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Adequacy Evaluation of Fish Intake Parameter used for Human Health Risk Assessment to Derive Freshwater Quality Criteria in Korea (국내담수지역 인체위해성기반 준거치 산정에 활용되는 어류섭취량인자 타당성 평가)

  • An, Youn-Joo;Nam, Sun-Hwa
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.364-370
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    • 2011
  • Water quality criteria for human health protection are derived based on the human health risk assessment. Water quality criteria in Korean freshwater bodies have been derived according to the equations developed by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The equations include the fish intake parameter, which is very important factor that significantly influences on the criteria derivation. So far, several fish intake values were used in human health risk assessment for water quality standards and effluent standards. However, these values are not consistent and they refer to various sources. Therefore, there is a need to suggest the most appropriate value of fish intake parameter to derive freshwater quality criteria in Korea. In this study, national and international fish intake values were widely collected and evaluated to select the adequate value of fish intake parameter that can be applied in Korea. The USEPA presented fish intake parameter as the 17.5 g/day for general adults and sport fishers and 142.4 g/day for subsistence fishers. In Korean reports, wide range values of 2 to 67.7 g/day were suggested as fish intake value. These values included finfish and shellfish intakes in common but had various habits. This study found that the 52.4 g/day suggested in Korean Exposure Factors Handbook published by the Ministry of Environment in 2007 seemed to be the suitable fish intake parameter to derive the freshwater quality criteria in Korea. The value is based on water corrected intakes of finfish and shellfish present in freshwater and coastal areas. We expect that this report can be useful to select suitable fish intake value in human health risk assessment for establishing freshwater quality standard in Korea.

Recognition of a Housewife for Rearing-related Supports of a Husband and its Relationship with Mental Health -Comparison between Korea and Japan - (남편의 육아지원에 대한 부인의 인지와 정신적 건강과의 관련성 - 한국과 일본의 비교 -)

  • Park, Chun-Man;Okada, Setsuko
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.161-179
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    • 2007
  • To commonly apply the ${\ulcorner}$Measurement parameter for housewives for rearing-related supports of a husband${\lrcorner}$ in Korea and Japan, the current study conducted to confirm the relationship between recognition of a housewife for rearing-related supports of a husband and mental health after reviewing the appropriateness of the parameter. For the statistical analysis, 829 married Korean women in D city and 1,302 Japanese women in S city having children before entering a school were subjected for the study. For reviewing the appropriateness of the parameter, the simultaneous factor analysis that adopted the structural equation modeling was used. As the result of the analysis, 10 categories of factor structural model comprising the ${\ulcorner}$Recognition of a housewife for rearing-related supports of a husband${\lrcorner}$ resulted with the secondary model which sets of ${\ulcorner}$Recognition for emotional support${\lrcorner}$, ${\ulcorner}$Recognition for instrumental support${\lrcorner}$ and ${\ulcorner}$Recognition for information support${\lrcorner}$ as the primary factor and ${\ulcorner}$Recognition of a housewife for rearing-related supports of a husband${\lrcorner}$ as the secondary factor, and the model was found to be appropriate for the data in Korea and Japan. The result is considered to prove the constructs validity of ${\ulcorner}$Recognition of a housewife for rearing-related supports of a husband${\lrcorner}$ parameter. In addition, the relationship between ${\ulcorner}$Recognition of a housewife for rearing-related supports of a husband${\lrcorner}$ and mental health(GHQ) was reviewed by using multiple indicator model, and found the similarity of Korean and Japanese data. The scores measured by using the above parameter resulted to show high relationship with educational level of housewife, family configuration, and number of children.

Study of Multi-layer Cleansing Oil Using Solubility Parameter (Solubility parameter를 이용한 다층 클렌징 오일에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Chan-Ik;Kim, Bo-Ae;Yang, Jae-Chan
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.240-247
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study is to develop a method to evaluate solubility parameter interactions of cosmetic ingredients in formulations. This experimentation relates to the fabrication of new multi-layer cleansing oil which can remove make-up products such as lipstick, foundation, mascara, eye shadow, etc., and also can wash away dirt and sebum from the skin just in one stage process. Solubility parameter and specific gravity of various cosmetic ingredients are measured to explain the cleanliness of interface, detergency of make-up cosmetics on the skin surface. The results suggest that it is possible for cosmetic chemists to use solubility parameter of cosmetic materials for fabrication of new formulation of 3-layer cleansing oil.

The defect detection circuit of an electronic circuit through impedance change detection that induces a change in S-parameter (S-parameter의 변화를 유도하는 임피던스 변화 감지를 통한 전자회로의 결함검출회로)

  • Seo, Donghwan;Kang, Tae-yeob;Yoo, Jinho;Min, Joonki;Park, Changkun
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.689-696
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, in order to apply Prognostics and Health Management(PHM) to an electronic system or circuit, a circuit capable of detecting and predicting defect characteristics inside the system or circuit is implemented, and the results are described. In the previous study, we demonstrated that the frequency of the amplitude of S-parameter changed as the circuit defect progressed. These characteristics were measured by network analyser. but in this study, even if the same defect detection method is used, a circuit is proposed to check the progress of the defect, the remaining time, and the occurrence of the defect without large measurement devices. The circuit is designed to detect the change in impedance that generates changes of S-parameter, and it is verified through simulation using the measurement results of Bond-wires.

