• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.89-99
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• 2014

The goal of this study was to evaluate sediment reduction effects of VFS (vegetative filter strip) applied for Iksan area in Saemangeum watershed. This study simulated runoff and sediment load from different types of uplands using VFSMOD-W. The general upland characteristics of the study area was investigated to build reasonable scenarios of the simulation. The simulation scenarios were designed by various areas, shapes, and slopes of uplands. Grass mixture was selected as VFS vegetation and the size of VFS was fixed as 10 % of uplands area. Additionally 50mm, 100mm, 150mm of daily rainfall were applied for the runoff and sediment simulation. As results, the calculated runoff and sediment loads were obtained $20.7{\sim}1,030.6m^3$ and 568.4~675,731.4 kg for the range of 0.1~1.0 ha of uplands with 7 % and 15 % slopes. The reduction effects on runoff and sediment were obtained 5~10 % and 21.0~47.7 % respectively from VFS applications. The VFSMOD-W simulations showed that runoff tended to increase as upland area and amount of rainfall increased while sediment increased when slope, length and area of uplands and amount of rainfall increased. These results indicated that rainfall amount and upland size are the critical factors for the generation of runoff and sediment load. In order to support this conclusion, further studies such as, long term monitoring, field experiments, and to calibrate and evaluate the model are necessary.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2011

Mandae watershed in Gangwon province has been known as one of soil erosion hot spot watersheds within Hanggang basin. Thus numerous efforts have been made to reduce soil erosion and pollutant loads into receiving watershed. However, proper best management practices have not been suggested because no monitoring flow and water quality data were available. Thus, modeling technique could not be utilized to evaluate water quality issue properly at Mandae watershed to develop and implement the best management practices. In this study, the SWAT model was applied to the Mandae watershed, Gangwon province to evaluate the SWAT prediction ability and water quality improvement with vegetated filter strip (VFS) in this study. The Nash-Sutcliffe model efficiency (NSE) and Coefficient of determination ($R^2$) values for flow simulation were 0.715 and 0.802, respectively, and the NSE and $R^2$ values were 0.903 and 0.920 for T-P simulation indicating the SWAT can be used to simulate flow and T-P with acceptable accuracies. The SWAT model, calibrated for flow and T-P, was used to evaluate water quality improvement with the VFS in agricultural fields. It was found that approximately 56.19 % of T-P could be reduced with vegetated filter strip of 5 m at the edge of agricultural fields within the watershed (34.86 % reduction with VFS of 1m, 48.29 % with VFS of 3 m). As shown in this study, the T-P, which plays key roles in eutrophication in the waterbodies, can be reduced with proper installation of the VFS.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제47권10호
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• pp.973-983
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• 2014

본 연구는 밭경지 현장실험을 통해 다양한 초생대 초종을 적용하여 밭의 비점오염저감효과 분석 및 초생대에 적용 가능한 적합한 초종을 선정하고자 하였다. 경북 군위군에 위치한 면적 $1,500m^2$, 경사 5%의 밭경지를 선정하여 시험포를 조성하였으며, 시험포내에는 대조구 1개와 초생대 처리구 6개로 구성된 총 7개의 시험구를 조성하였다. 츄파, 피, 바랭이, 잔디, 톨페스큐, 켄터키블루그라스를 포함하는 6개의 초종을 선정하여 초생대 실험을 수행하였다. 현장실험 결과 대조구 대비 초생대의 유출저감효과는 6.1~77.8%였으며, 비점오염저감효과는 TS의 경우 15.6~90.3%, T-P의 경우 49.9~96.6%, T-N의 경우 6.7~91.1%를 나타내었다. 전체 오염인자 중에 초생대로 인해 전반적으로 높은 비점오염저감 효과를 나타낸 것은 TS, T-P, T-N, SS인 반면, BOD, TOC와 $NO_3^-$는 낮은 저감효과를 보였다. 비점오염저감 및 유지관리측면에서 가장 유리한 초생대 초종은 잔디로 평가되었다. 본 연구결과를 통해 우리나라 농촌지역 밭 비점오염저감을 위한 관리기법으로 초생대가 효과적으로 활용가능하리라 사료되며, 보다 장기적이고 다각적인 현장실험을 통해 초생대 현장적용을 위한 설계 지침서 개발이 요구된다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.792-800
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• 2012

