• Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.26-31
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• 2021

Reproduction and molt are costly processes in avian life histories. These two fitness-related traits are expected to be under one of physiological trade-offs. Age-related molt is known to be higher in young birds than that in adults presumably due to the cost of reproduction in adults. The present study partially replicated a previous study using a non-invasive method of seasonal wing feather loss instead of capture-inspection for molting progress in oriental storks (Ciconia boyciana). We first examined characteristics of the known six wing feather types (i.e., primaries [P], primary coverts [PC], secondaries [S], secondary coverts [SC], and tertials [T]) from two specimens with four wings. Results were utilized as references for further investigation. We then collected a total of 3,807 wing feathers shedded by 61 captive storks for one year and classified them into six wing feather types based on the reference with structures of vane (i.e., how asymmetrical) and calamus (i.e., how rigidly attached to skin) of wing feathers. Our results indicated that annual losses of all six-type wing feathers decreased with increasing ages, ranging from 29% to 58% for PC, alula, SC, P, S, and T in order. Our results were also comparable to those of a former study, suggesting that the pattern of age-specific molt might be associated with the cost of reproduction in adults. However, juveniles might shed more wing feathers with low quality formed during the previous development stage than older birds.

• 한국주거학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국주거학회 2011년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.220-225
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to identify the lifestyle of babyboomer, the difference of recognition about silver town and preferable determinants according to lifestyle. By the Social Survey Research with questionnaire, data from 108 people of 46 years old ~ 65 years old who inhabited in Seoul City area were collected during October, 2010. Data were analyzed by the SPSS program Win 18.0, and frequency, percentage, t-test, ANOVA, factor analysis, regression were employed. The major findings were as follows. First, by the factors analysis on lifestyle, factors were named "interest about external", "inner-oriented", "pursuit of health", "prepare for later life", "social aspects". Second, by the frequency analysis on recognition about silver town, 97.2% of total respondents replied "at least heard about silver town", and 64.8% of total respondents recognized the necessity of silver town. While, intention to live in silver town was low (by 38.0% of total respondents). Third, by the regression analysis on preference tendency about silver town according to life style, factor of 'inner-oriented' in the decision about residential area and total household number, factor of 'pursuit of health' in the decision about monthly rent, factor of 'social aspects' in the decision about cost solution method were influential factors. In conclusion, to supply the house which had the diversity of baby bommer's life style, government and corporation's efforts to increase intention to live in silver town and to change the recognition about silver town are needed.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.554-564
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 저온저장 사과의 시장동향, 저장실태 및 출하시기 조사를 통하여 사과재배 농가들이 최적의 사과출하 시기를 결정할 수 있도록 지원하기 위한 것이다. 사과 주산지인 경상북도 대구지역의 사과재배 농가 300개소를 대상으로 설문을 실시하여 재배품종, 재배면적, 저장 및 출하실태 등을 조사하였다. 주요 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 생육시기에 따른 사과재배 비율을 조사한 결과, 조생종, 중생종 및 만생종 사과의 재배비율은 각각 78.3%, 63.7%, 96.0%였다. 또한, 조사대상 농가 중 48.7%가 저온저장시설을 보유하고 있었다. 박스(15kg) 당 평균 저장비용은 자가 저장 시에 978.3원이었으며, 위탁시에는 1,771.8원으로 나타났다. 11월부터 4월까지 6개월에 걸쳐 전체 저온저장 사과의 91.6%가 출하되고 있었다. 일반 저장창고에 저장된 사과를 포함한 연간 사과출하량은 744.4박스였으며, 저온 저장된 사과의 연간 출하량은 616박스였다. 저장사과는 '도매시장'으로 출하되는 비율이 가장 높았으며, '산지수집상'과 '대형마트'가 그 뒤를 이었다. 사과의 수송방법은 일반트럭을 이용하는 비율이 가장 높았으며, 저온탑차와 택배의 비율이 그 뒤를 이었다. 시기별 사과출하를 결정하는 요인을 분석한 결과, 오프시즌(5~월)에는 저장비용, 감모율, 관행출하 등의 영향을 받았다. 한편, 일반출하기(11~월)의 사과출하 결정요인들은 미래 기대가격, 저장비용 및 선도농가의 의사 변수가 통계적으로 유의적이었다. 일반출하의 비중이 높은 농가들의 사과출하 결정요인은 미래에 받을 가격에 대한 기대, 저장비용, 고소득에 대한 기대, 선도농가의 의사결정에 영향을 받고 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.88-95
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• 2007

Korea is highly dependent on foreign countries for energy while at the same time having a high energy-consumption industrial structure. Therefore, logical improvements in energy use efficiency and nationwide energy saving are becoming more and more important in coping with the worldwidehigh oil prices and environmental issues such as listed in the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Consequently, a study was conducted on the average annual load factor in domestic areas to set a reasonable and reliable technology standard plan for high-efficiency transformers. The average annual load factor in Korea was discovered to be 18.4[%] classified by industry. This factor is expected to be used in arranging a domestic standard for a minimum efficiency system for transformers, and in reviewing and supplementing the standard transformers plan for the High Energy-Efficiency Appliance Certification. The expected effect from the establishment of the technology standards plan for highly efficient transformers is the expansion of the manufacturing and distribution of highly efficient transformers that are suitable for domestic use. These will lead to electricity cost savings for users, strengthening the related industries' market competitive powers and the effective reduction of greenhouse gases on a national level by drastically reducing loss from transformers, which accounts for a large portion of the total electric supply losses.

