• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.533-546
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• 2021

Large earthquakes with (M_W > ~ 6) result in ground shaking, surface ruptures, and permanent deformation with displacement. The earthquakes would damage important facilities and infrastructure such as large industrial establishments, nuclear power plants, and waste disposal sites. In particular, earthquake ruptures associated with large earthquakes can affect geological and engineered barriers such as deep geological repositories that are used for storing hazardous radioactive wastes. Earthquake-driven faults and surface ruptures exhibit various fault zone structural characteristics such as direction of earthquake propagation and rupture and asymmetric displacement patterns. Therefore, estimating the respect distances and hazardous areas has been challenging. We propose that considering multiple parameters, such as fault types, distribution, scale, activity, linkage patterns, damage zones, and respect distances, enable accurate identification of the sites for deep geological repositories and important facilities. This information would enable earthquake hazard assessment and lower earthquake-resulted hazards in potential earthquake-prone areas.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.397-408
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• 2021

건설업은 업무상 재해 발생빈도와 사망자 수가 다른 산업군에 비해 높아 가장 위험한 산업군으로 불린다. 정부는 건설 현장에서 발생하는 산업 재해를 줄이고 예방하기 위해 CCTV 설치 의무화를 발표했다. 건설 현장의 안전 관리자는 CCTV 관제를 통해 현장의 잠재된 위험성을 찾아 제거하고 재해를 예방한다. 하지만 장시간 관제 업무는 피로도가 매우 높아 중요한 상황을 놓치는 경우가 많다. 따라서 본 연구는 딥러닝 기반 컴퓨터 비전 모형 중 개체 분할인 YOLACT와 다중 객체 추적 기법인 SORT을 적용하여 다중 클래스 다중 객체 추적 시스템을 개발하였다. 건설 현장에서 촬영한 영상으로 제안한 방법론의 성능을 MS COCO와 MOT 평가지표로 평가하였다. SORT는 YOLACT의 의존성이 높아서 작은 객체가 적은 데이터셋을 학습한 모형의 성능으로 먼 거리의 물체를 추적하는 성능이 떨어지지만, 크기가 큰 객체에서 뛰어난 성능을 나타냈다. 본 연구로 인해 딥러닝 기반 컴퓨터 비전 기법들의 안전 관제 업무에 보조 역할로 업무상 재해를 예방할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 토지주택연구
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.13-32
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• 2021

필리핀 마닐라의 급속한 도시화는 유래 없는 인구성장을 가져왔고, 이는 국가 전체에 이중적 주택문제 즉 공영주택의 공실과 부족 현상을 동시에 초래하였다. 이 연구의 목적은 GIS 기반의 2개 통계모형을 개발하여 접근성, 사회·경제요인, 환경재난의 취약성 등 사이의 관계성을 기준으로 일반주택과 비교하여 공영주택의 공간분포 특성을 파악하는데 있다. 이 연구에서는 공간분석을 위해 다중회귀모형과 GIS를 연계시켜 공영주택과 일반주택의 공간분포에 영향을 미치는 주요 변수를 각각 확인하였다. 2개 회귀모형의 분석결과를 비교하였더니, 공영주택은 부적절한 토지이용에 교통과 도시지원시설에의 접근성이 열악한 곳에 분포하여 입지하고 있음을 확인하였다. 나아가 2개의 모형 모두 환경재난 취약성을 매우 중요하게 설명하였다. 이는 현재 주택정책이 국가의 주택 위기상황, 특히 소외된 저소득층 가구의 주택문제를 해소하지 못하는 이유를 밝히고 있다. 그러므로 이들 모형의 적용결과는 도시계획가와 지자체 의사결정자로 하여금 주택부문의 발전을 목적으로 수행 중인 현재의 정책 개입을 혁신적으로 개선해야 함을 시사점으로 제공한다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.2480-2487
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• 2011

최근 환경 감시용 센서장치, 유비쿼터스 센서 네트워크, 지능형 로봇의 센서와 같이 다양한 분야에서 센서를 이용한 감지, 검출 시스템이 날로 증가하고 있다. 센서 데이터는 센서의 물리적 상태 변화나 화학적 반응을 통하여 측정하게 된다. 하지만 센서의 노후화나 다양한 측정 환경으로 인하여 데이터 오류가 발생할 문제점이 있다. 따라서 센서 데이터의 신뢰성 확보가 필요하다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 다양한 센서에 적용 가능한 신뢰성 있는 센서 신호 처리 플랫폼을 제안하고자 한다. 신뢰성 확보를 위하여 다수의 동일 센서를 복수의 어레이 구조로 배치하고 사용하였다. 여러 센서의 측정된 데이터의 시간적 상관관계와 공간적 상관관계를 이용하는 신호처리 알고리즘을 이용하여 센서 데이터를 보정함으로써 센서 데이터의 신뢰성을 향상 시켰다. 또한 다양한 환경에서 센서의 이상 유무 확인 및 데이터를 확인하기 위하여 플랫폼 구성요소 간 통신을 위한 전용 프로토콜을 개발하였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.1675-1682
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• 2012

