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A study of the role of environmental influences in talent development of the Korean Math and Science Olympians. (국제과학올림피아드에 참가한 과학영재의 재능 발달에 끼친 촉진 요인과 방해요인에 관한 연구)

  • 윤여홍;김언주;문정화;김명환
    • Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.245-270
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    • 2001
  • Math and Science Olympians participated in a study of the role of environmental influences in their talent development. The questions they got was about family and school factors contribute / or hinder to the development of their scientific talents, and the parents' child rearing styles. The questionnaires were originally developed by Campbell(1996) for cross-cultural studies. The major findings were as follows: ⑴ The professional job of the Olympians'father, the high SES, Their parents'discovering their child's talents were positive factors, ⑵ Their family support and learning environment were reported strong and positive, especially books and reading atmosphere, ⑶ The Olympians participated in the accelerated and enriched educational programs, ⑷ The quality of the class and the rigidity of the curriculum were hindering factors, ⑸ Their parents'rearing style were permissive, affective, and supportive.

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Burdens among Caregivers of Older Adults with Advanced Cancer and Risk Factors

  • Chindaprasirt, Jarin;Limpawattana, Panita;Pakkaratho, Pornvaree;Wirasorn, Kosin;Sookprasert, Aumkhae;Kongbunkiat, Kannikar;Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.4
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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.

Restoration Study of Woljeong-gyo (월정교의 복원적 고찰)

  • Nam, Si-Jin
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.77-93
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    • 2007
  • According to documentary records Woljeong-gyo(stone bridge) is built in 760(Silla the 35th King Gyeongdeok 19) and used as original function until 1280(Goryeo the 25th King Chungryeol 6) as Chunyang-gyo. But in those days "Donggyeongjapgi" was published in 1669(Joseon Hyeonjong 10) we assume that it was lost its original function. There are four pier in the type of a ship with the same distance in the middle of river. We can see it is the site of bridge as parts of stonework of bridge are remained. In 1975 the abutments and piers are surveyed and in 1984 stone investigation twice and excavation three times which were to plan restoration were done. Now the restoration of abutments both ends are worked. For restoration of Woljeong-gyo studied documentary records and excavation recoeds were collected and examined. It helped to see the bridge in southern China twice to restore the bridge. Unearthed articles such as yeonham(a kind of member to support roof tiles) and giwa(roof tile) gave decisive clues to assume upper structure of the bridge and from Chinese bridges are helped to type of the bridge. It is certain Woljeong-gyo was ranggyo which means that upper structure was made with wooden members and the stone piers shaped of a ship below and near the abutments both ends another buildings were. Youngjocheok(the architectural measure) of this bridge is similar to gokcheok(the metal measure, 301.84mm) used now that the length of piers is 46choek(尺), the width of that is 9choek(尺), the length between two piers is 42choek(尺), the length between abutment and pier is 38choek(尺). Also we can see that entirely the length of the bridge is 210choek(尺), width is 40choek(尺).

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Teachers' Perceived Dimensions on Elementary School Health Education Curriculum: An Experimental Trial Based on Concept Mapping Approach (초등학교 보건교육 교과영역에 대한 교사들의 인식도 속성: Concept mapping 기법을 활용한 실험적 시도)

  • Park, Kyoung-Ok
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.93-108
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    • 2007
  • Background: School is a primary health education setting for children and the continuous support should be provided to renew school health education curriculum correspondent to socio-cultural changes in Korean society. Objectives: This study was conducted to identify the principals' and teachers' needs of health education topics for their students and to analyze their conceptual map for health education curriculum in Korean elementary school. Methods: The sample size of the first survey was 179 and that of the second survey was 691 of elementary school principals and teachers from stratified sampling over Korea. The self-administered mailing survey was conducted to o identify the factor structure of the health education topics and to analyze the conceptual properties with exploratory factor analysis and multidimensional scaling analysis in SPSS 12.0. Results: A total of 21 health education topics were collected from the first survey and 31 topics were, comprehensively, generated for the second survey. The five factors were determined: 'life health promotion behavior,' 'drug control and mental health,' 'bulling and aggression prevention,' 'safety perception and injury prevention,' and 'sex education and sexual harassment.' The educational need scores were the highest in 'safety perception and injury prevention.' The two-dimensional cooperates were generated for the 31 health education topics and the two dimensional properties which divided the conceptual space were 'health-safety' for one and 'public/environmental-individual/personal' for the other. Conclusions: Health education curriculum and textbook should be developed considering teachers' needs and conditions for health education in school fields. The field-based health education programs or textbook would make more possible problem-solving health education for children in real school fields.

Emerging and Established Global Life-Style Risk Factors for Cancer of the Upper Aero-Digestive Tract

  • Gupta, Bhawna;Johnson, Newell W.
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.15
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    • pp.5983-5991
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    • 2014
  • Introduction: Upper aero-digestive tract cancer is a multidimensional problem, international trends showing complex rises and falls in incidence and mortality across the globe, with variation across different cultural and socio-economic groups. This paper seeks some explanations and identifies some research and policy needs. Methodological Approach: The literature illustrates the multifactorial nature of carcinogenesis. At the cellular level, it is viewed as a multistep process involving multiple mutations and selection for cells with progressively increasing capacity for proliferation, survival, invasion, and metastasis. Established and emerging risk factors, in addition to changes in incidence and prevalence of cancers of the upper aero-digestive tract, were identified. Risk Factors: Exposure to tobacco and alcohol, as well as diets inadequate in fresh fruits and vegetables, remain the major risk factors, with persistent infection by particular so-called "high risk" genotypes of human papillomavirus increasingly recognised as also playing an important role in a subset of cases, particularly for the oropharynx. Chronic trauma to oral mucosa from poor restorations and prostheses, in addition to poor oral hygiene with a consequent heavy microbial load in the mouth, are also emerging as significant risk factors. Conclusions: Understanding and quantifying the impact of individual risk factors for these cancers is vital for health decision-making, planning and prevention. National policies and programmes should be designed and implemented to control exposure to environmental risks, by legislation if necessary, and to raise awareness so that people are provided with the information and support they need to adopt healthy lifestyles.

