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A Study on Improvements in the Method of Local Risk Assessment for Natural Disasters (자연재해 지역위험성평가 방법 개선방안 연구)

  • Choi, Sung Jo;Kang, Hwi Jin
    • Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2022
  • Based on major safety-related statistics of cities, provinces, counties, and districts across the country, social disasters manage regional safety index ratings in six areas(traffic accidents, fires, crime, life safety, suicide, and infectious diseases), and natural disasters operate a management system. The current application of the regional safety assessment of natural disasters is very insufficient to evaluate the local risk of natural disasters up to the Eup, Myeon, and Dong level, and it is marked too engineering and difficult for the general public to use. The purpose of this study is to present Korea's natural disaster local risk assessment as an improvement model that extends to the sub-unit of Eup, Myeon, and Dong, using the local risk assessment model mixed with natural and social disasters.

Non-recursive Path Model Analysis on the Relationship between Perceived Safety Management Activities and Safety of Construction Sites (건설현장의 지각된 안전관리 활동과 안전성과의 관계에 대한 비재귀 경로모형분석)

  • Yong Hoon Kim
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.786-794
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    • 2022
  • In construction sites, effective preventive safety management is required beyond post-processing safety management. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to present a model and analyze the relationship between safety management activities, safety culture key elements, safety, unsafe behavior management, and safety for autonomous and preventive safety management. Method: The relationship was analyzed by applying the survey data to the structural equation, and the path to safety outcomes from exogenous variables was explored and major issues were presented by interpreting the part suggested by the hypothesis verified by the analysis results. Result: As a result of analyzing the preliminary model and the path model, the appropriate model fit was confirmed, and the significant effect of exogenous variables on endogenous variables was confirmed. Conclusion: It is judged that it can contribute to continuously improving safety performance before safety accidents occur through safety management activities, safety and unsafe behavior management, and management of key elements of safety culture.

A Study on the Upset Prevention & Recovery Training Method for Navy Fixed Wing Pilots Using P-3 Simulator (P-3C 시뮬레이터를 활용한 해군 고정익조종사 UPRT 훈련 방안에 대한 연구)

  • Jung-bong Lee
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.293-299
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    • 2023
  • UPRT(Upset Prevention And Recovery Training) is an accident prevention training program developed over a three-year period after the main cause of aircraft accidents in commercial aviation between 2001 and 2011 was analyzed as LOC-I(Loss Of Control Flight). In 2014, ICAO presented UPRT for fixed-wing aircraft through Doc.10011(Manual On Aeroplane Upset Prevention And Recovery Training) and recommended mandatory implementation to Contracting States from March 2019. Since naval P-3C is a major mission of maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare, it takes a lot of time to fly at low altitude (70-600 m), and the majority of P-3C pilots have experienced spatial disorientation, so Upset prevention and recovery training is essential for naval P-3C pilots. To this end, this study intends to present measures for UPRT from limited conditions using the P-3C simulator owned by the Navy.

Development Plan of Licence Holders Health Management System (항공종사자 건강관리 제도의 발전방안)

  • Han, Bok Soon;Kwon, Young Hwan;Kim, Soo Geun;Choi, Eun Hi;Jang, Joung Soon;Shin, Yun Young;Ha, Yoon
    • Korean journal of aerospace and environmental medicine
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.67-71
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    • 2019
  • The health of licence holders (flight crew members and air traffic controllers) is recognized as an important element of aviation safety. The medical emergency symptoms that occur during the flight duty period without prior notice can interfere with human performance capabilities and threaten aviation safety. To prevent this, ICAO has been required to conduct a periodic medical assessment process of licence holders including routine analysis of in-flight incapacitation events and medical findings during medical to identify areas of increased medical risk and continuous reevaluation of the medical assessment process to concentrate on identified areas of increased medical risk. The supply and demand of licence holders have become a major issue due to the increase in air traffic around the world, and the pilot retirement age has been extended to 65 years. But, there is no significant change in the aviation medical assessments process. The follow up of the result of medical examination discovered through aviation medical examination is a very important part, but it has not been properly implemented, and the sick leaves and medical inflight incapacitation reporting system should be improved. The management of health risk factors for licence holders must be implemented to prevent aircraft accidents or aviation safety problems caused by health problems. In this paper, we propose the development plan and concrete improvement plan of the health risk management system of licence holders in Korea in terms of aviation safety.

