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Removal Characteristics of NOx Using a Mixed Soil-Biofilter (토양 혼합여재를 이용한 질소산화물 제거특성)

  • Cho, Ki-Chul;Sin, Eun-Sang;Hwang, Gyeong-Cheol;Cho, Il-Hyoung;Lee, Nae-Hyun;Yeo, Hyun-Gu
    • Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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    • v.21 no.3 s.61
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    • pp.15-26
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    • 2006
  • As traffic in city-centre around the world continues to increase, so levels of atmospheric pollutants continue to rise. High concentrations of NOx can have negative effects on human health, and we must find new ways to reduce their levels in the air we breathe. Nitrogen oxide gas (NOx), consisting of nitrogen monoxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide $(NO_2)$ produced using $O_3$ oxidation, at a low concentration corresponding to that on roads as a result of exhaust from automobiles, was carried out to evaluate the removal characteristics of NOx through a laboratory-scale biofilter packed with soil as a packing material. A mixture media (yellow soil (30%): soil (40%): compost (10%): a used briquet (20%)) was applied. After about 1day of operation, the removal efficiency for $NO_2$ in all experiments with a constant condition ($25^{\circ}C$ and water humidity (60%)) was over 98%. The retention times of the section between phase I and phase II for formation and reduction of $NO_3$ NO and $NO_2$ on the initial $NO_3$ concentration was 50min $(O_3:195\;ppb),\;55min\;(O_3:925\;ppb),\;65min\;(O_3:1743\;ppb),\;70min\;(O_3:2616\;ppb),\;75min\;(O_3:3500\;ppb)$, respectively The soil biofilter system is a unique technology that purifies urban air by utilizing the natural processes that take place in the soil. Although some of the processes are quite complex, they can broadly be summarized as adsorption onto soil particles, dissolution into soil pore water, and biochemical.

The trend of Current Nursing Curriculum in Korea and it's perspectives for the future (한국의 간호교육과정 경향과 전망)

  • Suh Moon-Ja
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.3
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    • pp.46-58
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    • 1997
  • This review article provides the trend of current nursing curriculum of todays in Korea and its perspectives. This article reviewed 5 aspects of the current nursing curriculum for the undergraduate program, those are the (1)educational philosophy and believes (2)the nursing concepts revealed in the current nursing curriculum (3)the educational goals and objectives (4)the framework of nursing curriculum (5)the syllabus and credit hours. The common nursing concepts in the current nursing curriculum are Nursing, Human being, Environment/society, Health, Nursing science. The examplary vertical concepts composing of the current nursing curriculum are nursing process, life styles and the horizontal concepts are client, health promotion /recovery /maintenance, leadership, and research. The common subjects composing of the nursing syllabus are the introductory subjects(nursing history, nursing professionalism, foundamental nursing), and the supportive subjects (communication, human relationship, human growth and development, health education, etc) and nursing research, the intrductory basic sciences (anatomy, physiology etc.), and the major nursing subjects (adult nursing, child nursing, maternity nursing, psychiatric nursng, community nursing, nursing administration.) In order to have more advanced nursing education, the suggestions were provided as follows : (1) It is necessary to have revision and evaluation of the process and the structure of the current nursing curriculum periodically. (2) The concept of health promotion for all human being should be integrated into the nursing curriculum. (3) The nursing education program should be unified into baccalauliate level to get one type of nurse-registration system. (4) The nursing courses will need to provide the necessary contemporary Informations to allow the nurses to fuction efficiently in this rapidly changing era. (5) The use of new technology in nursing education is necessary to expand nursing education more.

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Validation of urinary N-methylacetamide reference material for proficiency test (숙련도시험을 위한 소변 중 N-메틸아세트아미드 표준시료 검증)

  • Lee, Mi-Young
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.339-346
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    • 2014
  • The author assessed the availability of urine reference material for proficiency test provided for laboratories in occupational health. N-methylacetamide is the biomarker of exposure to N,N-dimethyl acetamide, which was used as the substitute for hepatotoxic N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF). N-methylacetamide (NMAC) urine samples of 3 different levels covering the 0.2~2 times of the exposure limit were tested. Stability test up to 180 days (0, 7, 30, 60, 180 days) at 4 different temperatures (-60, -20, 5, $25^{\circ}C$) and homogeneity test were performed for these samples. New analytical condition by GC/MSD using SIM mode (m/z 58, 59) and DB-624 column was investigated for better selectivity, sensitivity and resolution. Urinary NMAC samples showed good homogeneity for 3 levels. These samples also showed good stability up to 180 days. The data of stability and homogeneity of urinary DMAC confirmed the basis of including this item into Korean proficiency test for occupational health laboratories since 2008.

