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An Analysis on Gap of the Ability to Utilize Information Between In-service and Pre-service Teachers (현직교원과 예비교사간의 정보활용능력 격차 분석)

  • Kim, Hyung-Jin;Nam, Young-Ho
    • The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.43-52
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    • 2012
  • The ability to utilize information of learner can do self-directed learning that increases creativity of learner. But in the middle and high schools, if 2009 revision curriculum has to be enforce, the education of information knowledge and literacy is expected to leave the education undone at schools. Therefore the ability of leaners must develop through teaching in all subjects, and so the ability of teachers in the class is very important. We examined the actual conditions about the ability of pre-service and in-service teachers, and analyzed the gap of the ability between in-service and pre-service teachers. The indexes of total ability of in-service and pre-service teachers are shown to be 74.4 points and 50.5 points out of 100. The ability of pre-service teachers is on the level about 68-percent as compared with the ability of in-service teachers. Therefor the education offices of cities and provinces and the teacher training institutes must establish for improvement of the ability of pre-service teachers.

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The Production of Vinegar Using Citron(Citrus junos Seib) Juice (유자과즙을 이용한 식초제조)

  • 김용택;서권일;정용진;이용수;심기환
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.301-307
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    • 1997
  • To enhance the utility value of citron, vinegars were made of citron juice, their properities were investigated, the results are as following. Optimum bacteria was Acetobacter sp. PA 97 for the citron vinegar fermentation, optimum temperature, initial acidity and alcohol concentration were 3$0^{\circ}C$, 1.5% and 8%, respectively. The lower citron juice was added, the more citric acid was produced, the acidity of sample added sub-nutrition source was higher than that of sample no added. In samples added citron juice of 10, 20 and 30%, and sub-nutrition source, total acidity were 5.42, 5.36 and 5.04%, pure acetic acid yields were 52.69, 45.25 and 35.10%, respectively. Remained alcohol of sample no added sub-nutrition source was more than that of added. In the sensory test, the most suitable concentration of citron juice for vinegar fermentation was 30%.

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Cost-Effectiveness of Denosumab for Post-Menopausal Osteoporosis in South Korea (폐경기 골다공증 환자에서 데노수맙 사용에 대한 비용-효과 분석)

  • Bae, Green;Kwon, Hye-Young
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.131-137
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    • 2018
  • Background: In South Korea, 22.3% of women ${\geq}50years$ of age and 37% of women ${\geq}70years$ of age visit the doctor to obtain treatment for osteoporosis. According to the analysis of the National Health Insurance Services claim data between 2008 and 2012, the number and incidence of hip and vertebral fractures increased during the same period. Denosumab, a newly marketed medicine in Korea, is the first RANK inhibitor. Methods: A cost-utility analysis was conducted from a societal perspective to prove the superiority of denosumab to alendronate. A Markov cohort model was used to investigate the cost-effectiveness of denosumab. A 6-month cycle length was used in the model, and all patients were individually followed up through the model, from their age at treatment initiation to their time of death or until 100 years of age. The model consisted of eight health states: well; hip fracture; vertebral fracture; wrist fracture; other osteoporotic fracture; post-hip fracture; post-vertebral fracture; and dead. All patients began in the well-health state. In this model, 5% discounted rate, two-year maximum offset time, and persistence were adopted. Results: The total lifetime costs for alendronate and denosumab were USD 5,587 and USD 6,534, respectively. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for denosumab versus alendronate was USD 20,600/QALY. Given the ICER threshold in Korea, the results indicated that denosumab was remarkably superior to alendronate. Conclusion: Denosumab is a cost-effective alternative to the oral anti-osteoporotic treatment, alendronate, in South Korea.

An Exploratory Study of Electrochemical Skin Conductance for the Deficiency Pattern Identification in Diabetic Patients (당뇨병 환자의 허증별 전기전도도 특성에 대한 탐색적 관찰 연구)

