• 대한응급의학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.29-37
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• 2015

Purpose: Stool exams are a useful tool for the early presumptive diagnosis of infectious bacterial diarrhea in the Emergency Department (ED). CT scans are often used to increase the physician's level of certainty and to facilitate patient triage by identifying the source of pain in most patients with an acute abdomen in the ED. This study was designed to investigate the correlation between stool exams and abdominal CT in patients with acute diarrhea visiting the ED. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study in the emergency department of a national university hospital from January 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. The subjects consisted of 156 patients with acute diarrhea and abdominal pain who had stool exam results and abdominal CT findings. We divided the patients into three groups according to the stool exam results. Simultaneously, we evaluated their CT findings of the bowel and adjacent structures. Results: A total of 156 patients were enrolled. Frequency of abnormal CT findings showed statistically significant correlation with stool exams (p-value <0.001). Abnormal CT findings increased as WBCs and RBCs in stool increased (p-value <0.001). Conclusion: The stool exam was a statistically significant predictive variable in indirectly determining the severity of acute diarrhea and it showed correlation with the frequency of abnormal CT findings. It is suggested that stool exams can be used as a susceptible marker for predicting the probability of severe infectious colitis, and for making an early decision regarding close medical attention.

• 대한수학교육학회지:수학교육학연구
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.679-700
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 최근에 대학입학 수학시험 개정이 발표된 영국, 호주, 일본의 개정 사례를 통하여 우리나라 대학입학 수학시험의 개정에 대한 시사점을 얻고자 하였다. 영국의 A-level 시험은 순수수학과 응용수학의 조화를 이루는 방향으로 개정되어 각 시험의 과목 및 내용이 조정되고, 문항 유형의 변화가 예고되었다. 호주 NSW주의 대학입학 시험은 기본적으로 수학을 강화하는 교육과정 개정 방침에 발맞추는 방향으로 개정되고 있다. 일본의 대학입시센터 시험은 고등학교와 대학을 연결시키는 교육 개혁의 일환으로 새로운 시험을 도입한다. 새로운 수학 시험에서는 이해력, 판단력, 표현력을 강조하고 수기식 단답형 문항이 출제된다. 이와 같은 영국, 호주, 일본의 사례를 바탕으로 본 연구에서는 우리나라 대학입학 수학시험의 목적과 성격, 시험 체제와 문항 유형, 학계의 뒷받침에 관하여 논하였다.

• 대한수학교육학회지:수학교육학연구
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.287-307
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• 2016

본고에서는 미국, 영국, 호주, 싱가포르, 일본, 5개국에서 시행되는 대학 입학 수학시험을 분석하여 대학수학능력시험을 비롯한 우리나라의 대학입학시험에 대한 시사점을 도출한다. 연구 대상을 한정짓기 위해 미국 대학입학시험은 SAT 시험, SAT 교과 시험, ACT 시험, AP-course 시험을, 영국과 싱가포르는 고등학교 졸업 자격시험으로 실시되는 GCE A-level 시험(영국의 경우, Edexcel 시험으로 한정)을, 호주는 A-level 시험의 성격을 띤 빅토리아 주 정부 주관의 VCE 시험을, 일본은 대학입시센터 시험과 대학별고사로 분석 대상을 선정하였다. 본 연구에서는 각각의 시험 체제를 소개하고 수학 또는 수학 관련 과목 시험의 출제 범위와 문항 형식을 분석함으로써 각 시험이 가지는 주목할 만한 특징을 확인한다. 그리고 우리나라 대학입학시험과의 비교를 통해 내용과 형식 측면에서의 몇 가지 시사점을 도출하였다. 이를 통해 향후 두 차례의 개편이 예고되어 있는 대학수학능력시험을 비롯해, 나아가 우리나라의 대학 입학 수학 시험의 개선 방안을 모색하기 위한 기초적인 논의를 제공한다.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2023

This research is conducted to minimize the potential security risks of conducting online exams to an acceptable level as vulnerabilities and threats to this type of exam are presented. This paper provides a general structure for the risk management process and some recommendations for increasing the level of security.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2013

Purpose: Among patients with multiple traumatic fractures, a tendency to form more callus exists in groups with multiple fractures combined with traumatic brain injury. This retrospective study evaluated the hematologic factors that might be useful to predict callus formation by comparing serologic tests and clinical and radiologic results in two groups. Methods: From January 2000 to December 2010, patients with femur shaft fractures were divided in two groups: one without traumatic brain injury (control group: 32 cases), and the other with traumatic brain injury (study group: 44 cases). We evaluated routine serologic exams and the amount of callus formation during the follow-up period. Results: Only the alkaline phosphatase level was statistically different between the two groups, not the White blood cell count, C-reactive protein, total calcium, and lactate dehydrogenase level. The amount of callus formation on the antero-posterior radiograph at the last follow up period was 74.9% in the study group and 42.1% in the control group. Then lateral radiograph showed 73.2% callus formation rate in the study group and 31.8% in the control group. Conclusion: In routine serologic exams, the two groups had no significant differences, except for the alkaline phosphatase level. The group with traumatic brain injury had much more callus formation, but there was no reliable factor to predict callus formation on the routine serologic exam.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.157-175
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• 2009

