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Removal of Harmful Impurities Including Microplastics in Sun-Dried Sea Salt by Membrane Technology (분리막을 이용한 천일염내 불순물 및 미세플라스틱 제거에 관한 연구)

  • Lim, Si-Woo;Seo, Chae-Hee;Hong, Seung-Kwan;Kim, Jeong-Hoon
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.314-324
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    • 2022
  • This study is aimed to design a membrane process that systematically removes contaminants including microplastics in sun-dried salt using a separation membrane. In this study, we selected the separation membrane material, pore size, and module suitable for the sun-dried salt fields, and proceeded with the experiments under the salt fields and laboratory conditions. A pilot plant was constructed and tested in our lab and in the actual saltern with the selected 200 kDa, 4 kDa ultrafiltration membranes, and 3 kDa nanofiltration membranes. Most of the impurities in the sea salt were 0.1 ㎛ in size, and more than 7 types of various microplastics were detected in the impurities. After that, as a result of checking the filtered water through the separation membrane process, no impurities were detected. As a result of comparing the existing sea salt component and the sea salt component prepared with separation membrane filtrate, impurities were effectively removed without change in the sea salt component.

Convergent Research on Balancing Experience of Work and Child care of North Korean Female Defectors (북한이탈여성의 일과 자녀돌봄 양립 경험에 관한 융합연구)

  • Kim, Yoojung
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.8 no.10
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    • pp.385-395
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    • 2017
  • This qualitative research is conducted to explore the balancing experience of work and child care of North Korean female defectors. Five of North Korean female defectors from double income family in their 40's were selected and interviewed. The interview data were analyzed by a phenomenological qualitative method. The five categories were derived from the data and included as follows: , , , , . Based on the results of the research the suggestions for practical services, such as parenting education, career path development programs and policies with gender perspective were made. Limitations of the research and further research recommendations were suggested as well.

A Formulation of Hybrid Algorithm for Linear Programming

  • Kim, Koon-Chan
    • Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.187-201
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    • 1994
  • This paper introduces an effective hybridization of the usual simplex method and an interior point method in the convergent framework of Dembo and Sahi. We formulate a specific and detailed algorithm (HYBRID) and report the results of some preliminary testing on small dense problems for its viability. By piercing through the feasible region, the newly developed hybrid algorithm avoids the combinatorial structure of linear programs, and several other interesting and important characteristics of this algorithm are also discussed.

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Survey on the Use and Awareness of Nail Convergent Strengtheners (네일 융복합보강제의 사용실태 및 인식도 조사)

  • Kim, Mi-Won;Back, Dae-Jin
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.13 no.8
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    • pp.535-542
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    • 2015
  • As the nail industry has grown, concerns on damages to natural nails due to nail services and interests on nail products have been increased. This study is on nail convergent strengtheners which reduce damages on natural nails, and especially focused on the use and awareness of nail strengtheners by nail technicians. First, documentary research on previous studies was conducted to define nail services, nail damages, and nail strengtheners. Preliminary survey and main survey was conducted by KSDC on-line survey tool and the result was analyzed by frequency analysis, cross analysis, and correlation analysis by KSDC advanced statistical program. As a result, nail technicians have the high level of awareness on characteristics, effects, how to use, and application process of nail strengtheners. Nail technicians are the mid level of awareness on the ingredients of nail strengtheners.

Development and Validation of the Self-Care for Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention Scale in the Community Dwelling Elderly with Risk of Dysphasia (삼킴장애 위험 지역사회 재가노인들의 흡인성 폐렴 예방을 위한 자가간호 측정도구 개발)

  • Yang, Eun Young;Lee, Shin-Young
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.50 no.3
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    • pp.474-486
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a Korean version of the Self-Care for Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention (SCAPP-K) scale in older adults at risk of dysphasia. Methods: The Hertz and Baas model of scale development and validation was used. In the development stage, items were generated via literature review and interviews with medical experts, older adults, and caregivers. Ten experts assessed the items for content validity. Subsequently, 12 older adults participated in a pilot test to determine the comprehensibility and appropriateness of the SCAPP-K scale. The validation stage involved a cross-sectional survey with 203 older adults for exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and 200 older adults for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and to determine convergent and discriminant validity. To test the validity and reliability of the scale, EFA using principal component analysis with varimax rotation and CFA were conducted, and convergent and discriminant validity as well as internal consistency reliability were determined. Results: As a result of EFA, three self-care factors (knowledge, resources, behaviors) with 21 items were validated. The CFA and convergent and discriminant validity indicated the applicability of the three-factor self-care scale. The reliability of the SCAPP-K scale was acceptable, with Cronbach's α=.87~.91. Conclusion: The SCAPP-K scale has acceptable validity and reliability and can contribute to clinical practice, research, and education to improve self-care for the prevention of aspiration pneumonia in older adults at risk of dysphasia.

