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A Comparative Study on Marine Rescue Volunteer Organizations (해상 구조 봉사단체의 비교 연구)

  • Lee, Jong-Myoung;Kim, Young-Ki
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.385-392
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    • 2009
  • Maritime safety management needs active public participations because the sea is too wide for a government to respond to all unexpected accidents with limited resources. Marine rescue volunteer organizations of US, UK, Japan and Korea were compared one another on the base of disaster management governance theory, and recommendations for the development of marine rescue volunteer organization of Korea were proposed. The advanced organizations commonly have tradition of marine rescue voluntaryism in the advanced maritime countries. They have nation-wide networks and self-governing structures. Their main activities include public maritime safety education and fundraising programs as well as marine rescue operations. They have cooperative relationships with government agencies in charge of national maritime safety management, which are usually guaranteed by legislations or institutional systems. Donations from the public are major source of their finances. Members mainly consist of civil volunteers, and get basic compensations for their expenses. For the advancement of marine rescue volunteer organization of Korea, efforts are needed to strengthen the membership of civil rescue fleet, to activate public education and fundraising programs, and to amend the related law for institutional support.

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Safety countermeasures for the marine casualties of fishing vessels in Korea (우리나라의 어선 해양사고에 대한 안전대책)

  • Kang, Il-Kwon;Kim, Hyung-Seok;Shin, Hyeong-Il;Lee, Yoo-Won;Kim, Jeong-Chang;Jo, Hyo-Jae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.43 no.2
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    • pp.149-159
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    • 2007
  • Marine casualties of fishing vessels were analyzed to reduce the sacrifice of human life using data of the Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal from 1995 to 2004 in Korea. The occurred number of fishing vessel casualties were likely to be higher portion than non-fishing vessels, but the occurring ratio of fishing vessel casualties were marked 2.96 times lower than that of non-fishing vessel casualties. The occurring ratios of bigger fishing vessel casualties were higher than smaller ones. Most marine casualties were resulted from the human factors such as poor watchkeeping, negligent action for engine and etc. The trend of marine casualties showed that the machinery damage hold the first and collision accidents took the second, but on a point of cause of them, operating errors took first and poor handling or inspection of machinery held the second place. Because those two casualties took major portion, and very important problems for safety of fishing vessels, so we ought to try to reduce the factors before everything else. In addition, since collision, sinking and capsizing in marine casualties have led to death, missing and injury of lives, it is necessary for navigation operators to take more educations and training intended to reduce the marine casualties systematically and continuously.

A Clinical and Statistical Study on Maxillofacial Fractures. (악안면골(顎顔面骨) 골절환자(骨折患者)의 임상(臨床) 통계적(統計的) 연구(硏究))

  • Kim, Seung-Lyong;Jin, Woo-Jeong;Shin, Hyo-Keun;Kim, Oh-Hwan
    • Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 1989
  • This is a retrospective study on maxillofacial fractures. This study was based on a series of 442 patients with maxillofacial fractures treated at Dept, of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chon Buk National University from Jan, 1984 to Sep. 1988. The results obtained were as follows: 1. The ratio of Male/Female was 4.8 : 1, and 3rd decade (43.9%) was the highest age group in incidence. 2. Monthly incidence was the highest in Oct,(10.6%). 3. The most frequent maxillofacial fracture site was mandible (70.0%), and zygoma & zygomatic arch (13.6%), maxilla(11.7%) and nasal bone (4.7%) were next in order of frequency. 4. Traffic accidents (47.5%), fight(24.8%) were the most common causes of maxillofacial fractures. 5. The most frequent chief complaint was painful swelling(40.7%). 6. In mandibular fractures, the most frequent fracture site was symphyseal area(28.9%) and simple fracture was the most frequent in type of fracture (71.2%). 7. In maxillary fractures, fracture with other facial bones (64.5%) was more frequent than fracture of maxilla only. The most common type of fracture was unilateral fractures(37.1%). 8. In fracture of zygoma complex, zygoma fracture was the most frequent fracture type(40.3%), zygoma and zygomatic arch fx, (30.6%), zygomatic arch fx, (29.1%) were next in order 9. Open reduction was major method of treatment in maxillofacial fractures : Mandible (77.5%), Maxilla (61.3%), Zygoma complex(43.1%). 10. Maxillofacial fractures were most frequently combined with head injury(39.3%), and lower extremities(17.0%), upper extremities(13.6%) were next in order.

