• Advances in nano research
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.363-373
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• 2023

A novel type of steel fiber with a rounded-end shape is presented to improve the bonding behavior of fibers with Carbon Nanotubes (CNT)-reinforced Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) matrix. For this purpose, by performing a parametric study and using the nonlinear finite element method, the impact of geometric characteristics of the fiber end on its bonding behavior with UHPC has been studied. The cohesive zone model investigates the interface between the fibers and the cement matrix. The mechanical properties of the cohesive zone model are determined by calibrating the finite element results and the experimental fiber pull-out test. Also, the results are evaluated with the straight steel fibers outcomes. Using the novel presented fibers, the bond strength has significantly improved compared to the straight steel fibers. The new proposed fibers increase bond strength by 1.1 times for the same diameter of fibers. By creating fillet at the contact area between the rounded end and the fiber, bond strength is significantly improved, the maximum fiber capacity is reachable, and the pull-out occurs in the form of fracture and tearing of the fibers, which is the most desirable bonding mode for fibers. This also improves the energy absorbed by the fibers and is 4.4 times more than the corresponding straight fibers.

• 급식외식위생학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.7-20
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• 2023

This study was conducted to investigate the impact of refrigerator type and temperature fluctuations on the quality changes of refrigerated foods. Phycochemical and sensory quality, as well as microbial growth, were measured for various foods stored in open- or door-type refrigerators set at 5℃ during storage. The average temperatures recorded were 11.50±1.14℃ in an open refrigerator, and 6.34±0.97℃ in a closed refrigerator. The average surface temperatures of the food items were 9.60±1.20 and 6.00±0.80℃ for open and closed refrigerators, respectively. Significant changes in color and appearance quality were observed in lettuce, mackerel, ground beef, and cut pineapples when stored in open refrigerators. Ready-to-Eat foods such as gimbap and sandwiches exhibited higher levels of microbiological proliferation when stored in open refrigerators compared to closed refrigerators. Processed foods, such as sterilized milk and packaged tofu, did not show significant differences in quality among various types of refrigerators. The installation of refrigerator doors can effectively minimize temperature fluctuations caused by external factors, thereby reducing variations in food quality. These findings provide essential insights into the quality changes associated with the implementation of refrigerator doors, serving as fundamental data for ensuring optimal food preservation.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.23.1-23.9
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• 2023

The mammalian sirtuin family, consisting of SIRT1-SIRT7, plays a vital role in various biological processes, including cancer, diabetes, neurodegeneration, cardiovascular disease, cellular metabolism, and cellular homeostasis maintenance. Due to their involvement in these biological processes, modulating sirtuin activity seems promising to impact immuneand aging-related diseases, as well as cancer pathways. However, more understanding is required regarding the safety and efficacy of sirtuin-targeted therapies due to the complex regulatory mechanisms that govern their activity, particularly in the context of multiple targets. In this study, the interaction landscape of the sirtuin family was analyzed using a systems biology approach. A sirtuin protein-protein interaction network was built using the Cytoscape platform and analyzed using the NetworkAnalyzer and stringApp plugins. The result revealed the sirtuin family's association with numerous proteins that play diverse roles, suggesting a complex interplay between sirtuins and other proteins. Based on network topological and functional analysis, SIRT1 was identified as the most prominent among sirtuin family members, demonstrating that 25 of its protein partners are involved in cancer, 22 in innate immune response, and 29 in aging, with some being linked to a combination of two or more pathways. This study lays the foundation for the development of novel therapies that can target sirtuins with precision and efficacy. By illustrating the various interactions among the proteins in the sirtuin family, we have revealed the multifaceted roles of SIRT1 and provided a framework for their possible roles to be precisely understood, manipulated, and translated into therapeutics in the future.

• 한국의상디자인학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.83-95
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• 2023

