• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.1095-1100
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• 2021

This study aims to analyze the factors that influence people's behavioral intentions to recycle waste and focus on people's perceptions of informal waste recycling. The low level of participation in the e-waste recycling process makes research on the factors that encourage household interactions in sorting waste or recycling waste a priority. The purpose of this study is to build a comprehensive model and examine the relationship between perceptions of informal recycling, implementation e-waste management, behavioral intention, convenience of recycling and perceived behavioral control. The framework is the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). The implementation variable e-waste management is used to mediate the relationship between the two constructs. Respondents in this study were cellular phone users who had changed their phones. The number of respondents in this study totaled 165, using the purposive sampling technique. Data analysis techniques in this study used PLS-SEM with WarpPLS version 6.0. The findings show that: (1) perception of informal recycling, e-waste management, and behavioral intention have a significant positive effect; (2) management of e-waste, perception behavioral control and behavioral intention have a positive effect; and (3) the implementation of e-waste management, which causes the convenience of recycling, will increase the intensity of behavior, indicating the results are rejected.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.87-111
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• 2021

Nuclear power plants (NPPs) produce radioactive waste and decommissioning this waste entails additional cost; determining these costs for various types and specifications of radioactive waste can be challenging. The purpose of this study is to identify major determinants of the decommissioning cost and their impact on NPPs. To this end, data from defunct NPPs were gathered and 2SLS (Two Stage Least Squares) regression models were developed to investigate the major contributors depending on the reactor types, viz. PWR (Pressurized Water Reactors) and BWR (Boiling Water Reactors). Additionally, cost estimations and the Monte Carlo simulation were performed as part of performance validation. Our study established that the decommissioning costs are primarily influenced by the level of radioactivity in the decommissioned waste, which can be realized from operational factors like operation period, overall efficiency, and plant capacity, as well as from duration of decommissioning and labour cost. While our study provides an improved statistical approach to recognize these factors, we acknowledge that our models have limitations in forecasting accurately which we envisage to bolster in future studies by identifying more substantive factors.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2018년도 추계학술논문요약집
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• pp.442-443
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• 2018

• Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2014

Construction management has been suffering from many problems, which need to be solved or better understood. Most of construction projects have not achieved efficiency as expected. In this context, waste was also considered as a problem of efficiency decrease, and poor production planning was considered as a cause for waste. This study was conducted on the basis of waste concepts and production planning processes based on the philosophies of Lean Construction. A survey to find out the relationship between them was carried out through questionnaire, which was answered by experienced people in construction projects. The results have shown that frequency of wastes occurrence is quite high, and production planning processes are superficially performed in construction phase. There is a significant negative relationship between production planning and waste occurrence (r = -0.262). Weekly Work Plan (WWP) is the most dominant plan for waste control with seventeen in total of nineteen waste factors, and phase plan is the most dominant plan for two remaining waste factors. A case study was adopted to validate the relationship between production planning and waste occurrence. The results showed that the better the project was planned, the fewer the waste would occur on construction sites.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.815-825
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• 2007

The study was designed to investigate food waste management practices and to identify factors affecting food waste generation at school food services. A total of 202 dietitians employed at elementary schools participated in the survey. The mean food waste weight per school was 77.54 kg, forty percent of the schools generated food waste of $50{\sim}100kg$ every day and 53% generated plate waste less than 50 kg. Three quarters of the dietitians perceived plate waste as a major component of the food waste and vegetable dishes were a major source of the plate waste. Half of the dietitians used a food waste pick-up service for waste disposal, which was the most preferred waste disposal method. Approximately 90% of the dietitians conducted education on plate waste reduction for students but their perceptions on the effectiveness of the education was inconsistent. The contents were environmental issues (70.3%) and unbalanced food choice (56.7%). According to factor analysis based on performance score, solid waste management practices were grouped into 'information collecting and education', 'supervision of production process', 'cooperation with related groups', and 'control over production planning'. Practices appertaining to 'cooperation with related groups', 'information collecting and education' factor need to be improved. Dietitians should pay attention to 'recycle and reuse of left over' practice. Waste generation differed significantly by dietitians' ages and working experience. In order to reduce plate waste, more effective education materials and methods need to be developed and support from principals, teachers, and parents is necessary.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.710-719
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• 2015

This study was undertaken to identify factors affecting school food waste generation using a questionnaire. The subjects were 254 high school students (male; 156, female; 98) in Sacheon, Gyeongnam divided into three groups of low (${\leq}1/week$), moderate (2~3/week), and high (${\geq}4/week$) according to the frequencies of food waste. The questionnaires consisted of general characteristics, anthropometric values, dietary habits, health-related behaviors, self-perceptions of food waste, snacking patterns, and nutrition knowledge. The main reasons behind food waste were 'too much food' in the low (20.9%) and moderate (32.2%) groups, and 'no appetite' in the high group (p<0.01). The main types of food waste were rice (44.2%) > fish (18.6%) > vegetables (14.0%) in the low group, rice (54.2%) > Kimchi/vegetables (15.3%) in the moderate group, rice (56.0%) > vegetables (20.0%) > Kimchi (16.0%) in the high group (p<0.01). School food waste was significantly affected by age, gender, monthly allowance, school grade, weight, BMI, regularity of meals, time of meals, type of breakfast, starting age of smoking, and cost for snacking.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.146-156
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• 2013

