• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.411-433
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• 2013

Due to its easy operation and wide applicability, the ambient vibration method is commonly adopted to determine the cable force by first identifying the cable frequencies from the vibration signals. With given vibration length and flexural rigidity, an analytical or empirical formula is then used with these cable frequencies to calculate the cable force. It is, however, usually difficult to decide the two required parameters, especially the vibration length due to uncertain boundary constraints. To tackle this problem, a new concept of combining the modal frequencies and mode shape ratios is fully explored in this study for developing an accurate method merely based on ambient vibration measurements. A simply supported beam model with an axial tension is adopted and the effective vibration length of cable is then independently determined based on the mode shape ratios identified from the synchronized measurements. With the effective vibration length obtained and the identified modal frequencies, the cable force and flexural rigidity can then be solved using simple linear regression techniques. The feasibility and accuracy of the proposed method is extensively verified with demonstrative numerical examples and actual applications to different cable-stayed bridges. Furthermore, several important issues in engineering practice such as the number of sensors and selection of modes are also thoroughly investigated.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.223-230
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• 2013

Sudden enhancements of daytime NmF2 appeared in Anyang ionosonde data during summer seasons in 2006-2007. In order to investigate the causes of this unusual enhancement, we compared Anyang NmF2's with the total electron contents (GPS TECs) observed at Daejeon, and also with ionosonde data at at mid-latitude stations. First, we found no similar increase in Daejeon GPS TEC when the sudden enhancements of Anyang NmF2 occurred. Second, we investigated NmF2's observed at other ionosonde stations that use the same ionosonde model and auto-scaling program as the Anyang ionosonde. We found similar enhancements of NmF2 at these ionosonde stations. Moreover, the analysis of ionograms from Athens and Rome showed that there were sporadic-E layers with high electron density during the enhancements in NmF2. The auto-scaling program (ARTIST 4.5) used seems to recognize sporadic-E layer echoes as a F2 layer trace, resulting in the erroneous critical frequency of F2 layer (foF2). Other versions of the ARTIST scaling program also seem to produce similar erroneous results. Therefore we conclude that the sudden enhancements of NmF2 in Anyang data were due to the misrecognition of sporadic-E echoes as a F-layer by the auto-scaling program. We also noticed that although the scaling program flagged confidence level (C-level) of an ionogram as uncertain when a sporadic-E layer occurs, it still automatically computed erroneous foF2's. Therefore one should check the confidence level before using long term ionosonde data that were produced by an auto-scaling program.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 1998

동적 지반-구조물해석과정에는 수많은 불확실성 요소가 내재되어 있다. 이러한 요소는 입력운동의 정의, 지반-구조물시스템의 모델작성, 해석기법 등에 포함된다. 이 논문은 점탄성 층상지반상의 원자로건물의 지진응답에 대한 매개변수해석을 수행한 결과를 제시한 것이다. 많은 매개변수 중에 입력운동의 정의위치, 구조물의 묻힘정도, 상부토층의 두께와 지반의 강성을 선택하여 지진응답에 미치는 영향을 중점적으로 이 연구에서 다루었다. 해석방법은 진동수에 무관한 지반임피던스를 사용하는 부분구조법인 시간영역에서의 모드중첩법이다. 지반-구조물시스템의 모드감쇠값은 각 모드에 대해 변형에너지에 대한 소멸에너지의 비를 구하여 결정되었다. 이 연구결과로부터 부분구조법에 의한 지반-구조물상호작용해석법의 실용적 이용에 참고할 수 있는 지진응답에 미치는 각 파라메터의 민감도가 제시되었다.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.4-13
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• 2022

