• 에너지공학
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.287-293
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• 2013

이 논문은 보일러 운전중에 일어나는 결함요소의 하나인 스케일형성을 감소하기 위한 연구이다. 스케일의 결함은 보일러 튜브의 과열로 보일러 파열에 치명적인 영향을 미치거나, 보일러내부의 수의 순환 불량으로 내부의 물흐름에 영향을 미쳐 내부의 수의 불균등을 가져오기도 한다. 그리고 스케일은 보일러 재료보다 열전달이 되지 않음에 따른 에너지손실도 가져와 지구 온난화의 환경에 영향을 끼친다. 이러한 스케일의 형성을 방지하거나 제거하기 위하여 한국정부에서는 보일러수질관리를 위하여 2005년도에 스케일부착을 방지하거나 제거할 수 있는 장치를 시설하도록 하였다. 이러한 스케일형성 방지 및 제거하기 위한 기법에 관한 연구는 1821년 감자 전분에 의한 스케일형성 감소에 의한 연구를 시작으로 그 후 많은 연구가 있어왔다. 1994년 한국에 러시아 음향연구소의 한 과학자로부터 개발된 초음파 스케일 방지장치가 소개된 이래로 다양한 보일러에 보급되기 시작했다. 초음파 스케일방지 장치가 성능을 발휘할 수 있는 조건을 실증할 필요가 있다. 보일러는 대부분 원형 곡면의 본체와 튜브로 구성 되어 있다. 보일러의 구성 요소 중 스케일결함 가장영향을 많이 미치는 원통형에 대한 실증을 실시하였다. 그 결과 초음파의 일정음압과 주파수에 도달하여야 스케일형성에 영향을 미친다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.415-424
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• 2019

최근 고령인구의 증가로 인해 실내 외에서 고령자들이 편리하게 생활할 수 있는 다양한 재활복지기기에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 거동이 불편한 노인 또는 장애인들 스스로가 좁은 실내에서 안전하고 편리하게 이동과 이승이 가능하도록 최소 회전반경과 문턱 극복을 포함하여 설계 제작하였다. 좌식문화가 발전한 실내 환경에서 골절질환, 노인질환 및 기타 무릎, 허리질환을 가진 사용자의 이승 편의성을 제공하고자 하였다. 먼저 실내에서 이 승강이 가능하도록 프레임에 기본적으로 링크, 시트, 암레스트, 커버, 모터, 감속기, 배터리, 충전기, 센서, 컨트롤러 기구물 등을 부착하였다. 사용자의 환경과 신체적 특징을 고려하여 제품 디자인과 구조물을 설계하였으며, 고령자 또는 장애인이 실내에서 일상생활을 지원할 수 있도록 IoT 기능을 추가하였다. 제작된 실내 이 승강 휠체어의 동작성능을 확인하기 위해 구동실험을 수행하였다. 연속 주행시간, 회전반경, 액추에이터 최대부하, 최대 승강 높이, 음압레벨, 운행 보조센서 센싱 최소거리, 서버 및 앱 프로그램 상호 연동과 기기호환성, 듀티 사이클 오차율 시험성능 테스트를 수행하였다. 시험결과, 제작된 휠체어는 각 항목의 성능시험 목표 값을 달성하였으며, 성공적으로 작동하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.187-210
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• 2019

기업은 사회의 구성원으로서 사회적 책임을 다해야 하는 의무가 있다. 비록 기업이 사회적 책임을 완수하기 위해서 기업의 자원을 일정 부분 소비하지만 이러한 기업의 사회적 책임활동은 사회적 불평등을 해소하는데 도움을 주고 있다. 한편, 기업의 사회적 책임활동은 기업의 지속적 성장과 관련이 높을 수 있다. 많은 선행연구들은 기업의 사회적 책임활동과 기업의 지속가능성에 대해 관심을 가지고 있다. 그러나 기존의 선행연구들은 변수들간의 관계를 단순하게 선형이라고 가정하고 있기 때문에 복잡한 현실세계를 반영하지 못하는 한계점 또한 존재하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 마코브 블랭킷을 통해 변수들간 최소한의 상관관계를 도출하고 베이지안 네트워크를 통해 다양한 현실세계 속에서 변수들간의 관련성을 분석하고자 한다. 또한 본 연구에서 사용한 민감도분석은 복잡한 현실세계에서 다양한 변수들간의 변동성을 파악하는데 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구는 기업의 지속가능성에 관심이 많은 투자자와 채권자들에게 유용한 정보를 제공할 수 있을 것이다. 왜냐하면, 그들은 기업의 가치에 관심이 많은데 사회적 책임활동은 기업의 가치에 긍정 또는 부정적인 영향 모두 미칠 수 있기 때문이다. 본 연구의 중요한 결과로 기업의 미래이익지속성은 당연히 영업이익과 밀접한 관련이 있으며, 기업의 지배구조가 건전할수록 기업은 안정적으로 사회적 책임을 완수하는 모습을 보였다. 그러나 기업의 규모가 크다고 하여 기업 관련 법규를 잘 준수하는 것을 아니라는 것이 나타났다. 이는 최근의 많은 기업들이 법규를 준수하지 않아 사회적 지탄을 받는 일과도 무관하지 않을 것이다. 한편, 기업의 지속가능성이 자본시장에 미치는 영향을 고려할 때 이러한 자본시장을 감독하는 관계당국도 본 연구의 결과를 활용하여 정책을 입안하거나 규정을 정비하는데 도움을 받을 수 있을 것이다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제87권3호
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• pp.368-377
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• 2024

