• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.295-307
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• 2021

The gap provided between adjacent structures in the metropolitan cities is mostly narrow due to architectural and financial issues. Consequently, structural pounding occurs between adjacent structures during earthquakes. It causes damages, ranging from minor local to more severe ones, especially in the case of seismically isolated buildings, due to their higher displacements. However, due to the increased flexibility of isolated buildings, the problem could become more detrimental to such structures. The effect of the seismic pounding of moat walls on the response of buildings isolated by Triple Friction Pendulum Bearing (TFPB) is investigated in this paper. To this propose, two symmetric three-dimensional models, including single-story and five-story buildings, are modeled in Opensees. Nonlinear Time History Analyses (NTHA) are performed for seismic evaluation. Also, five different sizes with four different sets of friction coefficients are considered for base isolators to cover a whole range of base isolation systems with various geometry configurations and fundamental period. The results are investigated in terms of base shear, buildings' drift, and roof acceleration. Results indicated a profound effect of poundings against moat walls. In situations of potential pounding, in some cases, the influence of impact on seismic responses of multistory buildings was more remarkable.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.22-31
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• 2022

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of learning style and lecture attitude on academic achievement in non-face-to-face lectures. Among students attending H University in the first semester of 2020. 1,880 students voluntarily participated in the survey. The questionnaire consists of 33 questions, and actual GPA was used to determine academic achievement. In this study, ANOVA and regression were utilized to find out the factors affecting academic achievement. The results are as follows. First, in the correlation between learning style types, the higher the avoidant learning style, the lower the independent, cooperative, and competitive types. Second, the higher the independent learning type, the higher the positive lecture attitude and GPA, and the higher the type of cooperative learning, the higher the negative lecture attitude. Third, the positive attitudes of 4th graders were higher than that of 1st graders. Fourth, there was no difference in learning style between colleges. Fifth, independent/competitive learning styles and non-face-to-face lecture attitudes had a significant effect on academic achievement in non-face-to-face lectures. In conclusion, in order to narrow the academic gap, instructors must identify the type of learning style. And it is necessary to consider students' preferences for non-face-to-face lectures.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.119-126
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• 2022

본 연구는 내진설계가 되어 있지 않은 필로티 건축물의 부족한 횡력을 보강할 수 있는 외부부착형 내진보강공법(Binding Column Method, BCM)을 제안하였다. 또한, 제안된 내진보강공법을 대상으로 보강실험체 4개, 기준 실험체 1개를 제작하여 반복가력 실험을 통하여 보강 전·후의 내진성능향상 효과를 검토하였다. 실험 결과, 기준 실험체(SC1)는 급격한 강도저하와 함께 취성적인 전단파괴의 양상을 나타낸 반면, BCM 공법을 적용한 실험체(SC2, SC3, SC4, SC5)는 강도 및 강성의 증가와 함께 에너지 흡수 능력이 큰 타원형의 이력특성을 나타내었다. 또한, 간격이 좁고 토크가 크며, L자형 강판의 두께가 두꺼울수록 보강효과가 향상됨을 알 수 있다. BCM공법 중 전단보강간격이 작고, 조임력 값이 크며, 연결철물이 두꺼운 SC4실험체가 가장 뛰어난 내진성능보강 효과를 나타내었다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.111-117
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• 2021

이 연구의 목적은 개인 수준의 문화적 자본과 국가 수준의 사회 복지 지출이 노인의 생활만족도에 영향을 미치는지 실증적 분석을 통해 설명하는데 있다. 본 연구의 방법은 65세 이상의 노인 3,297명의 대상과 OECD국가 중 총9개 국가를 대상으로 HLM(다층모형)분석을 실시하였다. 분석결과 첫째, 생활만족도와 사회계급은 유의미한 영향이 확인되었다. 따라서 노인의 생활만족도를 증진하기 위해서는 사회계층의 차이를 좁힐 수 있는 정책적·실천적 개입 방안이 마련되어져야 할 것이다. 둘째, 노령연금과 유족연금은 생활 만족도에 큰 영향이 확인되지 않았다. 하지만 상호작용 결과, 사회계급은 생활만족도에 유의한 영향을 미치고 있으며 이는 소득불평등도가 낮을수록 생활만족도에 더 정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 결론적으로, 개인과 국가 모두 노인의 생활만족도를 증진시키기 위해 다각적인 관점으로 노력해야 함을 시사하고 있다.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the International Welding/Joining Conference-Korea
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• pp.94-100
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• 2002

