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사무 자동화에 따른 사무직 근로자의 건강과 연관된 자각 증상에 대한 조사연구 (An Investigation on the self-consciousness Symptoms of the Clerical Workers attendant upon Office Automation)

  • 정미화
    • 한국직업건강간호학회지
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    • 제3권호
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    • pp.54-70
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    • 1993
  • According as the automation of clerical work(OA ; Office Automation) develops, the use of VDT(Visual or Video Display Terminal) is increasing suddenly. But, in proportion to the spread of office automation(OA tendency), the self-conciousness syptom attendant upon the work is appearing also (Kim, Jung Tae, Lee, Young Ook, 1990). The apparatuses of office enable the clerical workers to be convenient and perform mass businesses. But, they are increasing the opportunity to be exposed to VDT syndrom, techno stress, computer terminal disease, pain by muscle strain(RSI), bradycausia of noise nature, and electromagnetic waves, etc. which are referred to as the new type of occupational diseases to the workers. It is the real situation that the workers to use VDT is complaining of the physical inconvenience sense in the recent newspaper and literature, it is the point of time that the sydrome to come from VDT use and computer terminal disease, etc. must be classified into the occupational disease(Lee, Kwang Young 1990, Lee, Kyoo Hak 1990, Lee, Won Ho 1991, Lee, Si Young 1991, Lee, Joon 1991, Choi, Young Tae 1991, Heo, Seung Ho 1989). In addition, it is the real situation that the scientifitic study result about the scope that electromagnetic waves has influence on the human body has not been suggested yet, and criticism on the stable exposure permission standard about electromagnetic waves to be emitted from VDT and on the problem in the health about electromagnetic waves is continuing. (IEEE Spectrum, 1990). In addition according to the experience of nursery business of industry field, it is the real situation that the patients who consult complaining of physical and mental inconvenience sence, among the users of apparatus of office automation, are reaching 10% of the patients coming to doctor's room. Therefore, it is necessary to confirm the self-consciousness symptom that the clerical workers complain of multilaterally with the actual state examination about the use of the apparatuses of offices automaton. Thus, this study was tried as th basic data for the cosultation and education for the maintenance and furtherance of the health of workers as the nurse of industry field, by confirming the contents of self-consciousness symptom attendant upon the use of the apparatus for office outomation making the financial institution in which the spparatus for office automation in most frequently used as the subject, and by examining whether there is the difference according to the subject of study, the data were collected, by using the questionnaire method, making 200 workers who consented to the study participation as the subject, among the persons who have spent over 3 months since they used the apparatuses for office automation and didn't receive the treatment in hospital due to the clerical disease for recent 3 years. The period of data collection was from Oct. 9, 1991 to Oct. 12. As for the measurement instrument about the complaint if self-consciousness symptom attendant upon the use of apparatuses fo office automation, the question item on the complaint symptom of health problem attendant upon the treatment of VDT that Kim(1991) developed and on CMI health problem and the question items on the fatigue degree due to industry were used by previous examination to 25 persons. Collected data were analyzed with the statistical method such as percentage, arithmetic mean, Person correlation coeffient, Kai square verfication, t-test, ANOVA, etc. by using SPSS/PC+ program, and the result is as follows : 1. The self-consciousness symptom that the clerical workers complained