• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1736-1740
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• 2004

Since the application of relatively high levels of heavy metals in the compost poses a potential hazard to plants and animals, the content of heavy metals in the compost with animal manure is important to know if it is as a fertilizer. Measurement of heavy metals content in the compost by chemical methods usually requires numerous reagents, skilled labor and expensive analytical equipment. The objective of this study, therefore, was to explore the application of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS), a nondestructive, cost-effective and rapid method, for the prediction of heavy metals contents in compost. One hundred and seventy two diverse compost samples were collected from forty-seven compost facilities located along the Han river in Korea, and were analyzed for Cr, As, Cd, Cu, Zn and Pb levels using inductively coupled plasma spectrometry. The samples were scanned using a Foss NIRSystem Model 6500 scanning monochromator from 400 to 2,500 nm at 2 nm intervals. The modified partial least squares (MPLS), the partial least squares (PLS) and the principal component regression (PCR) analysis were applied to develop the most reliable calibration model, between the NIR spectral data and the sample sets for calibration. The best fit calibration model for measurement of heavy metals content in compost, MPLS, was used to validate calibration equations with a similar sample set (n=30). Coefficient of simple correlation (r) and standard error of prediction (SEP) were Cr (0.82, 3.13 ppm), As (0.71, 3.74 ppm), Cd (0.76, 0.26 ppm), Cu (0.88, 26.47 ppm), Zn (0.84, 52.84 ppm) and Pb (0.60, 2.85 ppm), respectively. This study showed that NIRS is a feasible analytical method for prediction of heavy metals contents in compost.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.671-678
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• 2015

도로, 철도 등 대규모 교통시설 투자사업의 예비타당성 조사에서 경제성 분석 결과만을 기준으로 사업의 타당성을 평가할 경우, 사회경제지표가 열악한 지역이 투자에서 소외될 수 있어 지역낙후도 지수를 정책적으로 반영하고 있다. 하지만 기존의 지역낙후도 산정 지표는 사람과 물자의 수송에 얼마나 유리한 교통 시설을 갖추고 있는가를 나타내는 교통연계성을 반영하지 못하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 지역낙후도 결정 시 교통연계성을 반영하기 위해 등시간선도, 지역 간 이동거리 및 소요시간, 우회도 등을 적용해 보았다. 새로운 지표 활용 시 기존의 낙후도 순위가 변경되는 결과를 확인할 수 있는데, 이는 현재의 낙후도 지수에 교통연계성을 반영하는 지표를 추가하는 것이 정책적 결정에 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 의미한다고 볼 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 지역낙후도 산정 시 교통연계성을 고려해야 할 당위성을 제시하였고, 기존의 연구들과는 달리 지역 간 교통연계성을 나타내는 지표를 개발하여 기존의 지역낙후도 지수에 반영하는 절차를 수행하였다는데 연구의 의의를 둘 수 있다.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• 제24권E1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2008

Mercury (Hg), which is mainly emitted from coal-fired power plants, remains one of the most toxic compounds to both humans and ecosystems. Hg pollution is not a local or regional issue, but a global issue. Hg compounds emitted from anthropogenic sources such as coal-fired power plants, incinerators, and boilers, can be transported over long distances. Since the last decade, many European countries, Canada, and especially the United States, have focused on technology to control Hg emissions. Korea has also recently showed an interest in managing Hg pollution from various combustion sources. Previous studies indicate that coal-fired power plants are one of the major sources of Hg in Korea. However, lack of Hg emission data and feasible emission controls have been major obstacles in Hg study. In order to achieve effective Hg control, understanding the characteristics of current Hg sampling methods and control technologies is essential. There is no one proven technology that fits all Hg emission sources, because Hg emission and control efficiency depend on fuel type, configuration of air pollution control devices, flue gas composition, among others. Therefore, a broad knowledge of Hg sampling and control technologies is necessary to select the most suitable method for each Hg-emitting source. In this paper, various Hg sampling methods, including wet chemistry, dry sorbents trap, field, and laboratory demonstrated control technologies, and international regulations, are introduced, with a focus on coal-fired power plants.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.111-120
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• 2012

