• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.2459-2464
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• 2016

Background: Cancer treatments can have long-term physical, psychological, financial, sexual and cognitive effects that may influence the quality of life. These can vary from urban to rural areas, survival period and according to the type of cancer. We here aimed to describe demographics and psychosocial analysis of cancer survivors three to five years post-treatment in rural Australia and also assess relationships with financial stress and quality of life domains. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 65 participants visiting the outpatient oncology clinic were given a self-administered questionnaire. The inclusion criteria included three to five years post-treatment. Three domains were investigated using standardised and validated tools such as the Standard Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors Scale (QLACS) and the Personal and Household Finances (HILDA) survey. Included were demographic parameters, quality of life, treatment information and well-being. Results: There was no evidence of associations between any demographic variable and either financial stress or cancer-specific quality of life domains. Financial stress was however significantly associated with the cancer-specific quality of life domains of appearance-related concerns, family related distress, and distress related to recurrence. Conclusions: This unique study effectively points to psychosocial aspects of cancer survivors in rural regions of Australia. Although the majority of demographic characteristics were not been found to be associated with financial stress, this latter itself is significantly associated with distress related to family and cancer recurrence. This finding may be of assistance in future studies and also considering plans to fulfil unmet needs.

• 컴퓨터교육학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.55-66
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• 2016

본 연구는 온라인대학 학습자들이 강의평가에서 보여주는 평정성향에 대해 알아보고, 그 평정성향이 강의평가 점수에 미치는 영향을 탐색하였다. 이를 위하여 2015년 1학기에 한 온라인대학의 재학생 1,098명으로부터 인구학적 배경, 학습활동, 평정성향, 강의평가 결과에 대한 자료를 수집하였다. 연구의 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 연구대상자들은 강의평가 참여율과 평정일관성 영역에서 자신만의 뚜렷한 평정성향을 보였다. 참여율이 0%와 100% 등 양극단에 몰려 있었으며, 평가문항 간 평정일관성과 전체 수강과목 간 평정일관성은 상호관련성이 매우 높았다. 둘째, 연구대상자들은 인구학적 배경과 학습활동 정도에 따라 강의평가 참여일과 평정일관성, 강의평가 결과 측면에서 차이를 보였다. 셋째, 연구대상자의 인구학적 배경, 학습활동, 평정일관성은 강의평가 결과에 독립적인 영향력을 행사하였다. 본 연구는 학습자들의 평정성향을 세분화하여 드러냈다는 점과, 강의평가 결과 해석 시 학습자의 평정성향을 고려해야 한다는 것을 제안하였다는 점에서 의의가 있다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.480-490
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• 2019

Nowadays, Electronic Medical Record (EMR) has just implemented at few hospitals for Outpatient Department (OPD). OPD is the diversified data, it includes demographic and diseases of patient, so it need to be clustered in order to explore the hidden rules and the relationship of data types of patient's information. In this paper, we propose a novel approach for unsupervised clustering of patient's demographic and diseases in OPD. Firstly, we collect data from a hospital at OPD. Then, we preprocess and transform data by using powerful techniques such as standardization, label encoder, and categorical encoder. After obtaining transformed data, we use some strong experiments, techniques, and evaluation to select the best number of clusters and best clustering algorithm. In addition, we use some tests and measurements to analyze and evaluate cluster tendency, models, and algorithms. Finally, we obtain the results to analyze and discover new knowledge, meanings, and rules. Clusters that are found out in this research provide knowledge to medical managers and doctors. From these information, they can improve the patient management methods, patient arrangement methods, and doctor's ability. In addition, it is a reference for medical data scientist to mine OPD dataset.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.117-132
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• 2014

This study examined the use of Facebook in United Arab Emirates. There were two objectives of this study. The first purpose was to identify the motive for the use of Facebook among people in U.A.E. This study conducted the survey using both qualitative and quantitative methods. One hundred eighty-three working people were used from the survey. Thirty-five questions identified from the interviews were used for the questionnaire design in quantitative method. Factor analysis showed six factors namely usefulness, usage, reliability, making new friends, ethical issue and openness of information. The total variance explained by all the factors was fifty-two percent. This study also examined the demographic variables whether they would play an important role in using the social network site. The study included two more variables, income and married status, which were not frequently examined by previous studies. MANOVA showed statistical significant differences (p < .01) across six factors. ANOVA results showed that gender variable affected only the factor of openness of information. Males were more likely to share their information compared to females. Income variable affected all the factors except the openness of information. The results showed that high-income people had the highest meanscores on three factors (usage, reliability, making new friends) while low-income people had the highest means on usefulness and ethical factors.Marital status had significant effects on usefulness, reliability, and ethical factors. Married people had the low scores on reliability and ethical factors. Lastly, education variable had no effect on all the factors examined.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.63-76
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• 2024

Purpose: To analyze trends related to demography and EMS and to provide supporting data for the appropriate deployment of EMS providers. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, data on patients transported by 119 EMS, demographics, and EMS factors were collected using the Korean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS) and the National Fire Agency annual report from 2017 to 2021. Results: During the study period, the total number of patients and those with severe disorders transported via 119 EMS showed an increasing trend. The total fertility rate and population during the same period tended to decrease, and the population density and number of households increased; however, there was a disparity between regions. The main demographic factors affecting the number of patients transported were population density and total fertility rate, while the main EMS factors were the number of ambulances and provision of emergency medical information services(hospital guidance, pharmacy information, and first aid guidance). Conclusion: From the perspective of EMS providers' force deployment, it is necessary to consider population density, population, number of households, total fertility rate, and number of emergency medical institutions and to strengthen the role of diverting the use of 119 EMS by minor patients by providing emergency medical information.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.51-61
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• 2010

