• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지구물리탐사학회 2007년도 특별 심포지엄 논문집
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• pp.1-14
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• 2007

This paper briefly reviews the history of the Korean geophysics and analyze the current status of geophysical researches. And the future prospects of geophysics are discussed based on social demands for the science and technology in Korea. About thirty universities offer geophysics courses in their academic curricula. Although the number of Ph.D. graduates in geophysics had been small until the year of 1990, but is rapidly increasing. In recent years about $7{\sim}8$ Ph.D's are produced every year. The major geophysical methods used in Ph.D. theses are seismic, electrical and electromagnetic methods, and earthquake waves and research themes are computational geophysics, which involve data processing, modelling, inversion and tomography, geological structures, and paleomagnetic studies in the order of numbers. The Solid Earth Geophysics is generally distinguished in two categories such as "Global Geophysics" and "Exploration Geophysics". However, they are intimately connected, and overlap in many sectors, especially in large scale research projects. The global geophysics has a more academic and general scientific meaning, and several research groups in Korean universities are carrying out the earthquake seismology and paleomagnetic studies. On the other hand the exploration geophysics focuses on practical application of geophysical concepts, and the public research institutes conduct large projects for exploration of energy and mineral resources and to cope with environmental and natural disaster problems. The geophysical studies for local geology and regional crustal structure utilize various survey methods and usually cover both academic and exploration purposes. The computational geophysics constitutes the indispensable theoretical backgrounds for all geophysical sectors. Many young Korean geophysicists, who have strong background in mathematics and physics, devote to the computational geophysics and several groups have made the internationally highest level achievements. But, Korean geophysicists have to expand their research interests to include more global-scale, high-tech researches and collaborative works with various other science groups.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권17호
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• pp.7021-7027
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• 2014

Background: The problem of cancer, especially lung cancer, is very acute in Bangladesh. The present study was conducted to evaluate the risk of lung cancer among Bangladeshi people based on hereditary, socio-economic and demographic factors. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out in 208 people (patients-104, controls-104) from January 2012 to September 2013 using a structured questionnaire containing details of lung cancer risk factors including smoking, secondhand smoke, tobacco leaf intake, age, gender, family history, chronic lung diseases, radiotherapy in the chest area, diet, obesity, physical activity, alcohol consumption, occupation, education, and income. Descriptive statistics and testing of hypotheses were used for the analysis using SPSS software (version 20). Results: According to this study, lung cancer was more prevalent in males than females. Smoking was the highest risk factor (OR=9.707; RR=3.924; sensitivity=0.8872 and P<0.0001) followed by previous lung disease (asthma, tuberculosis etc.) (OR=7.095; RR=1.508; sensitivity=0.316 and P<0.0001)) for male patients. Highly cooked food (OR=2.485; RR=1.126; sensitivity=0.418 and P=0.004)) and also genetic inheritance (OR=1.93; RR=1.335; sensitivity=0.163 and P=0.138) demonstrated significant correlation with lung cancer as risk factors after these two and alcohol consumption was not prevalent. On the other hand, for female patients, tobacco leaf intake represented the highest risk (OR=2.00; RR=1.429; sensitivity= 0.667 and P=0.5603) while genetic inheritance and highly cooked food also correlate with lung cancer but not so significantly. Socioeconomic status and education level also play important roles in causing lung cancer. Some 78.5% male and 83.3% of female cancer patients were rural residents, while 58.2% lived at the margin or below the poverty line. Most male (39.8%) and female (50.0%) patients had completed only primary level education, and 27.6% male and 33.3% female patients were illiterate. Smoking was found to be more prevalent among the less educated persons. Conclusions: The results obtained in this study indicate the importance of creating awareness about lung cancer risk factors among Bangladeshi people and making appropriate access to health services for the illiterate, poor, rural people.

• 과학교육연구지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.381-393
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• 2012

