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A Civilian Reporting Service to Guide Converging Resources for Search and Rescue in Disaster Response

  • Chen, Albert Y.;Han, Sang-Uk;Lee, Sang-Hyun;Pena-Mora, Feniosky
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • 제1권3호
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    • pp.45-51
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    • 2011
  • During disaster response, prioritization of limited resources is one of the most important but challenging tasks. At the same time, it is imperative to timely provide to the rescuers with the adequate heavy equipment to facilitate lifesaving operations. However, supply of high demand equipment is usually insufficient during the initial phase of disaster response, challenging lifesaving operations. At the same time, resources outside of the disaster affected zone converge into the area to assist the response efforts, which is the effect of convergence that often made resource coordination challenging in large scale disasters. Meanwhile, the initial condition of the disaster is usually best known by civilians already at the area before and during impact of the disaster. The knowledge of the civilians is not always received and considered by the responding organizations. With the help of these civilians, critical information such as victim location, infrastructure damage, and risk condition could be better know before any response actions are taken. To efficiently collect information and utilize the converging resources, this paper proposes a geospatial information repository for initial condition reporting and update to guide search and rescue operations and deployment of equipment with safety considerations for the rescuers in large scale disaster response scenarios.

LightGBM을 이용한 수력 펌프 유량 추정의 실험적 연구 (An Experimental Study on the Estimation Flow-rate of Venturi Pump Using LightGBM)

  • 정진범;이지환;강명철
    • 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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    • 제20권4호
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    • pp.123-132
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    • 2023
  • In disaster situations, to facilitate rapid drainage, electric underwater pumps are installed manually. This poses a high risk of electric shock accidents due to a short circuit, and a lot of time is required for hose connection and installation of electrical devices. To solve these problems, a Venturi pump using the venturi effect without external power is used. However, Venturi pumps that operate without external power make it difficult to install flow sensors such as electric devices; consequently, it is difficult to check the real-time flow rate. This paper proposes a flow estimation logic to replace the function of the flow sensor for the venturi pump . To develop the flow estimation logic, the flow characteristics of the venturi pump, according to the operating conditions, were checked. After that, the relationship with the flow rate of the venturi pump was defined using a pressure sensor corresponding to a low-cost sensor. Finally, an analysis of the estimation error was performed using the developed flow estimation logic.

Cariview test와 전문가 칫솔질 교육이 치위생(학)과 신입생의 PHP index 감소에 미치는 효과 (The effect of the cariview test and professional brushing training on the reduction of PHP index of dental hygiene students)

  • 김연화;김유근;유진아;박정은
    • 한국치위생학회지
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    • 제17권6호
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    • pp.993-1001
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    • 2017
  • Objectives: This study was conducted to examine the effectiveness in oral health promotion through oral health education for freshmen students of the dental hygiene department. Methods: To verify its effectiveness, research was conducted on 74 freshmen of the dental hygiene department by the evaluation of DMFT index, PHP index, and Cariview test (2015-2016). Results: The analysis of the test results using Cariview equipment shows a categorization of low risk group consisting of 10 students (13.5%), middle risk group consisting of 47 students (63.5%), and a high risk group consisting of 17 students (22.9%). DT index according to the number of daily tooth brushing by <2 is DT index average score higher and in such a case, statistics are considered meaningful (p<0.01). Oral health state at DMFT index of low risk group according to Cariview risk group for an analysis is lower than both the middle risk group and the high risk group (p<0.001). Conclusions: A review of the effect of the promotion of oral health through oral health education on the behavior change rather than of Cariview test and value of dental plaque through tooth brushing method was conducted.

안치실 및 염습실 종사자의 주요 감염질병 조사 및 근무기간에 따른 개인위생용품 착용실태에 대한 연구 (A Study on the Funeral director's working Circumstances and Personal Protective Equipment on Funeral home)

  • 황규성;김정래
    • 문화기술의 융합
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    • 제3권1호
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2017
  • 본 연구는 국내 수도권, 충청권, 경상권의 3개 지역의 장례종사자를 대상으로 간염A형바이러스, 간염B형바이러스, 결핵 등 직업적으로 노출되어 감염우려가 있는 주요 질병에 대한 백신접종 실태 및 근무기간에 따른 보호장비 착용실태에 대해 조사한 연구이다. 연구결과 A형간염 백신접종률은 35%, B형간염 백신접종률은 50%로 상당수 장례지도사가 해당 질병에 대한 감염위험성이 높은 상태였으며, 결핵 유병률이 1.15%로 일반인에 비해 4배정도로 상당히 높음을 확인하였다. 개인 위생측면에서 가운, 마스크, 장갑 등의 착용비율은 비교적 높은 편이었으나, 근무경력이 오래될수록 착용비율이 감소함을 관찰할 수 있었다. 고글, 머리보호대 등 직접적 체액으로부터 방어할 수 있는 보호장비의 착용률은 현저히 낮아, 전염성이 높은 질병감염질환을 가지고 있는 시신 처리시 장례종사자를 충분히 보호할 수 없었다. 장례종사자에게 A형간염, B형간염에 대한 백신 접종, 보호장비 지급 등 제도적 지원과 공중보건적 가이드라인을 제시하여 안전한 작업환경을 제공할 필요가 있다고 결론내릴 수 있었다.

