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Comparative Study on Exposure Factors for Risk Assessment in Contaminated Lands and Proposed Exposure Factors in Korea (토양오염 위해성평가를 위한 국가별 노출인자 비교분석 및 국내 노출인자 연구)

  • An, Youn-Joo;Lee, Woo-Mi
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.64-72
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    • 2007
  • Humans are exposed by a range of pollutants in soil via exposure routes such as ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact. Risk assessment is a process of evaluating the adverse health effects of chemicals as a result of exposure to stressors, and it is a very useful tool to establish the cleanup goals in contaminated lands. In the exposure assessment that is one of main process in risk assessment, exposure factor plays a significant role to quantify the intake of soil pollutants. However there is a very limited study about the exposure factor applicable to Korea. In this study, we compared the exposure factors applied by the developed countries including the United States and representative European countries, and suggested the exposure factor that might be suitable in our situation. The exposure factors considered in this study include average lifetime, body weight, (exposed) skin surface area, life time, skin absorption, soil-skin adherence factor, and soil ingestion rate. This information is needed to quantitatively estimate the intake of soil pollutants in contaminated lands.

A Study on Estimating PM Emission from Asphalt-Concrete Manufacturing Facilities (아스콘 제조 시설에서의 먼지 배출량 산정 방안 연구)

  • Jang, Kee-Won;Lee, Sang-Bo;Kim, Jong-Hyeon;Kim, Hyoung-Chun;Hong, Ji-Hyung;Kim, Sang-Kyun
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.37-47
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    • 2014
  • In this study, field measurement was carried out for reasonable improvement of asphalt concrete manufacturing facilities' PM emissions estimation method. Through those, this study calculated PM emission factor and tried to estimate PM emissions from asphalt concrete manufacturing facilities suitable for domestic characteristics. As a result, the efficiency of the PM control device was measured as 99.9%. Using this, uncontrolled PM emission factor was calculated. PM emission factor was calculated 10.97 kg/ton at 23 asphalt concrete manufacturing facilities of 22 workplaces. The PM current emission factor of the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is 14.4 kg/ton, the factor calculated from this study is about 24% lower than the EPA standard.

A Study on the Method of Safety Condition Evaluation using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP를 이용한 기업별 안전평가 기법에 관한 연구)

  • Paik, Shinwon;Lee, Misun
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.55 no.3
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    • pp.85-89
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    • 2013
  • In the current domestic, many industrial accidents have happened. And these are analyzed according to several factors. But it is difficult that they evaluate their business safety. Thus, we conducted a study on business specific safety assessment techniques in order that business know their safety level and perform appropriative safety activities. Study methods are survey and AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process). Each specific weighting factors to calculate the survey was conducted for safety and consulting experts (20 persons). Weight factor was used to AHP decision support as one of the ways through a number of alternatives to the ratings for the Minesota Multiphasic. Factors are each type of industry, specific industrial scale, disaster type and strength, worker age and tenure period, and region. First, survey was conducted with 20 professionals to estimate the weighting factors. Weights between factors using the AHP analysis tool based on the mean values were calculated. Second, last 3 years between the industrial accidents statistics were used to calculate the weights for each of the rating factors in the Occupational Safety and Health Agency. Grade weights between each factor which was based on the rating of each factor was calculated as the average of three years. Finally, the weights between each factor and the grade weights for each factor using the safety level of the enterprise were calculated so that you can evaluate the weighting.

Estimation of the Maximum Wind to Surface Using Wind Profile in Typhoon and Gust Factor (태풍 연직프로파일과 gust factor를 이용한 지상의 최대풍속 추정)

  • Jung, Woo-Sik;Park, Jong-Kil;Choi, Hyo-Jin
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.290-292
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    • 2008
  • we applied Wind Field Module of PHRLM so that disaster prevention agency concerned can effectively estimate the possible strong wind damages by typhoon. In this study, therefore, we estimated wind speed at 300m level using 700hPa wind according to the research method by Franklin(2003), PHRLM(2003), and Vickery and Skerlj(2005). Then we calculated wind speed at 10m level using the estimated wind speed at 300m level, and finally, peak 3.second gust on surface. The case period is from 18LST August 31 to 03LST September 1, 2002, when the typhoon Rusa in 2002 was the most intense. Among disaster prediction models in the US, Wind Field Module of PHRLM in Florida was used for the 2002 typhoon Rusa case. As a result, peak 3.second gust on the surface increased $10\sim20%$ in the typhoon's 700hPa wind speed.

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A Study on the G-Sensitivity Error of MEMS Vibratory Gyroscopes (진동형 MEMS 자이로스코프 G-민감도 오차에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Byung-Su
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.63 no.8
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    • pp.1075-1079
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, we describe the analysis and the compensation method of the g-sensitivity error for MEMS vibratory gyroscopes. Usually, the g-sensitivity error has been ignored in the commercial MEMS gyroscope, but it deserves our attention to apply for the missile application as a tactical grade performance. Thus, it is necessary to compensate for the g-sensitivity error to reach a tactical grade performance. Generally, the g-sensitivity error seems intuitively to be a gyroscope bias error proportional to the linear acceleration. However, we assert that the g-sensitivity error mainly causes not a bias error but a scale-factor error. And we verify that the g-sensitivity scale-factor error occurs due to the non-linearity of parallel plate electrodes. Therefore, we propose the compensation method to remove the g-sensitivity scale-factor error. The experimental result showed that a proposed compensation method improved successfully the performance of the MEMS vibratory gyroscope.

