• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.175-185
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• 2017

As the energy and environmental problems are increasingly severe, researches about carbon dioxide emissions has aroused widespread concern. The accurate prediction of carbon dioxide emissions is essential for carbon emissions controlling. In this paper, we analyze the relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and influencing factors in a comprehensive way through correlation analysis and regression analysis, achieving the effective screening of key factors from 16 preliminary selected factors including GDP, total population, total energy consumption, power generation, steel production coal consumption, private owned automobile quantity, etc. Then fruit fly algorithm is used to optimize the parameters of least squares support vector machine. And the optimized model is used for prediction, overcoming the blindness of parameter selection in least squares support vector machine and maximizing the training speed and global searching ability accordingly. The results show that the prediction accuracy of carbon dioxide emissions is improved effectively. Besides, we conclude economic and environmental policy implications on the basis of analysis and calculation.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.211-216
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• 2012

Quantification of the airborne microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) at a swine wastewater treatment plant was performed. Microbial samples were collected at three different phases of the treatment process over a 1-yr period. Cultivation methods based on the viable counts of mesophilic heterotrophic bacteria and fungi were performed. The concentrations of airborne bacteria ranged up to about $5{\times}10^3$ colony-forming unit (CFU)/$m^3$, and those of airborne fungi ranged up to about $9{\times}10^2CFU/m^3$. The primary treatment (e.g., screen, grit removal, and primary sedimentation) was found to be the major source of airborne microorganisms at the site studied, and higher levels of airborne bacteria and fungi were observed in summer. High levels of the respirable bioaerosol (0.65 to $4.7{\mu}m$ in size) were detected in the aeration phase. Among the environmental factors studied, temperature was strongly associated with fungal aerosol generation (with a Spearman correlation coefficient of 0.90 and p-value <0.01). Occupational biorisks are discussed based on the observed field data.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.259-267
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• 2015

Objectives: This study evaluated the regional and seasonal concentrations of ambient hazardous heavy metals in an industrial complex area in Daegu City. Methods: A total of 64 SPM (Suspended Particulate Matter) samples were collected in non-industrial and industrial areas during 2014 and were analyzed for hazardous heavy metals elements (As, Cd, Mn, Ni, Pb) with ICP after acid extraction. Results: SPM and hazardous heavy metals concentrations showed regional (industrial complex area>non-industrial complex area) and seasonal (spring, winter>fall, summer) variations. All of the hazardous heavy metals were influenced by anthropogenic sources. The pollution index of hazardous heavy metals was very low, showing roughly one-quarter of the level of the air quality guidelines of WHO. The correlation analysis among SPM and hazardous heavy metals indicated that components of non-industrial complex areas were more related to each other than those of industrial complex areas, and the correlation in the winter was higher than in other seasons. Conclusion: It is necessary to control air pollution sources and establish related policy because hazardous heavy metals from industrial areas can influence residential areas.

• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2004

The objectives of this study were: a) to measure the satisfaction of who volunteered in the activity, and b) to identify factors related to their satisfaction from the activities, and c) to provide policy implications to improve their satisfaction. This study was based on a literature review and empirical analyses. The empirical analyses have been completed through individual interviews with community residents who volunteer the NGO activities in the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement. The major findings from empirical analysis were as follows: As a result of correlation analysis, nine variables affecting the degree of their satisfaction were "activity time", "sex", "support of family and friends", "understanding of environmental NGO activities and fields of environmental NGO activities", "contact points for the activities", "income and vocation". As a result of multiple regression analysis, the five variables affecting the degree of their satisfaction were "understanding of the NGO activities", "income", "support of family", "marital status", "activity period" and these five variables explained 49.1% of the degree of their satisfaction. Based on the empirical findings, the following suggestions could be offered for the environmental NGO activities. 1) Environmental NGOs should offer resident-friendly programs which may help the residents participate in the NGO activities, so the volunteers can participate in the activities with their family, friends, and neighbors. 2) Environmental NGOs should provide appropriate information and educational supports to community residents, which might facilitate them to have a sound understanding of the NGO activities. And the environmental NGOs should provide diverse activity programs to facilitate participation and to formulate eligible management system for the activities. 3) To enhance the satisfaction of participation, environmental action programs should be organized and conducted through a careful consideration of the status of the community, the characteristics of residents, and so on. To provide better contact points, environmental NGOs should cooperate with religious organizations in communities, social groups, media and so on.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.267-272
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• 2019

