• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.11-19
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• 2020

건설업에서의 재해는 수십 년 동안 다른 산업보다 많이 발생하였기 때문에, 건설업에서의 재해는 반드시 줄여야 한다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해서 작업분류체계(WBS) 및 위험분류체계(RBS)를 제시하였다. WBS와 RBS는 계층적 구조로 작업 및 위험 단위를 쉽고, 빠르게 찾을 수 있다. 그래서 본 연구에서는 건설업에서의 재해를 예방하기 위해 통합 WBS-RBS 프레임워크를 개발하고자 한다. 연구의 순서 다음과 같은 3단계로 진행되었다. ① 데이터 수집 ② 데이터 분류 ③ 통합 WBS-RBS 프레임워크 개발 순으로 진행되었다. 연구의 결과 가장 사고가 많이 발생한 건물용도, 건설공종 및 재해요인을 제시할 수 있었다. 연구 결과를 통해 의사결정자는 건물용도, 건설공종, 및 재해요인의 위험 수준을 고려할 수 있다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.52-56
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• 2011

Objectives: The occupational accident rate was officially reported to be 0.77 per 100 workers in 2001 and 0.70 in 2009. The stagnant decrease in accident rate raises a question about the effectiveness of prevention activity because there have been active prevention efforts in the past 10 years. It is also necessary to know the exact status of occupational injuries to direct a prevention strategy. Methods: The author re-analyzed occupational injury statistics to find the reason for stagnant decreases in occupational injuries. Compensated occupational injuries cases were used to calculate fatal and non-fatal injury rates. Injuries from commuting accidents and sports activities were excluded as well as occupational diseases. The number of workers was adjusted to that of full time equivalent employees. Results: The fatal injury rate excluding injuries associated with commuting accidents, sports activities, and occupational diseases decreased from 12.59 in 2001 to 8.20 in 2009. In 2007, 67.5% of accidents that involved being caught in objects, which are mostly caused by machines and equipment, occurred in the manufacturing industry; this type of incident has decreased since 2001. The fatal and non-fatal injury rates in the manufacturing industry have continuously decreased while the rates in the service industry have not changed from 2001 to 2009. Non-fatal injuries might not be reported in many cases. The number of insured workers was underestimated as long working hours were not adjusted for in the reporting system. Conclusion: The occupational fatal injury rate has decreased and the non-fatal injury rate might have decreased during the last 10 years, although the statistics show stagnancy. The decrease of the injury rate was countervailed by various factors. Hence, the current accident rate does not reflect the actual situation of accidents in Korea. Korea needs to develop an improved system to more accurately calculate occupational fatal and non-fatal injury rates.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.170-173
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• 2002

Space is full of energetic events emitting high-energy radiations which may be fatal to all living things unless protected. The present paper briefly describes high-energy photons and particles incident on Earth surface and their common properties toward living things. Role of radiation played in evolution of life and earth environment will be presented.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.1995-1997
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• 2012

Background: Brain metastasis from cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a rare but fatal event. To the best of our knowledge, only few cases have been reported. Herein, we report the incident rate and a first case series of brain metastases from CCA. Methods: Between January 2006 and December 2010 5,164 patients were treated at Srinagarind hospital, Khon Kaen University; of those, 8 patients developed brain metastasis. Here we reviewed clinical data and survival times. Results: The incident rate of brain metastases from CCA was 0.15%. The median age of the patients was 60 years. Tumor subtypes were intrahepatic in 6 and hilar in 2 patients. All suffered from symptoms related to brain metastasis. Three patients were treated with whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT), one of whom also underwent surgery. The median survival after the diagnosis of brain metastasis was 9.5 weeks (1-28 weeks). The longest survival observed in a patient in RPA class I with two brain lesions and received WBRT. Conclusion: This is a first case series of brain metastases from CCA with the incident rate of 0.15%. It is rare and associated with short survival time.

• 한국재난관리표준학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.49-54
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• 2009

건설공사의 대형화, 고층화에 따라 건설현장에서 발생하는 안전사고가 사회적인 이슈가 되고 있다. 국제노동기구에 따르면 전 세계적으로 매년 60,000건의 건설재해가 발생하고 있으며, 이는 전체 산업재해의 17%에 해당하고 있다. 건설재해 발생 유형을 살펴보면 충돌과 추락사고가 전체 건설재해의 60% 이상을 차지하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 무선센서 네트워크를 활용하여 건설근로자와 위험 대상체간의 안전거리를 예측함으로써 추락 및 충돌사고를 예방할 수 있는 안전관리 모니터링 시스템을 개발하였다. 이를 위하여, 무선신호 강도와 노이즈 계수를 분석함으로써 안전거리를 예측하고 무선 네트워크망을 통해 건설근로자의 안전거리를 추적하고 경보음을 통한 안전관리 및 모니터링을 수행할 수 있는 기법을 제시하였다.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.34-39
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• 2014

Airworthiness authorities specify the technical standards of airworthiness that propose minimum requirement of the commercial transport category and apply the rules in the certification process to ensure the safety of the aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration and other national airworthiness authorities define the fatal accident risk levels for the safety assessment of the aircraft system and establish standard procedures to apply both qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques. However, an accident or incident may occur by the combination of various factors, although the aircraft is designed in accordance with the strict standards and approval by the Airworthiness Authorities. There are some key factors, such as human error, unpredictable complex system failures, degradation of the components reliability, improper maintenance task and intervals. Risk can be reduced by reflecting aircraft operational experience with similar types of aircraft in the process of aircraft development and safety assessment. Result of the root cause analysis for the Airbus A300-600 incident in which the aircraft engine reverser was deployed in the air have been introduced to reflect the design of system and related components. Also, this paper suggests to create a big-database in order to provide a feed-back to the FAR Part 25 transport category design and safety assessment of the operational experience.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.306-314
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• 2017

