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Modern Pentathlon's Sports Spirit and A Study on Leader's Ethical Exploration

  • Han, Doryung
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.119-126
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    • 2021
  • The modern pentathlon is an exercise in which people and people compete, as well as exercise without equipment, exercise using equipment, and exercise with animals, and it is an exercise that includes static and dynamic exercise. The ethical issues of modern pentathlon athletes are also related to the poor environment and economic reasons, and the athlete's ethical awareness, attitude, and spirit have a great influence on the athlete's mental environment. In this study, the direction of improvement of ethical problems, which are different as important issues in modern sports, was examined, and qualitative research methods were applied to explore the sports spirit and ethics of the modern pentathlon. Correct sports should not deviate from the intended purpose of the exercise or cause or force the athlete to suffer physical or mental pain. In sports, compensatoryism can be a direct cause of improved performance or record-breaking, but sometimes it can also cause distorted athletes. Air doping has ethical issues that can cause controversy over the health or fairness of athletes, mental and physical damage to athletes, and harm. Responsibilities and ethical issues of athletes who take prohibited substances or leaders or supervisors who neglect or encourage them should be treated as very important matters. In the sports field, the reward system that is subordinate to the athlete's or leader's performance is related to the athlete's or leader's livelihood. For a fair and just game progression, it is necessary to break away from the development of athletes who are only focused on performance. The problem of Unethical issues must be overcome by emphasizing the restoration of ethics that are reasonably recognized in ideology and logic.

Effect of Swiss Ball Exercise Combined with Taping on Pain, Disability, and Quality of Life in Women with Pregnancy-Related Low Back Pain (테이핑과 병행한 스위스볼 운동이 임신성 요통 환자의 통증과 기능장애 및 삶의 질에 미치는 효과)

  • Jung, Kyoung-Sim;In, Tae-Sung
    • Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.301-309
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study was to determine whether swiss ball exercise combined with taping would improve low back pain, disability and quality of life in women with pregnancy-related Low Back Pain (PR-LBP). Sixteen patients with PR-LBP were recruited and were randomly divided into two groups: taping and swiss ball exercise group (n=8) and taping and stretching group (n=8). The taping and swiss ball exercise group was treated with swiss ball exercise with kinesio taping, while the taping and stretching group received only taping. The taping and swiss ball exercise group performed swiss ball exercise for 30 minutes a day, 5 times a week for 4weeks, while the taping and stretching group conducted stretching exercise for the same amount of time. VAS was used to assess pain level of low back. Disability was measured using a Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire(RMDQ). Quality of life were measured by SF-36. The pain intensity of low back in the taping and swiss ball exercise group improved significantly greater than the taping and stretching group (p<0.05). Significant improvement in the disability was observed in the taping and swiss ball exercise group compared to the taping and stretching group (p<0.05). The SF 36 in the taping and swiss ball exercise group improved significantly greater than the taping and stretching group (p<0.05). Our findings indicate that swiss ball exercise combined with taping is beneficial and effective to improve low back health and quality of life in women with PR-LBP.

The Effects of Job Stress on Depression by Burnout in The Hospital Employees (의료기관 종사자의 직무스트레스가 정서적 소진, 우울에 미치는 영향)

  • Kyoungjin Song;Jeongwon Lee
    • Journal of Service Research and Studies
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.26-44
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    • 2022
  • Job stress experienced during work has a positive effect on the organization, such as performance improvement, but if not properly managed, it can cause physical diseases such as digestive diseases and mental diseases such as depression and neurological diseases. If job stress persists for a long time, it causes emotional exhaustion and depression, which has a significant adverse effect on individuals and organizations, so proper management is essential. Therefore, in this study, a descriptive survey study was conducted using a self-report questionnaire method to find out the relationship between job stress, emotional exhaustion and depression of medical institution workers. As a result of the analysis, it was found that job stress of medical institution workers had a significant (+) effect on emotional exhaustion and depression, and emotional exhaustion of medical institution workers had a significant (+) effect on depression. Through this study, it was found that there was a significant relationship between job stress, emotional exhaustion, and depression of hospital employees, and that emotional exhaustion acts as a parameter in the relationship between job stress and depression. Considering that job stress of hospital employees causes adverse organizational effects, such as threatening workers' mental and physical health and causing deterioration in the quality of medical services, organizational efforts will be needed to relieve and properly manage job stress of hospital employees.

