• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.452-461
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• 2021

Background: The prevailing global work scenario and deteriorating health facilities in economies indulge the risk perspective in the labor market model. This is the reason that the risk factor is cautiously attributed to wages and labor market efficiencies specifically in developing and emerging economies. In this respect, Occupational Injuries of Workers (OIW) is considered essential to demonstrate the risk and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) setups given the constraints of the labor. Intuitively, the prime objective of this study is to make an assessment of the labor market considering the OIW through the indicators of industry division, employment status, occupational distribution, adopted treatment, gender and regionality. Methods: The assessment strategy of the study has been categorized into trend analysis and Index Value Calculation (IVC) segments employing the data from 2001 to 2018. Results: The pattern of the selected indicators of the OIW has been observed in the available data while the IVC estimations are considered through time and reference categories. The findings of both exercises revealed absolute and relative heterogeneities at both industry and occupational levels. Conclusion: The consistency for gender and regional distribution of both assessments points out the need for effective policy initiatives. The study suggests separate analyses of industry and occupations for a better understanding of the OHS setups and up-gradation in Pakistan.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.783-790
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• 2004

In this study, a newly modified soil nailing technology named as the PSN(pretensioned soil nailing) system, is developed to reduce both facing displacements and ground surface settlements in top-down excavation process as well as to increase the global stability. Up to now, the PSN system has been investigated mainly focusing on an establishment of the design procedure. In the present study, the analytical procedure and design technique are proposed to evaluate maximum pretension force and stability of the PSN system. Also proposed arc techniques to determine the required thickness of a shotcrete facing and to estimate probability of a failure against the punching shear. Based on the proposed procedure and technique, effects of the radius of a influence circle and dilatancy angle on the thickness of a shotcrete facing, bonded length and safety factors arc analyzed. In addition, effects of the reduction of deformations expected by pretensioning of the soil nails are examined in detail throughout an illustrative example and $FLAC^{2D}$ program analysis. And a numerical approach is further made to determine a postulated failure surface as well as a minimum safety factor of the proposed PSN system using the shear strength reduction technique with the $FLAC^{2D}$ program. Global minimum safety factors and local safety factors at various excavation stages computed in case of the PSN system arc analyzed throughout comparisons with the results expected in case of the general soil nailing system. The efficiency of the PSN system is also dealt with by analyzing the wall-facing deformations and the adjacent ground surface settlements.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2009

The paper describes results of a sensitivity study on an optimum mooring cost as a function of safety factor and allowable maximum offset of the offshore floating structure by finding the anchor leg component size and the declination angle. A harmony search (HS) based mooring optimization program was developed to conduct the study. This mooring optimization model was integrated with a frequency-domain global motion analysis program to assess both cost and design constraints of the mooring system. To find a trend of anchor leg system cost for the proposed sensitivity study, optimum costs after a certain number of improvisation were found and compared. For a case study a turret-moored FPSO with 3 ${\times}$ 3 anchor leg system was considered. To better guide search for the optimum cost, three different penalty functions were applied. The results show that the presented HS-based cost-optimum offshore mooring design tool can be used to find optimum mooring design values such as declination angle and horizontal end point separation as well as a cost-optimum mooring system in case either the allowable maximum offset or factor of safety varies.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.269-279
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• 2015

최근 지구온난화로 인한 기상이변으로 전세계가 몸살을 앓고 있다. 우리나라도 같은 실정에 직면해 있으며 이에 대비하는 차원으로 대하천 정비사업을 실시한 바 있다. 제방에 대한 정비항목으로는 하천준설, 제내지와 제외지에 대한 성토 및 보강등이 있으며 이로 인해 지하수 흐름양상이 변하게 될 것으로 추정된다. 그러므로 이와 같은 환경을 시뮬레이션을 통해 제내지와 제외지의 높이에 따른 제방의 파이핑 안정성을 분석해볼 필요가 있는 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 낙동강의 지류인 회천에 위치한 율지제를 중심으로 본 연구제방에 설치된 간극수압센서를 이용하여 제내지와 제외지의 표고변화에 따른 제방내부의 지하수 침투양상을 SEEP/W를 이용하여 정상류 및 부정류를 고려한 모의를 수행하고 안정성을 검토하였다. 모의결과, 제내지의 표고가 상승할수록 파이핑 안정성이 증가하는 것으로 나타났으며 제외지측은 표고와는 상관없이 하천수위에 따라 파이핑 안정성이 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로 제방의 파이핑 안정성을 증대시키기 위해서는 제내지의 성토와 적정하천수위유지와 같은 제방의 외적 요소들도 함께 고려해야할 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.123-130
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• 2016

In global competition composition changing rapidly, domestic industry faces changes and logistics industry, one of service industries, is recognized as an important factor for development of domestic industry and national economy. At this moment, companies must suggest differentiated service, strategies, etc. so as to create and maintain competitive advantages in comparison with other companies. The requirements preannounce big movement of third party logistics market. Therefore, government, logistics industry and academic world have suggested lots of studies so as to vitalized third party logistics market. The purposes of this research are to verify that innovative changes are necessary to be existing in fierce competition of third party logistics market and analyze the effects of third party logistics on logistics outcomes so as to form continuous relations with shipper.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.117-125
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• 2024

The objective of this study is to identify the priority of elements for effective implementation of MES in small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises trying to develop into smart factories. For this purpose, the Delphi method and the Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) mothod are applied. As a result of the study, the cooperation of the members in the supply chain is the most important factor for small and medium-sized enterprises in order to survive in the global competitive environment. Therefore, the enterprises need to make various efforts to create synergies through the technical strength of suppliers and the cooperation in the process of introducing and operating MES.

