• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.433-444
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• 2021

The study seeks to identify the factors affecting the green marketing element of students' food purchasing decision at Co-opMart supermarket chain in Ho Chi Minh City through the application of a mix of qualitative and quantitative research methods that include probability sampling and convenient sampling of 400 students from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH). The data are analyzed with SPSS software using Cronbach's Alpha, Exploratory Factor Analysis, Multiple Linear Regression and PATH model to test the model through the intermediate variable 'student's perception' and the hypotheses, identifying the green marketing effects on HUTECH students' food purchasing decisions at Ho Chi Minh City Co-opMart supermarket chain. The results of the study identify four factors of the green marketing mix (4Cs), namely, green commodity, green cost, green convenience, and green communication. All these factors have an influence on the student's food purchasing decision at Co-opMart supermarket. Cost is the strongest factor eliciting student's interest in purchasing green products, followed by convenience, then communication. Commodity has the least impact on green purchasing decision. This study proposes some feasible solutions for Co-opMart managers to attract more students using green food in the complex situation of contaminated food, which is extremely harmful to consumers' health.

• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.41-51
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• 2022

PURPOSE: The functional limitations in stroke survivors promote sedentary lifestyles and quality of life inadequacies, but there is increasing evidence that this could be minimized by physical exercise. Therefore, this study examined the effects of physical exercise on the quality of life (QoL) and functional capacity (ability to stand up from a sitting position) among stroke survivors drafted from two tertiary hospitals in Osogbo, Nigeria. METHODS: A purposive sampling technique was used to select 21 registered right or left outpatient hemiplegic stroke survivors in a pre- and post-test experimental research design. The research questions were presented using descriptive statistics of frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, while an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the study hypothesis at the .05 alpha level for significance. RESULTS: Compared to the baseline (week 0), there were significant increases in the general quality of life, healthy well-being, physical exercise, pain perception, and environmental domains of QOL among the survivors in week four. Moreover, a significant increase was observed in these indices in week eight, compared to week four, except for the pain perception domain. Compared to the baseline, there was a significant decrease in the time it took the stroke survivors to stand up from a sitting position in week four. A significant decrease was observed in this index in week eight compared to week four. CONCLUSION: Marked corridor 20 meters brief walking exercise for eight weeks significantly improved the quality of life and ability to stand up from a sitting position in stroke survivors in Osogbo, Nigeria.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.22-43
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• 1983

1. Need for and Purpose of the Study. There is an increasing demand for curriculum improvement of the Korean Army Nursing Academy (KANA), since it was upgraded into 4-year institution of higher learning from 3-year one. In particular, it is strongly advocated that the KANA needs the outside expertise for its curriculum improvement-namely not only from the internal military view of points but also from the viewpoints of professional educational society, In line with such a necessity for the study, this study was aimed at 1) analyzing the current actual practices of KANA'S curriculum, 2) investigating the desired practices of KANA'S curriculum, and 3) identifying the discrepancy between the actual and desired practices of curriculum. 2. Problems for the Study This study had 4 problems to be answeared as follows: 1) What are the actual curriculum practices of KANA? 2) What are the desired curriculum practices of KANA? 3) How are the extents of perception of actual and desired curriculum different in four groups (student, faculty & administrator, nurse, and medical doctor in militay hospital) ? 4) What are the restraining forces that impede the change from actual to desired curriculum practices? 5) What are the relationships of curriculum component,』 in actual and desired curriculum practices? 3. Methods and Procedures This study was conducted by means of document analysis in addition to literature review and by means of needs assessment questionnaire which was developed by the researcher. The questionnaire included 62 statments with 7 questions for demographic data collection. The needs assessment questionnaire was managed to a total of 243 subjects (100 students, 46 faculty & administrators, 55 nurses, and 42 medical doctors), The collected data were treated using SPSS computer system so as to calculate mean scores, standard deviations, and correlation coefficients. The significance test was made through t-test and one-way ANOVA. The statistical significance level was set at both .05 and .01 level. 4. Major findings The major findings in this study are as follows: 1) The score of desired practices was significantly greater than that of actual practices, representing a strong need for curriculum betterment. 2) There were significant differences in the perceptions of actual practices as well as desired practices among four groups (student, faculty & administrater, nurse, and medical doctor). 3) The most frequently selected restraining forces were army's inherent character, economical limitation, and educational expertise limitations. 4) Such variables as sex, position attachment to the KANA and grade made a statistically significant effect on the perception of desired curriculum practice, while the variables like marrige, position, and military class made it on the perception of actual curriculum practice. 5) The coefficients among the curriculum components were lower in perception of the actual curriculum practices than those in the desired practices. 5. Conclusions The conclusions based on the major findings of this study are as follows: 1) The current curriculum development procedure of the KANA is not consistent with the theoretical frame of systematic development sarategy of curriculum. 2) There are wide conflicts among the groups who are supposed to participate in curriculnm development, concerning the actual and desired practices of KANN'S curriculum. 3) A great deal of need for curriculum improvement for the KANA is clearly felt, and in particular, in the process of teaching and learning. 4) Each component of curriculum is not intergrated into a whole development procedure, being segregated each other. 5) For better curriculum improvement, such restraining forces as financial and professional limitations should be eliminated. 6. Recommendations 1) For Further Research a. There is a need to replicate this study after in-depth statistical analysis of each item of need assessment questionnaire, and with more representative subjects. b. A study should be conducted which. has its focus on the analysis of restraining forces for the change from actual to desired curriculum practices of the KANA. 2) For KANA'S Curriculum Improvement a. There is a need to promote the professional expertise of the participants in curriculum development and the communication among them. b. It is desirable to establish an institution or section of administration, which is soley in charge of curriculum development. c. To better develop KANA's curriculum not only faculty and administrators but also students should be encouraged to participate in development process, while the military medical doctors' participation should be carefully considered.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.165-172
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• 2007

