• 임상간호연구
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.211-221
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• 2017

Purpose: A National survey was conducted to assess neonatal intensive care nurses' practice, barriers, knowledge, and belief regarding Kangaroo Care (KC). Methods: A descriptive survey was conducted. Kangaroo care questionares were sent to nurses in all hospitals in Korea whose were identified as providing neonatal intensive care services(N=263). Descriptive statistics were used to summarized the data. Results: Among 67 neonatal care units, 61.1% adapted KC in their practice. About 60% of nurses in the KC providing hospital actually practiced KC. Major barrier of practicing KC were infant safety concerns, as well as work load of nurses. Respondants who had practiced KC were more knowledgable and were more positive in their belief regarding KC. Conclusion: The findings suggest that in order to overcome barriers of practicing KC, educational programs are recommended designed for nurses. In addition, development of KC practice guideline is necessary to facilicate successful and safe KC.

• 박물관보존과학
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• 제14권
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• pp.115-124
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• 2013

국립경주박물관 옥외전시장의 장항리 석조불입상은 외부환경에 의한 접합물질의 풍화와 표면 오염물의 고착, 암석의 편하중에 의한 균열 등의 문제점으로 인해 소장품의 안전한 관리를 위한 해체 및 복원작업을 진행하였다. 3D 정밀실측을 통한 도면화 및 기초자료 조사, 풍화된 부분의 시멘트몰타르 및 수지를 제거하였다. 복원부분은 동종의 암석을 사용하여 신석을 제작하여 접합·복원하였다. 또한 미생물의 피해를 방지하기 위하여 훈증처리를 실시하였으며 지속적인 관찰을 진행중에 있다.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.44-54
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• 2022

An empirical analysis was conducted on the workload of helicopter pilots flying in high-risk flight environments such as ground obstacles and weather effects at low altitudes. To evaluate the workload, an independent sample t-test was performed using the NASA-TLX evaluation method most suitable for the aviation field, and the workload score was calculated by applying the analytical stratification method (AHP) to compare and analyze private and commercial pilots. There is a significant difference in mean between private and commercial pilots and the result of work load was obtained over 70%. This paper studied the 'surprise and startle effect' on the helicopter field for the first time. In the future, it is intended to contribute to the safe operation of helicopters by presenting a method for effective safety management by utilizing it in the field of education and training for helicopter pilots and providing basic data for preventing accidents caused by human error.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.1472-1479
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• 2024

Cyber-Physical Energy Systems (CPESs) integrate cyber and hardware components to ensure a reliable and safe physical power production and supply. Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) add uncertainty to energy demand that can be dealt with flexible operation (e.g., load-following) of CPES; at the same time, scenarios that could result in severe consequences due to both component stochastic failures and aging of the cyber system of CPES (commonly overlooked) must be accounted for Operation & Maintenance (O&M) planning. In this paper, we make use of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) to search for the optimal O&M strategy that, not only considers the actual system hardware components health conditions and their Remaining Useful Life (RUL), but also the possible accident scenarios caused by the failures and the aging of the hardware and the cyber components, respectively. The novelty of the work lies in embedding the cyber aging model into the CPES model of production planning and failure process; this model is used to help the RL agent, trained with Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) and Imitation Learning (IL), finding the proper rejuvenation timing for the cyber system accounting for the uncertainty of the cyber system aging process. An application is provided, with regards to the Advanced Lead-cooled Fast Reactor European Demonstrator (ALFRED).

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.117-144
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• 2019

High Altitude and Long Endurance (HALE) aircraft are capable of providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities over vast geographic areas when equipped with advanced sensor packages. As their use becomes more widespread, the demand for additional range, endurance and payload capability will increase and designers are exploring non-conventional configurations to meet the increasing demands. One such configuration is the joined-wing concept. A joined-wing aircraft is one that typically connects a front and aft wings in a diamond shaped planform. One such example is the Boeing SensorCraft configuration. While the joined-wing configuration offers potential benefits regarding aerodynamic efficiency, structural weight, and sensing capabilities, structural design requires careful consideration of elastic buckling resulting from the aft wing supporting, in compression, part of the forward wing structural loading. It has been shown already that this is a nonlinear phenomenon, involving geometric nonlinearities and follower forces that tend to flatten the entire configuration, leading to structural overload due to the loss of the aft wing's ability to support the forward wing load. Severe gusts are likely to be the critical design condition, with flight control system interaction in the form of Gust Load Alleviation (GLA) playing a key role in minimizing the structural loads. The University of Victoria Center for Aerospace Research (UVic-CfAR) has built a 3-meter span scaled and flexible wing UAV based on the Boeing SensorCraft design. The goal is to validate the nonlinear structural behavior in flight. The main objective of this research work is to perform Ground Vibration Tests (GVT) to characterize the dynamic properties of the scaled flight vehicle. Results from the experimental tests are used to characterize the modal dynamics of the aircraft, and to validate the numerical models. The GVT results are an important step towards a safe flight test program.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.298-305
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• 2011

Objectives: There has been a great amount of controversy in the food industry over the effectiveness of using gloves. The objectives of this study were to examine the microbial contamination of food handlers' hands and determine if using gloves could ensure safe handling of foods. Methods: Samples were collected through the glove-juice method from the bare and gloved hands of food handlers at work and were analyzed for the presence of aerobic plate counts, total coliform, fecal coliform, Escherichiacoli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmonella spp. Microbiological testing was conducted according to the Food Code of Korea. Results: Microbial contamination was consistently higher with bare hands than with gloved hands, although the microbial loads on both hands increased over time. Under certain conditions, there were significant differences between the bacterial loads on bare and on gloved hands (p<0.05). E. coli, S. aureus, and Salmonella spp. were still alive on both bare and gloved hands at the time the food handlers finished their work. Conclusions: Wearing gloves was associated with a marked reduction of bacterial contamination of the hands. However, the practice of continuously wearing gloves during food handling increases the potential for cross-contamination of bacteria. The findings of this study emphasize the need for a rational use of gloves, and strict adherence to hand hygiene compliance among food handlers.

