• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2014.05a
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• pp.774-776
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• 2014

노령층의 증가로 인하여 독거 노인층이 점점 증가하고 있다. 독거 노인은 외부의 침입이나 갑작스런 건강상의 문제로 위험에 처해질 가능성이 매우 높다. 따라서 독거 노인의 의료복지에 대한 관심이 날로 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 독거 노인의 의료 복지에 적용할 수 있는 활동량 모니터링 시스템을 개발하였다. 이 시스템은 저 전력으로 동작하는 지그비 임베드 네트워크와 DTMF(Dual Tone Multi Frequency) 전화 시스템으로 구성되어, U-Health 케어 개념으로 활동량과 혈압 등의 인체 정보를 일상 생활 속에서 병원 및 보호자에게 전송할 수 있다. 또한 본 연구 결과는 미래의 독거 노인 원격진료 시스템에 적용될 수 있다.

• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.149-182
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• 2001

Due to the sustained increase in lifts expectancy, the number and proportion of the aged population has substantially increased, the proportion of the total population aged 65 and over was 7.1% in 2000 and 14.3% in 2022. But All public pension schemes in Korea, including the National Pension scheme, civil servants pension scheme, private school teachers pension scheme and the military pension scheme, are facing valving degree of financial problems at present because of their weak and unstable financial bases. with the result that some of them have recorded deficits for some time and the others are expected to run deficits in the near future. This crisis in financial sustainability in public pension schemes is attributable to the structural weakness of the schemes which can be characterized as high benefits, low contribution. Therefore, this article focuses on alternative of public pension schemes reform in Korea. The results is as follows. First, a basic pension is proposed to be newly established and the earnings related portion of National Pension Scheme will be as national pension. Secondly, the Basic Pension is a universal basic pension covering all nationals over 18 years and older, thereby achieving \"one pension for everybody\" Thirdly, National Pension will be operated as an earnings related pension covering only those participants with assessed income. Fourth1y, the current participants of public occupational pensions will also join the Basic Pension as well as the public occupational pensions whose scope of works will be reduced. And finally, The conversion of Retirement Allocation Scheme into a corporate pension should be left to the discretion of the company concerned.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.375-393
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• 2012

The population aging occurs rapidly due to the advancement of the medical technology and living conditions and this led increased interests in how the elderly manages their lives. This study attempted to understand the information needs and behavior of the elderly users as well as to find about their information access and online communications. Based on the analysis of the interviews with thirty-two elderly users, they mainly looked for information on the topics such as health, news, leisure, and hobby. In addition, they primarily used television, radio, Internet, family members, relatives, and newspaper to obtain information. Their current use of social computing services including online communities, blogs, social network sites were low. However, the elderly users were aware of the social computing services' effectiveness in increasing the satisfaction and happiness of their lives by expanding the opportunities for them to communicate with family members and other social members.

• Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.13-24
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• 2020

In modern society, the number of one-person households is increasing significantly. In particular, one-person households have rapidly increased around local small and medium-sized cities. This study examines the characteristics of local small and medium-sized cities by factor and cluster analysis. Analysis of variance are applied to the characteristics of one-person household in different local cities to find the relationship between different types of cities and the characteristics of one-person households. As a result of the study, local small and medium-sized cities are classified into growth stagnation cities, industrial leading cities, regional base cities, and population outflow cities. It is also found that there are several different types of local cities based on the characteristics of one-person households. The growth stagnation city is a city where the regional economy is revitalized due to the development of regional industries in the past. One-person households have a small age group in their 30s and 40s, which are the basis of industrial activities. They have a high proportion of older generation living in more than three rooms in their homes. It is necessary to supply long-term public rental housing and share houses for older generation. The leading city of the industry is a city where the local economy is revitalized as workers are concentrated. One-person households are evenly distributed among all age groups, and the apartment occupancy rate is the highest compared to other types. It is necessary to provide happy housing for youth generation and reconstruction or renovation housing of manhood generation. The regional base city leads the regional base function and the regional economy, but it has reduced workers. Many of one-person households are younger than 30 years old and college educated. They are also high rate of unmarried and live at one room as rental houses. It is needed to expand the supply of small houses such as apartments, officetels and rented houses for youth generation. The population outflow city has a slow local economy and a rural residential environment. It is found that the households of one-person households have high rate of bereavement and the age. They live more than four rooms in single-family homes. It is necessary not only to provide welfare housing but also to create a sound residential environment where cultural exchange is possible.

• Review of KIISC
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.83-92
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• 2011

선거는 민주주의의 근본이 되는 절차로 투표는 국민이 주권을 행사할 수 있는 소중한 기회이다. 그러나 최근 들어 국내를 비롯한 여러 국가에서 투표율이 지속적으로 하락하는 추세를 나타내면서 민주주의의 근간이 흔들리는 것은 아닌지 우려를 자아낸다. 전자투표는 투표의 준비, 투표, 투표결과의 집계 과정에 전자적인 기법을 도입하여 진행하는 투표로, 기존투표에 비해 시간적, 공간적 비용의 절감효과, 투표율의 상승을 기대할 수 있어 미국, 영국을 비롯한 여러 유럽 국가에서 도입하거나, 도입을 준비하고 있다. 그러나 전자투표는 투표 과정에서의 안전성을 반드시 보장해야 하며, 사용자 인터페이스를 강화하여 정보화 소외계층 및 노령층의 참여를 유도해야 하는 과제를 포함하고 있다. 이에 본 고에서는 전자투표의 기본적인 개념과 사용자의 친숙도를 강화한 전자투표 방식을 살펴봄으로써 전자투표의 실용화 방안에 대해 살펴보고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.735-736
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• 2023

