• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2023

4차산업혁명과 더불어 '무인화' 영향이 전 세계 모든 분야에 미치고 있고, 특히 군사 분야에서 '무인화'는 주된 전투체계의 한 부분을 차지할 정도로 중요성이 부각되고 있다. 최근, 우리 영공을 침범하여 서울까지 내려온 북한 무인기 사태로 우리 군은 위기에 직면한 상태이다. 이에 우리 군은 북한의 무인기를 포착하고 격멸하겠다는 의지표명과 대응방안을 천명했다. 하지만 무인기의 기술발전은 지속되고 있고 활용 방안 또한 확대되고 있어 현 수준에서의 무인기 대응 방안은 무용지물이 될 수 있다. 또한 북한의 위협은 무인기만 있는 것이 아니다. 북한은 사실상 핵 보유국가이자 7차 핵실험을 앞두고 있고 2022년 한 해에만 38차례, 67발의 미사일 시험발사를 하는 등 미사일 기술도 고도화 되고 있다. 또한 우리에게 치명적 위협이 될 수 있는 5대 핵심 전략무기를 개발하고 있고 북한의 강력한 재래식 전력은 북방한계선 일대에 다수 포진되어 있고 장사정포의 포구는 수도권을 향해 있다. 지금 많은 관심을 받고 있는 북한의 무인기 위협을 대응하는 것도 중요하지만 북한의 위협을 종합적으로 분석하고 명확하게 우선순위를 정하여 제한된 예산을 사용해야 무인기 위협 이외의 북한의 전반적인 위협에 대응할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.73-89
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• 2021

핸디사이즈 벌크선 시장은 중대형 선박으로 운송이 불가능한 다양한 화물을 운송할 수 있으며, Spot용·대선 시장이 활성화 되어 있고 중대형 벌크선과 독립적인 성격의 시장으로 단기간에 변화하는 시황 및 용선료 변동성에 의한 위험이 보다 많은 시장이다. 본 연구에서는 부정기 벌크선 선형에서 핸디사이즈 운임지수(BHSI)와 Spot용선료에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 검정하고 요인들의 과거 값을 이용하여 종속변수의 동태적 반응을 파악 및 단기 예측을 위하여 벡터자기회귀모형(VAR)을 이용하여 분석을 하였다. 인과성 검정 결과 핸디사이즈의 주요 선적 화물인 원료탄, 일본후판, 열연강판의 가격과 선복량, 선박유가와 인과관계가 나타났으며, VAR모형의 적정시차와 안정성을 확인 후 충격반응함수와 예측오차분해분석을 실시하였다. 충격반응함수 분석 결과 원료탄 가격, 열연강판 가격, 선박유가 3가지 변수는 신뢰구간 상한과 하한이 모두 같은 구간으로 유의하다고 나타났으며, 열연강판 가격의 충격이 가장 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 운임지수(BHSI)와 Spot용선료 두 종속변수 모두 거의 동일한 결과로 나타났으며 t시점에서 발생한 원료탄가격의 표준편차 1단위의 충격에 양(+)의 영향, 열연강판 가격의 충격에 양(+)의 영향, 선박유가의 충격에는 음(-)의 영향의 결과를 보였다. 예측오차 분산분해분석 결과 운임지수(BHSI)와 Spot용선료에 영향을 미치는 설명력은 열연강판 가격, 원료탄 가격, 선박유가, 일본후판 가격, 선복량 순으로 동일하게 나타났으며 열연강판 가격의 설명력은 3기부터 점차 상승하여 운임지수에는 30%, Spot용선료에는 26%까지 영향을 미친다고 나타났다. 기존 선행연구와 차별화하여 단기적인 시차 영향을 알아보기 위해 주요 선적화물의 월간 가격 데이터를 사용하여 분석을 수행하였으며, 월 단위 시황 예측이 가능한 유의미한 결과를 도출하였다. 이 연구가 핸디사이즈 선박을 운항하는 선사와 핸디사이즈 용·대선 시장 관계자들에게 단기적인 시황 예측에 도움이 될 수 있다는데 의의가 있다고 생각한다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.77-88
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 INMARSAT-B형 송신기에 사용되는 L-BAND(1626.5-1646.5 MHz)용 3단 가변이득 전력증폭기를 연구 개발하였다. 3단 가변이득 전력증폭기는 구동증폭단과 전력증폭단에 의해 고출력 모드일 때 +42 dBm, 중간출력 모드일 때는 +38 dBm, 저출력 모드일 때는 +34 dBm의 전력으로 증폭되며, 각각에 대해 상한 +1 dBm과 하한 2 dBm의 오차를 허용한다. 제작의 간편성 때문에 전체 3단 가변이득 전력증폭기를 크게 구동증폭단과 전력증폭단 두 부분으로 나누어 구현하였으며, 전력증폭부를 구동하기 위한 구동단은 HP사의 MGA-64135와 Motorola사의 MRF-6401을 사용하였으며, 전력증폭단은 ERICSSON사의 PTE-10114와 PTF-10021을 사용하여 RP부, 온도보상회로, 출력 조절회로 및 출력 검출회로를 함께 집적화 하였다. 이득조절은 디지털 감쇠기를 사용하였으며, 출력신호의 세기를 검출하기 위하여 20 dB 방향성 결합기를 이용하였다. 제작된 3단 가변이득 전력증폭기는 20 MHz대역폭 내에서 소신호 이득이 41.6 dB, 37.6 dB, 33.2 dB 를 얻었으며, 입출력 정재파비는 1.3:1 이하, 12 dBm의 PldB, PldB 출력레벨에서 3 dB Back off 시켰을 때 36.5 dBc의 IM3를 얻었다. 1636.5 MHz 주파수에 대해 출력전력은 43 dBm으로서 설계시 목표로 했던 최대 출력전력 20 Watt를 얻었다.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.143-167
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• 2010

본 연구의 목적은 인터넷을 중심으로 시대적인 흐름에 따른 기술의 변화와 더불어 사회적 자본을 형성하는 도구로 인식되고 있는 SNS의 사회경제적 변화와 파급효과를 통찰하기 위해 첫째, 웹 2.0 패러다임이 표방하는 기술 및 경제적 가치변화를 살펴보고 둘째, 블로그로부터 사회 네트워크인 SNS로의 진화과정을 고찰하며 셋째, 주요 SNS의 서비스 및 특징을 비교한 후 넷째, 모바일 웹 2.0으로의 진화에 따른 SNS의 특성을 제시하고자 한다. 마지막으로 1990년대 후반부터 현재까지의 기술, 사회, 경영 3가지 측면의 속성 변화를 통해 SNS의 진화를 분석하고자 한다. 본 연구를 통해 얻은 시사점으로는 첫째, 기술적 측면에서 웹 기반의 컴퓨팅 환경이 미디어 속성에서 플랫폼 속성으로 전환되고 있다. 초창기 인터넷 출현 이후 웹사이트에 접속하여 정보를 보고 듣고 읽어 체득하던 일방향의 미디어 속성이 정보를 생성 및 가공하고 전파하기까지 모든 활동을 가능하게 하는 플랫폼 기능으로 변화된 것이다. 둘째, 사회적 측면에서 지식의 생산주체가 소수 전문가에서 집단지성으로 전환되고 있다. 이는 사람들을 연결하는 SNS의 지향점과 일치하면서 정보권력의 분산 및 전파범위의 무제한이라는 장점을 살려 기업들의 홍보 및 마케팅 채널로서의 잠재성이 부각되고 있다. 셋째, 기업경영 측면에서 SNS와 같은 새로운 마케팅 채널이 생성되고 있다. 스마트폰과 같은 모바일 기기의 시장 확대와 더불어 일상에서 접근이 편리하도록 제공되고 있는 무선기술의 발전은 소비자와 호의적이고 밀접한 관계를 지향하는 대개의 기업들에게 새로운 기회로 작용하고 있다. 넷째, 소비자의 역할이 변화되고 있음을 인식할 수 있다. 단방향 정보를 받아들이던 소비자들이 1인 중심형 블로그와 개인간 관계 네트워크를 지향하는 SNS를 이용하게 되면서 정보를 생성, 가공 및 확산하는 주체가 되면서 정보의 주도권을 장악하게 되면서 정보의 이용자인 동시에 생산자 역할을 수행하는 프로슈머로서 그 역할이 변화되어 가고 있다.

