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Community development and parasite control (지역사회개발(地域社會開發)과 기생충(寄生虫))

  • Rim, Han-Jong
    • Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.10-21
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    • 1976
  • The traditional application of night soil to vegetable gardens and rice paddies results in a most wide spread condition of parasitism, with a variety of helminths found in Korea. In addition to the above fact, the peculiar habit of the consumption of raw vegetables, fish, crustaceans and mammals provides a means of infestations of helminths. During the last sixty years numerous reports were found on the prevalence of helminths amongst the Korean population in different parts of the country, and it was generally recognized that ascariasis, hookworm disease, filariasis, clonorchiasis and paragonimiasis constitute the important helminthic disease in Korea. In practical measures of parasite control activities the main measures are summarized as mass-treatment, night-soil disposal and transmission control. Among the three, the mass-treatment has been commonly applied, however, no reduction of transmission has been obtained by treatment of a population. Therefore, the ultimate eradication of parasites will depend upon the application of comprehensive environmental sanitation measures. The basic environmental measures will be concerned with (a) the safe disposal of human excreta, (b) the provision of adequate and safe water supplies in such a way as to promote a higher standard of personal hygiene in the population, and (c) the prevention of food contamination by faecal material. Additional environmental measures will deal with the improvement of housing and housing hygiene and with general community development. Community development means social and cultural as well as economic development. The control measures on the parasitic endemic diseases, such as clonorchiasis and paragonimiasis are the good examples for community health development in Korea. The control of Clonorchis and Paragonimus infections are theoretically very simple, as the infection can only invade the human body by way of encysted metacercaria which are taken into the body when eating passive intermediate hosts(fishes, crabs and crayfishes). Although prophylactic measures in the case of the infections deal with above merely consist the fishes in cooking or submerging in hot water before eating them, it is exceedingly difficult to carry out such simple measures in face of century old traditions, to which the relatively primitive population clings with great tenacity. There is no one universally applicable method of control. The choice of methods must be dictated by the nature of the environment. the habit and custom of the people. the pattern of transmission and the resources of the country. There must exist a well organized public health infrastructure. Since a control programme is of necessity on a longterm basis and continuity in its implementation is essential. An investigation should be made on the prevalence of the diseases and its relationships to irrigation engineering, freshwater ecology, agricultural methods, hydro-electric schemes, and the development of communities in affected areas. In conclusion, however. the control of clonorchiasis and paragonimiasis in Korea is not an impossible task. A combination of efforts with major emphasis on health education and mass chemotherapy coupled with governmental aid in enforcing legislative public health measures could reduce the diseases. Health education in particular attempts following four things: (a) It supplies a person with enough general knowledge about a disease to make the preventive measures. (b) It makes a person feel sufficiently about the importance of his own health to make him alter his behavior and adopt these preventive measure. (c) It makes him concerned for the health others. (d) It tries to make him feel so strongly about the first three that be supports and even initiates preventive action by the community. Educational efforts should be directed primarily toward school children because it is during the early years that most persons become infected, and also because children are less entrenched in their food habits so that, the educational process should be involved at various levels in successive changes of knowledge, attitude, beha viour, habit and custom of their lives. The most parasitic endemic diseases are related to community diseases. In caring for a sick community. the first stage is to gather epidemiological data, the next is to make inferences from it-to make the community diagnosis. The third is to prescribe community treatment or community health action part of a community health action programme. The community health action is the sum of the steps decided upon to remedy the critical features revealed by the community diagnosis. Action takes various forms; health education is the most important.

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Removal Behavior of Biological Nitrogen and Phosphorus and Prediction of Microbial Community Composition with Its Function, in an Anaerobic-Anoxic System form Weak Sewage

