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Corona-Cov-2 (COVID-19) and ginseng: Comparison of possible use in COVID-19 and influenza

  • Lee, Won Sik;Rhee, Dong-Kwon
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.535-537
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    • 2021
  • In the 1918 influenza pandemic, more than 95% of mortalities were ascribed to bacterial pneumonia. After the primary influenza infection, the innate immune system is attenuated, and the susceptibility to bacteria is increased. Subsequent bacterial pneumonia exacerbates morbidity and increases the mortality rate. Similarly, COVID-19 infection attenuates innate immunity and results in pneumonia. In addition, the current pneumococcal conjugate vaccine may have limited defense against secondary pneumococcal infection after influenza infection. Therefore, until a fully protective vaccine is available, a method of increasing immunity may be helpful. Ginseng has been shown to increase the defense against influenza in clinical trials and animal experiments, as well as the defense against pneumococcal pneumonia in animal experiments. Based on these findings, ginseng is suspected to be helpful for providing immunity against COVID-19.

Post Corona, Online Art Market after Covid19 (포스트 코로나, 코로나 이후 온라인 미술시장)

  • Kwon, Eun Yong
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    • v.10
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    • pp.15-29
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    • 2021
  • After the coronavirus pandemic, quarantine or social distancing was required for public health and almost all international exchanges were restricted. Those changes affected huge peoples lifestyle including a way of behaving, purchase and even old habits seemed unable to change. The art market also faced many changes. Art fairs are the primary sectors in the art market but restrictions on gathering and exchanges between countries have primarily affected the size and the type of event. Online platforms are rising, art fairs opened online viewing rooms on the internet instead of booths in the convention center. Even galleries opened their own viewing rooms or renewed online pages to promote artworks and communicate with customers. In this paper, we will examine the effects of Corona on the art market and will seek a way to react to those changes and challenges.

Clinical Practice Experience including Web-based Simulation Practice of Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic (코로나19 팬데믹 시기에 간호대학생의 웹 기반 시뮬레이션 실습을 포함한 임상 실습 경험)

  • Kim, Kyung Sook;Park, Ji Min
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.81-93
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study is to understand the meaning of clinical practice experience, including web-based simulation practice, in the context of the corona pandemic era. As for the research method, data were collected through a focus group interview on the experience of web-based simulation practice and subsequent clinical practice and analyzed by content analysis method. The contents of the two interview groups were analyzed, and the results were divided into 2 components, 7 topic groups, and 18 topics. The first component, the clinical practice, was divided into four topic groups: 'The anxious start of practice in a pandemic situation', 'Direct experience through various cases', 'Training opportunities to prepare as a future nurse', and 'The burden of performance and limited experience'. The second component, the web-based simulation practice, was divided into three topic groups: 'Unfinished nursing practice', 'Indirect experience of clinical nursing in virtual space', and 'Requirement of an integrated practice model'. Clinical practice is a very important part of the nursing education curriculum. However, the nursing that students can perform in the field is very limited. Therefore, to supplement the shortcomings of observation-oriented clinical practice and to increase the quality of practical education, it is necessary to consider a hybrid education model including web-based simulation practice.

Modeling Exponential Growth in Population using Logistic, Gompertz and ARIMA Model: An Application on New Cases of COVID-19 in Pakistan

  • Omar, Zara;Tareen, Ahsan
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.192-200
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    • 2021
  • In the mid of the December 2019, the virus has been started to spread from China namely Corona virus. It causes fatalities globally and WHO has been declared as pandemic in the whole world. There are different methods which can fit such types of values which obtain peak and get flattened by the time. The main aim of the paper is to find the best or nearly appropriate modeling of such data. The three different models has been deployed for the fitting of the data of Coronavirus confirmed patients in Pakistan till the date of 20th November 2020. In this paper, we have conducted analysis based on data obtained from National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad and produced a forecast of COVID-19 confirmed cases as well as the number of deaths and recoveries in Pakistan using the Logistic model, Gompertz model and Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average Model (ARIMA) model. The fitted models revealed high exponential growth in the number of confirmed cases, deaths and recoveries in Pakistan.

Comparative Study of Target Genes and Protocols by Country for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 based on Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) (중합효소 연쇄반응 기반의 코로나-19 바이러스 검출법에 대한 국가별 목표 유전자 및 프로토콜 비교 연구)

  • Kim, Jin-Hee
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.465-474
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    • 2021
  • Corona-19, a disease caused by 'Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)', was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020, and a real-time polymerase chain reaction test is performed as a diagnostic test for screening and confirmation in most countries. However, not only the target genes and protocols differ by countries, but also the procedures for reading the diagnosis results are diverse, so the criteria for confirmed patients differ by country. Therefore, in this review, we discussed the target genes, test techniques, and diagnostic criteria for each country notified by WHO. And the specificity and sensitivity, limits of detection, positive and negative controls, false positive bacteria candidates, and specimens, and the specifics of the control setting were also described. In addition, the characteristics of Korea's test were compared to each country's one. Finally, in order to obtain the same diagnosis result for SARS-CoV-2 in the future, standardized diagnosis methods and result interpretations for Corona-19 diagnosis were proposed.

