• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.461-497
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• 2008

The objective of the study was to evaluate the impact of the Call System of agricultural extension services in Korea. The respondents were satisfied on the speedy solution (74.5%), consultation (88.4%), and accessibility (79.7%) of the call system. However, satisfaction of farmers on in-depth consultation was higher (74.3%) than the satisfaction rated by the public servants of RDA (48.9%). Both groups replied positively (70.4%) on the need for expansion of the call system. The analyses of the results leads to a conclusion that there is a need to increase marketing on the importance of RDA's Call System to customers of agricultural extension and to improve accessibility through expansion of the system in other areas. These could solve the decreasing number of extension professionals and improve the quality and efficiency of extension services. These analyses may be useful as bases for a nationwide Call System that connects the center with other districts and for planning a renovation of information-oriented agricultural extension services. The issue that needs improvement is to abandon the grounds of agricultural technology information provider and respond to the customers' needs efficiently by building an established Call System which can minimize the side effect of the trends of reforming and downsizing the organization. It is needed to develop a unified management Call System of agricultural technology information that could provide real-time information, and database the results simultaneously for use as feedback to the Rural Development Programs. Related laws and policies need to be improved to establish a nationwide information network that maximizes the current network in agricultural regions to spread information, to provide institutional support, and to encourage development of training system and research and development by concerned institutes.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.19-30
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• 2005

우리나라는 지적도면 전산화 사업의 일환으로 전국적인 지적도 데이터베이스를 구축 완료하였고, NGIS (National Geographic Information Systems) 사업으로 다량의 공간 데이터들을 구축하고 있다. 이러한 전반적인 사회적 여건을 고려할 경우, 현재 사회적으로 문제가 되고 있는 지적불부합지를 가장 효율적으로 해결하기 위해서는 현지 측량 방식에 기반하여 지적불부합지를 조사하기보다는 기 구축되어 있는 각종 전산화 데이터를 최대한 활용하여 광역적으로 지적불부합지를 조사할 수 있는 새로운 방법론이 필요하다. 이 연구에서는 지적도 전산화 데이터와 기 구축되어 있는 GIS 데이터를 이용하여 광역적으로 지적불부합지를 조사할 수 있는 자동화 방법론을 정립하고 이를 기반으로 한 프로토타입 시스템을 구현하였다. 그리고 이를 실제 실험지역에 적용하여 본 결과 지역별 불부합 정도의 측정과 함께 도곽별로 불부합 정도의 측정이 가능한 것으로 분석되었다. 이러한 자동화된 방법에 의한 지적불부합지 조사는 향후의 지적재조사 사업의 기획과 우선순위 등 여러 측면에서 많은 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• 재활복지공학회논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.251-256
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• 2015

본 논문의 목적은 현재의 보조공학 지원 체계 현황과 발의된 법률안들의 주요 내용별 쟁점을 분석하여 보조공학 지원법의 방향을 제시하는 것이다. 우리나라의 보조공학 지원 법률들과 부처별 전달 체계는 최근 들어 더욱 강화되고 보조공학의 지원 범위와 유형도 매년 확대 개선되는 추세에 있다. 하지만 국가적 차원에서 통괄하고 부처별 예산 배분의 법적 근거와 보조공학 전달 체계는 미흡하였다. 이를 해결하기 위해 발의된 보조공학 지원법의 주요 내용은 다음과 같고 내용별로 쟁점을 논의하였다. 첫째, 부처별로 다르게 사용하는 보조공학 용어와 다양한 지급, 대여, 맞춤제작 품목들을 전체적으로 통괄하고 연계한다. 둘째, 특정 부처나 목적에 편중되지 않고 전 국민을 대상으로 하는 보조공학 전달 체계의 수립, 운영이다. 셋째, 장애인, 노인 등에게 교부하는 보조공학 제품들의 품질 관리 체계 구축과 함께 사용자 모니터링으로 제품 개선을 가시화해야 한다.

