• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제64권4호
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• pp.621-639
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• 2022

Cortisol and corticosterone, hormones traditionally considered biomarkers of stress, can be measured in fluid biomatrices (e.g., blood, saliva) from live animals to evaluate conditions at sampling time, or in solid biomatrices (e.g., hair, feather) from live or dead animals to obtain information regarding long-term changes. Using these biomarkers to evaluate physiological stress responses in domestic animals may be challenging due to the diverse characteristics of biomatrices for potential measurement. Ideally, a single measurement from the biomatrix should be sufficient for evaluating chronic stress. The availability of appropriate and cost-effective immunoassay methods for detecting the biomarkers should also be considered. This review discusses the strengths and limitations of different biomatrices with regard to ensuring the highest possible reliability for chronic stress evaluation. Overall, solid biomatrices require less frequent sampling than other biomatrices, resulting in greater time- and cost-effectiveness, greater ease of use, and fewer errors. The multiplex immunoassay can be used to analyze interactions and correlations between cortisol and other stress biomarkers in the same biomatrix. In light of the lack of information regarding appropriate biomatrices for measuring chronic stress, this review may help investigators set experimental conditions or design biological research.

• Spatial Information Research
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.47-58
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• 2014

삼림전용 축소를 통한 온실가스 흡수량의 검증 및 인증(MRV: Measurement, Reporting, Verification)이 REDD의 기회비용 산정과정에서 핵심요건으로 부각되고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 북한 금강산을 사례지역으로 UN-REDD 기회비용 산정과정에서 위성영상을 활용한 MRV의 잠재력을 파악하고, MRV과정에서 발생할 수 있는 입증책임에 관련된 쟁점들을 사전에 점검하는 데 있다. UN-REDD 기회비용을 산정하는 과정에서, MRV에 필요한 지표를 도출하고 위성영상을 활용하여 역사적 벌채율, 토지이용, 토지피복, 탄소저장량 등에 대한 정보의 수집여부를 평가하였다. 위성영상의 육안판독은 금강산의 MRV 여건(산림면적, 산림의 황폐화 추세 등)을 대, 중, 소 3단계의 분류체계에 의거하여 가시적인 기록으로 제시하였다. 위성영상이 국제사법재판소, UN, UN-REDD 등에서 증거자료로 인정되기 때문에 기회비용 산정과정에서 법적으로 구속력을 가진 증빙자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 현지조사와 문헌조사를 활용한 MRV에 대해서도 측정자료 확보에 대한 불확실성과 불안으로 인하여 북한의 REDD에 대한 활발한 투자가 어렵게 되고, 북한의 산림보전에 관련된 정부 기업 개인들과 거래하는 것을 꺼려할 정도로 대안이 없는 것이 아니라는 것이 확인되었다. 본 연구를 통해 도출된 결과는 북한에서 REDD사업을 하려는 남측 기업과 GCF(녹색기후기금, Green Climate Fund)를 비롯한 탄소무역 분야에서 실무를 수행하는 관계자들에게 구체적인 참고자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.58-65
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• 2014

We developed a low-cost automatic diagnosis system for water quality in cooling towers to measure the concentrations of key ingredients such as $Ca^{2+}$, $Cl^-$, $PO{_4}^{3-}$, and $Fe^{2+}$. $Ca^{2+}$, and $Cl^-$ are the main factors that cause the generation of scale, corrosion, and sludge in water pipes. $PO{_4}^{3-}$ prevents corrosion, sludge and scale by inhibiting the ions (i.e., $Ca^{2+}$, $Cl^-$) from sticking to the pipes. $Fe^{2+}$ is an indicator of pipe corrosion. The proposed system consists of a microprocessor, a specimen container and heater, a precision pump, relays and valves, LED optical sources, and photo detectors. It automatically collects water samples and carries out pretreatment for determining the concentration of each chemical, and then estimates the concentration of each ion using low-cost LED optical sources and detectors. Experimental results showed that the accuracy of the proposed system is sufficiently high for water quality diagnosis and management of cooling towers, demonstrating the possibility of the proposed system's wide usage in real environments.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2015

