• 대한건축학회논문집:계획계
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.101-109
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• 2019

Korea's transportation paradigm is shifting from a vehicle-oriented transportation plan to a pedestrian-friendly environment that emphasizes walking safety. However, the level of pedestrian traffic accidents in Korea is still high and serious. The purpose of this study is to investigate factors affecting the severity of pedestrians traffic accidents using the multilevel logistic regression model based on 2015-2017 pedestrian accidents data provided by the Traffic Accident Analysis System(TAAS). The main results of the multilevel logistic regression model showed that 89% of pedestrian traffic accidents in Seoul were explained by individual characteristics such as drivers and pedestrians, and 11% were explained by neighborhood environmental characteristics. The results are as follows : In the individual characteristics such as pedestrians and drivers, the older the pedestrians and the drivers, the higher the traffic accident severity. The severity of traffic accidents was high when the pedestrians were female and the drivers were male. In the case of accident types, traffic accidents were more serious in the cases of heavy vehicles, inclement weather, and occurring at intersections and crosswalks. The results of the neighborhood environmental characteristics are as follows. The intersection density and the crosswalk density tended to reduce the severity of traffic accidents. On the other hand, the traffic light density and the school zones were founded to related to the higher level of traffic accident severity. This study suggests that both individual and neighborhood environmental characteristics should be considered together to prevent and reduce the severity of pedestrian traffic accidents.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.273-282
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• 2004

본 연구는 과거 타이어 개발업체들이 주로 기술적 측면을 고려한 타이어패턴개발을 수행하면서 향후 더욱더 치열해지는 타이어시장환경에서 브랜드아이덴티티구축이라는 목표를 달성하지 못함으로써 초래될 수 있는 문제점을 지적하고 타이어패턴개발에 있어서의 디자인의 역할을 강조하였다. 본 연구는 실제로 금호타이어와의 산학프로젝트를 통해 이루어진 내용을 정리한 것이며 타이어개발프로젝트 과정에서 최근 새롭게 떠오르고 있는 틈새시장인 여성운전자를 대상으로 하는 디자인개발을 추진하였다. 디자인 개발은 소비자의 니즈분석을 통하여 디자인컨셉을 결정하였으며 결정된 디자인컨셉을 실현하기 위하여 패턴 방향의 디자인개발과 기술방향의 디자인개발이 동시에 이루어졌다. 도출된 아이디어는 금호타이어 디자인팀과의 회의를 통하여 다양한 요인을 고려하여 결정되었으며 결정된 결과에 따라 최종적으로 2개의 디자인 안이 개발되어 제시되었다. 본 연구의 결과를 통해 타이어산업체에 공학 적 접근과 더불어 디자인개발에 대해서도 더욱 많은 관심과 투자가 이루어 질 수 있는 계기가 됨으로써 향후 더욱 가속화 될 것으로 예상되는 타이어시장에서 효과적인 브랜드아이덴티구축이 가능할 수 있기를 기대한다.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.105-108
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• 2013

Drivers' sitting strategies are considered in car seat design. Existing research has identified representative sitting strategies by visual inspection of seating pressure measurements collected from a small sample size of drivers. The present study recruited 20 female and 20 male participants, measured seating pressure, and classified sitting strategies by cluster analysis. The participants' sitting postures were classified based on seating pressure distribution into mid-back and scapular, mid-back and lumbar, and lumbar sitting strategies for the upper body and hip concentrated, hip and mid-thigh concentrated, and hip and mid-thigh distributed sitting strategies for the lower body. The effects of gender and occupant package layout (OPL) on sitting strategy were nout found significant. The identified sitting strategies would be of use for the design and evaluation of an OPL and a seat.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.464-475
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• 1992

