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Surgical Treatment of Tracheobronchial Injury due to 81un1 Trauma (둔상에 의한 외상성 기도손상의 외과적 치료)

  • Lee, Seon-Hui;Gwon, Jong-Beom;Choe, Seung-Ho
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.208-212
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    • 1996
  • From 1990 to 1994, 10 patients were treated for tracheobronchial injury due to blunt trauma. 7 injuries resulted from motor vehicle accident. Common presenting signs included subcutaneous emphysema, dyspnea and hemoptysis. The most common radiologic findings were pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum and hemothorax. The fiberoptic bronchoscopy was highly accurate method for the diagnosis. The operation method is simple closure except one patien underwent right pneumonectomy. One patient died because of respiratory distress and 9 patients recovered uneventfully and returned to normal activity. Early recognition and proper treatment of tracheobronchial injury is important.

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Novel Roaming and Stationary Tethered Aerial Robots for Continuous Mobile Missions in Nuclear Power Plants

  • Gu, Beom W.;Choi, Su Y.;Choi, Young Soo;Cai, Guowei;Seneviratne, Lakmal;Rim, Chun T.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.48 no.4
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    • pp.982-996
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, new tethered aerial robots including roaming tethered aerial robots (RTARs) for radioactive material sampling and stationary tethered aerial robots (STARs) for environment monitoring are proposed to meet extremely-long-endurance missions of nuclear power plants. The flight of the proposed tethered aerial robots may last for a few days or even a few months as long as the tethered cable provides continuous power. A high voltage AC or DC power system was newly adopted to reduce the mass of the tethered cable. The RTAR uses a tethered cable spooled from the aerial robot and an aerial tension control system. The aerial tension control system provides the appropriate tension to the tethered cable, which is accordingly laid down on the ground as the RTAR roams. The STAR includes a tethered cable spooled from the ground and a ground tension control system, which enables the STAR to reach high altitudes. Prototypes of the RTAR and STAR were designed and successfully demonstrated in outdoor environments, where the load power, power type, operating frequency, and flight attitude of the RTAR and STAR were: 180 W, AC 100 kHz, and 20 m; and 300 W, AC or DC 100 kHz, and 80 m, respectively.

Effects of Posteroanterior Mobilization on the Cervical Spine in Patient with Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorders

  • Park, Si Eun;Kim, Ji Sung;Choi, Wan Suk
    • Journal of International Academy of Physical Therapy Research
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.1122-1127
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this case study was to identify the effects of posteroanterior (PA) mobilization on the cervical spine in a patient with chronic whiplash-associated disorder (WAD). The subject of this study was a 58-year-old woman who sustained a chronic WAD as a result of a motor vehicle accident two years prior. The subject has progressively worsening neck pain and stiffness. The subject was determined to have a grade IIb WAD the use of the Modified Quebec Classification. The intervention was central and unilateral PA mobilization on the spinous process of C4 and C5. The PA mobilizations were performed at the end of range to Maitland grade IV. The PA mobilization was conducted once daily for a total of eight days. Two sets of measurements were done one before and one after the intervention. Neck pain, cervical stiffness, range of motion and lordosis of the cervical spine were measured. Experimental intervention decreased the neck pain, and increased the neck stiffness and cervical ROM (range of motion) such as flexion, extension, lateral flexion and rotation. X-ray photographs also represented that cervical curvature increased from $35^{\circ}$ to $40^{\circ}$. This study suggested that PA cervical mobilization applied to hronic WAD is effective in decreasing pain, increasing cervical ROM and cervical curvature.

A Study on Introduction to the Highway Lane Usage Violation Enforcement System (고속도로 차로통행방법 위반단속체계 구상)

  • Lee, Ki-Young;Lee, Don-Ju;Chang, Myung-Soon;Kim, Tae-Ho
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.42-51
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    • 2009
  • Korean government is managing a system that appoints various type of cars into lanes based on the number of lanes. The institution has been abolished and enacted time and again. This paper analyzes ten sections of express way to clarify the efficiencies of the system. The result shows that violation rate and the number of accident have a positive correlation. This paper suggests regulation of violating cars and controlment by perceiving car registration number for efficient operation of the institution.

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A Study on the Contact Power by Coating Material of Spray in AT Feeding Method (AT급전방식에서 코팅재에 의한 접촉전력에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Min-Seok;Kim, Min-Kyu;Park, Yong-Gul;Lee, Jong-Woo
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.60 no.1
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    • pp.85-92
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    • 2011
  • Main characteristic in railroad is the guided movement of the wheel by the track through a metal-to-metal contact, conferring to the rail vehicle a single degree of freedom. There are defects such as head check, shelling, corrugation, squats etc in surface of the rail by interface between the wheel and rail. These defects bring about reducing the life-cycle of rails and track components and increasing noises. In case of bad conditions, it is possible to happen to full-scale accident such as derailment. Recently, the track capacity has been increased for increasing speed and operation efficiency. So, maintenance and indirect cost have been increased. Currently, a coating method of rail construction is proposed by using the ceramics in Korea. Rails are used as the earth in electrical railroad systems. Currently traction return current is flowed through wheels of trains. In case of rails coated, problems are caused in the contact power between wheel and coating material of spray. In this paper, electric model is presented in the AT feeding method. In case of rails coated, electric model is presented. Also, standard resistance of the ceramic is demonstrated by contact power between wheel and coating material of spray.

