• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.275-304
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• 2019

Background: Air-purifying, tight-fitting facepieces are examples of respiratory protective equipment and are worn to protect workers from potentially harmful particulate and vapors. Research shows that the presence of facial hair on users' face significantly reduces the efficacy of these devices. This article sets out to establish if an acceptable seal could be achieved between facial hair and the facepiece. The team also created and investigated a low-cost "pressure testing" method for assessing the efficacy of a seal to be used during the early design process for a facepiece designed to overcome the facial hair issue. Methods: Nine new designs for face mask seals were prototyped as flat samples. A researcher developed a test rig, and a test protocol was used to evaluate the efficacy of the new seal designs against facial hair. Six of the seal designs were also tested using a version of the conventional fit test. The results were compared with those of the researcher-developed test to look for a correlation between the two test methods. Results: None of the seals performed any better against facial hair than a typical, commercially available facepiece. The pressure testing method devised by the researchers performed well but was not as robust as the fit factor testing. Conclusion: The results show that sealing against facial hair is extremely problematic unless an excessive force is applied to the facepiece's seal area pushing it against the face. The means of pressure testing devised by the researchers could be seen as a low-cost technique to be used at the early stages of a the design process, before fit testing is viable.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.44-47
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• 2005

Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the elevated blood glucose levels in the postoperative period are associated with an increased risk of deep wound infection in diabetic individuals undergoing lumbar spine surgery. Methods: Of 2896 patients who underwent lumbar spine operations by one surgeon between 1993 and 2002, 329(11.4%) were diabetics. The rate of deep wound infections in diabetic patients was 6.4%, versus 3.2% for nondiabetics. 152 patients had their operation before implementation of the protocol and 177 after implementation. Charts of the diabetic patients were reviewed. Mean blood glucose levels were calculated from documented results of finger-stick glucometer testing. Results: Twenty-one diabetic patients suffered deep wound infection. Infected diabetic patients had a higher mean blood glucose level through the first 2 postoperative days than noninfected patients($230{\pm}6.9$ versus $175{\pm}3.8mg/dL$; p<0.003) and had a long operation time($216{\pm}57.9$ versus $167.5{\pm}42.2$ minute; p<0.05). Multivariable logistic regression showed that mean blood glucose level for the first 2 postoperative days, long operation time, and use of the instrumentation(p<0.02) were all related predictiors of deep wound infection. Institution of a protocol of postoperative continuous intravenous insulin to maintain blood glucose level less than 200mg/dL was began in september 1997. This protocol resulted in a decrease in blood glucose levels for the first 2 postoperative days and a concomitant decrease in the proportion of patients with deep wound infection, from 8.3%(11/132) to 5.1%(10/195) (p<0.02). Conclusion: The incidence of deep wound infection in diabetic patients is reduced after implementation of a protocol to maintain mean blood glucose level less than 200mg/dL in the immediate postoperative period.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2018년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.72-72
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• 2018