Usefulness of Radiation Treatment Planning Applied Respiration Factor for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in the Lung Cancer (폐암 환자의 정위체부방사선치료 시 호흡인자를 적용한 방사선 치료계획의 유용성)

  • Shin, Sung Pil;Kim, Tae-Hyung;So, Woon Young;Back, Geum Mun
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.587-593
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    • 2016
  • We are evaluated the usefulness of radiation treatment planning applied respiration factor for stereotactic body radiation therapy in the lung cancer. Four dimensional computed tomography images were obtained in 10 patients with lung cancer. The radiation treatment plans were established total lung volume according to respiration images (new method) and conventional method. We was analyzed in the lung volume, radiation absorbed dose of lung and main organs (ribs, tracheobronchus, esophagus, spinal cord) around the tumor, respectively. We were confirmed that lung volume and radiation absorbed dose of lung and main organs around the tumor deference according to applied respiration. In conclusion, radiation treatment planning applied respiration factor seems to be useful for stereotactic body radiation therapy in the lung cancer.

Actual Condition and Realization of Important on Laboratory Safety Management in Chemical Laboratories (화학물질 사용 실험실의 안전관리 실태와 인식도)

  • Lee, Keun-Won;Choi, Yi-Rac
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.60-66
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    • 2012
  • With diversification of research and development activity according to fusion of state-of-the-art technology, potential hazard and risk factors in new forms have been increased in the laboratories. Also, as there are many cases where the experimental condition is extremely high/low temperature and pressure, many many accidents producing loss of life and/or injuries occur due to the extreme condition. In this study, The common fact questionnaire as the survey tool for the establishment of the accident prevention countermeasure in laboratory have been developed to safety security of the laboratory workers. The current status of chemical materials and the realization of important on laboratory safety management using the questionnaire investigated by an electronic mail and visiting survey in the laboratories and universities. The collected data was analyzed with Excel program and it can be utilized as basic data for accident prevention in laboratories.

A review on deep learning-based structural health monitoring of civil infrastructures

  • Ye, X.W.;Jin, T.;Yun, C.B.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.567-585
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    • 2019
  • In the past two decades, structural health monitoring (SHM) systems have been widely installed on various civil infrastructures for the tracking of the state of their structural health and the detection of structural damage or abnormality, through long-term monitoring of environmental conditions as well as structural loadings and responses. In an SHM system, there are plenty of sensors to acquire a huge number of monitoring data, which can factually reflect the in-service condition of the target structure. In order to bridge the gap between SHM and structural maintenance and management (SMM), it is necessary to employ advanced data processing methods to convert the original multi-source heterogeneous field monitoring data into different types of specific physical indicators in order to make effective decisions regarding inspection, maintenance and management. Conventional approaches to data analysis are confronted with challenges from environmental noise, the volume of measurement data, the complexity of computation, etc., and they severely constrain the pervasive application of SHM technology. In recent years, with the rapid progress of computing hardware and image acquisition equipment, the deep learning-based data processing approach offers a new channel for excavating the massive data from an SHM system, towards autonomous, accurate and robust processing of the monitoring data. Many researchers from the SHM community have made efforts to explore the applications of deep learning-based approaches for structural damage detection and structural condition assessment. This paper gives a review on the deep learning-based SHM of civil infrastructures with the main content, including a brief summary of the history of the development of deep learning, the applications of deep learning-based data processing approaches in the SHM of many kinds of civil infrastructures, and the key challenges and future trends of the strategy of deep learning-based SHM.

