• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.367-377
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• 2021

Objectives: Taxi drivers are exposed to various hazards, such as long periods of sedentary work and traffic-related air pollutants. However, studies on the health effects among taxi drivers in South Korea are insufficient. Methods: To assess subclinical hematologic change related to cardiovascular disease among male taxi drivers, we analyzed data from the second Korean National Environmental Health Survey. Fifty-nine taxi drivers and 1,912 controls were included in the analysis. Propensity score matching was performed to adjust for age, body mass index, and urinary cotinine. A total of 295 subjects were matched with 59 taxi drivers. Leukocyte count, platelet count, hematocrit, triglyceride, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol land total IgE of the taxi drivers were compared with the control groups. Results: Taxi drivers showed significantly elevated blood leukocytes and platelets. Serum total IgE was significantly reduced in taxi drivers. However, blood leukocytes, platelets, and serum total IgE were not significantly correlated with work period among taxi drivers. Conclusions: Regarding the change of the blood leukocyte count, platelet count, and serum total IgE, taxi driving has the possibility to be associated with peripheral inflammation, humoral immunity and cardiovascular risk.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.999-1021
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• 2023

Differential spatial modulation uses the antenna index to transmit information, which improves the spectral efficiency, and completely bypasses any channel side information in the recommended setting. A generalized distributed multiple turbo coded-cooperative differential spatial modulation based on distributed multiple turbo code is put forward and its performances in Rayleigh fading channels is analyzed. The generalized distributed multiple turbo coded-cooperative differential spatial modulation scheme is a coded-cooperation communication scheme, in which we proposed a new joint parallel iterative decoding method. Moreover, the code matched interleaver is considered to be the best choice for the generalized multiple turbo coded-cooperative differential spatial modulation schemes, which is the key factor of turbo code. Monte Carlo simulated results show that the proposed cooperative differential spatial modulation scheme is better than the corresponding non-cooperative scheme over Rayleigh fading channels in multiple input and output communication system under the same conditions. In addition, the simulation results show that the code matched interleaver scheme gets a better diversity gain as compared to the random interleaver.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.335-347
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• 2022

Airport operations are well-known as a bottleneck in the air traffic system, putting growing pressure on the world's busiest airports to schedule arrivals and departures as efficiently as possible. Effective planning and control are essential for increasing airport efficiency and reducing aircraft delays. Many algorithms for controlling the arrival/departure queuing area are handled, considering it as first in first out queues, where any available aircraft can take off regardless of its relative sequence with other aircraft. In the suggested system, this problem was compared to the problem of scheduling n tasks (plane takeoffs and landings) on a multiple machine (runways). The proposed technique decreases delays (via efficient runway allocation or allowing aircraft to be expedited to reach a scheduled time) to enhance runway capacity and decrease delays. The aircraft scheduling problem entails arranging aircraft on available runways and scheduling their landings and departures while considering any operational constraints. The topic of this work is the scheduling of aircraft landings and takeoffs on multiple runways. Each aircraft's takeoff and landing schedules have time windows, as well as minimum separation intervals between landings and takeoffs. We present and evaluate a variety of comprehensive concepts and solutions for scheduling aircraft arrival and departure times, intending to reduce delays relative to scheduled times. When compared to First Come First Serve scheduling algorithm, the suggested strategy is usually successful in reducing the average waiting time and average tardiness while optimizing runway use.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.148-156
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• 2014

The objective of this study is to compare NOx emissions from light duty diesel vehicles measured from on-road tests that conducted under various driving routes and seasonal conditions. We measured real-driving NOx emissions using PEMS, portable emissions measurement system, under the urban, rural and motorway road traffic conditions. On-road tests were repeated at summer, fall and winter season. The accumulated driving distance is more than 1,200 km per each vehicle. Route average NOx emission factors were compared among nine route-season combinations. The emission characteristics of each combinations were investigated using time series mass emission rates and vehicle operation-based emission rates and activities, which is based on U.S. EPA's MOVES model. Most concerned route-season combination is "urban road condition at summer", which shows two to eleven times higher NOx emissions than other combinations. The emission rates and activities under low speed operating conditions should be managed in order to reduce urban-summer NOx. From a NOx control strategy perspective, the exhaust gas recirculation, EGR, is observed to be properly operated under wide range of vehicle driving conditions in Euro-5 vehicles, even if the air conditioner turns on. In high power demanding conditions, the effect of overspeeding could be more critical than that of air conditioner activation.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.167-178
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• 2005

This study was carried out to evaluate the temporal, spatial, and seasonal variations of VOC, and to characterize the VOC concentrations in two large industrial complexes located in Pohang and Gumi cities. Twenty -four hours continuous sampling of selected VOC was made with STS 25 sequential tube samplers and double-bed adsorbent tubes. Air samples were collected every three hour interval for 7 consecutive days in each site during summer and winter. VOC were determined by thermal desorption coupled with GC/MS. A total of 27 VOCs of environmental concern were determined, including aliphatic, aromatic and halides. Generally. concentrations of toxic VOC were higher in Gumi than Pohang, and VOC levels in industrial areas were typically several-fold higher than those in residential areas. The most abundant VOC appeared to be toluene for both cities. However, chlorinated VOC were higher in Gumi than Pohang, while aromatic VOC were more abundant in Pohang than in Gumi. Two cities showed relatively different variations of VOC concentrations within a day. It is likely that traffic related sources are major factors affecting the VOC in Pohang, and industrial solvents usages are important sources in Gumi. These results imply that the occurrence and levels of atmospheric VOC are strongly dependent on the type of industries in each city. Therefore, in order to develop any control strategies or to establish the priority rankings for VOC in large industrial complexes, the type of industries and the occurrence of VOC in the atmosphere should be taken into consideration.

