• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.39C no.6
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• pp.457-465
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• 2014

This paper introduces a test bed for communication protocol schemes of underwater acoustic sensor network, and also shows experimental results obtained from the test bed. As a testing protocol, carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) is evaluated on underwater acoustic channel. A sensor node is equipped with a DSP control board of ATmega2560 and a commercial underwater modem produced by Benthos. The control board not only manipulates a GPS signal to acquire the information of location and time, but also controls the underwater modem to operate according to the procedure designed for a given testing protocol. Whenever any event takes place such as exchanging control/data packets between underwater modems and acquiring location and timing information, each sensor node reports them through radio frequency (RF) air interface to a central station located on the ground. The four kinds of packets for CSMA/CA, RTS(Request To Send), CTS(Clear to Send), DATA, ACK(Acknowledgement) are designed according to the underwater communication environment and are analyzed through the lake experiment from the point of feasibility of CSMA/CA in underwater acoustic communications.

• Proceedings of the KSCN Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.1074-1075
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• 2003

WTO 출범 이후 우리나라 국민의 식생활 중 수입식품이 차지하는 비중이 급속히 늘어나면서 수입식품 자체의 위해성과 수입농산물에 관한 지식이나 정보가 소비자들에게 부족하여 올바른 구입과 소비가 어렵게 되어 피해를 당하는 경우도 발생하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 청주지역 주부들을 대상으로 수입식품 이용과 인식도 및 수입식품 분별능력의 조사를 통하여, 교육의 필요성여부를 검토하였다. 조사 대상자는 청주시에 거주하는 주부 183명이었고, 조사기간은 2003년 3월 1일부터 3월 15일까지였다. 조사내용은 조사대상자의 일반사항, 식품구입시 태도, 수입식품 구입 경험, 수입식품에 대한 인식도, 수입식품과 국산식품의 분별력 테스트로 구성되었으며, 인식도는 5점 척도에 의해 조사되었다. 사용된 통계처리 방법은 SAS program을 사용하여 빈도, 백분율, 평균, 표준편차를 구하였고, Chi-square 또는 ANOVA로 검정하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 국내산과 수입산 표시의 확인여부는 응답자의 92.3%가 확인한다고 응답하였고, 선호도를 조사한 결과 99.5%가 국내산을 선호하는 것으로 나타났다. 선호하는 주된 이유로는 ‘수입산은 유해물질이 많으므로’라는 응답이 46.3%로 가장 많이 나타났고, 수입식품 구입경험의 유무로는 92.3%가 경험이 있다고 응답하였으며, 구입동기에 대해 ‘수입산이 시중에 많아 쉽게 구입할 수 있기 때문에’라는 응답이 61.6%로 가장 많았다. 또한 수입식품을 국산식품으로 혼동하여 구입한 경험으로는 응답자의 76%가 ‘있다’고 응답하였으며 혼동한 이유로는 ‘수입식품과 국산식품의 구분이 명확하지 않아서’ 49.6%, ‘수입산과 국내산의 표시가 명확하지 않아서’ 41%를 차지했다. 국내산과 수입산 표시에 대한 신뢰도는 89.7%가 대체로 신뢰하지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 신뢰하지 않는 이유로는 ‘허위표시에 대한 보도를 많이 접해서’가 56.l%로 가장 많은 비율을 차지했다. 수입식품의 인식도를 품질, 가격, 포장 용기, 맛, 조리편리성, 안전성, 건강에 미치는 영향의 7가지 측면에서 살펴보았는데, 수입식품의 품질과 맛에서 국내산과 비슷하거나 나쁘다고 인지하였고, 가격은 수입식품이 싸다고 인지하고 있었으며 연령과 유의성을 보였다(p <0.01). 포장 용기와 조리편리성에 대해서는 국내산과 비슷하거나 좋다고 인지하고 있었으며, 조리편리성은 학력과 유의성이 높게 나타났다(p < 0.01). 안전성과 건강에 미치는 영향에 대해서는 나쁘다고 인지하고 있었다. 수입식품과 국산식품의 분별정도는 66.1%가 구별하는 능력이 언다고 응답하였다. 분별정보를 얻는 경로로는 ‘TV 및 라디오 프로그램’이 61.7%로 가장 많았다. 수입식품에 관한 교육을 받을 의향에 있어서 61.5%가 ‘예’라고 응답하였고, 필요한 교육에 대해 ‘국산식품과 수입식품의 분별법에 관한 내용’이 75.4%로 가장 많았다. 수입식품 분별력 테스트에 있어서는 40점 만점에 평균이 13.6 $\pm$ 7.4점으로 낮았고, 분별력이 가장 좋은 품목은 고사리(53.6%), 분별력이 가장 낮은 품목은 고춧가루(40.4%)로 나타났다. 분별정도에 있어서 ‘매우 잘 구별한다’고 응답한 사람일수록 분별력 점수가 높게 나타나 주부들이 자신의 분별능력에 대해 매우 잘 인지하고 있다는 것을 알 수 있었다(p<0.001). 이상의 결과를 통하여 대부분의 응답자가 수입산에 대해 부정적인 태도를 보이고 있으나 대부분 구입경험이 있고, 분별력 점수도 낮은 편이었다. 따라서 국내 소비자들의 피해를 줄이기 위하여는 수입식품과 국내식품의 특징 및 분별법에 대한 대중매체를 통한 홍보와 이에 대한 교육의 기회가 확대되어져야 하겠다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.159-172
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• 1989

