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조류 유리충돌 방지를 위한 디자인 개선방안에 관한 고찰 (Study on Design Considerations to Prevent Bird Collisions with Glass)

  • 이형숙
    • 한국농촌건축학회논문집
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    • 제15권1호
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    • pp.13-20
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    • 2013
  • Bird collisions with glass are a substantial source of human-caused avian mortality. It has been estimated that between 100 million and 1 billion birds die in collisions with windows every year, and bird-window collisions can have a particularly serious impact on populations because glass is dangerous for strong, healthy, breeding adults. The purpose of this study are to address the bird-window collision issue and to provide suggestions for bird-safe development by reviewing precedent studies on bird collision and analyzing bird-friendly design guidelines. Typically reflections of the sky, clouds or trees on glass, green plants in lobbies, and lights attract and confuse both migrating and resident birds. Therefore birds fatally fly into the glass because they do not recognize that reflections are false and that glass is a barrier. Many cities such as Toronto, Chicago and New York have made efforts on reducing the bird collision by encouraging the creation of environmentally conscious and bird-safe buildings. The USGBC also introduced a bird-safety credit as part of its environmental certification process, called LEED. The results of the study presented that architects and builders can help reduce or prevent bird from collisions in both new construction and existing structures with creative use of design elements. The measures to reduce bird collisions include using glass with an embedded pattern, opaque or translucent films, decals, dot patterns, awnings, louvers, and grilles. Turning off lights after midnight during the spring and fall migrations can be part of the solution as well. In order to reduce bird mortality, the most important thing is to generate awareness of the issue among designers, builders, as well as the public. Also local governments need to develop bird-friendly design guidelines and planning mechanisms to encourage bird-safe development and building operation.

e-Navigation 시대를 향한 기존 항로표지의 역할 및 진화 (The Role am Evolution of Traditional Aids to Navigation in an e-Navigation era)

  • 정종권
    • 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국항해항만학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회
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    • pp.473-480
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    • 2010
  • 항로표지 당국의 핵심 목표는 교통량과 위험도에 적합한 항로표지를 종합적으로 융합하여 제공함으로써 해상교통 안전 및 해양환경보호에 필요한 요건을 충족시키는데 있다. e-Navigation은 해상 항법 및 통신 신뢰도 개선에 필요한 현대화되고 검증된 장비를 통해 안전하게 항해하고자 하는 항해자의 필요에 의해 개발되었다, 위치결정에는 GNSS가 폭넓게 이용되고 있지만, 안전하고 완전하며 환경적으로 깨끗한 항해를 위해서는 기존 항로표지 계속해서 이용할 수 있도록 유지 및 진화시킬 필요가 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존 항로표지의 최신 현황을 비롯하여 기존 항로표지에 대한 기술적 관점과 항해자의 관점으로 e-Navigation 환경에서 전통적 항로표지의 역할을 검토하고, 진화 및 미래상을 제시하고자 한다.

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탄성지지된 엔진, 고정지지된 발전기 및 탄성 커플링으로 구성된 발전기 세트의 엔진 본체 진동 특성에 관한 사례 연구 (A Case Study on the Engine Body Vibration Characteristics of Generator Set consists of Engine-resilient-mounted, Generator-rigid-mounted and Flexible-coupling)

  • 김효정;김상환;이돈출
    • 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국소음진동공학회 2014년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.443-446
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    • 2014
  • Recently the demand for natural gas as clean and safe energy due to concerns about global warming and interests in green ship is increasing. The dual fuel(DF) engine, one of environmentally friendly engines, is preferred for general merchant ships and power plants as well as LNG carriers. This is for the reasons of having higher efficiency and lower nitrogen and sulfur oxides emissions by operating on LNG fuel with a small amount of light fuel oil. In this study, the engine body vibration characteristics of 12V50DF in a generator set with engine-resilient-mounted, generator-rigid-mounted and flexible-coupling configuration are investigated through theoretical analysis and comprehensive vibration measurement. This analysis showed the dynamic behavior of engine excitation forces and seismic waves. And the suitable countermeasures for reducing vibration and safe operation are proposed.