• 한국농공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농공학회 2005년도 학술발표논문집
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• pp.399-403
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• 2005

Slope angle, ground water table and thickness of soils are the key factors affecting landslide stability. However examining the factors such as thickness of soils; geological structure, slope angle, and height, in order to use the global landslide susceptibility forecasting analysis is very expensive and time consuming effort. So most researchers prefer to use the simplest methods such as the C strata and the USGS methods. In this research thickness of soils was calculated using these two methods and stability analysis was performed with the thickness of soils calculated by the two methods at the SINMAP based on ArcView 3.2. The two safety factor maps were compared with the past landslide records. The thickness of soils calculated by USGS method showed more unstable safety factors.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.348-352
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• 2009

Over the last decade, the incidence of overweight and obesity has nearly doubled in many countries and is considered a pandemic. Obesity was identified as a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease as the same level as smoking and diabetes. Visceral fat is considered one of the key contributors to outcome and certain ethnic groups such as Asians seem to be more affected than others. Weight reduction through lifestyle changes was found to be impactful to improve overall health, but weight loss and maintenance thereof is limited and difficult to sustain. Surgical intervention demonstrated a greater weight loss in the severely obese and was associated with improved all-cause mortality. Despite numerous pharmacological targets and a high medical need, only few drugs have been successfully developed. Earlier studies with amphetamine-derived compounds showed significant weight loss but their critical safety profiles led to market withdrawals and disappointment. More recent compounds; orlistat - a lipase inhibitor, rimonabant - a cannaboid-1-receptor antagonist, and sibutramine - a combined serotonin/norepinephrine re-uptake inhibitor, all demonstrated similar significant efficacy; however, they carry specific safety profiles making them unsuitable for every patient. The main limitation of pharmacotherapy is the absence of clear benefit-risk assessments through outcome studies. Such a study - the SCOUT trial - was designed to compare sibutramine versus placebo and the effect on morbidity and mortality in nearly 10,000 obese patients with additional risk factors. Such studies could provide new scientific evidence for obesity treatment and may support future pharmacological approaches.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 해양/항공안전, 차량항법, 정밀농업, 정밀측량 등 우리사회 전반에 걸쳐 이용자가 급속히 확산되고 있는 GPS(Global Positioning System) 인프라에 대한 이용 불능상태를 대비하여 국가항법체계의 혼란을 예방하고 전파항법에 대한 BACK-UP 기능을 부여할 수 있는 지상 송신국 기반의 로란-C 항법의 활용을 제안하였다. 로란-C의 활용가치를 높이기 위한 위치오차 개선방안으로 ASF (Additional Secondary Phase Factor) 산출과 적용실험을 실시하였다. 그 결과로 로란-C 위치오차 100~400m를 10~65m로 현저히 개선할 수 있다는 결론에 도달하게 되었다. 또한 육상지역의 ASF보정테이블 이용 시 산출 범위는 복합매질과 굴곡면을 가만할 때 위도, 경도 10분 이내가 적절할 것으로 판단되며 향후 한반도 전역을 대상으로 한 ASF 보정테이블 적용시 현저한 위치오차개선과 GPS BACK-UP 기능수행이 가능할 것으로 판단되어진다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.262-265
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• 2020

Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) poses an important occupational health risk to health workers (HWs) that has attracted global scrutiny. To date, several thousand HWs globally have been reported as infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus that causes the disease. It is therefore a public health priority for policymakers to understand risk factors for this vulnerable group to avert occupational transmission. A rapid review was carried out on 20 April 2020 on Covid-19 risk factors among HWs in PubMed, Google Scholar, and EBSCOHost Web (Academic Search Complete, CINAHL Complete, MEDLINE with Full Text, CINAHL with Full Text, APA PsycInfo, Health Source-Consumer Edition, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition) and WHO Global Database. We also searched for preprints on the medRxiv database. We searched for reports, reviews, and primary observational studies (case control, case cross-over, cross-sectional, and cohort). The review included studies conducted among HWs with Covid-19 that reported risk factors irrespective of their sample size. Eleven studies met the inclusion criteria. Lack of personal protective equipment, exposure to infected patients, work overload, poor infection control, and preexisting medical conditions were identified as risk factors for Covid-19 among HWs. In the context of Covid-19, HWs face an unprecedented occupational risk of morbidity and mortality. There is need for rapid development of sustainable measures that protect HWs from the pandemic.