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Expansion Joints for Vibration and Noise Test (신축이음장치의 진동소음 실험)

  • Kwark, Jong-Won;Kim, Young-Jin;Lee, Jung-Woo;Choi, Eun-Suk;Chin, Won-Jong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.513-516
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    • 2004
  • Consistency in design, manufacture, installation and performance test of expansion joints is insufficient for guarantee of reliability because they are imported from various foreign countries as America, Japan and Europe. In addition to that, the regulations or codes of expansion joint should be revised and established for levels of vibration and noise generated from riding vehicles especially. Regulation on the noise neighboring traffic roads is established by ministry of environment. Therefore, Field tests on the vibration and the noise at expansion Joints, especially rail-type and finger-type joints which are typical ones in bridge with short or middle span, are performed and performance of expansion joints are analyzed. And so, the results of the investigation will be utilized as basic data for the regulation on the vibration and the noise.

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Treatment of Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection in a Dog

  • Lee, Eunjung;Seo, Kyoungwon;Song, Kunho
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.210-212
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    • 2021
  • A 10-year-old spayed female beagle referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Chungnam National University presented with acute diarrhea, depression, anorexia, and emaciation. The laboratory findings of the dog showed leukocytosis, high C-reactive protein, and low albumin levels. Fecal examinations revealed severe infection with Strongyloides (S.) stercoralis, with a high fecal score (6/7). Consequently, the dog was diagnosed with hyperinfection of S. stercoralis, and thus, was treated with fenbendazole and ivermectin after discontinuation of prednisolone treatment. The dog showed negative on the Fecal Dx® Antigen Panel (IDEXX Laboratories Inc., Westbrook, ME, USA) after treatment, and clinical signs disappeared with normal stool consistency.

The Reliability and Validity of the Health-Related Hardiness Scale in a Sample of Korean Nursing Students (간호학생을 대상으로한 건강관련 강인성 도구(HRHS)의 신뢰도와 타당도 검증 및 수정)

  • Lee, Mi-Ra
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.199-208
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    • 2000
  • The purpose of this study is to test the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Health-Related Hardiness Scale(HRHS) in a sample of Korean nursing students. The korean version of HRHS was administered to 234 nursing students including 135 college students and 99 university students. The Korean version of HRHS was measured on a 6 Likert scale, assessing three factors of HRHS : control, commitment, and challenge. Internal consistency was used to test the instrument's reliability. The internal consistency of the scale was measured using a coefficient alpha. The coefficient alpha was .69(control), .49(commitment). and .69(challenge), Item analysis and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used to test the instrument's construct validity. The item analysis identified that there were 13 items. which were lower than the .25 item-total correlation. CFA revealed that the scale's fadoral validity was not proper by showing unfit indices(RMSEA .07. stand, RMR .09. GFI .71). According to the findings of this study, the reliability and construct validity of the Korean version of HRHS is not satisfactory in the sample of nursing students. As a result. the researcher modified the scale through item analysis and repetitive CFA process, and proposed the revised 25-item Korean version of HRHS for nursing students. The revised scale's reliability(control .74, commitment .73. challenge .77) and factorial validity were within acceptable levels. The item analysis identified that there was no item, which is lower than the .25 item-total correlation. CFA revealed that the scale's factoral validity was proper by showing fit indices(RMSEA .08 stand. RMR .08. GFI .80).

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Influence of Plantago Powder on the Physical Properties of the Flour and Dough Rheology of White Pan Bread (질경이 분말첨가가 소맥분의 물리적 특성과 제빵적성에 미치는 영향)

  • 신길만;황성연
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.585-590
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of this study was to examine physical properties of the addition of Plantago powder on bread flour and dough fheology of white pan bread. Four levels(0.3, 0.6, 0.9 and 1.2%) of each Plantago powder with bread flour were tested for their effects in dough mixing using rapid visco analyzer, alveogram, farinogram and sensory test. Addition of Plantago powder(0.3, 0.6 and 0.9% ) showed almost same tendency on the initial pasting temperature but 1.2% increased it. Increment of Plantago powder showed increment of peak viscosity and final viscosity, L(extensibility) and G(swelling index) value in alveogram showed decrement with increasing Plantago powder. In farinogram the use of Plantago powder increased consistency and water absorption but decreased development time and stability. White pan bread using Plantago powder had higher value of Max. G and gardeness in rheometer than without using it. Sensory evaluation of white pan bread with 0.6% Plantago powder had the highest score.

