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Characteristics and Modeling of Operating Speed at Horizontal Curves on Rural Four-Lane Highways (국도 4차로 곡선부에서 주행속도의 특성 및 모형)

  • 고종대;장명순;정준화
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.20 no.7
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    • pp.95-105
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    • 2002
  • Under a specific roadway alignment condition by design-speed standards, safety of the roadway is determined by an actual operating speed of a driver. This research takes first lanes of four-lane(hi-direction) rural highways as target facility. It also takes the straight and curved lanes of the selected highways for in-depth study. This study used NC-97 to detect speeds of passenger cars whose speeds are not affected by front vehicles. This research analyzed properties of 85th percentile operating speed at upstream of horizontal and through curves under various alignment conditions. The results show that 53∼65 Percent of drivers drive faster than the posted speed-limit (80KPH) by 14∼20 KPH on average. It also shows that the 85th-percentile operating speeds are the lowest at the middle point of curve length when curve radius is smaller. However, they are lowest at 1/4 point of curve length when curve radius is greater. Along roadways where curve radius is small, difference between upstream speed and the speed along the curve is considerably large. On the other hand. the speed difference is setting smaller as the curve radius is increasing. According to the results, significant variables affecting the 85th percentile operating speeds are curve radius and the 85th-Percentile operating speeds of upstream curves.

Development of tree box filter LID system for treating road runoff (LID 시설로서 도로에 적용 가능한 수목여과시설 개발)

  • Choi, Jiyeon;Son, Younggyu;Lee, Soyoung;Lee, Yuhwa;Kim, Lee Hyung
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.407-412
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    • 2013
  • The aim of this study was to develop a tree box filter system, an example of Low Impact Development technology, for treating stormwater runoff from road. Monitoring of storm events was performed between June 2011 and November 2012 to evaluate the system performance during wet day. Based on the results, all runoff volume generated by rainfall less than 2 mm was stored in the system. The minimum volume reduction of 20% was observed in the system for rainfall greater than 20 mm. The greatest removal efficiency was exhibited by the system for total heavy metals ranging from 70 to 73% while satisfactory removal efficiency was exhibited by the system for particulate matters, organic matters and nutrients ranging from 60 to 68%. The system showed greater pollutant removal efficiency of 67 to 83% for rainfall less than 10 mm compared to rainfall greater than 10 mm which has 39 to 75% pollutant removal efficiency. The system exhibited less pollutant reduction for rainfall greater than 10 mm due to the decreased retention capacity of the system for increased rainfall. Overall, the system has proved to be an option for stormwater management that can be recommended for on-site application. Similar system may be designed based on several factors such as rainfall depth, facility size and pollutant removal efficiency.

Control of Spinach Downy Mildew Using Essential Oil, Antagonistic Bacteria, Cooking Oil and Egg Yolk Mixture (식물정유, 길항세균 및 난황유를 이용한 시금치 노균병 방제)

  • Lee, Jung-Han;Jeong, Sung-Woo;Chun, Sung-Sik;Kang, Shin-Kwon;Choi, Jun-Min;Lim, Chae-Shin;Ko, Hack-Ryong;Lee, Kwang-Soo;Chung, Nam-Jun;Bae, Dong-Won
    • Journal of agriculture & life science
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.27-33
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    • 2012
  • In this study, we evaluated environmental-friendly disease control methods using essential oils, antagonistic bacteria, or cooking oil and egg yolk mixture (COY). Among the five tested plant essential oils, Eucalyptus approximans oil shown the highest effect to control of the downy mildew disease (60% disease control value). Interestingly enough, well known antagonistic bacteria against various fungal pathogens were appeared lower control efficiency than plant essential oils. In field conditions, the cooking oil and yolk mixture (COY) treatments shown significantly decreased the downy mildew incidence with 0.3% (disease conttrol value 84%) and 0.5% concentration (disease control value 91%). Our findings suggest that the COY has a great potential as the eco-friendly downy mildew disease control formulation.

Analysis of the Typology and Factors Affecting the Decline in Old Industrial Parks (노후산업단지의 쇠퇴 영향요인과 유형화에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Hwan Yong;Park, Ji Ho
    • Korea Real Estate Review
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.7-20
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    • 2017
  • This study attempts to diagnose and categorize the characteristics of old industrial parks, and eventually link the results to the regeneration of industrial complexes. For this reason, we performed a factor analysis by utilizing 15 indices of 89 industrial parks, excluding 5 large equipment industry sites. The 15 indices were classified into 5 factors. Factor 1 can be described as a category of 'urbanization possibility' for the indices of building age, plot ratio of less than $1,650m^2$, and urbanization ratio of the surrounding area. Factor 2 can be described as a category of 'productive efficiency' for the indices of land productivity, amount of exports by land, employment productivity, and repair costs of industrial areas. Factor 3 can be described as a category of 'infrastructure amenity' for the indices of road ratio, plot ratio attached to the road, and parks and recreation ratio. Factor 4 can be described as a category of 'location potentiality' for the indices of land price, infrastructure age, and distance to the highway, while factor 5 can be described as a category of 'availability of supporting facilities' for the indices of parking lot ratio and supporting facility land ratio. By using these 5 factor scores, we were able to extract industrial parks included in the lower 25% of the factor score and searched for what kind of factor problem they have for each industrial park. Based on these results, this research will provide sufficient information on the decline of industrial parks with respect to their demerits. The results of this study show significant implications and contribute to the establishment of policies for regional competitiveness, as well as job creation, in the process of industrial regeneration.

