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Distribution, flight altitude, and habitat use of birds at the Demonstration Offshore Wind Farm in the Southern Part of the West Sea (서남해 해상풍력 실증단지에서 조류의 분포, 비행고도 그리고 서식지 이용)

  • Jae-Gyun Lim;Jung-Soo Kim;Seung-Jong Jin
    • Journal of Wind Energy
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.75-86
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    • 2023
  • We observed five species and 163 individuals of birds in the Demonstration Offshore Wind Farm in the southern part of the West Sea in Korea, and 33 species and 4,023 individuals from Gusipo to Dongho Beach. The most dominant bird in both areas was the black-tailed gull, Larus crassirostris. The flight height of birds for collision risk (wind turbine and bird) was divided into two groups. First, the safe height was from sea level to 20 m (< 20 m), with no effect from the action of revolving blades. Second, the danger height was more than 20 m from sea level (> 20 m), with a collision risk from the action of revolving blades. Birds flying a safe height (< 20 m) were 83.9% (271 individuals) and danger height (> 20 m) were 16.1% (52 individuals). Also, 11.7% of birds (35 individuals) used the inside of the Demonstration Offshore Wind Farm as a habitat for foraging and resting, and 88.3% birds used the outside. We suggest that the risk of collision with the wind farm was low due to the relatively low flight height of birds and distance between wind turbines (> 800 m).

A Study on Authentication Algorithm for NFC Security Channel (NFC 보안 채널을 위한 인증 알고리즘에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Seon-Keun;Jeong, Woo-Yeol
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.805-810
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    • 2012
  • Recently, applications range of NFC is widening by popularization of smartphone. Expansion of NFC means generalization of electronic payments systems. So security of NFC is very important. AES-128 is safe cryptographic technique for NFC now in use. But, the more range of applications increases, the more safe cryptographic techniques are necessary. In this paper, we propose the safe method is unaffected by the development of NFC. Proposed A-NFC scheme, adding the authentication of asymmetric cryptographic, is easy to apply for NFC and NFC-USIM chipsets, and it can adapt to the general NFC environment.

The Countermeasure for Threat of Cyber Terror in Sociological Perspective (사회적 이슈 관점에서 바라 본 사이버 테러 유형에 대한 위험 대응방안)

  • Choi, Heesik;Kim, Hyunkyu
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.59-67
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    • 2017
  • In recent years, cyber terror that break into major institution's information system and destroy and paralyzed important information occurs frequently. Some countries do dangerous acts such as train hackers and order hackers to hack important industrial confidential documents which are core of national competitiveness to reduce the competitiveness of the country and cause social confusion. In this thesis, it will study problems of cyber terror to help people to use Internet in web environment that safe from cyber terror and to avoid the risk from cyber terror such as malware and DDos. This thesis is organized as following. In second chapter, it will look thorough the research that are related to cyber terror. In third chapter, it will study attack types of cyber terror. In fourth chapter, to defend from cyber violence, it will suggest safe solution. In fifth chapter, it will end with conclusion. Finally, to prevent urgent incidents like North Korean Cyber-attack, every Internet user must indicate their recognition on Internet security and it is significant to make a quick response treatment to create the safe online environment.

Safe anesthesia for office-based plastic surgery: Proceedings from the PRS Korea 2018 meeting in Seoul, Korea

  • Osman, Brian M.;Shapiro, Fred E.
    • Archives of Plastic Surgery
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    • v.46 no.3
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    • pp.189-197
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    • 2019
  • There has been an exponential increase in plastic surgery cases over the last 20 years, surging from 2.8 million to 17.5 million cases per year. Seventy-two percent of these cases are being performed in the office-based or ambulatory setting. There are certain advantages to performing aesthetic procedures in the office, but several widely publicized fatalities and malpractice claims has put the spotlight on patient safety and the lack of uniform regulation of office-based practices. While 33 states currently have legislation for office-based surgery and anesthesia, 17 states have no mandate to report patient deaths or adverse outcomes. The literature on office-base surgery and anesthesia has demonstrated significant improvements in patient safety over the last 20 years. In the following review of the proceedings from the PRS Korea 2018 meeting, we discuss several key concepts regarding safe anesthesia for office-based cosmetic surgery. These include the safe delivery of oxygen, appropriate local anesthetic usage and the avoidance of local anesthetic toxicity, the implementation of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery protocols, multimodal analgesic techniques with less reliance on narcotic pain medications, the use of surgical safety checklists, and incorporating "the patient" into the surgical decision-making process through decision aids.

