Root-knot nematode (RKN), Meloidogyne incognita, inflicts significant greenhouse crop damage, causing over 40% economic losses. While chemical agents effectively control RKN, they leave harmful residue in soil and crops. To address this issue, we investigated soil-derived entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) in this study. We assessed the nematicidal impact of ten EPF species through in vivo and in vitro tests. Beauveria bassiana JEF-503 exhibited nematicidal effectiveness exceeding 65% in both experimental settings. In a semi-field test using greenhouse pots, we experimented with the application of B. bassiana JEF-503 suspension during tomato growth, which is an uncommon practice in comparison to chemical treatments due to residue concerns. B. bassiana JEF-503 was applied during transplantation, and the same application was repeated four weeks later. JEF-503 One-time and abamectin treatments were used as control groups. The JEF-503 two-time application notably reduced root damage compared to single JEF-503 or abamectin treatment. In conclusion, JEF-503 offers a promising, residue-free, and environmentally friendly alternative to chemical agents for RKN management.

This study attempted to explore how the perception of the necessity of safety education for adolescents affects fire safety consciousness and whether personality factors control the relationship. To this end, a survey was conducted at a high school in region C, and data of 1,049 people who agreed to the survey and responded faithfully were used for analysis. Hayes’ macro was used to analyze the moderating effect, and as a result of the analysis, adolescents’ awareness of the need for safety education increased, and their relationship was significantly regulated by extroversion, openness, and conscientiousness among the five personality factors. A simple regression line analysis was conducted to find out the specific direction, and it was found that the higher the need for safety education in both the group with high extroversion, openness, and conscientiousness, the higher the awareness of safety education. These results suggest that changes in educational methods and contents are needed to raise awareness of the necessity of education in fire safety education and to improve educational motivation, and that it may be helpful to actively utilize students’ personality strengths in education.

In this study, we collect water control valves that have had accidents due to existing cracks, etc. are collected, and propose investigation items for strengthening the valve structural safety evaluation through a series of analyzes from valve specifications to physicochemical properties are proposed. The results of this study are as follows. First, there was a large variation in the thickness of the body or flange of the valves to be investigated, which is considered to be very important factor, because it may affect the safety of the valve body against internal pressure and the flange connected with the bolt nut. Second, 60% of the valves under investigation had many voids in the valve body and flange, etc. and the decrease in thickness due to corrosion was relatively large on the inner surface in contact with water rather than the outer surface. It is judged that the investigation of depth included voids is very important factor. Third, all valves to be investigated are made of gray cast iron foam, and therefore it is judged that there is no major problem in chemical composition. It is judged that the chemical composition should be investigated. Fourth, as a physical investigation item, the analysis of metal morphology structure seems to be a very important factor for nodular cast iron from rather than a gray cast iron foam water valve with a flake structure. As it was found to be 46.7~68.8% of the standard recommended by KS, it could have a direct effect on damage such as cracks, and therefore it is judged that the evaluation of tensile strength is very important in evaluating the safety of the valve.

An induction melting facility includes several work health and safety risks. To manage the work health and safety risks, care must be taken to identify reasonably foreseeable hazards that could give rise to risks to health and safety, to eliminate risks to health and safety so far as is reasonably practicable. If it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate risks to health and safety, attention have to be given to minimize those risks so far as is reasonably practicable by implementing risk control measures according to the hierarchy of control in regulation, to ensure the control measure is, and is maintained so that it remains, effective, and to review and as necessary revise control measures implemented to maintain, so far as is reasonably practicable, a work environment that is without risks to health or safety. The way to manage the risks associated with induction melting works is to identify hazards and find out what could cause harm from melting works, to assess risks if necessary – understand the nature of the harm that could be caused by the hazard, how serious the harm could be and the likelihood of it happening, to control risks – implement the most effective control measures that are reasonably practicable in the circumstances, and to review control measures to ensure they are working as planned.

The spent fuel safety information delivered from the consignor to the disposal facility operator directly affects the operation and safety of the disposal facility. Therefore, the operator of a disposal facility must perform data quality management to increase data reliability, and anomaly detection is a representative method among quality control methods. We propose a quality control method to detect anomalies using XGBoost, known for its excellent performance, prevention of overfitting, and fast training speed. First, we select significant variables such as release burnup, enrichment, and amount U from the spent fuel safety information and train models for each variable using only normal data. A model trained using only normal data generates a small error for a normal pattern and a large error for an abnormal pattern. Then, when the data error exceeds a set threshold, the data is determined as an anomaly. In this paper, we implement the XGBoost models using virtual spent fuel information and optimize the hyperparameter of XGBoost using a simulated annealing method for high accuracy. The optimized XGBoost models show high accuracy in a normal input and provide a stable prediction value even in an abnormal input. In addition, we perform anomaly detection by including defect input in the data to validate the presented method. The proposed method shows the result of effectively classifying normal values and anomalies.

