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Relationship between NVOCs Concentration and Korean Red Pine (Pinus densiflora S. et Z.) Forest Environment in Spring Season (봄철 소나무숲의 NVOC 농도와 숲환경과의 상관관계)

  • Kim, GeonWoo;Kwon, ChiWon;Yeom, DongGeol;Joung, Dawou;Choi, Yoon Ho;Park, Bum-Jin
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.103 no.3
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    • pp.483-489
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    • 2014
  • This study aimed at a scientific examination of the relationship between NVOCs concentration and the physical environment of red pine forest in spring season. Atmospheric NVOC samples in red pine forest was collected through five trials conducted from March to May 2013, using Tanax-Ta-charged disposable tubes and mini-pumps. At each trial, measurements were taken at three different points in daytime (sunrise, southing and sunset). For maximum accuracy, two tubes were used for each measurement at the same location, and the mean value was used for analysis. Compound analysis on the NVOC samples was done using the HS-SPME method and GC-MS. Analysis of the relationship between NVOC and the physical forest environment found higher concentrations of most substances, including ${\alpha}$-pinene and ${\beta}$-pinene, with higher temperature, dew point, and lower concentrations with higher wind velocity. The findings of this study offer scientific evidence which can inform the creation of 'healing forests' and 'recreational forests' as well as forest environment in general, helping to promote public health and recreational activities.

The change of CBF(cerebral blood flow) of CVA patients by oriental medical treatment - Focused on Brain SPECT results - (뇌졸중환자(腦卒中患者)에 있어서 치료경과(治療經過)에 따른 뇌혈류(腦血流) 변화(變化) - Brain SPECT 결과(結果)를 중심(中心)으로 -)

  • Kang, Hwa-Jeong;Hong, Seok;Kim, Jong-Seok;Song, Ho-Chon;Bum, Hee-Seung;Jeon, Sang-Yun
    • The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.39-45
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    • 2000
  • Object : SPECT which can visualize the distribution of CBF was operated to find the basic evidence by objective and scientific inspection on the fact that how the oriental medical treatment for stroke patients can effect CBF. Method : This study made 18 cases an object of research. These patients came to the Dongshin Univ. Oriental Medical Hospical within 5 days from the first attack, were diagnosed as stroke from Brain CT and MAl and were in the hospital for over 4 weeks at least. They were taken acupunture treatment, negative technique and herbal medication. And this study operated SPECT at the instance of admission and at the 4th week after admission 2 times and compared the change of CBF. Results : I operated SPECT on 18 CVA patients and got a result on the change of blood supplies in brain as follows; In the 2nd SPECT compared with 1st, out of the 1st and 2nd SPECT, there are 10 cases(55.6%) of increase and 8 cases (44.4%) of decrease. According to L/Cb11 evauation standard, the 1 st and the 2nd changes of blood supplies in SPECT shows decrese from $0.830{\pm}0.071$ to $0.801{\pm}0.067$. On the other hand, according to L/C standard shows a minute increase from $0.894{\pm}0.079$ to $0.895{\pm}0.091$. But there is nothing meaningful. I treated patients' group with risk factors and the other patients' group without risk factors and observed the changes of blood supplies respectively. And therefore Patients' group without risk factors shows an meaningful increase of blood supplies from $0.835{\pm}0.076$ to $0.796{\pm}0.069$ L/Cbll and also an increase from $0.921{\pm}0.029$ to $0.939{\pm}0.029$ by L/C. But this result by L/C is not significant. Conclusion : As mentioned above, I treated CVA patients through oriental medical therapies using SPECT and researched the changes of blood supplies in their brains. But I could' t get any meaningful result. However, I think only after solving some problems in this treatment and quantifing the changes of blood supplies, this results can be the standard of scientific examination about oriental medical treatments.