• 항공우주정책ㆍ법학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.3-54
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• 2013

현재 주요 항공기술 선진국들은 군용기에서 거둔 무인항공기의 성공을 그 성장성과 효용성에 주목하고 민간 부문으로 확대하려는 노력을 경주하고 있으며 그 결과 민간 무인항공기 시장은 2020년 경에는 그 시장규모를 약 88억불에 달할 것으로 보면서 앞으로 가장 유망한 시장의 하나가 될 것으로 예상하고 있다. 그 용도도 원격탐사, 통신중계, 환경감시, 기상관측, 국경감시, 산불감시, 위험지역 정찰, 치안, 교통, 재난구호 지원활동 등 다양한 분야에 걸쳐 있다. 그러나 현재의 항공교통체계는 유인항공기 위주로 운용되고 있는 실정이어서 조종사가가 탑승하지 않는 무인항공기의 등장으로 무인항공기 운용을 고려한 조정이 필요하게 되었으며 그 조정에 필수적으로 수반하는 것이 법제화 작업이다. 현재 무인항공기 운용에 관한 법제화 작업은 전 세계적으로 ICAO가 중심이 되어 표준화 작업을 진행 중에 있으며 미국, 영국, 호주 등 국가는 개별적으로 법 규정을 마련하여 운용 중에 있다. 본 논문에서는 ICAO산하의 무인항공기시스템연구그룹(UASSG)의 활동과 무인항공기 법제화에 앞서가고 있는 미국, 영국, 호주의 법제화를 소개 하였다. 이중 미국의 경우는 2012년 2월14일에 오바마 대통령이 미국의 국가공역에서의 무인항공기를 운용하도록 하는 제반 법령 및 규정을 2015년 9월30일 시한으로 제정하도록 하는 법안에 서명함으로서 가장 적극적이다. 우리나라의 경우는 현재 국내 항공법상의 정의 규정과 비행허가에 관한 일부 사항을 제외하고는 운용에 관한 규정은 거의 전무한 상태라고 할 수 있다. 그러나 현실에 있어서는 군사용 및 민간 무인항공기가 실제 개발 운용되고 있는 실정이며 국토교통부에서는 상업용 민간무인항공기 개발을 우리나라의 항공기 제작 및 수출부문에 있어 가장 국제경쟁력 있는 분야로 보아 적극적으로 추진할 계획이어서 국내적으로도 무인항공기 운용을 위한 제반 사항에 대한 법제화가 필요하게 되었다. 무인항공기 운용을 위한 법제화 작업 중 가장 중요하다고 생각되는 부분은 (1)공역사용, (2)항공종사자 자격인증, (3)무인항공기 감항인증 및 기술기준인증 등 이지만 이외에도 (4)무인항공기 등 관련 사항에 대한 정의 규정, (5)무인항공기의 분류체계, (6)탑재장비 및 탑재서류, (7)통신, (8)비행규칙, (9)무인항공기 항공종사자 교육훈련, (10)보안, (11)보험, (12)기타 법제화가 필요한 사항으로 나누어 법제화 작업이 이루어져야 한다고 본다. 이와 함께 우리나라도 2012년 12월에 UASSG에 참가하였으므로 국제기준의 수립에 능동적이고도 주도적으로 참여하여 국제 사회에 기여함은 물론 무인항공기와 관련된 국제 관련 법령의 동향과 선진국의 사례를 파악하여 무인항공기 운용을 위한 국내 관련 법령을 선진형으로 제정 정비하는 법제화 작업을 병행하여야 할 것으로 본다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.799-809
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• 2011

