• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.134-140
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• 2006

Because shipyard workers are involved with various manufacturing process in shipyard industry, and they are exposed to many kinds of hazardous materials. Especially, painting workers were exposed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). This study was conducted to assess the exposure status of PAH based on job-exposure matrix. We investigated the effect of genetic polymorphism of xenobiotic metabolism enzymes involved in PAH metabolism on levels of urinary metabolite. A total of 93 shipbuilding workers were recruited in this study. Questionnaire variables were age, sex, use of personal protective equipment, smoking, drinking, and work duration. The urinary metabolite was collected in the afternoon and corrected by urinary creatinine concentration. The genotypes of CYP1A1, CYP2E1, GSTM1, GSTT1 and UGT1A6 were investigated by using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) methods with DNA extracted from venous blood. Urinary 1-OHP levels were significantly higher in direct exposured group (spray and touch-up) than indirect exposed group. Urinary 1-OHP, concentration of the high exposure with wild type of UGT1A6 was significantlyhigher than that of the high exposure with other UGT1A6 genotype. In multiple regression analysis of urinary 1-OHP, the regression coefficient of job grade was statistically significant (p<0.05) and UGT1A6 was not significant but a trend (p<0.1). The grade of exposure affected urinary PAH concentration was statistically significant. But genetic polymorphism of xenobiotics metabolism enzymes was not statistically significant. Further investigation of genetic polymorphism with large sample size is needed.

• 항공우주정책ㆍ법학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.87-108
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• 2014

항공기 승객을 포함하여 소위 악성소비자에 의한 감정노동자의 피해는 소비자의 권한 남용이 노동자의 인권을 침해할 가능성이 많다는 이유로 심각한 사회 문제가 되고 있다. 감정노동은 공개적으로 얼굴과 신체를 나타내며 만들어 내는 감정 조절의 한 형태이며, 또한 노동자에 의한 감정의 관리가 시장에서 교환될 수 있는 상황을 만들어내는 직업에서의 감정의 관리에 해당한다. 감정노동을 요구하는 직업의 예로서 간호사, 의사, 대기 직원 및 TV 배우 등을 들 수 있다. 그러나 경제가 제조업으로부터 서비스업으로 이동함에 따라 더 많은 노동자들이 다양한 서비스의 직업 환경에 처해 있는데 과거에 비해 고용주의 요구에 따라 그들의 감정을 관리하도록 요구받고 있다. 감정노동으로부터 오는 증상의 하나는 소위 스마일증후군인데 마코토 나츠메교수는 노동자가 계속되는 부자연한 웃음의 결과로 우울증과 신체적 질병을 발전하게 된다고 주장한다. 직장에서의 심한 정도의 감정 통제는 종사자의 심한 정도의 감정 고갈 및 낮은 수준의 직업 만족도로 연결되어진다. 대부분의 경우, 감정노동자는 구매한 상품 및 서비스와 관련하여 공급자에게 대하여 불만을 제기하여 악의적으로 보상을 받으려는 악성소비자에 의한 권리 남용으로 상처를 받고 있다. 이러한 배경 하에서 한국 정부는 "소비자보호법"을 폐기하고 2006년 "소비자기본법"을 제정하였는데, 소비자는 보호를 받기도 하지만 동시에 의무와 책임을 가질 것을 규정하고 있다. "항공안전 및 보안에 관한법률"은 항공기 승객이 여행 중에 기내난동 등 금지되는 행위를 예시하고 있다. 또한 감정노동자의 인권은 예절과 품격 및 근로 환경의 문화적인 향상이 이루어질 때 더욱 보호될 수 있다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2001

Major deficiencies of current automation scheme including various robots for bioproduction include the lack of task adaptability and real time processing, low job performance for diverse tasks, and the lack of robustness of take results, high system cost, failure of the credit from the operator, and so on. This paper proposed a scheme that could solve the current limitation of task abilities of conventional computer controlled automatic system. The proposed scheme is the man-machine hybrid automation via tele-operation which can handle various bioproduction processes. And it was classified into two categories. One category was the efficient task sharing between operator and CCM(computer controlled machine). The other was the efficient interface between operator and CCM. To realize the proposed concept, task of the object identification and extraction of 3D coordinate of an object was selected. 3D coordinate information was obtained from camera calibration using camera as a measurement device. Two stereo images were obtained by moving a camera certain distance in horizontal direction normal to focal axis and by acquiring two images at different locations. Transformation matrix for camera calibration was obtained via least square error approach using specified 6 known pairs of data points in 2D image and 3D world space. 3D world coordinate was obtained from two sets of image pixel coordinates of both camera images with calibrated transformation matrix. As an interface system between operator and CCM, a touch pad screen mounted on the monitor and remotely captured imaging system were used. Object indication was done by the operator’s finger touch to the captured image using the touch pad screen. A certain size of local image processing area was specified after the touch was made. And image processing was performed with the specified local area to extract desired features of the object. An MS Windows based interface software was developed using Visual C++6.0. The software was developed with four modules such as remote image acquisiton module, task command module, local image processing module and 3D coordinate extraction module. Proposed scheme shoed the feasibility of real time processing, robust and precise object identification, and adaptability of various job and environments though selected sample tasks.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.90-102
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• 1993