Effectiveness of Aromatherapy with Light Thai Massage for Cellular Immunity Improvement in Colorectal Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy

  • Khiewkhern, Santisith;Promthet, Supannee;Sukprasert, Aemkhea;Eunhpinitpong, Wichai;Bradshaw, Peter
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.3903-3907
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    • 2013
  • Background: Patients with colorectal cancer are usually treated with chemotherapy, which reduces the number of blood cells, especially white blood cells, and consequently increases the risk of infections. Some research studies have reported that aromatherapy massage affects the immune system and improves immune function by, for example, increasing the numbers of natural killer cells and peripheral blood lymphocytes. However, there has been no report of any study which provided good evidence as to whether aromatherapy with Thai massage could improve the immune system in patients with colorectal cancer. The objectives of this study were to determine whether the use of aromatherapy with light Thai massage in patients with colorectal cancer, who have received chemotherapy, can result in improvement of the cellular immunity and reduce the severity of the common symptoms of side effects. Materials and Methods: Sixty-six patients with colorectal cancer in Phichit Hospital, Thailand, were enrolled in a single-blind, randomised-controlled trial. The intervention consisted of three massage sessions with ginger and coconut oil over a 1-week period. The control group received standard supportive care only. Assessments were conducted at pre-assessment and at the end of one week of massage or standard care. Changes from pre-assessment to the end of treatment were measured in terms of white blood cells, neutrophils, lymphocytes, CD4 and CD8 cells and the CD4/CD8 ratio and also the severity of self-rated symptom scores. Results: The main finding was that after adjusting for pre-assessment values the mean lymphocyte count at the post-assessment was significantly higher (P=0.04) in the treatment group than in the controls. The size of this difference suggested that aromatherapy with Thai massage could boost lymphocyte numbers by 11%. The secondary outcomes were that at the post assessment the symptom severity scores for fatigue, presenting symptom, pain and stress were significantly lower in the massage group than in the standard care controls. Conclusions: Aromatherapy with light Thai massage can be beneficial for the immune systems of cancer patients who are undergoing chemotherapy by increasing the number of lymphocytes and can help to reduce the severity of common symptoms.

The Effects of Treadmill Exercise on Inhibition of Soleus Muscle Atrophy and Improvement Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Contusion in the Rats (척수타박손상 후 트레드밀운동이 근 위축지연과 기능적 회복에 미치는 효과)

  • Oh, Myung-Jin;Jang, Moon-Nyeo;Seo, Tae-Beom;Kim, Jong-Oh;Byun, Jae-Jong;Yoon, Jin-Hwan;Jeong, Il-Gyu
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.19 no.11
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    • pp.1651-1657
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    • 2009
  • Physical activity and exercise can promote sensorimotor recovery from central nerve injury. It has been suggested that the functional recovery promoted by exercise training after spinal cord injury might be associated with insulin-like growth factor-I in the inflicted muscle. To investigate morphological and biochemical change of the soleus muscle after spinal cord injury, all tissues were used for H&E, immunofluorescence staining and Western blot. Also, BBB-test was used to evaluate behavioral improvement after spinal cord contusion. Thirty male Sprague-Dawley rats ($230{\pm}10\;g$; 7week in age) were assigned equally to three different groups; Normal (n=10), SCI (n=10), SCI+TMT (n=10). Every rat in SCI and SCI+TMT groups underwent laminectomy at T9 level and then contusion on the exposed spinal cord site in anesthetized condition. After one week-recovery from contusion, every rat in the SCI+TMT group exercised on a motorized treadmill for 30min/d, 5d/wk for 7wks. TMT followed by injury increased IGF-I induction levels in the soleus muscle and inhibited muscle atrophy. Behavioral scales for 4 and 8 weeks after spinal cord injury were improved in the SCI+TMT group compared to the SCI group. These results suggest that treadmill exercise after spinal cord injury might promote functional recovery along with muscle regrowth through the up-regulation of IGF-1 in muscle tissue.