Detection method for a tire wear using a motor rotation angle (모터 회전 각도를 활용한 타이어 마모도 확인 기법)

  • Seo, Eui-soeng;Jang, Jong-wook
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2017.05a
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    • pp.252-254
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    • 2017
  • Tire is one of the most important to drive cars. There is high possibility to occur slip phenomenon and to increase braking distance depending on tire wear. Therefore, you should be check tire wear and replace tires periodically. In the past, most people manually check the wear level and judged whether or not to replace the tire. But, since the standard is different for each person, the replacement cycle becomes unclear. Since a clear replacement cycle is established, it is expected that the accident rate of a vehicle caused by a tire will be reduced. Therefore, i propose detection method for a tire wear using a motor rotation angle.

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A Case Study for SMRT Train Open Doors Control System (도시철도의 열차출입문제어에 관한 연구)

  • Won, Yu-Duck;Shim, Won-Sub
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2006.11b
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    • pp.941-946
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    • 2006
  • It followed in system development and SMRT(Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Co)System reached to an automatic train operation(ATO) and driverless operation(DLM) from the manual operation due to the train driver. The train like the general bus or the car vehicle was not serial riding in a car and the Parallel concept which the numerous passenger rides in a car simultaneously occur frequently the charge of the train driver unmanned bitterly from existing manual handling was a possibility of doing, train open door control(ODM) which bites also ATO, it handles it minimized. Like this ATO/DLM, the control system which bites being a Wayside to Train communication for immediacy, it is a system of the Vital concept the immediacy of the citizen Data evil the radio information transmission and the train of the interface which is accurate from unmanned operation and, will decipher, will accomplish it will guarantee. It respects the passenger accident prevention and an air question environment improvement from subway platform and phul leys the screen door of Platform(PSD) with the fire tube frost it refers and part it treats and to sleep it does, ODM which bites is accuracy and immediacy of altitude and when seeing from the viewpoint which demands the trust of altitude, ODM system the trust of car incest interface in the equipment construction which is safe and the comparative analysis back of the system analysis against the control which bites and case study and other subway system it leads from the research which it sees and signal - train in base grudge to sleep it contributes it does.

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Analysis of Safety Alarm Mechanism for RF -based Equipment for Casualty Protection by Railway Maintenance Vehicle

  • Jo, Hyun-Jeong;Hwang, Jong-Gyu;Yoon, Yong-Ki
    • International Journal of Safety
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.29-34
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    • 2010
  • When doing maintenance works at the trackside of railway, the method which delivers information on approaching of train to maintenance workers through alarm devices such as the flag or indication light, etc., is being used by locating persons in charge of safety alarm in addition to the maintenance workers at fixed distances in the front and rear of the workplace. Workers maintaining at the trackside may collide with the train since they cannot recognize the approach of train although it approaches to the vicinity of maintenance workplace because of the sensory block phenomenon occurred due to their long hours of continued monotonous maintenance work. The clash or rear-end collision accidents between many maintenance trains called motor-cars can be occurred since there are cases where the signal systems for safe operation of motor-car such as track circuit etc. are blocked or not operated normally. We developed the new safety equipment for protection of trackside maintenance workers using radio frequency signals and bidirectional detection mechanism. The developed safety equipment must analyze the several operational mechanism for each different operation situations. In this paper the analysis results are represented.

Estimation of Car Driver Error Probabilities Through Driver Questionnaire (운전자 설문을 통한 자동차 운전자의 실수 확률 추정)

  • Lee, Jae-In;Lim, Chang-Joo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.22 no.1 s.79
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    • pp.61-66
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    • 2007
  • Car crashes are the leading cause of death for persons of every age. Specially, human-related factor has been known to be the primary causal factor of such crashes than vehicle-and environmental-related factors. There are various studies to analyze driver's behavior and characteristics in driving for reducing the car crashes in many areas of car engineering, psychology, human factor, etc. However, there are almost no studies which analyze mainly the human errors in driving and estimate their probabilities in terms of human reliability analysis. This study estimates the probability of human error in driving, i.e. driver error probability. First, fifty driver errors are investigated through DBQ (Driver Behavior Questionnaire) revision and the error likelihoods in driving are collected which are judged by skillful drivers using revised DBQ. Next, these likelihoods are converted into driver error probabilities using the results that verbal probabilistic expressions are changed into quantitative probabilities. Using these probabilities we can improve the warning effects on drivers by indicating their driving error likelihoods quantitatively. We can also expect the reduction effects of car accident through controlling especially dangerous error groups which have higher probabilities. Like these, the results of this study can be used as the primary materials of safety education on drivers.

Triple Labral Lesion of Shoulder - A Case Report - (견관절의 삼중 관절와 순 병변 - 증례 보고 -)

  • Choi, Nam-Yong;Song, Hyun-Seok;Yoon, Jae-Woong
    • Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.80-83
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    • 2009
  • Purpose: A triple labral lesion represents a combination of injuries of the anterior, posterior and superior glenoid labrum. The injury mechanism and symptoms is not completely understood. Materials and Methods: We encountered a triple labral injury in a 39-year-old male complaining pain and active abduction difficulty after a motor vehicle accident. Currently, he does not complain any instability symptoms. The labrum was repaired using bio-absorbable suture anchors and a suture hook. Results: Eighteen months following surgery, the active range of motion was restored and he had no difficulty in his daily activities.