• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.71-82
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• 2013

Objectives: This study was performed in order to investigate hand hygiene practices among food-service businesses employees based on the awareness of hand-washing and load of indicator bacteria on their hands. It focused on the comparison of full-time and part-time workers in food-service workplaces. Methods: A direct-interview questionnaire survey and microbiological analysis were carried out with sixty workers each. Samples for microbiological analysis were collected through a modified glove-juice method from the hands of the food-service workers and were analyzed for aerobic plate count, total coliform, fecal coliform, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmonella spp. Microbiological analysis was done according to the Food Code of Korea. Results: Significant differences (p<0.01) were found in the survey between the full-time and part-time workers in hand-washing frequency, use of hand-washing agents, and hand-drying methods. More full-time workers responded to washing their hands after preparing food, after visiting outside, after handling raw materials, and before putting on gloves/when changing gloves than did part-time workers (p<0.05). No remarkable difference was found in bacterial load on the hands except in the aerobic plate count between the two groups. The detection of E. coli, S. aureus, and Salmonella spp. on the hands of some food-service workers in both groups revealed poor hand hygiene practices. Conclusions: The results of this study indicate that there is a need for training programs in order to improve hand hygiene practices and strict hand hygiene compliance by food-service workers.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.157-163
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• 2019

현재까지 피크완화 및 에너지 절감을 위해 한국전력공사 120여개 사옥에 K-BEMS (KEPCO Building Energy Management System)가 운영 중이다. 이 시스템은 PV, PCS, BESS, EMS 등으로 구성되어 있으며 건물에너지 수요예측을 기반으로 BESS, PV 등을 활용하여 에너지 관리를 도모하고 있다. 이 시스템은 단기 과거데이터에 신경망기법을 단순 적용하여 수요를 예측함에 따라 예측 정확도가 높지 않고 운영자 수작업을 통한 BESS 충방전으로 피크 저감이 곤란하며 운영 경제성 제고가 어려운 실정이다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 전력연구원에서는 2016년부터 3년간 연구과제를 수행하였는데 이를 통해 에러를 최소화하며 높은 신뢰도를 가지는 실시간 수요예측기법과 이에 기반한 BESS충방전 최적화 자동화 기술 개발, 성능을 검증하였기에 이를 본 논문에서 소개하고자 한다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제35권11호
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• pp.785-794
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• 2013

합류식하수관로시스템에서 강우시 유출수는 관로내 퇴적물과 지표면 세척효과에 의한 오염물질 등이 혼합되어 하천으로 방류되기 때문에 방류수계에 화학적 물리적 생물학적으로 상당한 문제를 야기하지만, 현재 국내에서는 CSOs의 오염 부하량 관리기준을 결정함에 있어 통일된 방법론이 부재한 실정이다. 이에 따라 본 연구에서는 우수유출모형을 활용한 장기간 CSOs 유량-수질모의를 통하여 CSOs의 오염부하량 저감목표를 설정하고자 한다. 이를 위하여 국내외 CSOs 관리기준을 검토하였으며, 그 결과 연간 총 월류부하량 및 발생빈도를 총 2단계로 구분하여 관리하고, 1단계에서는 60%, 2단계에서는 85%를 저감하는 것을 목표로 설정하였다. 도출된 저감 목표 기준을 대상지역에 적용하여 장기간(최소 10년간)의 CSOs 발생 모의를 바탕으로 분석한 결과, BOD 월류부하량 저감목표는 1단계 1,123 kg, 2단계 2,374 kg이었으며, 목표 달성을 위해 대응해야 할월류량은 1단계 $11,685m^3$, 2단계 $24,701m^3$으로 나타났다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.414-429
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• 2020

하천의 관리를 위하여 수질오염총량 및 물환경기본계획을 수립하여 목표수질을 설정하고 있으며 금호강의 경우 T-P는 목표수질을 달성하고 있으나 BOD, COD, TOC의 경우 지난 5년간 물환경기본계획 목표수질을 초과하였다. 이에 금호강을 대상으로 BOD, COD, TOC를 이용하여 유달부하량 및 유달부하밀도, 오염기여율을 분석하고 수질오염총량관리에서 사용하고 있는 1차원 수질모델인 QUAL-MEV를 활용하여 목표수질 만족을 위한 필요유량을 모의하였다. 유달부하량을 분석한 결과 금호C 지점에서 BOD, COD, TOC 모두 9,832.2 kg/day, 20,656.6 kg/day, 15,545.1 kg/day로 가장 높게 나타났으며, 유달부하밀도는 강우기 및 비강우기에 달서천에서 9.47 kg/day/㎢, 37.55 kg/day/㎢, 30.20 kg/day/㎢과 17.19 kg/day/㎢, 47.59 kg/day/㎢, 39.14 kg/day/㎢로 가장 높게 나타났다. 오염기여율은 강우기에 팔거천이 약 25%, 비강우기에 달서천이 모든 항목에서 약 50%로 가장 높게 나타났다. 또한 금호강본류 및 지류 유기물질간의 상관관계 분석을 수행한 결과 비강우기, 강우기 모두 COD-TOC가 0.8 이상으로 BOD-COD, BOD-TOC보다 상관관계가 높게 나타났다. 그리고 금호C 지점에서 수질오염총량 및 물환경기본계획 목표수질을 만족하기 위한 유량을 조사한 결과 2019년 4월(3.46 ㎥/sec)을 기준으로 약 14배, 22배의 추가유량이 필요한 것으로 분석되었다.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.108-117
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• 2005

