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Comparison of Air Pollution Management Policies between China and Korea

  • SHEN, Ping;PARK, Jae Hong;JUNG, Jong tai
    • Journal of Urban Science
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.51-59
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    • 2020
  • With the rapid development of China's industrialization and urbanization, air pollution has become a growing concern. The emergence of air pollution not only affects people's health, but also restricts the development of China's social economy. This paper puts forward specific measures for air pollution control by examining the causes of air pollution and by comparing air pollution status and management policies between Korea and China. Methods of control involve improving the urban environmental management mechanism, spreading awareness of urban environmental management and air pollution management laws and regulations system, strengthening clean energy utilization and urban environmental greening, increasing investment and management funds and more. Through these measures, urban environmental management in China can be accelerated and level of environmental management improved.

A Study on Residents' Cognizance of Planned-Ecovillage (계획형 생태마을의 주민 인식에 관한 연구)

  • Song, Jeong Seok;Choi, Woo Ram;Kim, Hee Won;Lee, Hyo Won
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.11-22
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    • 2012
  • The paper aims to establish planning elements of planned-ecovillages, and analyze the cognizance of residents as well as experts' evaluation so as to examine the awareness of actual residents. The planned-ecovillage allows residents to participate in the organization of the ecovillage to the construction stage. Unlike general ecovillages, planned-ecovillages have a difference as they introduce planning elements by autonomous decision-making through discussions and meetings among residents. The present age is at its turning point. While a fatal impact to human life, including energy shortage and environmental pollution are expected, we may be able to suggest an alternative solution and triggered the initiation, such as a future-oriented ecovillage that enables environmentally-friendly and sustainable living, namely planned-ecovillages.

Suffering and Spiritual Care (고통(suffering)과 영적 간호)

  • Kim, Myung-Ja;Yang, Nam-Young
    • Journal of Home Health Care Nursing
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.40-48
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    • 2009
  • Although the general concept of suffering care includes palliative care for the terminally ill that is designed to alleviate pain, it is much more holistic and encompasses emotional, spiritual and other life dimensions. Human suffering is multi-dimensional including spiritual and religious aspects, which diverge from the concept of pain understood in the context of materialistic medical approach. In this caring perspective, the body, mind and spirit are integrated so that objectivity and subjectivity can merge. The extended awareness with inner source or energy, and positive thinking about the personally-relevant God can be meaningful the dying person, family members and the caring team. Despite the importance of an inclusive understanding of human suffering, actual nursing practice still does not fully embrace the full understanding of human suffering. A more fundamental meaning of human suffering from the nursing perspective may fruitfully adopt a more inclusive view of human suffering.

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Design and Implementation of LED Lighting Control System based on Context Awareness in Home (주거공간의 상황인지 기반 LED 조명제어시스템 설계 및 구현)

  • Kim, Yun-Joo;Im, Kyoung-Mi;Lim, Jae-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2012.11a
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    • pp.1288-1291
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    • 2012
  • 주거공간 내 조명환경은 인간의 심리적, 생리적 기능에 많은 영향을 주는 요소임에도 불구하고 현재의 조명환경은 사용자의 상황과 공간 특성을 고려하지 않은 단일화된 형태로 제공하고 있다. 또한 인간의 심리에 영향을 미치는 조명의 요소로는 빛의 색온도, 조도, 색상, 눈부심, 균제도 등이 있으나 대다수의 조명은 밝은 조도에만 초점을 맞추어 사람의 눈부심을 자극하는 조명이 대부분을 차지하고 있다. 따라서 사용자에게 좀 더 편안하고 쾌적한 조명환경을 제공하기 위해서는 사용자의 행동, 심리적 상황 등에 따라 조명의 색온도, 조도 그리고 색상이 고려된 상황조명 서비스가 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 사용자의 재실여부와 행위 등의 상황을 인지하고 이에 따라 조명의 On/Off, 색온도, 조도, 색상의 조명환경을 제공하는 상황인지 기반의 LED 조명 제어시스템을 제안한다.

An Information Model to Facilitate Sustainable Design of Building Projects in the UAE

  • Zaneldin, Essam
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.544-548
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    • 2015
  • As urbanization increases in UAE, the demand for housing and infrastructures also grows. The challenge is to continue to build but in a different way considering more energy-efficient sustainable buildings. Producing a sustainable design is highly dependent upon effective participation among the diverse parties involved. In the construction industry in the UAE, these parties are fragmented due to the multistage nature of construction projects and multidisciplinary participants, particularly during the design stage. The decisions made during this stage have an extensive impact on subsequent stages of a project's life cycle. Having a sustainability expert during the design stage is important and the awareness of sustainability requirements by all design participants is of equal importance. In this research, recent advances in information technology are used to develop an information model that will improve the sustainability of building during the design stage. An information framework for storing design information and sustainability performance criteria is developed, allowing design participants to collaborate in an integrated environment. This research is expected to help designers produce sustainable designs for building projects.

