• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.61-74
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• 2007

Adolescents from stepfamilies have been considered as at-risk group of mental and behavioral problems. This study aims to determine whether there is a group difference of emotional or behavior disturbance between young people in step and non-stepfamilies and whether risk factors linked to emotional and behavior symptoms of young people in stepfamilies are different from those of girls in non-stepfamilies. The study used 'the Mental Health of Children and Young People in Great Britain, 2004 (MHCYP 2004)'. In the MHCYP 2004, the Rutter Problem Behavior Questionnaire, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), and Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) were administered to parents, teachers, and children drawn from young people aged 5-17 living in private households in England, Scotland (including the Highlands and Islands) and Wales. The total of 2,471 samples of aged 13 through 17 from them were selected for this study. The selected data was analyzed using SPSS. The findings showed group differences in emotional and behavior symptoms between young people in step and non-stepfamilies: Young people from stepfamilies were more emotional and have behavioral disturbances than those from nonstepfamilies. The result also confirmed the different risk factors associated with emotional behavior problems. The study supports that professionals need to develop effective treatment and preventive approaches designed for young people in stepfamilies who may have different risk factors different from those in non-stepfamilies.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2012

As the occurrence rate of terror and hazard is increasing throughout the world, GSA, DoD, and FEMA are proceeding a study about mitigating the damage of terror. Korea is no more a safe place from the terrorist's threat, so we need to make measures against them. In this study we developed modified RVS System by revising some items to adjust the system to the domestic condition and conducted a risk assessment on several tall buildings in Korea. By using IRVS system which is developed by DHS, we also carried out the risk assessment. Comparing the results between RVS with IRVS, we performed terror risk evaluation of tall buildings. Through risk assessment of several tall buildings, we analyzed key factors of each scenarios and suggested the mean value of each items, so we would like to help the counter-terrorism in the design phase.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.200-203
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• 2009

우리나라 식품공전상에 수록된 식품군 및 식품유형에 대한 위해순위(risk ranking) 결정은 식품안전관련 위생관리 우선순위 적용 등에 있어 중요한 수단으로 작용할 수 있다. 하지만 세계적인 관심의 증대에도 불구하고 아직까지 국내에서는 체계적으로 수행된 적이 없었다. 본 연구는 식품공전에 포함되어 있는 101개의 식품유형에 대하여 상대적인 위해 순위를 결정하였다. 상대위해도는 노출평가, 심각성평가 및 섭취량 추정부분으로 구성된 위해평가모델을 이용하였다. 추정결과, 즉석섭취식품(RTE)이 가장 높은 위해수준을 나타내었고, 다음이 어육가공품, 빵류 등의 순으로 나타났다. 이러한 식품공전상의 식품유형에 대한 과학적인 위해순위 결과는 식품안전에 있어 가장 많은 영향을 미치는 식품과 이들 식품에 대한 관리목표를 설정하는데 크게 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.1287-1295
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• 2015

본 연구는 간선도로 상의 이단횡단보도와 일반횡단보도를 비교대상으로 하여 차량 및 보행자 행태분석을 통해 요인을 추출하고, 보행자의 심리적 부담감이라는 정성적 요소를 포함하여 위험도(Risk Analysis)를 비교하고자 한다. 국내 외 선행 연구고찰을 통해 이단횡단보도의 연구방향을 제시하고, 횡단보도(일반, 이단)에서 차량과 보행자의 위반행태 및 전문가 설문을 통하여 위험도 평가항목 및 구조를 정립하였다. 보행자가 느낄 수 있는 심리적 부담감과 같은 정성적 평가항목을 반영하기 위하여 계층분석법(AHP : Analytic Hierarchy Process)을 통한 가중치(Weight)를 산정하고, 조사내용을 종합 점수화하여 위험도 분석을 수행하였다. 이단횡단보도와 일반횡단보도의 위험도 평가결과, 정량적 요소 측면에서는 차량위반 항목에 대해 이단횡단보도(0.318)가 일반횡단보도(0.241)에 비해 높게 나타났으며, 보행자 위반 항목에 대해 일반횡단보도(0.241)가 이단횡단보도(0.130)보다 높게 나타나 정량적 요소에 따른 상대적 위험도는 일반횡단보도(0.482)가 이단횡단보도(0.448)보다 1.08배 높은 것으로 분석되었다. 다만, 보행자의 심리적 부담감이라는 정성적 요소를 포함하면 일반횡단보도(0.503)가 이단횡단보도(0.462)의 상대적 위험도 보다 1.09배 높은 것으로 분석되어 보행자의 심리적 불안감을 포함하더라도 간선도로 단일로 상에 설치된 이단횡단보도가 일반횡단보도 보다 다소 안전한 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.130-140
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• 2017

