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Sprinkler System with Universal Solenoid Valve (범용 전자개방밸브를 적용한 스프링클러설비)

  • Kong, Ha-Sung
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.351-357
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    • 2019
  • This research is automatic Wet Pipe Sprinkler System, dry pipe Sprinkler System, preaction Sprinkler system, vacuum Sprinkler system, deluge Sprinkler system, etc., key components of each Sprinkler system, verve valve, valve, etc. This is to simplify the various processes of the manufacturing process into a single process to create an environment in which a single machine can simultaneously produce a standardized product, thereby improving the price competitiveness of the product, reducing the cost of maintaining the product, and making it more adaptable to the new sprinkler system that is developed in the future. Automatic Wet Pipe Sprinkler System, desipe Sprinkler System, preaction sprinkler system, vacuum Sprinkler system, deluge Sprinkler system, both types of existing Sprinkler system, only replace the primary and secondary tubing valves.It has the advantage of being easy to apply to the lower system. Legal and institutional research is needed for the commercialization of the Sprinkler system applying the solenoid valve as a future project.

Covered self-expandable metallic stents versus plastic stents for endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy in patients with malignant biliary obstruction

  • Taro Shibuki;Kei Okumura;Masanari Sekine;Ikuhiro Kobori;Aki Miyagaki;Yoshihiro Sasaki;Yuichi Takano;Yusuke Hashimoto
    • Clinical Endoscopy
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    • v.56 no.6
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    • pp.802-811
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    • 2023
  • Background/Aims: Covered self-expandable metallic stents (cSEMS) have become popular for endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy with transmural stenting (EUS-HGS). We compared the time to recurrent biliary obstruction (TRBO), complications, and reintervention rates between EUS-HGS using plastic stent (PS) and cSEMS in patients with unresectable malignancies at multicenter institutions in Japan. Methods: Patients with unresectable malignant biliary obstruction who underwent EUS-HGS between April 2015 and July 2020 at any of the six participating facilities were enrolled. Primary endpoint: TRBO; secondary endpoints: rate of complications other than recurrent biliary obstruction and technical success rate of reintervention were evaluated. Results: PS and cSEMS were used for EUS-HGS in 109 and 43 patients, respectively. The TRBO was significantly longer in the cSEMS group than in the PS group (646 vs. 202 days). Multivariate analysis identified two independent factors associated with a favorable TRBO: combined EUS-guided antegrade stenting with EUS-HGS and the use of cSEMS. No significant difference was observed in the rate of complications other than recurrent biliary obstruction between the two groups. The technical success rate of reintervention was 85.7% for PS and 100% for cSEMS (p=0.309). Conclusions: cSEMS might be a better option for EUS-HGS in patients with unresectable malignancies, given the longer TRBO.

The Earthquake-related Stressors and mediators of the Elderly Living Alone : Focusing on the Elderly in Pohang Area (독거노인이 경험한 지진관련 스트레스와 중재자원 : 포항지역 노인을 중심으로)

  • 정지혜;표경수;김진선
    • Korean Journal of Gerontological Social Welfare
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    • v.74 no.2
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    • pp.35-60
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to understand stressors and mediators of the elderly living alone who experienced earthquakes. Based on the stress process model, in-depth interview data with five senior citizens who have experienced the Pohang earthquake were analyzed. It was found that the "earthquake" and "life in home and shelter" were primary and secondary stressors, respectively. The stress outcome was "declined health status". On the other hand, the mediators were found to be "family", "neighbor", and "life manager", which reduce stress outcomes. Also, the lack of "family" or "neighbor" resources as a mediators lead to more use of "life manager". Research results show that the role of "life manager" is as important as informal resource in the mediators for the elderly living alone. This research has the practical and policy significance of applying a theoretical model to the disaster experience of the elderly living alone and looking at the importance of "life manager" in the mediators.

