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Public Service Broadcasting and Accountability: Case Study on NHK (공영방송의 '설명책임'에 관한 연구: NHK의 '개혁재생사업'을 중심으로)

  • Ahn, Chang-Hyun
    • Korean journal of communication and information
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    • v.41
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    • pp.268-302
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    • 2008
  • This paper analyzes an NHK's 'Performances of Reform and Revival'. As a result of analysis, it was focused on reinforcement of the management such as audit, corporate governance, compliance, and thus the accountability was insufficient. Generally speaking, public service broadcasting is the form of organization of mass media that is most directly accountable to society. Therefore, the efforts is required for public service broadcasting to figure out to endow the social roles and responsibilities to themselves differentiated from other commercial broadcasters. And it is necessary that the concrete systems and activities based on an answerability model so that public broadcasters fulfill the accountability. Answerability means that broadcasting organizations and journalists both take account of and are accountable to the public. In such a process, the positive and voluntary civic participation is indispensable.

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Women's Newspapers and Women's Movement during the Period of US Military Government in Korea (미군정기의 여성신문과 여성운동)

  • Park, Yong-Gyu
    • Korean journal of communication and information
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    • v.19
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    • pp.125-153
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    • 2002
  • Because most of feminist researches on the media have been primarily concerned with women's roles and representations in main scream mass media, women's media as alternative media remain remarkably understudied. Thus this study explores women's media in relation to women's movement during the period of US military Government in Korea. There were five women's newspapers which were means of women's movement in this period. However, failing to attract enough appropriate revenues and resort to fund-raising, women's newspapers could nor be published a long time. And women's newspapers as means of women's movement had the defects in women's representations because women's movement lacked a certain degree of autonomy from the male-dominated political activities. In other words, women's newspapers maintained women's participation in political areas, but on the other hand they emphasized the women's role as mother and housewife.

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Physical Activity in Adolescence Has a Positive Effect on Bone Mineral Density in Young Men

  • Kim, Jinhyun;Jung, Moonki;Hong, Yeon-Pyo;Park, Jung-Duck;Choi, Byung-Sun
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.89-95
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    • 2013
  • Objectives: Little is yet known about the determinants of bone mineral density (BMD) in young adults. Thus, in this study, we aimed to determine the factors that have an impact on BMD in young men. Methods: Questionnaires were sent out to 111 male medical students. Information on age, socio-economic status, medical history, lifestyle, physical activity during adolescence, school club participation, current physical activity, and dietary intake were collected by the survey. Height, weight, percent body fat and muscle mass were estimated by bioelectrical impedance, and BMD was obtained using calcaneal quantitative ultrasound. Using the Poisson regression model, prevalence ratios (PRs) were used to estimate the degree of association between risk factors and osteopenia. Results: The height and current physical activity showed a correlation to the Osteoporosis Index. Among the categorized variables, past physical activity during adolescence (p= 0.002) showed a positive effect on the bone mineral content. In the multivariate model, past physical activity (${\geq}1$ time/wk) had a protective effect on osteopenia (PR, 0.37; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.18 to 0.75) and present physical activity (1000 metabolic equivalent of task-min/wk) decreased the risk of osteopenia (PR, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.44 to 0.91). Conclusions: Past physical activity during adolescence is as important as physical activity in the present for BMD in young men.

Kinetic Properties of Manganese Peroxidase from the Mushroom Stereum ostrea and its Ability to Decolorize Dyes

