• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.192-198
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• 1993

In 1984, a magnetic resonance spectrometer(magnetic resonance analyser, MRA $I_{TM}$) was developed by Sigrid Lipsett and Ronald J. Weinstock in the USA, Biomedical applications of the spectrometer have been examined by Dr. Hoang Van Duc(pathologist, USC), and Nakamura, et al(Japan). From their theoretical views, the biophysical functions of this machine are to analyse and synthesize a healthy tissue and organ resonance pattern, and to detect and correct an abnormal tissue and organ resonance pattern. All of the above functions are based on Quantum physics. The healthy tissue and organ resonance patterns are predetermined as standard magnetic resonance patterns by digitizing values based on peak resonance emissions(response levels or high pitched echo-sounds amplified via human body). In clinical practice, a counter or neutralizing resonance pattern calculated by the spectrometer can correct a phase-shifted resonance pattern(response levels or low pitched echo-sounds) of a diseased tissue and organ. By administering the counter resonance pattern into the site of pain and trigger point, it is possible to readjust the phase-shifted resonance pattern and then to alleviate pain through regulation of the neurotransmitter function of the nervous system. For assessing clinical effectiveness of pain relief with MRA $I_{TM}$ this study was designed to estimate pain intensity by the patient's subjective verbal rating scale(VRS such as graded to no pain, mild, moderate and severe) before application of it, to evaluate an amount of pain relief as applied the spectrometer by the patients subjective pain relief scale(visual analogue scale, VAS, 0~100%), and then to observe a continuation of pain relief following its application for managing acute and chronic pain in the 102 patients during an 8 months period beginning March, 1993. An application time of the spectrometer ranged from 15 to 30 minutes daily in each patient at or near the site of pain and trigger point when the patient wanted to be treated. The subjects consisted of 54 males and 48 females, with the age distribution between 23~40 years in 29 cases, 41~60 years in 48 cases and 61~76 years in 25 cases respectively(Table 1). The kinds of diagnosis and the main site of pain, the duration of pain before the application, and the frequency of it's application were recorded on the Table 2, 3 and 4. A distinction between acute and chronic pain was defined according to both of the pain intervals lasting within and over 3 months. The results of application of the spectrometer were noted as follows; In 51 cases of acute pain before the application, the pain intensities were rated mild in 10 cases, moderate in 15 cases and severe in 26 cases. The amounts of pain relief were noted as between 30~50% in 9 cases, 51~70% in 13 cases and 71~95% in 29 cases. The continuation of pain relief appeared between 6~24 hours in two cases, 2~5 days in 10 cases, 6~14 days in 4 cases, 15 days in one case, and completely relived of pain in 34 cases(Table 5~7). In 51 cases of chronic pain before the application, the pain intensities were rated mild in 12 cases, moderate in l8 cases and severe in 21 cases. The amounts of pain relief were noted as between 0~50% in 10 cases, 51~70% in 27 cases and 71~90% in 14 cases. The continuation of pain relief appeared to have no effect in two cases. The level of effective duration was between 6~12 hours in two cases, 2~5 days in 11 cases, 6~14 days in 14 cases, 15~60 days in 9 cases and in 13 cases the patient was completely relieved of pain(Table 5~7). There were no complications in the patients except a mild reddening and tingling sensation of skin while applying the spectrometer. Total amounts of pain relief in all of the subjects were accounted as poor and fair in 19(18.6%) cases, good in 40(39.2%) cases and excellent in 43(42.2%) cases. The clinical effectiveness of MRA $I_{TM}$ showed variable distributions from no improvements to complete relief of pain by the patient's assessment. In conclusion, we suggest that MRA $I_{TM}$ may be successful in immediate and continued pain relief but still requires several treatments for continued relief and may be gradually effective in pain relief while being applied repeatedly.

