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Human papillomavirus Infection and its Vaccines: Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Health Clinic Nurses in Kelantan, Malaysia

  • Jeyachelvi, K;Juwita, S;Norwati, D
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.17 no.8
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    • pp.3983-3988
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    • 2016
  • Background: Cervical cancer though preventable is still the leading cause of cancer death among women secondary to breast cancer. Persistent infection with HPV has been causally linked to the disease. A school based HPV vaccination program was introduced in late 2010 in Malaysia and nurse support is essential for its success. Objectives: To determine nurses knowledge and attitudes about HPV infection and its vaccines, and factors associated with their knowledge. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among nurses working at primary health clinics in Kelantan from mid-June till the end of July 2014. Its involved 330 nurses selected through multistage random sampling. A validated self-administered questionnaire consisting of 11 items for the knowledge domain and eight items for the attitude domain was used. Results: The response rate of the study was 93.7%. The mean knowledge and mean attitude (SD) scores were 5.37 (1.76) and 29.8 (3.51) respectively. Only 24% knew that HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection and 67% correctly answered that Gardasil vaccine can protect against four types of HPV. Nearly 60% of participants wrongly answered that HPV vaccines cannot be offered to sexually active women. Likewise, 70.9% participants were not aware that HPV vaccine may be appropriate for females aged 9 through 26 years. Though 90% of participants believed that the vaccine is safe, nearly half of them were unsure about efficacy. From multiple linear regression analysis, among the factors tested only participant's level of education showed a statistically significant association with the HPV knowledge score (p <0.001). Conclusions: This study indicates nurses have favorable attitudes towards HPV vaccination; however they have significant knowledge deficit and major misunderstanding in critical knowledge items. Among the factors tested, nursing qualification is the only factor that is significantly associated with the nurses knowledge score.

Real-time Faulty Node Detection scheme in Naval Distributed Control Networks using BCH codes (BCH 코드를 이용한 함정 분산 제어망을 위한 실시간 고장 노드 탐지 기법)

  • Noh, Dong-Hee;Kim, Dong-Seong
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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    • v.51 no.5
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    • pp.20-28
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    • 2014
  • This paper proposes a faulty node detection scheme that performs collective monitoring of a distributed networked control systems using interval weighting factor. The algorithm is designed to observe every node's behavior collectively based on the pseudo-random Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) code. Each node sends a single BCH bit simultaneously as a replacement for the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code. The fault judgement is performed by performing sequential check of observed detected error to guarantee detection accuracy. This scheme can be used for detecting and preventing serious damage caused by node failure. Simulation results show that the fault judgement based on decision pattern gives comprehensive summary of suspected faulty node.

Parameter Effect on Elastic Modulus of Discontinuity Rock-mass Based on Homogenization Method (균질화 이론에 근거한 불연속성 암반의 탄성계수에 영향을 미치는 불연속면의 조사 인자에 관한 연구)

  • Baek, Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.63-70
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    • 2000
  • The quantitative analyses and the mechanical interpretation of discontinuity planes are the most important factor for the study of strength and deformation properties of rock masses containing discontinuity planes. However, the relationship between the factors investigated in the field and the actual mechanical properties of discontinuity planes is not fully understood. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of density, length, and spacing of joints on elastic modulus of rock masses as these values vary. A new parameter which has a direct relation with the elastic modulus of discontinuity planes is also preposed in this study. The combination of finite element methods and homogenization methods has been used for the numerical analyses of a uintcell with discontinuity planes, which is generated using random-number generation methods. The elastic modulus of the discontinuity plane is found from the numerical analyses. The final results propose not only the relation between the investigation parameters of discontinuity planes and the elastic modulus of rock masses but also a new parameter, an effect area ratio having a linear relation with the elastic modulus of rock masses.