Head Injuries due to traffic accidents are now the leading cause of death and long term disability in males between 30-50 years. Many patients with head injuries experience mild dysfunction of cognition without major neurosurgical problems, and this may interfere with successful rehabilitation. However, not many studies have been done to investigate the cognitive functioning following mild head injuries. The purpose of this study was to obtain injured patient's dermographic data including medical, neuropsychological and social data, and to investigate the cause of injury and alcohol use at the time of injury. This study focused on the recovery of cognitive function in patients with head injuries and used the Mini Mental State Examination(MMSE) score and its correlation with dermographic and social data. Data on 77 patients with minor head injuries who were admitted to the department of Neurosurgery in 3 and I hospital in Dae Jun from September 1991 to February 1992 were analyzed. The findings of this study are as follows ; 1) Out of the 77 cases reviewed in this study, 62 were male, 15 were female. 2) A higher incidence of injury was observed between 7:00 PM and 12:00 PM. 3) The most common cause of head injury in traffic accidents was pedestrian accidents, and the next most frequent cause was motorcycle accidents. 4) Thirteen of the 77 cases in this study were under the influence of alcohol at the time of injury, and they were all male. 5) The MMSE scores one month after injury and at discharge were significantly lower in patients with head injuries that included skull fractures than in patients without skull fractures, suggesting lower cognitive function in patients with skull fractures. 6) The level of consciousness at admission and three days after admission measured by the GCS for drivers under the influence of alcohol was lower than for sober drivers. The MMSE score was also lower for drunken drivers. 7) The MMSE score one month after the injury had a reciprocal relationship with the age of the patient. 8) The MMSE score one month after the injury and at discharge were highly correlated with the duration of unconsciousness. 9) The MMSE score one month after injury and at discharge were highly correlated with the GCS scores at admission, three days after admission, and one week after admission.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.43-53
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• 2010

'97년 전국 5개 지방경찰청 32개 지점에 무인과속과속단속시스템의 도입으로 교통사고 발생 건수와 사망자수를 현저하게 감소시키는 효과를 가져와 지속적으로 확대 설치할 예정에 있다. 2010년 7월말 현재 4,495대를 설치 운영하고 있다. 대교, 터널 및 경사구간 등 위험도로구간에서는 치사율이 일반도로부의 3배 이상 높게 나타나 연속적인 속도관리가 필요하다. 그러나 무인과속단속시스템은 한 지점의 속도만으로 과속을 단속하는 시스템으로 단속지점에서만 속도를 줄이는 캥거루 효과가 발생하고 있어 연속적인 속도감소 효과를 기대할 수 없다. 따라서 위와 같은 연속적인 위험이 존재하는 도로구간에서는 교통사고 예방을 위해서는 위험구간의 평균속도로 과속차량을 단속하는 무인구간속도위반단속시스템 도입이 필요하게 되었다. 이에 본 논문에서는 무인구간속도위반단속시스템과 무인과속단속시스템 설치구간에서의 운전자 운행 특성인 캥거루 효과를 분석하고, 또한 제한속도 준수를 위한 두 시스템에 효과성을 검토하기 위하여 데이터를 수집하고 통계적인 분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과 무인구간속도위반단속시스템에서는 캥거루효과가 발생하지 않았고, 무인과속단속시스템에서만 캥거루효과가 발생하였다. 이러한 캥거루효과에 의한 차량 감속은 약 400m 전방에서 감속을 시작하는 것으로 분석되었다. 그리고 무인구간속도위반단속시스템의 평균속도가 무인과속단속시스템 보다 약 35km/h 낮은 것으로 분석되었다. 결론 적으로 무인구간속도위반단속시스템이 캥거루효과도 없을 뿐만 아니라 제한속도 준수에도 효과적인 것으로 검증되었다.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.244-252
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• 2014

