• Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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• 제35권
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• pp.7.1-7.14
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• 2023

Background: At present, no short standard questionnaire exists for assessing and comparing major work organization hazards in the workplaces of the United States. Methods: We conducted a series of psychometric tests (content validity, factor analysis, differential-item functioning analysis, reliability, and concurrent validity) to validate and identify core items and scales for major work organization hazards using the data from the 2002-2014 General Social Surveys (GSSs), including the Quality of Worklife (QWL) questionnaire. In addition, an extensive literature review was undertaken to find other major work organization hazards which were not addressed in the GSS. Results: Although the overall validity of the GSS-QWL questionnaire was satisfactory in the psychometric tests, some GSS-QWL items of work-family conflict, psychological job demands, job insecurity, use of skills on the job, and safety climate scales appeared to be weak. In the end, 33 questions (31 GSS-QWL and 2 GSS) were chosen as the least, but best validated core questions and included in a new short standard questionnaire (called the Healthy Work Survey [HWS]). And their national norms were established for comparisons. Furthermore, based on the literature review, fifteen more questions for assessing other significant work organization hazards (e.g., lack of scheduling control, emotional demands, electronic surveillance, wage theft) were included in the new questionnaire. Thus, the HWS includes 48 questions in total for assessing traditional and emerging work organization hazards, which covers seven theoretical domains: work schedule/arrangement, control, support, reward, demands, safety, and justice. Conclusions: The HWS is a short standard questionnaire for assessing work organization hazards which can be used as a first step toward the risk management of major work organization hazards in the workplaces of the US.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.607-616
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• 2014

Purpose: This paper reviews popular measurement system indices and proposes a procedure for assessing a measurement system using two parameters with intraclass correlation and a factor for process capability. Methods: Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility(GR&R), precision-to-tolerance ratio(PTR), number of distinct categories, producer's and consumer's risks are employed to assess the measurement capabilities and discuss the relationships between measurement system metrics. Results: Two-dimensional plot by two parameters is presented to assess adequacy of the measurement system and process capability. A numerical example and previously studied case study are provided for illustration. Conclusion: The procedure proposed in this paper using two-dimension parameters provides a valuable procedure and helpful guidelines to quality and production managers in assessing the capabilities of a measurement system and choosing the needed actions to be the most benefit.

• 분석과학
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.1079-1087
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• 1995

The quality of human life is directly related to the quality of the environment. To assess environmental quality we must first determine the MCLG(Maximum Contaminant Level Goal), MCL(Maximum Contaminant Level), environmental impact and so on. The MCLG is the concentration at which no known adverse health effects occur. The MCLG is determined by risk assessment identifying which process is hazardous assessing, dose-response, human exposure, and characteristics of risk. With consideration of analytical methods, treatment technology, cost and regulatory impact, the MCL is set as close to the MCLG as possible. In this way, determination of the concentration and national distribution of contaminants is important for assessment of environmental quality The analytical sciences pose potential problems in assessing environmental quality. Continuing improvement in the performance of analytical instruments and operating technique has been lowering the limits of detectability. Contaminant concentration below the detection limit has usually been reported as ND(Not-Detected) and this has often been misunderstood as equivalent to zero. Because of this, more the contaminant concentration in the past was below the detection limit, whereas contaminants can be quantified now even though the contaminant concentration might remain the same or may even have decreased. In addition, environmental sampling has various components due to heterogeneous matrices. These samples are used to overestimate the concentration of the contaminant due to large variability, resulting in excess readings for MCL. In this paper, the significance of the analytical sciences is emphasized in both a conceptual and a technical approach to environmental assessment.