A study on the factors affecting subjective symptoms of labor working in textile industries was carried out from June I to 30 in 1991. A total of 870 laborers were selected from the textile industries at Taegu, Kyungbuk in Korea. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting subjective symptoms and improve the health condition of the labor in the industries. The results of this study can be summarized as follows: 1. 72.5% of the respondents were females and 27.5% were males. 45% of them were in the age group of between 20 and 29 years old, 25.7% were between 10 and 19 years old and 14.4% were between 30 and 39 years old. 57.6% finished high school level education, 70.6% were single, 31.2% had religion of Buddhism and 57.3% lived in the dormitory. Financially, 45% of them partially supported their family members. 2. 34.5% of the respondants were working in the administrative areas and the rest were working in the production areas. The period of working was 1~4 years. 64.7% of them owned their houses. 72.9% worked for a shift. 15.9% were satisfied with their job and 17.1% were not satisfied with their job. 3. 44.0% of the respondants complained about eye problems and more females than males complained about problems. 4. The laborers in the age group of between 40 and 49 years old complained about serious headache and younger laborers complained about respiratory problems. 5. 50% of unmarried laborers complained about eye problems, 40% of night workers felt aches in their empty stomach. 6. 54.4% of the respondents working in manufacturing department complained about eye problems, 29.5% of working in processing department complained about headache and 43.4% of the respondents working in spinning department complained about shoulder ache. 7. Most laborers went to the drug stores for their health. 8. 60.7% of teen ages complained about their irregular menstruation. 51.7% of the in twenties complained about pain during the period. 45.8% of the respondents in thirties complained about nervous system. The women working nights show 74.1% in all three and highest complaint rate. According to the conclusion of this study, it is recommended that more money should be spent on better health education for the laborers in textile industries. Also it is recommended that the policies and supports for them should be strengthened.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.19-32
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• 2004

This study was conducted to evaluated musculoskeletal subjective symptoms and the degree of stress of industrial workers to present fundamental materials of preventive oriental medicine for improving their health and quality of life. During the medical examination with oriental medicine method, presence of subjective symptoms of musculoskeletal pain, Psychosocial Well-being Index(PWI) and life style were checked by using questionnaire method in 474 industrial workers. The collected data were analyzed with crosstabs, ANOVA and T-test. The results were as follows; 1. In general differences according to musculoskeletal subjective symptoms, education level of high school graduation had significantly higher distribution than that of below middle school or above university graduation in the pain present group. 2. In the musculoskeletal subjective symptoms and the degree of stress, all of Factor1, Factor2. Factor3, Factor4. and PWI had higher score in pain present group than in pain free group and the difference was statistically significant. 3. According to degree of stress and general character of subjects, single and education level of high school graduation had high score in Factor2, Factor3 and PWI. Factor1 and Factor3 was high in income group of low 1.49 million won. Factor2, Factor4, and PWI was high significantly in income group of 1.50 - 2.99 million won. In job type, manufacturing worker group had significantly high score in Factor3. 4. In degree of stress and life style difference, there was significant difference in PWI score in the field of alcohol chinking, smoking, exercise, obesity except sleeping hours. In the present study. as a result, it is found out that musculoskeletal subjective symptoms present group had higher score in psychosocial stress across the fields than symptom-free group and it is recommended that continuous studies on the relationship of job-related musculoskeletal disorders and psychosocial stress should be performed for improvement and prevention of mental and physical health of industrial worke

• 한국전자거래학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.19-33
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• 2019

