• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.171-184
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• 2023

Purpose: The study explored the meaning of experiences within a family art therapy process among terminal cancer patients and their families. Methods: Ten participants, including four terminal cancer patients currently admitted to the hospice ward at an inpatient hospice facility in S City and four caregiving family members, engaged in four cycles of family art therapy sessions. The sessions were conducted weekly or bi-weekly, and each lasted approximately 50 minutes. Results: Nine cross-case themes emerged: "feeling unfamiliar and intimidated by the idea of expressing my thoughts through art," "trying to accept the present and positively overcome sadness," "expressing hope through emotional bonds during the process of parting," "conveying and preserving personal and family beliefs," "feeling upset about family imbalances caused by deteriorating health," "valuing togetherness and striving for stability amidst the current challenges," "art as a medium of empowerment for patients and facilitator of family conversations, even amidst difficulties," "sharing a range of emotions-not just joy, but concerns and sorrow-through art," and "gratitude for art' s role in improving family communication and connection through artwork. Conclusion: The findings of this study lead to several conclusions. First, patients and their families faced psychological challenges when confronted with impending death, yet they strove to remain optimistic by seeking meaning in their struggles. Second, families practiced open and expressive communication, sharing a spectrum of complex emotions with one another. Third, even as the patient's condition worsened, resulting in family fatigue, their support and cohesion strengthened.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제60권7호
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• pp.227-231
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• 2017

Purpose: This study aimed to verify the safety of low-dose topiramate on language development in pediatric patients with migraine. Methods: Thirty newly diagnosed pediatric patients with migraine who needed topiramate were enrolled and assessed twice with standard language tests, including the Test of Language Problem Solving Abilities (TOPs), Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test, Urimal Test of Articulation and Phonology, and computerized speech laboratory analysis. Data were collected before treatment, and topiramate as monotherapy was sustained for at least 3 months. The mean follow-up period was $4.3{\pm}2.7months$. The mean topiramate dosage was 0.9 mg/kg/day. Results: The patient's mean age was $144.1{\pm}42.3months$ (male-to-female ratio, 9:21). The values of all the language parameters of the TOPs were not changed significantly after the topiramate treatment as follows: Determine cause, from $15.0{\pm}4.4$ to $15.4{\pm}4.8$ (P>0.05); making inference, from $17.6{\pm}5.6$ to $17.5{\pm}6.6$ (P>0.05); predicting, from $11.5{\pm}4.5$ to $12.3{\pm}4.0$ (P>0.05); and total TOPs score, from $44.1{\pm}13.4$ to $45.3{\pm}13.6$ (P>0.05). The total mean length of utterance in words during the test decreased from $44.1{\pm}13.4$ to $45.3{\pm}13.6$ (P<0.05). The Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test results decreased from $97.7{\pm}22.1$ to $96.3{\pm}19.9months$, and from $81.8{\pm}23.4$ to $82.3{\pm}25.4months$, respectively (P>0.05). In the articulation and phonology validation in both groups, speech pitch and energy were not significant, and all the vowel test results showed no other significant values. Conclusion: No significant difference was found in the language-speaking ability between the patients; however, the number of vocabularies used decreased. Therefore, topiramate should be used cautiously for children with migraine.

• Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.92-98
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• 2013

Objective: Constraint induced aphasia therapy (CIAT) is a more intensive form of language treatment for aphasia as compared to traditional treatments. This study examined whether there are differences in cortisol stress levels between the two methods of aphasia treatment as well as effects on language skills. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Methods: A total of 20 participants with expressive aphasia were randomly placed into one of the two treatment groups. The CIAT group received 10 days of intensive treatment over two weeks. The traditional therapy group received 6 days of treatment over 2 weeks. All participants in each group provided salivary cortisol samples before treatment, at the mid-point of treatment, and at the conclusion of treatment. Language skills were assessed before treatment and at the conclusion of treatment. Results: A significantly higher proportion of individuals in the CIAT treatment group had increased salivary cortisol stress levels when compared to the traditional treatment group at the mid-point of the program (80% versus 30% respectively, p<0.05). There was no significant difference in the proportion of individuals with increased cortisol stress by the end of the treatment. Language scores for word repetition and overall aphasia quotient significantly improved for the CIAT group when compared to the traditional group (p<0.05). Conclusions: The CIAT treatment appears to initially create increased psychophysiological stress as compared to the traditional treatment. In spite of the initial increases in psychophysiological stress, participants appear to become conditioned to the challenge and ultimately have enhanced benefit from CIAT treatment.