최근 자전거이용에 대한 관심이 증가하면서, 전국적으로 자전거도로 확충을 계획하고 자전거 이용 활성화를 위해 많은 노력이 이루어지고 있으나 대부분의 계획들은 도시부와 레저형 자전거도로에 치우쳐 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 지방부의 생활형 자전거도로 사업의 효율적인 투자를 위한 우선순위를 결정할 수 있는 평가기법을 개발하고자 한다. 먼저 평가지표 개발을 위해 지방부 생활형 자전거도로의 특성을 반영하고 정량화가 가능하여 객관적으로 평가할 수 있는 지표를 선정하였으며, 평가지표의 가중치를 산출하기 위하여 계층화분석법을 사용하였다. 또한, 평가항목의 결과만을 기준으로 사업의 우선순위를 평가할 경우 대도시 중심으로 우선순위가 분포되는 경우가 발생할 것으로 판단되어 지역적 형평성(지역균형발전효과)을 고려하기 위해 지역낙후도지수를 고려하였다. 지방부 생활형 자전거도로의 우선순위를 선정하기 위해 시범 적용된 일반국도 구간은 총 23개 구간 160km의 연장으로 구성되어 있다. 본 연구에서 제시된 지방부 생활형 자전거도로 우선순위 평가방법은 지금까지 없었던 생활형 자전거도로에 대한 구체적인 판단기준을 제시하고 정책적 의사결정에 도움을 줄 것으로 기대된다.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.38-44
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• 1993

환동해(일본해)권는 EC등과 같이 정치 ·경제 문화적인 면으로 하나의 이념하에서 형성된 권역은 아니다. 현재, 특히 냉전후, 5본은 대중제국과 지방 자치체나 민간의 레벨에서, 우의적인 면에서 경제적인 면으로 교류가 넓어지고 있다. 앞으로 국제적인 경제론 중으로 한 권역을 형성하기 위해서는 그 골격이 될 국제교류네트워크와 교통기관별 교통체계의 확립과 정비의 추진이 불가피한 것이다. 이를 위해서는 각국의 국토계획 지역계획의 수정이 기본이 되고, 기술적으로는 국제해협등의 해양토목기술에 관한 연구와 관발, 그리고 고속도로와 고속철도의 구축기술의 연구와 자동차 ·전차등의 차량개발이 중요한 과제가 된다. 이번에는 이들의 교통체계와 교통시스템의 꿈에 대하여 기술자의 눈으로 본 방책등을 제기 한다.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.21-39
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• 1992

Many problems were found out the remarkable unbalance between paddy fields and up-land areas, or between plain and mountainous areas, unreasonable establishing of land consolidaton boundaries without consideration of rural development, lower leverl of construction technology of the roads and canals for agricultral use ad operation and maintenance of them by human power far apart from the ages of high technology, high information and free internationalisation, and too slow progress to overcome the weak agricultural circumstances etc. through the survey in the past executed land consolidation projects. The basic ways for solution of these problems for propulsion of land consolidation project through investigation are summarized as follows : 1. Land consolidation project should be executed to the direction of balanced regional development, laying stress on the upland and mountainous areas in order to carry out the agriculture effectively. 2. the acreage of land consolidation project to be conducted anually should be increased to overcome the serious underdeveloped agricultural development. 3. It should be developed to the way in accordance with the order of land use from the view point of rural integral development including the rural readjustment. 4. The level of the structures of road and canal, the size of standard lot and the grouping of land substitution should be to incraese the productivity of land and labour more than ever and reached to a degree in cope with the age of industrialization, information and free internationalisation. 5. The level of the management of agricultural water use and the maintenace of the various facilities should be developed to be automatization, remote control, central control and information processing instead human work. 6. Land substitution should take a measure of grouping method in accordance with the agricultural plan and farming organization, which can overcome high industrialized society in place of the substition by origin land. 7. Land consolidation project should be planned in order to fulfil a conservative function of ecosystem and resources together with improvement of land and labour productivity.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.307-310
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• 2020

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has placed unprecedented pressure on healthcare systems, even in advanced economies. While the number of cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Africa compared to other continents has so far been low, there are concerns about under-reporting, inadequate diagnostic tools, and insufficient treatment facilities. Moreover, proactiveness on the part of African governments has been under scrutiny. For instance, issues have emerged regarding the responsiveness of African countries in closing international borders to limit trans-continental transmission of the virus. Overdependence on imported products and outsourced services could have contributed to African governments' hesitation to shut down international air and seaports. In this era of emerging and re-emerging pathogens, we recommend that African nations should consider self-sufficiency in the health sector as an urgent priority, as this will not be the last outbreak to occur. In addition to the Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement fund (US$600 million) provided by the World Bank for strengthening health systems and disease surveillance, each country should further establish an epidemic emergency fund for epidemic preparedness and response. We also recommend that epidemic surveillance units should create a secure database of previous and ongoing pandemics in terms of aetiology, spread, and treatment, as well as financial management records. Strategic collection and analysis of data should also be a central focus of these units to facilitate studies of disease trends and to estimate the scale of requirements in preparation and response to any future pandemic or epidemic.

