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The Cause of Motion Sickness in Oriental Medicine (멀미의 병인(病因)에 대한 한의학적(韓醫學的) 접근(接近))

  • Han, Yun-Jeong;Jang, Gyu-Tae
    • The Journal of Pediatrics of Korean Medicine
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.149-162
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    • 2008
  • Objectives The purpose of this study is to investigate that causes of motion sickness in oriental medicine. Methods The internal and external studies about motion sickness were searched Results and Conclusions The motion sickness is induced by conflict of balance system including vestibular, visual and proprioceptive system. The motion sickness is more common in female and in children between 2 and 12 years old. In western medicine, antihistamine and anticholinergic has been used for treatment of motion sickness, but these anti-motion sickness drug turn out to be not a perfect solution and have several side effects. On the other hands, In oriental medical terminology, there is no words equivalent to the "motion sickness", but we consider the motion sickness as state with dizziness, nausea and vomiting. The motion sickness can be induced by either internal or external causes and the internal causes can thought to be a constitutional factor of an individuals, and the general transportation can be an external cause. The important internal cause is a dysfunction of the spleen, stomch(脾胃不調), retention of phlegm and fluids(痰飮), and deficiency of the kidney jing(腎精不足). The wind(風) and fire(火) in the upper part of the body, especially in the head, also can be an important cause of the motion sickness.

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Follow-Up Survey Fire Truck Deterioration (소방자동차 노후화에 따른 고장 발생원인 추적조사 연구)

  • Lee, Jang-Won;Kim, Eui-Tae;Rie, Dong-Ho
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.59-64
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    • 2015
  • This study analyzed results of the causes of failure in 1,022 fire trucks currently being used in South Korea (aerial ladder, aerial platform, pumper, and chemical fire trucks). The results show that 46% of aerial ladder trucks have defective in the elevator brake systems, 29% of aerial platform trucks have contamination in the hydraulic oil, 37% of pumpers have defective in the pneumatic cylinders of the air supply system, and 39% of chemical fire trucks have defective in the powder fire extinguishing systems. The principal reasons for malfunctions are deterioration of the apparatuses, and accumulated fatigue from repetitive use of certain components, such as pneumatic cylinders in the air supply system and wire rope jamming in rollers in the ladder apparatus. These manufacturing defects should be improved upon in the manufacturing process. As a result, the fire trucks, which are used for 5 years or more, need precise inspections in accordance with the Regulation on Fire Apparatus Maintenance. Fire apparatuses have a service life of 10 to 12 years or more. They need to be replaced or require life extension, and they should be kept in top shape with the best maintenance for public safety.

Analysis of Ambulance Traffic Accident During Driving (국내 구급차량의 운행 중 사고 분석에 관한 조사 연구)

  • Shin, Dong-min;Yoon, Byung-gil;Han, Yong-taek
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.130-137
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the circumstances surrounding collisions involving ambulances with an aim to improving the safe operation of emergency services. Collisions are relatively common within paramedic emergency services. We analyzed the time, injury site, and any other specific factors of 908 collisions occurring within four cities. Within our study 29.6% of paramedics have been involved in accidents while responding to an emergency call, with the main cause of the accident being signal violation (35.7%), and is the other party's negligence (22.2%). 92.1% of these accidents occurred while the emergency lights were being operated. XX% of accidents took place in the afternoon, while xx% took place within the hours of xx:xx and xx:xx, during which time there is generally lower levels of traffic, which can cause severe brain and neck damage of 14.4% but the other part is 62.1%. (Ed note; this is not clear at all. 14.4% of collisions resulted in severe head and neck injuries, while 23.5% of collisions resulted in no injury. According to the respondents, defensive driving (xx%), observance of traffic laws (xx%), safe driving habits (xx%)to paramedics were the most critical factors in evading collision. Signal passes were identified as the most common cause of collision (70.1%). Although the majority of collisions occurred while the emergency lights were operational, the damage can cause severe damage at the time of accident occurred.

A Bibliographic Study on the cause and Symptom of Hae Su (咳嗽) caused by a cold (외감(外感)으로 인(因)한 해수(咳嗽)의 원인(原因), 증상(症狀), 치료(治法)에 대(對)한 문헌적(文獻的) 고찰(考察))

