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A Study on the Disaster Management R&D of the US and Japan (미국과 일본의 사례를 통해서 본 재난 분야 정부 R&D의 특징)

  • Lee, Juyoung;Choi, Sumin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.123-129
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    • 2016
  • Through two case studies on the United States and Japan, this research aims to identify the characteristics of disaster management research and thereby provides policy implications for Korea. This paper analyzed government-funded disaster management R&D for each country: the National Science Foundation awarded projects from 2005 to 2015 for the United States, and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from 2011 to 2015 managed by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Japan. As a result, four following implications were drawn. 1) pursuit of R&SD(Research & Solution Development) instead of R&D, 2) shift from prevention to life-cycle management, 3) necessity of multidisciplinary research, and 4) emphasis on post-disaster investigation.

A comparative study for the development of a health promotion policy through an analysis of the mortality rates in Korea and Japan, $1983{\sim}2003$ (한국과 일본의 사망률 비교 분석을 통한 건강증진정책 함의)

  • Nam, Eun-Woo;Song, Yea-Li-A;Moriyama, Masaki;Ishihara, Akiko
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.39-54
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    • 2007
  • This study attempts to provide fundamental information for a health policy and health services by looking at the trends and types of the mortality rates in Korea and Japan. In this study, data of the death statistics of Korea and Japan over the 21-year period from 1983 to 2003 are analyzed. Mortality data are standardized ${\times}100,000$ to the 2003 Japan population, according to the direct method. In 2001/2003, the ranking of major causes of death in Korea and Japan has been greatly changed. In Korea, mortality rates from malignant neoplasms, diabetes mellitus, renal failure, falls and suicide have increased. In Japan, the mortality rates from pneumonia increase more than those from diabetes mellitus. In 2001/2003, the proportions of the mortality rates from chronic diseases are higher than those from acute diseases. In the Korean health promotion policy "Health Promotion 2020", a more intensive goal management is needed.

The Japan Health Physics Society Guideline on Dose Monitoring for the Lens of the Eye

  • Yokoyama, Sumi;Tsujimura, Norio;Hashimoto, Makoto;Yoshitomi, Hiroshi;Kato, Masahiro;Kurosawa, Tadahiro;Tatsuzaki, Hideo;Sekiguchi, Hiroshi;Koguchi, Yasuhiro;Ono, Koji;Akiyoshi, Masahumi;Kunugita, Naoki;Natsuhori, Masahiro;Natsume, Yoshinori;Nabatame, Kuniaki;Kawashima, Tsunenori;Takagi, Shunji;Ohno, Kazuko;Iwai, Satoshi
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.47 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2022
  • Background: In Japan, new regulations that revise the dose limit for the lens of the eye (hereafter the lens), operational quantities, and measurement positions for the lens dose were enforced in April 2021. Based on the international safety standards, national guidelines, the results of the Radiation Safety Research Promotion Fund of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, and other studies, the Working Group of Radiation Protection Standardization Committee, the Japan Health Physics Society (JHPS) developed a guideline for radiation dose monitoring for the lens. Materials and Methods: The Working Group of the JHPS discussed the criteria of non-uniform exposure and the management criteria set not to exceed the dose limit for the lens. Results and Discussion: In July 2020, the JHPS guideline was published. The guideline consists of three parts: main text, explanations, and 26 examples. In the questions, the corresponding answers were prepared, and specific examples were provided to enable similar cases to be addressed. Conclusion: With the development of the guideline on radiation dose monitoring of the lens, radiation managers and workers will be able to smoothly comply with revised regulations and optimize radiation protection.

Preliminary Study on Field Emitter Array Cathodes for Electrodymanic Tether Propulsion

  • Kitamura, Shoji;Nishida, Shin'ichiro;Iseki, Yasushi;Okawa, Yasushi
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2004.03a
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    • pp.300-305
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    • 2004
  • A preliminary study on. field emitter array cathodes was conducted aiming at applying for electrodymanic tether (EDT) propulsion systems. The EDT propulsion systems are assumed to use for active removal systems of post-mission spacecraft, which would otherwise become space debris. A survey on field emit-ter array cathode technology was conducted, and it showed that carbon nanotube (CNT) emitters are suit-able to EDT application. Trial fabrications and evaluation tests of CNT emitters were conducted, which demonstrated a target emission current density of 10 ㎃/$\textrm{cm}^2$. It was found out that the most important technical issue for developing CNT emitters is to improve the performance against voltage breakdown between the emitter and the opposite electrode.

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A Study on the Reading Instruction Qualification System for Learning Commons of Library in Japan - Focusing on Reading Instructor Training Case Analysis - (일본 도서관의 러닝코먼스화에 따른 독서지도사 활용에 관한 연구 - 독서지도사 양성 사례분석을 중심으로 -)

  • Lim, Hyoung-Yeon
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.46 no.3
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    • pp.71-88
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    • 2015
  • It had been said that reading education in Japan has a goal to 'Lead children's character to a desirable direction'. Since the 2000s, Japan's reading activity was directly linked with an education program to improve children's education ability. These movements for reading in Japan is made more concrete by the 'Promotion Act on Children's Reading Activities'. For improving the reading skills of the younger generation in Japan, cooperation among homes, regions, and schools is needed. As a result, Japan has an opportunity to build an educational infrastructure for reading support services. The library has also been given an enhanced role as a learning commons. In this background, this study tried to analyze the current state of Japan's reading instruction qualification system, and show their efforts to foster reading specialists for improving the reading skills of the younger generation. This will generate the momentum needed to have the library evolve into learning commons.

The Verification of the Reliability and Validity of Employment Promotion Tool for Persons with Disabilities in the Aspect of the Quality of Life(QOL-EPAT) (QOL의 관점에 입각한 장애인고용촉진제도·정책 평가 척도의 신뢰성·타당성 검증)

  • KWON, Hae jin
    • Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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    • 2016.05a
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    • pp.387-388
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    • 2016
  • Kwon (2015) was developed Employment Promotion Tool for Persons with Disabilities in the Aspect of the Quality of Life(QOL-EPAT). But its reliability and validity have not been verified yet. Therefore, this study aimed to verify the reliability, content validity and construct validity of QOL-EPAT. This study was conducted with a disability employment specialists. Period May to October 2015, six months, was distributed to collect the questionnaire. Reliability of QOL-EPAT was estimated using the internal consistency method; both the coefficient of Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ were over 0.7. Construct Validity; Construct validity was verified using structural equation modeling (SEM). Goodness of fit index (GFI), Adjusted goodness of fit index (AGFI), comparative fit index (CFI), tucker-Lewis index (TLI) and root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) are the suitability indices of SEM. As the result, GFI=0.898; AGFI=0.844; CFI=0.961; TLI=0.949 and RMSEA=0.069. The validity was verified because the values of GFI, AGFI, CFI, TLI and RMSEA were within the goodness-of-fit range. Thus, impaired employs promoters of Japan also provided which allows for analysis of the policy by using a validated scale.

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