• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.19-28
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• 2010

Industrial Safety and Health Law (ISH Law) of Japan requires abnormalities identified in evaluations of worker health and working environments are reported to occupational physicians, and employers are advised of measures to ensure appropriate accommodations in working environments and work procedures. Since the 1980s, notions of a risk assessment and occupational safety and health management system were expected to further prevent industrial accidents. In 2005, ISH Law stipulated workplace risk assessment using the wording "employers shall endeavor." Following the amendment, multiple documents and guidelines for risk assessment for different work procedures were developed. They require ISH Laws to be implemented fully and workplaces to plan and execute measures to reduce risks, ranking them from those addressing potential hazards to those requiring workers to wear protective articles. A governmental survey in 2005 found the performance of risk assessment was 20.4% and common reasons for not implementing risk assessments were lack of adequate personnel or knowledge. ISH Law specifies criminal penalties for both individuals and organizations. Moreover, under the Labor Contract Law promulgated in 2007, employers are obliged to make reasonable efforts to ensure employee health for foreseeable and avoidable risks. Therefore, enterprises neglecting even the non-binding provisions of guidelines are likely to suffer significant business impact if judged to be responsible for industrial accidents or occupational disease. To promote risk assessment, we must strengthen technical, financial, and physical support from public-service organizations, encourage the dissemination of good practices to reduce risks, and consider additional employer incentives, including relaxed mandatory regulations.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2021

Purpose: We analyzed the characteristics and outcomes of patients with bicycle-related injuries at a regional trauma center in northern Gyeonggi Province as a first step toward the development of improved prevention measures and treatments. Methods: The records of 239 patients who were injured in different types of bicycle-related accidents and transported to a single regional trauma center between January 2017 and December 2018 were examined. This retrospective single-center study used data from the Korea Trauma Database. Results: In total, 239 patients experienced bicycle-related accidents, most of whom were males (204, 85.4%), and 46.9% of the accidents were on roads for automobiles. Forty patients (16.7%) had an Injury Severity Score (ISS) of 16 or more. There were 125 patients (52.3%) with head/neck/face injuries, 97 patients (40.6%) with injuries to the extremities, 59 patients (24.7%) with chest injuries, and 21 patients (8.8%) with abdominal injuries. Patients who had head/neck/face injuries and an Abbreviated Injury Score (AIS) ≥3 were more likely to experience severe trauma (ISS ≥16). In addition, only 13 of 125 patients (10.4%) with head/neck/face injuries were wearing helmets, and patients with injuries in this region who were not wearing helmets had a 3.9-fold increased odds ratio of severe injury (AIS ≥2). Conclusions: We suggest that comprehensive accident prevention measures, including safety training and expansion of safety facilities, should be implemented at the governmental level, and that helmet wearing should be more strictly enforced to prevent injuries to the head, neck, and face.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2021

Purpose - The global trend of protectionism has expanded since the onset of US President Donald Trump's administration in 2017. This global phenomenon has led to a significant reduction in world trade volume and a negative impact on economic development in some countries where the external sector accounts for a large proportion of GDP. Although Korea is a country vulnerable to this deteriorating trade environment, few studies have examined the relationship between protectionism and its business cycles based on Korean data. Thus, this paper investigates the impact of protectionism on Korea's business cycle. Design/methodology - To identify future implications, we conduct a structural vector autoregression (VAR) analysis using monthly Korean data from 1994 to 2015. Macroeconomic variables in the model include the industrial production index, inflation rates, exports (or net exports), interest rates, and exchange rates. For the identification of the shock reflecting the expansion of protectionism, we use an antidumping investigation (ADI) data. Since ADIs are followed generally by the imposition of antidumping tariffs, they have no contemporaneous impact on tariffs and are also contemporaneously exogenous to other endogenous variables in the VAR model. We examine two kinds of ADI shocks i) shocks on Korean exports imposed by Korea's trading partners (ADI-imposed shocks) and ii) shocks on imports imposed by the Korean government (ADI-imposing shocks). Findings - We find that Korea's exports decline sharply due to ADI-imposed shocks; the lowest point at the third month after the initial shock; and do not recover until 24 months later. Simultaneously, the inflation rate decreases. Therefore, the ADI-imposed shock can be regarded as a negative shock on the demand curve where both production and price decrease. In contrast, the ADI-imposing shock generates a different response. The net exports decline, but the inflation rate increases. These can be seen as standard responses with respect to the negative shock on the supply curve. Originality/value - We shed light on the relationship between protectionism and Korea's economic fluctuations, which is rarely addressed in previous studies. We also consider the effects of both protective policy measures on imports to Korea imposed by the Korean government and on policy measures imposed by Korea's trading partner countries on its exports.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제60권2호
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• pp.152-160
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• 2024

