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The Influences of the Awareness of Patient Safety Culture on Safety Care Activities among Nurse in small-medium Sized General Hospitals (중소병원 간호사의 환자안전인식이 안전간호활동에 미치는 영향)

  • Nam, Mun-Hee;Lim, Ji-Hye
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.349-359
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    • 2013
  • The study was conducted to identify the perception of patient-safety and the level of safety care activity among nurses in small-medium sized general hospitals. Data were collected at three hospitals among 344 nurses on April 2012 and administered questionnaire regarding the perception of patient-safety and safety-care-activity. Data analyzed by using descriptive statistics, inferential statistics was used to determine comparison, correlation and association (Pearson correlation, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe test, multiple regression). The results revealed that there were significant differences in the level of perception of patient-safety according to the nurses' career, time of work, and work department in their hospitals. And also there were significant differences in the level of safety-care-activity according to the nurses' age, position, marriage, the nurses' career, time of work in their hospitals. Nurses with higher perceived level of patient-safety performed more safety-care-activities. The findings of the study suggests that in order to improve the nurse's perceived level of patient-safety and safety-careactivities, the hospitals need to establish the policies that support patient-safety, improvement the environmental system, proper working atmosphere to ensure appropriate work time, regulation nurse-patient ratio are also required.

A Study on the Improvement of National Marine Pollution Response Policy based on the Analysis of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Incident (미국 멕시코만 오염사고 분석을 통한 국가방제정책 개선방안 연구)

  • Kim, Sang-Woon;Lim, Chang-Soo;Lee, Wan-Sub;Ha, Chang-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.257-264
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    • 2011
  • On April 20, 2010, semi-submersible offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon was exploded and sank, and 4.9 million barrels(about 778 thousand tons) of crude oil was spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. As more than one year has been passed since the incident, a lot of investigation reports and lessons learned have been made public and also a lot more will be released soon. This paper studies the final report of the National Commission on "the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling", which was organized by the executive directive of U.S. President Barack Obama, and the interim report of Joint Investigation team of U.S. Coast Guard and BOEMRE of "Report of Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Explosion, Fire, Sinking and Loss of Eleven Members Aboard the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon". The review is focused on the response to the oil spill. And the paper suggests how to improve national marine pollution response policy. In the paper, the Korean governments is suggested to reinforce the capability for instructing and supervising the responsible party's source control measures, to review how to introduce in-situ burning and vessel of opportunity program into our country, and to continue monitoring on the progress of developments of R&D projects related to oil spill response in the U.S..

Wastewater Flowrate Analysis of Drainage Basin for Application of Total Water Pollution Load Management System (수질오염총량관리제도 적용을 위한 도시유역의 하수발생량 분석)

  • Kwon, Jun-Hee;Park, In-Hyeok;Ha, Sung-Ryoung
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.75-82
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    • 2009
  • The regulation of emission concentration for stream water qualities doesn't control quantitative increase on pollution loads, it has limits for improvement of water qualities. Total water pollution load management system(TMDL) can control the total amount of pollutant in waste water which is allowed to assign and control the total discharged pollutant loads in a permissible level. When it comes to generated wastewater value of TMDL system, there is difference between calculated value based on individual pollutant unit load and observed value. Calculated sewer inflow, calculated sewer outflow, measured sewer inflow, and measured sewer outflow at dry season are $26,460.9m^3$/d, $17,778.6m^3$/d, $17,106.1m^3$/d and $19,033.9m^3$/d respectively, Calculated sewer inflow, calculated sewer outflow, measured sewer inflow, and measured sewer outflow at rainy season are $49,512.2m^3$/d, $18,628.7m^3$/d, $30,918.2m^3$/d, $19,700.7m^3$/d respectively. This result presents the necessity to acquire the precise observed data to fulfill the efficient TMDL system.

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Major Risk Factors to Implement CM at Risk Pilot Project on the Public Sector (시공책임형 CM 발주방식 공공부문 시범사업 사례를 통한 리스크 도출)

  • Han, Jonghoon;Kim, Kyungtae;Ahn, Yonghan
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.61-69
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    • 2018
  • The buildings are getting enormous and more complex as well as the requirement of the owner which wants diverse and efficient. Moreover advanced management is necessary for construction services and a new method of delivering project is now required. In order to expand the delivering method and the construction industry, we have to introduced the CM at Risk method. However, despite the fact that six years have passed already the CM at Risk regulation was introduced, the contract amount in significantly lower than that of the CM for fee, and also there is no CM at Risk project in the public sector. As a result, three pilot projects are currently underway for the LH(Korea Land & Housing Corporation) in order to set up a CM at Risk for the public sector. However, detailed regulations related to CM at Risk have not yet been implemented in Korea. Therefore, in this study, I am trying to understand the risks that could incur when practitioners participate in the three pilot projects that are currently underway and employed in the public sector wherein the CM at Risk is normally introduced. Based on the results of this study, It will be able to utilize as a basic data for future CM at Risk delivery system improvement and enactment.

