• Perspectives in Nursing Science
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.70-80
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• 2016

Purpose: This study examined the relationship between acculturation stress and health promotion behaviors in the Korean Chinese elderly immigrants living in Korea, focusing on the buffering effects of social support. Methods: We included 132 completed questionnaires in the analysis. The buffering effect was examined using a hierarchical regression analysis by adding interaction terms. Results: Health promotion scores were significantly higher in the group with a higher education level, lower depressive symptom scores, and higher levels of social support. However, no statistically significant differences were found in the health promotion behaviors by gender, age, spouse, job, financial stability, subjective health status, chronic disease, regular health checkups, or acculturation stress. The hierarchical regression analysis demonstrated that social support had a buffering effect on the relationship between acculturation stress and health promotion behaviors in the Korean Chinese elderly immigrants. Specifically, the relationship between the acculturation stress stemming from the difficulties in the workplace and health promotion behaviors was attenuated by social support. Conclusion: These findings indicate that social support significantly moderates the relationship between acculturation stress and health promotion behaviors in the Korean Chinese elderly immigrants living in Korea. A variety of strategies to enhance social support should be incorporated in the health promotion programs to decrease the negative effects of acculturation stress in the Korean Chinese elderly living in Korea.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.59-64
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• 1995

Environmental Impact Assesment(EIA) is composed of various procedures, such as screening, scoping, inventory survey, prediction, assessment, mitigation measure, alternative assessment, and post management. Remote sensing introduced lately begins to be applied ecosystem and land use in inventory survey and assessment of EIA. This study explains on land use classification, buffering analysis of residential area, and overlaying analysis of odor predictive data with residential area for application to EIA with remote sensing data. Residential area extracted from land use classification of remote sensing provides effectively buffering analysis of residential area in selection of landfill site with GIS. It could assess also residential effect to an offensive odor by overlaying analysis. Application methods in EIA should be enlarged to assess effectively.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.59-68
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• 2009

External social support for family can be an important resource for families to overcome economic pressure, and can be a way to understand the concept and process of family resilience in the context of Korean economic crisis. To explore the role of external social support that alleviates the negative effects of economic pressure on marital satisfaction, the buffering effects were tested in two ways. First, the interaction effect between external social support and economic pressure on marital satisfaction was tested using hierarchical linear regression model. Second, the scores of marital satisfaction were plotted by the median scores of economic pressure and external social support. Results from the analyses of 191 couples (382 husbands and wives) indicated that external social support help families by buffering the negative effects of economic pressure on marital satisfaction by interacting with economic pressure.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.1006-1025
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• 2012

Improving the quality of service in IP networks is a major challenge for real-time voice communications. In particular, packet arrival-delay variation, so-called "jitter," is one of the main factors that degrade the quality of voice in mobile devices with the voice-over Internet protocol (VoIP). To resolve this issue, a receiver-based enhanced timing recovery algorithm combined with active jitter estimation is proposed. The proposed algorithm copes with the effect of transmission jitter by expanding or compressing each packet according to the predicted network delay and variations. Additionally, the active network jitter estimation incorporates rapid detection of delay spikes and reacts to changes in network conditions. Extensive simulations have shown that the proposed algorithm delivers high voice quality by pursuing an optimal trade-off between average buffering delay and packet loss rate.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제46권
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• pp.319-348
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• 2001