We analyzed risk factors of coastal gillnet fishers during fishing process and considered work safety measures to reduce safety accidents during fishing using a UWB (ultra wideband) based positioning system. The static position accuracy of the UWB based positioning system was 45 cm. When entering a port, there is a risk of falling overboard. When casting a net, there was a risk of falling overboard due to being hit by fishing gear or guards, or getting caught in a buoy line or sinker line. When hauling a net, there is a risk of getting caught between fishing gear and net hauler, and the risk of musculoskeletal disorders due to repetitive work over a long period of time. Most safety accidents during work on fishing boats are blamed on human errors of the fisher and skipper, but safety accidents occur due to a mixture of mechanical and equipment factors, work and environmental factors, and management factors in addition to human errors. Therefore, the 4E were presented as countermeasures against the 4M, which are causes of safety accidents, and the proposed measures were used to identify risk factors for operation process, comply with work safety rules, and ensure the wearing of personal protective equipments. We need to reduce safety accidents during work by making it part of our daily routine. These research results can be used in the future for optimal placement of fishing gear and fishing nets in other coastal industries where safety accidents occur frequently.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.89-112
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• 2000

Although dental laboratory technicians are prone to be exposed to various work-related health hazardous materials such as dusts, chemicals, etc., the prevalence and nature of work-related health problems of them have not been a matter of great concern in the field of occupational health service in Korea. The purpose of the present investigation was to describe a collected profile of subjective health symptoms and their attributable factors in Korean dental laboratory technicians. A questionnaire listing five groups of health symptoms and five health symptom-related factors was mailed to randomly selected 1,900 dental laboratory technicians. Among them, 1,344 dental laboratory technicians filled out the questionnaires and returnde them. Five groups of health symptoms included musculoskeletal symptom, dermal symptoms, respiratory symptoms, eys symptoms, and ear symptoms. Five health symptom-related factors were occupational environment-related health risk factors, work history, health related habits and status, use of personal protective equipment and general characteristics. Detailed parameters of health risk factors were work posture, vibration, and chemical or physical hazards such as dust, fume, vapor, solvent, light, and noise for occupational environment-related factors; work place, area, number of employees, work hours, career, work part, and work load for work history; Broca's index, hours of sleep, eating, smoking, alcohol, exercise, health examination, and self assessed health status for health habits and status; face masks, goggles, and so on for use of personal protective equipment, and; age, sex, marital status, and education for general characteristics. Before the start of main survey, a pilot survey was carried out for validity and reliability tests of the questionnaire. All the data obtained were coded and analyzed with PC/SAS 6.12 program. The prevalence of health symptoms was the highest in musculoskelton (87.3%), and followde by eyes (78.9%), respiratory organs (64.3%), ears (57.8%), and skin (52.2%) in descending order. Statistically significant risk factors by multiple logistic regression analyses were sex, health examination, self assessed health status, and hand/finger posture in musculoskeletal symptoms; sex, self assessed health status, career, acid gas, and hand contact with resin mixture in deraml symptoms; Broka's smoking, exercise, self assessed health status, and face mask in respiratory symptoms; sex, hours of sleep, self assessed health status, work hours, work load, plaster dust, inadequate lighting, and goggle in eys symptoms, and eating, smoking, self assessed health status, and work load in ear symptoms. With the above considerations in mind, prevalence of subjective symptoms among Korean dental laboratory technicians was relatively high, and they were attributable to most of the occupational environment-related factors, work history, use of personal protective equipment, health habits and status, and general characteristics. Particularly, it is suggested that health promotion programs for promoting self- assessed health status and smoking cessation, preventive measures for protection of the female technicians’health, and reducing work load be necessary, since those factors were associated with more than one subjective symptom.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.394-402
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• 2003

