• 음성과학
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.63-72
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• 2007

In this study, the researchers evaluate the hypothesis that the reaction time (RT) in the brain is largely dependent on age and gender. The researchers tested English and Korean words using two types: reading as visual stimuli, and listening as auditory stimuli. The E-Prime program installed in functional magnetic resonance imaging (f-MRI) was used. There are 136 Korean subjects in three groups: 30 children (5th and 6th grade elementary school students), 76 young adults (college students), and 30 adults (35-53 years old). In the listening test, the variation for the two languages was different among the three age groups, regardless of gender, whereas the data did not show meaningful differences in the reading test. The findings will provide some meaningful information regarding perception and acquisition of a foreign language.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.234-239
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• 2021

본 연구는 언어의 본질인 언어변이의 주된 방향성을 탐색하고 언어변이의 결과로 나타나는 영어의 모든 방언들, 즉 세계영어들을 연구하는 것이다. 특정지역에서 사용되는 지역적, 사회적 방언의 연구인 언어변이의 특성을 규명하기 위하여 하이브리드 언어변이모델을 제안한다. 사회적 거리두기, 대면과 비대면 소통모드, 그리고 언어적 다양성이라는 세 가지 상호영향자의 관점에서 하이브리드 언어변이모델을 제안하고 언어변이의 결과로 나타나는 세계적 영어방언 현상인 세계영어들의 다양성 특질을 연구한다. 세계영어들의 문맥에서 지역화 목적으로 영어가 어떻게 사용되는가를 살펴보면, 사회적 거리두기가 높은 비대면의 상황에서는 다양성이 감소하여 좀 더 표준적이며 글로벌한 영어가 사용되며 변이가 줄어 세계영어들의 확장 속도가 완만해진다. 동시에 지역적인 사용이 줄어들어 의사소통의 오류도 줄어든다. 반면 사회적 거리두기가 낮은 대면의 상황에서는 세계영어들의 확장 속도가 빨라지고 변이의 형태가 다양해지며 의사소통의 오류 또한 증가한다. 이러한 영어변이 현상의 특성을 살펴보기 위하여 세계영어들의 핵심 원이라고 할 수 있는 영국영어, 미국영어, 그리고 캐나다영어의 언어적, 사회적 변이의 사례를 비교 분석한다.

• 감성과학
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.65-76
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• 2009

본 연구는 남녀 대학생을 대상으로 동일색조 코디네이션과 1:2:3면적비 변화에 따른 스트라이프 넥타이의 감성이미지와 상호작용효과를 알아보고자 한다. 이들 단서로 사용된 56개 자극물은 4가지 색조합, 2가지 색조, 7가지 면적비로 구성되었고, 감성이미지는 26개의 형용사쌍에 대해 7단계로 평가되었다. 조사대상자는 경남, 서울, 부산, 대구 등지에 거주하는 대학생 1344명의 피험자로 하였으며, 그 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 동일색조 코디네이션과 1:2:3면적비 변화에 따른 스트라이프 넥타이의 감성이미지를 요인분석한 결과 매력성, 젊음 활동성, 현시성, 능력성, 온유성의 5가지 차원으로 도출되었다. 색조합과 색조는 감성이미지의 모든 요인에서 독립적인 영향을 나타내었다. 또한 색조는 면적비와 상호작용하여 현시성과 능력성 요인에서 두드러진 단서로 작용하였다. 성별과 면적비는 젊음 활동성 요인에서, 성별과 색조는 온유성 요인에서, 색조합과 색조는 현시성과 온유성 요인에서 상호작용효과를 나타내었다. 이러한 연구결과는 남성 코디네이션을 위한 효과적인 기초자료로 활용될 것이다.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.374-386
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• 2000

This study investigated the relation between seasonal variation of total clothing weight, room, outdoor temperature and basal metabolic rate in man. The basal metabolic rate and total clothing weight, room temperature was determined seasonal for a period of two years and grouped four seasons. Subjects (adults volunteers) who live in seoul and mokpo were compose 120 subject The results were obtained as follows. Seasonal outdoor temperature was difference of seoul and. mokpo. But room temperature in apartments was a little difference than private house. Total-clothing weight is showed seasonal variations at the seoul, private house than at the mokpo, apartment.. The basal metabolic rate is suggested there in gender difference in the basal metabolic rate (P〈.001). The basal metabolic rate increased gradually with the peak of winter sespectively and deceased again todward summer. The difference of between basal metabolic rate in summer and winter was significant room temperature, of seoul and private house, and light total clothing weight.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.833-836
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• 2012

The incidence of esophageal cancer in Kazakhstan was analysed for the period of 1989-2010 years, with a focus on trends by age, gender and region. The highest rates of incidence were evident in the Western regions. The dynamics for cancer of the esophagus in the Republic demonstrated decrease, except in the Karaganda region, where a tendency for increase was noted. Considerable variation between regions pointed to differences in risk factor exposure which need to be targeted for future control efforts.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.199-208
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• 2022