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A Framework for Time Awareness System in the Internet of Things (사물인터넷에서 시각 정보 관리 체계)

  • Hwang, Soyoung
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.1069-1073
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    • 2016
  • The Internet of Things (IoT) is the interconnection of uniquely identifiable embedded computing devices within the existing Internet infrastructure. IoT is expected to offer advanced connectivity of devices, systems, and services that goes beyond machine-to-machine communications and covers a variety of protocols, domains, and applications. Key system-level features that IoT needs to support can be summarized as device heterogeneity, scalability, ubiquitous data exchange through proximity wireless technologies, energy optimized solutions, localization and tracking capabilities, self-organization capabilities, semantic interoperability and data management, embedded security and privacy-preserving mechanisms. Time information is a critical piece of infrastructure for any distributed system. Time information and time synchronization are also fundamental building blocks in the IoT. The IoT requires new paradigms for combining time and data. This paper reviews conventional time keeping mechanisms in the Internet and presents issues to be considered for combining time and data in the IoT.

Research for the Experience of Fire Fighting Aafety Education and Living Safety Consciousness of Department of Noncommissioned Officer in College Students (부사관학과 학생들의 소방안전교육 경험과 생활안전의식에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Wonjoo;Kwon, Shin Young;Kang, Soon Hyung;Nah, Yoon-Chae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.159-167
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    • 2015
  • The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the awareness survey on the experience of fire fighting safety education and living safety consciousness of college students in the department of noncommissioned officer. Additionally, making provision of basic references and the effective fire fighting safety education is another important purpose of this study. In order to evaluate the awareness, the survey consist of 43 queries based on 6 queries for general characters, 9 queries for experiences of fire fighting safety education and 30 queries for living safety consciousness. The collected data from survey was analyzed using SPSS 20.0 win program. The interrelationship for general characters was confirmed using analysis of frequency, percentage, independent T-tset, ANONVA analysis, and regression analysis. The results show that the experience of fire fighting safety education and living safety consciousness of students from the combatant branch and ordnance corps are higher than those students from quartermaster corps. This may be attributed to the presence or absence of safety relevant courses on a curriculum. Therefore, the presence of safety courses on a curriculum should be one of important points for improving the experience of fire fighting safety education and living safety consciousness of these college students.

Survey on the Perception of Campus Facility Staff for the Development of a Campus Greenhouse Gases Management System (대학단위 온실가스 관리 프로그램 개발을 위한 대학 내 시설 담당자들의 인식 조사)

  • Wee, Daehyun;Kim, Yoon Kyung;Choi, Jung Hyun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.14 no.12
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    • pp.989-998
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    • 2014
  • We examine the awareness of the facility managers in Korean universities and colleges over the global climate change and over the national greenhouse gas (GHG) energy target management program via a questionnaire survey. The result shows that the survey participants maintain high awareness on global and national issues including the climate change and the concept of the national GHG management framework. On the other hand, the responsibility of universities and colleges associated to these issues is not recognized as well, showing the necessity for further education. Additionally, important implications on the direction and the major factors that should be considered during the development of a GHG management program for universities and colleges are deduced from the result of the survey. In order to be effective in universities and colleges, a GHG management program must be able to estimate the present level of emissions accurately, to address campus-specific emissions characteristics, and to facilitate ease use for generic users. At the same time, active supporting services including education and promotion should be incorporated. The survey result can be utilized as basic data in guiding the future development of effective GHG management programs.

Review of Collision Avoidance Systems for Mine Safety Management: Development Status and Applications (광산안전관리를 위한 충돌방지시스템의 개발현황과 적용사례)

  • Lee, Chaeyoung;Suh, Jangwon;Baek, Jieun;Choi, Yosoon
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.282-294
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    • 2017
  • This study analyzed the development status and applications of collision avoidance systems for mine safety management. The definitions of collision avoidance system used in Australia and USA were compared. Sensing technologies utilized in the collision avoidance systems were reviewed. In addition, several collision avoidance systems developed in oversea mining company, such as $MineAlert^{TM}$ Collision Awareness System, Cat $MineStar^{TM}$, and Intelligent Proximity Detection, were reviewed. In the domestic mining industry, no collision avoidance system was used. However, similar systems were utilized in the construction and railroad industry. Collision avoidance system can prevent unexpected collision accident and thus improve worker's safety in mine. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze and apply sensors and system appropriate for the domestic mining environment via review of overseas collision avoidance system.

Relationships among Menstrual Attitude, Premenstrual Distress, and Premenstrual Coping in Korean College Women (여대생의 월경 태도, 월경 전 불편감과 월경 전 대처와의 관계)

  • Han, Jee Hee;Kim, Sue;Kim, Sang Hee;Lee, Sun Kyung
    • Women's Health Nursing
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.11-20
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: This paper presented a descriptive study which aimed to identify the relationship among menstrual attitude, premenstrual distress and premenstrual coping in Korean college women and to propose fundamental data for the development of guidelines for effective management of premenstrual distress. Methods: The data were collected from 111 college women and analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA and Pearson's correlation coefficients. Results: The mean score of premenstrual coping was $3.25{\pm}0.60$ out of 5 points. The 'Awareness and Acceptance of Premenstrual Change' score was highest and the 'Avoiding Harm' score was lowest. Menstrual attitude was significantly related to premenstrual distress (r=.37 p<.001) and the awareness and acceptance style of premenstrual coping (r=-.21. p=.021). And premenstrual distress was significantly related to the self-care coping style of premenstrual coping (r=.30, p=.001), the adjusting energy coping style of premenstrual coping (r=.45, p<.001) and the avoiding harm coping style of premenstrual coping (r=.48, p<.001). Conclusion: Results of this study support that positive attitude about menstruation is necessary for the effective management of premenstrual distress. Also, premenstrual coping programs that consider the level of premenstrual distress will be needed for college women.