본 연구는 남한강과 북한강 유역 내 경작지 각 3개소(site A, B, C)를 대상으로 Web GIS-based VFSMOD System의 HUFF & SCS UH-based VFS Design Module을 적용하여 강우 시 경작지에서 유출되는 고형물질 유출저감을 모의하였다. 북한강 유역 내에 위치한 site A의 노지 밭의 토지경사도 5%, 강우 106.2 mm 조건에서 고추 및 옥수수를 재배할 경우, 70% 이상의 고형물질 유출저감 효율을 얻기 위해서는 초생대 폭이 최소 0.5 m 이상, 토지경사도 10%인 경우 70% 이상의 고형물질 유출저감 효율을 얻기 위해서는 초생대 폭이 최소 1.0~1.5 m 이상 유지해야 한다. 남한강 유역 내에 site B의 노지 밭의 토지경사도 5%, 강우량 95.1 mm 조건에서 토마토 및 땅콩을 재배할 경우, 70% 이상의 고형물질 유출저감을 위해서는 초생대의 폭이 최소 0.5 m, 토지경사도 10%인 경우 50% 이상의 고형물질 유출저감을 위해서는 최소 1.0 m 이상의 폭을 갖는 초생대를 설치해야 하는 것으로 나타났다. 남한강 유역 내에 site C의 노지 밭의 토지경사도 5%, 강우량 102.6 mm 조건에서 고구마 및 콩을 재배할 경우, 64.0% 이상의 고형물질 유출저감을 위해서는 초생대의 폭이 최소 1.0 m, 초생대를 설치해야 하는 것을 분석되었다. 또한, 동일한 조건에서 강우지속시간 2시간의 강우량을 151.2 mm로 증가시킬 경우, 62.0% 이상의 고형물질 유출저감을 위한 초생대의 최소 폭은 1.0 m 이상 설치해야 하는 것으로 분석되었다. 초생대 시설은 경작지와 같은 토지이용 시 친환경적인 고형물질 유출저감 방안으로 검토될 수 있으며, Web GIS-based VFSMOD System을 이용하여 다양한 토지특성과 강우 사상을 반영하여 적정한 규모의 초생대 설계가 가능할 것으로 분석되었다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권8호
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• pp.433-442
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• 2021

This research examines the financial performance of Village and Urban Community Funds (VFs). The study also explores the beneficial effects of the biggest microfinance programs in the world in the lower and lowest income provinces; specifically, whether VFs change household economic status or not. The data is collected uniquely from the village funds in four provinces of each region in Thailand which considerably reflect the government achievement. Accordingly, several financial ratios have been applied to evaluate the financial efficiency of the village funds, and the ordered logit model has been used to estimate the impact on economic variables of the poor. The findings show that the village funds do not improve the savings, income, consumption, and asset of VFs' members, although such funds have a higher financial performance. Furthermore, the VFs are a good substitute compared to the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) credit because the cross-price elasticity of quantity of demand for such loans is positive. In particular, the loans from village funds are insignificantly correlated with the debt, income, asset, and economic status of VF members. This implies that Thai Village Funds do not alleviate definitely the serious problem about the financial situation in rural provinces. Thus, this microfinance does not change the economic well-being of the poor.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.355-368
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• 2022