전라북도내 병원, 학교, 사업체 등의 집단급식소 98개소를 대상으로 작업 단계별 식품의 일반위생 관리항목의 실행 실태와 영양사의 중요성 인식도를 조사하였다. 식품의 구매 및 검수 단계의 위생관리 항목에 대해서는 59.2-98.0%의 실행율을 나타내어 다른 단계에 비해 상대적으로 잘 실행이 되고 있었다. 전처리 단계에서 '바닥에서 식품 취급 안하기'라는 항목은 병원의 경우 실행율이 53.8%로 나타나 사업체(32.5%)와 학교(34.2%)보다 상대적으로 높았으며, 사업체와 학교 급식소에서의 전처리 작업 방법의 개선이 요구된다. 조리 단계에서는 위생관리 항목 실행율이 모두 30% 이하로 나타나 전반적인 개선이 필요하였으며, 저장 단계에서는 학교와 사업체의 작업 과정 개선이 필요하였다. 배식 단계에서는 전반적으로 위생관리 항목에 대한 실행율이 낮아 개선이 필요하였다. 위생관리 항목에 대한 영양사의 인식도 조사 결과 각 단계별로 전반적인 위생관리 실행에 대한 교육 및 인식의 변화가 필요한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.1566-1573
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• 2012

본 연구는 예비부모를 위한 부모역할 및 자녀관에 대한 인식을 알아보고, 예비부모 교육에 대한 기회를 제공하여 예비부모교육의 필요성을 제시하는데 목적을 갖고, J시 소재 J대학교에 재학 중인 23세의 미혼남여 200명을 대상으로 2011.10.4~7까지 설문조사를 하였는데 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 전반적인 양육 및 부모역할에 대한 인식을 분석한 결과 '양육', '부모역할' 순으로 나타났으며, 여성이나 핵가족 및 확대가족인 경우, 대학 교양 과목에서 예비부모 교육에 대해 비교적 필요성을 많이 느끼는 대상자일수록 전반적인 양육 및 부모역할과 하위요인별 양육에 대한 인식이 긍정적인 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 전반적인 자녀관에 대한 인식을 분석한 결과 '자녀계획', '임신과 출산' 순으로 나타났으며, 결혼 및 자녀계획이 있는 경우나 대학 교양 과목에서 예비부모 교육에 대해 비교적 필요성을 많이 느끼는 대상자일수록 상대적으로 전반적인 자녀관과 하위요인별 자녀계획, 임신과 출산에 대한 인식이 긍정적인 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 연구결과 20~30대 예비부모의 부모역할과 자녀관에 대한 인식이 남성에 비해 여성이 더 긍정적이고, 편부모가족에 비해 핵가족이나 확대가족이 더 긍정적인 것으로 나타났다. 이 같은 결과는 갈수록 축소되고 출산율이 낮아지는 사회적 현실 속에 예비부모에 대한 성장환경에 따라 부모역할과 자녀관이 다름을 확인시켜 준 것이라 할 수 있다.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.64-76
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• 2024

Purpose: End-of-life (EOL) care is a vulnerable period in an individual's life. Healthcare professionals (HPs) strive to balance the preservation of human life with respect for the patient's wishes. The aims of our study were to assess HPs' knowledge and perceptions of EOL care and to propose areas of improvement to improve the quality of care. Methods: We conducted a single-center, cross-sectional study involving HPs from a university hospital who encountered EOL care situations. We used a questionnaire divided into four sections: knowledge, practice, perception, and training. We calculated the rate of correct answers and the collective competence index. Results: Eighty-six questionnaires were analyzed, with 82.5% (71/86) completed by medical respondents and 17.5% (15/86) by paramedical respondents. Most of the respondents, 71.8% (51/71), were interns and residents. The study focused on palliative care, medical assistance in dying, aggressive medical treatment, and euthanasia, finding adequate knowledge in the first three areas. Respondents assigned to the intensive care unit and those with more than 8 years of experience had significantly higher correct answer rates than their counterparts. Seventy-five percent of respondents (65/86) reported feeling that they had little or no mastery of EOL care, primarily attributing this to insufficient training and the unavailability of trainers. Conclusion: Based on the findings of our study, which we believe to be the first of its kind in Tunisia, we can conclude that HPs possess an acceptable level of knowledge regarding EOL care. However, they require more exposure and training to develop expertise in this area.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.9-20
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• 2014