Background: With the need for a domestic level 3 probabilistic safety assessment (PSA), it is essential to develop a Korea-specific code. Health effect assessments study radiation-induced impacts; in particular, long-term health effects are evaluated in terms of cancer risk. The objective of this study was to analyze the latest cancer risk models developed by foreign organizations and to compare the methodology of how they were developed. This paper also provides suggestions regarding the development of Korean cancer risk models. Materials and Methods: A review of cancer risk models was carried out targeting the latest models: the NUREG model (1993), the BEIR VII model (2006), the UNSCEAR model (2006), the ICRP 103 model (2007), and the U.S. EPA model (2011). The methodology of how each model was developed is explained, and the cancer sites, dose and dose rate effectiveness factor (DDREF) and mathematical models are also described in the sections presenting differences among the models. Results and Discussion: The NUREG model was developed by assuming that the risk was proportional to the risk coefficient and dose, while the BEIR VII, UNSCEAR, ICRP, and U.S. EPA models were derived from epidemiological data, principally from Japanese atomic bomb survivors. The risk coefficient does not consider individual characteristics, as the values were calculated in terms of population-averaged cancer risk per unit dose. However, the models derived by epidemiological data are a function of sex, exposure age, and attained age of the exposed individual. Moreover, the methodologies can be used to apply the latest epidemiological data. Therefore, methodologies using epidemiological data should be considered first for developing a Korean cancer risk model, and the cancer sites and DDREF should also be determined based on Korea-specific studies.

• 한국가스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가스학회 2004년도 추계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.207-214
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• 2004

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2012

The purpose of ecological risk assessment in soil ecosystem is to protect ecological receptors and to provide a scheme of efficient management for soil contaminants. Developed countries have already prepared the methodologies of ecological risk assessment by considering their soil properties, land use, and ecological receptors. In this study, we compared the soil ecological risk assessment processes in the similarity and differences in methodology. Four countries, except for USA, adjusted the toxicological data for ecological risk assessment, based on their representative soil properties because the soil properties affect toxic effects to ecological receptors. The soil ecological risk assessment methodology of Netherlands and UK was based on 'Technical guidance document on risk assessment (TGD)' of European Chemical Bureau (ECB). Australia, USA, and Canada developed their autonomous methodology. In the Netherlands, UK, Australia, and Canada, they employed the species sensitivity distribution (SSD) approach if sufficient toxicity data are available. The USA determined the ecological soil screening level by obtaining the geometric mean of toxicological data for three species. Furthermore, all countries consider secondary poisoning in their soil ecological risk assessment. The latest risk assessment methodology of soil ecosystem that this study investigated can be used to explore what Korea needs to develop the Korean ecological risk assessment methodology of soil ecosystem in the future.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.95-105
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• 2009

Chemical Ranking and Scoring (CRS) system is a useful tool to screen priority chemicals of large body of substances. The relative ranking of chemicals based on CRS system has served as a decision-making support tools. Exposure potential and toxicity are significant parameters in CRS system, and there are differences in evaluating those parameters in each CRS system. In this study, the parameters of exposure potential, human toxicity, and ecotoxicity were extensively compared. In addition the scoring methods in each parameter were analyzed. The CRS systems considered in this study include the CHEMS-1 (Chemical Hazard Evaluation for Management Strategies), SCRAM (Scoring and Ranking Assessment Model), EURAM (European Union Risk Ranking Method), ARET (Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics), and CRS-Korea. An comparative analysis of the several CRS systems is presented based on their assessment parameters and scoring methods.

• Advances in Computational Design
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2019

Recent generations of smartphones offer accelerometer sensors as a standard feature. While this has led to the development of a number of related applications (apps), there has been no study on their comparative or individual performance against a benchmark. This paper investigates the comparative performance of a number of smartphone accelerometer apps amongst themselves and to a calibrated benchmark accelerometer. A total of 12 apps were selected for testing out of 90 following an initial review. The selected apps were subjected to sinusoidal vibration testing of varying frequency and the response of each compared against the calibrated baseline accelerometer. The performance of apps was quantified using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and test of significance was carried out. The apps were then compared for a realistic dynamic scenario of measuring the acceleration response of a bridge due to the passage of a French Train $\grave{a}$ Grande Vitesse (TGV) in a laboratory environment.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.230-237
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• 2021

Background: Noise-induced hearing loss is a well-known occupational disease that affects many fish harvesters from many fisheries worldwide, whose risk factor is prolonged exposure to hazardous noise levels. To date, academic research activities and regulatory bodies have not provided any comparative analysis among the existing methods to assess noise exposure levels of fish harvesters. This paper provides a comparison of four relevant assessment methods of noise exposure, examining the results of a measurement campaign performed onboard small fishing vessels from Newfoundland and Labrador. Methods: We traveled onboard 11 vessels engaged in multiple fisheries from Newfoundland and Labrador and performed extensive noise exposure surveys using the simplified International Maritime Organization method, the full-day measurement method, and the two methods provided by ISO 9612:2009, the task-based method and job-based method (JBM). Results: The results showed that the four methods yield similar values when the noise components are dominated by the engine and auxiliaries (steady-state sources); when noise components are dominated by the fishing gear, task-based method and the simplified International Maritime Organization method estimates are less accurate than JBM, using full-day measurements as baseline. Conclusion: The JBM better assesses noise exposure in small-scale fisheries, where noise exposure has significant variance and uncertainties on the exposure levels are higher.