• 한국안전학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.124-131
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• 2009

In any form of construction work, it is essential that accidents be prevented at every stage, from foundation preparation to build completion. For this, it is necessary to use models that can assess risk and provide instructions for safe work processes so that the risk of accidents is reduced. Currently, however, very few models can perform these tasks. In this paper, we present a model that assesses risk quantitatively by analyzing the risk factors involved in each stage of construction, such as foundation work, temporary work, structural work, equipment work, and finishing work. The model performs assessment based on examples of accidents and by investigating actual conditions during construction. In addition, we present in this paper a safety management system developed to assess risk during construction and to effectively train laborers.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2011

우리나라는 경제성장과 더불어 건축물의 형태 및 용도, 재료가 다양해지고 첨단화 되고 있는 반면에 도심 곳곳에 노후화된 건축물 밀집 지역들이 자리잡고 있다. 이러한 노후화된 도시는 재해로부터 상당히 취약하며, 특히 화재 발생시 방내화성능이 신축 건물에 비하여 현저히 낮아 화재가 인근 건물로 확대 되어 도시화재로 발전 될 위험성이 높다. 따라서 본 연구는 도시화재위험성 평가시스템 구축을 위하여 도시화재의 발생 위험성과 화재경계지구의 실태 및 우리나라 도시화재 사례의 전파과정을 살펴보고 일본 건축연구소의 "도시화재 시뮬레이션 모델"에 불티의 비산 모델을 추가하여 구축된 평가 모델을 이용한 실화재 사례에 대한 위험성 평가를 실시 하고자 하였다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.120-125
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• 2009

Water stress has become a major concern in agriculture. Korea suffers from limited agricultural water supply, and wastewater reuse has been recommended as an alternative solution.A study was performed to examine the effects of microorganism concentration in the ponded-water of a paddy rice field with reclaimed-water irrigation for evaluating the microbial risk to farmers and neighborhoodchildren.Most epidemiological studies were performed based on an upland field, and they may not directly applicable to paddy fields. Beta-Poisson model was used to estimate the microbial risk of pathogen ingestion. Their risk value increased significantly high level after irrigation and precipitation.It implies that agricultural activities such as plowing, and fertilizing, and precipitation need be practiced a few days after irrigation considering health risks. The results about field application of the microbial risk assessment using E. coli showed difference according to monitoring time and treatment plot. Result of the microbial risk assessment showed that risk values of ground-water and reclaimed secondary waste water irrigation were lower than directly use of wastewater treatment plants' effluent. This paper should be viewed as a first step in the application of quantitative microbial risk assessment of E. coli to wastewater reuse in a paddy rice farming.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.6-11
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• 2010

Embodying the safety of radioactive waste disposal requires the relevant safety criteria and the corresponding stylized methods to demonstrate its compliance with the criteria. This paper proposes a conceptual model of risk-based safety evaluation for integrating complex potential radiation exposure situations in radioactive waste disposal. For demonstrating compliance with a risk constraint, the approach deals with important exposure scenarios from the viewpoint of the receptor to estimate the resulting risk. For respective exposure situations, it considers the occurrence probabilities of the relevant exposure scenarios as their probability of giving rise to doses to estimate the total risk to a representative person by aggregating the respective risks. In this model, an exposure scenario is simply constructed with three components:radionuclide release, radionuclide migration and environment contamination, and interaction between the contaminated media and the receptor. A set of exposure scenarios and the representative person are established from reasonable combinations of the components, based on a balance of their occurrence probabilities and the consequences. In addition, the probability of an exposure scenario is estimated on the assumption that the initiating external factors influence release mechanisms and transport pathways, and its effect on the interaction between the environment and the receptor may be covered in terms of the representative person. This integrated approach enables a systematic risk assessment for complex exposure situations of radioactive waste disposal and facilitates the evaluation of compliance with risk constraints.

• Computational Structural Engineering : An International Journal
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.19-23
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• 2002

A reliability-based cost-benefit model for the risk management of oil platforms in the formulation of optimal decisions based on life-cycle consideration is proposed. The model is based on structural risk assessments and the integration of social issues and economics into the management decision process. Structural risks result from the platform's exposure to the random environmental loading associated with the offshore site where it is located. Several alternative designs of a typical platform are proposed and assessed from the cost-effectiveness viewpoint. This assessment is performed through the generation of cost/benefit relationships that are used, later on, to select the optimal design.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.139-147
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• 2023

