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COVID19 Innate Immunity through Natural Medicine in Palau

  • Christopher U. Kitalong;Tmong Udui;Terepkul Ngiraingas;Pearl Marumoto;Victor Yano
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2020.12a
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    • pp.15-15
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    • 2020
  • In an internal document, CORONA-VIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) PLAN, release developed stated that "on January 22, 2020, Palau Ministry of Health activated its emergency operations center, and since then has prepared and put in place measures in response to this global pandemic." The actions eventually led to the closure of most flights coming into Palau as a method to protect its population. The population of is at high risk with COVID19 due to the very elevated rate of NCD's, as well as the limited access to proper testing and treatment facilities. Increased use of traditional medicines in the population has reduced the co-morbidities by reducing risk factors. Furthermore, the expansion of tradtional NCD therapies, especially that of DAK reduce pressure due to obesity and diabetes therefore allowing for unimpaired immune systems to combat deadly infectious diseases such as COVID19.

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Microdroplet Impact Dynamics at Very High Velocity on Face Masks for COVID-19 Protection (코로나-19 보호용 페이스 마스크에서의 액적 고속 충돌 거동)

  • Choi, Jaewon;Lee, Dongho;Eo, Jisu;Lee, Dong-Geun;Kang, Jeon-Woong;Ji, Inseo;Kim, Taeyung;Hong, Jiwoo
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.60 no.2
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    • pp.282-288
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    • 2022
  • Facial masks have become indispensable in daily life to prevent infection and spread through respiratory droplets in the era of the corona pandemic. To understand how effective two different types of masks (i.e., KF-94 mask and dental mask) are in blocking respiratory droplets, i) we preferentially analyze wettability characteristics (e.g., contact angle and contact angle hysteresis) of filters consisting of each mask, and ii) subsequently observe the dynamic behaviors of microdroplets impacting at high velocities on the filter surfaces. Different wetting properties (i.e., hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity) are found to exhibit depending on the constituent materials and pore sizes of each filter. In addition, the pneumatic conditions for stably and uniformly dispensing microdroplets with a certain volume and impacting behaviors associated with the impacting velocity and filter type change are systematically explored. Three distinctive dynamics (i.e., no penetration, capture, and penetration) after droplet impacting are observed depending on the type of filter constituting the masks and droplet impact velocity. The present experimental results not only provide very useful information in designing of face masks for prevention of transmission of infectious respiratory diseases, but also are helpful for academic researches on droplet impacts on various porous surfaces.

Analysis of Characteristics of Corporate Advertisements in TV and Digital Video Advertisements - Focusing on corporate advertisements from 2020 to 2021 (TV 및 디지털 영상광고에서 나타난 기업광고 특성 분석 - 2020년부터 2021년 기업광고를 중심으로)

  • Um, Namhyun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.22 no.8
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    • pp.149-158
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    • 2022
  • For this study, a total of 297 TV advertisements and digital video advertisements were selected as analysis targets among domestic corporate advertisements executed for two years from 2020 to 2021. As a result of the content analysis, it was found that CSR public service advertisements, CSV advertisements, and ESG advertisements in 2020, when the corona pandemic began in earnest and ESG of companies emerged as a business management topic, showed a markedly higher execution frequency than in 2021. As a result of examining the distribution of corporate advertisement types by media, it was found that companies were executing various corporate advertisements through digital media rather than traditional media such as TV. As a result of examining the advertising appeal strategies according to the types of corporate advertisements, it was found that the emotional appeal strategy was most frequently used among the rational appeal, emotional appeal, and mixed appeal as a whole in corporate advertising. As a result of analyzing the advertisement model types according to the classification of corporate advertisements, it was found that corporate advertisements use a general model differently from brand advertisements. Lastly, as a result of examining the distribution of advertisement model types according to media types, it was found that the celebrity model is more frequently used in TV advertisements for digital advertisements.

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.

Studies on Executions of Brand Activism: Focused on In-depth Interviews with Brand Managers (브랜드 액티비즘의 구현방식 연구: 브랜드 담당자의 심층 인터뷰를 중심으로)

  • Park, Hayoung;Lee, Cheolhan
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.21 no.10
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    • pp.194-203
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    • 2021
  • With the spread of Corona virus l spreading to the uncertainty of society, consumers request more active social responsibility programs. In other words, it is manifest that corporate brands are required to pursue the public interests. Consumers go beyond the corporate social responsibility programs and support corporate's involvement to solve the social problems and they consume the brand accordingly. Thus, the companies respond to the consumers' request as a form of brand activism, or the new social marketing form in which the companies set the brand as an individual and seek the solutions of social issues. In this study, five experienced experts in the area were recruited to conduct in-depth interviews and how brand activism was practiced worldwide. The results reveal that brand activism is actively practiced with the support of consumers in the area of support for the small business, anti-racism efforts, gender diversity and equality, and sustainability.

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.

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.

Christian Education for the Post-Corona World (코로나 이후 세계를 위한 기독교교육)

  • Jae-Deog Yu
    • Journal of Christian Education in Korea
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    • v.72
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    • pp.7-24
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    • 2022
  • Christian education for the world after COVID-19 needs to use rapid changes in the surrounding situation as an opportunity to overcome a new crisis so that the church can achieve its educational mission. If the biggest dilemma in the post-Corona era is that there is no authoritative educational prescription anywhere, the most reasonable option for church education in this situation is to emphasize and cultivate learners' ability to flexibly cope with rules that are completely different than before COVID-19. As a natural result of the crisis, Christian education needs to be more interested in the trend of social change in the pandemic era(glocalization, digital transformation, economic inequality, educational environment change, church crisis) and actively reflect its contents in education. In addition, while operating a mobile(or online) church school that combines offline and online, there is an urgent need for an innovative transition to a core church school where certain church schools and churches cooperate with each other, a church school that guarantees a safe learning space, and an ecological church school that is interested in education dealing with climate change and ecology.

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.