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A Study on Radiation Risk Recognition Aided System Visualizing Risk Information by CG

  • Katagiri, M.;Tuzuki, Y.;Sawamura, S.;Aoki, Y.
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2002.07a
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    • pp.425-428
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    • 2002
  • The technology of Computer Graphics (CG) has been in great progress for almost 20 years and has proven to be a valuable tool for a broad variety of fields, including nuclear engineering. To work in any hazardous environment for example radiation field is particularly challenging because the danger is not always visually apparent. In this study as the application of CG to nuclear engineering field, we proposed to develop a radiation risk recognition aided system in which various radiation information; radiation risks, radiation distribution, hazard information and so on, were visualized by CG. The system used the server and client system. In the server there were two parts; one (main-server) was the database part having various data and the other (sub-server) was the visualization part visualizing the human phantom by POV-Ray. In the client there was the input and output part. The outputs from the system were various radiation information represented by coloring, circle graph and line graph intuitionally. The system is useful for a broad range of activities including radiation protection, radiation management, dose minimization, and demonstration to the public.

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Breastfeeding and Melatonin (모유 수유와 멜라토닌)

  • Song, Minyu;Park, Won Seo;Yoo, Jayeon;Ham, Jun-Sang
    • Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.133-145
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    • 2018
  • Breastfeeding is highly recommended due to its benefits for both the infant and mother; however, most mothers predominantly use formula feed. Breastfeeding affords protection against a wide variety of medical conditions that may emerge at different time points over the lifespan, including hospital admissions for respiratory infections and neonatal fever, offspring childhood obesity, and cancer as well as cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes. Moreover, breastfeeding is expected to decrease the risk of adolescent depression and other psychopathologies. It is also important for the development of the gut, gut-brain axis, and immune system, and night-time breast milk is likely to have higher antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immune regulatory effects due to the impact of breast milk melatonin on the infant's developing microbiome and gut permeability. Melatonin can be added to a night-time-specific formula feed; however, it is not included in the Korean Food Additive Codex.

Understanding Medicine as a Multi-dimensional Concept in the Legal Context (의료 개념의 다층적 이해와 법)

  • Kim, Na-Kyoung
    • The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.75-112
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    • 2010
  • This article analyses the concept of medicine in the legal context. It is not easy to define the concept of medicine because medical practice has various dimensions and the situation in which the practice is performed has a broad variety. The duty of medical law is to build the boundary of protection in that the nature of medicine would not be distorted by the factors of social systems like industry or governmental authorities. Without understanding the various dimensions - especially the dimension of Humanities and Sociology - of the medicine it is not possible to draw the limit on the performance of medicine appropriately. Concerning the medical practice (especially in the context of the regulation of medical licence), the enacted law (Medical Act) defines the concept just for form's sake and it finally depends on the interpretation of the legal enforcement authorities. Moreover, between the judgments of the courts there exists no coherent principles for the regulation and the interpretation of the Medical Act depends often on the riskiness, the abstract concept, which finally leads the interpretation to depend on the subject of the practice. On the contrary, the development and scientific movement of the technology tends to tighten the range of the medical professionals of medical practice and the perspectives of the medicine. Medical act is actually oriented at the patient's understanding of him- or herself. The above-mentioned tendency of the interpretation and the legal policy could lead the medicine away from its nature.

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A Study on the Design Characteristic and Improvement of the Studio Type Urban Lifestyle Housing in Seoul (서울시 도시형 생활주택 원룸형 주거의 계획특성 및 개선방안 연구)

  • Cho, Min-Jung
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.156-166
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    • 2011
  • A studio type urban lifestyle housing was recently introduced as a new urban multi-housing typology. It was particularly created to meet the increasing housing demand of one-person households due to the population change and the shortage of housing supply. However, some concerns have been raised, because the government's policy has been focused on expanding housing supply by easing certain legal regulations in construction. Poorly planned and managed urban lifestyle housings might degrade living conditions for one-person households and ultimately harm urban environments. As such, this research is conducted to investigate the design characteristics of the studio type urban lifestyle housing from selected construction precedents in Seoul. Critical evaluations are made for the facilities and uses in site plans, unit plans, and shared public spaces. As a result, problem areas are found in the lack of design varieties, privacy protection in units, control of natural environment conditions, and the absence of community spaces. Improvement strategies can be suggested by comparing with some overseas' housing precedents: Design variations can be extended through flexible structure, facility, and furniture systems. Privacy and natural environment can be controled through the integration of interior space configurations and exterior envelope systems. The housing policy needs to be reconsidered to improve a variety in design, residents' social interaction, security, and management. Thereby, the studio type urban lifestyle housing should be holistically approached in terms of design and policy to enrich urban living experiences by residents and communities.