  • Kim, Kahye;Kim, Jihye;Kim, Jaeuk U.
    • The Journal of the Society of Korean Medicine Diagnostics
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.57-67
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    • 2018
  • Objectives The objective of this study is to examine the interpretability of the questionnaire-based pattern identification in terms of biosignals. For this purpose, we investigate the relationship between electrochemical skin conductance (ESC) and Qi-Blood-Yin-Yang Deficiency Questionnaire (QBYY-Q) in diabetic patients. Methods A total of 40 patients with diabetes mellitus answered the QBYY-Q and their ESC were measured by SUDOSCAN device (a diabetes screening device, France). To analyze the relationship between QBYY-Q and ESC, ANOVA analysis and Scheffe test were performed and Pearson correlation coefficients were obtained. Results Of the 40 diabetic patients, 23 (57.5%) were males and 17 (42.5%) were females. According to the QBYY-Q, 9 patients were classified into Qi deficiency pattern (QD), 9 patients were Blood deficiency pattern (BD), 10 patients were Yin deficiency pattern (YiD) and 12 patients were Yang deficiency pattern (YaD). Demographic information (age, body mass index, duration of illness, etc.), signs of vitality (blood pressure, body temperature, etc.), fasting plasma glucose and glycated hemoglobin were not significantly different in each deficiency pattern. The ESC of the right leg was significantly lower in the BD group compared to the YiD group (p<0.022). Pearson's correlation coefficient was negatively correlated with the BD questionnaire score (r=-0.343, p <0.05). Finally, ESC showed a positive correlation with hemoglobin and erythrocyte levels in all limbs (r=0.483, p<0.01). Conclusions We showed that ESC could be used to classify the Deficiency pattern identifications in diabetic patients. Especially, the ESC was significantly lower in the BD group and was negatively correlated with the BD scores. It implies the potential utility of the ESC to understand the BD in terms of modern biosignals.

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Design of an Off Grid type High efficiency Solar charging system Using MATLAB/Simulink (MATLAB/Simulink를 이용한 오프그리드형 고효율 태양광 충전 시스템 설계)

  • Gebreslassie, Maru Mihret;kim, Min;Byun, Gi-sig;Kim, Gwan-hyung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2017.05a
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    • pp.735-737
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    • 2017
  • An Off grid or remote solar electric systems are an energy supply to our home or to our companies without the utility of Grid at all. Off grid solar systems are very important for those who live in remote locations especially for developing countries where getting the electric grid is extremely expensive, inconvenient or for those who doesn't need to pay a monthly bill with the electric bill in general. The main critical components of any solar power system or renewable energy harvesting systems are the energy storage systems and its charge controller system. Energy storage systems are the essential integral part of a solar energy harvesting system and in general for all renewable energy harvesting systems. To provide an optimal solution of both high power density and high energy density at the same time we have to use hybrid energy storage systems (HESS), that combine two or more energy storage technologies with complementary characteristics. In this present work, design and simulation we use two storage systems supercapacitor for high power density and lithium based battery for high energy density. Here the system incorporates fast-response supercapacitors to provide power to manage solar smoothing and uses a battery for load shifting. On this paper discuss that the total energy throughout of the battery is much reduced and the typical thermal stresses caused by high discharge rate responses are mitigated by integrating supercapacitors with the battery storage system. In addition of the above discussion the off grid solar electric energy harvesting presented in this research paper includes battery and supercapacitor management system, MPPT (maximum power point tracking) system and back/boost convertors. On this present work the entire model of off grid electric energy harvesting system and all other functional blocks of that system is implemented in MATLAB Simulink.

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A Study on the Architectural Design for Nammyun Rural Pilot School Project (남면지역(南面地域) 농어촌(農魚村) 현대화(現代化) 시범학교(始範學校) 종합시설(宗合施設) 기본계획(基本計劃) 연구(硏究))

  • Yim, Chang-Bok;Choi, Byung-Kwan;Park, Young-Sook
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.24-40
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this study is planning a representative model of a modernized school with rearrangement of existing two primary schools(Nammyun and Namjin) and a middle school(Seonam) in Nammyun distric. Nammyun district, which is adjacent to Tae-an national ocean park, is the Place where gas a natural advantage. However, in the result of the rural exodus follwed by industrialization, the population in this province are decreased rapidly and it still be on the process of the rural exodus. Hence, the total number of students, each school is under 100 at the moment and the number will be less in the future. Under this consequences, the rearrangement of these school is inevitable. For the new modernized school plan Narnmyun district, estimate the scale of school on the basis of decreased number of students, the analysis the 7th education plan and the questionnaire and face-to-face interview investigation, which is a resident-orented investigation, were carried out preferentially. The major research contents are as follows; o Expansion of schools facility and space for operating the 7th education plan(classified level schools level and subject-based class school plan) o Over-all improvement of educational environment to take all-out advantages of school, social and home education. o The school which can take a part of an educational center of a rural community in schools off-time-after school and summer and winter vocation. o The school which is related to the local cultural, sports and entertainment utility, On the basis of this research, the basic concept and purpose of a new school model model plan in Nammyun will be established and the new school plan represented for the result of this research.

