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Helmet and Mask Classification for Personnel Safety Using a Deep Learning (딥러닝 기반 직원 안전용 헬멧과 마스크 분류)

  • Shokhrukh, Bibalaev;Kim, Kang-Chul
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.473-482
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    • 2022
  • Wearing a mask is also necessary to limit the risk of infection in today's era of COVID-19 and wearing a helmet is inevitable for the safety of personnel who works in a dangerous working environment such as construction sites. This paper proposes an effective deep learning model, HelmetMask-Net, to classify both Helmet and Mask. The proposed HelmetMask-Net is based on CNN which consists of data processing, convolution layers, max pooling layers and fully connected layers with four output classifications, and 4 classes for Helmet, Mask, Helmet & Mask, and no Helmet & no Mask are classified. The proposed HelmatMask-Net has been chosen with 2 convolutional layers and AdaGrad optimizer by various simulations for accuracy, optimizer and the number of hyperparameters. Simulation results show the accuracy of 99% and the best performance compared to other models. The results of this paper would enhance the safety of personnel in this era of COVID-19.

Studying Life Zone Determination and Classification of South Korea for Providing and Operating Living SOC Facilities in the Post-COVID-19 Era (코로나-19 이후 시대에 생활SOC 시설의 설치·운영을 위한 우리나라 생활권의 설정과 유형 구분 연구)

  • Heejae Kim;Geunyoung Kim
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.448-461
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    • 2024
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to establish a life zone class suitable for Korean characteristics in the post-COVID-19 era and to classify the types for the installation and operation of living SOC facilities. Method: The concept of the life zone was established through policies and previous studies related to the life zone, and data in various fields such as population, employment, transportation, economy, and education were classified using the z-score technique. Result: Korea's life zones can be classified into metropolitan life zones, regional life zones, urban life zones, village life zones, and neighborhood life zones, and depending on their roles, they can be classified into central life zones, workplace-residential balanced life zones, residential life zones, industrial life zones, and low-density life zones. Conclusion: The results of this study show that proper life zone establishment and proper living SOC supply can prevent the decline of underdeveloped areas and contribute to balanced regional development

Role of Peptides in Antiviral (COVID-19) Therapy

  • Chelliah, Ramachandran;Daliri, Eric Banan-Mwine;Elahi, Fazle;Yeon, Su-Jung;Tyagi, Akanksha;Park, Chae Rin;Kim, Eun Ji;Jo, kyoung Hee;Oh, Deog-Hwan
    • Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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    • v.36 no.5
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    • pp.363-375
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    • 2021
  • Trends in the developing era to discover and design peptide-based treatments throughout an epidemic infection scenario such as COVID-19 could progress into a more efficient and low-cost therapeutic environment. However, the weakening of proteolysis is one downside of natural peptide drugs. But, peptidomimetics may help resolve this issue. In this review, peptide and peptide-based drug discovery were summarized to target one key entry mechanism of severe coronavirus pulmonary emboli syndrome (SARS-CoV-2), which encompasses the association of the host angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) receptor and viral spike (S) protein. Furthermore, the benefits of proteins, peptides and other possible actions that have been studied for COVID-19 through new peptide-based treatments are discussed in the review. Lastly, an overview of the peptide-based drug therapy environment is comprised of an evolutionary viewpoint, structural properties, operational thresholds, and an explanation of the therapeutic area.

The Influence of Growth Mindset and Professor Support on School Life Adjustment of Nursing College Freshman in the Era of COVID-19 (코로나19 시대 간호대학 신입생의 성장마인드셋과 교수지지가 학교생활적응에 미치는 영향)

  • Woo-Young Chae
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.39 no.6
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    • pp.802-811
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study is to confirm the relationship between growth mindset, professor support and school life adjustment of nursing college freshman in the era of COVID-19, and to understand the effect on school life adjustment. The subjects of this study were 248 nursing college freshman located in G Metropolitan City, and data collection was conducted from October 4 to October 31, 2022. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis using the SPSS/WIN 28.0 program. As a result of the study, school life adjustment had a significant positive correlation with growth mindset(r=.51, p<.000) and professor support(r=.54, p<.000). Factors affectiong school life adjustment of nursing college freshman were professor support(β=.38, p<.001), subjects who answered very satisfied in major satisfaction(β=.31, p<.001), growth mindset(β=.26, p<.001), subjects who answered satisfied in major satisfaction(β=.16, p=.015), and female students(β=.14, p=.005), which explained 44.0% of variance. The results of this study will be usefully used to develop strategies to improve the school life adjustment of nursing college freshman. In the future, a follow-up study that can expand the subjects and explain the school life adjustment of nursing college freshman is suggested.

