• 제목/요약/키워드: Quality improvement activities

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Values of Winter Fallow Crops on Soil Properties and Watermelon Productivity in Plastic Greenhouse

  • Uhm, Mi-Jeong;Chon, Hyong-Gwon;Noh, Jae-Jong;Song, Young-Ju;Kwon, Sung-Whan;Sheikh, Sameena
    • 한국토양비료학회지
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    • 제45권2호
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    • pp.185-191
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    • 2012
  • This study was performed to screen fallow crops during winter period for improvement of soil quality and utilizing as mulching material in watermelon cropping system during winter period. Five fallow crops, mainly, hairy vetch, barley, rye, oat and wheat, were sown in early November. They were mowed for covering the soil surface instead of polyethylene (PE) film before watermelon planting in early April the following year. The highest absorbed nutrients and dry matter yield were found in rye. Bulk density in plots with fallow crop was lower than control plot. There was observed no significant differences among the fallow crops. However, porosity was the lowest in control plot. Soil EC reduced to 12%, 13%, 14%, 16% and 22%, respectively, by cultivation of hairy vetch, oat, wheat, barley and rye. Microbial biomass carbon and dehydrogenase activities were higher in soil treated with gramineous crops, such as barley, rye and oat. The growth of watermelon was more affected by regeneration of fallow crop than the occurrence of weed, especially in plots treated with rye or oat. Also, the fruit damage by aphid was found severe in these treatment plots. The fruit yield in plots treated with hairy vetch and barley was increased 5.7% and 2.6%, respectively, compared to that of PE films. The present experiment findings implied that these fallow crops had significant beneficial effects on improvement of soil qualities and could be utilized for mulching materials in watermelon cropping system.

농촌노인의 일자리사업 참여실태와 만족도 및 요구도에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Participation of Rural Elderly People in Senior Employment Programs, Satisfaction Level and Needs)

  • 하경분;주민경
    • 농촌지도와개발
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    • 제20권4호
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    • pp.1149-1179
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    • 2013
  • 본 연구에서는 농촌노인들의 일자리사업 참여실태와 만족도 및 요구도를 살펴봄으로써 농촌노인들의 삶의 질 향상에 필요한 기초자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 농촌노인들은 노인일자리사업 중에 공익형에 가장 많이 참여하고 있었으며, 환경개선사업 활동을 가장 많이 하고 있었고, 생계비 마련을 위해 가장 많이 참여하였다. 둘째, 노인일자사업 중에는 소속기관 실무자와의 관계에 대한 만족도가 가장 높았고, 급여수준에 대한 만족도가 가장 낮았다. 셋째, 농촌노인들은 노인일자리사업 교육에 있어 가장 우선적으로 노인의 차이와 다양성을 고려한 맞춤형 교육 강화가 개선되어야 한다고 인식하였으며, 노인일자리사업에 참여하는 과정에서 교통문제로 인해 가장 많은 어려움을 느꼈다. 이런 결과를 볼 때, 농촌노인들의 특성과 욕구에 맞는 보다 다양한 형태의 프로그램 제공과 교통편의 제공을 통해 참된 자활이 이루어질 수 있도록 정책적 배려가 뒷받침되어야 할 것이다.

간호중재로서의 원예요법에 관한 고찰 (Study Review of Horticultural Therapy As a Nursing Intervention)

