• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.409-420
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• 2018

Objectives: An outbreak of humidifier disinfectant-related respiratory disease has not only been a massive disaster for end users, but it is also a concern for the workers of the manufacturers. This study presents the results of a questionnaire survey on the health effects among workers involved in the manufacture of humidifier disinfectants. Methods: Seven sites where humidifier disinfectants were manufactured were identified. A questionnaire survey was conducted to assess the physical symptoms experienced by workers related to humidifier disinfectants. Among a total of 177 workers, 42 subjects were available for the survey. Results: Twenty-one of the 42 respondents reported that they experienced respiratory or skin and mucosal irritation symptoms during work. Of the respondents who experienced symptoms, 14 believed that their symptoms were related to the work process and reported that the symptoms were experienced while working. However, no respondents reported ongoing symptoms or sequelae during the investigation period, and this result could not minimize selection bias due to low response rates. We then compared the characteristics of the group who experienced suspicious symptoms with those of the group without any symptoms. There was no statistically significant difference between two groups. Conclusions: We could not find significant health effects related to the humidifier disinfectant manufacturing process, although 21 respondents experienced stimulant symptoms and 14 respondents believed that the symptoms were related to the work process. Due to the long period of time after occupational exposure and the lack of data, there were many limitations to this study. However, this is one of the few follow-up investigations of workers related to this large-scale disaster in South Korea and the limitations of this study highlight the need to follow up with a nationwide database rather than an occasional survey.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.933-939
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• 2011

최근 집중호우에 따른 침수 및 산사태와 같은 자연재해로 인해 여러 곳에서 많은 피해가 발생하고 있다. 집중호우의 경우 도로 침수가 발생하면 교통 혼잡 및 고립으로 인한 피해는 심각할 수 있다. 이러한 재난이 확대되는 것을 예방하기 위하여 사전에 상습침수구역, 재해 위험지역 등의 현장 정보를 분석하여 예방을 위한 모니터링 시스템이 필요하며, 과거 자연재해 이력 데이터를 사용하여 자연재해 발생 당시의 교통량, 속도 등을 파악한다면 재해 규모, 강우량 등에 따른 교통 혼잡의 변화를 분석할 수 있다. 본 연구는 부산시 남구 대연동의 대남교차로를 시작으로 광안대교를 지나 올림픽 교차로까지 연구대상지역으로 설정하고 과거 이력 데이터를 사용하여 선택된 도로에서의 과거재해정보와 해당 날짜의 교통량 등의 정보를 검색할 수 있는 시스템을 구현하였다.

• 정보관리학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.7-24
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• 2010

본 연구는 온라인 정보원을 12개 유형으로 범주화한 다음 전국적 규모의 대규모 온라인 설문조사를 통해, 온라인 정보의 유형별 신뢰도 실태조사 및 신뢰지수의 도출, 그리고 온라인 정보의 유형별 신뢰성 평가요인에 대해 분석한 것이다. 본 연구 결과 드러난 몇 가지 중요한 사실은 다음과 같다. 우선 온라인 정보원의 유형별 '신뢰지수'는 뉴스 사이트에 게시된 정보(72.553), 금융기관(68.894), 정부기관(67.938), 카페(66.464), 포털(65.001), 집단지성(63.489), 비영리기관(63.392), 일반기업(59.789), 블로그(59.066), 온라인 토론방(55.609), 전자상거래 사이트(55.118), 미니홈피(50.695)의 순으로 나타났다. 다음으로 유형별 온라인 정보원의 신뢰성 평가 요인에 대한 분석에서, 전체적으로 보아 '널리 알려진 웹 사이트이다'는 요인은 온라인 정보원 정보원의 유형에 관계없이 대부분의 범주에서 신뢰성 평가를 위한 주된 요인이 되고 있으며, 카페나 블로그, 미니홈피, 토론방, 집단지성 등의 신뢰성 평가에는 게시된 글의 조회 수나 댓글 등과 같은 다른 이용자의 의견이, 그리고 금융기관이나 일반기업, 정부기관이나 비영리기관 등은 해당 기관의 평판이 신뢰성 평가의 주된 요인이 되고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 정보관리학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.31-52
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• 1988

