• 한국안전학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.111-118
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• 2019

Accidents occurring due to natural disasters in chemical process facilities where technologies are concentrated can cause secondary damage. The concept of the relationship between natural disasters and highly intensive technologies has evolved into the Natech (Natural Hazards Triggered Technological Disaster) research. Currently, the number of earthquakes is increasing all over the Korean peninsula. To assess the risk of Natech when an earthquake has occurred in South Korea, the Rapid Natech Risk Assessment Tool (RAPID-N) developed by the European Commission's Joint Research Center (EC JRC) was used in the present study. The RAPID-N can be used for Natech risk assessment based on mapping and can be utilized for sufficient preparation for reduction of the effects of Natech accidents. A total of 261 chemical facilities actually existing in Pohang were initially analyzed to select eight facilities and the Pohang earthquake that occurred in 2017 was implemented in the RAPID-N utilizing the shake map. High risk areas were selected through Natech risk assessments for the selected eight work places and countermeasures for the areas were suggested. High risk areas exist depending on the location, since the damage influence ranges could be overlapped and each chemical facility has an independent probability of Natech. Therefore, studies on Natech emergency plans and emergency evacuation routes should be actively conducted considering such high risk areas. The present study was conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of Natech risk assessment in South Korea through the RAPID-N. These findings can be used as a reference material to lay a foundation for Natech risk assessment and related policies in South Korea.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.57-66
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• 2021

Along with the increase in demand for rescue services, the types of rescue services are also diversifying. Accordingly, rescue workers are exposed to various unpredictable dangerous situations, and the possibility of safety accidents is increasing, so the need for systematic management of safety accidents by rescue teams is emerging. It is necessary to present a roadmap for improving the quality of rescue services. An integrated technology roadmap tool that can be used immediately to improve structural quality was applied. The driving elements of the roadmap are composed of three elements that constitute the improvement of structural quality. It can be divided into safety management, professional competence and other (policy support) fields. This study intends to present a long-term and short-term roadmap by dividing it into safety management, professional competency, and other (policy support) fields.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2023

As the first step of risk management, risk identification is inevitable to understand the degree of work safety. However, the safety requirements can be divided in necessary factors and additional factors. Thus, we propose a safety requirements assessment model using Kano model derived from Herzberg's two-factor theory, classifying safety requirements into ideal elements and must-be elements. The Kano model is usually applied to evaluate customer satisfaction divided into three major requirements in the fields of product development and marketing: attractive, must-be, and one-dimensional requirements. Among them, attractive requirement and must-be requirement are matched with ideal element and must-be element for safety requirement classification, respectively. The ideal element is defined as preventive safety elements to make systems more safe and the must-be element is referred to as fatal elements to be essentially eliminated in systems. Also, coefficients of safety measurement and safety prevention are developed to classify different class of safety requirements. The positioning map is finally visualized in terms of both coefficients to compare the different features. Consequently, the proposed model enables safety managers to make a decision between safety measurement and prevention.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.82-88
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• 2017

Emergency lights and exit signs are an indispensable part of safety precautions for effective evacuation in case of emergency in public buildings. These emergency sign indicates safe escape routes and emergency doors, using an internationally recognizable sign. However visibility of those signs drops drastically in case of emergency situations like fire smoke, etc. and loss of visibility causes serious problems for safety evacuation. This paper propose a novel emergency light and exit sign built-in with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacon to assist the emergency self-guiding evacuation using devices for crisis and emergency management to avoid panic condition inside the buildings. In this approach, the emergency light and exit sign with the BLE beacons deployed in the indoor environments and the smart devices detect their indoor positions, direction to move, and next exit sign position from beacon messages and interact with map server in the Internet / Intranet over the available LTE and/or Wi-Fi network connectivity. The map server generate an optimal emergency exit path according to the nearest emergency exit based on a novel graph generation method for less route computation for each smart device. All emergency exit path data interfaces among three system components, the emergency exit signs, map server, and smart devices, have been defined for modular implementation of our emergency evacuation system. The proposed exit sign experimental system has been deployed and evaluated in real-time building environment thoroughly and gives a good evidence that the modular design of the proposed exit sign system and a novel approach to compute emergency exit path route based on the BLE beacon message, map server, and smart devices is competitive and viable.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.1617-1623
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• 2018