Changes in diagnostic criteria, for example, the various International Classification of Headache Disorders criteria, would lead to changes in the outcomes of epidemiological studies. International Classification of Headache Disorders-1 was based mainly on expert opinion, yet most of the diagnostic criteria were reliable and valid, but it did not include chronic migraine. In its second version, the classification introduced chronic migraine, but this diagnosis resembled more a high-frequency migraine rather than the actual migraine transformation process. It also introduced medication overuse headache, but it necessitated analgesic withdrawal and subsequent headache improvement to be diagnosed as such. Hence patients having medication overuse headache could only be diagnosed in retrospect, which was an awkward situation. Such restrictive criteria for chronic migraine and medication overuse headache omitted a high proportion of patients. International Classification of Headache Disorders-3 allows a diagnosis of medication overuse headache due to combination analgesics if taken for at least 10 days per month for more than three months. Hence the prevalence rate of medication overuse headache and chronic migraine can increase compared to the previous version of the headache classification. Different criteria have been used across studies to identify chronic migraine and medication overuse headache, and therefore the information acquired from previous studies using earlier criteria becomes uncertain. Hence much epidemiological research would need to be interpreted cautiously or repeated with the most updated criteria, since the subjects in studies that apply the latest criteria may be phenotypically different from those in older studies.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.121-129
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• 2024

Harmful cyanobacterial blooms (HCBs) are caused by the rapid proliferation of cyanobacteria and are believed to be exacerbated by climate change. However, the extent to which HCBs will be stimulated in the future due to increased temperature remains uncertain. This study aims to predict the future occurrence of cyanobacteria in the Nakdong River, which has the highest incidence of HCBs in South Korea, based on temperature rise scenarios. Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) were used as the basis for these scenarios. Data-driven model simulations were conducted, and out of the four machine learning techniques tested (multiple linear regression, support vector regressor, decision tree, and random forest), the random forest model was selected for its relatively high prediction accuracy. The random forest model was used to predict the occurrence of cyanobacteria. The results of boxplot and time-series analyses showed that under the worst-case scenario (RCP8.5 (2100)), where temperature increases significantly, cyanobacterial abundance across all study areas was greatly stimulated. The study also found that the frequencies of HCB occurrences exceeding certain thresholds (100,000 and 1,000,000 cells/mL) increased under both the best-case scenario (RCP2.6 (2050)) and worst-case scenario (RCP8.5 (2100)). These findings suggest that the frequency of HCB occurrences surpassing a certain threshold level can serve as a useful diagnostic indicator of vulnerability to temperature increases caused by climate change. Additionally, this study highlights that water bodies currently susceptible to HCBs are likely to become even more vulnerable with climate change compared to those that are currently less susceptible.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제24권9호
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• pp.890-902
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• 2023

Objective: The clinical impact of artificial intelligence-based computer-aided detection (AI-CAD) beyond diagnostic accuracy remains uncertain. We aimed to investigate the influence of the clinical implementation of AI-CAD for chest radiograph (CR) interpretation in daily practice on the rate of referral for chest computed tomography (CT). Materials and Methods: AI-CAD was implemented in clinical practice at the Seoul National University Hospital. CRs obtained from patients who visited the pulmonology outpatient clinics before (January-December 2019) and after (January-December 2020) implementation were included in this study. After implementation, the referring pulmonologist requested CRs with or without AI-CAD analysis. We conducted multivariable logistic regression analyses to evaluate the associations between using AI-CAD and the following study outcomes: the rate of chest CT referral, defined as request and actual acquisition of chest CT within 30 days after CR acquisition, and the CT referral rates separately for subsequent positive and negative CT results. Multivariable analyses included various covariates such as patient age and sex, time of CR acquisition (before versus after AI-CAD implementation), referring pulmonologist, nature of the CR examination (baseline versus follow-up examination), and radiology reports presence at the time of the pulmonology visit. Results: A total of 28546 CRs from 14565 patients (mean age: 67 years; 7130 males) and 25888 CRs from 12929 patients (mean age: 67 years; 6435 males) before and after AI-CAD implementation were included. The use of AI-CAD was independently associated with increased chest CT referrals (odds ratio [OR], 1.33; P = 0.008) and referrals with subsequent negative chest CT results (OR, 1.46; P = 0.005). Meanwhile, referrals with positive chest CT results were not significantly associated with AI-CAD use (OR, 1.08; P = 0.647). Conclusion: The use of AI-CAD for CR interpretation in pulmonology outpatients was independently associated with an increased frequency of overall referrals for chest CT scans and referrals with subsequent negative results.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.177-189
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• 2014

