• 품질경영학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.725-735
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to propose an Integrated Safety Evaluation Process (ISEP) that can enhances the safety aspect of the safety-critical system. This process utilizes the advantages of the iterative Systems Engineering process combined with the safety assessment process that is commonly and well defined in many standards and/or guidelines for railway, aerospace, and other safety-critical systems. Methods: The proposed process model is based on the predefined system lifecycle, in each phase of which the appropriate safety assessment activities and the safety data are identified. The interfaces between Systems Engineering process and the safety assessment process are identified before the two processes are integrated. For the integration, the elements at lower level of Systems Engineering process are combined with the relevant elements of safety assessment process. This combined process model is represented as Enhanced Functional Flow Block Diagram (EFFBD) by using CORE(R) that is commercial modelling tool. Results: The proposed model is applied to the lifecycle and management process of the United States aircraft system. The US aircraft systems engineering process are composed of twelve key elements, among which the requirements management, functional analysis, and Synthesis processes are considered for examplenary application of the proposed process. To synchronize the Systems Engineering process and the safety assessment process, the Systems Engineering milestones are utilized, where the US aircraft system has thirteen milestones. Taking into account of the nine steps in the maturity level, the integrated process models are proposed in some phases of lifecycle. The flows of processes are simulated using CORE(R), confirming the flows are timelined without any conflict between the Systems Engineering process and the safety assessment process. Conclusion: ISEP allows the timeline analysis for identifying activity and data flows. Also, the use of CORE(R) is shown to be effective in the management and change of process data, which helps for the ISEP to apply for the development of safety critical system. In this study, only the first few phases of lifecyle are considered, however, the implementation through operation phases can be revised by combining the elements of safety activities regarding those phases.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.1-24
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• 2000

This study was conducted to examine utilization patterns and determinants of oriental medical services. Data were collected from 545 residents in Taegu city The results of this study are summarized as follows 1) 37.8% of subjects used oriental medical services in the past year. Especially, the female, the ages of 50 and 60 over, the single. low-educated. high-income class, white-collar class, medical insured tended to use more oriental medical services than another groups. 2) 46.7% of users of oriental medical services reported that number of visits in the past year was 2 - 5 times 37 1% of them was 1 times, and 4.5% over 10 times. 3) According to the reasons to choose the oriental medical facilities, most was 'on their own judgement'(48.8%) and 'by the advice of relatives and friends'(42.0%) Regarding to the objectives of using oriental medicine, 68.3% was 'treatment', 31.7% 'health counselling and promotion'. And among diseases of users, diseases of musculo-skeletal system was the highest(54.5%). 4) 57.9% of oriental medical services users had experience of utilizing western medicine on the same diseases. Among peoples with experiencing western medicine on the same diseases. 54.4% received oriental medical services 'in addition to western medicine', 45.6%'in place of western medicine 'And 41.2% of using both services reported that they had difficulty in deciding to choose the type of services -oriental medical services or western medicine-for their diseases. 37.3% of them answered that 'providing relevant information' was the most desirable measure to solve this problem, 27.3% 'establishment of effective referral system between oriental and western medical facilities '23.6% 'cooperative medical treatment systems in the same facilities', 11.8%'integration of oriental medicine into western medicine 5) According to the satisfaction level with each items of oriental medical services, the respondents had positive views on efficacy, kindness, and side-effects. They, however, had negative view on the cost of oriental medical services. 6) In regarding to the priority of improvement of oriental medical system,'expansion of insurance benefit package 'ranked first. 'expansion of insurance benefit Package 'ranked second, 'improvement of scientific methods and diagnostic technique 'third, and 'safety of herbal medicine' fourth in order. 7) The significant factors influencing the utilization of oriental medical services were kindness of oriental medical practitioners, efficacy , travel time, age To be brief, utilization rate of oriental medical services in urban area generally tends to be high. There, however, have been various barriers to limit oriental medical services, such as incomplete benefit package of oriental medical insurance and lack of coordination and referral system between oriental and western medical services, lack of scientific diagnostic procedures, high price etc . For the development of oriental medical services, Much attention to remove these limiting factors should be placed. In addition, kindness of oriental medical practitioners , which is expected to be more important factor in the consumer - focused health care environment than ever, should be kept high consistently. Since this study was conducted for specific residents of an urban city. further research including more sampling in different urban areas should be required to generalize the results of the study.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.107-115
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• 2009