A 2-D Location Determination Model of Buried Persons in Collapsed Shape using Optimal Wireless Communication Technology (최적 무선통신 기술을 활용한 붕괴지형 매몰자의 2차원 매몰위치 결정 모델)

  • Moon, Hyoun-Seok;Lee, Woo-Sik;Lee, Gun-Woo;Han, Dong-Soo
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.16 no.12
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    • pp.8879-8888
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    • 2015
  • When the disaster like earthquake in urban area occur, due to the collapse accidents for subway, tunnel space with buildings or underground area, enormous property and human damage are happened. Specially, since it is difficult to identify survived status of humans within collapsed debris and accurately buried locations of the humans, inputs of considerable time and manpower for rescuing them are required. Besides, secondary damage can be occurred by additional collapses. The aim of this study is to propose a stochastic location positioning method that enables to provide aid information by determining locations of mobile devices for buried persons in 2-D plane using wireless communication technologies. This study selected a detection method for buried persons based on Wi-Fi signal, and identified characteristics of signal strengths by distance unit. Using these methods, a stochastic location detection model in 2-D plane was built. It is expected that this technology will be utilized as a core technology that can protects safety and human life of the public by providing data for rescuing quickly buried persons in cases of national disasters for future.

Chemical Weathering Index of Clastic Sedimentary Rocks in Korea (국내 쇄설성 퇴적암의 화학적 풍화지수 고찰)

  • Kim, Sung-Wook;Choi, Eun-Kyoung;Kim, Jong-Woo;Kim, Tae-Hyung;Lee, Kyu-Hwan
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.67-79
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    • 2017
  • Evaluation of the weathering index using the quantitative element composition of rocks is very effective in predicting the degree of weathering of rocks and the secondary weathering residuals. While the process of weathering varies according to the types of rocks, the study of weathering in Korea is concentrated on acidic igneous rocks. This study calculated the weathering indices using whole rock analysis (X-ray fluorescence analysis) of sandstone, mudstone, and shale belonging to clastic sedimentary rocks. The statistical significance of the indices was examined based on the correlation of the calculated weathering indices. Clastic sedimentary rocks showed higher significance of Wp, CIA, CIW and PIA weathering index indicating weathering of feldspar. Chemical Index of alteration (CIA) has the advantage of predicting weathering pathway and clay mineral production, but it is effective to consider chemical index of weathering index (CIW) simultaneously to improve accuracy. In order to reduce uncertainties due to carbonate rocks and to estimate the accurate weathering index, rock samples with high CaO content should be excluded from the evaluation of weathering index.

Evaluation on Geological Structures to Secure Long-term Safety of Nuclear Facility Sites (원자력시설물 부지의 장기적 안전성 확보를 위한 지질구조 평가)

  • Jin, Kwangmin;Kim, Young-Seog
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.51 no.2
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    • pp.149-166
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    • 2018
  • Many large earthquakes have continuously been reported and resulted in significant human casualties and extensive damages to properties globally. The accident of Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan was caused by a mega-tsunami, which is a secondary effect associated with the Tohoku large earthquake (M=9.0, 2011. 3. 11.). Most earthquakes occur by reactivation of pre-existing active faults. Therefore, the importance of paleoseismological study have greatly been increased. The Korean peninsula has generally been considered to be a tectonically stable region compared with neighboring countries such as Japan and Taiwan, because it is located on the margin of the Eurasian intra-continental region. However, the recent earthquakes in Gyeongju and Pohang have brought considerable insecurity on earthquake hazard. In particular, this region should be secure against earthquake, because many nuclear facilties and large industrial facilities are located in this area. However, some large earthquakes have been reported in historic documents and also several active faults have been reported in southeast Korea. This study explains the evaluation methods of geological structures on active fault, fault damage zone, the relationship between earthquake and active fault, and respect distance. This study can contribute to selection of safe locations for nuclear facilities and to earthquake hazards and disaster prevention.

Mapping Inundation Areas Using SWMM (SWMM을 이용한 침수예상지도 작성 연구)

  • Don Gon, Choi;Jinmu, Choi
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.33 no.5
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    • pp.335-342
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    • 2015
  • In this study, data linking module called GeoSWMM was developed using a typical secondary flooding model SWMM in order to improve the accuracy of the input data of SWMM and to map hourly inundation estimation areas that were not represented in the conventional inundation map. GeoSWMM is a data linking module of GIS and SWMM, which can generate a SWMM project file directly from sewer network GIS data. Utilizing the GeoSWMM the project file of SWMM model was constructed in the study area, Seocho 2-dong, Seoul. The actual flooding has occurred September 21, 2010 and the actual rainfall data were used for flood simulation. As a result, the outflow started from 2 PM due to the lack of water flow capacity of the sewage system. Based on the results, hourly inundation estimation maps were produced and compared with flood train map in 2010. The comparison showed about 66% matching in the overlap of inundation areas. By utilizing GeoSWMM that was developed in this study, it is easy to build the sewer network data for SWMM. In addition, the creation of hourly inundation estimation map using SWMM will be much help to flood disaster prevention plan.

