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Effects of Goal-Oriented Functional Tasks on Gross Motor Function and Activities of Daily Living in Children with Cerebral Palsy -A Single Case Study-

  • Lee, Eun-Jung;Kwon, Hae-Yeon
    • PNF and Movement
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.159-172
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: The study sought to determine whether goal achievement, performance, satisfaction, activities of daily living, and gross motor function in children with spastic cerebral palsy are positive affected by goal-oriented functional task training. Methods: In a single case study, two 7-year-old girls diagnosed with spastic cerebral palsy were given functional task training based on individualized goals for 24 60-minute sessions over a period of 6 months. The individualized goals reflected the needs of both children and parents. The Canadian occupational performance measure (COPM) and the goal attainment scale (GAS) were used to measure goal performance and satisfaction before and after intervention. Independence of activities of daily living before and after intervention were assessed using the functional independence measure for children (Wee-FIM). And change of gross motor function were assessed using gross motor function measure (GMFM). Results: Clinically significant changes were observed in COPM and GAS, as well as positive changes in independence of gross motor function and activities of daily living. Conclusion: The findings indicate that goal-oriented functional task training addresses the needs of children with spastic cerebral palsy, which increases treatment satisfaction and has a positive effect on independent activities and participation in daily life.

Validity of TOEFL, TOEIC and TEPS as a measure of communicative competence (의사소통 능력 측정 도구로서의 공인 영어 표준화 시험 타당도)

  • Lee, Hyun-Oo;Lee, So-Young
    • English Language & Literature Teaching
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.191-210
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    • 2004
  • The scores of TOEFL, TOEIC and TEPS have been increasingly used for many purposes in Korea In particular, these test scores are being used as a measure of the test-takers' overall communicative competence. Nonetheless, few studies have been conducted that investigate the validity of the test scores used for this purpose. As a preliminary step to explore the validity of the test scores, we conducted a small scale study by comparing 30 university students' scores in TOEFL, TOElC and TEPS with their class performances in English conversation and composition courses. The correlations between the test scores and the grade point averages of the courses show that the test scores are much harder to use as a valid measure of test-takers' overall communicative competence than usually thought to be and that the score in TOEFL is, nonetheless, a more reliable measure than the ones in the other tests. Although tins study has a few limitations such as the small number of participants, the homogeneity of the sample as a group, etc, it provides some insight into the use of the three tests for measurement of overall communicative proficiency and suggests need for conducting further validation studies in these areas.

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The Influence of Walking Exercise on Balance Ability of Knee Osteoarthritis (퇴행성 슬관절염 환자의 걷기 운동이 균형 능력에 미치는 영향)

  • Jang, Won-Sug;Bae, Sung-Soo
    • PNF and Movement
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 2006
  • Purpose : The main purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of walking exercise on balance ability of knee osteoarthritis. The subject were consisted of 30 women patients with knee osteoarthritis. Method : The walking exercise group with modality treatment. The walking exercise for 40 minutes per day and three times a week during 6 weeks period. Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire(SFMPQ) was used to measure patient's pain level. Patient Specific Functional Scale(PSFS) was used to measure patient's functional disability level. BPM was used to measure sway area. Global Perceived Effect Scale(GPES) was used to measure recovery or worse of patient's condition. Results : 1. SFMPQ was walking exercise showed significantly decreased more than before treatment (p<.05). 2. PSFS was walking exercise showed significantly increased more than before treatment (p<.05). 3. Sway area was walking exercise showed significantly limited area more than before treatment (p<.05). 4. GPES was walking exercise showed significantly increased more than before treatment(p<.05) Conclusion : This study will be used as exercise method of patient with osteoarhtritis.