During the last years, great progress has been made in the fields of welding power sources and filler materials for the MIG-welding of magnesium alloys. This advice resulted in a better welding process, md, therefore, in highly improved welding results. Furthermore the gap between short-circuiting- and spray-arc-trunsfer could be closed by the triggered short-circuiting- and the short-circuiting-arc with pulse overlay. A crucial contribution to the welding process is the energy input into the filler material. Many problems result from the physical properties of magnesium, for instance its narrow interval between melting point 600$^{\circ}C$ and vaporization point 1100$^{\circ}C$. The energy input into the filler material has to be regulated in such a way that the wire will melt but not vaporize. For th is reason, special characteristics of power sources hue been examined and optimized with the help of high-speed-photographs of the welding process with particular consideration of the drop detachment. An important improvement of the weld seam profile has been achieved by using filler material of only 1.2 mm in diameter. The experiments hue been made with 2.5 mm thick extruded profiles of AZ31 and AZ6l. The results of tensile testing showed strength values of 80 to 100% of the base metal. B ending angles up to 60$^{\circ}$ have been reached. The fatigue strength under reversed bending of the examined magnesium alloys after welding reaches 50% of the strength of the base metal. When the seam reinforcement is ground of the fatigue strength can be raised up to 75% of the base metal.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.93-103
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• 2024

Satellite glial cells (SGCs), a major type of glial cell in the autonomic ganglia, closely envelop the cell body and even the synaptic regions of a single neuron with a very narrow gap. This structurally unique organization suggests that autonomic neurons and SGCs may communicate reciprocally. Glial Ca²⁺ signaling is critical for controlling neural activity. Here, for the first time we identified the machinery of store-operated Ca²⁺ entry (SOCE) which is critical for cellular Ca²⁺ homeostasis in rat sympathetic ganglia under normal and pathological states. Quantitative realtime PCR and immunostaining analyses showed that Orai1 and stromal interaction molecules 1 (STIM1) proteins are the primary components of SOCE machinery in the sympathetic ganglia. When the internal Ca²⁺ stores were depleted in the absence of extracellular Ca²⁺, the number of plasmalemmal Orai1 puncta was increased in neurons and SGCs, suggesting activation of the Ca²⁺ entry channels. Intracellular Ca²⁺ imaging revealed that SOCE was present in SGCs and neurons; however, the magnitude of SOCE was much larger in the SGCs than in the neurons. The SOCE was significantly suppressed by GSK7975A, a selective Orai1 blocker, and Pyr6, a SOCE blocker. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) upregulated the glial fibrillary acidic protein and Toll-like receptor 4 in the sympathetic ganglia. Importantly, LPS attenuated SOCE via downregulating Orai1 and STIM1 expression. In conclusion, sympathetic SGCs functionally express the SOCE machinery, which is indispensable for intracellular Ca²⁺ signaling. The SOCE is highly susceptible to inflammation, which may affect sympathetic neuronal activity and thereby autonomic output.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.779-786
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• 2022