소규모 건축현장 재해감소를 위한 위험성평가 방안 (Risk Assessment for Disaster Reduction in Small-Scale Construction Sites)

  • 최현준
    • 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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    • 제18권2호
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    • pp.395-404
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    • 2022
  • 연구목적:소규모 건축현장은 체계적인 안전관리활동이 미흡하고 건설현장의 특성상 외부환경의 요인으로 생산구조가 복합적이고 건설장비의 위험성 등으로 인해 산업재해의 가능성이 매우 높은 실정이다. 소규모 건설현장의 재해예방을 위한 위험요인을 도출하고 재해를 줄일 수 있는 실무적인 위험성평가의 기법 중 체크리스트 방법을 제안하고자 한다. 연구방법: 문헌조사와 재해사례를 분석하여 위험요인을 도출하여 위험요인 항목을 중심으로 소규모 건설현장에 적합하고 효율적인 위험성평가의 체크리스트를 위한 세부작업을 분류하였다. 연구결과:위험요인을 6개의 대분류로 구분하고 실질적인 작업공종을 중심으로 29개의 세부공종을 분류 하였으며 이에 따른 세부작업을 80개로 구분하였다. 결론:소규모 건축현장에 적합한 위험요인을 분류체계에 따라 정리함으로써 건설현장에 부족한 전문성을 보완할 수 있고 보다 쉽게 위험요인을 도출하여 안전대책수립을 통한 재해감소를 기대할 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

지상 LiDAR를 이용한 위험관리사면의 변위 모니터링 (A Study of Monitoring in Slopes of High Collapse Risk Using Terrestrial LiDAR)

  • 박재국
    • 한국방재학회 논문집
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    • 제10권6호
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    • pp.45-52
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    • 2010
  • 사면붕괴로 인한 피해를 최소화하기 위한 방법 중 하나는 사면의 변위발생을 계측하고 붕괴를 예측하여 사전에 방재대책을 수립하는 것이다. 이를 위해 다양한 계측장비들을 활용하여 붕괴를 예측할 수 있는 기술들이 개발되고 있다. 특히 최근에는 사면의 변위발생을 계측하기 위해 첨단 촬영 장비인 지상라이다를 활용하려는 노력이 시도되고 있다. 지상 LiDAR는 수백 미터의 거리에서도 수 mm의 정확도로 대상물의 3차원 정보를 획득 할 수 있기 때문에 문화재 복원, 3차원 모델링, 지형도 작성 등 다양한 분야에서 활용되고 있으며 최근에는 구조물의 변위계측에도 활용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 지상라이다를 이용하여 붕괴위험이 높은 위험관리사면을 대상으로 변위 모니터링 수행하였다. 그 결과 지상라이다의 현장적용 가능성을 확인할 수 있었으며 모니터링 방법에 대해 제시할 수 있었다.

VRFB-LFPB 하이브리드 배터리 기반의 ESS 개발에 관한 연구 (Development of ESS Based on VRFB-LFPB Hybrid Batteries)

  • 천영식;박진수;유진호;이진
    • 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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    • 제31권1호
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    • pp.61-67
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    • 2018
  • High-power lithium batteries are suitable for equipment with high power output needs, such as for ESS's initial start-up. However, their management cost is increased by the installation of air-conditioning to minimize the risk of explosion due to internal temperature rise and also by a restriction on the number of charge/discharge cycles. High-capacity flow batteries, on the other hand, have many advantages. They can be used for over 20 years due to their low management costs, resulting from no risk of explosion and a high number of charge/discharge cycles. In this paper, we propose an ESS based on hybrid batteries that uses a lithium iron phosphate battery (LiFePO) at the initial startup and a vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) from the end of the transient period, with a bi-directional PCS to operate two batteries with different DC voltage levels and using an efficient energy management control algorithm.