교통섬은 차량과 보행자를 안전하고 질서있게 이동시킬 목적으로 설치하며, 상충하는 교통류를 분리하거나 보행자 대피를 위하여 설치한 차로간의 특정구역이다. 기존의 연구문헌이나 설치기준을 살펴보면 설치목적과 설치효과만 언급하고 있을 뿐 교통섬의 설치여부에 따른 안전성 판단기준이 없는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 도시부 교차로의 도로조건, 교통조건, 교통사고 자료 등을 분석하여 사고발생여부와 관련성이 높은 변수를 선정하고, 그 변수들과 교차로 보행자 교통사고 발생 여부를 이용하여 로짓모형을 통해 보행자 교통사고 확률모형을 구축하였다. 또한 교차로 설계시 교통량과 교차로 크기에 따른 보행자 교통사고 발생확률을 분석하여 교통섬 설치효과를 보행자 안전측면에서 제시하였다. 분석결과 큰 교차로에서 교통량이 많은 경우 교통섬으로 인해 보행자 교통사고가 발생할 확률이 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 큰 교차로에서 교통량이 적은 경우 교통섬으로 인해 보행자 교통사고 발생확률이 적은 것으로 분석되었다. 이는 교통섬 설치로 인해 모든 교차로에서 보행자가 안전성이 향상되는 것은 아니기 때문에, 교통섬 설치시 보행자 안전 측면을 고려한 설계 및 운영이 필요한 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.379-389
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• 2012

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to improve the practice level on dental hygienists'infection prevention by examining the actual condition of dental hygienists'infection control and analyzing factors of having influence upon this. Methods : A questionnaire survey was carried out from July 18, 2011 to August 26 targeting dental hygienists who work at medical institutions where are located in Daegu, Busan and Ulsan Metropolitan Cities and Gyeongsangnam buk-do. After then, the following conclusions were obtained. Results : 1. As a result of surveying practice by item in the practice level of infection prevention, the items with high practice level in the management of infectious diseases were surveyed to be 12 months(89.6%) for health-checkup cycle and to be having experience of vaccination(78.0%) for hepatitis type B. The items with high practice level in the management and practice of washing hands were indicated to be in order of regularly paper towel(87.7%) and hands cleaning after regular medical examination(80.5%). In the item of the practice on wearing and managing individual protection equipment, regularly wearing(93.1%) rubber globes given washing implements was indicated to be high. 2. As a result of analyzing working career, working institution, working region, and practice level of infectious-disease management, the appearance of fulfilling infection control guidelines at medical institution and the experience of education for infection control were indicated to have difference depending on working institution. Regularly health checkup was indicated to have difference depending on respondents' working career and working institution. 3. The whole average in the practice level of infection prevention according to working career, working institution, and working region was indicated to be 2.55 out of 3-point perfection. 4. Wearing latex gloves was indicated to have statistically significant difference depending on working institution(p<0.001) and working region(p<0.001). The exchange of latex gloves every patient and the use of paper apron had statistically significant difference depending on working region(p<0.001). 5. As a result of comparing the frequency of using protection equipment for preventing infection according to the management of infectious diseases, the statistically significant difference was shown depending on the appearance of infection control guidelines at medical institution(p<0.001), the appearance of having experience of health checkup(p<0.01), and the appearance of having experience of vaccination for hepatitis type B(p<0.05). Conclusions : The above-mentioned findings showed that the denture satisfaction of the denture-wearing senior citizens was linked to their subjective oral health awareness. Therefore it will be possible to improve denture-wearing elderly people's quality of life when oral health plans geared toward boosting their denture satisfaction are carried out.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.179-188
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• 2017

White-rot basidiomycetes are the organisms that decompose lignin most efficiently, and Trametes villosa is a promising species for ligninolytic enzyme production. There are several publications on T. villosa applications for lignin degradation regarding the expression and secretion of laccase and manganese peroxidase (MnP) but no reports on the identification and characterization of lignin peroxidase (LiP), a relevant enzyme for the efficient breakdown of lignin. The object of this study was to identify and partially characterize, for the first time, gDNA, mRNA, and the corresponding lignin peroxidase (TvLiP) protein from T. villosa strain CCMB561 from the Brazilian semiarid region. The presence of ligninolytic enzymes produced by this strain grown in inducer media was qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed by spectrophotometry, qPCR, and dye fading using Remazol Brilliant Blue R. The spectrophotometric analysis showed that LiP activity was higher than that of MnP. The greatest LiP expression as measured by qPCR occurred on the $7^{th}$ day, and the ABSA medium (agar, sugarcane bagasse, and ammonium sulfate) was the best that favored LiP expression. The amplification of the TvLiP gene median region covering approximately 50% of the T. versicolor LPGIV gene (87% identity); the presence of Trp199, Leu115, Asp193, Trp199, and Ala203 in the translated amplicon of the T. villosa mRNA; and the close phylogenetic relationship between TvLiP and T. versicolor LiP all indicate that the target enzyme is a lignin peroxidase. Therefore, T. villosa CCMB561 has great potential for use as a LiP, MnP, and Lac producer for industrial applications.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2006

