• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제57권6호
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• pp.705-708
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• 2019

Gymnophalloides seoi (Digenea: Gymnophallidae) is a human intestinal trematode contracted by eating raw oysters (Crassostrea gigas) in the Republic of Korea (=Korea). It has been known to be highly endemic in Aphae Island, Shinan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Province). However, recent epidemiological status of G. seoi has not been reported since the 1990s. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of G. seoi metacercariae in natural and cultured oysters collected from 3 islands and 2 coastal areas in western parts of Korea. The oysters were examined using the artificial digestion method followed by stereomicroscopy. The overall positive rate of G. seoi metacercariae in natural oysters was 66.0% (99/150), and the oysters collected from Yubu Island showed the highest infection rate (74.0%). However, the metacercarial density per oyster was relatively low (1.5-2.4 per oyster). By contrast, no metacercaria was found in cultured oysters purchased from 2 coastal areas in Chungcheongnam-do. Thus, we could confirm that natural oysters produced from 3 western coastal islands are infected with G. seoi metacercariae, whereas cultured oysters purchased from 2 coastal areas were free from infection.

• Healthcare Informatics Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.327-334
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• 2018

Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between the level of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system adoption and healthcare information technology (IT) infrastructure. Methods: Both survey and various healthcare administrative datasets in Korea were used. The survey was conducted during the period from June 13 to September 25, 2017. The chief information officers of hospitals were respondents. Among them, 257 general hospitals and 273 small hospitals were analyzed. A logistic regression analysis was conducted using the SAS program. Results: The odds of having full EMR systems in general hospitals statistically significantly increased as the number of IT department staff members increased (odds ratio [OR] = 1.058, confidence interval [CI], 1.003-1.115; p = 0.038). The odds of having full EMR systems was significantly higher for small hospitals that had an IT department than those of small hospitals with no IT department (OR = 1.325; CI, 1.150-1.525; p < 0.001). Full EMR system adoption had a positive relationship with IT infrastructure in both general hospitals and small hospitals, which was statistically significant in small hospitals. The odds of having full EMR systems for small hospitals increased as IT infrastructure increased after controlling the covariates (OR = 1.527; CI, 1.317-4.135; p = 0.004). Conclusions: This study verified that full EMR adoption was closely associated with IT infrastructure, such as organizational structure, human resources, and various IT subsystems. This finding suggests that political support related to these areas is indeed necessary for the fast dispersion of EMR systems into the healthcare industry.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2019

정부와 기업에서 추진 중인 다양한 방법의 재해 저감 노력으로 전반적인 산업 재해는 감소 추세에 있으나, 건설업의 추락 재해는 줄어들지 않고 오히려 증가 추세를 보이고 있으다. 이러한 건설업의 재해 중 특히 달비계에 의한 재해는 주로 추락 재해이기 때문에 발생 시 대부분 사망사고에 이르는 중대 재해가 발생된다. 이러한 이유로 본 연구에서는 달비계와 관련하여 우선 국내외의 문헌 및 제도 / 규정 분석을 시행하였으며, 그 주요내용은 첫째, 달비계 해외기준을 참고하여 이원화 되어 있거나 규정이 없는 달비계의 규정을 별도로 작성이 요구된다는 사항을 수정하였다. 다음으로, 장비 규정, 작업 사전 계획, 교육, 관리 사항에 대한 안전 계획을 규정에 반영 하였으며, 마지막으로 이러한 안전 계획을 발주자의 주요 책무로 규정화가 필요함을 도출하였다. 아울러 이러한 달비계 재해 저감을 위하여 현장의 관련 사용 실태를 설문 조사 하였으며, 주요 결과를 활용하여 설비개선 및 작업방법 개선으로 재해 다발 요인을 사전에 인지하고, 달비계를 사용하여 공사에 참여하는 작업자 및 관계자, 감독자, 건축주 등이 재해 저감을 위한 공동의 노력을 이행하는 기준이 될 것이다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.511-523
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• 2023

Canal-side roads frequently collapse due to an unexpectedly greater soft-clay thickness with a rapid drawdown situation. This causes annually increased repair and reconstruction costs. This paper aims to explore the effect of soft-clay thickness on the failure in the canal-side road in the case study of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya rural road no. 1043 (AY. 1043). Before the actual construction, a field vane shear test was performed to determine the undrained shear strength and identify the thickness of the soft clay at the AY. 1043 area. After establishing the usability of AY. 1043, the resistivity survey method was used to evaluate the thickness of the soft clay layer at the failure zone. The screw driving sounding test was used to evaluate the undrained shear strength for the road structure with a medium-stiff clay layer at the failure zone for applying to the numerical model. This model was simulated to confirm the effect of soft-clay thickness on the failure of the canal-side road. The monitoring and testing results showed the tendency of rapid drawdown failure when the canal-side road was located on > 9 m thick of soft clay with a sensitivity > 4.5. The result indicates that the combination of resistivity survey and field vane shear test can be successfully used to inspect the soft-clay thickness and sensitivity before construction. The preliminary design for preventing failure or improving the stability of the canal-side road should be considered before construction under the critical thickness and sensitivity values of the soft clay.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.149-155
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• 2009

