• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.69-85
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• 2015

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms (MSSs) and their correlation with subjective health condition (SHC) among emergency medical technicians (EMTs). Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was disseminated to EMTs (N=257) at emergency medical institutions and fire stations. Results: The prevalence of MSSs was very high in the studied EMTs: 88.3% reported having MSSs. The most commonly affected site was the lower back (73.9%) followed by the neck (56.8%) and the shoulder (55.6%). MSSs were more common in women than in men, and its frequency increased with age. MSSs in the neck and shoulder were more increased in EMTs with < 1 year of service. MSSs in the hand / wrist / finger or leg / foot were significantly increased in EMTs of emergency medical institutions than those of fire stations. Job satisfaction was significantly lower in those with MSSs of the lower back. The subjective heath condition was decreased with age, marriage, or smoking. There was significant corelation between MSSs and SHC. Conclusion: This study suggests that MSSs are a reasonably common problem for EMTs, and that solutions need to be imposed such as some actual tasks or items related to work postures, work control, and work organization.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.63-78
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• 2015

Objectives : The aim of this study was to examine how emergency medical technicians(EMT) are affected by job stress, musculoskeletal symptoms(MSSs) and depression. Methods : Data were collected from EMTs at emergency medical institutions and fire stations (n=257). With a questionnaire, the association of job stress and MSSs and depression were examined in this study. Results : When examining job stress by place of work, the level of stress in field situations was significantly higher in EMTs at fire stations than in EMTs at emergency medical institutions. The MSSs of EMTs at emergency medical institutions were significantly higher compared to EMTs at fire stations, For depression, the score was 14.09 out of 60, and MSSs were significantly more common in women. Additionally, the level of job stress for 20-24 and over 35 year olds was significantly higher than that in the other age groups. Job stress had a positive correlation with MSSs and depression of EMTs, and MSSs were associated with depression. Conclusions : To improve the work environment of EMTs, attention should be paid to job stress, MSS, and depression and the presence of positive organizational support should be provided which can prevent negative effects.

• 약학회지
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• 제58권6호
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• pp.387-396
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• 2014

High Caffeinated Energy Drink (HCED) consumption among adolescents has been exponentially increasing. The intake of HCED may cause various side effects. However, studies regarding intake of HCED in adolescents have been rarely implemented in Korea. The purpose of this study was to investigate HCED consumption patterns among adolescents and prevalence of adverse effects from HCED consumption and to compare them between middle and high school students. The self-reported questionnaire with 31 questions was used to evaluate HCED consumption patterns and adverse effects. Among 792 students, 455 who had drunken HCED were included in the analysis. Nine (4.0%) Middle School Students (MSSs) and 11 (4.8%) High School Students (HSSs) responded that they did not know HCED, and 188 (83.6%) MSSs and 221 (96.1%) HSSs had heard that HCED contains high amount of caffeine. Seventy-four (36.8%) MSSs drank their first HCEDs from curiosity and 63 (31.3%) MSSs to stay awake while studying. However, 134 (61.2%) HSSs consumed their first HCEDs to keep awake while studying, and 57 (26.0%) HSSs from curiosity. Twenty-eight (12.5%) MSSs and 46 (20.3%) HSSs had increase in heart rate, 52 (23.2%) MSSs and 83 (36.4%) HSSs insomnia, and 8 (3.6%) MSSs and 18 (7.9%) HSSs hand and facial tremor. As shown in this study, HCED consumption among adolescents in Korea was high. Thus, Korean government should continuously focus its efforts to educate not only children and adolescents but also their parents for HCEDs in order to increase parents' awareness of HCEDs and conduct education regarding HCED intake at home above all.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2003년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.427-439
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• 2003

A previous study evaluated the seismic response of typical multi-span simply supported (MSSS) and multi-span continuous (MSC) steel-girder bridges in the central and southeastern United States. The results showed that the bridges were vulnerable to damage resulting from impact between decks, and large ductility demands on nonductile columns. Furthermore, fixed and expansion bearings were likely to fail during strong ground motion. In this paper, several retrofit measures to improve the seismic performance of typical multi-span simply supported and multi-span continuous steel girder bridges are evaluated, including the use of elastomeric bearings, lead-rubber bearings, and restrainer cables. It is determined that lead-rubber bearings are the most effective retrofit measure for reducing the seismic vulnerability of typical bridges. While isolation provided by elastomeric bearings limits the forces into the columns, the added flexibility results in pounding between decks in the MSSS steel-girder bridge. Restrainer cables, which are becoming a common retrofit measure, are only moderately effective in reducing the seismic vulnerability of MSSS and MSC steel girder bridges.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.587-597
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• 2007

강케이블 변위제어장치는 미국 캘리포니아주에서 프레임 구조 교량의 낙교를 방지하는데 효과적인 것으로 지난 몇 차례의 지진에서 밝혀졌다. 이러한 효과를 바탕으로, 미국 중부의 다경간 단순지지 교량에 강케이블을 적용할려는 시도가 행해지고 있다. 또한, 형상기억합금의 인장거동을 이용한 변위제어장치가 동일한 적용을 위해서 연구되고 있다. 프레임 구조교량에서는 변위제어장치가 교각에 힘을 전달하지만, 다경간 단순지지 교량에서는 교대에 힘을 전달하게 된다. 따라서 이러한 교량에서는 교대의 거동을 동시에 점검해야한다. 본 연구에서는 다경간 단순지지 교량에 대한 세 가지의 변위제어장치의 성능을 비교하였다. 강케이블, 인장거동 형상기억합금 봉 및 휨거동 형상기억합금 봉을 이용한 변위제어장치의 중진 및 강진에 대한 변위제어성능 및 교대에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 이를 위해서 형상기억합금 봉의 휨 실험 및 해석모델을 제시하였다. 또한, 비선형 시간이력해석을 수행하여 원래의 교량과 보강된 교량의 거동을 비교하여 변위제어장치의 성능 및 영향을 파악하였다. 인장거동의 형상기억합금 봉은 내부힌지에서 열림의 상대변위를 제어하는데 가장 우수한 성능을 보여주었으나, 교대의 능동변위를 증가시켜 손상을 발생시켰다. 따라서 강진에 대해서는 변위제어장치를 설치하는 경우 교대의 능동거동에 대한 보강이 요구된다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.421-427
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• 2008

