• Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.7-16
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• 2013

As workplace incidents has been being declining in Korea, there is criticism of the effectiveness of occupational safety policy implementation. It is unknown that which policy target group needs to be targeted to yield effective injuries prevention. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and reveal the policy intervention group with a high priority in terms of industrial incident prevention and the related investment cost. A Policy Priority Model(PPM) is composed of 6 indicators regarding influences of both the incident reduction and the cost reduction. Z-score analyses are used to confirm the high policy priority area or policy target group. Overall, workplace with worker below 50 persons, construction site with the sales of more than a hundred million won, workplace with relatively small percentage of female employees and relatively higher percentage of older worker should be prioritized to reduce workplace injuries. This paper provides an analytic way that can be used to decide the policy priority workplace in order not only to reduce work-related injuries&illnesses and the related investment cost but to further lessen the related societal costs.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.68-76
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• 2021

Foodborne outbreaks frequently occur worldwide and result in huge economic losses. It is the therefore important to estimate the costs associated with foodborne diseases to minimize the economic damage. At the same time, it is difficult to accurately estimate the economic loss from foodborne disease due to a wide variety of cost components. In Korea, there are a limited number of analytical studies attempting to estimate such costs. In this study we investigated the components of economic cost used in foreign countries to better estimate the cost of foodborne disease in Korea. Seven recent studies investigated the cost components used to estimate the cost of foodborne disease in humans. This study categorized the economic loss into four types of cost: direct costs, indirect costs, food business costs, and government administration costs. The healthcare costs most often included were medical (outpatient) and hospital costs (inpatient). However, these cost components should be selected according to the systems and budgets of medical services by country. For non-healthcare costs, several other studies considered transportation costs to the hospital as an exception to the cost of inpatient care. So, further discussion is needed on whether to consider inpatient care costs. Among the indirect costs, premature mortality, lost productivity, lost leisure time, and lost quality of life/pain, grief and suffering costs were considered, but the opportunity costs for hospital visits were not considered in any of the above studies. As with healthcare costs, government administration costs should also be considered appropriate cost components due to the difference in government budget systems, for example. Our findings will provide fundamental information for economic analysis associated with foodborne diseases to improve food safety policy in Korea.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.543-551
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• 2014

This study has searched to find a program in order to manage simply and practically use the expelled AtoN database from the AtoN Simulator and to support the idea decision for the AtoN placement. It examines a program that manages AtoN database through the hierarchy structure, history card and endowment with condition same as a scenario. And accomplishes this study's goal owing to realizing AtoN operational software that helps for visual, hearing sense, fixed amount verification upon AtoN placement project. The AtoN operational software contributes not only flexible control like a newly establishment, relocation etc, but also supports idea decision for AtoN placement plan through many functions such as condition search, virtual sailing and fixed amount appraisal result exhibition, etc. Through utilization of this, it is to help upon the presupposition of the impact to ship or sailor about many designs and in addition, upon the judgment of whether or not for the efficiency and appropriation of the design. It is expected to reduce possible failure costs and management costs due to AtoN design and placement plans, because to compare more various designs thru the easier verification method.

• Clinical Endoscopy
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• v.57 no.4
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• pp.434-445
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• 2024

Pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs) have increased in prevalence due to the increased usage and advancements in cross-sectional abdominal imaging. Current diagnostic techniques cannot distinguish between PCLs requiring surgery, close surveillance, or expectant management. This has increased the morbidity and healthcare costs from inappropriately aggressive and conservative management strategies. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (nCLE) allows for microscopic examination and delineation of the surface epithelium of PCLs. Landmark studies have identified characteristics distinguishing various types of PCLs, confirmed the high diagnostic yield of EUS-nCLE (especially for PCLs with an equivocal diagnosis), and shown that EUS-nCLE helps to change management and reduce healthcare costs. Refining procedure technique and reducing procedure length have improved the safety of EUS-nCLE. The utilization of artificial intelligence and its combination with other EUS-based advanced diagnostic techniques would further improve the results of EUS-based PCL diagnosis. A structured training program and device improvements to allow more complete mapping of the pancreas cyst epithelium will be crucial for the widespread adoption of this promising technology.

