• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.363-371
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• 2016

Background: Seafaring is an inherently stressful environment. Because working time and leisure time is spent in the same confined environment for a prolonged period of time, many stressors present in seafaring can also be conceived of as chronic. We explored the effects of duration at sea, seafaring experience, environmental stressors, and psychological capital (PsyCap) on the sleep quality and fatigue of seafarers. PsyCap is a construct that draws upon ideas from positive psychology and positive organizational behavior, and is intended to capture an individual's psychological capacities that can be developed and utilized for performance improvements. Methods: We collected survey data from a sample of seafarers working in the offshore re-supply industry (n = 402) and a sample of seafarers working on board combined passenger and cargo ships (n = 340). Results: PsyCap emerged as a robust predictor with statistically significant relations to fatigue and sleep quality in both samples. PsyCap also interacted with duration at sea in explaining fatigue in seafarers working on board the passenger and cargo ships. Seafarers on passenger and cargo ships also reported significantly higher levels of fatigue than those working in the offshore re-supply industry. Conclusion: Coupled with emerging research showing that PsyCap is trainable, our results suggest that maritime organizations could have much to gain by being cognizant of and developing routines for continually developing the PsyCap of their employees.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제64권1호
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• pp.88-99
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• 2021

Objective : The treatment of choice for spinal epidural abscess (SEA) generally is urgent surgery in combination with intravenous antibiotic treatment. However, the optimal duration of antibiotic treatment has not been established to date, although 4-8 weeks is generally advised. Moreover, some researchers have reported that bacteremia is a risk factor for failure of antibiotic treatment in SEA. In this study, we investigated the clinical characteristics of SEA accompanied by bacteremia and also determined whether the conventional 4-8 weeks of antibiotic treatment is sufficient. Methods : We retrospectively reviewed the medical records and radiological data of 23 patients with bacterial SEA who underwent open surgery from March 2010 to April 2020. All patients had bacteremia preoperatively and underwent weeks of perioperative antibiotic treatments based on their identified organisms until all symptoms of infection disappeared. All patients underwent microbiological studies of peripheral blood, specimens from SEA and concomitant infections. The mean follow-up duration was 35.2 months, excluding three patients who died. Results : The male : female ratio was 15 : 8, and the mean age was 68.9 years. The SEA most commonly involved the lumbar spinal segment (73.9%), and the mean size was 2.9 vertebral body lengths. Mean time periods of 8.4 days and 16.6 days were required from admission to diagnosis and from admission to surgery, respectively. Concomitant infections more frequently resulted in delayed diagnosis (p=0.032), masking the symptoms of SEA. Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus was the most commonly identified pathogen in both blood and surgical specimens. Seventeen patients (73.9%) showed no deficits at the final follow-up. The overall antibiotic treatment duration was a mean of 66.6 days, excluding three patients who died. This duration was longer than the conventionally advised 4-8 weeks (p=0.010), and psoas or paraspinal abscess required prolonged duration of antibiotic treatment (p=0.038). Conclusion : SEA accompanied by bacteremia required a longer duration (>8 weeks) of antibiotic treatment. In addition, the diagnosis was more frequently delayed in patients with concomitant infections. The duration of antibiotic treatment should be extended for SEA with bacteremia, and a high index of suspicion is mandatory for early diagnosis, especially in patients with concomitant infections.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.303-309
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• 2000

The relationship between air temperature and sea surface temperature and studied using the daily air temperature and sea surface temperature data for 25 years (1970~1994) at 9 coastal stations in Korea. Seasonal variations of air temperature have larger amplitudes than those of sea surface temperature. The seasonal variations of air temperature leads those of sea surface temperature by 2 to 3 weeks. The anomalies of sea surface temperature and air temperature with time scales more than 1 month are more ghighly correlated than those of short term, with time scales less than 1 month. Accumulated monthly anomalies of sea surface temperature and air temperature for 6 months shwoed higher correlation than the anomailes of each month. The magnitudes of sea surface temperature and air temperature anomalies are related with the duration of anomalies. Their magnitudes are large when the durations of anomalies are long.

