• Psychiatry investigation
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.1130-1134
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• 2018

Objective Trichotillomania is a relatively common illness whose neurobiology is poorly understood. One treatment for adult trichotillomania, n-acetyl cysteine (NAC), has antioxidative properties, as well as effects on central glutamatergic transmission. Preclinical models suggest that excessive oxidative stress may be involved in its pathophysiology. Methods Adults with trichotillomania provided a blood sample for analysis of compounds that may be influenced by oxidative stress [glutathione, angiotensin II, ferritin, iron, glucose, insulin and insulin growth factor 1 (IGF1), and hepcidin]. Participants were examined on symptom severity, disability, and impulsivity. The number of participants with out-of-reference range oxidative stress measures were compared against the null distribution. Correlations between oxidative stress markers and clinical measures were examined. Results Of 14 participants (mean age 31.2 years; 92.9% female), 35.7% (n=5) had total glutathione levels below the reference range (p=0.041). Other oxidative stress measures did not have significant proportions outside the reference ranges. Lower levels of glutathione correlated significantly with higher motor impulsiveness (Barratt Impulsiveness Scale sub-score) (r=0.97, p=0.001). Conclusion A third of patients with trichotillomania had low levels of glutathione, and lower levels of glutathione correlated significantly with higher motor impulsiveness. Because NAC is a precursor for cysteine, and cysteine is a rate limiting step for glutathione production, these results may shed light on the mechanisms through which NAC can have beneficial effects for impulsive symptoms. Confirmation of these results requires a suitable larger follow-up study, including an internal normative control group.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.378-384
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• 2019

Ice accumulation on Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced(ACSR) cable during winter is an important matter in terms of safety, economy, and efficient power supply. In this work, the ice adhesion strengths of ACSR cable oxidized during different periods(7 years oxidized and 15 years oxidized) are evaluated. At first, a plate type dry oxidation standard specimen, whose surface characteristics are similar to those of ACSR cable, is prepared. Dry oxidation standard specimens are heat-treated at $500^{\circ}C$ for 20, 60, and 120 minutes in order to obtain different degrees of oxidation. After the dry oxidation, surface properties are analyzed using contact angle analyzer, atomic force microscopy, spectrophotometer, and gloss meter. The ice adhesion strengths are measured using an ice pull-off tester. Correlations between the surface properties and the ice adhesion strength are obtained through a regression analysis indicating a Boltzmann equation. It is revealed that the ice adhesion strength of 15-year oxidized ACSR cable is approximately 8 times higher than that of ACSR-bare.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.37-57
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• 2019

Objective: This study aimed to find out whether concern for children mediates the impact of parenting competence on the anger expression of mothers with young children. Methods: Subjects consisted of 219 mothers with children aged 3 to 6 years old attending kindergartens and daycare centers. The motehrs were given 3 rating scales about parenting competence, concerns about their children, and anger expression. The Parental Anger Scales measuring anger expression consisted of sub-factors such as situational anger, impulsive behavior, and difficulty of anger control. Results: Using the data collected, correlation analysis and the regression analysis procedure by Baron & Kenny(1968) were conducted; the significance of the mediating effects was verified by the Sobel test. First, the study found that there were significant positive correlations between mother's parenting competence, concern about children, and anger expression. Second, mothers' concern about their children had partial mediating effects on the relationships between parenting competence and overall anger expression, situational anger and impulsive behavior, and a complete mediating effect on the relationship between parenting competence and difficulty with anger control. Conclusion/Implications: These results were discussed in terms of the approach and content of parent education to help parents with young children control their anger.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.19-38
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• 2022

Objective: The goal of this study is to develop an instrument for measuring the quality of teacher support for children's play (age 3-5) based on the Play Practice Resources for Teachers presented in the 2019 revised Nuri Curriculum. Methods: The subjects of this study were 333 early childhood educators. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, as well as correlation analysis were all performed to confirm construct validity and concurrent validity. The reliability of each factor was verified using Cronbach's alpha. Results: The Preschool Teacher Play Support Scale (PTPSS) was finalized with 25 items, which included the following four sub-factors: interaction, play materials, play space, and play safety. The concurrent validity was also confirmed through significant correlations between the existing measures such as the Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale, the Teaching Efficacy Scale for Play, and the Teacher-Toddler Interaction Scale. The reliability of each factor was also desirable. Conclusion/Implications: The PTPSS was verified as a sound measure quantifying the play support behavior of teachers who respect the autonomy and initiative of young children which is being pursued by the 2019 revised Nuri Curriculum.