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Composition of volatile organic components on ballpoint pen inks by HS-SPME GC/MS (HS-SPME GC/MS를 이용한 볼펜잉크의 휘발성 성분 분석)

  • Choi, Mi-Jung;Kim, Chang-Seong;Sun, Yale-Shik;Park, Sung-Woo
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.414-422
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    • 2010
  • In forensic examinations of question document, analysis about inks components and the dating of ink entries is often of considerable importance and forensic examination of inks is principally concerned with the classification and comparison of chemically complex mixtures. The authenticity about inks analysis of a questioned document may be examined through the analysis of inks used to TLC, HPLC/MS, GC/MS, LDI/MS. We collected 56 difference types of black ballpoint pen inks manufactured from 5 country groups. We identified major 6 species volatile organic components (VOCs), ethylbenzene ($0.089-0.244\;{\mu}g$/mL), o-xylene ($0.072-0.331\;{\mu}g$/mL), m,p-xylene ($0.062-0.318\;{\mu}g$/mL), benzene ($0.003-0.173\;{\mu}g$/mL), 1,1-dichloroethylene ($0.003-0.295\;{\mu}g$/mL), toluene ($0.007-0.484\;{\mu}g$/mL) using HS-SPME GC/MS. The results of this study indicated that determined VOCs of black ballpoint pen inks could make a discriminating tool of inks analysis for forensic question document and can supply methodology for classification and identification of between ballpoints pen inks.

Scientific Investigation for Conservation Methodology of Bracket Mural Paintings of Daeungjeon Hall in Jikjisa Temple (직지사 대웅전 포벽화 보존방안을 위한 과학적 조사)

  • Lee, Hwa Soo;Kim, Seol Hui;Han, Kyeong Soon
    • Journal of Conservation Science
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.107-118
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    • 2018
  • This report does studied for making the method of conserving bracket murals in Daeungjeon of Jikjisa Temple, through the scientific way. Results of evaluated the conservation status at the braket mural paintings, most serious damage is structural damage like cracks, breakage, and delamination. After optical investigation, a characteristic point wasn't found such as underdrawing or traces of a coat of paint. The ultrasonic examination speed by each wall painting was measured from about 195.8 m/s to 392.7 m/s, according to the location of the surface, and it was able to compare the surface properties according to the location. In Infrared-thermal image measurement shows that wall layer separation and paint layer delamination are closely detected, therefore it was able to judge of damage on the objective way. Material analysis revealed that the walls were made by sand and weathering soil. The wall layer combined sand with less than fine sand size by nearly 5:5, and the finishing layer was found to have mixed medium sand and fine sand at approximately 6:4 rates. However, In case of finishing layer, mixing ratios of sizes less than very fine sand were found to be significantly lower than wall. Therefore, it is estimated that the plysical damage such as the separation between the layers of the walls created in the braket mural paintings, is continuously caused by changes in the internal stresses and volume ratio caused by the density differences between the wall and the finishing layers.

The Design of Integrated Science Curriculum Framework Based on Big Ideas (Big idea를 중심으로 한 통합형 과학 교육과정 틀 설계)

  • Bang, Dami;Park, Eunmi;Yoon, Heojeong;Kim, Ji;Lee, Yoonha;Park, Jieun;Song, Joo-Yeon;Dong, Hyokwan;Shim, Byeong Ju;Lim, Hee-Jun;Lee, Hyun-Suk
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.33 no.5
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    • pp.1041-1054
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    • 2013
  • Big ideas are overarching principles that help students to build a holistic understanding of domain-specific knowledge and assimilate individual facts and theories. This study aims to design a standard-based integrated science curriculum framework based on Big Ideas. The core contents were extracted by analysing the 2009 National Science Standards curriculum of primary and middle schools. Four Big Ideas, 'diversity,' 'structure,' 'interaction,' and 'change,' were generated after the process of examination and categorization of core contents. The scientific facts, disciplinary concepts, and interdisciplinary concepts of every scientific domains included in each Big Idea are represented as a knowledge pyramid. Essential questions guiding the direction of curriculum design were proposed on each Big idea. Based on the framework, teaching modules for 'structure' were developed for grades 5~6.

Why Value Premises and Whose Value Premises?: a Critical Examination of Gunnar Myrdal's Viewpoint on the Role of Valuations in Social Sciences (왜 가치전제이고 누구의 가치전제인가?: 사회과학에서 가치판단의 역할에 관한 군나르 뮈르달의 입장에 대한 비판적 검토)

  • Shin, Jeongwan
    • 사회경제평론
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.307-346
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    • 2018
  • Gunnar Myrdal has struggled throughout his academic life with the problem of the role of valuations in social sciences. His earlier viewpoint was that valuations should be completely separated from scientific analysis on facts. But he soon fundamentally changed his viewpoint. His later viewpoint was that social scientists should disclose his valuations, for valuations intervene all the processes of scientific researches. Value premises are the valuations coherently reconstructed and manifestly articulated. Myrdal argued that social scientists should disclose value premises and perform his analysis and normative judgement based on the value premises. And the value premises should be derived from the valuations held by the large or significant groups of the society under study, not from the researcher's own valuations. This paper tried to show that Myrdal's later viewpoint must meet the crux, that researcher's own viewpoint must intervene in choosing valuations of particular group among diverse groups in the society under stduy, and in deriving and reconstructing value premises from the valuations of that group. And it argued that the reason why Myrdal met the crux could be explained by that he accepted the emotivism of Axel $H{\ddot{a}}gersr{\ddot{o}}m$. And it proposed some methodological solutions for escaping the crux Myrdal met, while preserving the positive elements of Myrdals' viewpoint.

