• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.41-47
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• 2011

Objectives: This study assessed the factors that have an influence on the residents exposed to heavy metals, and we utilized the findings to establish the proper management of abandoned metal mines in the future. Methods: For a total of 258 residents who lived close to abandoned mines in Gangwon-province and Gyeonggi-province, the exposure factors and biomarkers in their blood and urine were comparatively analyzed via multiple regression analysis. Results: The blood levels of lead and mercury and the cadmium levels in urine were found to be higher in the study group than that in the average Korean. For the blood levels of heavy metals according to each exposure factor, all of them were found to be significantly higher in both of the group residing for a longer period of time and the group living closer to the source of pollutants. Multiple regression analysis disclosed that all the heavy metals, except lead, in their blood were significantly reduced in proportion to the increased distance of inhabitancy from the mines. Their other biomarkers were within the normal ranges. Conclusions: We found that the distance between the residential village and the mines was a factor that affects the blood level of heavy metals in the villagers. This finding could be an important factor when developing a management model for the areas that surround abandoned metal mines. (ED note: I much like this important study.)

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.45-54
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• 2018

The seismically isolated nuclear power plants shall be designed for design basis earthquake (DBE) and considered to ensure safety against beyond design basis earthquake (BDBE). In order to limit the excessive displacement of the seismic isolation system of the seismically isolated structure, the moat is installed at a certain distance from the upper mat supporting the superstructure. This certain distance is called clearance to stop (CS) and is calculated from the 90th percentile displacement of seismic isolation system subjected to BDBE. For design purposes, the CS can be obtained simply by multiplying the median displacement of the seismic isolation system against DBE by scale factor with a value of 3. The DBE and BDBE used in this study were generated by using 30 sets of artificial earthquakes corresponding to the nuclear standard design spectrum. In addition, latin hyper cube sampling was applied to generate 30 sets of artificial earthquakes corresponding to maximum - minimum spectra. For the DBE, the median displacement and the 99th percentile displacement of the seismic isolation system were calculated. For the BDBE, the suitability of the scale factor was assessed after calculating the 90th percentile displacement of the seismic isolation system.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.267-279
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• 1990

Amberlite XAD-2 및 XAD-7 수지에 대한 페놀과 그 할로겐 일치환체들에 대한 흡착성을 분포계수를 측정하여 조사하였다. XAD 수지에 대한 페놀의 흡착은 Langmuir 등온흡착으로 설명될 수 있었으며, 이 때의 흡착은 분자의 크기에 따르는, 즉 분산상호작용에 기인하는 전형적인 물리흡착임을 알았다. 고분자 합성수지에 대한 페놀류의 흡착에너지는 Lennard-Jones potential로 계산하였다. 이 때 고분자 수지의 반지름은 수지의 최소기본단위의 van der Waals 부피로부터 계산하였으며 페놀류의 분자 반지름도 같은 방법으로 구하였다. 페놀유도체들의 흡착성은 각 수지에 대한 시료의 Stacking factor (F)-고분자 수지와 페놀류사이의 van der Waals 부피로부터 구한 평형거리의 보정인자-로부터 흡착에너지를 구하고 뱃치법으로 측정한 흡착엔탈피값과 비교함으로써 설명할 수 있었다. 각 수지에 대한 페놀이온의 흡착엔탈피는 쌍극자 작용력이나 하전-쌍극자 상호작용보다 분산상호작용이 주 요인인 것으로 나타났다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.61.1-61.1
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• 2014