Numerical Modeling for Effect on Bund Overtopping Caused by a Catastrophic Failure of Chemical Storage Tanks (저장시설의 순간 전량 방출 시 방류벽의 월파 효과에 대한 수치모델링)

  • Min, Dong Seok;Phark, Chuntak;Jung, Seungho
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.57 no.1
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    • pp.42-50
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    • 2019
  • As the industry develops in Korea, the use of hazardous chemicals is increasing rapidly and chemical accidents are increasing accordingly. Most of the chemical accidents are caused by leaks of hazardous chemicals, but there are also accidents in which all the substances are released instantaneously due to sudden high temperature/pressure or defection of the storage tanks. This is called catastrophic failure and its frequency is very low, but consequence is very huge when it occurs. In Korea, there were 15 casualties including three deaths due to catastrophic rupture of water tank in 2013, and 64 instances of failures from 1919 to 2004 worldwide. In case of catastrophic failure, it would be able to overflow outside the bund that reduces the evaporation rate and following consequence. This incident is called overtopping. Overseas, some researchers have been studying the amount of external overflow depending on bund conditions in the event of such an accident. Based on the previous research, this study identified overtopping fraction by condition of bund in accordance with Korea Chemicals Controls Act Using CFD simulation. As a result, as the height increases and the distance to the facility decreases while meeting the minimum standard of the bund capacity, the overtopping effect has decreased. In addition, by identifying the effects of overtopping according to atmospheric conditions, types of materials and shapes of bunds, this study proposes the design of the bund considering the effect of overtopping caused by catastrophic failure with different bund conditions.

A Qualitative Study on Coping strategies of Older adults with Depression: Focused on the Experience of Coping with Depression in Older Adults Living in Seoul (노인의 우울 대처 전략에 관한 질적 연구: 서울시 거주 도시 노인의 우울 대처 경험을 중심으로)

  • Eo, Yugyeong;Ko, Jung Eun;Kim, Soon Eun
    • 한국노년학
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.583-600
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study is to explore qualitatively what kind of coping strategy the Korean older adults use when they are depressed and why. Participants were users, older than 60, of an elderly welfare center in Seoul, and answers of 34 respondents who experienced depression were included in the analysis. The collected data were analyzed through content analysis. The results of the analysis showed that strategies to cope with depression used by participants were composed of 6 domains and 11 sub-domains: health behavior (medical approach / exercise and diet), family and social contact (social interaction / going out and going on a trip / communication with family), Religious activities (Religious activities), lifelong education (hobbies / educational activities), productive activities (labor), health risk behaviors (drinking and gambling / resignation). The depression coping strategies of the older adults and their characteristics are as follows. First, older adults used diverse problem-focused coping strategies to cope with depression. Second, older adults considered various coping strategies together and used them simultaneously. Third, the facility space for older adults functions as a shelter. Fourth, although there were cases where medical approach was used, the intention to reuse was very low. Through this study, the following suggestions were made to help older adults cope with depression more successfully. First, access to various coping strategies should be promoted. Second, more places where older adults can spend their time comfortably need to be provided. Third, resistance to mental health care should be resolved.

A Study on Work Experience of the Life Rehabilitation Teacher in Residence Institution of Mental Retardation (지적장애인거주시설 생활재활교사의 직무수행 경험에 관한 연구)

  • Nam, Yeun Hee;Noh, Jun
    • 재활복지
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.141-171
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the job experience of the life rehabilitation teacher who is working in the residence with mental retardations. The purpose of this study is to suggest the intervention plan that can enhance the capacity of the living rehabilitation teachers and seek improvement points of residence institution of mental retardation. The results of this study show the meaning of experience in the job performance of the welfare facility workers. Through in -depth interviews through the candid stories of the research participants during the research, meaningful results could be obtained. There are 7 workers who participated in the study who worked in the institute for more than a year. Four sections are categorized made of 15 sub-categories constituted by 60 subjects collected by significant worker's answers. Four categories are the beginning of life rehabilitation teacher, adaptation as a life rehabilitation teacher, the pain of life rehabilitation teacher, the growth and the wish. The results of this study are expected to contribute to the improvement of the professionalism of the life rehabilitation teacher. It will also contribute to the development of the operation of residential facilities for people with mental retardation.