Background: Bronchiectasis is a chronic respiratory disease that leads to airway inflammation, destruction, and airflow limitation, which reflects its severity. Impulse oscillometry (IOS) is a non-invasive method that uses sound waves to estimate lung function and airway resistance. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of IOS in predicting the severity of bronchiectasis. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the IOS parameters and clinical characteristics in 145 patients diagnosed with bronchiectasis between March 2020 and May 2021. Disease severity was evaluated using the FACED score, and patients were divided into mild and moderate/severe groups. Results: Forty-four patients (30.3%) were in the moderate/severe group, and 101 (69.7%) were in the mild group. Patients with moderate/severe bronchiectasis had a higher airway resistance at 5 Hz (R5), a higher difference between the resistance at 5 and 20 Hz (R5-R20), a higher resonant frequency (Fres), and a higher area of reactance (AX) than patients with mild bronchiectasis. R5 ≥0.43, resistance at 20 Hz (R20) ≥0.234, R5-R20 ≥28.3, AX ≥1.02, reactance at 5 Hz (X5) ≤-0.238, and Fres ≥20.88 revealed significant univariable relationships with bronchiectasis severity (p<0.05). Among these, only X5 ≤-0.238 exhibited a significant multivariable relationship with bronchiectasis severity (p=0.039). The receiver operating characteristic curve for predicting moderate-to-severe bronchiectasis of FACED score based on IOS parameters exhibited an area under the curve of 0.809. Conclusion: The IOS assessed by the disease severity of FACED score can effectively reflect airway resistance and elasticity in bronchiectasis patients and serve as valuable tools for predicting bronchiectasis severity.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.844-861
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• 2008

The papers published in the Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering during the year of 2007 have been reviewed. Focus has been put on current status of research in the aspect of heating, cooling, ventilation, sanitation and building environments. The conclusions are as follows. (1) The research trends of fluid engineering have been surveyed as groups of general fluid flow, fluid machinery and piping, etc. New research topics include micro nano fluid, micropump and fuel cell. Traditional CFD was still popular and widely used in research and development. Studies about fans and pumps were performed in the field of fluid machinery. Characteristics of flow and fin shape optimization are studied in the field of piping system. (2) The research works on heat transfer have been reviewed in the field of heat transfer characteristics, heat exchangers, and desiccant cooling systems. The research on heat transfer characteristics includes thermal transport in pulse tubes, high temperature superconductors, ground heat exchangers, fuel cell stacks and ice slurry systems. For the heat 'exchangers, the research on pin-tube heat exchanger, plate heat exchanger, condensers and gas coolers has been cordially implemented. The research works on heat transfer augmenting tubes have been also reported. For the desiccant cooling systems, the studies on the design and operating conditions for desiccant rotors as well as performance index are noticeable. (3) In the field of refrigeration, many papers were presented on the air conditioning system using CO2 as a refrigerant. The issues on the two-stage compression, the oil selection, and the appropriate oil charge were treated. The subjects of alternative refrigerants were also studied steadily. Hydrocarbons, DME and their mixtures were considered and various heat transfer correlations were proposed. (4) Research papers have been reviewed in the field of building facilities by grouping into the researches on heat and cold sources, air conditioning and air cleaning, ventilation and fire research including tunnel ventilation, flow control of piping system, and sound research with drain system. Main focuses have been addressed to the promotion of efficient or effective use of energy, which helps to save energy and results in reduced environmental pollution and operating cost. (5) Studies were mostly focused on analyzing the indoor environment in various spaces like cars, old tombs, machine rooms, and etc. in an architectural environmental field. Moreover, subjects of various fields such as the evaluation of noise, thermal environment, indoor air quality and development of energy analysis program were researched by various methods of survey, simulation, and field experiment.