• 과학기술학연구
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.27-56
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• 2008

미국 쇠고기 수입 재개 결정으로 발생한 광우병 논란은 기술위험 관리의 차원에서 볼 때 중요한 사례라고 할 수 있다. 광우병은 새로운 수입 조건하에서 충분히 통제될 수 있으며 감내할 만한 수준이라는 정부의 거듭된 주장에도 불구하고 심각한 위험으로 인식하는 국민들은 수입조건의 재협상을 요구하면서 격렬한 대립이 초래되었다. 예방이나 치료법이 없으며 치사율도 매우 높기 때문에 심각한 위험으로 인식될 가능성이 높은 상황에서 내려진 비일관적 결정이 문제 발생의 원인이었다. 또 정부와 관련 제도에 대한 신뢰의 부족도 정부의 결정을 수용할 수 없는 중요한 조건이었다. 그 결과 국민적 저항이 확산되고 이명박 정부의 위기로까지 이어졌다. 이명박 정부의 주장처럼 위험문제의 정치화는 회피되어야할 것이 아니라 오히려 공개적인 토론과 타협을 요구한다. 새로운 유형의 기술위험이 지속적으로 등장하고 있으며 이러한 논란이 되풀이 될 가능성도 있다는 점에서 기술위험 관리에 대한 새로운 접근과 대응이 필요하다. 광우병 논란은 기술위험 관리의 실패라는 점에서 위험관리에 많은 함의를 제공해 주고 있다.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.89-98
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• 2003

To assess the actual status of businesses selling fermented soybean products, this study surveyed 130 Farmhouse style small size soybean sauce processing sites supported by the Rural Development Administration nationwide. The sex composition of the businesses representatives of 2% male and 98% female showed that a farmhouse soybean processing business is generally operated by rural women as a non-filming business. The percentage of co-worked sites was 71.2 and that of sites with permits was 39.2. The main products were meju, doenjang, and kanjang. Total production volume was found to be 523 tons, 256 tons, and 135 k$\ell$s, respectively. The number of years of experience of the manufacturers of the kanjang and doenjang was found to be 25.7 on average which shows that long-experienced, skilled manufacturers are participating in this project. The traditional measuring unit differed greatly depending on the region. This difference in the measuring unit of soybeans resulted in a large difference in the volume of doenjang and kanjang produced Per Province. For one kg of raw soybeans, the weight of Doenjang produced also varied from 2.14 kg in the Gyeongbuk area to 1.62 kg in Jeju. In the aspect of salt use, 1.75 $\ell$ (translated by volumetric unit 0.704 due) of salt pet kg of meju, in Jeju, was the highest in Korea. Government supervision would be beneficial in the areas of raw material products, standardization of measuring units and production methods, organization and operation of a conference for the different groups of producers, and in construction of a nationwide database.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.637-642
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• 2010

We investigated the prevalence and the molecular characteristics of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated from clinical samples at tertiary or general hospitals participating in a nationwide surveillance program for VISA and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) in Korea during an 8-week period in each year from 2001 to 2006. Of 41,639 MRSAs isolated, 37,856 were screened and 169 grew on brain heart infusion agar supplemented with 4 ${\mu}g/ml$ vancomycin. A vancomycin MIC of 4 ${\mu}g/ml$ was confirmed for 33 VISA isolates of the 169 isolates. Eighteen of the 33 isolates were classified as hetero-VISA (hVISA) by the population analysis profile (PAP) method. All VISA isolates were susceptible to linezolid, tigecycline, and quinupristin-dalfopristin. Most VISA isolates (MIC 4 ${\mu}g/ml$) showed a PFGE C pattern with sec, seg, and sei enterotoxin genes, including ST5-SCCmec type II, or a PFGE A pattern with sea, including ST239-SCCmec type III.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2009