• 농촌계획
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.109-122
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• 2013

The rapid rural urban migration and aging has generated an over-depopulation problems in rural areas since the 1980s. The purpose of this study constructs the marginal size of rural over-depopulated village through the analysis of the residential disparities such as farmer's ratio, basic life service accessibility, and levels of social and economic factors for each village community. This marginal scale could support evaluating diverse rural policies, which have been planned to apply to the rural development programs at the village level. The major challenges for over-depopulated villages are the lack of basic facilities, production infrastructures and inactive communities in the village. Therefore, the quantitative analysis of rural residential disparities according to rural village scale can provide the criteria for rural over-depopulated villages. We utilized Korea Agricultural Survey Data(2010) including specific residential condition of village level. The present study adopt multinomial-logit model for quantitative analysis of different village scales and decomposition techniques to separate the direct effect by the village scale factor from the endowment effects by regional or area characteristics, and residual effect by unknown factors. The present study found that the minimum scale of a rural over-depopulated village was 40 and 60 houses for the respective conditions of farmer's ratios less than 50% and greater than 75%. It was concluded based on the study findings that threshold scale could support evaluating the diverse rural policies, which have been planned to apply to the rural development programs at the village level.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.111-122
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• 2007

지역간 철도역을 운행하는 열차운영계획 또는 열차 정차횟수에 대한 논리는 매우 중요한 문제이다. 현재까지 철도운영회사는 지역의 민원, 통행패턴, 현재까지의 운행실적 등을 근거로 하여 필요할 때마다 열차운행계획을 수립하고 있으며, 각 지방자치단체의 추가역 설치 또는 정차횟수 증대 요구에 대하여 적절한 대응이 미흡하였다. 본 연구에서는 철도역 정차횟수 선정에 영향을 줄 수 있는 요인들에 대한 분석과 정차에 가장 큰 영향을 주는 요소인 수송수요를 근거로 하여 예정된 정차역을 대상으로 적정 정차횟수를 설정하는 방법에 대해 분석하고자 하였다. 정차의 문제는 수송수요와 밀접한 관련이 있으며, 수송수요는 여러 독립변수에 의해서 영향을 받게 된다. 즉, 역별 이용자수는 해당역의 정차빈도와도 밀접한 관련을 가지고 있으며, 역 통과에 따른 통행시간 절감으로 인해서 타 교통수단에서 전환되는 수요와 역 통과에 따른 해당역의 이용자수 감소 등이 복합적으로 발생하게 된다. 정차역 선정은 먼저 전체적인 이용자의 관점에서 예측된 수송수요를 최대한 수용하는 방향으로 정차역을 설정하는 것을 우선적으로 고려하였으며, 역별 정차횟수를 기준으로 적정 열차운행계획을 설정하고자 하였다. 향후 연구과제로는 운영자의 관점에서 수송수요를 최대화하는 전략 이외에도 운행비용을 고려하여 수익을 최대화하는 전략 방안의 연구가 필요하다고 본다.

• 의료법학
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.91-122
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• 2014

For a variety of reasons, the number of medical disputes is continuously rising. Due to the intrinsic qualities of medical treatments, one would find it more apt to subject medical disputes to general conflict resolution procedures rather than to once-for-all decisions under legal suits. To address the increasing medical disputes with greater professionalism and efficiency, the Medical Disputes Mediation Act was enacted and a medical dispute mediation system put in place, while drawbacks have been blamed to both. The current mediation procedures require the respondent's agreement as a disclosure requirement. A reasonable improvement to this would be to amend the regulation of agreement supposition, or to enforce procedural participation only to public health facilities managed by the national or regional government. Furthermore, small claims cases of 20 million KRW or less in claim may be considered for conciliation-prepositive principle. The concentration on small claim medical disputes is a phenomenon that can be addressed by carrying out maximum authentication commissions or similar measures, one of the solutions by enhancing the public trust in the Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency. The proper management of medical authentication teams is one way to address the existing problems in the authentication system. For this, the number of team members shall be increased under more flexible authentication procedures. All indemnity resources for medical accidents of force majeure must be borne by the Government, for it is the body principally responsible for social compensation. Placing this cost on the establisher of the subject medical facility holds the possibility of violating fundamental rights. While the costs for subrogation payment system for damages may be borne by the healthcare facility establisher, a deposit-based system must be created for cases in which the facility shuts down, without holding the responsibility for accident cause. Such change to a deposit-based system will evade the controversies of unconstitutionality, etc.