• Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.171-176
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• 2016

By developing rider robot using omni wheel drive, a usability test for 6 people was conducted after finding out inconvenient factors and ways of improvement. The results of this research are as follows. First, we researched inconvenient factors captured by object of experiment using a rider robot who is living in the dormitory. It showed that the disabled showing 1.6 of satisfaction degree felt more inconvenient for normal people showing 4 of satisfaction degree. It was found that the height of seats is 10 centimeters higher, which caused inconvenience for moving. Second, each of the disabled and normal people showed 2.33 and 2.62 of satisfaction degree below the average for seats, back of a seat, armrest, footrest, security belts. However, for the revised design both of them showed 3.5 of satisfaction degree over the average. Third, most people felt this robot is quite expensive and said they would purchase it if subsidized by the government. Therefore, based on inconvenient factors and ways of improvement found in this research, further study needs to be conducted so as to improve the quality of life of the disabled.

• 재활복지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.119-147
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to analyze the awareness and needs for community based Telerehabilitation(TR) service by carrying out a online survey targeting individual with disabilities. By using the survey, we attempt to utilize the results as the basis for the health promotion and effective rehabilitation service to the disabilities in the community. Survey was conducted on the 162 target users, who use center for independent living, are registered as disabled. There are 34 questions in total. The results of the study are as follows. First, 74.7% of respondents said 'they had never heard of TR service'. 68.3% of the respondents said that 'they want to use the service' and 78% are positive about the service. Second, 84% of them said 'they have an intend to participate the service', 87.1% of the respondents answered that they needed 'very necessary' and 'necessary' in the question of necessity. Third, as a results of searching the requirements for TR service, it was found that there are requirements such as service system and construction considering the characteristics of the disabled, service provision of rehabilitation experts, and various program composition. Based on the results of this study, we suggest the development of a differentiated TR system program to improve the quality of rehabilitation for individuals with disabilities by considering the reality of rehabilitation treatment of community disabled people and considering the knowledge and needs of TR system.

• 재활복지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.211-233
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to figure out problems and to suggest improvement scheme by examining 31 of the disabled who used power wheelchair developed for safe moving and standing support. The results are as follows. First, standing power wheelchair that enables the disabled to sit and stand up was developed. It can also be used as means of transportation for moving in narrow space and in a short distance. In the usability test of this prototype, two groups were respectively examined in 60 evaluation items. One group consisted of 16 people with disabilities using manual wheelchairs. And the other one consisted of 15 people with disabilities using automatic wheelchairs. The entire average figure of two groups was shown to be 2.72 and standard deviation was 0.820. Specifically, the average figure of the group in manual wheelchair was 2.85 and the one of the other group in automatic wheelchair was 2.57. And both group replied that the move to stand up and sit on both types of wheelchair was the most inconvenient thing. It shows why ergonomic design for persons with under extremity disabilities to stand up and sit is needed. Second, with further study based on the results of usability test of the disabled, it will make contribution to increase the quality of people with disabilities by helping them move and do daily lives on their own.

• Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.199-215
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• 1998

The health care environment exerts tremendous influence on community health practices. Here the author mention several major factors that will influence the future plan for health service and health education; that is, economic problem, the issues of decrement of infectious disease, increment of chronic degenerative disease due to natural increase of the elderly, increased frequency of traffic and industrial accidents and the issues of medical-technological advances etc. Therefore, special efforts by health personnel should be made to develop health education and health promotion strategies on a community-wide basis. Accordingly, the flexible accessibility, convenient availability, guaranteed medical service, sufficient supply of health information, and rapidly available medicaid service for special population such as the elderly, the handicapped, the disabled and the poor are considered. Also, the financial support from the central government and local self-government and active participation of health consumer to health service are needed in Korea, The role of the health personnel is to elicit, facilitate and maintain health promoting behavior with his and her assurance for health consumers being competent and supported in the voluntary choice of their health promoting activities. The health promoting activities such as the above mentioned will be produce escalation of their life Quality among Koreans.

