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Evaluation of Temporal and Spatial PM10 Characteristics for Pollution Management in Daegu area (대구지역 PM10 오염 관리를 위한 시간적 및 공간적 오염 특성 평가)

  • Jo, Wan Geun;Gwon, Gi Dong
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.27-36
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    • 2004
  • Present study analyzed the temporal and spatial characteristics of PM10 pollution in Metropolitan Daegu area based on air pollution monitoring station data and measurements of PM10 concentrations in background area in order to provide essential data for efficient PM10 pollution management. The significant variation of spatial and temporal PM10 concentrations in Daegu area was observed during the study years. The highest maximum PM10 concentration(332 $\mu\textrm{g}$/㎥), average concentration(88 $\mu\textrm{g}$/㎥) and frequency exceeding PM10 daily standard(150 $\mu\textrm{g}$/㎥) were all observed in Namsandong located near a major roadway. The hourly and weekly variations of PM10 concentrations had different pattern for the measurement sites. The monthly and seasonal concentrations exhibited a notable characteristic: the maximum concentration was obtained in spring season, most likely due to Yellow sand effects. Furthermore, this temporal variation of PM10 pollution varied with study site. Meanwhile, the PM10 values measured at the monitoring site, Manchondong, were comparable with those of a control site. The average PM10 concentration ranged from 23 $\mu\textrm{g}$/㎥ to 115 $\mu\textrm{g}$/㎥ with a mean value of 53 $\mu\textrm{g}$/㎥ in the former site and from 22 $\mu\textrm{g}$/㎥ to 91 $\mu\textrm{g}$/㎥ with a mean value of 45 $\mu\textrm{g}$/㎥ in the latter site.

Weight control practices, beliefs, self-efficacy, and eating behaviors in college weight class athletes

  • Lee, Ji Seon;Cho, Seong Suk;Kim, Kyung Won
    • Nutrition Research and Practice
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.45-54
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    • 2020
  • BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine differences in weight control practices, beliefs, self-efficacy, and eating behaviors of weight class athletes according to weight control level. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Subjects were weight class athletes from colleges in Gyeong-gi Province. Subjects (n = 182) responded to a questionnaire assessing study variables by self-report, and data on 151 athletes were used for statistical analysis. Subjects were categorized into High vs. Normal Weight Loss (HWL, NWL) groups depending on weight control level. Data were analyzed using t-test, ANCOVA, x2-test, and multiple logistic regressions. RESULTS: Seventy-three percent of subjects were in the HWL group. The two groups showed significant differences in weight control practices such as frequency (P < 0.01), duration and magnitude of weight loss, methods, and satisfaction with weight control (P < 0.001). Multiple logistic regression showed that self-efficacy (OR: 0.846, 95% CI: 0.730, 0.980), eating behaviors during training period (OR: 1.285, 95% CI: 1.112, 1.485), and eating behaviors during the weight control period (OR: 0.731, 95% CI: 0.620, 0.863) were associated with weight control level. Compared to NWL athletes, HWL athletes agreed more strongly on the disadvantages of rapid weight loss (P < 0.05 - P < 0.01), perceived less confidence in controlling overeating after matches (P < 0.001), and making weight within their weight class (P < 0.05). HWL athletes showed more inappropriate eating behaviors than NWL athletes, especially during the weight control period (P < 0.05 - P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Self-efficacy was lower and eating behaviors during pre-competition period were more inadequate in HWL athletes. Education programs should include strategies to help athletes apply appropriate methods for weight control, increase self-efficacy, and adopt desirable eating behaviors.

The Influences of Family Resources on Caregiving Stress for Dementia Elderly in Homemakers (치매노인 부양주부의 가정자원이 부양스트레스에 미치는 영향)

  • 장윤옥;정서린
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.42 no.6
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    • pp.73-88
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study was to explore the influences of family resources, i.e. objective resources, perceived adequacy of resources, locus of control, social support, family cohesion, and family adaptability on caregiving stress for dementia elderly in homemakers. The subjects of this study were 141 married women who had cared for dementia elderly. The survey method was a questionnaire. And the data was analyzed by means of Cronbach's, factor analysis, and multiple regression. The main findings were as follows: First, Homemakers' caregiving stress was positively correlated to their academic background and monthly income, but negatively correlated to perceived adequacy of human resources, perceived adequacy of material resource, psychical support resource from relatives, and internal locus of control. Second, caregiving stress of homemakers was affected by family cohesion, monthly income, psychical support resource from relatives, perceived adequacy of human resources, and external locus of control.

Overview of Cancer Registration Research in the Asian Pacific from 2008-2013

  • Moore, Malcolm A.
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.14 no.8
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    • pp.4461-4484
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    • 2013
  • Cancer registration provides a firm basis for cancer control efforts and research into changing patterns of incidence, mortality, survival and prevalence is of obvious importance. Most of the countries of Asia have already published relevant data although the level of coverage and accuracy do vary a great deal both between and within countries. The present review concerns the relevant literature for the period 2008-2013, focusing on the types of research conducted and the conclusions that can be drawn with regard to what should be done in the future to translate the information available into effective intervention efforts to reduce the burden of disease. A major emphasis has been on determining variation in incidence and mortality/survival on the basis of ethnicity and socioeconomic as well as geographical background, as well as trends over time, either for cancer in general or specific organ sites. In addition a small number of papers focused on methodological, quality and cancer control issues, very pertinent to the future development of cancer registry based research.