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Patterns of Infant-Mother Attachment and Related Variables (영아-어머니간의 애착유형과 그 관련변인)

  • Park, Ung Im
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.113-131
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    • 1995
  • The objectives of this study were to investigate (1) the relations between infant-mother attachment and maternal sensitivity, maltreatment, stress, and childhood experience, and (2) relations between infant-mother attachment and infant temperament. The subjects of the study were 55 14 to 20 month-old infants (27 boys and 28 girls) and their mothers in Seoul. In order to assess the patterns of infant-mother attachment, each infant-mother dyad was videotaped in the modified Ainsworth's Strange Situation. Each dyad was filmed for 3 minutes in the Questionnaire Situation of Smith and Pederson(Smith, & Pederson, 1988) to assess maternal sensitivity responding to infant's cues. Each mother also was interviewed by using a semi-structured questionnaire made by author to measure maternal maltreatment. Each mother was asked to complete three Likert-type questionnaires, containing Parenting Stress Index (PSI) (Abidin, 1990) to measure the maternal stress, Mother-Father Peer Scale (MFPS) (Epstein, 1983) to measure childhood experience, and Emotionality, Activity, Sociality (EAS) (Buss, & Plomin, 1984) to measure infant's temperament. The statistical procedures used for data analyses were correlation, one-way ANOVA, multiple regression, and Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ coefficient. The results showed that (1) mothers of insecure-avoidant infants maltreated their infants more than mothers of secure infants, and (2) in the multiple regression analysis, maternal maltreatment was predicted by maternal education, maternal stress (parent domain), and maternal childhood experience in relation to her own mother (acceptance vs. rejection).

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Evaluation of Uncertainty Importance Measure in Fault Tree Analysis (결점나무 분석에서 불확실성 중요도 측도의 평가)

  • Cho, Jae-Gyeun;Jeong, Seok-Chan
    • The Journal of Information Systems
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.25-37
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    • 2008
  • In a fault tree analysis, an uncertainty importance measure is often used to assess how much uncertainty of the top event probability (Q) is attributable to the uncertainty of a basic event probability ($q_i$), and thus, to identify those basic events whose uncertainties need to be reduced to effectively reduce the uncertainty of Q. For evaluating the measures suggested by many authors which assess a percentage change in the variance V of Q with respect to unit percentage change in the variance $v_i$ of $q_i$, V and ${\partial}V/{\partial}v_i$ need to be estimated analytically or by Monte Carlo simulation. However, it is very complicated to analytically compute V and ${\partial}V/{\partial}v_i$ for large-sized fault trees, and difficult to estimate them in a robust manner by Monte Carlo simulation. In this paper, we propose a method for evaluating the measure using discretization technique and Monte Carlo simulation. The proposed method provides a stable uncertainty importance of each basic event.

Presenting the Development Direction Through the Analysis of Tool used to Measure Computational Thinking (컴퓨팅사고력 측정에 사용되고 있는 도구 분석을 통한 새로운 검사도구 개발방향 제시)

  • Kim, MinJeong;Lee, WonGyu;Kim, JaMee
    • The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.17-25
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    • 2017
  • In order to ensure that the 2015 revised curriculum is successfully settled at the field of school, there are 68 national SW schools operated by 2015 and 2016 at national level, and an inspection tool was developed to measure the effectiveness of SW education. The purpose of this study is to present the direction of the computing thinking inspection tool which can verify the effectiveness of the curriculum from 2018 through the analysis of the previously developed computing thinking inspection tool. As a result of the analysis, the validity of the ability factors to measure the problem solving process based on computing thinking was not enough. In the analysis of the item characteristics, the degree of discrimination was good, but difficulty was not enough to accurately measure the competence of students because of the high percentage of easy questions. Based on the results, this study suggested the development of the items considering the problem solving process based on the computing thinking, the application of the students' empirical knowledge, and the constitution that can confirm the flow of the thinking power with materials in the real life.

Validity and Reliability of Korean Version of the Revised Stress Appraisal Measure (RSAM) (한국어판 수정된 스트레스 평가 도구(Revised Stress Appraisal Measure)의 타당도와 신뢰도)

  • Kim, Jeong Sun;Kim, Kye-Ha;Kang, Hyuncheol
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.290-302
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    • 2015
  • The study purpose was to test the validity and reliability of the Korean version of the Revised Stress Appraisal Measure (RSAM) to assess stress appraisal in undergraduate students. Internal consistency reliability, construct and criterion validity were calculated using IBM SPSS Statistics 21 and AMOS 21 program. Survey data were collected from a convenience sample of 296 undergraduate students enrolled in five universities in G city and C area, South Korea. The Korean version of RSAM categorized into 5 factors explaining 68.4% of the total variance. The model of five subscales was validated by confirmatory factor analysis (p<.001, Goodness of Fit Index, Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index, Normed Fit Index, Comparative Fit Index >.08, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation=.056). In criterion validity, the scores for the scale were significantly correlated with the Perceived Stress Scale-Korean. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the 19 items was .73~.89. The Korean RSAM showed satisfactory construct and criterion validity and reliability. Thus it may be an appropriate instrument for measuring stress appraisal in Korean university students.