GSH 006-15+7 is a Milky Way supershell discovered by Moss et al. (2012). This supershell shows large shell-like structures in H I velocity maps. We have analyzed FUV emission for the supershell regions based on the FIMS and GALEX observations. Bright FUV flux at the boundaries of the supershell is mostly originated from dust scattering of FUV photons by dust clouds which was also observed at the boundaries of the supershell. We could find the distance to the supershell can be closer more than 30% compared with the distance of 1500 pc suggested by Moss et al. (2012) from the dust scattering simulation. And we also found the albedo and the phase function asymmetry factor of interstellar grains were 0.30 and 0.40, respectively. The confidence range for the albedo covers the theoretical value of 0.40, but g-factor is rather smaller than the theoretical value of 0.65. The small g-factor might mean the environment of turbulent ISM of the supershell. Meanwhile, the excess of C IV and X-ray emissions in the inside of the supershell can support the existence of hot gas and cooling in the supershell. And the C IV and X-ray emissions are monotonically decrease as away from the center of the SNR. This indicates the size of the hot bubble has considerably shrunk. We applied a simple simulation model to the PDR candidate region of the lower part of the supershell and obtained a H2 column density N(H2) = 1017.0-18.0 cm-2 and total hydrogen density nH ${\geq}$ 10 cm-3. This result shows the PDR candidate region represents a transition region from the warm phase to the cool phase in the PDR.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.680-689
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• 2010

The crack-tip stress fields and fracture mechanics assessment parameters for a surface crack, such as the elastic stress intensity factor or the elastic-plastic J-integral, can be affected significantly by the adjacent cracks. Such a crack interaction effect due to multiple cracks can alter the fracture mechanics assessment parameters significantly. There are many factors to be considered, for instance the relative distance between adjacent cracks, the crack shape, and the loading condition, to quantify the crack interaction effect on the fracture mechanics assessment parameters. Thus, the current assessment codes on crack interaction effects (crack combination rules), including ASME Sec. XI, BS7910, British Energy R6 and API 579-1/ASME FFS-1, provide different rules for combining multiple surface cracks into a single surface crack. The present paper investigates crack interaction effects by evaluating the elastic stress intensity factor and the elastic-plastic J-integral of adjacent in-plane surface cracks in a plate through detailed 3-dimensional elastic and elastic-plastic finite element analyses. The effects on the fracture mechanics assessment parameters of the geometric parameters, the relative distance between two cracks, and the crack shape are investigated systematically. As for the loading condition, an axial tension is considered. Based on the finite element results, the acceptability of the crack combination rules provided in the existing guidance was investigated, and the relevant recommendations on a crack interaction for in-plane surface cracks are discussed. The present results can be used to develop more concrete guidance on crack interaction effects for crack shape characterization to evaluate the integrity of defective components.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.2338-2356
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• 2019

Vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) is the name of technology, which uses 'mobile internet' to facilitate communication between vehicles. The aim is to ensure road safety and achieve secure communication. Therefore, the reliability of this type of networks is a serious concern. The reliability of VANET is dependent upon proper communication between vehicles within a given amount of time. Therefore a new formula is introduced, the terms of the new formula correspond 1 by 1 to a class special ST route (SRORT). The new formula terms are much lesser than the Inclusion-Exclusion principle. An algorithm for the Source-to-Terminal reliability was presented, the algorithm produced Source-to-Terminal reliability or computed a Source-to-Terminal reliability expression by calculating a class of special networks of the given network. Since the architecture of this class of networks which need to be computed was comparatively trivial, the performance of the new algorithm was superior to the Inclusion-Exclusion principle. Also, we introduce a mobility metric called universal speed factor (USF) which is the extension of the existing speed factor, that suppose same speed of all vehicles at every time. The USF describes an exact relation between the relative speed of consecutive vehicles and the headway distance. The connectivity of vehicles in different mobile situations is analyzed using USF i.e., slow mobility connectivity, static connectivity, and high mobility connectivity. It is observed that $p_c$ probability of connectivity is directly proportional to the mean speed ${\mu}_{\nu}$ till specified threshold ${\mu}_{\tau}$, and decreases after ${\mu}_{\tau}$. Finally, the congested network is connected strongly as compared to the sparse network as shown in the simulation results.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.361-370
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• 2004