  • 김부영;김정선
    • 성인간호학회지
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    • 제13권3호
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    • pp.409-419
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    • 2001
  • The reference study was performed to investigate the nursing importance which was based a theoretical background related to horticultural therapy and to examine the possibility which horticultural therapy was applicable as a nursing intervention through analysis on a preceding study. The research subjects related to the areas of horticultural therapy which related as a nursing intervention, were psychological, physical, environmental, and psycho-social aspects. It is judged that the horticultural therapy is effective in treating depression, emotional disruption or anxiety. It seems to be also effective in increasing the muscular tension and, thereby, expanding the scope of joint movements. Such theories show that horticultural therapy may be a good alternative nursing means. Plants act to create a pleasant interior atmosphere by generating anion, controlling the temperature and humidity and purifying the air, and therefore, the horticultural therapy may be applied to clinic or environmental therapy. When horticultural therapy is used as a nursing intervention, patients' sociopsychological needs may be fulfilled. It has been found that horticultural therapy is instrumental in treating perceptive or emotional disruption, depression, loss of self-respect, disrupted everyday activities and social behaviors. In particular, horticultural therapy seems to be effective in managing chronic patients' crisis or improving life quality. Intervention method applied on a preceding study was activity therapy and scene therapy in the horticultural therapy The above findings suggest that the pro-environmental horticultural therapy is useful as a new paradigm of nursing or holistic nursing conducive to improvement of health. So, it is desirable to prove its effects by applying it in the clinic. In order to apply horticultural therapy as a nursing intervention, it will be necessary to educate nurses on principles and methods of horticultural therapy and encourage them to apply it in nursing and clinics. Moreover, it may well be necessary to develop landscape therapy as nursing intervention as well as a variety of horticultural therapy programs befitting the clinic conditions. On the other hand, we need to provide for some scientific ground for horticultural therapy through continued studies. In this regard, this study which focuses on patients' health improvement through change of environment. may well provide for a framework for such studies.

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An Improved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Care Worker Scheduling

  • Akjiratikarl, Chananes;Yenradee, Pisal;Drake, Paul R.
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • 제7권2호
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    • pp.171-181
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    • 2008
  • Home care, known also as domiciliary care, is part of the community care service that is a responsibility of the local government authorities in the UK as well as many other countries around the world. The aim is to provide the care and support needed to assist people, particularly older people, people with physical or learning disabilities and people who need assistance due to illness to live as independently as possible in their own homes. It is performed primarily by care workers visiting clients' homes where they provide help with daily activities. This paper is concerned with the dispatching of care workers to clients in an efficient manner. The optimized routine for each care worker determines a schedule to achieve the minimum total cost (in terms of distance traveled) without violating the capacity and time window constraints. A collaborative population-based meta-heuristic called Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is applied to solve the problem. A particle is defined as a multi-dimensional point in space which represents the corresponding schedule for care workers and their clients. Each dimension of a particle represents a care activity and the corresponding, allocated care worker. The continuous position value of each dimension determines the care worker to be assigned and also the assignment priority. A heuristic assignment scheme is specially designed to transform the continuous position value to the discrete job schedule. This job schedule represents the potential feasible solution to the problem. The Earliest Start Time Priority with Minimum Distance Assignment (ESTPMDA) technique is developed for generating an initial solution which guides the search direction of the particle. Local improvement procedures (LIP), insertion and swap, are embedded in the PSO algorithm in order to further improve the quality of the solution. The proposed methodology is implemented, tested, and compared with existing solutions for some 'real' problem instances.

우리나라 공동주택의 리모델링 활성화를 위한 제도 개선 방안 (Improvement Scheme of System for Apartment Housing Remodeling Activity)

  • 김용성;이찬식
    • 한국건설관리학회논문집
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    • 제2권1호
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    • pp.57-67
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    • 2001
  • 1999년 현재 총 주택 재고 1천 백만 호 중 공동주택은 약 $57.5{\%}$를 차지하고 있다. 대부분의 공동주택은 공용부분에 대한 극히 부분적인 유지보수와 개별세대를 위주로 리모델링이 이루어지고 있어서 관리의 효율성이 낮고 사회경제적인 낭비를 초래하고 있다. 정부에서는 ‘주택건설촉진법'과 '공동주택관리령'을 제정하여 공동주택을 효과적으로 관리하기 위한 노력을 기울이고 있지만 운영상 많은 문제점이 나타나고 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여, 이 논문은 문헌조사, 설문 및 면담조사를 바탕으로 우리나라의 공통주택관리방식, 금융$\cdot$세제상 지원, 특별수선충당금 적립, 자재품질 및 설계기준 그리고 리모델링 관련 법령 측면에서 공동주택의 리모델링을 활성화할 수 있는 방안을 제시하였다.

