• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• no.36
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• pp.175-202
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• 2008

This paper analyzes the relationship between social assistance and poverty in Korea. Social assistance in Korea which had a Poor Law tradition for about forty years, was finally reformed and a new general assistance scheme designed to protect fundamental human rights, was established in 1999. Are the means-tested social assistance benefits effective in protecting the poor from hardship? How effectively do the means-tested benefits reduce poverty? To assess the effects of the means-tested social assistance benefits in Korea on poverty reduction, the study uses household data from the National Basic Livelihood Security Programme Review Board (NRB). Moreover, to obtain a comparative perspective, a British dataset the Family Resources Survey (FRS) is assessed. The incidence and the intensity of poverty for a range of household types are analyzed before and after social assistance benefits for both countries. The results of the analysis show the Korean social assistance benefits do not radically alleviate poverty, although recipients' income positions are improved after social assistance transfers. Compared to Korea, Britain achieved marked success of means-tested social assistance benefits with a high degree of effectiveness, especially among the extreme and the severe poverty brackets, while there are variations between different household types regarding the incidence and the intensity of poverty before and after transfer.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.14-22
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• 2018

Purpose: This study examined the effects of a hospice palliative education program for adults on their perception of hospice, attitude towards death, and meaning of life. Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental study with a non-equivalent control group design. Among 43 participants, 22 were assigned to the non-equivalent experimental group and 21 to the control group. The hospice palliative education program comprised 10 three-hour sessions, each given once a week. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test and ${\chi}^2-test$ using SPSS version 20.0. Results: Significant differences between the experimental and control groups were observed in their perception of hospice (t=6.63, P<0.001), attitude towards death (t=2.36, P=0.023), and meaning of life (t=5.06, P<0.001). Conclusion: The results indicate that this education program could positively affect the perception of hospice, attitude toward death, and meaning of life in adults. More studies are warranted to explore the effects of this education program for various age groups so that it may help more people get positive understanding of hospice palliative care. The results suggest this program could help improve the negative perception of hospice, negative attitude towards death and meaning of life that are generally held by the public.

• Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.115-115
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• 2015

• 한국호스피스완화의료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.07a
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• pp.95-98
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• 2004

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.271-283
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• 2016

This study aimed to validate the effect of aromatherapy nursing intervention to relieve the pain using systematic review and meta-analysis. We performed a meta-analysis of studies published between January 2000 and March 2014 which were identified through KERIS, KISS, DBpia, Cochrane Library, Ovid-Medline and Pubmed. Twenty studies with 1029 participants were included in this study. Key words listed in PICO and used for the search were aroma, perfume, perfume inhalation, perfume massage, aromatherapy, pain, pain management. The results of meta-analysis demonstrated statistically significant differences not only for the overall effect but also specifically for aromatherapy nursing intervention on measures of pain. To present more evidence that support the effectiveness of aromatherapy nursing intervention on measures of pain, further research is warranted.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.75-87
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• 2016

This study examines the impact of government funds to venture capital on investment in early-stage firms. We provide novel explanations about this relationship focusing on mechanisms by which government funds influence the perceived uncertainty, decision about investment priority, scale economy of investment, information asymmetry in investment decision, and capital expense. We argue that venture capital's investment in early-stage firms increases as government funds increase and as government funds are explicitly directed for early-stage firms. However, we further claim that the impact of government funds on early-stage investment will be decreasing as their size increases and finally be reverted to negative impact beyond a certain amount of funds to show inverse-U relationship. Our empirical examination using data from 105 Korean venture firms active as of 2013 consistently supports the claims. This study contributes to the venture capital literature by providing novel arguments about mechanisms and effects of policy intervention in venture capital. In practice, we expect our results will provide an opportunity for relevant policy makers to review their venture support policy based on empirical evidences for policy effects.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.33-39
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• 2018

