• 대한간호학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.562-574
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• 2017

Purpose: This study attempts to explore the subjective experience of frailty among elderly individuals in Korea. Methods: From June to August in 2014, 11 elderly persons who had experienced frailty in a community were interviewed. For data analysis, the method suggested by Colaizzi was applied as a phenomenological method. Results: According to the analysis, the study participants' frailty process was structured in seven categories: (a) 'natural phenomenon with ageing,' (b) 'life force comes to an end,' (c) 'the light in my heart turns off,' (d) 'unavoidable situation,' (e) 'continuous and connected vicious cycle,' (f) 'the limit of recovery energy already passes,' and (g) 'life is supported by someone's help.' Conclusion: The frailty experience in the participants is a natural process of aging, which cause vicious cycle acting with each other among physical, psychological, and social health. It is said that the cycle of frailty was started from weight loss and insufficient sleep, and boostered by pain. The participants from repetition of the vicious cycle become exhausted and pass the threshold of their recovery energy at some points. If they meet with sudden accidents such as falling, traffic accident and so on, they become to live a dependent life supported by someone's help in a moment. To prevent frailty and worsening conditions in Korean elderly individuals, it is recommended to provide a interventional programs using this study's results.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.267-276
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• 1993

본 연구에서는 우선 네트워크의 기본 이론을 소개하고, 이를 바탕으로 로봇의 궤적계획에 이용하기 위한 변수, 구속조건, 에너지를 정의하며, 네트워크가 국부적 최 소 상태에 빠지는 것을 방지하기 위하여 Temperature Adding을 이용한 적절한 가중치 조절로 작업 공간상에 장애물이 정지하고 있는 경우와 장애물이 움직이는 경우, 같은 작업 공간상에서 동시에 움직이는 두 대의 로봇들의 충돌회피문제 등 여러 종류의 궤 적 계획 문제에 적용시켜 보고자 한다. 이와같이 궤적계획 문제를 신경회로를 이용 하여 다루게 되면, 신경회로망의 링크수나 장애물의 변화등 상황의 변화에 따르는 복 잡한 모델링 전개가 필요 없어지고, 여유 자유도를 가지는 경우에도 별도의 성능지수 를 위한 인위적인 조작을 요구하는 알고리즘의 개발이 필요없이 스스로가 최소의 에너 지 상태를 찾아가게 되며, 병렬실(parallel processing) 계산방식으로 각 링크의 위치 를 동시에 구할 수 있게 되어 실시간 제어의 가능성을 제시하여 준다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.47-56
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• 1990

본 연구에서는 FWD시험의 표면 처짐곡선으로부터 시멘트 콘크리트 포장구조체의 물성 및 응력을 추정할 수 있는 역산반복기법을 개발하였다. 국내에 가설되어 있는 시멘트 콘크리트 포장구조체에 대한 요소설계를 실시하여 구한 모형들에 대하여 유한요소와 층탄성이론을 조합한 해석방법을 적용하여 처짐 특성 및 탄성 계수 추정식을 구하였다. 추정식에 의한 각 층의 탄성계수를 초기 탄성계수로 하고, 탄성계수 변화율과 처침 변화율의 관계를 이용하여 반복역산시 탄성계수 보정에 사용하였다. 각 고속도로 노선별로 효율적인 역산반복기법을 전산화하였으며, 수치모델을 통하여 신뢰성 및 타당성을 검증하였다.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.109-131
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• 2001

1. In general, male-to-female rate of those investigated was 1.83:1(M:F) and in term of economic status, most were middle class. The investigation shows that reserved, sharp and nervous persons were inclined to easily fall ill. 2. The probability of their falling ill was high in the fall and during sleep because probability of cerebral infarction was high. 3. It was found that they more refained from overeating and from eating pungent food and had less meat than before illness, in addition that refaining from drinking and smoking further improves their daily lives. 4. The especially acknowledged the necessity of physical exercise, they exercised, more frequency, but less strenuously. This was due to the decline in their physical strength or the unsystematic nature of the exercise. 5. In terms of weight loss, the test subjects lost 5kg on average while two of them lost 10kg. The investigation revealed that such stroke patients could overcome a range of problems, and they could improve and maintain their daily condition through guidance and education about their illness. Furthermore, it was revealed that patients needed be shown love and concern, to lead a normal satisfying social life.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.695-706
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• 2015

Purpose: This study was aimed to explore and describe the disease experience of Korean women with eating disorders within psychological and sociocultural context. Methods: The participants were 12 young adult women suffering with eating disorders or have recovered from the diseases. Data were collected via in-depth interviews and analyzed according to the grounded theory methodology by Strauss and Corbin. Results: The core category of the disease experience was 'becoming the master of life through desperate efforts'. The disease experience was categorized into five different phases including 'falling under the influence of others', 'collapsing the self: life swallowed by loosening weight', 'facing the wrecked self', 'struggling between the self and others', 'truly facing the self'. The intervening conditions were various supporting systems such as 'support from family', 'economic support' and 'support from trustworthy health professionals'. Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate that it is necessary to develop nursing interventions to support women with eating disorders and alleviate their suffering from eating disorders. Also specialized educational programs are warranted to prevent the eating disorders, and to reduce social stigma of eating disorders.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 1998

