• Food Science and Industry
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.58-64
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• 2013

본 연구는 식품의 이온화 조사 처리기술로 얻을 수 있는 경제적 이득을 정량적으로 보여줄 수 있는 자료를 마련하기 위한 것이다. 이온화 조사가 허용되었거나 앞으로 허용 가능한 농산물의 수확 후 관리 손실 비용을 분석하고, 가공식품의 저장성 향상에 의한 경제적 이득에 대하여 조사하였으며, 식품의 이온화 조사로 예방 할 수 있는 식중독 사고의 정도와 그 사회 경제적 비용절감을 추산하였다. 신선식품의 연간 수확 후 손실 비용은 감자, 마늘, 양파, 고추에 대해 총 1조 1,251억 원으로 추산되었다. 현재 이온화 조사가 허가된 품목(다류, 장류, 조미식품, 드레싱)의 유통기한 초과로 인한 폐기 손실액은 899억 원으로 조사되었다. 현재 이온화 조사가 허용되지는 않았으나 향후 조사품목을 확대하였을 때 포함될 수 있는 품목(식육과 알 가공품, 어육가공품, 건포류, 축산가공품)의 유통기한 초과에 의한 폐기손실액은 총 1,931억 원으로 조사되었다. 식품의 이온화 조사로 예방 가능한 식중독의 보건 사회적 비용을 추산한 결과 이온화 조사로 사멸효과가 큰 E. coli O157, Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella spp.에 의한 식중독 감소 효과로 연간 880억 원의 보건 사회적 비용 감소효과를 가져올 것으로 보여지며, 전체 세균성 식중독으로 확대하여 분석 한 결과 1,790억 원의 비용 감소효과를 가져올 것으로 추산되었다. 이온화 조사 처리기술은 식중독 예방에 의한 보건의료비의 절감 기능과 아울러 식품산업의 유통손실 절감과 식량 유실을 막는 효과적인 방법이므로 식량안보적 차원에서 적극 활용되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.115-122
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• 2010

The importance of the life cycle cost (LCC) analysis for bridges has been recognized over the last decade. However, it is difficult to predict LCC precisely since the costs occurring throughout the service life of the bridge depend on various parameters such as design, construction, maintenance, and environmental conditions. This paper presents a methodology for the optimal life cycle cost design of a bridge. Total LCC for the service life is calculated as the sum of initial cost, damage cost, maintenance cost, repair and rehabilitation cost, user cost, and disposal cost. The optimization method is applied to design of a bridge structure with minimal cost, in which the objective function is set to LCC and constraints are formulated on the basis of Korean Bridge Design Code. Initial cost is calculated based on standard costs of the Korea Construction Price Index and damage cost on damage probabilities to consider the uncertainty of load and resistance. Repair and rehabilitation cost is determined using load carrying capacity curves and user cost includes traffic operation costs and time delay costs. The optimal life cycle cost design of a bridge is performed and the effects of parameters are investigated.

• Neonatal Medicine
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.25-35
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• 2009

Purpose: The characteristics of hospitalized patients in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), including hospitalization costs (HC) and National Health Insurance (NHI) status were studied. Methods: We gathered the following data from 7 hospitals in Korea during 2006: the distribution of patients according to birth weight (BW), and the duration of the hospital stay according to BW and He. Results: The patients who were admitted to the NICU consisted of high-risk neonates, including low birth weight or premature neonates, which comprised 50% of all neonates admitted to the NICU. The duration of hospitalization was 75-90 days for neonates with BW <1,000 g, 45-60 days for neonates with BW between 1,000 and 1,499 g, and approximately 15 days for neonates with BW between 2,000 and 2,499 g. The portion of the HC covered by the NHI was 77.1%, 22.9% of the total HC was not covered by the NHI (19.5% was included in the list, but not covered by the NHI and 3.4% was not listed, but covered by the NHI). The average total HC per person was 4,360,000 won, and the HC covered and not covered by the NHI were 3,677,000 won and 1,007,000 won, respectively. The mean HC were as follows; 35,000,000 won for a BW <500 g, 18,000,000 won for a BW between 500 and 999 g, 16,000,000 won for a BW between 1,000 and 1,499 g, and 4,200,000 won for a BW between 1,500 and 1,999 g. Conclusion: Not only premature, but also ill neonates were under the care of the NICU. The HC increased as the BW decreased and the hospitalization period increased. The proportion of the patient's financial burden is >25% of the total He. For this matter, additional NHI is needed.

• Korea Information Processing Society Review
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.70-77
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• 2001

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.141-157
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• 2007

This paper evaluates the effects of privatization and deregulation on the firm-specific efficiency and total factor productivity (TFP) growth in the Korean and Japanese railways. Using a stochastic frontier approach and a generalized translog functional form, the paper specifies the equation system consisting of a multiproduct variable cost function and input share equations which is estimated with Zellner's iterative seemingly unrelated regression and the corrected least squares method. The Korean and Japanese railway firms are assumed to produce three outputs (Shinkansen passenger-kilometers, incumbent railway passenger-kilometers, ton-kilometers of freight) using three input factors (labor, fuel, maintenance and rolling stock). A monetary value of the ways and fixed installations held by the railroad firm is also included as a quasi-fixed input. The empirical results indicate that the average estimate of cost inefficiency is 2.57% for the total sample and on the average, JNR and JR Kyushu are found to be worst efficient while the most efficient railway firm in the sample is JR West. Also the cost efficiency levels of seven JRs have been improved after the reform and privatization of JNR. The findings also indicate that TFP growth of the privately-owned JRs are higher than those of the government-owned KNR and JNR. Three-island JRs and JR Freight have slightly higher TFP growth than Honshu JRs as well. Thus, the results suggest that managerial autonomy and increased competition via deregulation have improved efficiency and TFP growth.

