• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.290-301
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• 2022

Increasing life expectancy leads to a rise in the prevalence of aging-related mental diseases and a concomitant increase in the financial and societal pressures related to their prevention and management. This issue is attracting increasing attention from researchers. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether a healing program in a forest environment is effective for improving cognitive function, depression, anxiety, and stress in elderly people. A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The experimental group consisted of 18 males and females aged 60 to 80 years who participated in a forest healing program for seven days, while the comparison group comprised 10 people with similar demographics. For the process of data analysis, this study performed a cross-analysis to determine the homogeneity of the data and carried out the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, a nonparametric statistical test, to verify the significance of each group. Participation in the forest healing program led to a significant improve-ment in cognitive function (p=0.030). The levels of depression decreased, but this result was not statistically significant. The levels of anxiety decreased significantly (p=0.004). The mean cortisol score, a measurement of stress, decreased, but it was not statistically significant. These findings confirmed the effectiveness of this program for improving certain mental conditions of elderly people, and affirmed that the use of long-term forest healing programs can be expected to alleviate national pressures created by aging societies.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.47-55
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• 2007

The theme of this study is holistic healing environment of children's library and it was researched on the basis of anthroposophy theory of Rudolf Steiner. According to Steiner's theory, human being consists of body, spirit, and soul. Especially, children are sensitive ones, and through synthetic function of 12 kinds of senses, they can be holistically healed (healing of body, spirit, and soul). As the sense independently functions or it is a element that cannot be described, it needs spatial plan to support synthetic function of it. We classified the healing space's meaning of children library by motion (including art and music), reading, & landscape healing activities and analyzed spatial characteristic to support each activity.

• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.63-74
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• 2013

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of 3 day Forests healing programs for cognitive improvement, which consists of helpful contents of Korean medicine. Methods : This study examined the effects of forests healing for mild cognitive impairment patients, who visited a Korean medicine hospital neuropsychiatry clinic for outpatients. The Forests healing programs for cognitive improvement was run with 24 participants, in which 9 of them quit in the middle of the program, so excluded in data analysis. The Forests healing programs for cognitive improvement was consisted of 3 day helpful Korean medicine contents. The primary outcome measurement was a Computerized Neurocognitive Test (CNT), which measured the cognitive functions with computer programs. Results : The results of this study showed that CNT scores were not significantly changed after 3 day forests healing. General psychological states, including depression, anxiety, and anger, were also checked. Among them, depressive mood significantly improved. Quality of life (QOL) was also enhanced after 3 day program. These results indicate that the 3 day Forests healing programs for cognitive improvement was effective for depressive mood and QOL of mild cognitive impairment patients, but not enough for cognitive functions directly. Conclusions : The 3 day Forests healing programs for cognitive improvement were shown to be an effective intervention in improving some aspects of mild cognitive impairment patients, including depressive mood, and QOL. We suggest that repeated participation of this program can enhance cognitive function of mild cognitive impairment patients.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to research the fundamental cause of psychological stress and healing elements related to the waterscape design of contemporary architecture. As one of the solution, analysis of the psychological function of waterscape of natural elements in composition of architectural space was included. This study is focused on the form and psychological function of waterscape, and concerned with the cause of psychological stress at the same time. Also, this study includes analyzed cased with both inside and outside of contemporary architecture. The result will show that the waterscape will be useful solution for healing of fundamental cause of psychological stress with sixteen psychological healing elements through compositional elements of waterscape.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.833-840
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• 2023

Insect-healing program is designed for farm use, and this study attempted to scientifically investigate its healing effect based on application methods. The insects used in the program are Trypoxylus dichotomus, Papilio xuthus, and Bombyx mori. Insect-healing program was conducted on 61 adults of over 50 years old and at two different farms for 12 weeks. Stress, anxiety, insomnia, and cognitive function were measured through pre- and post-surveys. Result of the analysis showed that cognitive function changed positively in direct experienced group (those that encountered live insects) and indirect experience group (those that encountered insects only through photos and videos). However, psychological variables such as stress and anxiety decreased and sleep time increased significantly only in the direct experienced group. These results demonstrate that an agro-healing program that involve the use of insect must include activities such as raising and taking care of live insect to achieve positive psychological healing effects.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제9권10호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2019

