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Study on the Cognition Types of College University Attribute : A Q-Methodological Approach (전문대학 속성 인식 유형 연구 : Q-방법론을 중심으로)

  • Choi, seok-hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.431-432
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    • 2011
  • 본 연구는 고등교육기관으로서 국가의 발전과 산업인재양성에 중요한 역할을 수행하고 있는 전문대학의 속성 유형을 Q-방법론을 적용하여 조사 분석하여 전문대학에 대학 인식유형을 분류하고 유형간 차이를 분석하고자 한다.

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A Systematic Review of the Economic Evaluation of Telemedicine in Japan

  • Akiyama, Miki;Yoo, Byung-Kwang
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.49 no.4
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    • pp.183-196
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    • 2016
  • Objectives: There is no systematic review on economic evaluations of telemedicine in Japan, despite over 1000 trials implemented. Our systematic review aims to examine whether Japan's telemedicine is cost-saving or cost-effective, examine the methodological rigorousness of the economic evaluations, and discuss future studies needed to improve telemedicine's financial sustainability. Methods: We searched five databases, including two Japanese databases, to find peer-reviewed articles published between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2014 in English and Japanese that performed economic evaluations of Japan's telemedicine programs. The methodological rigorousness of the economic analyses was assessed with a well-established checklist. We calculated the benefit-to-cost ratio (BCR) when a reviewed study reported related data but did not report the BCR. All cost values were adjusted to 2014 US dollars. Results: Among the 17 articles identified, six studies reported on settings connecting physicians for specialist consultations, and eleven studies on settings connecting healthcare providers and patients at home. There are three cost-benefit analyses and three cost-minimization analyses. The remaining studies measured the benefit of telemedicine only, using medical expenditure saved or users' willingness-to-pay. There was substantial diversity in the methodological rigorousness. Studies on teledermatology and teleradiology indicated a favorable level of economic efficiency. Studies on telehomecare gave mixed results. One cost-benefit analysis on telehomecare indicated a low economic efficiency, partly due to public subsidy rules, e.g., a too short budget period. Conclusions: Overall, telemedicine programs in Japan were indicated to have a favorable level of economic efficiency. However, the scarcity of the economic literature indicates the need for further rigorous economic evaluation studies.

Retrieval Effectiveness of Subject Descriptor and Citation Searching in the Water Resources Literature (수자원문헌의 주제탐색과 인용탐색의 검색효율 비교 연구)

  • Lee Myeong-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.26
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    • pp.213-233
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    • 1994
  • This study measured whether subject descriptor searching and citation searching retrieve different documents for conceptual queries and methodological queries in natural science, engineering and social science. The retrieval effectiveness of two search methods was measured using as criteria, total number of documents retrieved, total number of relevant documents, overlapping and unique documents and precision ratio. The search subject was water resources and the databases used were Selected Water Resources Abstracts (SWRA) and SCISEARCH. Data were collected for 21 doctoral students working on their dissertations in the three fields of water resources. Principal findings included: 1) subject searching and citation searching each retrieved substantially equal number of documents; 2) total number of relevant documents for conceptual queries was larger than that for methodological queries, while there was a large variation among the three fields; 3) the average overlap was quite small, while citation searching yielded more unique documents than subject searching; 4) for conceptual queries, citation searching yielded a higher precision ratio than subject searching, while subject searching obtained a slightly higher precision ratio than citation searching for methodological queries ; and 5) citation searching was effective for both specific queries and broad queries if seed articles are well chosen, while subject searching only worked well for broad queries. It was further found that: 1) citation searching is not a subsidiary but a substantial retrieval method in water resources; 2) SWRA is effective for queries for engineering and SCISEARCH is appropriate for queries for natural science, while neither SWRA nor SCISEARCH work well for queries for social science; and 3) characteristics of queries affect retrieval results more than the characteristics of documents or the coverage of databases.

