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Manganese Distribution in Brains of Sprague Dawley Rats after 60 Days of Stainless Steel Welding-Fume Exposure

  • Yu, Il-Je;Park, Jung-Duck;Park, Eon-Sub;Song, Kyung-Seuk;Han, Kuy-Tae;Han, Jeong-Hee;Chung, Yong-Hyun;Park, Byung-Sun;Chung, Kyu-Hyuck
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.68-83
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    • 2003
  • Welders working in a confined space, like in the shipbuilding industry, are at risk of being exposed to high concentrations of welding fumes and developing pneumoconiosis or other welding-fume exposure related diseases. Among such diseases, manganism resulting from welding-fume exposure remains a controversial issue, as the movement of manganese into specific brain regions has not been clearly established.(omitted)

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Manganese Distribution in Brains of Sprague Dawley Rats after 60 Days of Stainless Steel Welding-Fume Exposure

  • Yu, Il-Je;Park, Jung-Duck;Park, Eon-Sub;Song, Kyung-Seuk;Han, Kuy-Tae;Han, Jeong-Hee;Chung, Yong-Hyun;Park, Byung-Sun;Chung, Kyu-Hyuck
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.72-72
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    • 2003
  • Welders working in a the confined space, like in the shipbuilding industry, are have at risk of being exposed toing a high concentrations of welding fumes and of developing pneumoconiosis or other welding- fume exposure related diseases. Among such diseasesthem, manganism resulting fromcaused by welding- fume exposure remains ais still controversial issue, as the movement ofnd no clear demonstration of manganese movement into the specific brain regions has not been clearly established. (omitted)

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Structural safety reliability of concrete buildings of HTR-PM in accidental double-ended break of hot gas ducts

  • Guo, Quanquan;Wang, Shaoxu;Chen, Shenggang;Sun, Yunlong
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.52 no.5
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    • pp.1051-1065
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    • 2020
  • Safety analysis of nuclear power plant (NPP) especially in accident conditions is a basic and necessary issue for applications and commercialization of reactors. Many previous researches and development works have been conducted. However, most achievements focused on the safety reliability of primary pressure system vessels. Few literatures studied the structural safety of huge concrete structures surrounding primary pressure system, especially for the fourth generation NPP which allows existing of through cracks. In this paper, structural safety reliability of concrete structures of HTR-PM in accidental double-ended break of hot gas ducts was studied by Exceedance Probability Method. It was calculated by Monte Carlo approaches applying numerical simulations by Abaqus. Damage parameters were proposed and used to define the property of concrete, which can perfectly describe the crack state of concrete structures. Calculation results indicated that functional failure determined by deterministic safety analysis was decided by the crack resistance capability of containment buildings, whereas the bearing capacity of concrete structures possess a high safety margin. The failure probability of concrete structures during an accident of double-ended break of hot gas ducts will be 31.18%. Adding the consideration the contingency occurrence probability of the accident, probability of functional failure is sufficiently low.

Extension of IFC information Modeling for Fire Safety based on WBS (작업분류체계 기반 소방 객체 IFC 정보 모델링 확장 방안 연구)

  • Won, Junghye;Kim, Taehoon;Choo, Seoungyeon
    • Journal of KIBIM
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.37-46
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    • 2023
  • The main objective of this study is to propose a method to enhance building safety using the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) schema in Building Information Modeling (BIM). To achieve this goal, a fire object relationship diagram is created by using the Model View Definition (MVD) and Property Set (Pset) methodology, as well as the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) based object relationship analysis. The proposed method illustrates how to represent objects and tasks related to fire prevention and human safety during a building fire, including variables that are relevant to these aspects. Furthermore, the proposed method offers the advantage of considering both the IFC object hierarchy and the project work hierarchy when creating new objects, thereby expanding the attribute information for fire safety and maintenance. However, upon confirmation via an IFC viewer after development, a problem with the accuracy of mapping between attributes and objects arises due to the issue of proxy representation of related object information and newly added object information in standard IFC. Therefore, in future research, a mapping method for fire safety objects will be developed to ensure accurate representation, and the scope of utilization of the fire safety object diagram will be expanded. Furthermore, efforts will be made to enhance the accuracy of object and task representation. This research is expected to contribute significantly to the technological development of building safety and fire facility design in the future.

A Framework for Computer Vision-aided Construction Safety Monitoring Using Collaborative 4D BIM

  • Tran, Si Van-Tien;Bao, Quy Lan;Nguyen, Truong Linh;Park, Chansik
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.1202-1208
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    • 2022
  • Techniques based on computer vision are becoming increasingly important in construction safety monitoring. Using AI algorithms can automatically identify conceivable hazards and give feedback to stakeholders. However, the construction site remains various potential hazard situations during the project. Due to the site complexity, many visual devices simultaneously participate in the monitoring process. Therefore, it challenges developing and operating corresponding AI detection algorithms. Safety information resulting from computer vision needs to organize before delivering it to safety managers. This study proposes a framework for computer vision-aided construction safety monitoring using collaborative 4D BIM information to address this issue, called CSM4D. The suggested framework consists of two-module: (1) collaborative BIM information extraction module (CBIE) extracts the spatial-temporal information and potential hazard scenario of a specific activity; through that, Computer Vision-aid Safety Monitoring Module (CVSM) can apply accurate algorithms at the right workplace during the project. The proposed framework is expected to aid safety monitoring using computer vision and 4D BIM.

