• Title/Summary/Keyword: Work Environment Monitoring

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Relationships of Workplace Bullying to Self-esteem and Turnover Intention among Clinical Nurses at Small and Medium-sized Hospitals (중소병원 간호사의 직장 내 약자 괴롭힘과 자아존중감 및 이직의도와의 관계)

  • Choi, So Eun;Lee, Sam Sun;Kim, Sang Dol
    • Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.267-274
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: This study was to assess the prevalence of workplace bullying and the relationship workplace bullying to self-esteem and turnover intention among clinical nurses. Methods: The subjects were 223 clinical nurses at 3 small and medium-sized hospitals in K and B cities. The data were collected from February 1st throughout 28th, 2013. The collected data were analyzed using the SAS program through the frequency, percentage, mean, and Pearson's correlation coefficients. Results: The rate of self-reported bullying in the nursing workplace was 24.6% of respondents. There was a negative correlation between workplace bullying and self-esteem (r=-.39, p<.001). Also there was a positive correlation between workplace bullying and turnover intention (r=.14, p=.031). Conclusion: Prevalence of self-reported bullying is high among small and medium-sized hospitals and is clearly associated with lower levels of self-esteem and higher levels of turnover intention. Therefore, an organizational nursing management program as a monitoring regularly the psychosocial work environment and policies and procedures to prevent and manage workplace bullying is strongly recommended for the promotion of self-esteem and reducing the nurse's intention to leave the organization.

Personalized VDT Syndrome Prevention System Using PoseNet (PoseNet을 이용한 개인 맞춤형 VDT 증후군 예방 시스템)

  • Young-bok Cho
    • Journal of Practical Engineering Education
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.115-119
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    • 2024
  • With the increase in the number of ICT industry workers, there is a demand for research on preventing VDT syndrome. However, existing posture correction products mostly rely heavily on cameras or sensors in wearable devices. In this paper, we have developed a posture correction system that utilizes built-in cameras and circular pressure sensors to collect posture information. Additionally, the system provides a personalized service by capturing the correct posture of the user initially and monitoring the user's posture based on that input. By precisely correcting postures during users' daily tasks, this system aims to prevent and improve VDT syndrome, ultimately enhancing the efficiency of ICT industry workers.

Web and Building Information Model-based Visualization of Indoor Environment -Focusing on the Data of Temperature, Humidity and Dust Density- (웹 및 건물정보모델기반 실내 환경 디지털 시각화 -온습도와 미세먼지 농도 데이터를 중심으로-)

  • Huang, Jin-hua;Lee, Jin-Kook;Jeon, Gyu-yeob
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.327-336
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    • 2017
  • People spend most of their time in the indoor environment. Among the various indoor environmental factors, air and thermal environment directly affect human's health and efficiency of work. Therefore, efficient monitoring of indoor environment is highly important. For assisting the residents to understand the state of the indoor environment much easier and more intuitive, this paper analyze the visualization cases of the conventional indoor environment. Then explore the direction of improvement for the visualization method to propose a more effective visualization method. The approach of web and BIM(Building Information Model)-based visualization of indoor environment proposed in this study is composed of four major parts: 1) the generation of the model data of the building; 2) the generation of indoor environmental data; 3) the creation of visualization elements; 4) data mapping. Then it realized through the generating process of visualization results.

Factors Affecting Nurses' Performance of Standard Precautions for Infection in Public Medical Institutions: Focusing on Knowledge and Safety Environment (공공의료기관 간호사의 감염 표준주의지침 수행도 영향요인 : 지식, 안전환경 중심으로)

  • Lee, Ji-in;Kim, Jong Kyung
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.21 no.7
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    • pp.238-247
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    • 2021
  • This study is a descriptive research to investigate the, safety environment, and performance of nurses working in public medical institutions on standard precautions for infection, and to identify factors affecting the performance of standard precautions for infection. As for the research method, data were collected through a questionnaire on 192 nurses from two public medical institutions in S city and N city, and the results were analyzed using the SPSS WIN 22.0 statistical program. From the research results, there was a significant difference in the knowledge of standard precautions according to work experience, and there was a significant difference in the safety environment of standard precautions according to the position. The average level of knowledge of standard precautions was 21.98/25 points, the average safety environment was 5.68/7 points, and the average performance was 40.28/60 points. There was a significant positive correlation between the safety environment of standard precautions and the performance of standard precautions (r=.21, p<0.01). The affecting factor on the performance of standard precautions was found to be the safety environment of standard precautions(𝛽=.22, p=.003). Therefore, to improve the performance of standard precautions for nurses' infection control in public medical institutions, Different and persistent infection management educational programs that consider the Historical situation and monitoring are required other than providing financial support and supportive safety environment.