Background: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a painful and disabling disease, yet the diagnosis of this can be difficult to confirm by purely objective measures. Therefore, we performed three-phasic bone scans and thermography as a work up in order to determine their predictive value and usefulness for making the diagnosis of CRPS. Methods: 44 patients who had been diagnosed with CRPS type-1, according to the modified criteria, were evaluated. All the patients were examined by performing a three-phasic bone scan and thermography as part of a work-up for diagnostic confirmation. The diffuse increased tracer uptake in the delayed image (phase III) was estimated by the positive findings. The findings were considered positive for CRPS if the thermographic findings showed temperature asymmetries between the affected and non- affected extremities of more than $1.00^{\circ}C$ Results: A review of the three-phasic bone scan for 44 patients indicated that 16 patients (36.4%) had diffusely positive scans, and thermographic abnormalities were noted in 35 of 44 patients (79.5%). Conclusions: The use of thermography in clinical settings can play an important role in the diagnosis of CRPS. However, a three-phasic bone scan alone cannot provide a completely accurate diagnosis, so it is imperative that the three-phasic bone scan data be integrated with the clinical evaluation and the other relevant tests.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.277-286
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• 2002

터널을 설계함에 있어서 굴착방법이나 지보패턴을 결정할 때 어려움을 겪는 주된 요인은 현지 지반에 작용하는 응력조건 및 암반상태를 정확히 파악하는데 한계가 있기 때문이다. 현장 장비의 제약, 터널을 굴착 위치까지 접근성이 난이함 등의 기술적인 제약뿐만 아니라 최근에는 민원이나 각종 인허가 등으로 더욱 많은 제약요건이 존재한다. 그럼에도 불구하고 최근들어 대안설계나 턴키설계를 통하여 직접적인 시추에 의존하지 않더라도 미지의 산악터널구간에 대한 지반정보를 획득할 수 있는 고급화된 물리탐사기술이 눈부시게 발전하는 추세이며 이를 통하여 터널굴착구간의 암반에 대한 직 간접적인 지반정보를 입수할 수 있다. 인공신경망 (ANN)의 장점은 이러한 적은 양의 지반정보와 생물학적인 로직화 과정을 통하여 입력변수에 대한 보다 신뢰성있는 결과를 제공하여 준다는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 미지의 터널굴착구간에 대한 예비 지반정보를 입력항목으로 하여 인공신경망의 오류역전파 학습알고리즘기법에 의하여 학습된 패턴을 가지고 미지의 터널굴착구간에 대한 예비 암반분류 (RMR)를 수행하는데 그 목적을 두었다. 이를 위하여 연장 4km에 달하는 ${\triangle}{\triangle}$터널현장에 대한 인공신경망 모형적용시 입력자료에 대한 적정성을 사전 평가하였고, 그 이후에 물리탐사자료를 입력변수로 활용하여 미지의 터널구간에 대한 RMR을 예측하였다. 그 결과 자료의 일치성이나 예측 RMR에 대한 신뢰도가 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 향후에는 학습효과를 높이기 위한 입력변수의 민감도 분석 (sensitivity analysis)수행 및 모델과정에서 노출된 몇가지 문제점 보완등을 통하여 설계에 적극적으로 활용하고자 한다.

