• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.93-101
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• 2007

정합과 노출 보정을 동시에 최적화하기 위하여 반복적인 정합 알고리듬인 Lucas-Kanade 알고리듬을 히스토그램 변환에 기초한 노출 보정 알고리듬과 접목하였다. 단순 회귀 모델에 기초하여 비매개변수 추정인 실험적 조건 평균과 그의 다항식 근사를 이용하여 노출 보정을 시도하였다. 제안한 동시 최적화 알고리듬은 각 최적화 과정의 분리화가 가능하므로 기존의 Mann이나 Candocia의 동시 최적화 알고리듬에 비하여 구현의 융통성 측면에서 유리하다. 투사 공간 변환 관계를 가지는 실영상 들을 가지고 모의실험을 수행한 결과에서 보면 노출 보정을 고려하지 않은 경우에 비하여 좋은 성능을 얻음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.121-132
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• 2005

사진기에서 고품질의 영상을 획득하기 위해서는 적절히 노출 시간을 조절하게 되는데 이로 인해 각각 독립적으로 얻어진 영상들의 노출 시간은 서로 달라진다. 이는 여러 영상의 열을 정렬하는 과정 등에서 부정확한 결과를 초래할 수 있으므로 영상들의 노출 시간을 동일하게 맞추어 줄 필요가 있다. 그런데, 노출 시간을 알지 못하는 경우에는, 하나의 영상을 기준으로 다른 영상들의 상대적 노출 시간을 추정하고 보정하는 알고리즘에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 본 논문에서는, 사진기의 모델 함수를 고려할 필요 없는, 최소 오류 개념에서 최적의 예측기인 conditional expectation을 사용하여 노출 보정을 시도하였다. 나아가서, 불규칙한 노출 또는 히스토그램 특성을 위한 적응 노출 보정 기법을 제안하였다. 이때 blocking artifact 및 overfitting 등의 문제를 완화시키기 위한 인접의 화소를 사용하는 기법을 도입하였다. 디지털 사진기 및 투과전자현미경을 통하여 얻어진 실제 영상을 사용한 모의실험을 통하여 성공적인 노출 보정 수행을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.71-74
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• 2013

Here, we present a case of lung cancer in a 48-year-old male horse trainer. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case report to include an exposure assessment of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) as a quartz. The trainer had no family history of lung cancer. Although he had a 15 pack/year cigarette-smoking history, he had stopped smoking 12 years prior to his diagnosis. For the past 23 years, he had performed longeing, and trained 7-12 horses per day on longeing arena surfaces covered by recycled sands, the same surfaces used in race tracks. We investigated his workplace RCS exposure, and found it to be the likely cause of his lung cancer. The 8-hour time weight average range of RCS was 0.020 to $0.086mg/m^3$ in the longeing arena. Horse trainers are exposed to RCS from the sand in longeing arenas, and the exposure level is high enough to have epidemiological ramifications for the occupational risk of lung cancer.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.550-557
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• 2005

Korean 'Law of Aviation' and 'Test Method of Measuring Noise and Vibration' designate to use WECPNL metric based on $L_{max}$ measurement for the accessment of aircraft noise in Korea. However, time duration of noise event can not be considered in $L_{max}$ metric in principle, compensation on the duration has been utilized. A study was done recently to evaluate appropriate duration compensation for the accessment of military aircraft noise under current metric of WECPNL and $L_{max}$. This study was carried out to evaluate what metric is the most appropriate to express aircraft noise including time duration of single noise event, computing and comparing noise exposure with 1 second noise measurement data of military aircraft in $L_{max}$, $L_{Aeq,\;T}$ and SEL. This study shows SEL is the most appropriate noise metric for the evaluation of noise exposure with time duration such as aircraft noise without compensation. It is suggested to use SEL noise metric instead of $L_{max}$ noise metric with duration compensation for the aircraft noise accessment either military aircraft or civilian aircraft.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.216-220
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• 2013

A 46-year-old man who had worked as a bumper spray painter in an automobile body shop for 15 years developed lung cancer. The patient was a nonsmoker with no family history of lung cancer. To determine whether the cancer was related to his work environment, we assessed the level of exposure to carcinogens during spray painting, sanding, and heat treatment. The results showed that spray painting with yellow paint increased the concentration of hexavalent chromium in the air to as much as $118.33{\mu}g/m^3$. Analysis of the paint bulk materials showed that hexavalent chromium was mostly found in the form of lead chromate. Interestingly, strontium chromate was also detected, and the concentration of strontium chromate increased in line with the brightness of the yellow color. Some paints contained about 1% crystalline silica in the form of quartz.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.291-297
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• 2023

Objectives: An epidemiological investigation was requested for a worker who developed COPD and IPF after long-term molding and firing at a domestic tile manufacturing site. We would like to share the results of the exposure assessment and the estimation of past work. Methods: The content of crystalline silica in four raw materials was analyzed, and the respirable fraction of crystalline silica and dust generated in the air from molding and firing workers and other processes were measured. The measurement and analysis method referred to the NIOSH method. Results: The crystalline silica content of the raw material was 24~47%. The concentration of crystalline silica in the molding and firing process workers and the surrounding area was at the level of the exposure standards set by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and ACGIH, and the respirable and total dust exposure levels were generally low. The crystalline silica concentration of the area samples measured to estimate past work was about twice as high as the exposure standard of the Ministry of Employment and Labor (0.05 mg/m3), and the exposure levels of respirable dust were also quite high at 0.903 and 1.332 mg/m3. Conclusions: It was confirmed that tile molding and firing workers are currently exposed to a fairly high level of crystalline silica, and a high level is also confirmed in area samples to estimate past work. In the past, it is judged that the level of exposure would have been much higher due to differences in production volume, working method, presence/absence of local ventilation facilities, and process layout. When working in such a working environment for a long time, respiratory diseases such as lung cancer, COPD, and IPF can occur.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.271-277
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• 2019

