• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제76권2호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2014

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common airway disease that has considerable impact on disease burdens and mortality rates. A large number of articles on COPD are published within the last few years. Many aspects on COPD ranging from risk factors to management have continued to be fertile fields of investigation. This review summarizes 6 clinical articles with regards to the risk factors, phenotype, assessment, exacerbation, management and prognosis of patients with COPD which were being published last year in major medical journals.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.293-306
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• 1996

An educational program for parent caregiving families has been developed with a view to help mitigate burdens of those who provide caring services for their aged parents and to meet the needs of both the caregiving middle-aged daughter-in-law and the parent. The program has been applied to a small group of people who at least one living aged parent. The effectiveness of the program has been evaluated by taking pre- and posttests. The result of the tests strongly suggest that the program has been effective in improving participatns' knowledge on aging process, confict solving and relationship with parent.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.53-73
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• 2018

Using an overlapping generations model, this paper examines tax policy effects across generations. The model incorporates housing assets separately from capital assets and includes taxes on labor income, capital income, consumption and housing assets. Tax reforms for each tax rate have different effects on tax burdens across generations and the overall efficiency of the economy, leading to different welfare costs for generations. Specifically, raising housing property taxes results in the smallest welfare loss by future generations, as in the model it does not hurt economic efficiency and the tax burden increases mainly for the elderly, who have accumulated housing assets in preparation for retirement.

• 컴퓨터교육학회논문지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.185-195
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• 2003

수행평가는 학생을의 학습 과정을 관찰하거나 학생들이 산출해 낸 자료를 통해 평가하는 방식으로 단순 필납 고사의 단점을 보완하는 새로운 평가 방식으로 주목받고 있다. 그러나 이 수행평가를 적용하는데 많은 노력과 시간 부담이 들어 실제 학교 현장에서 시행에 많은 어려움을 겪고 있다. 이러한 부담을 줄이기 위해 인터넷을 이용한 평가가 다방면에서 시도되고 있으나, 이들 기존 연구에서는 학생의 평가 참여가 허용되지 못하여 평가 방법이 다양하지 못하거나 교사의 피드백이 부분적으로만 사용되는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 학습자들의 평가 참여 및 학습 과정 중의 다양한 수행평가를 지원하고 교사가 효과적으로 관리할 수 있는 웹 기반의 수행평가 시스템을 설계하고 구현하였다. 이러한 웹 기반 수행평가 시스템을 활용할 경우, 학생들의 평가력 등의 고등사고 능력과 전인적 발달을 도모하고, 수행평가를 위한 교사의 업무와 시간 부담을 대폭 줄일 수 있을 것이다.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.101-131
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• 2015

한국은 2015년부터 총 국가배출량의 60%를 차지하는 탄소 배출권 거래제를 시행하고 있다. 선진국에서 탄소가격 정책은 다양한 사회경제적 구성 집단 사이의 소득 불균형을 심화시키는 것으로 밝혀진 바 있다. 현재 한국 사회는 분배적인 문제뿐 아니라, 에너지 안보, 기후변화 대응, 경제 성장 등 다양한 과제에 직면하고 있다. 이런 상황에서 탄소가격정책이 소득 분배적인 측면에 미칠 영향을 분석하고, 이 분석결과를 바탕으로 대응책을 마련할 필요가 있다. 가계동향조사자료와 환경투입산출분석(EEIO)을 이용해 분석한 결과 저소득 가구, 노인가구와 도시가구가 탄소가격정책으로 인해 상대적으로 무거운 부담을 지는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 세수의 일부가 가구에 재분배 될 경우 이러한 부담은 경감될 수 있을 것으로 분석되었다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2007

위험 유해물질(HNS)의 오염사고에 대한 대비 대응 및 협력에 관한 의정서(OPRE-HNS 의정서)가 2007년 6월에 국제적으로 발효됨에 따라, 동 의정서 가입시 직 간접적으로 관련 있는 산업계의 범위와 의정서 의무이행사항에 대한 범위를 설정하고 이들 산업계에 미치는 영향에 대하여 정성적으로 분석하였다. HNS를 운송하는 선사를 포함한 해운산업계는 정부의 승인을 받은 오염사고비상계획서를 비치하고 승조원에 대한 방제교육 훈련을 실시해야 하는 부담이 있으나 보험금 부담 감소의 효과가 있다. 정유 및 석유화학산업계는 HNS 방제기자재, 방제장비 등의 확보 비치 및 관리자에 대한 HNS 방제 교육 훈련 등의 비용부담이 발생하나 사고예방 및 신속한 사고처리로 인한 피해복구비용 절감과 HNS 협약 분담금 부담이 감소하며 대외 이미지가 향상되는 실익이 있다. 또한, 간접적으로 영향을 받는 환경 안전산업계, 화학산업계, 과학 기술산업계 및 교육 훈련산업분야는 방제장비 및 약제개발과 신규 교육프로그램 개설 등의 비용부담이 일부 있으나 향후 수입대체 및 수출증대 효과가 있을 것으로 예상된다.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.155-164
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• 2016