The primary purpose of this study is to examine the buffering effect of social welfare services on the relationship between the level of older persons' impairment and burden experienced by the family caregivers. It also assessed the level of caregiving burden as well as the effect of both older person's impairment and the characteristics of the caregivers on burden. The survey data collected from 150 community residing family caregivers was used for analyses. Findings are as follows. First, the caregivers are more burdened in the deterioration of mental health, scarce time for oneself, and the suffering of social life than in other areas of burden. Second, the more severe the physical and the mental impairment of the elder, the more burden the caregivers experience. The caregivers' characteristics such as the worse mental health, the lower level of attachment to the elder, the longer caregiving hours are also related to the higher level of caregiving burden. Third, the caregivers' use of adult day care and respite care services buffer the relationship between the level of impairment of older persons and the caregiving burden. However, social work counselling, visiting nurse, homemaker services do not have such buffering effects. Among informal support, instrumental support buffers the relationship between the elder's physical impairment and burden, while emotional support buffers the relationship between the elder's mental impairment and burden. According to the results, implication for social welfare services and practice methods for the family caregivers was discussed.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제49권10호
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• pp.34-42
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• 2012

IP Network에서 에너지 절감에 기본이 되는 에너지 절약 power 모델에 대해 분석 하고, 에너지 절약이 가능한 한 가지 방안으로 적응적 버퍼링 기법을 적용한 버스트 패킷 구성(adaptive buffering and burst) 방식 및 그의 구현 알고리즘을 제안하고, 그 특징을 설명한다. 본 논문에서는 core IP 네트워크의 ingress router에서 buffering 기간 B를 입력 트래픽에 따라 동적으로 변경하는 적응적 버퍼링 방법과 구성 방법을 설명한다. 이 방법은 주어진 범위의 버퍼링 기간 내에서, ingress 라우터의 입력 트래픽 량이 적으면 버퍼링 주기를 길게, 입력 트래픽 량이 많으면 버퍼링 주기를 짧게 조절하는 방식이며, 이는 네트워크 내에서 입력 트래픽이 적을 때 idle/active의 transition 횟수를 줄이고, 입력 트래픽이 클 때는 중계 라우터에서 버스트의 연속성에 의해 idle/active의 transition 횟수를 줄여 네트워크의 idle 기간을 늘려 에너지 절약 효과를 높이고 있다. 본 방식은 시뮬레이션을 통해 idle period를 증가 시킬 수 있음을 보여 주고, 에너지를 절약 할 수 있음을 확인 한다. 특히 본 제안 방식은 네트워크 특성과 적절히 타협하면, 네트워크 에너지를 절약 할 수 있는 방안임을 분명히 한다.

• 한국토양환경학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.35-44
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• 1997

토양층과 모암층에서의 산성우에 대한 중화능력을 평가하기 위하여 인공강우를 이용한 컬럼실험을 실시하였으며 토양을 이루고 있는 모암 특성의 차이에 의한 산성강하물의 완충효과를 비교하기 위하여 연구지역내의 모암의 조성광물에 차이가 있는 두 개의 골짜기를 선정하고 골짜기에 흐르는 지표수의 pH를 1996년 5월부터 1996년 10월까지 측정하였다. 컬럼실험에서 사용한 인공강우는 증류수에 황산과 질산을 적절히 첨가하여 pH를 각각 3, 4, 및 5로 조절하였으며 컬럼유출수의 주요 양이온과 음이온을 측정하였다. A층위와 B층위의 양이온 교환용량(CEC)은 각각 9.68 meq/100g과 6.16 meq/100g 이었으며 인공강우의 살포시 컬럼유출수의 pH는 중간층토양에서보다 양이온 교환용량이 큰 표층토양에서 더 크게 나타났다. 컬럼유출수에서의 $Ca^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$, $Na^{+}$의 합이 점차로 감소하여 지속적인 산성우는 토양의 양이온 교환용량을 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다. 현장조사결과에 따르면 골짜기의 하류로 내려옴에 따라 지표수의 pH는 계속 증가하여 하류로 흐르는 과정에서의 완충효과를 나타내었다. 이러한 완충효과는 모암의 조성광물중 kaolinite와 illite 이외에도 smectite를 함유하고 있는 골짜기에서 더 크게 나타나는 것이 특징적이었다. 이 결과는 토양충 뿐만 아니라 모암이 산성우의 완충용량을 가지고 있음을 나타내었다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.803-812
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• 2022

