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A Design of a Personnel Control System Using RF Tag in Port Facilities (RF 태그를 활용한 항만 내 인원관리 시스템)

  • Cha, Jin-Man;Park, Yeoun-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2010.10a
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    • pp.520-523
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    • 2010
  • In the field of network sense for the Ubiquitous environment, the technology of RFID is a significant part. Due to the real time processing of information and the property of network, RFID has been used in service field such as distribution, administrative control of physical distribution, remote measuring device, and security, instead of currently used bar-code. The management system of port facilities using the current RFID technology has the effects of reducing working hours and improvement in data processing, but it is not proper for human resource allocation since it is dominantly worked for physical resources. In this paper, we designed and implemented personnel control system using RFID of 2.4GHz in port facilities which presents a monitoring system for safety operation and increase of efficiency using RFID in order to overcome the limitations and problems of current port operation management techniques.

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A Study on Problems and Improvements of Face Mapping during Tunnel Construction (국내 터널시공 중 막장지질조사의 문제점 및 개선방안에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Kwang-Yeom;Kim Chang-Yeng;Yim Sung-Bin;Yun Hyun-Seok;Seo Yong-Seok
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.16 no.3 s.49
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    • pp.265-273
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    • 2006
  • Face mapping during tunnel construction is useful and critical to predict the characteristics and stability condition of following tunneling sections and to select optimum support pattern. Therefore, a detailed geological survey of the tunnel faces, as important as a routine underground survey and a RMR evaluation, should provide critical information of the tunnel face condition in terms of the engineering geological condition and the safety of working environment for the following tunneling section. But the results of the face investigation have not been applied satisfactorily during tunneling due to limitation of technique, experience and time. This study analyze problems of face mapping in tunnel construction site by using statistical results of face mapping sheets obtained from completed tunnels, and suggest several opinions to improve face mapping during tunnel construction.

A Study on the Self Monitoring System of Marine Pollution from ship (선박의 해양오염 자율점검제도에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Young-Hwan;Ko, Seong-Duk;Choi, Hyun-Kue;Lim, Byung-Man
    • Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.101-104
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    • 2008
  • Inspection of Ship for the Prevention of Marine Pollution, that is After checking system of Marine Pollution according to the 115th of the Law of the Marine Environmental Management, that has been Marine Environmental Surveillant working on the Korea Coast Guard, aboard a ship, inspect to the normal operating q the Marine pollution Prevention Equipment and to Keep, Recording and Management well of All Recording Book of Marine Pollution Materials and to Check the treat results that dust oil and waste mater and discharge from ship during 30years, from 1978 to 2007 year. We offered the new inspection system that the Self Monitoring System that is the ship owner and Captain Voluntary Management the Marine Pollution Equipment for the prevent the marine pollution for the Unburden the Economical Activities and Unbiased of Ship's Crew.

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Cost Analysis for the Reformation of CCTV Transmission Systems (CCTV 전송방식 전환에 따른 비용 분석)

  • Lee, Dong-Su
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.748-755
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    • 2019
  • CCTV Systems have been operated in the variety of serveillance fields of the apartment, transportation, safety, physical security, and so on. And their uses are largely increasing as the CCTV transmission technology has been changed from analog to IP network way. Domestic industry has been working to upgrade from analog CCTV systems to High-Definition(HD) CCTV systems for recent years, which involves a few issues such as mixing with several transmission technologies and duplicated investment in each area because the technological analysis and criteria are specifically not arranged. This paper examines the technical issues of the transmission method between HD analog and HD IP CCTV systems, and induces the criteria of the cost analysis and its weighting factors for HD CCTV reformation. By simulating the cost analysis results of both the HD CCTV systems on apartment environment, this paper proposes the reference for the choice of HD CCTV system reformation.

Occupational exposure to dust and respirable quartz in coal briquettes ash handling worker (연탄재 처리 환경미화원의 분진 및 호흡성 석영 노출)

