• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.101-109
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• 2011

Purpose: The Assessing Care Of Vulnerable Elders project has developed indicators for the quality of the end-of-life (EOL) care. However, family members of cancer patients may have a different view on the quality indicators (QIs) established by health care experts. We evaluated the QIs from the family members' perspective. Methods: The information used in this study was gathered by surveying family members of cancer patients who were admitted to the inpatient hospice ward in Korea. A cross-sectional anonymous questionnaire was distributed to 120 potential respondents from July to October 2009. We included 69 responses in this study (effective response rate, 57.5%). Statistical analysis was performed by using SPSS for Win ver. 14.0, with independent t-test and Pearson's chi-square test. Results: Among QIs for good hospice care, families agreed the most on "Medical examination by the palliative care team or specialist" (88.4%) and "Dying in the family's presence" (88.4%). They agreed the least on "Discussing cardiopulmonary resuscitation with patients" (15.9%). Among QIs for bad hospice care, "Occurrence of fall or pressure ulcer are undesirable" showed the highest agreement rate (94.2%). The lowest agreement rate was 11.6% on "Dying in the hospital is undesirable." In addition, women, patients who were aware of their prognoses, and people with a high socioeconomic status tended to agree more on the QIs. Conclusion: Patients' families did not agree on some of the QIs recommended by previous studies. Family members' characteristics were related to their opinions on QIs.

• Journal of KIISE:Databases
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.395-408
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• 2004

A conjunctive Boolean text query refers to a query that searches for tort documents containing all of the specified keywords, and is the most frequently used query form in information retrieval systems. Typically, the query specifies a long list of keywords for better precision, and in this case, the order of keyword processing has a significant impact on the query speed. Currently known approaches to this ordering are based on heuristics and, therefore, cannot guarantee an optimal ordering. We can use a systematic approach by leveraging a database query processing algorithm like the dynamic programming, but it is not suitable for a text query with a typically long list of keywords because of the algorithm's exponential run-time (Ο(n2$^{n-1}$)) for n keywords. Considering these problems, we propose a new approach based on a property called the join sequence separability. This property states that the optimal join sequence is separable into two subsequences of different join methods under a certain condition on the joined relations, and this property enables us to find a globally optimal join sequence in Ο(n2$^{n-1}$). In this paper we describe the property formally, present an optimization algorithm based on the property, prove that the algorithm finds an optimal join sequence, and validate our approach through simulation using an analytic cost model. Comparison with the heuristic text query optimization approaches shows a maximum of 100 times faster query processing, and comparison with the dynamic programming approach shows exponentially faster query optimization (e.g., 600 times for a 10-keyword query).

• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.161-199
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• 1997

Unexceedingly rapid industrialization in Korea produced not only the improvement of living standards but many side effects including safety problems. This study, utilizing the survey data on 800 respondents on the quality of life and psycho-physical safety, reveals several findings as follows: 1) safety is one of the key dimensions of quality of life, 2) people usually take an equilibrium between risk and safety, although the equilibrium point differs by culture, social system, and other demographic traits, 3) accidents can be classified into three different types, demanding a different approach on the cause process, and solution in safety-related accidents. Major findings of this study implies that for the improvement of the quality of life, we should prescribe different policy measures according to the three different types of accidents.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.16 no.8
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• pp.1513-1518
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• 1992

Numerical solution technique is suggested to analyze the vibration of a spring composed of stacked beams fastened together. Bernoulli-Euler beam theory for small deflection is used, and incremental Coulomb friction law is adopted for the interface friction. The validity of the present solution technique is checked for the perfectly bonded case and the perfect sliding case.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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• v.13D no.1 s.104
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• pp.11-22
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• 2006

As we are to deal with more and more XML documents, research on storing and managing XML documents in databases are actively conducted. Employing RDBMS or ORDBMS as a repository of XML documents is currently regarded as most practical. The query results out of XML documents stored in databases could be cached for query performance though the cost of cache consistency against the update of the underlying data is incurred. In this paper, we assume that an ORDBMS is used as a repository for the XML query cache as well as its underlying XML documents, and that XML query cache is refreshed in a deferred way with the update log. When the same XML document was updated multiple times, the deferred refresh of the XML query cache may Bet inefficient. We propose an algorithm that removes or filters such duplicate updates. Based on that, the optimal SQL statements that are to be executed for XML query cache consistency are generated. Through experiments, we show the efficiency of our proposed deferred refresh of XML query cache.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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• v.12D no.5 s.101
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• pp.673-682
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• 2005

