• 한국안전학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.117-123
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• 2017

This study was intended to find methods of fire extinguishing system designs that can improve the equipment's usability. In this study, the fire suppression experiment through fire extinguishers and the data drawn through the experiment were analyzed, and then the guideline for the improvement of designs was presented. The procedure is as follows. A fire suppression experiment with the use of fire extinguishers was done by 43 average adults. The whole process of the fire suppression was videotaped, and then captured major scenes were analyzed with the use of RULA, a human engineering measurement tool. The analyzed data were divided into 4 steps, and then the guideline for design improvement was presented. The summary of the study is as follows. Step 1, Fire extinguisher distance step. To reduce overload occurring at the process of holding fire extinguishers suddenly, wheels are attached to the body of extinguishers, or pedestals are installed. Step 2, Fire extinguisher transportation step. The length of hose is extended, or fire fighting water is sprayed far, so that overload of legs occurring at the process of travel can be reduced. In addition, the weight of fire extinguisher shouldn't be over 2 kg. Step 3, Safety pin removal stage. Safety pins should be applied with button type, so that excessive posture of lower limbs and excessive twisting of wrists won't happen during safety pin removal process. Besides, safety pins should be designed for easy identification and operation. Step 4, Fire extinguishing agent spraying step. To reduce overload occurring at sudden spraying of fire fighting water, pressure should be increased gradually until high pressure. With the above study results applied to existing fire extinguisher design, it may contribute to reducing any fire damage.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.16-32
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• 2024

Background: Exercise equipments and assistive devices for the disabled are being developed, but improvements for usability are still needed. The purpose of this study was to improve and utilize the developed exercise equipment and assistance devices by conducting usability test for people with spinal cord injury. Design: Cross-sectional Study. Methods: Scenarios and usability indicators were derived by conducting a preliminary usability test, 5 non-disabled men and women aged 19 or older. In the scenario, a total of 9 tasks were sequentially performed, including 2 tasks of entry and exit, 5 tasks of assistance devices and weight stack adjustment, and 2 tasks of pre exercise and exercise. The usability indicators were task success (success or fail), execution time (sec), safety, and convenience. For safety, 7 questions (Likert scale, 1~5 point) related to safety, stability and hazard were derived, and for convenience, the system usability scale (SUS score) was used (range: 0~100, 50 percentile rank is 68 point). Results: As a result of the usability test of people with spinal cord injury, there was a large variation among subjects in the task of adjusting the position of the pulley and support in the execution time (11.64~25.44 seconds), and one person failed to adjust the pulley. The safety level showed a lower score (score = 3 points) than other items in the item of entrapment or skin pressure, and in the case of SUS, the average score was 64.5 points, which was close to the acceptable level. Conclusion: Through the usability test, it was confirmed that exercise equipment for the disabled needs improvement in operability, pinching, and pressure, and that it is necessary to develop an assistive device that provides unrestrained posture information (biofeedback) to maintain correct posture during exercise.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1211-1214
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• 2004

High-heeled women have been identified with balance control problems. The purposes of this study were to objectively quantify the displacements and velocities of center-of-pressure (COP) of body during waist pulling and to compare the differences between barefooted and high-heeled situations. We used a waist pulling system which has three different magnitudes to sway the subjects. We found that the kinematic information of barefooted and high-heeled women's COP is very important in understanding the mechanism of postural balance control of women in every-day life. In the high-heeled's case, the displacement of COP increases in 200％ as against bare footed. Also the velocity variation of COP grows three times than the bare footed. COP analysis in postural balance study of high-heeled women is also considered useful in development of the safety systems that prevent high-heeled women from falling