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Biological Control Strategy of Uzi Fly in Sericulture

  • Singh, R.N.;Saratchandra, Beera
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • 제6권2호
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    • pp.125-132
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    • 2003
  • Uzi fly (Exorista bombycis Louis) is one of the major larval endo-parasitoid of silkworm (Bombyx mori). It causes extensive damage to sericulture industry. The application of synthetic organic pesticides has tremendous impact on minimizing pest population but their overuse and frequent misuse and high sensitivity towards the silkworms, has forced the entomologists to search for alternatives to chemical control, which is safe to silkworm, environment and farm workers. Biological control continues to offer exciting possibilities for the control of fly pest population. It is environmentally safe alternative to chemical control and offering a long-term protection. Several potential hymenopteran parasitoids have been screened. Among successful natural enemies, Nesolynx thymus, Trichomalopsis apanteloctena, Trichopria sp., Brachymeria lasus, Pediobius sp., Spalangia sp., Spilomicrus karnatakensis and Dhirhinus sp. are important. It is essential to predict accurately the efficacy of these natural enemies in a new habitat prior to its introduction. The important desirable attributes of these potential parasitoids viz., host searching capacity, specificity, power of increase and fitness and adaptability of the parasitoid in new environment has been recorded. Results of the host parasitoid interaction indicate that the aging of the host function as a factor that influence the host finding efficiency of the parasitoid. It is highly scored with 15-20 hrs old pupa of the host. However, aging of the parasitoid does not significantly affect it. The sex ratio is female biased which is advantageous from biological control point of view, Biological suppression methods involving conservation and utilization of natural enemies have been discussed in detail.

Environmental Sustainability and Social Desirability Issues in Pig Feeding

  • Yang, T.S.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제20권4호
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    • pp.605-614
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    • 2007
  • Feeding pigs used to be a means of managing domestic resources that may otherwise have been wasted into valuable animal protein. Feeding pigs thus was a form of husbandry. Following recent rapid industrial development, pig rearing has changed from extensive to intensive, but this transformation has been associated with major concerns. The concentration of large amounts of pig manure in small arrears is environmentally hazardous. Moreover, high densities of animals in intensive production systems also impose a health threat for both animals and humans. Furthermore, the use of growth promoters and preventive medicines for higher production efficiencies, such as in-feed antibiotics, also induces microbial resistance thus affects human therapeutics. In addition, consumers are questioning the ethics of treating animals in intensive production systems. Animal welfare, environmental and bio-safe issues are re-shaping the nature of pig production systems. Feeding pigs thus involves not only the consideration of economic traits, but also welfare traits and environmental traits. Thus, a focus on technological feasibility, environmental sustainability and social desirability is essential for successful feeding operations. Feeding pigs now involves multiple projects with different sustainability goals, but goal conflicts exist since no pattern or scenario can fulfill all sustainability goals and the disagreements are complicated by reduced or even no use of in-feed antibiotics. Thus it is difficult to feed pigs in a manner that meets all goals of high quality, safe product, eco- and bio-sustainability, animal welfare and profit. A sustainable pig production system thus requires a prioritization of goals based on understanding among consumers, society and producers and needs to view from both a local and global perspective.

보도포장의 종류에 따른 보행자의 안전성 및 쾌적감에 대한 연구 (A Study on the Safety and Comfort of Pedestrians according to the Type of Sidewalk Pavement)

  • 최재진
    • 한국안전학회지
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    • 제30권1호
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    • pp.66-71
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    • 2015
  • Safety, resilience and comfort of pedestrian were assessed by the British Pendulum Test and SB/GB factor test at 8 kinds of sidewalk pavement. Sidewalk paving materials were normal concrete, porous concrete, concrete block, soil concrete, asphalt, rubber chip/resin mixture, wood chip/resin mixture and floor tile. In addition, a survey was conducted to investigate the perception of pedestrians on the sidewalk paving material. As a result, while the skid resistance value was measured in the most 60BPN above, the floor tile showed a low value of about 30BPN. The ratios of SB factor to GB factor of the elastic pavements(rubber/resin mixture and wood chip/resin mixture) appeared to be relatively large when compared with those of the conventional sidewalks. The survey showed that respondents perceived as more safe and comfortable elastic pavements compared to conventional pavements. Approximately 50% of respondents answered that hardened soil pavement was the most environmentally friendly.

