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Effect of Nutrition Support Program for the Elderly in a Rural Community (일 농촌지역에서 수행된 노인 영양공급 프로그램의 효과)

  • Kim, Shin-Weol;Shin, Jun-Ho;Sohn, Seok-Joon;Heo, Young-Ran;Kang, Myung-Geun
    • Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.113-123
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    • 2009
  • Objectives: This study was performed to assess the effects of nutrition support for the elderly in rural communities. Methods: The data for this study were obtained from 148 aged over 65 years in G district(70 intervention group and 78 control group). General characteristics, physical health status, food intake, dietary habits, knowledge of nutrition and nutrition risk factors of the subjects were examined by individual interview. The participants were divided into two groups through the first questionnaire of nutrition: nutritional intervention group(nutritional intervention and education of nutrition) and control group(education of nutrition alone). Results: Nutritional intervention group showed significant increase of energy intake to 87.4% from 71.0% and of most nutrients except vitamin A and niacin after intervention. After nutritional intervention program, depression index was significantly decreased and changes of food habits, self-efficacy and conviction indices were significantly increased. Conclusions: This study showed that the nutritional intervention serving foods for short-term intervention period was very effective in improving the nutritional status. In addition, it suggested that it was not enough for nutritional improvement of the elderly to provide public health education or counseling alone, therefore, for achieving its goals, it should be needed proper nutritional supply to them.

Inhibitory Effect of Dry-Heat Treatment and Chemical Sanitizers against Foodborne Pathogens Contaminated on the Surfaces of Materials (재질 표면에 오염된 여러 병원성 세균에 대한 건열살균 및 살균소독제의 저해효과)

  • Bae, Young-Min;Heu, Sun-Gi;Lee, Sun-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.38 no.9
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    • pp.1265-1270
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    • 2009
  • Pathogens contaminated on the surface of utensils could contribute to the occurrence of outbreaks due to cross-contamination to foods during the food preparation process. Therefore, the efficacy of chemical sanitizers (chlorine-based and alcohol-based commercial sanitizers) and dry-heat ($71^{\circ}C$) on inhibiting biofilms of five foodborne pathogens (Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella Typhimurium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Listeria monocytogenes, and Staphylococcus aureus) on the surface of stainless steel and polypropylene were investigated in this study. Initial populations of pathogens were 8.8$\sim$9.3 and 9.4$\sim$10.3 log CFU/coupon on the surface of stainless steel and polypropylene coupon, respectively, and these populations were not significantly reduced when they were treated with water for 5 min at room temperature. Treatments with chlorine sanitizer and dry-heat were not effective on inactivating pathogens on the surfaces of stainless steel and polypropylene. In contrast, treatments with alcohol sanitizer were very effective on inactivating pathogens on the surfaced of stainless steel and polypropylene. Reduction levels ranged from 3.4 to 6.4 log and from 5.5 to 7.4 log CFU/coupon in stainless steel and plastic coupons, respectively. From these results, alcohol-based sanitizer could be used as a potential way for controlling microbial contamination on the surface of utensils, cooking equipment, and other related environments.

An Ethnography of the Concept of Illness by the Elderly (노인의 질병 관념에 관한 문화기술적 연구)

