• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.299-304
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• 2014

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), a malignancy of biliary duct with a very poor prognosis, is the leading cause of cancer death in countries of the Mekong subregion. Liver fluke infection is the main etiological factor, but genetic variation has been recognized as also important in conferring susceptibility to CCA risk. Nuclear factor (erythroid derived 2)-like 2 (NRF2) is a key transcription factor in detoxification and antioxidant defense. Emerging evidence has demonstrated that genetic polymorphisms in the NRF2 gene may be associated with cancer development. The objectives of this study were to investigate the association of NRF2 genetic polymorphism with CCA risk and to evaluate the influence of the NRF2 genotype on survival time of affected patients. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the NRF2 gene, including rs6726395: A/G, rs2886161: C/T, rs1806649: C/T, and rs10183914: C/T, were analyzed using TaqMan$^{(R)}$ SNP genotyping assays. Among 158 healthy northeastern Thai subjects, the allele frequencies were 41, 62, 94, and 92%, respectively. The correlation of NRF2 SNPs and CCA risk was analyzed in the 158 healthy subjects and 198 CCA patients, using unconditional logistic regression. The results showed that whereas the NRF2 SNPs were not associated with CCA risk (p>0.05), Kaplan-Meier analysis of 88 intrahepatic CCA patients showed median survival time with rs6726395 genotypes of GG and AA/AG to be $344{\pm}138$ (95%CI: 73-615) days and $172{\pm}37$ (95%CI: 100-244) days, respectively, (p<0.006). On multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis, the GG genotype of rs6726395 was found to be associated with longer survival with a hazard ratio of 0.54 (95%CI: 0.31-0.94). In addition, non-papillary adenocarcinoma was associated with poor survival with a hazard ratio of 2.09 (95%CI: 1.16-3.75). The results suggest that the NRF2 rs6726395 polymorphism can be a potential prognostic biomarker for CCA patients.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2009

Hong Kong is now recognized as an area of moderate seismic hazard, but most of the buildings have been designed with no seismic provision. It is of great significance to develop effective and practical measures to retrofit existing buildings against moderate seismic attacks. Researches show that beam-column joints are critical structural elements to be retrofitted for seismic resistance for reinforced concrete frame structures. This paper explores the possibility of using a Hydraulic Displacement Amplification Damping System (HDADS), which can be easily installed at the exterior of beam-column joints, to prevent structural damage against moderate seismic attacks. A series of shaking table tests were carried out with a 1/3 prototype steel frame have been carried out to assess the performance of the HDADS. A Numerical model representing the HDADS is developed. It is also used in numerical simulation of the shaking table tests. The numerical model of the HDADS and the numerical simulation of the shaking table tests are verified by experimental results.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방재학회 2007년도 정기총회 및 학술발표대회
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• pp.418-421
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• 2007

Application이나 3D 모델로 구현된 맵 관련 위성영상, UAV 영상을 통해 현장감 있는 정보를 정확하게 얻는 것은 중요하다. 방재관련 업계에서는 3D 모델링에 근거한 재해지역 주변의 정확한 3차원 지형공간정보 취득의 필요성을 인식하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 GIS 기술을 활용하여 3D 모형을 생성하고, 각종 영상들을 로딩하고 처리하는 부분에 있어서의 방법을 제시하였다. 그리고 대상지역의 수치고도모형과 지형지물을 위해 수치 지형도를 사용하였다. 결과는 3D 모델링 기반의 간단한 application의 구현이다. 제시한 방법은 방재 관련업계의 종사자들에게 더 나은 방법을 제시하기에 활용 가능하다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2005년도 지반공학 공동 학술발표회
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• pp.453-460
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• 2005

Sodium silicate - the usual portland cement which accomplishes a cement pouring reconsideration main stream and sodium silicate(No.3) after reacting sodium silicate(No.3) with the reaction sodium silicate where oxidation natrium which is included does not react with the cement receiving stiffening water it will burn together on underwater and to become the durability lacks pouring it is recognized. From the hazard which improves an advantage it used the additive which relates in congealing and stiffening of the portland cement and sodium tripolyphosphate(STPP) addition hour initial material age(72 hours at once) which does to be revealed the at high-in-tensity is discovered while accomplishing. The effect of additives on the reactions of sodium silicate solution and cement suspesion was investigated by various physical and chemical tests, such as Si-NMR, XRD, SEM uniaxial compression test. The additives were STPP(sodium tripolyphosphate), EDTA, SUGAR. The compressive strength of sodium silicate(No.3) - cement grout with additives was about $1.5{\sim}10$ times higher than that without additive in early age(72 hours).