The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of skin care salons' decision factors on customer satisfaction and revisit intention during the COVID-19 pandemic. The subjects of this study were 220 women in their 20s to 50s who reside in Seoul and the Gyeonggi-do area and are users of skin care salons. The data was statistically analyzed using SPSS V.25.0 and detailed research results are as follows. For the analysis of this study, frequency analysis, factor analysis, reliability verification, independent sample T-Test, one-way analysis of variance, post hoc test, Duncan test, and regression analysis were conducted. First, as a result of examining whether skin care salon decision factors during the pandemic have a positive (+) effect on customer satisfaction, hygienic environment satisfaction and service environment satisfaction, which are sub-factors of customer satisfaction, had a significant effect on professionalism, kind service, and distance, which are sub-factors of decision factors, and are independent variables. Second, as a result of examining whether skin care salon decision factors during the pandemic have a positive (+) effect on revisit intention, decision factors, which are independent variables, including professionalism, kind service, price, and distance showed significant effects on human revisit intention, As for physical revisiting intention, only kind service, distance, and professionalism showed significant effects, while price did not have a significant effect. Third, as a result of examining whether customer satisfaction during the pandemic has a positive (+) effect on revisiting intention, the service environment satisfaction and hygienic environment satisfaction, which were sub-factors of independent variables, showed significant results for human and physical revisit intentions. In this study, service environment and hygienic environment satisfaction were important variables for skin care salon decision factors. Professionalism and kind service were important for human revisit intention. Therefore, overall service environment, hygiene, and safety should be prioritized to increase revisit intention and efforts must be made to retain and improve customer satisfaction

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2021년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.469-471
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• 2021

무선 통신 기술이 방대한 양의 데이터를 빠른 속도로 높은 정확도와 안전성을 보장하여 전송하는 방식에 초점을 맞추어 발전하면서 기존의 무선 주파수(RF, Radio Frequency)를 이용한 무선 통신 기술의 대안으로 가시광 통신(VLC, Visible Light Communication) 기술의 연구개발이 가속화되었다. RF 무선 통신의 전파 스펙트럼이 더욱 혼잡해지고, 대역폭에 대한 수요가 지속적으로 증가함에 따라 규제되지 않은 대역폭을 사용할 수 있는 VLC가 해결책으로 제시되고 있다. 하지만, VLC 채널은 LOS(Line of Sight) 전파 특성으로 중간자 공격(MITM, Man-In-The-Middle)에 취약하고 도청과 재밍 공격에 쉽게 노출될 수 있다는 문제점이 있다. 이러한 VLC 채널에 대한 공격은 통신 링크 및 데이터의 기밀성, 무결성 및 가용성을 훼손하고, 데이터 재전송률이 높아져 스루풋이 감소하고 전력 소모량이 증가하여 데이터 전송 효율성이 낮아지는 문제점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 취약한 VLC 채널을 모델링하여 악의적인 재머에 의한 공격 영향과 통신 취약성을 분석한다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권7호
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• pp.2388-2394
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• 2023

The radioactivity concentration of environmental radionuclides was analyzed for soil and sand at eight locations within a radius of 255 m centered on the Dongnam Institute of Radiological & Medical Science (DIRAMS), Korea. The average activity concentrations of ⁴⁰K, ¹³⁷Cs, ²²⁶Ra, and ²³²Th were 661.1 Bq/kg-dry, 0.9 Bq/kg-dry, 21.9 Bq/kg-dry, and 11.1 Bq/kg-dry, respectively. The activity of ⁴⁰K and ¹³⁷Cs was lower than the 3-year (2017-2019) average reported by the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety, respectively. Due to the nature of granite-rich soil, the radioactivity of ⁴⁰K was 0.6-fold higher than in other countries, while ¹³⁷Cs was in the normal fluctuation range (15-30 Bq/kg-dry) of the concentration of radioactive fallout from nuclear tests. The activity of ²²⁶Ra and ²³²Th was lower than in Korean soils reported by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). The average activity concentrations of ²³²Th and ⁴⁰K for the soil and sand samples from DIRAMS were within the range specified by UNSCEAR in 2000. The radium equivalent activity and internal and external hazard index values were below the recommended limits (1 mSv/y). These radionuclide concentration (²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th, ⁴⁰K, and ¹³⁷Cs) data can be used for regional environmental monitoring and ecological impact assessments of nuclear power plant accidents.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2023

건설프로젝트에서 발생되는 리스크는 공기지연 및 비용증가에 큰 영향을 끼치기 때문에 다양한 리스크를 파악하기 위한 노력이 이루어지고 있다. 그러나 시공단계의 리스크 분석은 공종 및 수행단계에 국한되거나, 경험 의존적 의사결정이 주로 수행되고 있다. 데이터 기반의 분석도 일부 사례에 적용되고 있을 뿐이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 시공사 또는 발주처에 중요한 요인들이 포함되어 있을 것으로 판단되는 수발신공문을 대상으로 군집분석과 Word2Vec 알고리즘을 적용하였다. 군집분석을 통해 6개 유형으로 1차 분류를 수행하였으며, Word2Vec을 통해 157개의 공문 발생 유형을 도출하였다. 도출된 연관어의 속성별 분석을 위하여 새로운 5개의 범주를 적용하였으며, 이를 통해 공문 발생 유형이 잠재적인 건설 리스크 요인으로 발전 가능한지 검토하였다. 텍스트 마이닝을 통한 3단계의 공문 발생 유형 분석 결과는 건설현장의 공정관리를 위한 기초 자료로써 도움 될 것으로 판단된다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.283-299
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• 2023