• The Journal of Korean Society for Neurotherapy
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2018

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of rehabilitation horse riding exercise on the balance and Geriatric Quality of Life Scale (GQOL) of the elderly. Methods The subjects were 14 elderly males who consisted of 7 in the experimental group and 7 in the control group. The subjected performed rehabilitation horse riding exercise twice a week for 12 weeks. For balance measurements, leftright and anteriorposterior weight bearing, and BBS were tested using GymPlate. In addition, the GQOL was evaluated. Results The results of this study show that in the experimental group, there were significant differences in balance ability and GQOL after the rehabilitation horse riding exercise (P<0.01), but there was no significant difference in the control group (P>0.05). Furthermore, the experimental and control groups showed significant differences in balance ability and GQOL (P<0.01). Conclusion Rehabilitation horse riding exercise is effective in improving the balance ability of the elderly, which also had an effect on the GQOL.

• Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.685-716
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• 2010

The purposes of this study were to exploring the rural residents' satisfaction of living environment and social service. For these purpose we collected the data from the residents in rural area(1,000). The major findings of this study were as follows : First, the total satisfaction score is 58.9. The highest score group is housing and environment(69.9). And the lowest score group is cultural life and leisure environment. Various welfare services have been carried out for low income people, disabled people, old people, children and rural women within the social service system. But many respondents did not have chances to use social service because it was not efficiently provided many social services. So most of the residents in village wanted more welfare services. Second, the qualitative enhancement is more important than physical infrastructure expansion in order to improve rural settlement condition(housing quality, water supply and drainage, road and traffic system, medical care etc.)

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 한국콘텐츠학회 2018년도 춘계 종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.161-162
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• 2018

최근 장애인활동지원서비스를 이용하는 이용인의 수요가 증가하면서 서비스의 질적인 측면이 요구되고 있는 가운데 이용인을 보조하고 있는 활동보조인의 근로조건에 관한 연구와 함께 이 근로조건이 서비스 질과의 연관성이 있는가에 대한 연구가 이루어져야 할 실정이다. 하지만, 이러한 현실임에도 불구하고 이에 대한 활발한 연구가 미비한 실정이기에, 기존 연구에서는 직무만족이라는 개념에 근무조건이 하나의 요소로 적용을 시켰으나 구체적으로 근로조건이 서비스 질에 차이가 있는지에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 이러한 맥락에서 장애인활동보조인의 근로조건이 이 서비스의 질에 연관성이 있는지를 알아보고, 어떠한 근로 조건이 서비스의 질을 높이는지 선행연구들을 통하여 추론하여 장애인활동보조인의 원활한 활동과 함께 보다 더 성장된 질적인 서비스가 진행 될 수 있도록 제언하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 한국정보통신학회 2019년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.247-250
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• 2019

The first-generation RKE(Remote Keyless Entry) system is very vulnerable to replay attacks and the encryption of the second-generation RKE system is known to be disabled by four to eight signal receptions and analysis. In order to enhance the security of the RKE system, we introduce a physical-layer security methods in the RKE system and propose a technique to disable the replay attack by reducing the quality of the signal received by an eavesdropper.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2021

It is a challenge for visually impaired people to access unfamiliar environments independently, hence the quality of life is reduced, and safety of life is compromised. An accurate and reliable door detection system comprising of way finding and indoor navigation can be beneficial for a large number of autonomous and mobile applications for visually impaired people. This paper illustrates an image-based door detection scheme for visually impaired people using stable features (edges and corners) including color averaging and image resizing. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme shows a significant improvement when compared with existing scheme.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.503-515
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• 1998

In order to investigate the factors influencing QOL and life satisfaction of the physically disabled, the author interviewed, by using structuralized questionnaire, 440 individuals among the physically disabled who were participated in Health Examination from April to July, 1997. The questionnaire consisted of the general characteristics(sex, age, marital status, family number, etc), the Reintegration to Normal Living Index(RNLI) to assess QOL, and the single item of five-likert scale to evaluate life satifaction. The means of RNLI were $16.2{\pm}4.8$ in total score, $12.2{\pm}3.4$ in daily functioning and $4.0{\pm}2.1$ in perception of self. The respondents were less reintegrated toward social activities and relationships than impairments or disabilities. While the satisfied group was 47.3%, the dissatisfied group was 52.7%. As the results of multiple regression and logistic regression analysis, the significant predictors of QOL were age, education, job, grade of disability and subjective health status. The life satisfaction were related to economic status, job and subjective health status. To improve QOL and life satisfaction of the physically disabled, it is important that we improve their basic socioeconomic status by getting a job through rehabilitation education and induce them to have positive self-assessment by extending the opportunity of social participation.