최근 자율주행차와 같이 고정밀의 위치 정확도를 요구하는 기술이 개발됨에 따라 정확도가 높은 위치정보 교환 기술 또는 위치참조방법 개발의 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 정밀전자지도를 이용하는 차로 수준의 위치참조방법 프레임워크를 제안하고, 새로운 위치참조방법을 구현, 분석 및 평가할 수 있는 툴(tool)의 설계 및 개발을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 위치참조방법의 필요성과 정의, 그리고 정확도 높은 위치 정보의 교환을 위한 정밀전자지도의 기본 구조를 제안하고, 이를 기반으로 차로 수준의 위치참조방법을 위한 프레임워크를 제시하였다. 프레임워크의 실제 구현 및 테스트, 분석을 위해 필요한 분석 평가 툴을 개발하기 위해 기본 아키텍처 설계 및 그에 따른 실제 C/C++ 기반의 윈도우 응용 프로그램 개발을 수행하였다. 마지막으로 분석 평가 툴을 이용해서 이종 정밀전자지도 간의 위치 정보를 교환하는 테스트를 통해 그 실효성을 검증하였다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.425-434
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• 2014

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to introduce the establishment process and results of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's road map on environmental health policy. Methods: The process consisted of expert group meetings, civic participation, research, and questionnaire survey for priority environmental health policy agenda items in Seoul. Results: The announced vision for the environmental health policy was "a healthy environment, safety in Seoul". This policy was established in order to define environment health policy initiatives for a period of five years with an aim to protect Seoul citizens' health from hazardous environmental factors. The resulting Seoul environmental health policy consisted of four areas and 16 key agenda items. The four areas were "Protection for children against hazardous materials", "Enhancement of health and safety of all", "Carcinogen-free and endocrine-disrupting chemical-free Seoul (reducing environmental exposure to hazardous materials), and "Establish the foundation of environmental health policy". Sixteen key agenda items include the enhancement of management of spaces for children, certification of environmental health status at schools, establishment of a unit responsible for the environmental health of children, strengthening environmental health management for susceptible populations (children, the aged, and the socioeconomically vulnerable), management of hazardous materials, physical hazardous factors (noise, radiation, etc.), indoor air quality, and the enhancement of monitoring, research, and regulation of environment health. Conclusion: The Seoul Metropolitan Government established an environmental health policy road map for a five-year period (2013-2017). To implement this environmental health policy, budget allocation, and detailed execution plans are required.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.143-149
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• 2018

Background: We evaluated the changes in mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR), and the anesthetic and hemostatic effects, after injection of 2% lidocaine containing various concentrations of epinephrine in rats and mice to determine the appropriate concentration of epinephrine in various anesthetic mixtures. Methods: Rats and mice were randomly allocated to experimental groups: 2% lidocaine without epinephrine (L0), 2% lidocaine with epinephrine 1:200,000 (L200), 1:100,000 (L100), and 1:80,000 (L80). Changes in MAP and HR after administration of the anesthetic mixture were evaluated using a physiological recording system in rats. Onset and duration of local anesthesia was evaluated by pricking the hind paw of mice. A spectrophotometric hemoglobin assay was used to quantify the hemostatic effect. Results: MAP increased in response to epinephrine in a dose-dependent manner; it was significantly higher in the L80 group than in the L0 group at 5 min post-administration. The HR was relatively lower in the L0 group than in the L80 group. The time required for onset of action was < 1 min in all evaluation groups. The duration of action and hemostatic effect of the local anesthetic were significantly better in the L200, L100, and L80 groups than in the L0 group. Conclusion: L200 demonstrated relatively stable MAP and HR values with satisfactory efficacy and hemostatic effect. L200 might be a better local anesthetic for dental patients in terms of anesthetic efficacy and safety.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.273-282
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• 2017