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고령사회 주민공유공간의 발전방향에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Improvement of Shared Space for Aging society)

  • 김혜진;이연숙;윤혜경
    • 한국실내디자인학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국실내디자인학회 2008년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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    • pp.214-219
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    • 2008
  • The aging of the population has been in process all over the world including most of advanced countries. With the improvement of living standards and medical technology due to the growth and development of the modern industrial society, the continuous Increase of the average lifespan has led to an abrupt growth in the population ratio of the aged. The senescence is the period where both physical and mental functions get dwindled, and due to a loss of roles in a society and a weakened social bond, the elderly people feel often neglected and isolated. Consequently, the elderly people spend a lot of time in their houses. As this means that the elderly gets higher possibility to stay within housing units and housing complex environment, residents' public space needs to be developed within the housing complex for them. Therefore, constructive programs and plans are required for the elderly who experience distance constraint because of corporal aging, for them to sustain community activities within their housing environment. Contrary to them in the 20th century, the elderly living in the nowadays informational society tend to enjoy their leisure times with arts and cultures and underscore the significance of social exchange under diverse possibility and sustainableness. Thus, it is important to preserve those circumstances to provide continuously them. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to grope a growth direction of residents' public space for the elderly to include them to their community through a socially integrated way by grasping present condition of apartment residents' public space's facilities and to be used practically as a basic housing environment data to raise quality of community life.

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A Study on Measures to Increase Student Enrollment in Community Colleges : Based on the Case of G College

  • Ki yeu, Jo;Ho geun, Kang
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • 제10권4호
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    • pp.137-147
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    • 2022
  • In this study, for students who gave up their studies midway through college, we investigate the reasons for dropping out of college, analyze the factors that caused students to drop out, and suggest improvement measures to effectively increase the recruitment rate of enrolled students. This study explores measures to increase student enrollment in community colleges. For this purpose, it conducted a survey of students who dropped out of G College between 2018 and 2020 from June 28 to July 9, 2021. Its analysis is based on the results of 53 students who participated in the survey. First, our results suggest that programs to develop interpersonal relationships between students, faculty, and staff are necessary. Such programs will cultivate a culture of solidarity and collective identity among students, which in turn will reinforce positive experiences in college. Moreover, by developing systems to form relationships between faculty and students, colleges can have a feedback mechanism, such as an open-study program, through which they learn what the students want and need. Through this effort, colleges can help their students adjust to campuses and enhance student satisfaction in college. Second, it is necessary to develop various extracurricular programs not only for freshmen but existing students and to run hobby and leisure activity programs. To have continuous, standing extracurricular programs instead of one-time events, colleges should set up specific goals, delivery methods and strategies. Third, colleges should renovate old and outdated buildings and facilities on campus to enhance the quality of campus life. Moreover, more comprehensive improvement of facilities and a campus environment by having various convenient and leisure facilities that meet the needs and demands of students. Fourth, it is suggested to develop programs or systems that help students to more fully engage in campus lives and activities, which in turn increases confidence and self-efficacy among students. Through such programs, students can better adjust to their majors and, therefore, will be less likely to drop out of college.

선택실험법을 이용한 해역수질 속성의 비시장적 가치 추정: 인천특별관리해역을 중심으로 (Using a Choice Experiment to Measure the Non-market Value of Sea Water Quality with a Focus on the Incheon Special Area Management Plan)

  • 진세준;박소연;유승훈
    • 해양환경안전학회지
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    • 제24권4호
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    • pp.451-458
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    • 2018
  • 인천연안은 인천광역시, 경기도 김포시 시흥시 안산시 일대로, 양식장에서 발생하는 쓰레기, 어업활동 후 버려진 어구 어망, 육상에서부터 한강을 타고 흘러오는 쓰레기 때문에 인천연안의 해양생태계의 변화가 우려되고 있다. 인천연안이 심각하게 오염되자 해양수산부는 인천연안을 특별관리해역으로 지정하여 해양환경 자산인 해역수질을 보존하고 있다. 이러한 배경 하에서 본 연구는 인천연안 해역수질의 비시장 가치를 선택실험법(choice experiment)을 이용하여 평가한다. 이를 위해, 전국 1,000 가구를 대상으로 면대면 설문조사를 실시하였고, 속성 각각의 한계지불의사액(MWTP, marginal willingness to pay)을 추정한다. 인천연안 해역수질의 속성별 가치(가구당 연간 한계지불의사액)를 추정한 결과, 가구당 연간 해역수질 1 %p 개선의 MWTP는 75원, 동물종의 다양성 증가의 MWTP는 135원, 식물종 다양성 증가의 MWTP는 309원, 해양쓰레기 1 %p 저감의 MWTP는 72원으로 나타났다. 모든 추정결과는 유의수준 1 %에서 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 본 논문의 주요 결과는 정책당국에 해양환경 관리정책 수립과 평가에 유용하게 활용될 수 있다.