• 수산경영론집
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.131-153
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• 1984

Fishery resources are still abundant compared with other resources and the possibility of exploitation is probably great. The Korean fishery industry has grown remarkably since 1957, and Korea is ranked as one of the major fishery countries. Its of fishery products reached the 9th in the world and the value of exports was 5th in 1982. But recently a growth rate has slowed down, due to the enlargement of territorial seas by the declaration of the 200 mile, Exclusive Economic Zone, the tendency to develop fishery resources strate-gically in international bargaining, the change in function of the international organizations, the expansion of regulated waters, the illegal arrest of our fishing boats, the rapid rise in oil prices, and the fall in fish prices, the development of fishery resources as a symbol of nationalism, the fishing boats decreptitude, the rise of crew wages, regulations on fishing methods, fish species, fishing season, size of fish, and mesh size, fishing quotas and the demand of excessive fishing royalties. Besides the the obligation of coastal countries, employing crews of their host countries is also an example of the change in the international environment which causes the aggravation of foreign profit of fishing firms. To ameliorate the situation, our Korean fishery firms must prepare efficient plans and study systematically to internationalize themselves because such existing methods as conventional fishing entry and licence fishing entry are likely to be unable to cope with international environmental change. Thus, after the systematic analysis of the problem, some new combined alternatives might be proposed. These are some of the new schemes to support this plan showing the orientation of our national policy: 1. Most of the coastal states, to cope with rapid international environmental change and to survive in the new era of ocean order, have rationalized their higher governmental structure concerning the fishery industries. And the coastal countries which are the objectives of our expecting entry, demand excessive economic and technical aid, limit the number of fishing boats’entry and the use of our foreign fishing bases, and regulate the membership of the international fishery commissions. Especially, most of the coastal or island countries are recently independent states, which are poorer in national budget, depend largely on fishing royalties and licence entry fees as their main resources of national finance. 2. Alternatives to our entry to deep sea fishing, as internationalization strategies, are by direct foreign investment method. About 30 firms have already invested approximately US $ 8 million in 9 coastal countries. Areas of investment comprise the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean, the Moroccan sea and five other sea areas. Trawling, tuna purse seining and five other fields are covered by the investment. Joint-venture is the most prominent method of this direct investment. If we consider the number of entry firms, the host countries, the number of seas available and the size of investment, this method of cooperation is perhaps insufficient so far. Our fishery firms suffer from a weakness in international competitive ability, an insufficiency of information, of short funds, incompetency in the market, the unfriendliness of host coastal countries, the incapability of partners in joint-ventures and the political instability of the host countries. To enlarge