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A Study on a Choice Model of Outdoor Leisure Activities of the Megalopolis Citizens (대도시 주민의 실외 여가활동 선택모형 확정에 관한 연구 -서울을 중심으로-)

  • 최기수;진양교;김한배;진상배;김영모;이상우
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.131-145
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    • 1994
  • The leisure demands and the interests for the quality of urban residents have been increased, but the leisure space is absolutely deficient. In the leisure site planning, the concrete understanding about people's leisure site choice is the most important thing, not only for the aspect of the leisure demands reception and the improvement of the life quality but also the aspect of the efficiency of land use. The purposes of this study are firstly, to find out prefered leisure sites, secondly, to establish the choice models of the each prefered leisure site to be substituted for existing indiscriminating leisure space planning. And for the choice model establishment, we used Logit Model, which has been used in the Traffic, the Toursim, the Economics fields. We extract people's perfered leisure sites in Seoul through 1st and 2nd survey, those are a park, a pocket park, a play hall, a recreation center(sport center), a hobby facility, a library. The established choice model for each prefered site can predict people's choice about 70 percents correctly. It indicates that the Logit model is useful for the explanation about the choice of residents in the urban area. Specially, the main affect factors to the choice of each prefered leisure site are different. It means that different consideration factors or different standards are needed for each leisure site planning.

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Comparison of the Functional Recovery of Stroke Patients Treated with Eastern-Western Integrative Medical Care and Western Single Rehabilitation Therapy (뇌졸중 환자에서 한양방협진과 양방단독 재활치료의 기능 회복 비교)

  • Kim, Min-su;Yun, Jong-min
    • The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.645-652
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    • 2016
  • Objectives: To compare the effects of Eastern-Western integrative medical care (EWIM) and Western single rehabilitation therapy (WSRT) on the functional recovery of stroke patients.Methods: Seventy-six stroke patients were recruited retrospectively. The participants were divided into two groups: EWIM and WSRT. Data on age, sex, stroke-related risk factors, stroke type, neurological deficits according to the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), elapsed time to the initiation of rehabilitation, duration from the onset to follow up, initial functional status, and function after therapy for 3 mon were obtained from a review of the patients’ medical records. Between-group differences in functional outcomes were analyzed before and after treatment using the functional ambulation category (FAC), Fugl-Meyer assessment (FMA), modified Barthel Index-Korean version (K-MBI), and Euro-Quality of Life-5 Dimension (EQ-5D).Results: At 3-mon poststroke, all the functional outcome measures had improved in both groups (P<0.05). However, the improvements were greater in the EWIM group, and the improvement was statistically significant in the K-MBI (P=0.048) and EQ-5D (P=0.042).Conclusions: With respect to activities of daily living and health-related quality of life, EWIM is a more effective stroke therapy than WSRT.

Quality Characteristics and Storage Stability of Bread with Cabbage Powder (양배추가루 첨가 식빵의 제조조건 최적화 및 저장성 연구)

  • Kim, Se-Hee;Lee, Hee-Jeong;Paik, Jae-Eun;Joo, Na-Mi
    • Korean journal of food and cookery science
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.431-441
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study was to determine the optimal mixing conditions, storage, and irradiation characteristics by two different amounts of cabbage powder and water in bread prepared with cabbage powder. A significant increase or decrease in dough pH (p<0.01), sweetness (p<0.05), water content (p<0.001), L-value (p<0.01), a-value (p<0.001), b-value (p<0.001), hardness (p<0.05), springiness, and chewiness (p<0.05) was observed. Sensory measurements showed a significant improvement in appearance, flavor, color, taste (p<0.05), texture, moisture (p<0.01), and overall quality (p<0.05). As a result, the optimum formulation obtained by numerical and graphical methods was 37.04 g cabbage powder and 385.3 g water. The optimized and control breads were irradiated and their DPPH radical scavenging activities and total plate counts were evaluated over 6 days. The result showed the antioxidant and antibiotic action of the bread with cabbage powder.

