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A Study on Development of Oil Spill Response Training Courses in Korea (우리나라 유류오염 방제교육과정 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Yun, Jong-Hwui;Kim, Gwang-Soo;Cho, Dong-Oh;Cho, Hyun-Seo
    • Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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    • 2009.06a
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    • pp.17-24
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, the authors carried out the study to develop oil spill response training courses for competent responders examining IMO guidelines, response training courses of maritime development countries and Korea response. According to a result of study, fundamental training courses are to be established on the basis of IMO guideline, and also to prepare pre-arranged brief course like Basics of Spill Response for beginner. The courses should be step-by-step related with mutual continuous contents, and more times are given to on-site training for basic course and to classroom lecture with desk-top exercise for advanced course. Besides, SCAT shall be added to shoreline cleanup course, finally it is advisable that total 9 types of courses are established with additional refresh course.

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A Study on Educational CD-Title develop to Basic Life Support (기본인명구조술 교육용 CD-Title 개발 연구)

  • Lee, Jung-Eun;Koh, Bong-Yeun;Ahn, Kisoo
    • The Korean Journal of Emergency Medical Services
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.33-45
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    • 2004
  • The study is designed to develop an educational CD-Title for Basic Life Support. The study is conducted from July to December, 2002, Based on the course of program development suggested by Dick and Cray. the study followed the planning, development, education and evaluation of a program. The developed CD-Title consists of 8 parts. 1. Intro include Introduction, Adult CPR, Child CPR, Infant CPR, Adult Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction, Infant Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction, and Exercise in Menu at Right of screen. 2. Introduction consist of death process at cardiac arresst, chain of survival, introduction of CPR, respiratory & ciculatory anatomy and physiology. 3. Adult CPR consist of assessment responsiveness, activating EMS system, position victim, opening a airway, checking for breathing, rescue breathing, checking for sign of circulation, chest compression, 1 person & 2 persion adult CPR video. 4. Child & Infant CPR consist of, causes, assessment responsiveness, position victim, opening the airway, checking for breathing, rescue breathing, checking for sign of circulation, chest compression, activating EMS system, child & infant CPR video. 5. Adult Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction include assessment responsiveness, activating EMS system, position victim, opening a airway, checking for breathing, 2 rescue breathing, reopening the airway, 2 rescue breathing, finger sweep, 5 abdominal thrusts, unresponsiveness adult Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction video. 6. Infant Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction consist of, causes, assessment responsiveness, position victim, opening the airway, checking for breathing, 2 rescue breathing, reopening the airway, 2 rescue breathing, checking foreign-body object in oral cavity of victim, 5 back blow, 5 chest thsusts, activating EMS system, video. 7. 32 exercise consist of 8 Adult CPR, 12 Child & Infant CPR, 5 Adult Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction, 7 Infant Foreign-Body Airway Obstruction. Every part consist of animations to trigger students interests. This CD-Title will be useful education for first responders and lay rescuers.

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Quitline Activity in Rajasthan, India

  • Gupta, Rakesh;Verma, Vinit;Mathur, Pankaj
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.17 no.sup2
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    • pp.19-24
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    • 2016
  • Quitline activity in Rajasthan, India is a voluntary activity of Rajasthan Cancer Foundation (RCF) since April 2013. To kick-off, it took the benefit of the State Government- PIRAMAL SWASTHYA (PS)1 collaborative 104 Health Information Helpline that existed already in public-private partnership. It is a reactive quitline that helps callers through the counselors and nursing staff trained specifically through the weekly sessions held by the first author, the RCF resource on quitline. Besides structuring of the scripts for primary intervention and follow-ups after 1 week, 1 month, 6 months and a year, he also monitors calls, advices and coordinates with the supervisors to manage and analyze the data base, and reports to the PS lead at the Jaipur Center on overall performance and to plan strategic communication with the State Government on its outcomes. The quitline has limitations of its informal existence through a voluntary effort of RCF, no specific resource allocation, suboptimal data management, minimal awareness in the masses due to poor IEC (Information, Education and Communication; except its efforts made by RCF in last 1 year through the government-run State TV and City Radio) and staff shortage and its attrition due to lack of plan for career advancement. Despite these challenges in the year 2013, the quit line has registered a quit rate (for complete abstinence) of 19.93% amongst 1525 callers. The quit rate were 58.01% (304/ 524) among the responders at the 3rd follow-up at 18 months (in September 2014)2. In view of an increase in quit rate by 5- 9 times over the prevailing quit rate in the former ever daily users [both smokers and the users of smokeless tobacco (SLT)], efforts are being made by RCF in concurrence with PS to have this cost-effective model established formally with optimal resource allocation in collaboration with willing agencies (the State and Central Governments and the International Quitline Agencies) and its replication in 4 more states where PS is collaborating with the respective state governments similarly (Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Karnataka).