of most frequetly appeared high in 'My eyes are tired'(99.4%), 'I feel fatigue and weariness'(99.4%), 'I feel that my head is heavy5(90.0%), 'eyesight fell'(88.8%), 'I have a stiff neck'(88.8%), 'I fell pain in the shoulder'(85.0%), 'I feel cold and painful in the eyes'(76.9%), 'I feel the dry sense of eyeball'(76.2%), 'My nerves are edgy, and I an fretful, (75.6%), 'I feel pain in the waist'(73.2%) and 'I fell pain in the back'(72.8%). It emerged that the subject use the apparatuses for office automation complained of self-consciousness symptoms related to visual symptoms and musculoskeletal symptoms. 2. As for the general feature of examination subjects, the result to see the distribution by classifying into sex, age, school career, use career of apparatuses for office automation, skillfulness degree of the use of apparatus for office automation, use hours of the apparatuses for office automation per 1 day, type of business of the apparatus for office automation, rest hours during the use of apparatus for office automation, satifaction degree of business of office automation, and work circumstance, etc. emerged as follows : As for the sex of subjects, the distribution showed that men were 58.8% and women were 41.3%, Age was average 26.9. As the distribution of school career, the distribution showed that4below the graduation of high school' was 58.8%, 'graduation from junior college-university' was 35.0%, and 'over graduate school' was 6.3%. In the question to ask the existence or non-existence of experience of health consultation in connection with the work of office automation, the response that I had the consultation exprience and I feel the necessity emergerd as 90.1% And, the case that the subject who didn't wear the glasses or lens before using the OA apparatus wear glasses or lens after using OA apparatus emerged as 28.3% of whole. As for the existence or non-existence of use career of OA apparatus, the case under 3 years was highest as 52. 7%. As for the skillfulnness degree about the use of apparatus for office automation, most of them are skillful with the fact that 'common' was 44.4%, 'skill' was 42.5%, and 'unskillful' was 13.1% As for the use average hours of the apparatus for office automation per 1 day, the distribution showed that the case under 3-6 hours was 33.1%, the case under 6-9 hours was 28.1%, the case under 3 hours was 30.6%, and the case over 9 hours was 8.1% Main OA business and the use hours for 1 day showed in the order of keeping and retrieval, business of information transmission(162min), business of information transmission(79.3 min), business of document framing(55.5 min), and business of duplication and printing(25.4min). as for the rest during the use of apparatus for affice automation, that I take rest occasion demands the major portion, but that I take after completing the work emerged as 33.8%. Though the subiness gets to be convenient by the use of the apparatus for of office automation, respondents who showed the dissatisfaction about the present OA business emergd high as 78.1%. The work circumstances of each office was good with the fact that the temperature of office was 21.8, noise was average 42.7db, and the illumination was average 364.4 lx, in the light of ANSi/HFS 100 Standard. 3. Sight syptom, musculoskeletal symptom, skin and other symptoms showed the significant difference according to the extent of skillfulness of the apparatus for office automation. All the symptoms exept skin symptom showed the difference according to the use hours of the apparatus for office automation. All the question items exept the sytoms of digestive organs and the rest hours during the apparatus for office automation showed the signicant difference. The question item which showed the signicant difference from the satisfaction degree of present OA business showed the significant difference from all the question item classified into 6 groups. But, age and school career didn't significant difference from the complaint of any self-consciousness symptoms.