• 한국학교보건학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.207-215
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• 1999

The objectives of this study are to explain the use of media materials in school health education with other related factors in elementary, middle, and high schools in Korea. The data were collected by questionnaires from June to September in 1998. The number of subjects were 294 school nurses. The PC-SAS program was used for statistical analysis such as percent distribution, chi-squared test, spearman correlation test, and logistic regression. The use of media materials in health education has become extremely common. Unfortunately, much of the early materials were of poor production quality, reflected low levels of interest, and generally did little to enhance health education programming. A recent trend in media materials is a move away from the fact filled production to a more affective, process-oriented approach. There is an obvious need for health educators to use high-quality, polished productions in order to counteract the same levels of quality used by commercial agencies that often promote "unhealthy" lifestyles. Health educators need to be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the various forms of media. Selecting media materials should be based on more than cost, availability, and personal preference. Selection should be based on the goal of achieving behavioral objectives formulated before the review process begins. The decision to use no media materials rather than something of dubious quality usually be the right decision. Poor-quality, outdated, or boring materials will usually have a detrimental effect on the presentation. Media materials should be viewed as vehicles to enhance learning, not products that will stand in isolation. Process of materials is an essential part of the educational process. The major results were as follows : 1. The elementary schools used the materials more frequently. But the production rate of media materials was not enough. The budget was too small for a wide use of media materials in school health education. These findings suggest that all schools have to increase the budget of health education programs. 2. Computers offer an incredibly diverse set of possibilities for use in health education, ranging from complicated statistical analysis to elementary-school-level health education games. But the use rate of this material was not high. The development of related software is essential. Health educators would be well advised to develop a basic operating knowledge of media equipment. 3. In this study, the most effective materials were films in elementary school and videotapes in middle and high school. Film tends to be a more emotive medium than videotape. The difficulties of media selection involved the small amount of extant educational materials. Media selection is a multifaceted process and should be based on a combination of sound principles. 4. The review of material use following student levels showed that the more the contents were various, the more the use rate was high. 5. Health education videotapes and overhead projectors proved the most plentiful and widest media tools. The information depicted was more likely to be current. As a means to display both text and graphic information, this instructional medium has proven to be both effective and enduring. 6. An analysis of how effective the quality of school nurse and school use of media materials shows a result that is not complete (p=0.1113). But, the budget of health education is a significant variable. The increase of the budget therefore is essential to effective use of media materials. From these results it is recommended that various media materials be developed and be wide used.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.715-732
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• 2009

This article reviews the papers published in the Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering during 2008. It is intended to understand the status of current research in the areas of heating, cooling, ventilation, sanitation, and indoor environments of buildings and plant facilities. Conclusions are as follows. (1) Research trends in thermal and fluid engineering have been surveyed in the categories of general fluid flow, fluid machinery and piping, new and renewable energy, and fire. Well-developed CFD technologies were widely applied in developing facilities and their systems. New research topics include fire, fuel cell, and solar energy. Research was mainly focused on flow distribution and optimization in the fields of fluid machinery and piping. Topics related to the development of fans and compressors had been popular, but were no longer investigated widely. Research papers on micro heat exchangers using nanofluids and micro pumps were also not presented during this period. There were some studies on thermal reliability and performance in the fields of new and renewable energy. Numerical simulations of smoke ventilation and the spread of fire were the main topics in the field of fire. (2) Research works on heat transfer presented in 2008 have been reviewed in the categories of heat transfer characteristics, industrial heat exchangers, and ground heat exchangers. Research on heat transfer characteristics included thermal transport in cryogenic vessels, dish solar collectors, radiative thermal reflectors, variable conductance heat pipes, and flow condensation and evaporation of refrigerants. In the area of industrial heat exchangers, examined are research on micro-channel plate heat exchangers, liquid cooled cold plates, fin-tube heat exchangers, and frost behavior of heat exchanger fins. Measurements on ground thermal conductivity and on the thermal diffusion characteristics of ground heat exchangers were reported. (3) In the field of refrigeration, many studies were presented on simultaneous heating and cooling heat pump systems. Switching between various operation modes and optimizing the refrigerant charge were considered in this research. Studies of heat pump systems using unutilized energy sources such as sewage water and river water were reported. Evaporative cooling was studied both theoretically and experimentally as a potential alternative to the conventional methods. (4) Research papers on building facilities have been reviewed and divided into studies on heat and cold sources, air conditioning and air cleaning, ventilation, automatic control of heat sources with piping systems, and sound reduction in hydraulic turbine dynamo rooms. In particular, considered were efficient and effective uses of energy resulting in reduced environmental pollution and operating costs. (5) In the field of building environments, many studies focused on health and comfort. Ventilation. system performance was considered to be important in improving indoor air conditions. Due to high oil prices, various tests were planned to examine building energy consumption and to cut life cycle costs.