More rigorous definitions of flexibility, adaptability, and related terms are needed to enable more useful comparisons of the strategies implemented to future-proof health projects. Local conditions often affect both the strategies adopted and the degree to which they can be considered successful. Many of the case studies analyzed in this research were not operational long enough to enable assessment of their claims of being future-proofed. Therefore, review of lifetime facility costs, including the service life periods of major facility components, should be considered, and some older projects should be evaluated in terms of these criteria.

Drawing from a wider study of the ideas of poverty and inequality in South Korea, this paper reports on the lived experiences of disadvantaged South Koreans and their relationship to the National Basic Livelihood Security System (NBLSS), a flagship social assistance program aimed at addressing poverty and inequality. Utilizing a cultural approach to understanding and analysing policy responses to poverty, the impact of familism in the application of the NBLSS safety net is examined. Research data is presented through the testimonies, obtained through qualitative research interviews, of disadvantaged research participants and those who work with them, as well as policy‐makers' perspectives, revealing key flaws in the current NBLSS policy objectives. It is clearly evident that, by clinging to outdated Confucian conceptualizations of familial piety as a justification for highly selectivist access to what is no more than a subsistence level of financial support for poor people, the proposition of a poverty safety net is compromised and is widely missing its aim of reducing poverty and inequality in contemporary South Korea.

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The method detection limit (MDL) using UV-VIS spectrometry (UV/VIS) is the primary method to detect bromine compounds in the flue gas. However, the level of bromine compounds in the flue gas is 0.6 ppm, reaching 20% of the emission limit of 3.0 ppm, which limits the analysis of low-concentration samples. As per the United States Environmental Protection Agency and official test standards for water pollution, bromine compound analysis was performed using ion chromatography (IC). Hydrogen chloride was analyzed using IC, referencing official test standards for air pollution. Therefore, 0.1 M NaOH and distilled water (D.W.) were applied to the absorption solution of the IC analysis sample. Validation was conducted for IC (D.W.), IC (0.1 M NaOH), and UV/VIS (0.1 M NaOH) to improve the analysis method for bromine compounds in the flue gas. The linearity (R²) of the calibration curve for IC (D.W.) satisfied the R² (0.98 or more) value calculated in the UV/VIS of the official test standards for air pollution. However, the R² of UV/VIS (0.1 M NaOH) and IC (0.1 M NaOH) was not satisfied. In IC (D.W.) analysis results, the average values of MDL, MLQ (minimum level of quantification), accuracy and precision were 0.127 ppm, 0.403 ppm, 3.7%, and 102.9%, respectively. MDL and MLQ showed the lowest concentration compared to the other two methods, and had high accuracy and precision. Regarding the recovery rate by the absorbing liquid, IC (D.W.) was the highest at 93.55%, followed by UV/VIS (0.1 M NaOH) and IC (0.1 M NaOH). This study analyzed bromine compounds in flue gas with higher accuracy and precision using the IC (D.W.) method compared to IC (0.1 M NaOH) and UV/VIS (0.1 M NaOH).