• Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.117-125
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• 2019

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of simultaneous application of focal vibration stimulation and task-oriented training on the improvement in upper extremity motor function after stroke. Methods : The study period was from January to April 2019; 23 patients who fulfilled the study eligibility criteria were enrolled. The participants were divided into two groups: the experimental group with vibration stimulation and task-oriented training and the control group with only task-oriented training. Training was conducted in a total of 20 sessions, 5 times a week for 30 minutes a day for 4 weeks. The amount of use of the affected and unaffected side by accelerometers, and Box and Block test (BBT), Action Research Arm Test (ARAT) was measured with a pre-test, a post-test. Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and Analysis of Covariance were used to compare and analyze the changes within and between the groups. Results : Both the groups showed statistically significant changes in the results of the BBT and the ARAT, as well as the amount of use of the affected and unaffected side. Regarding the use of the affected side, BBT results, and the grasp and gross movement item of the ARAT showed significant changes in the experimental group compared with the control group. Conclusion : We found that simultaneous application of focal vibration stimulation and task-oriented training was more effective than task-oriented training alone. A large-scale comparative study involving a group that is only given vibration stimulation should be conducted for more generalizable results.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.50 no.6
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• pp.863-875
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• 2020

Purpose: This study was conducted to develop and test the effects of a program for practice application of intravenous infusion evidence based nursing practice (EBP) guidelines in small and medium-sized hospitals. Methods: A mixed method research design was used, combining non-equivalent control group pre-post test design with qualitative study analysis. The subjects consisted of 55 nurses. The practice application program was developed based on the Advancing Research and Clinical practice through close Collaboration (ARCC) model. Data were collected for analysis in the following areas: nurses' EBP organizational culture and readiness, EBP beliefs, EBP implementation, importance about intravenous infusion, and performance about intravenous infusion, with data assessed using valid and reliable instruments. Patient outcomes were collected from the hospital's medical records. Data were analyzed using t-test, χ2-test, and Shapiro-Wilk test, with qualitative content analysis used for interview data. Results: Following the intervention, nurses' EBP organizational culture and readiness, EBP beliefs, EBP implementation, and performance of intravenous infusion and perceptions of its importance showed significant improvement in the experimental group. Phlebitis rates decreased in the experimental group compared to the control group. Conclusion: This program is effective to improve nurse's perception and practice of evidence based nursing. Therefore we recommend to use this program at same levels of hospitals.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.31-38
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• 2019

The systems engineering standard process is intended to be customized for a given project environment and system characteristics. This study describes the experience gained by applying systems engineering to government-funded projects. The characteristics of government funded project are lack of common development process among the participating organizations and mechanism to determine system requirements. This study describes the contents of the systems engineering activities, including development of operational concept, system requirements, verification requirements (test cases), test verification plan, and implementation of system test and lessons learned from these activities.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.7 no.4 s.19
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• pp.44-52
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• 2004

The test and evaluation(T&E) of weapon systems is a significant activity in the decision-making process of defense acquisition program, providing the data of trade-off analysis, risk reduction and readiness to advance to next phase of development for the decision-maker. Currently, the modeling and simulation(M&S) is being a critical method in the test and evaluation of weapon systems. Therefore in this paper we review the current status of the test and evaluation for the defense acquisition program in Korea, and suggest an application of M&S in the T&E of weapon systems.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.560-563
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• 2004

This study reports the site application of concrete using AE Water Reducing Agent of Early-Strength Type. According to the lab test results, we have made plans of batch plant pilot test, and we have analyzed the erly aged compressive strength and workability of the concrete. We applied the early-strength development concrete to the construction site. We accomplished the slump test in order to evaluate the workablity and air contents, we made site curing mold to evaluate the early strength of members. As a result, we judgeed the superior property of early strength development of the concrete, and thought that we can reduce the time of form stripping more $40\%$ than ordinary strength concrete. We thought that we can reduce the term of works and finally we can accomplish the economical construction.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.43-51
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• 2014

This study presents an application of adaptive particle swarm optimization (APSO) to solving the bi-level job-shop scheduling problem (JSP). The test problem presented here is $10{\times}10$ JSP (ten jobs and ten machines) with tribottleneck machines formulated as a bi-level formulation. APSO is used to solve the test problem and the result is compared with the result solved by basic PSO. The results of the test problem show that the results from APSO are significantly different when compared with the result from basic PSO in terms of the upper level objective value and the iteration number in which the best solution is first identified, but there is no significant difference in the lower objective value. These results confirmed that the quality of solutions from APSO is better than the basic PSO. Moreover, APSO can be used directly on a new problem instance without the exercise to select parameters.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.2192-2193
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• 2011

VCU(Vehicle Control Unit) was developed to decrease the wire weight and make it easy to control the power of ECU in bimodal tram. VCU consists of CC(Central Computer), DU(Display Unit), TU(Terminal Unit) with PCB. CC is a main controller with progamming and DU displays the status with graphic symbols and letters. TU with PCB inputs and output the voltage controlled by CC. They communicate with CAN(Controller Area Network). VCU had been verified with software reliability verification test and environmental hardware test. This paper has shown the test results and application to bimodal tram.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.36-40
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• 2015

In Korea, new total energy-saving solution has planned to build test-bed in underground subway station. Breaking energy is one of the most energy saving method in railway, but it has not be fully used up for economical purpose. This paper demonstrates on energy saving technology application including breaking energy and heating energy to underground subway station. It also offer solution of optimization of power energy flow. Moreover, economic feasibility analysis performed for undergound test bed constuction.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2004.03b
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• pp.897-903
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• 2004

Waste lime used in this study is producted as a by-product in the manufacturing process of making $Na_2CO_3$ from local chemical factory in Incheon. Currently about 320 millon tons of waste lime are accumulated and annually 100,000 tons are producted. Reuse of waste lime mixed with soil for banking and backfill materia in civil works was analysed in this study. This study was Carried out to investigate the geotechnical and environmental characteristics on field application. Field investigations were conducted on the road construction site in Incheon. This study presents the results of the engineering characteristics in field test and the leaching characteristic of waste lime in laboratory column tests. Countermeasure for reduction of environmental effects was suggested from the test results.

• Journal of Community Nutrition
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.165-170
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• 2006

This study was conducted to develop and apply a computer-based multimedia nutrition education program for preschoolers based on the Dick and Carey model of instructional design. The Dick and Carey model included 4 phases: analysis, design, development, and evaluation. The program's instructional goals, objectives, assessment instruments, content, examples, and practice questions with feedback were written in the design phase. To be familiar with the 5 food groups, 'Nutrition exploration' were programmed using Hyperstudio. 'Nutrition exploration' was designed as a five-session, interactive multimedia game, with each session taking about 5 minutes to complete. Nineteen preschoolers, aged 6, volunteered to participate formative evaluation. The effectiveness of the program was examined using a pre-post test design. Participants were recruited by personal contact at the individual preschool education center. The application was carried out during 4 weeks. The results showed that intervention participants significantly increased knowledge between pre-test and post-test. The results support using IMM (interactive multimedia) to disseminate nutrition education to the target population. This research provides the basis for continuing development of computer-based nutrition education materials.