• 한국근적외분광분석학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국근적외분광분석학회 2001년도 NIR-2001
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• pp.1517-1517
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• 2001

Cultural conditions during production of compost, using wheat straw and chicken litter as raw materials, will affect the microbial and biochemical characteristics, leading to a wide variation in mushroom productivity. Over the past 10 years, chemical and instrumental methods, suitable for assessing compost quality have been studied in Northern Ireland. In addition, the use of near subject of investigation over the past 4 years. Previous studies have shown that NIRS can be used fer assessing quality of dried and milled composts. The aim of the current investigation is to develop NIR calibrations for key quality parameters such as dry matter, pH, nitrogen, carbon, ash, microbial population and fibre factions during the two stages of production using spectra of fresh composts. Near infrared reflectance measurements of fresh composts prepared by 6 producers were made during a two-year period. Although the spectra of fresh composts were dominated by two moisture peaks at 1450 nm and 1940 nm, good calibrations for determining moisture content, conductivity, pH, nitrogen, carbon and fibre fractions were developed. The results of quality assessment during commercial production using the calibrations will be presented and discussed.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.243-248
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• 2006

Objectives: The Quality of Life-Alzheimer's Disease (QOL-AD) scale is a reliable and valid tool for assessing the quality of life (QOL) in the elderly with dementia. This study aimed to develop the Korean version of Quality of Life-Alzheimer's Disease (KQOL-AD) scale for the demented elderly living in the community. Methods: KQOL-AD was administered to two groups: 24 demented elderly and 72 cognitively impaired elderly with no dementia (CIND) who were living in the community Each elderly person and their caregiver rated the elderly QOL. The Korean version of mini-mental state examination (MMSE-K), the clinical dementia rating (CDR), the activities of daily living (ADL), and the neuropsychiatric inventory (NPI) were also assessed. The reliability and validity of the KQOL-AD were examined. Results: In the dementia group, the internal consistency (Cronbach's $\alpha$), the split half and the test-retest reliabilities of the KQOL-AD were excellent. Scores on the KQOL-AD were significantly correlated with the scores of the NPI, but they were not significantly correlated with scores of the MMSE-K, CDR and ADL. In addition, the CIND group showed similar results to the dementia group. Conclusions: KQOL-AD might be a reliable and valid instrument for assessing QOL in the elderly with dementia It could be used as an important outcome measure for research on the demented elderly.

• 한국토양환경학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.127-145
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• 1998

인간의 건강에 관련된 수질이나 대기의 기준설정과는 달리, 토질은 지협적이고 한정적인 토양의 기능과 이와 관련된 환경요소에 근거한다. 적정한 토질평가제도는 안전한 식품을 생산하거나, 인간과 동물의 건강증진, 그리고 토양의 퇴화 과정을 나타내는 토양성능 지표의 역할을 하여야 한다. 이에 필요한 요소는 첫째로 수분이동과 흡착의 용이성, 둘째로 식물생장의 유지, 셋째로 토양의 물리적 붕괴에 대한 저항성, 넷째로 안전한 식품생산 기반이다. 그리고 끝으로 비용 절감 농업관리와 식품생산 요소로서 토양은 토양과 수질의 영역, 식품사슬, 지속성과 효용성, 환경과 경제성을 포함하여야 한다. 토질지표는 기본 골격 내에서 각각의 기능에 대하여 여러 단계로 분리되며, 각각의 지표는 체계의 원칙에 근거하여 다목적 접근방법을 사웅하여 상대적 중요도를 반영하는 우선 순위와 가중치를 정한다. 각각의점수 환산체계는 낮은 단계부터 높은 단계로 또는 0주터 10의 범위에서 여러 단계로 등급화되어야 한다. 그리고 각각의 범위 수치에 가중치를 곱하고 그리고 토양의 여러 가지의 물리화학적 특성이 고려된 종합 토질등급으로 결론지어져야 된다. 토질 평가 방법을 개발하는데 필요한 기본 골격과 과정은 해당 지역의 대체 또는 기존의 농업방식으로 얻어진 정보를 사용함으로서 결정된다. 토질에 있어서 부수적인 과정, 관리방법, 그리고 정책의 효과를 검증하기 위한 확장된 기본골격의 용도 또한 고려되어져야 한다. 이외에도 하나의 가능한 토질지수의 형태를 개발하기 위해서는 토양의 특성과 토양 내로 유입되는 또는 기존의 화학물질을 연계시켜야된다. 이 연구는 토질의 평가 시 고려되어야 될 요소를 찾기 위한 접근 방법을 제시하고자 한다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제39B권12호
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• pp.842-855
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• 2014