Purpose: This study aimed to identify how an education program on palliative care affects nursing home caregivers' perception of hospice care and attitude towards terminally ill patient care. Methods: This study was conducted using a nonequivalent control group with a pretest-posttest design. The participants were 101 certified care workers: 58 in the experimental group and 43 in the control. The experimental group completed the palliative care education program consisted of 20 hours of classroom training and 20 hours of clinical practicum. An ANCOVA was performed to compare the score changes to outcome variables. Results: Compared with the control group, the experimental group showed significant pretest-posttest differences in both the perception of hospice care (F=21.09, P<0.001) and attitude towards caring for terminally ill patients (F=13.28, P<0.001). Conclusion: These results indicate that the palliative care education program for caregivers is effective in preparing participants to provide hospice/palliative care service. Further study is warranted to explore the effects of this program on palliative caregivers' performance.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.165-183
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• 1995

한 국가의 국가경쟁력이 커지기 위해서는 여러 산업에 국제경쟁력이 있어야 한다. 특히 에너지 산업과 같이 전방효과가 큰 산업은 어떤 산업 보다도 경쟁력을 키워나가야 하는 산업이다. 본 논문에서는 국제경쟁력에 대한 개념 정리를 통해 규제완화를 포함한 정부의 역할이 에너지 산업의 국제경쟁력에 어떤 영향을 미치는가를 살펴보고 정부가 1994년에 발표한 규제완화조치가 에너지 산업의 국제경쟁력을 강화시키는데 충분한 조치인가를 석유산업을 중심으로 평가한 후 정부가 취해야 할 자세와 결정, 실천사항을 제언하였다. 한국의 국제경쟁력 모델을 이용한 분석에 의하면 한국의 에너지 산업은 부존자원과 경영환경면에서 열악한 모습을 보이는 반면, 근로자와 기업가면에서 경쟁력을 창출할 수 있는 요소를 간직하고 있다. 그러나 규제완화와 관련된 정부, 즉 정치가와 행정관료면에 있어서는 현 정부가 외형적으로 제시하는 규제완화조치에 대해서 큰 기대를 걸게 해 주지만 그 실천에 있어서는 기대가 큰 만큼 실망도 함께 주고 있다. 기업이 이윤극대화라는 목표를 달성하기 위해서 생산, 판매 등의 기업활동에 경영개념을 도입해야 하듯이, 국가 역시 국제경쟁력 강화라는 목표를 달성하기 위해서는 "규제완화조치"라는 정부활동에 사전계획, 현장집행, 사후평가로 이어지는 경영개념을 도입해야 한다. 즉, 정부가 규제완화를 목표로 삼고 있다면 일방적으로 어떤 규제를 완화하겠다고 할 것이 아니라 우선 민간 부문에서 어떠한 규제를 완화하기를 원하는지 파악하여 과감한 완화조치를 마련한 후 관련 부서간 조정을 거쳐 법령을 개폐하는 등 이를 집행하는 것이 중요하며, 마지막 단계로 수혜자인 민간부문의 입장에서 실제 규제완화가 이루어졌는지에 대해 평가하고 평가결과가 계획에 미달할 때는 그 원인을 찾아서 다음 단계의 계획에 반영하며, 성과가 계획목표대로 이루어진 경우에는 해당 집행관료에게 이에 상응하는 대우를 충분히 해주는 등 일련의 사후평가 절차가 반드시 뒤따라야 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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• 2007.12a
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• pp.220-221
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.771-776
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• 1998

울진 원전 3,4 호기를 대상으로 MAAP4.0.2 코드를 이용하여 발전소 정전사고를 모의/분석했다. 본 분석에서는 사고진행에 따른 일.이차계통의 상태변화를 원자로용기 파손때까지 상세 파악하였다. 사고관리 관점에서, 발전소 정전사고는 이차측의 대기방출밸브를 통한 강제감압에 의해 사고진행을 완화할 수 있으며 이러한 운전원 조치에 의한 완화효과를 검토하였다 그 결과 감압시작 2시간후에 일차측은 약 24$^{\circ}C$ 의 과냉각도를 보이며 안정되었고. 사고시작 1시간 후부터 3시간 동안의 강제감압이 성공한 경우, 노심노출시간 기준으로 약 2시간의 지면효과가 있었다.