  • Choi, Seon-Youb
    • The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.166-182
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    • 1991
  • This study has been carried out to investigate the cause and symptom of Hae su (咳嗽) cause by a cold referring to 25 literature. 1. Cause : wind (風), cold (寒), heat (署), moisture (濕), dryness (燥), fire (火). It appears to cause double and above. 2. Symptoms : PunghanHaeSu (風寒咳嗽) ; HaeSu (咳嗽), Balyul (發熱), DamHueSaegBaeg (痰稀色白), Hu Yang Sung Tag (喉痒聲濁), BiSaegYuChe (鼻塞流涕), OhPungHan (要風寒), DooShinTong (頭身痛), TaeBaqBaeg (笞薄白), Maeg Bu Gin (脈浮緊). PungYeulHaeSu (風熱咳嗽) ; HaeSu (咳嗽), DamJo (痰稠), SaegHwang (色黃), KaegChulBulSang (喀出不痰), KuKallnTong (口瀉咽痛), BalYeul (發熱), OhPungYuHan (要風有肝), HogYuDuTong (或有頭痛), TaeBagHwang (笞薄黃), Maegbusag (脈浮數). JoYeulHaeSu (燥熱咳嗽) ; KunHaeMuDarn (乾咳無痰), HogDamJungDaeHyulSa (或痰中帶血絲), HaelnHungTong (咳引胸痛), BiJolnKun (鼻燥咽乾), pliogyuOhPungBalYeul (或要風發熱), TaeBagHqangIKun (笞薄黃而乾), MaegSeSag (脈細數). 3. Treatment ; PungHanHaeSu ; SoPungSanHan (疏風散寒), Sun PaeJiHae (宣肺止咳), PungYeulHaeSu ; SoPungchungYeul (疏風淸熱), SunPaeJiHae (宣肺止咳), JoYeulHaeSu; CheongPoeYunJo (淸肺潤燥), SaengJinJiHae (生津止咳). Basing on the literature research, I found that Hae Su (咳嗽) caused by a cold belong to category of YugEum(六淫).

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A Study on the Safety Regulation Revision for Urban Transit Vehicles (도시철도차량의 안전기준 강화에 관한 연구)

  • Lee Woo-Dong;Shin Jeong-Ryol;Kim Gil-Dong;Han Suk-Youn;Park Kee-Jun;Hong Jai-Sung;Ahn Tai-Ki;Lee Ho-Yong;Kim Jong-Wook
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2003.10c
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    • pp.322-326
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    • 2003
  • Dae-gu subway accident raise whole points in connection with safety facilities and operating of national urban transit system like rolling stocks, facilities, management of human. Rolling stock is made every effort for improvement of performance, guarantee of comfortableness, insurance of economical efficiency. But Security like safety of fire is not thoroughgoing enough. Especially, interior material has used although it is not prove its degree of safety. it is a main cause of Dae-gu subway accident. Safety regulation of urban transit vehicle that legislate for security in March 2000 does not applied manufacturing vehicles before in 2000. It has be prescribed in the regulations that incombustibles must be used. But detailed test standard related with incombustibles is not prescribe. Thus that regulation be required reinforcement of detailed test standard. Main cause of Dae-Gu subway accident is a fire in vehicle. However, many defects are found in infrastructure and operating vehicle of urban transit, such as inexperienced disposal of driver and CCC in early stage of the fire accident, unskilled opening and closing doors, insufficient escape facilities and safety facilities of a station house and tunnel, and incomplete communication system between vehicle and CTC, extraordinary step. Thus the aims of this study are prevention of urban transit accident, improvement plan of safety driving, and proposal of quick action plan through analysis of total faculty of vehicle.

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Study on Dangerous Factors and Damage Pattern Analysis of Leaking Water from Water Purifiers (누수가 발생한 정수기의 위험요소 발굴 및 소손패턴 해석에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Chung-Seog
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.57-62
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this paper is to find dangerous factors of a water purifier when water leaks due to inappropriate use and analyze the patterns of damaged parts in order to provide data for the examination of the cause of the problem. If the water purifier is inspected and managed by a non-specialist, when the FLC(Float Level Controller) at the top is inclined, water leakage may occur to the water purifier. The leaked water flows onto the cables and hoses and enters the thermostat terminal, heater, PCB, power supply connection connector, etc., becoming a dangerous factor that may cause a system failure, fire, etc. Due to the water that entered the input terminal, low noise and white smoke were generated at first. However, the flame gradually propagated due to the continuous inflow of moisture. It was found that when moisture reached the PCB, a carbonized conductive path was formed at the varistor terminal, input terminal, semiconductor device terminal, etc., and the flame became larger, which might result in a fire. From the metal microscope analysis of a damaged condenser terminal, it was found that the amorphous structure unique to copper cable disappeared, and voids, boundary surface and disorderly fine particles occurred. Also, in the case of the connector into which moisture penetrated, fusion and deformation occurred at the cable connection clips. The result of analysis of the power supply cable connector using a thermal image camera showed that most of the heat was generated from the cable connection clips and the temperature at the connection center was normal.