The Effects of Diet Methods on Blood Lipid Profiles and Metabolic Risk Factors in Obese Female College Students (다이어트 방법이 비만여대생들의 혈중지질성분 및 대사성위험요인에 미치는 영향)

  • Woo, Jinhee;Park, Sungchul
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.1145-1155
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of dietary restriction(DG), aerobic exercise(EG), dietary restriction with aerobic exercise(DEG) on weight, improvement of obesity, blood lipid profiles and metabolic risk factors of obese female college students. Experiments was conducted 5 times a week for 8 weeks. DG spent 300kcal/day, and EG used 300kcal/day to run, DEG each consumed 150kcal/day limits. As s result, in case of body composition, weight(p<.011) and BMI(p<.008) were decreased in DG group, and weight(p<.044, p<.017), body fat(p<.047, p<.018), BMI(p<.03, p<.008), body fat%(p<.036, p<.015) and WHR(p<.049, p<.027) were decreased in EG and DEG groups. In case of blood lipid profiles's change, there are some differences on TC(p<.006), TG(p<.047) according to the time. In DG:HDL-C(p<.028), in EG:TG(p<.038), in DEG:TC(p<.014), LDL-C(p<.007) have decreased. In case of metabolic risk factor's change, there are some differences on FBG(p<.001), insulin(p<.004), HOMA-IR(p<.001), leptin(p<.000), adiponectin(p<.038), resistin(p<.010) according to time. In DG:HOMA-IR(p<.035) and leptin(p<.007), EG:FBG(p<.043) and leptin(p<.003), DEG:FBG(p<.014), insulin(p<.005), HOMA-IR(p<.005), leptin(p<.016), and resistin(p<.040) have decreased. In conclusion, combined treatment of eating restriction with aerobic exercise was the most effective way to improvement of weight, blood lipid profiles and metabolic risk factors in obese female college students rather than respectively alone treatment.

Effects of Forest Healing Programs Using School Forests on Language Acquisition and Ego-resilience of Multicultural Background Students (학교 숲을 활용한 산림치유프로그램 활동이 다문화배경 학생들의 언어습득 향상과 자아탄력성에 미치는 영향)

  • Jang, Cheoul-Soon;Shin, Chang-Seob;Jang, Byung-Soon;Sharif, Md. Omar
    • Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.333-340
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    • 2019
  • As the number of students in the multicultural background grows, the interest in their education is also increasing. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of forest healing factors on the improvement of language ability and ego-resilience of students from multicultural families. We conducted an after-school forest healing program of ten male and ten female middle school students of a multicultural preparatory school located in ${\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}$-dong in Cheongju, Chungnam Province. The experiment consisted of a total of 12 weekly one-hour (60 minutes) programs from April 12, 2018 to June 26, 2018. The forest healing program is an activity that uses the various environmental factors that exist in the forest to increase the immunity of the human body and restore physical and mental health. To determine the difference in ego-resilience before and after the program, we conducted a paired t-test and analyzed with the SPSS 18.0 program. The results showed that the ego-resilience significantly improved in all sub-factors including the positive thinking ability, problem-solving ability, intimacy ability, emotional adjustment ability, and autonomic behavior ability (p<.001). The descriptive statistics of the language ability showed the improvement in writing errors, pronunciation errors, sentence errors, tense errors, and errors in research and connection. We expect the results of this study can be used as the basic data to improve ego-resilience and language acquisition ability of middle-entry children and students from multicultural families.

Pharmacological Effects and Pharmacokinetic Properties of Panax ginseng and Platycodon grandiflorum (인삼과 도라지의 약리적 효과와 약동학적 특성)

  • Sol Jung;Sang Joon An;Yeong In Kim;Hyo Jin Ju;Sang-Yeop Yi;Doo Young Kim
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.67 no.4
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    • pp.305-318
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    • 2022
  • To minimize the effects of aging-related comorbidities and to maintain a good quality of life and physical independence for a longer period, the improvement of lifestyle and dietary habits is essential, and healthy foods can be helpful. Among them, medicinal plant such as ginseng (Panax ginseng) and bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorum) contain natural functional substances and have been used for disease treatment and prevention since ancient times. This review summarizes the scientific of these treatments basis by investigating the pharmacological and pharmacokinetic effects of major functional substances on the aging-related health effects of Panax ginseng and Platycodon grandiflorum. The main functional substances of Panax ginseng and Platycodon grandiflorum are saponins, which have a similar molecular structure and confirmed anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, neuroprotective, anticancer, and anti-metabolic syndrome effects (improvement of hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, and obesity). Both types of saponins in Panax ginseng (Ginseonside) and Platycodon grandiflorum (Platycoside) have very low absorption profiles in their purified state, but methods to increase absorption in the body through extraction or fermentation have been studied.

