• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.238-244
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• 2023

Background: Occipital neuralgia (ON) is an established risk factor for headaches in the posterior cervical region. Several conservative treatments by nerve decompression and pain relief are available for ON, but these treatments have limitations. Acupuncture treatment, which is known to demonstrate analgesic effects, involves various stimulation methods, and several studies have reported their clinical benefit. No recent systematic review (SR) has compared each acupuncture type for ON treatment. Thus, this SR aims to investigate the clinical effectiveness of each acupuncture type for treating ON. Methods: We will identify relevant studies using electronic databases, including EMBASE, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Korean Studies Information Service System (KISS), Korean Medical Database, KoreaMed, and National Digital Science Library (NDSL) from the inception until August 2023. The primary outcome will include the numerical change of pain symptoms (visual analog scale and numerical rating scale) and effective rate. Safety and secondary outcomes will include adverse events and quality of life. We will compare the conservative treatment with the acupuncture treatment using network meta-analysis. The Cochrane Collaboration "risk of bias" tools will be used to assess the quality of included trials. The Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation will be used to examine the evidence level. Conclusion: This study will provide clinical evidence of several acupuncture types for ON and help clinicians decide on the best.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.307-314
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• 2013

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of symptoms relating to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and investigate the risk factors among researchers at university laboratories. Methods: 209 researchers were included in this study, drawn from 27 laboratories at three universities in Korea. Checklists for MSD symptoms and risk factor assessment were utilized. Results: The symptoms checklist showed reliable results with Cohen's Kappa 0.33-0.56, percent agreement 81.0-96.8%, and correlation coefficient 0.41-0.63. The overall prevalence of MSD symptoms was 68.9%, while the prevalence in specific parts of body were as follows: shoulders (47.6%), lower back (46.9%), neck (46.9%), knees (25.4%), wrists (20.1%), elbows (13.6%). The symptom prevalence among women was higher than among men (OR 2.67, 95% CI 1.37-5.18). Daily exposure time was observed to be a significant risk factor for developing MSD symptoms (OR 2.14-6.07). Conclusions: This study suggested that repetitive pipetting and static work posture are the most significant risk factors for MSD symptoms among laboratory researchers.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.595-603
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 재하시험에 의하여 얻어지는 측정데이터를 적극적으로 활용하고 다양한 방법을 통하여 내하력을 평가하기 위하여 탄성지점을 적용하였다. 스프링력에 의한 구조해석의 적정성을 확인하고 실험결과의 신뢰도를 향상시키기 위하여 내민보로 제작한 탄성빔을 대상으로 처짐시험을 실시하였으며 이를 토대로 공용중인 교량의 내하력 평가 방법의 개선을 위하여 실제 공용중인 교량에 대한 정밀안전진단을 통한 검증을 실시하였다. 휨시험 결과 기존방법에 의하여 계산된 처짐보다 탄성지점을 적용하여 구한 처짐이 실측한 처짐과 근접한 것으로 나타났다. 준공 직후 초기점검 대상인 3경간 연속 강박스형교에 대한 내하력을 평가한 결과 탄성지점에 의한 내하력이 기존의 방법에 의한 내하력보다 최대 9.7% 작게 평가되었다. 본 연구는 기존 방법에 따라 교량의 내하력을 평가할 경우 응력보정계수의 적용과 같이 지침에 명확하게 제시되지 않은 부분으로 인하여 공학자에 따라 내하력이 상이하게 평가되는 경우가 빈번하므로 이에 대한 연구가 더욱 활발해 져야 한다는 취지에서 수행하였다.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.19-31
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• 2005