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A Ground Penetrating Radar Detection of Buried Cavities and Pipes and Development of an Image Processing Program (지반 공동 및 매립관의 지반 투과 레이더 탐사 및 이미지 처리 프로그램 개발)

  • Lee, Hyun-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.177-184
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    • 2017
  • Many ground subsidence accidents have happened in Korea. The accident was caused by the subsidence and leakage of the deteriorated sewage pipe. This study aims to establish the empirical data of the ground penetration radar(GPR) detection for ground subsidence. A test bed was also manufactured for the same purpose. The GPR detection variables are embedment depth and horizontal distance of embedded cast iron pipe and expanded polystyrene(EPS). From the detection results, the EPS embedded by a depth of 1.5m was difficult for detection. The EPS closely embedded to the cast iron pipe within a 0.5m distance had a very strong cast iron pipe signal. Therefore, the detection was impossible. This study developed an image processing program, called the GPR image processing program(GPRiPP), to process the GPR detection results. Its major function is the gain function, which amplifies the wiggle wave signal. Compared to the existing programs, the GPRiPP is capable of showing a similar image processing performance.

Hormesis as a Confounding Factor in Epidemiological Studies of Radiation Carcinogenesis

  • Sanders Charles L.
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.69-89
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    • 2006
  • Biological mechanisms for ionizing radiation effects are different at low doses than at high doses. Radiation hormesis involves low-dose-induced protection and high-dose-induced harm. The protective component is associated with a reduction in the incidence of cancer below the spontaneous frequency, brought about by activation of defensive and repair processes. The Linear No-Threshold (LNT) hypothesis advocated by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and the Biological Effects of ionizing Radiation (BEIR) Report VII for cancer risk estimations Ignores hormesis and the presence of a threshold. Cancer incidences significantly less than expected have been found in a large number of epidemiological studies including, airline flight personnel, inhabitants of high radiation backgrounds, shipyard workers, nuclear site workers in scores of locations throughout the world, nuclear power utility workers, plutonium workers, military nuclear test site Participants, Japanese A-bomb survivors, residents contaminated by major nuclear accidents, residents of Taiwan living in $^{60}Co$ contaminated buildings, fluoroscopy and mammography patients, radium dial painters, and those exposed to indoor radon. Significantly increased cancer was not found at doses <200 $mSv^*$. Evidence for radiation hormesis was seen in both sexes for acute or chronic exposures, low or high LET radiations, external whole- or partial body exposures, and for internal radionuclides. The ubiquitous nature of the Healthy Worker Effect (HWE)-like responses in cellular, animal and epidemiological studies negates the HWE as an explanation for radiation hormesis. The LNT hypothesis is wrong and does not represent the true nature of the dose-response relationship, since low doses or dose-rates commonly result in thresholds and reduce cancer incidences below the spontaneous rate. Radiation protection organizations should seriously consider the cost and health implications of radiation hormesis.

Effects of Contact Resistance on temperature Rise in a MCCB (접촉저항이 배선용 차단기 내부 온도상승에 미치는 영향)

  • 박성규;이종철;김윤제
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.12-19
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    • 2004
  • A Molded Case Circuit Breaker (MCCB) is an electric control device to interrupt the abnormal currents which result from the over-loads or short-circuits. Its malfunction will result in severe accidents. In the development of the MCCB, higher current-rating and improved thermal performance become more and more important in providing the safe function and reliability for the modern devices requiring small scale and high performance. It is also very important to consider the factors of temperature rise in the design of MCCB. The major reasons of temperature rise in the MCCB result from the resistances, which are come from the connection and contact surfaces. These resistances are influenced by current, time, configuration of contact surfaces and applied voltage. In order to predict the temperature distribution inside MCCB, we have simulated the model with some assumptions and simplifications, using commercial code ICEPAK. To verify the results of temperature field analysis, the numerical results are compared with experimental ones for the same model. The results show a good agreement with actual temperature rise obtained by experiments.

