• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.39 no.10
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• pp.27-39
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• 2023

To effectively manage flood risk, it is crucial to assess the stability of flood defense structures like levees under extreme flood conditions. This study focuses on the time-dependent probabilistic assessment of embankment slope stability when subjected to rapid water level drops. We integrate seepage analysis results from finite element analysis with slope stability analysis and employ Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the time-dependent behavior of the slope during rapid drawdown. The resulting probability of failure is used to develop fragility curves for the levee slope. Notably, the probability of slope failure remains low up to a specific water level, sharply increasing beyond that threshold. Furthermore, the fragility curves are strongly influenced by the rate of drawdown, which is determined through hydraulic analysis based on flood scenarios. Climate change has a significant impact on the stability of the water-side slope of the embankment due to water level fluctuations.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.601-606
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• 1999

Physiological responses of cultured olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) on lowering seawater temperature sharply and continuously were studied with 4 experiments of temperature changes (Exp.I$\~$IV). In Exp.1, the temperature was decreased from $18^{\circ}C$ to $9^{\circ}C$ by the rate of $1^{\circ}C$/hr, thereafter back to the initial temperature after 5 dars. With the same conditions of temperature rate and 5 days interval, the temperature changes for Exp.II, III and IV were $20^{\circ}C$ to $17^{\circ}C,\;23^{\circ}C$ to $14^{\circ}C$ and $23^{\circ}C$ to $17^{\circ}C$, respectively, Serum cortisol and glucose were measured during whole experiments. Hematocrit (Ht), hemoglobin (Hb), red blood cell (RBC) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were measured in the Exp.I, and osmolality, electrolytes ($Na^+,\;Cl^-,\;K^+,\;Ca^{2+}$), total protein, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) of serum, in Exp.II$\~$IV. Serum cortisol levels were significantly increased by the lowering temperature sharply during whole experiments, while serum glucose levels were increased only in Exp,III and IV. Ht, RBC and Hb were decreased as the water temperature was lowered, but MCHC was increased. The serum osmolality was reduced and the unstable changes of electrolytes were shown by the changes of seawater temperature. No significant changes in total protein, ALT and AST activity were observed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.265-265
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• 2022

유량조사는 측선수, 측정시간, 측정위치, 측정방법 등 많은 기준이 있으며 이를 잘 준수하는 것이 높은 품질의 유량측정 성과를 확보하는 방법이다. 그러나 이러한 기본적인 기준을 잘 준수하더라도 현장 상황에 따라 유량측정 성과에 오차가 포함 될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 상류 소수력발전소의 방류량에 따라 유량이 변화하고 수위관측소 부근에 큰 저류공간이 있는 현장 여건이 유량측정성과에 어떠한 영향을 끼치는지 검토하였다. 홍천군(주음치교) 관측소는 홍천강 상류에 위치하며 소수력발전소의 운영에 따라 관측소를 흘러가며 그 유량이 소수력발전소의 영향으로 점변한다. 일반적으로 이러한 경우 측정시간을 최대한 짧게 가져가 유량자료의 정확도를 확보한다. 하지만 홍천군(주음치교)의 경우 수위관측소 주변에 큰 저류공간이 있어 이를 동시에 고려해야 하며 단순하게 측정시간을 짧게 하는 것만으로는 측정성과의 품질을 확보 할 수 없다. 왜냐하면 이 저류 공간으로 물이 유입되는 시간동안은 수위관측소의 수위 상승은 미미하지만 하천 유량은 증가하는 부등류가 발생한다. 유량측정은 등류가정에 의한 것으로 수위관측소 주변이 부등류가 발생하면 유량측정 성과에 큰 오류가 나타나기도 한다. 홍천군(주음치교)에서 현장 상황이 등류일 때와 부등류일 때 모두 측정을 실시하였으며 그 차이를 확인하였다. 저류공간의 물 유입이나 유출이 없는, 즉 등류 상태의 유량측정 성과는 수위-유량관계식과 2.86%차이를 보였으며 부등류 상태의 유량측정 성과는 19.85%차이를 보여 큰 차이를 보였다(기준수위 0.49m). 또한 소수력발전소 운영에 따라 유량 상승 시에는 수위-유량관계곡선식 대비하야 양(+)의 편차율이 발생하고, 유량이 하강 시에는 수위-유량관곡선식 대비 음(-)의 편차율 발생하는 것으로 나타났다. 소수력 발전소는 동절기를 제외한 상시 운영으로 홍천군(주음치교) 관측소의 정확한 수위-유량관계식을 확인하기 위하여 소수력 발전소 운영을 중단하고 측정을 실시하였으며 유량변동을 멈추고, 즉 등류 흐름에서 측정한 성과는 수위-유량관계식과 차이가 1.06% 불과한 것으로 나타났다. 수문조사는 측선수, 측정시간, 측점수 등 많은 기준이 있다. 그러나 이러한 측정기준과는 별개로 현장은 다양한 조건이 발생하며 측정성과의 정확도에 영향을 끼치는 경우가 발생하기도 한다. 따라서 유량측정 기준을 잘 준수하는 것도 중요하지만 현장상황을 파악하고 이에 적절한 유량측정을 실시해야 그 오차를 최소화 할 수 있다.