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Identification and importance analysis of hazards affecting the stability of TBM tunnelling works (TBM 터널 굴착 안정성에 영향을 미치는 위험요소 도출 및 중요도 결정)

  • Seong, Joo-Hyun;Youn, Jun-Ung
    • Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.973-984
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    • 2017
  • There is a growing need to apply TBM tunnelling method for the construction of underground facilities such as subways and utility tunnels in urban areas. Due to the variability and uncertainty of the ground, tunnelling in urban areas has various safety hazards which could cause damage to people and properties and it is very costly to recover from accidents. Therefore, it is very important to identify hazards from the planning and design phase and to establish risk mitigation measures. In this study, a total of 31 hazards affecting the stability of TBM tunnelling works in urban areas were listed from both the technical literature and correspondence with experts in tunnelling area. The importance and priorities of the hazards were analyzed by conducting Delphi technique, which is a decision-making method by consensus among experts. Finally, 12 hazards that satisfy the content validity criteria were settled and could be used as major control factors for accident prevention during TBM tunnelling works.

The Application of the Clinician Administered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Scale to Identify Combat Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (전투 관련 외상 후 스트레스 장애 진단에 있어서 임상가를 위한 외상 후 스트레스 장애 척도의 적용)

  • Kim, Hae Jung;Kim, Tae Yong;Choi, Jin Hee;So, Hyung Seok;Chung, Moon Yong;Kim, Dong Su;Bang, Yu Jin;Chung, Hae Gyung
    • Anxiety and mood
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.113-119
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    • 2012
  • Objective : The purpose of this study is to assess the utility of clinician administered posttraumatic stress disorder scale (CAPS) to diagnose combat related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Korean veterans of the Vietnam War. Methods : Sixty-one Korean male veterans of the Vietnam war participated in this study. We compared the diagnostic values of CAPS, Korean version of mini international neuropsychiatric interview (MINI) against the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) in diagnosing PTSD. Results : The overall internal consistency of CAPS was 0.93. Compared to the SCID, total severity 45 (TSEV45) showed the best results among 5 CAPS scoring rules. In detail, sensitivity was 71.4%, specificity was 85.1, positive predictive value was 58.8%, negative predictive value was 90.9%, and accuracy was 82.0. Conclusion : CAPS was demonstrated as a reliable tool to diagnose combat related PTSD in the elderly. The optimum CAPS scoring was TSEV45.

Clinical Utility of Liver Stiffness Measurements on Magnetic Resonance Elastrography in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Radiofrequency Ablation

  • Kim, Ji Eun;Lee, Jeong Min;Lee, Dong Ho;Chang, Won;Yoon, Jeong Hee;Han, Joon Goo
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.231-240
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: To determine whether liver stiffness (LS) measured by magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) can predict the outcome of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. Materials and Methods: A total of 107 patients with Child-Pugh class A liver function who were treated with RFA for single HCC and who had undergone a gradient-echo MRE within 6 months before RFA were included. We evaluated the relationship between the LS values and the ablation volume, local tumor progression (LTP), and intrahepatic distant recurrence (IDR). We also constructed receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves to examine the role of LS in predicting liver function deterioration, which was defined as an increase of Child-Pugh score by one point or more at 1 year after RFA. Results: There was no significant correlation between LS and ablation volume, and neither time to LTP nor IDR was associated with LS. Among the 66 patients who did not have recurrence 1 year after RFA, 5 patients (7.6%) developed liver function deterioration. A high LS value was significantly associated with development of liver function deterioration after RFA and the area under the ROC curve was 0.764 (95% CI 0.598-0.929, P = 0.003). Conclusion: LS measured by MRE could not predict ablation volume and tumor recurrence. However, high LS values were significantly associated with development of liver function deterioration.

Preparation Condition of Chitooligosaccharide by Cellulase using Response Surface Methodology (반응표면 분석법을 이용하여 Cellulase에 의한 키토산올리고당의 제조 조건 설정)

  • Joo Dong Sik;Lee Jung Suck;Kim Ok Seon;Cho Soon Yeoung
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.696-701
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    • 2002
  • Optimal conditions for preparing of chitooligosaccharides from chitosan with cellulase was researched by response surface methodo-logy, Penicillium funiculosum derived cellulase was most effective for chitooligosaccharides production as the point of hydrolyzing activity and commercial utility. The result which measures the change of degrading ratio at time course, 10 hr reaction showed a exponential increase and after that time degrading ratio was not changed. The optimal conditions determined by response surface methodology with central composite design of total 26 species were $0.5\%$ of chitosan, 143 U enzyme, 49$^{\circ}C$ of reaction temperature, 13.2 hr of reaction time and pH 3.8. Major chitooligosaccharides produced from chitiosan on optimal conditions were dimer and trimer.