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Trust-based Relay Selection in Relay-based Networks

  • Wu, Di;Zhu, Gang;Zhu, Li;Ai, Bo
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.6 no.10
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    • pp.2587-2600
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    • 2012
  • It has been demonstrated that choosing an appropriate relay node can improve the transmission rate for the system. However, such system improvement brought by the relay selection may be degraded with the presence of the malicious relay nodes, which are selected but refuse to cooperate for transmissions deliberately. In this paper, we formulate the relay selection issue as a restless bandit problem with the objective to maximize the average rate, while considering the credibility of each relay node, which may be different at each time instant. Then the optimization problem is solved by using the priority-index heuristic method effectively. Furthermore, a low complexity algorithm is offered in order to facilitate the practical implementations. Simulation results are conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed trust-based relay selection scheme.

Probabilistic Safety Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants Using Alpha Factor Method for Common Cause Failure (알파모수 공통원인고장 평가 기법을 활용한 원자력발전소 안전성 평가)

  • Hwang, Seok-Won
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.51-55
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    • 2014
  • Based on the results of Probabilistic Safety Assessment(PSA) for a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Common Cause Failure(CCF) events have been recognized as one of the main contributors to the risk. Also, the CCF data and estimation method used in domestic PSA models have been pointed out as an issue with respect to the quality. The existing method of MGL and non-staggered testing even widely used were considered conservative in estimating the safety and had a limited capability in uncertainty analyses. Therefore, this paper presents the CCF estimation using a new generic data source and Alpha factor method. The analyses showed that Alpha factor and staggered method are effective in estimating the CCF contribution and risk insights of reference plant. This method will be a common bases for the optimization of new design for the construction plants as well as for the updating of safety assessment on the operating nuclear power plants.

A Video Retrieval System for Electric Safety Education based on Mobile Agent (전기 안전 교육을 위한 모바일 에이전트 기반 비디오 검색 시스템)

  • Cho, Hyun-Seob;Lee, Keun-Wang;Kim, Hee-Sook
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2005.07d
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    • pp.2830-2832
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    • 2005
  • Recently, retrieval or various video data has become an important issue as more and more multimedia content services are being provided. To effectively deal with video data, a semantic-based retrieval scheme that allows for processing diverse user queries and saving them on the database is required. In this regard, this paper proposes a semantic-based video retrieval system that allows the user to search diverse meanings of video data for electrical safetyrelated educational purposes by means of automatic annotation processing. If the user inputs a keyword to search video data for electrical safety-related educational purposes, the mobile agent of the proposed system extracts the features of the video data that are afterwards learned in a continuous manner, and detailed information on electrical safety education is saved on the database. The proposed system is designed to enhance video data retrieval efficiency for electrical safety-related educational purposes.

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A Study for the Improvement of Safety of Bulk Carriers (발크캐리어의 안전성 향상에 관한 연구)

  • 김태우;박진수
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Navigation
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.17-28
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    • 1999
  • Concerns related to the safety of bulk carriers we, most of all, the increasing number of bulk carrier accidents which amount to 425 during last 20 years; half of them are totally lost. A number of bulk tarriers are still missing. Bulk carrier safety has become an international issue since 1995. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) embarked on the legislation as a countermeasure to the increasing number of the bulk carrier accidents. The IMO discussed in the safety of bulk carriers including the strength of transverse watertight bulkheads, especially when the ship carries high density cargoes and the damage stability of bulk carriers in the flooded condition. In this study, statistics and causes of accidents of bulk carriers are analyzed in order to identify special features of bulk carrier accident and causes of the casualty. This study examines certain cases of hull collapses and severence which resulted in sinking to infer possible causes of missing ships.

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A Study on Developing the Educational Program for the Emergency Response against Fire Accidents in KTX (고속철도 화재사고 비상대응 교육프로그램 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Si-Gon;Park, Min-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.41-49
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    • 2009
  • In January, 2005, the "Railroad Safety Act" was presented, preparing the systematic equipment that allows several railroad operators to consider the railroad safety issue, and each of the railroad operative institutions accepted such situation that the construction of the emergent system of coping, resulting in the construction of the emergent system of coping with the railroad fire accident through the relevant study to improve the railroad security efficiency against fire. This study tried to present the on developing the emergent educational program for coping with the KTX fire accident, which is distributed to the spot, to the railroad emergency staff for improving the railroad security efficiency against fire through the education of systematic and efficient emergent countermeasure procedures against fire accidents the fire accident in KTX.