• 한국노년학
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.969-983
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• 2011

The purposes of this study were to identify the degree of postprandial blood pressure reduction and the prevalence of postprandial hypotension by 3 different mealtimes of elderly people diagnosed with hypertension in nursing homes. After the informed and written consent, a total of 187 elderly people were recruited in the study. Systolic BP, diastolic BP were measured with ambulatory BP monitor every 15 minutes interval from 30 minutes before a meal until 120 minutes after each meal. The maximum SBP reduction was significantly bigger at breakfast than lunchtime or dinnertime. Among 187 elders, 137(73.4%) showed PPH at breakfast, 103(54.2%) at lunchtime, and 96(50.2%) at dinnertime. The most prevalent time point of PPH was 90 minutes after the initiation of a meal in all of 3 mealtimes. Among 8 measurement times, the prevalence of PPH was significantly higher in breakfast (3.0±2.7 times) than both lunchtime (2.1±2.5 times) and dinnertime (1.9±2.4 times). Although the occurrence of PPH by every mealtime should be taken into account in caring for the elderly, postprandial BP measurements need more attention after breakfast. Nurses should develop appropriate nursing interventions that can prevent postprandial blood pressure reduction in elderly people with hypertension.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.45 no.9
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• pp.853-860
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• 2012

It is well-known that loop effect of the stage-discharge relationship is formulated based on many field observations especially for the sand rivers. Theoretical understandings of the loop effect for the sand rivers have been widely provided, based on the facts that it is driven by the flood wave propagation and bed form changes over the given flood period. However, very few theoretical studies or field observations associated with loop-rating curves in the gravel or rock-bed mountain streams have been attempted so far, due particularly to the difficulties in the accurate discharge measurement during the flood in such field conditions. The present paper aims to report a unique loop-rating curve measured at a gravel and rock-bed mountain stream based on the flood discharge observation acquired during the typhoon, Muifa that passed nearby Jeju Island in summer of 2011. As velocity instrumentation, a non-intrusive Surface Velocity Doppler Radar to be suitable for the flood discharge measurement was utilized, and discharges were consecutively measured for every hour. Interestingly, the authors found that the hysteresis of the loop-rating curve was adverse compared to the typical trend of the sand bed streams, which means that the discharge of the rising limb is smaller than the falling limb at the same stage. We carefully speculate that the adverse trend of the loop-rating curve in the gravel bed was caused by the bed resistance change that works differently from the sand bed case.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.217-225
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• 2014

Water curtain cultivation (WCC) systems in Korea have depleted water resources in shallow aquifers through massive pumping of groundwater. The goal of this study is to simulate the groundwater variations observed from massive groundwater pumping at a site in Cheongweon. MODFLOW was used to simulate three-dimensional regional groundwater flow, and the SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) watershed hydrologic model was employed to introduce temporal changes in groundwater recharge into the MODFLOW model input. Additionally, the estimation method for groundwater discharge in WCC areas (Moon et al., 2012) was incorporated into a groundwater pumping schedule as a MODFLOW input. We compared simulated data and field measurements to determine the degree to which winter season groundwater drawdown is effectively modeled. A simulation time of 107 days was selected to match the observed groundwater drawdown from November, 2012 to March, 2013. We obtained good agreement between the simulated drawdown and observed groundwater levels. Thus, the estimation method using daily minimum temperatures, may be applicable to other cultivation areas and can serve as a guideline in simulating the regional flow of riverside groundwater aquifers.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.816-821
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• 1997

