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Effects of Different Restoration Practices on Nutrient Loss from Sediments after a Forest Fire in Two Watersheds

  • Hwang, Tae-Hwan;Lee, Kyu-Song;Park, Sang-Deog;Choung, Yeon-Sook
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.265-269
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    • 2007
  • The loss of nitrogen and phosphorus from sediments in two watersheds, one naturally regenerating and one artificially planted, in Sacheon-myun, Gangneung-si, Gangwon Province, were measured two years after a forest fire in 2000. Sediment losses occurred five times in the course of the year. In the artificially planted watershed, $50{\sim}140$ times more nitrogen and $54{\sim}139$ times more phosphorus were lost with sediments during heavy rains, from July to August, than in the naturally regenerating watershed. When the typhoon Rusa struck the country, 1,389 times more nitrogen and 1,647 times more phosphorus were lost from the artificial watershed. In spite of the limited scope of this study, these results suggest that artificially planted watersheds are extremely vulnerable to catastrophic natural disasters such as typhoons. Elevated loss of nutrients in the artificially planted watershed might have resulted from the mechanized silvicultural practices employed immediately after the fire. To maximize soil preservation, the timing and necessity of plantation practices should be reconsidered, and rapidly regenerating vegetation should be protected to promote nutrient uptake and to mitigate nutrient loss from burned forests.

Estimation of Productivity Losses due to Smoking (흡연으로 인한 생산성 손질 추정)

  • 김태현;문옥륜;김병익
    • Health Policy and Management
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.169-187
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    • 2000
  • Cigarette smoking has been identified as the most important source of preventable morbidity and premature mortality (WHO, 1995), The prevalence of smoking among men is very high in Korea. This study estimated productivity losses due to smoking in Korea, 1997. The derivation of cost estimates for mortality, disability, hospitalization and use of physician services related to cigarette smoking is bas 어 on the calculation of attributable fractions suggested by MacMahon and Cole and Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic Cost(SAMMEC) software. To estimate the number of deaths from neoplastic, cardiovascular, respiratory diseases associated with cigarette smoking, estimates for adults(aged 20 years and over) were based on 1997 mortality data, 1995 data on smoking prevalence from Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs. Smoking-attributable indirect morbidity cost data were obtained from the National Federation of Medical Insurance. As the result of cost estimation, these productivity losses were 336-430 billion won. During 1997, 8,620-10,804 deaths were attributed to smoking. Cigarette smoking resulted in 133,991-169,422 Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) to life expectancy. For smoking -attributable indirect mortality costs, the present value of future earnings(PVFE) for the age at death are 299-384 billion won. Smoking-attributable indirect morbidity costs, the costs of lost productivity for persons who are disabled by smoking-related chronic diseases are 37-46 billion won. In this study the productivity losses due to smoking were restricted to the health effects of smoking. It is possible that these costs were underestimated with the limitation of the data. Smoking is the leading preventable cause of illness and death. The results of this study can be used as elementary data for antismoking policy.

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Mortality and Potential Years of Life Lost comparison of lung cancer between Korea and OECD countries (우리나라와 OECD 국가 간의 폐암 사망률과 잠재수명손실연수(PYLL)에 관한 비교)

  • Kim, Dong-Seok;Kang, Soo-Won;Park, Ji-Won
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.11 no.7
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    • pp.2515-2521
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    • 2010
  • The aim of this study is to analyze the mortality and potential years of life lost (PYLL) by malignant neoplasm of lung between OECD countries and Korea. Based on the result, we tried to point out a problem on mortality caused malignant neoplasm of lung to make the best strategy for policy and education on public health. Using the ANOVA analysis between Korean and OECD countries, the lung cancer-induced mortality and PYLL in total and gender-specific Korean population were greater after 21th century than before. In particular, the PYLL was sharply elevated than the mortality. Taken together, the present study indicated that the lung cancer-induced PYLL between Korean and OECD countries can be more important parameter.

Mortality and Potential Years of Life Lost of lung cancer between Korea and OECD countries before and after the year 2000 (우리나라와 OECD 국가 간의 2000년 전과 후 폐암 사망률과 잠재수명손실연수(PYLL)에 관한 비교)

  • Kim, Dong-Seok;Park, Ji-Won;Kang, Soo-Won
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.12 no.7
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    • pp.3138-3148
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    • 2011
  • This present study is designed to analyze the mortality and potential years of life lost (PYLL) by malignant neoplasm of lung between OECD countries and Korea before and after the year 2000. We used the methods of Wilcoxon Singed Ranks Test between korean and other 30 OECD countries between 1993-1999 and 2000-2006 year using 2009 OECD Health data(2010) of 30 contries. At the results, the mortality of lung cancer in male korean was significantly increased after 2000 year whereas those in other 23 countries decreased. The mortalities in female were increased in 20 countries including Korea. PYLL in male and female korean were significantly decreased and male PYLL in other 26 countries was decreased, but female PYLL in other countries showed various patterns; increase in 12 countries and decrease in 3 countries. Therefore, the present study elucidated that the lung cancer-induced PYLL in the comparison between korean and OECD countries can be more important parameter.

A Study on Construction of Maritime Disasters Information Network (해상 재해 정보망의 구축에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Hyun-Sik;Yoon, Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 1999.11a
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    • pp.139-145
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    • 1999
  • This thesis is what accident in sea have been produced as lost themselves life and property about 500times at every years. Therefore this was induced to experiment on a national basis that the role of communication of ship is to move from lose themselves life and property as well as it is supply the information of shipwreck on at 1 sail ins the ship throughout construct the whole an intelligence network of system on a disaster at sea.

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A Study on Construction of Maritime Disaters Prevention for Information Communication Network (해상재해 방지를 위한 정보통신망 구축에 관한 연구)

  • 김천석
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.676-683
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    • 2001
  • This thesis is what accident in sea have been produced as lost themselves life and property about 500times at every years. Therefore this was induced to experiment on a national basis that the role of communication of ship is to move from lose themselves life and property as well as it is supply the information of shipwreck on all sailing the ship throughout construct the whole an intelligence network of system on a disaster at sea.

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A Study on Policy Direction of Maritime Radio Communication (해상무선통신의 정책 방향에 관한 고찰)

  • Youn, Hoon;Shin, Hyun-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2000.05a
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    • pp.65-71
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    • 2000
  • This thesis is what accident in sea have been produced as lost themselves life and property about 500times at every years. Therefore this was induced to experiment on a national basis that the role of communication of ship is to move from lose themselves life and property

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A Study on the Development Direction in Korea Marine Communication (한국의 해양통신 발전방향에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Hyun-Shik
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.527-534
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    • 2013
  • This thesis is what accident in sea have been produced as lost themselves life and property about 600-700times at every years. Therefore this was induced to experiment on a national basis that the role of communication of ship is to move from lose themselves life and property.