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Comparison of Measured and Predicted $^3H$ Concentrations in Environmental Media around the Wolsung Site for the Validation of INDAC Code (주면피폭선량 평가코드(INDAC)의 검증을 위한 월성원전 주면 삼중수소 농도 실측치와 예측치의 비교 평가)

  • Jang, Si-Young;Kim, Chang-Kyu;Rho, Byung-Hwan
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.75-80
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    • 2000
  • The predicted results of INDAC code were compared with measured $^3H$ concentrations in air and pine-needle around the Wolsung site. The optimal sets of input data to INDAC were in addition selected by comparing the measured values with the predicted values of INDAC based on various conditions such as the release modes of effluents into the environment, the classification of wind classes, and the consideration of terrain. The predicted $^3H$ concentrations in air and pine-needle were shown to have good agreement with measured values, although there are some limitations such as uncertainties in measured values, complex topology around the site, and the land-sea breeze effects. The assumption on the $^3H$ behavior in vegetables or plants that the ratio of $^3H$ concentration in plant water to $^3H$ concentration in atmospheric water is 1/2 was shown to be conservative in terms of the audit calculation performed by the regulator. It was also found that data sets based on mixed mode and no terrain data were not appropriate for the audit calculation ensuring the compliance with regulations. Thus, if the mixed mode is considered as the release mode of effluents into the environment, meteorological data measured at 58 m height and terrain data should be used to evaluate the atmospheric dispersion factor.

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Evaluation of Sanitation Management Practices and Microbiological Quality of Foods in Kindergarten Foodservice Settings (유치원 급식의 위생관리 실태조사 및 미생물적 품질평가)

  • Lee, Joo-Eun;Choi, Kyung-Sook;Kang, Young-Jae;Kwak, Tong-Kung
    • Korean journal of food and cookery science
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.515-530
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    • 2012
  • This research aims to audit foodservice sanitation management practices and to assess microbiological quality of foods and their food contact environments in kindergartens. Sanitation auditing was conducted in 10 kindergartens in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon areas to assess the levels of safety practices. Results revealed that the surveyed kindergartens scored 41.4 out of 100 points, on average. The average scores of each category were 6.4/11 (58.1%) for facilities sanitation, 4.2/12 (35.0%) for equipment sanitation, 2.4/10 (24.0%) for personal hygiene, 5.1/10 (51.0%) for food ingredients management, 6.0/17 (35.3%) for production process, 5.4/10 (54.0%) for environmental sanitation, 2.0/6 (33.3%) for kitchen utensils sanitation, and 2.2/6 (96.7%) for safety management. Microbiological quality of raw, prepared foods, personal sanitation (hands), environmental sanitation, and drinking water were assessed. Total plate counts (TPC) of the following menus exceeded the critical limit: seasoned leek (5 log CFU/g), cucumber (5.0 log CFU/g), panbroiled fish paste (TNTC at $10^4$), tangpyeongchae (5.3 log CFU/g), egg rolls (6.1 log CFU/g), panbroiled sausage (TNTC at $10^4$), and soft tofu pot stew (TNTC at $10^4$). Coliform which exceeded the standard limit were detected from seasoned leek (2 log CFU/g), cucumber (2.5 log CFU/g), panbroiled fish paste (2.0 log CFU/g), egg roll (3.8 log CFU/g), tangpyeongchae (4.0 log CFU/g), panbroiled sausage (2.3 log CFU/g), and soft tofu pot stew (3.7 log CFU/g). For seasoned foods (muchim), S. aureus ranged 2.2~2.9 log CFU/g. In food workers' hands, microbial profiles ranged 3.8~7.9 log CFU/hand for TPC, ND~4.5 log CFU/hand for coliforms, ND~4.7 log CFU/hand for S. aureus, and ND~5.3 log CFU/hand for Enterobacteriaceae. Microbiological profiles of food contact surface of knives, cutting boards, dish-clothes, and trays showed possibilities of cross-contamination. General bacteria were 2.1~4.5 logCFU/ml in 4 purified water samples and E. coli were found in the kitchen of one kindergarten. These results suggested that environmental sanitation management practices need more strict improvement: effective sanitation education methods and practices were strongly required, and more strict sanitation management for cooking utensils and equipment were required.