Analysis of Reference Signal for Immunity Test of Sound System and Television Broadcast Receiver (음향 기기 및 TV 방송 수신기의 내성 시험용 기준 신호 분석)

  • Choi, Su-Na;Cho, Sung-Woong;Park, Seung-Keun
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.23 no.7
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    • pp.805-814
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    • 2012
  • Intermittent or periodic signals with undulating amplitudes of mobile devices cause interference noise at audible frequency to the sound system which is installed nearby. In this regard, it is recently issued that the intermittently transmissions of LTE mobile phones cause the interference noises with sound systems, similar to that of GSM mobile phones. For retaining the immunity to noises, a national regulation KN20 suggests a 1 kHz AM 80 % and a CDMA modulation signal as reference signals for immunity test of sound and television broadcast receiver. In this paper, the effects of interference noises of AM and CDMA are compared with those of GSM and LTE, and the improvement of reference signal for national immunity test of sound systems is suggested. It is recommended to delete the CDMA modulation signal from reference signals for immunity test because it hardly cause interference noise with sound systems. On the other hand, it is desirable to select the modulation signal of LTE instead of CDMA as a reference signal for immunity test of sound system and television broadcast receiver because many people use the LTE service and it is analysed that the LTE signal causes considerable interference noises.

The Evaluation of Sasang Constitution with Use of Health Examination Data in Workplace (산업장내(産業場內) 건강검진(建康檢診) 자료(資料)를 활용(活用)한 사상체질(四象體質)의 평가(評價))

  • Kwon So-Hui;Lee Ki-Nam
    • Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2002
  • The subjects were 420 workers who received oriental and western health examination both in the workplaces for 1 month. This study was planned for the reflection of western health examination results through evaluation of Sasang constitution with use of data from western health examination, and for the presentation of basic data applicable to constitutional medicine with preventive medicine. Data that were collected in field research were analyzed into frequencies, One-Way ANOVA, Chi-square testing by the study purposes, and the research results were as follows: 1. The distribution of Sasang constitution in 420 subjects was Taeumin > Soumin > Soyangin, and the general characteristics of subject by Sasang constitution were no significant difference. 2. For the measured values for body by the subject of Sasang constitution, Taeumin had higher value for height, body weight, systolic and diastolic blood pressure than other 2 constitutions. Soumin had the lowest values in average for all items, and on the other hand, Soyangin had high pulse pressure compared to other constitutions. It was significant difference between constitutions. 3. For the hematological average, Taeumin had high average for FBS, Total-C, GPT, and Taeumin ,and Soyangin had high in Hb compared to Soumin. Soyangin had the highest average for ${\gamma}-GPT$, and there were significant differences between FBS, Total-C, Hb, GPT, ${\gamma}-GTP$, excepting for GOT. 4. For the result of health examination by the Sasang constitution of subject, Taeumin showed the highest percentage in the items of obesity, primary care, secondary suspicion, and showed significant difference by the constitution. For the distribution of the past disease history by the health examination result of Sasang constitution, Taeumin and Soumin had high prevalence rate for hypertension, liver disease, and Soyangin had high prevalence rate for liver disease, hypertension. For the requirement of lifestyle improvement to the subject, the highest requirements by the Sasang constitution were physical exercise for Soumin, regulation of body weight for Taeumin, and it showed significant difference. For the requirement of primary care by the constitution, the highest requiremetns were obesity control for Taeumin, blood pressure control for Soumin, Soyangin, and liver suspicion was the highest distribution for each constitution in the case of having decision for secondary suspicion.

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Effect of cassia cinnamon intake on improvement of the glycemic response: An updated meta-analysis - Focus on preparation of dehydrated powder and water extract (계피의 혈당 개선 기능성 평가 : 메타분석 - 건조분말과 물추출물을 중심으로)