A Study on the Current Situation of Musical Performance in the COVID-19 Era and Its Direction (코로나19에 의한 뮤지컬 공연현황과 방향성에 관한 연구)

  • Bae, Hye-Ryung;Shin, Jong-Chul
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.372-390
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    • 2021
  • The objective of this study is to understand the current status of damage to Korean musical caused by the COVID-19, and also to seek for the coping measures and development direction in the post-Corona era. Thus, to understand the current status of damage, this study mainly researched the contents of NAVER TV musical performance transmitted for three years from March 2018 to February 2021 for analyzing the online performance and performance statistical data of Performing Arts Box Office Information System. As a result, this study could find a hypothesis and grounds to simultaneously verify and draw the positive and negative sides, pessimistic implications, and optimistic possibility. First, the performing arts would be multilaterally expanded after being divided into offline performance and online performance. Second, the utilization of online performance could narrow the gap(polarization) between capital area and non-capital area. Third, it is urgently needed to develop a win-win model for the establishment of a new musical market. Fourth, the performers' copyrights should be fairly protected. Fifth, the visualization requires the Korean-style support foundation and talent equipped with convergent thinking and knowledge. In such temporal changes from offline performance to online performance, there should be more sophisticated qualitative and quantitative growth in musical market.

Investigating Topics of Incivility Related to COVID-19 on Twitter: Analysis of Targets and Keywords of Hate Speech (트위터에서의 COVID-19와 관련된 반시민성 주제 탐색: 혐오 대상 및 키워드 분석)

  • Kim, Kyuli;Oh, Chanhee;Zhu, Yongjun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.331-350
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    • 2022
  • This study aims to understand topics of incivility related to COVID-19 from analyzing Twitter posts including COVID-19-related hate speech. To achieve the goal, a total of 63,802 tweets that were created between December 1st, 2019, and August 31st, 2021, covering three targets of hate speech including region and public facilities, groups of people, and religion were analyzed. Frequency analysis, dynamic topic modeling, and keyword co-occurrence network analysis were used to explore topics and keywords. 1) Results of frequency analysis revealed that hate against regions and public facilities showed a relatively increasing trend while hate against specific groups of people and religion showed a relatively decreasing trend. 2) Results of dynamic topic modeling analysis showed keywords of each of the three targets of hate speech. Keywords of the region and public facilities included "Daegu, Gyeongbuk local hate", "interregional hate", and "public facility hate"; groups of people included "China hate", "virus spreaders", and "outdoor activity sanctions"; and religion included "Shincheonji", "Christianity", "religious infection", "refusal of quarantine", and "places visited by confirmed cases". 3) Similarly, results of keyword co-occurrence network analysis revealed keywords of three targets: region and public facilities (Corona, Daegu, confirmed cases, Shincheonji, Gyeongbuk, region); specific groups of people (Coronavirus, Wuhan pneumonia, Wuhan, China, Chinese, People, Entry, Banned); and religion (Corona, Church, Daegu, confirmed cases, infection). This study attempted to grasp the public's anti-citizenship public opinion related to COVID-19 by identifying domestic COVID-19 hate targets and keywords using social media. In particular, it is meaningful to grasp public opinion on incivility topics and hate emotions expressed on social media using data mining techniques for hate-related to COVID-19, which has not been attempted in previous studies. In addition, the results of this study suggest practical implications in that they can be based on basic data for contributing to the establishment of systems and policies for cultural communication measures in preparation for the post-COVID-19 era.

The European Paradigm of Health Investment: Focusing on the Model and Policy Content, and Their Transformation (유럽의 건강투자 패러다임: 모델과 정책 콘텐츠 및 그것의 전환을 중심으로)

  • Park, Seung-Min
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.22 no.10
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    • pp.83-92
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this research is to analyze the European paradigm of health investment and its implication. Conventional content analysis of WHO/EU(/EC)/European countries' policy data, and articles shows that the European paradigm of health investment is consist of the basic and extended models, twelve life-course-based health investment policies, and SROI evaluation method. The analyses and discussion points provide policy implications for making virtuous cycle of Korean sustainable healthcare system with economic development in the post Covid-19 era.

