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OECD 국가를 중심으로 한 의료개혁 동향과 교훈 (Health Care Reform in OECD and It's Lessons)

  • 이규식;김주경
    • 한국병원경영학회지
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    • 제9권3호
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    • pp.18-48
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    • 2004
  • Health policies in many countries have come under critical scrutiny in recent years. This is because of increasing national health expenditures. Also many persons in health sector have been the perception that resources allocated to health services are not always deployed in an optimal fashion. And they believe that the scope of resources in health services is limited, there is need to search for ways of using existing resources more efficiently. A further concern has been the desire to ensure access to healthcare of various groups on an equitable basis. In some European countries this has been linked to a wish to enhance patient choice and to make service providers more responsive to consumers, while Korea integrated health insurance funds into single fund in 2000. Many European countries are under considerable pressure to review and restructure their health care systems. There are several reasons of pressure to reform. There are demographic changes, pattern of disease change, advances in medical sciences will also give rise to new demands within the health services, public expectations of health services are rising as those who use services demand higher standards of care. These circumstances require the change of health care delivery system based on hierarchical regionalism, which was basis of health care delivery since 1920s. Korea is also under similarly pressure to restructure our own health care systems. We will have good learning from OECD experiences. In this paper we reviewed and compared among OECD countries' various experiences.

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능동 적외선열화상 기법을 이용한 이면결함 검출에서의 측정 불확도 (Measurement Uncertainty on Subsurface Defects Detection Using Active Infrared Thermographic Technique)

  • 정윤재;김원태;최원재
    • 비파괴검사학회지
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    • 제35권5호
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    • pp.341-348
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    • 2015
  • 능동적 열화상 기법은 재료의 수동적 열적결함에 있어 기존의 적외선 열화상 기법에 비해 우수한 결함 검출능력을 보이는 것으로 알려져 있다. 적외선 비파괴 검사는 지금까지 다양한 검출 기법에 대한 발전이 이루어졌으나 신뢰성에는 다소 의문이 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 위상잠금 열화상기법을 적용하여 각각 다른 결함의 크기와 깊이의 인공결함을 갖는 SM45C 시험편을 가지고 제안된 기법을 검증하고, 불확도를 평가하여 위상잠금 열화상 기법을 이용한 결함의 크기측정에 대한 신뢰성을 검토하였다.

Bisphenol-A as Endocrine Disruptor Released from Lacquer Coating in Food Cans

  • Beung Ho, Ryu
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • 제9권2호
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    • pp.19-23
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    • 1999
  • Bisphenol-A and related conpounds recently have been reported to be estrogenic since it has been demonstrared in laboratory stuides that they mimic the effects of estrogen. Bisphenol-A refered to as "environmental estrogen" are suspected of causing health effect in living body through disruption of endocdrine system. In this review, the occurrence, environmental fate, and biological effects of bisphenol-A are presented. To provide understanding to the potential for endocrine disruption due to environmental estrogen, the physiology of bisphenol-A mammalian and fish is also reviewed. For empty can, the migrationof bisphenol-A form food conducted epoxy coating was effected by the test conditions and it increased in order to water and 4% acetic acid. Extracts from foods packed in lacquer coated can also showed estrogenic activity. Bisphenol-A was found as a contaminant not only in the liquid food cans, but also in water autoclave in can. The used of coating certain food-packaging material may require closer scrutiny to determine when bisphenol-A contribute to advert exposure of consumers to estrogenic xenobiotics. Human breast cancer MCF cell added bisphenol-A cultivated to study the ability of bisphenol-A to elicit of bisphenol-A estrogenic bioresponse in this system. Bisphenol-A, similar to estradiol, induced PR activation in transiently transfected anterior and posterior pituitary cells.

정보보안 인식 교육의 효과에 대한 연구 (Why Security Awareness Education is not Effective?)