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.2004-2009
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to define how wrist motion is affected by different postures and supporting devices and to discover functional range of wrist motion for keyboard typing. The range of wrist motion (ROM) needed for fourteen experienced typists to type on a computer keyboard was measured by flexible and biaxial electrogoniometers. The most frequent wrist motion during typing was in extended and ulnarly deviated positions in both wrists. Range of wrist motion was similar in both wrists. The average ROM for keyboard typing with the typists' own posture was about 39 in flexion/extension (FEM) and 29 in radial/ulnar deviation (RUD) in both wrists. The range of wrist motion was significantly reduced to 30 in FEM and 27 in RUD with use of either wrist or forearm supporting devices, which suggests that these devices might help to relieve fatigue, discomfort, or pain during and/or after typing. Results of this study will be of interest to clinicians and helpful to those who are professionally or non-professionally involved in typing.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.365-370
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• 2012

최근 소형선박 국제표준규격(ISO-12215)이 제정되면서 소형선박-선체구조 및 치수-제5장 부속서 B에 의하여 길이 2.5미터 이상 6미터 미만 소형선박의 낙하시험에 의한 강도시험 기준을 적용할 수 있게 되었으나, 육안검사로 실시되는 현재의 방법으로는 선체 강도 평가의 객관적인 평가가 어려운 문제점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 레저선박의 낙하시험의 정량적 평가가 가능한 평가시스템을 개발하기 위하여 레저선박의 낙하시험에 대한 국내 외 규정을 기반으로 한 낙하시험 평가시스템을 설계하였으며, 5미터급 알루미늄선박의 낙하시험을 통하여 시스템의 적용가능성을 검토하고 낙하 시 선박의 상태 및 낙하자세에 따라 발생되는 문제점을 확인하였다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2021

Background: Neck pain is a major public health problem among sewing machine operators working in textile factories. Even though the textile industries are growing in number in Ethiopia, but there is a dearth of published studies on the prevalence of neck pain. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of neck pain among sewing machine operators of garment factories in Mekelle city. Method: An institutional-based cross-sectional study design was implemented among 297 sewing machine operators' working in garment factories in Mekelle city. A systematic random sampling technique was used. Data were collected through interviews and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science version 23. Finally, variables with 95% confidence interval (CI): p < 0.05 in the multivariate analysis were significantly declared. Results: Two hundred ninety-seven sewing machine operators were enrolled, with 98.7% response rates. In this study, the 12-month prevalence rate of neck pain was found to be 42.3% (95% CI: 36.6%-47.9%), and variables like such as break time [adjusted odds ratio (AOR): 5.888, 95% CI: (2.775-12.493)], working hours per day [AOR: 6.495, 95% CI: (2.216-19.038)], static posture [AOR: 4.487, 95% CI (1.640-12.275)], and repetitive activity [AOR: 4.519, 95% CI:(2.057-9.924)] were associated with neck pain. Conclusion: In this study, neck pain is a major public health problem. Continuous work without break time, working greater than 8 hours per day, sitting in the same position for greater than 2 hours, and high repetitive activities were found significantly associated with neck pain. Owners and governmental bodies need to focus on developing preventive strategies and safety guidelines.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.207-214
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• 2020

Background: Prolonged sitting at work can lead to adverse health outcomes. The health risk of office workers is an increasing concern for the society and industry, with prolonged sitting work becoming more prevalent. Objective: This study aimed to explore the variation in muscle activities during prolonged sitting work and found out when and how to take a break to mitigate the risk of muscle symptoms. Methods: A preliminary survey was conducted to find out the prevalence of muscle discomfort in sedentary work. Firstly, a 2-h sedentary computer work was designed based on the preliminary study to investigate the variation in muscle activities. Twenty-four participants took part in the electromyography (EMG) measurement study. The EMG variations in the trapezius muscle and latissimus dorsi were investigated. Then the intervention time was determined based on the EMG measurement study. Secondly, 48 participants were divided into six groups to compare the effectiveness of every break type (passive break, active break of changing their posture, and stand and stretch their body with 5 or 10 mins). Finally, data consisting of EMG amplitudes and spectra and subjective assessment of discomfort were analyzed. Results: In the EMG experiment, results from the joint analysis of the spectral and amplitude method showed muscle fatigue after about 40 mins of sedentary work. In the intervention experiment, the results showed that standing and stretching for 5 mins was the most effective break type, and this type of break could keep the muscles' state at a recovery level for about 30-45 mins. Conclusions: This study offers the possibility of being applied to office workers and provides preliminary data support and theoretical exploration for a follow-up early muscle fatigue detection system.