스마트폰 시장이 성숙기에 들어서면서 새로운 성장동력으로 웨어러블 컴퓨터가 주목받고 있다. 웨어러블 컴퓨팅 시스템은 무선 네트워크 기술, 임베디드 기술, 센서 기술, 신소재 기술 등 다양한 기술의 복합적인 융합체이다. 이러한 특징들은 기존의 소프트웨어가 가지고 있는 품질특성 이외에 활용성, 이동성 등의 특성을 내포하고 있기 때문에 국제표준인 ISO/IEC 9126의 표준만으로 정확한 품질 평가를 하기에는 어려움이 따른다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 필요성에 따라 기존의 ISO/IEC 9126과 웨어러블 컴퓨팅의 특징에 의해 도출된 품질특성을 추가해 웨어러블 컴퓨터 품질평가모델을 제안하였다. 웨어러블 컴퓨터 품질평가모델의 개발을 위해 웨어러블 컴퓨터의 기능적 요구사항과 품질특성을 도출하여 메트릭과 품질 기준을 제안하였다. 본 연구에서는 시나리오에 제안된 모델을 적용하고 S사, L사, G사의 웨어러블 기기의 품질을 비교하여 품질평가모델의 실용성을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 제안한 평가모델은 웨어러블 컴퓨터의 품질평가를 위한 가이드라인으로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 경영과학
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.15-28
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• 2001

This paper investigates the service quality determinants in management consulting. Quality dimensions in SERVQUAL research, as well as several dimensions specific to the consulting service, have been reviewed. A survey has been conducted by carefully developed questionnaires for the hypothesized eight quality dimensions. The results of the statistical analyses support the eight quality dimensions in the consulting service : reliability, assurance, responsiveness, empathy, ethics, participation, communication, and reputation. The results demonstrate that reliability, assurance, participation, and reputation are especially influential in determining customer satisfaction. The research results provide useful insights for a customer in assessing alternative service providers and foreseeing the outcome from the chosen consultants.

• Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2011

Web-based PMIS (Project Management Information System) has played significant role in construction management processes in Korea. As the use of web-based PMIS increases, regular quality assessment to identify user's requirements is necessary. However, there have been rare research efforts for quality assessment of web-based PMIS. This study aims to assess the quality of web-based PMIS, especially ASP-PMIS (Application Service Provider based PMIS) that is widely used in Korean construction industry. The assessment factors of ASP-PMIS quality were adopted from previous research and empirically confirmed using exploratory factor analysis. ISA (Importance-Satisfaction Analysis), which is a variation of original IPA (Importance-Performance Analysis), were selected for the assessment and analysis method in this research. A total of 253 completed questionnaires, composed of 23 assessment items, were collected from the ASP-PMIS users in Korea (construction managers and constructors), and they were used to analyse the quality of the systems. Some possible contributions of this research are: it introduces a simple and easy-to-use tool for assessing the quality of ASP-PMIS with a set of quality assessment factors that are selected from previous researches and empirically tested; it provides the quality assessment results of ASP-PMIS in Korea so that ASP-PMIS providers in Korea can understand the users' opinion on their systems; it also identified that the urgent factors that require immediate attention to improvement. However, further researches are to be required on the following areas: enhancing the quality assessment factors in terms of their relation to the success of ASP-PMIS and to the users' performance; assessing and analyzing the quality of individual ASP-PMIS; establishing continuous improvement systems institutionally and instrumentally.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.55-79
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• 2007

본 연구는 도서관 정보서비스 패러다임의 변화에 따른 새로운 서비스품질 평가 척도의 필요성을 이해하고, 디지털도서관에 적용할 수 있는 e-서비스품질 평가 차원과 모형을 개발하는 연구이다. 이론 연구를 통해 개발된 차원과 모형을 검정하기 위해 실제 NDSL 정보시스템을 적용하여 개발된 차원과 이를 구성하는 선행요인을 분석하였으며, 제안한 e-서비스품질 모형을 토대로 변인간의 인과적 관계를 분석하였다. 아울러 서비스품질에 대한 고객의 이상적 기대치와 실제 지각된 성과치 간의 갭(차이)을 분석하고 마지막으로 고객 관점에서 가장 중요하게 생각하는 디지털도서관 서비스품질 요소가 무엇인지 알아보았다.