• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.82-91
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• 2019

Objectives: Many studies have explored the relationship between short-term weather and its health effects (including pneumonia) based on mortality, although both morbidity and mortality pose a substantial burden. In this study, the authors aimed to describe the influence of meteorological factors on the number of emergency room (ER) visits due to pneumonia in Seoul, Korea. Methods: Daily records of ER visits for pneumonia over a 6-year period (2009-2014) were collected from the National Emergency Department Information System. Corresponding meteorological data were obtained from the National Climate Data Service System. A generalized additive model was used to analyze the effects. The percent change in the relative risk of certain meteorological variables, including pneumonia temperature (defined as the change in average temperature from one day to the next), were estimated for specific age groups. Results: A total of 217 776 ER visits for pneumonia were identified. The additional risk associated with a $1^{\circ}C$ increase in pneumonia temperature above the threshold of $6^{\circ}C$ was 1.89 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.37 to 2.61). Average temperature and diurnal temperature range, representing within-day temperature variance, showed protective effects of 0.07 (95% CI, 0.92 to 0.93) and 0.04 (95% CI, 0.94 to 0.98), respectively. However, in the elderly (65+ years), the effect of pneumonia temperature was inconclusive, and the directionality of the effects of average temperature and diurnal temperature range differed. Conclusions: The term 'pneumonia temperature' is valid. Pneumonia temperature was associated with an increased risk of ER visits for pneumonia, while warm average temperatures and large diurnal temperature ranges showed protective effects.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.69-79
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• 2019

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the directionality of the causal relationship and interaction between depression and amount of smoking over time in hardcore smokers using longitudinal descriptive analysis. Methods: Secondary data from the Korean Welfare Panel Study were analyzed using autoregressive cross-lagged modeling. Participants included 342 hardcore smokers who participated in the 8th to 11th waves of the panel study. Results: Analyses revealed that change(s) in depression levels according to time had a significant positive relationship with the total amount of smoking per day (${\beta}=.29$, ${\beta}=.19$, ${\beta}=.17$, p<.001), while change(s) in total amount of smoking per day according to time had a significant positive relationship with depression (${\beta}=.43$, ${\beta}=.50$, ${\beta}=.38$, p<.001). Analysis of the cross-lagged effect between depression and total amount of smoking per day showed that depression at one time point had a significantly positive relationship with the total amount of smoking per day at the next time point (${\beta}=.14$, ${\beta}=.13$, ${\beta}=.13$, p=.021), and that the total amount of smoking per day at one time point had a significant positive relationship with depression at the next time point (${\beta}=.04$, ${\beta}=.04$, ${\beta}=.03$, p=.044). Conclusion: The findings in the present study confirmed a cross-interaction between depression and total amount of smoking per day in hardcore smokers. The present findings could be used to develop appropriate smoking-related interventions.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.191-199
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• 2019

We inoculated different combinations of three starter candidates, Bacillus licheniformis, Staphylococcus succinus, and Tetragenococcus halophilus, into sterilized soybeans to predict their contributions to volatile compound production through soybean fermentation. Simultaneously, we added NaCl to soybean cultures to evaluate its effect on the volatile compounds profile. Cells in soybean cultures (1.5% NaCl) nearly reached their maximum growth in a day of incubation, while cell growth was delayed by increasing NaCl concentrations in soybean cultures. The dominance of B. licheniformis and S. succinus in the mixed cultures of three starter candidates switched to T. halophilus as the NaCl concentration increased from 1.5% to 14% (w/w). Seventeen volatile compounds were detected from the control and starter candidate-inoculated soybean cultures with and without the addition of NaCl. Principal component analysis of these volatile compounds concluded that B. licheniformis and S. succinus made major contributions to producing a specific volatile compound profile from soybean cultures where both species exhibited good growth. 3-Hydroxybutan-2-one, butane-2,3-diol, and 2,3,5,6-tetramethylpyrazine are specific odor notes for B. licheniformis, and 3-methylbutyl acetate and 2-phenylethanol are specific for S. succinus. Octan-3-one and 3-methylbutan-1-ol were shown to be decisive volatile compounds for determining the involvement of S. succinus in the soybean culture containing 7% NaCl. 3-Methylbutyl acetate and 3-methylbutan-1-ol were also produced by T. halophilus during soybean fermentation at an appropriate level of NaCl. Although S. succinus and T. halophilus exhibited growth on the soybean cultures containing 14% NaCl, species-specific volatile compounds determining the directionality of the volatile compounds profile were not produced.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제68권5호
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• pp.575-589
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• 2018

