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A Study on Sustainable Outdoor Space of Regional Public Hospitals (지역거점공공병원의 지속가능한 외부공간에 대한 연구)

  • Yoon, Eunji;Lim, Yeonghwan
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.17-25
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: Since hospitals have a big impact on the natural and social environment, hospitals' sustainability must be considered in various aspects including environmental, social, and economical aspects. So far, research on sustainable hospitals has mainly been conducted on indoor environment, but outdoor space of hospital is as important as well. The purpose of this research is to study the sustainability of hospital outdoor space and to make proposals for improving sustainable regional public hospitals. Methods: Through preceding research analysis and literature review, the concept of sustainable outdoor space of hospital was defined. Also, the evaluation contents of outdoor space were extracted from domestic and foreign green building certification criteria. With this analytic frame, we visited 4 regional public hospitals in Korea, interviewed the facility managers, and analyzed sustainability of hospital outdoor space. Results: Analysis of 4 regional public hospitals reveals that there is a lack of consideration for sustainability in all 4 categories; urban and network, natural environment, community, and user. In terms of community, sustainability has rarely been applied to all four hospitals. The site selection and terrain of the site were essential to sustainability. Implications: Establishing a master plan considering future expansion is critical. Also more attempt to show regional characteristics is needed. It is necessary to design a comprehensive outdoor space that considers sustainability and also healing environment. Level difference in the site can be used as a design element.

A Study on the Analysis of School Health Program by the Chronological Events in Korea (우리나라 학교보건사업 변천에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sang-Wook
    • Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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    • v.4 no.2 s.7
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    • pp.61-90
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    • 1989
  • The purpose of this study was to identify and name clusters of school health program, and to describe some of the characteristics of administrative supports. The literature, materials and public documents were analysed by the chronological events from 1945 to 1989. The result of this study is as follows : 1. A brief summary of the history of school health program was included as an introduction to the analysis of the current programs of school health. Five current school health-program clusters were identified from findings of a study of programs ; 1) Physical assessment, laboratory examination and health services for the students, 2) health insturction 3) healthful living condition(environmental health), 4) health clinic management 5) administrative supports. 2. The earliest school-based efforts focused on communicable disease prevention by the ministry of health and social affairs. Annual medical inspection(health assessment) for school children for eyes, ears, nose, and throat were mandated nation-wide in 1951 by physical Assessment Act. 3. In 1979, the health instruction of schools to improve the health status of students was improved by health department in the Ministry of Education. 4. Experiences in healthful environment were basic components of the school health program. However, without careful planning and supervision these experiences were not contributed to the goal of school health. The formal program of school health environment were initiated in 1979. 5. In 1980, the guidelines of school health clinic management were prepared by Ministry of Education such as guidance of essential degrees and facilities in school health clinic. 6. Two patterns of administration of school health programs existed in Korea. In one the school health department operated its own health program and in the other the physical education department operated the health program within the school system. The school health department was established in Ministry of Education from 1979 to 1982. Improved school health programs will be a key element in the comprehensive national child health policy whic I will ask the Ministry of Education to develop for the Department.

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Development of Water Supply Capacity Index to Monitor Droughts in a Reservoir (저수지 가뭄감시를 위한 물공급능력지수의 개발)

  • Lee, Dong-Ryul;Moon, Jang-Won;Lee, Dae-Hee;Ahn, Jae-Hyun
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.39 no.3 s.164
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    • pp.199-214
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    • 2006
  • The efficient management strategies of reservoirs in periods of drought event are an essential element for drought planning. A Water Supply Capacity Index (WSCI) has been developed for the evaluation and effective monitoring of the supply capacity of a reservoir during a drought event. The WSCI is a measure of the duration that a reservoir can supply a required demand under the worst drought condition. The WSCI is not only a useful standard to refer to when making decisions on reservoir operations in a period of drought, but it can be also applied for setting the drought trigger in water demand sites supplied from the reservoir. The correlation between the standardized WSCI and existing drought indices such as PDSI, SPI and SWSI has been analyzed to the applicability of WSCI.

