This research introduces a novel probabilistic approach to consider the effects of uncertainty parameters during the design and construction process, providing a fresh perspective on the evaluation of the structural performance of reinforced concrete structures. The study, which categorized various random design and construction process variables into three groups, selected a two-story reinforced concrete frame as a prototype and evaluated it using a nonlinear analytical model. The effects of the uncertainty propagations to seismic responses of the prototype RC frame were probabilistically evaluated using non-linear dynamic analyses based on the Monte-Carlo simulation sampling with the Latin hypercube method. The derivation of seismic fragility curves of the RC frame from the probabilistic distributions as the results of uncertainty-propagation and the verification of whether the RC frame can meet the seismic performance objective from a probabilistic point of view represent a novel and significant contribution to the field of structural engineering.

본 연구에서는 PEN 수지 안전관리를 위하여 HPLC-UV검출기를 이용한 2,6-NDC 및 2,6-NDA 분석법을 확립하였다. 분석법 검증 결과, 2,6-NDC 및 2,6-NDA 모두 0.002μg/mL 검출한계, 0.005 μg/mL 정량한계 및 0.05~1 μg/mL의 농도 범위에서 r2= 0.999 이상의 직선성을 확인할 수있었다. 또한 회수율도 90~110%임을 확인할 수 있었다.

A method was established for the simultaneous determinatioin of sugar alcohols, erythritol, xylitol,sorbitol, inositol, mannitol, maltitiol, lactitol and isomalt by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). The sugar alcohols were converted into strong ultraviolet (UV)-absorbing derivatives with p-nitrobenzoyl chloride (PNBC). HPLC was performed on Imtakt Unison US-C18 column, using acetonitrile : water (77:23) as a mobile phase and UV detection (260 nm). The calibration curves for all sugar alcohols tested were linear in the 10~200 mg/L range. The average recoveries of the sugar alcohols from three confectioneries spiked at 100 ppm of eight sugar alcohol standards ranged from 81.2 to 123.1% with relative standard deviations ranging fromo 0.2 to 4.9%. The limits of detection (LODs) were 0.5~8 μg/L and the limits of quantification (LOQs) were 2~17 μg/L. Reproducibility of 8 sugar alcohols was 0.28~1.97 %RSD. The results of the analysis of confectioneries showed that 89 samples of 130 were detected and the sugar alcohols content of samples investigated varied between 0.4 and 693.7 g/kg. A method for the simultaneous determination of eight sugar alcohols will be used as basic data for control of sugar alcohols in confectioneries, and qualilty control in food manufacturing.

The bactericidal efficacy of three common sanitizers (100 or 200 ppm of sodium hypochlorite, 100or 200 ppm of n-alkyl(C12-C18)benzyldimethyl chloride, and 50 or 100 ppm of peroxyacetic acid) against Escherichia coli ATCC 10536 and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538 was studied using the suspension test method at various exposure temperatures (4~40℃) and times(1~60min) under both dirty and clean conditions, respectively. During the suspension tests, sodium hypochlorite (200 ppm) showed higher bactericidal activity than the other sanitizers under clean conditions, with 5 log reductions against E. coli as well as S. aureus in the first 1 min of treatments at 4℃. However,the efficacy of sodium hypochlorite decreased markedly under dirty conditions due to its susceptibility to interfering substances. The efficacy of the n-alkyl(C12-C18)benzyldimethyl chloride increased considerable as the exposure temperature and time increased. The bactericidal efficacy of the n-alkyl(C12-C18)benzyldimethyl chloride might be less effective on low temperature, however, the longer time the sanitizer is in contact, the more effective the sanitization effect. Treatment with peroxyacetic acid (100 ppm) showed at least 5 log reduction against E. coli and S. aureus for 5min at 4℃ under both clean and dirty conditions. The efficacy of the peroxyacetic acid was not much altered by interfering substances and affected by changes in temperature or time.

The method for the determination of ethylenediamine (EDA) and hexamethylenediamine (HMDA) in food simulants was developed, and migration amounts of these compounds was monitored for 124 polyamide (PA) utensils. The diurethane derivatives of EDA and HMDA, which produced by reaction with ethyl chloroformate,were analyzed by using gas chromatograph (GC)/flame ionization detector (FID) and GC/mass spectrometer (MS). The developed method was validated with 0.3 μg/mL of limit of detection (LOD) for EDA and 0.1 μg/mL of LOD for HMDA, > 0.999 of linearity(r2) and > 88% of recovery. The EDA was detected 1.31 and 2.06 μg/mL for 2samples in water. The HMDA was detected 0.29 - 0.93 μg/mL for 3 samples in 20% ethanol and 0.26 - 0.44 μg/mL for 10 samples in n-heptane. These migration levels were below the specific migration limits (SML) of 12 μg/mL and 2.4 μg/mL for EDA and HMDA established in EU.