• 가정∙방문간호학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.127-138
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• 2014

Purpose: The objectives of this study were to analyze the state of hospital-based home care (HC) services annually and to provide basic information for research and policy regarding home care. Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of the yearly state of HC services from the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Services from 2007 to 2012. Results: The decreased by 34.6%, from 214 agencies in 2007 to 140 in 2012. The annual average number of active home care nurses was 440, which included 6.7% of the licensed home care nurses until 2012. The annual average number of HC patients were 32,000, and this number decreased by 21% in 2012, compared to that of 2008. Of the HC patients, about 70% were over 60 years of age. The chronic diseases among HC patients have been decreasing steadily since 2007. Seventy to eighty percent of the home visits were made in general hospitals or higher level hospitals. The total medical cost for HC services was 21 billion won in 2007, which consisted of 0.06% of the national medical costs, and it was 22 billion won and 0.03% in 2012. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, further research on HC services is necessary to frame policies for the expansion of HC agencies.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.119-133
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• 2013

본 연구의 목적은 독점적 지위로 운영되는 발전회사의 환경효율성 분석을 통하여 미래의 녹색경영, 지속경영에 대한 기관 효율성 향상에 기여하고자 하는 것이다. DEA 분석이 가진 내재적인 부족함을 보완하기 위해 C 발전회사 산하 6개의 기관을 직접 방문하여 담당 전문가로부터 DMU의 환경효율성을 위한 인터뷰 자료도 활용하였다. 투입요소로는 경영효율성에서는 비용과 종업원 수를 환경효율성으로는, CO2, NOx, 용수 사용량이 사용되었다. 산출요소로는 연간 총발전량, 판매수익이 사용되었다. 분석에는 규모수익불변(CRS, Constant Return to scale)투입지향의 DEA모형과 VRS(Various Return to Scale)모형을 이용하였다. CRS 분석에 의하면 0.923, BCC 분석으로는 0.969로 나타났으며 7개의 DMU가 효율적인 것으로 나타났다. 산출요소별 비효율적인 투입요소에서는 NOx가 CO2 보다 낮았다. 이는 전력발전에 있어 NOx는 물론 CO2에 관한 효율성이 개선되어야 한다는 것을 보여주고 있다. 환경비효율성을 줄이기 위해서는 결국 신재생에너지와 연료 전지 등 대체에너지원이 지속적으로 개발되어져야 한다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.93-102
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• 1997

Acid rain below pH 5.6 is responsible for 40% of annual precipitation in Korea and it is more serious especially in major cites. Because of that, it is urgent to make measures to reduce the emission of $SO_2$, one of the major air pollutants causing acid rain. The national total emission of $SO_2$ in 1994 was estimated as 1.6 million tons. The $SO_2$ emission in 2020, is expected to increase up to 3.2 million tons, about 2 times that of 1994 under Business-As-Usual scenario. We could take various $SO_2$ reduction measures such as installing desulfurization facilities, the supply of low-sulfur oil and clean fuel(LNG), energy savings, upgrading of production process. However, it is necessary to check the economic feasibility and the attainability to reduction target with a dynamic optimization mode, "Global 2100 Model". The cost-benefit analyses for the measures using the revised "Global 2100 Model" clearly revealed that the desulfurization facilities should be introduced to reduce the $SO_2$ concentration to 0.01 ppm with fuel substitution. If the introduction of desulfurization facilities is delayed, We can not attain the goal of Ministry of Environment before the year of 2012, even in the case that almost all the fuels would be substituted with LNG.

• 한국주거학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국주거학회 2009년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.121-125
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• 2009

The nursing-care insurance system started in April, 2000 in Japan. It was a kind of business opportunities for a lot of private entrepreneurs. They came into this care service business from another type of business rapidly. They opened the pay nursing homes with 24 hour nursing. However, the expense load of the nursing-care insurance system was large, local governments started controlling on total numbers of facilities with 24 hours nursing in 2006. So the group houses besides the pay nursing home without nursing care are paid to attention. The pay nursing home has been often managed by the nursing business. Most of the group houses are managed by community based NPO. This study is a case study by the visit and the interview form for one of the group houses. The group house "Shalom Tsukimino" in Kanagawa started operations comparatively at early time among them. Through the study we recognized that a lot of people were helping the NPO as a community service. So they can manage the group house and people who live there get the services with low cost. They show that they separate residence and nursing and use the community service efficiently. We can find a new direction in this case for the life in elderly.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.19-24
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• 2016

Oil sands are a mixture of sand, clay, and a high-viscosity petroleum called bitumen. Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) is the most viable and environmentally safe recovery technology for extracting bitumen. It extracts the viscosity-lowered bitumen by high pressure, high temperature steam injected into the bitumen reservoir. The steam is produced at the Central Processing Facility (CPF). Typically, more than 90% of the energy consumed in producing bitumen are used to generate the steam. Fuels are employed in the process, which cause economic and environmental problems. This paper explores the retrofit of heat exchanger network to reduce the usage of hot and cold utilities. The hot and cold utilities are reduced respectively 6% and 37.3% which in turn resulted in 5.3% saving of total annual cost by improving the existing heat exchanger network of the CPF.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.14-19
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• 2017

Fuel oil consumption cost varies depending on every ship operation and this roughly amounts to 70 % of shipping companies' total revenue. As such, efforts towards improved fuel economy are being pursued. An annual 1 % reduction in fuel consumption is perceived to result in saving tens million US dollars on the global fleet operation. One approach is the application of power take-off configurations which are seen to increase fuel oil economy and are suitable for power generation. In this study, the dynamic properties of a shaft generator coupled on a 10S90ME main engine of an 18 600 TEU container vessel is presented. The vibratory torque and angular velocity variation was examined through theoretical analysis and actual vibration measurement. The result of the study suggests a review on existing classification rules for generator design and the lowering of vibratory torque and angular velocity variation guideline.