications, review articles and books. This review demonstrated that disaster health literacy is critical for elderly women, because they may suffer from physical and psychological problems triggered by developmental crises such as menopause and situational crises such as disasters. Disaster literacy could enable them to improve resiliency and reduce disaster risk. Education has vital role in health promotion of middle-age women. Policymakers and health managers should be aware of the challenges of elderly women as a vulnerable group in disasters and develop plans to incorporate disaster health literacy for preparedness and prevention in educating this group.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.723-732
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• 2019

Globally road transport networks are subjected to continuous levels of stress from increasing loading and environmental effects. As the most popular mean of transport in the UK the condition of this civil infrastructure is a key indicator of economic growth and productivity. Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems can provide a valuable insight to the true condition of our aging infrastructure. In particular, monitoring of the displacement of a bridge structure under live loading can provide an accurate descriptor of bridge condition. In the past B-WIM systems have been used to collect traffic data and hence provide an indicator of bridge condition, however the use of such systems can be restricted by bridge type, assess issues and cost limitations. This research provides a non-contact low cost AI based solution for vehicle classification and associated bridge displacement using computer vision methods. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been adapted to develop the QUBYOLO vehicle classification method from recorded traffic images. This vehicle classification was then accurately related to the corresponding bridge response obtained under live loading using non-contact methods. The successful identification of multiple vehicle types during field testing has shown that QUBYOLO is suitable for the fine-grained vehicle classification required to identify applied load to a bridge structure. The process of displacement analysis and vehicle classification for the purposes of load identification which was used in this research adds to the body of knowledge on the monitoring of existing bridge structures, particularly long span bridges, and establishes the significant potential of computer vision and Deep Learning to provide dependable results on the real response of our infrastructure to existing and potential increased loading.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.429-439
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• 2021

고령화로 인한 건설인력 감소에 대응하고 건설현장의 생산성 향상을 위해 일본에서는 2016년부터 정보통신기술을 활용한 자동화시공을 추진하고 있다. 일본 국토교통성은 ICT를 활용한 토공 자동화 시공을 뒷받침 할 새로운 비용 산정기준, 발주제도, 정부지원 정책을 마련하여 시행하고 있고 현장에서 활용할 수 있는 자동화 시공의 종류를 확대하고 있다. 우리나라도 ICT를 건설 현장에 원활하게 적용하기 위해서는 일본에서와 같이 우선적으로 ICT를 활용한 자동화 시공 관련 법과 제도, 정책 등을 정비해야 한다. 본 논문은 일본과 한국의 ICT를 활용한 자동화시공 관련 제도 및 정책을 비교·분석하여 벤치마킹하는 방법으로 연구하고 이로부터 시사점을 찾고자 했다. 연구 결과, 국내 건설현장에서 ICT기술을 활용하기 위해서는 한국 정부가 선도적으로 ICT기술 관련 비용 산정기준, 발주체계, 경제지원 정책 등을 마련해야 한다는 결론에 이르게 되었다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.859-866
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• 2021

영농형 태양광 발전은 농지 상부에 태양광 발전 설비를 설치하는 방식으로 농작물과 전기를 동시에 생산함으로써 농가 소득을 증대시키는 새로운 모델이다. 최근 영농형 태양광 발전을 활용하는 다양한 시도들이 이루어지고 있다. 영농형 태양광 발전은 기존의 태양광 발전과는 달리 비교적 높은 구조물 상부에 설치하게 되므로 유지 보수가 상대적으로 어렵다는 단점이 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 지능적이고 효율적인 운용 및 진단 기능이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 영농형 태양광 발전 설비의 전력 생산량을 수집, 저장하여 지능적인 예측 모델을 구현하기 위한 예측 및 진단 시스템의 설계 및 구현에 대해 논한다. 제안된 시스템은 태양광 발전량과 환경 센서 데이터를 기반으로 발전량을 예측하여 설비의 이상 유무를 판별하며 설비의 노화 정도를 산출하여 사용자에게 제공한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.570-579
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• 2021

현재의 농어촌은 고령화로 인한 인력 및 장비부족, 농산물 가격하락 등 여러 환경이 갈수록 열악해지고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 수 많은 농업기반시설물 중 중요 관리대상인 관정, 양수장, 취입보 등을 대상으로 데이터베이스 구축하여 점검, 고장 및 수리 등의 이력사항을 관리하기 위하여 수행되었다. 특히, 관정의 경우에는 무분별한 설치와 공간정보 부재로 인하여 경제적 손실 및 환경오염 등의 문제를 야기시키기 때문에 수문지질도, 수맥도, 지하수 심도 등의 공간정보를 이용하여 관정의 최적위치를 결정하였다. 따라서, 본 연구는 시스템 개발을 통하여 농촌지역에 산재되어 있는 수 많은 시설물들을 효율적으로 관리할 수 있었고, 공간정보를 이용하여 14개 관정에 대한 현황을 분석한 결과 6개 지점에서의 위치정보가 잘못된 것으로 나타났으나, 현장조사결과 1개 지점에서는 수맥도 분석이 잘못된 것으로 분석되었다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.151-160
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• 2019