전 세계적인 기후 변화로 폭우 빈도가 증가하면서 토사 재해 위험도 또한 높아지고 있다. 토사재해 피해 예측 분야의 기존 연구들은 주로 시설물의 활용 빈도나 역할로 대변되는 내재적 중요도를 평가하는 데 주력하였다. 본 연구는 토석류 시뮬레이션을 통해 구현되는 시설물 외부 조건에 따른 위험도를 평가하는 데 초점을 두고 있다. 토석류 시뮬레이션에는 기존 Random Walk Model (RWM)을 부분 개선하여 활용하였다. 기존 알고리즘은 시뮬레이션 결과가 최대 경사선에 지나치게 집중되는 문제를 보였고, 이를 개선하기 위해 중심셀 높이에 변화를 주고 관성 적용 방법을 수정하였다. 시설물 정보는 수치지형도 Ver.2.0 레이어로부터 수집하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과와 수치지형도 레이어를 중첩하여 각 객체의 피해량을 예측하였다. 면 구조 레이어와 선 구조 레이어에 각각 적합한 예상 피해 산정 기법이 적용되었다. 마지막으로 예측된 피해량, 즉 위험도를 해당 객체의 속성정보와 결합함으로써, 피해가 예상되는 객체 목록 작성과 각종 통계 도출, 그리고 각 시설물의 위험도를 지도에 표현할 수 있는 체계를 마련하였다. 본 연구는 이해하기 쉬운 시뮬레이션 알고리즘을 사용하고 상세한 위험도 정보를 지도에 표현할 수 있는 기법을 제안하였다. 이러한 점에서 본 연구가 토석류 위험도 평가 체계를 사용자 친화적으로 발전시키는 데 도움이 될 것이라 기대한다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.145-151
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• 2010

Perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) is a kinds of persistent organic pollutants, and have the potential toxicity of which is causing great concern. In this study, we employed Oryzias latipes embryos to investigate the developmental toxicity of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)s compound using flowthrow system for 14 day. O. latipes embryos were exposed to solvent control, 20, 40 and 80 mg/L of PFOS and 62.5, 130, 260 mg/L of PFOA respectively. After exposure, hatchability, mortality, total length and heart beats were examined. Hatching rates were reduced approximately 27% in the 80 mg/L PFOS-treated group and 17% in the 62.5, 130 mg/L PFOA-treated groups. Heart beats in the PFOS-treated groups were reduced at 7 day but, PFOA-treated groups were increased heart beats. 80 mg/L PFOS treated group showed significant reduction in growth (total length) level to 90% of control. But PFOA did not showed significant effect on growth. In the 14 days $LC_{50}$ of PFOS and PFOA was 22.74 mg/L and 173 mg/L, respectively. The overall results indicated that the early stage of O. latipes might be a reliable model for the testing of developmental toxicity to perfluorinated chemicals.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.515-525
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• 2019

A karst collapse, as a natural hazard, is totally different to a normal collapse. In recent years, karst collapses have caused substantial economic losses and even threatened human safety. A risk assessment model for karst collapse was developed based on the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) and grey relational analysis (GRA), which is a simple and effective mathematical algorithm. An evaluation index played an important role in the process of completing the risk assessment model. In this study, the proposed model was applied to Jiaobai village in southwest China. First, the main controlling factors were summarized as an evaluation index of the model based on an investigation and statistical analysis of the natural formation law of karst collapse. Second, the FAHP was used to determine the relative weights and GRA was used to calculate the grey relational coefficient among the indices. Finally, the relational sequence of evaluation objects was established by calculating the grey weighted relational degree. According to the maximum relational rule, the greater the relational degree the better the relational degree with the hierarchy set. The results showed that the model accurately simulated the field condition. It is also demonstrated the contribution of various control factors to the process of karst collapse and the degree of collapse in the study area.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2023년도 봄 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.363-364
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• 2023

The tunnel construction projects is demanded more efficient risk management measures and loss forecasts to prepare for risk losses from an increase in the trend of tunnel construction. This study aims to analyze the risk factors that caused the loss of material in actual tunnel construction and to develop a quantified predictive loss model, based on the past loss record of tunnel construction projects.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.353-359
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• 2006

Transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana plants harboring the coat protein(CP) gene of Zucchini green mottle mosaic virus(ZGMMV) were chosen as a model host for the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants with virus resistance. This study was focused on whether new virus type may arise during serial inoculation of one point CP mutant of ZGMMV on the transgenic plants. In vitro transcripts derived from the non-functional CP mutant were inoculated onto the virus-tolerant and -susceptible transgenic N. benthamiana plants. Any notable viral symptoms that could arise on the inoculated transgenic host plants were not detected, even though the inoculation experiment was repeated a total of ten times. This result suggests that potential risk associated with the CP-expressiing transgenic plants may not be significant. However, cautions must be taken as it does not guarantee environmental safety of these CP-mediated virus-resistant plants, considering the limited number of the transgenic plants tested in this study. Further study at a larger scale is needed to evaluate the environmental risk that might be associated with the CP-mediated virus resistant plant.