    . In conclusion, the self-consciousness symptoms of the subjects to use OA apparatus appeared differently, according to sex distiction, skillfull degree of OA apparatus, use hours of OA apparatus, the rest hours during th use of OA apparatus, and the satiafaction degree of persent business. Therefore, it is necessary that the nurse in the inuctry field must recognize to receive the education about the human technological physical condition which is most proper for te use of OA apparatus and about the proper rest method until they get accustomed to the use of OA apparatus. In addition, the simple exercise relax the tention of muscle due to the repetitive simple movement, and the education for the protection of eyesight are necessary.

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  • 신안군(新安郡) 낙도(落島)에서 발생(發生)한 괴질(怪疾)의 원인(原因)에 관한 역학적(疫學的) 조사(調査)(I) (Epidemiologic Investigation for the Etiology of an Epidemic Ocurred among Animals and Humans in an Isolated Island, Korea(I))

    • 김정순;허용;윤형렬;이원영
      • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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      • 제22권2호
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      • pp.290-301
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      • 1989
    • This is preliminary report on anthrax epidemic occurred in an island with about 100 residents. Since 1982 there had been sudden deaths among all kinds of domestic animals including cattle, dogs, ducks, chicken and goat but only a few among cats in an isolated island about three hours distance away by ferry boat from Mokpo city. From 1986 through 1988 nine human deaths and four patients occurred, which made the government intervene for investigation on June 25 1988. The epidemiological investigation consisted of interview survey and medical examination, medical record analysis, laboratory work to isolate the pathogens under the direction of hypothesis derived from the study and further confirmation of the pathogens by international institute. The summarized results are as followings: 1. According to the interview survey there were many deaths among domestic animals usually in cold and dry season such as January through March and September through November; 36 heads of cattle leaving one head, more than 40 hogs(all), hundreds of chicken leaving few alive, goats that had taken home from mountain and two or three cats out of around 40 had sudden deaths from 1982 till 1985, when the residents stopped to purchase and take them into the island anymore. Also there were eleven persons who had experienced the similar syndrome complex to those of admitted and expired patients and four of them revealed typical chest X-ray findings; from one of these four patients(Rho) B. anthracis is isolated. 2. Medical record on patients who had been admitted, showed common characteristics of the disease course. On admission they had either gastrointestinal or upper respiratory infection symptoms which invariably progressed to septicemic nature with pulmonary interstitial infiltration and mediastinal widening/bulging, and then to deadly acute respiratory distress syndrome. At the end stage chest X-ray revealed multiple bullous emphysema. One of another characteristics was oral ulceration with bleeding occurred in about 50% of the patients. Laboratory test results in common were leukocytosis with left shift and abnormal liver and kidney functions, particularly at the later stage of the illness. 3. Epidemiological characteristics was striking in that both mortality and incidence rates were high: the mortality rate was 8.7% average, male being three times higher than females but there was no distictive clustering by age group. The incidence rate for both sexes was 28.2% and there was no sex difference although a tendency of higher incidence among older ages was noticed. The highest mortality and incidence were observed in Won village where the first death of animal occurred and with the highest frequency among three villages of the island. 4. Among twelve bacilli species isolated from various specimens, two strains, one from patient and the other from soil where the recently died cow is hurried, were confirmed as B. anthracis by Pasteur Institute and CDC of USA(strain from soil). CDC reported that the strain did not produce capsule in bicarbonate media but reacted with the bacteriophage and one of five sera taken from the patients. Mode of transmission as well as incubation period of the agent has not been established yet, which needs further investigation in relation to the antigenic structure of the variant when it is confirmed.

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    논 토양에서 분리한 Pseudomonas sp. JK-7에 의한 Acrylamide의 생분해에 영향을 미치는 물리화학적 요인 (Effect of Several Physicochemical Factors on the Biodegradation of Acrylamide by Pseudomonas sp. JK-7 Isolated from Paddy Soil)

    • 천재우;호은미;오계헌
      • 미생물학회지
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      • 제40권1호
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      • pp.29-36
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      • 2004
    • 논 토양에서 acrylamide의 분해능이 탁월한 세균 Pseudomonas JK-7를 분리하여 acrylamide의 생분해에 영향을 미치는 물리화학적 요인을 조사하였다. 초기 실험에서 acrylamide를 유일 탄소원과 질소원으로 하여 호기적 조건에서 생장할 수 있는 세균 JK-7을 논의 토양표본에서 분리하였다. BIOLOG system을 이용한 생리학적 분석으로 Pseudomonas속(genus)임을 확인하였고, 이 세균을 Pseudomonas sp. JK-7로 명명하였다. 분리 균주 JK-7은 50 mM acrylamide를 배양 72시간 이내에 완전히 분해하였다. 배양기간 중에 acrylamide 분해 중간대사 물질로서 acrylic acid가 나타나는 것을 HPLC를 통해 확인하였으며, 배양초기에 배양액에 존재하지 않았던 ammonia가 배양기간 중에 관찰되었다. 배양초기 pH는 7.0이었으나 acrylamide가 완전히 분해된 후 배양액의 최종 pH는 8.7이었다. Acrylamide 분해와 JK-7의 생장에 대한 pH의 영향을 조사한 결과, PH 5, pH 7 그리고 pH 9에서 생장과 분해가 이루어졌으나, pH3과 pH11에서는 거의 관찰되지 않았다. 부가 탄소원의 존재하에서 JK-7에 의한 acrylamide분해에서 glucose, fructose, citrate 또는 succinate를 각각 첨가하여 조사한 결과, 부가 탄소원이 없을 때보다 acrylamide분해와 JK-7의 생장은 가속화되었다. 또한 부가질소원 첨가에 따른 영향조사 실험에서, yeast extract는 acrylamide분해와 JK-7의 생장을 촉진시켰다. 그러나 다른 질소원인 $(NH_{4})_{2}SO_{4}$, $NH_4Cl$ 그리고urea는 생장과 분해에 본질적으로 큰 영향을 미치지 않았다. 금속이온에 대한 영향으로 배지내에 $ZnSO_{4}$를 첨가하였을 때 분해와 생장이 진행되었으나, $AgNO_{3}$, $CuSO_{4}$ 또는 $HgCl_{2}$를 첨가하였을 때 acrylamide분해와 JK-7의 생장이 이루어지지 않았다.