The hydrodynamics and the liquid flow characteristics were investigated in an internal circulation airlift reactor with a single nozzle as a gas distributor. In an air-water system, the gas holdup in the individual flow zone and the impulse-response curve of tracer were measured at various gas velocities and reactor heights. Experimental results showed that for the higher gas velocity(>about 8 cm/s), the flow behavior of bubbles in the riser was turbulent flow due to strong bubble coalescences and the axial height of dispersion zone of large bubbles having uniform sizes in the downcomer was decreased with increasing gas velocity. And mean gas holdups in the individual flow zone and the reactor were increased with increasing gas velocities and were decreased with increasing heights of the top section of the reactor and it was decreased with increasing the height of the top section and gas velocity. Flow characteristics of liquid in the riser and the downcomer was tend to access to plug flow and the overall flow behavior of liquid was mainly varied with the size of the top section which it was assumed to be perfect mixing zone. In these conditions, liquid circulation velocities were increased with increasing gas velocities and they were higher than those by using other gas distributors.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.53-59
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• 1990

Root zone environments in hydroponics are very important factors in crop growth, development and quality. In Korea, improvement of root zone temperature is required because of the continental climate. Therefore, this investigation was carried out to clarify the difference of root zone environments in different hydroponic systems under different climates. Tomato plants were grown in nutrient solutions at Seoul City University and Allen Cooper's. Hydroponic systems in this experiment were aeroponics, nutrient film technique(NFT), rockwool culture, sand culture and smoked rice hull culture(SRH). The decrease in temperature rapidly occured in sand culture while slowly in rockwool culture in low air temperature periods. The internal temperature of substrates of hydroponic bed were slightly changed in rockwool culture under high air temperature periods, while the duration of high temperature was longest in NFT. Electrical conductivity and pH of nutrient solution showed great changes in rockwool and aeroponics. Along the bed, the content of dissolved oxygen in nutrient solution had a tendency to decrease in NFT and DFT(Deep flow technique), while didn`t a change with aeroponics. Root activity measured by triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC) was highest with aeroponics, followed by rockwool culture and NFT.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.65-74
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• 2005

National groundwater monitoring stations have been managed throughout the country by Korea Water Resources Corporation (KOWACO) in order to monitor variations in quantity and quality of groundwater resources. A multi-sensor installed in each monitoring station well measures groundwater level, water temperature and electrical conductivity every six hours and the logged data are automatically transmitted to a host computer in KOWACO. Meanwhile despite regular station inspection and replacement of deteriorate or broken devices, abnormal values or outliers often occur due to intrinsic limitations of automatic monitoring and transmission. Thus prompt recognition and measures to these values are essentially required to reduce disturbance and missing period of the data. In this study, time and frequency of outlier occurrence were analyzed for the water level data obtained from national groundwater monitoring stations within the Han river basin in 2000. The analysis results indicated that the most prominent patterns of the outliers were rapid decline for water level, no variation for temperature and steep decline for electrical conductivity. This study provided a sample criterion for determining the outlier for each parameter.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.69-75
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• 1999

Imidapril(Tanatril$^{(R)}$), a newly developed ACE inhibitor, has been used to treat hypertension and congestive heart failure. This study was designed to assess the antihypertensive effect and safety of Imidapril(Tanatril$^{(R)}$) in patients with essential hypertension. 5-10mg of imidapril(Tanatril$^{(R)}$) was administered once a day in 30 patients with essential hypertension and followed up for 8 weeks. We tested the drug's effectiveness, safety, and the incidence of imidapril induced dry coughs. After 8 weeks of treatment with imidapril, 76.2%(16/21) of patients showed lowered blood pressure and 47.6% showed normal blood pressure. The overall incidence of adverse effects was 33.3%(7/21), and among these adverse effects, dry cough was shown in only 9.5%. Thus, we concluded that imidapril(Tanatril$^{(R)}$) is as safe and effective as other ACE inhibitors, especially with imidapril showing very little incidence of dry cough compared to other ACE inhibitors.