Distance browsing queries, namely k-nearest neighbor queries, are the most important queries in spatial database applications, e.g., Geographic Information Systems(GISs). Recently, GIS applications trends to extend themselves toward wide multi-user environments such as the Web. Since many techniques for such queries, where Hjaltason and Samet's algorithm is the most efficient one, were optimized for only one query, we need to complement them suitable for multi-user environments. It can be a good approach that we store many individual query results in a cache, i.e., query result caching and reuse them in evaluating incoming queries, j.e., query result matching. In this paper, we propose a complementary Hjaltason and Samet's algerian capable of reusing previous query results in a cache for answering distance browsing queries in multi-user GIS environments. Our experimental results conform the efficiency of our approach.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.612-614
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• 1998

DNS는 인터넷상에서 도메인 네임과 IP 주소간의 상호 전환의 동작을 수행하는 시스템이다. DNS상에서 도메인 네임이나 IP 주소를 요청하는 질의나 이에 대한 응답은 네트워크상에서 UDP를 사용한 메시지 형식으로 전송한다. 이때 제 3자의 개입에 의한 조작의 가능성이 있다. 이러한 질의와 응답 메시지의 조작을 방지하고자 RFS2065에서는 RSA 공개키 방식을 사용하였다. RSA 공개키 방식은 현제 국내에서 직접사용하기에는 많은 애로 사항이 있으며 속도 측면에서 좋지 않은 면을 보여준다. 본 논문에서는 Pseudonoise Sequence와 MD5를 사용하여 DNS 상에서의 안전한 질의 응답을 가능하게 하고자 한다. Pseudonoise Sequence와 MD5를 사용함으로써 메시지를 암오화하지않아도 되며 또한 많은 계산을 요구하지 않는다. 메시지에 Pseudonoise Sequence를 기입하고, 그 메시지의 MD5를 송수신 측에서 검사함으로써 제 3자 개입에 의한 조작 방지와 메시지 데이터의 무결성을 보할 수 있다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.180-183
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• 2001

Oncocytic carcinoid는 매우 드문 종양으로 단지 몇 례만이 문헌상 보고되고 있다. 본 저자들은 좌폐 상엽에 발생한 oncocytic carcinoid 1례를 치험하였는데 환자는 56세된 여자환로 특이한 증상은 없었다. 흉부 전산화 단층촬영상 좌폐상엽에 3$\times$3.5 cm 크기의 동종의 종괴를 보이고 있었다. 수술전 검사후 외과적절제술을 시행하였는데 육안적소견상 4$\times$3cm 크기의 경계가 명확한 황갈색의 종괴였으며, 병리조직학적 검사상 괴립성 호산성 세포질이 풍부한 양상을 보였으며 면역조직학적 검사에서는 cytokeratin에 양성반응을 보였으며 EMA와 chromograin에 국소적인 양성반응을 보여, 폐에 발생한 oncocytic carcinoid로 진단하였다. 수술후 환자의 상태는 양호하였으며, 현재 외래추적관찰중이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.310-313
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• 2000

본 연구에서는 현재 사용 종료된 매립지 재사용을 위해 정비를 실시 중인 전국 매립지 중에서 충남 공주시 금홍동에 위치한 사용 종료된 매립지를 대상으로 하여 사업 지구 및 그 주변지역의 환경질 평가를 위하여 토양에 관한 오염도 조사를 실시하였다. 시료는 매립지 내 1개 지점과 주변 논 2개 지점, 밭 1지점으로 총 4개 지점에서 채취하였다. 토양시료의 분석항목은 토양환경보전법에서 제시하는 총 11개 항목으로 하였으며, 실험방법은 토양오염공정시힘방법에 준하여 실시하였다. 실험결과 토양환경보전법상 농경지에 대한 우려기준과 비교하여 전 항목이 기준에 크게 미치지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 토양질의 면에서 된다면 이 매립지 부지는 일반적인 용도의 토지로써 사용이 가능하다고 사료된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.214-216
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• 2001

유사 시퀸스 검색에서 시간 왜곡 변환을 지원하기 위한 연구가 최근 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 음성 인식과 같은 몇몇 응용에서는 시간 왜곡 변환을 적용할 때 과도한 타이밍의 차이는 허용하지 않을 필요가 있다. 그래서 대부분의 경우 윈도우라는 제약 조건을 추가하게 된다. 이 논문에서는 윈도우 제약 조건이 있을 때 시간 왜곡 변환을 지원하는 유사 검색 방법으로 세그먼트 분할 기법(Segment Partition Approach:SFA)을 제안한다. SFA는 각 시퀸스를 세그먼트로 분할한 뒤 특징을 추출하여 다차원 인덱스를 구성한다. 유사 검색 질의를 수행할 때 이 인덱스를 검색하여 질의 시퀸스와 유사할 가능성이 큰 후보들을 빠르게 찾아낼 수 있고 찾아낸 후보들에 대해서만 정확한 시간 왜곡 변환 거리를 계산하기 때문에 전체 질의 처리 시간을 단축할 수 있다. SPA는 순차 검색에 비하여 좋은 성능을 보이며, 특히 거리 허용치가 작을 때 더욱 우수한 성능을 보인다.