Aim: The study aim was to determine the frequency with which women decline clinicians' treatment recommendations and variations in this frequency by age, cancer and service descriptors. Design: The study included 36,775 women diagnosed with early invasive breast cancer in 1998-2005 and attending Australian and New Zealand breast surgeons. Rate ratios for declining treatment were examined by descriptor, using bilateral and multiple logistic regression analyses. Proportional hazards regression was used in exploratory analyses of associations with breast cancer death. Results: 3.4% of women declined a recommended treatment of some type, ranging from 2.6% for women under 40 years to 5.8% for those aged 80 years or more, and with parallel increases by age presenting for declining radiotherapy (p<0.001) and axillary surgery (p=0.006). Multiple regression confirmed that common predictors of declining various treatments included low surgeon case load, treatment outside major city centres, and older age. Histological features suggesting a favourable prognosis were often predictive of declining various treatments, although reverse findings also applied with women with positive nodal status being more likely to decline a mastectomy and those with larger tumours more likely to decline chemotherapy. While survival analyses lacked statistical power due to small numbers, higher risks of breast cancer death were suggested, after adjusting for age and conventional clinical risk factors, (1) for women not receiving breast surgery for unstated reasons (RR=2.29; p<0.001); and (2) although not approaching statistical significance $p{\geq}0.200$), for women declining radiotherapy (RR=1.22), a systemic therapy (RR1.11), and more specifically, chemotherapy (RR=1.41). Conclusions: Women have the right to choose their treatments but reasons for declining recommendations require further study to ensure that choices are well informed and clinical outcomes are optimized.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.105-121
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• 2011

Objectives: This paper presents the framework and protocol design for a construction industry risk management toolbox. The construction industry needs a comprehensive, systematic approach to assess and control occupational risks. These risks span several professional health and safety disciplines, emphasized by multiple international occupational research agenda projects including: falls, electrocution, noise, silica, welding fumes, and musculoskeletal disorders. Yet, the International Social Security Association says, "whereas progress has been made in safety and health, the construction industry is still a high risk sector." Methods: Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) employ about 80% of the world's construction workers. In recent years a strategy for qualitative occupational risk management, known as Control Banding (CB) has gained international attention as a simplified approach for reducing work-related risks. CB groups hazards into stratified risk 'bands', identifying commensurate controls to reduce the level of risk and promote worker health and safety. We review these qualitative solutions-based approaches and identify strengths and weaknesses toward designing a simplified CB 'toolbox' approach for use by SMEs in construction trades. Results: This toolbox design proposal includes international input on multidisciplinary approaches for performing a qualitative risk assessment determining a risk 'band' for a given project. Risk bands are used to identify the appropriate level of training to oversee construction work, leading to commensurate and appropriate control methods to perform the work safely. Conclusion: The Construction Toolbox presents a review-generated format to harness multiple solutions-based national programs and publications for controlling construction-related risks with simplified approaches across the occupational safety, health and hygiene professions.

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2019

Purpose: The goal was to use electronic health records to identify factors and outcomes associated with falls among patients admitted to hematology units. Methods: This retrospective case-control study included data from a tertiary university hospital. Analysis was done of records from 117 patients with a history of falls and 201 patients with no history of falls who were admitted to the hematology unit from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014. Risk factors were analyzed using hierarchical logistic regression; patient outcomes were analyzed using multiple logistic regression, Cox proportional hazards regression, and multiple linear regression. Results: Clinical factors such as self-care nursing (OR=4.47, CI=1.64~12.11), leukopenia (OR=6.03; CI=2.51~14.50), and hypoalbuminemia (OR=2.79, CI=1.31~5.96); treatment factors such as use of narcotics (OR=2.06, CI=1.01~4.19), antipsychotics (OR=3.05, CI=1.20~7.75), and steroids (OR=4.51, CI=1.92~10.58); and patient factors such as low education (OR=3.16, CI=1.44~6.94) were significant risk factors. Falls were also associated with increased length of hospital stay to 21.58 days (p<.001), and healthcare costs of 17,052,784 Won (p<.001). Conclusion: These findings can be a resource for fall prevention education and to help develop fall risk assessment tools for adults admitted to hematology units.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.114-121
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• 2019

