• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.421-426
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• 2018

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of shift work on occupational safety in various industrial sectors. The study analyzes the effects of shift work on the health of workers by considering factors such as the workplace environment and welfare. Methods: Focusing on the $4^{th}$ Korean Working Conditions Survey, this study used an ordinary least-square multiple regression analysis. The dependent variable was the annual frequency of injuries reported by workers. Independent variables were categorized as demographic, shift work, workplace environment, and welfare variables. The analysis was conducted on two levels: 1) Shift work and nonshift work groups were compared, and 2) Shift work was compared with fixed and rotating shifts. Results: For the entire group, age, a low level of education, work hours, and daily and dispatch work negatively impacted the frequency of injuries. Shift work was negatively affected by workplace environment and welfare factors. In the shift group, the frequency of injuries was lower than that of regular workers, and the higher the autonomy in the choice of work hours, the lower the frequency of injuries. Furthermore, shift workers in Korea have more extended work hours (49.25 h/week) than other workers (46.34 h/week). Conclusion: Overall, welfare factors such as workplace satisfaction and worke-life balance reduced the frequency of injuries. The effect of shift work was limited, but it was confirmed that shift worker autonomy could reduce the frequency of injuries.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.285-294
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• 2023

The dynamic and sensing performances of nanomechanical resonators with their different boundary conditions are studied based on surface elasticity-based modeling and simulation. Specifically, the effect of surface stress is included in Euler-Bernoulli beam model for different boundary conditions. It is shown that the surface effect on the intrinsic elastic property of nanowire is independent of boundary conditions, while these boundary conditions affect the frequency behavior of nanowire resonator. The detection sensitivity of nanowire resonator is remarkably found to depend on the boundary conditions such that double-clamping boundary condition results in the higher mass sensitivity of the resonator in comparison with simple-support or cantilever boundary condition. Furthermore, we show that the frequency shift of nanowire resonator due to mass adsorption is determined by its length, whereas the frequency shift is almost independent of its thickness. This study enables a design principle providing an insight into how the dynamic and sensing performances of nanomechanical resonator is determined and tuned.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.199-206
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• 2003

MT 탐사자료의 역산에 있어서 지하의 전기비저항과 함께 정적효과를 파라미터로 설정하여 동시 역산을 수행하는 알고리듬을 하나의 지하구조 모델에 각기 다른 양의 정적효과를 포함시킨 4개의 자료에 대하여 적용시키고 이를 정적효과가 전혀 고려되지 않은 경우와 비교하여, 3차원 역산에서 정적효과가 미치는 영향 및 그 특성에 대하여 분석하였다. 일반적으로 현장자료에 정적효과가 어느 정도 포함되어 있는지에 대한 사전 정보가 전혀 없으므로 역산과정에서 이를 조절하는 trade-off 파라미터의 적절한 선택이 매우 중요하며, 본 연구에서는 모델의 smoothness와 static shift의 양을 조절하는 각각의 파라미터의 크기를 매 반복마다 구하는 알고리듬을 동시역산에 적용하였으며 4개의 이론자료에 적용한 결과 만족할 만한 결과를 얻었다. 정적효과가 포함된 자료에 대하여 정적효과를 고려하지 않은 역산(기존의 MT 역산)에서는 지표 block의 전기비저항을 바꿔 역산 스스로가 정적효과를 유발하려는 경향을 보였으며 이의 결과로 저주파수에서는 상당한 정적효과를 발생시켜 정적효과가 그리 크지 않은 경우 심부구조를 어느 정도 규명해 내는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 고주파수에서는 이들 지표 block의 영향이 주파수에 무관하지 않게 되어 정적효과를 포함하는 자료의 겉보기 전기비저항과 위상을 동시에 만족시키지 못하게 된다. 그러나 정적효과를 파라미터로 하는 동시역산의 경우, 매우 심한 정적효과를 포함하는 자료에 대해서도 지하구조를 매우 정확히 영상화 하는 것이 가능하였다.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.265-272
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 다중 대역 이동 통신 단말기로의 적용을 위하여 이중 반파장 로디드 라인 구조를 이용한 주파수 가변 안테나가 제안되었다. 제안된 안테나는 추가된 두 개의 인덕턴스 값의 조절을 통하여 두 개의 대역에서 독립적인 주파수 이동이 가능하다. 제작된 안테나의 측정을 통하여 이 안테나는 약 0.54 dB의 적은 최대 이득 변화 내에서 $CELLULAR(824\sim894\;MHz)$, $EGSM(880\sim960\;MHz)$, $DCS1800(1,710\sim1,880\;MHz)$, $PCS1900(1,850\sim1,990\;MHz)$, $WCDMA(1,920\sim2,170\;MHz)$의 대역을 만족할 수 있는 넓은 유효 대역폭을 가지고 있음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.119-122
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• 2003