• Ocean Science Journal
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.177-182
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• 2005

The process of embryogenesis and larval development of the asteroid sea star Asterias amurensis $(U{\ddot{u}}tken)$ was observed, with special attention paid to morphological change and larval duration. In reproductive season, mature sea stars were collected under floating net cages, located in Tongyeong, southern Korea. The mature eggs are $138\;{\mu}m$ in average diameter, semi-translucent and orange in color, sperms in good condition appear light cream to white-gray in color. Embryos develop through the holoblastic equal cleavage stage and a wrinkled blastula stage that lasts about 9 hours after fertilization. Gastrulae bearing an expanded archenteron hatch from the fertilization envelope 22 hours after fertilization. At the end of gastrulation, rudiments of the left and right coelom are formed. By day 2, larvae possess complete alimentary canal and begin to feed. At this stage, the larva is called early bipinnaria. In 6-day-old larvae, the pre- and post- oral ciliated bands form complete circuits and the bipinnarial processes start to develop. By day 12, the lateral and anterior projection of the larval wall processes along the ciliated bands begins to thicken and curl, and the ciliated bands become more prominent. By day 32, early brachiolaria are presented with three pairs of brachiolar arms. Advanced brachiolaria with a well-developed brachiolar complex (three pairs of brachia and central adhesive disc) occur 6 weeks after fertilization. In the field, spawning of the sea star was observed in April to May, settlement form larvae and just settlements seem to occur from June to July, and early juveniles occur from August to September. Although we had not described the end of brachiolaria stage, it can be tentatively estimated that the duration of the pelagic stage of A. amurensis is 40 to 50 days.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.1013-1025
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• 2014

Marine meterological characteristics off the coast in the East Sea between 2006 and 2013 were investigated by comparing the high wind-wave alert and moored-measured significant wave high. Monthly and yearly variations of the high wind-wave alert duration off the coast in the central part of the East Sea are correlated with those of the significant wave height measurement with their minima in June and 2008 and maxima in December and 2012. Both the high wind-wave alert duration and significant wave height increase remarkably during 2010-2013 when compared with during 2006-2009. The remarkable increase, occurring dominantly in December, seems to be related with Arctic oscillation variability. However, the comparisons reveal that only about a half of high wind-wave alerts satisfy the criteria for issuing the high wind-wave alert. To issue the high wind-wave alert, the wind speed at the sea should exceed 14 m/s or the significant wave height should be higher than 3 m. The high wind-wave alerts unsatisfying the significant wave height criteria are issued mainly during spring and summer. These results imply that additional surface buoy moorings in the open basin of the East Sea are necessary for more accurate issue of the high wind-wave alert.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.32-40
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• 2021

Monitoring fish movement is important to understand how physiology adapts to environmental change. To explore the applicability of a video tracking system for determining if chemical cues attract or repel aquatic animals, the movement patterns of rock bream, Oplegnathus fasciatus, were analyzed upon exposure to various materials, including extracts of sea urchin, rock worm, bait worm, krill, barley kernel, and commercial fish feed. Pellets were prepared by mixing freeze-dried tissues with a cellulose and corn flour mixture. Behavioral analysis was carried out with five fish that had been acclimated in the adaptation zone of a Y-shaped tank. Preference toward chemical cues was quantified by assessing the frequency rock bream were observed in a discrete zone around the test material located at the end of each arm and the duration each fish stayed in each zone. The analysis of fish movement upon exposure to commercial feed and barley kernel at each end, respectively, indicated a clear preference toward the feed relative to the barley kernel. Movement responses were further tested with pellets containing extracts of sea urchin, one of the species collected on a large scale, and other materials including krill and worms. A stronger preference toward sea urchin (100%) was observed based on the duration of stay in the test zone, compared to krill (90.1 ± 44.2%), bait worm (81.1 ± 39.1%), rock worm (73.7 ± 28.9%), and barley (63.9 ± 25.9%), under the conditions tested. A detailed comparison of rock bream movements toward each material revealed significant differences in frequency and duration, respectively, between pairs of test materials including krill (74 ± 29.8 and 375.6 ± 118.9) vs. rock worm (41.5 ± 18.7 and 160.2 ± 42.6), krill (86.3 ± 22.9 and 477.1 ± 84) vs. bait worm (36.2 ± 5.5 and 166.1 ± 50.7), and rock worm (45.9 ± 26.2 and 213.7 ± 100.1) vs. bait worm (34.6 ± 21.7 and 159.5 ± 98.5). Rock bream exhibited preference for the test materials in the following order: commercial fish feed > sea urchin > krill > rock worm > bait worm > barley. The results suggest a higher potency of sea urchin extract as a rock bream fishing bait compared to the other materials that are used as commercial bait.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.240-252
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• 2005

