• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.264-270
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• 2010

Agricultural workers are often exposed to high levels of dust during field operations. A systematic exposure assessment of annual task-weighted exposure has not been thoroughly examined. The occupational dust exposure in two wine grape vineyards was measured. Exposure levels to total and respirable dust were determined for a 1-year cycle of work. An operation profile including the frequency of tasks was established. The means of total and respirable dust exposure were $1.08\;mg/m^3$ and $0.07\;mg/m^3$, respectively. Based on the exposure for each task and the task frequency, task-weighted mean exposures to total and respirable dust were estimated as $1.115\;mg/m^3$ and $0.079\;mg/m^3$, respectively. The task-weighted exposure was significantly represented by three operations and could be attributed to the exposure frequency rather than the exposure intensity of operations. The measurement of a few of the most frequent tasks may be an alternative method of estimating task-weighted exposure. Agricultural dust exposure can be significantly reduced by targeting those tasks most important to task-weighted dust exposure.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.57-68
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• 2019

This paper was done as an exploratory study aiming to identify the relationship between small group characteristic factors and perceived performance in the Village Development Committee (VDC) in Saemaul Undong project in Laos. The data were gathered from 166 members in 17 VDCs in Vientian province, however 135 questionnaires were used in analysis. Structure Equation Model was applied in the analysis with Amos 21. The major finding of this study were as follows; firstly decision making was more influenced by task cohesion than social cohesion, secondly organizational citizen behavior was influenced by both task cohesion and social cohesion. However, social cohesion had more influence than task cohesion, thirdly the VDC members learned their technical knowledge from decision-making process, and influenced to their perceived performance level and to VDC sustainablity, and fourthly in overall, committee members implemented their jobs based on task-oriented.

• 식품과학과 산업
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.326-336
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• 2022

농산업을 포함한 식품산업은 미얀마에서 가장 큰 산업분야로서 미얀마 정부와 산업계는 비록 투자와 생산, 기술수준의 제약사항에도 불구하고, 식품제조업을 발전시키고자 하는 의지가 강하다. 특히 미얀마 정부는 농산물 기반의 식품산업이 국가 경제성장의 필수요소임을 인식하고, 산업발전을 위해 다양한 정책적 노력을 추진 중이다. 이에 미얀마 식품산업의 전반적인 현황을 살펴보고, 공적개발원조(ODA)로서 식품가공산업 분야의 TASK(Technology Advice and Solutions from Korea) 사업에 대해 사업추진 배경, 목표 및 전략, 주요내용, 추진체계, 기대효과 등을 상세하게 소개하는 동시에, 사업 수행을 통해 식품산업 분야의 한-미얀마 상호협력 강화 방안을 제시하고자 한다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2020

무인 농기계의 출현으로 정밀 농업의 발전에 새로운 연구 콘텐츠가 등장했다. 무인 농기계의 핵심 기술 연구를 가속화시키기 위해 먼저 무인 농기계 지능 수준 분류가 일 차적 과제가 되어 왔다. 이에 본 연구는 무인 곡물 수확기, 작업, 운전 환경으로 구성된 복합 양방향 시스템을 연구 대상으로 하고, 무인 곡물 수확기의 지능화 수준을 등급화하고 분류하는 연구를 수행한다. 본 연구의 연구자들은 인적 개입 정도, 환경적 복잡성, 작업 복잡성으로 구성된 무인 곡물 수확기 차량의 평가 모델을 확립한다. 또한, 무인 곡물 수확기의 지능화 수준 등급화와 분류는 인적 개입 정도, 환경적 복잡성과 작업 난이도에 따라 이루어진다. 무인 농기계의 미래 발전 방향을 제시하고 있다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.126-128
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• 2014

고구마 흰비단병 증상에서 분리한 병원균을 이용하여 고구마 품종간 발생차이를 비교하였다. 병원균 접종 후 고구마는 지제부가 수침상으로 변하며 고구마 묘가 꺾여 고사하였다. 병반부위에 흰색균사가 솜털처럼 발생하였고 시간이 경과함에 따라 갈색을 띤 구형의 균핵이 많이 형성되었으며, 흰비단병 특유의 clamp connection이 관찰되었다. 고구마 16품종에 대한 흰비단병 저항성을 비교한 결과 품종간의 차이를 보였으며 특히 대유미와 바이오미에서 높은 저항성을 보였으며 신자미, 신건미, 홍미, 연자미와 신형 3호 등 5종에서 감수성을 보였다.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.395-401
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• 2011