치유 물질인 아마인유에 형광 물질을 소량 혼합한 혼합물을 코어 성분으로 하여 마이크로캡슐을 제조하였다. 이 마이크로캡슐을 코팅재 조성물에 균일하게 분산시켜 모르타르 표면에 도포함으로써 지기치유 보호코팅재를 제작하였다. 이 코팅재에 약 $100{\mu}m$ 폭의 스크래치 또는 균열 손상을 발생시킨 후 자외선을 조사하면서 관찰한 결과, 캡슐 함량이 증가할수록 형광 발광의 범위가 증가하였고, 20wt% 이상의 캡슐을 함유한 코팅재에서는 손상 부위가 치유물질로 거의 채워진 모습을 나타내었다. 물흡수도 시험 결과 20wt% 이상의 캡슐을 함유한 코팅재는 약 85%의 치유효율을 보였다. 손상 부위에서 나타나는 형광은 3m의 거리에서도 용이하게 식별되었다. 본 연구결과는 콘크리트 보호를 위한 마이크로캡슐형 자기치유 코팅재의 치유기능을 육안으로 용이하게 확인하는데 도움을 줄 것으로 기대된다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.452-457
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• 2014

In the field of tissue engineering and reconstruction, the development of efficient biomaterial is in high demand to achieve uncomplicated wound healing. Chronic wounds and excessive scarring are the major complications of tissue repair and, as this inadequate healing continues to increase, novel therapies and treatments for dysfunctional skin repair and reconstruction are important. This paper reviews the various aspects of the complications related to wound healing and focuses on chitosan because of its unique function in accelerating wound healing. The proliferation of keratinocytes is essential for wound closure, and adipose-derived stem cells play a significant role in wound healing. Thus, chitosan in combination with keratinocytes and adipose-derived stem cells may act as a vehicle for delivering cells, which would increase the proliferation of keratinocytes and help complete recovery from injuries.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.56-65
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• 2015

본 연구는 현대의 미술관이 갖는 여러 기능 중 치유적 기능의 가능성을 선행연구를 통해 탐색함으로 '미술관의 치유적 기능'이라는 개념을 새롭게 제안하는데 연구의 목적이 있다. 미술관에서는 이미 알츠하이머 환자, 학습부진자, 노인 등을 대상으로 한 다양한 치유적 프로그램이 진행되어 왔으며, 이러한 미술관이 갖는 치유적 잠재력은 미술감상과 공간, 소통이라는 세 가지 차원으로 찾을 수 있었다. 또한 실제적으로 미술관에서의 경험을 다룬 선행연구에서 치유적 기능의 가능성을 확인하였다. 지금까지는 "미술관의 치유적 기능"은 국내에서 적극적으로 논의되어지지 못하였다. 이에 본 연구는 미술관 관계자들에게 미술관에 대한 새로운 시각을 갖게 해 줄 것이며, 현대에 스트레스에 노출되어 있는 직장인, 학생 및 사람을 상대로 하는 전문직 종사자들에게 미술관을 문화 교양 뿐 아니라 자신의 내면을 보살피고 치유하는 공간으로 인식하도록 도와 미술관에 대한 더 많은 사회적 관심을 이끄는데 기여할 것으로 기대된다.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to find Healing elements in the late work of Frank Lloyd Wright. Healing elements are mainly composed of physical, social and psychological functions, which are clearly reflected in holistic attitude and intuition in his Organic theory of Architecture. Late works of Wright since 1935 show particularly shapes of triangle and circle creating the emotional images associated with Hope and Infinity. His image-oriented design attitude is thought to be strongly related to the pursuit of Utopian ideal which means peaceful condition. He regarded it as the consequence of integrity and control, which could be thought as condition of Healing environment. Refuge and Prospect can be complementary elements of spatial expression representing peaceful and dynamic condition of the Nature itself. Five works selected in this case study have unique design ideas related to the function and image of Healing environment interpreted by the criteria of Refuge and Prospect.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.35-39
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• 2017

The human body is structured as sentence of healing. This study examines how the mechanism of healing works in the human body by the narrative relation of functor and argument. So, we predict the way of extreme healing by literary or human narrative. For this purpose, we analyze the principle that the emotional and semantic arguments are called by the functor set by the sentences containing the fingerprints of mind in Gosijo and the mechanism of healing works extensively. We analyze the process of the transition from the narrative of the literary to the narrative of the human body. Thus, the barcode of the healing, which is made up of the relationship between the functor of the literature and the argument, is transferred to the human body and it is judged that the fingerprint of the human mind is operated through the stage of encoding and re-encoding due to the action potential. In addition, it was predicted that the neurotransmitters such as dopamine and the secretion of hormones would be promoted and the healing level would be increased. In results, we conclude that the function of argument and functor which contains the fingerprint of the mind in the third sound step on the last sentence of Gosijo is transferred to the human body and is especially heavily focused and operate with healing.