A dynamic fatigue characteristic of dental implant system has been evaluated with applying single axial compressive shear loading based on the ISO 14801 standard. For the advanced dynamic fatigue test, multi-directional force and motion needed to be accompanied for more information of mechanical properties as based on mastication in oral environment. In this study, we have prepared loading and motion protocol for the multi-directional fatigue test of dental implant system with single (Apical/Occlusal; AO), and additional mastication motion (Lingual/Facial; LF, Mesial/Distal; MD). As following the prepared protocol (with modification of ISO 14801), fatigue test was conducted to verify the worst case results for the development of highly stabilized dental implant system. Mechanical testing was performed using an universal testing machine (MTS Bionix 858, MN, USA) for static compression and single directional loading fatigue, while the multi-directional loading was performed with joint simulator (ADL-Force 5, MA, USA) under load control. Basically, all mechanical test was performed according to the ISO 14801:2016 standard. Static compression test was performed to identify the maximum fracture force with loading speed of 1.0 mm/min. A dynamic fatigue test was performed with 40 % value of maximum fracture force and 5 Hz loading frequency. A single directional fatigue test was performed with only apical/occlusal (AO) force application, while multi directional fatigue tests were applied $2^{\circ}$ of facial/lingual (FL) or mesial/distal (MD) movement. Fatigue failure cycles were entirely different between applying single-directional loading and multi-directional loading. As a comparison of these loading factor, the failure cycle was around 5 times lower than single-directional loading while applied multi-directional loading. Also, the displacement change with accumulated multi-directional fatigue cycles was higher than that of single directional cycles.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.214-221
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 지상파 DMB(Terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, T-DMB) 데이터 서비스 중 하나인 방송웹사이트(Broadcast Web Site, BWS) 서비스에 대한 송수신 정합 시험 도구를 개발하였다. 먼저 지상파 DMB BWS 서비스를 위한 송신 측 및 수신 측 정합 시험 방법론을 수립하였다. 시험 도구는 BWS 비트스트림 분석기, BWS 참조 복호 모듈(소프트웨어) 그리고 BWS 시험 비트스트림 등의 세 가지로 구성된다. 송신 측 시험을 위해 BWS 비트스트림 분석기를 개발하였으며, 수신 측 시험을 위해 BWS 참조 복호 모듈을 개발하고 BWS 시험 비트스트림을 제작하였다. 이 시험 비트스트림의 적합성을 검증하는 데 본 논문에서 개발한 비트스트림 분석기가 실제로 사용되었다. 동일한 시험 비트스트림을 시험 대상 BWS 복호 모듈과 참조 복호 모듈에 동시에 입력하고, 이 두 모듈의 결과를 비교함으로써 수신 측 시험을 수행한다. 본 논문에서 개발한 시험 도구들은 MOT 프로토콜, HTML, PNG, MNG, JPEG, Ecma 스트립트 등 BWS에 포함된 모든 프로토콜 및 텍스트/이미지 규격에 대한 시험을 포함한다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.43-48
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• 2017

With ultraviolet and visible light exposure, some pharmaceutical substances applied systemically or topically may cause phototoxic skin irritation. The major factor in phototoxicity is the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as singlet oxygen and superoxide anion that cause oxidative damage to DNA, lipids and proteins. Thus, measuring the generation of ROS can predict the phototoxic potential of a given substance indirectly. For this reason, a standard ROS assay (ROS assay) was developed and validated and provides an alternative method for phototoxicity evaluation. However, negative substances are over-predicted by the assay. Except for ultraviolet A (UVA), other UV ranges are not a major factor in causing phototoxicity and may lead to incorrect labeling of some non-phototoxic substances as being phototoxic in the ROS assay when using a solar simulator. A UVA stimulator is also widely used to evaluate phototoxicity in various test substances. Consequently, we identified the applicability of a UVA simulator to the ROS assay for photoreactivity. In this study, we tested 60 pharmaceutical substances including 50 phototoxins and 10 non-phototoxins to predict their phototoxic potential via the ROS assay with a UVA simulator. Following the ROS protocol, all test substances were dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide or sodium phosphate buffer. The final concentration of the test solutions in the reaction mixture was 20 to $200{\mu}M$. The exposure was with $2.0{\sim}2.2mW/cm^2$ irradiance and optimization for a relevant dose of UVA was performed. The generation of ROS was compared before and after UVA exposure and was measured by a microplate spectrophotometer. Sensitivity and specificity values were 85.7% and 100.0% respectively, and the accuracy was 88.1%. From this analysis, the ROS assay with a UVA simulator is suitable for testing the photoreactivity and estimating the phototoxic potential of various test pharmaceutical substances.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2017

In 2014, there were approximately 4,762 fatalities on Korean roads. The fatality rate has decreased by 6.5 %, as compared to that of the previous year. The pedestrian-vehicle fatalities (1,795) have also decreased by 6 % over the previous year. However, the percentage of the pedestrian fatalities has increased from 37.9 % to 38.7 % during the same period. This is why further research is required, even though the KNCAP pedestrian safety assessment and KMVSS for pedestrian protection currently exist. This paper studied the Upper Legform to Bonnet Leading Edge Test at the front of the vehicles, which has not been introduced yet in Korea. The test method and procedure of the new BLE test in the Euro NCAP test protocol have been reviewed, and the physical tests on SUV and sedan with different bonnet leading edge heights have also been conducted and reviewed. In addition, the test results and characteristics have been analyzed via comparison with the former BLE test and each vehicle type.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.15-25
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• 2013