  • Cho, Myoung Ok
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.690-705
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    • 2000
  • This ethnography was based on Kleinman's explanatory model of a health care system. It is conducted to make thick discription of illness conception of the elderly in a sociocultural context. The basic assumptions were as follows. 1) A health care system is a cultural system, and as with any other cultural system, it is a system of symbolic meanings anchored in a particular arrangement of social institutions and patterns of interpersonal relationships; 2) In all societies health care activities are more or less interrelated. Therefore, they need to be in a holistic manner as socially organized responses to disease that constitute a special cultural system; health care system; 3) Health and illness experiences are the natural process of disease. Individuals who recognized a for state of health, their family, neighbors, and communities define the state, search for causes of the health problems, and response to it. According by, they proceed to search for healing stratagies. So, understanding of the illness experience is the starting point for health care. The study participants were 12 elders aged 60 or more. The fieldwork was conducted in an agricultural clan village of Namwon city. The data collection and analysis were cyclic, from descriptive observation, domain analysis, focused observation, taxanomic analysis, selected observation, componential analysis, and finally cultural themes were all analysed. Proxemic and text analysis techniques were used according to the characteristics of the data. The data of sociocultural context and descriptive data were collected from 1990 to 1992. Informations on illness concepts were collected during 1994 using focused observation. Data confirming and contrast observations were conducted from 1997 and 1999. Illness concepts of the elderly were taxonomized supernatural cause, non-supernatural cause, immediate cause, and ultimate cause. The supernatural ones were ancestors, god of home, god of village, and ghost such as 'sal(evil force of dead man)' and 'gagqui(ghost of begger)'. The non-supernatural ones were Ki, natural phenomenones, natural objects, foods, human and human behaviors. Immediate ones were insufficiency and overflows, discretion and consolidation, disorder and out of order, cloudness and contamination, and fluctuation and stagnation of supernatural cause and non-supernatural ones. Ultimate causes were intrusion and loss of supernatural and nonsupernatural ones. The cultural themes of illness concepts of the elderly are: 1) illness concepts are not based on causality principle, but on reciprocal principle; 2) illness concepts are affected by social level and charicteristics of the patients; 3) the causes of disease are recognized as imposed both positive and negative effects on health based on interpretation of the indiviuals; 4) illness concepts reflects on principles of everyday life of the society members such as hierachial structure and group cohesiveness; 5) illness concepts are ruled on principle of reciprocity and spread; 6) illness concepts are interrelated with physical environment of the participants. It can be concluded that the illness concepts of the elderly in a traditional clan village are a component of health care system as a cultural system based on these results. The these results can be a useful basis for gerontological nursing practice and education.

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An Evaluation of Cold Chain Cluster Competitiveness in the Metropolitan Area (수도권 콜드체인 클러스터 경쟁력 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Ahn, Kil-Seob;Park, Sung-Hoon;Lee, Hae-Chan;Yeo, Gi-Tae
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.18 no.10
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    • pp.181-194
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    • 2020
  • Due to the changes in the distribution market, issues related to storage and distribution of agricultural, aquatic and livestock products, and storage and transportation of processed and fresh food are rapidly emerging, and as a result, Cold Chain is naturally receiving attention as one of the logistics services. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the competitiveness of location in the construction of a cold chain cluster centered on the metropolitan area, which has attracted attention in relation to the distribution of cold chains, such as recently refrigerated frozen foods. To this end, this study evaluated the competitiveness of cold chain cluster candidates in the metropolitan area by utilizing the CFPR (Consistent Fuzzy Preference Relations) method that can efficiently extract and quantify expert knowledge. As a result, the location competitiveness was found to be superior to Incheon New Port's hinterland, Gyeonggi South Area (Yongin), Gyeonggi West Area (Gimpo Logistics Complex), and Pyeongtaek Oseong Logistics Complex. In particular, this study extracted the knowledge of refrigerated and refrigerated logistics warehouse operation experts, and conducted detailed competitiveness assessments for cold chain cluster candidates in the metropolitan area, and suggested the optimal cluster candidates. In the future research, it is necessary to classify the questionnaire into the owner, large business group, and public business group, etc., who have the right to purchase and build to secure ownership of the fresh food distribution center.