UV disinfection is widely used in water treatment facilities and wastewater treatment plant because of its effectiveness to removal of pathogen and Giardia which is resistant to traditional chemical disinfection. As a design and performance tool of UV disinfection system, 3 dimensional UV intensity models were composed and simulated to compare each other and to find affecting factors in this study. Reflection, refraction and absorption are important parameters in UV intensity model and MPSS and MSSS model can reflect these parameters while LSI model can not. Absorption is the most important parameters among the reflection, refraction, absorption and shadowing so, this should not be neglect. Based on this simulation, shadowing effect is negligible when the number of installed lamp is a few but, this effect can not be neglectable when the number of installed lamp is quite a few. The errors according to shadowing effect is increased as the number of lamp installed increased.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.49-59
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• 2004

이전 논문에서 미 중부 및 동남부 지역의 전형적인 다경간 단순효와 다경간 강거더 연속교의 지진 응답을 연구하였으며, 이런 교량에서 덱 사이의 충돌과 큰 연성이 요구되는 기둥은 취약하여 손상을 입을 수 있다는 것을 보여주었다. 더구나, 고정 및 가동 교조장치는 강한 지진운동에 쉽게 피해를 입을 수 있다. 이 논문에서는 몇 개의 개선된 고무 베어링, 납-고무 베어링 그리고 제지선을 사용하여 전형적인 다경간 단순교와 다경간 강거더 연속교의 지진 응답을 평가하였다. 납-고무 베어링은 지진에 취약한 전형적인 교량의 응답을 개선하는데 효과적인 방법으로 평가되었다. 고무 베어링은 기둥의 요구량을 줄이지만, 다경간 단순교 강거더 교량에서 덱 사이의 강한 충돌을 유발시킨다. 제지선은 일반적으로 사용되지만 다경간 단순교와 다경간 연속교의 지진에 대한 손상을 절감하는데 중간정도의 효과를 보여주었다.

• 대기
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.323-337
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• 2015

This study explores the 6-month lead prediction skill of several climate indices that influence on East Asian climate in the GloSea5 hindcast experiment. Such indices include Nino3.4, Indian Ocean Diploe (IOD), Arctic Oscillation (AO), various summer and winter Asian monsoon indices. The model's prediction skill of these indices is evaluated by computing the anomaly correlation coefficient (ACC) and mean squared skill score (MSSS) for ensemble mean values over the period of 1996~2009. In general, climate indices that have low seasonal variability are predicted well. For example, in terms of ACC, Nino3.4 index is predicted well at least 6 months in advance. The IOD index is also well predicted in late summer and autumn. This contrasts with the prediction skill of AO index which shows essentially no skill beyond a few months except in February and August. Both summer and winter Asian monsoon indices are also poorly predicted. An exception is the Western North Pacific Monsoon (WNPM) index that exhibits a prediction skill up to 4- to 6-month lead time. However, when MSSS is considered, most climate indices, except Nino3.4 index, show a negligible prediction skill, indicating that conditional bias is significant in the model. These results are only weakly sensitive to the number of ensemble members.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.91-101
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• 2006

현재 문화재청과 지역 지자체는 NGIS 사업의 일환으로 문화재 수치지도 제작 사업을 완료하였다. 문화재 관리 GIS는 문화재 관련 공무원, 연구자들과 대규모 토목공사를 수행하는 관계자들이 문화재를 공사 계획단계에서 고려할 수 있도록 해 준다는 측면에서 필수적인 요소가 되었다. 현재 전국적으로 진행되는 폭발적인 국도 개발에 대비하여, 공사의 수행전 지표조사의 의무적 수행이 문화재 보호법에 의해 지정되었다. 본 연구에서는 최신의 IT기술인 CDMA 무선통신기술과 실시간 DGPS기술 그리고 C/S기반의 GIS 관리기술을 활용하여 모바일 기반의 유적 지표조사 시스템과 관제국의 C/S GIS 유적관리시스템을 개발하였다. 그리고, 본 연구에서 개발된 시스템을 활용하여 고고학 연구자들에 의한 문화재 수치지도 제작 관리 시스템 구축방안도 제시하였다.

• 대기
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.115-124
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• 2020

The Northern Hemisphere extratropical prediction skill of the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) Global Data Assimilation and Prediction System (GDAPS) is examined for January 2019. The real-time prediction skill, evaluated with mean squared skill score (MSSS) of 30-90°N geopotential height field at 500 hPa (Z500), is ~8 days in the troposphere. The MSSS of Z500 considerably decreases after 3 days mainly due to the increasing eddy errors. The eddy errors are largely explained by the eddy-phased errors with minor contribution of amplitude errors. In particular, planetary-scale eddy errors are considered as a main reason of rapidly increasing errors. It turns out that such errors are associated with the blocking highs over North Pacific (NP) and Euro-Atlantic (EA) regions. The model overestimates the blocking highs over NP and EA regions in time, showing dependence of blocking predictability on blocking initializations. This result suggests that the extratropical prediction skill could be improved by better representing blocking in the model.