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Reliability and validity of the Korean version of the Dental Fear Survey

  • Kim, Ah-Hyeon;Shim, Youn-Soo;Park, So-Young;Kim, Hee-Won;An, So-Youn
    • Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.85-92
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    • 2015
  • Background: Many people experience varying levels of discomfort when confronted with the prospect of dental treatment. Dental treatment can be a traumatic experience, especially for children and adolescents with dental anxiety. In this age group, dental fear causes a significant problem in dental management and has been related to severe dental caries and dental pain. The Dental Fear Survey (DFS) is the most widely used measure of dental fear. This study was undertaken to develop the Korean version of the DFS (K-DFS) and test its reliability and validity. Methods: The K-DFS, which uses projective techniques to measure children's and adolescents' dental fear, was developed. The DFS was translated into Korean and participants were selected via convenience sampling. Reliability and validity were tested using data from a sample of 813 middle school students in Gyeonggi Province, selected from the Self questionnaire survey. The K-DFS was administered twice to 102 adolescents aged 12-15 years. Results: The K-DFS had high internal consistency reliability (99.1%) but low test-retest reliability. Conclusions: The results indicate that the Korean versions of the DFS have good internal consistency reliabilities and test-retest validities. However, we need to further examine the test-retest reliability of the K-DFS and replicate the current study in different samples covering various age groups.

Development of Ministry of National Defense Architecture Framework(MND AF) (국방아키텍처프레임워크의 개발)

  • Choi, Nam-Yong;Jin, Jong-Hyeon;Song, Young-Jae
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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    • v.11D no.2
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    • pp.407-414
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    • 2004
  • The US DoD architecture framework defines architecture Products according to three viewpoints : operational view, system view, and technical view. But, its coarse-grained development process causes leakage of the details In transforming among different views. It also uses different methods for architecture products development, so that the levels of those products are not consistent. So. we propose MND AF(Ministry of National Defense Architecture Framework) for military environment to solve those problems. We propose additional architecture products to achieve consistency, including “architecture disciplines definition description,”“organization-to-activity relationships matrix,” “system definition description,” and “technical reference model,” etc. We also propose the architecture development process in more detail through seven steps. In addition, we propose the applicability of those products to the life cycle processes of the acquisition management. MND AF can provide consistency and traceability of architecture products, provide the basis for sl·stem integration and interoperability. Also, architecture developers can construct architecture in a more effective and efficient way through MND AF.

Factors Affecting the Level of Stress Felt by Mothers Caring for Cerebral Palsy Children at Home (뇌성마비 아동의 가정치료에 있어서 어머니의 스트레스에 영향을 미치는 요인)

  • Kim, Sun-Hee;Kim, Su-Il
    • Physical Therapy Korea
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.127-140
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting on the home treatment stress in the CP (cerebral palsy) children's mothers. Direct interviews were conducted from March 17 with April 4, 2003 with 97 mothers of CP children. The average level of stress from home treatment felt by mothers with CP children was $16.97{\pm}4.04$. Stress-levels were especially high in mothers who were not satisfied with the treatment outcome (p<.05) and whose acceptance of disability was low (p<.01). Stress felt by mothers was low when their health status was high (p<.05). A physical burden was shown to have a significant correlation with the stress of the mothers during the home treatment (p<.01). Mothers with a child of Level 2 disability had lower levels of stress than those with a child of Level 4 or 5 disability (p<.01). The level of stress was higher in mothers who lagged in acquiring technical sufficiency (p<.05). Multiple regression analysis showed that one factor affecting the stress felt by mothers with CP children was the degree of acceptance of the disability (p<.01). Programs that can reduce the stress levels of mothers with CP children through home treatment and secure social systems such as professional help and economic compensation, need to be developed. Active policies should be established and executed for these mothers since stress felt by mothers significantly affects the consistency and effectiveness of treatment provided at home.