기억력 향상을 위한 작업치료 중재 연구 분석: 국내 단일대상연구 중심으로 (Analysis of Occupational Therapy Intervention Research for Improving Memory: Focus on Single-Subject Research Design in Korean Academic Journals)

  • 정유진;최유임
    • 재활치료과학
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    • 제10권4호
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    • pp.39-52
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    • 2021
  • 목적 : 본 연구의 목적은 기억력 장애를 가진 성인 환자를 대상으로 기억력 향상을 위한 작업치료 중재를 수행한 단일대상연구의 특성을 확인하고 질적 수준을 알아보는 것이다. 연구방법 : 본 연구는 2011년부터 2020년까지 기억력 향상 작업치료 중재 연구 중 단일대상연구 설계를 적용한 총 6편의 논문을 분석한 문헌연구로, 연구내용에 대한 일반적 특성 및 연구방법의 질적 수준을 분석하였다. 결과 : 분석대상의 질적 수준은 66.7%(4편)가 중간 수준이었고 33.3%(2편)는 높은 수준이었으며, 낮은 수준의 연구는 없었다. 단일대상연구 설계 유형은 모두 반전설계로 ABA가 가장 많았다. 대상자는 뇌졸중, 치매, 경도인지장애 환자였으며, 대상자 수는 1~3명이었다. 독립변수는 오차배제훈련, 어플리케이션 활용 중재, 전산화인지훈련, 시간차회상훈련이었다. 종속변수는 공통변수인 기억력과 함께 집중력, 뇌파변화, 수단적 일상생활활동 및 우울이었다. 중재시간은 30~40분, 중재회기는 6~15회기였으며, 총 연구기간은 3~8주로 다양하였다. 중재 결과 모든 연구에서 중재 후 종속변수가 향상된 것으로 보고되었다. 결론 : 기억력훈련에 대한 단일대상연구 적용 작업치료 중재 연구들은 모두 중간 이상의 질적 수준을 보여 임상에서 적용 시 근거기반자료로 의의가 있으며, 기억력 향상에 효과적인 연구들이라는 것을 확인하였다.

재활의료기관 시범사업에서의 사회복귀 촉진을 위한 일상생활훈련 개선방안 (Improvement of Activities of Daily Living Training to Promote Social Participation at a Pilot Project of Rehabilitation Medical Institutions)

  • 송영진;우희순
    • 재활치료과학
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    • 제7권3호
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    • pp.35-45
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    • 2018
  • 목적 : '재활의료기관 지정운영 시범사업'을 진행하고 있는 기관 내 작업치료사 및 환자들에 대한 설문을 통하여, 시범사업 안에서의 작업치료가 환자들의 가정 및 사회로의 복귀를 위한 적절한 지원체계를 확립하고 있는지 알아보고자 하였다. 방법 : 시범사업을 운영 중인 전국 13개 기관의 작업치료사 293명, 환자군의 응답을 허가한 8개 기관의 환자 296명의 응답지를 대상으로 설문분석 하였다. 치료사용 설문에는 일상생활활동 관련 평가도구 및 적용하는 중재에 관한 항목들로 구성되었으며, 환자용 설문에는 퇴원 후 직업복귀 여부 및 이를 위한 희망 중재 활동을 묻는 항목으로 구성되었다. 결과 : '재활운영 지정운영 시범사업'이 환자들의 빠른 사회복귀를 위한 목적으로 시행되고 있음에도 이를 위한 가장 중요한 수가이며 치료적 목표인 일상생활활동이 효율적이고 효과적으로 적용되지 못하고 있음을 파악할 수 있었다. 또한 기존 의료기관에서 활용하고 있는 건강보험 수가를 본 시범사업에서도 그대로 적용하고 있기 때문에, 실제적인 지역사회 복귀를 위한 수단적 일상생활활동 및 직업재활을 위한 평가 및 중재의 기반이 전혀 마련되어 있지 않다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 결론 : 시범사업에 대한 면밀한 검토를 통하여, 대상자들의 조기 사회복귀를 통한 삶의 질 향상과 불필요한 사회적 지출 감소를 위한 실제적인 개선이 이루어지도록 해야 할 것이다.