최근 제조업체들은 제품의 생산방식이 고도화 되고, 복잡해지면서 생산 장비를 효율적으로 사용하는데 어려움을 겪고 있다. 제조공정의 효율성을 방해하는 대표적인 요인들로는 작업물 종류 변경(job change)으로 인한 작업 준비 비용(Setup Cost) 등이 있다. 특히 반도체/LCD 공정과 같이 고가의 생산 장비를 사용하는 공정의 경우 장비의 효율적인 사용이 매우 중요한데, 상호 충돌하는 의사결정인 납기 준수를 최대화 하는 것과 작업물 종류 변경으로 인한 작업 준비 비용을 최소화 하는 것 사이에서 균형을 유지하는 것은 매우 어려운 일이다. 본 연구에서는 납기와 작업 준비 비용이 있는 병렬기계에서 강화학습을 활용하여 납기 및 셋업 비용의 최소화 목표를 달성하는 일정계획 모델을 개발하였다. 제안하는 모델은 DQN(Deep Q-Network) 일정계획 모델로 강화학습기반의 모델이다. 제안모델의 효율성을 측정하기 위해 DQN 모델과 기존에 개발하였던 심층 신경망 기반의 일정계획 생성기법과 휴리스틱 원칙의 결과를 비교하였다. 비교 결과 DQN 일정계획 생성기법이 심층신경망 방식과 휴리스틱 원칙에 비하여 납기 및 셋업 비용이 적은 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.76-88
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• 2003

외국의 경우 게놈 연구 및 바이오산업에 DNA 칩을 제작할 수 있는 로봇 시스템을 싼 가격에 사용하고 있으나 우리나라의 경우 자동화 시스템을 비싼 가격에 외국에서 도입하여 사용하기 때문에 바이오산업 및 연구 분야에서의 생산비를 높이게 돼 국내외적으로 생명공학의 경쟁력을 저하시키는 원인이 된다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 유전체 연구에 필수적인 DNA 칩 제작을 위한 연구용 pin 타입 microarrayer를 개발하였으며, 그 구체적인 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 본 연구에서는 DNA칩 제작을 위한 연구용 pin 타입 microarrayer를 개발하였으며 3축 직교좌표형 로봇 본체, DNA를 묻혀 silylated 슬라이드에 점착하는 DNA 점착 헤드, 칩 및 웰 플레이트 고정부, 핀을 세척 및 건조하는 세척 및 건조장치 등으로 시스템을 구성하였다. 2. DNA 점착 헤드는 DNA 점착시 제도용 펜촉을 사용하도록 설계, 제작하였으며, 슬라이드에 DNA를 점착할 때는 핀이 일정한 힘으로 슬라이드를 누르며 점착할 수 있도록 자석의 반발력을 이용하였다. 3. DNA 점착 헤드 핀의 세척을 위하여 증류수 분사 및 진동 브러쉬를 이용하였으며 세척실험 결과, 핀을 1mm/s로 이동시키며 브러쉬를 통과하도록 하는 방법이 세척효과가 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 핀 건조실험결과는 $8.5kg_f/cm^2$의 압축공기를 30초 동안 핀에 분사하였을 때 핀이 건조되는 것으로 나타났다. 4. 본 로봇 시스템을 이용하여 DNA를 12장의 슬라이드에 모두 점착시키기 위하여 웰 플레이트에서 핀이 DNA를 묻히는 실험을 실시한 결과, 10초 이상 핀에 DNA를 묻혔을 때 슬라이드 12장을 모두 찍는 것으로 나타났으며, 슬라이드에 핀이 1초간 접촉할 때의 DNA 스팟의 크기는 평균$280{\mu}$ 가 되는 것으로 나타났다. 최소 점 간격을 0.32mm로 설정한 후 DNA를 점착해 본 결과 최대 8,100여 점의 DNA 스팟을 한 슬라이드에 점착할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 5. 본 로봇 시스템은 12장의 동일 DNA 칩을 생성하기 위해 핀의 세척, 건조, DNA를 묻히는 과정 및 DNA 점착 등의 한 과정을 2분 50초 동안 수행할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.574-586
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• 1993