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.119-126
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• 2006

Though safety signs are important since they transmit hazard information even after diverse accident prevention treatments, their functional effectiveness were never tested in Korea so that even those provided by Occupational Safety & Health Act(OSHAct) could not accomplish their objectives, "effective accident prevention", This research was carried out to understand confronted problems and improvement direction for safety signs provided by OSHAct. For them, current safety signs were analyzed with a semiotic view on one hand, and a questionnaire survey was conducted with safety-related people in industrial fields on the other hand. To summarize problems in semiotic aspects, geometric simplicity of pictograms in safety signs seemed to be so emphasized that they might fail to induce realistic action, and their esthetic sensation seemed to be lower than those of developed countries. And according to present questionnaire survey, it was pointed out that; 1) legal systems related with safety signs were not classified appropriately, 2) safety signs were recognized as difficult to understand and inapplicable to industrial fields, and eventually 3) safety signs were not effectively utilized for industrial accident prevention. Therefore, discussions for improving confronted problems and relation to international standards were added at the end.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.111-118
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• 2008

In usual safety signs are final means to transmit hazard information so that the importance of them cannot be emphasized too much. Nevertheless, in Korea, few people are interested in functions of safety signs so that evaluation of safety signs are seldom committed. This research was conducted to evaluate and compare perceptional characteristics of safety signs, especially "Fall" signs, by Semantic Differential Method and Multi-dimensional Scaling Method, with undergraduate students as well as industrial workers. According to research results on several signs evaluated high through suggested procedure, action inducibility was different for students majoring in different sciences, but it had common elements in the sense of 'openness' or 'arrangements'. Besides, perceptional images on safety signs were mainly recognized with bases of 'arrangement' for student group and 'simplicity' for industrial workers, respectively, and their maps corresponded well with each other by partial rotating so that students and workers seemed to recognize safety signs with similar factors though their name might be different. However, since perceptional characteristics including image map, comprehensibility, and action inducibility were similar for student group whereas those were not for worker group, it was concluded that the test for action inducibility would be absolutely necessary for safety signs for workers' group.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2022

In today's civilization, it can be impossible to prevent disasters that cause large-scale human and material harm, and the environmental industry is not excepted from this. Over the last 50 years, several large and small environmental health catastrophes have occurred in Korea. Notable instances include the phenol pollution accident in the Nakdong River, the Hebei Spirit oil spill in Taean, Chungcheongnam-do, and the humidifier disinfectant disaster. Looking at these instances, it is clear that the government failed to prevent similar incidents and accidents after the tragedies. The government created and executed different policies to prevent such incidents and accidents, but the majority of them were highly fragmented. It is understandable that depending on the political and social level of the society in which the environmental health hazard incident/accident happened, the investigation of the cause, countermeasures, and policy reaction may differ. To put it another way, the more authoritarian and non-democratic a political social system is, the more likely it is to cover up occurrences and accidents without a deep examination. This is in line with the members of society's level of political awareness and acknowledgment of the importance of life and safety. In 1985, when the Onsan pollution disease was discovered, and in 2011, when we recognized the realities of the humidifier disinfectant disaster, South Korea's political and social systems were entirely different.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.121-128
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• 2023

Construction industry is considered as one of the most high-risk industries for work-related injuries and fatalities, accounting for more than half of fatalities in Korea. Advanced countries have recognized the critical role of designers in preventing construction accidents and have established regulations on design for safety. In line with this, the Korean government have also implemented regulations that require owners and designers to review the safety of design outcomes. However, it has been observed that designers face challenges in identifying hazards and integrating design solutions at the design stage mainly due to their shortage of required knowledge and skills. This study aimed to examine design solutions that can be applied to prevent fall accidents in the construction industry, and to establish a relationship between these solutions and fatal fall accidents occurred over the past three years in Korea. This study also analyzed the relationships of four variables (construction type, cost, work type, and fall location) with design solutions. The results indicated that all four variables have significant relationships with design solutions, with fall location showing the strongest relationship. The design solutions and their relationships with fatal fall accidents identified in this study can be utilized in identifying hazard and integrating design solutions to ensure design for safety.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.583-597
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• 2014

