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Effect of green tea intake on blood lipids, platelet aggregation, antioxidant and liver parameters in Jeju volunteer diving woman (제주지역 해녀의 녹차분말 섭취가 혈중 지질, 혈소판 응집성 및 항산화 효과에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Mi-Sook;Kang, Min-Sook;Ryou, Sung-Hee;Moon, Young-In;Kang, Jung-Sook
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.46 no.4
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    • pp.324-331
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    • 2013
  • We investigated dietary effects of green tea powder (GTP) on plasma lipids, platelet aggregation, hemolysis, plasma TBARS, and liver enzymes. Thirty one volunteer diving women living on Jeju island consumed 4 g green tea powder daily for a period of four weeks and data for the study subjects were analyzed on the basis of diagnostic criteria for blood pressure (BP)(${\geq}$ 140/90 mmHg), plasma total cholesterol (TC)(${\geq}$ 200 mg/dL), and triglyceride (TG)(${\geq}$ 150mg/dL). Subjects with high BP had significantly higher TC and TG than those with normal BP. Subjects with higher TC had higher TG, and those with higher TG had lower HDL cholesterol. Platelet aggregation in the initial slope was significantly higher in subjects with normal BP, normal TC, or normal TG than their counterparts in high BP, TC, and TG. HDL cholesterol after GTP intake increased only in subject groups with normal BP, normal TC, or normal TG, and plasma TG after GTP intake decreased only in groups with higher BP, higher TG, or higher TC. Plasma TC and TG in subjects with normal BP increased after GTP intake. GTP intake caused a decrease in the initial slope of platelet aggregation in all subject groups with little effect on maximum aggregation. Total bilirubin showed a significant increase and GOT increased in all subject groups after GTP intake. Beneficial effects of short term intake of green tea powder might differ depending on the subject conditions in terms of blood pressure, plasma lipids, and other cardiovascular conditions. However, with the hypolipidemic, antithrombotic, and antioxidant actions of its bioactive flavonoids, long term usage of GTP or brewed green tea may provide preventive effects against cardiovascular disease.

Verification of mediating effects of self-esteem in the relationship between level of participation in volunteering activity and mental health of adolescents (청소년의 봉사활동 참여정도와 정신건강과의 관계에서 자아존중감의 매개효과 검증)

  • Kim, Sang woo;Jang, Hye young
    • Journal of Korean Physical Therapy Science
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.46-56
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine whether the level of participation in physical activity affects the mental health of adolescents, that is, their subjective well-being. In addition, we would like to see if adolescents can improve their satisfaction with life away from the negative emotions they are currently feeling through physical activities such as hand-help and consolation activities and check if self-esteem has mediating effects in this process. Design: Survey. Methods: The survey was conducted by the surveyor, with a total of 9,041. Results: First, it shows that the higher frequency of adolescents' physical activity leads to higher self-esteem and subjective well-being. Second, it shows that the higher the self-esteem leads to higher subjective well-being felt by adolescents. Third, the level of youth physical activity itself contributes to subjective well-being while also affecting self-esteem, and the self-esteem also affects the subjective well-being that adolescents perceive. Conclusion: It will be necessary to provide programs to enhance subjective well-being for students with poor school life adaptation and satisfaction with life, as well as continuous attention such as organization and counseling of programs in schools to enhance self-esteem. In addition, it is considered that by encouraging and guiding teenagers with low satisfaction with life and low self-esteem to physical activities such as volunteer activities and leisure activities that suit their aptitude, and the adolescents will get away from the negative emotions they are currently feeling and increase their satisfaction with adaptation to school life and life.