our foreign fishing grounds, we are to actively adopt the direct investment entry method and to diversity our collaboraboration with partner countries. Consequently, besides proper fishing, we might utilize forward integration strategies, including the processing fied. a. The enterprise emigration method is likely to be successful in Argentina. It includes the development of Argentinian fishing grounds which are still not exploited in spite of abundant resources. Besides, Arentina could also be developed as a base for the exploitation of the krill resources and for further entries into collaboration with other Latin American countries. b. The co-business contract fishing method works in American territorial seas where American fishermen sell their fishery products to our factory ships at sea. This method contributes greatly to obtaining more fishing quotas and in innovation bottom fishing operation. Therefore we may apply this method to other countres to diffuse our foreign fishing entry. c. The new fishing ground development method was begun in 1957 by tuna long-line experimental fishing in the Indian Ocean. It has five fields, trawling, skipjack pole fishing and shrimp trawling, and so on. Recently, Korean fisheries were successful in the development of the Antarctic Ocean krill and tuna purse seining. 3. The acceleration of the internationalization of deep sea fishing; a. Intense information exchange activities and commission participation are likely to be continues as our contributions to the international fishery organizations. We should try to enter international fishery commissions in which we are not so far participating. And we have to reform adequately to meet the changes of the function of the international commissions. With our partner countries, we ought to conclude bilateral fishery agreements, thus enlarging our collaboration. b. Our government should offer economic and technical aids to host countries to facilitate our firms’fishery entry and activities. c. To accelerate technical innovation, our fishery firms must invest greater amount in technical innovation, at the same time be more discriminatory in importing exogeneous fishery technologies. As for fishing methods; expanded use of multi-purpose fishing boats and introduction of automation should be encuraged to prevent seasonal fluctuations in fishery outputs. d. The government should increases financial and tax aid to Korean firms in order to elevate already weak financial structure of Korean fishery firms. e. Finally, the government ought to revise foreign exchange regulations being applied to deep sea fishery firms. Furthermore, dutes levied on foreign purchaed equipments and supplies used by our deep sea fishing boats thould be reduced or exempted. when the fish caught by Korean partner of joint-venture firms is sold at the home port, pusan, import duty should be exempted.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.93-110
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• 1990

우리나라의 수산정책(水産政策)과 원양어업관련(遠洋漁業關聯) 정부규제(政府規制)는 과거부터 연안어업보호(沿岸漁業保護)와 기존사업자간의 이해조정을 위해 제한적이고 간섭적인 요소가 많이 존재하고 있다. 이는 사업자들의 기술개발(技術開發) 및 비용절감(費用節減) 의지(意志)를 약화시켜 산업의 장기적 체질강화(體質强化)를 위해서도 바람직하지 않을 뿐 아니라, 사업자간의 형평문제(衡平問題)도 야기하고 있는 실정이다. 또한 오랜 동안 누적되어온 어가안정정책(魚價安定政策)은 국내어가(國內魚價)의 상승을 초래하여 국민경제적 부담이 되고 있을 뿐 아니라, 어업의 산업구조조정(産業構造調整)을 지연시키고 연안(沿岸) 어자원(魚資源)의 고갈을 촉진시키는 한 요인이 되고 있다. 이 연구에서는 현행 원양어업(遠洋漁業) 관련정책(關聯政策) 정부규제(政府規制)의 문제점을 검토하고 원양어업의 장기적 발전과 자율화의 추세에 부응하기 위한 정부규제(政府規制)의 개선방안(改善方案)을 제시하고자 하였다. 주요개선방안으로는 허가과정(許可過程)의 객관화(客觀化)와 투명화(透明化)를 보장하기 위한 의무허가제(義務許可制)의 도입과 이를 통한 연근해어업(沿近海漁業) 구조조정기금(構造調整基金)의 조성, 허가조건 및 업종구분의 단순화와 어선확보(漁船確保)에 대한 규제의 완화를 통한 경영합리화(經營合理化) 여건의 조성, 신어장개척(新漁場開拓)에 대한 유인제공 등을 제시하고 있다.