  • Praveen, K.;Usha, K.Y.;Viswanath, Buddolla;Reddy, B. Rajasekhar
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.22 no.11
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    • pp.1540-1548
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    • 2012
  • Manganese peroxidase (MnP) was isolated from the culture filtrate of the wood log mushroom Stereum ostrea (S. ostrea), grown on Koroljova medium, and then purified by ammonium sulfate [70% (w/v)] fractionation, DEAE-cellulose anion exchange chromatography, and Sephadex G-100 column chromatography, with an attainment of 88.6-fold purification and the recovery of 22.8% of initial activity. According to SDS-PAGE the molecular mass of the MnP was 40 kDa. The optimal pH and temperature were found to be 4.5 and $35^{\circ}C$, respectively. The enzyme was stable even after exposure to a pH range of 4.5 to 6.0, and at temperatures of up to $35^{\circ}C$ at a pH of 4.5 for 1h. The $K_m$ and $V_{max}$ values for the substrate phenol red were found to be $8{\mu}m$ and 111.14 U/mg of protein, respectively. The MnP also oxidized other substrates such as guaiacol, DMP, and veratryl alcohol. Sodium azide, EDTA, SDS, $Cu^{2+}$, and $Fe^{2+}$, at 1-5 mM, strongly inhibited enzyme activity, whereas $Ca^{2+}$ and $Zn^{2+}$ increased enzyme activity. The participation of the purified enzyme in the decolorization of dyes suggests that S. ostrea manganese peroxidase could be effectively employed in textile industries.

The Risk of Breast Cancer in Women in Their 40s by Economic Activity (경제활동에 따른 40대 여성의 유방암 발생 위험도)

  • Choi, Hyang-Ha;Seo, Hwa-Jeong
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.23-27
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    • 2020
  • In South Korea, female individuals in their forties show a high rate of incidence, with approximately 13% of the patients being <40 years. This statistic is more than twice as high as that in Western countries. It is therefore necessary to identify the risk factors for breast cancer incidence by age and economic activity participation status. Women aged 30 to 59-whether breast cancer patients or those in the control group and having no breast cancer-were appraised from the sample cohort database. The data were analyzed using the statistical software R36.2. To identify the factors affecting breast cancer incidence, the degree of association was determined with HR and 95% CI by means of cox regression analysis. As for the socio-demographic variables, the older the individual, the higher the risk of breast cancer incidence becomes. As for the economic activity variables, those who were dependents (unemployed) and who had higher income (medium and high) were at higher risk of breast cancer incidence, which was statistically significant. The income-adjusted HR (model 1) for breast cancer development associated with the economic activity was 1.452 (95% CI, 1.19-1.77). The body mass index and alcohol intake-adjusted HR (model 2) was 1.431 (95% CI, 1.18-1.74). One needs to pay attention to policy plans regarding women's quality of life, as well as to the risk of breast cancer incidence by their economic activity. In other words, policies need to give post care, instead of focus on early detection and cancer treatment.

Effect of Resistance Band Exercise on Body Composition, Physical Fitness and Health Promoting Behavior in Nursing Students (탄성밴드운동이 간호대학생의 체성분, 체력과 건강증진행위에 미치는 효과)

  • Baek, Hee Chong;Lee, Suk Jeong;Shin, Gisoo;Lim, Eun Ju
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.310-319
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a resistance band training program on body composition, physical fitness, and health promotion behavior in nursing students. Method: This study has a one-group pretest-posttest design to examine the change in body composition, physical fitness, and health-promoting lifestyle profile after participation in the resistance band training program. Training consisted of hands-based exercises using an elastic resistance band for ten weeks. Participants performed the resistance band training two days per week with a sports trainer, and 30 minutes self-training three days per week. The participants were 21 freshmen in nursing. Results: Mean age of the participants was 20.9 years, and 61.9% were not satisfied with their body shape. After the training program, muscle mass, muscular endurance, and balance of the body were significantly improved. In health promoting lifestyle profile, categories of physical activity, health responsibility, and stress management showed a significant increase. Conclusion: Results of this study suggested that exercising with a resistance band improved body composition, physical fitness, and health promoting behavior in the nursing students. We propose that resistance band training should be suitable for those who have the environment with limitation of time and space.

Implementation of Mobile Social Network System for Shared Contents of Public Service (공공 서비스의 콘텐츠 공유를 위한 모바일 소셜 네트워크 시스템의 구현)

  • Seo, Jung-Hee
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.9 no.9
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    • pp.1051-1056
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    • 2014
  • Social Network Services are widely used by mass population and it is used as an important communications tool because it allows distribution of diverse and abundant amount of information. This thesis proposes to add a new valuable service function in social network for mobile-based civil complaint management. Therefore, we will develop a social network application for civil affair services that allows immediate civil compliant management while being able to share the contents related to civil affairs with other people. As a result of the experiment, the effect and efficiency of the method proposed in this thesis for social network-based civil affair services was proven. Hence, the social network for mobile-based civil affair services always provides new and improved service components. Moreover, discussing civil complaints in a social network point of view, we can expect high ripple effect and encourage more participation of public users dealing with civil affairs.