Development of Physical Activities Self-Management Questionnaire of Elementary Students (초등학생의 신체활동 자기관리 검사지 개발)

  • Ahn, Jeong-Deok;Jeong, Sang-Hoon
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.642-654
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study was analyze the characteristics of self-management of the physical activity questionnaire elementary and develop self-management. To do this, from the average student is selected to receive training in physical education gifted students, and to cover up the children who are acting as an athlete in the current schools participated in a variety of students. Professional meetings, inductive categorization, item analysis, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis conducted, the verification was carried out between different groups discriminant validity for verification. As a result, physical activity self-management factor is the support of the parents of elementary school students, exercise management, life management, interest, self-confidence, support of parents, personal management were six factors determined to be a total of 24 questions. In addition, Gifted children was higher than in all the sub-factors of physical activity self-management in the general child population. As a result, we ensure the validity of the test to diagnose physical activity as a self-managed by first responders schools.

Efficacy of Proximal Aspiration Thrombectomy for Using Balloon-Tipped Guide Catheter in Acute Intracranial Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion

  • Kim, Yong-Won;Kang, Dong-Hun;Hwang, Yang-Ha;Park, Jaechan;Kim, Yong-Sun
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.59 no.4
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    • pp.379-384
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    • 2016
  • Objective : Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for acute intracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion is often complicated by difficult revascularization and non-involved territory embolization possibly related with larger clot-burden. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of proximal aspiration thrombectomy (PAT) using a balloon-tipped guide catheter for clot-burden reduction in such cases with period-to-period analysis (period 1 : standard MT without PAT; period 2 : PAT first, then standard MT for the remaining occlusion). Methods : Eighty-six patients who underwent MT for acute intracranial ICA occlusion were included in this analysis from the prospectively maintained stroke registry (33 patients in period 1 and 53 in period 2). In period 2, 'responder' was defined as a case where some amount of clot was retrieved by PAT and the following angiography showed partial or full recanalization. Results : Fifteen of fifty-three patients in period 2 (28.3%) were 'responders' to PAT. There was a significantly higher incidence of atrial fibrillation in the 'responder' subgroup. Period 2 showed a significantly shorter puncture-to-reperfusion time (94.5 minutes vs. 56.0 minutes; p=0.002), a significantly higher Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction of 2b-3 reperfusion (45.5% vs. 73.6%; p=0.009), but only a trend for better 3-month favorable outcome (mRS 0-2; 36.4% vs. 54.7%; p=0.097). There was no increase in the incidence of procedure-related complications or intracranial hemorrhage in period 2. Conclusion : A strategy of PAT before standard MT may result in shorter puncture-to-reperfusion time and better angiographic outcome than a strategy of standard MT for acute intracranial ICA occlusion.

Biosafety of Microbiological Laboratories in Korea (우리나라 미생물 실험실의 생물안전현황)

  • Eun, Sang-Jun;Park, Ki-Dong;Kim, Jong-Kyun;Im, Jeong-Soo;Hwang, Yoo-Sung;Kim, Yong-Ik;Lee, Jin-Yong
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.449-456
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    • 2005
  • Objectives : The biosafety level (BSL) practiced in microbiology laboratories in Korea according to the laboratory biosafety manual published by the World Health Organization (WHO) was evaluated using the data obtained by a survey. Methods : Under the advise of Clinical Laboratory Physicians, 144 types of microorganisms were screened based on the guidelines of biosafety in microbiological and biomedical laboratories published by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention and classified into 1-4 risk groups. A questionnaire containing 21 questions in 5 areas was developed using the biosafety manual by published WHO. Of the 1,876 different organizations sent the survey, 563 responded to the survey (response rate: 30.0%). The species of microoganisms handled by as well as the biosafety level in microbiology laboratories were analyzed. Results : There were 123 species of microorganisms handled in microbiology labs in Korea. The BSL required in 512 microbiology labs was answered by the survey responders as the first grade in 33 labs (6.4%), 2nd in 437 (85.4%), 3rd in 42 (8.2%), and 4th in none. The average number of items satisfied was 12.2, showing only a 57.9% satisfactory rate and normal distribution. Conclusions : The state of overall observance of BSL in most microbiology labs of Korea was evaluated as lagging compared with the standard set up by WHO. Therefore, the Korean government need to produce and distribute a biosafety manual in microbiology laboratories and make efforts to prevent this threat through measures such as training in biosafety in microbiology labs.

