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Need for Reinforcement of Safety Assessment on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO 안전성평가제도의 고찰)

  • Kim Eun-Jin;Choi Dong-Keun
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.139-157
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    • 2006
  • Biotechnology has reached the level of giving birth to new forms of life and with this is a growing controversy in the conflict between science and ethics. Especially, GMOs are closely linked to the food products we consume and thus, the majority of the public shows a very sensitive reaction to the safety of GMO food products. Many perspectives arose surrounding the issues of safety on the human body and the ecology. This outlines diverse structural mechanisms to be set up to ensure safety such as risk assessment, risk management etc. Despite the precautionary principle guaranteed in many ways, the problem arises whether and how this principle can be taken in the safety assessment. GMOs due to its uniqueness do not end with just the possession of the technology involved but must also be considered with the prerequisite that they could be cultured again. Therefore the reinforcement of safety assessment system is necessary. That is, the reinforcement of risk assessment including field tests, the consideration of socio-economic effects, the coordinated system of relevant authorities, the development of technology for safety assessment.

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A Study on Readiness Assessment for The Acquisition of High Quality Weapon System (고품질 무기체계 획득을 위한 성숙도평가 방안 소개)

  • Kim, Hyun Woo;Woo, Soon;Jang, Bong Ki
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.395-404
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: Technology readiness assessment(TRA) used as a standard readiness assessment tool in the acquisition program of weapon system has some limitations in the comprehensive understanding of the complex system. Therefore, this research is intended to suggest a holistic maturity assessment method for the acquisition of high quality weapon system. Methods: Technology readiness level(TRL), manufacturing readiness level(MRL), integration readiness level(IRL) and system readiness level(SRL) developed to assess system maturities in the various aspects are compared and analyzed to draw an improvement avenue for the current readiness assessment method. Results: TRL, MRL, IRL and SRL have large differences in their maturity targets during the acquisition life cycle: technological performance, manufacturing capability, interface between components and total system, respectively. They complement one another's shortcomings Conclusion: To achieve a successful acquisition of high quality weapon system, multi-dimensional readiness assessment is required. Therefore, comprehensive readiness assessment using TRL, MRL, IRL and SRL will contribute to the acquisition of high quality weapon system through the accurate maturity information of overall system.

On a Risk Assessment Methodology based on the Technology Readiness Levels, Degrees of Difficulty, and Technology Need Values in the Development of Naval Surface Ships (수상함 개발에서 기술성숙도, 난이도 및 중요도 기반의 위험도 평가 방안)

  • Kim, Kyong-Hwan;Lee, Jae-Chon
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.151-158
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    • 2012
  • The objective of this paper is to propose a method of how to perform risk assessment in the early stage of defense research and development for the acquisition of weapon systems. An advanced method for risk assessment and its associated objective functions are developed first based on the concept of systems engineering. The developed method is then applied to carry out the analysis of alternatives in the trade-off environments. As a case study, the multi-purpose training ship is considered, where it is performed using the notions of technology readiness levels, degrees of difficulty, and technology need values to facilitate design space visualization and decision maker interaction. It is noted that decision makers can benefit from our approach as an improved risk assessment method in the context of multi-criteria decision making.

Design and Implementation of ELAS in AI education (Experiential K-12 AI education Learning Assessment System)

  • Moon, Seok-Jae;Lee, Kibbm
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.62-68
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    • 2022
  • Evaluation as learning is important for the learner competency test, and the applicable method is studied. Assessment is the role of diagnosing the current learner's status and facilitating learning through appropriate feedback. The system is insufficient to enable process-oriented evaluation in small educational institute. Focusing on becoming familiar with the AI through experience can end up simply learning how to use the tools or just playing with them rather than achieving ultimate goals of AI education. In a previous study, the experience way of AI education with PLAY model was proposed, but the assessment stage is insufficient. In this paper, we propose ELAS (Experiential K-12 AI education Learning Assessment System) for small educational institute. In order to apply the Assessment factor in in this system, the AI-factor is selected by researching the goals of the current SW education and AI education. The proposed system consists of 4 modules as Assessment-factor agent, Self-assessment agent, Question-bank agent and Assessment -analysis agent. Self-assessment learning is a powerful mechanism for improving learning for students. ELAS is extended with the experiential way of AI education model of previous study, and the teacher designs the assessment through the ELAS system. ELAS enables teachers of small institutes to automate analysis and manage data accumulation following their learning purpose. With this, it is possible to adjust the learning difficulty in curriculum design to make better for your purpose.