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Impact of Philosophical Anthropology and Axiology on the Current Understanding of the Institution of Human Rights

  • Buglimova, Olga V.;Goncharov, Igor;Malinenko, Elvira;Matveeva, Natalya;Stepanenko, Yuri;Chernichkina, Galina
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.7
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    • pp.327-331
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    • 2022
  • The article aims at studying the institution of human rights in an ever-evolving world in the context of the interdisciplinary approach. The main scientific method was deduction that allowed examining the specific interdisciplinary approach in relation to the institution of human rights on the global scale. To solve the issue set, it is necessary to study legal foundations and features of the interdisciplinary approach to the institution of human rights in the modern world. The article proves there is no theoretical anthropological understanding of the institution of human rights. It has been concluded that the appeal to anthropological jurisprudence requires the identification of the initial theoretical and methodological principles, parameters and axioms of cognition, the integration of a person into the subject field of legal science, linking jurisprudence with the chosen external environment (philosophy, sociology, theology, etc.), predetermining the existence (understanding) of a person, causing qualitative differences and the structure of subject-methodological phenomena. In addition to the identification of such hypotheses, prerequisites and axioms, the basic method (principle) of cognition and its heuristic potential are also being searched (defined). The terminological designation of the formed subject-methodological phenomenon (legal anthropology, anthropology of law, anthropological approach, etc.) reveals its role in the system of interdisciplinary relations of legal science.

A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials on Acupuncture on the Post-stroke Muscle Spasticity (중풍 후 강직의 침구치료에 대한 계통적 연구)

  • Seo, Byung-Kwan;Baek, Yong-Hyeon;Park, Dong-Suk
    • Journal of Acupuncture Research
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2010
  • Objectives : The aim of this systematic review was to assess the efficacy of acupuncture and its relevant modality on post-stroke muscle spasticity Methods : We included 7 randomized controlled trials(RCTs) and 1 crossover study on acupuncture on the post-stroke muscle spasticity. Articles searches were performed in various databases in October 2009. Eight studies from 38 articles met the inclusion criteria and were used to assess the quality of clinical trials by means of Jadad scale, STRICTA, CONSORT statement and cochrane-handbook for systematic reviews of interventions. Results : Electrical stimulation such as electroacupuncture and TENS on acupoints was used in five studies. Repeatition of electroacupuncture showed significant decrease of the post-stroke muscle spasticity and persistence of the effect. Only three studies were assessed high quality as the methodological assessment tool(Jadad scale) and none of the studies matched STRICTA recommendations. Conclusions : This systematic review shows that there is beneficial effects of electroacupuncture on the post-stroke muscle spasticity. Further study of large population with high methodological quality will be needed.

The Effect of Patient Education Interventions on Distress, Self-Care Knowledge and Self-Care Behavior of Oncology Patients: A Meta-Analysis (암환자교육이 암환자의 심리적 디스트레스와 자가간호지식 및 자가간호행위에 미치는 효과: 메타분석)

  • Oh, Pok-Ja;Choi, Hyeong-Ji
    • Asian Oncology Nursing
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.257-266
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    • 2012
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of patient education interventions on distress, self-care knowledge and self-care behavior in cancer patients. Methods: A total of 1,102 studies were retrieved from 6 electronic databases in Korea. From these studies, 18 studies met the inclusion criteria with a total of 850 participants. Two authors independently assessed the methodological quality by Cochrane's Risk of Bias and Methodological Items for Non Randomized Studies. The data were analyzed by the RevMan 5.1 program of Cochrane library. Results: Overall effect size of education interventions on anxiety was -2.12 (95% CI:-3.90, -0.34) (p<.001). The effects on self-care knowledge and self care behavior were -1.08 (95% CI:-1.73, -0.43) (p=.001), and -1.41 (95% CI:-2.13, -0.68) (p<.001), respectively. Publication bias was detected as evaluated by funnel plot, but the fail-safe number was moderate. Conclusion: This study suggests that patient education interventions can relieve anxiety and self-care. Further randomized controlled trials studies are needed to evaluate the effects of patient education intervention on depression.

