• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.387-402
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• 2008

In this thesis we propose a two-stage periodic inspection model for maintaining the reliability of a system in long-term storage. There are two types of tests available; a fallible test and an error-free test. The system is overhauled at detection of failure or when the storage reliability after inspection becomes less than or equal to the prespecified value. The expected cost per unit time until overhaul is derived and a procedure for minimizing the expected cost is suggested. The two-stage periodic inspection model is compared with the one-stage periodic inspection model for various parameters of the cost function when the failure time follows exponential and Weibull distributions. The proposed model is then applied to an existing missile system for comparison with the current inspection policy.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.674-677
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• 2009

Purpose: Typical cross finger flap is still a good method for reconstruction of fingertip injuries. However, it is necessarily followed by great loss and aesthetically unpreferable result of donor finger. Hereby, we introduce a modification of cross finger flap with reduction pulp plasty and full thickness skin graft, with which we could reduce the defect size of injured fingertip and donor site morbidity at the same time, without any need for harvesting additional skin from other part of hand. Method: This method was performed in the patients with fingertip injuries of complete amputation or in case of loss of fingertip due to necrosis after replantation. Firstly, reduction pulp plasty was performed on the injured finger to reduce the size of defect of fingertip. Additional skin flap was obtained from the pulp plasty. Secondly, cross finger flap was elevated from the adjacent finger to cover the defect on the injured finger. At the same time, defect on the donor finger produced by the flap elevation was covered by full thickness skin graft with the skin obtained from the pulp plasty of injured finger. Results: Flap and graft survived without any necrosis after surgical delay and flap detachment. All of them were healed well and did not present any severe adversary symptoms. Conclusion: Cross finger flap with reduction pulp plasty and full thickness skin graft is an effective method that we can easily apply in reconstruction of fingertip injury. We think that it is more helpful than the usual manner, especially in cases of children with less soft tissue on their fingers for preservation and reduction of the morbidity of donor finger.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.667-669
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• 2009

Purpose: Radial and ulnar arteries are two major arteries responsible for the blood supply of the hand. We experienced early recurrent thrombosis of ulnar artery after arteriorrhaphy in a patient with rupture of ulnar and radial arteries due to glass injury. Thus, we thought this would require reviews. Method: 41 - year - old female patient was presented for the laceration of right wrist due to glass injury. Operative findings revealed the rupture of radial artery, ulnar artery, ulnar nerve and most of the flexor tendons. We performed three consecutive operations because of the recurrent arterial thrombosis in ulnar artery. Arteriorrhaphy was performed in each operation and the interpositional vein graft was performed in the final operation. Result: Consequently, doppler ultrasonography was performed on twentieth postoperative day and fair flow in the ulnar artery was visualized. Pathologic examination of the artery revealed no histopathologic abnormalities. Conclusion: It is not a matter of ease to follow up the patients with rupture of radial or ulnar arteries. Obstruction of the repaired artery is also not easy to detect because it usually presents no definite symptoms. We could detect the obstruction of the artery following arteriorrhaphy with the doppler ultrasonography in less than a week postoperatively, and repeated operations were followed. We reviewed the causes and factors affecting the thrombosis and hereby report with literature review.

• Journal of agriculture & life science
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• v.45 no.3
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• pp.9-18
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• 2011

This study was performed to investigate species diversity of understory in Mt. Biryong. The quadrat size was installed based on the result of analysis of Species-Area Curve. The vascular plants were enlisted 107 taxa: 47 families, 80 genera, 91 species, 11 varieties, 2 subspecies, and 3 forms. The three taxa such as Carex okamotoi, Philadelphus schrenkii var. schrenkii, and Weigela subsessilis were enlisted from the surveyed sites as the Korean endemic plants. Due to the list from the Korea Forestry Administration, Rhododendron micranthum was enlisted as the rare plant. The growth from was categorized followed by forbs, shrubs and trees, respectively.

• Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.91-96
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• 2018

There are many eutrophic lakes by point and non-point pollution sources such as in dustrial waste water, domestic raw sewage, and mucks. The eutrophic lakes not only cause algal blooms but also destroy the ecosystem in the lakes due to high nutrient concentrations. The purpose of this study was to improve water quality in eutrophic lakes by cultivating microalgae using photobioreactors (PBRs) with selectively permeable mesh (SPM), supplying nutrients in the lake and inhibiting cell leakage by diffusion and water permeability. Chlorella vulgaris, was cultivated using PBRs with SPM installed in Inkyung Lake located in Inha university, Incheon, Korea. When cultivating C. vulgaris, $8.3g/m^2/day$ of average biomass productivity was obtained at 3 days. Furthermore, concentrations of total nitrogen and phosphorus were reduced by 35.7% and 84.2%, respectively, compared to initial condition and water quality in eutrophic lake was improved to oligotrophic environment. These results suggest that microalgal cultivation using PBRs with SPM in the lake could produce microalgal biomass as well as improve water quality by decreasing nutrient concentrations.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.1218-1221
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• 2018

This paper presents a low-power 0.6-V 10-bit 200-kS/s double rail-to-rail successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The proposed scheme allows input signal with 4 times power which is compared with conventional one by applying proposed rail-to-rail scheme, and that improves signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) of NTV SAR ADCs. The prototype was designed using 65-nm CMOS technology. At a 0.6-V supply and $2.4-V_{pp}$ (differential) and 200-kS/s, the ADC achieves an SNDR of 59.87 dB and consumes 364.5-nW. The ADC core occupies an active area of only $84{\times}100{\mu}m^2$.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.47 no.2
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• pp.166-174
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• 2021

Objectives: This study aimed to provide temporal Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGL) for a hazardous substance as a pilot study. Methods: As one of the substances designated by the Korea Ministry of Environment as requiring preparations for potential accidents, formaldehyde was selected to estimate the AEGLs. The calculation was based on Haber's formula (Cn×t=k) using valid toxicity data (for humans/animals). A total of 96 points of AEGL levels were provided using an interval of five minutes over eight hours. Results: The AEGL-1 and 2 values were constant for the entire exposure duration at 0.9 ppm and 14 ppm, respectively. The values were obtained from clinical/animal tests, and the adaptation effect after a given exposure duration was also considered. AEGL-3 was based on animal toxicity data, and it was estimated from 127 ppm for the initial five minutes to 35 ppm for eight hours. Conclusions: More specific AEGL levels for formaldehyde could be obtained in this study using toxicity data with Haber's formula. Based on this methodology, it would be also possible to estimate AEGL levels that can be used at the scene of a chemical accident for other substances requiring preparation for potential accidents.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.477-477
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• 2023

빗물이용시설은 집수면적에 내린 빗물을 모아 이용가능하도록 처리하는 시설이며, 일정 면적 이상의 건축물에는 법적으로 빗물이용시설을 설치·운영하여야한다. 빗물이용시설의 저류조 용량은 간편식과 시뮬레이션, 수문모형으로 산정가능하며, 설계계획 수립시 대상지역의 강우 특성, 사용수량 등 지역 특성과 목적을 고려하여 저류조 용량이 결정된다. 저류조 용량 산정시 시뮬레이션을 이용하는 방법은 수문모형 사용에 비하여 용이하지만, 일단위 물수지분석을 구현하는데까지 시간이 소요된다. 간편식은 집수면적에 규모계수 0.05를 곱하여 간단히 구할 수 있지만, 지역 특성과 목적이 고려되어있지 않으며 초기 계획수립 및 개략 평가를 제외하고는 활용에 제약이 존재한다. 이에따라, 본 연구에서는 지역적 특성을 고려한 빗물저류조의 적정 규모 산정을 위해 개선된 간편식을 개발하였다. 빗물이용시설 물수지 분석 Excel 도구를 개발하였으며, 해당 물수지분석 결과에 상수대체율 효율을 기준으로 지역별 적정 저류조 규모 산정을 위한 규모계수를 도출하였다. 빗물사용 용도로써 폭염저감, 미세먼지저감, 조경, 화장실을 채택하였으며, 용도별 1일 사용수량을 산정 및 적용하였다. 7개의 연구대상지역 물수지분석을 위해 연구지역의 최근 10년 강우·미세먼지·기온데이터를 기상청으로부터 적용하였으며, 집수면적은 500-2500m²까지 500m²씩 증분, 저류조용량은 5-700m³까지 5m³씩 증분하여 지역별 적정 저류조 용량 규모계수를 선정하였다. 그 결과 연구대상지역의 적정 저류조 용량산정시 완도군의 규모계수는 평균 0.058이었으며, 보령시의 규모계수는 평균 0.040으로 도출되었다. 본 연구를 통하여 다양한 용도의 빗물사용처에 따른 지역별 저류조 용량 선정을 위한 지원도구로써 사용될 것으로 판단한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.606-608
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• 2011