Evaluation of Impact of Tobacco Smoke on Indoor Air Quality

  • Lee, Hak-Sung;Robert A. O'brien
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.9 no.E
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    • pp.358-363
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    • 1993
  • Total particulate mater (TPM), $NO_2$ and $NH_3$ were measured simultaneously in the smoking and non-smoking locations during an eleven month period from March 1986 to January 1987 at three sites in Chicago : Illinois Institute of Technology Cafeteria, Rush-Presbyterian St. Lukes Medical Center Cafeteria and a downtown office building. From this study, the mean concentrations of $NO_2$ and $NH_3$ were not significantly different between the smoking and non-smoking locations at any sampling site ; however, there was a statistical difference for TPM between the smoking and non-smoking locations. Activity factor was useful for describing the contribution from indoor source. The linear regression analysis was reasonable method for discriminating the individual contribution of source to determine the emission factor. The TPM emission factor determined from this technique was in good agreement with value from the literature.

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A New Ordering Method Using Elimination Trees (삭제나무를 이용한 새로운 순서화 방법)

  • Park, Chan-Kyoo;Doh, Seung-yong;Park, Soon-dal
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.78-89
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    • 2003
  • Ordering is performed to reduce the amount of fill-ins of the Cholesky factor of a symmetric positive definite matrix. This paper proposes a new ordering algorithm that reduces the fill-ins of the Cholesky factor iteratively by elimination tree rotations and clique separators. Elimination tree rotations have been used mainly to reorder the rows of the permuted matrix for the efficiency of storage space management or parallel processing, etc. In the proposed algorithm, however, they are repeatedly performed to reduce the fill-ins of the Cholesky factor. In addition, we presents a simple method for finding a minimal node separator between arbitrary two nodes of a chordal graph. The proposed reordering procedure using clique separators enables us to obtain another order of rows of which the number of till-ins decreases strictly.

The Study of Measure of Company Quality Competitive by using MTS Method (MTS(마할라노비스-다구찌 시스템) 기법을 이용한 기업 품질경쟁력 측정)

  • Ji, Chul-Min;Ree, Sang-Bok
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.64-73
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, we introduce MTS(Mahalanobis-Taguchi System) Method which is suggested Dr. Taguchi in later 1990. We apply MTS Method for Quality Competitive Appraisal System(QCAS) Model which is executived from 1997 by Agency for Technology and Standards, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy(MOCIE). We can measure company Quality competitive by using MTS. MTS Measure can not be compared statistical sum by calculated QCAS. MTS can be possible distinct subtle which can not distinct using statistical sum. Also MTS Method can seek more strong effect factor among of many factor. If A Company use MTS Method, can find vital factor and level of destination.

A Study on the Success Factors of National R&D Commercialization in Agriculture (농업 분야 국가 R&D 기술이전 사업화 성공 요인 분석)

  • Yeongheon Song;Jungin Lee;Junki Kim;Euiung Hwang;Inyong Eom
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.46 no.3
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    • pp.41-58
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    • 2023
  • This study identifies the commercialization success factors that can be an important indicator for the transfer and commercialization of national R&D results in the agricultural sector. Unlike other industries, the agricultural sector has a non-systematically scaled and processed industrial structure, and R&D is led by government rather than the private sector. Although the quantitative performance of national agricultural R&D, especially the number of patents and publications, has increased rapidly with the quantitative expansion of the government R&D budget, the technology commercialization of the results of agricultural R&D has been accompanied by difficulties for SMEs. Therefore, this study summarized the success factors for commercialization of state-owned technologies presented in previous studies, and based on them, analysed the success factors for commercialization specific to the agricultural sector. It also conducted a questionnaire survey using Delphi and focus group interviews (FGI) with experts from academia, research and industry, and a survey of agricultural companies to derive success factors for commercialization in the agricultural sector using logistic regression analysis. As a result, five indicators with positive correlation and three indicators with negative correlation within technology characteristics, suppliers, adopters, policy and market factors were finally derived as key factors for agricultural commercialization. In the future, it is expected that independent factor analysis of the food and seed sectors, which have independent industry characteristics from the agricultural sector, will be needed.

A Study on Development and Analysis of Accident Influence Factor Verification Tools for the Elderly People in the Welfare Facilities for the Aged (노인주거 복지시설 거주 노인의 안전사고 영향변수 검증도구 개발 및 분석에 관한 연구)

  • You, Jong-Ok;Park, Jae-Seung
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.242-248
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    • 2011
  • According to a study on the accident patterns of older people in 2006 by Korea Consumer Agency (CISS), the number of accidents of the elderly at home reached 486, and the figure has increased every year. As Korea is about to enter into the aged society, it is important to investigate the factors that cause an accident in the welfare facilities for the aged and establish the barrier-free construction standards. The accident influence factors include facility environmental, physical functional, socio demographic and socio psychological factors. In terms of the verification tools, there are Facility Evaluation Index, FIM, MMSE-K and General Feature. In terms of analysis method, in addition, there are real number, percentage, t-test, ANOVA and logistic regression. In conclusion, this paper attempts to reveal correlations among the accident influence factors using the Facility Evaluation Standards (115 items in total) for facility environmental factor, FIM (3 items) for physical functional factor, MMSE-K (6 items) for socio psychological factor and questionnaire (5 items) for socio demographic factor.