Microwave heating and drying processes have been well established in various industrial applications. Feasibilities of successful application of microwave drying to many material have been shown on the laboratory or pilot-plant scale. The microwave drying behavior of plating sludge are considered in this paper. The plating sludge containing 70%, 80% and 90% water exposed to microwave power at 2,450 MHz, 700W. An experimental microwave drying apparatus was designed and constructed to monitor weight loss during drying. By studying the drying characteristic curve, the moisture in sludge was almost classified into two categories : free moisture and intestinal moisture. And the critical moisture contents at which the drying rate ceases to be constant were from 10.1 to 10.5%. A simple drying model is proposed which may be used to describe drying behavior of plating sludge. The constant rate and the falling rate periods in microwave drying were addressed separately. From the eqation of constant rate period the drying rate constants decreased exponentially with increasing depth. Microwave heating compared with conventional heating offered higher heating rates from 9 to 16 times. Therefore, microwave drying process can be effective in removing moisture from plating sludge.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.125-134
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• 2010

This study was performed to evaluate the workability, strengths and durability of polymer concrete using oyster shell that are reclaimed at public shore illegally or leaved on the surroundings of shore to prevent the environmental pollution. We investigated the effect of oyster shell powder (OSP) and $CaCO_3$. on the slump, compressive strength, flexural strength, acid sulfuric and freezing and thawing resistance as a filler of polymer concrete. Modified OSP obtained by crushing oyster shell (less than 0.15 mm size) consists of 60.47 wt% of $SiO_2$ and 39.5 wt% of $CaCO_3$. As a result of slump test by OSP and $CaCO_3$. contents, it is found that slump of specimen used OSP is lower than that used $CaCO_3$. and the more OSP contents are, its slump is increased. Compressive and flexural strength of polymer concrete using OSP are similar or slightly lower than that using $CaCO_3$. In acid sulfuric test for 5 % $H_2SO_4$ and freezing thawing test, regardless of kinds of fillers and contents are not found fatal defects in weight change, falling-off in surface and durability factor.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.1152-1158
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• 2007

현재 미국, 유럽, 일본 등을 중심으로 기존의 다짐평가시험보다 빠르고 간편하게 다짐도를 평가할 수 있는 장비들이 개발되어 사용되고 있지만 국내에서는 아직 이러한 다짐평가장비의 사용이 보편화 되어 있지 않다. 이 연구에서는 모형지반에서 진동핸드로울러를 이용하여 다짐을 실시하고 기존 다짐평가 방법인 들밀도시험결과와 새로운 다짐평가장비인 지오게이지(geogauge), 간이지지력측정기(CASPFOL), 동평판재하시험기(LFWD), 동적콘관입시험기(DCP) 결과를 비교 분석하고 시험장비간 상관성 평가를 수행 하였다. 그 결과 상관계수는 $70{\sim}95%$로 대부분 높은 상관성을 보이는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.51-65
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• 2019

A wood-plastic composite (WPC) paver block was manufactured using wood chips waste through an extrusion process, and it was intended to be used for paving in basic rest areas. The first stage in this study covered preliminary tests in terms of flexural strength and dimensional swelling to determine the optimal WPC compounding mix condition, by variation of the WPC ingredients. Next, three different paver blocks including the WPC block, a non-porous cement block, and a porous cement block were tested in terms of various material properties in the laboratory. Finally, two outdoor test sections of the proposed paver blocks were prepared to simulate a basic rest area. Test results indicated that the flexural strength of the WPC paver blocks was about 1.6 times greater than that of the tested cement paver blocks. The WPC block pavement was unaffected by water buoyance as well as volume expansion due to swelling. Results from the impact absorbance test and light falling weight deflectometer (LFWD) test clearly showed that the WPC block paving system marginally satisfied the comfortable and safe hardness range from the pedestrians' perspective, while the results demonstrated that it is structurally sound for application as a road paving block.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.505-518
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• 2021

The present paper has been carried out to understand the effects of impact loading on the rock tunnels, constructed in different region corresponding to varying unconfined compressive strength (UCS), through finite element method. The UCS of rockmass has substantial role in the stability of rock tunnels under impact loading condition due to falling rocks or other objects. In the present study, Dolomite, Shale, Sandstone, Granite, Basalt, and Quartzite rocks have been taken into consideration for understanding of the effect of UCS that vary from 2.85 MPa to 207.03 MPa. The Mohr-Coulomb constitutive model has been considered in the present study for the nonlinear elastoplastic analysis for all the rocks surrounding the tunnel opening. The geometry and boundary conditions of the model remains constant throughout the analysis and missile has 100 kg of weight. The general hard contact has been assigned to incorporate the interaction between different parts of the model. The present study focuses on studying the deformations in the rock tunnel caused by impacting load due to missile for tunnels having different concrete grade, and steel grade. The broader range of rock strength depicts the strong relationship between the UCS of rock and the extent of damage produced under different impact loading conditions. The energy released during an impact loading simulation shows the variation of safety and serviceability of the rock tunnel.