• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.107-116
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• 2023

This article reviews the experience of applying the Identification, Diagnosis, Prospective, and Action (IDPA) facilitating method as a means of promoting practices of dialogue between stakeholders in the radiological protection field. After presenting the characteristics of the IDPA method and its ability to promote active listening, participation, and dialogue among stakeholders facing complex situations, as well as the procedural aspects associated with its practical implementation, the article describes three examples of the application of the method in the field of radiological protection. The first one presents how the IDPA method supported a debate among decision-makers, authorities, experts, professionals, and representatives of non-governmental organizations about how to engage stakeholders in radiological protection. The second example presents how the IDPA method was used in a series of dialogue meetings to explore the challenges of the post-nuclear accident situation resulting from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. The third one presents the application of the method in the context of a training course organized by Nagasaki University in the affected area close to the damaged plant. Experience has shown that the IDPA method makes it possible to develop responses to problems posed in very different contexts and, in many cases, to find compromises regarding their solutions. The IDPA method has the merit of allowing each of the participants to better understand the situation they are faced with, even if such a positive result is not always achieved.

• 한국해양생명과학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2024

Over the past decade, there has been global expansion in the advancement of underwater cleaning technology for ship hulls. This methodology ensures both diver safety and operational efficiency. However, recent attention has been drawn to the harmful effects of ship hull-cleaning wastewater on marine animals. It is anticipated that this wastewater may have various impacts on a wide range of organisms, potentially leading to populationand ecosystem-relevant alterations. This concern is especially significant when the wastewater affects functionally important species, such as aquaculture animals and habitat-forming species living in coastal regions, where underwater cleaning platforms are commonly established. Despite this, information on the ecotoxicological effects of this wastewater remains limited. In this mini review, we discuss the adverse effects of wastewater from in-water cleaning processes, as well as the current challenges and limitations in regulating and mitigating its potential toxicity. Overall, recent findings underscore the detrimental effects posed by sublethal levels of wastewater to the health status of aquatic animals under both acute and chronic exposure.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.620-632
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 전공 교사와 비전공 교사에 의한 지리 수업의 차이점과 비전공 교사에 의한 지리 수업 운영의 문제점을 분석하고자 2003년 4월과 5월에 서울의 3개 중학교에서 이루어진 4개의 지리 수업을 관찰하였다. 수업 분석 내용은 (1) 수업의 조직. (2) 교사와 학생간의 대화. (3) 설명 전략이다. 수업 관찰 이후에 해당 학교의 사회과 교사들과 면담을 통하여 비전공 교사가 지리를 가르칠 때 어려움과 해결 방법 등에 관련된 자료를 추가로 수집하였다. 수업 분석은 미시 기술적 연구 방법을 이용하였다. 연구 결과를 간단하게 정리하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 지리 전공 교사의 수업에 비하여 비전공 교사의 수업은 학습 주제의 전환 과정이 매끄럽지 않다. 둘째. 지리 전공 교사의 질문은 본 수업의 내용을 이끌어 가는 기제로 작용한 반면, 비전공 교사에 의한 질문은 주로 학생들의 흥미를 도출하는 역할을 한다. 셋째 설명 전략에 있어서 지리 교사는 비교와 대조의 방식을 이동하여 내용 간 관계를 알 수 있도록 설명한 반면, 비전공 교사는 교과서에 제시된 내용을 읽고 용어나 내용을 쉽게 풀이해 주는 수준에서 이루어진다. 넷째, 전공 교사는 적극적으로 지도를 활용하는 반면, 비전공 교사는 지도를 활용하지 않거나, 활용하더라도 지역의 위치를 확인하는 등 낮은 수준에서 활용한다. 비전공 교사는 비전공성으로 인한 지리 수업 문제를 인식하고 있지만 그 원인을 교육과정의 편제에 따른 구조적인 문제로 생각하고 적극적으로 해결방안을 모색하지 않는다.

• ALGAE
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.35-47
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• 2015

The marine sand-dwelling dinoflagellate Polykrikos lebourae possesses obvious gold-brown pigmented plastids as well as taeniocyst-nematocyst complex structures. Despite of the presence of the visible plastids, previous attempts to establish this species in culture all failed and thus the unavailability of cultures of this species has posed a major obstacle to further detailed exploration of ecophysiology of the dinoflagellate. Here, we isolated P. lebourae from sandy sediment of an intertidal flat on Korean western coast, successfully established it in culture, and have been maintaining the stock culture over the past 3 years. Using this stock culture, we explored phagotrophy and potential prey resources of P. lebourae, growth and grazing responses of P. lebourae to different prey organisms, the effect of prey concentration on growth and grazing rates and gross growth efficiency (GGE) of P. lebourae when fed three different prey organisms, and the growth kinetics of P. lebourae under different light regimes. P. lebourae captured prey cells using a tow filament and then phagocytized them through the posterior end. The dinoflagellate was capable of ingesting a broad range of prey species varying in size, but not all prey species tested in this study supported its sustained growth. GGE of P. lebourae was extremely high at low prey concentration and moderate or low at high prey concentrations, indicating that P. lebourae grows heterotrophically at high prey concentrations but its growth seems to be more dependent on a certain growth factor or photosynthesis of plastids derived from the prey. In the presence of prey in excess, P. lebourae grew well at moderate light intensity of $40{\mu}mol$ photons $m^{-2}s^{-1}$, but did not grow at dim and high (10 or $120{\mu}mol$ photons $m^{-2}s^{-1}$) light intensities. Our results suggest that the benthic dinoflagellate P. lebourae is an obligate mixotroph, requiring both prey and light for sustained growth and survival.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.159-166
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• 1990

