• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.11-22
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to propose prototypical plans for a dwelling unit applying the concepts of 'open housing' and 'aging in place' for senior citizens living in cities focusing on specific life patterns with chronic disease. Especially, a unit was designed for diabetes patients because diabetes, a representative disease of elderly people, often accompanies complications such as arthritis and Alzheimer disease. A unit design suitable for the convenient life of the elderly people with diabetes will provide a guideline for the similar unit designs of the senior citizens with other diseases. In this study, three types of unit plan are proposed. A-type plan is for type-1 diabetes patients, B-type alt.1 for the independent seniors of type-2 diabetes patients, and B-type alt.2 for the dependant seniors of type-2 diabetes patients. And a support design for a unit plan with the exclusive area of $60\;m^2$ is proposed. The same support design is used for all three unit types. Although the locations of bathroom and storage room are fixed and the location of the kitchen is changeable only in wet-zone. In conclusion, senior residents with diabetes can choose one of three unit types before occupation and the chosen unit type can be renovated by replacing infill systems as the health condition or life style changes.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.232-235
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• 2020

본 논문은 코골이 및 폐쇄성 무호흡 환자들의 수면의 질 향상을 위한 자세 교정 및 건강관리를 제공하는 스마트 침대를 제안한다. 기존 코골이 및 폐쇄성 무호흡 환자들을 위한 베개 및 자세변환 시스템은 코골이를 방지해 주거나, 혹은 폐쇄성 무호흡 환자들을 위한 용도로만 존재해왔다. 이에 본 논문에서는 사용자의 코골이, 폐쇄성 무호흡뿐만 아니라 개별적으로 존재하는 질병을 침대에서 사용자의 수면 상태 정보, 산소포화도, 뒤척임 정보를 수집하여 개인별 차별화된 자세를 추천 및 교정해준다. 또한 전용 애플리케이션의 건강 신호등 시스템으로 사용자에게 자신의 건강을 직관적으로 확인 시켜 줄 수 있다. 이를 통해 본 논문은 코골이로 인한 소음, 무호흡증을 완화하고 숙면을 돕는 서비스 개발을 목적으로 한다.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.30 no.11
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• pp.1021-1032
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• 2020

Numbers of companion animals and people rearing them are increasing in developed countries. As a result, businesses related to companion animals are becoming more advanced and specialized. Dogs have been cohabiting with humans as companions (pets) for thousands of years and, as a result, eat carbohydrate-rich foods similar to humans and maintain lives similar to their owners. Tight bonds between dogs and their owners are formed by sharing similar lifestyles, including a dwelling and food. Owners are responsible for their pets and treat them with emotional stability. Pets depend on their owners, although the food situation can cause stress. Since pet dogs are carnivorous in nature, providing pet dogs with a nutritionally balanced diet and functional materials is important for a healthy gut microbiome. Recently, the gut microbiota has become a research focus because it is associated with protection from harmful pathogens and immune regulation while maintaining physiological homeostasis. An abnormal gut microbiota is related to pathogenic processes and various gut, metabolic, mental, and neurological diseases. Additionally, pet dogs at risk of disease affect the health of their owners. Therefore, this review discusses the composition and diversity of the gut microbiota of dogs and the relationships between the gut microbiota and diseases.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.75-83
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• 2020

This study aimed to understand the differences in general characteristics, principal diagnosis, injury-related characteristics, and types of transportation accidents between young-old and old-old patients who were hospitalized owing to injury based on data from the Korean National Hospital Discharge In-Depth Injury Surveys. We used a complex sample cross tabulation analysis (chi-square test) and complex sample generalized linear model (t-test). Therefore, the primary focus of healthcare professionals working with the old-old should prevent falls in the home and increase the available medical care, financial aid plans, and psychosocial support for aging. Additionally education on traffic accident prevention and road safety is particularly important for old-old patients.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.63-71
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• 2018

This survey is to compare the handwashing recognition and practice of middle school students in Korea and Nepal, according to the report that handwashing practice rate of Korea was significantly lower than those of developed countries. The handwashing survey tools of Korean CDC were used. As a result of analyzing data using SPSS/Win 23.0, there were differences in residential state, disease experience, and parental education level of subjects, handwashing practice was significantly higher in Nepal while higher handwashing recognition of Korea(p<.001). Among contents of handwashing practice, there were significant differences in drying methods, number of it with soap, time required, number of receiving education for it, and education methods. It is necessary to take measures to increase handwashing practice rate of Korea, while Nepal's is increasing by supplementing equipment and education even their handwashing recognition was low. This results are from a few middle school students in both countries by convenience sampling, therefore it is needed repeated studies with wider range of subjects.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.133-139
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• 2016

