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Development of Web-based u-Health Self-nutrition Management Program for Diabetic Patients (당뇨환자를 위한 웹 기반의 유헬스 자가영양관리 프로그램 개발)

  • Ahn, Yun;Bae, Jeahurn;Kim, Hee-Seon
    • Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.372-385
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    • 2014
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop web-based self-nutrition management u-Health program for diabetic patients (DMDMG: Diabetes Mellitus Dietary Management Guide) for achieving systematic self-management of diet. Methods: The program consisted of five parts with different contents according to the results of needs assessment. Five major parts were 1) meal management part which contains calorie prescription, meals recording and dietary assessment, 2) prevention of disease part with information of diabetes and assessment of dietary behavior, 3) dietary behavior modification part with an education on dietary behavior modification plan and dietary behavior plan, 4) meal plan containing a training section for meal plan and self constructing part for meal planning by making tables, and 5) information about myself which composed with general and physical information. The system proposed in this study provides nutrients intake results right after input of diet intake, which is possible with simultaneous calculation of input data in the server with 3,495 food and 1,821 meal data base. The nutrients analysis program was evaluated with 26 diabetic patients with two-day 24 hr recall. Results: The differences of nutrients intakes between DMDMG and CANPRO 3.0 ranged from 13.5-16.5%, which was caused by the differences of databases of the two programs. The characteristics of DMDMG were; 1) it can provide an interactive tailored nutrition management, 2) it is a practical tool of diabetes nutritional management, 3) the program gives motivation for the dietary behavior modification. Conclusions: The effectiveness of whole program needs to be conducted, but the program was an innovative tool for self-management of nutrient intakes, diet behaviors, meal management and tailored nutrition education.

Investigating the value optimized forest carbon offset projects based on forest management scenarios in South Korea

  • Woo, Heesung;Park, Joowon;Park, Soo-Kyoo
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.47 no.4
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    • pp.951-962
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    • 2020
  • One hundred ninety-five countries reached agreement on a new climate treaty in Paris, France to reduce the carbon emissions. South Korea has been selected as a target country for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) obligations since 2020. In this context, the Korean government developed several GHG emissions reduction programs using forests called the "Forest carbon offset scheme (FCOS)." The forest management method is one of the tools to implement FCOS. Most of the participants registered forest management as the preferred methodology to participate in the FCOS. For a successful implementation of the FCOS, it is necessary to explore the optimal methods by considering the cost-effective aspect of conducting the forest management as a tool to increase carbon absorption. In this context, this study investigated the value optimized FCOS projects based on the forest management methodology in South Korea. Three forest management scenarios, 1) extending the final age of maturity of Pinus densiflora stands (S1), 2) extending the final age of maturity of Quercus acutissima stands (S2), and 3) reforestation with new species (Pinus densiflora to Quercus acutissima) (S3), were examined and evaluated to identify the optimal carbon absorption and value optimized economic perspective. The results of the scenario-based modelling indicated that S3 showed value optimized from an economical perspective, and S2 was the most effective method to absorb carbon among the scenarios. It is anticipated that this paper will contribute to provide valuable information by presenting innovative approaches as a value optimized FCOS implementing tool in a GHG reduction program in South Korea.

A Study on the Short-circuit Protection System for Learning Teaching Instruction Using Incandescent Light Bulb (백열전구를 이용한 학습 교구용 단락보호장치에 대한 고찰)

  • Hong-yong Kim
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.844-850
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: This paper is about the development of a short-circuit protection power supply device using incandescent bulbs and its application for educational materials. This article, which considers electrical safety and energy conservation at the same time, has many kinds of potential applications for both educational and industrial areas. The above mentioned short-circuit protection power supply device using incandescent bulbs enhances safety and efficiency compared to normal current power supply devices. Additionally, as an educational materials, it can be used for electric safety training, and provides practical electrical safety knowledge on our actual life. Method: Using incandescent bulbs, design new type of short-circuit protection power supply device, and through verifying the function and safety of the device, make new type device, and applying it for an educational tool. Conclusion: This study is to develop new type of power supply device, and verify the possibility of the application for the device as an educational materials. Through this research, show an innovative solution, which contribute to electrical safety and energy conservation, and open the potential possibility on educational and industrial sectors.This kind of research is expected to contributes to enhanced research, and education on electrical safety and energy conservation management.