    가시설 부식 강재의 잔존 인장 내하성능 평가에 관한 실험적 연구 (An Experimental Study on the Evaluation of Residual Tensile Load-carrying Capacity of Corroded Steel Plates of Temporary Structure)

    • 김인태;장홍주;정지영
      • 한국강구조학회 논문집
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      • 제22권5호
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      • pp.399-409
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      • 2010
    • 강구조물은 부식에 의한 단면감소와 이로 인한 내하성능의 저하가 우려된다. 그러나 부식손상이 강부재의 내하성능에 미치는 영향과 잔존 내하성능 평가법은 명확하게 정립되어 있지 않은 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 부식 손상된 지하철 가시설 주형보의 웨브와 플랜지에서 절취한 부식시편의 인장실험을 실시하여, 부식손상이 인장 내하성능에 미치는 영향과 인장 잔존 내하성능 평가법에 대하여 검토하였다. 부식 가시설 주형보로부터 절취한 총 21개의 부식시편은 먼저 화학적 방법에 의해 부식생성물을 제거하고 1mm간격으로 표면형상을 측정한 후 인장실험을 실시하였다. 이러한 인장실험 결과는 주형보의 플랜지에서 절취하여 두께 13mm로 기계 가공한 무부식 기준시편의 인장실험 결과와 비교하여, 잔존두께와 표면형상이 부식강재의 항복하중, 인장하중 및 연신율에 미치는 영향을 정량화하였다. 그리고 부식의 유무에 상관없이 일정한 강재의 극한강도를 이용하여 무부식 등단면 강재와 동일하게 인장응력을 평가할 수 있는 불규칙 변단면 부식강재의 유효두께를 표면형상 측정결과로 산출한 평균잔존두께와 표준편차로 정식화하였다. 또한 이러한 결과를 실무에도 적용할 수 있도록 부식강재의 합리적인 잔존두께 측정간격도 제시하였다.

    Evaluation of the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) Index for Digital Fashion Application in Outdoor Environments