• 대한한의학원전학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.385-396
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• 2013

Zhang Yuan-Su(張元素) was a doctor of the Jin(金) period, who was followed by Li Dong-Yuan(李東垣) and Wang Hao-Gu(王好古), creating the Yishui School(易水學派). The most notable aspect of his theory is the internal organs(臟腑)-based diagnostic system. He organized previous methods based on the internal organs and applied the same methodology in treatment as well. The Zangfu-biaoben-xushi-hanre-yongyaoshi(臟腑標本虛實寒熱用藥式) is one of his major publications in which diagnostic and treatment methods are organized in a simple manner. In this book, the diseases of the organs are divided into the tip and root(標本). This paper investigates the standards of categorizing tip and root diseases through analysis of all symptoms of both tip and root diseases of the five internal organs. Then the results of the analysis were used in grasping the similarities and tendencies of the root disease and tip disease. Conclusively, root diseases indicate disorder in the internal organs themselves. Tip diseases indicate disorder in the channels and collaterals, diseases caused by exterior pathogens or symptoms that manifest in the exteriors of the body. Such categorization is thought to have been established to eliminate diagnostic error that could occur from using the same expressive means in describing symptoms with different causes, in the process of forming an uncomplicated diagnostic system.

• 한국의상디자인학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.111-124
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• 2009

Since the graphics of fashion items as a means to deliver messages suggest practical sections of the society while showing individual ideas and identity, they have values of promotion to attract attention by manifesting an effective function during the process of delivering intentions and the signification. Accordingly, this study aims to investigate the characteristics expressed with graphics shown on T-shirts of casual wear out of all the fashion items and analyze the social messages reflected on them. Using the Barthes' system of denotation and connotation, distinguished symbolic functions and meaning among graphics were analyzed through the analysis of expression methods of the graphics as the denotation of initial meaning and connotation of secondary meaning. Each casual brand has led the sale of casual markets by appealing consumers with graphic items with characters printed such as various kinds of animals and symbols or lettering printed such as hieroglyph and logos, as various expressive methods and social significance as well as a effective communicative means of graphics. As examined above, graphics expressed on fashion items have an informative characteristic and a persuasive characteristic in the aspect of contents, which has a single value as a communicative characteristic. Those characteristics have developed into the fashion graphic actively reflecting a designer's conviction, values, feelings and identity by acting on social issues and publicness. That is, in the age of information, effective messages delivered through the fashion graphic to the public have contributed to the establishment of an appropriate atmosphere of visual culture while maximizing the role and function as a social significance.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:데이타베이스
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.109-124
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• 2003

대부분의 상용 관계 DBMS(Database Management System)에서는 사용자 편의성을 위하여 SQL과 함께 그래픽 질의어를 제공하고 있으나, 객체 DBMS의 경우에는 그래픽 질의어에 관한 연구와 개발이 미흡한 실정이다. 그래픽 질의어에서는 복잡한 질의 조건을 간결하고도 직관적인 방법으로 표현하는 것이 중요한 이슈이다. 특히, 객체 DBMS는 관계 DBMS 보다 복잡한 데이타 모델과 객체 질의어를 제공하므로 그래픽 객체 질의어를 설계하고 구현할 때 간결성과 직관성을 유지하는 것이 더욱 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 인터넷 환경에서 원격지 객체 데이타베이스에 접근하여 자료를 검색하고 관리하는 그래픽 객체 질의어인 GOQL(Graphical Object Query Language)을 제안한다. GOQL은 그래픽 관계 질의어에서 다루지 않은 집합값 속성과 한정어 및 메소드를 포함한 길이가 2 이상인 경로를 간단한 그래픽 요소들로 시각화함으로써 간결성과 직관성을 높인다. 그리고 대표적인 객체 질의어인 XSQL(1,2)에서 사용하는 경로는 GOQL에서 제공하는 간단한 시각적 도구로 표현할 수 있음을 보인다. 또한, 논문에서는 GOQL의 그래픽 질의어를 텍스트 객체 질의어로 변환하는 알고리즘을 제안하고, 실제로 인터넷 환경에서 동작하도록 구현한 결과를 소개한다.

• 정보관리연구
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.71-94
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• 2011

시각적 실례에 의한 질의는 내용기반 이미지 검색 환경에서 질의 표현을 위한 중요한 질의 패러다임이다. 이미지 및 스케치에 의한 질의는 질의표현을 가능하게 하는 방법으로서 오랫동안 알려졌다. 하지만 이 방법이 질의를 쉽게 작성하는 데 얼마나 도움을 주는지에 대한 효율성에 대한 실험적 입증은 아직 미미하다. 정보검색시스템에 표현하는 탐색자의 능력은 검색과정의 기본이다. 이 연구의 목적은 탐색자의 정보 문제와 효율적이고도 효과적인 시각적 질의 작성을 지원하기 위해 필요한 질의 방법들 간의 지식 격차의 원인이 되는 다양한 정보 요구를 지원하는 데 있어서 유용성 실험을 통해 이미지에 의한 질의와 스케치방법에 의한 질의 조사하기 위함이었다. 본 연구 결과는 이미지에 의한 질의가 시각적 질의 작성에 실행 가능한 접근방식임을 제시한다. 반면에, 본 연구결과를 통해 탐색자의 정보 문제와 시각적인 질의 작성에 도움을 주는 스케치 패러다임에 의한 질의표현 능력 간에 상당한 불일치가 있다는 것을 알 수 있다. 효율(시간)과 유효성(오류)에 초점을 둔 유용성 실험결과와 이용자의 만족도는 큰 차이점이 있다고 보여준다(p<0.001). 이는 다음 세 가지 측정(시간, 오류, 이용자의 만족도)에 대한 두 가지 질의 방식(이미지에 의한 질의, 스케치에 의한 질의) 사이에서 나타난 시간(Z=-3.597, p<0.001), 오류(Z=-3.317, p<0.001), 그리고 만족도(Z=-10.223, p<0.001)에서 드러난다. 본 연구결과는 또한 질의도구를 참가자가 인지하는 유용성에 큰 차이가 있다는 것을 보여준다(Z=-4.672, p<0.001).