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The Effects of Job Atisfaction and Organizational Commitment on the Level of Organizational Learning for the Private Security Guards (민간경비원의 조직학습화 수준에 따른 조직몰입이 직무만족에 미치는 영향)

  • Kang, Dong-beom;Kim, Sang Jin
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.49-58
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    • 2016
  • This study is to suggest that the Effects of job satisfaction and Organizational Commitment on the Level of Organizational Learning for the Private Security Guards. in Seoul and in the sales launch of the eight companies selected by the wireless, Companies under the cooperation of managers throughout the visit and the subjects of this study was good enough for the purpose described by the following stratified cluster random sampling 2009 September to 10 October to call a total of 320 questionnaires distributed 51 copies unfaithful 259 copies were used except for analysis. I used SPSSWIN 21.0 and AMOS 21.0 to reliability analysis, factor analysis, correlation analysis, independent-sample t-test, analysis of variance, stepwise multiple regression analysis and path analysis. The level of statistical significance was set to .05. The following are conclusions. the business aspect and human aspect in the Level of Organizational Learning has an effect on the Organizational Commitment. and the Organizational Commitment has an effect on the Job Satisfaction.

The Effect of Career Choice Motives of the Private Security Guards on Job evaluation and Job Attitude (민간경비원의 직업선택동기가 직업선택평가 및 직무태도에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Sang-Jin
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.16 no.6_2
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    • pp.73-82
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    • 2016
  • This study is to investigate the Effect of Career Choice Motives of the Private Security Guards on Job choice evaluation and Job Attitude. For this study visiting the 8 companies around the capital area and surveyed from May 1st to October 10th 2015 using the stratified random sampling method. A total of 240 questionnaires were distributed and among them, 220 copies were used except for analysis. I used SPSSWIN 21.0 and AMOS 21.0 to reliability analysis, factor analysis, analysis of structural equation model, path analysis. The level of statistical significance was set to .05. The following are conclusions. Job choice motivation has a positive effect on Job choice evaluation and Job attitude but Job choice evaluation doesn't play intermediary role on relationship between Job choice motivation and Job attitude.

Effectiveness of SPACE Instructional Strategies for the Conceptual Change of the Elementary School children on Evaporation and Condensation (SPACE 수업 전략이 국민 학교 아동들의 증발과 응결 개념 변화에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Byung-Soon;Kim, Hyo-Nam;Kang, Soon-Hee;Kim, Young-Jun
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.272-284
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    • 1994
  • The aim of this research was to compare and analyze the children's ideas on evaporation and condensation between pre- and post-intervention. Forty-eight children from six elementary schools in Seoul and Kyung Ki provinces were sampled by stratified random sampling. A set of structured activities was then provided which allow children to explore evaporation and condensation phenomena. All of these activities had a preliminary phase which required the child to predict or speculate on evaporation and condensation using their existing knowledge. These structured activities on evaporation and condensation were reviewed by three professors and eigth primary school teachers. Their comments were used to revise the original contents of the structured activities. The data analysed were gathered by the questionaire and the interview. Pre- and post-intervention data related to evaporation and condensation were collected by the same teacher, and analysed into the same category scheme. Data coding was carried out several times by the researcher to ensure reliablity. Data collected were then classified and analyzed according to the types of children's ideas. The findings of this study were as follows: Results of this study showed that the the vocabulary used to describe the evaporation phenomena varied according to the context, and the scientific term "evaporated" was more frequently used by the older children after post-intervention. But everyday terms such as"dried up","disappered", "gone up" were also used by children as much as the level of pre-intervention. Scientific conception on the location of evaporated water, the factor of evaporation, the ideas about getting the water back and assumption about the physical state of the missing water has been increased for the most of the children after intervention. It was found that the intervention using was effective SPACE strategies regardless of the grade level of the children.

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A Path Analysis on Morale among Staff of Long-term Care Insurance in National Health Insurance Corporation (노인장기요양인정조사원의 사기에 관한 경로분석)

  • Kim, Hyun Mi;Choi, Yeon Hee
    • Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.247-257
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    • 2012
  • Purpose: This study is designed to identify major factors that affect morale among staff of long-term care insurance in National Health Insurance Corporation. Methods: In order to collect the data, a survey was conducted by using the structured questionnaire based on 161 staff members of long-term care insurance of 50 long-term care operation centers, which were randomly selected by the table of random numbers in the whole centers of National Health Insurance Corporation from September 1 to 30, 2011. As for the data analysis, SPSS 18.0 was used to conduct the descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, mutiple regression, and path analysis. Results: The average point of morale was 3.37, and had a negative correlation with the job stress, while it had a positive correlation with the social support, professional identity, and self-efficacy. Job stress, social support, and professional identity have a significant effect on morale among the independent variables. These variables have significant effects on morale, and also have a positive effect on self-efficacy. The findings show that self-efficacy mediates the process of morale. Conclusion: In this study, the factor which influences the morale was identified. It turned out that the morale could be improved by reinforcing the professional identity, managing the health status as well as rotating the working place. As such, it expects both the improvement of long-term care insurance services outcome and its quality through the morale management.