Using data from the 2007 SCF, this study examined the use of information source for investment decisions of elderly consumers. The results indicated that many elderly consumers (about 88%) involved savings /investment decisions. The elderly used 'Experts' (39.48%) as a major information source for their investment decisions, followed by 'Friends' (24.18%). The results of the multinomial logit analysis suggested that the perceived value, the cost for search, knowledge, risk and some of the demographic factors were significantly related to the choice of the information sources for investments by elderly consumers.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제12권11호
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• pp.154-164
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• 2023

건설기술정보시스템에서는 국내 건설기술력을 제고하기 위해 건설 현장에서 필요로 하는 건설기준, 건설 실무 및 건설보고서 등 16종의 건설기술 관련 원문 또는 색인정보를 수집, 가공하여 일반 국민에게 무료로 제공하고 있다. 본 연구는 가장 효과가 높은 건설기술정보 DB 구축에 예산을 우선 배당한다면 이용자 만족도를 높일 수 있다고 판단하였다. 건설기술정보 종류별로 제공물량에 대해 모집단이 느꼈던 만족도 수준과 정보의 습득과 활용에 따른 이용 가치를 조사하였다. 모집단의 인구통계학적 특성에 따라 이용자 만족도에 어떤 영향을 미치는지와 건설기술정보의 종류별로 정보의 이용 가치에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하기 위해 다중회귀분석 과정을 통하여 독립변수들과 종속변수 간의 신뢰도와 상관관계를 분석하였다. 응답자의 인구통계학적 특성과 제공물량에 대한 이용자의 만족도 간의 상관관계는 대체로 낮았으나 건설 경력, 연령 등이 제공물량의 만족도에 영향을 주는 것으로 파악되었다. 특히, 응답자의 인구통계학의 측정항목 중 건설 경력이 많을수록 하위기술기준의 제공물량 만족도가 높았고, 연령이 나질수록 중소기업지원정보의 제공물량 만족도에 영향을 주는 것으로 분석되었다.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.87-102
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• 2009

This study was conducted to determine which variables of interest could be used to predict the development of infants. The variables of interest in this study were demographic variables regarding to the infants and mothers, maternal knowledge of infant development, maternal self-efficacy, maternal parenting stress, and infant development. The participants consisted of 252 infant-mother pairs and all infants included in this study were 15 months to 36 months of age. The development of Infants was assessed by classroom teachers. Data regarding the mothers’' demographic information, maternal knowledge of infant development, maternal self-efficacy, and maternal stress were gathered by maternal self-reported questionnaires. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t tests, and regression analyses. The primary results demonstrated that family income, maternal infant knowledge, and maternal parenting stress were predictive of the infant development. In addition, different patterns in the results of the stepwise multiple regression were observed among the infant’'s of different age. Implications for research and practice were discussed along with the results of study.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.57-65
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• 2004

Digital photographs of 16 pork chops were each modified to give 16 treatments, such as two levels each of fat cover, color, marbling and drip, giving a total of 256 images. Consumers from three locations in France and six locations in Korea selected their preferred chop from 16 treatments in different chops and repeated this selection process eight times from different groups of chops, respectively. Respondents were asked to complete a questionnaire on socio-demographic information. Both the results of the French and Korean surveys gave four clusters of consumers, but they were not the same in terms of the choice strategies used, or in terms of their relationships with the socio-demographic items. The interesting apparent similarities (such as, both color levels being equally important to consumers in both countries) and differences(such as, the strong preference for lean meat in France; no fat preference in Korea) suggest a need to compare the results from the two countries. However, due to the difference of the socio-demographic make-up of the consumer panels from the two countries, a simple and direct comparison of the clusters based on choice and their relationships with the questionnaire items is not possible, but is currently being explored.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.447-454
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• 1999

The empirical research was conducted to investigate women's consumption pattern of Korean rice cakes and to analyze the preference of them by their demographic backgrounds. The results of this study provide useful informations for a systematic development of Korean rice cake. A self-completed questionnaire survey of 281 women in Seoul was undertaken and detailed information was collected from each. A questionnaire consisted of three parts including demographic backgrounds, consumption pattern and preference of Korean rice cakes, and the need assessment. Demographic variables of respondents included age, marital status, education, family style, monthly income etc. Most of them(82.6%) were married with the average age of $36.3{\pm}8.4$ year old. The results of eating frequency rate showed that about half of women(49.1%) had Korean rice cake once or twice a month followed by once a week(23.1%), once per two months(13.9%), once per six months(8.2%), and once per three months(3.9%). Average preference score of 14 Korean rice cakes was $3.08{\pm}1.49$ out of 5, indicating 'so-and-so'. Ingeolmi received the highest score of 4.02, whereas Duteopteok had the lowest score of 0.18. The preference score of Korean rice cake and the respondents' knowledge of them showed significantly strong positive correlation. The need-assessment score for improving the quality of Korean rice cake was $3.72{\pm}1.35$ out of 5, showing moderate willingness for improvement of Korean rice cake.