산업장 근로자들의 결근실태와 요인을 알아보기 위해 대전시내에 위치한 제조업에 종사하는 근로자 1,184명을 대상으로 1992년 6월에서 8월 사이의 3개월간 결근양상에 대한 조사에서 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 조사대상자의 총결근자율은 20.1%, 질병결근자율은 6.9% 였으며 총결근율은 1.2%, 질병 결근율은 0.5%로 나타났다. 2. 결근자의 평균결근일수는 2.8일이었으며 이중 질병으로 인한 경우가 4.4일, 질병이 아닌 원인으로 인한 경우는 1.4일로 나타났다. 원인별 질병결근의 평균결근일수는 두부, 사지, 체간의 상해로 인한 경우가 $13.2{\sim}18.6$일로 다른 원인에 비해 높았으며, 총 결근일수는 사지상해, 체간상해, 몸살, 두부상해, 근골격계 증상의 순으로 높게 나타났다. 3. 결근여부에 관련있는 변수로서 총결근여부에는 고용구분, 교육정도, 유해요인 노출여부, 1일 근무시간, 직종의 변수였으며, 질병결근여부에는 고용구분, 교육정도, 직종 변수였다. 4. 결근자군에서 결근율에 영향있는 변수로서 총결근율에 작업분위기, 비만지수, 작업환경, 1일 작업시간이었으며 이들 변수의 총결근율에 대한 설명력은 13.1 % 였다. 질병 결근율에는 1일 작업시간, 교육정도, 작업분위기의 순이었으며, 이들 변수의 질병결근율에 대한 설명력은 25.4% 였다.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.445-453
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• 2012

The aim of this paper was to prove that if the risk level in combined tasks was improved through evaluation of postural load of liquid weight measurement process, the workload level and ratio of exposure time would be changed, and the time of process would be seen concurrently. Background: According to results of epidemiological studies conducted by Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency, 122 musculoskeletal disorders occurred during 1992 to 2008, in which manufacturing industry covers 96(78.7%) of total. However, this is an insufficient level and only occupies 39% based on the South Korea's manufacturing standard industrial classification(246 industries). Method: Firstly, the number of batches weighed on one day(460min) was investigated based on the work performed and Weight measured weekly. VCR recording was taken based on the level of liquid ingredients prescribed for 1batch using the Camcorder. After dividing a 356 sec video into 1 sec using the screen capture function in Gom player, the job classification was performed by analyzing the change of working postures, which revealed 148 working postures. Time measurement was decided by time of the postures was being maintained. Then, the REBA analysis was performed for the working postures. The ratio of Exposure time was calculated based on the measurement time and REBA Score. In addition, the recommendations were designed and implementation was carried out for the working postures with REBA Score higher than 3. Finally, after the intervention, REBA measurement, time measurement, and ratio of exposure time were calculated for the comparison of works before and after improvement. Results: The number of work elements was decreased by 30.4% from 148 to 103 after improvement. The results of time measurement showed that the time was reduced by 46.3% from 356 sec to 191 sec. And the ratio of exposure time was also improved by 52.1% from 0% to 52.1% after improvement. Conclusion: The reduction of time was found to improve the productivity of management. Furthermore, because the reduction of ratio of exposure time and the improvement of workload level are the improvement of discomfort, it would contribute to the improvement of the worker's psychological working posture. Application: These results would contribute to musculoskeletal disease prevention and management performance. Further studies for other industries would be needed based on this case study.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.313-323
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• 2017

Objectives: This study aimed to assess exposure to black carbon(BC) among forklift operators and to identify environmental and occupational factors influencing their BC exposure. Methods: We studied a total of 23 forklift operators from six workplaces manufacturing paper boxes. A daily BC exposure assessment was conducted during working hours from January to April 2017. A micro-aethalometer was used to monitor daily BC exposure, and information on work activities was also obtained through a time-activity diary(TAD) and interviews. BC exposure records were classified into four categories influencing BC exposure level: working environment, workplace, forklift operation, and job characteristics. Analysis of variance(ANOVA) was used to compare average BC exposure levels among the four categories and the relationships between potential factors and BC exposure were analyzed using a multiple linear regression model. Results: The operators' daily exposure was $12.9{\mu}g/m^3$(N=9,148, $GM=7.5{\mu}g/m^3$) with a range: $0.001-811.4{\mu}g/m^3$. The operators were exposed to significantly higher levels when they operate a forklift in a room ${\leq}20,000m^3$($AM=12.3{\mu}g/m^3$), in indoor workplaces($AM=16.3{\mu}g/m^3$), when they operate a forklift manufactured before 2006 ($AM=13.2{\mu}g/m^3$), a forklift with a loading limit of four-tons($AM=27.1{\mu}g/m^3$), with a roll and bale type clamp($AM=17.1{\mu}g/m^3$), and with no particulate filter($AM=15.7{\mu}g/m^3$). Conclusions: Occupational factors including temperature, smoking, season, daytime, room volume($m^3$), location of operating, and manufacturing era and model of forklift influenced the BC exposure of forklift operators. The results of this study can be used to minimize the BC exposure of forklift operators.