Iranian Cancer Patient Perceptions of Prognosis and the Relationship to Hope

  • Seyedrasooli, Alehe;Rahmani, Azad;Howard, Fuchsia;Zamanzadeh, Vahid;Mohammadpoorasl, Asghar;Aliashrafi, Raha;Pakpour, Vahid
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.15
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    • pp.6205-6210
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    • 2014
  • Background: The aim of this study was to investigate Iranian cancer patient perceptions of their prognosis, factors that influence perceptions of prognosis and the effect this has on patient level of hope. Materials and Methods: Iranian cancer patients (n=200) completed self-report measures of their perceptions of their prognosis and level of hope, in order to assess the relationship between the two and identify factors predictive of perceptions by multiple linear regression analysis. Results: Cancer patients perceived of their prognosis positively (mean 11.4 out of 15), believed their disease to be curable, and reported high levels of hope (mean 40.4 out of 48.0). Multiple linear regression analyses demonstrated that participants who were younger, perceived they had greater family support, and had higher levels of hope reported more positive perceptions of their cancer prognosis. Conclusions: Positive perceptions of prognosis and its positive correlation with hope in Iranian cancer patients highlights the importance of cultural issues in the disclosure of cancer related information.

The Study of the Correlation Between Image and Text in the Present Cultural Conditions (문화현상에 따른 그림과 글의 소통과 변화 현상)

  • Lee Soon-Goo
    • Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.105-110
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    • 2005
  • Painting and writing are exceedingly different in the way they are visually express. However, if one were to trace the roots of both painting and writing, one would discover the two have the same origins. At one time, both painting and writing fulfilled the function portraying mutual or reciprocal messages to the masses. On the other hand, after the time of medieval manuscript and typography, they were separated completely into image and text. Today, the images are interpreted into the text. Meanwhile, the text better communicates its ideas to the masses through additional support of the simultaneous image. The joint use of the shaping of mutual exchanges between literature and visual art is being enlivened between scholars through their tendency to converse or communicate through the media. Moreover, the visual configuration and characters that strike into the new media are one of the various uses and the significantly important methods of deliberative communication that are necessary for hypertext functioning. In the following text, I will expande and develope the historical communication scheme and the process of modification of painting and writing, lead the origination of modern new-pictograph.

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Performing Work Subject to the Busan Area Theatre Arts professionals Activation Plan (부산지역 무대예술전문인 현황과 공연작품 제작 시스템에 의한 공연문화 활성화 방안)

  • Jang, Jun-Kyu
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.175-187
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    • 2013
  • Because of the governments policy to promise the cultural homesickness of citizens, national and public culture centers are under construction all over the country. The interest of watching plays are increasing. But the existing culture center's facilities operating in the construction of emphasized. It's made up of public officials in technical service, are having a hard time breaking their limits. In consequence, to solve these problems it will be done with people who have qualifications of stage art professional in the center. Productions raise a support system of the city and venues subject to theatre arts professionals as a way of solving these problems. These are the efficient ways to develop performance cultures of issues presented and the Busan area performing arts Activation Plan is proposed.

A Study on Arts and Crafts ideas with Works of William Morris

  • Lee, Jaehyuck;Kim, Cheeyong
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.16 no.9
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    • pp.1119-1133
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    • 2013
  • These days there is a flow of support for returning to design and handcraft, and the arts and crafts ideas of William Morris have an influence until the present over periods. The semanticity and methodology of guild production method supported by William Morris is studied. The foundation that human is in beautiful harmony with nature is on free labor and artistic life. In the organic relationship, the decline of art is understood as general crisis of culture, and human living condition should be changed in order to rouse the human sense of beauty and comprehension of art. Once human labor becomes artistic, the consumption living and local living become artistic as well. And then consumers desire more artistic works, structures, or urban spaces, and the demands for those move artificers to go toward producing more artistic works and structures. That is, the course of succession of art and culture through living is the driving force of social progress. Even if the period when Morris lived and the present are very different, this paper will shows that a large amount of art and culture will be greatly developed in twenty-first century which is 'the period led by cultural consumers', and the people directly creating art works will be also increased at the same time, as Alvin Toffler suggested. Furthermore, we can aware through this paper that such the people will rule the world. Finally it reached the period that we must face to 'making artistic life' as Morris expected a century ago. According to the result of this paper, we realized the study about Morris will contribute greatly to improve the quality of human life.

A Study on the Technology Trends for Implementation of Homeland Security (국토안보 구현을 위한 기술 동향 연구)

  • Jeong, Seung-Hui;Han, Jong-Wook;Choi, Yong-Seok;Oh, Chang-Heon
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.991-997
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    • 2009
  • Recently, many countries are developing and investing in various homeland security technologies against terrorism. The importance of homeland security has been growing because of nuclear weapon threat from North Korea, the burning of cultural assets, and violence crimes. Therefore, in this paper, we have described and analyzed the trends related to homeland security technology. The main techniques toward homeland security are aggregation technology, integration technology, collaboration technology, categorization technology, intelligence technology, and mining technology. Those are likely to become the growth potentials until fade out of threat. Therefore, we require more government policies to support a budget enlargement.

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