한반도 주변 해역의 5개 지점(덕적도, 칠발도, 거문도, 거제도, 동해 정점)에서 관측된 기상청의 해양 기상 관측 부이 자료를 이용하여 각 해역에서 바람과 파도의 관계를 분석하였다. 전반적으로는 서해 정점에서는 파도가 바람의 영향을 가장 많이 받고 남해 정점에서는 파도가 바람의 영향을 가장 적게 받으며 동해 정점에서는 그 중간이며 각 정점별 특징은 다음과 같다. 칠발도에서는 풍속이 강한 겨울철의 주 풍향인 북서방향으로 바다가 트여있고 얕은 수심에 의한 여울효과로 가장 높은 파고가 발달하며 풍향과 파향이 다른 정점에 비해서 가장 잘 일치한다. 이에 비해 덕적도는 북서방향이 황해도에 의해 막혀 있기 때문에 취송거리가 제한되어 겨울철에 충분히 발달한 파도가 생기지 않는다. 이러한 취송거리의 제한은 남해 정점에서 더 크다. 북풍이 우세한 남해의 두 정점에서는 북쪽의 육지 때문에 파도의 발달이 제한되어 바람이 강해도 파고는 거의 높아지지 않는다. 남해 정점에서는 어느 방향에서 바람이 불든지 모든 파향의 파가 고르게 유입되며 그 중 우세한 파향은 항상 동중국해에서 유입되는 방향이다. 그 방향은 거문도와 거제도에서 각각 남쪽 방향과 남서 방향이며 이 방향으로는 바람이 약할 때도 파도가 유입된다. 동해 정점에서는 수심이 깊어 파도가 크게 발달하지만 풍향과 파향이 일치하지 않는 경우가 많아 파고의 발달이 칠발도에서 보다는 낮다. 이와 같이 풍속과 더불어 풍향이 파랑발달에 중요한 이유는 풍향에 의해 취송거리가 결정되기 때문이다. 덕적도와 칠발도에서 풍향이 변하지 않고 오래 지속되는 경우를 보면 파향이 풍향과 일치하며 파고는 최대풍속 후에 최대파고가 나타나는 반응시간이 길수록 커지는 것을 볼 수 있다. 그러나 풍향과 파향이 일치하지 않는 동해 정점의 경우에서는 풍속이 크고 반응시간이 길어도 파고가 서해 정점에서와 같이 많이 높아지지는 않는다. 이상의 결과는 풍속이 클수록, 취송거리가 길수록, 지속시간이 길수록 파고가 크게 발달하는 일반적인 경향과 더불어 각 정점별로는 육지와 바다의 방향, 해저지형, 주변해역의 규모 등의 환경조건에 의해 바람에 의한 파도의 발달율이 달라지는 것을 보여준다.

• 물과 미래
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.389-397
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• 1988

남해 연안 지상측정소의 과거풍속자료와 돌풍 기록으로 부터 과거의 피해 자료를 추산(Hindcasting)하고 이로부터 얻어진 지역별 피해별 연간 최대피해의 극치 계열로 부터 확율분석을 통하여 송해 설계치를 결정하는 방법이 제안되엇다. 남해 연안에 내재하는 큰 파급은 돌풍과 춘하절 계절풍에 의해 생성되며 지역별 파향별로 상당한 차이를 보인다. 재현기간이 100년인 설계 유의파의 파고는 송해에서 4.6m~ 8.8m ,조기는 8.2sec~ 12.9sec의 범위를 보인다. 남해\ulcorner\ulcorner에서 풍속 $U_1$ >15m/s의 강풍에 대하여 일반적으로 해상풍속(Uw)은 \ulcorner\ulcorner 지상관측소 풍속($U_1$)의 0.8~0.9배 정도를 나타낸다. 남해 \ulcorner\ulcorner의 지상관측소에서 지속기간의 평균풍속($U_1$)은 2$U_{10}$)의 0.7~0.9배의 값을 가지면서 역지수 함수적으로 감소한다.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.41-55
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• 1991