A Study on the Situation and Trait of the Philippines School Education (필리핀 학교교육의 실태와 특징: 산베다 학교교육을 중심으로)

  • Chung, Yong-Kyo
    • The Southeast Asian review
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.101-133
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    • 2010
  • Nowaday our school education have been undergone decisive influences by the entrance and examination-oriented education system. To enter universities which belong to top classes in Korean society could be look upon the important success of school education, and it could be equaled to the quality of competent teacher(teacher's professionalism). However, the creativity and knowledge composition ability in the school education will be considered seriously in the coming of 21st century knowledge, information-oriented and globalization society. In this situation, we try to trace about the system and style of foreign school education which is unfamiliar to us, spontaneously we should explore the educational implication which affects to our school education. In this paper, we have reviewed about the present condition and the current situation of Philippines school education(San Beda College Alabang and Rizal Campus). Of course, we tried to observe the practical education activities including a curriculum, teacher, teaching and studying method and student activity. Through this trial, we tried to suggest the effective environment and methodology for the improvement in quality of our school education. Philippines school education 1) could be achieved educational ideas and goals based on the spirit of school establishment, 2) could be gained teacher's professionalism through the system of Coordinator and Prefect, 3) could be conducted learner-centered lessons by the learning method of exploration, discussion, task-resolving, 4) was able to created a pleasant school education through the development and application of a variety of educational programs.

Effect of Side Walking Training on Balance Confidence, Falls Efficacy and Fall Risk in Acute Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study (측방보행 훈련이 급성기 뇌졸중 환자의 균형 자신감, 낙상 효능감, 낙상 위험도에 미치는 영향: 무작위 대조 예비 연구)

  • Joo, Min-Cheol;Jung, Kyeoung-Man
    • Quality Improvement in Health Care
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.43-50
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of side walking on balance confidence, falls efficacy and fall risk in acute stroke patients. Methods: The study included 14 patients with acute stroke who were randomly allocated to a side walking group (Experimental group, N=7) and a forward walking group (Control group, N=7). Both groups performed the exercise 5 times a week for 2 weeks. Outcomes were assessed using Korean-Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale (K-ABC), Korean-Fall Efficacy Scale (K-FES), Korean-Fullerton Advanced Balance Scale (K-FAB). Results: After 2 weeks of training, both groups showed significantly improved ABC, FES, FAB (p<.05 in both groups). However, the ABC, FES, FAB in the experimental group was significantly better than in the control group (p<.05). Conclusion: These findings indicate that side walking training may be effective at improving balance confidence and decreasing fall down risk in early stroke patients. Therefore, side walking training may be recommended as an intervention in reducing the incidence of falls in acute stroke patient.

Patient Understanding of Patient Safety: Based on Results from Focus Group Discussion (환자안전에 대한 환자의 이해: 초점집단토의 결과를 중심으로)

  • Jeehye Im;Minsu Ock
    • Quality Improvement in Health Care
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.50-60
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: To examine the degree of recognition regarding the concept of patient safety, as perceived by the patient, using a focus group discussion. Methods: A focus group discussion was conducted with a patient group comprising seven patients. Results: When the participants heard the term "patient safety" they seemed to understand it to be related to the hospital environment or satisfaction with the overall hospitalization experience. The participants emphasized communication between the medical staff and the patients in relation to the explanation of treatments, as well as the provision of information regarding prevention, experience, and the treatment of incidents with patient safety. They agreed on the need for indicators reported by patients. However, they emphasized that additional items and a questionnaire method that considers the patients' point of view are needed. Conclusion: It is necessary to establish and implement various strategies that can raise the awareness of patient safety using patient safety indicators and increase participation in patient safety activities.