• Journal of Animal Environmental Science
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.27-39
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• 1996

A survey was conducted for dairy farmer to estimate the optimum number of machine and equipment in 1994. Labor hours, operation costs and operation methods for each dairy processing were investigated and analyzed for the farmers to find the expected numbers of machine and equipment on the basis of the desired farm scale. And also, the estimated models were compared and analyzed with the conventional models which more than half dairy farmers used bucket milker in tie stall barn. Some of the results are as follows : 1. Analysis results of conventional model showed that a dairy farm could raise to 15 heads of dairy cow with family labor of 1.5 men, labor hours of 2, 700 in you and total operation costs of 734 thousand won per head. 2. The result, used in conjunction with minimum operation costs in tie stall barn, showed that 28 dairy cows could be raised by using concentrates feeding by hoppers, water supply by water cups, milking by pipeline milker, and manure cleaning by barn cleaner with total operation costs of 520 thousands won per head. 3. The total operation costs of a loose barn system is higher than those of tie stall barn system to raise about 30 heads. For the loose barn system, the herringbone parlour was used for milking, concentrate feeding by automatic concentrate feeder, water supply by thermal insulation feeder, and manure cleaning by scraper with total operation costs of 582 thousands won per head every year.

• Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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• 2002.03a
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• pp.467-474
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• 2002

이 연구에서는 점탄성감쇠기가 설치된 구조시스템의 통합최적설계 방법을 제시하였다. 최적화를 위한 목적함수로는 구조시스템이 유발하는 사회적 비용을 의미하는 총 생애주기비용을 사용함으로써, 구조제어 시스템의 성능에 기반한 경제적 유익을 극대화하도록 하였다. 구조물의 층별 기둥 강성 및 점탄성감쇠기의 사용량 등을 설계변수로 하여 생애주기비용함수를 정의하였으며, 통합시스템을 동시에 최적화하기위한 방법으로 유전자 알고리즘을 적용하였다. 동일한 초기비용을 사용하며 통합최적설계를 수행하지 않은 설계를 통해 얻어진 지진응답과 비교한 결과, 제안하는 통합 설계방법은 보다 우수한 진동제어효과를 발휘하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.20 no.10
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• pp.172-177
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• 2006

This paper presents a method to improve reliability considering dispersed generator(DG) installation and interruption cost with load types. It is used to the different interruption costs with load pattern of daily peak load. The objective functions such as power losses cost operation cost of DG, power buy cost and interruption cost are minimized for reliability improvement and efficient operation. The several indices for reliability evaluation are improved by dispersed generator installation. The proposed method is applied to IEEE 13 bus test systems to demonstrate its effectiveness.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.249-264
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• 2001

This paper describes the results of a cost-effectiveness analysis on the usage of foreign scientific and technical journals. In this study, the measure of cost-effectiveness chosen is the Cost Per Use(CPU) of a journal article. The photocopy usage data and annual subscription costs of journals subscribed by Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information were used. The results of this study illustrate that distribution of subscription cost and photocopy usage, Cost Per Use(CPU) of each journal, CPU of each subject field, etc. 80 percent of the demand for the journal was met by 40 percent of total subscription cost. A relationship was found between subscription cost and photocopy usage, however, no relationship was found between subscription cost and CPU.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.129-129
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• 2015

2011년 후쿠시마 원자력발전소 사고 이후, 발전원의 위험사고비용 및 환경피해비용에 대한 관심이 대두되고 있다. 전력은 생산과정 뿐만 아니라 발전소 건설, 발전소 운영, 송 배전을 통한 전력 공급, 폐기물처리 등의 각 과정에서 다양한 환경비용을 야기하고 있다. 따라서 발전원의 환경영향을 수용자적 입장에서의 평가할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 컨조인트 분석법의 일종인 선택실험법을 적용하여 발전에 따른 환경영향 속성들에 대해 평가한 후, 발전원별로 상이한 속성 값에 속 성별 추정치를 반영하여 발전원별 환경비용을 수용자적 입장에서 추정하였다. 발전원부문이 환경에 미치는 영향에 대한 속성을 온실가스 배출, 건강피해, 지역피해, 온배수 배출로 선정하였고, 제시금액은 비교 대상 발전원들의 전력거래 단가 및 가구당 지출하는 월평균 전기요금수준을 기준으로하여 35,000원에서 75,000원까지의 총 다섯 가지 속성수준으로 구분하였다. 다항로짓모형을 적용하여 발전원별 각 환경영향에 대한 속성별 한계지불의사액 추정하고, 발전원간의 환경비용을 산정하였다. kWh 당 수력발전(0원/kWh) 대비 타 발전원의 추가 환경비용은 26원/kWh­832원/Wh로 환경적 영향 측면에서 국민수용성이 가장 높게 나타났다.