대상의 동작을 잘 예측하는 것은 사회적 상호작용과 의사결정 컨텍스트 이해의 핵심이다. 본 연구는 동작 인식 과정에서 인간 뇌 시각인지 과정을 모방한 방법으로 관절 동작의 동작 순서 패턴을 학습하는 컴퓨팅 모델을 제안하였다. 제안 방법의 핵심은 뇌에서 동작 인지 자극을 처리하는 신경생리학적 IT, MT, STS의 피질 기능과 특정 시각 신경 회로 네트워크 기능을 모방하여 비지도 방법으로 동작 순서를 학습한 후 동작을 예측, 인식하는 것이다. 실험을 통해 제안 모델이 어떻게 연속적으로 입력되는 비디오에서 의미있는 동작 스냅샷 뿐 아니라 중요한 동작 패턴을 자동으로 선택하는 지를 제시하였다. 이 핵심 움직임은 학습 네트워크가 정적 시점에서 정지 영상에 함축된 동작을 인식하는지를 증명하는데 이용하는 관절 자세이다. 또한 STS 피질 영역에서 어떻게 정지와 움직임 입력을 통합하는지를 모방하여 학습하고, 학습한 피드백 연결이 차후 동작의 입력 순서를 어떻게 예측하는지를 제시하였다. 네트워크 시뮬레이션을 통해 동작 인식에 대한 제안 모델의 우수성을 입증하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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• pp.1102-1105
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• 2004

In this paper, the problem of a viewer's head tracking in a desktop-based interactive stereoscopic display system is considered. A fast and low-cost approach to the problem is important for such a computing environment. The system under consideration utilizes a shuttle glass for stereoscopic display. The proposed method makes use of an image taken from a single low-cost video camera. By using a simple feature extraction algorithm, the obtained points corresponding to the image of the user-worn shuttle glass are used to estimate the glass center, its local 'yaw' angle, as measured with respect to the glass center, and its global 'yaw' angle as measured with respect to the camera location. With these estimations, the stereoscopic image synthetic program utilizes those values to interactively adjust the two-view stereoscopic image pair as displayed on a computer screen. The adjustment is carried out such that the so-obtained stereoscopic picture, when viewed from a current user position, provides a close-to-real perspective and depth perception. However, because the algorithm and device used are designed for fast computation, the estimation is typically not precise enough to provide a flicker-free interactive viewing. An error concealment method is thus proposed to alleviate the problem. This concealment method should be sufficient for applications that do not require a high degree of visual realism and interaction.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.503-510
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• 2016

Background: Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer is a crisis situation which effects women's lives physically, socially and spiritually. Investigating women's perceptions of this disease is crucially important for treatment decisions. We therefore determined social perceptions and interpretations of women diagnosed with breast cancer during therapy and in the post-treatment period. Materials and Methods: In the study, focus group and in-depth interviews were made with women still undergoing or having completed breast cancer treatment. Some 25 women were included in the research. Content analysis was used in the analysis of the qualitative data obtained after the focus group and in-depth interviews. Results: Some of the women demonstrated positive perceptions towards accepting the disease, whereas others had emotions such as rebellion and anger. The loss of a breast is important with different interpretations. Conclusions: Women's acceptance or rebellion against the disease varies within their social interpretations after the treatment, as at the stage of diagnosis/treatment. All stages of breast cancer negatively affect the social life of the affected individual as much as her body. Nurses assume crucial roles in coping with these negative effects. Thus, it is necessary to know, and sociologically interpret, what is indicated by the information on what the negative effects concerning the disease are and how they are interpreted.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2016

Objective: Patients' and parents' expectations are important in orthodontic treatment decision making. The literature generally demonstrates the perceived benefits of orthodontic treatment, but patients' and their parents' concerns about orthodontic treatment have not been investigated comprehensively. The aim of this study was to identify patients' and parents' concerns about orthodontic treatment and compare them according to sex, age, and treatment demand level. Methods: One hundred and eighty-nine children and their parents were interviewed about concerns related to orthodontic treatment. Patients and parents were asked about orthodontic treatment decisions. Answers were recorded as "yes," "no," or "don't know." Chi-squared and Fisher's exact tests were used to compare concerns between age groups, sexes, and treatment demand levels. Kappa statistics were used to assess agreement between patients and their parents. Results: Concerns about orthodontic treatment were gathered under 10 items as follows: "feeling pain," "the appearance of braces," "being teased," "avoiding smiling," "speech problems," "dietary changes," "problems with transportation," "economic problems," "long treatment duration," and "missing school." There was no statistically significant difference in concerns between the sexes or age groups. Some concern items and treatment demand were inversely related in patients. Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrate patients' and parents' concerns about orthodontic treatment. Differences between the concerns of patients with different treatment demands imply that children might reject orthodontic treatment because of their concerns. Appropriate consultation of patients addressing their concerns may help reduce anxiety and improve the acceptance of treatment.