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Use of measuring gauges for in vivo accuracy analysis of intraoral scanners: a pilot study

  • Iturrate, Mikel;Amezua, Xabier;Garikano, Xabier;Solaberrieta, Eneko
    • The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.191-204
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    • 2021
  • PURPOSE. The purpose of this study is to present a methodology to evaluate the accuracy of intraoral scanners (IOS) used in vivo. MATERIALS AND METHODS. A specific feature-based gauge was designed, manufactured, and measured in a coordinate measuring machine (CMM), obtaining reference distances and angles. Then, 10 scans were taken by an IOS with the gauge in the patient's mouth and from the obtained stereolithography (STL) files, a total of 40 distances and 150 angles were measured and compared with the gauge's reference values. In order to provide a comparison, there were defined distance and angle groups in accordance with the increasing scanning area: from a short span area to a complete-arch scanning extension. Data was analyzed using software for statistical analysis. RESULTS. Deviations in measured distances showed that accuracy worsened as the scanning area increased: trueness varied from 0.018 ± 0.021 mm in a distance equivalent to the space spanning a four-unit bridge to 0.106 ± 0.08 mm in a space equivalent to a complete arch. Precision ranged from 0.015 ± 0.03 mm to 0.077 ± 0.073 mm in the same two areas. When analyzing angles, deviations did not show such a worsening pattern. In addition, deviations in angle measurement values were low and there were no calculated significant differences among angle groups. CONCLUSION. Currently, there is no standardized procedure to assess the accuracy of IOS in vivo, and the results show that the proposed methodology can contribute to this purpose. The deviations measured in the study show a worsening accuracy when increasing the length of the scanning area.

A Study on the Activation of Vocational Training Exploiting Company Oriented Qualification (기업 맞춤형 자격 제도를 통한 직업훈련 활성화 방안 연구)

  • Sang-Bong Lee;Eun-Hae Kim;Seung-Hwan Jeon;Byungil Jang;Jun-Ki Min
    • Journal of Practical Engineering Education
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.259-271
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study is to prepare a plan to activate vocational training through a company-customized qualification system that meets the needs of the industry and responds promptly to changes in the external environment and trends. The BRIDGE 3.0 model was presented as Establishment of qualification system based on education and training result certification, a customized qualification operation system based on local companies by setting the qualification system as a strategy centered on companies that are consumers. To this end, the current status and limitations of vocational competency development projects, the current status and limitations of the domestic qualification system, government policies related to vocational competency development, FGI of corporate personnel managers, surveys of personnel managers of SME, expert advice.

The Ecological View of Robert Smithson's Reclamation Project (로버트 스미슨의 "개간 프로젝트"에 나타나는 생태학적 세계관)

  • Lee, Jaeeun
    • The Journal of Art Theory & Practice
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    • no.15
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    • pp.7-30
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    • 2013
  • This is a study on the ecological view of Robert Smithson's reclamation projects. Smithson was a pioneer of Earth art in the late 1960's. Robert Smithson believed that he could transform industrial wastelands, such as an abandoned oil rig and a no longer used quarry, into "Earth Art." In the early seventies, he conceived of land reclamation as a new art form and called this art "Reclamation Projects." His attention regarding industrial ruin started from the American political and social situations in the 1960's. In the late 1960's, American society was in chaos from the right of movement of African Americans, the women's rights movement and from the strike for renunciation of the Vietnam War. The intellectual class seemed to believe that it was the destiny of a closed system's society to run in the direction of entropy. Smithson, who was skeptical about the system of American society, also thought that entropy was the proper diagnosis to describe America's situation in the 1960's. The 1960's civic movements like the civil rights movement and antiwar movements expanded into the environmental movements based on ecological views of the 1970's. The government had also started to worry about environmental pollution. Thus, the reclamation act was also established in 1972. Smithson believed that the relation between art and social background are closely related and affect each other. He was concerned with how art can join society, and the result was reclamation projects. Such reclamation projects lie on man-made wastelands, like abandoned oil rigs and no longer used quarries, which was an allegory of entropy. He also thought that Frederick Law Olmsted was a pioneer of earth art. The aesthetic category of Olmsted's view of landscape is to be based on the picturesque of Uvedale Price and William Gilpin. So Smithson, who considered Olmsted as his touchstone, also accepted the picturesque. Such reclamation projects aim to change with nature by adapting the creative power of artists to the ruin which has the highest level of entropy in industrial society. Smithson wanted this to become the bridge between man and nature. His reclamation project's aim, which shows the system interacting between man and nature as a network, is not different from the ecological view of the 1970's environmental movement.