무선 센서 네트워크는 특정지역에 센서 노드를 설치하여 주변 정보 또는 특정 목적의 데이터를 수집하고, 그 정보를 수집하는 싱크(Sink)로 구성되어 있다. 무선 센서 네트워크의 수명은 망을 구성하는 센서 노드의 베터리 소비에 따라 수명이 결정 되고 하나의 노드가 죽기 시작하면서부터 급격하게 센서 노드의 베터리 소비가 커져 빠르게 죽는다. 무선 센서 네트워크를 구성하는 센서노드는 라우팅, 센싱을 수행하기 때문에 베터리 소비에 많은 부담을 가지고 있다. 본 논문은 무선 센서 네트워크의 대표적 클러스터링 기반 라우팅 기법인 LEACH(Low - Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy)프로토콜에 SVM(Support Vector Machine)을 적용하여 센서노드의 균형적인 베터리 소비로 망을 효율적으로 관리하고 망의 수명을 개선 할 수 있는 방법을 제안 한다. 이러한 센서 노드의 균형적인 베터리 소비로 무선센서 네트워크의 수명을 개선 한다. 실험결과 기존의 LEACH 프로토콜보다 우수한 성능을 보인다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.478-478
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• 2021

전 세계적으로 많은 나라들이 기후변화에 적응하기 위해 수자원 관리 전략을 마련하고 있으며, 수자원의 근간이 되는 빗물의 효율적 사용을 위해 우리나라에서도 빗물이용시설이 많이 도입되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 사용자 편의 환경(graphical user interface; GUI)을 갖춘 빗물이용시설의 용량 결정 프로그램(capacity design aid for rainwater harvesting; CARAH)을 개발하여 관련 연구와 업무에 활용성을 높이고자 하였다. CARAH는 저수지 질량 보존식과 python의 pyswarm package에 탑재된 메타 휴리스틱 방법 중 하나인 입자 군집 최적화(particle swarm optimization; PSO) 기법을 연계하여 빗물이용시설의 최적 용량을 짧은 시간에 결정될 수 있도록 개발되었다. 그리고, C#의 Windows Forms Application을 이용하여 사용자 편의 환경을 구현하였다. CARAH의 입력 자료는 모의 기간, 유입량, 목표공급량, 공급보장률이고, 출력 자료는 공급보장률-저류조용량, 목표공급량-실공급량-미달성량, 저류용량-유입량-실공급량이다. 빗물이용시설 계획에 필요한 여러 입력 자료를 쉽게 입력할 수 있도록 구현하였고, 그래프와 표의 형태로 계산된 결과를 화면에 직접 표출함으로써 사용자가 직관적으로 확인할 수 있도록 하였다. 한편, 입·출력 자료를 포함한 분석 결과는 파일로 관리할 수 있도록 기능을 갖추어 수정 및 보완 등의 반복적 활용이 가능하도록 하였다. 개발된 프로그램의 활용성을 검토하기 위해 실제 저류지가 설계된 인천의 청라지구 1공구를 대상으로 적용하였고, 분석 결과의 적절성을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 개발된 CARAH는 빗물이용시설의 용량 결정에 관한 효율을 높일 수 있는 프로그램이고, 누구나 쉽고 간편하게 사용할 수 있는 프로그램으로서 향후 활용성이 높을 것으로 판단된다.