최근 맞춤형 공동주택이 수요자의 다양한 요구의 반영을 통해 공동주택시장에서 나타나고 있다. 수요자 측면에서 맞춤형 공동주택은 수요자의 다양한 선택권을 최대한 보장한다는 장점이 있는 반면, 공급자인 건설사입장에서는 현장 관리요소의 증가, 공기지연 증대 등의 문제점이 있다. 이러한 문제점은 맞춤형 공동주택 업무에 대한 체계적인 고찰의 부족과 불가피하게 발생되는 고객요구에 대한 업무대응 방안의 부재, 사업수행 경험부족 등에서 기인한 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 맞춤형 공동주택 프로젝트의 활성화를 위해 업무를 수행함에 있어서 효율성을 저하시키는 낭비요인을 도출하였다. 이를 위해 전문가 자문 및 설문을 통해 프로젝트 단계별 수행절차 및 주체를 분석하고 정의하였으며, 무다방법론을 통해 각 단계별 낭비요인을 도출하고, AHP를 통해 각 단계별 낭비요인을 분석하였다. 도출결과 각 단계별로 발생되는 낭비요인 중 고객의 요구사항 및 수정에 의해 발생되는 설계변경 및 부적절한 프로세스가 우선순위가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 유사 프로젝트 수행시 발생되는 낭비요인에 대한 대응방안을 제공할 것이며, 불필요한 공기 단축 및 비용발생을 줄이는데 기여할 것이다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.35-45
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• 2023

Purpose: This paper (1) identifies the factors that affect people's changing habits towards waste sorting, (2) evaluates the benefits of waste sorting to the environment and (3) designs communication strategies to change people's behavior and habits in sorting plastic waste in Ho Chi Mnh City, Vietnam. Research design, data and methodology: Using the data from 309 people that are living in Ho Chi Minh City and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), to evaluate variables and test the hypotheses. Results: Research results show that attitudes, subjective standards, behavioral control, and facilities affect people's intention to classify plastic waste. We find that environmental concerns greatly influence people's attitudes. In contrast, environmental concerns have a relatively weaker effect on people's degree of behavioral control. Conclusion: Environmental protection is a matter of concern in the world. In Vietnam, this issue has been institutionalized into law to create a basis for improving the effectiveness of environmental protection activities. This article has some limitations. Firstly, sample is limited to HCMC residents; the study results are not representative of the entire population of Vietnam. This paper is based on cross-sectional data, which is not the best way to establish a causal relationship between the intention to sort plastic waste and its drivers.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2008

최근 국내외적으로 친환경에 대한 국제적인 관심이 증가됨에 따라, 건설 산업 측면에서도 친환경적인 생산시스템 구축을 위한 노력이 요구되고 있다. 이에 부응하기 인해 건설폐기물 재활용과 관련하여 다양한 실무와 연구가 진행되고 있지만, 현장조사결과 '건설현장'과 '폐기물 처리업체'에서 수행하고 있는 폐기물 처리과정 및 처리방안이 상호 효과적으로 지원하고 있지 못하여 폐기물 재활용 저해요소로서 작용하고있는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 건설폐기물의 재활용을 활성화시키는 방안으로써, '건설현장'과 '폐기물 처리업체'의 건설폐기물 처리과정에서 폐기물 재활용을 저해하는 요인을 도출하고, 이를 기반으로 개선방향을 제시하고자 한다. 이러한 연구목표를 달성하기 위해, 먼저 광범위한 문헌조사를 통해 대표적인 건설폐기물 종류(폐 콘크리트, 폐 아스팔트, 폐 토사, 폐 벽돌, 폐 합성수지, 폐 목재)를 선정하였고, '건설현장'과 '폐기물 처리 업체'를 대상으로 전문가 면담을 실시하여, 이들 개별 폐기물의 처리과정 조사를 통해서 폐기물 재활용 저해요인을 조사하였다. 또한, 전문가 면담 결과로 파악된 폐기물 재활용 저해요인을 설문조사를 통해 중요도 및 우선순위를 파악하였다. 이를 기반으로 현행 건설폐기물 처리 프로세스를 개선함으로써, 재활용 효율화 방안을 제시하였다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.655-671
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• 2021

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: While plate waste has been widely investigated in hospitals, there have been minimal studies specific to the texture-modified diet (TMD). This study aims to determine the percentage of plate waste among patients prescribed with TMD and its contributory factors. SUBJECTS/METHODS: This was a single-centre study conducted in the university hospital on three types of TMD (blended diet, mixed porridge, minced diet) during lunch and dinner meals. Weighing method and visual estimation method assisted by digital photograph were adopted in this study. Face to face interview was carried out to investigate on 1) the food/food service quality factors in terms of patients' satisfaction level towards sensorial quality of food and food services provided and 2) the clinical/external factors including appetite, the provision of oral nutrition support, time taking the diet, the need for feeding assistance and the length of hospital stay. RESULTS: The mean percentage of overall plate waste of 95 patients receiving TMD was high (47.5%). Blended diet was identified as the most wasted diet (65%) followed by minced diet (56%) and mixed porridge (35%). Satisfaction level among patients was moderate. Patients on TMD in general had higher satisfaction level on the aspect of food service as compared to food quality. Substantial association between sensorial qualities of food and plate waste were varied according to individual TMD type. A multiple linear regression showed that only the satisfaction level toward the aspects of appearance and variety of foods were the predictors of TMD plate waste (R² = 0.254, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: A significant relationship between the percentage of plate waste and the overall satisfaction level of patients receiving TMD suggests that vigorous strategies are needed to reduce the food waste of TMD which will lead to a better nutritional status and clinical outcomes among the patients.