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A Study on the relevant Variables of Middle-aged Women's Depression (중년여성의 우울 관련변인에 관한 연구)

  • Byeon, Wei-Jin;Kim, Choon-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.44 no.7 s.221
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    • pp.125-139
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study is to analyse the factor of the Variables that contributed to the depression of middle-aged women. The subjects were 751 Middle-aged women whose age was from 41 to 60. The instruments used in the study were the assessment of depression, the assessment of climacteric symptoms, the assessment of marital satisfaction, the assessment of marital stability, the assessment of ego identity and the questionnaire of demographic variables. The data were analysed by using descriptive statistics, ANOVA, Duncan, pearson correlation, hierarchical multiple regression. The findings were as follows; (1) According to the job, the level of education, the state of marriage, the subjective level of health, the subjective level of economy, household income, present problem, the level of family-of-original relationship, the age of last child, religion and spouse's occupation there were differences of depression; (2) In the result of the analysis of relationships of depression, the depression was correlated with Climacteric Symptoms positively and with Marital Satisfaction, Marital Stability, and Ego Identity negatively; (3) Predictors of depression of the Middle-aged women ordered climacteric physical, climacteric psychological, marital satisfaction, marital stability, identity moratorium, goal oriented, identity diffusion, initiative. Based on these results, the recommendations for the future research in this area were discussed.

Fall Risk Assessments Based on Postural and Dynamic Stability Using Inertial Measurement Unit

  • Liu, Jian;Zhang, Xiaoyue;Lockhart, Thurmon E.
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.192-198
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    • 2012
  • Objectives: Slip and fall accidents in the workplace are one of the top causes of work related fatalities and injuries. Previous studies have indicated that fall risk was related to postural and dynamic stability. However, the usage of this theoretical relationship was limited by laboratory based measuring instruments. The current study proposed a new method for stability assessment by use of inertial measurement units (IMUs). Methods: Accelerations at different body parts were recorded by the IMUs. Postural and local dynamic stability was assessed from these measures and compared with that computed from the traditional method. Results: The results demonstrated: 1) significant differences between fall prone and healthy groups in IMU assessed dynamic stability; and 2) better power of discrimination with multi stability index assessed by IMUs. Conclusion: The findings can be utilized in the design of a portable screening or monitoring tool for fall risk assessment in various industrial settings.

An Investigation into Capsizing Accident and Potential Technology for Vessel Stability Assessment

  • Long, Zhan-Jun;Jeong, Jae-Hun;Jung, Jin-Woo;Lee, Seung-Keon
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.55-61
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, ship accidents are analyzed briefly and the main objective is to investigate a potential technological approach for risk assessment of vessel stability. Ship nonlinear motion equation and main parameters that induce ship capsizing in beam seas have analyzed, the survival probability of a ferry in random status have estimated and finally find out a risk assessment concept for ship's intact stability estimation by safe basin simulation method. Since a few main parameters are considered in the paper, it is expected to be more accurately for estimating ship survival probability when considering ship rolling initial condition and all other impact parameters in the future research.

The Effect Assessment Method of Control and Protection Systems on Transient Stability of Power Systems

  • Miki, Tetsushi;Sugino, Ryuzaburou;Kono, Yoshiyuki
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.08a
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    • pp.736-740
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    • 2004
  • In order to overcome the problems of simulation methods, the power system transient stability assessment method using critical fault clearing time functions has been developed. Using the above method, this paper has developed the new method which can assess accurately and efficiently the effects of control and protection systems on transient stability which is the most important characteristic to assess in power systems. At first, critical fault clearing time functions CCT(W:load) are defined by taking notice of the fact that transient stability is mainly controlled by fault clearing time and load. Next, the method to be enable to assess accurately and efficiently the effects of control and protection systems on transient stability has been newly developed by using the above functions. Finally, it has been applied to the effect assessment in the occurrence of a three-phase fault in a model power system. Results of application have been clarified its effectiveness.

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A study on the ATC(Available Transfer Capabilily) calculation using an Energy Function Method (에너지함수법을 이용한 가용송전용량(ATC) 계산에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jae-Hyeon;Jeong, Sung-Won;Kim, Yong-Il
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.94-100
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    • 2008
  • Available transfer capability(ATC) quantifies the viable increase in real power transfer from one point to another in a power system. ATC calculation has predominantly focussed on steady-state viability. But ATC assessment with transient stability constraints has a dominant part in overall ATC calculation. ATC assessment requires a reputation of (n-1) security assessment with constraints of thermal limits, voltage stability and dynamic stability. An estimation of determinant contingency screening method is used for computing eigenvalue of Jacobian matrix. This paper proposed a methods to ATC calculation using energy function. Constraints is used thermal limits, voltage stability and transient stability.