Objectives: A 46-year-old woman who had worked on cleaning stainless steel containers with Initially unknown powders died from acute silicosis. To determine whether the acute silicosis was related to his work environment, we conducted exposure assessment the level of exposure to respirable crystalline silica(RCS) during cleaning stainless steel containers with unknown powders. Methods: The exposure assessment of RCS were undertaken according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health(NIOSH) method 7500. The components of the unknown powder were analyzed using X-ray Diffraction. Results: The unknown powder was found to be natural diatomaceous earth, which contained 12% and 9% quartz and cristobalite, respectively, crystalline silica. In the case of cleaning stainless steel containers with diatomaceous earth powder, the primary measurement resulted in 1.3 times higher occupational exposure limit of MOEL(in sum of quartz and cristobalite concentration) and 3.9 times higher in secondary measurement. The workbench was equipped with a local exhaust system, but because there was no hood at the end of the duct, the wind speed at the opening of the duct was 12 m/sec, whereas the controlled wind speed at the working position was only 0.3 m/sec below the legal standard. Conclusions: There is an urgent need to install the hood, conduct safety and health education for employers and workers, and periodically monitoring and manage the working environment.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.22-25
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• 2004

A highly sensitive ammonia gas sensor using thick-film technology has been fabricated and examined. The sensing material of the gas sensor is FeOx-$WO_{3}-SnO_{2}$ oxide semiconductor. The sensor exhibits resistance increase upon exposure to low concentration of ammonia gas. The resistance of the sensor is decreased, on the other hand, for exposure to reducing gases such as ethyl alcohol, methane, propane and carbon monoxide. A novel method for detecting ammonia gas quite selectively utilizing a sensor array consisting of an ammonia gas sensor and a compensation element has been proposed and developed. The compensation element is a Pt-doped $WO_{3}-SnO_{2}$gas sensor which shows opposite direction of resistance change in comparison with the ammonia gas sensor upon exposure to ammonia gas. Excellent selectivity has been achieved using the sensor array having two sensing elements.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.137-141
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• 2011

This study was conducted to assess the exposure risk through inhalation to baby powder for babies and adults under simulated conditions. Baby powder was applied to a baby doll and the amount of baby powder consumed per application was estimated. The airborne exposure to baby powder during application was then evaluated by sampling the airborne baby powder near the breathing zones of both the baby doll and the person applying the powder (the applicator). The average amount of baby powder consumed was 100 mg/application, and the average exposure concentration of airborne baby powder for the applicator and baby doll was 0.00527 mg/$m^3$ (range 0.00157~0.01579 mg/$m^3$) and 0.02207 mg/$m^3$ (range 0.00780~0.04173 mg/$m^3$), respectively. When compared with the Occupational Exposure Limit of 2 mg/$m^3$ set by the Korean Ministry of Labor and the Threshold Limit Value (TLV) of 2 mg/$m^3$ set by the ACGIH (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists), the exposure concentrations were much lower. Next, the exposure to asbestos-containing baby powder was estimated and the exposure risk was assessed based on the lung asbestos contents in normal humans. As a result, the estimated lung asbestos content resulting from exposure to asbestos-containing baby powder was found to be much lower than that of a normal Korean with no asbestos-related occupational history.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.411-435
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• 2013

지난 2011년 일본 후쿠시마 원전 사고 이후 대내외적으로 방사능 피폭 가능성에 대한 우려가 확산되어 왔고, 국내 원전의 잦은 사고로 인해 원전 종사자들의 사고에 대한 불안감도 증폭되고 있다. 기존에는 원자력 발전소나 방폐장 주변 지역 주민들의 보상 문제가 주요 쟁점이었으나 본 연구에서는 원자력 기술 개발 관련 종사자를 대상으로 방사능 피폭 가능성에 대한 임금 프리미엄을 추정하는 데에 초점을 맞추었다. 방사능 피폭에 따른 산업재해 발생 시 근로자에게 입증 책임이 있어 적정한 보상을 받기 어렵다는 점에서 방사능 피폭에 대한 보상 문제를 민간부문에 맡길 경우 사회적으로 바람직한 결과가 도출되기 어렵다. 본 연구는 선택실험법에 의해 원자력 기술개발 종사자를 대상으로 방사능 위험에 대한 보상 수준, 방사능 노출도, 고용보장성, 회사 입지, 근무 강도가 다르게 주어질 경우 어떤 직장을 선호하는지를 설문하였다. 설문 결과 방사능 위험도가 고용 보장성이나 근무 강도, 회사 입지에 비해 더 중요한 요인임을 알 수 있었고, 추정 모형에 따라 방사능 피폭 가능성 감소에 대한 연간 지불용의액은 773~777만 원에 이르는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 향후 정부는 원자력 기술개발 종사자가 방사능 피폭과 관련한 산업재해가 발생하는 경우 적절한 보상이 이루어질 수 있도록 법제도적 기반을 조성할 필요가 있다.