난방기기에 의한 화재는 다양한 난방기기의 종류처럼 그 원인도 다양하고. 매년 계속되는 전통재래시장에서의 난방기기에 의한 화재사고가 빈번히 발생하여 인명 및 재산상의 손실을 초래하고 있다. 일반주택이나 아파트 등 대부분의 주거시설은 난방용 보일러가 보급되어 난방기기로 인한 화재가 그리 많지 않으나 식당, 시장의 점포와 사무실, 체육관, 공장, 작업장 등에서는 여전히 석유난로, 전기난로 등 난방기기를 사용 하고 있어 화재의 위험성에 노출되어 있다. 또한 난방용 기기의 발생건수를 살펴보면 가정용보일러, 목탄난로, 석유난로, 가스난로/스토브, 전기스토브/히터 순으로 발생한 것으로 분석되었으며, 인명피해 별 건수는 가스난로/스토브, 석유난로 /곤로, 전기히터/스토브, 연탄/석탄난로 순으로 분석되었다. 또한 가스 및 석유관련 난방용기기가 발생빈도(frequency)는 낮지만 화재강도(intensity)가 높은 것으로 분석 되었다. 따라서 본 연구의 목적은 다중이용시설인 전통재래시장에서 아직도 많이 사용되고 있고, 실제 화재발생사례가 많은 석유난로와 전기스토브에 의한 발화 위험성 즉 최소발화온도, 탄화 정도와 그에 따른 열유속을 정상상태와 비정상상태 하에서의 가연물의 접촉 및 전도로 인한 화재 발생 가능성을 재연하여 검토해 봄으로서 보다 과학적인 화재조사 및 감식 접근방법을 강구하고자 하였다. 재연실험 결과 실험체 2종(석유난로/전기스토브) 모두 양호한 축열 조건이 만들어지지 않는 한 발화위험성은 극히 적은 것으로 나타났지만 탄화의 상태는 각 부위별로 진행되는 것으로 분석되었다. 결국 화재로의 전이는 축열에 의한 발화이므로 최소한 화재장소의 축열 온도조건이 $500^{\circ}C$ 이상일 때 발화되는 것으로 분석되었다. 특히 전기스토브의 발열체인 석영관인 경우 가장 짧은 시간 내(10sec)에 $600^{\circ}C$ 이상의 온도로 급 가열 되어 이때의 열유속은 6.26kW/m2으로 나타나 이는 보온된 PVC케이블이 손상과 함께 인체에는 2도 화상을 입히는 결과를 나타내는 것으로 분석 되었다. 아울러 온도 조건 이외에 거리변화에 따른 열량의 감소분을 나타내는 형태계수(Geometric View Factor)와 화재하중(Fire Load)에 따른 온도 변화도 고려되어야 할 중요한 변수임 알았다. 따라서 이에 관한 세심한 화재조사 및 감식의 매뉴얼이 있어야 할 것으로 사료되며 이러한 실험에 의한 과학적이고 합리적인 노력들이 향후 화재조사 및 감식에 대한 매뉴얼 작성과 이론적 토대를 세우는데 기여하기를 기대한다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.45-54
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• 2002

위해요소중점관리제도(Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point : HACCP)는 세계적으로 식품의 안전성을 보증하는 가장 과학적이고 체계적인 위생관리기법으로 널리 인정되고 있고, 우리나라도 법적으로 도축장에 연차적으로 의무적으로 적용토록 하고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 HACCP를 국내 도축장에 시행하는데 있어 기본토대를 파악함으로서 향후 효과적이고 체계적인 HACCP이 시행되는데 기여할 수 있도록 하기 위한 것이다. 이를 위하여 HACCP 시행주체인 영업자(124명),종업원(363명) 및 HACCP 담당공무원(170명)의 HACCP 시행능력 및 인식실태를 설문조사를 통하여 분석하였다. 본 연구결과, HACCP의 이해정도는 도축장 영업자가 34.7%, 종업원 21.1%, 관계공무원이 57.1% 으로 공무원이 비교적 HACCP에 대한 이해정도가 높은 것으로 나타났으며, HACCP수행의지는 영업자 93.5%, 영업자 88.9%, 공무원 93.6%으로 모두 시행의지가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 설문조사에서 나타난 도축장에서의 HACCP 수행의 가장 큰 잇점은 도축장 위생수준의 향상(54.1%), 식육판매증가(17.6%), 위생식육 생산에 대한 자긍심(9.6%), 식육수출증가(7.5%) 등으로 나타났으며, 시행시 가장 큰 장애요인으로는 도축장 경영난(33.2%), 도축장의 낮은 시설수준(27.3%), 종업원의 낮은 위생의식(19.4%), 및 HACCP의 이해부족(12.3%)으로 나타났다. 현 시점에서 도축장에서 효과적인 HACCP를 시행하기 위한 가장 시급한 조치로는 도축장의 시설수준향상(36.6%), 교육과 훈련을 통한 HACCP 기반 확대(17%), HACCP시행 도축장을 위한 특혜부여(11.8%), 그리고 정부와 산업체간의 긴밀한 협조체제 (10.3%)로 나타났다. 이번 연구결과는 HACCP를 시행하기 위한 효과적인 방법을 제시하며, 도축장 영업자에게는 그들 자신만의 효율적인 HACCP 계획을 수립할 수 있도록 도와줄 뿐만 아니라, 국내 도축장의 HACCP 시행여건을 체계적으로 분석·제공함으로서 정부등 관련업계에서 HACCP시행 정책 등을 수립하는데 있어 기초자료로 활용될 수 있다.