Marine Incidents Management and Information Exchange Technologies in the Process of Safe Ship Operation

  • Oleksiy, Melnyk;Yana, Volianska;Oleg, Onishchenko;Svitlana, Onyshchenko;Alla, Bondar;Andrii, Golovan;Nataliia, Cheredarchuk;Iryna, Honcharuk;Tetyana, Obnyavko
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.64-70
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    • 2023
  • Maritime transport is dominant in the overall volume of all international transportation. Existence and overcoming of problems, which cause pressure on shipping safety, remain actual and fully concern both maritime and inland transport. Increasing speed and cargo capacity of the ships along with the reduction of crew members lead to the automation of a growing number of work processes, which indicates the need to actively introduce appropriate measures in the security system of sea-going ships and commercial ports and to develop modern approaches to minimize negative events and incidents in the process of ship operation. Advantages in use of modern methods of monitoring the safety of ship operations, management of possible events and incidents, including investigation of accidents, first, aimed at prevention of negative occurrences and ways of prevention on this basis. Considering statistics on incidents increase, this work presents analysis of general ship accident rate, study of major accidental events growth annually, and investigation of causes of incidents, which most frequently occur in port waters and at open sea. A survey of current approaches to ensuring the safety of shipping by implementing effective tools, such as event and incident management, has been conducted.

Epidemiologic Changes of Facial Bone Fracture before and after Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Level 1 Trauma Center in Korea

  • Jeong Ho Kim;Chae Eun Yang;Sug Won Kim;Jiye Kim
    • Archives of Plastic Surgery
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    • v.50 no.1
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    • pp.37-41
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    • 2023
  • Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has had a major impact worldwide. Several countries have implemented restrictions on social interaction ("social distancing"). Several studies have reported that the epidemiology of trauma patients, such as those with facial bone fractures, has changed after COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to further explore these specific changes. Methods This was a retrospective study of patients who presented to a single institution with facial bone fractures between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2020. Baseline patient demographics, clinical information, type of fracture, etiology, and operative management were compared before and after COVID-19. Results Of all cases, 3,409 occurred before COVID-19, and 602 occurred after COVID-19. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the number of patients with facial fractures has not decreased significantly. A significant increase was noted in fractures that occurred outdoors (p < 0.001). However, a decrease was observed in operative management between the groups (p < 0.001). There was no significant difference in the proportion of assault, fall-down, industrial accident, or roll-down. In contrast, the proportion of traffic accidents and slip-down categories increased significantly (p < 0.05). Moreover, a significant decrease was found in the proportion of the sports category (p = 0.001) Conclusions It was confirmed through this study that COVID-19 pandemic also affected epidemiology of facial fractures. Focusing on these changes, it is necessary to develop safety measures to reduce facial fractures.

Study of oxidation behavior and tensile properties of candidate superalloys in the air ingress simulation scenario

  • Bin Du;Haoxiang Li;Wei Zheng;Xuedong He;Tao Ma;Huaqiang Yin
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.55 no.1
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    • pp.71-79
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    • 2023
  • Air ingress incidents are major safety accidents in very-high-temperature reactors (VHTRs). Air containing a high volume fraction of oxygen may cause severe oxidation of core components at the VHTR, especially for the significantly thin alloy tube wall in the intermediate heat exchanger (IHE). The research objects of this study are Inconel 617 and Incoloy 800H, two candidate alloys for IHE in VHTR. The air ingress accident scenario is simulated with high-temperature air flow at 950 ℃. A continuous oxide scale was formed on the surfaces of both the alloys after the experiment. Because the oxide scale of Inconel 617 has a loose structure, whereas that of Incoloy 800H is denser, Inconel 617 exhibited significantly more severe internal oxidation than Incoloy 800H. Further, Inconel 617 showed a significant decrease in ultimate tensile strength and plasticity after aging for 200 h, whereas Incoloy 800H maintained its tensile properties satisfactorily. Through control experiment under vacuum, we preliminarily concluded that serious internal oxidation is the primary reason for the decline in the tensile properties of Inconel 617.