Ubiquitous Workspace Synchronization in a Cloud-based Framework (클라우드 기반 프레임워크에서 유비쿼터스 워크스페이스 동기화)

  • Elijorde, Frank I.;Yang, Hyunho;Lee, Jaewan
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.53-62
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    • 2013
  • It is common among users to have multiple computing devices as well as to access their files or do work at different locations. To achieve file consistency as well as mobility in this scenario, an efficient approach for workspace synchronization should be used. However, file synchronization alone cannot guarantee the mobility of work environment which allows activities to be resumed at any place and time. This paper proposes a ubiquitous synchronization approach which provides cloud-based access to a user's workspace. Efficient synchronization is achieved by combining session monitoring with file system management. Experimental results show that the proposed mechanism outperforms Cloud Master-replica Synchronization in terms of number of I/O operations, CPU utilization, as well as the average and maximum latencies in responding to client requests.

Smart Warehouse Management System Utilizing IoT-based Autonomous Mobile Robot for SME Manufacturing Factory (중소제조기업을 위한 IoT기반의 자율이동모듈을 활용한 스마트 창고관리 시스템 개발)

  • Kim, Jeong-A;Jeong, Jongpil
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.237-244
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    • 2018
  • The Smart Factory level of manufacturing factories of SMEs now lacks a system for grasping the accurate inventory amount associated with inventory movements in managing warehouses at the basic level. Also, it is difficult to manage accurate materials for loss of data due to worker manual work and production method due to experience. In order to solve this problem, in this paper, automatic acquisition of inventory to minimize manual work to grasp workers' Inventory and improve automation is done. In the smart warehouse management system using the IoT-based autonomous mobile module, the autonomous mobile module acquires the data of the inventory storage while moving through the line. In order to grasp the material of the Inventory storage, The Camera module recognizes the name of the inventory storage. And Then, If output matches, the data measured by the sensor is transferred to the server. This data can be processed, saved in a database, and real-time inventory quantity and location can be grasped in a web-based monitoring environment for administrators. The Real-time Automatic Inventory (RAIC) systems is reduce manual tasks and expect the effects of automated inventory management systems.

Characteristics of Workers'Exposure Concentration and Daily Variations to Organic Solvents in Shipbuilding Painting Processes (조선소 도장작업 노동자 유기용제 노출과 일간 변이)

  • Ahn, Jinsoo;Park, Dooyong;Kang, Taesun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.488-499
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    • 2019
  • Objectives: This study was conducted to identify the characterization of organics solvent exposure among painting workers in the shipbuilding painting process, especially for their daily variations(within worker variance). Methods: Charcoal passive dosimeters were worn throughout each work shift for 20 days for five painting workers from October 19 to November 26, 2015. A total of 100 samples were collected, analyzed and compared with statutory workplace environmental measurements. Results: The geometric mean(GM) and geometric standard deviation(GSD) of mixed organic solvent(six substances) exposure index(EI) for the 100 samples were 0.42 and 4.42 respectively. The median and range of GSD for within worker EI representing five workers' daily EI variation is 3.72 and 2.63 ~ 5.20, respectively, which is classified as a very large variation(GSD>3). We were able to divide the painting process into two similar exposure groups(SEGs), Touch-up and Spray. Spray painting workers were much more exposed to organic solvent than Touch-up painting workers(GM=0.71 vs. 0.19), but less variably (GSD=3.64 vs. 4.10). xylene is the substance to which the workers were most exposed(GM=16.19 ppm, GSD=4.36), and the exposure characteristics of six substances including xylene is similar to those of EI. Conclusions: The daily variation of organic solvent exposure in the shipbuilding painting process is so high that statutory Assessment of Reliability of Work Environment Monitoring needs to be conducted with statistically sufficient number of samples and evidence.

