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Rousseau's Philosophy of Education and Christian Public Education (루소의 교육철학과 기독교 공공교육론)

  • Kim, Youngho
    • Journal of Christian Education in Korea
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    • v.71
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    • pp.97-120
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    • 2022
  • Korean churches and theology of today are experiencing a decline in reliability and a lack of communication from the Korean society due to the absence of proper reflection. Moreover, with the COVID-19 Pandemic, the church is led to a situation where the problem of survival has become a concern. In addition, churches and theology failed to restore the public nature of faith from civil society, and how these beliefs could be developed in terms of Christian education has become an important theological task. The restoration of the public nature of the church brings interest in public theology, and if education is an important area of the public forum, we pay attention to educational philosophers who provided the basis for publicness and civil democracy education philosophy in Christian education. Rousseau, as an educationalist who opened the modern philosophy of education is opening up the civil society through discovering the existence of children with the proposition "Return to Nature" in the 18th century. This study aims to use Rousseau's educational philosophy in his books Emil, The Theory of Inequality Origins, and Social Contract Theory as the basis of educational theory that opened the foundation of the public domain and civil society.

Comparison of Motives and Satisfaction of Civil Society Organizations to Participate in Volunteering (Focusing on the Beautiful store volunteers)

  • Seok-Soon KWON;Won-Mo GAL;Mi-Hwa JANG;Hye-Ryeong O;Seung-Hyuck PARK
    • Journal of Wellbeing Management and Applied Psychology
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.57-66
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    • 2024
  • Purpose: As environmental and social problems such as disasters caused by climate change and the rapid transition to an ultra-aging society are rapidly emerging, the voluntary participation of citizens in civil society is a good alternative to solve various social problems, and the necessity and role of volunteering is gradually being emphasized. Research design, data, and methodology: This study examined the motivation and satisfaction of volunteer participation and conducted a comparison analysis, focusing on the 2013 Beautiful Store Volunteer Satisfaction Survey and the 2021 Volunteer Satisfaction Survey data. Results: To summarize the main results of the study, first, the motivation to start volunteering was to respond that the individual's subjective disposition influenced the motivation to start volunteering. Second, volunteer participants were able to gain recognition and psychological comfort through volunteer activities. In addition, the satisfaction of the part that increases the confidence of volunteer participants can be seen as a positive change in volunteer work. Third, in relation to the continuity of volunteer work, it was found that problems related to managers and conflicts between organizations and individuals were largely emerging as factors that caused them to quit volunteering. Conclusions: Volunteers should be more interested in cooperation and communication and promote discussions on improvement for sustainable service in communication between other volunteers and managers.

Experimental Study on CO2 Diffusivity in Cementitious Materials

  • Jung, Sang-Hwa;Lee, Myung-Kue;Kim, Jee-Sang
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.69-74
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    • 2005
  • The carbonation of concrete is one of the major factors that cause durability problems in concrete structures. The rate of carbonation depends largely upon the diffusivity of carbon dioxide in concrete. The purpose of this study is to identify the diffusion coefficients of carbon dioxide for various concrete mixtures. To this end, several series of tests have been planned and conducted. The test results indicate that the diffusion coefficient increases with the increase of water-cement ratio. The diffusion coefficient decreases with the increase of relative humidity at the same water-cement ratio. The diffusion of carbon dioxide reached the steady state within about five hours after exposure. The content of aggregates also influences the diffusivity of carbon dioxide in concrete. It was found that the diffusion coefficient of cement paste is larger then that of concrete or mortar. The quantitative values of diffusivity of carbon dioxide in this study will allow more realistic assessment of carbonation depth in concrete structures.

Development of a three dimensional circulation model based on fractional step method

  • Abualtayef, Mazen;Kuroiwa, Masamitsu;Sief, Ahmed Khaled;Matsubara, Yuhei;Aly, Ahmed M.;Sayed, Ahmed A.;Sambe, Alioune Nar
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.14-23
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    • 2010
  • A numerical model was developed for simulating a three-dimensional multilayer hydrodynamic and thermodynamic model in domains with irregular bottom topography. The model was designed for examining the interactions between flow and topography. The model was based on the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations and was solved using the fractional step method, which combines the finite difference method in the horizontal plane and the finite element method in the vertical plane. The numerical techniques were described and the model test and application were presented. For the model application to the northern part of Ariake Sea, the hydrodynamic and thermodynamic results were predicted. The numerically predicted amplitudes and phase angles were well consistent with the field observations.

Impact of Representative SCS-CN on Simulated Rainfall Runoff (SCS-CN 대표 매개변수가 분포형과 집중형 강우-유출 모형에서 유출 손실에 미치는 영향 비교)

  • Lee, Hyeong-keun;choi, Yeong-seon;Lee, Khil-Ha
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.25-32
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    • 2020
  • The determination of soil parameters is important in predicting the simulated surface runoff using either a distributed or a lumped rainfall-runoff model. Soil characteristics can be collected using remote sensing techniques and represented as a digital map. There is no universal agreement with respect to the determination of a representative parameter from a gridded digital map. Two representative methods, i.e., arithmetic and predominant, are introduced and applied to both FLO-2D and HEC-HMS to improve the model's accuracy. Both methods are implemented in the Yongdam catchment, and the results show that the former seems to be more accurate than the latter in the test site. This is attributed to the high conductivity of the dominant soil class, which is A type.