A Comparison of Shoulder Muscle Activities on Sitting Posture and Shoulder Angle

  • Park, Gyeong-ju;Park, Sun-young;Lee, Eun-jae;Jeong, Su-hyeon;Kim, Su-jin
    • Physical Therapy Korea
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.62-70
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    • 2018
  • Background: Sitting posture influences movements of scapulothoracic and glenohumeral joints and changes the shoulder muscle activities. The development and maintenance of correct sitting posture is important for the fundamental treatment of shoulder pain during rehabilitation. Objects: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the sitting postures and the shoulder movements on shoulder muscle activities for both male and female. Methods: Twenty-eight subjects without shoulder-related diseases participated in this experiment. The subjects had randomly adopted three different sitting postures (upright posture, preferred posture, maximum slouched posture) and shoulder flexion angles in scapular plane ($30^{\circ}$, $90^{\circ}$, $120^{\circ}$). Surface electrodes were collected from upper trapezius (UT), anterior deltoid (AD), and posterior deltoid (PD) and the active shoulder range of motion was measured in each sitting posture and shoulder flexion angle. Results: The active range of motions of the shoulder external rotation and the flexion in the scapular plane decreased from the upright posture to the maximum slouched posture (p<.05, mixed-effect linear regression with random intercept, Tukey post-hoc analysis). All muscles showed the highest EMG activities at $120^{\circ}$ shoulder flexion with the maximum slouched posture and did not show the gender differences. Conclusion: Increased shoulder muscle activities may become the potential risk factor for the shoulder impairment and pain if people continuously maintain the maximum slouched posture. Therefore, an upright position is necessary during shoulder exercises, as well as in activities of daily living, including motions involving lifting the arms.

A Multibit Tree Bitmap based Packet Classification (멀티 비트 트리 비트맵 기반 패킷 분류)

  • 최병철;이정태
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.29 no.3B
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    • pp.339-348
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    • 2004
  • Packet classification is an important factor to support various services such as QoS guarantee and VPN for users in Internet. Packet classification is a searching process for best matching rule on rule tables by employing multi-field such as source address, protocol, and port number as well as destination address in If header. In this paper, we propose hardware based packet classification algorithm by employing tree bitmap of multi-bit trio. We divided prefixes of searching fields and rule into multi-bit stride, and perform a rule searching with multi-bit of fixed size. The proposed scheme can reduce the access times taking for rule search by employing indexing key in a fixed size of upper bits of rule prefixes. We also employ a marker prefixes in order to remove backtracking during searching a rule. In this paper, we generate two dimensional random rule set of source address and destination address using routing tables provided by IPMA Project, and compare its memory usages and performance.

The Effects on the Trust of the Leaders and Organizational Commitment on the Revolutionary Leadership to Canoe Leaders (카누 지도자의 변혁적 리더십이 지도자의 신뢰와 조직몰입에 미치는 영향)

  • Oh, Byung-Hoon;Seok, Kang-Hoon;Lee, Jae-Hyung
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.111-120
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study was to find out how a canoe leader's revolutionary leadership affects his trust and how a leader's trust affects the organizational commitment. 350 participants were selected out of male and female registered as canoeists by the Korea Canoe Federation in 2011 through the random sampling. Except for 26 data with those not seriously taken, 324 responses were taken as valid samples. Frequency analysis, reliability analysis, factor analysis, correlation analysis, and multi-regression analysis have been conducted. The conclusion is as follows: First, a leader's revolutionary leadership positively affects his trust. Secondly, a leader's revolutionary leadership has a positive effect on his organizational commitment. Lastly, a leader's trust positively affect the organizational commitment.