The Study on Improvement for Prevention and Nonproliferation on Infectious Disease Proliferations (감염병 예방 및 확산 방지를 위한 개선방안에 관한 연구)

  • Roh, Tae-Ho
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.144-150
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    • 2017
  • The inflow of infectious diseases is increasing due to the expansion of exchanges between countries and climate change. The public concern and anxiety about the increase of the possibility of infectious disease due to the social environment change are increasing greatly.These pandemics are a serious threat to the economy. Hence, multifaceted efforts are required to prevent them from spreading.In many hospitals, it is very important to promptly report infectious diseases, such as the CDC, when infectious diseases occur. In addition, it is difficult to separate general patients and suspected infected patients in these facilities, so there is a high risk of infection spreading within them. The paper presents the improvements of prevention and nonproliferation by researching the occurrence of infectious diseases, the method of separating infected patients, and the methods of preventing infectious diseases based on the audit results of MERS of the Board of Audit and Inspection.

The Institutional Elements and Institutional Congruence of National and Local Accounting System (국가회계와 지방회계의 구성요소와 제도적 정합성)

  • Lim, Dongwan
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.17 no.10
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    • pp.343-359
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    • 2017
  • This study aims to analyze the government accounting system of South Korea on the institutional complex and institutional congruence of new institutional theory and suggests policy reform for the system. I researched the literatures on the national and local accounting system and compiled research materials from the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, the Ministry of Interior and Safety, the Board of Audit and Inspection, and Government Accounting and Finance Statistics Center websites. Analysis showed that the government accounting system consists of various elements in institutional complex and the congruence level of national and local accounting system of South Korea is low in production, disclosure, and application of information. The suggestions of this study include: introducing accounting position recruitment, adopting government audit system, and improving cooperation between national accounting organizations and local accounting organizations for reliable information production; disclosing real time information and revealing information linking national and local accounting for transparent information disclosure; educating information user, providing accurate cost and available financial analysis indicators, introducing chief financial officer, and expanding range of consolidated national financial statements for information application.

Simultaneous Determination of Plasticizers in Food Simulants Using GC/MS

  • Park, Na-Young;Yoon, Hae-Jung;Kwak, In-Shin;Jeon, Dae-Hoon;Choi, Hyun-Chul;Eum, Mi-Ok;Kim, Hyung-Il;Sung, Jun-Hyun;Kim, So-Hee;Lee, Young-Ja
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.93-98
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    • 2009
  • Migration levels of plasticizers, di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), benzyl-butyl phthalate (BBP), di-n-octyl phthalate(DNOP), di-iso-decyl phthalate (DIDP) and di-iso-nonyl phthalate (DINP), di-(2-ethylhexyl) adipate (DEHA), from 46 poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) wrap films and 54 PVC gaskets into food simulants were determined using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The method was validated with limit of detection (LOD) of $0.01{\sim}0.02\;{\mu}g/mL$ for DBP, BBP, DNOP and DEHA, and $2\;{\mu}g/mL$ for DIDP and DINP. The linearity were found to be > 0.99 for all the compounds in concentration range of $0.1{\sim}81.4\;{\mu}g/mL$, and overall recoveries were ranged from 90.4 ~ 99.6%. DBP, BBP, DNOP, DEHA, DIDP and DINP were not detected in food simulants, except 1 wrap sample from which 0.28 and $0.99\;{\mu}g/mL$ of DEHA were detected respectively when tested with 20% ethanol and n-heptane as food simulants. These values were below the regulatory limitation in European Union (EU).

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Audit of Appropriateness of Fresh Frozen Plasma Transfusion (신선동결혈장의 적정수혈 분석)

  • Seo, Youkyung;Kim, Moon Jung;Kim, Sinyoung;Kim, Hyun Ok
    • The Korean Journal of Blood Transfusion
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.136-144
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    • 2012
  • Background: Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) transfusion is administered primarily for management of acquired bleeding disorders. However, in practice, FFP transfusion is increasing without a solid rationale. Methods: We conducted an audit to evaluate the appropriateness of the indications for FFP transfusion during the period from July 2010 through June 2011. Assessment of the appropriateness of the indications was based on the national transfusion guidelines and the transfusion criteria promulgated by the Severance Hospital. Results: In total, 17,733 units of plasma were transfused to 1,949 patients over 4,982 events. We found that administration of FFP was not in compliance with the recommended guidelines in 1,990 events. The number of total FFP transfusions was higher in medical departments (Gastroenterology) than in surgical departments (Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, General surgery). However, the proportion of cases of inappropriate transfusion was higher in surgical departments than in medical departments. Both the total number of FFP transfusion and the proportion of inappropriate transfusion were high in patient with neoplasm, disease of the digestive system, and diseases of the circulatory system. Conclusion: Continuous monitoring on appropriateness for FFP transfusion and feedback to the physician are critical in securing the transfusion safety as well as maintaining the quality of FFP transfusion. New-found indication for FFP transfusion should be investigated and applied in timely manner.

