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Performance Evaluation of Close Waste Landfill Vertical Slurry Wall(SCW) by Tracer Method (추적자조사기법을 활용한 사용종료매립장 연직차수벽 성능평가)

  • Lee, Dong-Geon;Oh, Young-In;Kim, Kwan-Ho;Cho, Sook-Hee;Bak, Eun-Suk
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2010.09a
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    • pp.1245-1252
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    • 2010
  • Many industrialized countries are confronted with a difficulty about reuse of closed waste landfill. facilities. Especially, the demand of closed waste landfill maintenance and reuse nearby urban area has been increased, because of the shortage of usable land and extend of urban area. For the safe reuse of closed waste landfill, the most important check point is the effect of waste landfill on environment abound them. However, the non-sanitary closed waste landfill generally have no leachate lining system, therefore, the in-situ lining system such as sheet-pile, and vertical slurry wall etc. was needed to prevent the leachate outgoing from the waste landfill. In this paper present the case history of performance evaluation of vertical slurry wall by tracer tests.

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Assessment of Natural Attenuation Processes in the Groundwater Contaminated with Trichloroethylene (TCE) Using Multi-Species Reactive Transport Modeling (다성분 반응 이동 모델링을 이용한 트리클로로에틸렌(TCE)으로 오염된 지하수에서의 자연저감 평가)

  • Jeen, Sung-Wook;Jun, Seong-Chun;Kim, Rak-Hyeon;Hwang, Hyoun-Tae
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.101-113
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    • 2016
  • To properly manage and remediate groundwater contaminated with chlorinated hydrocarbons such as trichloroethylene (TCE), it is necessary to assess natural attenuation processes of contaminants in the aquifer along with investigation of contamination history and aquifer characterization. This study evaluated natural attenuation processes of TCE at an industrial site in Korea by delineating hydrogeochemical characteristics along the flow path of contaminated groundwater, by calculating reaction rate constants for TCE and its degradation products, and by using geochemical and reactive transport modeling. The monitoring data showed that TCE tended to be transformed to cis-1,2-dichloroethene (cis-1,2-DCE) and further to vinyl chloride (VC) via microbial reductive dechlorination, although the degree was not too significant. According to our modeling results, the temporal and spatial distribution of the TCE plume suggested the dominant role of biodegradation in attenuation processes. This study can provide a useful method for assessing natural attenuation processes in the aquifer contaminated with chlorinated hydrocarbons and can be applied to other sites with similar hydrological, microbiological, and geochemical settings.

A Study on the Application of Natural Language Processing in Health Care Big Data: Focusing on Word Embedding Methods (보건의료 빅데이터에서의 자연어처리기법 적용방안 연구: 단어임베딩 방법을 중심으로)

  • Kim, Hansang;Chung, Yeojin
    • Health Policy and Management
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.15-25
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    • 2020
  • While healthcare data sets include extensive information about patients, many researchers have limitations in analyzing them due to their intrinsic characteristics such as heterogeneity, longitudinal irregularity, and noise. In particular, since the majority of medical history information is recorded in text codes, the use of such information has been limited due to the high dimensionality of explanatory variables. To address this problem, recent studies applied word embedding techniques, originally developed for natural language processing, and derived positive results in terms of dimensional reduction and accuracy of the prediction model. This paper reviews the deep learning-based natural language processing techniques (word embedding) and summarizes research cases that have used those techniques in the health care field. Then we finally propose a research framework for applying deep learning-based natural language process in the analysis of domestic health insurance data.