최근 강재의 고강도화를 통한 부재 단면 사이즈의 절감은 종종 강성의 부족으로 이어져 과도한 처짐이나 진동문제를 야기한다. 따라서 적절한 설계나 예방을 통해 구조물의 바닥진동에 대한 보완이 필수적이다. 이러한 바닥진동 문제를 해결하기 위해 동조질량감쇠기가 종종 쓰이고 있다. 동조질량감쇠기는 바닥의 진동수에 대해 정확히 설계되었을 때에는 효율적으로 바닥진동을 제어할 수 있다. 하지만 바닥질량의 크기와 외부하중의 특성에 따라 바닥의 진동수가 수시로 변하는 경우에는 그 효율이 급격히 낮아질 가능성이 있다. 이러한 현상을 동조이탈이라고 한다. 본 연구는 실제 바닥에 가해지는 하중의 변화에 따라 바닥의 진동수가 달라지는 양상을 실험을 통해 고찰한다. 실험 바닥에 기존의 단일동조질량감쇠기를 적용하여 단일동조질량 감쇠기의 한계인 동조이탈현상을 확인한다. 또한, 바닥진동제어의 강건성을 확보하기 위해 진동수의 불확실성을 반영한 비대칭 동조질량감쇠기의 활용을 제안한다. TMD의 강건성이란 진동수가 변화하는 상황에서 바닥진동제어 성능이 얼마나 지속되느냐를 뜻한다. 제안된 비대칭 TMD는 두 개의 비대칭 강성을 가지고 있기 때문에 병진운동과 회전운동을 하면서 진동에너지를 소산한다. 제안된 비대칭TMD의 최적화 결과, 비대칭TMD는 기존 STMD에 비해 28%이상의 진동제어성능을 확보하였으며, 외부의 환경 변화에 대한 강건성은 약 1.4배 개선되었다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.39-51
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• 2005

This study was conducted to investigate the dental health and physical & psychological health status of the aged. The subjects were 61 old persons, women who were over 65, living at Sahagu in Pusan. The data for this study were collected by using direct interviewing method from October 22th, 2004. The data were analysed by using a computerized program named statistical package for social science including frequency, percentage, ANOVA. The results of the study were summarized as follows: 1. The dental status and the use of dental care institute 1) In status of denture use, it was found to be no denture(45.2%), full denture(35.5%), partial denture(19.4%). 2) In the questionaire of "when did you go to the dental care institute recently?", it was found to be uncertain(41.9%), less than one year(38.8%), 2~3years(16.1%), 1~2years(3.2%). 3) In the questionaire of "what type of the dental care institute did you use?", it was found to be in the dental clinic(80.6%), others(9.7%), dental hospital(6.5%), department of dentistry in general hospital(3.2%). 4) In the questionaire of "why did you select the dental care institute?", it was found to be in the nearly distance(80.6%), relative advice(16.1%), advertisement(3.2%). 5) In the questionaire of "how did you go to the dental care institute?", it was found to be walking(71.0%), bus & subway(22.6%), car(3.2%) and others(3.2%). 6) In the questionaire of "how long did it take to the dental care institute?", it was found to be 10~30min(48.4%), less than 10min(38.7%), 30min~1h(6.5%), 1~2h(3.2%), more than 2h(3.2%). 7) In the questionaire of "what kind of dental care did you take?", it was found to be denture making(45.2%), extraction of tooth, dental surgery, general exam(12.9%), caries(9.7%), denture repair(6.5%), others(3.2%). 8) In the questionaire of "how much did you pay for dental care recently?", it was found to be less than 5,000won(35.5%), 20,000~100,000won(19.4%), 1~3million won(16.1%), 5,000~20,000won, 100,000~300,000won, 500,000~1million won, more than 3million(6.5%), 300,000~500,000won(3.2%). 9) Average score of the subject's physical health status was 4.11 and psychological health status, 4.01 in a 5 point Likert scale. 10) The physical and psychological health status showed the significant differences according to the frequency of eating snack(pE0.05) and snack type(pE0.01). Above findings suggest that geriatric oral health program is necessary in improving the dental health & health status of the aged.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.225-236
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• 2024