The objective of this study was to analyze data from the planned national serological monitoring program for Aujeszky's disease (AD) using a simulation model to evaluate probable outcomes expected in the sample derived from the simulated herds at predefined within-herd prevalence and herd prevalence. Additionally, prevalence at animal- and herd-level estimated by the stochastic simulation model based on the distributions of the proportion of infected herds and test-positive animals was compared with those of data from a national serological survey in 2006, in which 106,762 fattening pigs from 5,325 herds were tested for AD using a commercial ELISA kit. A fixed value of 95% was used for test sensitivity, and the specificity was modeled with a minimum, most likely and maximum of 95, 97 and 99%, respectively. The within-herd prevalence and herd prevalence was modeled using Pert and Triang distributions, respectively with a minimum, most likely and maximum point values. In all calculations, population size of 1,000 was used due to lack of representative information. The mean number of infected herds and true test-positives was estimated to be 27 herds (median = 25; 95% percentile 44) and 214 pigs (median = 196; 95% percentile 423), respectively. When testing 20 pigs (mean of 2006 survey) in each herd, there was a 3.3% probability that the potential for false-positive reactions due to less than 100% specificity of the ELISA test would be detected. It was found that the model showed prevalence of 0.21% (99% percentile 0.50%) and 0.5% (99% percentile 0.99%) at animal- and herd-level, respectively. These rates were much similar to data from the 2006 survey (0.62% versus 0.83%). The overall mean herd-level sensitivity of the 2006 survey for fattening pigs was 99.9%, with only a 0.2% probability of failing to detect at least one infected herd.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.45-65
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• 2016

근래에 들어 기업 간 경쟁이 심화되고, 경제상황이 불안해지면서 근로시간의 단축은 물론 비정규직이나 시간제 근로자의 양산, 새로운 탄력근무제나 교대제의 도입 등이 일어났고, 따라서 근로시장은 급속한 변화를 겪고 있다. 이에 이 연구에서는 우선 탐색적 자료분석 방법을 이용하여 KWCS(Korean Working Conditions Survey)와 EWCS (European Working Conditions Survey) 데이터로부터 근로환경의 측면에서 근로자의 사회 인구학적 특성이 어떤지 살펴보고자 한다. 이어서 KWCS와 EWCS의 데이터를 가지고 탐색적 자료분석 방법으로 주당 근로시간이 성별, 연령별, 종사상 지위별, 직종별, 산업별로 얼마나 차이가 나는지 알아보고자 한다. 마지막으로 근로자들을 건강이 적어도 좋은 편에 속하는 사람들과 건강이 적어도 나쁜 편에 속하는 사람들로 나누어 두 그룹 간 주당 평균근로시간이 성별, 연령별, 종사상 지위별, 직종별, 산업별로 얼마나 차이가 나는지 표를 통해 먼저 살펴보고, 주당 평균근로시간을 반응변수로 보고 이에 영향을 미치는 요인들 (건강, 성, 연령, 종사상 지위 등)의 효과를 점검하는 단순회귀 및 다중회귀 분석을 실시하고자 한다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.313-321
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• 2011

The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) revised the Health Functional Food Act in 2008 and extended the form of health functional foods to general food types. Therefore, this study was performed to investigate consumers' perceptions of the expanded form of health functional food and to predict consumption patterns. For this study, 1,006 male and female adults aged 19 years and older were selected nationwide by multi-stage stratified random sampling and were surveyed in 1:1 interviews. The questionnaire survey was conducted by Korea Gallup. The subjects consisted of 497 (49.4%) males and 509 (50.6%) females. About 57.9% of the subjects recognized the KFDA's permission procedures for health functional foods. Regarding the health functional foods that the subjects had consumed, red ginseng products were the highest (45.3%), followed by nutritional supplements (34.9%), ginseng products (27.9%), lactobacillus-containing products (21.0%), aloe products (20.3%), and Japanese apricot extract products (18.4%). Opinions on expanding the form of health functional foods to general food types scored 4.7 points on a 7-point scale, showing positive responses. In terms of the effects of medicine-type health functional foods versus generic health functional foods, the highest response was 'same effects if the same ingredients are contained' at a rate of 34.7%. For intake frequency by food type, the response of 'daily consistent intake' was 31.7% for capsules, tablets, and pills, and 21.7% for extracts. For general food types, 'daily consistent intake' was 44.5% for rice and 22.8% for beverages, which were higher rates than those for medicine types. From the above results, consumers had positive opinions of the expansion of health functional foods to generic forms but are not expected to maintain accurate intake frequencies or amounts. Thus, continuous promotion and education are needed for proper intake of generic health functional foods.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.66-73
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• 2003