참먹거리에 대한 지역사회접근 (Community Approach to the True Food)

  • 김종덕
    • 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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    • 제15권4호
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    • pp.165-175
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    • 2004
  • Food is very important for human being. It is not easy for us to enjoy good life because the situation of food is not good in Korea. The self-sufficient food rate is very low and most of food which we take was produced by industrial agriculture. Food of this kind has some problems with respect to the health of consumer, agriculture, environment and community. In order to secure the true food which is safe and environmentally sound, producers, consumers and community have to work together. Producers must engage in environmental agriculture. They must produce the true food and need to know regional consumers. Consumers must pay attention to the regional agriculture and must participate the production of true food. Local government must open farmers' markets for direct marketing between farmers and consumers. NGOs should educate and organize the producers and consumers.

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A Subchannel Analysis Code for LMR Core Subassembly Thermal Hydraulic Analysis: The MATRA-LMR

  • Lim, Hyun-Jin;Kim, Young-Gyun;Kim, Yeong-Il;Oh, Se-Kee
    • 에너지공학
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    • 제12권4호
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    • pp.281-288
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    • 2003
  • The MATRA-LMR code has been developed based on a subchannel analysis method for LMR (Liquid Metal Reactor) core subassembly thermal hydraulic design and analysis. The code was improved to allow a seven assembly calculation and can account for inter-assembly heat transfer based on a lumped parameter model. This paper describes the main modifications and improvements of the code and shows reference calculation results which compared single assembly calculation with seven assembly calculation cased for driver and blanket subassemblies of the KALIMER 150 MWe breakeven conceptual design core. KAL- IMER is a pool-type sodium cooled reactor with a thermal output of 392.0 MWth, which have inherently safe, environmentally friendly, proliferation-resistant and economically viable reactor concepts.

A Study on Experiment of CNG as a Clean Fuel for Automobiles in Korea

  • Chauhan, Bhupendra Singh;Cho, Haeng-Muk
    • 한국대기환경학회지
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    • 제26권5호
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    • pp.469-474
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    • 2010
  • Gasoline engines have proven their utility in light, medium and heavy duty vehicles. Concern about long term availability of petroleum and the environment norms by the increased vehicular emission have mandated the search for safe fuel. CNG is an environmentally clean alternative to the existing spark ignition engines with the advantages of minimum change. A higher octane number and a higher self ignition temperature make it an attractive gaseous fuel. The thermal efficiency is better than gasoline for the same engine. The reduced carbon mono oxide, carbon di-oxide, hydrocarbon emissions is a favorable outcome along with a slight increase in $NO_x$ emission when compared with gasoline fuel to a dual fuel mode in the existing spark ignition engines. The result from the experiment shows that CNG could be a potential substitute fuel that maintains performance and emissions characteristics in gasoline engines.

하수 슬러지를 이용한 비구조용 초경량골재의 개발 (Development of Super Lightweight Aggregate for Non-Structural Concrete using Sewage Sludge)

  • 문경주;위영미;박희열;이무성;소양섭
    • 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국콘크리트학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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    • pp.619-624
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study is to manufacture sintered lightweight aggregate for non-structural concrete using sewage sludge, organic waste matter is produced to a sewage treatment plant. It is tested for basic property and strength of artificial aggregate according to addition ratio of sewage sludge, and the results are compared with imported aggregate from Spain. As the results of experiment, the manufactured lightweight aggregate could be used for non-structural concrete. Also, it was favorably comparable to those of the imported aggregate. When it is manufactured with aggregate, it is safe environmentally because of protecting elution of harmful heavy metals.

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