• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 자원 재활용 및 생산비용 절감을 위해 폐기물을 국내 저급 철광석의 고품위 환원철(Direct Reduction Iron, DRI) 제조를 위한 보조연로로 사용하였으며, 폐기물이 환원철 제조에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 한다. 석탄을 주연료 및 환원제로 사용하였으며, 폐기물을 보조연료로 사용하여 주연료의 대체 가능성을 확인하였다. 다양한 폐기물의 성상 및 발열량 분석을 통하여 연료 및 환원제로서의 가능성을 평가하였으며, 선별된 폐기물은 보조연료로 이용하여 반응온도 및 시간 제어를 통해 고품위 환원철을 제조하였다. 제조된 환원철은 금속화율 측정을 통해 산화철이 Fe 금속으로 환원이 잘 이루어졌음을 확인하였다. 환원철의 금속화율은 폐기물의 발열량이 높을수록 증가하는 경향을 보였으며, 특히 발열량과 휘발분 함량이 높은 페타이어와 폐비닐의 경우 $1,200^{\circ}C$에서 1시간 반응 조건에서 폐기물을 사용하지 않을 때 보다 더 높은 금속화율이 관찰 되었다. 고발열량의 휘발성 폐기물은 연료로써 우수한 물성을 가지고 있으며, 반응온도 및 시간의 최적화를 통해 고품위 환원철 제조를 위한 보조연료로 사용이 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2004

본 논문은 최근 많은 관심이 되고 있는 멀티미디어 프로세서 구현에 사용되는 메모리를 줄일 수 있는 성능이 우수하면서 하드웨어적으로 쉽게 구현이 가능한 영상 압축 알고리즘을 제안한다. 특히 고화질 영상을 처리하는 멀티미디어 프로세서는 영상 프레임을 저장하기 위하여 외부에 많은 양의 프레임 메모리를 사용하며, 또한 대부분의 프로세서에서 저 대역 필터와 같은 선형 필터를 구현하기 위하여 많은 양의 라인 메모리를 프로세서 안에 포함한다 이러한 메모리들은 멀티미디어 프로세서를 구현하는데 있어서 많은 비중을 차지하기 때문에, 만약 화질의 손상이 없으면서 이러한 메모리를 대폭 줄일 수 있다면 프로세서의 경쟁력을 높일 수가 있다. 기존의 JPEG과 같은 표준 압축 방법은 2차원 블록 단위로 처리하고 구현하기에 복잡하기 때문에 멀티미디어 프로세서에서 요구하는 래스터 스캔 입출력을 갖는 용도에는 적합하지가 않다. 본 논문에서는 래스터 스캔의 입출력을 위해 1${\times}$8 블록 단위로 처리하고 하드웨어적으로 쉽게 구현하고 압축 효율을 높이기 위해 Hadamard 변환을 이용하고, 변환된 계수의 특성을 분석하여 그에 따라 적응적으로 thresholding을 적용한 후 양자화를 하였다. 모의실험을 통해 메모리를 반으로 줄였을 때 기존의 압축 방법과 성능을 비교하였으며, 하드웨어의 구현을 통해 멀티미디어 프로세서를 구현하는데 있어서 어느 정도 경쟁력을 높일 수 있는 지를 분석하였다.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.71-98
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• 2008

원산지 관련 연구는 오랫동안 마케팅과 국제경영 분야에서 연구되어 왔다. 최근 원산지 관련 연구는 급속도로 글로벌화 되어 가는 기업환경을 반영하여 원산지 효과의 존재를 입증 및 분석하고자 하는 연구흐름과 원산지 효과의 발생과정을 설명하고자 하는 연구흐름으로 분화 및 발전해왔다. 본 연구는 최근 단순한 원가절감 차원을 넘어서 브랜드 자체와 브랜드원산지의 경쟁력을 제고시키는 전략적 수단으로 활용되고 있는 제조원산지의 선택과 관련된 기업 활동의 효과를 설명하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 제조원산지와 브랜드원산지를 긍정조합 및 부정조합으로 구분하여 원산지효과를 검증하였으며, 이 과정에서 소비자의 동기성향(조절초점)이 갖는 조절효과를 살펴보았다. 연구 결과 긍정적인 원산지의 조합(예컨대, 일본에서 생산된 프랑스 브랜드 오디오)의 경우가 부정적인 조합(예컨대, 중국에서 생산된 독일 브랜드 의류)의 경우보다 호의적인 반응을 유발함으로써 제조국 원산지효과가 있음이 확인 되었다. 또한 개인의 동기성향이 제품에 대한 메시지의 내용과 일치할 때 제품에 대한 평가가 좋아지는 조절적 적합성(regulatory fit) 효과가 존재한다는 것도 확인 되었다. 끝으로 동기성향의 조절효과를 보았을 때, 긍정적인 원산지 조합에서는 개인의 동기성향에 따라 제품평가가 달라져 조절효과를 입증할 수 있었으나, 부정적인 원산지 조합에서는 동기성향의 조절효과가 태도 부분에서만 부분 지지되고 품질지각과 구매의도 부분에서는 지지되지 않아서 동기성향의 조절효과가 존재한다는 점을 부분적으로만 확인할 수 있었다. 연구결과를 토대로 기업이 제조원산지를 결정할 때 고려할 요소와 이미 제조원산지가 결정된 상황에서 보다 효과적인 마케팅 전략을 수립하기 위한 시사점을 제시하였다.