본 연구는 천연 방사선 방호제로 단풍마 추출물이 수컷 쥐의 전립선과 심장에 미치는 영향을 관찰하기 위한 것이다. 단풍마는 남성 질환과 심장질환을 개선하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 감마선 10 Gy를 수컷 흰 쥐(Sprague Dawley Rat)의 전신에 조사하여 단풍마 추출물의 방사선 방호 효과를 확인하였다. 조사 후, 1일, 7일, 21일 차의 혈액학적 변화, 7일 차의 항산화 효소(SOD) 활성도 및 조직 변화를 관찰하였다. 96 마리의 수컷 SD Rat을 대조군(NC Group), 단풍마 추출물 투여군(DQ Group), 방사선 조사군(IR Group), 단풍마 추출물 투여 후 방사선 조사군(DQ+IR Group)의 4개 군으로 분류하였다. DQ+IR Group은 IR Group보다 더 높은 림프구, 혈소판 수치를 보였다. SOD 활성도도 DQ+IR Group은 IR Group보다 높은 수치를 보였다. NC Group과 DQ Group에서는 전립선 낭 내의 세포 수가 양호하고 전립선 낭 간의 간격이 상대적으로 좁았다. 그러나 IR Group에서는 사멸한 세포 수가 많이 증가하고 간격이 넓어짐을 확인할 수 있었다. DQ+IR Group은 IR Group과 유사하게 전립선 낭 간의 간격이 증가했지만 사멸한 세포 수가 많이 감소함을 확인할 수 있었다. NC Group과 DQ Group은 심혈관과 심근이 뚜렷하게 분리되어 있고 세포의 상태가 양호하다. 그러나 IR Group에서는 사멸한 세포의 수가 많았고 심혈관과 심근 경계의 파괴를 확인할 수 있었다. DQ+IR Group은 IR Group과 유사하게 사멸한 세포의 수가 많았고 심혈관과 심근의 경계가 넓어졌지만 파괴되지는 않았다. 따라서 단풍마 추출물은 전립선 및 심혈관에 대한 방사선 방호효과가 있다고 사료된다.

• 경영정보학연구
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.131-159
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• 2023

최근 코로나 엔데믹(Endemic)을 배경으로 메타버스의 미래에 대한 회의론이 부상하는 한편, 로블록스(Roblox) 등 주요 메타버스 플랫폼이 생성형 AI를 결합한 서비스를 출시하고 애플(Apple)의 MR(Mixed Reality)하드웨어인 비전프로(Vision Pro)가 발표되면서 메타버스의 새로운 기대감이 형성되고 있다. 이처럼 메타버스의 전망이 엇갈리는 상황에서 메타버스를 생태계적 관점에서 파악하고, 주요 생태계적 특징과 발전 동력 그리고 향후 발전 가능성을 검토하는 것이 필요하다. 이에 본 연구는 정보시스템(IS)분야에서 생태계 연구를 대표하는 Wang(2021)의 IET(Information Ecology Theory)를 사용하여 메타버스 산업 생태계(MIE : Metaverse Industrial Ecosystem)를 도출하였다. 분석 결과 MIE는 네 가지 세부 영역(Tech Landscape, Category Ecosystem, Metaverse Platform, Product/Service Ecosystem)으로 구성되며, 디지털 연결성, 현실과 가상의 연결, 가치 창출, 가치 공유(Web 3.0) 라는 특징을 확인하였다. 또한 MIE의 세부 영역 간 상호작용과 상술한 특징들은 메타버스를 플랫폼을 넘어 생태계 차원에서 발전시키는 동력으로 작용하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 생태계 차원에서의 MIE의 발전은 크게 세 가지 단계(Narrow Ecosystem, Expanded Ecosystem, Everywhere Ecosystem)로 정의되었으며, 향후 로봇, AI, 6G 등 유관 기술과 산업의 발전은 현(Expanded Ecosystem) 생태계 수준을 넘어 현실과 가상이 연결되는 Everywhere Ecosystem으로의 발전을 촉진시킬 전망이다. 본 연구는 다음과 같은 시사점을 내포한다. 기존 메타버스 연구에서 취약했던 생태계 분야에 있어 핵심 이론과 분석 기반을 제공, 다양한 메타버스 연구 주제를 제시한다. 또한 메타버스 연구의 주요 분야인 메타버스 개념 연구와 영향력 연구를 통합할 수 있는 학술적 기반을 제공한다. 마지막으로 본 연구가 제시하는 메타버스의 발전 단계와 발전 조건 등을 참고하여 기업과 정부는 미래 메타버스 신시장 및 관련 기술을 발굴하고, 다양한 메타버스 사업 전략을 검토할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.222-222
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• 2012