A Study of the Relationship between In-stream Vegetation and Sediment Transport by a Hydraulic Model Experiment (실험수로에서 식물군락에 의한 유사거동 양상에 관한 실험적 고찰)

  • Lee, Sam-Hee
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.753-762
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    • 2002
  • In-stream vegetation is an essential element of a stream channel. Vegetation plays an important role in flood control and the natural environment in stream channels. This research investigates the relationship between in-stream vegetation and stream changes. This study investigates the distribution characteristic of vegetation in some rivers of Korea. Although there are many physical factors that cause changes to streams, this research verified that in-stream vegetation caused sediment deposition. A hydraulic model experiment was conducted. Tests were conducted in a simulated gravel bed stream (bed slope 1/200) with Phragmites japonica. The average diameter of the bed load used was 0.3 mm and 27 kg were uniformly supplied for 1 hour under same hydraulic conditions. The deposition and scouring as well as the change of flow differed according to the density and arrangement of the Phragmites japonica. In-stream vegetation and stream channel change are closely related because deposition and scouring affects the distribution of vegetation.

FXRα Down-Regulates LXRα Signaling at the CETP Promoter via a Common Element

  • Park, Sung-Soo;Choi, Hojung;Kim, Seung-Jin;Kim, Ok Jin;Chae, Kwon-Seok;Kim, Eungseok
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.409-414
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    • 2008
  • The cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), a key player in cholesterol metabolism, has been shown to promote the transfer of triglycerides from very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL) to high density lipoprotein (HDL) in exchange for cholesterol ester. Here we demonstrate that farnesoid X receptor ${\alpha}$ ($FXR{\alpha}$; NR1H4) down-regulates CETP expression in HepG2 cells. A $FXR{\alpha}$ ligand, chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA), suppressed basal mRNA levels of the CETP gene in HepG2 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Using gel shift and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays, we found that $FXR{\alpha}$ could bind to the liver X receptor ${\alpha}$ ( $LXR{\alpha}$; NR1H3) binding site (LXRE; DR4RE) located within the CETP 5' promoter region. $FXR{\alpha}$ suppressed $LXR{\alpha}$-induced DR4RE-luciferase activity and this effect was mediated by a binding competition between $FXR{\alpha}$ and $LXR{\alpha}$ for DR4RE. Furthermore, the addition of CDCA together with a $LXR{\alpha}$ ligand, GW3965, to HepG2 cells was shown to substantially decrease mRNA levels of hepatic CETP gene, which is typically induced by GW3965. Together, our data demonstrate that $FXR{\alpha}$ down-regulates CETP gene expression via binding to the DR4RE sequence within the CETP 5' promoter and this $FXR{\alpha}$ binding is essential for $FXR{\alpha}$ inhibition of $LXR{\alpha}$-induced CETP expression.

A Study on the Design Safety of Type III High-Pressure Hydrogen Storage Vessel (Type III 고압수소저장용기의 설계 안전성 연구)

  • Park, Woo Rim;Jeon, Sang Koo;Kim, Song Mi;Kwon, Oh Heon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.7-14
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    • 2019
  • The type III vessel, which is used to store high-pressure hydrogen gas, is made by wrapping the vessel's liner with carbon fiber composite materials for strength performance and lightening. The liner seals the internal gas and the composite resists the internal pressure. The properties of the fiber composite material depends on the angle and thickness of the fiber. Thus, engineers should consider these various design variables. However, it significantly increases the design cost due to the trial and error under designing based on experience or experiments. And, for aluminum liners, fatigue loads due to using and charging could give a huge impact on the performance of the structure. However, fatigue failure does not necessarily occur in the position under the highest load in use. Therefore, for hydrogen storage vessel, fatigue evaluation according to design patterns is essential because stress distribution varies depend on composite layer patterns. This study performed an optimization analysis and evaluated a high-pressure hydrogen storage vessel to minimize these trial and error and improve the reliability of the structure, while simultaneously conducting fatigue assessment of all patterns derived from the optimization analysis process. The results of this study are thought to be useful in the strength improvement and life design of composite reinforced high-pressure storage vessels.