Development of Han-sik Database Utilizing an Expert Focus Group and Assessment of Han-sik Effects on Diet Quality (전문가 포커스 그룹을 활용한 한식 데이터베이스 작성과 한식 섭취 수준에 따른 식품군 섭취 균형도 평가)

  • Kang, Minji;Jung, Hyun Ju;Joung, Hyojee;Shim, Jae Eun;Lee, Sang Eun;Park, Young-Hee;Paik, Hee Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2014
  • This study was conducted to develop a Han-sik database as well as to assess the effects of Han-sik on dietary quality among Koreans. The Han-sik database was developed by a focus group composed of food and nutrition specialists considering the results of Han-sik perception surveys conducted in previous studies for frequently consumed dishes. Among the 1,322 dish items identified in the $4^{th}$ (2007-2009) Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), 973 items (73.6%) were classified as Han-sik. Han-sik usage was defined as the percentage of Han-sik items of all individually consumed dish items in the dietary data of 22,113 subjects who participated in a 24-hour diet recall in the $4^{th}$ (2007-2009) KNHANES. Dietary quality was evaluated based on adherence to the Korean Food Guidance System (KFGS), which was calculated as the percentage of the number of servings consumed in each food group out of recommended servings according to age and sex. Mean usage of Han-sik was 80.1% and was higher in older age groups, rural areas, as well as in households at the lowest income level. Han-sik usage was also higher on weekdays as well as for breakfast. Adherence to the KFGS was significantly higher for grains, meat fish egg beans, vegetables, and fruits (p<0.001) but lower for milk dairy products and oils fats sugars (p<0.001) across the quartiles of Han-sik usage. The results of this study indicate that Han-sik usage is high among Koreans. Further studies are needed to update the Han-sik database as well as investigate the association between health-related factors and Han-sik use.

Studies on Chung-Kook-Jang (Part I) -On the changes of soy-bean protein in manufacturing Chung-Kook-Jang- (청국장에 관한 연구(I) -청국장 제조과정에 있어서 콩단백질의 변화에 관하여-)

  • Lee, Ke-Ho;Lee, Hyo-Ji;Chung, Moon-Kyo
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.191-200
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    • 1971
  • As a series on the soy-bean protein and their related substances 9 samples were collected from 9 places such as straws (Rice) to obtain bacterial strains which produce protease. From these samples total of 23 strains were isolated by the use of dilution pour plate method. For all isolated strains primary screening of productivity of protease was performed and useful straines with regard to protease productivities were identified. Optimum conditions for enzyme action of protease from isolates $D_9$, $F_{20}$ strains were pH 7.5 and $40^{\circ}C$. Chung-Kook-Jang is one of the characteristic foods in Korea made from soy-bean by fermentation. The chief bacterium is Bacillus subtilis and the chief change which takes place in soy-bean during fermentation is degradation of protein. Three kinds of Chung-Kook-Jang were prepared using three different strains of Bacillus natto, $D_9\;and\;F_{20}$ from isolated. Water soluble-N, TCA soluble-N, amino-N and peptide-N were measured about the steamed soybean, Chung-Kook-Jang prepared with three strains of bacteria. Water soluble-N decreased very largely in steamed soybean, but in Chung-Kook-Jang it increased to 85% of raw soy-bean.

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Biosensor System for the Detection of Agrichemicals and Its Applications (농약 검출을 위한 바이오센서 시스템 연구 및 그 응용)

  • Park, Tae-Jung;Yang, Min-Ho;Lee, Sang-Yup;Kim, Soo-Hyun
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.227-238
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    • 2009
  • In the recent years, some organic toxic chemicals were used for obtaining high-yield productivity in agriculture. The undegraded pesticides may remain in the agricultural foods through atmosphere, water, and soil and cause public health problems to environmental resources and human beings even at very low concentrations. Small amounts of pesticides can affect a central nervous system, resulting in immunogenic diseases, infertility problems, respiratory diseases and born marrow diseases, which can lead even to death. Monitoring of the environmental pesticide is one of the important issues for the human well-being. Several kinds of biosensors have been successfully applied to the detection of agrichemical toxicity. Also, few platforms for biocide detection have been definitely developed for the degradation and reaction of pesticides. Biochip and electrochemistry experiments involve immobilizing a receptor molecule on a solid substrate surface, and monitoring its interaction with an analyze in a sample solution. Furthermore, nanotechnology can be applied to make high-throughput analyses that are smaller, faster and sensitive than conventional assays. Some nanomaterials or nanofabricated surfaces can be coupled to biomolecules and used in antibody-based assays and enzymatic methods for pesticide residues. The operation procedure has become more convenient as it does not require labeling procedure. In this paper, we review the recent advances in agrichemical defection research and also describe the label-free biosensor for pesticides using various useful detection methods.

