• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.129-133
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• 2023

Background: With the rise in global mobility, aircraft indoor air quality has become a significant public health concern. This study focuses on the health implications of increased travel and bleed air-air drawn from aircraft engines for cabin pressurization and air conditioning. Objectives: This research aims to review the potential health effects related to exposure to aircraft cabin air, particularly the effects of bleed air during fume events. Methods: We conducted a literature review of existing studies on aircraft cabin air quality. We focused on both the immediate and health effects of exposure to cabin air, particularly those related to bleed air contaminants. Results: The review found a possible link between exposure to aircraft cabin air and certain health issues, especially in cabin crew and frequent flyers. There was an increased incidence of respiratory and neurological symptoms related to bleed air exposure. However, the cumulative health effects of frequent air travel remain inconclusive due to limited data. Conclusions: This study highlights the need for improving air quality in aircraft to protect public health. While further research is needed to understand the cumulative effects of frequent air travel, the reduction of exposure to bleed air contaminants should be a priority. These findings underline the need for regulatory changes and technological improvements in aircraft cabin air quality.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.290-295
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• 2018

Background: There is little information on the dose-response relationship between exposure to occupational carcinogenic agents and mesothelioma. This study aimed to investigate this association as well as the existence of agents other than asbestos that might cause mesothelioma. Methods: The Swedish component of the Nordic Occupational Cancer (NOCCA) study consists of 6.78 million individuals with detailed information on occupation. Mesothelioma diagnoses recorded in 1961-2009 were identified through linkage to the Swedish Cancer Registry. We determined cumulative exposure, time of first exposure, and maximum exposure intensity by linking data on occupation to the Swedish NOCCA job-exposure matrix, which includes 29 carcinogenic agents and corresponding exposure for 283 occupations. To assess the risk of mesothelioma, we used conditional logistic regression models to estimate hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Results: 2,757 mesothelioma cases were identified in males, including 1,416 who were exposed to asbestos. Univariate analyses showed not only a significant excess risk for maximum exposure intensity, with a hazard ratio of 4.81 at exposure levels 1.25-2.0 fb/ml but also a clear dose-response effect for cumulative exposure with a 30-, 40-, and 50-year latency time. No convincing excess risk was revealed for any of the other carcinogenic agents included in the Swedish NOCCA job-exposure matrix. Conclusion: When considering asbestos exposure, past exposure, even for short periods, might be enough to cause mesothelioma of the pleura later in life.

• 생태와환경
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.406-413
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• 2023

어류의 시각적 및 화학적 정보를 토대로 포식자를 인지하는 능력은 개체가 자연에서 생활하는 동안 학습을 통해서 확보된다. 하지만 인공증식된 멸종위기종들의 경우 자연적응력 부족으로 인한 복원효율성 저하가 지속적으로 발생하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 복원을 위해 인공증식된 멸종위기종 여울마자의 자연적응력 증진을 위해 포식자 인지 능력 증진을 수행하였다. 연구결과 포식자 인지 훈련 기간에 따라 자극원에 대한 반응성이 달라짐을 확인할 수 있었으며, 인공증식된 여울마자는 동종의 알람신호를 통해 위험을 인지하는 능력이 떨어져 있었으며, 이는 포식 위험원 노출을 통한 훈련으로 개선이 가능하였고, 포식자에 노출되었을 때 포식자와 알람신호에 동시에 노출 되었을 경우 훈련 기간이 길어짐에 따라 자극에 대한 반응성이 줄어드는 것을 확인하였다. 알람신호에 대한 반응은 시간이 지날수록 커지는 경향을, 포식자에 대한 반응은 훈련 48시간 후 가장 높은 반응을 보이고 72시간 후 반응성이 떨어지는 경향을, 알람신호와 포식자 동시 노출에 대한 반응은 훈련 이전 가장 높은 반응을 보인 뒤 반응성이 낮아진 채로 유지되는 경향을 보였다. 따라서 방류 전 인공증식 개체의 동종의 알람신호(화학적 자극)에 대한 반응성을 높이기 위한 프로그램이 필요하며, 포식자(시각적 자극)에 대한 반응성도 높게 나타난 48시간가량의 포식 위험원 노출이 적합하다고 판단된다. 본 실험을 통해 인공증식 여울마자의 동족 알람신호 자극에 대한 반응성 부족이 확인되었으며 멸종위기종 방류전 자연성 증진 프로그램의 운용의 필요성이 확인되었다.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.165-171
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• 2009

Biomarkers indicating past exposure to radiation have not yet been entirely satisfactory. In this study, we validated several genes reported as radiation response genes, as biomarkers to detect past exposure to radiation in occupationally exposed workers, especially workers in the medical field. A total of 54 radiation workers in hospital were investigated for radiation exposure dose. Their average radiation dose of recent one year was 1.09 mSv ($\pm$1.63) with a 10.63 mSv ($\pm$12.91) cumulative dose. The results of the multiple regression analysis for the various variables indicate that the Hsc70 (P=0.0292) and ORAL (P=0.0045) may be candidate biomarkers for the recent 1 year radiation exposure in radiation workers, whereas AEN (P=0.0334) and PGAMI (P=0.0003) might be for cumulative exposure.

