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Structural Factors of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Outbreak as a Public Health Crisis in Korea and Future Response Strategies

  • Kim, Dong-Hyun
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.48 no.6
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    • pp.265-270
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    • 2015
  • The recent Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak has originated from a failure in the national quarantine system in the Republic of Korea as most basic role of protecting the safety and lives of its citizens. Furthermore, a number of the Korean healthcare system's weaknesses seem to have been completely exposed. The MERS-CoV outbreak can be considered a typical public health crisis in that the public was not only greatly terrorized by the actual fear of the disease, but also experienced a great impact to their daily lives, all in a short period of time. Preparedness for and an appropriate response to a public health crisis require comprehensive systematic public healthcare measures to address risks comprehensively with an all-hazards approach. Consequently, discussion regarding establishment of post-MERS-CoV improvement measures must focus on the total reform of the national quarantine system and strengthening of the public health infrastructure. In addition, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must implement specific strategies of action including taking on the role of "control tower" in a public health emergency, training of Field Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, establishment of collaborative governance between central and local governments for infection prevention and control, strengthening the roles and capabilities of community-based public hospitals, and development of nationwide crisis communication methods.

A Study on Distributed Self-Reliance Wireless Sensing Mechanism for Supporting Data Transmission over Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

  • Caytiles, Ronnie D.;Park, Byungjoo
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.32-38
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    • 2020
  • The deployment of geographically distributed wireless sensors has greatly elevated the capability of monitoring structural health in social-overhead capital (SOC) public infrastructures. This paper deals with the utilization of a distributed mobility management (DMM) approach for the deployment of wireless sensing devices in a structural health monitoring system (SHM). Then, a wireless sensing mechanism utilizing low-energy adaptive clustering hierarchy (LEACH)-based clustering algorithm for smart sensors has been analyzed to support the seamless data transmission of structural health information which is essentially important to guarantee public safety. The clustering of smart sensors will be able to provide real-time monitoring of structural health and a filtering algorithm to boost the transmission of critical information over heterogeneous wireless and mobile networks.

Work Pressure and Safety Behaviors among Health Workers in Ghana: The Moderating Role of Management Commitment to Safety

  • Amponsah-Tawaih, Kwesi;Adu, Michael Appiah
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.340-346
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    • 2016
  • Background: safety and healthy working environment has received numerous research attention over the years. Majority of these researches seem to have been conducted in the construction industry, with little attention in the health sector. Nonetheless, there are couple of studies conducted in Africa that suggest pressure in hospitals. Therefore the aim of the study was to examine how pressure influence safety behavior in the hospitals. With reference to the relevance of safety behavior in primary health care delivery, there was the need for the study. Method: Data was obtained from 422 public hospital employees. Respondents were assured that all information would be kept confidential to increase the response rate and acquire more accurate information. Collection of questionnaires from participants took four weeks (20 working days), after which the data was analyzed. Results: The result of the study showed that work pressure correlated negatively with safety behavior. General safety climate significantly correlated positively with safety behavior and negatively with work pressure, although the effect size for the latter was smaller. Hierarchical regression analysis showed management commitment to safety to moderate the relationship between work pressure and safety behavior. Conclusion: When employees perceive safety communication, safety systems and training to be positive, they seem to comply with safety rules and procedures than voluntarily participate in safety activities.

A Study on Open of Information Data and Privacy Rights

  • Kim, Taek
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.21 no.11
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    • pp.73-78
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    • 2016
  • All citizens will not be infringed communications rub. That can be seen to have the privacy freedom.lot (Internet of things) have released a security system in the era of information privacy appear that public safety and threat. Currently, Information and communication devices can be use criminal investigation, including search and seizure confirmed the fact communication of the communication restriction information storage medium for the common purpose of providing material system, the system provides data and communications. This paper focused on Privacy and open of information data by the Prosecutor and Police in korea. Privacy rights include that transparency information, communication, and protections for the rights of the individuals. It is necessary to be lawfulness of processing, individuals consent while Prosecutors investigations. especially we need explicit condition and National agency need to obtain in order to legitimize their processing of personal information data. The author emphasize are as follows: first, to examine Privacy rights information' necessity and problem, second, to understand Privacy rights and limits, third, to suggest improvements for the purpose of Transparency, codes of conduct and Democracy of information.