• 융합보안논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.59-72
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• 2019

오늘날 IoT(Internet of Things)와 CPS(Cyber-Physical System) 등의 기술 발전으로 사이버와 물리적 차원의 경계가 무너지는 융합 환경이 등장하였다. 물리-사이버 간의 영향관계가 강화되면서 보다 다양하고 복잡한 형태의 위험들이 나타나고 있으며 단일 조직 혹은 정부의 자체 대응만으로는 온전히 대응해내기 어려운 상황이 되고 있다. 이로 인해 정보 공유에 기반을 둔 협력적 대응 및 적극적 방어 체계 강화를 필요로 하고 있다. 그리고 다양한 주체에 적합한 정보가 공유되고 자동 대응 할 수 있는 체계로의 전환이 요구되고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 현재의 위협 정보 수집 및 공유 중심의 체계를 개선하고 적극적이고 실질적인 사이버 방어 태세가 유지될 수 있는 정보 공유 체계 구조화를 시도하고자 한다. 이를 위해 안전 분야에서 활용되는 위험 커뮤니케이션 이론을 차용하고 행동 중심의 보안 프로세스 모델을 결합하여 새로운 플랫폼을 제안한다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.125-138
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• 2023

The development of AI systems for radiation therapy is important to improve the accuracy, effectiveness, and safety of cancer treatment. The current system has the disadvantage of monitoring patients using CCTV, which can cause errors and mistakes in the treatment process, which can lead to misalignment of radiation. Developed the PMRP system, an AI automation system that uses depth cameras to measure patient's fine movements, segment patient's body into parts, align Z values of depth cameras with Z values, and transmit measured feedback to positioning devices in real time, monitoring errors and treatments. The need for such a system began because the CCTV visual monitoring system could not detect fine movements, Z-direction movements, and body part movements, hindering improvement of radiation therapy performance and increasing the risk of side effects in normal tissues. This study could provide the development of a field of radiotherapy that lags in many parts of the world, along with the economic and social importance of developing an independent platform for radiotherapy devices. This study verified its effectiveness and efficiency with data through phantom experiments, and future studies aim to help improve treatment performance by improving the posture correction mechanism and correcting left and right up and down movements in real time.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.169-174
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• 2005

최근 산업현장 전반에 걸쳐 작업관련성 근골격계질환의 발생이 증가하고 있으며 그 피해의 규모도 점점 확대되어 가고 있다. 뿐만 아니라, 과거에는 주로 중량물 취급 또는 단순반복적인 작업등에 의해서 발생하였지만 최근에는 대부분의 생산현장에서 컴퓨터를 이용한 자동화가 이루어지고 가정용 PC가 널리 보급됨에 따라 컴퓨터의 사용과 관련한 근골격계질환의 발생이 증가하고 있다. 많은 사람들이 컴퓨터의 사용과 관련한 불편함 및 통증을 호소하면서 각종 보조도구들이 개발 및 판매되고 있으나 대부분 그 효과가 입증되지 않은 상태로 사용되고 있어서 오히려 이러한 보조도구의 사용이 근골격계질환의 발생위험성을 더 높아지게 할 수도 있다. 본 연구에서는 마우스 사용 시 보조도구로 이용되는 전완 지지대의 사용에 대하여 그 효과를 실험을 통하여 평가하였다. 본 실험에서는 Borg's scale과 근전도(Electromyography : EMC)를 이용하여 측정하였으며 분산분석(Analysis of Variance : ANOVA)을 통해 유의성을 검증하였다. 측정자료를 분석한 결과 전완지지대'의 사용이 오히려 작업의 효율을 떨어뜨리고 작업자가 느끼는 불편함 및 통증의 정도와 근육의 활동량을 증가시킴을 알 수 있었다.