  • LEE, JIN WOO;EUI SO CHOI;KYUNG IK GIL;HAN WOONG LEE;SANG HYON LEE;SOO YOOUN LEE;YONG KEUN PARK
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.994-1001
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    • 2001
  • An easier way of understanding the BNR system was proposed from the study on substrate, nutrient removal tendency, microbial community and its metabolic function by applying the municipal settled sewage. During the anaerobic period, the phosphorus release rate per VFACOD we varied depending on the phosphorus content in the sludge. When the phosphorus content in the sludge was $6\%$ VSS, according to influent VFACOD, the phosphorus release rate and PHA production were $0.35 gPO_4P/gVFACOD$ and 1.0 gPHA/gVFACOD, respectively. The $NO_3N$ requirement for the phosphorus uptake as an electron acceptor was about $0.5 gNO_3N/gPO_4P_{uptake}$ based on the proposed equation with PHA, biomass, production, and the concentration of phosphorus release/uptake. Bacterial-community analysis of the sludge, as determined by FISH and 16SrDNA characterization FISH, revealed that the beta-subclass proteobacteria were the most abundant group ($27.9\%$ of the proteobacteria-specific probe EUB338), and it was likely that representative of the beta-subclass played key roles in activated sludge. The next dominant group found was the gamma-protebacteria ($15.4\%$ of probe EUB338). 16S rDNA clone library analysis showed that the members of${\beta}$- and ${\gamma}$-proteobacteria were also the most abundant groups, and $21.5\%$ (PN2 and PN4) and $15.4\%$ (PN1 and PN5) of total clones were the genera of denitrifying bacteria and PAO, respectively. Prediction of the microbial community composition was made with phosphorus content (Pv, $\%$ P/VSS) in wasted sludge and profiles of COD, PHA, $PO_4P,\;and\;NO_3N$ in an anaerobic-anoxic SBR unit. Generally, the predicted microbial composition based upon metabolic function, i.e., as measured by stoichiometry, is fairly similar to that measure by the unculturable dependent method. In this study, a proposal was made on he microbial community composition that was more easily approached to analyze the reactor behavior.

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The Characteristics of Fish Community and Food Web in Eutrophic Agricultural Reservoir, Jeondae (부영양 농업용저수지인 전대지의 어류군집 및 먹이망 특성)

  • Lee, Eui-Haeng;Chang, Kwang-Hyeon;Seo, Dong-Il;Choi, Jong-Yun;Joo, Gea-Jae;Kim, Mirinae;Shin, Jae Hoon;Son, Misun;Nam, Gui Sook
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.319-326
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    • 2014
  • Fish community was investigated in eutrophic Jeondae agricultural reservoir from April to November 2012. The food web structure of major fish species of Jeondae reservoir showed that due to serious organic pollution, the hyper-eutrophic condition with high chemical oxygen demand (COD), chlorophyll-a (Chl-a), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP), as estimated by stable isotope analysis. Total of 679 individuals were collected from the reservoir, and 9 species were identified. Interestingly, Lepomis macrochirus and Hemiculter eigenmanni known as less sensitive to pollution and water quality deterioration, dominated the reservoir, and their relative abundances were 38% and 27%, respectively. Further, the analysis of the stomach contents revealed that main food source of dominant L. macrochirus was high amount of zooplankton, which includes copepoda and cladocera, while Cyprinidae species mainly consumed organic particles with zooplankton preys. Stable isotope analysis also suggested that L. macrochirus, Carassiusauratus, Pseudorasboraparva, and H. eigenmanni are major zooplantivorous group in the Jeondae Reservoir.

Occupational Therapy for Community Mobility in Stroke Patients : Systematic review (뇌졸중 환자의 지역사회이동을 위한 작업치료 중재: 체계적 고찰)

  • Jo, Eun-Ju;Kam, Kyung-Yoon;Chang, Moon-Young
    • The Journal of Korean society of community based occupational therapy
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.77-89
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    • 2018
  • Objective : The purpose of this study was to analyze occupational therapy intervention on the community mobility for stroke patients, and to provide evidence of intervention in the clinical fields. Methods : A systematic review was executed according to the PRISMA checklist. The accessed database was PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library (CENTRAL), ProQuest Dissertations & thesis (PQDT), RISS, and KoreaMed. We included the articles published from 2005 to September 2018. RoBANS checklist was used to evaluate the quality of the articles. Included articles, totally eight, were categorized according to the type of intervention. Results : The study design of the literature was varied from two-group randomized trial, quasi-experimental study, case-control trial, one group pre-post comparison study, and cross-sectional study. In the evidence level, 6 articles were included in level II (75%). The percentage of low risk of bias in each article ranged from 52.5%~87.5%. Four studies (50%) provided intervention based on virtual reality or virtual environment. The three (37.5%) provided intervention based on the protocol, and the other (12.5%) did wheelchair training. All studies reported significant effects of the intervention. Conclusion : This systematic review provided evidences to use proper intervention in the clinical fields. Various type of studies should be conducted to prove the effect of occupational therapy intervention for community mobility.