Structural stability of floating platforms has long since been a crucial issue in the field of marine engineering. Excessive motions would not only deteriorate the operating conditions but also seriously impact the safety, service life, and production efficiency. In recent decades, several control devices have been proposed to reduce unwanted motions, and an attractive one is the tuned heave plate (THP). However, the THP system may reduce or even lose its effectiveness when it is mistuned due to the shift of dominant wave frequency. In the present study, a novel adaptive tuned heave plate (ATHP) is proposed based on inerter by adjusting its inertance, which allows to overcome the limitation of the conventional THP and realize adaptations to the dominant wave frequencies in real time. Specifically, the analytical model of a representative semisubmersible platform (SSP) equipped with an ATHP is created, and the equations of motion are formulated accordingly. Two optimization strategies (i.e., J₁ and J₂ optimizations) are developed to determine the optimum design parameters of ATHP. The control effectiveness of the optimized ATHP is then examined in the frequency domain by comparing to those without control and controlled by the conventional THP. Moreover, parametric analyses are systematically performed to evaluate the influences of the pre-specified frequency ratio, damping ratio, heave plate sizes, peak periods and wave heights on the performance of ATHP. Furthermore, a Simulink model is also developed to examine the control performance of ATHP in the time domain. It is demonstrated that the proposed ATHP could adaptively adjust the optimum inertance-to-mass ratio by tracking the dominant wave frequencies in real time, and the proposed system shows better control performance than the conventional THP.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.44-51
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• 2022

Background: Air pollution is increasing together with industrialization and urbanization. In order to reduce air pollution, public transportation is recommended rather than private cars, and the number of passengers using public transportation is increasing accordingly. This study observes the concentration of indoor pollutants in city buses over time. Through this means, we intend to suggest a plan to manage the indoor air quality in city buses. Objectives: The concentration of indoor pollution in public transportation was investigated from April 2021 to January 2022. Based on this, we evaluated the exposure to indoor pollutants. Methods: Six city bus lines in an industrial city were selected for the research, and indoor pollution was measured through IoT (Internet of Things)-based sensor-type measuring devices. The concentration of pollutants was measured every minute, and statistical data were constructed based on the measurement results. Results: In all the city buses studied, the average concentration of pollutants were below the guidelines. However, some measurement results showed cases of exceeding the guidelines. As a result of the analysis by time zone, there were more cases in which pollutants exceeded the standard value during rush hour compared to at other times. A risk assessment for PM₁₀ was performed by evaluating the excess mortality risk from exposure and the risk from inhalation exposure. Conclusions: All measured indoor pollutants in the city buses did not exceed the guidelines. Also, the risk assessment results were found to be within the level of safety. However, if a city bus is used for a long time, there is a possibility that there may be an impact on the human body due to inhalation exposure, so additional management is required.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권1A호
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• pp.143-153
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• 2006

교량의 설계에 있어서 정확한 하중의 산정은 교량의 안전성 확보에 가장 핵심적인 사항이며 향후 유지 관리 측면에서도 매우 중요하다. 일반적으로 교량에서 차량에 의한 하중효과는 주로 활하중(충격하중 포함) 및 피로하중으로 나타나는데 이들 하중의 정형화를 위해서는 실제 교량 상을 주행하는 중 차량의 중량 및 통행특성을 정확히 파악하는 것이 중요하다. 이를 위해서 주행 중인 차량을 정지시키지 않고 중량을 계측할 수 있는 시스템(Bridge Weigh-In-Motion, BWIM)의 개발이 선행되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 다양한 기능을 갖는 BWIM시스템을 개발하고 이를 고속도로 교량에 적용하여 차량정보를 수집한 후 교량 설계를 위한 활하중 및 피로하중의 정형화를 수행하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 주행 중인 차량의 중량을 산정하는 BWIM시스템을 개발하여 시험 교량에 설치 한 후 교량거동의 계측을 통하여 최종적으로 고속도로 교통량 특성을 반영하는 활하중의 정형화 및 합리적인 피로하중산정 방안을 도출하는데 있다.