• 한국항해학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.21-53
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• 1989

In the past twenty years, there has been a rapid increase in the volume of traffic in Korea due to the Korean great growth of the Korean economy. Since transformation provides an infrastructure vital to economic growth, it becomes more and more an integral part of the Korea economy. The importance of coastal shipping stands out in particular, not only because of the expansion limit on the road network, but also because of saturation in the capacity of rail transportation. In spite of this increase and its importance, coastal shipping is falling behind partly because it is givenless emphasis than ocean-going shipping and other inland transportation systems and partly because of overcompetition due to excessive ship tonnage. Therefore, estimating and planning optimum ship tonnage is the first take to develop Korean coastal shipping. This paper aims to estimate the optimum coastal ship tonnage by computer simulation and finally to draw up plans for the ship tonnage balance according to supply and demand. The estimation of the optimum ship tonnage is peformed by the method of Origin -Destimation and time series analysis. The result are as follows : (1) The optimum ship tonnage in 1987 was 358, 680 DWT, which is 54% of the current ship tonnage (481 ships, 662, 664DWT) that is equal to the optimum ship tonnage in 1998. this overcapacity result is in excessive competition and financial difficulties in Korea coastal shipping. (2) The excessive ship tonnage can be broken down into ship types as follows : oil carrier 250, 926 DWT(350%), cement carrier 9, 977 DWT(119%), iron material/machinery carrier 25, 665 DWT(117%), general cargo carrier 17, 416DWT(112%). (3) the current total ship crew of 5, 079 is more than the verified optimally efficient figure of 3, 808 by 1271. (4) From the viewpoint of management strategy, it is necessary that excessive ship tonnage be reduced and uneconomic outdated vessels be broken up. And its found that the diversion into economically efficient fleets is urgently required in order to meet increasing annual rate in the amounts of cargo(23, 877DWT). (5) The plans for the ship tonnage balance according to supply and demand are as follows 1) The establishment of a legislative system for the arrangement of ship tonnage. This would involve; (a) The announcement of an optimum tonnage which guides the licensing of cargo vessels and ship tonnage supply. (b) The establishment of an organization that substantially arrangement tonnage in Korea coastal shipping. 2) The announcement of an optimum ship tonnage both per year and short-term that guides current tonnage supply plans. 3) The settlement of elastic tariffs resulting in the protect6ion of coastal shipping's share from other tonnage supply plans. 4) The settlement of elastic tariffs resulting in the protection of coastal shipping's share from other transportation systems. 4) Restriction of ocean-going vessels from participating in coastal shipping routes. 5) Business rationalization of coastal shipping company which reduces uneconomic outdated vessels and boosts the national economy. If we are to achieve these ends, the followings are prerequisites; I) Because many non-licensed vessels are actually operating and threatening the safe voyage of the others in Korea coastal routes, it is necessary that those ind of vessels be controlled and punished by the authorities. II) The supply of ship tonnage in Korean coastal routes should be predently monitored because most of the coastal vessels are to small to be diverted into ocean-going routes in case of excessive supply. III) Every ship type which is engaged in coastal shipping should be specialized according to the characteristics of its routes as soon possible.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.85-93
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• 2021

한반도의 70%는 산지로 구성되어 있으며, 서해와 남해의 수심은 상대적으로 얕은 편이다. 따라서, 공업단지, 주거단지, 항만 및 공항 부지를 위한 대규모 간척사업이 시행되고 있다. 매립지역의 일반적인 문제는 지반이 연약하여 지지력이 부족할 뿐만 아니라 상당한 침하가 발생된다는 것이다. 중공블록은 중·저층 아파트 또는 단층의 공장건물을 건설하기 위해 계획된 느슨한 연약기초 지반보강을 위해 사용된다. 최근 4.0~5.0의 강도를 가진 지진이 서쪽과 남동쪽 해안지역을 따라 발생하고 있다. Lee (2019)는 정적 지지력시험을 통해 얕은 기초보강 중공블록의 장점에 대하여 연구하였다. 이 연구에서 블록 내부에 쇄석으로 채움된 보강된 모래지반의 중공블록 동적거동은 진동대 1000 mm × 1000 mm 시험을 통해 연구하였다. 3가지 지진파인 Ofunato, Hachinohe, Artificial 지진파와 2가지 가속도(0.154g, 0.22g)를 진동대 시험에 적용하였다. 중공블록으로 보강된 지반 위의 구조물 수평변위는 LVDT를 사용하여 측정하였다. 중공블록에 의한 지반보강 효율을 평가하기 위하여 지반의 상대밀도를 45%, 65%, 85%로 각각 구성하였으며, 수평변위를 측정하고 한계수평변위 0.015h(건축물 내진등급기준, 2019)와 비교하였다. 중공블록으로 보강된 모래지반에 대한 진동대 시험 결과에 기반해서 벌집 모양의 중공블록은 블록내부에 쇄석 채움으로서 큰 구속력을 가지며, 중공블록의 내부 및 외부를 따라 발생하는 관입저항력으로 인한 큰 주면마찰력을 갖는 것으로 평가되었다. 이러한 모든 요소들은 진동대 시험 중에 수평변위를 상당이 줄이는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로, 중공블록 보강 지반은 지진파와 가속도에 상관없이 중·저층 건물의 얕은기초 보강공법으로 매우 우수함이 입증되었다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.188-196
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• 2023

기상불량으로 인해 발생하고 있는 해양사고 중 해무 발생에 따른 시계제한은 선박의 좌초, 선저 파손 등의 사고를 유발하는 것과 동시에 사고에 따른 인명피해를 동시에 수반하고 있으며 이는 매년 지속적으로 발생하고 있다. 또한 해상에서의 저시정은 지역간 국소적으로 차이가 존재하는 경우에도 일괄적으로 여객선에 대한 운항 지연 및 통제 조치를 하고 있어 섬주민들의 교통수단 이용에 상당한 불편을 초래하는 등의 사회적 문제로 대두되고 있다. 더욱이 이와 같은 조치는 지역적 편차나 사람마다 관측의 판단 기준이 상이하여 이를 객관적으로 정량화하지 못하고 있어 더욱 문제가 심화되고 있는 실정이다. 현재 각 항만의 VTS에서는 시정거리가 1km 미만인 경우 선박의 운항을 통제하고 있으며, 이 경우 저시정에 따른 해무 가시거리를 시정계 혹은 육안에 의한 목측(目測)에 의존하고 있을 정도로 객관적인 데이터 수집을 통한 평가에 있어서는 한계가 있다. 정부에서는 이와 같은 해양교통안전 저해요소를 해결하기 위한 일환으로 해무 탐지 및 예측을 위한 해양기상신호표지 및 해상안개관측망을 구축하여 운용하고 있으나, 국지적으로 발생하는 해무를 관측하기 위한 시스템은 매우 부족한 현실적 어려움에 놓여있다. 이에 따라 본 논문에서는 해상에서의 저시정으로 인해 발생하고 있는 여러 사회적 문제를 해결하기 위한 국내·외 정책동향에 대해 살펴보고, 이와 관련한 일반국민 및 현장 이해관계자의 인식 정도를 조사·분석하여 해무에 따른 해상교통안전을 확보하기 위한 정부지원(해무 탐지 및 예측 기술을 기반으로 한 해상교통운영 체계 개발 등)의 필요성에 대한 기초자료를 제공하고자 한다. 또한 이는 궁극적으로 해무로 인해 발생할 수 있는 해상안전 위험요소를 사전에 차단함으로써 보다 안정된 해상교통운영체계를 마련하는데 그 목적을 두고 있다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1985

