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A Study on the Effects of Protain Intakes on the Adaptation of Shift Work (단백질 섭취량이 주야 교대근무의 적응에 미치는 영향)

  • 왕수경
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.87-98
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    • 1992
  • This study was undertaken to investigate protein effects on the adaptation of shift work. Since biorhythms differ according to the time of day, an investigation of the change of metabolism during day-shift and night-shift was undertaken by dividing twenty 3-shift worker into two groups: dormitory diet group and milk & egg supplemented group. Between the two groups, estimations were made on the concentrations of serum protain, albumin, cholesterol and cortisol and the excretion of vanilymandelic acid(VMA), creatinine and nitrogen in urine. The results are summarized as follows: 1. Serum ingredients were gathered from workers at 6:00-7:00h and 14:00-15:00h on the day of their change from morning shift(6:00-14:00h) to night shift(22:00-6:00h). On examnation of the serum ingredient it was found that, in dormitory diet group only the concentrarion level of serum albumin showed a change of rhythm adapted to night work, and in the milk & egg supplemented group the concentration levels of serum protein, albumin and cholesterol all showed a change of rhythm adapted to night work. Serum cortisol of both groups showed the same rhythm as during morining shfits, which implied nonadatation to night work, but the concentration was observed to be lower. 2. Excretion of urinary VMA and nitrogen were higher during night work than during morning work: they were also higher on the 6th day than on the 1st, in comparing the two groups, excretion of VMA was higher among the dormitory diet group, whereas the opposite was ture for excretion of nitrogen among the milk & egg supplemented group. There was no sign of difference in excretion of cretinine among the two experiment groups.

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Night shift preparation, performance, and perception: are there differences between emergency medicine nurses, residents, and faculty?

  • Richards, John R.;Stayton, Taylor L.;Wells, Jason A.;Parikh, Aman K.;Laurin, Erik G.
    • Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.240-248
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    • 2018
  • Objective Determine differences between faculty, residents, and nurses regarding night shift preparation, performance, recovery, and perception of emotional and physical health effects. Methods Survey study performed at an urban university medical center emergency department with an accredited residency program in emergency medicine. Results Forty-seven faculty, 37 residents, and 90 nurses completed the survey. There was no difference in use of physical sleep aids between groups, except nurses utilized blackout curtains more (69%) than residents (60%) and faculty (45%). Bedroom temperature preference was similar. The routine use of pharmacologic sleep aids differed: nurses and residents (both 38%) compared to faculty (13%). Residents routinely used melatonin more (79%) than did faculty (33%) and nurses (38%). Faculty preferred not to eat (45%), whereas residents (24%) preferred a full meal. The majority (>72%) in all groups drank coffee before their night shift and reported feeling tired despite their routine, with 4:00 a.m. as median nadir. Faculty reported a higher rate (41%) of falling asleep while driving compared to residents (14%) and nurses (32%), but the accident rate (3% to 6%) did not differ significantly. All had similar opinions regarding night shift-associated health effects. However, faculty reported lower level of satisfaction working night shifts, whereas nurses agreed less than the other groups regarding increased risk of drug and alcohol dependence. Conclusion Faculty, residents, and nurses shared many characteristics. Faculty tended to not use pharmacologic sleep aids, not eat before their shift, fall asleep at a higher rate while driving home, and enjoy night shift work less.

Carrier Phase-Shift PWM to Reduce Common-Mode Voltage for Three-Level T-Type NPC Inverters

  • Nguyen, Tuyen D.;Phan, Dzung Quoc;Dao, Dat Ngoc;Lee, Hong-Hee
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.1197-1207
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    • 2014
  • Common-mode voltage (CMV) causes overvoltage stress to winding insulation and damages AC motors. CMV with high dv/dt causes leakage currents, which create noise problems for equipment installed near the converter. This study proposes a new pulse-width modulation (PWM) strategy for three-level T-type NPC inverters. This strategy substantially eliminates CMV. The principle for selecting suitable triangle carrier signals for the three-level T-type NPC is described. The proposed method can mitigate the peak value of CMV by 50% compared with the phase disposition pulse-width modulation method. Furthermore, the proposed method exhibits better harmonic spectrum and lower root mean square value for the CMV than those of the reduced-CMV method on the basis of the phase opposition disposition PWM scheme with modulation index higher than 0.5. The proposed modulation can easily be implemented using software without any additional hardware modifications. Both simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed carrier phase-shift PWM method has good output waveform performance and reduces CMV.