This paper investigates the impact of length and volume fractions (VFs) of banana fibres (BFs) on the mechanical and physical properties of concrete. The mechanical properties were compressive strength, splitting tensile, flexural strength, and bond stress, while the physical properties were unit weight and absorption. The slump test was used to determine workability. The concrete's behaviour with BFs was studied using scanning electron microscopy. Experimental work of concrete mixtures with BFs of various lengths (12 mm, 25 mm, and 35 mm) and VFs (0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, and 1.5%) were carried out. The samples did not indicate any agglomeration of fibres or heterogeneity during mixing. The addition of BFs to concrete with VFs of up to 1.50% for all fibre lengths have a significant impact on mechanical properties, also the longer fibres performed better than shorter ones at all volume fractions of BFs. The mix10, which contain BFs with VFs 1.5% and length 35 mm, demonstrated the highest mechanical properties. The compressive strength, splitting tensile, flexural strength, and bond stress of the mix10 were 37.71 MPa, 4.27 Mpa, 6.12 MPa, and 6.75 MPa, an increase of 7.37%, 20.96%, 24.13%, and 11.2% over the reference concrete, which was 35.12 MPa, 3.53 MPa, 4.93 MPa, and 6.07 MP, respectively. The absorption is increased for all lengths by increasing the VFs up to 1.5%. Longer fibres have lower absorption, while shorter fibres have higher absorption. The mix8 had the highest absorption of 4.52%, compared to 3.12% for the control mix. Furthermore, the microstructure of concrete was improved through improved bonding between the fibres and the matrix, which resulted in improved mechanical properties of the composite.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.247-250
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• 2023

This case report aims to introduce the safety campaign activities for preventing chemical accidents that were cooperatively conducted by an environmental office and chemical-handling workplaces located in the Ulsan area. A chemical safety campaign was initiated to examine and manage chemical-handling facilities at high risk for chemical accidents, specifically valves, flanges, and switches (VFS) from October 2020 to December 2022. The VFS safety check campaign was conducted to raise workers' safety consciousness based on a campaign of advertisements in the workplace from October 2020 to December 2021. In addition, a VFS plus [+] campaign was initiated to encourage actual management activities for chemical-handling facilities at high risk of chemical accidents in 2022. A total of 49 corporations participated in the VFS plus [+] campaign. In contrast to the VFS safety check campaign, which simply focused on publicity and resulted in changes in worker awareness, practicable safety management activities focusing on the handling facilities were carried out. Although notable short-term impacts have yet to be discerned from the campaigns, it is expected that they will eventually serve as a starting point for developing a proper safety culture and environment.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 1996년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.10-16
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• 1996

This study is aimed for investigating a decision of the saturated surface dry of crushed stone sand and measuring the moisture with increasing percentage of VFS(Very Fine Sand) replacement each crushed stone sand. The results indicated that moisture of crushed stone sand is generally increased with increasing percentage of VFS replacement and the rate of increase of moisture is about 30% every time that VFS replacement increases 3.5%. Also the saturated surface dry for crushed stone sane is proposed as a point of time where shape of flow-cone first slumps in this paper.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.703-707
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• 2007

블리드 방식의 가변력 솔레노이드를 사용한 자동차용 변속기의 라인압력 제어계에 대한 실험 장치를 구성하고 실험을 수행하였다. 라인압력 제어계의 유압회로를 라인압력 제어 밸브, 감압 밸브, VFS 및 어큐뮬레이터 그리고 여러 개의 오리피스들로 구성하였으며, 몇 가지 실험 조건에 대하여 라인압력 제어계의 드로틀 압력과 라인압력의 정적 응답 및 동적 응답성을 측정하고 고찰하였다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제55권11호
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• pp.420-423
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• 2012

Purpose: We phylogenetically analyzed the Escherichia coli strains isolated from children with urinary tract infection (UTI) in 2 regions of Korea. Virulence factors (VFs) and antibiotic resistance of the strains were also determined to compare the possible differences. Methods: A total of 138 E. coli strains were collected from the 2 regions; Gyeongin (78 strains) and Gyeongnam (60 strains). The phylogenetic groups were determined using the triplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method and multiplex PCRs were used to detect 7 VFs genes (fimH, papC, iutA, hlyA, sfa/focDE, afa/draBC, and kpsMT II). We also tested for antibiotic resistance. Results: Phylogenetic groups, B2 (61.6%) and D (26.8%), comprised the majority of all isolated strains. Regional comparisons revealed that more B2 strains and fewer non-B2 (A+B1+D) strains were found in Gyeongnam, than in the Gyeongin region (P=0.033), and certain VFs were predominantly detected in Gyeongnam (P<0.05). Neither regional nor phylogenetic differences, in antibiotic resistance of the strains, were significant. Conclusion: We were able to confirm that the geographic location is an important determinant of the distribution of the phylogenetic groups and VFs among the E. coli strains that cause UTI in children.