This study was conducted to compare the date on knowledge, attitude and motivation toward blood donation between donors and nondonors. The study population included 622 donors and 322 nondonors who visited the mobile blood donation car of Taegu Red Cross Blood Center and participated the group appointed blood donation campaign managed by the center from March 1 to March 31, 1989. The donors and nondonors were questioned above mentioned items with a formulated questionnaire. Among the general characteristics of the subjects in the study, male predominace(84.1% in donors and 73.6% in nondonors) in young age group (16-24 years) was the outstanding feature. As a medium of information about blood donation, "television" was playing a dominant role(donors ; 75.2%, nondonors ; 78.9%), while "magazine"played more important roles among donors. Of the donors, 70.6% and of the nondonors, 58.1% replied that they had ever been induced to donate blood (p<0.01). Major inducers were friend and personnel of mobile blood donation vehicle. On the measuring of knowledge level, the average rates of correct answer was higher in donors (62.6%) than in nondonors (54.1%) (p<0.01). Higher the education level was presented, higher the knowledge level (p<0.05). There have been noticeable difference between donors and nondonors in blood replying the questionnaire set to measure their attitude toward blood donation. especially in the items such as "impression toward blood", "selection of transfusion blood source" and "view on the situation of blood shortage." The major motivation toward blood donation of the groups were "possible future need" and "altruism or humanitarian interest". The major reasons for not donating blood in both groups were "fear of the needle" and around to visit to mobile car or center."

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.23-31
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• 2003

In this research, dental health awareness of 3rd graders of high schools in Icheon-city was investigated in order to use the result of this research as the basic data for school dental health program, education direction, and educational purpose. The research was done from Sep. 23. to Oct. 5 and the followings are the results of survey. (1) 85.0% of the students brush their teeth once or twice a day and more female students brush their teeth 3 times a day than male students. (2) 77% of the students had experienced dental caries and 38.0% of the students have periodontal disease, which has lower percentage than cavity. (3) Most of the students can not go to the dentists because they do not have time and 84.0% of the students have been treated in dental clinics so this tells that most of the students had experienced dental treatment. (4) 46.8% of the students had interests in dental health and male students showed more interests than female students and the difference was statistically significant(p<0.05). (5) Most of the students hear the importance and information of dental health from mass media such as TV and radio or from people around. The research shows that most of the students do not get periodic dental checkups. (6) 80.8% of the students had never taught dental health education for improvement of dental health and 76.2% of the students think that the dental health education is needed. There was no difference according to the gender. (7) Most of the students think that the dental health education is needed to prevent cavity and gingiva disease and it shows that more students tend to attend the dental health education. (8) 69.3% of the students think that brushing your teeth is important to maintain good dental health and there was no difference according to the gender. Most of the students weren't aware that periodic dental checkups, right brushing, and using fluoric toothpaste is effective for cavity protection. (9) After looking into the knowledge of the students on dental health, it shows that the knowledge is low and there is no difference according to the gender.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.36 no.6
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• pp.727-734
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to evaluate nutrition knowledge and utilization of information on fast food of secondary school students in the two biggest cities, Seoul and Busan. Questionnaires were distributed to a total of 1,265 students (645 at 10 middle schools, 620 at 10 high schools). An average rate of correct answers on nutrition knowledge of fast food was 73.4%. General nutrition knowledge on fast food showed high percentage of correct answers, but the knowledge of vitamin and fiber on fast food was of low percentage. The scores of nutrition knowledge, the fast food (ie. chicken, pizza, gimbab, dukbokki, and ramyon) intake group with $'{\geq}1$ time/week' showed significantly (p<0.01) lower scores than those of the group with $'{\leq}1$ time/month'. The groups with higher interest in health and weight control had significantly (p<0.05) higher scores on nutrition knowledge than those of lower interest groups. Only 19.6% of the subjects had the experience of using the nutrition information for selecting fast food, but 66% of them wanted the developments of the internet-sites to provide information on fast food and on the relationship between fast food and health.

• Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.87-94
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• 2011

Objective: OSAS (obstructive sleep apnea syndrome) is a common disorder and its consequences are often serious. It is important to detect the disorder early in the course for proper treatment. This study is to grasp the snoring clinic visitors' knowledge level of OSAS. Method: One hundred and seventy-nine visitors at the of snoring clinic of Seoul National University Hospital were surveyed by questionnaire about reasons of visit and knowledge of treatment methods of snoring and OSAS, diagnostic method, OSAS-related symptoms, and complications. Results: Most of the respondents (89.4%) "have already heard about OSAS" and the major sources of information was the mass media (58.1%) such as television and radio. More than half (60.3%) were aware that snoring is closely related to OSAS. More than half (59.8%) recognized that a nocturnal polysomnograpy was necessary for proper diagnosis. Two thirds (67%) of the respondents noted surgery as a treatment for snoring. More than half (55.9%) answered that they would follow the doctor's advice on the treatment choice. Only 12.3% of respondents "have heard about nCPAP". No one chose nCPAP (nasal continuous positive airway pressure) as a treatment for either snoring or OSAS. About one third (34.6%) of the respondents were aware that OSAS is related to hypertension. Only 12.8% noted that OSAS is related to diabetes mellitus. Conclusion: Visitors at the snoring clinic were found to have substantially limited knowledge of health risks and proper treatments of OSAS. We suggest that it is crucially important to educate patients and offer easy-to-understand information on snoring and OSAS. We predict that provision of educaiton and information to patients and general public will faciliate the diagnosis and treatment of snoring and OSAS and reduce the related disorders such as hypertension, stroke, and diabetes mellitus.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• v.45 no.5
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• pp.575-587
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• 2002

Objective : To investigate the understanding of breast-feeding in pregnant woman and the proper way of encouraging breast-feeding. Methods : Each questionnaire included items about demographic characteristics and the understanding of breast-feeding. The questionnaires were filled up by pregnant women visiting obstetric clinics in Seoul and its vicinities, Busan, Choongjoo and Chungjoo from July 2001 to August 2001. One thousand, two hundred ninety questionnaires were analysed by Chi square tests and multiple logistic regressions. Results : The majority of pregnant women(87.4%) planned breast-feeding. Forty three percent of them had plans to breast-feed for 4-6 months. There were no differences in the level of education, the family size and the source of information about breast-feeding in planning to breast-feed (P>0.05). The main reasons for not choosing to breast-feed were returns to work(41.3%), previous failures of breast-feeding(17.4%), concerns about insufficient amount of breast milk(10.9%), breast and nipple problems(10.3%) and maternal illness(9.4%). The average score on the test of the understanding about breast-feeding was 59.7/100. The average scores on the understanding about the methods and advantages of breast-feeding were 45.3/100 and 86.1/100, respectively. The maternal status of employment, previous history of breast-feeding, the time of decision to breastfeed, person advocating breast-feeding and the understanding on the advantages of breast-feeding were significant determinant factors in planning to breast-feed(P<0.05). Conclusion : Pediatricians should take steps to make an effort to increase the breast-feeding rate and to encourage breast-feeding by timely education. Beyond the medical field, political and social supports for breast-feeding are urgently needed.