• 토지주택연구
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.195-204
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• 2011

철근콘크리트 건축물에 중장비를 탑재하여 해체작업을 시행할 때, 중장비와 철거잔재의 중량은 건축물을 설계할 당시에 고려하지 못한 하중으로 작용한다. 그러나 우리나라 해체 현장에서는 건축물의 안전성에 대한 구조전문가의 검토 없이, 현장 관리자나 작업자의 경험에 의하여 중장비 탑재와 해체작업이 이루어지고 있어 작업 중에 건축물이 붕괴하거나 중장비가 추락하는 사례도 발생하고 있다. 따라서 해체공사 시행 과정에서 해체 대상 건축물의 구조안전성을 평가할 수 있는 평가기법과 구조부재가 부담할 수 있는 적정 장비중량에 대한 기준 마련이 시급한 실정이다. 이 논문에서는 기계해체 현장에 대한 방문조사와 작업근로자에 대한 설문조사를 통해 해체 대상 건축물의 안전성 평가에 필요한 철거잔재 하중, 하중계수, 강도감소계수, 작업하중 등을 제안하였다. 해체 현황을 고려한 구조물의 해석과 부재(슬래브, 보)의 적절한 안전성 평가방법을 제시하였으며, RC 슬래브와 RC 보의 제원에 따라 양중 가능한 중장비의 중량을 제시하였다. 이 연구에서 제안한 해체구조물의 안전성 평가기법과 중장비 탑재 등급은 해체대상 구조부재의 성능을 합리적으로 평가하고, 적정한 장비운영을 통한 해체작업의 효율성과 안전성을 향상하는 데 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.42-48
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• 2013

Forensic engineering is the application of engineering principles covering the investigation of constructed facilities and systems that fail to perform as intended, causing personal injury or damage to property, environmental, economy etc. In the year 2012, two collapsed accidents of the large scaffolding system in national thermal power station occurred one after another, causing many casualties. In this study, we had performed to investigate the collapsed accident of scaffolding system occurred in the a thermal power station of two accidents. First, the investigation about the collapsed accidents site had performed to understand collapsed state and structures of the scaffolding system. Second, reviewing the materials concerning about the applied weight on the scaffolding system had performed. The applied weight is sum of the weights of the 15 workers, additional materials for coating work and dispersed and loaded shot ball on the foothold etc. the applied weight that calculated exceed more three times than the safe working load. Third, we had confirmed the install state of the materials of the scaffolding system by reviewing the quantity of the materials on the manual and the real system. Last, structural analysis had performed to evaluate structural integrity of the scaffolding system using Ansys. Through a series of this processes, the definite accidents causes of the collapsed scaffolding system revealed. Through these studies, the collapse accident that may occur in the scaffolding system in thermal power station can be minimized by performing specialized and systematic investigation on the accidents in terms of Forensic engineering.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.57-67
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• 2014

최근 10여년 사이 컴퓨터의 성능 향상과 기술의 발전으로 현실에서 일어날 법한 여러 가지 상황들을 가상환경을 통해 선험 할 수 있게 되었다. 교통 분야에서도 가상환경을 활용하여 다양한 시나리오 하에서 운전자의 행태를 파악하는 연구들이 많이 수행되고 있다. 본 연구는 운전 시뮬레이터를 이용하여 철도 건널목 안전수행 평가를 위한 실험을 실시하였다. 세 종류의 ITS 안전장치들이 운전자에게 어떠한 영향을 주는지를 파악하였고, 실험에 참가한 운전자들에게 각 안전장치에 대한여러 가지 설문조사를 진행하였으며, 이에 대한 평가가 이 논문의 목적이다. 각 실험 참가자들은 각 20여 분간 3 번의 운행을 하게 되는데, 무작위 순서로 2번은 기존 철도 건널목을 건너고, 1번은 ITS 안전창치를 사용하면서 운행하였다. 실험 전, 참가자들은 기존 철도건널목이 안전하지 않아 보인다고 답하였고, 자신, 혹은 타인들이 출동사고를 일으킬 확률이 높을 것 같다고 응답하였다. 실험 후, ITS 안전장치를 이용하는데 어려움이 있는지에 대한 질문에는 ITS 3 (도로 발광 표지병)을 이용하였을 때, 가장 수월한 적응도를 보였다. 또한, ITS 안전장치는 3종 철도건널목에서 큰 효과를 나타낸다고 응답하였다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.185-192
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 거푸집 패널이 부착된 실물 스케일의 중공슬래브 Mock-up을 제작하여 즉시 처짐 및 장기 처짐에 대한 플랫 플레이트 중공 슬래브의 안전성을 평가하고자 한다. 중공재가 적용된 Mock-up 실험체의 중공률은 24%로 설계하였다. 콘크리트 블록 하중 재하 시 슬래브의 가장 중앙부의 처짐인 No2의 경우 재하 시 처짐이 8.88mm 발생하였으며 이는 즉시 처짐에 대한 기준 값(l_n/240=17.93mm)에 비하여 안전한 값을 나타내고 있다. 3개월간 처짐 량 계측 결과, 중앙부 처짐 량은 초기 처짐에서 6.792mm 더 추가되어 처짐이 발생하였지만, 이는 국내 구조 기준에서 제시하고 있는 사용하중에 의한 기준 값을 만족하고 있는 것으로 나타났다.