Objectives : As the prevalence of elderly depression increases, it becomes urgent problem to provide preventive and management measures. But in practice, it is difficult to detect depression in early stage. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the association between sociodemographic factors and depression in elderly welfare facility users in a city. Methods : In this research, the severity of depression and sociodemographic factors(gender, age, education, co-morbid disease, housing type, number of children, number of family members living with the subjects) was evaluated through PHQ-9 and interview. Using the data, the associations of depression and sociodemographic factors were analyzed. Based on PHQ-9 depression cut-off value(10 points), the subjects were divided into two groups, and the difference of the variables between groups were analyzed statistically. Results : 'Own house'(YES/NO), education(less than elementary school graduation/more than elementary school graduation) were sociodemographic factors which showed significance difference in mean PHQ-9 scores. Group with Over PHQ-9 10 points showed less 'having their own house' and less education level than group with less PHQ-9 10 points. Conclusions : With this research, it is expected that the risk factors for the elderly depression can be understood and the measures for early detection and invention of elderly depression would be provided.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.279-292
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• 2005

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze agricultural accident and disease using statistical data and materials about National Survey for Health & Nutrition in 2001 and to provide fundamental materials for studies about farmers' health and safety, decision of priority about research and policy. Results: Diagnosed chronic disease prevalence is 72.4% in farmer/fisher group, 49.8% in non farmer/fisher group. The chronic disease prevalence of musculoskeletal disease, circulatory disease, and gastroenteric disease is 46.5%, 18.2%, and 17.9% in farmer/fisher group respectively. The prevalence of musculoskeletal disease in farmer/fisher is 2.4 times higher than non farmer/fisher. This result shows that it need to evaluation for risk factors of musculoskeletal disease preferentially. Lifetime accident/poisoning rate is 18.2% In farmer/fisher group and 13.3% in non farmer/fisher group. The types of accidents were fracture>sprain>contusion and the reasons of accidents were traffic accident>falling/sliding. Conclusions: "Bad or very bad" response of farmer/fisher is almost 2 times higher than non farmer/fisher group. The rate of smoking and no exercising in farmer/fisher group is higher than non farmer/fisher group.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.8 no.7
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• pp.207-218
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• 2017

This is the Study of descriptive research to look into influence factors about how pain, nutritional risk, loneliness and perceived health status have an effect on the health-related quality of life. The subjects were 110 elderly women living alone over the age of 65 living in D gu, Y gu, D metropolitan city and collected data by giving questionnaire, and used the SPSS/WIN 18.0 version to analyze. The correlated factors of health-related quality of life included pain(r=-.565, P<.001), nutritional risk(r=-.485, P<.001), loneliness(r=-.546, P<.001) and perceived health status(r=.706, P<.001). Factors influencing health-related quality of life are perceived health status, loneliness, pain, type of residence, number of diseases. Therefore, in order to improve health-related quality of life for elderly women living alone, it is necessary to induce the practice of education and health behavior for improvement of health status, to establish social network to increase emotional support and to apply various protection systems.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.80-87
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• 2022

Most of the disaster relief items provided to sufferers and temporary evacuees that are supposed to be victims in Korea are not suitable for the shelter environment of temporary housing facilities, and are not satisfactory because they do not have the functions, proper size and types. The purpose of this study is to analyze the user needs of emergency rescue relief items by presenting problems about the use environment and to develop the variable air mattresses which are based on disaster prevention design. In order to secure objectivity such as usability, convenience, and durability, research data are limited. However, the difficulty of mass spreading of conventional fiber mat and the functional disadvantages of foam plastic mat are solved by adopting variable air mattresses. The variable air mattresses are expected to help rehabilitate people by helping victims of physical tiredness, illness worsening, poor sleep, and life instability that can happen during long-term shelter life.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.565-567
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• 2022

질병을 앓고 있는 환자는 상태에 따라 병실, 주거지, 요양원 등 조호환경 내 생활 시 의료 인력의 지속적인 추적 및 관찰을 통해 신체에 이상이 생긴 경우 이를 감지하고, 신속하게 조치할 수 있도록 해야 한다. 의료 인력이 직접 환자를 확인하는 방법은 의료 인력의 반복적인 노동이 요구되며 실시간으로 환자를 확인해야 한다는 특성상 의료 인력이 상주해야 하기에 이는 곧, 의료 인력의 부족과 낭비로 이어진다. 해당 문제 해결을 위해 의료 인력을 대신하여 조호환경 내 환자의 상태를 실시간으로 모니터링할 수 있는 딥러닝 모델들이 연구되고 있다. 딥러닝 모델은 데이터의 수가 많을수록 강인한 모델을 설계할 수 있으며, 데이터셋의 배경, 객체의 특징 분포 등 다양한 조건에 영향을 받기 때문에 학습에 필요한 도메인을 가지는 많은 양의 전처리된 데이터를 수집해야 한다. 따라서, 조호환경 내 환자에 대한 데이터셋이 필요하지만, 공개된 데이터셋의 경우 양이 매우 적으며 이를 반전, 회전기법 등을이용할 경우 데이터의 수를 늘릴 수 있지만, 같은 분포의 특징을 가지는 데이터가 생성되기에 데이터 증강 기법을 단순하게 적용하면 딥러닝 모델의 과적합을 야기한다. 또한, 조호환경 내 이미지 데이터셋은 얼굴 노출과 같은 개인정보가 포함 될 수 있으며 이를 보호하기 위해 정보들을 비식별화 해야 한다는 문제점이 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 조호환경에서 수집된 데이터 증강을 위한 Style-Generative Adversarial Networks 기법을 적용하여 조호환경 데이터셋 수집에 효과적인 증강 기법을 제안한다.