The Effect of Delivery Service Quality in Online Shopping Mall on Customer Value, Customer Trust, and Relationship Persistence Intention

  • ENKHTSETSEG ENKHTUYA;Min Jung Kang
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.215-225
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    • 2024
  • This study investigated the effect of the delivery service quality of Mongolian online shopping on the customer value, customer trust, and relationship persistence intention of Mongolian consumers. Through this, the purpose of this study is to understand the priorities of the quality conditions of delivery services (accuracy, economy, information, safety, tangibility, etc.) that Mongolian consumers value. The empirical analysis results of this study are as follows. First, the effect of delivery service quality on the intention to continue the relationship showed partially significant results. In other words, economics, information, and safety, excluding accuracy and tangibility, influenced the intention to continue the relationship. Second, the effect of delivery service quality on customer value was partially significant. In other words, accuracy, economy, safety, and tangibility, excluding informativity, influenced customer value. Third, the effect of delivery service quality on customer reliability was partially significant. In other words, economics, safety, and tangibility, excluding accuracy and informativity, influenced customer reliability. Fourth, the hypothesis of customer value on customer reliability was adopted, followed by the hypothesis of customer value on relationship continuity intention. Finally, the hypothesis of customer reliability on relationship continuity intention was adopted.

For Making an Efficient Disaster Emergency Communication System for Public Safety in South Korea (국민안전 확보를 위한 긴급통신망시스템 통합구축 방안)

  • Choi, Kwan;Kim, Min-Ji
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.44
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    • pp.169-198
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of present study is to provide an efficient 'Disaster Emergency Communication System' (below DECS) to deal with serious disaster situations in national levels. Currently, DECSs such as the VHF, UHF, and TRS are worked to control some disaster situations in the world. However, new system such as for sending the correct image and big data is more likely to need than current the DECSs in the comtemporary societies. Several serious disaster events such as the Sam-Poong Department Store Collapse, Daegu Subway Fire, and Sewol Submerge event, nevertheless, there was not the DECS based on the field in South Korea. In July 2014, finally, South Korean government started to provide a PS-LTE system which is the new and one system with fire fighting, police, army, railway. however, there are no many academic studies for DECSs to deal with disaster situations in South Korea. The present research highlights to explore an efficient DECS of Korean styles to fix some national security and public safety. The paper provides three key findings: first is how to make a unified Korean DECS based on PS-LTE. Second is how to make sure the frequency of 700MHz levels to communicate in the shady areas. Three is what kinds of communication facility is adequate for fixing PS-LTE DECS.

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Novel Maritime Wireless Communication based on Mobile Technology for the Safety of Navigation: LTE-Maritime focusing on the Cell Planning and its Verification

  • Shim, Woo-Seong;Kim, Bu-Young;Park, Chan-Yong;Lee, Byeong-Hyeok
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.45 no.5
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    • pp.231-237
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    • 2021
  • Enhancing the performance of maritime wireless communication has been highlighted by the issue of cell planning in the sea area because of lack of an appropriate Propagation Loss Model (PLM). To resolve the cell planning issue in vast sea areas, it was essential to develop the (PLM) matching the intended sea area. However, there were considerable gaps between the prediction of legacy PLMs and field measurement in propagation loss and there was a need to develop the adjusted PLM (A-PLM). Therefore, cell planning was performed on this adjusted model, including modification of the base station's location, altitude, and antenna azimuth to meet the quality objectives. Furthermore, in order to verify the availability of the cell planning, Communication Service Quality Monitoring System (CS-QMS) was developed in the LTE-Maritime project to collect LTE signal quality information from the onboard equipment at regular intervals and to ensure that the service quality was high enough to satisfy the goals in each designated grid. As a result of verification, the success rate of RSRP was 95.7% for the intensive management zone (IMZ) and 96.4% for the interested zone (IZ), respectively.