Consumer survey on the marketability of young plus-size clothes in the USA (미국 영 플러스 사이즈 제품 시장성 평가를 위한 소비자 수요조사)

  • Choi, Mi Young
    • The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.313-326
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    • 2018
  • Over the past few years, companies have started moving into specific niches in plus-size fashion. The purpose of this study was to verify the marketability of young plus-size clothes in the USA. Data were collected from female consumers aged from 20 to 39 who have experience of purchasing plus-size items. A total of 282 responses were used for statistical analysis. The research result is as follows. First, the obesity stress is affected more by the subjective obesity level than by the objective obesity level and by how people recognize their body types. Second, from an analysis of the factors affecting the shopping orientation of plus-size consumers, style consciousness, pursuing reasonable, emphasizing comfort, and body consciousness are found to be important factors. Third, even if responders are aware of their exact body size, they actively look for the correct size. Fourth, fit evaluation of plus-size products is based on the factors of size fit and movement fit. The respondents were unsatisfied with chest and arm measurements, which deviate widely by body type for tops. Fifth, the overall dissatisfaction with the plus-size market is attributed to the fact that the product assortment range from which to select styles is narrow, and trend reflection is low. Sixth, the respondents tended to avoid fabrics that make their body type more obvious, textures that give the impression of a larger body size, or stiff textures. These results show that the psychological and physical characteristics of obese consumers should be considered to develop products for the young plus-size market.

A Study on CRL Distributing Method based on Group Key Agreement in D-OCSP (D-OCSP에서의 그룹키를 이용한 CRL 배포 방법에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Ho;Kang, Hyun-Joong;Park, Joon-Hong
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.11 no.1 s.39
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    • pp.35-44
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    • 2006
  • As the E-commerce and E-business are developed actively, using certificate is incremented rapidly. The certificate validation must be confirmed at first in E-commerce and the OCSP Responder can offer CSI to the client using OCSP. With the rapid development of the E-commerce based on the Internet, a lot of clients request CSI to OCSP Responder. So, the load to OCSP Responder is increased and the OCSP Responder may be overloaded. Therefore, for distributing the load to an OCSP Responder, D-OCSP is introduced. As the CRL has a lot of information about revoked certificates and have a high exposure Possibility of information in the process of distribution, the confidentiality as well as integrity are required in the process of distribution. So, we propose a CRL distributing method based on group key agreement in D-OCSP. The proposed method can distribute effectively a published CRL to OCSP Responders with confidentiality as well as integrity and offer concurrency that each OCSP Responder can start CSI servicing of new CRL to clients at the same time.

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User Acceptance of a Light-Emitting Diode Vest for Police Officer

  • Han, Hyunjeong;Park, Huiju;Jeon, Eunkyung
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.834-840
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    • 2013
  • This study aims to suggest practical considerations for designing protective clothing with increased visibility that will have higher user acceptance by law enforcement officers. Light-emitting diode(LED) patrol vests were visually and structurally assessed, and 125 police officers' responses from surveys about user acceptance of the vest were analyzed. The current LED patrol vest was designed for enhanced safety of police officers by increasing visibility in the dark. However, the user acceptance rate of the LED patrol vest indicates low use of and low satisfaction with the vest despite its enhanced safety features. In particular, differences in materials, design, functionality of the pockets and size of the vest depending on the hours worked, were statistically significant. The police officers' responses suggest areas of improvement in design, materials, ease of movement, size and functionality. Key issues include 'tactile discomfort'; 'impeded vision from the glare of the LED'; 'frequent malfunctions of the LED'; 'impossible repair of the broken LED units'; 'no user feedback'; 'inconvenient to replace batteries'; 'brittle materials' and 'unpleasing look'. To increase user acceptance, designer should incorporate context-awareness, a convenient user interface, a modular design approach, first responders' self-image as public servants in relation to their aesthetic perspectives of their uniforms, and scientific evaluation of the effectiveness of the intended functions of the clothing. Suggested implications for designing the LED patrol vest can be applied to designing other functional/protective clothing for intended end users with special needs.

Comparison on the Quality and fatigue of hands-Only CPR According to the Presence or Absence of Verbal counting by Some Middle-aged Women (일부 중년 여성에서 구령 유무에 따른 가슴압박소생술의 질과 피로도 비교)

  • Kim, Geon-Nam;Choi, Sung-Soo;Choi, Seong-Woo
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.1320-1329
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    • 2013
  • According to the comparing the quality and fatigue of Hands-only CPR with counting by middle-aged women who is most likely to witness the cardiac arrest. This paper wants to provide the basic data to establish a CPR education program for the role of the first responders. After conducted three hours of basic life support training, it divided into two 45-persons groups by assignment of probability. 2-minutes research conducted with dummy by dividing into Group-A that counting the number loudly during the Hands-Only CPR, And Group-B that does not counting the number during the Hands-Only CPR. Between the two groups, the quality of Hands-Only CPR does not showed its difference clearly and the downtime of Hands-Only CPR was reduced, Depending on the over time, the frequency that reduces the depth of Hands-Only CPR was also significantly lower. And after the Hands-Only CPR, the fatigability who felt themselves was also significantly lower.