Hospice Volunteer's Perception of Death (호스피스 자원 봉사자들의 죽음 인식에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Won-Hee;Lee, Young-Ja
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.101-108
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    • 1999
  • Purpose : The purpose of this study was to identify hospice volunteers' perception of the death. Methods : This study was conducted with 327 adults who registered for the hospice volunteer education program in Severance Hospice Center from 1996 through 1999. The 4-years data was collected through a self-reporting questionnaire constructed and revised by the authors. The questionnaire was classified into 5 categories. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS/W. Results : 1) Hospice volunteers were mostly female(93.9%) with an average age of 48 years. The majority(82.6%) of the participants were Protestant. 2) From the 4-years data over 90 percent of participants thought of death as a process of life and responded positively to these three items : 'Death is a temporary separation from family', 'I will die in peace', 'Faith in God results in a freedom from fear of death'. 3) Age were statistically relevant to the following items: 'I often read the obituaries in the newspaper', 'Dying is a tragedy', and 6 items were significantly related to religion: 'I rarely think of dying unexpectedly', 'Death is a temporary separation from family'. 'Dying is a tragedy', 'We have to do our best to prolong life by use of modem medical technology', 'I feel comfortable thinking of death and dying, 'Faith in God results in a freedom from fear of death'. The finding that religiosity was related to perception of death is consistent with other reports. And $40{\sim}50$ year old Protestant women had more positive perception of death than $20{\sim}30$ year old women. Conclusion : The findings indicated an importance of considering the age and religiosity when we educate the hospice volunteers. And that will be a important basic-data to develope program for hospice volunteers.

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Study on the Present Situation and Management of Free Meal Service for Elderly at Sungnam area (성남 지역의 노인을 위한 무료 급식시설의 급식 서어비스 현황 조사)

  • Lee, Young-Mee;Kim, Min-Kyung;Byun, Hee-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.87-96
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    • 1997
  • The purpose of this study is, to examine current foodservice management practices at free meal service organization for elderly people and, to evaluate the attitude of recipients about the service and their ecological background. 6 meal service center as well as randomly selected 120 recipients at Sungnam area were surveyed and interviewed and result were summarized as follow. The cost of each meal (lunch) was ranged from 1,300 won to 1,500 won and number of attendant at meal service were ranged from 50 to 200 persons. Meal time for lunch begins from 10:30 am to noon because greater portion of people (elderly) didn't take breakfast frequently. Most of the center adapted self-service system. Standard recipe was not developed and meal preparation was controlled under the experiences of volunteer’s. Recording system of, nutrition management, production control, storage and inventory control was not well adapted by most of the center. In order to measure the level of storage, sanitation etc., scorin system in survey was adapted in this study and result are as follow: The score of sanitation of kitchen was lower than dinning area and that of food storage was lowest score. It was suggested that not only financial but also systematical support on management by local government may be necessary to meet the goal of supply nutritionally balanced food at the center. The score given by the recipient on the satisfaction of meal service was rate as 4.8 at the 5-point maximum scale. Meeting friends and share social relationship was major reason (41.6% of the total) of visiting to the center. It is suggested that in order to meet the changes of the patterns of change of social and family structure, the service of the center should be extended in urban area and it is necessary to develop systematic management models for the center.

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Disaster Handling through Volunteering and Charitable Donation: The Roles of South Korean Telethon, Involvement, and Collective-Efficacy

  • Jin, Bumsub
    • Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.203-216
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    • 2014
  • This study examined whether South Koreans' philanthropic behaviors were related to the factors of two theoretical frameworks. From the involvement perspective, the study argued that three types of involvement with a telethon may be linked to volunteering and charitable donation behaviors. At the collective level, collective-efficacy may also be related to such behaviors. The study asked 279 South Koreans to respond to a Web survey that used convenience sampling. Results found that after controlling for demographics and past volunteer experiences, cognitive and behavioral involvement and collective-efficacy were positively related to volunteering behaviors, but affective involvement was not related. Moreover, only behavioral involvement and collective-efficacy were positively related to charitable donation. These results suggest that researchers and practitioners for volunteering resources need to use effective programs and contents for such behaviors in order to enhance involvement and level of collective-efficacy among community members in times of disaster.

Factors Influencing Educational Needs Assessment for Character Education (대학생들의 인성교육 요구 영향요인)

  • Lim, Kwang-Myeong;Park, Duk-Byeong;Lee, Shin-Young
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.375-385
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    • 2016
  • Since the discussion on solving some problems in modern socity began in the late 1990s, the interest in students' character education has increased. This study aims to identify the factors influencing educational needs assessment for character education in Korea. A self-administered survey was obtained from 318 students in a university. Three factors extracted from factor analysis were individual, interpersonal, social character factor. Results showed that the determinants influencing character educations are academic achievement and volunteer activities for individuals character, academic achievement and school activities in campus for interpersonal and social character educational factor. The findings should be of interest to practitioners to develop education programs for students.