Performance Analysis of ABR Congestion Control Algorithm using Self-Similar Traffic

  • Kim, Dong-Il;Jin, Sung-Ho
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.15-21
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    • 2004
  • One of the most important issues in designing a network and realizing a service is dealing with traffic characteristics. Recent experimental research on LAN, WAN, and VBR traffic properties has highlighted that real traffic specificities can not be displayed because the current models based on the Poisson assumption under estimate the long range dependency of network traffic and self-similar peculiarities. Therefore, a new approach using self-similarity characteristics as a real traffic model was recently developed. In This paper we discusses the definition of self-similarity traffic. Moreover, real traffic was collected and we generated self-similar data traffic like real traffic to background load. On the existing ABR congestion control algorithm transmission throughput with the representative ERICA, EPRCA and NIST switch algorithm show the efficient reaction about the burst traffic.

Multimedia Educational Material and Remote Laboratory for Sliding Mode Control Measurements

  • Takarics, Bela;Sziebig, Gabor;Solvang, Bjorn;Koro, Peter
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.635-642
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    • 2010
  • The paper presents a multimedia educational program of DC servo drives for distant learning with a special emphasis on sliding mode control. The program contains of three parts: animation, simulation and internet based measurement. The animation program explains the operation of DC motors, gives its time- and frequency-domain equations, transfer functions and the theoretical background necessary for controller design for DC servo motors. The simulation model of the DC servo motor and the controller can be designed by the students based on the animation program. The students can also test their controllers through the internet based measurement, which is the most important part from engineering point of view. After the measurements are executed, the students can download the measured data and compare them to the simulation results.

Composite Neural Networks for Controlling Semi-Linear Dynamical Systrms: Example from Inverted Pendulum Problem

  • Yamamoto, Yoshinobu;Anzai, Yuichiro
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1989.10a
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    • pp.1129-1134
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    • 1989
  • In this paper, we propose a neural network for learning to control semi-linear dynamical systems. The network is a composite system of four three-layer backpropagation subnetworks, and is able to control inverted pendulums better than systems based on modern control theory at least in some ranges of parameters. Three of the four subnetworks in our network system process angles, velocities, and positions of a moving inverted pendulum, respectively. The outputs from those three subnetworks are input to the remaining subnetwork that makes control decisions. Each of the four subnetworks learns connection weights independently by backpropagation algorithms. Teaching signals are given by the human operator. Also, input signals are generated by the human operator, but they are converted by preprocessors to actual input data for the three subnetworks except for the network for control decisions. The whole system is implemented on both of 16 bit personal computers and 32 bit workstations. First, we briefly provide the research background and the inverted pendulum problem itself, followed by the description of our composite neural network model. Next, some results from the simulation are given, which are subsequently compared with the results from a control system based on modern control theory. Then, some discussions and conclusion follow.

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Awareness and Performance of Healthcare-Associated Infections Control and Psycological Empowerment of Intensive Care Unit Nurses (중환자실 간호사의 심리적 임파워먼트와 의료관련감염 관리의 인지도 및 수행도)

  • Lee, Seon Ju;Yang, Nam Young
    • Journal of Home Health Care Nursing
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.306-315
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to examine psychological empowerment and awareness and performance of Healthcare-Associated Infections(HAIs) control among Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses. Method: The data for this study were collected using structured questionnaires from 178 nurses working in the ICUs of four hospitals with more than 500 beds. Results: The subjects'psychological empowerment, awareness and performance of HAIs control were mean over. The subjects'psychological empowerment showed statistically significant differences depending on age, marital status, academic background, clinical career, ICU career, and position and experience in infection control among their general characteristics. Awareness of HAIs control showed statistically significant differences depending on age, gender, marital status, clinical career, and ICU career. Performance showed statistically significant differences depending on age, gender, marital status, and, ICU career. Regarding the subjects' performance of HAIs control, there was a statistically significant positive correlation between psychological empowerment and awareness. Conclusion: It was found that it is necessary to strengthen differential customized training according to the subjects'characteristics for effective HAIs control, and to strengthen the nurses'awareness of HAIs control through systematic evaluation, monitoring, and feedback, as well as continuous education and training.

Investigations on data-driven stochastic optimal control and approximate-inference-based reinforcement learning methods (데이터 기반 확률론적 최적제어와 근사적 추론 기반 강화 학습 방법론에 관한 고찰)

  • Park, Jooyoung;Ji, Seunghyun;Sung, Keehoon;Heo, Seongman;Park, Kyungwook
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.319-326
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    • 2015
  • Recently in the fields o f stochastic optimal control ( SOC) and reinforcemnet l earning (RL), there have been a great deal of research efforts for the problem of finding data-based sub-optimal control policies. The conventional theory for finding optimal controllers via the value-function-based dynamic programming was established for solving the stochastic optimal control problems with solid theoretical background. However, they can be successfully applied only to extremely simple cases. Hence, the data-based modern approach, which tries to find sub-optimal solutions utilizing relevant data such as the state-transition and reward signals instead of rigorous mathematical analyses, is particularly attractive to practical applications. In this paper, we consider a couple of methods combining the modern SOC strategies and approximate inference together with machine-learning-based data treatment methods. Also, we apply the resultant methods to a variety of application domains including financial engineering, and observe their performance.

A Study on the Distributed Control System and Application (분산제어시스템의 구축과 응용사례에 관한 연구)

  • 윤형득;신현식
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.552-555
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    • 2001
  • From the dissertation which it sees micro it is strong with the technical development which the computer and communication field is quick and efficiency improvement and control LAN (Local Area Network) this utility anger becomes with the pliability regarding a system construction to come to be high, central processing unit (CPU) function it separates especially and the LAN communication railway line (Data way) it uses and the controller royal tomb of process disperses, the information control and watch and operation fabrication function composes an anger making whole system intensively development background and application process and the right season of the dispersion control system which plans a reliability improvement, war potential and environment, possibility control, From industrial site of the petrochemistry back application and it investigated the dispersion control system which is applied to observe in many sidedness and until course of development of report hereafter dispersion control system it tried.

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