• Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.614-627
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• 2018

Purpose: Asthma is a heterogeneous disease that responds to medications to varying degrees. Cluster analyses have identified several phenotypes and variables related to fixed airway obstruction; however, few longitudinal studies of lung function have been performed on adult asthmatics. We investigated clinical, demographic, and inflammatory factors related to persistent airflow limitation based on lung function trajectories over 1 year. Methods: Serial post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume (FEV) 1% values were obtained from 1,679 asthmatics who were followed up every 3 months for 1 year. First, a hierarchical cluster analysis was performed using Ward's method to generate a dendrogram for the optimum number of clusters using the complete post-FEV1 sets from 448 subjects. Then, a trajectory cluster analysis of serial post-FEV1 sets was performed using the k-means clustering for the longitudinal data trajectory method. Next, trajectory clustering for the serial post-FEV1 sets of a total of 1,679 asthmatics was performed after imputation of missing post-FEV1 values using regression methods. Results: Trajectories 1 and 2 were associated with normal lung function during the study period, and trajectory 3 was associated with a reversal to normal of the moderately decreased baseline FEV1 within 3 months. Trajectories 4 and 5 were associated with severe asthma with a marked reduction in baseline FEV1. However, the FEV1 associated with trajectory 4 was increased at 3 months, whereas the FEV1 associated with trajectory 5 was persistently disturbed over 1 year. Compared with trajectory 4, trajectory 5 was associated with older asthmatics with less atopy, a lower immunoglobulin E (IgE) level, sputum neutrophilia and higher dosages of oral steroids. In contrast, trajectory 4 was associated with higher sputum and blood eosinophil counts and more frequent exacerbations. Conclusions: Trajectory clustering analysis of FEV1 identified 5 distinct types, representing well-preserved to severely decreased FEV1. Persistent airflow obstruction may be related to non-atopy, a low IgE level, and older age accompanied by neutrophilic inflammation and low baseline FEV1 levels.

• 천문학회보
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.64.3-65
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• 2020

It has been studied that galaxies evolve following a typical trajectory on the phase space under the influence of deep gravitational potential of galaxy clusters. Similarly, the large-scale filaments could also affect the evolution of galaxies before falling into the clusters. In this study, using a dark matter-only cosmological simulation, N-Cluster Run, we explore the evolution of galaxies on the phase space drien by large-scale filaments. We find that galaxies around the filaments form a common trajectory on the phase space as well as cluster galaxies do. We also examine how these trajectories change depending on various physical parameters such as galaxy mass, initial distance of galaxies from large-scale filaments, and cluster mass.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제22권8호
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• pp.1043-1052
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• 2013

This study was conducted to investigate the correlations between the $PM_{10}$ concentration trend and meteorological elements in the Gimhae region and analyze the transportation routes of air pollutants through back-trajectory analysis. Among the air quality measuring stations in the Gimhae regions, the $PM_{10}$ concentration of the Sambangdong station was higher than that of the Dongsangdong station. Also, an examination of the relationships between $PM_{10}$ concentration and meteorological elements showed that the greater the number of yellow dust occurrence days was and the lower the temperature and precipitation were, the higher the $PM_{10}$ concentration appeared. Furthermore, a cluster analysis through the HYSPLIT model showed that there were 4 clusters of trajectories that flowed into the Gimhae region and most of them originated in China. The meteorological characteristics of the four clusters were analyzed and they were similar to those of the air masses that influence South Korea. These analyses found that meteorological conditions affect the $PM_{10}$ concentration.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2019

In this paper we present analysis of current density when the Cluster spacecraft pass the nightside auroral region at about $4-5R_E$ from the center of Earth. The analysis is made when the inter-spacecraft separation is within 200 km, which allows all four spacecraft to be situated inside the same current sheet. On 22 February 2002, two field-aligned current (FAC) events were observed in both the southern and the northern hemispheres. The FACs were calculated with magnetic field data obtained by the four spacecraft using the Curlometer method. The scales of the FACs along the spacecraft trajectory and the magnitudes were hundreds of kilometers and tens of $nA/m^2$, respectively, and both events were mapped to the auroral region in the ionosphere. We also examined reliability of the results with some parameters, and found that our results are adequately comparable with other studies. Nevertheless, some limitations that decrease the accuracy of current estimation exist.