Purpose: This paper was attempted to focused on the analysis of job stress and job satisfaction according to the moderating effects of social support. Method: Data collected from 302 staff nurses in 2 general hospitals, with self-reporting questionnaires(Wolfgang's HPSI, modified Hagihara's social support, and MSQ). Descriptive statistics, Cronbach's alpha, Pearson correlation, ANOVA, and moderated regression analysis were used. Result: The subjects exhibited significantly highest level of 'the work and patients' conditions'. The perceived job stress was negatively correlated with supervisor and co-workers' support, and job satisfactions. Also supervisor and coworkers' support were positively correlated with job satisfactions. The main factor that affected the job satisfactions was 'work and patient conditions' and it was explained 35.5% out of the total variance of the job satisfactions with 'the work load and disturbing factor', 'supervisor support' and 'co-workers' support'. Supervisor support moderated the relationships between 'the patient care responsibilities and career development factor' and satisfaction. Conclusion: For developing the stress management program for hospital nurses, 'the work and patients' conditions', and the strategies of strengthening 'supervisor and co-workers' support' should be considered. In addition to, it may be considered to examine the effects of social support on the other criterion variables.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.1253-1264
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• 2015

This study assessed the fertilizing value of struvite deposit recovered from swine wastewater in cultivating Chinese cabbage. Struvite deposit was compared with commercial fertilizers: complex, organic and compost to evaluate the fertilizing effect of struvite deposit. Laboratory pot test obviously presented that the struvite deposit more facilitated the growth of Chinese cabbage than organic and compost fertilizers even though complex fertilizer was the most effective in growing Chinese cabbage. It was revealed that the growth rate of Chinese cabbage was simultaneously controlled by phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). Also, the nutrients such as nitrogen (N), P, K, calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) were abundantly observed in the vegetable tissue of struvite pot. Specifically, P was the most abundant component in the vegetable tissue of struvite pot. Meanwhile, the utilization of struvite as a fertilizer led to the lower accumulation of chromium ($Cr^{6+}$) than other pots, except for compost fertilizer pots, and no detection of cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As) and nickel (Ni) in the Chinese cabbage. The experimental results proved that the optimum struvite dosage for the cultivation of Chinese cabbage was 2.0 g struvite/kg soil. On the basis of these findings, it was concluded that the struvite deposits recovered from swine wastewater were effective as a multi-nutrient fertilizer for Chinese cabbage cultivation.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.538-550
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• 2012

This study suggests a general methodology which is designed for assessing RDOC behavior at the catchment scale by coupling properly a series of steam flow and water quality simulation models and actual monitoring data set. The modified TANK model in which a river routing function is incorporated to the conventional one is applied to simulate the long-term daily stream flow data, and the simulated stream flow data is combined with the 7-parameter log-linear model coupled to the minimum variance unbiased estimator to simulate the long-term daily water quality (BOD, COD and TOC) loads. Finally, the regression analysis between the usually monitored water quality data (BOD, COD and TOC) and RDOC is combined with the simulated water quality data to manifest the spatio-temporal variability of RDOC flux behavior at the Korean TMDL catchment scale.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.525-532
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• 2007

In order to establish and implement the total maximum daily load (TMDL) management plan in Korea, it is necessary to set the source units and calculate discharge loads for non-point source pollutants such as BOD, COD, SS, TN and TP. This study analysed the corelation between stormwater runoff characteristics and event mean concentrations (EMCs) of non-point source pollutants. As the result of the corelation analysis, we knew that all the antecedent dry days (ADD) and the rainfall correlated lowly with non-point source pollutants in the urban areas such as resident area, industrial area, business area, road area and parking area. Therefore, it is necessary to get all samples from stormwater starting point to stormwater ending point and standardize the sampling method of stormwater in order to obtain more accurate EMCs for landuse.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.349-357
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• 2004

Emergy is a measure of the processes required to produce something expressed in units of the same energy form. Emergy based indices can provide insights into the thermodynamic efficiency of the process, the quality of its output, and the interaction between the process and its surrounding environment. However, in an industrial system, the inputs are mostly nonrenewable, renewable energy source is nearly zero, ultimate purpose is pursuit of profits in economic activity. In study, we present two indices based on emergy - EEE(Ecological Economic Efficiency) and ERI(Environmental Responsibility Index). The EEE is taken into account real value of product in market economy. The ERI is shown to be a function of the net yield of the economy, its ‘load’ on the environment and ecological economic efficiency. Manufacturing industry of Korea produced the 30% of total GDP in 2001. We applied these indices to manufacturing industry for environmental management and further sustainable industry. As a results, the highest ERI is 0.34 in recycling industries, the lowest ERI is 0.01 in coke, refined petroleum products which is dominated by ELR. The higher ERI, the more friendly to environment. The suggested indices help us understand relative contributions of various alternatives in company's production and consumption activity, and provide a tool of decision-making for the rearrangement of future industries. Furthermore, they contribute to environmental friendly operation and consumption.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.385-392
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• 2005

The control of nonpoint source pollution is essentially needed to successfully perform the Total Maximum Daily Load program. Of the various land uses in the nonpoint source, the paved areas such as a parking lot and a bridge are stormwater intensive land uses because of high imperviousness and high pollutant mass emissions. This research was performed to understand the magnitude and nature of the stormwater emissions with the purposes of quantifying stormwater pollutant concentrations and mass emission rates from a parking lot and a bridge. Two monitoring sites in Kongju city were equipped with an automatic rainfall gages and an automatic flow meter for accumulating the data such as rainfall, water quality and runoff flow rates. This paper will summarize the metal concentration changes during the storm duration and metal EMCs to characterize the concentration profiles in a parking lot and a bridge. Also a new concept, dynamic EMC, will be proposed to find the relationship between EMC and first flush effect. It can be used to determine the economical treatment criteria in best management practices.