• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.745-762
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• 2011

Damage detection methodologies based on the direct examination of the nonlinear-nonstationary characteristics of the structure dynamic response may play an important role in online structural health monitoring applications. Different signal processing based damage detection methodologies have been proposed based on the uncovering of spikes in the high frequency component of the structural response obtained via Discrete Wavelet transforms, Hilbert-Huang transforms or high pass filtering. The performance of these approaches in systems subjected to different types of excitation is evaluated in this paper. It is found that in the case of random excitations, like earthquake accelerations, the effectiveness of such methodologies is limited. An alternative damage detection approach using the Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT) is also evaluated to overcome this limitation. Using the CWT has the advantage that the central frequencies at which it operates can be defined by the user while the frequency bands of the detail functions obtained via DWT are predetermined by the sampling period of the signal.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제66권3호
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• pp.289-297
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• 2023

Technological advances in neonatology led to the improvement of the survival rate in preterm babies with very low birth weights. However, intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) has been one of the major complications of prematurity. IVH is relevant to neurodevelopmental disorders, such as cerebral palsy, language and cognitive impairments, and neurosensory and psychiatric problems, especially when combined with brain parenchymal injuries. Additionally, severe IVH requiring shunt insertion is associated with a higher risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. Multidisciplinary and longitudinal rehabilitation should be provided for these children based on the patients' life cycles. During the infantile period, it is essential to detect high-risk infants based on neuromotor examinations and provide early intervention as soon as possible. As babies grow up, close monitoring of language and cognitive development is needed. Moreover, providing continuous rehabilitation with task-specific and intensive repetitive training could improve functional outcomes in children with mild-to-moderate disabilities. After school age, maintaining the level of physical activity and managing complications are also needed.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.439-448
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• 2013

2013년 3월 22일부터 시행된 개정 <경범죄처벌법>은, 제3조 제1항 제41호에 "지속적괴롭힘"이라는 표제로 "상대방의 명시적 의사에 반하여 지속적으로 접근을 시도하여 면회 또는 교제를 요구하거나 지켜보기, 따라다니기, 잠복하여 기다리기 등의 행위를 반복"하는 것을 스토킹 행위로 규정하였다. 이러한 스토킹 행위의 가해자에게는 <경범죄처벌법 시행령>에 따라 8만원의 범칙금이 부과되고 있다. 그러나 나날이 교묘해지고 다양해지는 스토킹 범죄의 심각성에 비해 현행 <경범죄처벌법>의 적용이 과연 실효성이 있는가의 문제가 존재한다. 스토킹을 직접적으로 규제하고 있는 현행 <경범죄처벌법>이 가지는 한계점을 극복하고 스토킹 범죄에 보다 적절히 대응하여야 할 것이다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제36권5_3호
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• pp.1053-1066
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• 2020

이산화황(SO₂)은 대기 중 화학 반응을 통해 2차 대기오염물질을 생성하는 전구체로, 주로 산업활동이나 주거 및 교통 활동 등을 통해 배출된다. 장기간 노출 시 호흡기 질환이나 심혈관 질환 등을 유발하여 인체 건강에 부정적인 영향을 미칠 수 있기 때문에 이에 대한 지속적인 모니터링이 필요하다. 우리나라에서는 SO₂에 대해 관측소 기반의 모니터링이 수행되고 있으나 이는 공간적으로 연속적인 정보를 제공하는 데에 한계가 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 위성자료와 수치모델 자료를 융합하여 일별 13시를 타겟으로 하는 1 km의 고해상도로 공간적으로 연속적인 SO₂ 지상농도를 산출하였다. 2015년 1월부터 2019년 4월까지의 기간 동안 남한 지역에 대하여 스태킹 앙상블 기법을 이용하여 SO₂ 지상농도 추정 모델을 개발하였다. 스태킹 앙상블 기법이란 여러가지 기계학습 기법을 두 단계로 쌓는 방식으로 융합하여 단일 모델 대비 더 향상된 성능을 도출하는 방법이다. 본 연구에서는 베이스 모델로는 RF (Random Forest)와 XGB (eXtreme Gradient BOOSTing) 기법이, 메타 모델로는 MLR (Multiple Linear Regression) 기법이 사용되었다. 구축된 모델의 교차검증 결과 메타 모델은 상관계수(R) = 0.69와 root-mean-squared-error(RMSE) = 0.0032 ppm의 결과를 보였으며 이는 베이스 모델의 평균 대비 약 25% 향상된 안정성을 보였다. 또한 모델 구축에 사용되지 않은 기간에 대한 예측 검증을 수행하여 모델의 일반화 가능성을 평가하였다. 구축된 모델을 이용하여 남한 지역의 SO₂ 지상농도 공간분포를 분석한 결과 일반적인 계절성과 배출원의 변화를 잘 반영하는 패턴을 보임을 확인하였다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2014