Establishment of Korean Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides in Foods (한국의 식품중 농약 잔류허용기준 설정)

  • Park, Kun-Sang;Im, Moo-Hyeog;Choi, Dong-Mi;Jeong, Ji-Yoon;Chang, Moon-Ik;Kwon, Kwang-Il;Hong, Moo-Ki;Lee, Chul-Won
    • The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.51-59
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    • 2005
  • Korean maximum residue limits (MRLs) for pesticides have been established based on scientific data of good agricultural practice, acceptable daily intake (ADI), food intake, average body weight and others. MRLs for pesticides are generally set under the principle that theoretical maximum daily intake (TMDI) are always below ADI. As results, 104 MRLs are going to be newly established for 24 pesticides and 102 MRLs are going to be added for 63 pesticides that have regulation already, Among new pesticides, ethaboxam and flupyrazofos are effective components that are first developed in Korea. In case of dithiocarbamates, MRLs are classified by 3 groups such as dimethyldithiocarbamates, ethylenebis (dithiocarbamate)s and propineb.

Analysis of Purchasing Recognition and Purchasing Characteristics of a Plum Purchaser (매실의 소비자 구매의식과 구매특성 분석)

  • Kim, Mi-OK;Cho, Sung-Ju;Cho, Yong-Been
    • Journal of Distribution Science
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    • v.13 no.12
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    • pp.33-40
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    • 2015
  • Purpose - Given an increase in the consumption of plums, prices have fluctuated in an unstable manner, making it difficult for farmhouses to sell the product. This study intends to provide information on the cultivation and sale of plums to consumers, thus enabling producers to utilize relevant information to analyze the types of plums that are preferred and consumed by users. Research design, data, and methodology - In this study, a survey was conducted on plum consumption by a consumer panel established and operated by the Rural Development Administration in December 2009. The objective was to identify the purchasing awareness of plums and to analyze panel data from 2010 to 2013 using a linear regression model, a Tobit model, and a panel regression model to derive the purchase characteristics. Results - The outcome of the survey on plums is as follows. Plums are purchased because they are good for the health (90.6%), which means that most customers purchase plums for their health benefits. When plums are in season, the purchase rate is 94.8%, indicating that most plums are purchased when they are in season and that selling plums when they are out of season is difficult. Therefore, we sell most plums in the correct season, and the rest of the plums need to be processed and then sent to markets. The strongest reason for not purchasing plums is that they are difficult to process for consumption (63.1%), followed by the reason that the fruit is unfamiliar (15.5%). Regarding solutions for increasing the consumption of plums, the answers were as follows: distribute a recipe for plums (36.9%), advertise its effect through TV or the press (31.1%), and develop various processed products (15.6%). When customers decide to pick out plums, the major considerations were freshness (4.43), safe to eat (4.16), price (3.96), size (3.87), brand (3.28), and discount event (2.62). Freshness is important for decision making and safe to eat was more important than price because plums are washed and processed into plum jam. According to the results of the linear regression model, a higher family income results in a higher purchasing amount. However, the amount of plums purchased by a person was reduced if his or her income increased. Compared with individuals who used other purchasing agents on weekdays, those who used the traditional market turned out to purchase a higher amount of plums on the weekdays. Conclusions - Considering that numerous people purchase plums for their health benefits, promoting the consumption of plums is anticipated as being successful if they can be produced safely for consumption and for inclusion in recipes and various processed foods, and to promote eco-friendly agricultural practices.