  • 임명성
    • 디지털융복합연구
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.27-37
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    • 2014
  • 많은 조직들이 여전히 정보보안 수준을 향상시키기 위해 공식적/비공식적 통제 메커니즘(예. 정책, 절차, 조직 문화)의 향상에 상당한 노력을 쏟고 있으나, 이러한 메커니즘의 영향과 효과에 대한 연구는 아직 초기 수준이다. 보안 정책의 실행가능성을 높이기 위한 가장 확실한 방법 중 하나는 준수자들로 하여금 정책을 이해하고 필수요소로 받아들이게 하는 것이다. 하지만 조직 구성원들의 보안에 관한 지식 및 인지의 부족은 여전히 주요한 문제이다. 그동안 많은 연구에서 보안 지식과 인지를 높이기 위해 보안인식 교육의 수행을 주장하였으나 많은 연구에서 제시된 결과는 일관되지 않는다. 따라서 본 연구는 왜 보안인식 교육이 효과적이지 못한지 그 의문에 대한 해답을 찾기 위해 수행되었다.

Investment Treaty Arbitration Policy in Australia, New Zealand and Korea?

  • Nottage, Luke
    • 한국중재학회지:중재연구
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    • 제25권3호
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    • pp.185-226
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    • 2015
  • As in some developing countries and more recently some developed countries worldwide and in the Asian region, Australia has faced significant internal opposition and public debate especially over treaty-based investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). As outlined in Part II(1), concerns have re-emerged and escalated since the first-ever claim was brought against Australia regarding its tobacco plain packaging legislation, in 2011 by Philip Morris Asia under an old BIT with Hong Kong. However, Australia signed bilateral FTAs with Korea in 2014 and with China in 2015, including ISDS protections, prompting several sets of parliamentary inquiries (Part II(2)). Australia's close trading partner, New Zealand, had already concluded an FTA with China in 2008 that included more expansive ISDS-backed investor protections. In 2015, the New Zealand Parliament has been debating ratification of its own FTA with Korea, with ISDS also now attracting growing scrutiny, as elaborated in Part III below. In both bilateral FTA negotiations, the present Korean government seems to have reverted to a strong preference for concluding investment agreements with extensive ISDS protections, despite public and parliamentary debate around 2011 in the context of ratifying its FTA with the United States. As mentioned briefly in the concluding Part IV, Korea's stance has significant implications for the future trajectory of treaty-based ISDS - and indeed international arbitration more generally - in the Asia-Pacific region, and perhaps even globally.

Design and Scrutiny of Maiden PSS for Alleviation of Power System Oscillations Using RCGA and PSO Techniques

  • Falehi, Ali Darvish
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • 제8권3호
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    • pp.402-410
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, a novel and robust Power System Stabilizer (PSS) is proposed as an effective approach to improve stability in electric power systems. The dynamic performance of proposed PSS has been thoroughly compared with Conventional PSS (CPSS). Both the Real Coded Genetic Algorithm (RCGA) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) techniques are applied to optimum tune the parameter of both the proposed PSS and CPSS in order to damp-out power system oscillations. Due to the high sufficiency of both the RCGA and PSO techniques to solve the very non-linear objective, they have been employed for solution of the optimization problem. In order to verify the dynamic performance of these devices, different conditions of disturbance are taken into account in Single Machine Infinite Bus (SMIB) power system. Moreover, to ensure the robustness of proposed PSS in damping the power system multi-mode oscillations, a Multi Machine (MM) power system under various disturbances are considered as a test system. The results of nonlinear simulation strongly suggest that the proposed PSS significantly enhances the power system dynamic stability in both of the SMIB and MM power system as compared to CPSS.

Religious Oppression: Government Regulations and Social Hostilities

  • Somasundram, Sotheeswari;Sirag, Abdalla;Rasiah, Ratneswary;Habibullah, Muzafar Shah
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • 제4권4호
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    • pp.39-49
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    • 2017
  • Religious intolerance has become a common feature of many countries in recent times. Studies have revealed a worldwide increase in government regulations and social hostilities against religious beliefs and practices. The stifling impact of both government and society on the market for religion, warrants closer scrutiny. This study examines the relationship between government regulations and social hostilities towards religious beliefs and practices, for the period of 2001-2011 for a sample of 45 European countries. The Generalized Method of Moments dynamic panel estimation technique is employed to analyze the micro panel dataset of 45 European countries, to establish the possible relationships that may exist between these variables. The theoretical framework for this study is based on the Religious Economies Theory and the Supply Side Theory of Religion. The results of this study show evidence of the positive relationship between government regulations and social hostility. Interestingly, the study also revealed that the impact of social hostility on the level of government restrictions is smaller in magnitude compared to the reverse impact of government restrictions on social hostilities, indicating the dangerous role played by governments in inciting social hostilities, when they regulate or restrict religious beliefs and practices.