Collaboration Scripts for Argumentation Based on Activity Theory

  • KIM, Hyosook;KWON, Sungho;KIM, Dongsik
    • Educational Technology International
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.145-173
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to develop collaboration scripts as an instructional means to facilitate argumentation in computer-supported collaborative learning, and to analyze their effects. To develop collaboration scripts for argumentation, researchers used activity theory as a conceptual framework and refined the design principles by design-based research. Using LAMS, collaboration scripts for argumentation were developed based on the ArgueGraph. To examine their effects, 72 participants were divided into two groups by internal scripts and randomly allocated to one of three external scripts. Applying mixed methods, researchers analyzed argumentation competence related to the cognitive aspect, examined self-efficacy related to the motivational aspect, and identified the factors influencing collaborative learning processes and outcomes. Researchers found that the internal script is a critical factor to determine the dimensions, degrees, and duration of improvement in argumentation competence. That is, learners with higher internal scripts improved highly in the quality of single arguments, while learners with lower internal scripts improved continuously in the quality of argumentation sequences. The effects of the external scripts varied with the internal script levels and supporting periods. Besides, collaboration scripts for argumentation had positive effects on learners' self-efficacy, and learners with higher internal scripts had better self-efficacy. The factors influencing collaborative learning processes and outcomes showed different results depending on the learning context. Therefore, when scripting learner's interaction in CSCL, researchers should design the scripts adaptable to a natural context of activities.

Effects of Presentation Classes in English Language Curriculum: Focusing on Phonetics/Phonology and Syntax

  • Mi Sook Park
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.20-25
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    • 2024
  • The qualitative effect of class is influenced by the instructor's class design and operation method, but it comes from motivating students to actively participate in class and utilizing potential qualities that lead to student-centered learning. Students' activities and the quality development of class participation can be utilized in presentation-based classes. This could be confirmed through the presentation classes in English language curriculum applied to English major students in Korea. In other words, with presentations conducted in language-theoretic classes such as phonetics/phonology, and syntax, it turned out that immersion in learning, concentration on class, and motivation for learning can be improved, developing systematic self-directed learning ability and cooperative mutual communication ability. Instructors need to lead the direction and design of the classes, but the actual educational effect depends on how students accept the academic tasks, how well they understand the learning contents, and how well they can systematically transmit them to others. In this respect, this study aims to investigate that learner-centered presentation classes contribute to making learners develop their competencies in class design, data utilization, imparting knowledge, and communication, which would bring about the improvement of learning quality and educational effects.

Product Liability Prevention Policies through the Improvement of Product Safety and Reliability (제품안전 및 신뢰성 향상을 통한 제조물책임 예방대책)

  • Kim, Jin-Kyu
    • IE interfaces
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.270-278
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    • 2002
  • Product Liability(PL) is a legal policy to deal with global competition by improving domestic industrial competitive power and to reduce the cost of defect products. The purpose of this paper is to address the state of the art solutions to dispute on PL, in reality of a frequent occurrence of global product exchange focussing on product safety that is one of the most important functions of PL and to improve solution of the product safety and reliability responsive to PL. To minimize PL exposure, manufacturers should reflect comprehensive product safety and reliability concepts in establishing PL prevention policies. Total PL prevention policies are composed of total quality management and product safety management system in respect of safety design, risk, and reliability. These PL prevention activities should be performed consistently during the total product life cycle, especially product research and development periods.

Analysis on Determinant Affecting Open Innovation of Korean ICT Service Industry : Focusing on Network Service (한국 ICT서비스산업의 개방형 혁신에 영향을 미치는 요소 분석 : 네트워크 서비스를 중심으로)

  • Kim, Eung-Do;Kim, Hongbum;Bae, Khee-Su
    • Korean Management Science Review
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.175-192
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    • 2015
  • Due to the emergence of open innovation driven by development of network service technologies and convergence in ICT service industry, It is necessary for ICT service firms to examine their capabilities for open innovation. The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine determinants affecting open innovation in Korean ICT service industry. In order to analyze, this paper uses logistic and multiple regression models based on survey data of Korean ICT service firms. Estimation results show that external network for collaboration is positive on the technological innovation activity regardless of the innovation type. Specifically, user networks are significant in all types of technology innovation, revealing that it is important to innovation activities of the ICT service firms.