Objective: This study examined the effects of working chair that was developed for farmers who work in grapevine's cluster thinning. Background: Agricultural work involves some of the nation's highest occupational risk exposures. Fruit cultivation has been recognized as one of the most hazardous crops in which to work. Grapevine cluster thinning task involve activities related to the main risk factors associated with upper limb work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Method: An experiment was designed to test the working chair. Six healthy male($25.8{\pm}4.9years$) were selected as the subjects for this study. Electromyography(EMG) was used to monitor the muscles activity, and Electro-goniometer was used to measure the ranges of motions of the elbow, trunk and knee. Subjective test was also carried out to examine discomfort body parts and their pain intensity. A grapevine's working space was built for the experiment and working chair was installed on it. In order to examine the muscle activity and range of motion, subjects used to the working chair for 30 minutes for each experimental condition. Another test without working chair was also performed for comparison. %MVC was used to quantify the level of muscle activity. Results: Decreases of muscle activity was found in all leg muscles and significant decrease of muscle activity was found in left Gastrocnemius. The range of motion of the trunk and knee also decreased when working chair used. Discomfort in lower back, thigh and shank region were reduced significantly. However, in upper limbs muscle activity tended to increase in working chair compared with conventional task. Conclusion: Improvement for cushion in seat back and pan required to reduce discomfort in buttocks. Application: Overall findings verified that the working chair might help to prevent upper limb and lower back MSDs based on the current study. These results can be practically used for work improvement for the grapevine growers to prevent MSDs.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.163-170
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide analysis of physiological, biomechanical responses occurring from the operation to lifting or twist lifting task appears frequently in agricultural work. Methods: This study investigated the changes of physiological factors such as heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV) and biomechanical factors such as physical activity and kinetic analysis in the task of twisting at the waist while lifting. Results: Heart rates changed significantly with the workload. The result indicated that the workload of 2 kg was light intensity work, and the workload of 12 kg was hard intensity work. Physical activity increased as the workload increased both on wrist and waist. Besides, stress index of the worker increased with the workload. Dynamic load to herniated discs was analyzed using inertial sensor, and the angular acceleration and torque increased with the workload. The proposed measurement system can measure the recipient's physiological and physical signals in real-time and analyzed 3-dimensionally according to the variety of work load. Conclusions: The system we propose will be a new method to measure agricultural workers' multi-dimensional signals and analyze various farming tasks.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.479-491
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• 2023

The automation of agricultural machines is an irreversible trend considering the demand for improved productivity and lack of labor in handling agricultural tasks. Unstructured working environments and weather often inhibit a seemingly simple task from being fully autonomously performed. In this context, we propose a remote driving system (RDS) to aid agricultural machines designed to operate autonomously. Particularly, we modify a commercial speed sprayer for orchard environments into a robotic speed sprayer to evaluate the proposed RDS's usability and test three sensor configurations in terms of human performance. Furthermore, we propose a confidence error ellipsebased task performance measure to evaluate human performance. In addition, we present field experimental results describing how the sensor configurations affect human performance. We find that a combination of a semiautonomous line tracking device and a wide-angle camera is the most effective for spraying. Finally, we discuss how to improve the proposed RDS in terms of usability and obtain a more accurate measure of human performance.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.217-223
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• 2012

Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate personal and area exposure of airborne nicotine during harvest and weaving tasks in tobacco farms. Methods: Nicotine was measured with NIOSH method 2551 and Passive sampler which was validated in previous papers for area and personal sampling. Results: The average (geometric mean) concentrations of nicotine with two different tasks in personal sample were 6.5 ${\mu}g/m^3$ (harvest), 32.6 ${\mu}g/m^3$ (weaving) and in area sample were 0.8 ${\mu}g/m^3$ (harvest), 57.2 ${\mu}g/m^3$ (weaving). There was significant difference in area sample between harvest and weaving task (p=0.000). Also, there was significant difference with personal sample (p=0.000). Conclusions: It was found that weaving task should be considered to be the first priority for reducing nicotine exposure.

• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.22-31
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• 2021

This report introduces a definition for robot task intelligence and explains the basis of the challenges associated with implementing robot task intelligence in real-world problems. Two fundamental elements of this intelligence, robot manipulation and navigation, are introduced herein. We describe the existing trends and industrial applications of the robot task intelligence in logistics and agricultural automation. Furthermore, as an underpinning technology for this intelligence, we review the existing three-dimensional position estimation techniques and summarize the difficulties associated with applying pure SLAM technology to real-world applications. Finally, we discuss the prospects of the robot task intelligence research and its potential for solving real-world problems.