Objectives : An appropriate sampling strategy for estimating an epidemiologic volume of diabetes has been evaluated through a simulation. Methods : We analyzed about 250 million medical insurance claims data submitted to the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service with diabetes as principal or subsequent diagnoses, more than or equal to once per year, in 2003. The database was re-constructed to a 'patient-hospital profile' that had 3,676,164 cases, and then to a 'patient profile' that consisted of 2,412,082 observations. The patient profile data was then used to test the validity of a proposed sampling frame and methods of sampling to develop diabetic-related epidemiologic indices. Results : Simulation study showed that a use of a stratified two-stage cluster sampling design with a total sample size of 4,000 will provide an estimate of 57.04%(95% prediction range, 49.83 - 64.24%) for a treatment prescription rate of diabetes. The proposed sampling design consists, at first, stratifying the area of the nation into "metropolitan/city/county" and the types of hospital into "tertiary/secondary/primary/clinic" with a proportion of 5:10:10:75. Hospitals were then randomly selected within the strata as a primary sampling unit, followed by a random selection of patients within the hospitals as a secondly sampling unit. The difference between the estimate and the parameter value was projected to be less than 0.3%. Conclusions : The sampling scheme proposed will be applied to a subsequent nationwide field survey not only for estimating the epidemiologic volume of diabetes but also for assessing the present status of nationwide diabetes control.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.197-206
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• 2006

In March 2003, classical swine fever (CSF) infection was reported in a piggery located at Iksan city, Jeollabuk-do in Korea. Subsequently, a total of 72 infected farms were confirmed between March and December, 2003. Based on epidemiological investigation of the earlier confirmed infected farms, the source of infection was shown to be from a breeding farm. Targeted surveillance of 82 piggeries that had acquired pigs from this breeding farm showed 44 piggeries were infected with CSF virus. CSF virus was introduced into this breeding farm by movement of selected breeder pigs from its 12 contracted farms which were located in areas that had been affected by CSF epidemic in late 2002. CSF had then spread through out the country mainly by direct transmission through the sale and movement of pigs from this breeding farm. Consequently, 47 (62%) among 72 CSF affected farms were associated, directly and indirectly, with this breeding farm. This study showed that inadequate control for breeding farms and transport restriction in CSF outbreak areas resulted in the nationwide spread of CSF and the failure of the eradication campaign that has been underway for several years by the Korean animal hygiene authority as well as the fanners. Improvements of control policy through further research of the 2003 CSF epidemic will be needed to reestablish the Korean CSF eradication program in the future.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.356-363
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• 2004

2002년도 제주도내 폐결핵 발생자로 등록된 262명에 대한 조사를 실시한 결과 보건소의 관리실태와 비교해 볼 때, 의원급의 진단 및 추구검사 시행이 제대로 되지 않고 있는 것을 확인하였다. 이런 상황에서 의원 및 병원의 치료 성공률은 각각 38.5%, 63.3%로, 이를 합친 민간의료기관에서의 치료 성공률은 59.8%로 조사되어 보건소의 치료 성공률 80%에 비하여 낮은 수준을 보였다. 민간의료기관에서 치료 실패의 주 원인은 임의의 치료중단 이라는 점에서, 현재 국가결핵관리사업의 이원화된 체계 하에서 민간의료기관에 대한 시급한 시스템보완이 필요하다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제62권2호
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• pp.217-224
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• 2019

Objective : We attempted to discover that Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) has a comprehensive relationship with congestive heart failure and death. Methods : We used a nationwide database managed by the Korean National Health Insurance Service from 2010 to 2014. Twelve thousand nine hundred eighty-eight patients with a diagnosis of AS and 64940 age- and sex- stratified matching subjects without AS were enrolled in the AS and control groups. Incidence probabilities of 6 years congestive heart failure and death in each group were calculated. The Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was used to estimate the hazard ratio. We divided the AS and control groups into subgroups according to sex, age, income, and comorbidities. Results : During the follow-up period, 102 patients (0.79%) in the AS group and 201 patients (0.32%) in the control group developed congestive heart failure (p<0.0001). In addition, 211 (1.62%) subjects in the AS group died during the follow-up period compared to 639 (0.98%) subjects in the control group (p<0.0001). The adjusted hazard ratio of congestive heart failure and death in the AS group was 2.28 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.80-2.89) and 1.66 (95% CI, 1.42-1.95), respectively. The hazard ratios of congestive heart failure and death were significantly increased in all of the subgroups. Conclusion : The incidence rates of congestive heart failure and death were increased in AS patients.