Usually, bacterial spores are hundreds or thousands of times more resistant to chemical sanitizers than are vegetable bacteria. Consequently, it is hard to assess whether a commercial sterilant, containing hydrogen peroxide and peracetic acid as ingredients, has or does not have sporicidal activity under certain conditions using the National Standard Test Method for assessing bactericidal activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Hence we established alternative the standard test method and requirements to determine whether they are effective in showing at least reduction of 103 in the number of Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 spores under the required test condition for evaluation of sporicidal activity including verification methodology. This standardized method has proved to be suitable for evaluating effectiveness of commercial sterilants and could be used as Standardization Test Method for assessing sporicidal activity.

In order to cope with risk issues of overseas on 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane (4,4'-MDA) known to used in the production of polyamide resins, we investigated on 4,4'-MDA migration from plastic cooking utensils. 93 samples of plastic cooking utensils were collected from the retail markets in 7 major cities of Korea during March to June, 2007 and 4,4'-MDA levels migrated to food simulants, water, 4% acetic acid, 20% ethanol and n-heptane, on plastic cooking utensils was quantified by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). 4,4'- MDA was detected in 14 samples, and the levels of 4,4'-MDA migrated to food simulants were in the range of 0.001 ~ 0.026 ppm. Among them, the 4,4'-MDA migration amounts of 2 samples were above 0.01 ppm defined by the EU.

현재 미국 및 유럽에서 공정시험법중 하나로 인정되고 있는 표면시험법을 사용하여 유기물과 함께 또는 유기물없이 세균만 건조된 식품접촉 표면에 서의 살균소독제 유효성에 대한 정보를 제공하고자 식품접촉표면으로 사용되는 스테인리스, 폴리프로필렌 및 실리콘에 Escherochia coli ATCC 10536 또는 Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538을 접종하고 살균소독제로서 염화벤잘코늄, 차아염소산나트륨 또는 에탄올을 20 ℃에서 5분간 처리하였다. 그 결과, 각 표면의 종류는 살균소독제의 유효성에 큰 영향을 미치지 않았으며, 200 ppm 농도의 염화벤잘코늄 및 차아염소산나트륨은 유기물질이 존재할 경우 생균수를 4 cfu log10/carrier 이상 감소시키지 못하였으나, 40% 에탄올은 생균수를 4 cfu log10/carrier 이상 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다.

The levels of sulfites in wooden chopsticks were analyzed using two different methods, distillation- alkali titration and ion chromatography. According to the two methods, Sulfur dioxide (SO₂) was validated by 0.6 and 0.2 μg/ml of limit of detection (LOD), 1.8 and 0.5 μg/ml of limit of quantification, (LOQ) and a R² > 0.998 for linearity, respectively. The recoveries of SO₂ from food simulants spiked ar levels of 100 ppm were 70.2-100.2%. 158 samples of wooden chopsticks were monitored the migrated amounts of sulfites. Sulfites were detected in 30 samples in ranged of 0.6 to 15.5 ppm. Maximum migration level, 15.5 ppm of sulfites was considered giving no harmful effect to human since it was reached 5.5% of estimated SML.

본 연구는 국내 유통 중인 프라이팬, 냄비, 주전자, 불판 등 금속제 주방기구 총 71품목을 대상으로 안전성 및 오염 정도에 대한 기초 자료를 제공하고자 실시되었다. 현행 식품공전 금속제의 재질 규격은 Pb 10 %, Sb 5 % 이하이며 용출 규격은 Pb 1.0 mg/L 이하이다. 알루미늄, 스테인리스 및 주철 총 71품목의 금속제 주방기구에 대한 재질시험 결과 Pb은 0.06 % 이하로 검출되었으나 기준이하였으며 Sb은 모든 제품에서 검출되지 않았다. 또한 이들 주방기구의 용출시험 결과에서도 기준치이하인 0.41 mg/L 의 Pb이 검출되어 국내 유통 중인 금속제 주방기구는 기준규격에 적합한 것으로 나타났다.