This study was designed to investigate the protective effect of Bojungmyunyuk-dan(BJMY-Dan) on the cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity of primary rat astrocytes. BJMY-Dan is an oriental herbal prescription for its ability to recover protective effects against anti-cancer chemotherapies. After astrocytes were treated cisplatin, MTT assay was performed for cell viability test. To explore the mechanism of cytotoxicity, I used the several measures of apoptosis to determine whether this processes was involved in cisplatin-induced cell damage in astrocytes. Also, astrocytes were treated with BJMY-Dan and then, followed by the addition of cisplatin. Cisplatin decreased the viability of astrocytes in a dose and time-dependent manner. BJMY-Dan increased the viability of astrocytes treated cisplatin. Astrocytes treated cisplatin were revealed as apoptosis characterized by nuclear staining and flow cytometry. BJMY-Dan protected astrocytes from cisplatin-induced nuclear fragmentation and chromatin condensation. Also, caspase-3 and caspase-9 proteases were activated in astrocytes by cisplatin. BJMY-Dan inhibited the activation of caspase proteases in cisplatin-treated astrocytes. Cleavage of [poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase](PARP) was occurred at 12hr after treatment of cisplatin in astrocytes. BJMY-Dan recovered the cleavage of PARP in cisplatin-treated astrocytes. Also, BJMY-Dan inhibited the activation of pro-apoptotic factor, Bak by cisplatin. Lastly, astrocytes stained with JC-1 and Rhodamine 123 were photographed by fluorescence microscope to visualize changes of mitochondrial membrane permeability transition(MPT) during treatment with cisplatin for 24hr. BJMY-Dan recovered the change of MPT by cisplatin in astrocytes. According to above results, BJMY-Dan may protect astrocytes from cytotoxicity induced by chemotherapeutic agents, including cisplatin.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.895-906
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• 2018

우리나라의 어린이보호구역 개선사업은 어린이가 주로 활동하는 유치원, 초등학교 주변에서 많이 발생하고 있어 어린이 교통사고 예방책의 일환으로 추진하고 있다. 하지만 어린이보호구역내 안전시설물에 대한 필수 설치 시설물과 적정 설치 수준에 대한 연구가 부족한 바, 본 연구에서는 자료포락분석을 활용한 안전시설물 설치의 효율성을 상대적으로 평가하여 개선방안을 제시하였다. 화성시 관내 초등학교중 총 28개 어린이보호구역에 대한 시설물 현황과 사고현황 자료를 구축하였다. 기존 연구상에 효과가 입증된 주요 시설물 6개(고원식 교차로, 고원식 횡단보도, 방호울타리, 미끄럼방지시설, 과속방지턱, 단속카메라)만 투입요소로 하여 분석하였다. 분석결과 28개소 중 12개소만 효율성이 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 16개소는 효율성이 떨어지는 것으로 나타났다. 효율집단으로 구분된 어린이보호구역은 방호울타리, 미끄럼방지시설, 단속카메라 설치가 비효율집단으로 구분된 어린이보호구역보다 적게 설치한 것으로 나타났다. 방호울타리는 어린이보호구역 전체연장 중 47% 정도만 설치하여도 충분히 효율성이 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 미끄럼방지시설의 개소 수는 $km^2$당 8.7개 정도면 효율성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 비교대상의 수가 28개소로 상대적 효율성 평가지표로 활용하는 데는 본 연구가 한계가 있으며, 향후 전국단위로 그룹화 하여 각 그룹별로 효율성 평가할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 시큐리티연구
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• 제24호
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• pp.91-123
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• 2010