Suggestion of the Post-Environmental Evaluation of Road-side Cut Slope after Revegetation Works (도로비탈면 녹화공사의 사후환경평가 항목 제언)

  • Kim, Tae-Kook;Kim, Nam-Choon;Kim, Eun-Bum;Koo, Min-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.75-86
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    • 2018
  • This research was thereby made to study and analysis ecological, landscape, and stability qualities of roadside cut Slopes in expressways and national highways that went through revegetation works. Also, evaluation items and framework for integrated assessment of plant structure and restored state for the maintenance were suggested. Following is the summary of the result. firstly, for stabilization of introduced native plant species on roadside cut slops, assessment on the post-project environmental management through long-term monitoring and maintenance works must be made. It signifies a form of authentic recovery and restoration by the native plants. second, current evaluation framework on the test beds is well managed with clear evaluation standards and table while its method of assessing the post management with only test bed results lacks conformity with this study site. Newly developed evaluation framework on the post construction sites is estimated to be used as assessment standards on any roadside construction sites. Third, after site investigation distinction was observed among different revegetating construction types in the long-term perspective. Due to the different duration time of vegetation state between seed-spray measures(degraded in time) and layer-spray measure(maintained), the use of coarse straw-mat mulching work or Coir net was suggested in long term maintenance of cut slopes. forth, segmentation of post environmental assessment is organized into three large categories of "ecological", "stabile", and "landscape" qualities regarding post restoration quality and stability of slope through native plants with which categories marks 50, 30, 20 points of rates. fifth, components of the post environmental assessment were segmented in twelve categories driving results from former experimental construction and newly focused items on site. In the future, it is possible to propose a customized assessment method considering the location and location of construction work if the research on the application of post-environment assessment methods for road construction surface recording is conducted systematically.

Application of a REID-Based Monitoring System for the Concrete Pour Process (RFID를 응용한 콘크리트 타설 모니터링 시스템의 적용방안)

  • Moon, Sung-Woo;Hong, Seung-Moon
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.142-149
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    • 2007
  • A ubiquitous environment in construction should be developed integrating hardware and software systems. The objective of this paper is to study the feasibility of applying the RFID technology to the concrete pour process, and improve the effectiveness of data exchange A pilot system of u-CPS (Ubiquitous Concrete Pour System) has been developed to test the feasibility. The pilot can automatically generate the data for concrete pour work such as departure time, arrival time, concrete pour time. Construction managers can keep track of the progress of concrete pour work using the information. A case study was done for a building construction using the pilot system, the result of which demonstrated that the RFID-base system can help improve the effectiveness of data communication during the concrete pour process.

VERIFICATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS FROM WIRELESS DEVICES IN OPERATING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

  • YE, SONG-HAE;KIM, YOUNG-SIK;LYOU, HO-SUN;KIM, MIN-SUK;LYOU, JOON
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.47 no.6
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    • pp.729-737
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    • 2015
  • Wireless communication technologies, especially smartphones, have become increasingly common. Wireless technology is widely used in general industry and this trend is also expected to grow with the development of wireless technology. However, wireless technology is not currently applied in any domestic operating nuclear power plants (NPPs) because of the highest priority of the safety policy. Wireless technology is required in operating NPPs, however, in order to improve the emergency responses and work efficiency of the operators and maintenance personnel during its operation. The wired telephone network in domestic NPPs can be simply connected to a wireless local area network to use wireless devices. This design change can improve the ability of the operators and personnel to respond to an emergency situation by using important equipment for a safe shutdown. IEEE 802.11 smartphones (Wi-Fi standard), Internet Protocol (IP) phones, personal digital assistant (PDA) for field work, notebooks used with web cameras, and remote site monitoring tablet PCs for on-site testing may be considered as wireless devices that can be used in domestic operating NPPs. Despite its advantages, wireless technology has only been used during the overhaul period in Korean NPPs due to the electromagnetic influence of sensitive equipment and cyber security problems. This paper presents the electromagnetic verification results from major sensitive equipment after using wireless devices in domestic operating NPPs. It also provides a solution for electromagnetic interference/radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI) from portable and fixed wireless devices with a Wi-Fi communication environment within domestic NPPs.