An Exploratory Research on Categorizing e-Sports as One of the Sports (e스포츠의 스포츠 범주화에 대한 탐색적 연구)

  • Chae, Hee-Sang;Kang, Shin-Kyu
    • Journal of Korea Game Society
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.85-95
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    • 2011
  • This paper focuses on the analysis of sports characteristics of e-Sports. For this purpose, it is important to set up a brand new concept of existing modern sports which is mainly concerned on physical activity. Therefore, In this paper, the researcher newly conceptualized e-Sports by following rapid change of the scene including media-technology, a change of an enjoyment method, the importance increase of sports environment and sports innovation. Also, the researcher tried to analyse how specific categorization of new sports concepts such as post-modern society, consumption & pleasure, homo-ludens, sporting experience, body and mind can be connected to e-Sports. As a result, e-Sports can be found in highly developed global society and consuming society. Furthermore, it can be defined as a 'brand new' concept of sports which features high level of psychological components in participation of activity.

Comparison of Body Composition, Physical Fitness, Isokinetic Strength between a major in EMT Students and a major in Physical Education Students (응급구조 전공과 체육 전공학생의 신체구성, 체력 및 슬관절 등속성 근기능 비교 연구 - 대전·충남을 중심으로 -)

  • Cho, Byung-Jun;Kim, Hak-Soo
    • The Korean Journal of Emergency Medical Services
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.129-136
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study was to compare the level of physical fitness and isokinetic strength, between EMT student and physical education students. Nine a major in EMT student volunteers, and nine a major in physical education student volunteers participated in that study as subjects. The basic physical body composition, fitness and isokinetic strength were measured. The data obtained in the study was analyzed by SPSS PC+ for window version 10.0. The difference in the mean of each variable between the two groups was analyzed by using the independent t-test and the significance level for all analysis was set at <.05. The results were as follows ; 1. There was a significant difference in the basic physical fitness between the two groups with the exception flexibility. The difference showed the statistical significance on back strength, balance and power in physical education students. 2. There were significant difference in body composition between the two groups with the exception of lean body fat. The difference showed the statistical significance on body fat%, body fat mass in the physical education students. 3. There was significant defference in the isokinetic strength between the two group. The difference showed the statistical significance on peak torque, peak torque B/W%. It was concluded that the physical education students may not have an effect of flexibility; however, back strength, balance, power, body composition, isokinetic strength, could be enhanced due to the long-term period of training. Based on the findings of this study, the regular participation of regular exercise help the untrained men achieve health-related fitness.

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The Detection Model of Disaster Issues based on the Risk Degree of Social Media Contents (소셜미디어 위험도기반 재난이슈 탐지모델)

  • Choi, Seon Hwa
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.121-128
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    • 2016
  • Social Media transformed the mass media based information traffic, and it has become a key resource for finding value in enterprises and public institutions. Particularly, in regards to disaster management, the necessity for public participation policy development through the use of social media is emphasized. National Disaster Management Research Institute developed the Social Big Board, which is a system that monitors social Big Data in real time for purposes of implementing social media disaster management. Social Big Board collects a daily average of 36 million tweets in Korean in real time and automatically filters disaster safety related tweets. The filtered tweets are then automatically categorized into 71 disaster safety types. This real time tweet monitoring system provides various information and insights based on the tweets, such as disaster issues, tweet frequency by region, original tweets, etc. The purpose of using this system is to take advantage of the potential benefits of social media in relations to disaster management. It is a first step towards disaster management that communicates with the people that allows us to hear the voice of the people concerning disaster issues and also understand their emotions at the same time. In this paper, Korean language text mining based Social Big Board will be briefly introduced, and disaster issue detection model, which is key algorithms, will be described. Disaster issues are divided into two categories: potential issues, which refers to abnormal signs prior to disaster events, and occurrence issues, which is a notification of disaster events. The detection models of these two categories are defined and the performance of the models are compared and evaluated.