Feed is single most expensive input in commercial pork production representing more than 50% of the total cost of production. The greatest proportion of this cost is associated with the energy component, thus making energy the most important dietary in terms of cost. For efficient pork production, it is imperative that diets are formulated to accurately match dietary energy supply to requirements for maintenance and productive functions. To achieve this goal, it is critical that the energy value of feeds is precisely determined and that the energy system that best meets the energy needs of a pig is used. Therefore, the present review focuses on dietary supply and needs for pigs and the available energy systems for formulating swine diets with particular emphasis on the net energy system. In addition to providing a more accurate estimate of the energy available to the animal in an ingredient and the subsequent diet, diets formulated using the this system are typically lower in crude protein, which leads to additional benefits in terms of reduced nitrogen excretion and consequent environmental pollution. Furthermore, using the net energy system may reduce diet cost as it allows for increased use of feedstuffs containing fibre in place of feedstuffs containing starch. A brief review of the use of distiller dried grains with solubles in swine diets as an energy source is included.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.42-47
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• 2008

For the purpose of reduction of production cost in the industrial papermaking process, the use of waste paper has been more and more increased as a fibrous raw material, and the closed system of white water became closed more than ever. "Scum" indicates the floated sludge by a flotation during primary wastewater treatment process in paper mills. If the scum is used as the raw material, it could reduce both the raw material and solid waste treatment cost with even small quantity. In this study, the element survey and the toxicity measurement was carried out for recycling scum. A load factor of stock preparation process in paper mills was measured by somerville screen. Physical properties of paper sheet containing the accepted scum from the stock of AOCC or KOCC were evaluated. The result of this study shows that recycling scum has potential to be used in paper making system. It also might be able to reduce the required energy used by the pressing or drainage process, the raw material cost, and solid waste treatment cost due to the recycling of scum.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.233-260
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• 2002

This paper tries to analyze the efficiency structure and regulatory effects in electric power industry by using total factor productivity and indices based on cost function method. This paper performed an empirical analysis on the efficiency improvement and optimal scale taking the cost aspect in electricity industry into account. By expanding the cost structure framework, this paper proposes the analytical method regarding the needs of technology regulation and presents the empirical results which can be verified. Hence, this work can play a key role in decision-making of the national power development and regulatory policy. The empirical result indicates that the electricity industry in Korea has been in the state of economies of scale until 1980s, However, due to sustained growth of power generation, economies of scale declined and subsided after 1980s and then diseconomies of scale is shown recent years. The analysis on the effect of technology regulation shows the national large-scale base-load power plant development-oriented policy until so far contributed substantial cost effect to the electricity industry. The empirical result indicates that the reserve requirement as one of means of technology regulation policy did not contribute to the economies of scale but positive effect on the total factor productivity in Korea.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.542-549
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• 2005

Naval ships are complex weapon systems which play the integrated performance by system integration of many kinds of weapon systems and their leading ships are usually not disposed after test and evaluation but militarised. Then, strict project management is required for naval ship building projects by identifying problems early and by taking prefer measures in time against unexpected situations encountered in the process of the projects. EVMS is a project management system which can manage the schedule and the budget of a project concurrently and estimate the project's time duration and the cost at project completion. In this paper, the applicability and usefulness of WMS is studied for a assumed navai ship building project, in the environment of monetary fluctuations such as price index, wage increase rate and exchange rate.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.1969-1980
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• 2013

우리나라 인구 10만 이상 대다수의 도시는 교통수요 증가로 인해 교통 혼잡이 발생하고 있으며 이로 인한 경제적 손실은 매년 증가하고 있다. 교통 혼잡으로 인한 경제적 손실을 감소시킬 수 있는 방법 중 개인차량의 운행 억제를 위해 카 쉐어링, 렌터카 등의 시스템이 첨단 IT 기술들과 접목되어 등장하고 있다. 이러한 차량 공유는 교통 혼잡을 완화하고 차량의 효율성을 증대시켜 차량유지비 절약, 자동차를 소유하려는 인간의 욕구 감소, 차량소유의 번거로움 완화, 비즈니스 및 개인용무 활용, 대중교통 수단과의 연계성을 향상시키며, 저탄소, 친환경 교통의 구현을 목적으로 하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 차량공유시스템에 대한 개념, 국내외 차량공유 시스템, 각종 교통 시스템의 요금 체계를 고찰하였다. 아울러 자동차 공유기반의 서비스 중 하나인 클라우드 교통 시스템에서 가장 중요한 요소인 최적의 이용 요금에 대해 추정하였다. 이를 위해 유사교통 수단 요금 체계 분석을 통해 운영원가와 이용원가가 포함된 요금을 산정하는 방법론을 제시하였다. 유사교통수단과의 요금 비교분석을 통해 최대, 최소요금 범위를 설정하였으며, 가치기준결정법을 이용해 실제 이용할 수요와 지불의사금액을 추정하였다. 시간당 최소요금은 렌터카 요금과 비교하여 5,333원으로 추정되었으며, 최대요금은 택시요금과 비교하여 17,700원, 이용자의 시간당 지불의사금액은 6,930원으로 추정되었으며, 50%수요시의 가격은 시간당 6,550원으로 추정되었다. 향후연구로 이용자들의 이용시간, 날씨, 수요패턴, 추세 등을 보다 세밀히 분석하여 이를 요금 산정에 반영하는 연구되어야 할 것이다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제12권10호
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• pp.123-128
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• 2014