Modelling CO2 and NOx on signalized roundabout using modified adaptive neural fuzzy inference system model

  • Sulaiman, Ghassan;Younes, Mohammad K.;Al-Dulaimi, Ghassan A.
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.107-113
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    • 2018
  • Air quality and pollution have recently become a major concern; vehicle emissions significantly pollute the air, especially in large and crowded cities. There are various factors that affect vehicle emissions; this research aims to find the most influential factors affecting $CO_2$ and $NO_x$ emissions using Adaptive Neural Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) as well as a systematic approach. The modified ANFIS (MANFIS) was developed to enhance modelling and Root Mean Square Error was used to evaluate the model performance. The results show that percentages of $CO_2$ from trucks represent the best input combination to model. While for $NO_x$ modelling, the best pair combination is the vehicle delay and percentage of heavy trucks. However, the final MANFIS structure involves two inputs, three membership functions and nine rules. For $CO_2$ modelling the triangular membership function is the best, while for $NO_x$ the membership function is two-sided Gaussian.

Removal of Heavy Metals by Sawdust Adsorption: Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies

  • Lim, Ji-Hyun;Kang, Hee-Man;Kim, Lee-Hyung;Ko, Seok-Oh
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.79-84
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    • 2008
  • Adsorption of heavy metals by sawdust was investigated to evaluate the effectiveness of using sawdust to remove heavy metals from aqueous solutions. Kinetic and isotherm studies were carried out by considering the effects of initial concentration and pH. The adsorption isotherms of heavy metals fitted the Langmuir or Freundlich model reasonably well. The adsorption capacity of metal was in the order $Pb^{2+}$ > $Cu^{2+}$ > $Zn^{2+}$. A high concentration of co-existing ions such as $Ca^{2+}$ and $Mg^{2+}$ depressed the adsorption of heavy metal. Adsorption data showed that metal adsorption on sawdust follows a pseudo-second-order reaction. Kinetic studies also indicated that both surface adsorption and intraparticle diffusion were involved in metal adsorption on sawdust. Column studies prove that sawdust could be effective biosorbent for the removal of heavy metals from aqueous phase.

Questionnaire Surveys on Teaching Skills and the Degree in Which Students Understand the Uppermost Points of Importance in Their Classes

  • Koike, Katsuaki;Mori, Kazuya;Yamao, Toshitaka;Fujimi, Toshio;Kim, Yun-Hae
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.61-65
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    • 2010
  • As an activity of one working group for the Good Practice program at Kumamoto University, we proposed a questionnaire survey on the degree in which students understand the uppermost points of importance in their classes in addition to the usual type of class questionnaire. Each class lists three uppermost points of importance which are essential for understanding the class content. The degree of understanding is classified into four levels: full, most, insufficient, and not at all understandings. Through the analysis of questionnaire replies, the degree of understanding for bachelor students in the Department of Engineering was discovered to be meaningfully affected by the degree of difficulty, the effectiveness of audiovisual aids, self-study time, and class attendance.

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Parametric Resonance Characteristics of Laminated Composite Curved Shell Panels in a Hygrothermal Environment

  • Sahu, S.K.;Rath, M.K.;Datta, P.K.;Sahoo, R.
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.332-348
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    • 2012
  • The present study deals with the parametric resonance behaviour of laminated composite curved shell panels in a hygrothermal environment using Bolotin's approach. A simple laminated model is developed using first order shear deformation theory (FSDT) for the vibration and dynamic stability analysis of laminated composite shells subjected to hygrothermal conditions. A computer program based on the finite element method (FEM) in a MATLAB environment is developed to perform all necessary computations. Quantitative results are presented to show the effects of curvature, ply-orientations, degree of orthotropy and geometry of laminates on the parametric instability of composite curved shell panels for different temperature and moisture concentrations. The excitation frequencies of laminated composite panels decrease with the increase of temperature and moisture due to reduction of stiffness for all laminates.

Dewatering of Sandy Soils Using PVDF Film (PVDF 필름을 이용한 사질토의 탈수)

  • Park, Ji-Ho;Song, Young-Karb;Hoang, Tien Trung;Kim, Young-Uk
    • Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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    • 2010.11a
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    • pp.454-456
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    • 2010
  • 이 논문에서는 PVDF(polyvinylidene fluoride) 필름의 음파에너지를 이용하여 포화된 사질토에서의 탈수율을 증대하기 위한 방법을 연구하였다. 이 방법은 자연배수로 인한 이차적인 환경문제를 수반하는 강 또는 하천 등에 퇴적된 사질토의 탈수를 촉진시키기 위한 방법으로 PVDF필름의 음파에너지를 이용하였다. 이 연구에서는 PVDF필름의 주파수와 전압을 달리하여 사질토 지반에 적용되는 최적 주파수와 전압을 찾아내고 사질토에서 PVDF필름의 탈수능력을 알아보고자 하였다.

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