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Development of Primary Standard Gas Mixtures of Fourteen Volatile Organic Compounds in Hazardous Air Pollutants for Accurate Ambient Measurements in Korea (at 1 μmol/mol Levels) (유해대기오염물질 중 14종의 휘발성유기화합물 1차 표준가스개발 (1 μmol/mol 수준))

  • Kang, Ji Hwan;Kim, Young Doo;Kim, Mi Eon;Lee, Jinhong;Lee, Sangil
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.331-341
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    • 2018
  • Hazardous air pollutants(HAPs) in the atmosphere are regulated as major air pollutants in Korea by the Air Pollution Control Act. In order to manage and control HAPs, accurate standards, which are traceable to the International System of Units(SI), are required. In this study, primary standard gas mixtures(PSMs) of volatile organic compounds(VOCs) which are specified as HAPs were developed at $1{\mu}mol/mol$ levels. The selected fourteen VOCs include Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, m-Xylene, Styrene, o-Xylene, Chloroform, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, Trichloroethylene, Tetrachloroethylene, 1,1-Dichloroethane, Carbon tetrachloride, 1,3-Butadiene, and Dichloromethane. The HAPs PSMs were gravimetrically prepared in aluminum cylinders and their consistency was verified within the relative expanded uncertainty of 0.71% (k=2). Potential adsorption loss onto the internal surface of cylinders was estimated by cylinder-to-cylinder division method. No adsorption loss was observed within the uncerainty of 0.53%. The long-term stability of the HAPs PSMs was evaluated comparing with freshly prepared HAPs PSMs. The HAPs PSMs were stable for one year within the uncertainty of 0.38%. The final uncertainty of the PSMs was determined by combining the preparation uncertainty, verification uncertainty, and stability uncertainty. Finally, traceable and stable HAPs PSMs at $1{\mu}mol/mol$ levels were developed with the uncertainty of less than 0.76% in high-pressure aluminum cylinders.

The Development of an Instrument for the Measuring Cognitive Conflict Levels of Elementary Students Confronted with an Anomalous Situation in Science Learning (과학학습에서 불일치 상황에 대면한 초등학생의 인지갈등 측정 도구 개발)

  • 박상석;이경호;김정환;권혁구;권재술
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.21-33
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this study was to develop an Instrument for the Measurement of Cognitive Conflict Levels of students who confronted with an anomalous situation in science teaming. Anomalous situation is generated when students' prediction is disconsistent with the observed fact. In this study, the researchers identified 4 components of cognitive conflict and developed three items for each component. The items were developed and revised by four pilot tests. In the first pilot test, 55 elementary school students participated in the test In the second pilot test, 88 students of the 5th and 6th grader participated in the test. The instrument of measuring cognitive conflict levels was given to the subjects right after demonstrating anomalous situation. For the demonstration, two different problem situations were developed: one was a pulley problem and the other was electric bulbs in parallel. Answered reasons for each items were analyzed to assess students' understanding on each items. In third pilot test, 125 elementary school students participated in the test. A factor analysis of the responses was carried out and reliability of the test was assessed by calculating internal consistency values. The items were finalized by three pilot tests. After 1 month after the third pilot test, researchers conducted the finalized test items to 323 students of the 5th and 6th grader. The final instrument showed moderate reliability (Cronbach-α 0.82∼0.87) and good content validity(0.93). A factor analysis of the response was carried out. 4 main factors completely coincided with 4 components that we supposed to be the conducts of cognitive conflict. The instrument can provide a means for both teachers and researchers to assess the cognitive conflict of a large number of students within a single class period. The results can be used by teachers to better understand the process of conceptual change of their students and to match instruction and materials accordingly.

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Analysis of Cognition Levels related to Acid-Base Models in High School Science-Gifted Students (고등학교 과학영재 학생들의 산-염기 모델의 인지 수준 분석)

  • Ryu, Eun-Ju;Paik, Seoung-Hey
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.65 no.1
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    • pp.37-47
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    • 2021
  • In this study, the model cognition level of high school science-gifted students about the two types of acid-base models taught in secondary schools was analyzed. In order to find out the model cognition level of students, 12 items were developed based on the acid-base reaction and the dissociation reaction of acids and bases. The subjects of the study were 95 students of two science-gifted schools. As a result of the questionnaire analysis, model cognition levels were analyzed 6 levels in the context of consistency, inconsistency, and unexplainable scope of the two models. In the acid-base reaction item, the largest percentage of students cognized only understanding of the two models. In the acid-base dissociation reaction item, they understood the two models and perceived the 'Known Ignorance' that cognizes the limitations of one model. However, there was only one student who perceived the limitations of both models and all of the 'Unknown Ignorance' that the model could not explain. Through this, we argued that there is a need for educational efforts to raise the model cognition level of science-gifted students.