정확한 사위량 측정을 위한 전제조건이 되는 굴절이상의 완전교정과 광학중심점과 동공중심점의 일치가 선행되지 않을 때 발생할 수 있는 사위량 변동을 알아보기 위해 근시성 굴절이상안 120명을 대상으로 동공중심거리, 장용안경의 광학중심점거리, 안경장용 상태의 사위량을 Von Graefe법을 이용하여 측정하고, 검사대상자의 동공중심과 광학중심점을 정확하게 일치시키고 굴절이상도를 완전교정한 상태에서의 사위량을 각각 측정하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 1. 굴절이상도가 미교정되고 광학중심점과 동공중심점이 미조정 된 안경을 장용하고 측정한 사위량과 굴절이상도를 완전교정하고 광학중심점과 동공중심이 일치된 상태에서 측정한 사위량은 완전교 정시 정위는 10.0%에서 12.5%로 증가하였고, 외사위는 67.5%에서 62.5%로 감소, 내사위는 22.5%에서 25.0%로 증가하였다. 2. 평균 광학중심점 거리는 31.7024mm, 동공중심점 거리는 평균 31.4881mm로 안경의 Optical Center Distance가 동공중심거리보다 약 0.2143mm 큰 것으로 측정되었다. 3. 동공중심점과 광학중심점이 일치된 안경과 동공중심과 광학중심이 불일치된 안경을 장용한 사람은 각각 37.5%, 62.5%로 조사되었다. 4. 미교정된 근시안 가운데 동공중심과 광학중심이 일치한 사람을 대상으로 근시도를 완전교정하고 사위를 측정한 결과 근시도를 미교정했을 때 보다 외사위량은 53.33%가 감소하였고, 내사위량은 20.0%가 증가하였다. 5. 근시도를 완전교정하고 광학적중심과 동공중심을 정확하게 일치시켜 측정한 외사위량은 구안경 장용시보다 $1.11{\Delta}$ 감소하였고, 내사위량은 $0.39{\Delta}$ 증가한 것으로 나타나 검정결과 매우 유의하였다(p<0.05).

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제84권4호
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• pp.409-414
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• 1995

발생된 소음(騷音)이 사철나무 수벽(樹壁)의 높이, 두께 및 밀도(密度), 발음점(發音點)의 거리(距離)와 높이, 그리고 수음점(受音點)의 거리(距離)와 높이 등에 따라 얼마나 어떻게 감쇄(減殺)되는 지를 비교 분석한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 수벽설치전(樹壁設置前)에 대한 설치후(設置後)의 소음 감쇄량(減殺量)은 6.8dB, 감쇄율(減殺率)은 10.6%로 각각 산출되었으며, 이때 t-value는 1% 수준에서 유의성이 인정되었다. 2. 소음의 감쇄효과(減殺效果)와 상관이 가장 높은 요인은 수벽의 밀도(r=-0.768)였으며, 다음으로 수음점의 거리, 수벽의 두께, 발음점의 높이 순으로 부의 상관이 높게 나타났다. 3. 소음 감쇄효과에 기여하는 요인을 편상관계수에 의하여 알아보면, 수벽의 밀도(r=-0.959)가 가장 높았고, 다음으로 수음점의 거리(r=-0.906), 수벽의 두께(r=-0.753) 순으로 높게 나타났다. 4. 수벽의 형상(形狀), 그리고 발음점 및 수음점의 위치(位置)에 따라 소음 감쇄효과를 예측할 수 있는 추정식은 $Y=69.520-1.672X_1-1.656X_2-0.066X_3-0.248X_4-3.134X_5-0.222X_6-0.343X_7$로 도출되었으며, 이때 추정식의 결정계수 $r^2$는 0.950으로 높게 나타났다. 5. 소음 감쇄효과를 나타내는 준부분 상관계수는 수벽의 밀도, 수음점의 거리, 수벽의 두께, 수벽의 높이 순으로 크게 나타났다. 따라서 사철나무 수벽에 의하여 소음 감쇄효과를 높이고자 할 때에는 수벽의 밀도, 수음점의 거리, 수벽의 두께 및 발음점의 거리 등을 적의 조절(調節)하여야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.55-64
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• 2017

