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Traditional Living Habits of the Taz Tundra Population: A Paleoparasitological Study

  • Slepchenko, Sergey Mikhailovich;Ivanov, Sergey Nikolaevich;Nikolaevich, Bagashev Anatoly;Alekseevich, Tsybankov Alexander;Sergeyevich, Slavinsky Vyacheslav
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.54 no.5
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    • pp.617-623
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    • 2016
  • An excavation of the Vesakoyakha II-IV and Nyamboyto I burial grounds was conducted during the 2014 field season, and soil samples from intact burials dating from the 19th and 20th centuries, respectively, were analyzed to determine interactions between parasites and host/vectors. Considering the discovery of Diphyllobothrium sp. and Taenia sp. eggs in soil samples from the pelvic region, diphyllobothriasis was the most frequent helminthic infection among the Taz Nenets. The Nyamboyto Nenets mainly consumed uncooked fish, while the Vesakoyakha Nenets had a bigger variety in food choices, including reindeer meat. Nenets children were given raw fish from early childhood. The paleoparasitological results corroborate rare ethnographic records about the consumption of uncooked reindeer cerebrum which led to beef tapeworm helminthiases. This is the first parasitological report of helminthic diseases among the Taz Nenets, and, as such, it provides insight into their subsistence activities and food patterns and broadens our understanding of their health condition.

Learning Experience of Undergraduate Nursing Students in Simulation: A Meta-synthesis and Meta-ethnography Study (간호대학생의 시뮬레이션 실습경험에 관한 질적 메타합성 연구)

  • Lee, Jihae;Jeon, Jieun;Kim, Sooyoung
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.300-311
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to review and synthesize the existing literature on the experience of nursing students in simulation. Methods: A systematic review was undertaken using meta-ethnography. Eight databases were searched up to January 2014 for peer-reviewed studies, written in Korean and English, that reported primary data, used identifiable and interpretative qualitative methods, and offered a valuable contribution to the synthesis. Results: Nine studies were identified, with quality appraisal undertaken. Three key concepts were generated: ambivalence of simulation practice, learning by reflection, and building up of the competency as a future nurse. Six sub-concepts emerged: double sidedness of simulation setting; feeling ambivalence of simulation; learning from others; learning from self-reflection; improvement of confidence by role experience; and internalization of nursing knowledge. A line of argument has been developed based on the themes generated. Conclusion: The findings from this qualitative synthesis and other related literature indicated the importance of capability of educator and extension of the simulation system to facilitate effective simulation-based education.

Recognition of the appearance and fashion style of women who experience childbirth (출산을 경험한 여성의 외모에 대한 인식과 패션스타일)

  • Kim, Koh Woon
    • The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.453-470
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    • 2021
  • The aims of this study are to explore the experiences of modern Korean women who experience childbirth and to examine the perceptions of body and appearance in everyday life and how fashion provides a means of self-expression. The study utilizes focused ethnography (a qualitative research method) of cultural technology magazines, conducted to observe women's behavior and language, and to explore their life values, such as beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors in fashion style in everyday life. The purpose of this study is to reveal the actual meaning of childbirth, the resulting change in appearance, and patterns of specific style expression. This will enable a better understanding of the experiences of married women with children in Korea using vivid language, by which an in-depth understanding of their lives may be promoted. A survey of 24 women (aged 25~40) who had experienced pregnancy and childbirth were included in the study, categorized as early pregnancy, pre-birth, and post-birth parenting. Subcategories were derived as "unfeasible pregnancy," "unpredictable and unprepared anxiety," "self-awareness of changing bodies," "pressure on healthy bodies," "opportunity to let go of pressure on appearance management," "pressure on hard parenting," and "experience of change in unmanaged areas." Pregnant women and women with children demonstrated tastes and preferences in style suitable for differentiated situations and roles, along with perceptions of appearance.

An Ethnography Study on the Consumer Role of Middle School Students - From the View Point of the Role of Gainer, Allocator, Buyer, User and Disposer - (중학생의 소비자역할에 대한 질적 연구 - 획득자, 배분자, 구매자, 사용자, 처분자의 역할 측면에서 -)

  • Kweon, Gyeong-Ja;Jang, Sang-Ock
    • Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.19-36
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to identify the consumer roles-gainer, allocator, buyer, user and disposer- of middle school students. The methodology that has been applied to this study was an ethnography study based on in-depth interviews with ten middle schoolers selected in Changwon, Gyeongnam. The result of this study is as follows; First, as gainers, teenagers usually gained their money from their parents. Because this tends to be not periodical, allowance education should be performed to both parents and teenagers. Second, as allocators, teenagers allocated most of their money in entertaining, shopping, traveling, leaving small amount of money for saving. Thorough education supported by school and home should be held for efficient and balanced allocation of acquired allowance. Third, teenagers as buyer should be encouraged to examine carefully in their buying goods and services thus increasing their ability in solving problems related to consume. Fourth, due to the fact that teenagers' role as user is very feeble, educations related to usually consumed products and consuming environments should be strengthened. Fifth, N generation's internet-based character is reflected in disposer rules so education for better disposal in internet world should be needed. Conclusively, education for teenagers' role as consumer will be efficient is linked with school, home, and society thus providing better standard for consumers.