Utilization and Expenditure of Health Care and Long-term Care at the End of Life: Evidence from Korea (장기요양 인정자의 사망 전 의료 및 요양서비스 이용 양상 분석)

  • Han, Eun-jeong;Hwang, RahIl;Lee, Jung-suk
    • 한국사회정책
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.99-123
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: This study empirically investigates the utilization and expenditure of health care and long-term care at the last year of life for long-term care beneficiaries in Korea. Methods: This study used National Health Insurance and Long-term Care Insurance claims data of 271,474 LTCI beneficiaries, who died from July 2008 to December 2012. Their cause of death, place of death, health care costs, and the provision of aggressive care were analyzed. Results: Cardio-vascular disease(29.8%) and cancer(15.3%) were reported as their major cause of death, and hospital(64.4%), home(22.0%), social care facility(9.2%) were analyzed as the place of death. 99.3% of subjects used both health care and long-term care during the last 1 year of life. The average survival period were 516.2 days after they were LTCI beneficiaries. The health care expenditure gradually increased near the death, and the last month were three times more rather than the first month. Furthermore, 31.8% experienced some aggressive cares(CPR, blood transfusion, hemo-dialysis, etc.) at the last month of life. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that it is important to develop the end of life care policies(for example, hospice, advanced care directives) for the LTCI beneficiaries. They might contribute to the improvement of quality of life and the reduction of health care expenditure of the elderly at the end-of-life.

A Study on the Efficiency Evaluation of the Improvement Project for School Zone Using DEA (DEA를 활용한 어린이보호구역개선사업의 효율성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Myung Sik;Kang, Tae Euk;Ju, Jung Hee
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.38 no.6
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    • pp.895-906
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    • 2018
  • The improvement project for school zone in Korea is occurring mostly in kindergartens and elementary schools in which children are mainly active, and is being promoted as part of measures to prevent children's traffic accidents. However, since the study on the essential installation facilities and proper level of safety facilities for School zone is lacking, this study relatively evaluated the efficiency of safety facility installation using DEA (Data Envelope Analysis) and suggested improvement plan. We built the facilities and incident data for 28 school zones in Hwaseong City. Six major facilities (Raised intersection, Raised crosswalk, Protective fence, Skid Proof, Speed hump, Speed cameras) that have proven to be effective in the preceding research were analyzed as input factors. As a result of the analysis, only 12 out of 28 showed efficiency and 16 out of efficiency. Effective groups of school zones were found to have fewer installed Protective fences, Skid Proof, and Speed cameras installations than school zones classified as ineffective groups. Protective fences were found to be efficient even if only 47% of the total extension of the school zone was installed, and the number of slip prevention facilities was 8.7 per square km. The number of subjects to be compared is 28, so this study is limited to use as a relative efficiency evaluation index, and it can be grouped into nationwide units and efficiency evaluation can be done for each group.

Feature and Operation on Correlation for Royal (State operation) Storage of Baekjae (백제 왕실(국영) 창고시설의 특징과 운영)

  • So, Jae Yun
    • Korean Journal of Heritage: History & Science
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.22-37
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    • 2012
  • Storage facility of the pre-historic Korea is classified into the subterranean, ground and overground types. The rectangular-shaped subterranean Storage facilities have been identified in the Pungnaptoseong, the Gong mountain fortress site and the Gwanbukri site. Feature no. 196 at Gyeongdang District in Pungnaptoseong yielded a large quantity of glazed potteries, and a wooden storage at the Gwanbukri site contained a large amount of fruit seeds. These storage facilities might be functioned as the warehouse for the highest group rather than the storage for the emergency such as war and flooding and stipend of government officials. This article subdivided into "state storage" on the concept of the former that "royal storage" on the concept of the latter. If it look on the state storage at large, this include the royal storage too. But it subdivided to help article understand because Baekjae changed from state storage to royal storage by change and specialization of system after 4th. The reason why the diversification of storage pits was closely related to the unification of local polities and the concentration of political power in the state-level. Therefore, it might reflect the political circumstances the ruling elites attempted to heighten their authority in terms of the organizing tax collecting system. And divided the time of storage is confirmed separative storage pits in the suburbs of capital city. There is hight probability of top local polities or nation that have possessional a role. This is to cover on frequent war in the Three States. On the other hand, state storage is located around ancent road that linked castle gate that is divided into center and periphery depending on function and position of storage. Center is located royal storage focusing in the presumed royal palace that periphery is located state storage to provide service to the public. It is presumed that located with the government office.