• 한국대기환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국대기환경학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.554-555
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• 2006

• 사회복지연구
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.209-245
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• 2018

본 연구는 인증 사회적기업의 경제적 사회적 성과지표를 활용하여 유형화를 시도하고, 통계적 적합도 지수를 통해 성과별 유의한 잠재유형을 탐색하는 것이 목적이며, 성과 유형간 조합을 분석하였다. 연구대상은 조상미 외(2011) 연구에 참여한 사회적기업 중 현재까지 운영되고 있는 기업이며 2011년 이후 6년간의 성과를 조사하여 분석하였다. 사회적기업의 경제적 성과인 매출액의 변화유형을 탐색한 결과 잠재유형이 세 개인 최적 모형을 도출하였으며 '매출성숙형', '매출증가형', '매출평균형'으로 명명하였다. 이때 매출평균형이 가장 많은 분포를 보이며, 운영기간이 타유형에 비해 짧은 것으로 나타났다. 사회적 성과인 취약계층고용율의 경우 세계의 최적모형이 탐색되었다, '고용평균형', '고용감소형', '고용증가형'으로 분류되었다. 사회적 성과는 고용평균형이 가장 많이 나타났으며, 다른 유형에 비해 매출액이 높은 것이 특징이다. 또한 사회적기업 경제적 성과의 변화유형에 따른 사회적 성과 변화유형의 분포인 $3{\times}3$의 교차유형을 살펴보았다. 교차유형에서는 '매출평균형 고용평균형', '매출평균 고용감소형'이 주를 이룬다. 이를 통해 사회적기업의 유형의 특징을 알아보고 지원 제도의 현실성 제고를 위한 정책 제안과 실행에 있어 필요한 시사점을 제시하였다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.15-27
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• 2015

The collection of fine particulate matter samples was made at Gosan site of Jeju Island, one of the background sites of Korea, during a year of 2013, and their water-soluble ionic species were analyzed in order to examine the chemical compositions and pollution characteristics. The concentrations of $nss-SO_4{^{2-}}$, $NH_4{^{+}}$, $NO_3{^{-}}$, and $K^+$ had occupied 66.0% of water-soluble ionic species in $PM_{10}$, especially 94.3% in $PM_{2.5}$ fine mode, however the $nss-Ca^{2+}$ and $Na^+$ showed high concentrations in $PM_{10-2.5}$ coarse mode. $NO_3{^-}/nss-SO_4{^{2-}}$ concentration ratios in $PM_{10}$ and $PM_{10-2.5}$ were 0.30 and 0.13, showing less significant effect from automobile and local pollution sources. The sulfate and nitrate compounds were presumed to be long-range transported to Gosan area by the relatively high SOR and NOR values. The trajectory cluster analysis showed the higher concentrations of the major secondary pollutants ($nss-SO_4{^{2-}}$, $NO_3{^{-}}$, $NH_4{^{+}}$) and $nss-Ca^{2+}$ when the air masses had moved from China continent and Korean peninsula into Gosan area.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2017

최근 국제적인 테러 위협이 불특정 다수를 대상으로 발생하고 있으며, 이러한 위협에서 시민을 보호하기 위한 다양한 대책이 논의 중이다. 저렴해진 센서 기술을 활용한 사전 감시 시스템에 대한 요구가 높아지고 있으나, 보행 궤적의 고유 특성 검출 및 상세 분석 연구가 미비한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 상용화된 보행 동선 솔루션을 활용하여, 삼성역 개찰구에서 코엑스와 직접 연결되는 연결 통로 (3-6번 출구 근처) 일대의 보행 동선 궤적 조사를 수행하였다. 조사된 궤적 자료를 바탕으로, 궤적 자료의 정규화 기법, Clustering 방법을 중심으로 보행 궤적을 유형화하고 배회 동선을 추출하는 분석 방법론을 제시하였다. 분석 결과, 동일 군집내에서 유사성이 크게 떨어지는 보행 궤적의 검출 가능성을 검증하였다.

• 분석과학
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.32-40
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• 2022

The concentrations of radon in the atmosphere were measured at the Gosan site of Jeju Island during 2017-2018, in order to investigate the time-series variation characteristics and the dependency of airflow transport pathways. The mean ²²²Rn concentration was 2,480 mBq m^-3, and its monthly concentration in November was 3,262 mBq m^-3, more than twice as that in July (1,459 mBq m^-3). The diurnal radon concentrations increased throughout the nighttime to the maximum (2,862 mBq m^-3) at around 7 a.m., then gradually decreased throughout the daytime by the minimum (1,997 mBq m^-3) at around 3 p.m. The seasonal and monthly variations of CO, NO₂, O₃ showed a roughly similar pattern to that of radon for the same period, as high in winter and low in summer. The cluster back trajectory analysis described that about 60 % of overall airflow pathways was influenced by the airflow from China. The concentrations of radon and gaseous pollutants were relatively high as the airflow was influenced by China continent, but comparatively much lower as influenced by the northern Pacific Ocean.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.114-119
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• 2013

The characteristics of Asian dust (AD) in Korea between 1997 and 2005 were investigated, focusing on peak 1-hour $PM_{10}$ concentrations during AD events at seven cities over the Korean Peninsula. The frequency of AD events decreased from Seoul to Busan, indicating the major pathway of AD in Korea was from northwest to southeast. AD events were most frequent in 2001 while peak concentrations during AD events were much higher in 2002. Recent works show that the trajectories from northerly directions increased during the 2000s and later (Chun, 2009; Kim, 2008). In this work, the fraction of trajectories from the northwest was the largest on the whole, although trajectories from each direction varied by city and year. It is presumed that high concentrations of $PM_{10}$ during AD events are generally associated with trajectories from the northwest rather than from the source region.