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Bundled SW Design with Application Method of Diary Study (번들소프트웨어 디자인을 위한 다이어리 스터디 적용 연구)

  • Ha, Kwang Soo
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.12 no.11
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    • pp.49-57
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    • 2012
  • Recently as the user experience's importance has been emphasized, there has been many tries of various research methodology in order to understand the user. Specially, as the political investigation method's user understanding method based on the statistical analysis so far has encountered a limit, there has been a continuous tendency to try to introduce a humanitarian or cultural anthropological methodology. As part of this effort, there has been many tries of various approach methods of the Ethnography which is the cultural anthropological typical research methodology, but among those the Diary Study Method is mentioned as one of the effective methodologies. Therefore this thesis applies the Diary Study Method to the notebook PC bundle SW's attitude research and tries a deep rooted research about the user attitude. Also centered to the project of understanding the notebook PC bundle SW's user receptivity. it shows a specific example of the Diary Study applied to the user understanding. Through this process, we will examine the summary about the Ethnography research method, and will discuss an effective research methodology by through the process of analyzing and deducting the user inclination by applying and designing the Diary Study to the project. That is to say, it was progressed by actually applying the research methodology through a specific case, with the purpose of breaking away from the textbook discussion and progress with an application aspect discussion. Through the current research, we will verify an active user-inclined process about the user's notebook PC SW, and it is expected to be useful in establishing a SW UX strategy and distribution related to the bundle software.

Case Study on Big Data Sampling Population Collection Method Errors in Service Business (서비스 비즈니스의 빅데이터 모집단 산정방식 오류에 관한 사례연구)

  • Ahn, Jinho;Lee, Jeungsun
    • Journal of Service Research and Studies
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.1-15
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    • 2020
  • As big data become more important socially and economically in recent years, many problems have been derived from the indiscriminate application of big data. Big data are valuable because it can figure out the meaning of informative information hidden within the data. In particular, to predict customer behavior patterns and experiences, structured data that were extracted from Customer Relationship Management (CRM) or unstructured data that were extracted from Social Network Service(SNS) can be defined as a population to interpret the data, during which many errors can occur. However, those errors are usually overlooked. In addition to data analysis techniques, some data, which should be considered in the analysis, are not included in the population and thus do not show any meaningful patterns. Therefore, this study presents the measurement and interpretation of the data generated when the cause of error in the population setting is strong relationship and interaction between people or a person and an object. In other words, it will be shown that if the relationship and interaction are strong, it is important to include data collected from the perspective of user experience and ethnography in the population by comparing various cases of big data application, through which the meaning will be derived and the best direction will be suggested.

A case study on the application of service design in a tertiary care hospital - Focusing on patient and Medical staff experience data at a Regional emergency medical center - (상급종합병원 서비스디자인 적용 단일 사례연구 -권역응급의료센터의 환자와 의료진 경험 데이터를 중심으로-)

  • Choi, Jugnmin;Ahn, Jinho
    • Journal of Service Research and Studies
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.113-130
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    • 2023
  • This study is a single case study of the application of service design in a regional emergency medical centre of a senior general hospital, focusing on the experiences of patients and medical staff. It aims to measure and improve the experience of healthcare services using service design techniques and to verify their effectiveness. A qualitative case study centred on ethnography and design workshops was conducted to collect in-depth experience data from patients and medical staff. The study identified key experiential differences between patients and healthcare workers, with a particular focus on the challenges faced in emergency medical services. The qualitative data collected through patient and healthcare worker interviews and design thinking workshops were analysed and incorporated into the design in order to understand the complex dynamics of the regional emergency medical centre environment. The results of the study highlighted the need to improve communication, manage patient flow, and improve the environment in three main aspects of the current state of design reflecting the needs of patients and medical staff. By analysing the differences in the specific needs of the two groups of patients and medical staff, a design-led implementation process can be applied to improve the services of the regional emergency medical centre. This study highlights the role and importance of design in healthcare and provides an efficient way to bridge the gap between theoretical research and practical design implementation. This will contribute to creating a faster, more effective, and more satisfying healthcare experience. It is hoped that this will be a new opportunity to see service design as a key to a new innovation process for the satisfaction of both patients and medical staff.

Application of Observational methods for Improving Usability in Car Interior (승용차 실내 사용편의성 향상을 위한 관찰기법 적용에 관한 연구)

  • 김종형;이건표;김병욱;김동건;유승헌
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society of Design Studies Conference
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    • 1999.05a
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    • pp.6-7
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    • 1999
  • 최근 들어 승용차를 구성하고 있는 요소들은 기술의 급속한 발달로 인해 승용차 운행중의 조작행위도 매우 어려워지고 있다. 이에 승용차를 위한 제품개발시 사용자들의 사용행위, 인지과정 등을 파악하고 이들에 적합한 '사용편의성'에 대한 연구가 필요하다. (중략)

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Ethnographical Research for Capturing Emotional Level of User Demand (인류학적 접근을 통한 감성 디자인 연구)

  • Chang, Jin-A
    • 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.02b
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    • pp.33-39
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    • 2007
  • Designing emotion and product experience firstly require companies and individuals involved in NPD (New Product Development) to understand what user really want to receive from owning and using their product. Admitting this necessarily poses the following questions: Can a designer indeed plan for a particular emotion or experience? If yes, what factors must be devoted to designing the user's experience? How can the user's feelings and moods be measured when they use the product? The answer can be found in ethnographical design research.

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