A Status of the Marine Traffic Congestion Assessment and Research for Improving a Technical Standards (기술논문 - 해상교통혼잡도 평가의 현황과 기술 기준 개선을 위한 연구)

  • Um, Han-Chan;Jang, Woon-Jae;Cho, Ik-Soon
    • Journal of Korea Ship Safrty Technology Authority
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    • s.32
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    • pp.72-83
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    • 2012
  • 중대한 해양사고를 예방하고 잠재적인 해양사고의 원인을 제거하기 위하여 해상교통안전진단 제도가 "해상교통안전법" 개정('09. 5. 27)을 통해 정식 제도화되었다. 법 시행 이후 수행된 연구 중 하나인 '해상안전진단제도의 기술기준 및 고도화 연구'에서는 관련 평가 중 하나인 해상 교통혼잡도 평가에 사용되는 환산교통량 및 표준선이 현재 선박의 대형화 및 고속화 추세를 반영하고 있지 못함을 제시, 개선의 필요성을 말하였다. 이에 먼저 관련한 일본의 이론과 국내 진단대행업자의 평가 이론 현황을 파악 분석한 바, 이론 및 진단대행업자 별로 분석요소들을 다르게 사용하고 있어 표준화의 필요성을 발견하였고 또한 2010년 선박 입출항 통계를 이용한 선박현황을 분석한바 이론에서 사용하는 표준선과는 상당이 차이가 있음이 나타났다. 이후 관련 개선을 위한 기술기준(안)을 제안하여 전문가들의 의견 수렴과 이를 분석한 결과, 비록 소수의 상반된 의견이 있었지만, 표준선 변경에 따른 환산교통량 변화가 해상교통혼잡도에 미치는 영향은 그리 크지 않음을 알 수 있었다. 마지막으로 평가관련 개선을 위한 최종 기술기준(안) 및 앞으로 발전방향을 제시하여 해상교통 혼잡도 평가 발전을 위한 연구기반을 마련하고자 하였다.

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A Proposal for Risk Management according to Organizational Tendency for the Overseas EPC Projects of Public Company (공기업 해외발전 EPC 사업 진출 시 조직성향에 따른 위험관리 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Jang, Hyung Sik;Koo, Il Seob
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.67-76
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    • 2022
  • Power generation construction projects involving large amounts of capital can affect the survival of a company along with huge economic losses in the event of a business failure. In general, private companies are organizations with challenging risk taking tendencies while public companies have a risk averse tendency to avoid risk, so these differences in organizational tendencies make it difficult to respond to risk. In particular, public companies are more likely to fail than private companies because they choose the contradiction of risk picking to enter overseas markets with high uncertainty despite their tendency to risk averse due to the nature of the organization. Therefore, these organizations need risk management techniques that reflect a risk-averse strategy. Accordingly, this paper analyzes the risk management research papers of the existing overseas development EPC business in order to find the risk management techniques related to the organizational tendencies of public companies and proposes "establishing a performance audit system for risk management of the organizational tendencies of public companies" as a way to extract the risk factors through the examples of overseas development projects of public companies and to manage the organizational tendencies of public companies that affect them.

Conflict of Interersts in Scientific Study and Bioethics as Professionalism

  • Lee, Kyung-Hee
    • Development and Reproduction
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.477-482
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    • 2013
  • Science in the 21st century does not consider participants' welfare, safety and human rights in clinical studies, but modern science puts economic profits in its priority. This leads to a growing concern about social responsibility and professionalism ethics of companies, sponsors and scientists. Specifically, there is no way to control conflicts of participants' welfare with economic profits, leading to simply relying on individual ethics, social responsibilities and audit. This paper helps relevant agencies and people involved understand conflict of interest. Also this study presents the guidelines as well as independence, autonomy, ethical imagination and phronesis required for scientists.

Association of Human Error on Air Traffic Controller and Pilot (항공교통관제사와 조종사 인적오류의 연계성)

  • Moon, Woo-Choon;Choi, Youn-Chul;Yang, Han-Mo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.35-40
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    • 2008
  • There are many studies indicate that human is one of the major contributing factors to the aviation accident. To this end, the Human Factor of pilots and in flight operations has been a popular subject to be studied, however, not of the air traffic controllers. Recently, some States have started studying Human Errors in Air Traffic Control field, removal of the potential errors in advance and prevention of the similar errors. This study analyzed Human Errors in air traffic control in terms of LOSA of airlines, which has been actively studied. This study will contribute to safe Flight Operation and Air Traffic Control.

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