Assessment of Readability and Appropriate Usability Based on the Product Labelling of Over-The-Counter Drugs in Korea (일반의약품 설명서의 이해도와 적정 사용가능성 평가)

  • Lee, Iyn-Hyang;Lee, Hyung Won;Je, Nam Kyung;Lee, Sukhyang
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.56 no.5
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    • pp.333-345
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    • 2012
  • A product labelling is one of key tools in ensuring that a patient uses drugs safely and effectively in self-care without professional support. This study aimed to explore the readability and comprehensibility of the information contained on two package inserts of medicines. Two package inserts were tested with first year college students. Fifty-one potential consumers underlined words they could not understand and answered 10 scenario questions. Any differences among groups with different characteristics were statistically tested. Secondly, the readability of two package inserts was assessed with comparison to the level of the 6th grade Korean textbooks. As results, more than 80% of participants properly replied to straightforward questions concerning indication, dosage, duplication, use in pregnancy and contraindication, and 73% about formulation. Less than half answered correctly in multiple choice questions about pediatric use (41%) and side effects (35%). Little discrepancy was observed in the comprehensibility between participants' characteristics. Drug inserts contained about 20% more professional-level words than 6th grade textbooks. In conclusion, Korean consumers may face challenges to understand drug information due to professional terminology and outdated expressions in the current package inserts. To secure safe and effective use of over-the-counter agents, greater efforts should be made to develop more consumer friendly labels. In the other hand, educational supports are required to prepare consumers in a proper level of knowledge for the safe use of drugs.

Systematizing Information Use to Address Determinants of Health Worker Health in South Africa: A Cross-sectional Mixed Method Study

  • Muzimkhulu Zungu;Annalee Yassi ;Jonathan Ramodike;Kuku Voyi;Karen Lockhart;David Jones;Spo Kgalamono;Nkululeko Thunzi;Jerry Spiegel
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.368-374
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    • 2023
  • Background: Recognizing that access to safe and healthy working conditions is a human right, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls for specific occupational safety and health (OSH) programs for health workers (HWs). The WHO health systems' building blocks, and the International Labour Organization (ILO), highlight the importance of information as part of effective systems. This study examined how OSH stakeholders access, use, and value an occupational health information system (OHIS). Methods: A cross-sectional survey of OSH stakeholders was conducted as part of a larger quasi experimental study in four teaching hospitals. The study hospitals and participants were purposefully selected and data collected using a modified questionnaire with both closed and open-ended questions. Quantitative analysis was conducted and themes identified for qualitative analysis. Ethics approval was provided by the University of Pretoria and University of British Columbia. Results: There were 71 participants comprised of hospital managers, health and safety representatives, trade unions representatives and OSH professionals. At least 42% reported poor accessibility and poor timeliness of OHIS for decision-making. Only 50% had access to computers and 27% reported poor computer skills. When existing, OHIS was poorly organized and needed upgrades, with 85% reporting the need for significant reforms. Only 45% reported use of OHIS for decision-making in their OSH role. Conclusion: Given the gap in access and utilization of information needed to protect worker's rights to a safe and healthy workplace, more attention is warranted to OHIS development and use as well as education and training in South Africa and beyond.