지표면 아래에는 다양한 구조물들이 매설되어 있으며, 특히 도시가스 배관이나 전기 배선과 같이 문제가 발생할 경우 우리의 안전을 크게 위협할 수 있는 다양한 위험요소들이 존재하고있다. 따라서 다양한 오염물질과 접하게 되는 지하 구조물들은 부식에 대단히 민감하기 때문에 부식의 진행 정도를 정확히 파악하지 못하는 경우 가스 배관의 누설과 같은 대형 사고로 이어질 수 있다. 지금까지는 사람이 직접 지하구조물에 일일이 방문하여 수작업으로 측정하고 기록하는 방식이 주로 사용되었으나, 이 방식은 많은 인적/물적 자원이 요구되어 관리의 연속성이 떨어지게 된다. 따라서 지속적인 관리를 통해 위험요소를 신속하게 발견하기 위한 연구가 필요하며, 본 연구에서는구조물 관리 시스템에 ICT를 결합하여 이동 중인 차량에서 지하구조물에 대한 상태 정보를 무선으로 수집하고 분석하여 신속히 대비할 수 있는 시스템을 제안한다.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.363-377
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• 2018

The proper functioning of critical points on transport infrastructure is decisive for the entire network. Tunnels and bridges certainly belong to the critical points of the surface transport network, both road and rail. Risk management should be a holistic and dynamic process throughout the entire life cycle. However, the level of risk is usually determined only during the design stage mainly due to the fact that it is a time-consuming and costly process. This paper presents a simplified quantitative risk analysis method that can be used any time during the decades of a tunnel's lifetime and can estimate the changing risks on a continuous basis and thus uncover hidden safety threats. The presented method is a decision support system for tunnel managers designed to preserve or even increase tunnel safety. The CAPITA method is a deterministic scenario-oriented risk analysis approach for assessment of mortality risks in road tunnels in case of the most dangerous situation - a fire. It is implemented through an advanced risk analysis CAPITA SW. Both, the method as well as the resulting software were developed by the authors' team. Unlike existing analyzes requiring specialized microsimulation tools for traffic flow, smoke propagation and evacuation modeling, the CAPITA contains comprehensive database with the results of thousands of simulations performed in advance for various combinations of variables. This approach significantly simplifies the overall complexity and thus enhances the usability of the resulting risk analysis. Additionally, it provides the decision makers with holistic view by providing not only on the expected risk but also on the risk's sensitivity to different variables. This allows the tunnel manager or another decision maker to estimate the primary change of risk whenever traffic conditions in the tunnel change and to see the dependencies to particular input variables.

• 한국미생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물학회 2009년도 International Meeting of the Microbiological Society of Korea
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• pp.78-78
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• 2009

$^1H$ NMR spectroscopy coupled with multivariate statistical analysis was used for the first time to investigate metabolic changes in musts during alcoholic fermentation and wines during ageing. Three Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strains (RC-212, KIV-1116 and KUBY-501) were also evaluated for their impacts on the metabolic changes in must and wine. Pattern recognition (PR) methods, including PCA, PLS-DA and OPLS-DA scores plots, showed clear differences for metabolites among musts or wines for each fermentation stage up to 6 months. Metabolites responsible for the differentiation were identified to valine, 2,3-butanediol (2,3-BD), pyruvate, succinate, proline, citrate, glycerol, malate, tartarate, glucose, N-methylnicotinic acid (NMNA), and polyphenol compounds. PCA scores plots showed continuous movements away from days 1 to 8 in all musts for all yeast strains, indicating continuous and active fermentation. During alcoholic fermentation, highest levels of 2,3-BD, succinate and glycerol were found in musts with the KIV-1116 strain, which showed the fastest fermentation or highest fermentative activity of the 3 strains, whereas the KUBY-501 strain showed the slowest fermentative activity. This study highlights the applicability of NMR-based metabolomics for monitoring wine fermentation and evaluating the fermentative characteristics of yeast strains.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.265-275
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• 1996