기후위기에 선제적으로 대비하기 위해서는 기후변화에 따른 영향을 예측 및 분석하고, 이를 바탕으로 기후위기 적응과 관련한 정책과 전략을 수립할 필요가 있다. 이를 위해 기후변화를 고려해야 하나, 기존 연구 방법인 시나리오 리드 접근법에서 연구자들은 기후변화 대표 시나리오를 선택하여 활용하기 때문에, 예측된 결과의 불확실성이 크고 신뢰도가 낮다. 이러한 연구 결과는 기후변화 관련된 수자원 정책 및 설계기준에 반영되는 데 한계가 있다. 따라서 기후변화로 인해 발생가능한 변화 범위를 고려하는 시나리오 중립 접근법을 활용할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 보령시를 대상으로 총 343개의 기후스트레스 시계열을 생성한 뒤 이변량 가뭄빈도분석을 통해 재현기간을 산정하고 가뭄에 대한 수문학적 위험도를 산정하였다. 분석결과, SSP1-2.6 18개 및 SSP5-8.5에 18개에 대해 최대 재현기간의 가뭄이 20년 내에 발생할 수문학적 위험도는 0.15±0.025, 50년 내에 발생할 수문학적 위험도는 0.3125±0.0625 사이로 나타났다. 따라서 보령시에서는 해당 범위의 수문학적 위험도를 고려하여 가뭄 정책 및 대책 수립이 필요하다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제66권4호
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• pp.295-299
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• 2009

연구배경: 기관지확장증의 원인은 체액성 면역결핍증을 포함해 매우 다양하지만 원인이 불분명한 경우도 높은 비중을 차지하는 것으로 알려져있다. 그러나 면역글로불린 G 아강 결핍이 기관지확장증과 관련이 있는지는 불분명하며, 이에 대한 연구도 매우 드물다. 이에 저자들은 원인이 불분명한 기관지확장증 환자에서 면역글로불린 G아강 결핍증을 포함한 면역글로불린 결핍증의 빈도를 측정하고, 이들 중 면역글로불린 G 아강 결핍을 보이는 환자들의 임상적 특징을 살펴보고자 하였다. 방 법: 한 대학병원 호흡기내과 외래 방문객 중 흉부 CT에서 기관지확장증이 확인된 환자들에 대해 문진과 검사를 시행하여 기관지확장증의 원인이 불분명한 것으로 판단되는 환자 31명을 선정하였다. 결 과: 대상 환자 31명 중 총면역글로불린 결핍증 환자는 2명이었고, 면역글로불린 G 아강 결핍은 14명(45%)으로 매우 빈도가 높았으며, 면역글로불린 G3 결핍을 보인 환자군과 정상인 환자군을 나누어 비교하였을 때 성, 연령, 부비동염과 천식의 빈도, 폐기능 이상의 빈도에 있어 의미 있는 차이를 보이지 않았다. 결 론: 기관지확장증 환자에서 그 원인이 분명하지 않은 경우 면역글로불린 G 아강의 농도를 측정해 볼 필요가 있으며, 향후 병인과의 관련성에 대한 추가적인 연구를 진행할 가치가 있을 것으로 판단된다.