Development of Voice Information System for Safe Navigation in Marine Simulator (시뮬레이터 기반 음성을 이용한 항행정보 안내시스템의 개발)

  • Son N. S.;Kim S. Y.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.28-34
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    • 2002
  • As the technology of Speech Recognition(SR) and Text-To-Speech(TTS) develops rapidly, voice control and guidance system is thought to be very helpful for safe navigation. But Voice Control and Guidance System(VCGS) is not yet so popularly included in Navigation Supporting System(NSS). The main reason of this is that VCGS is so complicated and user-unfriendly that navigation officers hesitate to use VCGS. Frequent errors in operating VCGS due to low rate of SR are another reason. To make VCGS more practicable for safe navigation, we design the user-friendly VCGS. Firstly, by using interviews we survey functions and procedures that navigation officers want to be included in VCGS. Secondly, to raise the rate of SR, we tun the environmental noise in bridge and to reduce the errors due to low rate of SR in operating VCGS, we design the functions of self-correction. Also we apply a user-independent SR engine so that procedures of teaming of speakers is basically not necessary. Using simulator experiments the functions and procedures of the user-friendly YCGS for safe navigation are evaluated and the results of evaluation are fed back to the design. As a result, we can design the VCGS more helpful for safe navigation. In this paper, we describe the features of the user-friendly VCGS for safe navigation and discuss the results of simulator experiments.

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Is ginseng free from adverse effects?

  • Xie, Jing-Tian;Mehendale, Sangeeta R.;Maleckar, Spring A.;Yuan, Chun-Su
    • Advances in Traditional Medicine
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.80-86
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    • 2002
  • Ginseng is a perennial herb widely used in China, Japan, and Korea. It is also one of the most commonly used herbal medicines in the U.S. Although it is generally considered safe to use, adverse effects associated with ginseng use have been reported. Inappropriate ginseng use, such as high dose administration, may cause insomnia, headaches, diarrhea, as well as cardiovascular and endocrine disorders. Other factors that may contribute to adverse effects of ginseng include the variety of ginseng species, variability in commercial ginseng preparations, and potential ginseng-drug interactions. To minimize adverse effects of ginseng, consumers should be advised to use it appropriately, and the herbal industry should try to provide standardized ginseng preparations.

Easy Keypad - Soft Keyboard for Login Information Input in Smart Devices (쉬운 키패드 - 스마트 기기에서 사용하는 로그인 정보 입력만을 위한 소프트키보드)

  • Koh, Hyung Dae
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.107-120
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, we suggest a soft keyboard, called easy keypad, that we use only for login information input in smart devices. Especially, as easy keypad is applied to MTS(Mobile Trading System) we suggest easy keypad in MTS. Easy keypad UI in MTS represents 20 letters and users input login information by using 20 letters. We suggest protocol which decides letters represented in easy keypad UI, which is code for users to input login information by using 20 letters. We analyze easy keypad's safe degree for soft keyboard security threat, especially when it comes to point hacking, we suggest comparison among original soft keyboard's safe degree. Also we suggest mathematical fomula for measuring soft keyboard's convenience and then we analyze the result of soft keyboard's convenience by the presented mathematical formula.

A Consideration on Improvement of Safe Lithium Battery Air Transportation (리튬 전지의 안전한 항공 운송을 위한 개선 방향 고찰)

  • Joe, Hunmyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.135-142
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    • 2017
  • As PED(Personal Electronic Device) market has been rapidly grown, the demand on Lithium battery, which is most commonly used power source of PED, also has been increased. Dew to this trend, the amount of Lithium battery air transportation is also increasing. However, it should be treated very carefully because Lithium is one of very explosive metal. So ICAO, IATA and civil aviation agencies try to enhance the safety of Lithium battery air transportation by aircraft certification and operating regulations. To enhance in-flight safety, the aircraft for transporting Lithium battery should equip certified fire extinguishing system. But recent studies find that Halon, currently used extinguishing agent, is not effective on extinguishing Lithium battery fire. Besides, there is no certified Halon replacement for air use and no acceptable specific minimum performance standard(MPS) for Lithium battery fire. For this issue, a study on characteristics and establishing MPS of Lithium battery fire is needed for safe air transportation of Lithium battery.