The railroad facilities are intended for long-term operation as the initial acquisition costs necessary for infrastructure construction are high. Therefore, regular maintenance of railroad facilities is essential, and furthermore, system reliability through systematic performance evaluation is required. In this study, the signal control system of railroad electrical equipment was selected as the subject of research and the performance evaluation target facility selection study was conducted using AHP. The results of the study can contribute to the reliability of the signal control system as well as to the reliability of the railroad system, which is a higher system.

Foreign hazardous substances are likely to enter the country through imported foods as food trade between countries increases. The Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement allows countries to take preventive measures to protect the health of the people based on the Appropriate Level of Protection (ALOP). Thus, the country may establish its own food safety objective within the scope of the ALOP and implement more efficient food safety management system to achieve food safety goal. Therefore, more stringent control measures such as Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) like systems should be applied to set and meet performance objectives at each stage of the food chain.

This study is intended to look into the effect of construction safety supervision system on risk control and reduction. To achieve this, a survey was carried out to 114 companies in construction, ordering, contract and management. The overall findings were as follows. The effect of construction safety supervision system on risk control and reduction showed that factors of supervision system, supervision cost and supervision method had a positive effect on risk control and reduction. And their perception of the introduction of safety supervision system in construction sites according to process showed that there was a difference between them according to the field of ordering, contract and supervision. There was the biggest difference between owner and contractor in double supervision system, but no difference between them in the perception of risk reduction. These results show that all ordering, contract and supervision are positively needed for the introduction of construction safety supervision. This means that there is a difference between owner and contractor in the perception of process according to system operation. All companies agree to system improvement by the settlement of safety supervision system for the prevention of safety accidents and safe construction, but the systematic complement of safety supervision is the burden of contractor. And there is a big difference between owner and contractor in the perception of responsibility and concern for cost burden.

세월호 사고 이후 내항선 안전관리분야에서의 가장 큰 변화는 해사안전감독관 제도의 도입이라 할 수 있다. 이 제도의 도입으로 내항여객선의 안전관리는 운항관리자와 해양경찰로부터 운항관리자와 새로이 도입된 해사안전감독관으로 변경되었다. 또한 내항화물선의 안전관리도 선박검사관으로부터 해사안전감독관과 선박검사관에 의한 안전관리의 체계로 전환되었다. 그러나 새로이 도입된 이 제도는 전문임기제에 따른 감독관의 신분상의 불안으로 인한 업무연속성 부족, 감독대상의 현실을 무시한 감독관의 자격요건 설정, 내항화물선에 대한 심사와 지도·감독기관의 분리로 인한 업무혼선 및 감항성 확보를 위한 항행정지 개선명령 분야의 한계 등에 대한 문제점이 여전히 남아 있다. 내항선의 안전관리를 보다 강화하기 위해서는 내항선 안전관리 업무를 실질적으로 수행하고 있는 해사안전 감독관 제도의 정착이 필수적이라 아니할 수 없다. 따라서 이러한 문제점을 개선하기 위해서는, 내항화물선에 대해서 통합된 단일기관에 의한 체계적인 안전관리가 이루어져야 하며, 전문임기제인 감독관의 신분상의 제약에 대한 개선이 동시에 이루어져야 한다. 또한 항행정지 개선명령의 분야를 확대하고, 선장·기관장 및 국제선급의 검사원 경험자 위주로 감독관의 자격을 강화해서 보다 체계적이고 실질적인 내항선의 안전관리가 되도록 해야 할 것이다.

미국 정부는 2011년 식품안전현대화법(FSMA, Food Safety Modernization Act)을 제정하였으며 단계적으로 실시 및 실시예정에 있다. 이중 농산물안전(Produce Safety) 최종규칙은 농산물 재배, 수확, 포장 및 보관과 관련된 생물학적 위해요소에 초점을 맞추고 있는데, 영농규모 등에 따라 2017년 1월부터 단계적으로 시행되고 있다. FSMA 의 농산물안전 규칙 중 현장에서 준수해야 하는 조항을 55개 선별하여 한국 GAP기준과 비교한 결과, 비교 대상 인 두 개의 기준이 조항별 관리사항에 대해 1:1로 단순비교하기에는 어려운 점이 있으나 상당수의 한국 GAP기준이 대응이 가능하다. 다만 한국 GAP기준은 포괄적 기준으로 평가자에 따라 다른 판단을 할 여지가 많으므로 기준의 세부 사항의 보강이 필요하다. 조항별로 보면, 작업자 안전위생(FSMA Subpart D)에 대하여 한국 GAP기준은 가장 높게 대응이 되며, 그 다음으로는 가축 및 야생 동물(FSMA Subpart I), 건물·장비·도구(FSMA Subpart L), 재배·수확 등의 활동(FSMA Subpart K) 순으로 대응이 되고 있다. 그러나, 농업용수 관리(FSMA Subpart E)와 관리자의 자격 및 교육(FSMA Subpart C)에 대해서는 다소 미 흡한 실정이며, 가축분뇨기반 퇴비 관리(FSMA Subpart F) 에 대해서는 대응이 취약한 편이다. FSMA 규칙은 인증 기준은 아니나, 세계적으로 식품안전의 표준을 선도하는 미국이 제시한 규칙인 만큼 파급력이 상당할 것으로 예상 된다. 따라서 국내 농산물 기준 중 FSMA 규칙에서 강조 하는 미생물적 안전성에 대응하는 기준이 GAP기준이므로 한국 GAP기준의 재검토를 통해 우리 농산물의 품질 향상 및 수출확대에 도움이 되기를 바란다.