Analysis of Domestic and Foreign Frequency Demands for 700 MHz Band and Consideration for Building Public Integrated Radio Network (700 MHz 대역의 국내·외 주파수 수요 분석 및 공공통합망 구축시 고려사항)

  • Park, Duk-Kyu
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.25 no.10
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    • pp.1028-1039
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    • 2014
  • After DTV transition, frequency allocation to efficiently utilize 700 MHz band, which is remained as Digital Dividend, is in progress domestically and internationally. This paper investigates global frequency allocation of 700 MHz band and utilization of the band, and analyzes domestic wireless technology methods and requested frequency bandwidth by use. In addition, the paper suggests what needs to be considered in case of building public integrated radio network that focuses on disaster and safety network; the integrated radio network also includes railway network and e-Navigation.

Research on the Safety Inspection Plan of Outdoor Advertising Safety Using Drone (드론을 활용한 옥외광고물 안전도 검사 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Jeong, Hee-Jeong;Lee, Suk-Hyung;Chang, Hye-Jung
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.530-538
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    • 2020
  • Safety inspections of outdoor advertisements are conducted to determine the aging status, specifications, and compliance with design documents. Regular inspections are conducted on outdoor advertisements from a safety perspective, as they not only undermine the aesthetic elements of the city but also could cause falls on roads or pedestrian paths. However, the current safety inspection methods are at risk of various accidents during the inspection advertisements on the outer wall of the building. And it is difficult to conduct in-depth inspections on them if they are fixed to the elevation of the building. Furthermore, there also is a risk of safety accidents, such as advertising structures falling onto a pedestrian path. Therefore, this paper aims to enhance the safety inspection system of outdoor advertisements using drones. This paper also intends to propose measures for facility inspection history management such as safety inspection cycle, maintenance, and removal of signboards.

The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and Nuclear Safety Systems in Korea (후쿠시마 원전사고와 한국의 원전안전정책)

  • Choi, Ye-Yong;Suzuki, Akira;Lee, Sang-Hong;Paek, Do-Myung
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.226-233
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    • 2011
  • Exactly 25 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 11th of March 2011 the Fukushima nuclear accident occurred in Japan and was ranked at level 7 same to the Chernobyl. A Korean and Japanese joint civil survey was conducted around Fukushima on April 13-17. The radiation survey data clearly shows a large hotspot area between 20 km and 50 km radius north and west direction from the accident reactors, with the highest radiation recorded being 55.64 ${\mu}Sv/hr$ in the air, 99.89 ${\mu}Sv/hr$ in the surface air, and 36.16 ${\mu}Sv/hr$ in a car, respectively. 3.65 ${\mu}Sv/hr$ in the air and 6.89 ${\mu}Sv/hr$ in the surface air were detected at the playground of an elementary school in Fukushima City. Spring came with full cherry blossoms in Fukushima, but it was silent spring of radiation contamination. Interviews with Fukushima nuclear refugees reveal serious problems about Japanese nuclear safety systems, such as there was no practical evacuation drill within 1-10 km and no plan at all for 10-30 km areas. Several reforms items for Korean nuclear safety system can be suggested: minimization of accident damage, clear separation of regulatory and safety bureaus with a new and independent administrating agency, community participation and agreement regarding the safety system and levels, which is the major concern of 80% Korean. To tackle threats of nuclear disaster in neighboring nations like China, a new position entitled 'Ambassador for nuclear safety diplomacy' is highly necessary. The nuclear safety of Korea should no longer be the monopoly of those nuclear engineers and limited technocrats criticized as a 'nuclear mafia'.