우리나라 산불 발생에 관한 시계열적 특성은 다음과 같다. 1960년부터 2019년까지 연도별 산불 발생빈도는 약 16.6년을 주기를, 2003년부터 2019년까지 산불 발생빈도는 약 11.3개월의 주기를 갖는 것으로 확인되었고, 연도별, 월별 시계열은 안정된 경향을 보여 증가 혹은 감소하는 추세를 확인할 수는 없었다(P<0.05). 지역별 산불 발생 현황을 확인한 결과 경상북도에서 산불이 가장 많이 발생한 것으로 나타났고, 산불피해 면적은 강원도가 가장 넓은 특징을 보였다. 또한, 지역별 시계열적 주기성은 산불 발생빈도가 높은 순으로 FFT-Power가 높은 경향을 보였으나 공통적으로 약 11~12개월 사이의 주기를 갖는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, 요일별로 산불 발생빈도를 확인한 결과 요일별로 산불 발생빈도가 뚜렷하게 다르다는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다(P<0.001). 따라서 산불 발생빈도는 기상 현상 등 자연과학적인 요소와 함께 인문사회적인 요소 모두와 높은 관계에 있었다.

목적 : 본 연구는 상지근력 저하로 인해 일상생활 활동 수행이 제한되는 근육병 장애인을 대상으로 Arm Support 사용에 따른 작업 부하의 변화와 심리·사회적 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 연구방법 : 연구 대상자는 지역사회에 거주하는 근육병 장애인 3명으로, 모두 척수성 근위축증을 진단받았다. 대상자는 능 동형 Arm Support 적용 전·후에 식사, 마스크 착용, 머리 빗기 활동을 수행하였다. 이후, NASA-TLX를 통해 능동형 Arm Support 적용 전·후 활동의 작업 부하를 측정 및 비교하였으며, 한국판 보조공학기기 심리·사회적 영향 척도 (K-PIADS)를 활용하여 Arm Support의 심리·사회적 영향력을 측정하였다. 마지막으로, 인터뷰를 통해 기기 사용 후 느낀 주관적인 감정 등에 대해 알아보았다. 결과 : 작업 부하 변화는 Arm Support 적용 후에 모든 항목의 평균 점수가 감소하였으며, 신체적 요구도 항목의 평균 점수가 가장 많이 감소하였다. 심리·사회적 영향 측정 결과는 하위 영역인 자기욕구 실현능력 2.08점(‘긍정적인 영향 ~ 매우 긍정적인 영향’), 적응성 2.06점(‘긍정적인 영향 ~ 매우 긍정적인 영향), 자존감 1.71점(’다소 긍정적인 영향 ~ 긍정 적인 영향‘)이었다. 인터뷰를 통해, 대상자는 Arm Support 사용함으로써 활동 수행 시 자신감, 만족감, 편안함 등을 느 꼈지만, Arm Support 구조가 정확하게 고정되지 않거나 휠체어 구조물의 간섭으로 인해 불편함 또한 느낀 것을 확인하 였다. 결론 : 본 연구를 통해 Arm Support가 근육병 장애인의 작업 부하를 낮추며, 긍정적인 심리·사회적 영향을 미치는 점 을 알 수 있었다. 추후에는 다양한 유형의 근육병 장애인을 대상으로 실생활 기반의 연구가 진행되어야 할 것이며, 체계 적인 평가를 통해 맞춤형의 서비스가 이루어져야 할 것이다. 본 연구의 결과가 Arm Support를 중재 전략으로 활용하는 연구와 서비스에 기초자료로 활용되기를 기대한다.

필로티 공간은 일반적인 건축부재와 달리 부재가 외기와 접해 있고 실내에서 발생 가능한 화재와 가연물의 종류 및 배치 등이 달라 다양한 화재의 위험으로부터 노출되어 있다. 필로티 구조는 기둥으로만 이루어진 사방이 트인 구조로 인해 화 재가 발생할 경우 화재피해를 입은 기둥은 강도 및 강성이 저감되고 부재의 저항성이 저하되므로 단시간 안에 온도가 상승하여 구조체에 영향을 미친다. 이러한 문제점이 발생한다면 건축물 파손으로 인해 피난로를 차단당하여 많은 인명피해가 일어날 것 으로 사료된다. 본 연구에서는 다가구주택의 필로티 공간에서 화재 발생으로 인해 철근콘크리트 기둥에 미치는 화재영향을 확 인하고자, 기둥 국부화재실험을 통해 보강재에 따른 RC 기둥의 온도분포 및 파괴양상을 검토하였다.

PURPOSES : Abroad, road pavement materials vary depending on the speed and traffic volume of vehicles, but owing to the negative perception of block pavements, sidewalks, parking lots, and parks are primarily used in Korea. In addition, since speed restriction policies such as safety speed 5030 have been implemented recently, it is necessary to use block pavements for roadways, which are considered to have the effect of reducing speed. Therefore, it is necessary not only to actively discuss the introduction of block pavements for roadways but to continue research on the effectiveness of the performance evaluation and to change the perception of roads in Korea. METHODS : In this study, five indicators (surface damage, surface temperature, driving speed of vehicle, noise, and suspended dust) were selected for a sustainable road environment. The performance evaluation index of block pavement for roadways was decided according to the domestic and international literature, and the data were collected based on the evaluation index in the section with block pavement for roadways in Korea. RESULTS : The damage rate was calculated 0.35% according to the breakage of block and Maintenance Control Index(MCI) was ranked A~B even though the pavement was used for more than 4~5 years. The surface temperature of block pavement has a temperature reduction effect of 7 ℃ compared with ordinary asphalt pavement and a speed reduction of approximately 4 km/h on average; therefore, the traffic calming effect of block pavements can be expected. The noise of block pavement and asphalt pavement exhibited a similar level, and the noise level experienced by pedestrians did not change significantly as a result of frequency analysis. The measurement of road suspended dust around the road confirmed the possibility of reducing the concentration of road dust in the air owing to the smooth surface drainage and the results indicated the possibility. CONCLUSIONS : The results of this study are expected to contribute to the recognition and functional improvement of domestic block pavements by continuous monitoring to ensure the reliability of blocks. In addition, it is necessary to ensure the reliability of the quality and functional evaluation of paving materials through continuous on-site monitoring.