    • Kwon, JuYoun;Parsons, Ken
      • 대한인간공학회지
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      • 제36권1호
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      • pp.23-36
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      • 2017
    • Objective: This paper presents a study to evaluate the WBGT index for assessing the effects of a wide range of outdoor weather conditions on human responses. Background: The Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) index was firstly developed for the assessment of hot outdoor conditions. It is a recognised index that is used world-wide. It may be useful over a range of outdoor conditions and not just for hot climates. Method: Four group experiments, involving people performing a light stepping activity, were conducted to determine human responses to outside conditions in the U.K. They were conducted in September 2007 (autumn), December 2007 (winter), March 2008 (spring) and June 2008 (summer). Environmental measurements included WBGT, air temperature, radiant temperature (including solar load), humidity and wind speed all measured at 1.2m above the ground, as well as weather data measured by a standard weather station at 3m to 4m above the ground. Participants' physiological and subjective responses were measured. When the overall results of the four seasons are considered, WBGT provided a strong prediction of physiological responses as well as subjective responses if aural temperature, heart rate and sweat production were measured. Results: WBGT is appropriate to predict thermal strain on a large group of ordinary people in moderate conditions. Consideration should be given to include the WBGT index in warning systems for a wide range of weather conditions. However, the WBGT overestimated physiological responses of subjects. In addition, tenfold Borg's RPE was significantly different with heart rate measured for the four conditions except autumn (p<0.05). Physiological and subjective responses over 60 minutes consistently showed a similar tendency in the relationships with the $WBGT_{head}$ and $WBGT_{abdomen}$. Conclusion: It was found that either $WBGT_{head}$ or $WBGT_{abdomen}$ could be measured if a measurement should be conducted at only one height. The relationship between the WBGT values and weather station data was also investigated. There was a significant relationship between WBGT values at the position of a person and weather station data. For UK daytime weather conditions ranging from an average air temperature of $6^{\circ}C$ to $21^{\circ}C$ with mean radiant temperatures of up to $57^{\circ}C$, the WBGT index could be used as a simple thermal index to indicate the effects of weather on people. Application: The result of evaluation of WBGT might help to develop the smart clothing for workers in industrial sites and improve the work environment in terms of considering workers' wellness.

    콘크리트의 파괴저항에 대한 균열속도의 영향 (Effects of Crack Velocity on Fracture Resistance of Concrete)

    • 연정흠
      • 콘크리트학회논문집
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      • 제15권1호
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      • pp.52-59
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      • 2003
    • 동적 하중이 작용하는 콘크리트 CLWL-DCB 시험편에 대해 변위제어 파괴실험이 실시되었다. 381mm의 균열성장 동안 측정된 균열속도는 0.80mm/sec ~ 215m/sec이었다. 측정된 하중과 하중점-변위로부터 외부일 및 운동에너지와 변형에너지가 유도되었고, 에너지 균형에 필요한 파괴에너지가 각 균열속도의 균열성장에 대해 계산되었다. 실험의 결과에 요구되는 파괴에너지의 회귀식으로부터 연속적으로 성장하는 균열의 파괴저항이 계산되었다. 실험에 요구되는 파괴에너지에 대한 최대 표준오차는 3.2% 이하였다. 균열속도에 관계없이 약 28mm의 초기 균열성장 또는 미소균열의 성장에 대한 파괴저항의 증가율은 상대적으로 작았으며, 이후의 균열성장 또는 미소균열의 국부화에 대해 파괴저항의 기울기는 급격히 증가하여 균열속도에 따라 90∼145mm의 균열성장에서 최대 파괴저항이 되었다. 평균 185mm의 균열성장 동안 최대 파괴저항을 유지한 후 파괴저항은 균열속도가 빠를수록 급속히 감소하였다. 최대 파괴저항은 균열속도가 0.273m/sec보다 빠른 경우에 균열속도의 대수 값에 비례하여 142N/m에서 217N/m까지 증가하며, 균열속도가 빠를수록 관성력이 포함되지 않은 평균 파괴에너지율 215N/m와 유사한 값을 보였다. 콘크리트의 균열성장에 대한 파괴저항을 측정하기 위해서는 균열속도에 따라 최소한 90∼145mm의 안정 균열성장이 필요하다.