  • Kim, Boowook
    • Particle and aerosol research
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study is to assess respirable crystalline silica (RCS) exposure levels in workers who collect and dispose used coal briquette ash (CBA) in sanitation companies that are subcontracted by one medium-sized local government on the collection of municipal household waste (MHW), and to analyze the quartz content in CBA. When the CBA powder that undergone specialized pretreatment in several steps were subjected to mineral identification and quantitative analysis using X-ray diffraction (XRD), it was found that quartz represented 18%, and in addition, mullite, and plagioclase were included. For two CBA collectors, samples were collected by the personal sampling evaluation method. After respirable dust was collected in accordance with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 7500 method, the concentration of quartz was analyzed using XRD. Meanwhile, a portable real-time dust monitor (Sidepak AM520, TSI Inc., USA) was also used to observe the dust exposure level for each time zone and job task. The RCS exposure level of one worker was as high as 0.024 mg/㎥, which was the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Values (TLV) level. The other worker also exhibited a concentration of 0.013 mg/㎥, which was more than half of TLV. The Sidepak results revealed that the work of collecting CBA and loading it onto a vehicle was hardly exposed to the dust of a significant level. It was found, however, that the work of transferring the collected CBA to a container through a conveyor belt was exposed to a very high average respirable dust concentration of 2.238 mg/㎥. The results of this study confirmed that quartz, which is crystalline silica and a carcinogen, is contained in CBA, one of municipal household waste (MHW), in high concentration. It was also confirmed that workers are exposed to high RCS concentrations while transferring collected CBA into a container. Although each local government in South Korea handles CBA in different ways, it is imperative to investigate the CBA exposure level of sanitation workers and improve their working conditions.

A Study on the Health Promoting Lifestyle and Job Stress of Day Care Teachers (보육교사의 건강증진을 위한 생활양식과 직무스트레스)

  • Koo, Eun-Mi
    • Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.711-722
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to analyzed child care teachers' health state and a relationship between health promoting lifestyle and job stress of child care teachers. The subjects were 101 child care teachers in Busan. They responded to 'health state open ended question', 'health promoting lifestyle scale', and 'job stress scale'. For the analysis of the data, M(SD), frequencies, t-test, Pearson's correlation were run by using SPSS WIN computer program. The major findings of this study were as follows; First, the most uncomfortable symptoms of child care teacher's physical health state was respiratory organs and the main cause was classroom ventilation and dust. The most uncomfortable symptoms of child care teacher's mental health state was tension and the main cause was children's safety. Second, the mean scores of the variables were as follows : the mean score of health promoting lifestyle was 2.54. The highest sub factor of health promoting lifestyle was 'positive self recognition' and the lowest one was 'exercising'. The mean score of job stress was 2.80 and the highest sub factor was 'administration services'. They desire for a healthy life, but in reality, they are unsatisfied with their current health state and they are not able to practice certain actions actively to promote their health. Third, health promoting lifestyle was negatively correlated with job stress. The result of this study can be used as the basic data for reducing day care teacher's job stress, development of a program to promote day care teacher's health and improving day care teachers working environment.

Determination the nursing student's clinical competency based on new nurses' job analysis (신규간호사의 직무분석을 통한 간호학생의 실무수행 능력수준 결정)

  • Kang, Ik-Wha;Lee, Eun-Ja;Lee, Kyu-Jung
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.497-509
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of this study was to examine frequency of job performance, level of urgency, index of importance experienced by 138 new nurses who were working at 6 hospitals that had over 400 bed in Incheon and Bucheon. The data were analyzed using a SPSS program for descriptive statistics [numbers of job performance, level of urgency, index of importance(job performance+1/4 level of urgency)]. Some of the most frequent job performance were application of aseptic technique, application of principle of infection control, and medication (IV, PO, IM, supply fluid and electrolyte). Some of the most uncommon job performance were activity as a lecturer in nursing department, activity of arrangement of community resources, and participation in multidisciplinary conference. Some of the highest level of urgency were use of aseptic technique, CPR, application of principle of infection control, defibrillation for dysrhythmia, blood transfusion, observation of patient's status in procedure (operation), v/s check, intervention for improvement of respiratory function and medication of antihypertensives. Some of the lowest level of urgency were activity as a lecturer in nursing department, preceptor's activity, supervisor and delegation of job to nurse aids, attendance at nursing conference, activity of arrangement of community resources, participation in clinical teaching practice, participation in multidisciplinary conference, and delegation of patient care. Those were indirect patient care. The order was physiologic integration(60.99%), safety and effective nursing environment, psychosocial care, and health maintenance and improvement. The most importance item in maintenance of physiologic integration was medication. Some of the highest index of importance were aseptic technique and application of principle of infection control, v/s check, observation of patient's status in operation and medication. Some of the lowest index of importance were activity as a lecturer in nursing department, preceptor's activity, activity of arrangement of community resources, participation in multidisciplinary conference, nursing conference, participation in clinical teaching, and delegation of job to nurse aids.