Analysis of Pseudorandom Sequences Generated by Maximum Length Complemented Cellular Automata (최대길이 여원 CA 기반의 의사랜덤수열 분석)

  • Choi, Un-Sook;Cho, Sung-Jin
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.1001-1008
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    • 2019
  • A high-quality pseudorandom sequence generation is an important part of many cryptographic applications, including encryption protocols. Therefore, a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) is an essential element for generating key sequences in a cryptosystem. A PRNG must effectively generate a large, high-quality random data stream. It is well known that the bitstreams output by the CA-based PRNG are more random than the bitstreams output by the LFSR-based PRNG. In this paper, we prove that the complemented CA derived from 90/150 maximum length cellular automata(MLCA) is a MLCA to design a PRNG that can generate more secure bitstreams and extend the key space in a secret key cryptosystem. Also we give a method for calculating the cell positions outputting a nonlinear sequence with maximum period in complemented MLCA derived from a 90/150 MLCA and a complement vector.

A Study of Evaluation Certification on Electronic Power u-IT Convergence Equipment (전력 u-IT 융복합화 기기의 평가와 인증 연구)

  • Yi, Jeong-Hoon;Park, Dea-Woo;Bae, Suk-Myong;Kim, Eung-Sik;Kim, Hong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.499-502
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    • 2009
  • Supply of electric power and electricity safety for whole system and network are essential element. Electricity safety technology need rating for product and research about certification as product development that is done cotton flannel mixed with development of u-IT technology consists. Study on serve to develop electricity safety integration supervision system to apply product to u-City electric power appliance and cotton flannel mixed of u-IT appliance, Connection badness sensing instrument made device built-in electric power IT cotton flannel mixed in outlet that is used most in electric power appliance terminal. Using sensor on ZigBee, RFID performance estimation of communication and module for remote safety check of electricity safety integration supervision system. A performance experiment and estimation in PD, Arc detection diagnosis system and certification KS, electricity safety about product that get fitness finding.

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A Study on Establishment of Small and Medium Business Information Security Plan under Resource Restrictions (자원 제약하의 중소기업 정보보안계획 수립방안 연구)

  • Kwon, Jang-Kee;Kim, kyung-Ihl
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.119-124
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    • 2017
  • Information is a valuable asset regardless of the size of the enterprise and information security is an essential element for the survival and prosperity of the enterprise. However, in the case of large corporations, Security is ensured through rapid introduction of information security management system. but In the case of SMEs, security systems are not built or construction is delayed due to complex factors such as budget constraints, insufficient security guidelines, lack of security awareness. In this paper, we analyze the actual situation of information security management of SMEs through questionnaires, and We would like to suggest a comprehensive security plan for SMEs in free or inexpensive ways. We believe that by applying the method presented in this paper, SMEs will be able to implement the lowest cost basic information security and will benefit SMEs who plan to establish an information security plan.

APPLICATIONS OF INTEGRATED SAFETY ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY TO RELOAD SAFETY EVALUATION

  • Jang, Chan-Su;Um, Kil-Sup
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.43 no.2
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    • pp.187-194
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    • 2011
  • Korea Nuclear Fuel is developing the X-GEN fuel which shows high performance and robust reliability for the worldwide supply. However, the simplified code systems such as CESEC-III which were developed in 1970s are still used in the current Non-LOCA safety analysis of OPR1000 and APR1400 plants. Therefore, it is essential to secure an advanced safety analysis methodology to make the best use of the merits of X-GEN fuel. To accomplish this purpose, the $\b{i}$ntegrated $\b{s}$afety $\b{a}$nalysis $\b{m}$ethodology (iSAM), is developed by selecting the best-estimate thermal-hydraulic code RETRAN. iSAM possesses remarkable advantages, such as generality, integrity, and designer-friendly features. That is, iSAM can be applied to both OPR1000 and APR1400 plants and uses only one computer code, RETRAN, in the whole scope of the non-LOCA safety analyses. Also the iSAM adopts the unique and automatic initialization and run tool, $\b{a}$utomatic $\b{s}$teady-$\b{s}$tate $\b{i}$nitialization and $\b{s}$afety analysis too l (ASSIST), to enable unhandy designers to use the new design code RETRAN without difficulty. In this paper, a brief overview of the iSAM is given, and the results of applying the iSAM to typical non-LOCA transients being checked during the reload design are reported. The typical non-LOCA transients selected are the single control element assembly withdrawal (SCEAW) accident, the asymmetric steam generator transients (ASGT), the locked rotor (LR) accident, and bank CEA withdrawal (BCEAW) event. Comparison to current licensing results shows a close resemblance; thus, it reveals that the iSAM can be applied to the non-LOCA safety analysis of OPR1000 and APR1400 plants.