A Study on the Perception of the Level of Career Competency and Needs for Engineering Students : Using IPA Analysis Within the Engineering Educational Contexts (IPA분석을 통한 공학계열 대학생 진로역량 보유수준 및 필요수준에 대한 인식 연구)

  • Kim, Younyoung
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.3-18
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study is to identify the difference between the current retention level and the required level of engineering students' career competency that they think they need based on their perceptions. Ultimately, the results of this study are used as basic data when designing the major/general education program and the curricular/extra-curricular career program. The task of this study is to identify the difference between the current retention level and the required level of engineering students' career competency. And based on this, it is to confirm the educational needs of engineering students for the career competency. For this purpose, literature research on career competency education in universities was reviewed in the theoretical background. Next, previous studies on career competency and sub-competence derived from career competency-related studies and detailed questions were analyzed. Based on this, an initial evaluation tool for career competency of engineering students was developed. Finally, through expert review, a career competency evaluation tool with a total of 43 items in 10 competency groups was developed. A career competency evaluation questionnaire was conducted for 197 engineering students who participated in the 2022 Engineering Education Festa, and as a result of the IPA analysis, 'global competency' was found to be the competency with the largest difference between importance and execution. Next, 'major job competency' and 'career development competency' appeared in order. Reflecting the results of this study, it is expected that mutually organic design of competency-based liberal arts curriculum and major curriculum that can cultivate global competency, major job competency, and career development capability will be carried out through learning activities and field practice.

Enhancing Career Development Utilizing LLM for Targeted Learning Pathway (경력 개발 증진을 위한 LLM 기반 맞춤형 학습 경로 개발)

  • Mahisha Patel;Vishakha Tyagi;Isabel Hyo Jung Song
    • The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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    • v.13 no.9
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    • pp.460-467
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    • 2024
  • Targeted career development is critical for student success but is often lacking for underrepresented students at many public higher-education institutions due to insufficient career counseling resources. We propose an innovative career development tool leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance student career prospects through three steps: (1) identifying relevant jobs by analyzing resumes, (2) pinpointing skill gaps using external resources such as classroom assignments, in addition to resumes, and (3) suggesting customized learning paths. Our tool accurately matches jobs in real-world settings, identifies true skill gaps while reducing false positives, and provides learning paths that receive high satisfaction scores from faculty. Future research will enhance the solution's capabilities by incorporating diverse external resources and leveraging advancements in LLM technology to better support early-stage career seekers.

Impacts of Social Media (Facebook) on Human Communication and Relationships: A View on Behavioral Change and Social Unity

  • Joo, Tang-Mui;Teng, Chan-Eang
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.27-50
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    • 2017
  • The impact of social networking is varied from good to bad. Online activities have also been categorized into pros and cons of social networking, either as reported as hiding Internet activities among teenagers or killing loneliness among elderly. In terms of relationships, there have been argument over its closeness and quality of an online relationship in Internet settings. Looking at the contradiction in an innovative interaction between classic community communication and social media, there is an unknown scent of the future struggling and challenging both human communication and relationships in the presence of digital culture. This research uses Diffusion of Innovation to study the wide and continuous spread of digital culture in human communication; and, Media Dependency in learning and structuring the cognitive, affective and behavioral effects of social media on each person uses the media in different ways. This research will be using online survey to gain opinions from a social network site as an update of views and reflection of self-awareness to all levels of people. Social media like Facebook (FB) is perceived as a good tool of communication that it is able to bring closeness among the family members. The results show that social media like FB brings positive impact towards family members; it would help to build a better and harmonic society; and, relationships among family members and communication shall be improved and enhanced to the level of a united society.