The wall shear stress in the vicinity of end-to end anastomoses under steady flow conditions was measured using a flush-mounted hot-film anemometer(FMHFA) probe. The experimental measurements were in good agreement with numerical results except in flow with low Reynolds numbers. The wall shear stress increased proximal to the anastomosis in flow from the Penrose tubing (simulating an artery) to the PTFE: graft. In flow from the PTFE graft to the Penrose tubing, low wall shear stress was observed distal to the anastomosis. Abnormal distributions of wall shear stress in the vicinity of the anastomosis, resulting from the compliance mismatch between the graft and the host artery, might be an important factor of ANFH formation and the graft failure. The present study suggests a correlation between regions of the low wall shear stress and the development of anastomotic neointimal fibrous hyperplasia(ANPH) in end-to-end anastomoses. 30523 T00401030523 ^x Air pressure decay(APD) rate and ultrafiltration rate(UFR) tests were performed on new and saline rinsed dialyzers as well as those roused in patients several times. C-DAK 4000 (Cordis Dow) and CF IS-11 (Baxter Travenol) reused dialyzers obtained from the dialysis clinic were used in the present study. The new dialyzers exhibited a relatively flat APD, whereas saline rinsed and reused dialyzers showed considerable amount of decay. C-DAH dialyzers had a larger APD(11.70$\pm$1.32mmHg/min)compared to CF dialyzers(4.32$\pm$0.55mmHg/min)(p<0.05). However, there was no observable difference in the UFR between the two dialyzers. Neither APD nor UFR showed any significant increase with an increasing number of reuses for up to more than 20reuses. A substantial number of failures observed in APD(larger than 20mmHe/min)on the reused dialyzers(2 out of 40 CP and S out 26 C-DAK) were attributed to the Possible damage on the fibers. The CF 15-11 HFDs which failed APD test did not show changes in the UFR compared to normal dialyzers indicating that APD is a more sensitive test than UFR test to evaluate the integrity of the fibers. 30527 T00401030527 ^x For quantitative measurement of reflected light from a clinical diagnostic strip, a prototype old reflectance photometer was designed. The strip loader and cassette were made to obtain more accurate reflectance parameters. The strip was illuminated at 45˚c through optical fiber and the intensity of reflected light was determined at rectanguLat angle using a photodiode. The kubelka-munk coefficient and reflection optical density were determined ar four different wavelengths(500, 550, 570 and 610nm) for blood glucose strip. For higher concentration than 300mg/41 about glucose, a saturation state of abforbance was observed at 500, 550 and 570nm. The correlation between glucose concentration and parameters was the best at 610nm. 30535 T00401030535 ^x Radiation-induced fibrosarcoma tumors were grown on the flanks of C3H mice. The mice were divided into two groups. One group was injected with Photofrin II, intravenously (2.5mg/kg body weight). The other group received no Photofrin II. Mice from both groups were irradialed for approximately 15 minutes at 100, 300, or 500 mW/cm2 with the argon (488nm/514.5 nm), dye(628nm) and gold vapor (pulsed 628 nm) laser light. A photosensitizer behaved as an added absorber. Under our experimental conditions, the presence of Photolfrin II increased surface temperature by at least 40% and the temperature rise due to 300 mW/cm2 irradiation exceeded values for hyperthermia. Light and temperature distributions with depth were estimated by a computer model. The model demonstrated the influence of wavelength on the thermal process and proved to be a valuable tool to investigate internal temperature rise. 30536 T00401030536 ^x We investigated the structural geometry of thirty-eight Korean femurs. The purpose of this study is to identify major geometrical differences between Korean femurs 3nd others that we believe belong to Caucasians so that we would be able to get insights into the femoral component design that fits Asians including Koreans. We utilized computerized tomography (CT) images of femurs extracted from cadavers. The CT images were transformed into bitmap data by using a film scanner, and then analyzed by using a commercially available software called Image v.1.0 and a Macintosh IIci computer.The resulting data were compared with already published data. The major results show that the geometry of the Korean femurs is significantly different from that of Caucasians: (1) the anteversion angle and the canal flare index are greater by the amount of approximately 8˚ and 0.5, respectively, (2) the shape of the isthmus cross section is more round, and (3) the distance between the teaser trochanter and the proximal border of the isthmus is shelter by about 15 mm. The results suggested that the femoral component suitable for Asians should be different from the currently-used components designed and manufactured mostly by European or American companies. 30537 T00401030537 ^x It is well known that nonlinear propagation characteristics of the wave in the tissue may give very useful information for the medical diagnoisis. In this paper, a new method to detect nonlinear propagation characteristics of the internal vibration in the tissue for the low frequency mechanical vibration by using bispectral analysis is proposed. In the method, low frequency vibration of f0( = 100Hz) is applied on the surface of the object, and the waveform of the internal vibration x (t) is measured from Doppler frequency modulation of silmultaneously transmitted probing ultrasonic waves. Then, the bispectra of the signal x (t) at the frequencies (f0, f0) and (f0, 2f0) are calculated to estimate the nonlinear propagation characteristics as their magnitude ratio, w here since bispectrum is free from the gaussian additive noise we can get the value with high S/N. Basic experimental system is constructed by using 3.0 MHz probing ultrasonic waves and the several experiments are carried out for some phantoms. Results show the superiority of the proposed method to the conventional method using power spectrum and also its usefulness for the tissue characterization. 