Church Education in the COVID-19 Era (포스트 코로나 시대의 교회교육)

  • Yu, Jae Deog
    • Journal of Christian Education in Korea
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    • v.63
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    • pp.13-37
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    • 2020
  • The World Health Organisation(WHO), paying attention to the spread and fatality of the coronavirus(COVID-19), which first occurred in Wuhan, China, declared a global emergency. Although many countries implement strict measures to slow down the spread, WHO officially declared a pandemic. COVID-19 has sparked fears of an impending economic crisis and recession. Due to the economic crisis caused by social distancing, self-isolation and travel restrictions, the collapse of the world economic system centered on free trade and the decline of globalization are mentioned. Political leadership that has not responded properly to the pandemic is challenged, and nearly all of society is rapidly changing to a non-contact and immobile culture. COVID-19 has seriously affected all levels of the education system, from preschool to tertiary education. The so-called old concept of deschooling is realizing in the field of education through digital media paradoxically. Church education is facing a serious crisis as well. Churches are seeking now a new normal that includes theological reflection on the pandemic, online worship, education, and non-face-to-face ministry to overcome the worst unexpected crisis. In the post-corona era, church education must actively seek alternatives in response to rapidly changing surrounding conditions and reconstruct educational philosophy(theology) that focuses on Christian values. In addition, it is necessary to start operating a mobile(or online) church school that combines offline and online. It is necessary to introduce 'Blended Learning' method that combines non-face-to-face and face-to-face learning, and by combining church school and homeschooling, churches and families need to share the responsibility of education in faith.

A topic modeling analysis for Korean online newspapers: Focusing on the social perceptions of nurses during the COVID-19 epidemic period (토픽모델링을 이용한 한국 인터넷 뉴스의 간호사 관련 기사 분석: COVID-19 유행시기를 중점으로)

  • Chang, Soo Jung;Park, Sunah;Son, Yedong
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.444-455
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: This study explored the meaning of the social perceptions of nurses in online news articles during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: A total of 339 nurse-related articles published in Korean online newspapers from January 1 to December 31, 2020, were extracted by entering various combinations of OR and AND with the four words "Corona," "COVID," "Nursing," and "Nurse" as search keywords using BIGKinds, a news database provided by the Korea Press Foundation. The collected data were analyzed with a keyword network analysis and topic modeling using NetMiner 4. Results: The top keywords extracted from the nurse-related news articles were, in the following order, "metropolitan area," "protective clothing," "government," "task," and "admission." Four topics representing keywords were identified: "encouragement for dedicated nurses," "poor work environment," "front-line nurses working with obligation during the COVID-19 pandemic," and "nurses' efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19." Conclusion: The media's attention to the dedication of nurses, the shortage of nursing resources, and the need for government support is encouraging in that it forms the public opinion necessary to lead to substantial improvements in treating nurses. The nursing community should actively promote policy proposals to improve treatment toward nurses by utilizing the net function of the media and proactively seek and apply strategies to improve the image of nurses working in various fields.

Analysis of Globalization After COVID-19 Based on Network (네트워크 기반 코로나바이러스감염증-19 이후 세계화 분석)

  • Ryu, Jea Woon;Kim, Hak Yong
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.62-70
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    • 2021
  • 2020 was a year in which the world spent in disorder due to the pandemic of Coronavirus infection-19(COVID-19). The pandemic was at the beginning of a turning point in history. For examples, the Black Death(Pest) that destroyed the feudal system of medieval Europe in the 14th century, smallpox that led to the destruction of the Inca Empire by Spain in the 17th century, and the Spanish flu that ended World War I early. The great transformation that will come after COVID-19 is presented from various fields and perspectives, but the understanding and direction of the transformation is ambiguous. This study attempts to derive and to analyze core terms based on a network of the future of globalization after COVID-19. Four Networks related to globalization, anti-globalization, and globalization and digitalization after COVID-19 were established respectively. A network integrating four networks was also constructed. The core terms were extracted from the hub nodes, the stress centrality, and the simplified network to which the K-core algorithm was applied. After COVID-19, the changes in globalization were analyzed from the extracted core terms. This study is thought to be meaningful to propose a method of deriving and analyzing core terms based on a network in understanding social changes after COVID-19.

Health Exercise Biodata Analysis Education in the Corona 19 Pandemic Era: Cognitive Analysis of MZ Generation Face-to-Face Practice Class Content (코로나19시대 보건운동생체바이오데이터 교육: MZ세대 대면실습 참여 콘텐츠 인식 분석)

  • Choi, Kyung A
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.12 no.8
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    • pp.317-325
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    • 2021
  • By analyzing the recognition analysis and motivation method of the determinants, this study investigates the future development direction of health exercise biodata analysis face-to-face practice education content. The participants were 40 millennial and zoomers (MZ) generation college graduates. Factors related to the decision to participate in face-to-face practice classes in the field of health exercise biodata and bio-digital content convergence technology in the era of COVID-19 were measured. Of the participants, 67.5% voluntarily decided to participate in small group classes while observing social distancing rules. This study presented the most effective and learning motive methods to participate in face-to-face training. Health exercise biodata needs improvement in terms of integrating with adjacent disciplines such as big data.

Changes in Interests in the Korean Traveling Industry of International Visitor at the Post-Covid 19 by Analysis of Frequency in searching keyword (키워드 검색 빈도 분석을 통한 포스트 코로나 시대 외래관광객들의 한국 관광 관심도 변화)

  • Lee, Yongseol
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.26 no.9
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    • pp.1399-1404
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    • 2022
  • The transition to the untact era caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly shrunk Korea's continuously growing tourism industry. In this paper, the size, gender ratio, and gender ratio of foreign tourists before and after the outbreak of Corona, gender ratio, It was noted that there was a very large change in the purpose of the visit. Considering the end of the mandatory outdoor mask, the lifting of the mandatory quarantine for all overseas arrivals regardless of vaccination, and the number of outbound tourists who started to recover rapidly from the first half of 2022, this thesis examines how the interest in Korean tourism in the post-corona era is I wanted to see if it had changed. To this end, we analyzed how major tourism-related search keywords changed before and after COVID-19, and suggested changes necessary for the development of the Korean tourism industry.