Moderating Effect of Negative Emotionality on the Association between Teacher-Child Intimacy and Peer Interaction (교사-유아의 친밀감과 유아의 또래상호작용의 관계에서 부정적 정서성의 중재효과)

  • Yi, Ye Jin;Shin, Yoo Lim
    • Human Ecology Research
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    • v.53 no.4
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    • pp.405-412
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    • 2015
  • This study investigated the moderating effect of negative emotionality on the association between teacher-child intimacy and peer interaction based on a differential susceptibility model. The participants were 252 three-year-old children recruited from a day care center and preschool located in Incheon and Gyeonggi province. The teacher-child relationship was measured on a Student-Teacher Relationship Scale. This measure is a type of teacher's report with ratings based on a teacher's daily observations. This scale is composed of closeness items on the degree of warmth and open communication in teacher-child relationships. Peer interactions were measured with a Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale. This measure is composed of play interaction items, play disruption items and play disconnection. Negative emotionality was measured with Child Behavior Questionnaire. Teachers measured teacher-child intimacy and peer interaction scales. Parents reported children's negative emotionality. The research showed that negative emotionality moderated the association of teacher-child intimacy, play interaction, play isolation and play disruption. The magnitude of association between teacher-child intimacy and play disconnection as well as play interaction was greater for high levels of negative emotionality. Teacher-child intimacy was significantly associated with play disruption only for high levels of negative emotionality. The findings of this study support a differential susceptibility model.

Evaluation of Usability and Radiation Dose Measurement Using Personal Radiation Exposure Dosimeter (방사선 개인피폭선량계를 이용한 피폭선량 측정 및 유용성 평가)

  • Kang, In-Seog;Ahn, Sung-Min
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.14 no.11
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    • pp.864-870
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    • 2014
  • To propose a basis for the selection of personal dosimeters to measure radiation dose administration of radiation workers as a way to evaluate the usefulness dosimeter. For the dosimetry of the radiation workers 2012, during 1 year, 30 were radiation workers to measure personal dose. By personal exposure is measured cumulative dose, is investigated the performance of the TLD, PLD, OSLD. And comparing the measured value of each dosimeter dose and analyzed. Medical institutions, inspection work and quarterly confirmed the cumulative exposure dose of radiation workers. Using DAP and Ion-Chamber, to measure to compare TLD, PLD, OSLD dosimeter performance. A comparison of the directly through the X-ray dosimeter and The absolute value of the Ion-Chamber, OSLD more similar than in the TLD and PLD showed the dose values so the excellent ability to measure the results. Also in radiation generating area dose of radiation workers is higher than that in OSLD. Consequently, in terms of the individual exposure management OSLD is appropriated and beneficial than others.

A Similarity Measure Using Rating Ranges for Memory-based Collaborative Filtering (메모리 기반 협력필터링을 위한 평가 등급 범위를 이용한 유사도 척도)

  • Lee, Soojung
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.375-382
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    • 2013
  • Collaborative filtering has been most widely used in commercial sites to recommend items based on the history of user preferences for items. The basic idea behind this method is to find similar users whose ratings for items are incorporated to make recommendations for new items. Hence, similarity calculation is most critical in recommendation performance. This paper presents a new similarity measure that takes each rating of a user relatively to his own ratings. Extensive experiments revealed that the proposed measure is more reliable than the classic measures in that it significantly decreases generation of extreme similarity values and its performance improves when consulting neighbors with high similarites only. In particular, the results show that the proposed measure is superior to the classic ones for datasets with large rating scales.