• 인지과학
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-25
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 변화 탐지 수행에서 주의와 의식이 미치는 각각의 효과 크기에 대해 관찰하였다. 주의와 의식이 결합된 단서조건과 의식적 접근이 차단된 주의 단서가 제시된 조건에서 과제 수행결과를 비교하여 의식의 효과 크기를 확인하였으며, 의식적 접근이 차단된 주의 단서조건과 주의 단서가 없는 통제 조건에서 과제 수행결과를 비교하여 주의의 효과 크기를 확인하였다. 이를 위해 변화 탐지과제와 연속 플래시 억제(continuous flash suppression, CFS) 현상을 사용하였다. CFS는 한 쪽 눈에 빠르고 연속적으로 변화하는 몬드리안 패턴이 제시되었을 때 관찰자의 다른 쪽 눈에 제시된 정적 시각 자극을 인식하지 못하는 현상이다. CFS 현상을 촉발하기 위해 선행연구에서 주로 사용된 거울입체경 대신 스마트폰과 구글 카드보드를 사용하였다. 실험 1-1에서는 새로운 실험 기기로 구현한 CFS 현상이 시각자극의 인식을 억제하는데 선행연구와 유사한 결과를 보이는 것을 확인하였다. 실험 1-2에서는 강제선택과제를 수행할 때, 새로운 실험 기기를 통해 제시된 비의식적 자극이 단서로 충분히 작용하는지 알아보았다. 실험결과, 선행연구와 비교하여 비의식적 자극이 단서로서 주의를 끄는데 더욱 강하게 작용함을 알 수 있었다. 실험 1-1과 1-2를 통해서 스마트폰과 구글 카드보드를 사용하여 촉발한 CFS 현상을 후속연구에 사용하는데 적합하다고 판단하였다. 실험 2에서는 변화 탐지과제를 수행할 때, 제시되는 단서의 의식 수준을 조작하여 과제 수행에 의식과 주의가 미치는 효과크기를 알아보았다. 독립변인을 제외한 나머지를 유지하는 방법으로 해당 요인이 전체 수행에 미치는 효과를 분리하였다. 실험결과, 단서자극을 의식하는 수준에 따라 변화 탐지수행의 평균 정확도에서 유의미한 차이가 나타났다. 비의식적 단서는 의식적 단서가 제시되는 조건이나 단서가 제시되지 않는 조건과 다른 변화 탐지 패턴을 보임으로써 변화 탐지와 같은 인지적 처리과정에서 주의와 의식이 미치는 효과가 다름을 확인하였다. 이를 바탕으로 정보처리과정에서 의식과 주의가 과제수행에 미치는 효과의 크기를 관찰할 수 있었다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.243-247
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• 2002

본 실험은 산란노계에서 강제환우가 갑상선, 난소, 부신의 무게 및 이들 기관에서 분비되는 호르몬 수준의 변화에 미치는 영향을 구명하고자 시행하였다. 77주령 산란계 360수를 10수씩 36개의 펜에 배치하여 7주간 강제환우를 시행하였다. 사료는 단백질 수준이 16%이며 대사에너지가 2,800kca1/kg 함유된 시판용으로 84주령부터 126주까지 급여하였다. 강제환우전, 산란율 5%, 산란피크 및 실험 종료 시에 각각 36수씩 희생시켜 채혈을 하였으며, 갑상선, 난소, 부신의 무게를 측정하였고 혈청에서 T3, T4, cortisol 및 estradiol 함량을 측정하였다. 갑상선의 무게는 산란율이 5%에 도달하였을 때 제일 높게 나타났다 난소의 무게는 강제환우 후에 현저하게 감소되었지만 그 후에 지속적으로 증대되어 실험 종료 시에 극대화 되었다(P<0.05). 산란율이 5%에 도달한 시기에 혈청의 T3, T4 및 cortisol 수준은 다른 시기에 비하여 높게 나타났지만 실험 종료 시에 제일 낮게 나타났다. 혈청의 estradiol은 산란율이 5%에 도달한 시기에 제일 낮았다. 본 실험에서 강제환우 과정에서 환우의 유기에 주요 역할을 하는 내분비 기관 및 이들 기관에서 분비되는 T3, T4, cortisol, estradiol 수준이 복합적으로 관련될 수 있음을 시사하였다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.179-188
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• 2011

