• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.360-365
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• 2008

In the last several years, studies on the association of oxidative stress damage with exposure in the work place have been conducted. Xenobiotics create an imbalance of the homeostasis between oxidant molecules and antioxidant defense. By monitoring oxidative stress biomarkers, information was obtained on damages induced by oxidative stress and the toxicity of xenobiotics. In the present study, a Job Exposure Matrix (JEM) was constructed using the data from the Working Environment Measurement (WEM) of painters in the shipyard industry from the past 3 years to assess the exposure status. Additionally, by measuring the concentration of urinary malondialdehyde (MDA), the effect of lipid peroxidation was examined. The subjects consisted of 68 workers who were exposed to mixed organic solvents in the painting process and 25 non-exposure controls. The exposure indices of the exposure groups were significantly different (sprayer: 0.83, touchup: 0.54, assistant: 0.13, P<0.05). The urinary MDA concentration of the exposure group was 48.60${\pm}$ 39.23 ${\mu}mol$/mol creatinine, which was significantly higher than 18.03${\pm}$16.33 ${\mu}mol$/mol creatinine of the control group (P<0.05). From the multiple regression analysis of urinary MDA, the regression coefficient for exposure grade was statistically significant. In future studies, evaluation of the antioxidant levels of subjects should be performed simultaneously with quantitative exposure measurements.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.243-253
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• 2013

극심해지는 경쟁 환경 속에서 경쟁우위 확보를 위하여 SCM을 도입하는 기업들이 증가하고 있다. 공급망 프로세스의 복잡성과 SCM 도입에 투입되는 막대한 기업 자원을 감안할 때 성공적인 SCM 구축을 위해서는 자사의 공급망 수준에 대한 정확한 진단을 통해 취약점 및 개선점을 파악하는 것이 필수적이라 할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 SCM 성과 측정지표에 관한 선행 연구를 살펴보고 대표적인 ETO 산업인 조선업을 대상으로 업종의 특성에 맞는 공급망 수준진단 프레임워크를 제안한다. 특히 가트너에서 제안한 공급망의 주요 3개 프로세스인 수요, 공급, 제품 관리를 기준으로 조선소의 공급망 프로세스를 세부 프로세스로 분해하고, 분해된 각 프로세스 별로 공급망 수준을 진단할 수 있는 측정지표를 제안한다. 또한 사례 연구를 통하여 제안된 공급망 수준진단 프레임워크를 실제 조선소의 공급망에 적용해 보고, 현실적 의미를 도출해 본다.

• Strategy21
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• 통권31호
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• pp.57-84
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• 2013

North Korea's continuous threats and provocative behaviors have aggravated tension on the Korean peninsula particularly with the recent nuclear weapons test. South Korea's best way to cope with this situation is to maintain the balance among three policy directions: dialogue, sanctions, and deterrence. Among the three, I argue that deterrence should be prioritized. There are different sources of deterrence such as military power, economic power, and diplomatic clouts. States can build deterrence capability independently. Alternatively, they may do so through relations with other states including alliances, bilateral relations, or multilateral relations in the international community. What South Korea needs most urgently is to maintain deterrence against North Korea's local provocations through the enhancement of independent military capability particularly by addressing the asymmetric vulnerability between militaries of the South and the North. Most of all, the South Korean government should recognize the seriousness of the negative consequences that North Korea's 'Nuclear shadow strategy' would bring about for the inter-Korea relations and security situations in Northeast Asia. Based on this understanding, it should develop an 'assertive deterrence strategy' that emphasizes 'multi-purpose, multi-stage, and tailored deterrence whose main idea lies in punitive retaliation.' This deterrence strategy requires a flexible targeting policy and a variety of retaliatory measures capable of taking out all targets in North Korea. At the same time, the force structures of the army, the air force, and the navy should be improved in a way that maximizes their deterrence capability. For example, the army should work on expanding the guided missile command and the special forces command and reforming the reserve forces. The navy and the air force should increase striking capabilities including air-to-ground, ship-to-ground, and submarine-to-ground strikes to a great extent. The marine corps can enhance its deterrence capability by changing the force structure from the stationary defense-oriented one that would have to suffer some degree of troop attrition at the early stage of hostilities to the one that focuses on 'counteroffensive landing operations.' The government should continue efforts for defense reform in order to obtain these capabilities while building the 'Korean-style triad system' that consists of advanced air, ground, and surface/ subsurface weapon systems. Besides these measures, South Korea should start to acquire a minimum level of nuclear potential within the legal boundary that the international law defines. For this, South Korea should withdraw from the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. Moreover, it should obtain the right to process and enrich uranium through changing the U.S.-South Korea nuclear cooperation treaty. Whether or not we should be armed with nuclear weapons should not be understood in terms of "all or nothing." We should consider an 'in-between' option as the Japanese case proves. With regard to the wartime OPCON transition, we need to re-consider the timing of the transition as an effort to demonstrate the costliness of North Korea's provocative behaviors. If impossible, South Korea should take measures to make the Strategic Alliance 2015 serve as a persisting deterrence system against North Korea. As the last point, all the following governments of South Korea should keep in mind that continuing reconciliatory efforts should always be pursued along with other security policies toward North Korea.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2023