Combustion Generated Fine Particles, Trace Metal Speciation, and Health Effects

  • Linak, William P.
    • 한국대기환경학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국대기환경학회 2003년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.195-195
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    • 2003
  • Combustion generated fine particles, defined as those with aerodynamic diameters less than 2.5 m, have come under increased regulatory scrutiny because of suspected links to adverse human health effects. Transition metals are of particular interest due to the results of a number of studies that have shown cardiopulmonary damage associated with exposure to these elements and their presence in coal, residual fuel oils, sewage sludge, and other combusted fuels and wastes. This lecture will review results from multi-di sciplinary studies being conducted at EPA and elsewhere examining the physical, chemical, and toxicological characteristics of combustion generated particles. The research describes how collaborative work between combustion engineers and health scientists can provide insight on how combustion processes affect particle properties and subsequent health effects as measured by a combination of in-vitro and in-vivo studies using a variety of animal models. The focus of this lecture is on the interdisciplinary approach required to address the problem. Difficulties are discussed. Engineering aspects involved in this approach are described in detail. Physical and chemical characterizations are performed using a variety of analytical approaches including new techniques of x-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy and x-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) deconvolution of these spectra to gather metal speciation information.

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폐당(廢糖)을 이용(利用)한 초산발효법(醋酸醱酵法) (Manufacturing Process of Acetic Acid Fermentation Using Deteriorated Candy)

  • 김현오;이영순
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • 제13권2호
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    • pp.104-108
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    • 1980
  • 폐기(廢棄) 사탕류를 이용(利用) 초산발효(醋酸醱酵)를 검토(檢討)하여 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 1) 사탕류의 효모이용당(酵母利用糖)은 85% 이상(以上)으로 이용(利用)의 가치(價値)가 있다. 2) 당농도(糖濃度)는 25% 용액(溶液)으로 하여 8.3%의 주정도(酒精度)를 얻어 희석하여 초산균(醋酸菌) 배지로 사용(使用)하는 것과 질소원으로서 yeast extract 0.5%를 첨가(添加)할 매 좋은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 3) 초산발효(醋酸醱酵)는 심부배양(深探部培養)으로서 발효률(醱酵率) 90%로서 시간당(時間當) 0.092% 산도(酸度) 증가률(增加率)을 얻었으며 사탕을 당질원료(糖質原料)로 한 초산발효(醋酸醱酵)는 실제의 경우 타당한 것으로 나타났다.

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미국물류보안규범이 우리나라의 공급망 참여자에 미치는 영향과 대응방안 (A Study on Impact of the U.S. Security Initiatives on Korean Participants in Global Supply Chain)

  • 허은숙
    • 통상정보연구
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.217-236
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this paper is to discuss the impact of the New Container Security Initiatives of U.S., CSI(Container Security Initiative) and C-TPAT(Customs-Trade Partnership against Terrorism). The CSI which aims to pre-screen high-risk containers in ports of loading. It is a unilateral effort that seeks to develop bi-lateral agreements between the United States and foreign countries with significant container trade volumes into the U.S. C-TPAT is a voluntary initiative to develop cooperative security relationships between the U.S. government and U.S. firms in the global supply chain. Government and Industry have already responded with proposals to create more confidence in supply chain security. These proposals call for heightened inspection and scrutiny of the goods flowing through a supply chain, increased information exchange among participants of supply chain. While government and the private sector are working together to launch new initiative to create more secure and reliable supply chains, industry is rapidly exploring the potential of new technologies such as RFID. The security recommendations will eventually become the requirements to be complied with by importers and their supplier extending to the carriers. It is needed that Korean shippers involved in US importer's supply chain should pay attention to the requirements and start implementing the security measures.

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