Photoprotective Effect of Topical EGb 761 and Korean Red Ginseng in C57BL/6 Mice

  • Choi, Wook-Hee;Han, Seon-Kyu;Yi, Seh-Yoon;Ann, Hyoung-Soo;Ahn, Ryoung-Me
    • Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Health Society Conference
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.306-310
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    • 2005
  • Exposure to UVB radiation can cause diverse biological photodamage to skin. Eeb 761 and Korean red ginseng are the major and most effective natural drug against a variety of oxidative damage. But, the protective effects against UVB radiation have not been clearly identified. In this study, we investigated the protective effect of topical EGb 761 and Korean red ginseng on pigmentation by UVB radiation. Pro-inflammatory cytokines($IL-l{\beta}$, IL-6 and $TNF-{\alpha}$) and melanogenesis proteins(tyrosinase, TRP-1 and TRP-2) mRNA were measured by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) analysis. The in vivo protection against pigmentation was calculated using chromameter. The mRNA level of IL-lf and TNF-a were increased by UVB irradiation in treated and non-treated group, while no significant changes were observed in IL-6 level. Topical treatment with EGb 761 and Korean red ginseng remarkably reduced expression of tyrosinase, TRP-1 and TRP-2 in the non-irradiated and irradiated skin. Application of EGb 761 and Korean red ginseng significantly protected the WB-induced skin pigmentation and Korean red ginseng was more effective. Our study suggests that topical ECb761 and Korean red ginseng can regulate melanogenic proteins and protect UVB radiation on skin pigmentation.

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Legislative Reform of Smart Grid Privacy Act (스마트그리드 개인정보보호법제 개선)

  • Lee, Donghyeok;Park, Namje
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.415-423
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    • 2016
  • Smart grid systems can be real-time information exchange between suppliers and consumers, and provides a lot of convenience. However, the risk to the user's personal information exposure is ever-present. Depending on the characteristic of the smart grid environment, there is a threat of the disclosure of personal information based on the personal information life-cycle, and can also be exposed a variety of information based on energy consumption pattern analysis. In this paper, we analyze the existing privacy act in the smart grid and propose improvements for the existing directive.

Security Analysis of AMI Using ACT (ACT를 이용한 AMI 보안 분석)

  • Wi, Miseon;Kim, Dong Seong;Park, Jong Sou
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.639-653
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    • 2013
  • Smart grid is a network of computers and power infrastructure that monitor and manage energy usage efficiently. Recently, the smart grid demonstration projects around the world, including the United States, Europe, Japan, and the technology being developed. The protection of the many components of the grid against cyber-threats has always been critical, but the recent Smart grid has been threatened by a variety of cyber and physical attacks. We model and analyze advanced metering infrastructure(AMI) in smart grid. Using attack countermeasure tree(ACT) we show qualitative and probabilistic security analysis of AMI. We implement using SHARPE(Symbolic Hierarchical Automated Reliability and Performance Evaluator) tool and calculate probability, ROA, ROI, Structure Importance, Birnbaum Importance.

Solution for Distributed User's Privacy Under Web Environment (웹 환경에서의 분산형 개인정보보호를 위한 솔루션)

  • Kim, Daeyu;Kim, Jung Tae
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.317-322
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    • 2013
  • Personal information is defined information related to users' privacy data. It can be verified information through social security number, image, and means relating to individual can verify. Such personal information is in accordance with the privacy act in law for the collection and usage in enterprises and institutions. However, it can be induced privacy problem when it is exposed information without attention. This user's inadvertent disclosure of personal information has occurred due to social engineering and intelligent cyber-crime occurred in order to solve these problems. A variety of protection solutions for personal information have been developed. Web privacy filtering firewall and solutions related with server have been developed among developed many solutions, web privacy filtering and firewall solutions is proposed in this paper.

An Authentication Scheme for Emergency Vehicle Priority Transit Service in VANET (VANET 기반의 긴급 차량 우선통과 서비스를 위한 인증 기법)

  • Yoon, Young-Kyun;Jung, Sou-Hwan
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.33 no.10C
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    • pp.749-757
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, we propose an authentication scheme for EVPT (Emergency Vehicle Priority Transit) service in Vehiclar Ad-hoc Networks (VANET) enable a variety of vehicle comfort services, traffic management applications, and infotainment services. These are the basis for a new generation of preventive and active safety functions. By intelligently controlling signalling at intersections, providing additional information to the driver and warning the driver in critical situations. we therefore focus on vehicle-to-infrastructure communication for the authentication between emergency vehicles and traffic lights system. This authentication process should identify the vehicle, and provide privacy protection.

Cellular ubiquitin pool dynamics and homeostasis

  • Park, Chul-Woo;Ryu, Kwon-Yul
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.47 no.9
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    • pp.475-482
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    • 2014
  • Ubiquitin (Ub) is a versatile signaling molecule that plays important roles in a variety of cellular processes. Cellular Ub pools, which are composed of free Ub and Ub conjugates, are in dynamic equilibrium inside cells. In particular, increasing evidence suggests that Ub homeostasis, or the maintenance of free Ub above certain threshold levels, is important for cellular function and survival under normal or stress conditions. Accurate determination of various Ub species, including levels of free Ub and specific Ub chain linkages, have become possible in biological specimens as a result of the introduction of the proteomic approach using mass spectrometry. This technology has facilitated research on dynamic properties of cellular Ub pools and has provided tools for in-depth investigation of Ub homeostasis. In this review, we have also discussed the consequences of the disruption of Ub pool dynamics and homeostasis via deletion of polyubiquitin genes or mutations of deubiquitinating enzymes. The common consequence was a reduced availability of free Ub and a significant impact on the function and viability of cells. These observations further indicate that the levels of free Ub are important determinants for cellular protection.