정보의 자원화를 국가 발전의 기본적인 원동력으로 간주하고 있는 일본의 정책 현 황을 일본학술회의, 과학기술청, 통상산업성, 문부성을 중심으로 분석하였다. 정책이 효과적 으로 실행되기 위하여서는 최고 통치권자를 자문하는 협의 기관이 반드시 필요하며 이를 능 독적으로 활동시키기 위한 제도 또한 중요하다. 법률에 의한 명백한 임무의 부여와 관 에리 트와 지식 인간의 협력 또는 마찰의 정도가 정보 정책을 시행하는데 결정적인 요인이 됨을 현재 진행되고 있는 여러 시책 사항을 통하여 지적하였다. 문부성에서 의욕적인 정책으로 추진하여 소기의 성과를 거두고 있는 일본학술정보센터의 정책적 효과를 온라인 네트워크를 편성하는 기본 조직으로 주의 깊게 관찰할 대상임을 강조하였으며 과학기술청이 주관하는 일본 과학기술정보센터의 기능 또한 중요한 기관으로 간주됨을 분석하였다. 이들 기관 이외 에 광범위한 활동을 전개하고 있는 각급 사회 단체 연구소등 반관반민의 조직 또는 민간 레 벨의 조직은 본론에서는 제외되었다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제60권6호
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• pp.710-716
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• 2017

Objective : Among pediatric injury, brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability. To improve outcomes, many developed countries built neurotrauma databank (NTDB) system but there was not established nationwide coverage NTDB until 2009 and there have been few studies on pediatric traumatic head injury (THI) patients in Korea. Therefore, we analyzed epidemiology and outcome from the big data of pediatric THI. Methods : We collected data on pediatric patients from 23 university hospitals including 9 regional trauma centers from 2010 to 2014 and analyzed their clinical factors (sex, age, initial Glasgow coma scale, cause and mechanism of head injury, presence of surgery). Results : Among all the 2617 THI patients, total number of pediatric patients was 256. The average age of the subjects was 9.07 (standard deviation${\pm}6.3$) years old. The male-to female ratio was 1.87 to 1 and male dominance increases with age. The most common cause for trauma were falls and traffic accidents. Age (p=0.007), surgery (p<0.001), mechanism of trauma (p=0.016), subdural hemorrhage (SDH) (p<0.001), diffuse axonal injury (DAI) (p<0.001) were statistically significant associated with severe brain injury. Conclusion : Falls were the most common cause of trauma, and age, surgery, mechanism of trauma, SDH, DAI increased with injury severity. There is a critical need for effective fall and traffic accidents prevention strategies for children, and we should give attention to these predicting factors for more effective care.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.207-217
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• 2016

Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyze and visualize the distribution of patients visiting the periodontology department at a dental college hospital, using a geographic information system (GIS) to utilize these data in patient care and treatment planning, which may help to assess the risk and prevent periodontal diseases. Methods: Basic patient information data were obtained from Dankook University Dental Hospital, including the unit number, gender, date of birth, and address, down to the dong (neighborhood) administrative district unit, of 306,656 patients who visited the hospital between 2007 and 2014. The data of only 26,457 patients who visited the periodontology department were included in this analysis. The patient distribution was visualized using GIS. Statistical analyses including multiple regression, logistic regression, and geographically weighted regression were performed using SAS 9.3 and ArcGIS 10.1. Five factors, namely proximity, accessibility, age, gender, and socioeconomic status, were investigated as the explanatory variables of the patient distribution. Results: The visualized patient data showed a nationwide scale of the patient distribution. The mean distance from each patient's regional center to the hospital was $30.94{\pm}29.62km$ and was inversely proportional to the number of patients from the respective regions. The distance from a regional center to the adjacent toll gate had various effects depending on the local distance from the hospital. The average age of the patients was $52.41{\pm}12.97years$. Further, a majority of regions showed a male dominance. Personal income had inconsistent results between analyses. Conclusions: The distribution of patients is significantly affected by the proximity, accessibility, age, gender and socioeconomic status of patients, and the patients visiting the periodontology department travelled farther distances than those visiting the other departments. The underlying reason for this needs to be analyzed further.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.119-126
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• 2019

출산율 저하와 평균수명 연장 등으로 빠르게 고령화 사회가 되고 있는 우리나라는, 노인 질환 또한 큰 문제가 되고 있다. 그 중 관리가 어렵고 많은 사회적 비용을 필요로 하는 치매 환자의 수가 빠르게 증가하고 있으나, 인식 부족, 전문 인력의 부족 등으로 인해 치매의 국가적 관리와 사회적 부담이 큰 이슈가 되고 있다. 이에, 치매의 전단계인 경도인지장애를 효율적으로 선별하는 기기를 개발하였다. 기기 개발을 위해 최신 IoT 기술을 활용하였고, 최적화된 K-HDS를 도입하였으며, 편리한 사용방식과 친화적인 디자인을 적용하였다. 그 결과, 거부감 없고 손쉬운 동작으로 빠르고 편리하게 경도인지장애 등의 증상을 선별할 수 있었다. 이 기기를 활용하면, 경도인지장애 또는 치매의 초기 단계로 의심되는 증상을 효율적으로 선별하여 조기에 치매를 예방하고, 보다 건강한 사회를 만들 수 있을 것이다.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.71-84
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• 2001