높은 몰입감과 실재감을 제공하는 XR 기술이 고령자들의 인지능력, 주의력, 시각적 기억력에 긍정적인 영향을 주는 것으로 나타나며 노인의 건강과 삶의 질을 향상시키기 위한 기술로 많은 관심을 받고 있다. 본 연구는 인지기능 향상을 위한 XR 융합훈련프로그램에 사용될 콘텐츠 저작 시 젊은이와 노령층의 디지털 격차, 선호도의 차이, 노화에 따른 신체·인지능력의 저하 등 고려해야 할 이슈를 소개하고, 문제를 해소할 수 있는 XR 콘텐츠 저작도구를 제안한다.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.710-725
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to analyze both residential conditions and the resident impressions of the transition zone of central Daegu. The results drawn from a questionnaire survey of the residents are summarized as follows: 1) The proportion of people over the age of 60 living on a low income is high and consists mostly of retired citizens who have lived in the transition zone, in their own homes, for an extended length of time 2) The condition of infrastructure in the transition zone is very poor, however, despite the housing deterioration, the internal repair and maintenance of houses is more satisfactory than their external appearance. 3) Residential satisfaction received high ratings in every category except pollution and housing price. This response appears to stem from the easy commute of residents as well as the ready availability of facilities in the city center. 4) In terms of residential satisfaction, the residents can be divided into two groups. The first, with a high satisfaction rate, consists mainly of senior citizens who possess both personal homes and a stable living, having resided in the city center for most of their lives. The second, with a lower satisfaction rate, is composed mostly of younger residents who have lived temporarily in inexpensive rental homes. As a results, the residential area in the transition zone of central Daegu does not appear to be a problematic area like the slum of the West, but instead a stable settlement for its residents.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.57 no.1
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• pp.271-297
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• 2005

Since the 1980s, the western welfare states have experienced a wide spectrum of socio-economic changes; changes in population composition, the economic globalization, the post-industrialization, an increasing flexibility in the labor market. etc. This study examines the trend of poverty in welfare states, and analyzes how those socio-economic changes are related to it. For these purposes, this study first calculates the poverty indices for several years in 10 welfare states using the Luxembourg Income Study database, and then decomposes the index by subpopulation and income sources. Major findings of this study can be summarized as follows. First of all, the welfare state in general has experienced an increasing trend in the degree of poverty since the 1980s. In particular, poverty has greatly intensified in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Many other welfare states including Canada, Germany, Sweden, and Norway have also experienced substantial increases in poverty. The increasing trend of poverty is not wholly due to changes in population composition such as increases in the aging population and one-parent(mother) families. Contrary to the traditional belief, these population groups are not as much poor as the working-age population. In particular, the degree of poverty in the elderly is less severe than in the working-age group. Furthermore, since the 1980s the market income poverty in the aging population has shown a decreasing trend in many welfare states. The degree and trend of poverty in one-parent families vary greatly across countries, owing to the labor market and income transfer policies. The most important reason for the increasing poverty trend in the welfare state is that the degree of poverty has been deepening in the working-age population. Especially, the market income poverty of the working-age population has considerably increased in every country except the Netherlands. Structural changes in the economy and the labor market may drive the increasing trend of poverty. Further studies and deliberate anti-poverty policies are needed to tackle the factors relating to the increase in the market income poverty.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.103 no.4
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• pp.670-678
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• 2014

This paper analyzes the characteristics of population change and makes the population projection in the mountainous area of Korea. Mountainous areas are defined as local towns (eup or myeon) with forest area more than 70 percent of land area, population density less than 111 people per square kilometer, and plowland area less than 21 percent of land area. The population in mountainous areas has decreased dramatically, while the ageing index has increased over the past two decades. To make the population projection, the cohort-change ratios method is applied. The results revealed that a multitude of young people aged 10 to 39 moved to cities to find education and job chance and some people aged 40 and over moved to mountainous areas as the trends of urban-to-rural migration. This continuing trend will culminate in 680 thousand people in population and 1,035 of ageing index in 2030, which will lead to the unequal land development and inefficient forest management. Thus, policy makers need to develop stimulus plans to revitalize and stabilize the economy of mountainous areas.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2021.05a
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• pp.249-251
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• 2021

In this paper, we introduce the deep-learning system using Tensorflow for recognizing situations that can occur fall situations when the elderly are moving or standing. Fall detection uses the LSTM (long short-term memory) learned using Tensorflow to determine whether it is a fall or not by data measured from wearable accelerator sensor. Learning is carried out for each of the 7 behavioral patterns consisting of 4 types of activity of daily living (ADL) and 3 types of fall. The learning was conducted using the 3-axis acceleration sensor data. As a result of the test, it was found to be compliant except for the GDSVM(Gravity Differential SVM), and it is expected that better results can be expected if the data is mixed and learned.