스마트 건설안전관리시스템의 중요도-성과도 분석 연구 (Research on Importance-Performance Analysis of Smart Construction Safety Management System)

  • 박종일;윤창희
    • 대한안전경영과학회지
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    • 제26권2호
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    • pp.43-53
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    • 2024
  • This study analyzes the importance-performance analysis (IPA) of the 10 dimensions of the smart construction safety management system, and analyzes which dimensions are important and which dimensions are performing to determine key improvement tasks, incremental improvement tasks, Maintenance and reinforcement tasks and continuous maintenance tasks were derived. Among the 10 dimensions of the smart construction safety management system, the dimensions that are recognized as important by all field managers and field workers and have high performance are the automatic risk displacement measurement system, smart environmental sensor system, and heavy equipment seizure prevention system. However, areas that were perceived as having high importance but low performance were worker location tracking systems, smart safety helmet chin muscles, and smart safety ring fastening. Among the smart construction safety management systems perceived by field managers, areas for key improvement with high importance and low performance included worker location tracking system and smart safety ring fastening. Among the smart construction safety management systems perceived by field workers, the area for key improvement with high importance and low performance was the automatic risk displacement measurement system.

우리 나라 치과 기공사의 신체 자각 증상과 직업 관련 건강 위험 요인 (Subhective Symptoms and Work-related Health Risk Factors in Korean Dental Laboratory Technicians)

  • 김웅철;이세훈
    • 대한치과기공학회지
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    • 제22권1호
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    • pp.89-112
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    • 2000
  • Although dental laboratory technicians are prone to be exposed to various work-related health hazardous materials such as dusts, chemicals, etc., the prevalence and nature of work-related health problems of them have not been a matter of great concern in the field of occupational health service in Korea. The purpose of the present investigation was to describe a collected profile of subjective health symptoms and their attributable factors in Korean dental laboratory technicians. A questionnaire listing five groups of health symptoms and five health symptom-related factors was mailed to randomly selected 1,900 dental laboratory technicians. Among them, 1,344 dental laboratory technicians filled out the questionnaires and returnde them. Five groups of health symptoms included musculoskeletal symptom, dermal symptoms, respiratory symptoms, eys symptoms, and ear symptoms. Five health symptom-related factors were occupational environment-related health risk factors, work history, health related habits and status, use of personal protective equipment and general characteristics. Detailed parameters of health risk factors were work posture, vibration, and chemical or physical hazards such as dust, fume, vapor, solvent, light, and noise for occupational environment-related factors; work place, area, number of employees, work hours, career, work part, and work load for work history; Broca's index, hours of sleep, eating, smoking, alcohol, exercise, health examination, and self assessed health status for health habits and status; face masks, goggles, and so on for use of personal protective equipment, and; age, sex, marital status, and education for general characteristics. Before the start of main survey, a pilot survey was carried out for validity and reliability tests of the questionnaire. All the data obtained were coded and analyzed with PC/SAS 6.12 program. The prevalence of health symptoms was the highest in musculoskelton (87.3%), and followde by eyes (78.9%), respiratory organs (64.3%), ears (57.8%), and skin (52.2%) in descending order. Statistically significant risk factors by multiple logistic regression analyses were sex, health examination, self assessed health status, and hand/finger posture in musculoskeletal symptoms; sex, self assessed health status, career, acid gas, and hand contact with resin mixture in deraml symptoms; Broka's smoking, exercise, self assessed health status, and face mask in respiratory symptoms; sex, hours of sleep, self assessed health status, work hours, work load, plaster dust, inadequate lighting, and goggle in eys symptoms, and eating, smoking, self assessed health status, and work load in ear symptoms. With the above considerations in mind, prevalence of subjective symptoms among Korean dental laboratory technicians was relatively high, and they were attributable to most of the occupational environment-related factors, work history, use of personal protective equipment, health habits and status, and general characteristics. Particularly, it is suggested that health promotion programs for promoting self- assessed health status and smoking cessation, preventive measures for protection of the female technicians’health, and reducing work load be necessary, since those factors were associated with more than one subjective symptom.

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Experience with an On-board Weighing System Solution for Heavy Vehicles

  • Radoicic, Goran;Jovanovic, Miomir;Arsic, Miodrag
    • ETRI Journal
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    • 제38권4호
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    • pp.787-797
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    • 2016
  • Mining, construction, and other special vehicles for heavy use are designed to work under high-performance and off-road working conditions. The driving and executive mechanisms of the support structures and superstructures of these vehicles frequently operate under high loads. Such high loads place the equipment under constant risk of an accident and can jeopardize the dynamic stability of the machinery. An experimental investigation was conducted on a refuse collection vehicle. The aim of this research was to determine the working conditions of a real vehicle: the kinematics of the waste container, that is, a hydraulic rotate drum for waste collection; the dynamics of the load manipulator (superstructure); the vibrations of the vehicle mass; and the strain (stress) of the elements responsible for the supporting structure. For an examination of the force (weight) on the rear axle of a heavy vehicle, caused by its own weight and additional load, a universal measurement system is proposed. As a result of this investigation, we propose an alternative system for continuous vehicle weighing during waste collection while in motion, that is, an on-board weighing system, and provide suggestions for measuring equipment designs.