• 청정기술
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.145-150
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• 2023

Tele-metering systems have been useful tools for managing domestic wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) over the last decade. They mostly generate water quality data for discharged water to ensure that it complies with mandatory regulations and they may be able to produce every operation parameter and additional measurements in the near future. A sub-big data group, comprised of about 150,000 data points from four domestic WWTPs, was ready to be classified and also analyzed to optimize the WWTP process. We used the Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) 25 package in order to statistically treat the data with linear regression and correlation analysis. The major independent variables for analysis were water temperature, sludge recycle rate, electricity used, and water quality of the influent while the dependent variables representing the water quality of the effluent included the total nitrogen, which is the most emphasized index for discharged flow in plants. The water temperature and consumed electricity showed a strong correlation with the total nitrogen but the other indices' mutual correlations with other variables were found to be fuzzy due to the large errors involved. In addition, a multilayer perceptron analysis method was applied to TMS data along with root mean square error (RMSE) analysis. This study showed that the RMSE in the SS, T-N, and TOC predictions were in the range of 10% to 20%.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.483-497
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• 2023

Depth estimation is one of the most complicated and difficult problems to deal with in the light field. In this paper, a compound attention convolutional neural network (CAttNet) is proposed to extract depth maps from light field images. To make more effective use of the sub-aperture images (SAIs) of light field and reduce the redundancy in SAIs, we use a compound attention mechanism to weigh the channel and space of the feature map after extracting the primary features, so it can more efficiently select the required view and the important area within the view. We modified various layers of feature extraction to make it more efficient and useful to extract features without adding parameters. By exploring the characteristics of light field, we increased the network depth and optimized the network structure to reduce the adverse impact of this change. CAttNet can efficiently utilize different SAIs correlations and features to generate a high-quality light field depth map. The experimental results show that CAttNet has advantages in both accuracy and time.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2024

This research aims to examine the effects of engineering students' self-regulated learning strategies on writing self-efficacy, perceptions of writing feedback, and learning presence. To achieve this purpose, firstly, differences in self-regulated learning strategies, writing self-efficacy, perceptions of writing feedback, and learning presence were investigated among engineering and non-engineering students. Secondly, the effects of self-regulated learning strategies, as perceived by engineering students, on writing self-efficacy, perceptions of writing feedback, and learning presence were explored. A total of 196 engineering and non-engineering students from one university in Korea responded to a survey based on a four-variable scale. The findings were as follows: firstly, there were significant differences in self-regulated learning strategies, writing self-efficacy, perceptions of writing feedback, and learning presence by major. Secondly, positive correlations between self-regulated learning strategies, writing self-efficacy, perceptions of writing feedback, and learning presence were identified in terms of sub-factors of those variables. Thirdly, engineering students' self-regulated learning strategies predicted writing self-efficacy, perceptions of writing feedback, and learning presence. The practical implications of these findings are discussed herein, with particular attention to education for the promotion of self-regulated learning strategies and their application to writing courses, as well as diverse learning environments.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.1159-1170
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• 2000

여러 가지 대기오염물질을 규제대상으로 지정하여 대기중으로 방출되는 대기오염물질에 대한 적절한 처리와 방지를 통하여 대기질을 개선하는 작업이 필요하다. 특히 도시지역의 경우 이들 오염물질 중 시정의 악화, 인체보건학상 급 만성 장애를 초래하며, 재산상의 피해를 주는 분진 에 대해 최근 관심이 모아지고 있다. 이러한 분진의 농도 중가에 따른 피해를 저감시키기 위해서 는, 먼지의 농도 특성 자료에 근거한 적절한 통제전략을 수립할 필요가 있다. 이러한 배경에서 본 연구는 부산지역의 도시분진 오염도에 대한 적절한 관리를 위해 부산지역의 대기중 $PM_{2.5}$의 질량농도 및 수용성 음이온성분($Cl^-$, $NO_3{^-}$, $SO_4{^{2-}}$)의 농도 특성을 $PM_{10}$의 경우와 대비하여 비교 평가하였다. 시료채취기간은 1999년 5월부터 1999년 11월까지이며, 각 38회의 $PM_{2.5}$ 및 $PM_{10}$의 시료를 채취하여, 그 질량농도와 수용성 음이온성분 ($Cl^-$, $NO_3{^-}$, $SO_4{^{2-}}$) 의 농도 특성을 분석하였다. $PM_{2.5}$의 전체기간동안 평균농도는 $35.016{\mu}g/m^3$으로 산정되었으며, $PM_{10}$ 평균농도 ($50.293{\mu}g/m^3$)에 대한 $PM_{2.5}$의 질량농도비 평균은 0.692로 산정되었다. $PM_{2.5}$ 중 수용성 음이온성분의 전체평균농도는 각각 $1.581(Cl^-)$, $3.690(NO_3{^-})$ 그리고 $12.825(SO_4{^{2-}}){\mu}g/m^3$으로 나타났으며, $PM_{10}$은 각각 $2.471(Cl^-)$, $5.819(NO_3{^-})$ 그리고 $14.414(SO_4{^{2-}}){\mu}g/m^3$으로 나타났다. 각 성분들간의 상관분석을 시행한 결과, $PM_{2.5}$와 $PM_{10}$ 질량농도의 상관성은 0.945로 상당히 높은 상관관계를 나타내었다. $PM_{2.5}$ 질량농도와 각 성분들간에는 $Cl^-$(0.025), $NO_3{^-}$(0.788), 그리고 $PM_{10}$ 질량농도와는 $Cl^-$(-0.019), $NO_3{^-}$(0.806), 그리고 $SO_4{^{2-}}$)(0.535)의 상관성을 나타내었다.