Growth Conditions of Natural Monument Old Big Trees in Gyeongsangnamdo, Korea (경상남도 천연기념물 노거수의 생육환경 연구)

  • Kim, Hyo-Jeong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.103-112
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    • 2011
  • Old big tree transcends the simple meaning of trees as they are the natural monuments that embody the people's history and culture of this land. The Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea(CHA) defines and protects old big tree based not only on the size of the tree but also on its definitive cultural and natural factors such as value, implications, and originality. This research aims to identify and analyze the growth conditions, soil conditions and location character of 20 old big tree in Gyeongsangnamdo korea. The research examined the soundness of the arboreal form, the degree of damage on the bark, as well as the quantity of leafs levels to evaluate the overall condition of growth and development. Also, 9 elements such as soil texture, nitrogen and organic matter content, soil pH, phosphoric acid and EC were further analyzed The research analyzed in correlation of Growth condition and soil. Tree health related positivity that total nitrogen and organic matter. The result which analyzes location character, With natural monument old big trees raising a hand the area where is contiguous appeared with the fact that the farming village style where the rice field and the arable land of field etc. This research aimed at generating some foundational reference data for the analysis of the habitation and management conditions of natural monument old big tree within the Gyeongsangnamdo korea.

Estimation of Applicability of Empirical Design Procedure for Predicting Seismic Response of Buried Gas Pipelines through 3D Time-history Analysis (3차원 시간이력해석을 통한 매설가스배관 종방향 지진응답 예측을 위한 경험적 설계법의 적용성 평가)

  • Kwak, Hyungjoo;Park, Duhee;Lee, Jangguen;Kang, Jaemo
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.31 no.9
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    • pp.53-68
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    • 2015
  • Longitudinal strain is an important component of seismic design for buried pipelines. A design procedure which determines the wavelength from site natural period and shear wave velocity of the soil layer and closed-form solutions of pipelines under a harmonic motion is typically used in design. However, the applicability of the procedure has not yet been thoroughly investigated. In this paper, displacement-time histories extracted from 1D site response analyses are used in 3D shell-spring model to accurately predict the response of pipelines. The results are closely compared to those from the design procedure. The area of interest is East Siberia. Performing a site response analysis to determine site specific displacement time history is highlighted. The site natural period may be used to predict the predominant period of the acceleration time history, but cannot be used to estimate the predominant period of the displacement time history. If an accurate estimate of the predominant period of the displacement time history is provided, it is demonstrated that the design equation can be successfully used to predict the response of pipelines.

Two Modern Museums in San Francisco: SFMOMA and De Young Museum (San Francisco의 두 현대 미술관, SFMOMA와 De Young Museum)

  • Chung, Jin-Soo
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.7-22
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    • 2007
  • In San Francisco, two new museums were recently built in 1995 and 2005. The one is San Francisco Museum of Modern Art designed by Mario Botta and the other is De Young Museum designed by Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron. The urban settings for the museums are compared with each other and theories of the architects are evolved on different branches in the modernist trends. The theories and settings are followed by the representation in the forms, facades, interior spaces and towers. SFMOMA is located on the SoMa area, which was recently developed into a cultural urban core with Moscone Center and Buena Yerba Garden. De Young Museum was rebuilt in the old museum site in the Golden Gate Park. The one is on the context of urban artefacts and the other on the context of natural artefacts. To Botta, the museum in today's city plays a role analogous to that of the cathedral of yesterday. It is a place of common encounter and confrontation. The volume of SFMOMA which is geometrical and symmetric with double pylons. The frontality on the street and public green open space and the axiality of SFMOMA runs through the Buena Yerba Garden over Buena Yerba Center for the Arts are reminded us of an urban core with a religious monument and a city square. The staircase with grandiose design in the atrium seems to work as an altar with lighting from skylight above enhancing the liturgical ambiance. De Young Museum is shaped in a rectangle with long narrow courtyards. Three bands of volumes are juxtaposed and the nature flows into the museum corridors and galleries. The tower is distorted so as to be aligned to the street grids of the surrounding area. The copper panel of De Young Museum and natural context evoke modern concept of "machine in the garden". The two museums from different pedigrees of Modern Architecture are now major landmarks of SF and urban expressions for the 21st century.