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine effect of anxiety about climate change on life satisfaction and mediating effect of subjective health status between anxiety about climate change and life satisfaction among older persons. Methods: This study used data from Statistics Korea 2018 Social Survey and a total of 7,870 older persons aged 65 and over were selected for the analyses. Descriptive statistics was used to identify characteristics of study participants and correlation analysis was used to examine the associations among anxiety about climate change, subjective health status, and life satisfaction. Also, multiple regression analyses were performed to examine effect of anxiety about climate change on life satisfaction and mediating effect of subjective health status between anxiety about climate change and life satisfaction. Results: Study findings show that anxiety about climate change had significant effect on life satisfaction. A higher level of anxiety decreased the level of life satisfaction of the elderly. A higher level of anxiety about climate change also decreased the level of subjective health status. In addition, the effect of anxiety about climate change on life satisfaction was partially mediated by subjective health status. Conclusions: Findings of the study suggest that the needs of older population should be considered in designing policy and interventions on climate change.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 9th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.1032-1039
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• 2022

Evaluating infrastructure's impact on social equity is an emerging area of research in transportation construction engineering. Transportation agencies have been trying to include sustainable development. The three components of sustainable development are environmental protection, social equity, and economic development. Although social equity is one of the essential components of sustainable development, most transportation agencies do not consider this component. The research publications in this area are limited. The principal objective of this study is to synthesize existing studies related to the impact of transportation infrastructures on social equity. This study will also identify social equity indicators, the correlation between social equity and transportation infrastructures and their services, and the impact of transportation infrastructures' on social equity. In addition, this study will identify current issues of social equity and will provide some recommendations. This synthesis study revealed that transportation infrastructures impacted social equity in various ways. Some effects are positive, such as new job creation on the market. Other effects are adverse, such as diminishing socio-economic and environmental degradation. Studies also showed that the current practices evaluated infrastructures' impact on a case-by-case basis. The authors recommend adopting a multi-disciplinary holistic for assessing infrastructure's effects on social equity. The multi-disciplinary fields of study include civil engineers, construction engineers/managers, public policy researchers, environmentalists, and social scientists.

• 대기
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.57-71
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• 2012

Influences of orographic and ocean effect, which depend on the detailed geographic characteristics, upon winter time (December-February) precipitation in the Yeongdong region are investigated. Most of precipitation events in the Yeongdong region during the wintertime are associated with moist northeasterly (coming from the northeast direction) winds and also the spatial distribution of precipitation shows a great difference between Mountain area (Daegwallyeong) and Coastal area (Gangneung). The linear correlation coefficient between the meteorological variables obtained from NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Data and precipitation amount for each precipitation type is calculated. Mountain type precipitation is dominated by northeasterly wind speed of the low level (1000 hPa and 925 hPa) and characterized with more precipitation in mountain area than coastal area. However, Coastal type precipitation is affected by temperature difference between ocean and atmosphere, and characterized with more precipitation in coastal area than mountain area. The results are summarized as follows; In the case of mountain type precipitation, the correlation coefficient between wind speed at 1000 hPa (925 hPa) and precipitation amount at Daegwallyeong is 0.60 (0.61). The correlation is statistical significant at 1% level. In the case of coastal type precipitation, the correlation coefficient of temperature difference between ocean and 925 hPa (850 hPa) over the East sea area and precipitation amount at Gangneung is 0.33 (0.34). As for the mountain type precipitation, a detailed analysis was conducted in order to verify the relationship between precipitation amount at Daegwallyeong and low level wind speed data from wind profiler in Gangneung and Buoy in the East Sea. The results also show the similar behavior. This result indicates that mountain type precipitation in the Yeongdong region is closely related with easterly wind speed. Thus, the statistical analysis of the few selected meteorological variables can be a good indicator to estimate the precipitation totals in the Yeongdong region in winter time.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.59-86
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• 2024

최근 도시가스 수요에 관한 연구는 광역별, 지역별로 각 지역 특성을 반영하여 미시적 관점에서 접근하는 경향이 확대되는 추세이다. 이때 인접지역이 가지는 사회구조의 유사성과 공급 인프라의 밀집성은 지역 간 미시적인 관계를 가지는 군집성과 공간적 상관성을 유도한다. 이에 민수용 도시가스 수요에 대해 34개 도시가스사의 관할지역을 기준으로 총 54개의 지역으로 구분한 후 공간 상관성을 분석한 결과 전역적, 국지적 관점에서 양의 공간적 상관성이 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구에서는 2014년 1월부터 2022년 12월까지 54개 지역에 대한 민수용 도시가스 수요를 패널데이터로 구성하여 공간패널회귀분석과 일반 패널회귀분석을 비교하였으며, 오차에 공간적 효과가 존재하는 공간오차모형(SEM)이 가장 적합한 모형임을 도출할 수 있었다. 이는 한 지역의 민수용 도시가스 수요가 인접지역과 유의한 관계가 있음을 확인함으로써 정책적, 실무적 시사점을 제시한다.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.115-133
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• 2021