    광섬유 센서 구성을 위한 보론 첨가에 따른 장주기 광섬유 격자의 구부림 특성 변화 (Bending Characteristics Change of Long-Period fiber Grating due to Co-doping of Boron for Optical fiber Sensors)

    • 문대승;정영주
      • 비파괴검사학회지
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      • 제25권5호
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      • pp.339-342
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      • 2005
    • 광섬유 센서 구성을 위한 장주기 광섬유 격자(Long-Period Fiber Grating, LPFG)는 코어 모드로 진행하는 빔이 위상 정합 조건(Phase Matching Condition)에 의해 특정 파장에서 클래딩 모드와 커플링이 일어나는 광소자이다. 공진 파장과 커플링의 세기는 온도, 스트레인, 주변 굴절 지수 등에 의해 민감하게 변화하는 특성을 이용하여 광섬유 센서에 넓게 응응될 수 있다 일반적으로 광섬유 격자는 광섬유 코어를 자외선에 노출시킴으로서 굴절률의 주기적인 변화가 유도되는 원리, 즉 광민감성 (Photosensitivity)에 기초를 두고 있으며 광민감성을 가진 격자제조용 광섬유 제작은 광섬유 격자 연구에 대단히 중요한 부분이다. 이 논문에서는 보론 첨가의 양에 의한 코어와 클래딩의 굴절률 차 변화와 그것에 따른 장주기 광섬유 격자의 온도 및 구부림 특성 변화를 분석하였다. 보론의 양이 증가할수록 코어와 클래딩의 굴절률 차가 줄어드는 것$(1.69{\times}10^{-4}/SCCM)$을 실험을 통해 알 수 있었고, 그로 인해 보론의 음의 온도 의존성으로 인해 장주기 광섬유 격자의 온도 의존성이 억제됨$(0.01145nm/^{\circ}C/SCCM)$을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, 보론의 증가로 인해 코어와 클래딩의 굴절률차가 줄어들수록 장주기 광섬유 격자는 구부림에 더 민감함을 알 수 있었다.

    콘크리트 삼점 휨시험편의 성장하는 균열에 대한 저항곡선 (Resistance Curves of Propagating Cracks for Concrete Three-Point Bend Specimens)

    • 연정흠
      • 콘크리트학회논문집
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      • 제13권6호
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      • pp.568-574
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      • 2001
    • 콘크리트 시험편에 대한 삼점휨실험을 실시하여 여러 실험에 대해 측정된 반응의 평균값을 계산하곤 계산된 평균거동으로부터 삼점휨 시험편이 완전히 파손될 때까지 연속적으로 성장하는 균열에 대한 파괴거동이 분석되었다. 이 연구에서 사용된 실험변수는 25.4mm와 6.4mm의 초기균열길이 그리고 2000sec와 20sec의 실험기간이며, 초기균열길이는 파괴진행대(FPZ) 크기의 영향과 시험편의 기하학적 특성 및 경계조건에 대한 영향을 분석하기 위한 것이다. 실험기간은 초기 크리프(creep)의 영향을 위해 설정되었으나, 이 연구의 하중점-변위 속도에서는 심각한 영향이 관측되지 않았다. 여러 실험의 평균 외부일로부터 평균하중이 계산되었으며, 변형률 게이지를 사용하여 평균 균열길이를 측정하였다. 최대하중 이전의 저항곡선은 파괴진행대의 크기에 대해 유사한 값을 보였다. 그러나 최대하중 직후에는 초기균열의 크기에 관계없이 0.088~0.154mm의 하중점-변위에서 88mm의 불안정 균열성장이 발생되었으며, 평균 파괴에너지율 $G_{F}$$^{ave}$ = 115N/m은 이 불안정 균열성장 동안에 발생되었다. 균열길이 111mm에서 완전한 파괴진행대가 형성되었고, 25.4mm와 6.4mm의 초기균열길이에 대해 파괴진행대의 크기는 각각 86mm와 105mm이었다. 완전한 파괴진행대의 형성이후 저항곡선의 평균 파괴에너지율은 25.4mm와 6.4mm의 초기균열길이에 대해 각각 229N/m로 284N/m로 $G_{F}$$^{ave}$의 두 배 이상이었다.이었다.이었다.