Objectives : The study set out to analyze correlations between emotional labor and job stress among dental hygienist, who have direct and lasting relationships with patients in dental clinic, and provide basic data to resolve stressors and manage stress. Methods : A survey was taken among dental hygienists working at dental clinics, and 200 questionnaires were used in analysis. The gathered data were put to Cronbach's alpha with the SPSS WIN12.0 program to test the reliability of the inventories to measure their emotional labor and job stress. In addition, correlation analysis was conducted to examine relations between the items of emotional labor and those of job stress along with regression analysis to examine relations between emotional labor and job stress. Finally, t-test and One-way ANOVA were conducted to test mean differences in the job stress items according to the degrees of emotional labor with the statistical significance level set at 0.05. Results : 1. The measurement tool used in the study recorded 0.7 for all the areas of Cronbach's alpha for internal reliability and thus achieved high reliability. 2. The overall mean of emotional labor was 2.74, which indicates that the dental hygienists had 'average' or higher stress for emotional labor. 3. Emotional labor had statistically significant relations with educational background, place of work, motivation to choose to be a dental hygienist, and religion of their general characteristics. 4. There was statistical significance in relations between general characteristics and job stress according to educational background, position at work, and experience with change of occupation. 5. The correlations between emotional labor and the stress areas were analyzed. As a result, emotional labor was in positive(+) correlations with job demand, lack of job autonomy, relational conflict, job instability, organizational system, and corporate culture. In addition, regression analysis was conducted to test causal relations between emotional labor and job stress. The results indicate that there were positive(+) influences between emotional labor and job stress. Conclusions : The results show that emotional labor can serve as a mediating variable for job stress in dental clinic. Thus both dental clinics and dental hygienists need to have ways to deal with job stress derived from emotional labor in which they are forced to process their emotions according to the dental clinics' demands, properly. The study will hopefully trigger ongoing follow-up researches on the deployment of dental hygienists according to their job characteristics and the situational variables to alleviate the negative results of emotional labor.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2015

인터넷 기술을 채택한 기업들은 왜곡된 시장 신호에 혼란을 겪고 있다. 이처럼 새로운 기업현상에 직면한 기업들이 시장의 신호가 아니라, 시장의 결과를 이용하여 전략의 지침으로 삼고자 하는 것은 당연하다고 할 수 있다. 그러나 일반적으로 새로운 정보기술의 출시 초기에는 시장의 신호를 신뢰할 수는 없다. 새로운 정보기술은 기업과 고객들로 하여금 난무하는 실험들을 촉발시키고, 이러한 실험들은 경제적 지속성이 없다고 볼 수 있다. 이러한 결과로 인해서, 시장의 행동은 왜곡되고, 기업은 시장의 행동을 조심스럽게 해석해야 한다. 서론에서 비즈니스 모델의 개념을 검토하고, 비즈니스 모델에서 전략의 역할들을 소개한다. 2장 에서는 전략분석을 통한 시장, 제품, 가치사슬 및 추구하지 말아야할 시장, 제품, 사업영역들에 대해서 분석하고, 고개들을 만족시키기 위한 전략적 포지셔닝 방법들을 소개하고, 이러한 전략적 포지셔닝에 정보기술을 어떻게 이용하는 방법들을 제시하고 있다.. 3장 에서는 전략을 형성하는데 유용한 요인들을 이해하기 위한 주요 프레임웍들을 소개한다. 전략적 그리드 모형을 이용하여 정보기술이 기업의 운영과 전략에 미치는 효과를 네 가지 범주로 분류하고 있으며, 전략적 조정 모델은 비즈니스 모델의 모든 구성요소들에 걸쳐서 비즈니스와 정보기술 간의 조정을 평가할 수 있는 방법을 제시한다. 본 연구는 비즈니스 모델의 개념을 검토하고, 전략을 형성하는 요인들과 이러한 요인들을 이해하기 위해 유용한 프레임웍들을 소개한다. 본 연구의 목적은 지속가능한 경쟁 우위를 산출하기 위해서 어떻게 정보기술을 이용하는지에 대한 지침을 제공하고자 한다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제45권10호
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• pp.618-624
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• 2008