이번 연구를 통해 고등학교 1,2학년 학생들이 학습하는 2009 개정 교육과정 화학 I 검정 교과서 4종을 선정하여 과학적 지식 외에 어떠한 STEAM 요소를 포함하고 있는지 분석하였다. 각 단원별, 출판사 별, 교과서의 영역별로 포함된 STEAM 요소의 종류와 수는 어떻게 다르게 나타나는가에 관한 연구 문제를 선정하고 결과를 분석해 보았다. 현 교과서의 내용과 잘 맞지 않는 STEAM 요소의 새로운 하위요소들을 정하고, 새로운 분류 틀을 만들어 그 분류틀을 기준으로 분류 하였다. 먼저 예술 분야의 경우 방법적인 면에서의 예술 분야를 '표현예술'로 만화, 토의, 역할놀이의 하위요소를 가지며 내용적인 면에서의 예술 분야를 '문화예술'로 사회문화, 과학자 이야기, 인류의 역사, 직업탐구, 미술의 하위 요소를 갖는다. 기술과 공학요소는 서로 분류하기 어려우므로 '기술공학' 이라는 하나의 분야로 통일하고, '과학적 내용을 활용한 기술'과 '과학적 발전에 활용된 기술'의 두 가지 하위 요소를 포함한다. 마지막으로 수학요소는 수, 연산, 단위변환, 구조모형의 하위 요소를 갖는다. 또한 교과서에 포함된 STEAM요소의 교과서 안의 위치영역을 도입부, 본문, 보충자료의 세 영역으로 분류하고, 본문의 경우 내용과 탐구영역으로 세분화 하여 분석하였다. 분석 결과 대부분의 교과서가 개정 교육과정의 의도를 파악하여 다른 분야를 통해 학습이 일어나게 하기위해 STEAM 요소를 포함 하고 있었다. 그러나 교과서 별로 활용하는 학습 방법이 제한되어 있으며, 교과서의 종류에 따라 조금 다르게 나타났다. 또한 포함하고 있는 세부요소의 종류는 전체 14종류 밖에 되지 않으며, 그것도 교과서 별로 몇 가지 요소에 집중돼는 경향을 나타내는 것으로 보아 현재 화학교육에서 활용되는 STEAM 교육에는 한계가 있는 것으로 보인다. 단원별로는 수업내용에 따라 포함된 STEAM 요소가 다르게 나타났는데, 많은 수의 STEAM 요소가 I단원에 포함되어 있는 것으로 보아 수업 내용에 수학, 역사 들이 포함되어 있지 않는 경우 STEAM 요소가 포함되기 어려움을 알 수 있었다. 마지막으로 영역별로 포함된 STEAM 요소의 경우 요소들이 대부분이 보충자료 영역에 포함되어 있고, 그 요소가 문화 예술이 가장 많은 것으로 보아 실제적으로 화학 지식에 대한 활용적인 면에만 STEAM이 활용되며 화학지식에 대한 접근 방법적 융합교육이 매우 부족함을 알 수 있었다. 현재, 국내 교육계에서 STEAM 교육에 관해 주시하고 있는 만큼, 새로운 교육적 경향인 STEAM 교육이란 무엇인지에 관해 면밀히 탐구하고, STEAM 교육의 효과와 프로그램 및 교재 개발에 대한 엄밀한 연구가 필요하다. 이러한 연구들을 통해서 저학년들에게 집중되어 있는 융합교육을 전 학생들에게 확대하고, 궁극적으로 평생에 걸친 학습 시대에 스스로 활용 할 수 있게 될 것이다.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제12권
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• pp.39-86
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• 1985

The main purpose of the present study is to survey the major iudexing bulletins of national nature in Korea, to define such problem areas as lacunae, duplicates and limitation in coverage in the indexing services currently available in Korea, and to make some suggestions for action for improving the existing indexing services in the light of general principles and the tradition and constraints unique to Korea. The major findings and conclusions reached at this study are summarised as follows: (A) A new indexing bulletin of general nature covering the entire field needs to be created in each of the following fields without an established indexing service available for the outcome of research and development activities in Korea. (1) Philosophy (2) Religion (3) Pure sciences (4) Art (5) Language (6) Literature (7) History (B) A new specialised indexing bulletin needs to be created in each of the following fields where indexing services are heavily utilised but no, or only partial, indexing service is available. (1) Social sciences (a) Statistics (b) Sociology (c) Folklore (d) Military science (2) Pure sciences (a) Mathematics (b) Physics (c) Chemistry (d) Astronomy (e) Geology (f) Mineralogy (g) Life sciences (h) Botany (i) Zoology (3) Applied sciences (a) Medicine (b) Agriculture (c) Civil engineering (d) Architectural engineering (e) Mechanical engineering (f) Electrical engineering (g) Chemical engineering (h) Domestic science (C) Publication of the indexing bulletins suggested in A and B above may be ideally carried on by a qualified and dependable learned society established in the respective fields and designated by the Minister of Education, and should be financially supported from the public fund under the provisions of Art. 27 of the Scientific Research Promotion Act of 1979. (D) The coverage and contents of the four indexing bulletins in the field of banking and financing published by the Library of the Bank of Korea are similar and considerably duplicated. It is, therefore, suggested that the four indexing bulletins are combined in one to form a more comprehensive and efficient bibliographical tool in the field and it is further developed into a general guide to the literature produced in the entire field of economics in Korea by gradually expanding its subject coverage. (E) For the similar reasons stated in D, the Index to the Articles on North Korea and the Catalogue of Theses on North Korea, both publisheds by the Ministry of Unification Library, are suggested to make into one. The Index to the Articles of the Selected North Korean Journals and the Index to the Articles of the North Korean Journals in Microfilm Housed in the Ministry of Unification Library, both published by the same Library, are also suggested to be combined in one. (F) The contents of the Catalogue of the Reports Submitted by Government Officials Who Have Travelled Abroad, published by the National Archives are included in the Index to the Information Materials Related to Government Administration, published by the National Archives. The publication of the former is hardly justified. (G) The contents of the Index to Legal Literature published by the Seoul National University Libraries and those of the Law Section of the Index to Scholastic Works published by the National Central Library are nearly identical. One of the two indexes should cease to be published. (H) Though five indexes are being published in the field of political science and four in the field of public administration, their subject coverage is limited. Naturally, these indexes are little usable to many other researchers in the two fields. A comprehensive index covering all the specialised areas in each field needs to be developed on one or all the existing indexes. (I) It is suggested that the Catalogue of the Scholastic Works on Curricula published by the National Central Library expands its subject coverage to become a more usable and effective index to all the researchers in the field of education. (J) The bimonthly Index to Periodical Articles and the specialised index by subject series published by the National Assembly Library, and the Index to Scholastic Works published by the National Central Library are expected to increase their coverage and frequency of publication to be used more effectively and more efficiently by all users in all fields till the indexing bulletins suggested in this study will fully be available in Korea.