The ability of many toxigenic fungi to invade and develop in a wide variety of raw ingredients of human diet renders human exposure to mycotoxing very difficult to avoid. Most of the energy-rich commodities, such as cereal grains, oil seeds, tree nuts, and dehydrated fruits, are susceptible to mycotoxin contamination. Mycotoxins therefare have been recognized as an important class of hazardous substances in the human food chain. Although human exposure to mycotoxins is largely through ingestion, inhalation and skin contact may also be significant under conditions other than consumption of foods. Human ingestion of mycotoxins is due to consumption of contaminated dietary ingredients and the edible tissues and products of domestic animals that have been exposed to mycotoxins in moldy feed. Large scale acute human mycotoxicoses, such as ergotism in France, alimentary toxic aleukia in Russia, yellow rice syndrome in Japan, endemic nephropathy in Balkan countries, and acute aflatoxin poisonings in India and Taiwan, have been well documented, indicating that mycotoxicosis is a global problem. In some incidents, hundreds of victims were killed and many more became seriously ill. The mycotoxins that have been implicated in the etiology of these human diseases include aflatoxins, citreoviridin, cyclopiazonic acid, ergot alkaloids, moniliformin, ochratoxin A, trichothecenes, tenuazonic acid, and zearalenone. Among these, aflatoxins have been also implicated in the etiology of human primary liver cancer in those high-incidence countries in Africa and southeast Asia. It is well recognized that cause-effect relationship between mycotoxins and human diseases is very difficult to establish, especially for the cancer connection. Careful risk assessment must be performed to determine whether a mycotoxin indeed warrants costly regulatory actions.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.45-58
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• 1992

지반재료의 탄소성 구성 모델은 유연성과 안정성을 동시에 만족하여야 공학적으로 의미를 가지며 실용적으로 사용될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 안정성이 있는 계수를 사용하는 수정 Cam-clay 모델을 근간으로, 한계상태 간격비를 계수로 도입하여 더욱 유연성이 있는 모델을 제안하였다. 한계상태 간격비는 추가적인 실험없이 간편하게 구할 수 있으며 특히 비배수 전단거동에 대하여 실용적으로 사용될 수 있다. 제안된 모델은 비 배수전단 삼축압축시험에 대하여 응력경로 및 응 력-변형률관계를 수정 Cam-clay 모델에 비하여 매우 정확하게 예측할 수 있었다. 뿐만 아니라 전단변형률 속도, 크리프 및 응력이완의 영향을 고려할 수 있었다. 특히 실제의 상태경계면을 표현 탄성 -완전소성모델, 사용해야 삼축압축시험중 비 배수시험이 W W 삼축압축시험시 전단시험을 논문에서 해석한 점토질 지반의 거동에 대하여 관련유동칙을 따른다는 가정이 잘 적용되기 때문이라고 판단된다.

• Strategy21
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• 통권30호
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• pp.63-98
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• 2012

Northeast Asia has a multi-layered security structure within which major economic and military powers both confront one another and cooperate at the same time. Major regional powers maintain mutually cooperative activities in the economic sphere while competing one another in order to secure a dominant position in the politico-military arena. The multifarious threats, posed by the North Korea's nuclear development, territorial disputes, and maritime demarcation line issues demonstrate that Northeast Asia suffers more from military conflicts and strifes than any other region in the world. Specifically, major maritime security threats include North Korea's nuclear proliferation and missile launching problems as well as military provocations nearby the Northern Limit Line(NLL) as witnessed in the Cheonan naval ship and Yeonpyong incidents. The ROK Navy has been supplementing its firm military readiness posture in consideration of North Korea's threats on the NLL. It has performed superb roles in defending the nation and establishing the Navy advanced and best picked. It also has been conducive to defend the nation from external military threats and invasion, secure the sea lanes of communications, and establish regional stability and world peace. In order to effectively cope with the strategic environment and future warfares, the ROK Navy needs to shift its military structure to one that is more information and technology intensive. In addition, it should consolidate the ROK-US alliance and extend military cooperative measures with neighboring countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Evolved steadily for the last 60 years, the ROK-US alliance format has contributed to peace and security on the Korean peninsula and in the Northeast Asian region. In conclusion, this manuscript contends that the ROK Navy should strive for the establishment of the following: (1) Construction of Jeju Naval Base; (2) Strategic Navy Equipped with War Deterrence Capabilities; (3) Korean-type of System of Systems; (4) Structure, Budget and Human Resources of the Naval Forces Similar to the Advanced Countries; and (5) Strategic Maritime Alliance and Alignment System as well as Domestic Governance Network for the Naval Families.