Effects of School Attendance Policy on Breakfast Eating, Sleep, and Physical Activity in Middle School Students (9시 등교정책이 중학생의 아침식사, 수면 및 신체활동에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Ha Na;Kim, Seong Yeong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.46 no.11
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    • pp.1397-1407
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    • 2017
  • The aim of a school attendance policy (SAP) is to ensure breakfast time for school-aged adolescents. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of SAP on dietary behavior, particularly breakfast consumption, among adolescent middle school students (n=426) in the Ansan area of Gyeonggi-do. After implementation of the SAP, the response rates for eating breakfast every-day among boys (P>0.05) and girls (P<0.05) slightly increased by 44.6% and 35.8%, respectively, compared to before the SAP. Further, the degree of satisfaction with breakfast increased among both boys ('satisfied' and 'strongly satisfied'; 32.4% and 21.6%, respectively) (P<0.01) and girls ('satisfied' and 'strongly satisfied'; 32.8% and 14.2%, respectively) (P<0.001) compared to before the SAP. Moreover, boys (56.8%) and girls (53.9%) were aware that the SAP increased breakfast-eating frequency. Increases in deep sleep as a result of the SAP were high in both boys (39.2%) and girls (47.1%), and sleeping hours among boys (P<0.05) and girls (P<0.01) increased compared to before the SAP. The respondents were aware of the positive effects on physical function such as reduction of physical fatigue (boys 40.1%, girls 38.2%) and improvement of physical health (boys 36.5%, girls 32.8%). Thus, systematic and sustained political support at the national level is required to encourage healthy breakfast eating and physical activity in middle school students.

A Study on the Investigation into Dental Hygienists' Awareness of Health Impairment Factors by Occupational Diseases (치과위생사의 직업병에 의한 건강장애요인 인식도 조사)

  • Yoon, Mi-Sook;Song, Gui-Sook;Ko, Mi-Hee
    • Journal of dental hygiene science
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.59-66
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    • 2003
  • As a basic research material to make more efficient healthcare and health promotion for dental hygienists, this study intends to determine which factors may affect their awareness of occupational diseases. For this sake, this study attempted to investigate into a variety of literatures and data, and applied a questionnaire survey to 160 dental hygienists for about 5 months(from June to October 2003), who were all employed in domestic dental clinics or offices. As a result of analysis, this study can be concluded as follows: (1) The result of analyzing how dental hygienists recognized their occupational diseases showed that 'stiffness in muscle, neck or shoulder due to intensive use of specific physical regions' and 'stress resulting from the attributes of each task' reached the highest awareness(90.6%) of all, which was followed by 'lower eyesight due to detailed or even sophisticated tasks for many hours(65%)' and 'symptoms of ruptured disk due to standing tasks as dental hygienists do for many hours(62.5%).' (2) The result of analyzing how dental hygienists recognize their occupational diseases showed that their awareness averaged 7.28 points out of 14 points, which implies that their awareness of occupational diseases is not very high. Meanwhile, the result of examining how they recognize detrimental or harmful properties of given materials against human body showed that a majority of total respondents(74.4%) regarded given materials as detrimental to human body. (3) The result of examining how dental hygienists recognize their occupational diseases showed that a majority of total respondents(91.9%) identified their own occupational diseases. Many of total respondents(41.9%) pointed out that environmental improvement around workshop in each clinic or office should be foremost prerequisite to health and welfare for dental hygienists. Next, 34.4% of total respondents pointed out the necessity to perform in-house health diagnosis and examination on a regular basis, and 13.1% of total respondents thought it necessary to carry on healthcare education into harmful properties in the aspect of dental materiology, respectively.

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