Development and Verification of A Module for Positioning Buried Persons in Collapsed Area (붕괴지역의 매몰자 위치측위를 위한 모듈 개발 및 검증)

  • Moon, Hyoun-Seok;Lee, Woo-Sik
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.17 no.12
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    • pp.427-436
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    • 2016
  • Due to disasters such as earthquakes and landslides in urban areas, persons have been buried inside collapsed buildings and structures. Rescuers have mainly utilized detection equipment by applying sound, video and electric waves, but these are expensive and due to the directional approaches onto the collapsed site, secondary collapse risk can arise. In addition, due to poor utilization of such equipment, new human detection technology with quick and high reliability has not been utilized. To address these issues, this study develops a wireless signal-based human detection module that can be loaded into an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The human detection module searches for the 3D location for buried persons by collecting Wi-Fi signal and barometer sensors data transmitted from the mobile phones. This module can gain diverse information from mobile phones for buried persons in real time. We present a development framework of the module that provides 3D location data with more reliable information by delivering the collected data into a local computer in the ground. This study verified the application feasibility of the developed module in a real collapsed area. Therefore, it is expected that these results can be used as a core technology for the quick detection of buried persons' location and for relieving them after disasters that induce building collapses.

A Study on Media Therapy Experience for Individuation and Treatment of Social Trauma Focusing on Jung's Collective Unconsciousness and Individuation (사회적 트라우마의 개성화와 치유를 위한 미디어 테라피 가능성 연구 융(Jung)의 집단 무의식과 개성화 사유를 중심으로)

  • Yoo, Sook;Kang, Jin Suk
    • Korean journal of communication and information
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    • v.80
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    • pp.167-192
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    • 2016
  • This study examined the social trauma experienced by direct victims of accidents and each member of the society affected by grand-scale disasters based on the concepts of collective unconsciousness, archetype, and individuation from Jung's analytical psychology, and their experience of therapy through media. For this purpose, the survivors of the disaster of Sewol that occurred on April 16, 2014, family of the deceased, psychological professionals, and general volunteers were selected as the subjects for one-on-one in-depth interviews and focus group interviews. The findings can be summarized as follows: first, the subjects are suffering from different forms of social trauma such as seclusion and anxiety due to primary/secondary incidents, but there is possibility for them to overcome the social trauma as a social community. Second, the archetypes of life and death, mourning and remembrance are showing in the subjects' everyday lives. In particular, it was found that various archetypes are appearing symbolically through the craft activities in which the survivors are participating most actively. Third, the media therapy program for the victims of the Sewol has limitations in various aspects. However, the fact that the craft activities that are not bound by time and space are highly effective manifests that anyone can take advantage of trauma therapy through digital media that are easily found around them. Finally, this study is significant as it verified the possible individuation of social trauma and identified the limitations of media therapy to suggest its development directions.

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The Study on Design of Semiconductor Detector for Checking the Position of a Radioactive Source in an NDT (비파괴검사 분야에서 방사선원의 위치 확인을 위한 반도체 검출기 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kyo-Tae;Kim, Joo-Hee;Han, Moo-Jae;Heo, Ye-Ji;Ahn, Ki-Jung;Park, Sung-Kwang
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.171-175
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    • 2017
  • In the non-destructive inspection field, we invest a lot of time and resources in developing the radiation source system to ensure the safety of the workers. However, the probability of accidents is still high. In order to prevent potential radiation accidents in advance, it is necessary to directly verify the position of the radiation source, but the research is still insufficient. In this study, we developed a monitoring system that can detect the position of the radiation source in the source guide tube in the gamma-ray irradiator. The characteristics of the radiation detector are estimated by monte carlo simulation. As a result, the radiation detector for Ir-192 gamma-ray energy was analyzed to have secondary electron equilibrium at $150{\mu}m$ regardless of the semiconductor material. Also, it is expected that the gamma ray response characteristic is the best in $HgI_2$. These results are expected to be used as a basis for determining the optimal thickness of the radiation detector located in the detection part of the future monitoring system. In addition, when developing a monitoring system based on this, radiation workers can easily recognize the danger and secure safety, as well as prevent and preemptively respond to potential radiation accidents.