• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2021

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to investigate functional disability for the elderly in rural Korea and to identify influencing factors of functional disability. Methods : The data were collected for 76 community-dwelling elderly in rural area and above 65 years. We assessed cognitive function, functional disability, depression using LACLS, WHODAS 2.0, SGDS-K. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics for general characteristics of subjects, Spearman's correlation among LACLS, SGDS-K, WHODAS 2.0, age, educational levels. And multiple regression was used to find influencing factors of functional disability. Results : As a result of this study, we identified that WHODAS 2.0 total score was 50.59, summary score was 9.94 and functional disability of the elderly in rural area is in the 70^th percentile. The highest level of disability occurred in areas related to 'life activities (household)', 'participation in society' and the lowest level of disability occured in areas of 'self-care', 'getting along with people'. Functional disability was significantly correlated with age (r=.398), cognitive function (r=-.547), depression (r=-.563) but not educational levels (r=-.215). Finally, we confirmed that depression (𝛽=.371), cognitive function (𝛽=-.263), widowed status (𝛽=.303), age (𝛽=.272), non-participation of community program (𝛽=.165) was significantly influencing factors of functional disability and the explanatory power of these factors was 52.80 %. Conclusion : This study revealed important factors of functional disability. Therefore, we need to consider these factors when we developed program related to health for the elderly (aged > 65 years) in rural Korea. Further, we need to standardize WHODAS 2.0 in order to enhance its applicability in clinical practices.

• 농촌계획
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2022

The goal of this study is to promote the spread of environmentally friendly agricultural products, which have been receiving a lot of attention lately, as a way to improve food safety and quality. As a result of the increased labor input, increased production costs, and an aging population, environmentally friendly agriculture is making it more difficult for farmers to expand their enterprises. In the meantime, consumers find it difficult to spread eco-friendly agricultural products due to their high expectations for safety and quality, as well as the desire to purchase products at a reasonable price. Previous studies have revealed differences in perceptions between eco-friendly agricultural producers and consumers. In light of this, this study divided consumers based on their characteristics (such as age, purchase history, health concerns, etc.), and different policies were proposed in order to increase purchasing factors for each group based on their characteristics. In order to gather information for this study, general citizens were asked about their perceptions of eco-friendly agricultural products, future purchase intentions and awareness, reliability, necessity, purpose, and information sources. A two-step clustering analysis was conducted using nominal and continuous variables simultaneously. The paper presents the three derived group differences (senior organic interest group, middle-aged organic interest group, and indifferent young organics) as well as group differences for the purchasing/non-purchasing factor analysis and policy improvement for each group. An eco-friendly agricultural product distribution proposal was made at the end of this article.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.875-890
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• 2021

In order to confirm the safety of a genetically modified organism (GMO), we assess its potential toxicity on non-target insects and spiders. In this study, the effects of GM soybean, a type of vitamin-A-enhanced transgenic soybean with tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate, were assessed under a field condition. The study compared this vitamin-A-enhanced transgenic soybean and a non-GM soybean (Gwangan) in a living modified organism (LMO) isolated field of Kyungpook National University (Gunwi) and the National Institute Agricultural Sciences (Jeonju) in the Republic of Korea in 2019 - 2020. In total, 207,760 individual insects and arachnids, representing 81 families and 13 orders, were collected during the study. From the two types of soybean fields, corresponding totals of 105,765 and 101,995 individuals from the vitamin-A-enhanced transgenic soybean and Gwangan samples areas were collected. An analysis of variance indicated no significant differences (p < 0.05). A multivariate analysis showed that the dominance and richness outcomes of plant-dwelling insects were similar. The data on insect species population densities were subjected to a principal component analysis (PCA) and an orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA), which did not distinguish between the two varieties, i.e., the vitamin-A-enhanced transgenic soybean and the non-GM soybean in any cultivated field. However, the results of the PCA analysis could be divided overall into four groups based on the yearly survey areas. Therefore, there was no evidence for the different impact of vitamin A-enhanced transgenic soybean on the above-ground insects and spiders compared to non-GM soybean.