The Role of Environmental Assessment for Environmental Land Use Planning (환경친화적 토지이용계획 수립을 위한 환경평가의 역할과 특성: 환경평가 검토의견분석을 중심으로)

  • Jung, Ju-Chul;Park, Jeong-Il;Lee, Dal-Byul
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.8-23
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study is to review the relationship between environmental assessment (EA) and land use planning through the theoretical and practical perspective. Theoretically, this research studies environmental land use planning incorporating with environmental assessment. Practically, through the review on EA review opinion in Korea Environment Institute for recent 10 years, environmental land use mitigations are investigated. The results of this study are as follows:first, there have been new and innovative review criteria and mitigation methods in environmental assessment; second, land use mitigation tools have been mostly used in environmental assessment; finally, there is a need for mediating role by land use section in EA review system.

Data-Linking Infrastructure for the Health Technology Assessment (의료기술평가 기반으로서의 데이터 연계)

  • Park, Chong Yon
    • The Journal of Health Technology Assessment
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.81-87
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    • 2018
  • With the recent change of healthcare environment including rapid technological development, evidences are more and more important and necessary to support relevant policies in health technology assessment to provide safe and effective health services, utilizing medical resources efficiently. Despite of the emphasis on the importance of real world data and real world evidence in health care research, current infrastructure supporting clinical research is considerably weak due to absence of legal and institutional basis. However, in accordance with the Article 26 of the Health and Medical Technology Promotion Act, there is a limited legal apparatus that can be used only in public data with other dataset for the purpose of healthcare technology assessment at the National Evidence-based Collaborating Agency. Although the use of linked data from various sources was often required in the field of clinical research, it was not yet working well due to insufficient environmental conditions. In order to support the decision-making of medical practice and health care policies, data-linking platform for clinical research is needed. If the legal system that can link up to the data of the private institutions without violating the significant value such as the protection of private informations is established, it will be a decisive foundation reinforcing the researches and policy making processes for the improvement of the national health care system.

Designing Usability Assessment to Improve User's Acceptability on Quality of Life Technology (QoLT) for Individuals with Disability

  • Lim, Shinyoung;Kim, Jongbae;Kim, Jeong-Hyun;Lee, Hee-Sook
    • Journal of the HCI Society of Korea
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.43-48
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    • 2012
  • Usability assessment has been installed into a wide range of software that focuses on assessing product usage from the user's perspective. Usability assessment of the quality of life technology for individuals with disability is being discussed and tentatively designed which is also expanded to the products for non-disabled people with minor adjustment of the usability assessment protocol. Designing an appropriate usability assessment protocol by referencing the currently available international standards on software usability tests with number of modifications to produce valuable feedbacks is under evaluation process regarding product usability enhancement. The feasibility study on usability assessment protocol into quality of life technologies is presented with discussions on further research.

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Technology Impact Assessment of Coexistence Technology in MR on Edutainment Field: using Word Cloud (실감교류인체감응솔루션기술이 에듀테인먼트 분야에 미치는 파급효과 분석: 워드 클라우드를 이용하여)

  • Hwangbo, Won ju;Park, Young il
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.22 no.9
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    • pp.1091-1107
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to technology impact assessment uncertainties and influences of factors for the coexistence technology in MR and to derive the ripple effect of the target technology in many different application fields. This survey is to evaluate the impact of new technologies on economy, society, culture, ethics and environment in advance and to reflect the results in policy research. As a result, we analyzed the positive and negative impacts predicted by the coexistence technology in MR in edutainment field by word cloud analysis. The purpose of these study is to strengthen the intrinsic intent of technology assessment on the edutainment fields to strengthen positive impacts and minimize adverse impacts by identifying the various factors affecting society when the coexistence technology in MR was commercialized as well as by evaluating the positive and negative impacts from a more balanced view.

Assessment of the Best Available Technology to Establish the Industrial Wastewater Effluent Limitations Guidelines (처리기술 수준에 근거한 배출허용기준 설정을 위한 BAT 도입 연구)

  • Lim, Byung-Jin;Kwon, O-Sang;Kim, Young-Noh
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.38 no.3 s.113
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    • pp.281-288
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    • 2005
  • BAT (Best Available Technology economically achievable) assessment is indispensible to effective management policy of industrial wastewater discharging facilities such as setting effluent limitations guidelines for individual industry based on the wastewater characteristics and treatment efficiency, making effluent limitations guidelines for new sources, and calculation of the reducible amount of emission load conforming to a total emission general plan and enforcement plan. This study reviewed foreign cases of BAT assessment and condition of domestic wastewater discharging facilities, and suggested BAT assessment guideline suitable for the domestic conditions. The major assessment factors and flow are; (1) Identification of pollution source characteristics, (2) Identification and survey on technology, (3) Selection of candidate technology, (4) Assessment of legislation adaptation, (5) Assessment of environmental factor, (6) Assessment of economical acceptability, (7) Total weighting value factor assessment on technological factor, and (8) Total assessment and final BAT selection. The result of this study can be utilized as a major policy data and a base of industrial wastewater management system.