농약사용과 관련하여 농산물의 안전성 확보 및 환경영향 감소를 위한 농약사용 지표 개발에 활용하고자 고추, 딸기, 수박, 오이, 참외, 토마토 등을 대상으로 재배면적별 30지역 200농가를 선정하여 국내과 채류 재배 환경 중 농약의 사용량을 조사 분석하였다. 과채류 재배시 용도별 농약 사용량은 살균제 > 살충제 > 제초제 순으로 많았으며, 살균제의 사용이 약 $70\sim80%$를 차지하였다. 살균제의 주요 사용농약은 mancozeb, thiophanate-methyl, propineb 이었으며, 살충제는 imidacloprid, milbemectin, methomyl 등이 많이 사용되었다. 농약제형별 농약사용량은 수화제, 유제 중심으로 사용하는 경향을 나타냈다. 한편 단위면적당 농약 사용량은 고추 노지재배 (13.2 a.i.kg/ha), 오이 노지재배 (12.4 a.i.kg/ha), 참외 노지재배 (11.2 a.i.kg/ha) 등에서 많은 농약을 사용하였으나, 수박 시설하우스재배 (1.2 a.i.kg/ha), 참외 시설하우스재배 (2.2 a.i.kg/ha), 딸기 노지재배 (2.8 a.i.kg/ha) 등에서는 매우 작은 양의 농약을 사용하였다. 따라서 농약사용에 대한 조사 및 분석을 지속적으로 수행하여 농약에 대한 위해성을 경감하고, 농업환경의 보존을 반영시키는 정책개발이 수반되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.62-66
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• 1997

논토양에 대한 전산화(電算化)된 정밀토양조사자료(精密土壤調査資料)를 이용(利用)하여 논토양(土壤) 유형별(類型別) 13개(個) 물리화학적인 특성의 평균치(平均値)를 구하고 토양개량(土壤改良)에 대한 기초자료(基礎資料)를 제공하고자 전산자료를 분석, 검토한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 논토양 B층위(層位)에서의 점토함량은 보통답(普通畓)이 28.3%, 사질답(砂質畓)이 11.8%, 미숙답(未熟畓)이 26.8%이었으며 토양 pH는 습답(濕畓), 특이산성답(特異酸性畓)을 제외하고는 B층(層)이 A층(層)보다 높았다. 2. 보통답중(普通畓中)에서 하천변(河川邊)논 A, B층의 점토함량은 각각 16.8%, 23.1%로 가장 낮았고 유기물함량은 42g/kg, 18g/kg로 가장 많았으며 유효인산함량도 가장 많았다. 3. 논토양 유형별(類型別) B층(層)의 유기물함량수준별 분포비율(分布比率)은 사질답, 미숙답은 10g/kg 이하가 가장 많고 특이산성답을 제외한 각 답유형에서는 10~20g/kg 범위가 가장 많았다. 4. 보통답(普通畓) B층위(層位)에서 물리화학성 상호간의 상관계수(相關係數)는 전부 1~5% 수준내에서 유의성(有意性)이 높았다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.406-414
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• 2023

Background: This study examined age-group differences in the rate, severity, and cost of injuries among construction workers to support evidence-based worker safety and health interventions in the construction industry. Methods: Ohio workers' compensation claims for construction workers were used to estimate claim rates and costs by age group. We analyzed claims data auto-coded into five event/exposure categories: transportation incidents; slips, trips, and falls (STFs); exposure to harmful substances and environments; contact with objects and equipment (COB); overexertion and bodily reaction. American Community Survey data were used to determine the percentage of workers in each age group. Results: From 2007-2017, among 72,416 accepted injury claims for ~166,000 construction full-time equivalent (FTE) per year, nearly half were caused by COB, followed by STFs (20%) and overexertion (20%). Claim rates related to COB and exposure to harmful substances and environments were highest among those 18-24 years old, with claim rates of 313.5 and 25.9 per 10,000 FTE, respectively. STFs increased with age, with the highest claim rates for those 55-64 years old (94.2 claims per 10,000 FTE). Overexertion claim rates increased and then declined with age, with the highest claim rate for those 35-44 years old (87.3 per 10,000 FTE). While younger workers had higher injury rates, older workers had higher proportions of lost-time claims and higher costs per claim. The total cost per FTE was highest for those 45-54 years old ($1,122 per FTE). Conclusion: The variation in rates of injury types by age suggests that age-specific prevention strategies may be useful.