Purpose: This study was aimed to examine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and cardiovascular risk factors among workers at small-sized companies having fewer than 50employees in Korea. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a secondary data analysis on workers' health examination data. Data from 21,784 employed workers were analyzed, including 16,488 males (mean age 38.7years)and 5,296 females (mean age 40.5 years). Participants were newly enrolled in annual health check-ups at a professional health clinic from 2009 to 2011. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify age-adjusted gender specific predicting factors of MetS incidence. Results: The prevalence of MetS was 13.4% in male and 7.7% in female workers. Logistic regression analysis showed that, when age was adjusted for, family history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) was a predicting factor in both male and female workers. For male workers, heavy alcohol drinking and non-manual occupation (office workers/drivers) predicted MetS. Conclusion: Health care providers should screen for MetS periodically in small work places especially for those with a family history of CVD. Educational counseling needs to be given to male workers with sedentary occupations with an aim to reduce heavy drinking and encourage lifestyle modification.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.669-678
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• 2018

With increasing concerns about environmental issues that can result from apparel and textile disposal, the recycling methods for discarded fashion products have gained significant attention. As the influential drivers of consumer purchasing and consuming behaviors, fashion innovativeness and fashion involvement can play important roles in forming consumer attitudes toward apparel recycling. The purpose of this study was to (1) investigate consumer attitudes toward three different methods of apparel recycling including resale, reform, and donation, (2) examine the effects of fashion innovativeness and fashion involvement on consumers' apparel recycling attitudes, and (3) identify gender difference in the relationships among fashion innovativeness, fashion involvement, and recycling attitudes. Using a web-based survey, data were collected from 281 Korean consumers who were in their 20s and 30s. Overall, both male and female consumers revealed the most favorable attitudes toward apparel recycling through donation, followed by reform, and resale. The findings suggest that consumer traits, such as fashion innovativeness and fashion involvement, are important factors predicting male consumers' apparel recycling behaviors. Those male consumers who perceive fashion as important were more interested in apparel recycling than those males who put low importance on fashion. Male fashion innovators were less likely to recycle their unused and old apparel items. Further studies identifying antecedents of female consumers' attitudes toward apparel recycling are warranted.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.83-86
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• 1981

Eight cases by power tiller accidents experienced for 3 years from Jan. 1978 to Dec. 1980 were studied clinically. The results are as follows: 1. The most of the patients were thirties to fifties, and the incidence rate of male to female 7:1. 2. The common injuries were hemopneumothorax and multiple rib fractures [respectively and the other associated injuries were hepatic and delayed splenic ruptures, and fractures of the another sites. 3. The accident forms were overturning [50.0%], falling down from the power tiller [37.5%], and collision against the power tiller [12.5%]. 4. All of the drivers and 75% of the passengers in the patients were drunken states at the accident time. 5. The common methods of treatment were closed thoracostomy [62.5%], conservative treatment [37.5%], and exploratory laparotomy [25.0%].

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.341-358
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• 2015

This study aims to identify predictors of driving cessation among Korean elderly. Data from 2011 Elderly Survey conducted by Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs were used for the analysis. Based on Webber, Porter, Menec(2010)'s comprehensive theoretical framework for mobility, the model of this study tests five major determinants of driving cessation including financial, psychosocial, environmental, physical and cognitive factors. Results of logistic regression analysis showed that economic status, marital status, contacts with relatives and friends, residential location, taking medication, muscle strength, age, gender, and job were significant predictors of driving cessation of older drivers. Specifically, lower economic status, unmarried status, less contacts with relatives and friends, living in the city, taking medication, weaker muscle strength, older age, female, non-working status were significant risk factors for driving cessation. Practical implications in light of study findings were discussed.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.135-140
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• 2022

Background: Coal mining is a hazardous industry. The purpose of the study is to identify the nature of occupational injuries and diseases among coal miners and to determine the factors that affect the rate of injury and duration of time loss from work. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using accepted workers' compensation claims data of 30,390 Australian coal miners between July 2003 and June 2017. Results: Musculoskeletal and fracture conditions accounted for approximately 60% of claims in all occupational groups. Cox regression analysis showed that older age and female gender were significant predictors of longer time off work. Injury types and occupations were associated with work time loss: mental health conditions, and machine operators and drivers had significantly longer durations of time off work. Conclusion: Future research can further address how these factors led to longer time off work so that coal industry regulators, employers, and healthcare providers can target interventions more effectively to these at-risk workers.