Study on Standards of Combustion Stability Assessment of Liquid Rocket Engine Combustion Devices (액체로켓 엔진 연소장치의 연소 안정성 평가 기준에 대한 연구)

  • Seo, Seong-Hyeon;Lee, Kwang-Jin;Choi, Hwan-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.34-40
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    • 2009
  • The present study describes the methods and standards for the combustion stability assessment of a thrust chamber and a gas generator as parts of a liquid rocket engine. The first method uses a statistical approach through typical static combustion tests and the second one a dynamic assessment identifying decaying characteristics of pressure fluctuations excited by a pulse generating device. Based on accumulated test results, it is concluded that the maximal values for combustion stability are 3% of a chamber static pressure with a Root-Mean-Square value of pressure fluctuations, and 10 msec with a decay time.

A Fast Screening Algorithm for On-Line Transient Stability Assessment (온라인 과도안정도 판정을 위한 상정사고 고속 스크리닝 알고리즘 개발)

  • Lee, Jong-Seock;Yang, Jung-Dae;Lee, Byong-Jun;Kwon, Sae-Hyuk;Nam, Hae-Kon;Choo, Jin-Boo;Lee, Koung-Guk;Yun, Sang-Hyun;Park, Byung-Cheol
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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    • v.50 no.5
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    • pp.225-233
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    • 2001
  • SIME(SIngle Machine Equivalent) method has been recognized as a useful tool to determine transient stability of power systems. In this paper, SIME method is used to develop the KEPCO transient stability assessment (TSA) tool. A new screening algorithm that can be implemented in SIME method is proposed. The salient feature of the proposed screening algorithm is as follows. First, critical generators are identified by a new index in the early stage of the time domain simulation. Thus, computational time required to find OMIB(One Machine Infinite Bus) can be reduced significantly. Second, clustering critical machines can be performed even in very stable cases. It enables to be avoid extra calculation of time trajectory that is needed in SIME for classifying the stable cases. Finally, using power-angle trajectory and subdividing contingency classification have improved the screening capability. This algorithm is applied to the fast TSA of the KEPCO system.

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Improving the Design Process of Pleasure Yachts for CE RCD Certification via Modification to Buoyancy and Stability Assessment Method

  • Oh, Daekyun;Lee, Chang-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.301-312
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    • 2017
  • CE RCD (Recreational Craft Directive) is a certification for the design and construction of small vessels, including pleasure yachts, which are widely used not only in the countries within the European Union, but also in Japan and Southeast Asia. Recently, South Korean leisure craft shipyards have developed interest in exporting to foreign leisure craft markets such as Europe; however, they have encountered difficulties because of the CE RCD regulations, which are relatively complex and difficult to understand. The requirements for buoyancy and stability, which are essential properties that must be understood within the early stage of ship design, are defined based on ISO 12217. However, preparing this assessment according to ship classification regulations is an exceedingly complex task, even with knowledge of naval architecture. In this research, we have developed design support tools to systematically support assessments and preemptively define design information so that buoyancy and stability assessments based on ISO 12217 can be systematically prepared. Our research results were applied to actual examples of yacht design to confirm validity. We believe that the improved yacht design process presented in this research can act as a foundational reference for enhancing the effectiveness and systematic buoyancy and stability assessments.

A Method of Vulnerable Area Selection for Voltage Stability Using the Variation Rate of Reactive Power Margin (무효전력 여유변화를 이용한 전압안정성 취약지역 선정)

  • Cho, Yoon-Hyun;Seo, Sang-Soo;Lee, Byong-Jun;Kim, Tae-Kyun;Choo, Jin-Boo
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.251-254
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    • 2003
  • A voltage stability assessment consists of the contingency screening, voltage stability analysis, and counter measures. A widely used index for the voltage stability assessment of power system is the reactive power margin. It shows some factors of voluntariness as following the status of power system and load levels for the target analyzing area. Therefore, it has a demerit that the absolute amounts of reactive power margin is not to be applied by the quantized margin criterion. This paper selects a vulnerable area by assigning the voltage instability for the particular contingency for the selection of vulnerable area in the respect of the investigation of reactive power margin or VQVI as an index of V-Q margin sensitivity in order to overcome the demerit. This will be able to grasp the V-Q margin sensitivity for the target analyzing area by presenting the ratio of power margin between the margin before and after contingency as following the calculation of reactive power margin. The presented method is applied to the voltage stability assessment for the Metropolitan area of 2003 KEPCO summer peak system.

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