The Effect of Barge-in Function of In-Vehicle Voice Conversational Interface on Driving Experience - Focus on Car Navigation and Music Services - (차량용 음성대화 인터페이스의 Barge-in 기능이 주행 경험에 미치는 효과 연구 - 내비게이션 및 음악서비스 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Taek Soo;Kim, Ji Hyun;Choi, Jun Ho
    • Design Convergence Study
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.17-28
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    • 2018
  • The manipulation of the device by hand while driving is a major factor to increase the risk of accidents, and the design of in-vehicle voice conversational interface that can compensate for this is being actively researched. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the use of the barge-in function of in-vehicle voice interface on user experience. Participants were asked to carry out two tasks, one for navigation and one for music play. We conducted a survey to measure the functional user 's experience after each participant' s tasks, and measured usefulness, usability, satisfaction, and emotion as user experience factors. As a result, Barge-in has been rated as the better choice for most experience factors. There was a significant effect on usability dimension in navigation task and significant effects on usability dimension and emotional dimension in music play task. So it was found that barge-in function had a positive effect on actual user's usability and emotional dimension.

A Case Report of the Beneficial Effects of Chunghyul-Plus in Dyslipidemia Patients (청혈플러스로 호전된 이상지질혈증 환자 4례 보고)

  • Jung, Eun Sun;Kim, Hyun Tae;Choi, Koh Eun;Oh, Jeong Min;Cho, Hyun Kyoung;Yoo, Ho Ryong;Kim, Yoon Sik;Seol, In Chan
    • The Journal of the Society of Stroke on Korean Medicine
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.55-66
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    • 2016
  • Dyslipidemia is a major risk factor for cardiovascular accidents (CVA) and heart disease, especially the ischemic type. Lowering of serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels is a primary measure for preventing atherosclerosis. Many medications are available for the treatment of dyslipidemia; however, these drugs have some side effects. Therefore, we treated dyslipidemia patients with Chunghyul-plus. Before treatment, patients' levels of total cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and LDL-C were measured on an empty stomach. Thereafter, patients were administered 1000 mg (2 capsules) of Chunghyul-plus two or three times a day for 2 weeks. After treatment with Chunghyul-plus, patients' serum triglyceride, LDL-C, and total cholesterol levels decreased. The results of this study suggest that Chunghyul-plus might be useful in the treatment of dyslipidemia.

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A Study on the Direction of the Introduction of Korean Autonomous Co-operation Driving Vehicle (한국형 자율협력주행차량의 도입 방향성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Seung-Pil;Kim, Hwan-Seong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2020.11a
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    • pp.161-162
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    • 2020
  • Major advanced ports around the world are preparing for environmental regulations such as increased efficiency of ports and low emission of pollutants in ports by utilizing fourth industrial technologies and ICT technologies such as AI, big data, self-driving cars and connected cars. It is also investing in developing fully unmanned terminals to solve the problem of workforce reduction caused by avoidance of 3D industries. However, the introduction of advanced technology is being delayed in domestic ports, which has led to a drop in port efficiency. In addition, port safety accidents have also occurred frequently, seriously affecting port marketing. Thus, the characteristics and types of each container terminal in Korea were analyzed and the factors for introducing autonomous cooperative driving were classified into five section factors and 15 division factors. Hierarchically classified factors will be surveyed on workers working in shipping lines, port construction, container terminals and related ministries.

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