Estuary is important in terms of biodiversity because it has the characteristics of transition waters, created by the mixing of fresh- and seawater. The estuarine water circulation provides a variety of habitats with different environments by inducing gradients in the chemical and physical environment, such as water quality and river bed structure, which are ultimately the main factors influencing biological community composition. If the water circulation is interrupted, the loss of brackish areas and the interception of migration of biological communities will lead to changes in the spatial distribution of biodiversity. In this study, among the sites covered by the Estuary Aquatic Ecosystem Health Assessment, we selected study sites where changes in biodiversity can be assessed by spatial gradient from the upper reaches of the river to the lower estuarine area. The α-, γ- and β-diversity of diatom, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish communities were calculated, and they were divided into open and closed estuary data and compared to determine the trends in biodiversity variation due to estuarine circulation. As results, all communities showed higher γ-diversity at open estuary sites. The benthic macroinvertebrate community showed a clear difference between open and closed estuaries in β-diversity, consequently the estuarine transects were considered as a factor that decreases spatial heterogeneity of their diversity among sites. The biodiversity trends analyzed in this study will be used to identify estuaries with low γ- and β-diversity by community, providing a useful resource for further mornitoring and management to maintain estuarine health.

Fish assemblage of total 325 of Korean peninsula estuaries were surveyed to analyze the characteristics of community structure and diversity by sea areas for three years from 2016 to 2018. The scale (stream width) of Korean estuaries were various (14~3,356 m), and 68.9% of all estuaries showed salinity of less than 2 psu. Total 149 species classified into 52 families of fish were identified, and the dominant and sub-dominant species were Tribolodon hakonensis (relative abundance, RA, 12.5%) and Mugil cephalus (RA, 9.5%), respectively. The estuary of the Korean Peninsula had different physical and chemical habitat environments depending on the sea area, and accordingly, fish community structure also showed statistically significant differences (PERMANOVA, Pseudo-F=26.69, P=0.001). In addition, the NMDS (nonmetric multidimensional scaling) results showed the patterns that indicating fish community difference by sea areas, even though low community similarity within sea area (SIMPER, 21.79~26.39%). The estuaries of east sea areas were distinguished from the others in the aspects of which, the higher importance of migratory fishes and endangered species, and that of brackish species were characterized at south sea estuaries. However, the estuaries of west sea showed higher importance of species that have a relation with freshwater (primary freshwater species, exotic species), which is the result that associating with the lower salinity of west sea estuaries because of the high ratio of closed estuaries (78.2%). The SIMPER analysis, scoring the contribution rates of species to community similarity, also showed results corresponding to the tendency of different fish community structures according to each sea area. So far, In Korea, most studies on fish communities in estuaries have been conducted in a single estuary unit, which made it difficult to understand the characteristics of estuaries at the national level, which are prerequisite for policy establishment. In present study, we are providing fish community structure characteristics of Korean estuaries in a national scale, including diversity index, habitat salinity ranges of major species, distribution of migratory species. We are expecting that our results could be utilized as baseline information for establishing management policies or further study of Korean estuaries.

‘Buddybell’ is a promising crabapple variety developed as a pollinizer at the Apple Research Institute, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Korea, in 2019. This variety was selected from seedlings obtained by natural crossing of Malus baccata. It was collected from Mt. Jeombong, Inje-gun, and Gangwon-do. Line selections were conducted from 2009 to 2016, and characteristic evaluations were performed from 2009 to 2010. Tree vigor and tree form of ‘Buddybell’ were medium and upright, respectively. The first flowering time was early, around April 16, and the flowering period was as long as 14 days. The flowers of ‘Buddybell’ were pink in the balloon stage and white in full bloom. ‘Buddybell’ has a high fruit setting rate with major apple varieties(‘Fuji’, ‘Hongro’, and ‘Tsugaru’). The amount of pollen weight per 1,000 inflorescence of ‘Buddybell’ was 2.5 times higher than that of 'Maypole'; hence, it is highly useful as a pollinizer in apple orchard. ‘Buddybell’ was officially applied for variety protection on Korea Seed & Variety Service in 2020 (Application no.2020-237).

풍력발전단지는 초기 투자비용이 높고 설치 후 이동이 용이하지 못하기 때문에 풍력발전단지 설계 과정에서 해당 지역의 생 산 가능 자원량을 정확히 예측하는 것이 필수적이다. 많은 연구자들이 풍력에너지 발전량을 예측하기 위해 수치기상예보(Numerical Weather Prediction, NWP) 방법으로부터 얻은 장기간 기상데이터를 활용한다. 하지만 NWP 방법은 국지적 지형지물과 표면조도가 풍 황에 미치는 영향을 충분히 고려하지 못한다는 한계점이 존재하여 대부분의 육상풍력발전단지가 지형이 복잡한 산간지역에 설치되어 있는 한국에서 활용하기에 적합하지 않다. 이에 NWP 방법을 통해 얻어진 장기간 기상데이터를 전산유체역학(Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD)의 경계조건으로 활용하여 지형지물과 표면조도의 영향을 고려하여 축소함으로써 공간해상도를 100m 급으로 고해상 도화 하였다.