• 한국가구학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.110-121
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• 2012

With people's recent increasing interest in good design products, wood and metal products have gained great popularity. However, it was believed that it would be necessary to have a transformation to the manufacturing method based on digital data and equipments from existing analog-based manufacturing method, in order to meet consumers' demand. This study was aimed to seek for the possibility of mass-producing wood and metal products through the research on the type, usage and development conditions of digital data and the methods of utilizing digital equipments. As for research methods, the study analyzed the concepts and types of digital data through various internet and literature reviews and suggested perpetual calendar products as the final outcome of design development using computer data. Through this, the study summarized and organized actual design development processes by stage to provide basic data that could become the foundation of research on the design of wood and metal products using digital data. Through the outcome of this project, the following effects could be expected by developing wood and metal products through digital data. First, its accurate and precise process would help mass-produce complex forms of products and reduce their defective rate. Second, the compatible production of various types of digital equipments would lead to a cost reduction. Third, the diversity of design could be pursued by overcoming technical limitations. In order to satisfy the above expectation effects, such as realization of developing and producing various wood and metal products, there should be designers' creative experimental spirits, their active information exchange and cooperation with the companies concerned.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.69-89
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• 2006

Biological mechanisms for ionizing radiation effects are different at low doses than at high doses. Radiation hormesis involves low-dose-induced protection and high-dose-induced harm. The protective component is associated with a reduction in the incidence of cancer below the spontaneous frequency, brought about by activation of defensive and repair processes. The Linear No-Threshold (LNT) hypothesis advocated by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and the Biological Effects of ionizing Radiation (BEIR) Report VII for cancer risk estimations Ignores hormesis and the presence of a threshold. Cancer incidences significantly less than expected have been found in a large number of epidemiological studies including, airline flight personnel, inhabitants of high radiation backgrounds, shipyard workers, nuclear site workers in scores of locations throughout the world, nuclear power utility workers, plutonium workers, military nuclear test site Participants, Japanese A-bomb survivors, residents contaminated by major nuclear accidents, residents of Taiwan living in $^{60}Co$ contaminated buildings, fluoroscopy and mammography patients, radium dial painters, and those exposed to indoor radon. Significantly increased cancer was not found at doses <200 $mSv^*$. Evidence for radiation hormesis was seen in both sexes for acute or chronic exposures, low or high LET radiations, external whole- or partial body exposures, and for internal radionuclides. The ubiquitous nature of the Healthy Worker Effect (HWE)-like responses in cellular, animal and epidemiological studies negates the HWE as an explanation for radiation hormesis. The LNT hypothesis is wrong and does not represent the true nature of the dose-response relationship, since low doses or dose-rates commonly result in thresholds and reduce cancer incidences below the spontaneous rate. Radiation protection organizations should seriously consider the cost and health implications of radiation hormesis.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2009

교각의 합리적이고 경제적인 내진설계를 위해서는 연성도에 기반한 내진설계가 필요하며 이를 위해서는 신뢰성 있는 전단평가가 필수적이다. RC 기둥의 전단거동은 휨거동과 달리 부재의 단면크기, 형상비, 축력, 연성도 등 다양한 요인에 의하여 영향을 받아 거동이 매우 복잡하다.따라서,이들 요인을 고려한 많은 설계식 및 경험식이 제안되고 있으나 부재의 초기전단강도와 연성도에 따른 전단강도 저하를 평가하는데 상당한 차이를 보이고 있다. 본 연구에서는 형상비,단면의 중공비, 복부면적, 하중패턴을 변수로 하는 실험적 연구를 수행하여 중공단면 기둥의 초기 전단강도 특성을 살펴보았다. 실험결과는 기존의 다양한 전단평가식과 비교.검토하여 특성을 분석하였으며, 역학적 특성과 실험결과에 기초하여 보다 합리적인 초기 전단평가식을 제안하고 타당성을 검토하였다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.184-187
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• 2007