Objectives: This study is aimed at identifying the influential factors on the pulmonary function of ordinary residents in the surrounding areas of Yeosu Industrial Complex. Methods: The PFT (Pulmonary Function Test) was conducted on the target residents numbering 989 people (male 361, female 628). The exposed group (813 people) resided within the radius of 5km from Yeosu Industrial Complex and the control group (176 people) resided in the radius of more than 15 km from May 2007 to November 2007. The survey also took into account other factors including personal characteristics, life habits, respiratory diseases and allergic symptoms, medical histories, and the living environments of the residents in order to further identify influential factors on pulmonary function. Result: When comparing the PFT values of the exposure groups to the control group of the same city, values of the exposure groups were meaningfully lower with an %$FEV_1$ of 107.05% and %FVC of 100.28%. Conversely, the control group reported an %$FEV_1$ and %FVC of 107.26% and 102.85% respectively, indicating that ambient air pollutants reduce lung function. The odds ratio of asthma diagnosis history increased when a subjects residence was close to a heavily trafficked road, traffic amount was huge, a bed was used, and the family had less than four members. However the results were not statistically meaningful. The odds ratios of abnormal pulmonary function were statistically higher among those with asthma(OR=4.29, CI=1.75-10.56), wheezing (OR=2.59, CI=1.24-5.41), and nasal congestion (OR=2.87, CI=1.36-6.08) (p<0.01). The factors affecting $FEV_1$ were symptoms including asthma, passive smoking and allergic eye disease ($R^2$=0.049, p<0.001). For the FVC symptoms including asthma ($R^2$=0.014, p<0.001) were measured. The analysis showed that FVC decreased with increases in $O_3$ and CO(p<0.01). Furthermore, $FEV_1$ decreased with increases in $O_3$(p<0.01). Conclusions: These results will provide preliminary data for establishing responsive measures to protect the health of residents in industrial complexes from air pollution, and to develop lasting environmental health policies.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.567-587
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• 2018

A severe haze event occurred in October 2015 in Gwangju, Korea. In this study, the driving chemical species and the formation mechanisms of $PM_{2.5}$ pollution were investigated to better understand the haze event. Hourly concentrations of $PM_{2.5}$, organic and elemental carbon, water-soluble ions, and elemental constituents were measured at the air quality intensive monitoring station in Gwangju. The haze event occurred was attributed to a significant contribution (72.3%) of secondary inorganic species concentration to the $PM_{2.5}$, along with the contribution of organic aerosols that were strongly attributed to traffic emissions over the study site. MODIS images, weather charts, and air mass backward trajectories supported the significant impact of long-range transportation (LTP) of aerosol particles from northeastern China on haze formation over Gwangju in October 2015. The driving factor for the haze formation was stagnant atmospheric flows around the Korean peninsula, and high relative humidity (RH) promoted the haze formation at the site. Under the high RH conditions, $SO{_4}^{2-}$ and $NO_3{^-}$ were mainly produced through the heterogenous aqueous-phase reactions of $SO_2$ and $NO_2$, respectively. Moreover, hourly $O_3$ concentration during the study period was highly elevated, with hourly peaks ranging from 79 to 95ppb, suggesting that photochemical reaction was a possible formation process of secondary aerosols. Over the $PM_{2.5}$ pollution, behavior and formation of secondary ionic species varied with the difference in the impact of LTP. Prior to October 19 when the influence of LTP was low, increasing rate in $NO_3{^-}$ was greater than that in $NO_2$, but both $SO_2$ and $SO{_4}^{2-}$ had similar increasing rates. While, after October 20 when the impact of haze by LTP was significant, $SO{_4}^{2-}$ and $NO_3{^-}$ concentrations increased significantly more than their gaseous precursors, but with greater increasing rate of $NO_3{^-}$. These results suggest the enhanced secondary transformation of $SO_2$ and $NO_2$ during the haze event. Overall, the result from the study suggests that control of anthropogenic combustion sources including vehicle emissions is needed to reduce the high levels of nitrogen oxide and $NO_3{^-}$ and the high $PM_{2.5}$ pollution occurred over fall season in Gwangju.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.127-133
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• 2016

본 논문은 항공기 지상이동유도 및 통제 시스템(A-SMGCS)의 소프트웨어를 개발하기 위해 CNS/ATM 분야의 지상용 항공장비 소프트웨어 표준인 DO-278A를 적용한 사례를 제시하였다. DO-278A를 적용하기 위해 필요한 고려사항들을 기술하였으며, DO-278A에 명시된 프로세스 혹은 요건들을 테일러링한 방법에 대해 상세히 논의하였고, 테일러링된 결과에 대해 설명하였다. 그리고 DO-278A를 처음 적용하여 개발하고자 할 때 발생할 수 있는 사항들과 DO-278A를 적용하면서 발생했던 문제점들이나 이슈사항들을 정리하였다. 결론으로 DO-278A를 적용하면서 시행착오를 줄이기 위해 반드시 고려되어야 하는 교훈들을 설명하였으며 이러한 문제점들이나 이슈사항들을 해결하기 위한 방법을 제시하였다.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.1024-1029
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• 2009

콘크리트 구조물의 대형화에 따라 시공 중 수화열에 의한 온도 균열 발생 사례가 증가하고 있다. 지하철 콘크리트 BOX 구조물의 경우, 부재 두께가 1m 이상 되는 경우가 대부분이며, 특히 벽체는 외부구속에 의한 관통균열 발생으로 누수 및 조직 열화가 발생하여 내구성에 나쁜 영향을 주고 있다. 지하철은 일반적으로 도로를 따라 건설되므 로 교통체증을 줄이기 위한 공사기간 단축 시도가 종종 발생하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 공사시간 단축 방안으로서 한 지간씩 건너띠면서 콘크리트를 타설하는 시공방법을 제안하였으며, 이에 대한 온도균열제어에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 또한 벽체 높이, 타설온도, 대기온도 등을 현장조건에 따라 변화시켜 온도균열에 대한 민감도 분석을 실시하였다.