This study explored the characteristics, housing deficits and expectations for support programs of low-income renter households in housing poverty in order to provide housing policy development and improvement information. Microdata of the 2014 Korea Housing Survey was utilized as secondary data for this study. A total of 2,508,672 low-income renter households (weighted count) in the bottom 40% income ranks of entire general households living in private rental units were selected as study subjects. The major findings were as follows. (1) One point four percent of the subjects were living in non-house living quarters (e.g., shanties, vinyl greenhouses, container houses, and mud huts), 1.4% were in dosshouses, 9.9% were in basements, semi-basements or rooftop units, and 8.2% were in sub-standard units. (2) Among the households whose housing costs burdens were measurable, 75.7% were found to have housing cost burdens to pay 30% or more of their household income towards housing costs (rental costs and maintenance costs), but only 7.5% of the burdened households received a housing voucher. (3) Eighty-one percent were found to be in a housing poverty status as defined by the researcher; in addition, low-income renter households in housing poverty in Seoul tended to have a greater proportion of households headed by females, the elderly, and be persons with low-education or disabilities. (4) Households in housing poverty showed greater expectations for financial support and/or extended provisions of public rental housing than other low-income renter households.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.1643-1648
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• 2014

Family caregivers of older cancer patients face many challenges in managing illness. The burden impacts physical, emotional, spiritual, and social health. The objective of this study was to identify burden among caregivers of older patients with advanced cancer, and associated factors. Materials and Methods: Caregivers of older cancer patients were randomly interviewed from March-September 2012. Information on baseline characteristics and caregiver burden using the Zarit Burden Inventory (ZBI) was collected. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze baseline data, with univariate and multiple linear regression to analyze factors associated with higher burden. Results: One hundred and fifty participants were assessed. The mean ZBI was $19.2{\pm}12.9$ (95%CI, 17.1, 21.2). Two-thirds of caregivers reported no burden (63%) and the main impact variable on ZBI was guilt. High burdens were associated with single caregiver, relationship with the patient as siblings, presence of migraines, and cancer types of the patients. Conclusions: Caregiver burden of Thai cancer patients is low. This unexpected small number could be the result of the socio-cultural viewpoint. Assessment of caregivers and focusing on related factors should be incorporated into treatment plans.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.16-24
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• 2005

Objectives : To help develop strategies to cope with the changes arising from the rapid aging process by predicting the determining factors of intention to actual use of the charged long-term care services for elderly as perceived by the middle aged who play the major role of supports. Methods : Subjects were the parents (men 177, women 507) in their 40s of the students selected from a university of Busan city. A questionnaire survey was conducted for 4 weeks in October 2003 about the knowledge for long-term care service, the intention of actual use, and the preferences about the type of service suppliers. Data analysis was performed with frequency, chi-square test, and t-test using SPSS program (ver 10.0K), along with data mining using decision tree of Enterprise Miner V8.2 by SAS. Results : About half of the subjects (53.7%) had the actual experiences of elderly supports. Intentions to use the charged services were relatively high in home visiting nursing care service (40.1%) and long-term care facilities service (40.4%), and were influenced by previous knowledge about the services. The intentions were stronger in women, those with higher education, and those with greater income levels. Actual elderly supports were mostly (80%) done by women, and the perceived burdens for the supports were bigger in women and those of lower socioeconomic level. Desired charges were about 10,000 won for the bath service, 20,000 won for the rests services per day, and about 500,000 won for the long-term care facilities service per month. From the result of decision tree analysis, the job professionalism was the most important determining factor of intention to actual use of the services with validation as $63{\sim}71%$. Health and welfare mixed type facilities were preferred, and the most important consideration was the level of professionalism. Conclusions : Intention to actual use of the charged services was largely determined by the aspects of time and cost. Polices to increase the number of service suppliers and to decrease the burdens perceived by actual supporters were strongly recommended.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.48-62
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• 2009

Bodyguards always perform their duty with psychological burdens in their mind, not only because security situations are developed in various forms dependent on the surrounding environments or circumstances, but because bodyguards only take follow-up actions while the criminal decides time, place, and style of every attack. Thus, in the security situation, it is not uncommon for bodyguards to experience muscle rigidity, uncontrollable emotional elevation, difficulty in concentration, negative perception, frustration and enervation, which are caused by continuous physical/mental burdens, stimulations by various interpersonal behaviors or minute environmental stimulants. In conclusion, the result of performing security duties is related in the first place with the degree of the bodyguard's potential, in the second place with the degree of training and efficiency. And the result can also be changed by the way they control their negative psychological state of the moment when they carry out the skills they acquired. Maximizing the performance of the bodyguards by helping them overcome these psychological factors may be facilitated by detecting their psychological factors, understanding the causes, and training them in applying appropriate measures for overcoming these factors. When these measures are applied, the positive perception is indispensable that duties of protecting clients can be carried out successfully. No single measure can be declared to be more effective than the other because the effect of each measure is expressed differently by the individual characteristics of the bodyguards. However, it is important to select and apply the measures most appropriate to the bodyguard. Besides, they should devote themselves to the training with persistence because efficient implement of the measures for overcoming psychological factors takes a lot of time.