A Preliminary Study of MPEG-V Scent effects on Virtual Reality Content (가상현실 콘텐츠 용 MPEG-V 후각효과 기초 연구)

  • Lim, Yong-Chul;Kim, Sang-Kyun;Lee, YoungMi
    • Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.589-599
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    • 2017
  • This paper introduces a system to reproduce the olfactory effect using the MPEG-V (ISO / IEC 23005) standard to verify the reliability of the fragrance used in the olfactory experiment Using the implemented system, with experiment participant wearing HMD(Head Mounted Display), we carried out one-to-one matching of aroma and scent object images, matching images of aroma and many scent objects, matching of aroma and fragrance object images, and analyzing distance preference. The results of the experiment showed that aroma of coffee, cocoa, banana, and peach aroma is suitable scent for testing. In case of coffee aroma with high matching accuracy, 10 ~ 20cm distance between smell and participant was more effective in image matching than 30cm. In the future, we can conduct the olfactory research for enhancing the sense of immersion and presence of virtual reality contents using the selected fragrance.

Analysis of Convergent Factors Related to Occupational Stress among General Hospital Administrative Staff (종합병원 행정직원의 직무스트레스와 관련된 융복합적 요인 분석)

  • Kim, Seung-Hee;Bae, Sang-Yun
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.259-265
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    • 2018
  • This study investigates convergent factors associated with occupational stress among General Hospital Administrative Staff(GHAS). The survey was administered to 221 staffs from 11 general hospitals located in J city from November 1st, 2016 to January 31st, 2017, using structured self-administered questionaries without respondents' personal information. The hierarchical multiple regression analysis shows the following results. The occupational stress of respondents turned out to be significantly higher in following groups: a group in which organizational justice-distributive is lower, a group in which self-esteem is lower, a group in which self-efficacy is lower. The results show explanatory power of 39.5%. The results of the study indicate that the efforts, to increase organizational justice-distributive, to increase self-esteem, to increase self- efficacy, are required to decrease the occupational stress among GHAS. These results are expected to be utilized for organizational and personnel management to reduce occupational stress in GHAS. In the following study, the research of additional factors and the analysis of structural equation model about the occupational stress among GHAS will be needed.

A Fuzzy Linear Programming Problem with Fuzzy Convergent Equality Constraints (퍼지 융합 등식 제약식을 갖는 퍼지 선형계획법 문제)

  • Oh, Se-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.227-232
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    • 2015
  • The fuzzy linear programming(FLP) is the useful approach to many real world problems under uncertainty. This paper deals with a FLP whose objective value is fuzzy. And the right hand sides of convergent equality constraints are fuzzy numbers. We assume that the membership function of the objective value is piecewise linear and those of the right hand side are trapezoidal. Each of these trapezoidal functions can be algebraically replaced with three linear functions. Then the FLP problem is transformed into the Zimmermann's symmetric model. The fuzzy solution based on the max-min rule can be obtained by solving the crisp linear programming problem derived from the symmetric model. A numerical example has illustrated our approach. The application of our approach to the inconsistent linear system can enable generate us to get define the useful and flexible inexact solutions within acceptable tolerance. Further research is required to generalize the membership function.

A study of kinetic narrative educational contents based on English literature: A convergent approach (영문학 기반 키네틱 교육 콘텐츠의 교육적 유의미성과 현장 활용 방안 탐구)

  • Kim, Eun-Jung;Shin, Dong-il;Kim, Keum-Sun
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.43-53
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the meaningfulness and the possibility of developing kinetic narrative educational contents based on English literature with convergent approaches. To accomplish the objective, this paper examines three areas of research such as kinetic education, English literature education, and total physical response-storytelling method. It introduces the following three stages of development procedure: 1) selecting and analyzing English literature, 2) designing a prototype including the story flow, the movement and the motion interaction design, and 3) constructing motion database using Laban movement analysis. Then, how to apply it to young learners is illustrated with 'the story of the three little pigs,' Finally, implication for the field of young learner English education and English literature is discussed.

Convergent Factors Affecting Problem Behaviors in Out-of-school Adolescents: A Focus on Gender Difference (학교 밖 청소년의 문제행동 관련 융복합적 요인: 성별차이를 중심으로)

  • Lee, Jaeyoung
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.16 no.10
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    • pp.333-342
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    • 2018
  • The objective of this study was to investigate the problem behavior and its convergent factors in out-of-school adolescents, with a focus on gender differences. This study was a secondary data analysis study using out-of-school adolescents research data at Busan women and family development institute. The study was conducted in a total of 499 out-of-school adolescents (337 males, 162 females). The type of the 8 problem behaviors (run away from home, drop out, prostitution, violence, internet game addiction, theft, drug addiction, and smoking) were identified. The collected data were analyzed with multiple logistic regression. Among the problem behaviors of the participants, internet game addiction and theft were more significantly high in male out-of-school adolescents than female out-of-school adolescents. In internet game addiction, male out-of-school adolescents were 1.90 times higher than female out-of-school adolescents (p=.008, 95% CI=1.18-3.06). In theft, male out-of-school adolescents were 1.92 times higher than female out-of-school adolescents (p=.006, 95% CI=1.21-3.03). When the social measures were provided for those adolescents, a distinguished approach is required depending on the problem behavior and gender.