Theoretical Study of Scientific Symmetry and Its Implications for Science Education (과학적 대칭성에 대한 이론적 고찰 및 과학교육에의 함의)

  • Kyungsuk Bae;Yeon-A Son;Jun-Young Oh
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.13-29
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    • 2023
  • This study aims to provide a theoretical examination of symmetry and its implications for science education. For this purpose, first, we examined the way of thinking of Western science in general through ancient Greek scholars. Second, we divided the perception of symmetry into ancient and modern times. Third, we draw out the implications for science education. The results of this study show that, first, the way of thinking in Western science is 'abstraction', which began with Parmenides and was established by Plato. Second, the ancient perception of symmetry is symmetry as beautiful proportions and harmony based on abstraction, and the modern perception of symmetry is symmetry as an invariant perspective based on abstraction that seeks to find constancy in change. We examined Eratosthenes' experiment to measure the circumference of the earth as an example of ancient symmetry, and Galilean relativity or transformation as examples of modern symmetry. Third, the implications for science education are as follows. Awareness of symmetry can help educate students about the nature of science, as it is a central theme that runs through ancient and modern science. Second, the Eratosthenes' experiment and Galilean relativity or transformations are not represented in the 2022 revised curriculum, but could support understanding of science and key competencies and concepts. Finally, an integrated approach to science education centered on symmetry can have a positive impact on scientific attitudes and interest.

Scientific Examination of Quarries of the Stone Remains Excavated from the First Burial Site of King Jeongjo (전(傳) 정조대왕 초장지 출토 석물의 채석지에 대한 과학적 검토)

  • LEE Myeongseong;AHN Yubin;KIM Jiyoung
    • Korean Journal of Heritage: History & Science
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    • v.56 no.3
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    • pp.196-212
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    • 2023
  • This study identifies the origin of stone remains (pavement and banister stones) excavated from the first burial site of King Jeongjo through petro-mineralogical analysis in a quarry and examines the relationship with the stone remains from Geolleung (King Jeongjo's Tomb). The excavated stones from the first burial site of King Jeongjo are all light gray fine-grained biotite granite, and mainly contain quartz, feldspar, and biotite. The magnetic susceptibility of the stones ranges from 5.55 to 12.10 (average 7.00) (SI unit). According to old documents, the quarrying sites of the stones were Mts. Aengbong and Yeogisan (Godeung-dong District, Suwon), and we found a fine-grained biotite granite outcrop behind Mr. Aengbong (currently the site of Yeonggwang Apartment) with a geological survey, and it was petrologically similar to the stone remains from the first burial site. The magnetic susceptibility of the outcrop rocks was 5.15 to 7.24 (SI unit), and their petro-mineral and geochemical characteristics were found to be the same as those of the first buried site and Geolleung Tomb. It was confirmed that most of the stone elements in the first burial site were reused to build Geolleung Tomb while moving the grave. Only the pavement and banister stones seem to have been discarded in the first grave site without being transferred. This is because the size of the new burial mound became larger than the first grave during construction because Queen Hyoui (the consort of King Jeongjo) died and was buried together with the king in the same tomb, and the stone blocks did not fit a grave that size. With these research results, it was possible to compare and examine the old records and scientific analysis data, and they are expected to be used as basic source material in related research.