Epidemiologic study of injury and poisoning occurrence in a rural area (일부 농촌지역 손상 및 중독 발생에 관한 역학적 연구)

  • Yoon, Hi-Seop
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.467-479
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    • 1999
  • The mortality and morbidity caused by injury and poisoning has been major public health problem in Korea. This study was carried out to get information indispensable in developing prevention srategies peculiar to korean rural area. In this study 1.499 people of 496 households. who are living in five rural villages of Chooncheon City. Kang-Won Province. were interviewed in accordance with structured questionaire in 1996. The results obtained are summarized as follows: 1. The age-standardized annual incidence rates of injury and poisoning per 100 persons surveyed were 4.2 in males and 1.9 in females. The difference between sex was statistically significant. 2. The places where most of injuries and poisonings occurred were road 66.7% among males. road 31.6% among females. 3. The occurrence of the injuries and poisonings were clustered in intensive farming season in both males and females. 4. The laceration and stab wound were the most frequent nature of injuries in males and the fracture was the most frequent nature of injuries in females. The fracture. sprain were more frequent among males but sprain and contusion were more frequent among females. 5. Incidence rates of injuries and poisoning by cause were higher in traffic accidents among males. though falls among females. The cause specific incidence rate by age was high in traffic accident for 30-59 year age group. and for the aged people older than 60 years. 6. In the management pattern, 78.8% of the injuries and poisoning were received medical care in hospitals and clinics, and the duration of the treatment over 4 weeks in 37.0%. The results obtained indicate that organized community effort is urgently required to prevent injuries and poisonings in rural area.

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Actual condition of theater stage and project for activation of exhibition in Choongchung area (충청도 지자체 공연장 활성화 및 무대조명시스템 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jang-Weon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.93-97
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    • 2009
  • Focusing on major event halls in Chung-cheong province, data of events including actual condition of management and state of facilities, accomplishment of performance help us to figure out the problems of local culture events and make concrete plans for development of local culture. Through the facilities and actual result of the performance, records of accidents, including dancing, which could happened in stage allow us to protect performer from an unpleasant matter in advance. Because it is considered to be helpful to make some developments of the art of stage and local culture, we take decisive action with mutual comparison. The purpose of this treatise is to suggest alternative method to develop culture and art events in Chung-cheong province by analyzing the president condition of management.

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A Study on the Abnormal Behavior Detection Model through Data Transfer Data Analysis (자료 전송 데이터 분석을 통한 이상 행위 탐지 모델의 관한 연구)

  • Son, In Jae;Kim, Huy Kang
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.647-656
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    • 2020
  • Recently, there has been an increasing number of cases in which important data (personal information, technology, etc.) of national and public institutions are leaked to the outside world. Surveys show that the largest cause of such leakage accidents is "insiders." Insiders of organization with the most authority can cause more damage than technology leaks caused by external attacks due to the organization. This is due to the characteristics of insiders who have relatively easy access to the organization's major assets. This study aims to present an optimized property selection model for detecting such abnormalities through supervised learning algorithms among machine learning techniques using actual data such as CrossNet data transfer system transmission log, e-mail transmission log, and personnel information, which safely transmits data between separate areas (security area and non-security area) of the business network and the Internet network.

A Study on Semi Quantitative Risk Analysis for Air Separation Unit using a GRA(Generic Risk Analysis) Method (GRA(Generic Risk Analysis) 기법을 이용한 공기분리시설에 대한 준 정량적 위험성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Jung-Soo;Byun, Hun-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.56-66
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    • 2013
  • The gas production plants supply the inert gas to production plants for maintaining safe operation and also supply combustible, flammable, explosive and toxic gases as functions of basic materials needed for producing chemical goods. In addition, gas plants need to be safe and reliable operation because they are operated under high temperature, high pressure, cryogenic and catalytic reactions. As these plants have a complex process in operation, there has been a risk that major industrial accidents such as a fire, explosion and toxic gas released, also risks of asphyxiations by inert gases and burns caused by high temperature and cryogenic substances. This study is to carry out the semi quantitative risk assesment method which is the generic risk analysis (GRA). This method is applied to air separation unit(ASU) to identify its initial risk, safety barriers, residual risk and elements important for safety(EIS). The result of this study, suggested the management tools and procedures of implementation for EIS management.