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Planning BTL Projects for Education (교육시설 관련 BTL 프로젝트 기획)

  • Pollalis, Spiro N.
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.61-68
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    • 2006
  • 본 글은 우리 학회가 2005년 9월 30일 주최한 국제 학술 심포지움인 "민관 협력투자 교육환경 개선방안(Innovation of Education Environment with BTL)"에서 스피로 N. 폴라리스 하바드대학 교수가 발표한 내용을 한글로 번역한 내용이다. 스피로 N. 폴라리스는 하버드대학교 디자인스쿨 교수로 디자인과 정보기술 및 프로젝트 관리에 관한 최신 주제와 디자인 수업을 맡고 있다. 디자인분야의 정보기술, 특히 형태구현과 물리적 공간 강화에 관한 영역 연구에 주력하고 있으며, 브리지디자이너이자 경영컨설턴트로 현재 미국과 유럽지역에서 실무디자이너 역할을 하고 있다. 저서로는 "What is a Bridge?"(1999), "Build-Operate-Transfer"(1996), "Case Studies on Management and Technology"(1993), "Computer-Aided Project Management"(1993)가 있다'. Task Management System'(1991)의 미국특허를 냈다. 아테네에서 구조엔지니어링으로 학위를, MIT에서 석박사학위를 받았으며 노스트이스턴대학교에서 첨단기술에 관한 논문으로 MBA를 취득했고, ETH 취리히와 TU-Delft의 교환교수를 역임했다.

A Safety Assessment using Imprecise Reliability for Corrosion-damaged Steel Structure (불확실 신뢰도 기법을 이용한 부식된 강구조물의 안전도분석)

  • 조효남;최현호;선종완
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2004.04a
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    • pp.267-274
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    • 2004
  • Since there is a large variation in measurements of the thickness of corroded elements, the thickness of corroded elements are considered as imprecise elements. There is also a considerable degree of uncertainty in a visual assessment of thickness loss. The remaining thickness of a severly corroded element may be represented by an imprecise which expresses the range over which there is uncertainty about the thickness. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to propose a new methodology to safety assessment using imprecise reliability into conventional safety assessment frameworks. For this purpose, this study presents a safety assessment model using Imprecise reliability for large civil structures and demonstrates the applicability of the approach to cable-stayed bridge projects.

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Case Study of ILM Bridge Considering Nose-Deck Interaction Behavior (변단면 압출추진코와의 상호작용을 고려한 ILM교량의 사례분석)

  • 안태욱;김광양;이환우
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2004.10a
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    • pp.187-194
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    • 2004
  • The structural behavior of superstructure by ILM is strongly dependent on the process of launching nose according to the construction process. The ratios of length, weight, and flexural stiffness of launching nose to those of superstructure are taken as the analysis parameters in this study. The interaction behaviors are analyzed according to the variation of parameters. Design formulas to pursue the optimum values for length, weight, and stiffness of launching nose are suggested through the parametric study. As a result, the minimum stiffness ratio is analyzed as I₂/I=0.045 and I₁/I=0.02 for the optimum track of the sectional force while the elastics modulus ratio is 6.8359. Additionally, the design results of real projects are analyzed by the developed formulas to verify that they are designed well in structurally optimal point of view.

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Comparative Analysis on the Competitiveness between Busan New Port and Shanghai's New Yangshan Port (상하이 양산항과 신항(Busan New Port)의 경쟁력 비교분석)

  • Han, Chul-Hwan
    • Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.39-59
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this paper is to analyze the competitiveness between Busan New Port and Shanghai's New Yangshan Port, on an island 20 miles off the Chinese mainland coast. For this aim, the paper examines backgrounds of Yangshan Port construction and its related projects, namely, Donghai Bridge and Luchao Logistics Park including operation strategies of Yangshan New Deepwater Port. The main results of this paper are as follows: Busan New Port has competitive advantage over Yangshan Port in terms of ideal location, especially in Asia-North America route, and connection between terminal and hinterland logistics park. Because Busan New Port is operated by fully on-dock system. Nevertheless, Yangshan Port has more strength in its centrality, port tariff and port productivity, which are represented by crane productivity, quay productivity and area productivity. Therefore, Korean ports are recommended by transformation from cargo attraction-type to cargo generation-type port through early activation of port logistics center along with Free Economic Zone.