This paper offers a critical review of a newspaper argument regarding the problems of high school education assessment for university entrance examination system in the United Kingdom. The media account raises three sets of questioning to hold that the nation's long-standing A-levels have failed and is no longer viable as a high-stakes test. However, it is found that the writer's argumentations involving misleading conceptions can be deconstructed because of invalid reasoning and unreliable evidence. So, it is proposed that a reasonable solution to replace the discredited A-level exams should be to adopt an eclectic approach for assessing candidates' multiple capabilities; performance, potentiality and critical thinking skills. These criteria for component-oriented assessments are designed to measure their high school academic achievements and intellectual capacity for tertiary education; in the process of such measurement, critical-logical reasoning abilities for sound judgment and problem-solving tasks should be incorporated with the basic precondition that each university possesses its own discretion for the determination of adequate proportions to reflect each of the assessment outcomes. It is, therefore, expected that this critical review will inspire the readers to understand aspects of assessment as an educational field and to confirm how seriously they may be misguided by a distorted media argumentation without substantive background knowledge.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈E:수학교육논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.683-698
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• 2005

The volume of insurance business of Korea is now ranked 6th in the world. In spite of the rapid growth of the volume of the Korean insurance market, the growth of quality and technology of Korean insurance business has not reached on the top position. And the role of actuaries in Korea does not come up to the standard of the advanced economies due to the total lack of good actuarial science programs in Korea. In this paper, we consider a few desirable actuarial science programs for both undergraduate and graduate level and show concrete examples of curriculums useful in Korean universities. The curriculums are designed to help students to pass the four exams of Society of Actuaries and Casualty Actuarial Society and to get credits for Validation by Educational Experience (VEE). At the same time our curriculums can cover the contents of Korean actuarial exams. We also consider the actuarial internship programs.

• 한국어교육
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.1-24
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• 2017

This article explores the developmental history of TOPIK over the last 20 years and its recent trends. Over the last two decades, TOPIK underwent two major systematic reforms, achieving both quantitative and qualitative growth over the course of its 52 testing sessions. TOPIK has utilized a six-level evaluation system from its inception to the present. The evaluation system was amended from the earlier six-test set - whereby each level corresponded with a separate test (1997~2005: the $1^{st}{\sim}9^{th}$) - to the three-test set (2006~2014: the $10^{th}{\sim}34^{th}$), and finally to the two-test set (2014~present: the $35^{th}{\sim}42^{nd}$). In the earlier exams, abilities in Vocabulary Grammar, Writing, Listening, and Reading were assessed. However, beginning with the $35^{th}$ TOPIK, abilities in Listening, Reading, and Writing (only in TOPIK II) were assessed and the evaluation of the writing section was changed to a task-based process, improving TOPIK into a more qualified analysis of proficiency. Over the last 20 years, the number of countries TOPIK is administered in has greatly increased from 4 to 73 countries, and the annual number of test-takers has also significantly increased from 2,692 to 250,141. The distribution of proficiency levels of the test-takers has shifted over time - initially "Beginner>Intermediate>Advanced" in the earlier exams, to "Intermediate>Advanced>Beginner" after the mid 2000s - as the number of those studying the Korean language for specific purposes and continuing education increased. Test-takers have indicated a shift in their purpose for taking the exam, initially citing "to assess proficiency" and more recently selecting "to study abroad," and this could also correlate with changes in the proportion of test-takers' proficiency level. In general, 85~95% of beginner, 50~65% of intermediate, and 45~60% of advanced test applicants passed the respective proficiency level. To date, no practices have yet been implemented to standardize the difficulty level longitudinally across test sets.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈D:수학교육연구
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.215-227
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• 2006

After reviewing China's appearance and research on the Math open-ended problems, together with the application of those problems in mathematics test of Shanghai Senior Middle School Entrance Exams (SSMSEE) since 1999, this paper points out the difficulty in establishing an evaluation system for such problem. Through comparative study, the paper gives an operational definition of open-ended problem, and it attempts to establish an evaluation system and non-systematic competence targets that are appropriate to Math open-ended problems. Meanwhile, it describes the performance feature of those targets. By applying the standard international grading system of difficulty, it discusses the elements of difficulty in Math open-ended problems, and puts forward an evaluation as well as a level-of-difficulty forecasting system that is appropriate to the Middle School Entrance Exam.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.699-706
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• 2016

본 연구는 MRI 검사로 인하여 방사선사가 노출되는 소음의 양을 평가하여 소음저감 시설의 필요성과 제도 마련을 제안하고자 하였다. 소음측정은 대전광역시 S 종합병원의 1.5 Tesla MRI 장비(7개 검사)와 3.0 Tesla MRI 장비(16개 검사)를 대상으로 하였고, 소음측정기는 SC-804를 사용하였다. 소음측정 거리는 MRI 검사실 방음문에서 검사자의 업무 위치까지 100cm 이며, 측정 높이는 업무 시 검사자의 귀 높이 100cm 이다. 검사별 소음측정은 각 검사의 시퀀스(Sequence)마다 발생되는 소음 수치를 관측하여 20초마다 기록하였고 검사별 3회씩 측정하여 평균값을 제시하였다. 연구결과 방사선사가 노출되는 소음의 최댓값은 73.3 dB(A)로 3.0 Tesla 장비에서 시행한 MRCP 검사, 검사별 평균소음의 최댓값은 66.9(3.1) dB(A)로 역시 3.0 Tesla 장비에서 시행한 Myelogram 검사이다. 장비별 평균소음은 3.0 Tesla 장비가 61.9(4.1) dB(A), 1.5 Tesla 장비가 52.0(3.1) dB(A)로 3.0 Tesla MRI 장비가 약 10 dB(A) 정도 높았다(p<0.001). 방사선사가 노출되는 소음의 양은 청력에 영향을 미치는 수준은 아니지만 비청력적영향이 발생할 수 있는 수준이다. 소음을 저감하기 위해 MRI 조정실 후면에 커튼을 설치하여 반사음을 제거할 수 있지만, 제도 마련이 선행되어야 할 것이다.