Health Behaviors by Job Stress Level in Large-Sized Company with Male and Female Workers (대규모 사업장 남녀 근로자의 직무스트레스 수준에 따른 건강행태)

  • Park, Hyun-Ju;Jung, Hye-Sun
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.852-862
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: This study was done to investigate differences in health behaviors by job stress level in male and female workers in a large-sized company. Methods: Participants were 576 male and 228 female workers who completed questionnaires. Job stress was measured using the 'Short Form Korean Occupational Stress Scale (SF-KOSS)'. Health behaviors included smoking, alcohol consumption, regular exercise, and diet. Frequency, mean, SD, chi-square test, and multivariate logistic regression using SAS version 9.1 were used to analyze data. Results: Smoking, drinking and regular exercise rates were not different by job stress level in male or female workers. Only regular diet was significantly different by job stress level in male and female workers. From multivariate analysis, the alcohol consumption rates for female workers differed by marital status. Regular exercise rate was significantly related to age for male workers and type of employment for female workers. After adjusting for demographic and work-related characteristics, regular diet significantly differed by shift work for male workers and marital status and shift work for female workers. Conclusion: The findings of the study indicate that nursing interventions should be developed to manage job stress to improve diet habits for male and female workers in large-sized companies.

Operating Characteristic Properties of Two Types of Multi-Level Skip-Lot Sampling Plans

  • Byoung-Chul Choi
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.358-365
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    • 1995
  • This paper presents another system of multi-level skip-lot sampling plan, which can directly retum to normal inspection from any skpping inspection level when a sudden shift for the worse in the process mean occurs. All the other properties of the proposed sampling plan are similar to those of the Choi's(1993) plan. The formula of the poerating characteristic function for the proposed n-level skip-lot sampling plan is derived. Sone poerating characteristic properties for the proposed plan are graphically compared with those of the Choi's plan.

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An 8-bit Data Driving Circuit Design for High-Quality Images in Active Matrix OLEDs (고화질 Active Matrix OLED 디스플레이를 위한 8비트 데이터 구동 회로 설계)

  • Jo, Young-Jik;Lee, Ju-Sang;Yu, Sang-Dae
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2004.11c
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    • pp.632-634
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    • 2004
  • First for high-qualify images and reducing process-error and driving speed, the designed 8-bit data driving circuit consists of a constant transconductance bias circuit, D-F/Fs by shift registers using static transmission gates, 1st latch and 2nd latch by tristate inverters, level shifters, current steering segmented D/A converters by 4MSB thermometer decoder and 4LSB weighted type. Second, we designed gray amp for power saving. These data driving circuits are designed with $0.35-{\mu}m$ CMOS technologies at 3.3 V and 18 V power supplies and simulated with HSPICE.

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Novel PVA pixel design for mobile application with excellent off-axis image quality

  • Kim, Jae-Hyun;Kim, Gee-Bum;Choi, Ji-Youn;Jang, Yong-Kyu;Ahn, Seon-Hong;Kim, Kyeong-Hyeon;Kim, Sang-Soo
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.295-298
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    • 2008
  • We developed a novel PVA pixel design for mobile application with excellent off-axis image quality and optical performance by introducing Active Level Shift technology and optimizing pixel structure. Our new pixel design enables better off-axis image quality without sacrificing other optical properties compared with a conventional mPVA structure.

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Interface formation between tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum and room temperature stable electride: C12A7:$e^-$

  • Kim, Ki-Beom;Kikuchi, Maiko;Miyakawa, Masashi;Yanagi, Hiroshi;Kamiya, Toshio;Hirano, Masahiro;Hosono, Hideo
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.235-238
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    • 2006
  • Interface formation between $12CaO{\cdot}7Al_2O_3(C12A7:e^-)$ and Alq3 was investigated using in-situ ultra-violet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The work function and vacuum level shift of $C12A7:e^-$ were change by different surface treatment from 2.6eV to 4.2eV. Also vacuum level shift $(\Delta)$ at the interface were from +0.3eV to -0.3eV.

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A Study on the Experimental Compensation of Thermal Deformation in Machine Tools (공작기계 열변형의 실험적 보정에 관한 연구)

  • 윤인준;류한선;고태조;김희술
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.16-23
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    • 2004
  • Thermally induced errors of machine tools have been recognized as one of the most important issues in precision machining. This is probably the most formidable obstacle to obtain high level of machining accuracy. To this regard, the experimental compensation methodologies such as software-based method or origin shift of machine tool axes have been suggested. In this research, to cope with thermal deformation, a model based correction was carried out with the function of an external machine coordinate shift. Models with multi-linear regression or neural network were investigated to selected a good one for thermal compensation. Consequently, multi-linear regression model combined with origin shift was verified good enough form the machining of dot matrices of plate with ball end milling.

Development of a Paddy Field Estimation Model Considering Shift-share Effects (변화할당효과를 고려한 논 면적 예측 모형의 개발)

  • Jang, Woo-Suk;Jung, Nam-Su;Park, Ki-Wook
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.50 no.3
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    • pp.83-89
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    • 2008
  • Estimations of paddy field area are important for agricultural water supply planning. Especially these estimations have to be excused by drainage basin. In this research, we developed a paddy field estimation model considering shift-share effects such as national growing, structural, local effects. National growing effects are estimated by adopting the result of KREI-ASMO model which predict farm land area in national level. Paddy field structural effects are estimated using statistical data about farmhouse numbers and cultivation areas. Local allocation effects are calculated by differences of estimations and real data. The results using data from 1998 to 2003 show that developed model estimates 2006 paddy field areas in each province in 5% error and is applicable to predict future change of paddy field.