본 연구는 그 동안 혼재되어 왔던 4차 산업 혁명의 개념과 관련 기술 들을 살펴보고 이로 인한 사회 경제적 변화와 영향 및 주요 국가의 4차 산업혁명에 대응하는 사례를 검토 하였다. 이를 기반으로 한국벤처기업이 4차 산업혁명에 대비하기 위한 SWOT 요인 도출 및 요인별 중요도 산출을 통해 정부 및 정책 입안자들에게 관련 정책 수립을 위한 방향 제시에 도움을 주고자 한다. 나아가 한국벤처기업 들에게는 글로벌 경쟁력 확보를 위한 추진 방향을 제시하고 이후에 진행할 학문적 심층 연구를 위해서도 기초적이고 체계적인 분석에 도움을 주는 것을 목적으로 한다. 연구를 위해 4차 산업 관련 분야에서 한국 벤처기업의 내부 역량과 외부 환경 변화 요인이 무엇인지를 파악하기 위해 기존 문헌 탐구와 자료 조사를 통해 총 21개의 SWOT 요인을 도출하여 이를 업계, 학계, 정책전문가 그룹으로 구분하여 델파이 조사를 통해 확정하였다. 또한 이를 체계적 의사결정 기법인 AHP 기법으로 항목별 중요도를 분석하였다. 분석 결과에 따르면 강점(48%)→기회(25%)→위협(16%)→약점(11%) 순으로 중요하게 여기고 있음을 보여 주었으며 세부 항목별 중요도 분석 결과에서는 총 21개 세부항목 중 상위 3개 항목으로는 '신속하고 유연한 사업화 능력, '플랫폼·빅데이터·비대면 서비스 활성화, 'ICT 인프라 구축 및 활용' 순으로 중요도가 높게 나타났다. 반면 하위 3개 항목으로는 '안정적인 거시 경제 및 SOC 기반', '세계적 보호무역 기조에 따른 해외시장 진출 어려움, '외국인 투자규모 절대 열세' 항목은 우선순위가 낮게 나타났다. 전문가 그룹별 견해 차이를 보기 위한 중요도 순위 검증 결과, 업계와 학계전문가는 상관관계가 높고 업계와 정책전문가는 중간 정도의 상관관계를 보여 큰 견해 차이가 없었으나 학계전문가와 정책전문가의 상관관계는 통계적으로 유의하지 않아(p<0.01) 중요도에 대한 견해 차이가 있는 것으로 분석 되었다. 이는 정책전문가는 강점 항목인 '신속하고 유연한 사업화'와 기회 항목인 '우수한 교육시스템 및 고급인력 보유', '신시장 창출'을 매우 중요하게 생각한 반면, 학계전문가는 강점 항목인 '정부 정책의 지원 부분'을 훨씬 중요하게 생각하는 차이에서 기인된 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구의 시사점은 한국벤처기업이 4차 산업혁명 분야에서 경쟁력을 확보하기 위해서는 강점과 기회요인의 해당 항목 들을 우선적으로 지원하는 정책이 필요함을 있음을 시사하고 있으며 또한 학계와 정책전문가 사이에 다른 견해를 보이고 있는 강점 요인과 기회 요인의 세부 항목 차이는 적극적으로 검토하여 정책에 반영할 필요가 있음을 의미한다고 볼 수 있다.

• KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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• 제4A권2호
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• pp.100-105
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• 2004

Installed capacity markets in the northeast of the United States ensure that adequate generation exists to satisfy regional loss of load probability (LOLP) criterion. LOLP studies are conducted to determine the amount of capacity that is needed, but they do not consider several factors that substantially affect the calculated distribution of available capacity. These studies do not account for the fact that generation availability increases during periods of high demand and therefore prices, common-cause failures that result in multiple generation units being unavailable at the same time, and the negative correlation between load and available capacity due to temperature and humidity. A categorization of incidents in an existing bulk power reliability database is proposed to analyze the existence and frequency of independent failures and those associated with resource dynamics. Findings are augmented with other empirical findings. Monte Carlo methods are proposed to model these resource dynamics. Using the IEEE Reliability Test System as a single-bus case study, the LOLP results change substantially when these factors are considered. Better data collection is necessary to support the more comprehensive modeling of resource adequacy that is proposed. In addition, a parallel processing method is used to offset the increase in computational times required to model these dynamics.