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INCENTIVE/DISINCENTIVE PROJECT SUCCESS FACTORS DURING MACARTHUR MAZE I-580 BRIDGE SPAN REPLACEMENT

  • Jae-Ho Pyeon;Marc Zomoradi
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2013.01a
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    • pp.328-331
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    • 2013
  • Incentive/Disincentive (I/D) contracting experiences in many states have been evaluated in terms of time and cost performance and substantial project time savings were found in many project cases. However, there is little understanding on individual project success factors for I/D projects during construction. This paper explores the significance of I/D clause in the success of the MacArthur Maze reconstruction project and summarizes a list of group causes that explains and elaborates on the detailed factors. The methods used for carrying out this study started with a search of online media and news reports and contract documents were also obtained from Caltrans. After review of the preliminary information, Interviews were performed with the Caltrans Resident Engineer and the contractor's project manager who were in charge of the MacArthur Maze reconstruction. In conclusion, the evaluation of their responses hinted at six significant cause groups responsible for the project's success. These groups can be listed as: 1) Motivation, 2) Policy, 3) Teamwork, 4) Communication, 5) Expectation, and 6) Resource Management.

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Ship Collision Risk Assessment and Sensitivity Analysis for Sea-crossing Bridges (해상교량에 대한 선박충돌 위험도 평가 및 민감도 분석)

  • Bae, Yong Gwi;Lee, Seong Lo
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.33 no.5
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    • pp.1753-1763
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    • 2013
  • In the design phase of sea-crossing bridge projects, ship collision problem is mostly participated in decision of substructure section and it would be performed by risk assessment and impact simulations. Ship collision risk is assessed by probability model which is similar to method II of Guide Specification and Commentary for Vessel Collision Design of Highway Bridge(AASHTO, 2009). However, several factors used in the applicable code are limited to inland waterways or have many local characteristics. Accordingly, it should be needed judgement of engineer or referred to related criteria, research finding. In this study risk assessment for In-cheon bridge and review of existing substructure's impact risk and resistance capacity are performed using the 2010's ship passage data. And then consideration regarding to presumption and applied instance of factors needed for risk assessment and related research findings are performed on the basis of AASHTO Guide's Method. As a result of study, adequate variable region of factors needed for risk assessment is defined and sensitivity analysis for appropriate region is performed. Consequently, factors that should be applied carefully or needed for direct analysis of local data are confirmed. This research could be fundamental material to risk assessment related to design for sea-crossing bridge taken into account ship collision.

Development of an Activity-Based Conceptual Cost Estimating Model for P.S.CBox Girder Bridge (대표공종 기반의 P.S.C 박스 거더교 개략공사비 산정모델 개발 -상부공사 중심으로-)

  • Cho, Ji-Hoon;Kim, Sang-Bum
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.197-201
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    • 2008
  • Conceptual cost estimates for domestic highway projects have generally been conducted using governmental unit-price references. Inaccuracies in governmental unit-price data has repeatedly addressed in the Korean construction industry which often lead to poor decision making and cost management practices. Thus, needs for developing a better way of conceptual cost estimating has been widely recognized. This research is considered as the first step in developing such model using real-world cost data based on actual construction activities. The data analyzed in this paper includes 41 P.S.C (Prestressed Concrete) Box bridges which broke into 4 categories based on construction methods such as I.L.M(Incremental Launching Method), M.S.S(Movable Scaffolding System), F.S.M(Full Staging Method), and F.C.M(Free Cantilever Method). Actual design documents; including actual cost estimating documents, drawings and specifications were carefully reviewed to effectively break down cost structures for PSC girder bridges. Among more than 40 cost categories for each P.S.C girder bridge type, 7 of them were identified which accounted for more than 95% of total construction cost (ILM: 99.47%, MSS: 99.22%, FSM: 98.18%, and FCM: 98.12%). In order to validate the clustering of cost categories, the variation of each cost category has been investigated which resulted in between -1.16 % and 0.59%.

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