• 농촌계획
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2023

Although Due to industrial development and urbanization, the number of schools closing due to a decrease in the school-age population is increasing due to the phenomenon of relocation from farming and fishing villages. Closing schools are used as social and cultural facilities, or they are used to generate income by providing education and experiences. Agro-healing is an activity that promotes psychological, social, and physical health by using rural resources. By reflecting the Agro-healing in the services operated by the closed school, the perception of the provision of the Agro-healing service was investigated as a way to provide a therapeutic service to visitors and to increase the utilization of the closed school. The questionnaire consisted of 10 questions, a total of 5 questions related to demographic information, a total of 5 questions related to the perception of agro-healing activities in closed school facilities. As a result, 347 people participated in the survey. The higher the awareness of agro-healing, the need for a agro-healing expert, the satisfaction with the use of rural closed school facilities, and the willingness to participate in agro-healing activities, the higher the awareness that the provision of agro-healing services was necessary by the state. Theses results are expected to be useful as basic to data to solve the diverse limitation in rural closed school and agro-healing activities.

• 한국농촌건축학회논문집
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2023

This study is conducted to provide an empirical review on how schools play a pivotal role in the regional communities. For this, the use of closed schools, activities to revive small-scale schools, and activities related to nearby schools outside the village were analyzed for villages that have participated and have been awarded in the Contest for Making Happy Rural Communities by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The results of this are as follows. Out of 204 villages that won the contest, there were 19 cases of school closures. Of these 19 cases, there are 17 cases in which the closed school facilities still exist. For the two remaining cases, there are no buildings and only the site remains. To summarize the use of these schools, the functions are being combined and are determined within the range that local residents can operate. The impact or success factors on the region can be summarized into five main categories through the revival of schools in the crisis of closure. First, it was an opportunity to lay an organizational foundation for village projects in the future by reorganizing the village's organization, such as the formation of a village promotion committee to revive the schools. Second, it did not just introduce outsiders to increase the population, but supported housing and jobs for them to successfully settle down. Third, a cultural community was created with senior and junior residents, and finally, the residents became teachers or formed a village education communities such as lifelong education. In the relationship with schools existing outside the village, activities with members of the surrounding schools and linked activities are being carried out in the sense of "school".

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.101-141
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• 2014

세계적으로 가장 강력했던 농촌운동 중 하나로 이상촌운동을 들 수 있다. 동서양을 막론하고 수세기 전에 이미 농촌을 이상적으로 개발하여 행복하게 살기를 바라는 꿈을 꾸었고 그 꿈을 현실화하기 위하여 이를 하나의 사회운동으로 계획하여 실천하려고 하였다. 서양에서는 영국의 토마스 모어가 1516년 "유토피아"를 발표하면서 시작되었고, 이어서 로버트 오언을 이어 세계 각국에 다양한 형태로 번졌다. 중국에서는 기원전 6세기 노자의 소국과민사상과 4세기에 도연명의 무릉도원이란 이상사회를 그렸다. 한국의 대표적인 이상촌은 허균이 쓴 소설 홍길동전에 나오는 율도국과 박지원의 허생전에 나오는 공도, 그리고 중요한 이상촌 운동으로는 구한 말기부터 조국을 구하려고 전국 각지와 만주와 미주에 이르기까지 일어났던 신민회의 이상촌운동이 농촌을 지키는데 기여했고, 농민들에게 모범이 되어 일제의 탄압과 착취에 저항하고 참고 살아가는데 기여했을 뿐 아니라 한국의 독립을 쟁취하는데 희망을 주었다. 그 운동은 해방 후에도 가나안농군학교와 새마을운동으로 이어져 조국을 근대화시키는데 그 바탕이 되었다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.139-151
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• 2016