Various calcium phosphate bioceramics are distinguished by their excellent biocompatibility and osteoconductivity. Especially, the exceptional biodegradability of $\beta$-TCP makes it a bone graft substitute of choice in many clinical applications. The activation of osteoclasts, differentiated from macrophage precursor cells, trigger a cell-mediated resorption mechanism that renders $\beta$-TCP biodegradable. Based on this evidence, we studied the biodegradation process of granular-type $\beta$-TCP bone graft substitute through in vitro and in vivo studies. Raw 264.7 cells treated with RANKL and M-CSF differentiated into osteoclasts with macrophage-like properties, as observed with TRAP stain. These osteoclasts were cultured with $\beta$-TCP nano powders synthesized by microwave-assisted process. We confirmed the phagocytosis of osteoclasts by observing $\beta$-TCP particles in their phagosomes via electron microscopy. No damage to the osteoclasts during phagocytosis was observed, nor did the $\beta$-TCP powders show any sign of cytotoxicity. We also observed the histological changes in subcutaneous tissues of rats implanted with granule-type $\beta$-TCP synthesized by fibrous monolithic process. The $\beta$-TCP bone graft substitute was well surrounded with fibrous tissue, and 4 months after implantation, 60% of its mass had been biodegraded. Also, histological findings via H&E stain showed a higher level of infiltration of lymphocytes as well as macrophages around the granule-type $\beta$-TCP. From the results, we have concluded that macrophages play an important role in the biodegradation process of $\beta$-TCP bone graft substitutes.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.31-43
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• 2014

Confined and mechanically ventilated broiler house has been recently come into wide use to increase productivity and control rearing conditions. However, high dust concentration inside facility can threaten respiratory welfare of farmers and broilers. In Korea, there is no regulation in terms of air quality control inside agricultural facilities and sufficient data is not available. To cope with these, periodic monitoring of inhalable and respirable dust concentration were conducted according to season, broiler's activity and specific events such as shipment work for broilers in mechanically ventilated broiler house. Chamber experiment was also designed to analyze mechanism of dust generation from ground beds according to water contents and surrounding wind environment. Results showed that significant increase of inhalable (p=0.002) and respirable (p=0.03) dust were observed when activity of broilers was high according to entrance of the workers. Even shipment work for matured broilers, high level of dust were observed; inhalable dust was exceeded the threshold limit over maximum 303 % and respirable dust was over maximum 1,550 %, implying that acute respiratory symptoms could be manifested for the workers. From the chamber experiment, critical water contents for interrupting of dust generation were measured; about 45 % for inhalable dust and about 50 % for respirable dust. These results can be a trigger for designing plan of dust control however it still needs consideration of various environmental conditions, hygiene problems, etc.

• 안보군사학연구
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• 통권5호
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• pp.241-280
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• 2007

This study examines the relationship of the industry-specific factors that effect innovation of manufacturing technology and the market share within the defense industry. Since the establishment of the basic defense industry framework in 1973, there were numerous interactions of the industry-specific factors of the defense industry structure with the technological innovation and market organization of the defense industry. During last three decades, the domestic defense industry has achieved the considerable level but the framework of the basic system has not developed much in areas of the military science and the defense manufacturing technology. Industry-specific factors were formed in the process and appeared in a variety of behavioral characteristics as subsystems. Currently, there IS a growing trend where the management of defense industry is gradually deteriorating due to limitation of the domestic industry-specific factor (e.g. defense technologies, amount of demand, etc.). If there is a prominent imbalance of the industry-specific factors. it can trigger the potential problem of conflict, lack of cooperation and control, slowing the growth of the manufacturing technology thereby diminishing the market and deteriorating the defense supply/demand relationship. In a research conducted by Joe S. Bain, Bain analyzed the relationship of the traditional industrial organization where industry-specific factor(S) not only impacts the conductor(C). And, conductor(C) influences the shaping of the performance(P) of relationship of the traditional industrial organization. Consequently, the researcher has identified the demand monopoly, barriers to entry, and market competition with comparison of defense industry issues. These defense issues were three industry-specific factors identified, which are 1) The demand monopoly and The entry barriers to new market competition, 2) the industrial technical factor to a production technical competitiveness and a market sharing competitiveness, 3) the probability factor to revolution for military affairs(RMA) and a R&D production. According to baseline with these factors, the following research model is established from the special companies group(Group A), the systematization companies group(Group B), and the general companies group(Group 0. The hypothesis is that if there are more industry-specific factors, then there will be more relationships of defense industry relation statutes. This research is an empirical study on the relationship that the industry specific factors effects the innovation of manufacturing technology and the shaping of the market in the defense industry. Moreover, the existing models to evaluate the industry specific factors of the defense industry IS much to be desired with the controlled statistical analysis of the result. It is vital to study on current situation with suggesting alternative strategy to the efficient strategy. The descriptive analysis approach analysis is conducted with SPSSWIN to conduct reliability test, factor analysis, correlation analysis, cross-tabulation analysis, one-way ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis. However, there were some limitations of the survey such as the rigidity of concept about the technical factors and various market management factors. The wishes is that the decision-maker could be utilized these defence industrial factors to formulate efficient defence policy and strategy in the future.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.249-268
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• 2005