Background: The photolithography process in the semiconductor industry uses various chemicals with little information on their constitution. This study aimed to identify the chemical constituents of photoresist (PR) products and their by-products and to compare these constituents with material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and analytical results. Methods: A total of 51 PRs with 48 MSDSs were collected. Analysis consisted of two parts: First, the constituents of the chemical products were identified and analyzed using MSDS data; second, for verification of the by-products of PR, volatile organic compounds were analyzed. The chemical constituents were categorized according to hazards. Results: Forty-five of 48 products contained trade secrets in amounts ranging from 1 to 65%. A total of 238 ingredients with multiple counting (35 ingredients without multiple counting) were identified in the MSDS data, and 48.7% of ingredients were labeled as trade secrets under the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Act. The concordance rate between the MSDS data and the analytical result was 41.7%. The by-product analysis identified 129 chemicals classified according to Chemical Abstracts Service No., with 17 chemicals that are carcinogenic, mutagenic, and reprotoxic substances. Formaldehyde was found to be released from 12 of 21 products that use novolak resin. Conclusion: We confirmed that several PRs contain carcinogens, and some were not specified in the toxicological information in the MSDS. Hazardous chemicals, including benzene and formaldehyde, are released from PRs products as by-products. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a systematic management system for chemical compounds and the working environment.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.415-420
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• 2022

Background: Healthcare workers perform an emotionally exhausting daily work activity, making them prone to occupational hazards, namely psychosocial ones. This study aims to assess the impact of psychosocial risk factors on healthcare workers' mental health. Methods: A cross-sectional study was developed between May and June of 2021 with 479 healthcare workers from Portuguese hospitals. The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale was used to assess mental health, and psychosocial risks were assessed through the Health and Work Survey - INSAT. Statistical analysis was performed to identify the psychosocial risk factors related to anxiety, depression, and stress. Subsequently, a multiple linear regression was performed to identify the models that better explained psychosocial risk factors' relationship with anxiety, depression, and stress. Results: Data showed a strong exposure to psychosocial risks. Work pace and intensity, work relationships, and emotional demands stood out with higher global average percentages for yes answers to "exposure and discomfort." The analysis of the b values and p-values from the multiple linear regression shows that some cross-sectional psychosocial risks are predictors of anxiety and stress dimensions, and other psychosocial risks differ in the two mental health dimensions. However, it is important to highlight that healthcare workers still showed great joy and pleasure in performing their work activities. Conclusion: Support network development in the work environment is needed to prevent healthcare workers' emotional stress and promote their psychological well-being. Therefore, new research is essential to understand the psychosocial risks that affect healthcare workers and assess the less visible effects of work-health relationships.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제112권4호
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• pp.426-441
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 수확벌채에 따른 수목의 뿌리 점착력의 변화와 토양의 포화를 가정한 지표유출의 세 가지 흐름 기법(SFD; Single flow direction, MFD; Multiple flow direction, IFD; Infinite flow direction)을 무한사면 안전율 공식에 적용하여 산사태 발생 예측 모델링의 정확성을 분석하였다. 이를 위해 2020년 8월 집중호우의 영향으로 자연사면과 벌채사면에서 다수의 산사태가 발생한 제천지역을 연구지역으로 선정하였다. 위성영상과 25cm급 항공사진을 이용한 산사태 인벤토리 맵핑 결과, 연구지역 내에서 총 830개소의 산사태 발생원이 확인되었다. 산사태 모델링 결과, 벌채에 따른 뿌리 점착력의 변화를 고려한 경우(MFD: 0.81, IFD: 0.80, SFD: 0.80)가 벌채의 영향을 고려하지 않은 경우(MFD: 0.79, IFD: 0.79, SFD: 0.78)에 비하여 AUROC(Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristics) 분석에서 정확성이 1.3~2.6% 향상되는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, MFD 알고리즘을 이용한 경우는 다른 알고리즘과 비교하여 AUROC 분석에서 정확성이 최대 1.3% 향상되었다. 이러한 결과는 식생조건의 변화를 고려한 뿌리 점착력의 차등 적용과 지표유출수 흐름기법의 선정이 산사태 예측 모델링에 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 시사한다. 향후 이 연구의 결과는 현지 수문모니터링과 함께 수종별 뿌리 점착력의 특징 및 변화를 고려하여 검증되어야 할 것이다.