A Research Relative to the Subjective View on the Occupational Consciousness of the Dental Coordinator (Dental Coordinator의 직업의식에 관한 주관성 연구)

  • Han, Gyeong-Soon
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.97-113
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    • 2002
  • This research is an attempt to establish a basic material in discovering the subjective types of the dental coordinators occupational consciousness, utilizing the Q-Method Theory, which is capable of measuring the subjective nature of human being by scientific and systematic method. The characteristics of each type were analyzed so as to have the dental coordinator to possess the desirable understanding of the occupational view together for them to have self-confidence as a lifetime specialty occupation. Upon completion of the study, it was found that there are three types of subjective views pertaining to the occupational consciousness on the dental coordinator. The result on the analysis of the characteristics is as follows : Type 1 is the Taking Serious View on the Patient Service, which priority is placed on kindness and looking after any difficulties of the patient, namely, it is the type that puts the importance on the high level medical examination and treatment based on good service. Because of the kind service to the patient, those under this category considered their job satisfaction have been improved. It goes without saying that they were developing the services, which satisfy themselves, and it was confirmed that they thought that they should make things smooth for any development of problems that may arise between the patient and the dentist. Type 2 is the Taking Serious View on Career and Organizational Strength. This is a type that aims on the systematic nature of the internal job, namely, organizational strength itself viewed from the stand point thai either self-confident or work merit is proportional to experience. This type is to actively treat the problem and endeavor to solve the issue when dissatisfaction is held by the dental hospital system, which is either followed according to the work responsibility or by an organization having an appropriate system on remuneration, Type 3 is the Placing of Importance on the Overall Circumstances. This is the type that places importance on the overall now of the dental hospital, and it is the type, that most greatly recognizes the importance of the role of the dental coordinator. The dental coordinator should provide the sense of reliability to both the dentist and to the staff of the medical examination and treatment and should be able to adjust smoothly the overall now of the medical treatment. The dental coordinator is expected to be a medical service specialist, who is capable to solve the problems of the staff of the medical treatment intuitively and to adjust the relation between the employees. With the above result, it was found that although there was no mutual exclusiveness between the respective types, there are particular characteristics among each type. Therefore, this research has discovered and analyzed the subjective view types relative to the occupational consciousness of the dental coordinator for the proper understanding on the characteristics of each type to enable the dental sanitary students and the graduates of the Dental Sanitary Department, who are aspiring to become dental coordinator, as the basic guide material to be actively utilized.

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Factors Associated with Cervical Cancer Screening in Busan, Korea (부산지역 주민의 자궁경부암 수검과 관련이 있는 요인)

  • Choi, Kui-Son;Lee, Duk-Hee;Jung, Kap-Yeol;Son, Ji-Eun;Jang, Tae-Won;Kim, Yoon-Kyu;Shin, Hai-Rim
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.166-173
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    • 2004
  • Objectives : Cervical cancer is the second most frequent cancer among women in Busan. The Pap smear test could have a significant effect on detecting cervical cancer, and enhancing their rate of use is an important strategy for reducing the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer. This study aimed to evaluate the factors associated with the past use of the Pap smear test in Korean women. Methods : A population-based survey was carried out in Busan between November 1999 and March 2000. 1,673 participants were randomly selected from 2,684 women in Busan, using a 2-stage cluster sampling method, and interviewed in their homes. Their socio-demographic characteristics, smoking, drinking, familial cancer history, Pap smear screening history, reproductive and menstrual factors, sexual habits and use of contraceptive methods data were collected by a trained interviewer using a questionnaire. The use of the screening test was defined by a self-report from the participants on how many times they had had a Pap smear test in their lifetime, and when they had received their latest examination. Results : Of the 1,673 respondents (62.3% response rate), 57.6% had had a Pap smear test during her life (mean number, 2.3). Among the health examination participants(1,064), 961(90.3%) reported having sexual experience and 70.9% of these had had a Pap smear test. In a multiple logistic regression analysis, statistically significant relationships were observed for age groups and the Pap smear test rate (odds ratio, OR for 35-44 years=2.45; OR for 45-54 years=3.41; OR for 55 years=2.60; reference, under 34 years). The married or cohabiting women were more likely to have used the Pap smear test than those separated or widowed (OR=1.73). Among the reproductive behavioral measures, the number of births (OR for 3 births=4.22; OR for 2 births=3.95; OR for 1 births=3.38; reference, 0 births) and husband's extra-marital affairs (OR=1.50) were associated with the rates of use of Pap smear tests. Conclusion : It appears that the most important contributing factors to cervical cancer screening were age, marital status and number of births. A positive association was also observed for the husband's extra-marital affairs. This study enabled us to systematically assess the relationship between Pap smear rates and risk factors for cervical cancer. It is hoped that this study will make a significant contribution to the accumulating scientific evidence on the identification of factors associated with cervical cancer screening in Korea.