Drug metabolizing enzymes (DMEs) play central roles in the metabolism, elimination and detoxification of xenobiotics and drugs introduced into the human body. Most of the tissues and organs in our body are well equipped with diverse and various DMEs including phase I, phase II metabolizing enzymes and phase III transporters, which are present in abundance either at the basal unstimulated level, and/or are inducible at elevated level after exposure to xenobiotics. Recently, many important advances have been made in the mechanisms that regulate the expression of these drug metabolism genes. Various nuclear receptors including the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), orphan nuclear receptors, and nuclear factor-erythoroid 2 p45-related factor 2 (Nrf2) have been shown to be the key mediators of drug-induced changes in phase I, phase II metabolizing enzymes as well as phase III transporters involved in efflux mechanisms. For instance, the expression of CYP1 genes can be induced by AhR, which dimerizes with the AhR nuclear translocator (Arnt) , in response to many polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs). Similarly, the steroid family of orphan nuclear receptors, the constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) and pregnane X receptor (PXR), both heterodimerize with the ret-inoid X receptor (RXR), are shown to transcriptionally activate the promoters of CYP2B and CYP3A gene expression by xenobiotics such as phenobarbital-like compounds (CAR) and dexamethasone and rifampin-type of agents (PXR). The peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR), which is one of the first characterized members of the nuclear hormone receptor, also dimerizes with RXR and has been shown to be activated by lipid lowering agent fib rate-type of compounds leading to transcriptional activation of the promoters on CYP4A gene. CYP7A was recognized as the first target gene of the liver X receptor (LXR), in which the elimination of cholesterol depends on CYP7A. Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) was identified as a bile acid receptor, and its activation results in the inhibition of hepatic acid biosynthesis and increased transport of bile acids from intestinal lumen to the liver, and CYP7A is one of its target genes. The transcriptional activation by these receptors upon binding to the promoters located at the 5-flanking region of these GYP genes generally leads to the induction of their mRNA gene expression. The physiological and the pharmacological implications of common partner of RXR for CAR, PXR, PPAR, LXR and FXR receptors largely remain unknown and are under intense investigations. For the phase II DMEs, phase II gene inducers such as the phenolic compounds butylated hydroxyanisol (BHA), tert-butylhydroquinone (tBHQ), green tea polyphenol (GTP), (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and the isothiocyanates (PEITC, sul­foraphane) generally appear to be electrophiles. They generally possess electrophilic-medi­ated stress response, resulting in the activation of bZIP transcription factors Nrf2 which dimerizes with Mafs and binds to the antioxidant/electrophile response element (ARE/EpRE) promoter, which is located in many phase II DMEs as well as many cellular defensive enzymes such as heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), with the subsequent induction of the expression of these genes. Phase III transporters, for example, P-glycoprotein (P-gp), multidrug resistance-associated proteins (MRPs), and organic anion transporting polypeptide 2 (OATP2) are expressed in many tissues such as the liver, intestine, kidney, and brain, and play crucial roles in drug absorption, distribution, and excretion. The orphan nuclear receptors PXR and GAR have been shown to be involved in the regulation of these transporters. Along with phase I and phase II enzyme induction, pretreatment with several kinds of inducers has been shown to alter the expression of phase III transporters, and alter the excretion of xenobiotics, which implies that phase III transporters may also be similarly regulated in a coordinated fashion, and provides an important mean to protect the body from xenobiotics insults. It appears that in general, exposure to phase I, phase II and phase III gene inducers may trigger cellular 'stress' response leading to the increase in their gene expression, which ultimately enhance the elimination and clearance of these xenobiotics and/or other 'cellular stresses' including harmful reactive intermediates such as reactive oxygen species (ROS), so that the body will remove the 'stress' expeditiously. Consequently, this homeostatic response of the body plays a central role in the protection of the body against 'environmental' insults such as those elicited by exposure to xenobiotics.