최근 10년간(1977년~1986년) 제주시와 서귀포시의 지상기상자료를 분석하여 제주도지방의 해륙풍의 기후학적 특성을 조사한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 해륙풍의 발생빈도는 월별로는 8월(약 15.5%)이 가장 높고 그 다음이 9월, 10월, 5월, 11월의 순이다. 춘계보다는 추계가 더 발생빈도가 높으며 동계 매월 평균(약 5%)가 가장 낮다. 2. 해풍은 제주도의 북부해안이 남부해안보다 연평균 약 30분 정도 더 일찍 발생하고 약 1시간정도 늦게 소멸한다. 반대로 육풍은 남부해안이 북부보다 연평균 1시간 정도 일찍 발생하나 연평균 소멸시각은 남북해안이 비슷하다. 제주도지방의 해풍의 발생시각은 연평균 9~10시로 남해안 지방(13~14시)보다 약 4시간 이르며, 소멸시각은 연평균 17~19시로 역시 남해안지방(19~21시)보다 약 2시간 정도 이르다. 3. 해풍의 연평균 지속시간은 북부해안이 남부해안보다 약 1시간 정도 길고, 육풍의 그것은 반대로 약 1시간 정도 짧게 나타난다. 계절별로는 해풍의 경우 하계가 동계보다 길고 육풍의 경우는 또 그 반대이다. 해풍에서 육풍으로의 전이시간은 하계가 길고 동계가 짧은 경향을 보이며, 육풍에서 해풍으로의 전이시간은 계절적인 특징이 나타나지 않는다. 4. 해풍의 최대풍속의 출현시각은 연 평균적으로 북부해안(14.0시)보다 남부(13.4)가 다소 일찍 나타나나, 육풍은 비슷한 양상(약 2.5시)을 보여주며, 해풍이나 육풍 모두 월평균 출현시각의 계절적 특징은 뚜렷하지 않다. 그리고 해풍과 육풍의 월평균 최대풍속은 각각 남북해안 모두 비슷하고 연평균으로는 해풍(약 4.1m/s)이 육풍(약 3.3m/s)보다 다소 강하다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.49-62
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• 2023

Background: Over the past three decades, gradual eustatic sea-level rise has been considered a primary exogenous factor in the increased frequency of flooding and biological changes in several salt marshes. Under this paradigm, the potential importance of short-term events, such as ocean storminess, in coastal hydrology and ecology is underrepresented in the literature. In this study, a simulation was developed to evaluate the influence of wind waves driven by atmospheric oscillations on sedimentary and vegetation dynamics at the Skallingen salt marsh in southwestern Denmark. The model was built based on long-term data of mean sea level, sediment accretion, and plant species composition collected at the Skallingen salt marsh from 1933-2006. In the model, the submergence frequency (number yr^-1) was estimated as a combined function of wind-driven high water level (HWL) events (> 80 cm Danish Ordnance Datum) affected by the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and changes in surface elevation (cm yr^-1). Vegetation dynamics were represented as transitions between successional stages controlled by flooding effects. Two types of simulations were performed: (1) baseline modeling, which assumed no effect of wind-driven sea-level change, and (2) experimental modeling, which considered both normal tidal activity and wind-driven sea-level change. Results: Experimental modeling successfully represented the patterns of vegetation change observed in the field. It realistically simulated a retarded or retrogressive successional state dominated by early- to mid-successional species, despite a continuous increase in surface elevation at Skallingen. This situation is believed to be caused by an increase in extreme HWL events that cannot occur without meteorological ocean storms. In contrast, baseline modeling showed progressive succession towards the predominance of late-successional species, which was not the then-current state in the marsh. Conclusions: These findings support the hypothesis that variations in the NAO index toward its positive phase have increased storminess and wind tides on the North Sea surface (especially since the 1980s). This led to an increased frequency and duration of submergence and delayed ecological succession. Researchers should therefore employ a multitemporal perspective, recognizing the importance of short-term sea-level changes nested within long-term gradual trends.