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the microbiological quality and assure the hygienic safety of the Bibimbap production in elementary school foodservice in accordance with the HACCP(Hazzard Analysis Critical Control Point) program. The time-temperature relationship and the microbiological quality(total plate count and coliform bacteria count) were assessed to find the critical control point(CCP) during each of the production phase. In the pre-preparation phase, the risk factors of the raw ingredients exceeded the standard level suggested by Solberg et al. Mungbean starch jelly, egg and Kochujang were satisfactory in that no coliform groups were observed over the standard TPC level. In particular, there was a high the risk of beef from the early stages in terms of the coliform level. In the pre-preparation phase, green pumpkin had more coliform groups than the standard level even after washed, which calls for special attention to washing, sterilization, secondary infection of the handler, and the required time for pre-preparation of raw vegetables. In the cooking phase, the temperature of the soybean sprout and mungbean starch jelly decreased to 42$^{\circ}C$ and 26$^{\circ}C$, respectively, which was within the risk zone. In particular, mungbean starch jelly had a great risk factor even after boiling in hot water. During the storage stage before serving, a lot of ingredients were exposed to poor management of temperature and time and thus exceeded the standard level in the total plate counts. In particular, the microbiological count of beef was five times the standard level. Green pumpkins and soybean sprouts were left at 15-38$^{\circ}C$ that is within the risk zone for a long period of time after they were cooked. It is highly recommended that the time of the storage stage before consumption should be shortened and that proper devices should be used to prevent proliferation of bacteria. The number of TPC of the utensils was satisfactory enough, but the knife used exceeded the standard level and thus was a risk factor of bacteria proliferation.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.281-290
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• 2003

Co Evolutionary Structural Design(CESD) Framework is presented, which can deal with the load design and structural topology design simultaneously. The load design here is the exploration algorithm that finds the critical load patterns of the given structure. In general, the load pattern is a crucial factor in determining the structural topology and being selected from the experts어 intuition and experience. However, if any of the critical load patterns would be excluded during the process of problem formation, the solution structure might show inadequate performance under the load pattern. Otherwise if some reinforcement method such as safety factor method would be utilized, the solution structure could result in inefficient conservativeness. On the other hand, the CESD has the ability of automatically finding the most critical load patterns and can help the structural solution evolve into the robust design. The CESD is made up of a load design discipline and a structural topology design discipline both of which have the fully coupled relation each other. This coupling is resolved iteratively until the resultant solution can resist against all the possible load patterns and both disciplines evolve into the solution structure with the mutual help or competition. To verify the usefulness of this approach, the 10 bar truss and the jacket type offshore structure are presented. SORA(Sequential Optimization & Reliability Assessment) is adopted in CESD as a probabilistic optimization methodology, and its usefulness in decreasing the computational cost is verified also.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.16-24
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• 1995

활성탄 캐니스터법과 알파분광분석 법을 이용하여 실내 공기중의 $^{222}Rn$ 및 그 딸핵종의 농도와 $^{222}Rn$과 그 딸핵종 사이의 평형인자를 동시에 측정하였다. 실내 체재율을 0.8, 일반인과 작업종사자의 호흡율을 각각 $0.75m^3\;h^{-1}$와 $1.2m^3\;h^{-1}$로 가정하고, 실내 공기중의 $^{222}Rn$과 그 딸핵종의 흡입에 의한 부위별 폐선량을 세가지 모형 즉, Jacobi-Eisfeld, James-Birchall 및 ICRP 모형으로 평가하고 연간총유효선량을 평가하였다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.183-193
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• 1997

원전 작업자 피폭관리와 안전성 평가 및 최종적으로 처분허가를 위하여 폐기물 내의 핵종 및 농도를 파악하여야만 한다. 이온교환 수지 및 필터는 그 부피는 작으나 원전 운전중 발생하는 폐기물 내 방사능의 대부분을 차지하고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 냉각수 정화 계통내의 수지 및 필터 내에 누적되어 있는 방사성 핵종의 양을 예측할 수 있는 방법을 개발하는 것이다. 핵종누적량을 계산하기 위하여 평균제염계수 대신 순간제염계수를 사용하였으며 포트란언어를 사용하여 프로그램을 작성하여 누적량을 계산하였다. 본 예측기법의 검증을 위하여 미국 Rancho-Seco 발전소의 측정자료를 이용하였으며 실험을 통한 계측자료를 검증에 이용하였다. 순간제염계수를 이용한 본 방법의 계산이 평균제염계수를 이용한 것보다 오차가 작았다. 이 방법을 실제 적용하기 위해서는 운전지침에 의하여 주기적으로 계측한 제염제수와 핵종농도 자료만으로도 핵종누적량 계산이 가능하다. 그러나, 특히 발전소 운전상황이 급격하게 변할 때에는, 정확한 누적량 평가를 위하여 제염계수 및 방사성 핵종농도의 측정주기가 짧아져야 한다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.18-24
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• 2018