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Case Report on the Activities for Cost Reduction and Performance Improvement in the Central Supply Room in A University Hospital (종합병원의 비용절감과 업무개선을 위한 중앙공급실의 활동)

  • Song, Kyu Nam;Song, Sun Ok;Hwang, Un Soon;Koo, Bon Up;Choi, Hye Sook;Lee, Sang Yun
    • Quality Improvement in Health Care
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    • v.6 no.1_2
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    • pp.150-160
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    • 1999
  • Background : Because hospitals had to faced with financial hardship, we have to have more effective hospital management. In this study, we tried to improve job performance and to reduce cost maintaining safety in fields of patients care. Methods : Central Supply Room(CSR) staffs taught strategy of material cost reduction to middle level managers and staffs 14 times. All staffs and voluntary service workers, working in 33 nursing units, participated in this activity. We developed questionnaire to check the degree of participate in cost reduction activity and job performance in CSR, and quality improvement in the wards. Two hundred questionnaires were distributed and 197 returned. Results : Because CSR staffs developed new items and every item was managed at each department, stocks of each department were reduced. Overall, by comparing before and after cost reduction activity, almost 1.2 billion won reduced for one year. Staffs' loyalty and spirits of cost reduction were improved by changing clothes and duty environment. Furthermore, these activity improved patients' satisfaction. Conclusion : We suggest that CSR activity in a university hospital contributes to improve job performance and to reduce cost without any problem in patient care.

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Intelligent Phase Plane Switching Control of Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Manipulators with Magneto-Rheological Brake

  • Thanh, Tu Diep Cong;Ahn, Kyoung-Kwan
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.1983-1989
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    • 2005
  • Industrial robots are powerful, extremely accurate multi-jointed systems, but they are heavy and highly rigid because of their mechanical structure and motorization. Therefore, sharing the robot working space with its environment is problematic. A novel pneumatic artificial muscle actuator (PAM actuator) has been regarded during the recent decades as an interesting alternative to hydraulic and electric actuators. Its main advantages are high strength and high power/weight ratio, low cost, compactness, ease of maintenance, cleanliness, readily available and cheap power source, inherent safety and mobility assistance to humans performing tasks. The PAM is undoubtedly the most promising artificial muscle for the actuation of new types of industrial robots such as Rubber Actuator and PAM manipulators. However, some limitations still exist, such as the air compressibility and the lack of damping ability of the actuator bring the dynamic delay of the pressure response and cause the oscillatory motion. In addition, the nonlinearities in the PAM manipulator still limit the controllability. Therefore, it is not easy to realize motion with high accuracy and high speed and with respect to various external inertia loads in order to realize a human-friendly therapy robot To overcome these problems a novel controller, which harmonizes a phase plane switching control method with conventional PID controller and the adaptabilities of neural network, is newly proposed. In order to realize satisfactory control performance a variable damper - Magneto-Rheological Brake (MRB) is equipped to the joint of the manipulator. Superb mixture of conventional PID controller and a phase plane switching control using neural network brings us a novel controller. This proposed controller is appropriate for a kind of plants with nonlinearity uncertainties and disturbances. The experiments were carried out in practical PAM manipulator and the effectiveness of the proposed control algorithm was demonstrated through experiments, which had proved that the stability of the manipulator can be improved greatly in a high gain control by using MRB with phase plane switching control using neural network and without regard for the changes of external inertia loads.

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A Risk Assessment Method using Disaster Influence Factors on Construction Project (건설 프로젝트의 재해영향요인 기반 위험성 평가방법)

  • Yu, Yong-Sin;Choi, Jae-Wook;Kim, Tae-Wan;Lee, Chansik
    • Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Planning & Design
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.3-12
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    • 2019
  • Current risk assessment methods typically determine accident risks embedded in construction projects by combining severity and frequency; however, they do not reflect the characteristics of construction projects. To solve the problem, this study aims to develop a novel risk assessment method that combines severity, frequency, and disaster influence factors (i.e., weather conditions and worker's characteristics) for assessing risks of activities occurring on a construction site actually. In this study, a severity was estimated by death against victims, and a frequency was estimated by the victim rate. The frequency was then converted to probability taking disaster influence factors into account. Thus, instead of considering severity and frequency for assessing the original risks (RO), the proposed method uses severity and probability to yield adjusted risks (RA) for each activity. A case study was conducted to determine if the proposed method works as intended in a real setting. The results show that RA is more sensitive to disaster influence factors than RO and, therefore, is able to assess the actual risks reflecting the working environment and conditions of a construction site. This study contributes to risk management of construction projects by offering a risk assessment method that measures a possibility of potential disasters from the probabilistic perspective. This method would help project managers assess accident risks in a more systematic and quantitative manner.