  • Kwak, Jin Sook;Park, Min young;Kwon, Oran
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.50 no.5
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    • pp.437-446
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effect of cassia cinnamon (Cinnamomum. cassia and C. aromaticum) on the glycemic response with a focus on the preparation of dehydrated powder and water extract. Methods: We searched Pubmed, Cochrane, EMBASE, Science Direct, and the Korean Studies Information Service System (KISS) through May 2017. In the meta-analysis for the preparation of powder, eight trials reporting fasting blood glucose (FBG), four trials reporting HbA1c, and three trials reporting the postprandial glycemic response were included. For the water extract, six trials reporting FBG and four trials reporting HbA1c were eligible for this study. A random-effects model was used to calculate the pooled effect size. Results: Cassia cinnamon powder intake significantly lowered FBG by -1.55 mmol/L (95% CI, -2.45, -0.64; p = 0.001) and the AUC of postprandial blood glucose level by $-51.8mmol/L{\cdot}min$ (95% CI, -85.5, -18.1; p = 0.003). There was a significant difference in FBG between water extract of cinnamon and placebo of -0.76 mmol/L (95% CI, -1.09, -0.43; p = 0.000). However, blood HbA1c level was not significantly altered by any preparation of cinnamon. No statistical heterogeneity was observed for any analysis except in the case of FBG for cinnamon powder. Results of funnel plots and Egger's regression suggest a low likelihood of publication bias in all biomarkers (p > 0.05). Conclusion: According to this meta-analysis, there was possible evidence to support a relationship between cassia cinnamon intake and fasting glucose in both preparation of powder and water extract. Furthermore, new evidence of the health benefits on postprandial glucose regulation of cinnamon powder was obtained.

An Empirical Review of Korean Perception for Technological Risks (한국인의 위험인지에 대한 경험적 분석)

  • Chung, Ik-Jae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.91-97
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    • 2007
  • A survey of risk perception in Korea was conducted in 2001 with a special emphasis on industrial and technological risks. This article summarizes the characteristics of risk perception in consideration of socio-demographic background of respondents. The survey with sample size of 1,870 evaluates the perceived level of 25 risk items in the areas of transportation, chemicals, environment, industry, and nuclear power generation. Risks are categorized by using factor analysis to clarify attitudinal or behavioral properties of risk perception. Research findings show that the level of perceived risk does not correspond to the statistical level. Socio-demographic variables are significant predictors in explaining risk perception, or the discrepancies between "subjective" and "objective" risks. Effective risk communication can reduce the perceptional discrepancies, improve the awareness of technological risks, and ultimately facilitate the process of making and implementing policies for risk management and safety regulation. This article tries to provides policy guidelines for "Who is the target for risk communication" and "Which risk has the policy priority for safety improvement." Married females at the age of 30s and 40s with lower education and lower income in small cities are more vulnerable to risk misperception than other groups. More information and knowledge regarding unfamiliar, intangible, new technological risks should be delivered to the vulnerable groups for reducing perceptional bias. Society-wide safety can be improved by integrating policy, human, and social factors as well as techno-engineering advances.

Effect on the Fuel Economy by Gradient in Automobile Driveway (자동차 전용도로에서 경사가 연비에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Seong-Cheol;Oh, Tae-Il
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.12 no.7
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    • pp.2925-2930
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    • 2011
  • A vehicle fuel economy is very important issue in the view of fuel cost and environmental regulation. The fuel economy is much improved according to the development of electric, electronic and mechanical technology, but up to now the measurement of it tests the given mode(LA-4, FTP-75, etc) within computer simulation program and engine dynamometer. This fuel economy is different with it of real road. The one of main reason is not considered the gradient of the road. To estimate the effects of fuel economy at highway with gradient in this paper, we measure the amount of fuel consumption and calculate the fuel economy of it with running the Youngdong highway with high gradient. Also this paper analysis and compares the fuel economy with gradient and without gradient when the vehicle runs the same driveway. Then we calculate the total energy created the difference of fuel consumption amount of the two cases and calculate the consumpted energy by tire driving force from the torque and power of engine in the simulation. This paper verifies the relation of the driving force and the total energy by creating the difference of fuel consumption amount. This paper also proposes the method of fuel economy improvement despite of gradient at the result.

Research on the Actual Condition of Working Conditions in the Small and Medium Clinics (중소 병.의원 근무환경 실태조사)

  • Cheol, Kweon-Dae;Mi, Jang-Myeong;Hei, Jang-Yun;Mo, Chung-Kyung;Sin, Kwak-Choong
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.55-65
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    • 2005
  • Research of actual condition of working conditions in the small and clinics, in the Seoul metropolitan city and Kyeonggido province. With the health care environmental change such as a rapid increase of the elderly people, rapid increase of health promotion needs, it is necessary to analyse and identity of the actual condition of working conditions for present and new radiological technologist. Research of general characteristics for the present radiological technologist. To research of the status employment, business scope, pay, working conditions, radiation safety management, equipment, and category association. Defining the problems of related working conditions, radiation safety management for the comprehensive methods to promote the rights the radiological technologist. A proposal for establishment legislature and system of the actual condition in the hospital for radiological technologist. Estimation for the demand and supply numbers of present radiological technologist and improvement of employment relations. Improved and refined scope business and duty regulation related to radiological technologist. Application for the establishment and development of promotion rights to utilize as basic data in a legislative and system frame of reference to implement the radiological technologist.

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