30541 T00401030541 ^x This paper describes the implementation of a computerized radial pulse diagnosis by aids of a clinical expert. On this base, we composed of the radial pulse diagnosis system in korean traditional medicine. The system composed of a radial pulse wave detection system and a radial pulse diagnosis system. With a detection system, we detected Inyoung and Cheongu radial pulse wave and processed it. Then, we have got the characteristic parameters of radial pulse wave and also quantified that according to the method of Inyoung-Cheongu Comparison Radial Pulse Diagnosis. We defined the jugement standard of radial pulse diagnosis system and then we confirmed the possibility for realization of automatic radial pulse diagnosis in korean traditional medicine. 30545 T00401030545 ^x Microspheres are expected to be applied to biomedical areas such as solid-phase immunoassays, drug delivery systems, immunomagnetic cell separation. To synthesize microspheres for biomedical application, "two stage shot growth method" was developed. The uniformity ratio of synthesized microspheres was always smaller than 1.05. And the surface charge density (or the number of ionizable functional groups) of the microspheres synthesized by "two stage shot growth method" was 6~13 times higher than that of the microspheres synthesized by conventional seeded batch copolymerization. As a previous step for biomedical application, adsorption experiments of bovine albumin on microspheres were carried out under various conditions. The maximum adsorbed amount was obtained in the neighborhood of pH 4.5. Isoelectric point of bovine albumin is pH 5.0, so experimental result shows that it shifted to acid area. The adsorption isotherm was obtained, the plateau region was always reached at 2.Og/L (bulk concentration of bovine albumin).The effect of the kind and the amount of surface functional group was also examined. 30575 T00401030575 ^x A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network). 30592 T00401030592 ^x In the conventional infrared imaging system, complex infrared lens systems are usually used for directing collimated narrow infrared beams into the high speed 2-dimensional optic scanner. In this paper, a simple reflective infrared optic system with a 2-dimensional optic scanner is proposed for the realization of medical infrared thermography system. It has been experimentally proven that the intfrared thermography system composed of the proposed optic system has the temperature resolution of 0.1˚c under the spatial resolution of lmrad, the image matrix size of 256 X 240, and tile imaging time of 4 seconds. 30593 T00401030593 ^x In this paper, MIIS (Medical Image Information System) has been designed and implemented using INGRES RDBMS, which is based on a client/server architecture. The implemented system allows users to register and retrieve patient information, medical images and diagnostic reports. It also provides the function to display these information on workstation windows simultaneously by using the designed menu-driven graphic user interface. The medical image compression/decompression techniques are implemented and integrated into the medical image database system for the efficient data storage and the fast access through the network. 30594 T00401030594 ^x In this paper, computerized BEAM was implemented for the space domain analysis of EEG. Trans-formation from temporal summation to two-dimensional mappings is formed by 4 nearest point inter-polaton method. Methods of representation of BEAM are two. One is dot density method which classify brain electrical potential 9 levels by dot density of gray levels and the other is colour method which classify brain electrical 12 levels by red-green colours. In this BEAM, instantaneous change and average energy distribution over any arbitrary time interval of brain electrical activity could be observed and analyzed easily. In the frequency domain, the distribution of energy spectrum of a special band can easily be distinguished normality and abnormality. 30608 T00401030608 ^x Laboratory information system (LIS) is a key tool to manage laboratory data in clinical pathology. Our department has developed an information system for routine hematology using down-sized computer system. We have used an IBM 486 compatible PC with 16MB main memory, 210 MB hard disk drive, 9 RS-232C port and 24 pin dot printer. The operating system and database management system were SCO UNIX and SCO foxbase, respectively. For program development, we used Xbase language provided by SCO foxbase. The C language was used for interface purpose. To make the system use friendly, pull-down menu was used. The system connected to our hospital information system via application program interface (API), so the information related to patient and request details is automatically transmitted to our computer. Our system interfaced with fwd complete blood count analyzers(Sysmex NE-8000 and Coulter STKS) for unidirectional data tansmission from analyzer to computer. The authors suggests that this system based on down-sized computer could provide a progressive approach to total LIS based on local area network, and the implemented system could serve as a model for other hospital's LIS for routine hematology. 