G20 정상회의 시 발생 가능한 위협요인으로 요인테러, 인질테러, 폭탄테러, 다중이용시설 테러, 항공기테러 등 이 예상된다. 한국에서 예상되는 위협집단으로는 북한, 이슬람 과격집단 및 국제회의를 반대하는 NGO 조직 등의 단체가 위해를 일으킬 가능성이 있다고 본다. 이에 본 연구는 G20 정상회의가 주로 진행되는 장소인 주행사장과 숙소에서의 VIP 안전대책이 매우 중요하다고 판단하여 이에 대한 방안을 제시하는데 연구의 목적이 있다. 본 연구에서는 국내 최초로 경호원리 중 세계 각국에서 공통적으로 '3선경호원리'를 채택하고 있으므로 이 원리에 입각하여 1선(안전구역) 2선(경비구역) 3선(경계구역)별로 대응방안을 도출하고 VIP 안전대책을 위하여 정책적으로 반영하여야 할 의견도 함께 제시하였다. 결론적으로 G20 정상회의에 대비하여 주(主) 행사장에서의 VIP 안전대책을 위한 방안으로 1선(안전구역)에서는 첫째, 직가시 승하차지점에 대한 차단대책 강구해야 한다. 둘째, 노출지역에서는 과감하게 근접도보대형을 강화해야 한다. 2선(경비구역)에서는 첫째, 주 행사장의 특수성을 고려하여 출입통제대책을 강구해야 한다. 둘째, 행사비표 내에 RFID 기능이 포함된 효율적인 비표운용계획을 도입해야 한다. 3선(경계구역)에서는 첫째, 각종 요인테러대비, 정 첩보 수집 및 해외 정보기관과의 공조 하에 대테러 정보수집체계를 강화해야 한다. 둘째, 경호 행사인력에 대한 유사시 비상대책훈련을 실시해야 한다. 셋째, VIP 제대의 일정한 속도를 유지하기 위하여 효율적인 교통통제시스템을 운용해야 한다. 마지막으로 VIP 안전대책을 위해 정책적으로 반영하여야 할 점은 첫째, VIP 숙소의 효율적인 분산배치 및 통제가 이루어져야 한다. 둘째, 다양한 기만작전을 활용하여 불순분자가 오판하여 공격이 실패하도록 하여야 한다. 셋째, 북한 대남공작 기구의 개편에 따라 금번 G20 정상회의부터는 강력한 '군사지원대책'을 추진해야 한다. 이를 위해 국방부 주관 하에 전 후방 군사대비태세를 보다 강화하고, 화생방테러에 대비하여 탐지 및 제독에도 적극 적으로 대응할 것을 제안하고자 한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.3942-3949
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• 2010

기존 네이트온은 사용자의 개인 정보를 서버의 데이터베이스에 저장을 하기 때문에 내부자 공격에 취약하고, 사용자간의 통신 내용도 그대로 송.수신되었다. 이러한 정보노출 문제점을 해결하기 위한 안전한 메신저를 구현하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 메신저에서는 서버에게 사용자의 최소한의 개인정보만을 공개하고 중요한 개인정보는 사용자만 알고 있는 패스워드로 암호화하여 서버의 DB에 저장한다. 서버 관리자 또는 제 3자는 악의적인 의도로 사용자의 중요한 정보를 알 수 없다. 또한 네트워크상에 노출되었던 통신 내용도 송.수신 시 암 복호화 되어 때문에 안전하게 통신을 할 수 있다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회A
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• pp.232-237
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• 2007

The deformation of polymers under high loading-rate conditions will be a governing factor to be considered in their impact-resistant applications such as protective shields and transparent armor. In this paper, the deformation and fracture behaviors of polymeric materials such as PE, PC and PEEK have been investigated by Taylor Impact tests. Taylor cylinder impact tests and high speed photography are introduced to examine the deformation behavior under dynamic loading condition. 20 mm air gun was used to perform the impact experiments. Cylindrical projectiles have been impacted onto a hardened steel anvil at a velocity ranging from 100 to $350\;ms^{-1}.$ Along the barrel line, a photo-sensor which measures the speed of the projectile, four digital cameras which has shutter speed of 1/917,000sec and a rigid anvil were set up. After impact experiments, the shapes of projectiles and images taken using high speed cameras were analysed. Depending on materials adopted, they showed a variety in deformation and fracture behaviors.