• 한국아동복지학
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• 제26호
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• pp.61-86
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• 2008

본연구의 목적은 이혼가정자녀들의 문제행동을 예측하는데 있어서 누적적 위험모델의 효과성과 누적적 위험요인의 수와 그 누적적 영향력이 이혼가정자녀의 문제행동에 영향을 미치는지를 검증하는데 있다. 누적적위험 요인은 생태체계적인 측면에서 12개로 구성하였으며 위험요인의 원점수를 2진수로 변환하여 0-12점의 점수로 측정하였다. 연구결과, 이혼가정자녀들이 부모이혼후 경험한 위험요인의 수가 많은 아동일수록 문제행동의 가능성은 증가하는 것으로 나타나 위험요인의 누적적 효과가 있음이 검증되었다. 또한 이혼가정자녀의 문제행동에 누적적위험요인의 영향력과 다중위험 요인의 영향력이 일관성있게 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 근거로 이혼가정자녀들의 행동문제를 위한 예방과 전략이 모색되었다.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.168-172
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• 2016

사과나무의 수세는 품종 고유의 유전적 특성에 따라 결정되지만 환경 조건, 재배 관리, 대목 종류 및 노출 길이에 따라 달라질 수 있다. 따라서 품종 고유의 특성에 따라 적합한 대목 종류 및 적정 노출 길이를 선택하는 것이 나무의 생육, 생산성 및 수명에 바람직한 영향을 줄 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구는 국내에서 육성 된 '서홍', '썸머드림', '홍금'에 적합한 대목 노출길이에 대한 정보를 제공하기 위하여 M.9 자근대목에 각각 접목한 후 접목부가 지면에서 10, 20, 30 cm로 노출되게 재식하여 수체생장과 생산성을 조사하였다. 재식 6년차까지 '서홍', '썸머드림', '홍금'은 대목 노출이 짧을수록 TCA 증가가 컸다. 재식 6년차의 TCA는 10cm 처리구를 100으로 했을 때 20, 30cm 처리구는 각각 '서홍' 70, 60, '썸머드림' 88, 66, '홍금' 55, 41으로 현저히 낮아졌다. 또한 '서홍', '썸머드림', '홍금'의 대목 노출 길이가 짧을수록 수고, 수폭, 신초장, 정단신초장의 영양생장량이 더 우수하였다. 재식 6년차까지의 누적수량 역시 대목 노출 길이가 짧을 수록 많아지는 경향을 보였다. 재식 6년차 누적수량의 10cm 처리구를 100으로 했을 때 20, 30cm 처리구는 '서홍' 77, 63, '썸머드림' 85, 76, '홍금' 73, 58으로 조사되었다. 과실 특성에 있어서 대목 노출 길이에 따른 차이는 없었다. 따라서, 재식 6년차까지 '서홍', '썸머드림', '홍금'의 영양생장과 생산성을 고려했을 때 M.9 대목의 노출 길이는 10cm로 하는 것이 적당할 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.136-141
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• 2004

The gear in various mechanical components easily occurs at damages by the external torque. The main failure modes of the gear are surface pitting with the tooth surface and breakage with tooth root by caused fatigue. Therefore, the gear is very important role in the reliability research since it may cause fatal damage of entire system such as the gear box in automobile transmission. In this study, the failure mode of the gear was analyzed and accelerated durability analysis was employed for the life estimation of spur gears. In the case of assumed load spectrums, the reliability of spur gears was evaluated by inverse power law-Weibull accelerated life test model with cumulative damage exposure.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.269-285
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• 2016

In this paper, a simple step-stress accelerated life test (ALT) under progressive type-II censoring is considered. Progressive type-II censoring and accelerated life testing are provided to decrease the lifetime of testing and lower test expenses. The cumulative exposure model is assumed when the lifetime of test units follows an extension of the exponential distribution. Maximum likelihood estimates (MLEs) and Bayes estimates (BEs) of the model parameters are also obtained. In addition, a real dataset is analyzed to illustrate the proposed procedures. Approximate, bootstrap and credible confidence intervals (CIs) of the estimators are then derived. Finally, the accuracy of the MLEs and BEs for the model parameters is investigated through simulation studies.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.271-280
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• 2015

In this paper, the maximum likelihood estimators for parameters are derived under three step-stress accelerated life tests for Type-I hybrid censored data. The exponential distribution and the cumulative exposure model are considered based on the assumption that a log quadratic relationship exits between stress and the mean lifetime ${\theta}$. The test plan to search optimal stress change times minimizing the asymptotic variance of maximum likelihood estimators are presented. A numerical example to illustrate the proposed inferential procedures and some simulation results to investigate the sensitivity of the optimal stress change times by the guessed parameters are given.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.264-270
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• 2010

Agricultural workers are often exposed to high levels of dust during field operations. A systematic exposure assessment of annual task-weighted exposure has not been thoroughly examined. The occupational dust exposure in two wine grape vineyards was measured. Exposure levels to total and respirable dust were determined for a 1-year cycle of work. An operation profile including the frequency of tasks was established. The means of total and respirable dust exposure were $1.08\;mg/m^3$ and $0.07\;mg/m^3$, respectively. Based on the exposure for each task and the task frequency, task-weighted mean exposures to total and respirable dust were estimated as $1.115\;mg/m^3$ and $0.079\;mg/m^3$, respectively. The task-weighted exposure was significantly represented by three operations and could be attributed to the exposure frequency rather than the exposure intensity of operations. The measurement of a few of the most frequent tasks may be an alternative method of estimating task-weighted exposure. Agricultural dust exposure can be significantly reduced by targeting those tasks most important to task-weighted dust exposure.