The Development of Assistant Device for the Standing X-ray Views and Its Usability for the Patient Safety (환자의 안전을 위한 입식 X선 촬영 보조기구 개발 및 유용성 평가)

  • Gil, Jong Won;Kim, Yong Gwon
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.223-229
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    • 2015
  • In this study, We designed and implemented a assistant device for the standing X-ray views which is the one of the clinical X-ray imaging position. To evaluate the usability of the proposed assistant device, We choose 11 clinical patient postures that are used frequently and applied the postures to 5 volunteers. 11 images was taken from a volunteer for the patient postures. And we conducted a survey on safety and clinical usefulness, the 5 volunteers responded to the safety and 5 experts responded to the clinical usefulness. The survey results show that the volunteers feel more safe and the obtained images are very clear and clinically useful. The result for the image quality is 4.69 of 5(best) and safety is 2.84 of 3(best). It will be very profitable to both patients and hospitals by using the proposed assistant device.

A Study of the Development and Using of Teaching Materials for Biology in Japan (일본에 있어서의 생물교재의 개발과 활용에 관한 연구)

  • Park, In-Keun
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.45-59
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    • 1987
  • The purpose of the present study is to show the way to develop and use the teaching materials for biology in Japan. This study was mainly carried out in documents. The following suggestions should be taken in moderate consideration: 1. Private enterprises as well as the government make heavy investments and careful considerations for the promotion of the science education including biology education. 2. Among in-service teachers one or two volunteer(s) chosen for special training course managed by the local education center are cultivated as excellent teachers on the development and using of teaching materials through an intensive study and training for six months or twelve months. 3. Most research groups consist of specialists in every field and they carry out studying the development of teaching materials in biology.

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Upbringing System for the Future Farmers and the Roles of 4-H Center in the U.S.A. (미국의 후계농업인력 육성체계와 4-H센터의 역할)

  • Oh, Hae-Sub;Yoon, Jun-Sang;Choi, Chang-Wook
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2002
  • The objectives of this study were to explore to upbringing system for the future farmers of the 4-H Clubs, future farmers organization and the Center for 4-H in the USA to suggest some implications to 4-H programs in Korea. To train future leaders in agricultural and agri-business areas leaders in the United States felt the need to create various organizations such as 4-H Club, Future Farmers of America (FFA), Young Farmer Association (YFA), and cooperate each other. The members in future farmer's groups benefit from opportunities and involvement of farming and agri-related activities and contribute to improve their communities. One of them, the 4-H Club remains strong in the country covering young people as members and adult as volunteer leaders. Youth in 4-H learn by doing, and members find opportunities for leadership. 4-H members contribute to their family, community, and country in meaningful ways to make a difference. The Center for 4-H has provided a range of challenging opportunities around the arts, sciences, environment, technology, business, animals, foods, and health while always stressing leadership and citizenship for 4-H members. The Center has been supporting research, teaching, and outreach in community based non-formal youth development education. The Center is particularly interested in youth development opportunities including foster resiliency, promote safe and healthy behaviors, and support youth in communities in various ways.

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Result Verification Mechanism using Volunteer Availability and Reliability in Desktop Grid Systems (데스크탑 그리드 시스템에서 자원의 가용성과 신뢰도를 이용한 결과 검증 메커니즘)

  • Kim, Hong-Soo;Gil, Joon-Min;Yoon, Jun-Weon;Choi, Jang-Won;Kim, Sung-Suk;Lee, Sang-Keun
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.741-744
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    • 2007
  • 데스크탑 그리드 시스템에서 각 자원에서 수행한 작업 결과에 대한 정확성 검증은 중요한 문제이다. 작업 결과에 대한 정확성을 보장하기 위해서 결과 검증 기법으로 투표기반 기법이나 신뢰기반 기법이 사용되어 왔다. 그러나 이러한 기법들은 동적인 연산 환경에 효과적으로 대처하지 못하여 낮은 확장성과 높은 연산 지연을 초래할 수 있는 단점을 갖고 있다. 이러한 단점을 해결하고자 본 논문에서는 자원제공자에 의해 초래될 수 있는 잘못된 연산 결과에 대해 각 자원제공자의 신용도(credibility)를 동적으로 평가하여 연산 결과의 정확성을 판단하는 적응적 결과 검증 메커니즘(Adaptive Result Verification Mechanism: ARVM)을 제안한다. 또한, 제안하는 ARVM 은 자원제공자의 가용성(availability) 정보를 이용하여 결과 검증 시에 요구되는 연산 지연을 최소화한다.

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