• Strategy21
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• 통권40호
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• pp.190-215
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• 2016

As North Korea's asymmetric threats are growing, there have been numerous discussions to find out effective counter-measures and many official plans and procurements efforts have been established. However, discussions on ROK Navy's roles in countering North Korea's asymmetric threats have been taken place very limitedly. Decision makers and military planners put enormous efforts in getting counter-measures, however, most of the options on the table are systems of Army and Air Force. This is true if one looks at components of Kill-Chain, KAMD, and KMPR. With worsening security environment of the Korean peninsula, it has been said by many commentators that ROK Navy needs to consider expanding its roles in countering against North Korea's asymmetric military threats. They asked ROK Navy to go beyond the mind-set that has confined Navy's roles in deterring North Korean naval threats. That is, ROK Navy should fight 'from the sea' as well as fight 'on the sea.' If ROK Navy begins to think about fight 'from the sea,' there would be many possibilities for the Navy to be a part of countering North Korea's asymmetric military threats. In order to pursue proactive roles in countering North Korea's asymmetric threat, ROK Navy needs to consider various options. Massive missile forces, nuclear-propelled submarines, naval special forces may be some of them. With those measures, ROK Navy would launch massive and decisive attacks from the sea without risking survivability of our forces. Considering North Korean Navy's weakness, it is very probable that sea would be safer place than ground or sky. Expanding ROK Navy's roles and being a proactive deterrent forces against North Korean asymmetric threats would provide very reliable counter-measures to South Korean military. Thus, military planners should think how to take the best advantage of expanded ROK Navy's roles and capabilities against North Korean asymmetric threats.

• 국제초고층학회논문집
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.49-62
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• 2013

Many previous tall building fires demonstrate that despite code compliant construction fires often spread vertically and burn over multiple floors at the same time. The collapses of the WTC complex buildings in 9/11 as well as other partial collapses like the ones of the Windsor Tower in Madrid and of the Technical University of Delft building posed new questions on the stability of tall buildings in fire. These accidents have shown that local or global collapse is possible in multi-floor fires. In most of the previous work involving multi-floor fires all floors were assumed to be heated simultaneously although in reality fires travel from one floor to another. This paper extends previous research by focusing on the collapse mechanisms of tall buildings in fire and performs a parametric study using various travelling rates. The results of the study demonstrate that vertically travelling fires have beneficial impact in terms of the global structural response of tall buildings in comparison to simultaneous fires. Contrary to the beneficial effect of the travelling fires in terms of the global structural response, it was noticed that higher tensile forces were also present in the floors compared to simultaneous multi-floor case. Designers are therefore advised to consider simultaneous multi-floor fire as an upper bound scenario. However, a scenario where a travelling fire is used is also suggested to be examined, as the tensile capacity of connections may be underestimated.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.671-680
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• 2007

본 연구의 최종 목적은 유체가 빠른 속도로 가해지는 물체의 경계면에서 흡입(suction) 혹은 방출(injection)을 통해 유체를 제어함으로 드래그(drag)를 감소하고자 하는 것이다. 그러나 유체는 대용량, 비선형성을 가지고 있어서 직접적인 해석은 물론, 최적화를 적용한다는 것은 매우 어려운 일이다. 이를 위해 우리는 새로운 알고리즘과 기법들을 개발하였다. 본 연구에서는 이 기법들에 대한 검증을 하고, 나아가 최적화 기법을 사용하여 드래그를 감소하기 위해 흡입량과 방출량을 구하였다. 그리고 이 흡입과 방출을 가할 수 있는 구멍의 수와 위치에 따른 변화를 알아보았다. 본 연구에서 개발된 알고리즘과 기법들을 사용하였을 경우, 기존에는 해결 할 수도 없었던 문제를 가능하게 만들었으며, 기존에 저자가 1차로 개발한 바 있는 방법에 비해서도 더욱 효과적이라는 것을 입증하였다. 그리고 드래그 감소라는 차원에서 본다면 흡입과 방출을 가할 수 있는 구멍의 숫자가 많을수록 효과가 높으나 그다지 많은 수를 필요로 하지 않는다는 것을 알게 되었으며, 구멍의 위치는 유체의 경계층이 분리되는 약간 아래가 가장 최적의 위치라는 것을 알게 되었다.