• International conference on construction engineering and project management
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• 2024.07a
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• pp.807-814
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• 2024

Urban road maintenance creates potential risks for both road users and workers in addition to traffic congestion and delays. The adverse effects of maintenance work could be minimized through mitigation measures of work zone layout and construction arrangement, such as reducing the dimension of work zone segments and scheduling construction during low-traffic periods. However, these measures inevitably escalate construction costs. Consequently, decision-making in urban road maintenance necessitates a balance among multiple strategic objectives to facilitate optimal development via a comprehensive road maintenance management system. This study aims to propose an integrated framework to accomplish the multiple and conflicting objectives for maximizing safety and mobility while minimizing construction costs by optimizing the work zone layout and construction sequence dynamically. The framework enables the seamless information exchange among building information modeling (BIM), geographic information system (GIS), and domain-specific computational engines (DCE), which perform interdisciplinary assessments and visualization. Subsequently, a genetic algorithm is employed to determine the optimal plan considering multiple objectives due to its versatility in resolving highly complex conflict problems.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.635-643
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• 2024

Purpose: This study is to seek the introduction of big data and AI technologies to strengthen the safety of local festivals, and to present legal application measures to effectively realize them. Method: diagnose the current status of the legal system related to the safety of local festivals through literature review, case analysis, and examination of legal systems, and to propose safety management measures based on big data and AI, as well as related legal improvement measures that can effectively support these initiatives. Result: Local festival safety-related laws have different purposes and regulations, and it has been confirmed that there are many difficulties for organizers to comply and apply them in an integrated manner. In particular, a clear legal basis is required for the introduction of big data and AI technologies, and it is important to establish a consistent safety management operating system through an integrated legal system. Conclusion: In order to introduce big data and AI technologies to local festivals and enhance safety, the following legal improvements are necessary: first, the establishment of an integrated legal system; second, the mandatory allocation of safety management costs; and third, the establishment and operation of an integrated control center.

• Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.117-122
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• 2017

Companies are reluctant to disclose information because of trade secret and corporate identity For the same reasons, logistics companies do not want to operate in the form of a community In urban areas, the loading of vehicles is 100% as the quantity of goods transported is too much. In mountain areas, however, the load condition of the vehicle is not 100% because of the low quantity of goods transported Therefore, the transportation costs will increase as the cost of transport increase, the competitiveness of firms will also decline In this paper, we studied a simulation to measure driving time and volume of cargo according to the change of the quantity of goods transported in the mountain area According to the research results, we got a conclusion that the proposed method makes the operation time be less and the volume of cargo increase compared with the existing operation method.

• Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.417-428
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• 2005

Recently, Vendor Managed Inventory(VMI) is commonly recognized as one of the supply chain application that delivers clear value to the sectors of electic& electronic Components. VMI is a process in which a supplier generates orders for its distributor based on demand information sent by the distributor. VMI is providing the benefits of smoother demand, lower inventories and reduced costs. This case study focused on Improvement of Inventory Efficiency by VMI. The results indicated that VMI allowed the company to serve its customers more surely and efficiently.

• Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.147-155
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• 1999

This paper discusses an optimal burn-in procedure to minimize total costs based on the assumption that the failure rate pattern follows a bimodal mixed Weibull distribution. The procedure will consider warranty period as a factor of the total expected burn-in cost. A cost model is formulated to find the optimal burn-in time that minimizes the expected burn-in cost. Conditional reliability for warranty period will be discussed. An illustrative example is included to show how to use the cost model in practice.

• Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.405-411
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• 1999

최근 가스안전관리에 대한 관심이 고조되면서 가스안전에 대한 예방비용 차원의 가스안전관리투자 및 향후 투자규모 산정의 필요성이 제기되고 있다. 현행 제도하에서는 가스안전관리 개념과 투자항목이 고시되어 있으나 구체적으로 정의되지 않아, 시행상의 어려움으로 인한 현장적용 및 해석상의 어려움이 있어, 현행 기준에 의할 경우 가스안전관리투자에 대한 개념이 상이하여 상호 비교가능성이 저해되고 있으며, 안전관리투자의 효율성 판단에 적절한 자료를 제공하지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 보다 효과적인 가스안전관리투자를 위해서 가스안전관리의 개념을 규정하고 가스안전관리 투자항목 결정하기 위해 사회과학적인 접근방법을 시도하였다.