In this paper presents equations which describe an average weighted spectrum of errors and average block error probabilities for noncoherent frequency shift keying (NCFSK) used in D-branch maximal ratio combining (MRC) diversity in independent very slow nonselective Nakagami fading channels. The average is formed over the instantaneous receiver signal to noise ratio (SNR) after combining. the analysis is limited to additive Gaussian noise.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 하계학술대회 논문집 D
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• pp.2606-2609
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• 2001

We propose a robust channel equalization algorithm. which is called a 1-tap additional coefficient decision feedback equalizer(ACDFE), to improve the Doppler shift performance for the OFDM receiver. The algorithm is based on the frequency domain DFE with additional coefficients which are independent of the OFDM subcarriers. Test results on OFDM-16QAM signals confirm that the proposed ACDFE is robust against fading channel due to Doppler shifts and outperforms the conventional DFE in terms of SER, MSE, and convergence speed.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1392-1401
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• 2015

Inverter configurations for multiple-load induction cooking applications need development. Inverter configurations for induction cooking applications are used in home appliances based on single coil inverters. For multiple-load configurations, multiple coils are used. They require proper inverters, which provide independent control for each load and have fewer components. This paper presents a three-leg inverter configuration for three load induction cooking applications. Each induction coil powers one induction cooking load. This configuration operates with constant switching frequency and powers individual loads. The output power of the required load is controlled with a phase-shift control technique. This configuration is simulated and experimentally tested with three induction loads. The simulation and experimental results are in good agreement. This configuration can be extended to more loads.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.286-288
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• 2007

In this paper, the fast locking PLL Frequency Synthesizer with low phase noise in a 0.18um CMOS process is presented. Its main application IS for the 915MHz ISM band wireless transponder upon the CPFSK (Continuous Phase Frequency Shift Keying) modulation scheme. Frequency synthesizer, which in this paper, is designed based on self-biased techniques and is independent with processing technology when damping factor and bandwidth fixed to most important parameters as operating frequency ratio, broad frequency range, and input phase offset cancellation. The proposed frequecy synthesizer, which is fully-integrated and is in 320M $^{\sim}$ 960MHz of the frequency range with 10MHz of frequency resolution. And its is implemented based on integer-N architecture. Its power consumption is 50mW at 1.8V of supply voltage and core area is $540{\mu}m$ ${\times}$ $450{\mu}m$. The measured phase noises are -117.92dBc/Hz at 10MHz offset, with low settling time less than $3.3{\mu}s$.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1988년도 전기.전자공학 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.705-708
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• 1988

Ultrasound Doppler Diagnostic System utilizes the Doppler effect for measurement of blood velocity. The sign of the Doppler frequency shift represents blood flow direction. Pulsed Doppler System uses Phase detector and zerocrossing method to produce simultaneous independent audio and velocity signals for forward and reverse blood flow direction in the time domain, had been fabricated. But time-domain analyzing such as audio evaluation and zerocrossing detection for instantaneous and mean frequency measurement doesn't, provide both an accurate and quantitative result. Therefore, it is necessary to adopt frequency domain technique to improve system performance. In this paper, we describe a unit which is composed of Pulsed Doppler System and real-time spectrum analyzer (installed TMS 32010 DSP Chip). This unit shows time-dependent spectrum variation and mean velocity of blood Signal.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.55-69
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• 1999

It is very common to use the powered hand tools to enhance the productivity in various types of industry. But the use of the powered hand tools could cause health problems such as cumulative trauma disorders and vibration white fingers. In this study. the effects of hand-arm vibration and anatomical hand position on localized muscle fatigue were analyzed. Eight healthy male subjects volunteered for the study. Vibration frequencies of 0, 40, 80, 100, 150, and 200Hz and hand position of flexion and ulnar deviation were selected for the independent variables of the experiment. Median frequency shifting was used as a dependent variable. The results indicated that at the vibration frequency of 40Hz and accelation of 2g, the muscle fatigue was the greatest. For the hand position. there was significant difference between neutral and flexion. and neutral and ulnar deviation, but no difference between flexion and ulnar deviation. These results could be applied in designing powered hand tools to minimize the health problems.