Methodological Research Trend Analysis of Records and Archives in Korea(1): Focused on Surveys and Experiments (국내 기록학 연구방법 동향분석 (1) 설문과 실험연구를 중심으로)

  • Lee, So-Yeon
    • The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
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    • no.51
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    • pp.307-336
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    • 2017
  • The present study aims at encouraging discussion on research paradigms as well as research methodologies of records and archives studies. Reviewing research paradigms, defined by Guba and Lincoln based on basic beliefs, leads to the suggestion that the discipline needs to reach to a certain degree of consensus on ontological, epistemological, and methodological premises in order to inform and guide future research. To make the argument, the present study reviews all research papers published in two major journals: the Korean Journal of Archival Studies and Journal of Korean Society of Archives and Records Management, from 2007 to 2016. It then identifies 80 research papers from positivistic research and reviews 32 papers, which collected data through surveys and experiments.

Methodological Principles of Didactics Ddevelopment in Educational Activity of Higher Eeducation Institutions

  • Bortniuk, Tetiana;Smyrnova, Tetiana;Tkachenko, Tetiana;Yakymenko, Svitlana;Pushkar, Larysa;Desiatnyk, Kateryna
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.394-398
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    • 2022
  • The article determines that the study of the development of scientific and didactic knowledge about the educational process in higher education should be built mainly on the basis of qualitative research methods that ensure the identification and understanding of the changes taking place in didactic knowledge, in the unity of their internal and external manifestations. On the basis of the epistemological model of the study of science, a generalized model of didactic knowledge about the educational process in higher education, including didactic relations as a theoretical core, subject of research, research methods and positions of researchers, ways of interaction between science and educational practice, and thematic structures of didactic knowledge; scientific and methodological problems of didactic knowledge about the educational process in higher education at the present stage of its developments due to the post-nonclassical transformation and orientation of research towards the humanitarian ideal of scientific character.

Attitude of nurses to turnover: A Q-methodological approach (경력 간호사의 이직의도에 대한 주관성 연구)

  • Kim, Geun Myun;Kim, Seong Kwang;Kim, Young Eun;Lee, Mi Sun
    • Journal of Korean Academic Society of Home Health Care Nursing
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.339-352
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: This study explored the attitudes and characteristics of nurse turnover using Q-method. Method: The Q-population was organized through in-depth interviews with nine nurses. A total of 43 Q-samples were selected from the 126 Q-population, and 30 nurses sorted the 43 statements using the principle of forced normal distribution. The PC-QUNAL program was used for Q-factor analysis. Result: Eight turnover attitude types of nurses were found: Professional pride-oriented, Seeking recognition within the organization, Perseverance, Egocentric calculation, Reality complacency, Seeking Work-life-balance, Interpersonal dependence, and Seeking justification. Conclusion: The findings of this study can serve as the basis to understand nurses' turnover attitudes and can aid in developing nursing management strategies to increase nurse retention.

Methodology of Life Cycle Assessment(LCA) for Environmental Impact Assessment of Winter Rapeseed in Double-cropping System with Rice (겨울 유채의 환경성 평가를 위한 전과정평가(LCA) 방법론)

  • Nam, Jae-Jak;Ok, Yong-Sik;Choi, Bong-Su;Lim, Song-Tak;Jung, Yong-Su;Jang, Young-Seok;Yang, Jae-E.
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.205-210
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    • 2008
  • Life cycle assessment(LCA) is acknowledged as a valuable tool to quantify the environment impact of agricultural practice as well as final product(biodiesel) considering whole life cycle of the target product. As a preliminary research of LCA study for rapeseed(Brassica napus L.) biodiesel, the methodological issues which have to be regarded with high priority were dealt with. No life cycle inventory(LCI) based on local data are currently available for LCA of rapeseed cultivation, crushing, and conversion to rapeseed methyl ester(RME) in Korea. In this paper, the life cycle of rapeseed and methodological factors which have to be measured for building LCI of each process are provided and discussed, which are including seed, fertilizer, energy use in rapeseed cultivation environment; and crushing, RME conversion, and transportation in biodiesel production.