• 초등상담연구
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.67-78
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• 2009

본 연구는 진로인식 단계에 있는 초등학생 5학년 59명을 대상으로 부모의 성취 압력 및 진로지도가 아동의 진로 발달에 미치는 영향을 연구하여 초등학교 아동의 진로발달 과정을 이해하는데 그 목적이 있다. 이러한 목적에 따라 부모의 성취압력과 진로지도가 진로발달에 어떠한 설명력을 갖는지 알아보는 것을 연구문제로 설정하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 살펴보면 첫째, 부모의 성취압력, 진로지도와 아동의 진로발달 간에는 유의미한 상관이 있었다. 부모의 성취압력과 진로발달은 정적 상관관계를 보였으며, 진로발달의 하위 영역인 직업의 이해, 자기이해, 자율성과도 정적 상관이 있었다 또한, 진로지도와 아동의 진로발달역시 유의미한 상관관계가 있었다. 부모의 진로지도 하위 영역 중 정서적 지지를 제외한 영역들은 진로발 달 하위 영역과 유의미한 상관을 보였다. 둘째, 부모의 성취압력은 초등학교 아동의 진로발달을 설명하는 유의미한 변인이었다 부모의 성취압력은 직업선택의 합리성, 직업적 성 편견, 자긍심에는 의미 있는 설명력을 보이지 못했지만, 진로발달 총점, 진로지향성, 직업의 이해, 자기이해, 자율성을 유의미하게 설명하였다. 셋째, 부모의 진로지도는 초등학교 아동의 진로발달에 부모의 성취압력과 더불어 추가적인 설명력을 보였다. 하지만 진로지도의 하위 영역인 정서적 지지는 진로발달에 부적 상관을 보였다.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.164-171
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• 2018

연구목적 우울증은 흔한 정신 질환이며 자살의 주요 원인이다. 혈청 지질이 우울증, 자살과 연관이 있다는 연구가 지속되어 왔으나 아직 논란의 여지가 있다. 본 연구에서는 우울감을 주호소로 입원한 환자를 대상으로 우울과 자살, 혈청 지질과의 연관성을 조사하였다. 방 법 134명의 연구대상자를 자살 비시도자 86명, 자살 시도자 48명으로 분류하여 혈청 지질 수치, 간이정신상태 검사 II (KSCL95) 하위 항목 점수를 비교하였다. 또한 지질과 KSCL95 하위 항목의 상관 관계를 조사하였고, 혈청 지질이 자살 시도의 위험 요인으로 작용하는지 알아보았다. 결 과 두 집단은 서로 혈청 지질의 차이를 보이지 않았으나, KSCL95 하위 항목 중 강박증(obsession, OBS)이 자살 비시도군에서 더 높게 나타났다. 중성지방은 우울(depression, DEP), 공포 불안(phobic anxiety, PHOB), 광장 공포(agoraphobia, AGO), 정신증(schizophrenia, SCH), 낮은 자기 조절력(self-regulation problem, RGP) 항목과 양의 상관 관계를 보였다. 혈청 지질 중 높은 중성 지방이 자살 시도의 위험 요인으로 확인되었다. 결 론 중성 지방이 우울, 불안, 자기 조절감과 관련이 있으며, 높은 혈청 중성 지방 농도는 자살 시도의 위험 요인으로 작용하고 있음을 확인하였다.