This paper is aimed at proposing a new approach to connecting the measurements of customer satisfaction on healthcare services with the prioritized identification of healthcare service processes to be improved. As customers' requirements for healthcare services have become too diverse and healthcare service systems have been increasingly complex, there has been growing interest in the customer-oriented evaluation of healthcare service quality and the systematic improvement of healthcare service processes. Most of the previous studies on service quality evaluation are based on SERVQUAL model. However, because of the unique characteristics and constraints inherent in healthcare service systems, it has been reported that SERVQUAL would be inadequate to be applied to healthcare service systems. As an alternative, SERVPERF has recently been widely used in the evaluation of healthcare service quality. However, there is a lack of studies on how to use the measurements of healthcare service quality systematically to improve service functions and processes. With this issue in mind, we firstly measured the customer-perceived satisfaction on the healthcare service quality from the six dimensions based on SERVPERF. Then we identified the relationships between the subjective measurements and healthcare service processes through brainstorming and expert interview. By using the relationships, we developed a customer journey map in healthcare services that visually describe the interaction between customers and healthcare service systems. The developed customer journey map would help service designers easily identify a healthcare service process that needs to be improved with priority. It is expected that the design improvement process proposed in this study would be a useful method for enhancing the quality of healthcare services.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2014

최근 국가적인 차원에서 사회 안전에 대한 관심도가 증가하면서 범죄를 효율적으로 예방할 수 있는 다양한 활동을 수행하고 있다. 기존의 범죄관련 지도는 주로 범죄발생 현황에 대한 정보를 행정구역 단위로 사용자에게 제공하기 때문에 정작 여성 및 밤길을 이용하는 보행자가 안전한 도로를 사전에 파악할 수는 없었다. 이에 본 연구에서는 수치지도 2.0을 이용하여 손쉽게 범죄에 위험한 지역을 추출할 수 있는 기법을 개발하였다. 수치지도 2.0에서 범죄발생에 위험한 지역을 찾기 위해서 도로중심선과 건물 레이어의 위치정보와 속성정보를 사용하였다. 도로중심선 레이어에서는 포장재질, 도로폭의 속성정보와 도로와 도로가 교차하는 교차각 정보를 부가적으로 추출하여 활용하였다. 건물 레이어에서는 건물종류에 대한 속성정보를 사용하였다. 도로중심선과 도로교차점에 포장재질, 도로폭, 도로교차각, 건물종류 등을 고려하였을 경우의 위험점수를 모두 합산하여 설정된 임계값을 벗어나는 지역을 범죄발생이 일어날 수 있는 위험지역으로 추출하였다. 본 연구에서 개발한 방법론을 검증하기 위해서 실험을 수행하였다. 실험을 통해서 수치지도 2.0의 도로와 건물 레이어만을 이용하여 공간적인 측면에서 범죄 발생에 지역을 추출할 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과는 향후 범죄 예방의 행정적인 측면에서는 식별된 범죄 발생에 취약한 지역에 대해 가로등, 보안등과 같은 안전시설물을 추가적으로 설치함으로 위험지역의 안전도를 높일 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.171-179
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• 2005

건물의 마감재료가 화재에 노출될 때 그 마감재료의 역할을 이해하는 것은 필수적이다. 실물화재실험을 통해서 재료의 성능을 평가하는 것이 가능하다. 그러나 실물화재 실험 시 소요되는 시간과 높은 비용으로 인해 실물 화재 실험이 수행되는 경우는 드물고 대신 컴퓨터 화재 시뮬레이션이 개발되어 왔다. 컴퓨터 화재 시뮬레이션에서는 초기입력 데이터로서 점화 버너의 화염으로부터의 Heat Flux Map이 요구된다. 현재까지의 연구에서는 열전대 혹은 열유속 센서와 같은 실험장치의 제한으로 인해 $10kW/m^2$간격의 Heat Flux Map이 나와있을 뿐이고 공간적으로 더 상세한 Heat Flux Map은 없는 실정이다. 화재 시뮬레이션의 성능을 증가시키기 위해서는 점화 버너로부터의 정확하고 상세한 Heat Flux Map이 필요불가결하다. 본 연구의 목적은 적외선 카메라로부터 얻어진 표면온도를 이용하여 벽에서 점화 버너 화염에 대한 Heat Flux Happing Procedure를 개발하는 것이다. 높은 수준의 공간적 해상도는 적외선 카메라로부터 제공된다. 개발된 Heat Flux Mapping Procedure를 증명하기 위해서 ISO 9705 점화버너를 이용해서 실험이 행해졌다. 실험 결과를 통해 개발된 Heat Flux Mapping방법의 열유속 해상도와 공간적 해상도가 얻어졌다. 또한 그 실험 결과가 현재 쓰여지고 있는 Heat Flux Map과 비교되었다.