본 논문은 국내 조선산업의 요양 재해 현황에 나타난 미숙련 기술인력들의 높은 재해 발생률을 낮추기 위한 방안으로 XR(Extended reality) 기술을 활용한 훈련 콘텐츠 도입의 필요성을 윈치를 활용한 케이블 포설을 중심으로 제시하였다. 국내 조선산업의 요양재해율은 타 제조업에 비해 평균 97.4%(2017~2020)나 높았으며, 특히 조선산업요양 재해의 31.8% 이상이 근속 기간 6개월 미만의 근로자들에게 발생하여 이는 신규입사자들이 업무에 대한 정보 부족과 미숙련도 및 작업환경에 익숙하지 못한 것이 그 원인으로 보인다. 최근 조선산업은 경기 회복으로 많은 신규인력이 유입되고 있으며, 이로 인해 재해 발생률이 높아질 가능성이 있다. 이런 점은 단기간에 신규인력들을 작업환경에 익숙해지는 데 도움이 되는 훈련방법을 도입할 필요가 있음을 말해준다. 국내 조선소의 교육훈련은 용접, 도장, 기계설치, 전기설치 등 특정 기술의 숙련에 치우쳐 있으며 작업환경에 익숙해질 수 있는 훈련은 작업용 2D 도면을 이용하여 선박 건조방법 등을 설명하는 단편적인 교육에 머무르고 있다. 이러한 이유로 현장에서는 다시 OJT(On-the-Job Traning)를 반복 실시하고 있는 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 XR 기술을 활용한 훈련의 도입을 제안하고 구체적인 예로 Unity로 선박에서 윈치를 활용한 케이블 포설(Pulling) 작업 과정을 XR 기반 훈련 콘텐츠로 구현하였다. 개발된 콘텐츠를 활용하면 신규작업자들이 가상공간에서 시뮬레이션을 통해 실제 작업 과정을 미리 경험하고, 이를 통해 신규인력이 작업환경에 익숙해지는 데 도움을 줄 수 있는 보다 효과적인 훈련 콘텐츠가 될 수 있음을 예증하였다.

• International Journal of Ocean System Engineering
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.185-194
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• 2012

A Macroscopic combination of two or more distinct materials is commonly referred to as a "Composite Material", having been designed mechanically and chemically superior in function and characteristic than its individual constituent materials. Composite materials are used not only for aerospace and military, but also heavily used in boat/ship building and general composite industries which we are seeing increasingly more. Regardless of the various applications for composite materials, the industry is still limited and requires better fabrication technology and methodology in order to expand and grow. An example of this is that the majority of fabrication facilities nearby still use an antiquated wet lay-up process where fabrication still requires manual hand labor in a 3D environment impeding productivity of composite product design advancement. As an expert in the advanced composites field, I have developed fabrication skills with the use of machinery based on my past composite experience. In autumn 2011, the Korea government confirmed to fund my project. It is the development of a composite sanding machine. I began development of this semi-robotic prototype beginning in 2009. It has possibilities of replacing or augmenting the exhaustive and difficult jobs performed by human hands, such as sanding, grinding, blasting, and polishing in most often, very awkward conditions, and is also will boost productivity, improve surface quality, cut abrasive costs, eliminate vibration injuries, and protect workers from exposure to dust and airborne contamination. Ease of control and operation of the equipment in or outside of the sanding room is a key benefit to end-users. It will prove to be much more economical than normal robotics and minimize errors that commonly occur in factories. The key components and their technologies are a 360 degree rotational shoulder and a wrist that is controlled under PLC controller and joystick manual mode. Development on both of the key modules is complete and are now operational. The Korean government fund boosted my development and I expect to complete full scale development no later than 3rd quarter 2012. Even with the advantages of composite materials, there is still the need to repair or to maintain composite products with a higher level of technology. I have learned many composite repair skills on composite airframe since many composite fabrication skills including repair, requires training for non aerospace applications. The wind energy market is now requiring much larger blades in order to generate more electrical energy for wind farms. One single blade is commonly 50 meters or longer now. When a wind blade becomes damaged from external forces, on-site repair is required on the columns even under strong wind and freezing temperature conditions. In order to correctly obtain polymerization, the repair must be performed on the damaged area within a very limited time. The use of pre-impregnated glass fabric and heating silicone pad and a hot bonder acting precise heating control are surely required.