Background: In order to obtain a deeper understanding of an incident, it needs to be investigated to "peel back the layers" and examine both immediate and underlying failures that contributed to the event itself. One of the key elements of an effective accident investigation is recording the scene for future reference. In recent years, however, there have been major advances in survey technology, which have provided the ability to capture scenes in three dimension to an unprecedented level of detail, using laser scanners. Methods: A case study involving a fatal incident was surveyed using three-dimensional laser scanning, and subsequently recreated through virtual and physical models. The created models were then utilized in both accident investigation and legal process, to explore the technologies used in this setting. Results: Benefits include explanation of the event and environment, incident reconstruction, preservation of evidence, reducing the need for site visits, and testing of theories. Drawbacks include limited technology within courtrooms, confusion caused by models, cost, and personal interpretation and acceptance in the data. Conclusion: Laser scanning surveys can be of considerable use in jury trials, for example, in case the location supports the use of a high-definition survey, or an object has to be altered after the accident and it has a specific influence on the case and needs to be recorded. However, consideration has to be made in its application and to ensure a fair trial, with emphasis being placed on the facts of the case and personal interpretation controlled.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2007년도 하계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.367-368
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• 2007

Dissection of rat hippocampus using high-definition stereoscopic microscope system is demonstrated. Many surgical operation or animal anatomies are anatomized with stereoscopic microscope. With stereoscopic microscope system, the environments of operation is important factor to dissector. Lights, resolution of acquired stereo images, reflected on the liquid, colors and eye fatigue are fatal factors to dissector. We reduced reflections with two incident angle of lights at 45 degree and used a complementary color at the basement and reform the stereoscopic microsystem. Dissector has felt more comfortable after compensation and operation time is more continuous.

• 항공우주정책ㆍ법학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.113-137
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• 2010

국제 사회에서는 그 동안 항공안전의 향상을 위하여 많은 노력과 활동을 전개하여 왔다. 새로운 첨단기술과 시스템, 그리고 전 세계 어디서나 보다 정밀한 항행을 할 수 있도록 도와주는 항법장비의 발전은 항공안전의 수준을 상당히 향상시켜 왔다. 그러나 전 세계의 항공 사고율은 1980년대 이후부터 별다른 감소 추세 없이 계속해서 정체현상을 보이고 있다. 이는 기존의 항공안전 향상을 위한 노력만으로는 이제 더 이상 항공기의 안전 운항을 보장해 줄 충분한 수준의 안전 확보가 어렵다는 것을 의미하며, 결국 사고예방을 위한 새로운 방법이 필요하게 되었다. 이러한 점을 주목하여 전 세계 항공국들은 항공기 사고로 인명 또는 재산상의 손실이 발생하기 전에 전 항공시스템 내에서 초기 위험요소들을 사전에 인지하여 그에 대한 적절한 개선 대책을 개발할 수 있는 새로운 방식에 관심을 가지게 되었는데 그것은 항공안전정보시스템의 구축을 통한 안전정보의 수집 분석 공유를 하는 것이다. 세계적인 항공안전정보시스템을 구축하기 위해서는 각 나라의 정보들을 수집하고 분석할 수 있는 항공사고 준사고 보고시스템 구축을 기본으로 이용자간에 자유스럽게 교환이 이루어져야 한다. 또한 시스템을 구성하는 항공안전 데이터들의 분류체계가 표준화되어 이용자간의 정보가 원활히 소통될 수 있어야 하겠다. 이 연구에서는 항공안전 정보를 효과적으로 분석하고 필요한 예방활동을 결정할 수 있는 각 나라의 항공사고 준사고 데이터베이스 분류체계를 조사를 통하여 세계 항공안전 강화에 기여함은 물론 국가 항공 외교력 증진에도 도움이 되고자 한다.

• Korean Circulation Journal
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.313-327
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• 2023

Background and Objectives: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but fatal disease. Recent advances in PAH-specific drugs have improved its outcomes, although the healthcare burden of novel therapeutics may lead to a discrepancy in outcomes between developing and developed countries. We analyzed how the epidemiology and clinical features of PAH has changed through the rapidly advancing healthcare infrastructure in South Korea. Methods: PAH was defined according to a newly devised 3-component algorithm. Using a nationwide health insurance claims database, we delineated annual trends in the prevalence, incidence, medication prescription pattern, and 5-year survival of PAH in Korea. Cumulative survival and potential predictors of mortality were also assessed among 2,151 incident PAH cases. Results: Between 2002 or 2004 and 2018, the prevalence and incidence of PAH increased 75-fold (0.4 to 29.9 per million people) and 12-fold (0.5 to 6.3 per million person-years), respectively. The proportion of patients on combination PAH-specific drug therapy has also steadily increased up to 29.0% in 2018. Among 2,151 incident PAH cases (median [interquartile range] age, 50 [37-62] years; 67.2% female), the 5-year survival rate and median survival duration were 71.8% and 13.1 years, respectively. Independent predictors of mortality were age, sex, etiology of PAH, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and chronic kidney disease. Conclusions: This nationwide study delineated that the prevalence and incidence of PAH have grown rapidly in Korea since the early 2000s. The use of combination therapy has also increased, and the 5-year survival rate of PAH in Korea was similar to those in western countries.