• 정보관리학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.23-41
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• 2015

이 연구는 국제학술지에 나타난 '동해' 관련 연구에서 '동해' 표기유형별 특성을 계량적으로 분석한 것이다. 이 때 동해표기 유형은 '동해 단독', '일본해 단독', '병행표기'로 구분하였다. 분석을 위해 Web of Science DB에서 총 4,192편을 대상으로, 표기유형별 시계열 변화, 저자 소속국가별 표기유형, 연구주제의 차이, 피인용도, 연구협력 및 공저 네트워크를 분석하였다. 그 결과 '동해' 연구에서 '일본해 단독 표기'의 비율이 가장 많은 것으로 나타났고, 1990년대 이후 '동해 단독 표기'과 '병기'의 비율이 지속적으로 상승하고 있었다. 또한 '동해' 연구의 핵심국가는 '일본', '러시아', '한국', '미국', '중국' 5개국이며, '일본해 단독 표기'의 경우 '일본'을 중심으로 '미국', '러시아', '중국'과 공동연구가 활발히 이루어지며, '동해 단독 표기'와 '병기'는 '한국' 연구자를 중심으로 '미국', '일본'과의 연구의 비율이 높았다. 공저 네트워크는 '일본해 단독 표기'의 경우 하나의 "거대 구성집단"(Giant Component)을 형성하여 이(異) 집단 간의 협업이 활발히 이루어지고 있으나, '동해 단독 표기'의 경우 소속기관을 중심으로 소규모의 연구그룹이 분산된 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.72-80
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• 2018

Purpose: A modern greenhouse consists of various Information and Communications Technology (ICT) components e.g., sensor nodes, actuator nodes, gateways, controllers, and operating softwarethat communicate with each other. The interoperability between these components is an essential characteristic for any greenhouse control system. A greenhouse control system could not work unless the components communicate via common interfaces. The TTAK.KO-06.0288 is an interface standard consisting of four parts. Notably, TTAK.KO-06.0288-Part3, which describes the interface between a greenhouse operating system (GOS) and a greenhouse control gateway (GCG), is the core standard of TTAK.KO-06.0288. The objectives of this study were to analyze the TTAK.KO-06.0288-Part3 standard, to suggest alternative solutions for identified issues, and to develop a library as a proof of the alternative solutions. Methods: The "data field" was analyzed using a comparative analysis method, since it is a data transmission unit of TTAK.KO-06.0288-Part3. It was compared with other parts of TTAK.KO-06.0288 in terms of definition, format, size, and possible values. Although TTAK.KO-06.0288-Part1 and TTAK.KO-06.0288-Part2 do not use a "data field," they have a similar data structure. That structure was compared with the "data field" of TTAK.KO-06.0288-Part3. Results: Twenty-one issues were identified across four categories: inter-standard issues, intra-standard issues, operational issues, and misprint issues. Since some of the issues can raise interoperability problems, 16 alternative solutions were suggested. In order to prove the alternative solutions, an open-source communication library called libtp3 was developed. The library passed 14 unit tests and was adapted to two research. Conclusions: Although TTAK.KO-06.0288-Part3 is an interface standard for communication between a GOS and a GCG, it might not communicate between different implementations because of the identified issues in the standard. These issues could be solved by the alternative solutions, which could be used to revise TTAK.KO-06.0288. In addition, a relevant organization should develop a program for compatibility testing and should pursue test products for smart greenhouses.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.4787-4793
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• 2014

Background: Many cancer patients experience poor pain control due to various factors, including misconceptions regarding the use of opioid analgesics. For management of cancer pain, interventions involving education of both patients and physicians have been attempted. Objectives: This review aimed to assess the current evidence of the benefits of education for the management of cancer pain. Methods: We searched the Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane library, and major Korean databases to identify relevant studies. We included most study designs, but excluded case series. The primary outcomes were pain intensity and quality of life (QoL). Two reviewers assessed the risk of bias using the Cochrane's tool for RCT and Risk of Bias Assessment tool for Non-randomized Studies (RoBANS) for non-randomized studies, independently. Results: After extensive searches, 3,324 publications were screened, and 32 studies were selected. The education interventions used in the included studies included a wide variety of education methods, but the most common method was a booklet produced for patients. Regardless of the education method used, the results of the meta-analysis were as follows. The SMDs of the most severe, average, and current pain in the RCTs were significant. The SMD of worst, average, and current pain were -0.34 (-0.55, -0.13), -0.40 (-0.64, -0.15), and -0.79 (-1.35, -0.23). In the non-randomized studies, the effects on average pain were significant, but those on worst and current pain were not. Conclusions: Education intervention reduced the pain of cancer patients. Therefore, patient education could be considered to be an effective method of cancer pain management. However, our data should be interpreted with caution, and studies using standardized protocols are needed to confirm these observations.