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제11권8호
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• pp.331-340
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• 2013

초현실주의 대표적인 작가 르네마그리트가 주장한 데페이즈망 기법은 여러매체에 활용되어지고 응용되어 왔다. TV, CF, 광고등 다양한 매체를 통하여 데페이즈망의 기법들을 적용한 흔히 사용되어지는 소재들을 새로운 낯선 환경에 재배치되었을때 고정관념의 탈피와 시각적 충격을 통해 흥미를 부여하고자 하였다. 서로 다른 용도의 투명스크린과 오브제를 활용하여 프로젝션 맵핑의 매체에 접목하여 작품 '환영'에 데페이즈망 기법을 적용하여 낯선 환경을 통해 시각적 즐거움과, 새로운 미디어로써의 가능성과 투명스크린과 오브제를 활용한 프로젝션 맵핑의 기법을 제시하였다. 데페이즈망의 기법에서 대표적인 공간의 변조, 모순된 이미지의 결합, 물체의 변형과 변화 3가지 분류에 의해 표현방법과 효과를 적용하여 작품사례를 제시하였고, 레이아웃, 타이포그래피, 이미지, 컬러, 시간으로 분류하여 유형별 분석하였다. 작품 '환영'을 통해 프로젝션 맵핑과 데페이즈망 기법을 활용한 새로운 오브제와 매체의 특성을 적용하여 확장하였다.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.770-780
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• 2007

Caports is a fusion style which consists of mix and match and various T.P.Os. The expressive features of Caports style have been strengthened by the combination of functional and decorative design. This study aims to divide the images into categories and to study the decorative features of each category. It is classified into five groups according to its images, Healthy & Sexy, Athletic, Romantic, Girlish, Vintage. The following study has assorted the pictures of Caports style into categories and presents decorative design features in each category. Analyzed materials have been collected from fashion magazines, catalogs, and fashion related Internet sites from 2002 to 2006. The dominant feature of caports was sensitive fashionableness as a day wear based on sportswear. This feature was determined by every factor such as materials, structure and details. In other words, the usage of jersey that could give functionalities and elasticity, structure that exhibit one's silhouette and the decorative designs of functional details make it possible to have this kind of peculiar style. Decorative designs shown in sports wear, casual wear and women's wear were all applied in Caports style. They showed a moderate and coherent style rather than one that was richly ornate or magnificent. So, in the mesa trend of "sportism", Caports style could easily fit into the 21st century's consumers' demands for fusion. And this study of decorating methods of each category of Caports style may provide useful data to help develop the products that consumers demand.

• Carbon letters
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• 제26권
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• pp.31-42
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• 2018

Adsorption is one of the best methods for wastewater purification. The fact that water quality is continuously decreasing requires the development of novel, effective and cost available adsorbents. Herein, a simple procedure for the preparation of a magnetic adsorbent from agricultural waste biomass and ferrofluid has been introduced. Specifically, ferrofluid mixed with wheat straw was directly pyrolyzed either by microwave irradiation (900 W, 30 min) or by conventional heating ($550^{\circ}C$, 90 min). Magnetic biochars were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, $M{\ddot{o}}ssbauer$ spectroscopy, textural analysis and tested as adsorbents of As(V) oxyanion and cationic methylene blue, respectively. Results showed that microwave pyrolysis produced char with high adsorption capacity of As(V) ($Q_m=25.6mg\;g^{-1}$ at pH 4), whereas conventional pyrolysis was not so effective. In comparison to conventional pyrolysis, one-step microwave pyrolysis produced a material with expressive microporosity, having a nine times higher value of specific surface area as well as total pore volume. We assumed that sorption properties are also caused by several iron-bearing composites identified by $M{\ddot{o}}ssbauer$ spectroscopy ([super] paramagnetic $Fe_2O_3$, ${\alpha}-Fe$, non-stoichiometric $Fe_3C$, ${\gamma}-Fe_2O_3$, ${\gamma}-Fe$) transformed from nano-maghemite presented in the ferrofluid. Methylene blue was also more easily removed by magnetic biochar prepared by microwaves ($Q_m=144.9mg\;g^{-1}$ at pH 10.9) compared to using conventional techniques.