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation of the sunlight, especially UVA and UVB, is the primary environmental cause of skin damage, including topical inflammation, premature skin aging, and skin cancer. Previous reports show that activation of nuclear $factor-{\kappa}B$ ($NF-{\kappa}B$) in human skin fibroblasts and keratinocytes after UV exposure induces the expression and release of proinflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis $factor-{\alpha}$ ($TNF-{\alpha}$), and subsequently leads to the production of matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) and growth factor basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). Here, we demonstrated that TNFR2-SKEE and TNFR2-SKE, oligopeptides from TNF receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2)-binding site of TNF receptor 2 (TNFR2), strongly inhibited the interaction of TNFR1 as well as TNFR2 with TRAF2. In particular, TNFR2-SKE suppressed UVB- or $TNF-{\alpha}$-induced nuclear translocalization of activated $NF-{\kappa}B$ in mouse fibroblasts. It decreased the expression of bFGF, MMPs, and COX2, which were upregulated by $TNF-{\alpha}$, and increased procollagen production, which was reduced by $TNF-{\alpha}$. Furthermore, TNFR2-SKE inhibited the UVB-induced proliferation of keratinocytes and melanocytes in the mouse skin and the infiltration of immune cells into inflamed tissues. These results suggest that TNFR2-SKE may possess the clinical potency to alleviate UV-induced photoaging in human skin.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.215-224
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• 2019

As various populations are rapidly becoming an aging society worldwide and interest in health issues has increased, demand for functional foods including herbal products has increased markedly to maintain a healthy state which has led to safety issues about their intake as an inevitable result. The objective of this study was to identify the safety profile of a Korean red ginseng and Salvia plebeia R. Br. extract mixture (KGC-03-PS) which is a valuable ingredient that can be used as a functional food. In the present study, the subacute oral toxicity and bacterial reverse mutagenicity of KGC-03-PS were evaluated. Sprague Dawley rats were administered KGC-03-PS orally for 28 days by gavage. Daily KGC-03-PS dose concentrations were 0, 500, 1,000, or 2,000 mg/kg body weight (bw) per day. Bacterial reverse mutation test with KGC-03-PS dose levels ranging from 312.5 to $5,000{\mu}g/plate$ was carried out by OECD test guideline No. 471. Five bacterial strains (Salmonella typhimurium TA98, TA100, TA1535, TA1537, and Escherichia coli WP2) were tested in the presence or absence of metabolic activation by plate incorporation method. There were no toxicological effects related with test substance in the clinical evaluation of subacute oral toxicity test including clinical signs, body weight, and food consumption. Moreover, no toxicological changes related to KGC-03-PS were observed in the hematological and serum biochemical characteristics as well as in the pathological examinations, which included organ weight measurements and in the gross- or histopathological findings. KGC-03-PS did not induce an increase in the number of revertant colonies in all bacterial strains of the bacterial reverse mutation test. The no-observed-adverse-effect level of KGC-03-PS is greater than 2,000 mg/kg bw/day, and KGC-03-PS did not induce genotoxicity related to bacterial reverse mutations under the conditions used in this study.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.136-142
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• 2019

원자력발전소 콘크리트 구조물은 해안가에 접해 있으며, 해수를 취수하여 냉각수로 사용하기 때문에 염해에 의한 내구성은 매우 중요하다. 이를 위해 3년간의 염해 장기침지시험을 실시하여 염화물이온확산계수의 변화 및 재령계수(m)을 평가한 결과 4,000 Class인 구조물 기초의 m은 0.35~0.39로 KCI나 ACI 제안값과 유사한 결과를 나타내었고 5,000 Class인 필수 냉각수 구조물 및 터널은 0.44~0.53, 6,000 Class인 원자로 격납건물은 0.62로 FIB 제안값과 유사하였다. 실측된 재령계수로 내구수명을 예측한 결과 원전의 모든 안전관련 콘크리트 구조물은 설계수명 60년 이상을 만족하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 농촌계획
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.45-57
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• 2019

This study aims to explore the policy directions to apply and activate the appropriate technology in rural areas from the perspective of the endogenous and sustainable regional development theories. To this end, according to the analysis framework based on ideas, values, and strategies that are common to both endogenous regional development strategic theories and sustainable regional development theories, in this paper, various surveys and reviews were conducted on the study areas to explore the possibility of localization of the appropriate technology. The policy implications derived from research results are as follows; first, rural areas have high potential and scalability to apply and activate the appropriate technology, particularly in the field of renewable energy, due to their nature based on local resources. Second, for the practical application of the appropriate technology, first of all, together with the establishment of the role of public sector, it is necessary to plan the projects based on the cooperation network of the relevant innovation entities within and outside the regions and to build the implementation systems. Third, the training system for high skilled manpower and indigenous entrepreneurs should be stably built in order to create independent conditions, which are key elements for growth of the appropriate technology. Fourth, there is a need to find the market and establish policies that can solve the typical economic problems of rural areas such as aging population, depopulation and decline in youth, economic unrest. Fifth, in order for the appropriate technology to contribute to socio-economic innovations and the revitalization of the virtuous circle economy in the region, technical items and various business items suitable for the industrial infrastructures and autonomous conditions of rural areas are essential.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.493-502
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• 2021

외부 환경변화에 적응하여 MPP를 추적할 수 있는 포복경 영양 번식(VPR; Vegetative Propagation by Runner) 최적화 알고리즘 기반 MPPT 알고리즘을 제시하였다. VPR 알고리즘은 영양기관을 기반으로 군집 이동 번식하는 식물 생태를 모방한 알고리즘으로 식물의 노화 및 부근(Rhizome)에 대한 주변탐색 절차를 수행하여 최적점 인근의 주변을 지속적으로 탐색할 수 있다. 따라서 VPR 기반 MPPT 알고리즘의 경우, MPPT 알고리즘이 수행되는 시점에 발생하는 외부 환경변화에 적응하여 최적점을 탐색할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 다수의 모의실험을 통해 VPR 기반 MPPT 알고리즘의 성능을 분석하였다. 더불어 PSO(Particle Swarm Optimization) 기반 MPPT 알고리즘과 동일한 환경에서 성능 비교를 통해 성능의 우수성을 비교하였다.