A Study on the Systematic Cause Analysis of Shipboard Fire Accident Case using STAMP Methodology

  • JeongMin Kim;HyeRi Park
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.28 no.10
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    • pp.207-215
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    • 2023
  • The ship system is complex and advanced, and the operation relationship between each element is very high. So it is necessary to approach it in terms of an overall and integrated system in addition to the traditional sequential approach of finding and removing the direct cause of the accident when analyzing the accident. In this study, it is analyzed the recent fire accidents on ships occurred the Korean terrestrial water using a STAMP methodology that is different from conventional accident analysis techniques. This analysis reviews a range of factors, including safety requirements to prevent fires in ships, inappropriate decisions and actions, situations, equipment defects, and recommendations derived from accident analysis results. Through a comprehensive approach to accident prevention using STAMP, alternative evaluations are presented at the component level within the entire system of ships, and they are systematically used for accident prevention and risk evaluation as well as simple accident analysis.

The Effect of Pretreatment of Veneer on the Improvement of Plywood Quality (단판(單板)의 약제처리(藥劑處理)가 합판성질개선(合板性質改善)에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Shim, Chong-Supp
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.152-164
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    • 1982
  • 1. In order to make the improvement of plywood quality, this study has been made. The pretreatments applied to the veneers are as follows. a) The soaking treatment of the veneer in 30 percent methanol solution for 24 hours was applied to remove some resinous materials which may cause many stain discolouring on the face of finished plywood. b) The preservative treatment of the veneer in 2 percent malenit solution for 2 to 3 minutes was adopted to make resistance against decay and insect damages. c) The fire retardant treatment of the veneer in 40 percent ammonium phosphate solution for 2 hours was applied to give retardation effect against fire burning. 2. The results summarized in this study are as follows. a) One percent resinous materials was extracted, after the soaking of the veneers in 30 percent diluted methanol. b) No marks of the dirty stains of resinous materials on the face of the treated plywood was shown, although many quite dirty stains on the face of untreated plywood have contrary seen. c) However, the strip shear test strength of the treated plywood was not decreased. It means that there is no difference in the strength between the treated plywood and the untreated plywood. The strength values were 25.08 kg/$cm^2$ and 24.98 kg/$cm^2$, respectively. d) The strip shear test strength of plywood made of the treated veneers in 2 percent malenit solution was not decreased. e) The slight decrease of the strip shear test strength of the treated plywood made of the treated veneer in 40 percent ammonuim phosphate solution was shown. However, the remarkable difference of the fire retardation activities between the treated specimens and the untreated specimens has seen as in Table 10, that is, the fire proofed specimens had taken about 28 seconds to start to burn, while the untreated specimens had taken 15 seconds to reach to burning. This means that the fire retardation effect of the fire proofed plywood was greater than that of the unproofed plywood.

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A Study on the Analysis and Protection of Lightning Accident in Petrochemical Plant Wastewater Storage Tank (석유화학공장 폐수 저장 탱크의 낙뢰사고 분석과 보호방안에 관한 연구)

  • Song, Bang-Un;Oh, Gil-Jung;Woo, In-Sung
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.107-113
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    • 2019
  • Recently, due to global warming, the trend shows an increase in number of lightning strikes which increase risk regarding industry infrastructures. Especially in case where the lightning strikes infrastructures including refinery, petorchemical plant facilities or storage tanks, it can cause power failures, electrical machine malfunction and damage which can lead to fire explosion and multiple calamities. Therefore, detailed case studies must be conducted through a systematic research regarding lightning strike accidents in order to understand its mechanism and devise preventive measures. This paper aims to study cases of explosion regarding waste water storage tanks in refineries and petrochemical plants in order to analyze its root cause and provide preventive measures for avoiding lightning related incidents.

A experimental Study on Insulation Breaking Fire Case of Starter Motor B Terminal (스타트모터 B단자 절연파괴 화재사례에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Woo, Seung Woo;Park, J.M.;Hyun, B.S.;Nam, J.W.;Park, W.S.;Kim, J.P.;Cho, Y.J.;Goh, J.M.;Park, N.K.
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.55-62
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, we introduce a case of a fire accident during parking of a large truck that is repeatedly occurring. The shape and location of the combustion and electrical singularity commonly found in other vehicle fire accidents could limit the starter motor as the ignition section. In addition, it was possible to confirm the electrical melting singularity that could act as a cause of ignition between the start motor B terminal and the start motor enclosure. By combining the above investigations and investigations, it was possible to estimate the electric fire expressed from insulation breaking of the starter motor B terminal, and by using the renewable starter motor comparison product mounted on the fire vehicle, an experiment was performed to reproduce the ignition process from the starter motor under specific conditions. So. It is hoped that this will raise awareness about vehicle fires, which can lead to large fires or casualties, share the risks of using starter motors for regeneration, and help in the rapid and accurate investigation of similar vehicle fires in the future.