30609 T00401030609 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. To use as the structural matrix of the composite, collagen was purified from human umbilical cord. The obtained collagen was treated by pepsin to remove telopeptides, and finally, the immune-free atelocollagen was produced: The cross linked atelocollagen was highly resistant to the collagenase induced collagenolysis. The cross linked collagen demonstrated an improved tensile strength. 30618 T00401030618 ^x This paper is a study on the design of adptive filter for QRS complex detection. We propose a simple adaptive algorithm to increase capability of noise cancelation in QRS complex detection with two stage adaptive filter. At the first stage, background noise is removed and at the next stage, only spectrum of QRS complex components is passed. Two adaptive filters can afford to keep track of the changes of both noise and QRS complex. Each adaptive filter consists of prediction error filter and FIR filter The impulse response of FIR filter uses coefficients of prediction error filter. The detection rates for 105 and 108 of MIT/BIH data base were 99.3% and 97.4% respectively. 30619 T00401030619 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed and produced a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. Human umbilical cord origin pepsin treated type I atelocollagen was used as the structural matrix, by which sintered or non-sintered carbonate apatite was encapsulated to form an inorganic-organic composite. With cross linking atelocollagen by UV ray irradiation, the resistance to both compressive and tensile strength was increased. Collagen degradation by the collagenase induced collagenolysis was also decreased. 30620 T00401030620 ^x We have developed a monoleaflet polymer valve as an inexpensive and viable alternative, especially for short-term use in the ventricular assist device or total artificial heart. The frame and leaflet of the polymer valve were made from polyurethane, To evaluate the hemodynamic performance of the polymer valve a comparative study of flow dynamics past a polymer valve and a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve under physiological pulsatile flow conditions in vitro was made. Comparisons between the valves were made on the transvalvular pressure drop, regurgitation volume and maximum valve opening area. The polymer valve showed smaller regurgitation volume and transvalvular pressure drop compared to the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. The results showed that the functional characteristics of the polymer valve compared favorably with those of the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. 30621 T00401030621 ^x Explosive evaporative removal process of biological tissue by absorption of a CW laser has been simulated by using gelatin and a multimode Nd:YAG laser. Because the point of maximun temperature of laser-irradiated gelatin exists below the surface due to surface cooling, evaporation at the boiling temperature is made explosively from below the surface. The important parameters of this process are the conduction loss to laser power absorption (defined as the conduction-to-laser power parameter, Nk), the convection heat transfer at the surface to conduction loss (defined as Bi), dimensionless extinction coefficient (defined as Br.), and dimensionless irradiation time (defined as Fo). Dependence of Fo on Nk and Bi has been observed by experiment, and the results have been compared with the numerical results obtained by solving a 2-dimensional conduction equation. Fo and explosion depth (from the surface to the point of maximun temperature) are increased when Nk and Bi are increased.To find out the minimum laser power for explosive evaporative removal process, steady state analysis has been also made. The limit of Nk to induce evaporative removal, which is proportional to the inverse of the laser power, has been obtained. 30622 T00401030622 ^x N1 and N2 gross neural action potentials were measured from the round window of the guinea pig cochlea at the onset of the acoustic stimuli. N1-N2 audiograms were made by means of regulating stimulant intensities in order to produce constant N1-N2 potentials as criteria for different input tone pip frequencies. The lowest threshold was measured with an input tone pip I5 dB SPL in intensity and 12 KHz in frequency when the animal was in normal physiological condition. The procedure of experimental measurements is explained in detail. This experimental approach is very useful for the investigation of the Cochlear function. Both noN1inear and active functions of the Cochlea can be monitored by N1-N2 audiograms. 30623 T00401030623 ^x In electrical impedance tomography(EIT), we use boundary current and voltage measurements toprovide the information about the cross-sectional distribution of electrical impedance or resistivity. One of the major problems in EIT has been the inaccessibility of internal voltage or current data in finding the internal impedance values. We propose a new image reconstruction method using internal current density data measured by NMR. We obtained a two-dimensional current density distribution within a phantom by processing the real and imaginary MR images from a 4.77 NMR machine. We implemented a resistivity mage reconstruction algorithm using the finite element method and sensitivity matrix. We presented computer simulation results of the mage reconstruction algorithm and furture direction of the research. 30624 T00401030624 ^x A new method of digital image analysis technique for discrimination of cancer cell was presented in this paper. The object image was the Thyroid eland cells image that was diagnosed as normal and abnormal (two types of abnormal: follicular neoplastic cell, and papillary neoplastic cell), respectively. By using the proposed region segmentation algorithm, the cells were segmented into nucleus. The 16 feature parameters were used to calculate the features of each nucleus. A9 a consequence of using dominant feature parameters method proposed in this paper, discrimination rate of 91.11% was obtained for Thyroid Gland cells. 