가스치환포장 및 감마선을 병용처리한 최소가공 절임배추의 품질특성

  • 안현주;김재현;김재경;조철훈;김장호;육홍선;변명우
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Postharvest Science and Technology of Agricultural Products Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.185.2-186
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    • 2003
  • 세계적으로 최소가공식품(minimally processed foods)의 시장이 확대되면서, 최소가공된 과채류의 미생물학적 안전성 확보가 중요한 사안으로 대두되고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 김치제조용 원료배추를 모델로 하여 감마선 및 가스치환 포장법을 병용한 절임배추의 미생물학적, 이화학적 특성을 평가하였다. Fresh-cut상태의 절임배추(염농도 3%)를 각각 air, 100% $CO_2$, 25% $CO_2$/75% $N_2$가스를 주입하여 포장한 후 0, 0.5, 1, 2 kGy의 선량으로 감마선 조사하여 3주 동안 저장하면서 분석에 사용하였다. Total aerobic bacteria, coliforms, Salmonella, lactic acid bacteria의 분포를 살펴본 결과, $CO_2$혹은 $CO_2$/$N_2$포장과 감마선을 병용처리한 경우 저장기간 동안 total aerobic bacteria, coliforms 및 Salmonella 모두 1kGy의 선량에서 90% 이상 감소시킬 수 있는 것으로 나타나, 일반 함기포장보다 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 색도 및 물성은 포장방법에 따른 차이를 보이지 않았으며, pH의 경우도 감마선 조사 및 가스치환 포장시 더욱 효과적으로 유지할 수 있었다. FRAP(ferric reducing antioxidant power) value 및 DPPH radical 소거능과 같은 생리활성 능력을 측정한 결과 포장방법 및 감마선 조사에 의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 따라서 가스치환 포장 및 감마선 조사를 병용시 함기포장구 보다 낮은 감마선 조사선 량에서 병원성 미생물을 제어할 수 있었으며, 이화학적 품질이 우수하고 저장성이 향상된 절임배추를 제조할 수 있었다.7로 4$0^{\circ}C$ 진공건조와 -7$0^{\circ}C$ 동결건조의 L값 변화보다 큰 변화를 보였고, 또한‘a’값과 ‘b’값의 경우도 마찬가지로 5$0^{\circ}C$ 열풍건조의 경우가 양파의 내부와 외부면의 적색도 및 황색도 변화가 크게 일어나는 경향을 나타내었다. 건조과정 중 vitamin C의 함량변화는 건조에 의한 수분함량의 감소로 vitamin C의 함량은 상대적으로 증가하였고, -7$0^{\circ}C$ 동결건조의 경우가 가장 높은 vitamin C의 증가량을 나타내었고, 그와 반대로 5$0^{\circ}C$ 열풍건조의 경우는 열에 의한 vitamin C의 변화로 인한 상대적 증가량은 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다.아현미가 더욱 조밀하였다. 10시간 탈삽처리에서 상품성이 우수하였다. 그러나 25'E 28시간 탈삽처리는 탈삽의 균일도가 다른 처리에 비해 떨어지는 경향이었다. 경우, 사과표피의 색도 변화를 현저히 지연시킴을 확인하였다. 또한 control과 비교하여 성공적으로 사과에 코팅하였으며, 상온에서 보관하여을 때 사과의 품질을 30일 이상 연장하는 효과를 관찰하였다. 이들 결과로부터 대두단백질 필름이 과일 등의 포장제로서 이용할 가능성을 확인하였다.로 [-wh] 겹의문사는 복수 의미를 지닐 수 없 다. 그러면 단수 의미는 어떻게 생성되는가\ulcorner 본 논문에서는 표면적 형태에도 불구하고 [-wh]의미의 겹의문사는 병렬적 관계의 합성어가 아니라 내부구조를 지니지 않은 단순한 단어(minimal $X^{0}$ elements)로 가정한다. 즉, [+wh] 의미의 겹의문사는 동일한 구성요 소를 지닌 병렬적 합성어([$[W1]_{XO-}$ $[W

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