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A probabilistic study of the sex ratio at birth related to son preference (남아선호사상에 기반한 출생 성비에 관한 확률론적 고찰)

  • Kim, Yun-Soo;Choi, Eun-Sun;Cha, Kyung-Joon
    • Journal for History of Mathematics
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.79-86
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    • 2008
  • The sex ratio at birth of South Korea is exceeding the natural sex ratio at birth, which is estimated to be about 105. One of the reasons of high sex ratio at birth is due to sex-selective abortion which is caused by strong son preference. The main objective of this study is to identify whether the families which are trying to bear children only until they acquire one son contribute to high sex ratio at birth. As a result, we obtain the theorem that if the number of such families diverge, the sex ratio at birth converges to the natural sex ratio almost surely. Therefore, we conclude that the existence of the families which are trying to bear children only until they receive one son does not affect the sex ratio at birth.

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A Study on the Changes Process Repair and Restoration Method of Ceramic (도자기 수리복원 방법의 변천과정에 관한 고찰)

  • Yang, Pil-Seung;Seo, Jung-Ho
    • Journal of Conservation Science
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.49-59
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    • 2011
  • The damaged ceramics were repaired and restored thru various methods with various materials. The history of Ceramic repair and restoration has developed widening its areas from traditional stage utilizing applicable living material to the specified field that introduces new materials, new process methods and material analysis. Through investigations over the documents, artifacts and analysis, the period could be divided into natural material period in which uses the bonds extracted from the animals, plants and lime (prehistoric to Japanese domination period), Semi-artificial period in which mix natural material and synthetic resins such as "Jusabi"(Japanese domination period to 1970s.) and complete synthetic resin period in which introduces new materials and process methods in accordance with preservation standard (after 1980s).

Meteors and showers, a millennium ago (천 년 전의 별똥비)

  • Ahn Sang-Hyeon;Bae Hyun-Jin;Cho Hye-Jeon;Jung Sung-Wook
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.36-36
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    • 2002
  • Everyday meteors can be classified into sporadic meteors and shower-meteors. We compile the meteor records in the astronomical archives in the history book of Koryo dynasty (Koryosa), and investigate the spatial distribution of meteories along the orbit of the Earth during the period between the 10th century and the 14th century. We discover several peaks in cumulative frequency of meteors excluding showers, which means the presence of the strong concentrations of meteorites at the ecliptic longitudes. We also compiled the whole records of meteor showers during the same period from the history books of Korean, Japan, and China, and then compare dates of their display with dates obtained in Koryosa archive. Especially the strong concentration at 27 July is exactly coincident with a meteor shower at the same date. We devide the data into two sets, which are before and after 1200 A.D., and find out that the strength of meteor concentration has been changing. Especially the shower at 27 July weaken as time goes by.

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The Natural History and Growth Rate of Meningiomas

  • Han, Jung-Ho;Seol, Ho-Jun;Kim, Dong-Gyu;Jung, Hee-Won
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.198-203
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    • 2006
  • Objective : To evaluate the natural histories and growth rates of meningiomas, the authors perform this retrospective observational study and attempt to identify those factors predicting tumor growth. Methods : Between 1993 and 2004, a total of 83 patients were diagnosed by computed tomography[CT] scans or magnetic resonance[MR] imaging as having an intracranial meningioma, and were treated by observation only using regular clinical and radiological examinations. Twenty-six of these 83 patients, with available data were included in this study. Follow up periods ranged from 9 to 137 months [mean, 55.6 mo.; median, 60 mo.]. The tumor volumes, absolute growth rates, and tumor doubling times were calculated. Results : Patient age and sex distributions were comparable to those of other studies, but exceptionally 16 meningiomas [62%] were located at the skull base in the present study. During follow-up monitoring, the majority of meningiomas grew, though 77% showed low absolute annual growth rates [$<1cm^3/yr$]. The tumor doubling times ranged from 2.87 to 201.72 years [mean, 42.91 yr]. Based on Imaging analysis, peritumoral edema and the absence of calcification were probable factors predicting tumor growth. Tumor-related symptoms seemed to be slightly related to tumor growth. Other factors, e.g., gender, age, tumor location, and T2-weighted signal Intensities on MR imaging, were not significantly related to tumor growth. Conclusion : This study shows that the majority of meningiomas are slow growing. However, variations in tumor growth are unexplained, thus individualized optimal treatment strategies should be provided in each meningioma.