Metal oxide gas sensors based on semiconductor type have attracted a great deal of attention due to their low cost, flexible production and simple usability. However, most works have been focused on n-type oxides, while the characteristics of p-type oxide gas sensors have been barely studied. An investigation on p-type oxides is very important in that the use of them makes possible the novel sensors such as p-n diode and tandem devices. Monoclinic cupric oxide (CuO) is p-type semiconductor with narrow band gap (~1.2 eV). This is composed of abundant, nontoxic elements on earth, and thus low-cost, environment-friendly devices can be realized. However, gas sensing properties of neat CuO were rarely explored and the mechanism still remains unclear. In this work, the neat CuO layers with highly ordered mesoporous structures were prepared by a template-free, one-pot solution-based method using novel ink solutions, formulated with copper formate tetrahydrate, hexylamine and ethyl cellulose. The shear viscosity of the formulated solutions was 5.79 Pa s at a shear rate of 1 s-1. The solutions were coated on SiO2/Si substrates by spin-coating (ink) and calcined for 1 h at the temperature of $200{\sim}600^{\circ}C$ in air. The surface and cross-sectional morphologies of the formed CuO layers were observed by a focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) and porosity was determined by image analysis using simple computer-programming. XRD analysis showed phase evolutions of the layers, depending on the calcination temperature, and thermal decompositions of the neat precursor and the formulated ink were investigated by TGA and DSC. As a result, the formation of the porous structures was attributed to the vaporization of ethyl cellulose contained in the solutions. Mesoporous CuO, formed with the ink solution, consisted of grains and pores with nano-meter size. All of them were strongly dependent on calcination temperature. Sensing properties toward H2 and C2H5OH gases were examined as a function of operating temperature. High and fast responses toward H2 and C2H5OH gases were discussed in terms of crystallinity, nonstoichiometry and morphological factors such as porosity, grain size and surface-to-volume ratio. To our knowledge, the responses toward H2 and C2H5OH gases of these CuO gas sensors are comparable to previously reported values.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.189-189
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• 2012

Lead sulfide (PbS) nanocrystal quantum dots (NQDs) are promising materials for various optoelectronic devices, especially solar cells, because of their tunability of the optical band-gap controlled by adjusting the diameter of NQDs. PbS is a IV-VI semiconductor enabling infrared-absorption and it can be synthesized using solution process methods. A wide choice of the diameter of PbS NQDs is also a benefit to achieve the quantum confinement regime due to its large Bohr exciton radius (20 nm). To exploit these desirable properties, many research groups have intensively studied to apply for the photovoltaic devices. There are several essential requirements to fabricate the efficient NQDs-based solar cell. First of all, highly confined PbS QDs should be synthesized resulting in a narrow peak with a small full width-half maximum value at the first exciton transition observed in UV-Vis absorbance and photoluminescence spectra. In other words, the size-uniformity of NQDs ought to secure under 5%. Second, PbS NQDs should be assembled carefully in order to enhance the electronic coupling between adjacent NQDs by controlling the inter-QDs distance. Finally, appropriate structure for the photovoltaic device is the key issue to extract the photo-generated carriers from light-absorbing layer in solar cell. In this step, workfunction and Fermi energy difference could be precisely considered for Schottky and hetero junction device, respectively. In this presentation, we introduce the strategy to obtain high performance solar cell fabricated using PbS NQDs below the size of the Bohr radius. The PbS NQDs with various diameters were synthesized using methods established by Hines with a few modifications. PbS NQDs solids were assembled using layer-by-layer spin-coating method. Subsequent ligand-exchange was carried out using 1,2-ethanedithiol (EDT) to reduce inter-NQDs distance. Finally, Schottky junction solar cells were fabricated on ITO-coated glass and 150 nm-thick Al was deposited on the top of PbS NQDs solids as a top electrode using thermal evaporation technique. To evaluate the solar cell performance, current-voltage (I-V) measurement were performed under AM 1.5G solar spectrum at 1 sun intensity. As a result, we could achieve the power conversion efficiency of 3.33% at Schottky junction solar cell. This result indicates that high performance solar cell is successfully fabricated by optimizing the all steps as mentioned above in this work.