A Study on the Actual Wearing Status of Health Masks - Focusing on College Students in Their 20s - (보건용 마스크의 착용실태에 관한 연구 - 20대 대학생을 중심으로 - )

  • Hayoung Song;Kyong-Hwa Yi
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.52-69
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    • 2023
  • Based on five types of health KF masks currently being commercialized, this study analyzed results of a survey of 316 male and female college students with experience in wearing health masks in Seoul metropolitan area. By identifying problems and improvement requirements according to current status of wearing health masks, results of this study could be used as basic data for designing ergonomic health mask with improved ease of wearing and satisfaction for human safety protection in the future. SPSS 26.0 statistical program was used for all data analyses, including post-hoc test, χ2 test for cross-analysis, frequency analysis, independent samples t-test, ANOVA, and Duncan test. Considering that masks are worn for more than 8 hours a day on average, it is necessary to design masks considering materials, sizes of mask ear straps, elasticity and thickness of straps. The design should minimize contact with lips and cheeks with improved fit and comfort, blocking performance, and aesthetics. According to this survey, nearly 50% of respondents said they were willing to wear masks even after the end of COVID-19. Thus, it is necessary to perform research and improve masks to have excellent colors, designs, shapes, fit, and functions suitable for both pandemic and post-pandemic era when wearing masks is common.

Empirical Research on the Causal Effect of Implementation of "With-COVID19" Policy on the Viewer Engagement of Online Fitness Contents (위드코로나 정책이 온라인 피트니스 콘텐츠의 시청자 참여도에 미치는 영향에 대한 실증 연구)

  • Byoung-Hyuk Ahn;Jiye Baek
    • Information Systems Review
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.1-25
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    • 2023
  • The online fitness industry has experienced rapid growth in recent years, overcoming physical constraints of conventional fitness programs. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the trend as social distancing policies were implemented. However, as financial distress of offline gyms worsened, the Korean government implemented the "With-COVID19" policy, which lifted most of the restrictions and regulations on offline gyms, on November 1st, 2021, raising concerns about the loss of drivers for the growth of the online fitness industry. Using regression discontinuity design in time (RDDiT), this study investigates the causal effect of the "With-COVID19" policy on the viewer engagement of online fitness content. Contrary to expectations that viewer engagement would decrease, it increased by 21%. Additionally, subgroup analysis based on opportunity cost reveals heterogeneity, and the high-cost group experienced a greater increase of 32% compared to low-cost group. Based on these findings, the study provides possible mechanisms of the increase, theoretical contributions on using RDDiT in the Information Systems, and practical implications for guidelines on managing online fitness platforms and content in the era of digital transformation.

Types of perception toward non-face-to-face clinical practice among nursing students (간호대학생의 비대면 임상실습에 대한 인식 유형)

  • Kim, Geun Myun;Chang, Soo Jung;Kim, Jeong Ah
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.247-262
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: This study aimed to identify the types of perception toward non-face-to-face clinical practice and to characterize the types of students who experienced online clinical practice during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: Q-methodology was used in this study, and 270 Q populations were formed based on in-depth interviews with 10 nursing students who had experienced non-face-to-face clinical practice, as well as related literature. Interviews were performed from August 1 to 31, 2022. A total of 42 Q samples were extracted, and Q sorting was performed on 33 nursing students who had experienced non-face-to-face clinical practice. A Q factor analysis was performed using the PC-QUANL program. Results: The nursing students' perceptions of non-face-to-face clinical practice were classified into the following five types: "future professional competency-focused type," "realistic convenience priority type," "task burden awareness type," "negative critic type," and "limited experience dissatisfaction type." Conclusion: This study revealed non-face-to-face clinical practice's positive and negative aspects in nursing education. Moreover, it identified the aspects of clinical practice that cannot be replaced by non-face-to-face clinical practice and the elements of non-face-to-face practice that can complement clinical practice. These findings can be used as fundamental data to establish a stable and efficient system for improving the quality of clinical practice in the post-COVID-19 era and to implement effective non-face-to-face clinical practice according to student types.