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A Study on Comprehensive Environmental Information System for Livestock Manure Management in Korea (가축분뇨 관리를 위한 통합환경정보시스템 발전방안)

  • Jeong, Dong-Hwan;Kim, Yongseok;Shin, Jinsoo;Rhew, Doughee;Cho, Hong-Lae;Lee, Taehwan
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.183-194
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    • 2013
  • The Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry, and Ministry of Construction, Transportation and Maritime Affairs are in charge of livestock manure management. There are national statistics regarding the livestock industry such as the National Pollution Source Survey, Livestock Statistic Survey, and Livestock-breeding Trend Survey. The current statistical data are focused on the scale of livestock breeding and the production of livestock manure using these data, but it is difficult to establish database due to lack of information. In order to plan relevant policies including management of livestock manure, the government established database systems such as the integrated information system of livestock manure, the integrated system of national infectious animal-disease prevention, and the Sae-ol public administrative system. We have tried to suggest improvements for the comprehensive environmental information system of livestock manure management by detecting problems in each level of the livestock manure life-cycle, making use of the existing systems, and considering the electronic transfer system of livestock manure. The services and functions of this comprehensive system include information of livestock farmers, the production, collection, transportation, and treatment of livestock manure, the area of agricultural land used for livestock manure, the report of approval and results on livestock manure products, management of statistical information, management of civil affairs, and relevant mobile application services. The system is made up of three processes: first, establishment of GIS-based management database of livestock manure; second, establishment of a history management system for livestock manure transactions; and third, development of a water quality assessment system.

Development of a Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment Evaluation by the Emergy Analysis (Emergy 분석을 이용한 환경영향평가의 종합평가 방법 개발)

  • Kang, Seo Hee;Lee, Suk Mo
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.335-343
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    • 2017
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is an important policy implemented before starting development projects to estimate and reduce environmental impact. However, the difficulty of quantification on several rating categories has hampered comprehensive analysis. Instead of it, the current EIA just summarizes outcome of investigation. Therefore, EIA fails to definitively ascertain whether the development shold be approved or not. This study aimed at providing the way to comprehensive decision-making by applying Emergy analysis and Emergy indicators to EIA. Production (P), Emergy Yield Ratio (EYR), Environmental Loading Ratio (ELR) and Emergy Sustainability Index (ESI) were selected for indicators. The indicators of range approving the development were set up with comparing before and after development or according to circumstances of which view of average that was classified as region or industry is appropriate to analysis. As a result, the value after development of P should be higher than the value before development. EYR and ESI of the value before development should be higher than region or industry average. On the contrary to these, ELR of the value after development should be lower than region or industry average. To verify applying Emergy indicators to EIA comprehensive analysis, Emergy evaluation was conducted to real case. As a result, applying Emergy analysis could suggest whether the development is appropriate or not. These indices and the result of this research are expected to be applied decision-making on environmental impact for sustainable development.

Preliminary Report of Validity for the Infant Comprehensive Evaluation for Neurodevelopmental Delay, a Newly Developed Inventory for Children Aged 12 to 71 Months

  • Hong, Minha;Lee, Kyung-Sook;Park, Jin-Ah;Kang, Ji-Yeon;Shin, Yong Woo;Cho, Young Il;Moon, Duk-Soo;Cho, Seongwoo;Hwangbo, Ram;Lee, Seung Yup;Bahn, Geon Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.16-23
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    • 2022
  • Objectives: Early detection of developmental issues in infants and necessary intervention are important. To identify the comorbid conditions, a comprehensive evaluation is required. The study's objectives were to 1) generate scale items by identifying and eliciting concepts relevant to young children (12-71 months) with developmental delays, 2) develop a comprehensive screening tool for developmental delay and comorbid conditions, and 3) assess the tool's validity and cut-off. Methods: Multidisciplinary experts devised the "Infant Comprehensive Evaluation for Neurodevelopmental Delay (ICEND)," an assessment method that comes in two versions depending on the age of the child: 12-36 months and 37-71 months, through monthly seminars and focused group interviews. The ICEND is composed of three parts: risk factors, resilience factors, and clinical scales. In parts 1 and 2, there were 41 caretakers responded to the questionnaires. Part 3 involved clinicians evaluating ten subscales using 98 and 114 questionnaires for younger and older versions, respectively. The Child Behavior Checklist, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Infant-Toddler Social Emotional Assessment, and Korean Developmental Screening Test for Infants and Children were employed to analyze concurrent validity with the ICEND. The analyses were performed on both typical and high-risk infants to identify concurrent validity, reliability, and cut-off scores. Results: A total of 296 people participated in the study, with 57 of them being high-risk (19.2%). The Cronbach's alpha was positive (0.533-0.928). In the majority of domains, the ICEND demonstrated a fair discriminatory ability, with a sensitivity of 0.5-0.7 and specificity 0.7-0.9. Conclusion: The ICEND is reliable and valid, indicating its potential as an auxiliary tool for assessing neurodevelopmental delay and comorbid conditions in children aged 12-36 months and 37-71 months.