In this study, two kinds of soil-based proficiency testing materials (PTMs), NICE-012L and NICE-012R were prepared and certified for Benzen, Toluene, Etylbenzene and Xylene with evaluation of uncertainties. In order to analyse BTEX (Benzen Toluene Etylbenzene Xylene) for the candidate materials, GC/MS was used after pretreatment according to methods of soil analysis by Ministry of Environment. For the homogeneity test among bottles in terms of candidate materials, ISO 13528 and IUPAC Protocol were used and according to the result, both candidate materials showed sufficient homogeneity. Also, the stability test over the candidate materials was accessed according to the ISO Guide 35 by classifying short-term and long-term stability and the result showed that both candidate materials showed decent stability. The reference values of the two candidate materials depending on BTEX components were derived from the average of the 11 samples that were used for verification of the samples' homogeneity. Uncertainty of measurement was combined by uchar that was caused by a characteristic value, $u_{bb}$ that was caused by between-bottle homogeneity, and $u_{stab}$ that was caused by stability, and then combined uncertainty ($u_{PTM}$) was multiplied to the coverage factor (k) derived from the effective degree of freedom from each factor that leads to expanded uncertainty (U) in about 95% of confidence level. The proficiency testing materials developed through this study were supplied to National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) and utilized as an external proficiency testing materials for evaluating analysis capacity of soil agencies with specialty in terms of soil analysis approved by Minister of Environment.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.54-59
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• 2014

논문은 신뢰성 높은 심우주통신을 위해 명령 및 데이터를 파일의 형태로 송/수신하는 프로토콜인 CFDP(CCSDS File Delivery Protocol)의 개발을 지원하기 위한 시험 및 분석 장비에 대한 소개이다. 본 논문에서는 기본적인 CFDP 설명과 CFDP-TASS(CFDP - Test Analysis & Support Set)의 개발 목적 및 기능을 소개하였다. CFDP-TASS는 OBC(On-Board Computer)와 연동하여 정상적인 상황에서의 시험뿐만 아니라 사용자가 의도적으로 오류를 생성하여 CFDP 시험 및 검증하는 기능을 보유하고 있으며, 결과 분석을 용이하게 하기 위해 시험 시 발생하는 모든 데이터를 보관/관리하고, 다양한 형태로 시험데이터를 표시하는 기능을 보유하고 있다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제10권12호
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• pp.2321-2328
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• 2006

인터넷 전화 서비스를 위한 시그널링 프로토콜로 복잡도(complexity)가 낮고, 확장성(extensibility)이 높은 SIP 표준이 차세대 VoIP 표준 기술로 대두되면서 SIP 프로토콜을 VoIP 서비스를 위한 호 설정 시그널링 프로토콜로 사용하고자 하는 움직임이 활발하며, 전세계적으로 SIP 기반 구성요소(component)에 대한 개발에 박차를 가하고 있다. SIP를 이용한 서비스는 인터넷 전화 서비스 외에도 인스턴스 메시징 및 다앙한 멀티미디어 기술 응용이 가능하다. 본 논문에서는 SIP에 대한 표준 인터페이스를 제공하는 JAIN SIP API를 이용하여 단말 및 이동성 지원을 위한 프락시 서버를 설계 및 구현하였고, 구현한 프락시 서 버를 실험하기 위한 인스턴스 메시징과 음성통신이 가능한 사용자 에이전트를 구현하였다.

• 한국정보처리학회논문지
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• 제7권7호
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• pp.2219-2228
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• 2000

다중 프로세서 시스템에서 각각의 프로세서에 할당되어 있는 지역 캐쉬에 데이터의 복사본이 분산 공유되어 있는 경우 데이터의 일관성 유지가 필요하다. 따라서 캐쉬 일관성 유지 프로토코콜은 공유 메모리 다중 프로세서 시스템의 정확하고 효율적인 작동이 중요하다. 그러므로 시스템이 복잡해짐과 비례하여 현재 사용되고있는 무작위적 테스트나 시뮬레이션은 프로토콜의 정확성을 확인하기에 충분하지 못하므로 보다 효율적이고 믿을 만한 검증 방법이 필요하다. 본 논문은 ETRI에서 개발된 캐쉬 일관성 프로토콜인 RACE(Remote Access Cache coherent Enforcement)프로토콜의 몇 가지 특성(property)들을 정형기법에 쓰이는 도구 중이 하나인 VIS(Verification Interacting with Synthesis)를 이용하여 검증한다.