Purpose - In Chinese rose market, Korea competes against Latin American and African countries, but is not so competitive in terms of price and quality, implying the importance of using appropriate marketing strategies. This study aims to examine Chinese rose consumers' recognition and attributes of preference for roses produced in Korea, in order to use the result as baseline data for Korean rose exporters to China and provide implications that help establish a variety of marketing strategies targeting each region, income and age group. Research Design, Data and Methodology - 112 Chinese people were involved and interviewed in Chinese horticulture industry who had participated in 2016 Hortiflorexpo IPM Beijing. Online questionnaire survey was additionally conducted with 533 Chinese living in Korea and China. The Conjoint Analysis was conducted for region, age, and income group of respondents to estimate the relative importance of rose attributes evaluated by each population group and the utility derived from each attribute level. This process aimed to compare respective population groups for the relative importance and utility to derive implications for targeted marketing strategies. Results - The analysis finds that Chinese rose consumers prioritize rose color, followed by price, flowering stage, and flower size in purchasing roses. They prefer red roses most, followed by pink and then yellow. Moreover, they prefer larger roses, and relatively cheaper roses. The analysis reveals they prefer roses in their 20%-flowering stage to more than 40%-flowering stage. Conclusions - Establishing marketing strategies differentiated for each Chinese consumer group is critical in expanding Korean rose export. The analysis finds while Chinese consumers living in Beijing considered rose color and flowering stage more importantly than their counterparts in Shanghai, Chinese consumers living in Shanghai considered rose price and size more importantly than their counterparts living in Beijing. Therefore, establishing marketing strategies based on these attributes of preference in each region is necessary. Mid & low-income consumer groups considered price as the most important factor, and high-income consumer groups considered rose color as the most important one. It is, thus, important to focus on rose color when establishing a marketing strategy with targeting the high-income consumer group.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.716-727
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• 2015

우리나라는 저출산이라는 사회문제 해결을 위해 어린이집 설립 및 운영에 대한 재정지원을 확충하고 있지만 지역의 어린이집 수요를 충분히 반영하지 못하고 있는 것으로 나타나고 있다. 본 연구는 전라남도의 도시지역과 농어촌지역을 중심으로 어린이집의 분포를 비교분석해 봄으로써 어린이집 분포의 공간적 불균형에 대한 고찰을 시도하였다. 현재 시행되고 있는 어린이집 정책의 문제점을 전라남도의 도시지역(5개 시)과 농어촌지역(17개 군) 간의 차이를 중심으로 분석한 결과, 영유아 1,000명당 어린이집 수는 도시지역은 10.9개소인 반면 농어촌지역은 6.2개소로 큰 차이를 보였다. 각 시 군별 평균 어린이집 수 또한 도시지역(147.8개소)과 농어촌지역(15.4개소)의 격차가 매우 컸다. 어린이집의 사각지대라 볼 수 있는 보육시설이 전혀 없는 동이나 면은 총 78곳으로 이 중 도시지역은 8개 면이며 이곳에 거주하는 영유아는 560명으로 도시지역에 거주하는 전체 영유아의 0.7%로 나타났다. 반면 농어촌지역에서 보육시설이 전혀 없는 면은 70개로 이곳에 거주하는 영유아는 5,269명이며 이는 전체 농어촌지역 거주 영유아의 11%에 이르는 수치이다. 상대적으로 부모들이 선호하는 국 공립 어린이집의 수도 도시지역(87개소)과 농어촌지역(28개소)간의 격차가 매우 큰 것으로 조사되었다. 따라서 향후 보육정책은 이러한 도 농간의 차별을 최소화하고 정확한 보육수요조사와 수요자의 지역별 특성을 파악하여 보다 다양한 프로그램으로 확대해 나가는 것이 바람직할 것으로 보인다.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.433-441
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• 2016

