• 한국안전학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.150-157
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of short-tenn stretching type of muscular strength gymnastics on health-related fitness and rating of perceived pain for automotive industry workers. The subjects selected were 27, who were divided into 3 groups(A group=10, B group=9, C group=8). Group A performed a short-term stretching Type of Muscular Strength Gymnastics only one time. Group B continuously performed the exercise program two times. Group C was a control group. The exercise program was a stretching Type of Muscular Strength Gymnastics, which was performed 3 times per week for 4 weeks. Its intensity was RPE 11-15. Data analysis was conducted by using SPSS ver 14.0. The test was conducted with two-way repeated ANOVA, post-hoc Ducan and paired t-test (a<.05). This study showed the following results. Muscular strength, muscular endurance and flexibility increased in all intra and between groups. Ratio of %fat decreased for group B but the control group presented conversely. Rating of perceived pain of group A decreased at arm and hands. Rating of perceived pain of group A decreased at back and leg.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.231-237
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• 2015

Purpose: Various laparoscopic wedge resection (LWR) techniques requiring gastrotomy for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) of the stomach have been applied to facilitate tumor resection and preserve the remnant gastric volume. However, there is the possibility of cancer cell dissemination during these procedures. The aim of this study was to assess the oncologic safety of LWR with gastrotomy (LWR-G) compared to LWR without luminal exposure. Materials and Methods: Clinicopathologic and operative results of 193 patients who underwent LWR for gastric GIST were retrospectively analyzed from 2003 to 2013. We stratified the patients into two groups: LWR-G and LWR without gastrotomy (LWR-C). Clinicopathologic features, short-term outcomes, and long-term outcomes were compared. Results: A total of 26 patients underwent LWR-G, and 167 patients underwent LWR-C. The LWR-G group showed significantly more anterior wall-located (n=10, 38.5%), intraluminal (n=20, 76.9%), and ulcerative (n=13, 50.0%) tumors than the LWR-C group (n=33, 19.8%; n=96, 57.5%; n=46, 27.5%, respectively). Postoperative short-term outcomes did not differ between the two groups. When tumor staging was compared, no statistical difference was noted. There was no recurrence in the LWR-G group, while 2 patients in the LWR-C group experienced recurrence. The two recurrences in the LWR-C group were found in the liver and in the remnant stomach at 63 and 12 months after the operation, respectively. No gastric GIST-related death was recorded in any group during the study period. Conclusions: LWR-G for gastric GIST is an oncologically safe procedure even for masses with ulcerations.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제57권9호
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• pp.379-383
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• 2014

Recombinant growth hormone (GH) is an effective treatment for short children who are born small for gestational age (SGA). Short children born SGA who fail to demonstrate catch-up growth by 2-4 years of age are candidates for GH treatment initiated to achieve catch-up growth to a normal height in early childhood, maintain a normal height gain throughout childhood, and achieve an adult height within the normal target range. GH treatment at a dose of $35-70{\mu}g/kg/day$ should be considered for those with very marked growth retardation, as these patients require rapid catch-up growth. Factors associated with response to GH treatment during the initial 2-3 years of therapy include age and height standard deviation scores at the start of therapy, midparental height, and GH dose. Adverse events due to GH treatment are no more common in the SGA population than in other conditions treated with GH. Early surveillance in growth clinics is strongly recommended for children born SGA who have not caught up. Although high dose of up to 0.067 mg/kg/day are relatively safe for short children with growth failure, clinicians need to remain aware of long-term mortality and morbidity after GH treatment.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.227-232
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• 2015

Background: In comparison with other industries, the construction industry still has a higher rate of fatal injuries, and thus, there is a need to apply new and innovative approaches for preventing accidents and promoting safe conditions at construction sites. Methods: In this study, the effectiveness of a new incentive system-the surprising incentive system-was assessed. One year after the implementation of this new incentive system, behavioral changes of employees with respect to seven types of activities were observed. Results: The results of this study showed that there is a significant relationship between the new incentive system and the safety performance of frontline employees. The new incentive system had a greater positive impact in the first 6 months since its implementation. In the long term, however, safety performance experienced a gradual reduction. Based on previous studies, all activities selected in this study are important indicators of the safety conditions at workplaces. However, there is a need for a comprehensive and simple-to-apply tool for assessing frontline employees' safety performance. Shortening the intervals between incentives is more effective in promoting safety performance. Conclusion: The results of this study proved that the surprising incentive would improve the employees' safety performance just in the short term because the surprising value of the incentives dwindle over time. For this reason and to maintain the surprising value of the incentive system, the amount and types of incentives need to be evaluated and modified annually or biannually.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.129-136
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• 2022

Objectives: Given the real problems at industrial sites related to the Serious Accident Punishment Act (SAPA), it has become controversial as a particularly important issue in terms of occupational safety and health. I intend to examine in detail what are the problems and how to approach them. Methods: The contents of SAPA were reviewed focusing on whether its provisions conform to the principles of occupational safety and health, whether they fit the related legal theory, and whether they are effective for accident prevention. The purpose of this study is to examine whether there is a problem with SAPA from the perspective of the effectiveness of accident prevention by combining occupational safety & health management theory, and legal theory. Results: In order to ensure the effectiveness of SAPA, it should be revised to increase the predictability and implementation of safety and health measure standards. Otherwise, it is expected that there will be not only economic and social costs in the short term, but also side effects that disrupt the safety law system, resulting in a considerable number of post-mortem conditions in the mid- to long term. Conclusions: It is easy to see in comparative law that raising the legal punishment alone does not have the effect of preventing industrial accidents. SAPA should be revised as soon as possible in the direction of faithfully and elaborately reorganizing the standards for safety and health measures.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.117-125
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• 2012