It is well known that the incidence angle of seismic excitation has an influence on the structural response of buildings, and this effect can be more significant in the case of near-fault signals. However, current seismic codes do not include detailed requirements regarding the direction of application of the seismic action and they have only recently introduced specific provisions about near-fault earthquakes. Thus, engineers have the task of evaluating all the relevant directions or the most critical conditions case by case, in order to avoid underestimating structural demand. To facilitate the identification of the most critical incidence angle, this paper presents a procedure which makes use of a two-degree of freedom model for representing a building. The proposed procedure makes it possible to avoid the extensive computational effort of multiple dynamic analyses with varying angles of incidence of ground motion excitation, which is required if a spatial multi-degree of freedom model is used for representing a building. The procedure is validated through the analysis of two case studies consisting of an eight- and a six-storey reinforced concrete frame building, selected as representative of existing structures located in Italy. A set of 124 near-fault ground motion records oriented along 8 incidence angles, varying from 0 to 180 degrees, with increments of 22.5 degrees, is used to excite the structures. Comparisons between the results obtained with detailed models of the two structures and the proposed procedure are used to show the accuracy of the latter in the prediction of the most critical angle of seismic incidence.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.623-629
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 무인항공기용 실시간 장애물 탐지 및 회피 경로 생성 알고리즘을 제안한다. 2-D Lidar를 이용하여 장애물을 검출하고, 검출 정보는 지역 회피 경로 생성을 위한 실시간 히스토그램 생성과 목표 지점까지 전역 회피 경로 생성을 위해 사용되는 2-D SLAM 지도를 생성하는데 사용된다. 지역 회피 경로 생성을 위한 VFH 알고리즘은 장애물들이 벡터 방향과 거리에 따라 얼마큼 분포되어 있는지에 대한 실시간 히스토그램을 생성하고, 이 히스토그램은 근접 장애물 검출 시 지역 회피 경로를 생성하는데 사용된다. 기존의 $RRT^*-Smart$ 알고리즘의 한계로 인해 Modified $RRT^*-Smart$ 알고리즘을 제안한다. 이 알고리즘은 새로운 노드가 생길 때 목표 지점과의 직선 경로 여부를 판단하고, 목표 지점 방향으로 생성되도록 방향성을 부여하며, 노드의 길이를 확률적으로 나누어 일정한 단위의 길이가 아닌 랜덤 단위의 길이로 퍼뜨림으로써 보다 적은 비용으로 목표 지점까지의 효율적인 전역 회피경로를 생성한다. 본 논문에서는 효율적인 회피경로를 생성하여 회피 기동함을 다양한 시뮬레이션 실험환경을 통해 검증하였다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.399-404
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• 2019

Background The objectives of this study were to design polycaprolactone nanofibers with a radial pattern using a modified electrospinning method and to evaluate the effect of radial nanofiber deposition on mechanical and biological properties compared to non-patterned samples. Methods Radially patterned polycaprolactone nanofibers were prepared with a modified electrospinning method and compared with randomly deposited nanofibers. The surface morphology of samples was observed under scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The tensile properties of nanofibrous mats were measured using a tabletop uniaxial testing machine. Fluorescence-stained human bone marrow stem cells were placed along the perimeter of the radially patterned and randomly deposited. Their migration toward the center was observed on days 1, 4, and 7, and quantitatively measured using ImageJ software. Results Overall, there were no statistically significant differences in mechanical properties between the two types of polycaprolactone nanofibrous mats. SEM images of the obtained samples suggested that the directionality of the nanofibers was toward the central area, regardless of where the nanofibers were located throughout the entire sample. Florescence images showed stronger fluorescence inside the circle in radially aligned nanofibers, with significant differences on days 4 and 7, indicating that migration was quicker along radially aligned nanofibers than along randomly deposited nanofibers. Conclusions In this study, we successfully used modified electrospinning to fabricate radially aligned nanofibers with similar mechanical properties to those of conventional randomly aligned nanofibers. In addition, we observed faster migration along radially aligned nanofibers than along randomly deposited nanofibers. Collectively, the radially aligned nanofibers may have the potential for tissue regeneration in combination with stem cells.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.269-277
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• 2019