This study proposes a new method of analyzing the burnup credit in boiling water reactor spent fuel assemblies against various operating parameters. The operating parameters under investigation include fuel temperature, axial burnup profile, axial moderator density profile, and control blade usage. In particular, the effects of variations in one and two operating parameters on the curve of effective multiplication factor ($k_{eff}$) versus burnup (B) are, respectively, the so-called single and compound effects. All the calculations were performed using SCALE 6.1 together with the Evaluated Nuclear Data Files, part B (ENDF/B)-VII238-neutron energy group data library. Furthermore, two geometrical models were established based on the General Electric (GE)14 $10{\times}10$ boiling water reactor fuel assembly and the Generic Burnup-Credit (GBC)-68 storage cask. The results revealed that the curves of $k_{eff}$ versus B, due to single and compound effects, can be approximated using a first degree polynomial of B. However, the reactivity deviation (or changes of $k_{eff}$, ${\Delta}k$) in some compound effects was not a summation of the all ${\Delta}k$ resulting from the two associated single effects. This phenomenon is undesirable because it may to some extent affect the precise assessment of burnup credit. In this study, a general formula was thus proposed to express the curves of $k_{eff}$ versus B for both single and compound effects.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2008년도 춘계 학술발표회 제20권1호
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• pp.185-188
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• 2008

FRP 보강근은 철근부식의 근본적인 대책으로서 높은 인장강도와 내부식성이 우수한 재료이다. 그러나 낮은 탄성계수로 인해 부재의 처짐 및 균열이 철근콘크리트를 사용한 부재에 비하여 크게 발생하는 문제점이 있으며, 취성적인 성질로 인하여 파괴가 급격히 발생할 우려가 있다. 이러한 FRP 보강근을 구조부재에 사용하기 위해서는 기존의 철근콘크리트 부재설계와는 다른 개념이 필요하며, 이미 구조부재에 FRP 보강근을 사용하고 있는 외국의 경우 기존의 FRP 보강근을 사용한 구조부재의 설계를 위한 제안식들은 실험에 의한 계수의 추가 등으로 철근콘크리트 구조설계식을 수정하는 형태로서 제안되어지고 있다. 그러나 이러한 방법은 설계식을 복잡하게 하며, 철근콘크리트와 다른 FRP 보강근의 특성을 적절히 반영하고 있다고 할 수 없다. 또한, 기존의 설계식의 수정된 형태에서는 하중저감계수와 같은 안전계수(safety factor)를 제안하고 있으나, 정확한 신뢰성레벨은 알지 못하며, 실험에 의한 경험적 값의 성격이 강하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 FRP bar를 사용한 보의 불확실성을 조사하고, FRP bar를 사용한 부재의 신뢰성지수를 평가하였다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.311-319
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• 2019

The number of aged bridges is increasing so that bridges over 30 years old account for about 11% of all bridges. Consequently, the development of a seismic performance evaluation method that considers the effects of ageing is essential for a seismic retrofitting process for improvement of the seismic safety of existing old bridges. Assessment of the damage situation of bridges after the recent earthquakes in Korea has been limited to the bearings, anchor, and concrete mortar on piers. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the seismic responses of PSC box girder bridges by considering the ageing effect of rubber bearings (RBs) and lead-rubber bearings (LRBs). The modification factor proposed by AASHTO is used to take into account the ageing effect in the bearings. PSC box girder bridges with RBs and LRBs were 3D modeled and analyzed with the OpenSEES program. In order to evaluate the ageing effect of RBs and LRBs, 40 near fault and 40 far field records were used as the input earthquakes. When considering the effect of ageing, the displacement responses and shear forces of bridge bearings (RBs and LRBs) were found to increase mostly under the analytical conditions. It was shown that the effect of ageing is greater in the case of RBs than in the case of LRBs.