30625 T00401030625 ^x An electrical stimulator was designed to induce locomotion for paraplegic patients caused by central nervous system injury. Optimal stimulus parameters, which can minimize muscle fatigue and can achieve effective muscle contraction were determined in slow and fast muscles in Sprague-Dawley rats. Stimulus patterns of our stimulator were designed to simulate electromyographic activity monitored during locomotion of normal subjects. Muscle types of the lower extremity were classified according to their mechanical property of contraction, which are slow muscle (msoleus m.) and fast muscle (medial gastrocneminus m., rectus femoris m., vastus lateralis m.). Optimal parameters of electrical stimulation for slow muscles were 20 Hz, 0.2 ms square pulse. For fast muscle, 40 Hz, 0.3 ms square pulse was optimal to produce repeated contraction. Higher stimulus intensity was required when synergistic muscles were stimulated simultaneously than when they were stimulated individually. Electrical stimulation for each muscle was designed to generate bipedal locomotion, so that individual muscles alternate contraction and relaxation to simulate stance and swing phases. Portable electrical stimulator with 16 channels built in microprocessor was constructed and applied to paraplegic patients due to lumbar cord injury. The electrical stimulator restored partially gait function in paraplegic patients. 30626 T00401030626 ^x Two-Dimensional modelling of the Cochlear biomechanics is presented in this paper. The Laplace partial differential equation which represents the fluid mechanics of the Cochlea has been transformed into two-dimensional electrical transmission line. The procedure of this transformation is explained in detail. The comparison between one and two dimensional models is also presented. This electrical modelling of the basilar membrane (BM) is clearly useful for the next approach to the further. Development of active elements which are essential in the producing of the sharp tuning of the BM. This paper shows that two-dimension model is qualitatively better than one-dimensional model both in amplitude and phase responses of the BM displacement. The present model is only for frequency response. However because the model is electrical, the two-dimensional transmission line model can be extended to time response without any difficult. 30627 T00401030627 ^x A method has been proposed for the fully automatic detection of left ventricular endocardial boundary in 2D short axis echocardiogram using geometric model. The procedure has the following three distinct stages. First, the initial center is estimated by the initial center estimation algorithm which is applied to decimated image. Second, the center estimation algorithm is applied to original image and then best-fit elliptic model estimation is processed. Third, best-fit boundary is detected by the cost function which is based on the best-fit elliptic model. The proposed method shows effective result without manual intervention by a human operator. 30628 T00401030628 ^x The intelligent trajectory control method that controls moving direction and average velocity for a prosthetic arm is proposed by pattern recognition and force estimations using EMG signals. Also, we propose the real time trajectory planning method which generates continuous accelleration paths using 3 stage linear filters to minimize the impact to human body induced by arm motions and to reduce the muscle fatigue. We use combination of MLP and fuzzy filter for pattern recognition to estimate the direction of a muscle and Hogan's method for the force estimation. EMG signals are acquired by using a amputation simulator and 2 dimensional joystick motion. The simulation results of proposed prosthetic arm control system using the EMf signals show that the arm is effectively followed the desired trajectory depended on estimated force and direction of muscle movements. 30638 T00401030638 ^x A new neural network architecture for the recognition of patterns from images is proposed, which is partially based on the results of physiological studies. The proposed network is composed of multi-layers and the nerve cells in each layer are connected by spatial filters which approximate receptive fields in optic nerve fields. In the proposed method, patterns recognition for complicated images is carried out using global features as well as local features such as lines and end-points. A new generating method of matched filers representing global features is proposed in this network. 30659 T00401030659 ^x An implementation scheme of the magnetic nerve stimulator using a switching mode power supply is proposed. By using a switching mode power supply rather than a conventional linear power supply for charging high voltage capacitors, the weight and size of the magnetic nerve stimulator can be considerably reduced. Maximum output voltage of the developed magnetic nerve stimulator using the switching mode power supply is 3, 000 volts and switching time is about 100 msec. Experimental results or human nerve stimulations using the developed stimulator are presented. 30768 T00401030768 ^x In this paper, we describe the design methodology and specifications of the developed module-based bedside monitors for patient monitoring. The bedside monitor consists of a main unit and module cases with various parameter modules. The main unit includes a 12.1" TFT color LCD, a main CPU board, and peripherals such as a module controller, Ethernet LAN card, video card, rotate/push button controller, etc. The main unit can connect at maximum three module cases each of which can accommodate up to 7 parameter modules. They include the modules for electrocardiograph, respiration, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, temperature, and SpO2 with Plethysmograph.SpO2 with Plethysmograph.