In a seismic design, a structural demand by an earthquake load is determined by design response spectra. The ground motion is a three-dimensional movement; therefore, the design response spectra in each direction need to be assigned. However, in most design codes, an identical design response spectrum is used in two horizontal directions. Unlike these design criteria, a realistic seismic input motion should be applied for a seismic evaluation of structures. In this study, the definition of horizontal spectral acceleration representing the two-horizontal spectral acceleration is reviewed. Based on these methodologies, the horizontal responses of observed ground motions are calculated. The data used in the analysis are recorded accelerograms at the stations near the epicenters of recent earthquakes which are the 2007 Odeasan earthquake, 2016 Gyeongju earthquake, and 2017 Pohang earthquake. Geometric mean-based horizontal response spectra and maximum directional response spectrum are evaluated and their differences are compared over the period range. Statistical representation of the relations between geometric mean and maximum directional spectral acceleration for horizontal direction and spectral acceleration for vertical direction are also evaluated. Finally, discussions and suggestions to consider these different two horizontal directional spectral accelerations in the seismic performance evaluation are presented.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.129-137
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• 2019

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of underwater noise caused by pile driving during marine construction on fish. In this study, the three gray rockfish were released about 1 km away from the construction site of wind power generation on July 18, 2018 and traced using two acoustic telemetry techniques. The behavior of the fish was analyzed by calculating the moving distance, swimming speed and direction of the gray rockfish. In the results of the acoustic tracking using the ship, the rockfish moved about 2.11 km for about two hours at a speed of $0.28{\pm}0.14m/s$ (0.94 TL/s). The bottom depth of the trajectory of the rockfish was $1.0{\pm}0.6m$ on average. There was a significant directionality in swimming direction of the gray rockfish, and there was no significant correlation between the swimming direction and tidal current direction. Moving distance during 5 minutes (5MD) during pile driving and finishing operations between rock surface and bedrock were 0.94-0.96 times (76.0-77.0 m) and 1.81-2.73 times (146.0-219.5 m), respectively, compared with no pile driving. This study is expected to be used as a basic data of fish behavior research on underwater noise.

• Journal of the Korean Data Analysis Society
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.2865-2872
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• 2018

데이터 마이닝 분야에서 개발된 기법에는 연관성 규칙, 군집분석, 의사결정나무, 신경망 등 여러 가지가 있는데 이들 중에서 연관성 규칙은 지지도, 신뢰도, 그리고 향상도 등 여러 가지 연관성 평가 기준을 이용하여 항목들 간에 특정한 연관성을 탐색하는 기법이다(Park, 2014). 이러한 연관성 규칙은 Agrawal et al.(1993)이 처음 제안하였으며, 그 이후로 여러 연구자들에 의해 연구가 진행되고 있으며, 최근에는 교차 엔트로피와 관련된 연구들이 발표되고 있다(Park, 2016b). 본 논문에서는 기존에 발표된 J 측도에 방향성과 순수성을 고려한 순수 대칭적 J 측도를 제안하고 예제를 활용하여 그 유용성에 대해 알아보았다. 그 결과, 동시발생빈도가 증가함에 따라 순수 대칭적 J 측도가 기존의 J 측도와 대칭적 J 측도, 순수 교차 엔트로피 측도보다 훨씬 분명하게 변하는 것을 알 수 있었으며, 불일치빈도의 크기에 따라서도 순수 대칭적 J 측도가 변화하는 폭이 더 커짐에 따라 연관성 유무를 더 분명하게 파악할 수 있었다. 따라서 순수 대칭적 J 측도는 데이터가 존재하는 어느 분야에서든지 연관성 규칙의 평가에 적용이 가능할 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국기록관리학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.211-219
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• 2019

본 논문은 한국 문학 아카이브의 미래를 탐색하기 위하여, 국립중앙도서관의 근대문학 아카이브를 소개하고 국립한국문학관의 아카이브 추진 방향에 대하여 논의하는 글이다. 국립중앙도서관의 근대문학 아카이브는 근대문학자료 원문 디지털화 및 전문적인 해제 정보 제공, 근대작가 및 근대문학사 관련 콘텐츠 구축 등을 중심으로 운영되고 있다. 2022년 개관을 목표로 하는 국립한국문학관의 문학자료 아카이브는 국립중앙도서관의 사례를 참고하되 보다 전문적인 큐레이션을 도입할 필요가 있다. 즉 아카이브된 자료를 바탕으로 문학의 창조적인 재생산이 가능하도록 기록의 맥락(context)을 기록하는 아키비스트의 태도를 가지고, 자료의 활용성을 확대할 수 있는 적극적인 아카이브 정책을 펼쳐야 할 것이다.