Structural health monitoring of a cable-stayed bridge using smart sensor technology: deployment and evaluation

  • Jang, Shinae;Jo, Hongki;Cho, Soojin;Mechitov, Kirill;Rice, Jennifer A.;Sim, Sung-Han;Jung, Hyung-Jo;Yun, Chung-Bangm;Spencer, Billie F. Jr.;Agha, Gul
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.6 no.5_6
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    • pp.439-459
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    • 2010
  • Structural health monitoring (SHM) of civil infrastructure using wireless smart sensor networks (WSSNs) has received significant public attention in recent years. The benefits of WSSNs are that they are low-cost, easy to install, and provide effective data management via on-board computation. This paper reports on the deployment and evaluation of a state-of-the-art WSSN on the new Jindo Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge in South Korea with a 344-m main span and two 70-m side spans. The central components of the WSSN deployment are the Imote2 smart sensor platforms, a custom-designed multimetric sensor boards, base stations, and software provided by the Illinois Structural Health Monitoring Project (ISHMP) Services Toolsuite. In total, 70 sensor nodes and two base stations have been deployed to monitor the bridge using an autonomous SHM application with excessive wind and vibration triggering the system to initiate monitoring. Additionally, the performance of the system is evaluated in terms of hardware durability, software stability, power consumption and energy harvesting capabilities. The Jindo Bridge SHM system constitutes the largest deployment of wireless smart sensors for civil infrastructure monitoring to date. This deployment demonstrates the strong potential of WSSNs for monitoring of large scale civil infrastructure.

A Study on the Demand of K-Nursing in Southeast Asian Nursing Colleges to Activate International Exchange Convergence in the Untacked Era (언택드 시대에 국제교류융합 활성화를 위한 동남아시아 간호대학에서 한국 간호에 대한 수요도 조사연구)

  • Kim, Seon Jeong;Kim, Kyung-yong;Choi, Byung Hwan;Song, Mei Ling
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.11 no.12
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    • pp.429-438
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the demand of K-nursing in Southeast Asian nursing colleges, and to promote international exchange convergence. In this study, we surveyed the professors and students who were living in Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. For investigating the demands of the topics, two times of surveys were conducted using the google form In the first survey, the emergency care and infectious control showed the most frequent. In the second survey, the classification of emergency patients, showed the most, according the highest priority of emergency department. In infectious control department, management of new infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, showed the most, according to the highest priority. Based on the result, we make a suggestion to develop the contents, according to the highest priority, and to utilize them in international exchange programs.

Serious Game Design for the Elderly using Arcade Game Machines (아케이드 게임기기를 활용한 실버용 기능성게임 디자인)

  • Kim, Sung-Jin;Kim, Mi-Jin
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.9 no.7
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    • pp.9-18
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    • 2009
  • This paper deals with the elderly serious game design which makes full use of the existing arcade game machine. This serious game is on the issue for its positive role recently. Serious arcade game for the elderly which is made up arcade platform-based combined contents manufacture technology has an element which is having a fun for building up physical and mental health. It also has a special objective which can prevent against senile dementia. Above-mentioned serious arcade game which has a special objective in both hardware part and software part is needed to study how to design. Accordingly, this paper presents how to make up special-purpose entertainment machine and contents development by biologic, social, and psychological researches and data about the elderly - main users. We hope that this paper can be used as a base for expansion of new industrial field by integrating new product development for the elderly with high game technology.With the help of information technology

Research of Specific Domestic De-identification Technique for Protection of Personal Health Medical Information in Review & Analysis of Overseas and Domestic De-Identification Technique (국내외 비식별화 기술에 관한 검토 분석에 따른 개인건강의료정보 보호를 위한 국내 특화 비식별화 기술 제안에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Pilwoo;In, Hanjin;Kim, Cheoljung;Yeo, Kwangsoo;Song, Kyoungtaek;Yu, Khigeun;Baek, Jongil;Kim, Soonseok
    • Asia-pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology
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    • v.6 no.7
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    • pp.9-16
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    • 2016
  • As life in a rapidly changing Internet age at home and abroad, large amounts of information are being used medical, financial, services, etc. Accordingly, especially hospitals, is an invasion of privacy caused by leakage and intrusion of personal information in the system in medical institutions, including clinics institutions. To protect the privacy & information protection of personal health medical information in medical institutions at home and abroad presented by national policies and de-identification processing technology standards in accordance with the legislation. By comparative analysis in existing domestic and foreign institutional privacy and de-identification technique, derive a advanced one of pseudonymization and anonymization techniques for destination data items that fell short in comparison to the domestic laws and regulations, etc. De-identification processing technology for personal health information is compared to a foreign country pharmaceutical situations. We propose a new de-identification techniques by reducing the risk of re-identification processing to enable the secondary use of domestic medical privacy.