수입식품 안전관리 확보와 효율성 제고를 위한 목적으로 국가식품안전관리체계 평가도구를 활용하여 수출국의 국가식품안전관리체계 현황을 평가하고 이를 자국의 수입 식품안전관리에 활용하는 방안에 대한 논의가 미국을 중 심으로 진행되고 있다. 본 연구는 미국의 평가도구와 도구를 활용한 평가사례를 비교조사하고, 관계 전문가의 의 견을 검토하여 시사점을 도출하였다. 미국 FDA가 개발한 식품안전관리체계 평가도구는 외국의 식품안전 전문성을 이용하여 수입식품 안전성을 확보하기 위하여 마련되었으 며, 평가도구는 10개 기준으로 구성되어 외국의 전반적인 식품안전관리 수준을 판단할 수 있도록 고안되어 있다. FDA는 평가도구를 활용하여 뉴질랜드와 캐나다를 대상으 로 평가를 실시하였으며 두나라 모두 미국의 식품안전관리체계와 동등한 것으로 인정하였다. 전문가 인터뷰에서는 국가식품안전관리체계 평가를 통해 수입 전 위생평가 와 수입식품의 국경검사 빈도관리에 활용함으로써 수입식품 안전관리에 있어 국가예산의 효율적인 배분과 대국민 신뢰도 향상에 기여할 것이며, 향후 국가식품안전관리체 계 평가에 대한 활용도 제고를 위해서는 국제적인 조화와 전문가·예산의 확보도 중요하다는 의견을 제시하였다. 미국의 평가도구 조사·분석과 전문가 인터뷰를 토대로 도출한 시사점으로는 국가식품안전관리체계 평가 논의의 국제적 흐름에 능동적으로 대응할 필요가 있으며, 국가식품 안전관리체계 평가도구를 활용하여 국내 식품안전관리체 계를 검토하는 것이 가능할 것이다. 아울러 식품안전관리 체계 평가결과는 수출입 안전관리에도 활용할 수 있을 것 으로 보이며, 이러한 국제흐름에 따라 향후에는 우리나라 자체 국가식품안전관리체계 평가도구를 개발하는 방안도 고려할 필요가 있다.

The train-centric control systems development has some distinct points in that a big size of government budget is in general expended in there and the development duration seems to be long. In addition, the changes are ever made continuously in the capability and operational requirements for Trains. Thus, the impact of the potential changes in the required operational capability on the development activities can induce some type of project risks [7]. As such, proper management of project risk has been one of crucial subjects in the train systems development. All these notes combined together make it the significance of the safety management process be raised further up in the train-centric control systems development. As such, the underlying safety management process should be capable of appropriately handling the potential risks that can be created due to the unexpected changes and the long-term development period. The process should also be complemented for the safety consideration of train-centric control systems, for instance, stop. To study these aspect is the objective of the paper. To do so, a step-by-step approach to analyzing the safety management process is first presented. Then, to enhance the process some necessary and useful activities are added in terms of risk and safety management. Then, to pursue some enhancement on the process, a set of necessary and useful activities are added in terms of risk and safety management. The resultant process is further analyzed and tailored using a design structure matrix method. The resultant process is applied in a train-centric control development as a case study.

해양에서의 안전확보는 아무리 강조해도 지나치지 않다. 요즘 국내의 관심을 집중시켰던 해양사고중의 하나는 세월호 사고와 더불어 우이산호 사고이다. 이 사고는 2014년 1월 31일 여수 GS-Caltex 원유부두로 진입하던 싱가포르 국적 초대형 유조선(VLCC) “우이산호(WU YI SAN)”가 원유부두와 원유이송 송유관과 충돌하여 송유관 내부에 있던 유류가 해상으로 유출된 사고로서 1995년 여수해안에서 발생한 5천톤 가량의 유류유출사고가 발생한지 거의 20년만의 일이다. 울산항의 유출사고 사례는 2013년에 대형정유업체인 SK 에너지에서 운영하는 부유식 호스의 파손으로 인한 유출사고가 있었다. 이와 관련하여 현재 각 회사에서 운영중인 자체안전관리계획서 승인제도는 위험물 취급에 관한 최고경영자의 관심 결여 및 정부당국의 안전 관리 감독 소홀로 인하여 큰 역할을 못하고 있는 실정이다. 이에 이 논문에서는 현행 개항질서법상 규정되어 있는 위험물 취급 시설물에 대한 자체안전관리계획서 승인제도의 문제점을 파악하고 이에 대한 개선방안을 도출하여 위험물 취급 시설물에 기인한 사고방지, 환경보호 및 안전 확보에 기여하고자 한다.