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Perspective on the Development of the Cooperation Group Standards of Acupuncture Needles for Single Use in Korea (일회용침 단체표준의 개발과 향후 전망)

  • Jang, In-Soo;Kim, Jang-Hyun;Park, Jae-Hyun;Park, Jong-Bae;Park, Hi-Joon;Seo, Jung-Chul;Song, Ho-Seop;Lee, In-Hwan;Lee, Hyang-Soo;Choi, Seon-Mi;Han, Chang-Ho;Koo, Sung-Tae
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.27 no.3 s.67
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    • pp.222-226
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    • 2006
  • Objective: The aim of this study was to introduce newly developed cooperation group standards of acupuncture needles for single use and to make a contribution to the future development of Korean Industrial Standards (KS) of acupuncture needles for single use. Results and Conclusion: Quality assurance and quality control with high safety profile is one of the most critical issues in medical device manufacturing. Up to now, proper attention has not been paid to this issue with respect to acupuncture needles for single use and their related devices. We, therefore, organized a committee to make guidelines to produce an acupuncture needle with high quality and safety. In the committee, we reviewed the topic from an historical viewpoint, and investigated the current situation of the standardization of acupuncture needles in other developed countries. Finally, we developed the cooperation group standards in advance of development of KS on the acupuncture needles for single use. The standards are composed of 12 sections describing: Scope, Normative references, Definitions, Materials, Configuration, Appearance and Cleanliness, Quality, Sterilization and Safety, Processing of Surface and Coating Material, Test, Packaging, and Labeling. We hope that the standards would be useful guidelines to produce high quality acupuncture needles and play an important role in the development of KS in the future.

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ESL Standards: Goal of English education for the integration of language and academic area (ESL Standards: 언어와 학문영역의 통합을 위한 영어교육 목표)

  • Lee, Jong-Bok
    • English Language & Literature Teaching
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.243-261
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study is to introduce Korean teachers and researchers ESL standards for TESOL students developed by TESOL association in 1997. The standards were designed to be useful for teachers and other educators who want to incorporate them in their educational programs for ESOL students in mainly the USA. These standards are important because they articulate the English language development needs of ESL learners and provide directions to educators on how to fulfill the needs of ESL students. Also. they emphasize the major role of language in the attainment of other content area standards. In this paper the author introduced not only the theoretical backgrounds. construct. meaning of the standards, and the ways of implementation but also their lessons to our Korean situation.

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A NEW AGE IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION IN THE U.S.: INTERPRETING THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS FOR MATHEMATICS

  • Noh, Jihwa;Huh, Nan;Ko, Ho-Kyoung
    • Korean Journal of Mathematics
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.493-505
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    • 2012
  • For the first time ever in its history, the United States has a national version for K-12 mathematics programs, the Com-mon Core State Standards for Mathematics. Since its final version appeared in 2010 in the United States, the Common Core State Standards have started getting much attention from the Korean mathematics and mathematics education communities. Although attempts have been made to translate the original text of the stan-dards, the information such as the paradigm shift that led to the development of the standards, design principles and a comparison with the NCTM Standards would aid understating the standards in the intended way and avoiding unnecessary confusion.

The Relationship between Industrial Standards Acquisition and the Technological Development of Korean Enterprises (우리나라 기업의 산업표준 획득과 기술개발과의 관계)

  • 이달환;허현회
    • Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.74-89
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this study is to identify in two aspects the relationship between standardization activities and technological development at the firm level. The first aspect is to analyze the relationship between the current Korean industrial standards system and the firm's technological development vis-a-vis quality standards. The analysis reveals that even if Korean firms recognize the importance of standards, the level of product quality of the KS mark is still lower compared to the average world level. The survey also reveals that the reasons for acquiring ISO and KS marks are mainly aimed at enforcing company image and increasing quality management mind, rather than to foster technological innovation. The second aspect explores how much Korean industrial standards (KS marks) affect the firm's technological development in the Process of standards acquisition activities. The survey results show that standardization activities have a less positive impact on technological innovation than on the maintenance of consistent production works.

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The Economic Impact of Multiple Standards in Information Communications & Technology

  • Kim, Bum-Hoan
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.20-25
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    • 2007
  • Standards impact the economy in various ways. Moreover, intense competition exists between a variety of standards in this era of globalization. This paper quantifies the economic effect of multiple standards in the Information Communications and Technology (ICT) sector. Thus, it identifies and specifies which standard applies when economic gains exist. A model is developed which quantifies the magnitude of the economic effect of multiple standards as compared with a single standard or no standard. The model allows for both the micro- and macroeconomic gains from standardization to be quantified. Preliminary estimates indicate that at the macro level the multiple standards multiplier is approximately three. That is for every dollar invested, the gain is on the order of three dollars. Although not as robust. preliminary results indicated a similar economic gain at the micro level Overall, multiple standards dominate a single standard. This paper applies the model to IMT-2000, an example of multiple standards, to demonstrate this approach to quantify the standards economic effect.

Environmental Standards for Beneficial Uses of Dredged Materials (준설토 활용과 환경기준)

  • Yoon, Gil-Lim;Lee, Chan-Won;Jeong, Woo-Seob
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.247-258
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    • 2008
  • Environmental standards for beneficial uses of dredged materials are proposed. Even though chemical analysis of ocean sediments are carried out frequently, their analyses results were not interrelated with the effects of biological lives due to a shortage of biological data. These facts have resulted in difficulty to develope Korean's standards of recycling dredged materials. This paper first searched existing current foreign standards, analyzed local contaminated ocean sediment data, identified their main chemical components of contaminants, and then compared with clean-up standards of sediments consisting of lower and higher levels. From these analysis, new environmental standards considering Korean domestic circumstances are proposed. It is judged that new standards are appropriate to both Korean national sedimental environments and economically recycling aspects because environmental standard levels proposed are higher than background levels of sediments in Korean and foreign standards.

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Comparative analysis of technical standards schemes for each countries (국내외 기술기준 체계의 비교분석 연구)

  • 조평동
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.45-58
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    • 2000
  • Technical standards is directives for managing telecommunication network and also designing objectives for telecommunication network. The scope of technical standards varies from network environment of each countries but most countries compelled to observe the specified matters in technical standards. Generally, technical standards are the items extracted from national standards that must be followed by network providers. Technical standards is so very important to consist user's right and network operation that it is usually handled by national levels. In this paper, we analyze current status of technical standards for other countries and suggest some expected directions of technical standards schemes for domestic network.

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