Purpose - The purpose of the study is to reexamine the price fairness as practiced by low cost airlines, as a consumer has to experience such inconveniences as inferior airport transportation, extra fees on in-flight meals, and non-negotiable seats, and consumers evaluate such experiences keeping in mind their total costs. This evaluation includes price fairness and allows a reasonable and overall consideration of factors of low cost airlines. It tries to set up a measurement of the indicators consumers' perceptions of price fairness academically as it adapts price fairness to airline services which are renowned for price volatility. Research design, data, and methodology - The research proposes an alternative pricing strategy for the long term profit of low cost airlines after going over conflicts between the traditional theory of consumers' price perception mechanism and flexible fair policy of low cost airlines. It was meaningful when it relates to the early stage of the business, while it enhances the risks relating to the long term survival of low cost airlines. In addition, it is significant as it highlights the negative influences on consumers' perceptions of price fairness, as low cost airlines run on extremely low cost perspectives. Results - The results of the research provide insight into four perspectives, as consumers' perceptions of price fairness are influenced by the frequency and range of price changes and services. The first perspective is that it would lead to positive price evaluation when a low cost airline cuts prices frequently with little changes than one big change. It also would lead to the same result when it comes to necessary services. The second perspective is that one big increase of price would rather undermine the negative aspects of price changes than those of several smaller ones. The third perspective is that additional services would be good to consumers' perceptions of price fairness as compared to discount benefits with respect to the cost. Finally, a low cost airline should consider that consumers will change airlines or defer their flight schedule if the flight fares increase beyond their limits. Conclusions - Low cost airlines should reconsider their pricing policies for services that were provided free earlier. A consumer would not like discount benefits when made to pay for services that were, for long, free of charge. If a low cost airline can provide services with no charge, it should improve volumes if the costs are standardized and, moreover, should consider the charging fees. Alternatively, a consumer can choose between services and fair discount. Low cost airlines are implementing sales promotion strategies, as the competition is more intense than it used to be. In these days, they should regard services over sales promotion, as consumers may prefer to spend money on good premium services. Some differentiation in services could create a good market position for the airlines and, hence, good financial performance.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.89-97
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• 2000

EVMS(Earned Value Management System)는 공정-공사비가 통합된 관리기준 상에서 단위 관리항목을 중심으로 계획 대비 실적측정을 통해 공정-공사비 실적 치를 측정, 분석, 예측하는 관리체계로서, 발주자 측면에서는 실적기반의 공사비 집행 및 관리를 통해 예산관리의 효율성을 증진시키며, 시공자측면에서는 공정-공사비 통합을 통한 원가 및 기성관리의 효율화 방안으로서 그 효과를 찾을 수 있다. 최근 우리나라에서도 공공 건설사업 효율화 방안의 일환으로 EVMS에 의한 공정-공사비 통합관리를 시도하고 있으나, EVMS에 대한 지식과 운영기반이 취약한 것으로 나타나고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 국내 건설생산체제를 분석하여 EVMS 개념의 도입을 위한 장애요인과 한계성을 규명하고, 국내 건설환경에 적합한 EVMS에 의한 공정-공사비 통합관리 프로세스 모델을 제안하고자 한다. 이 모델은 6가지 하위 프로세스로 구성된다. : 조직구성, 일정계획, 계약금액 편성, 실적관리기준 설정, 경영분석, 변경사항관리.