Fast Evaluation of Sound Radiation by Vibrating Structures with ACIRAN/AR

  • Migeot, Jean-Louis;Lielens, Gregory;Coyette, Jean-Pierre
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.561-562
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    • 2008
  • The numerical analysis of sound radiation by vibrating structure is a well known and mature technology used in many industries. Accurate methods based on the boundary or finite element method have been successfully developed over the last two decades and are now available in standard CAE tools. These methods are however known to require significant computational resources which, furthermore, very quickly increase with the frequency of interest. The low speed of most current methods is a main obstacle for a systematic use of acoustic CAE in industrial design processes. In this paper we are going to present a set of innovative techniques that significantly speed-up the calculation of acoustic radiation indicators (acoustic pressure, velocity, intensity and power; contribution vectors). The modeling is based on the well known combination of finite elements and infinite elements but also combines the following ingredients to obtain a very high performance: o a multi-frontal massively parallel sparse direct solver; o a multi-frequency solver based on the Krylov method; o the use of pellicular acoustic modes as a vector basis for representing acoustic excitations; o the numerical evaluation of Green functions related to the specific geometry of the problem under investigation. All these ingredients are embedded in the ACTRAN/AR CAE tool which provides unprecedented performance for acoustic radiation analysis. The method will be demonstrated on several applications taken from various industries.

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A Study on the Loyalty at Virtual Shopping Mall (가상점포 애호도에 미치는 영향요인에 관한 연구)

  • Oh, Sang-Hyun;Shin, Bong-Dae;Shim, Gyu-Yul
    • Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science
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    • v.8
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    • pp.315-339
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    • 2001
  • As a new environment, the Internet proposes to us the innovative change of our life. Recently, there has been much attention to the virtual shopping mall as a new distribution channel and marketing tool. In this study, the effect of satisfaction and commitment on loyalty at virtual shopping mall is investigated. Additionally, we examined the effects of the navigation, merchandise value, shopping experience, and community on satisfaction and commitment. The study results as follows: First, satisfaction is a function of navigation, merchandise value, shopping experience, and customer intimacy. Second, commitment is a function of shopping experience, customer intimacy, and community. Third, satisfaction and Commitment is significantly related to virtual shopping mall loyalty.

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From Specialisation to Diversification in Science and Technology Parks

  • Hassink, Robert;Hu, Xiaohui
    • World Technopolis Review
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.6-15
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    • 2012
  • Science and technology parks have been popular among policy-makers at several spatial levels to promote innovation and economic growth of certain localities. However, this mainly property-led policy tool has been criticised for two reasons. First, it often failed to successfully support regional networking and technology transfer to regional firms. Only unplanned science and technology parks, such as Silicon Valley, seem to have been successfully fostering regional networking and technology transfer which has led, in turn, to the development of competitive innovative clusters. Secondly, it has too often bet on the same horses and become too specialised in the same fields, such as in micro-electronics or in biotechnology. This specialisation has been theoretically supported by the cluster concept. It has led to both a zero sum game of competition between locations as well as potentially negative path dependence and lock-ins. This paper suggests increasingly supporting diversification in science and technology parks by bringing together hitherto unconnected technologies. Several recently discussed concepts could be used to support diversification, such as related variety (Frenken et al. 2007), regional branching (Boschma and Frenken 2011), regional innovation platforms (Harmaakorpi et al. 2011) and transversality (Cooke 2011).

Innovative Model-Based PID Control Design for Bus Voltage Regulation with STATCOM in Multi-Machine Power Systems (STATCOM을 사용한 다기 전력 계통의 버스 전압 조절을 위한 모델 기반 PID 제어기 설계)

  • Kim, Seok-Kyoon;Lee, Young Il;Song, Hwachang;Kim, Jung-Su
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.299-305
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    • 2013
  • The complexity and severe nonlinearity of multi-machine power systems make it difficult to design a control input for voltage regulation using modern control theory. This paper presents a model-based PID control scheme for the regulation of the bus voltage to a desired value. To this end, a fourth-order linear system is constructed using input and output data obtained using the TSAT (Transient Security Assessment Tool); the input is assumed to be applied to the grid through the STATCOM (STATic synchronous COMpensator) and the output from the grid is a bus voltage. On the basis of the model, it is identified as to which open-loop poles of the system make the response to a step input oscillatory. To reduce this oscillatory response effectively, a model-based PID control is designed in such a way that the oscillatory poles are no longer problematic in the closed loop. Simulation results show that the proposed PID control dampens the response effectively.