In recent years, polymer concrete based on polyester resin have been widely generalized and the research of polymer concrete have been actively pursued by the technical innovations. Polymer concrete is a composite consisting of aggregates and an organic resin binder that hardens by polymerization. Polymer concrete are stronger by a factor of three or more in compression, a factor of four to six in tension and flexural and a factor of two in impact when compared with portland cement concrete. In view of the growing use of polymer concrete, it is important to study the physical characteristics of the material, emphasizing the short term properties as well as long term mechanical behavior. If polymer concrete is to be used in flexural load-bearing application such as in beam, it is imperative to understand the deformation of the material under sustained loading conditions. This study is proposed to empirical and mechanical model of polymer concrete tension creep using long-term experimental results and mathematical development. The test results showed that proposed model has been used successfully to predict creep deformations at a stress level that was 20 percent of the ultimate strength and viscoelastic behavior of recycled-PET polymer concrete is linear of stress level up to 30 percent. It is expected that the present model allows more realistic evaluation of varying stresses in polymer concrete structures with a constant loading.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.133-139
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• 2005

TWe investigated whether work ability index(WAI) was highly correlated with work environment(physical work environment, working condition and work form) correlated high. The study population consisted of technicians from one manufacturing company in South Korea(n=104). WAI and work environment were analyzed by correlation and multiple regression. Therefore, we conclude that the correlation of WAI and work environment in this population was high. So if there are the older employees having a poor score on the items related to work environment, we can elevate the work ability by dealing with work environment. Moreover, we can make the best program to maintain and raise WAI in short term.

• 자동차안전학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.60-64
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• 2022

In the automotive industry, the development of automobiles to meet safety requirements is becoming increasingly complex. This is because quality evaluation agencies in each country are continually strengthening new safety standards for vehicles. Among these various requirements, collision safety must be satisfied by controlling airbags, seat belts, etc., and can be defined as post-crash safety. Apart from this safety system, the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) use advanced detection sensors, GPS, communication, and video equipment to detect the hazard and notify driver before the collision. However, research to improve passenger safety in case of an accident by using the sensor of active safety represented by ADAS in the existing passive safety is limited to the level that utilizes the sudden braking level of the FCA (Forward Collision-avoidance Assist) system. Therefore, this study aims to develop logic that can improve passenger protection in case of an accident by using ADAS information and driving information secured before a collision. The proposed logic was constructed based on LSTM deep learning techniques and trained using crash test data.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.34-43
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• 2019

도로연장의 지속적인 증가와 공용기간이 상당히 경과한 노후 노선이 늘어남에 따라 도로포장에 대한 유지관리비용은 점차 증가하고 있어, 예방적 유지관리를 통해 비용을 최소화 하는 방안에 대한 필요성이 제기되고 있다. 예방적 유지관리를 위해서는 도로포장의 정확한 열화 예측을 통한 전략적 유지관리 계획 수립이 필요하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 고속도로포장 열화예측 모델 개발을 위해 딥러닝 모델 중 가장 보편적으로 많이 사용하는 심층신경망(DNN)과 시계열 데이터 분석에 강점을 가진 순환신경망(RNN)을 사용하였으며, 두 개의 모델의 성능을 비교 분석하여 우수한 모델을 제안하였다. RNN의 Vanishing Gradient Problem을 해결하기 위해 좀 더 복잡한 형태의 RNN구조인 LSTM(Long short-term memory circuits)을 사용하였다. 학습 결과, RNN-LSTM 모델의 RMSE 값이 0.102로 DNN모델보다 낮아 성능이 더 우수하였다. 또한, 대상구간의 시간경과별 평균 도로포장 상태 예측치와 실제 도로포장 상태 실측치의 비교를 통해 RNN-LSTM 모델의 높은 정확도를 검증하였다. 따라서 향후 고속도로 콘크리트 포장의 유지관리 계획 수립시 유지보수 수요 추정을 위한 열화 예측 모델로는 DNN 모델보다 시계열 분석에 강한 RNN-LSTM의 모델을 제안한다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.543-551
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• 2023

기후변화 영향으로 이상고수온, 태풍, 홍수, 가뭄 등 재난 및 안전 관리기술은 지속적으로 고도화를 요구받고 있으며, 특히 해수면 온도는 한반도 주변에서 발생되는 여름철 적조 발생과 동해안 냉수대 출현, 소멸 등에 영향을 신속하게 분석할 수 있는 중요한 인자이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 해수면 온도 자료를 해양 이상현상 및 연구에 적극 활용되기 위해 통계적 방법과 딥러닝 알고리즘을 적용하여 예측성능을 평가하였다. 예측에 사용된 해수면 수온자료는 흑산도 조위관측소의 2018년부터 2022년까지 자료이며, 기존 통계적 ARIMA 방법과 Long Short-Term Memory(LSTM), Gated Recurrent Unit(GRU)을 사용하였고, LSTM의 성능을 더욱 향상할 수 있는 Sequence-to-Sequence(s2s) 구조에 Attention 기법을 추가한 Attention Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM)기법을 사용하여 예측 성능 평가를 진행하였다. 평가 결과 Attention LSTM 모델이 타 모델과 비교하여 더 좋은 성능을 보였으며, Hyper parameter 튜닝을 통해 해수면 수온 성능을 개선할 수 있었다.