본 연구의 목적은 무아관이 중년기 성인이 겪는 생활사건 스트레스의 부정적인 영향을 감소시키는지 검증하는 것이다. 40대와 50대 성인남녀 207명을 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 위계적 회귀분석 및 단순 기울기 분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과, 무아관은 생활사건 스트레스가 지각된 스트레스 및 주관적 안녕감에 미치는 부정적인 효과를 조절하는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 구체적으로 무아관은 생활사건 스트레스가 지각된 스트레스에 미치는 정적인 효과를 감소시키고, 주관적 안녕감에 미치는 부적인 효과를 감소시켰다. 본 연구의 결과는 동양적·불교적 자기관인 무아관이 중년기의 성인이 겪는 생활사건 스트레스에 대한 완충효과를 갖는다는 것을 의미한다. 본 연구는 상담 및 임상 장면에서 무아관을 중년기 성인의 스트레스에 대처하기 위한 중요한 요소로 고려해야 한다는 것을 시사한다. 그리고 본 연구는 불교적 개념인 무아에 관한 후속 실증연구를 촉진시킬 것으로 예상된다. 마지막으로 한계점 및 후속연구를 제언하였다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.54-61
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• 2024

Background: The Korean name for Angelica gigas Nakai (AGN) is Cham-dang-gui, which grows naturally or is cultivated, and its dried roots are used in traditional herbal medicines. The AGN root exert various pharmacological effects. Despite the various pharmacological effects of the AGN root, there are no reports on its anti-oral microbial effects. The purpose of this study was to reveal the anti-oral microbial effect and the microbial and biochemical changes in oral microorganisms according to the concentration of the ethanol extract of AGN (EAGN) root, and to confirm the possibility of using EAGN as a plant-derived functional substance for controlling oral infectious microorganisms. Methods: Disk diffusion test, growth measurement, biofilm formation assay, and measurements of acid production and buffering capacity were performed to confirm the antibacterial effect of EAGN. Results: EAGN showed anti-oral bacterial effects against Streptococcus mutans and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans at all concentrations, with S. mutans showing a more susceptible effect at concentrations above 5.0 mg/ml and A. actinomycetemcomitans at 3.75 mg/ml. EAGN treatment significantly reduced A. actinomycetemcomitans growth at all concentrations tested. Biofilm formation was significantly reduced at concentrations above 3.75 mg/ml for S. mutans and 2.5 mg/ml for A. actinomycetemcomitans. Acid production in S. mutans and A. actinomycetemcomitans was significantly increased by treatment with EAGN, and the buffering capacities of S. mutans and A. actinomycetemcomitans increased from an EAGN concentration of 3.75 mg/ml and above. Conclusion: EAGN showed anti-oral bacterial effects against both S. mutans and A. actinomycetemcomitans at concentrations above 3.75 mg/ml, which were thought to be related to the inhibition of their growth and biofilm formation. Therefore, EAGN can be used as a safe functional substance derived from medicinal plants owing to its antibacterial effects against S. mutans and A. actinomycetemcomitans.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.225-236
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• 2014

Three trials were conducted to evaluate the effect of supplementation of a basal diet with benzoic acid or thymol or a mixture of essential oil blends (MEO) or a combination of benzoic acid with MEO (BMEO) on growth performance of turkey poults. Control groups were fed a basal diet. In trial 1, benzoic acid was supplied at levels of 300 and 1,000 mg/kg. In trial 2, thymol or the MEO were supplied at levels of 30 mg/kg. In trial 3, the combination of benzoic acid with MEO was evaluated. Benzoic acid, MEO and BMEO improved performance, increased lactic acid bacteria populations and decreased coliform bacteria in the caeca. Thymol, MEO and BMEO improved antioxidant status of turkeys. Benzoic acid and BMEO reduced the buffering capacity compared to control feed and the pH values of the caecal content. Benzoic acid and EOs may be suggested as an effective alternative to AGP in turkeys.