Characteristics of Summer Marine Algal Community and Barren Ground in the Southern Coast of Jeju, Korea (제주 남부해역 조하대 하계 해조군집 및 갯녹음 특성)

  • Jung, Seung Wook;Jeon, Byung-Hee;Choi, Chang Geun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.212-219
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    • 2019
  • This study was conducted to investigate marine algal community characteristics and the status of barren ground in the summer at study sites on Jeju Island, Korea. Sampling was carried out from July to September 2017 using a qualitative and quantitative survey (including coverage of non-geniculated coralline algae and density of grazer) by scuba diving. A total of 121 species were identified, including 11 (9.1 %) green algae, 24 (19.8 %) brown algae, and 86 (71.1 %) red algae. Hyeongjeseom had the greatest diversity, with 60 species, and Harye the least, with 18 species. The mean biomass at the study sites was $1,503.0g{\cdot}m^{-2}$, while the mean for the neighboring islets ($3,268.7g{\cdot}m^{-2}$) was higher than that of the main island ($914.7g{\cdot}m^{-2}$). Also, dominant species was identified: Sargassum macrocarpum at the neighboring islets, and Ecklonia cava at the main island, with differences showing not only in biomass but also species composition. In conclusion, the marine algal community status in summer at the study sites was evaluated based on the algal community characteristics (species composition, biomass, biomass ratio of kelp species), coverage of non-geniculated coralline algae, and density of grazer. As a result, both Hyeongjeseom and Marado require preservation and management to maintain their excellent marine algal communities, and other sites on the main island require the creation and/or restoration of marine algal communities. In addition, as the generation of barren ground accelerates, it is urgent not only to grasp existing monitoring research but also to identify the status of the marine algal community where it is not known at present.

Application of the Cepstrum Signal Processing Technique for the Noise Reflection Path Analysis in Community Noise (소음전달경로 분석 : 켑스트럼(Cepstrum) 적용방안에 관한 연구)

  • Hong, Yun-H.;Kim, Jeung-T.
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.447-453
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    • 2009
  • Community noise has been great concerned in public. A traffic noise from a road or a railway has affected too mush damage on quiet living environment. In this paper, a measured noise signal on a street has been applied to extract a noise source and a path by using a complex cepstrum. An example shows that the waveform of the source and the path could be separated if a temporal windowing is properly applied.

The signal processing technique application for the delivery path analysis of community noise (환경소음의 전달경로 분석을 위한 신호처리기법 적용 연구)

  • Hong, Yun-H.;Kim, Jeung-T.;Kim, Jung-S.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.109-111
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    • 2007
  • Community Noise has been great concerned in public. A road traffic noise has affected too much damage on quiet living environment. In this paper, the noise barrier effect on the street has been examned. As a tool of the path analyses, a cepstrum analyses of signal processing technique has been implemented.

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Evacuation Assistance for People with Special Needs in Time of Disasters during the 2009 Hyogo-Ken Sayo Flooding Disaster (평성 21 년 태풍 9 호 사요우쵸 수해에 있어서의 요 원호자 대응 -민생위원 앙케이트.인터뷰 조사를 통해서-)

  • Ohnishi, Kaazuyoshi;Takeba, Katsushige
    • 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.02a
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    • pp.9-11
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    • 2011
  • This study aims to clarify how commissioned welfare volunteers could play a role of evacuation assistance for people with special needs in case of flood disaster which occurred in Sayo-cho, Hyogo prefecture by Typhoon 9th in August, 2009. Both questionnaire research and interview was conducted to commissioned welfare volunteers. As a result we found that the delay of official evacuation council caused some confusion. As commissioned welfare volunteers had not got enough information on evacuation assistance from local government it was difficult to decide and initiate early evacuation against flood disaster. Development of collaboration with community manpower is inevitable for effective evacuation assistance on elderly and disabled people.

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The delivery path analysis of community noise : The cepstrum signal processing technique application (소음전달경로 분석 : Cepstrum 적용방안에 관한 연구)

  • Hong, Yun-H.;Kim, Jeung-T.;Kim, Jung-S.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2008.04a
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    • pp.721-726
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    • 2008
  • Community Noise has been great concerned in public. A road traffic noise has affected too much damage on quiet living environment. In this paper, About measured from the measure point noise and the noise signal processing techniques applied to the occurrence of the noise source with a path to reach this measure point to the measured data to determine signal processor for Complex Cepstrum Analysis of how to apply for research.

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Study on approximating subdivision schemes for the application to CAD/CAE (CAD/CAE 적응을 위한 근사 서브디비전 방법의 고찰)

  • 서홍석;조맹효
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.237-243
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    • 2002
  • Recently, in computer-aided geometric modeling(CAGD), subdivision surfaces are frequently employed to construct free-form surface. Subdivision schemes have been very popular in computer graphics and animation community, but the community of CAGD adopts this tool only recently to handle surface geometry. In the present study, Loop scheme and Catmull-Clark scheme are applied to generate smooth surfaces. To be consistent with the limit points of target surface, the initial sampling points are properly rearranged. The pointwise curvature errors and coordinate value errors between the points in the sequence of subdivision process and the points on the target surface are evaluated In the numerical examples in both Loop scheme & Catmull-Clark subdivision scheme.

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