Clubroot caused by the protist Plasmodiophora brassicae is one of the most destructive diseases of Brassica crops. Developing Chinese cabbage cultivars with durable clubroot resistance (CR) is an important goal of breeding programs, which will require new genetic resources to be identified and introduced. In this study, we evaluated resistance to P. brassicae race 4 using 26 Chinese cabbage (B. rapa ssp. pekinensis ) cultivars compared to the clubroot-susceptible Chinese cabbage inbred line 'BP079' and the clubroot-resistant European turnip (B. rapa ssp. rapifera ) inbred line 'IT033820'. No symptoms of clubroot disease were found in 'IT033820' infected with P. brassicae race 4, whereas the Chinese cabbage cultivars exhibited disease symptoms to various degrees. The Chinese cabbage cultivars that were reported to be clubroot-susceptible were susceptible to P. brassicae race 4; however, seven of the 20 cultivars reported to be clubroot-resistant were susceptible to this race of P. brassicae to varying degrees. Resting spores of P. brassicae were abundant within the infected root tissues of 'BP079', as revealed by light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), but they were not detected in root tissues of 'IT033820'. Although resting spores were not detected by light microscopy in root tissues of the clubroot-resistant Chinese cabbage cultivar 'Kigokoro 75', a few spores were observed by SEM. The $F_1$ hybrids from a cross between 'IT033820' and 'BP079' showed no disease symptoms, and all $BC_1P_1$ progenies from a cross between the $F_1$ hybrid and 'IT033820' exhibited a resistance phenotype. In the $BC_1P_2$ population from a cross between the $F_1$ hybrid and 'BP079', this trait segregated at a ratio of 3(R):1(S) (${\chi}^2=1.333$, p = 0.248) at a 5% significance level. Inoculated $BC_1P_2$ plants were either highly resistant or highly susceptible to the pathogen, indicating that the CR to race 4 of P. brassicae carried by 'IT033820' is dominant. In the $F_2$ population, this trait segregated at a ratio of 15(R):1(S) (${\chi}^2=0.152$, p = 0.696) at a 5% significance level, suggesting that CR in 'IT033820' is mainly controlled by two dominant genes. Therefore, 'IT033820' represents a promising genetic resource for developing durable CR breeding lines in Chinese cabbage.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.203-215
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• 2015

본 연구는 농촌지역의 쇠퇴도를 진단하고, 농촌생활권의 기초단위인 읍 면 지역에 대한 공간적 쇠퇴 특성과 유형을 도출하는데 목적을 두고 있다. 이를 위해, 충청권 27개 시 군을 대상으로 거시적 차원의 쇠퇴수준과 잠재수준을 분석하여 도시차원의 쇠퇴현상을 진단한다. 다음으로 공간단위를 세분화하여 충청권의 274개 읍 면지역을 대상으로 쇠퇴수준을 분석하고, K-평균군집분석을 적용하여 쇠퇴유형 및 쇠퇴특성을 도출한다. 충청권 시 군 별 쇠퇴수준 및 잠재수준 분석결과, 충남지역의 청양군, 서천군, 태안군이 높은 쇠퇴도를 보이고 있으며, 충북지역의 전통적 낙후지역인 남부 3군(보은, 옥천, 영동)과 단양군, 괴산군의 쇠퇴도가 높게 나타나고 있다. 또한, 충청권의 읍 면지역 중 쇠퇴의 경향을 보이는 166개 읍 면지역에 대한 군집분석 결과 인구 및 주택 노후화지역(29), 경제기반 취약지역(16), 중심지접근성 취약지역(42), 주거환경 열악지역(51), 노령인구 취약지역(28)의 5개 군집유형의 쇠퇴특성이 도출되었다. 충청권 농촌지역의 쇠퇴특성과 유형화를 시도한 본 연구는 농촌지역 활성화 정책 수립에 있어 기초자료로 활용될 것으로 기대되며, 향후 연구에서는 읍 면지역 차원을 넘어 농촌정체성의 기초단위가 되는 농촌마을을 대상으로 종합적인 진단과 맞춤형 정책발굴 연구가 이어질 것으로 기대된다.