최근 SPECT/CT의 보급과 함께 다양한 영상보정 방법들을 빠르고 정확하게 적용할 수 있게 되면서, 영상품질 향상과 더불어 정량적 정확성까지 기대할 수 있게 되었다. 그중 Collimator Detector Response (CDR) 회복(recovery)은 검출기면의 거리로부터 발생된 blurring 효과를 보상하여 분해능 회복을 목적으로 하는 보정방법이다. 본 연구에서는 SPECT/CT 영상에서 CDR recovery 가 적용되었을 때 검출거리 변화에 따른 정량적 변화를 알아보고자 하였다. 검출거리의 변화에 따른 획득 계수의 차이를 알아보고자 검출거리를 궤도방식(obit type)에 따라 Circular는 X, Y축 반경 30 cm, Non-Circular는 X, Y축 반경 21 cm, 10 cm, Non-Circular Auto(=Auto Body Contouring_ ABC, spacing limit 1 cm)로 설정하였고, 재구성 방법은 CDR recovery(CDRr)의 사용 유/무에 따른 계수 회복 차이를 알아보고자 OSEM (w/o CDRr)와 Astonish(3D-OSEM with CDRr)로 구분하여 적용하였다. 이 때 감쇠, 산란, 붕괴 보정은 모든 영상에 공통 적용하였다. 정량적 평가를 위해 교정인자(calibration factor_CF) 산출을 목적으로 교정영상(cylindrical phantom, $^{99m}TcO_4$ 123.3 MBq, 물 9293 ml)을 획득하였고, 팬텀 실험을 위하여 50 cc 주사기에 물 31 ml를 채우고 $^{99m}TcO_4$ 123.3 MBq를 설정하여 팬텀영상을 획득하였다. 팬텀 영상에서 주사기 전체 체적에 VOI(volume of interest)를 설정하여 각 조건별로 총 계수 값을 측정하였고, CF를 적용시켜 설정된 참값 대비 추정값의 오차를 구하여 보정에 따른 정량적 정확성을 확인하였다. 산출된 CF는 154.27 (Bq/ml/cps/ml)이며, 각 조건별 영상에서 참값 대비 추정값은 OSEM에서 Circular 86.5%, Non-Circular 90.1%, ABC 91.3% Astonish에서 Circular 93.6%, Non-Circular 93.6%, ABC 93.9%으로 분석되었다. OSEM은 검출거리가 가까울수록 정확성이 높아졌으며, Astonish의 경우에는 거리와 상관없이 거의 유사한 값을 나타내었다. 오차는 OSEM Circular(-13.5%)에서 가장 크고, Astonish ABC(-6.1%)에서 가장 적었다. SPECT/CT영상에서 CDR recovery 적용을 통한 거리보상이 이루어 졌을 때 검출거리가 먼 조건에서도 근접검출과 거의 동일한 정량적 정확성을 보였고, 검출거리의 변화에 영향을 받지 않고 정확한 보정이 가능한 것을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.451-459
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• 2015

We investigated the pattern of floral diversity including naturalized plant species and three ecological factors (area, elevation and distance from mainland) of plant species on 53 uninhabited islands in Gyungsangnam-do, southeastern South Korea. A total of 206 taxa in 67 families were observed, and the species of Compositae was most common. Thirteen taxa in eight families of the naturalized plants were observed on 33 islands. The numbers of total plant species, area and elevation were significantly correlated, but no relationship with distance from the mainland was observed. In addition, no relationship was found among the numbers of naturalized plants, area and elevation. However, the average rate of naturalization on islands with different elevations differed significantly, indicating the smallest proportion of naturalized plant species was on high islands. Multiple regression of total species richness identified elevation as a significant factor, while no significant variables were correlated with naturalized plant species. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMS) ordination identified three major variables, distance from mainland, number of naturalized plant species and elevation. These findings indicate that the geography of islands such as area and elevation affected the species richness of plants on uninhabited islands, while human disturbance had a greater effect than geography on the species richness of naturalized plants on islands in southeastern South Korea.