Environmental Regulation and Compliance in USA

  • Underhill, Philip
    • Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Health Society Conference
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.15-30
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    • 2006
  • o US environmental regulations are complex o Compliance assesment should be part of an effective environmental management system o Companies must assess and report a dollar value for environmental liabilities o Comprehensive assessment of environmental liability and risk should be conducted for all property transfers aquisitions o Independent external audits provide the highest level of compliance oversight and can assist in assessment of environmental liabilities

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Brazelton's Neonatal Behavioral Assesment Scale

  • Sin, Yeong-Hui
    • 아동간호학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1999.12a
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    • pp.21-24
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    • 1999
  • ${\cdot}$ Comprehensive behavioral assessment scale ${\cdot}$ Caregiving program for the parents ${\cdot}$ Quality of the parent-clinician relationship

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Revisited: Formative Assessment, Performance Assessment, and Process-Focused Assessment (형성평가, 수행평가, 과정중심평가에 대한 재고찰)

  • Lee, Ji Woon;Noh, Jihwa
    • East Asian mathematical journal
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.515-535
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    • 2020
  • The 2015 revised mathematics curriculum had newly introduced the term 'process-focused assessment'. The official document, however, did not offer an explicit definition of the new term, but only by virtue of narrative. This has encouraged practitioners and researchers to figure out themselves what it is and how it differs from those in use, formative assessment and performance assessment in particular, in use. In consequence, many versions of interpretation, all of which are not necessarily consistent, have been developed and implemented in schools, This, in turn, still has created a chaotic situation carrying out the process-focused assessment. This study attempted to make the meaning of the process-focused assessment more explicit by conducting a comprehensive review of the related literature, for implementing it in its intended way.

Spiritual Care in Hospice and Palliative Care

  • Ferrell, Betty R.
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.215-220
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    • 2017
  • Spiritual care is at the center of hospice and palliative care. Patients facing serious and life-threatening illness have important needs in regard to faith, hope, and existential concerns. The purpose of this article is to review the key aspects of this care, including the definitions of spirituality, spiritual assessment, and spiritual care interventions. A review of the current literature was conducted to identify content related to spiritual care in hospice and palliative care. A growing body of evidence supports the importance of spiritual care as a key domain of quality palliative care. The literature supports the importance of spiritual assessment as a key aspect of comprehensive patient and family assessment. Spirituality encompasses religious concerns as well as other existential issues. Future research and clinical practice should test models of best support to provide spiritual care.

The Study on the Cause and the Impact of the Development of a Decision Making Systems Like EIA in Cheju Island (제주도 지역의 각종 영향평가제도들의 출현 원인과 영향에 대한 연구)

  • Chung, Yong;Yang, Man-Sik;Kim, Yong-Bum
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.121-133
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    • 1997
  • EIA should be regarded as an aid to improve the decision making processes because it seeks public opinion and external knowledge in order to ensure the maximum degree of fairness and balance in the final decision as much as possible. According to the above benefits, various decision making systems containing EIA concepts were developed in the area of ground water, traffic, disaster or accident and environment in Cheju Island. But because the development of various decision making systems can be the cause of new impact, it was studied the cause and impact of their development. The major reasons for developing the various decision making system like EIA are the lack of the consideration for the impact of project when it is selected project fulfilling EIA and the increase of the effort for the improvement in the professional quality for one subject without the comprehensive assessment among the subject related to environmental impacts. And the development of the various decision making systems like EIA has caused the several impacts like cost elavoration, the relay of project period, etc. Therefore, after it is improved the problems of present EIA on the comprehensive assessment, the various decision making systems like EIA should be integrated in EIA decision making system.

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Air Quality Assessment for Development Plan after the Special Act on Licensing of Industrial Complexes (산업단지 「인·허가 특례법」 이후 개발계획에 따른 국내 대기질 영향예측)

  • Moon, Nankyoung;Kim, Soontae;Seo, Jihyun
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.26 no.11
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    • pp.1209-1222
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    • 2017
  • On June 5, 2008, the "Act on Special Cases Concerning the Simplification of Authorization and Permission Procedures for Industrial Complexes" (Act No. 9106) was enacted. When it was implemented in August 2008, many industrial complex development projects were established, and the number of industrial complexes growth rates of 3-6% during 2003-2007 rose to around 15% in 2008. With the increase in industrial complexes, the environmental impacts of individual projects were examined, but comprehensive regional reviews of environmental impacts were not undertaken. In this study, we determined changes in air quality by applying the industrial complex development plan that completed the consultation at the end of 2010 to assess the comprehensive regional environmental impacts and presented the adequacy review plan for future industrial development plans based on the study's results. When considering these industrial complex development plans, emissions in North Jeolla and South Chungcheong Provinces and Daegu City have increased significantly. Air quality analyses showed that the 24 h mean $SO_2$ concentration in Daegu increased by more than 50% in summer compared to air quality concentrations in summer. The 24 h mean $PM_{10}$ and $NO_2$ concentrations increased by approximately 12 and 30%, respectively, in North Jeolla Province in summer. Areas exceeding the air quality standard for 1 h mean $O_3$ concentration increased by more than $3,500km^2$. Based on the above analysis, changes in air quality should be anticipated through a comprehensive evaluation of long-term development plans. Furthermore, control of air quality in accordance with the development of future industrial complexes is possible.