Korean peninsula has the most mountainous areas such as mountains and hilly country, and it is surrounded by the sea on all sides but one. In this respect, a large scaled construction works have frequently been conducted. However, it is not easy to porform a large scale blasting work without giving any harm to houses or facilities nationwide. Therefore, blasting work becomes more closely related to maintenance thing due to the development of the downtown or a large structure for key facilities. Many researches on blast in the open space and tunnel blasting have been conducted. On the contrary, research on underwater blasting operations is comparatively scanty even though much more necessity of marine development is required. In this respect, this study aims to investigate the characteristics of underwater blasting operations and to make a comparative study with blast in the open space. As a result of examining into the characteristics during underwater blasting operations, the around oscillation in case of underwater blasting operations shows significantly low compared to that in case of blast in the open space, and this means that much more cautious altitude must be taken in designing underwater blasting operations compared to the design of blast In the open space. As a result of analysis on the difference between a square root and a cube root In the equation of estimating oscillations in the actual site, it is shown that it is shown to apply a square root for the estimation of oscillation at 60 meters in case of underwater blasting operations and at 22 meters case of general blast in the open space.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.103-113
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• 2015

Korean pines(Pinus koraiensis) are one of the major plantation species in the Republic of Korea and their natural habitats range from Japan and China to Siberia. The seed of Korean pines, pine nuts, are well know for good food reserves. Due to the global changes which drive the Korean peninsula into the semi-tropical climate, current plantations and natural habitats of Korean pines are faced with the change in the environmental conditions to some extent. To anticipate suitable sites for Korean pines in the future, the location of Korean pines were extracted from the 'Map of suitable trees on a site' that provides the map of suitable trees on a site considering tree species for timber and special uses, and then MaxEnt modelling was used for generating a prediction map on the basis of statistical analysis. As a result, the order of predicted suitable sites were Kangwon-do, Kyungsangbuk-do and Chungcheongbuk-do provinces and sites with high elevation within those provinces were considered most suitable in common. The prediction map of suitable sites for Korean pines presented that suitable sites in the future decreased by 72.2% by 2050's and almost disappeared with a decrease of 92.1% by 2070's on a nationwide scale. In relation to the major production regions of pine nuts in South Korea - Gapyung gun and Yangpyung gun, Kyunggi province and Hongcheon gun, Kangwon province, suitable sites within their areas were predicted to increase by 2050's but become extinct in South Korea by 2070's. To establish a long-term countermeasures against the improvement on forest productivity quality in terms of managing national food security, the result from this study can be considered as a firm basis of predicting plantation suitability. Also, it can be used to predict the changes in supply of forest products and thereby market values in accordance with climate change scenarios.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.254-260
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• 2007

Trichloroethylene(TCE) is widely used as a degreasing solvent in workplaces. TCE is primarily toxic to the nervous system, however, systemic disorder like Stevens-Johnson syndrome has been recently reported in small-scale factories, where the government has had limited information of chemical use. A survey was performed to investigate the actual condition of using TCE and to provide practical information to occupational health service agencies and professionals. This survey was carried out on 103 factories out of 430 factories which were conducted periodic work environment measurement for TCE. Degreasing was the most popular reason for using TCE in Korea, which reached to 94%. TCE was also used as a solvent for rubber in the coating or molding process, and adhesives in the bonding process. Metal fabrication was the most common as 23%, followed by assembling automobile parts (17%), and machinery (12%). Workers exposed to TCE during full-shift were 52% while 48% were exposed during short period of the shift or intermittently. Manual or semi-automatic work occupied 87% while automatic work was just 13%. Though automatic work by a closed system was generally lower exposed to TCE, compared to manual work, it can cause a high exposure when the maintenance system is improper. Semi-automatic work especially like open-top degreasing process can cause a high exposure when local exhaust system with condensing and refrigerating coils in the degreaser does not work well. In conclusion, the survey showed nationwide status of TCE exposure in various aspects. It can be used to monitor workplaces and workers exposed to TCE to prevent occupational diseases.