    Biocontrol Potential of Streptomyces griseus H7602 Against Root Rot Disease (Phytophthora capsici) in Pepper

    • Nguyen, Xuan-Hoa;Naing, Kyaw-Wai;Lee, Young-Seong;Tindwa, Hamisi;Lee, Geon-Hyoung;Jeong, Byoung-Kon;Ro, Hee-Myeong;Kim, Sang-Jun;Jung, Woo-Jin;Kim, Kil-Yong
      • The Plant Pathology Journal
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      • 제28권3호
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      • pp.282-289
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      • 2012
    • The root rot of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) caused by Phytophthora capsici is one of the most important diseases affecting this crop worldwide. This work presents the evaluation of the capacity of Streptomyces griseus H7602 to protect pepper plants against Phytophthora capsici and establishes its role as a biocontrol agent. In this study, we isolated an actinomycete strain H7602 from rhizosphere soil, identified it as Streptomyces griseus by 16S rRNA analysis and demonstrated its antifungal activity against various plant pathogens including P. capsici. H7602 produced lytic emzymes such as chitinase, ${\beta}$-1,3-glucanase, lipase and protease. In addition, crude extract from H7602 also exhibited destructive activity toward P. capsici hyphae. In the pot trial, results showed the protective effect of H7602 against pepper from P. capsici. Application of H7602 culture suspension reduced 47.35% of root mortality and enhanced growth of pepper plants for 56.37% in fresh root and 17.56% g in fresh shoot as compared to control, resulting in greater protection to pepper plants against P. capsici infestation. Additionally, the enzymatic activities, chitinase and ${\beta}$-1,3-glucanase, were higher in rhizosphere soil and roots of pepper plants treated with H7602 than other treated plants. Therefore, our results indicated a clear potential of S. griseus H7602 to be used for biocontrol of root rot disease caused by P. capsici in pepper.

    Response of circular footing on dry dense sand to impact load with different embedment depths

    • Ali, Adnan F.;Fattah, Mohammed Y.;Ahmed, Balqees A.
      • Earthquakes and Structures
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      • 제14권4호
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      • pp.323-336
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      • 2018
    • Machine foundations with impact loads are common powerful sources of industrial vibrations. These foundations are generally transferring vertical dynamic loads to the soil and generate ground vibrations which may harmfully affect the surrounding structures or buildings. Dynamic effects range from severe trouble of working conditions for some sensitive instruments or devices to visible structural damage. This work includes an experimental study on the behavior of dry dense sand under the action of a single impulsive load. The objective of this research is to predict the dry sand response under impact loads. Emphasis will be made on attenuation of waves induced by impact loads through the soil. The research also includes studying the effect of footing embedment, and footing area on the soil behavior and its dynamic response. Different falling masses from different heights were conducted using the falling weight deflectometer (FWD) to provide the single pulse energy. The responses of different soils were evaluated at different locations (vertically below the impact plate and horizontally away from it). These responses include; displacements, velocities, and accelerations that are developed due to the impact acting at top and different depths within the soil using the falling weight deflectometer (FWD) and accelerometers (ARH-500A Waterproof, and Low capacity Acceleration Transducer) that are embedded in the soil in addition to soil pressure gauges. It was concluded that increasing the footing embedment depth results in increase in the amplitude of the force-time history by about 10-30% due to increase in the degree of confinement. This is accompanied by a decrease in the displacement response of the soil by about 40-50% due to increase in the overburden pressure when the embedment depth increased which leads to increasing the stiffness of sandy soil. There is also increase in the natural frequency of the soil-foundation system by about 20-45%. For surface foundation, the foundation is free to oscillate in vertical, horizontal and rocking modes. But, when embedding a footing, the surrounding soil restricts oscillation due to confinement which leads to increasing the natural frequency. Moreover, the soil density increases with depth because of compaction, which makes the soil behave as a solid medium. Increasing the footing embedment depth results in an increase in the damping ratio by about 50-150% due to the increase of soil density as D/B increases, hence the soil tends to behave as a solid medium which activates both viscous and strain damping.