• 기독교교육논총
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• 제71권
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• pp.305-340
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• 2022

본 연구는 북한 '교육' 연구 활성화를 위한 기독교교육적 발전 방향을 제언하고자 시작되었다. 지난 77년의 분단 시기 동안 남북한은 정치·경제·사회·문화·교육 등 사회의 거의 모든 요소에서 이질화를 경험하고 있기 때문에 진정한 통일의 완성은 남북한의 이질감을 극복할 수 있는 사회적 통합의 기반을 마련하는데 달려있다고 해도 과언이 아니다. 여기에 북한 '교육' 연구의 필요성이 도출된다. 교육은 문화와 역사를 전수할 뿐 아니라 사회의 존속과 변혁 그리고 공동체성을 이끌어내는 기반을 마련하기 때문이다. 포괄적인 북한 '교육' 연구의 방향을 정립하는 것은 통일을 준비해야 하는 한국교회와 기독교교육자들의 사명이라는 측면에서 북한 '교육' 연구의 중요성은 아무리 강조해도 지나칠 수 없다. 이러한 중요성에도 불구하고 기독교교육 영역에서의 '북한 연구'는 북한 지역 복음화를 위한 '북한 선교 연구'의 하위 연구로 치부되어 온 경향이 짙다. 현장에서는 교회에서 활용 할 수 있는 기독교 교육프로그램에 대한 연구가 본격화되고 있지만, 통일 후 사회통합의 기반을 마련하고 통일 국가의 발전을 이끌어 갈 교육적 청사진을 제시하는 거시적 차원에서의 연구 흔적은 찾기가 어렵다. 이에 본 연구는 북한 '교육' 연구 활성화를 위한 기독교교육적 방향을 제언하고자 시작되었다. 연구를 위해 일차적으로 '북한 연구'의 동향과 쟁점을 세대별 구분에 따라 분석하였다. 연구 결과 최근 북한에 대한 연구가 연구 주제와 방법론에 있어 확장되고 있으며, 거시적 차원에서 국가차원의 정책과 체제에 대한 기존 연구 경향에서 벗어나 최근의 연구들은 일상의 차원에서 북한의 모습을 조망하는 미시적 연구로 분화하고 있다는 특징을 발견하였다. 이후 '북한 교육 연구'의 주요한 흐름을 시계열적 흐름에 따라 정리하였다. 1970년대 본격적으로 시작된 북한 교육 연구를 태동기(70년대)-과도기(80년대)-도약기(90년대)-확장기(2000년대)-발전기(2010년 이후)로 나누었고, 각 시기별 연구 특징을 분석하였다. 이를 통해 초기 북한 교육 연구 역시 국가의 정책적 측면에 이루어져 정치·사회적 연구물의 성격이 강했지만 최근 연구들은 그 주제와 내용이 다양해지고 있는 변화의 추이를 확인하였다. 이러한 북한에 대한 연구 및 연구방법론의 주요한 역사적 흐름에 비추어 기독교교육 영역에서의 북한 교육 연구의 현안과 쟁점을 분석하였다. 1980년대 비로소 시작된 기독교교육영역에서의 북한 연구는 대다수의 연구의 방향이 '교회의 통일 교육 프로그램 개발'이라는 공학적 측면에서 이루어지고 있음을 발견할 수 있다. 한편 기독교학교를 비롯한 공교육 현장에서 활용할 수 있는 기독교적 통일 교육과정과 교육방법 개발 및 북한 사회를 복음화 하는데 필요한 북한 교육 자체에 대한 연구 활성화의 필요성을 발견했다. 그럼에도 불구하고 기독교교육 영역에서의 연구도 그 주제와 내용이 다양해지고 있는 것은 긍정적인 변화라 평가할 수 있다. 북한연구와 북한 교육 연구의 동향과 그 쟁점을 바탕으로 한국교회와 기독교교육 영역에서 북한 연구 활성화를 위한 발전방향으로 '탈 이데올로기적 연구 토대 구축', '1차 연구 자료(Raw Data) 확보', '연구 주제 및 연구방법론의 활성화', '연구 역량 강화' 등 4가지 측면에서 구체적으로 제언하였다. 본 연구가 사회통합을 준비할 수 있는 다양한 후속 연구의 마중물이 되어 분단과 통일이라는 험난한 역사의 과제와 마주하고 있는 한국교회를 격려하는 의미 있는 구동력이 되길 기대한다.