Hydrogen could be produced from any substance containing hydrogen atoms, such as water, hydrocarbon (HC) fuels, acids or bases. Hydrocarbon fuels couold be converted to hydrogen-rich gas through reforming process for hydrogen production. Even though fuel cell have high efficiency with pure hydrogen from gas tank, it is more beneficial to generate hydrogen from city gas (mainly methane) in residential application such as domestic or office environments. Thus hydrogen is generated by reforming process using hydrocarbon. Unfortunately, the reforming process for hydrogen production is accompanied with unavoidable impurities. Impurities such as CO, $CO_2$, $H_2S$, $NH_3$, and $CH_4$ in hydrogen could cause negative effects on fuel cell performance. Those effects are kinetic losses due to poisoning of electrode catalysts, ohmic losses due to proton conductivity reduction including membrane and catalyst ionomer layers, and mass transport losses due to degrading catalyst layer structure and hydrophobic property. Hydrogen produced from reformer eventually contains around 73% of $H_2$, 20% or less of $CO_2$, 5.8% of less of $N_2$, or 2% less of $CH_4$, and 10ppm or less of CO. Most impurities are removed using pressure swing adsorption (PSA) process to get high purity hydrogen. However, high purity hydrogen production requires high operation cost of reforming process. The effect of carbon dioxide on fuel cell performance was investigated in this experiment. The performance of PEM fuel cell was investigated using current vs. potential experiment, long run (10 hr) test, and electrochemical impedance measurement when the concentrations of carbon dioxide were 10%, 20% and 30%. Also, the concentration of impurity supplied to the fuel cell was verified by gas chromatography (GC).

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.49-66
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• 2015

This study analyzes the effects of women's labour force participation and work-family reconciliation support on life-cycle fertility in Korea. The analysis is based on the longitudinal data from Korean Labour and Income Panel Study (KLIPS), which include the available information on life-cycle fertility and employment history. Employing a dynamic model of fertility, we estimated the life-cycle fertility of all the 15-49 years old women considered in this study by using a duration model. The major results of this study were as follows: First, women's labour force participation had a negative effect on the first birth, second birth, and all births (transition to births starting at different parities). Women's employment tended to lengthen the interval between births. Second, the availability of maternal leave had a positive effect on the first birth and all births for working women. Providing maternal leave to working women decreased the opportunity cost of childbearing and in turn, reduced the interbirth interval of women. However, the availability of parental leave had no significant effect on the births of working women. Third, the financial support for childcare had a positive effect on the first birth and all births. The economic support for childcare led to the reduction in the interbirth interval of women by increasing the probability of births. The use of a childcare center for the first child, which substitutes for the time that women needed to take care of their children, classified as time-intensive consumption goods, did not have any effect on the second birth. Fourth, the part-time employment of women had a positive effect on the second birth. A flexible working time schedule tended to decrease the interval between the first and the second births.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2016

In this study, the reclaimed polypropylene (RPP) and waste ground rubber tire (WGRT) were used to simulate the thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) for cost reduction and resources recycling. Also, we examined the effects of dicumyl peroxide (DCP) and 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-di-(tert-butylperoxy)-hexane (DTBPH) as peroxide type cross-linking agents to enhance the properties of TPV's. The components of RPP and WGRT were fixed at 30 and 70 wt%, and DCP and DTBPH were added in the concentrations from 0.5 to 1.5 phr, respectively. RPP/WGRT composites with different contents of DCP and DTBPH were prepared by a modular intermeshing co-rotating twin screw extruder. The Young's modulus of composites were decreased with increasing peroxides contents. On the other hand, tensile strength, elongation at break, and impact strength of the composites were increased with peroxide contents. We also confirmed that interfacial adhesion between RPP and WGRT was considerably improved by adding the peroxides. Taken together, DTBPH added RPP/WGRT composites exhibited better mechanical properties rather than those of DCP added composites.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.134-140
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• 2019

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Excessive sugar consumption may increase the risk for development of several diseases. Although average dietary sugar intake of Koreans is within the recommended level, an increasing trend has been found in all age groups. This study aimed to evaluate the population attributable fractions (PAF) to dietary sugar for disease and death in Korea, and to estimate the socioeconomic effects of a reduction in dietary sugar. MATERIALS/METHODS: The prevalence of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) overconsumption (${\geq}20g$ of sugar from beverages) was analyzed using the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015. Disease-specific relative risks of excessive SSB consumption were obtained through reviewing previous studies. Using the prevalence of SSB overconsumption and each relative risk, PAFs for morbidity and mortality were calculated. Socioeconomic costs of diseases and death attributable to SSB overconsumption were estimated by using representative data on national medical expenditures, health insurance statistics, employment information, and previous reports. RESULTS: Disease-specific PAF to SSB consumption ranged from 3.11% for stroke to 9.05% for obesity and dental caries, respectively. Costs from disease caused by SSB overconsumption was estimated at 594 billion won in 2015. About 39 billion won was estimated to be from SSB consumption-related deaths, and a total of 633 billion won was predicted to have been saved through preventing SSB overconsumption. CONCLUSIONS: Sugars overconsumption causes considerable public burdens, although the cost estimates do not include any informal expenditure. Information on these socioeconomic effects helps both health professionals and policy makers to create and to implement programs for reducing sugar consumption.