Air pollution characteristics and the influence of sea breeze on surface ozone concentration were studied using the data measured at 7 air quality continuous monitoring stations from June to September using 3 years (1990, 1993, 1994) in Pusan coastal area. Among the 246 sea breeze days for research Period, there were approximately 89 sea breeze days (36%) from lune to September, And there were 120 the episode days (68%) of ozone greater than or equal to 60 ppb in summer season. In 89 sea breeze days, the episode day was highly marked as 56 days (63%). So, we knew that the sea breeze greatly affects the occurence of ozone episode day. the ozone concentration under the condition of the sea breeze increase about 40% in the daytime. Frequencies distribution of $O_3$ concentration for sea breeze moved toward high concentration class. The characteristics of ozone concentration in relation to meteorological conditions of sea breeze is significant because we can discover major weather factors for eastablishing an air pollution- weather forecast system. For further. study about meterological approach method for photochemical air pollution, it is necessary to explain the characteristics of atmosphere below 1, 000 m, especially concerning the formation mechanism of inversion layers. And finally, we will study the relationships to synoptic weather conditions and vertical structure and diurnal variation of local wind systems including sea breeze, and the vertical movements of atmosphere in the city.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.33-37
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• 2014

Central venous catheterization through a subclavian approach is indicated for some special purposes but it may cause many complications such as infection, bleeding, pneumothorax, thrombosis, air embolization, arrhythmia, myocardial perforation, and nerve injury. A case involving a mistaken central venous catheterization into the right vertebral artery through the subclavian artery is presented. A 33-year-old man who had deteriorated mentality after head injury underwent an emergency craniotomy for acute epidural hematomas on the right frontal and temporal convexities. His mentality improved rapidly, but he complained of continuous severe pain in the right posterior neck even though he had no previous symptom or past medical history of such pain. Three-dimensional cervical spine computed tomography (3D-CT) was performed first to rule out unconfirmed cervical injuries and it revealed a linear radiopaque material intrathoracically from the level of the 1st rib up to the level of C6 in the right vertebral foramen. An additional neck CT was performed, and the subclavian catheter was indwelling in the right vertebral artery through right subclavian artery. For the purpose of proper fluid infusion and central venous pressure monitoring, the subclavian vein catheterization had been performed in the operation room after general anesthesia induction before the craniotomy. Sufficient anatomical consideration and prudence is essential because inadvertent arterial cannulation at a non-compressible site is a highly risky iatrogenic complication of central venous line placement.

• 센서학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.239-244
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• 2017

Noninvasive, cuffless, and continuous blood pressure (BP) monitoring is essential to prevent and control hypertension. A well-known existing method for this measurement is pulse transit time (PTT), which has been investigated by many researchers as a promising approach. However, the fundamental principle of the PTT method is based on the time interval taken by a pulse wave to propagate between the proximal and distal arterial sites. Consequently, this method needs an independent system with two devices placed at two different sites, which is a problem. Even though some studies attempted to synchronize the system, it is bulky and inconvenient by contemporary standards. To find a more sensitive method to be used in a BP measurement device, this study used radial electrical bioimpedance (REB) as a potential indicator for BP determination. Only one impedance plethysmography channel at the wrist is performed for demonstrating a ubiquitous BP wearable device. The experiment was evaluated on eight healthy subjects with the ambulatory BP monitor on the upper arm as a reference. The results demonstrated the potential of the proposed method by the correlation of estimated systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) BP against the reference at $0.84{\pm}0.05$ and $0.83{\pm}0.05$, respectively. REB also tracked the DBP well with a root-mean-squared-error of $7.5{\pm}1.35mmHg$.