Purpose : The study aimed to examine gender-differences in muscle tone, elasticity, and stiffness of the erector spinae in young and old subjects. This study also aimed to assess the effect of aging on muscle tone, elasticity, and stiffness of the erector spinae in men and women, and compare the trend of the aging effect between the two gender groups. Methods : With the muscle in the relaxed state and subjects in the prone position, a myotonometer was used to quantify muscle tone, elasticity, and stiffness, of the erector spinae in 102 participants[46 males (29 young subjects, aged 22.48±2.23 years and 17 old subjects, aged 76.35±3.71 years), 56 females (40 young subjects, aged 20.38±1.43 years and 16 old subjects, aged 74.56±5.40 years)]. Results : The tone and stiffness of the erector spinae muscles were greater in men than in women for both age groups (p<.001-.01), while elasticity did not show a significant difference between men and women. For the direction of change, both male and female groups showed significantly increased tone and stiffness, and decreased elasticity with increasing age (p<.001). For age-related changes, a different tendency was observed between men and women. Men showed a greater increase in tone than women with aging. in contrast, both men and women exhibited a similar decrease or increase in elasticity and stiffness. Conclusion : Gender-differences in the erector spinae in terms of muscle tone and stiffness were observed. Regardless of the age, men had higher muscle tone and stiffness than women, but not elasticity. The erector spinae muscles showed age-related changes in all aspects of muscle tone, elasticity, and stiffness, in both men and women. Notably, men presented greater variation than women in the amount of increase of muscle tone with aging. These findings have implications for musculoskeletal therapeutic approaches, and gender-customized tuning may be indicated for designing exercise interventions to prevent and manage gender-sensitive muscular injuries or diseases and frailty.

• 의학교육논단
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.88-93
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to examine the variation in professors' satisfaction with faculty development programs and in their teaching efficacy according to their demographic characteristics and the rate of participation in faculty development programs in a medical school. The data were collected from 59 faculty members who participated in the Professor's Seminar. The questionnaire consisted of three parts: general background of the respondent; satisfaction with the faculty development program; and teaching efficacy. The data were analyzed by methods of descriptive analysis, analysis of variance, and the Mann-Whitney U-test. The program satisfaction of faculty members was significantly different by the years of educational career but it was not different by job status, specialty, gender, and the participation level in faculty programs. The faculty members' teaching efficacy differed significantly by gender and the participation level in faculty programs, while it did not differ by educational career, job status, or specialty. The results of this study suggest that various faculty programs should be developed to increase the satisfaction level of different groups of faculty members, and that they should be more focused on teaching efficacy, as it is considered to be one of the most effective way to increase the quality of education.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.863-866
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• 2010

Myostatin, which is also known as growth and differentiation factor 8 (GDF8), has been reported to act as a negative regulator of skeletal muscle development. Variation in the myostatin gene (MSTN) has been associated with variation in muscularity in certain "meaty" sheep breeds. Polymerase Chain Reaction-Single Strand Conformational Polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) analysis was used to investigate allelic variation in the previously described g+6223G>A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the 3' untranslated region (3' UTR) of MSTN. The sheep studied were 79 New Zealand (NZ) Romney lambs derived from a single sire heterozyous for g+6223G>A, which is in itself notable as this polymorphism has not been described previously in this breed. Allelic variation was observed to be associated with an abnormal gender ratio (p = 0.046) in the progeny. The presence of allele A was observed to have an effect (p<0.05) on birth weight, mean loin yield, proportion yield loin and total muscle yield. Allelic variation did not significantly affect mean shoulder yield, leg yield, proportion yield shoulder and proportion yield leg. This preliminary result suggests that while the A allele at MSTN g+6223 appears to improve some valuable traits in NZ Romney sheep, further research is required to understand if and how it may affect other traits.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.237-245
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to explore the levels of self-awareness, assertiveness, life stress, and empathy in nursing students and identify influential factors on empathy. Methods: A predictive correlational design was used. The data was collected by questionnaires from a convenience sample of 319 nursing students in 2014 in Korea. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression. Results: The mean items scores of self-awareness, assertiveness, life stress, and empathy were 3.49, 3.02, 2.20 and 3.58, respectively, of a possible score ranging from 1 to 5. Empathy significantly differed by gender, grade, satisfaction with nursing as a major, and clinical practice experience. Empathy was correlated with self-awareness and interpersonal relationship stress. As a result of multiple regression analysis, empathy accounted for 20.1% of the variance by self-awareness, gender, clinical practice experience and interpersonal relationship stress. The most important factor was self-awareness, which explained 11.6% of the variation. Conclusion: The results of the study reveal that strengthening self-awareness and relieving interpersonal relationship stress ought to be integrated in developing effective educational intervention for enhancing empathy in nursing students.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.3969-3974
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• 2013

The purpose was to provide a descriptive epidemiological assessment of the incidence of cancer of the larynx in Kazakhstan and spatial evaluation with gender characteristics. Thgis retrospective study covered all new cases of laryngeal cancer in 11 years (1999-2009). The total number was 4,967 cases, 4,535 (91.3%) in males and 432 (8.7%) in women, with a ratio of 10.5:1. The higher incidence in men compared to women was evident in all age groups, the differences being statistically significant (p<0.05). At the same time revealed a unimodal growth with age, peaking at 70 years and older both sexes. In the dynamics, incidence rates of laryngeal cancer demonstrated a tendency to decrease, in women (T=-6.7%) this being more pronounced than in men (T=-3.3%). Levels were determined to produce cartograms of cancer of the larynx for male and female populations, clear geographical variation being evidenced. The data are discussed with reference to possible risk factors.