A Study on Physiological Parameter, Physical Health Status, and Health Perception in the Elderly (노인의 생리적 지수와 신체건강 상태, 건강지각과의 관계연구)

  • Han, Ae-Kyung
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.460-469
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    • 2004
  • Purpose: The purpose was to investigate the physiological parameter and physical health status and health perception in the elderly, and to find the correlation between these variables. The subjects were 139 in Kyungi senior center. Method: The instruments for this study were physiological parameters, which were composed of vital capacity, blood pressure, pulse oxygenation, hand grip power, body fat and physical health status scale developed by researcher, and health perception scale developed by Ware(1976). The data were analyzed by the SPSS-PC 11.0 version. Results: 1) 7.9% of subjects were included in abnormal range of vital capacity, 40.3% were systolic hypertension and 11.5% were diastolic hypertension. And 92.1% were included in normal range of pulse oxygenation, 79.8% were weakened hand grip power, and 10.1% of subjects were included in normal range of body fat. 2) The total mean score of the physical health status was 26.34 of a possible maximum score of 45. The physical health status score of women was lower than man's. 3) The mean score of man's health perception was 24.52 and women's was 20.39 of a possible maximum score of 44. 4) There was a significant positive correlation between hand grip power and physical health status(r=.28, p=.001). And a significant correlation between physical health status and health perception was found (r=.24, p=.004). Conclusion: It is concluded that the blood pressure, hand grip power and body fat among the physiological parameters of elderly subjects in Kyungi senior center were included in abnormal range. The factors were related life style. therefore, it is suggested that the health education to change life style for the elderly is needed.

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Estimating Freshwater Fish Intake for Human Health Risk Assessment Using Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (국민건강영양조사를 활용한 담수어패류 섭취량 산정: 위해성 평가를 위한 파라메타 도출)

  • Kwak, Jin Il;Oh, Kyungwon;Kweon, Sanghui;An, Youn-Joo
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.165-169
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    • 2013
  • Freshwater fish intake is a critical parameter for deriving water quality criteria and water quality standards for protection of human health based on human health risk assessment. Although the freshwater fish intake parameter should be accurate and representative of Korean fish consumption for the water quality criteria to be reliable, data are limited in Korea and have low reliability. In this study, Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2008-2010 were analyzed to reevaluate freshwater fish consumption. Based on these results, an average consumption rate of 3.0 g/day per person, a $90^{th}$ percentile consumption rate of 0.0 g/day per person, an average consumption rate of 65.7 g/day per fish consumer, and a $90^{th}$ percentile consumption rate of 153.4 g/day per fish consumer were proposed for derivation of water quality criteria using a conservative approach and various exposure scenarios.

A Study on Defect Diagnostics for Health Monitoring of a Turbo-Shaft Engine for SUAV (스마트 무인기용 터보축 엔진의 성능진단을 위한 결함 예측에 관한 연구)

  • Park Juncheol;Roh Taeseong;Choi Dongwhan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • v.y2005m4
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    • pp.248-251
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, health monitoring technique has been studied for performance deterioration caused by the defects of the gas turbine. The parameters for performance diagnostics have been extracted by using GSP program for modeling the target engine. The virtual sensor model for the health monitoring has been built of those data. The position and magnitude of the defects of the engine components have been determined by using Multiple Linear Regression technique and the method using the weight in order to diagnose the single and multiple defects.

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Integrated vibration control and health monitoring of building structures: a time-domain approach

  • Chen, B.;Xu, Y.L.;Zhao, X.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.6 no.7
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    • pp.811-833
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    • 2010
  • Vibration control and health monitoring of building structures have been actively investigated in recent years but treated separately according to the primary objective pursued. This paper presents a general approach in the time domain for integrating vibration control and health monitoring of a building structure to accommodate various types of control devices and on-line damage detection. The concept of the time-domain approach for integrated vibration control and health monitoring is first introduced. A parameter identification scheme is then developed to identify structural stiffness parameters and update the structural analytical model. Based on the updated analytical model, vibration control of the building using semi-active friction dampers against earthquake excitation is carried out. By assuming that the building suffers certain damage after extreme event or long service and by using the previously identified original structural parameters, a damage detection scheme is finally proposed and used for damage detection. The feasibility of the proposed approach is demonstrated through detailed numerical examples and extensive parameter studies.

The exponentiated extreme value distribution

  • Cho, Young-Seuk;Kang, Suk-Bok;Han, Jun-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.719-731
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    • 2009
  • This paper deals with properties of the exponentiated extreme value distribution. We derive the approximate maximum likelihood estimators of the scale parameter and location parameter of the exponentiated extreme value distribution based on multiply Type-II censored samples. We compare the proposed estimators in the sense of the mean squared error for various censored samples.

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Goodness-of-fit Test for the Weibull Distribution Based on Multiply Type-II Censored Samples

  • Kang, Suk-Bok;Han, Jun-Tae
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.349-361
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, we derive the approximate maximum likelihood estimators of the shape parameter and the scale parameter in a Weibull distribution under multiply Type-II censoring by the approximate maximum likelihood estimation method. We develop three modified empirical distribution function type tests for the Weibull distribution based on multiply Type-II censored samples. We also propose modified normalized sample Lorenz curve plot and new test statistic.