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Effects of REBT Applied Horticultural Activity Program on Irrational Beliefs, Job-Seeking Stress, and Career Maturity of University Students

  • Jo, Hyun-Soo;Lee, Yu-Bin;Kim, Yong-Hyun;Huh, Moo-Ryong
    • Journal of People, Plants, and Environment
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.601-609
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the applicability of rational emotive behavior therapy(REBT) technique to the horticultural activity program as a method of reducing irrational beliefs and job-seeking stress, and improving career maturity through the change of irrational beliefs. The subjects were 30 university students with irrational beliefs, 15 of them in the control group and 15 in the experimental group. The horticultural therapy program was carried out in total 10 sessions once a week for one and a half hours. For irrational beliefs, the experimental group showed a significant decrease (p=.002) in the total score after the program, but the control group showed an insignificant change (p=.529). Total job-seeking stress score was decreased significantly in the experimental group (p=.002) after the program, whereas it was increased in the control group (p=.023). For the career maturity, the experimental group showed a significant increase (p=.008) in the total score, whereas the control group showed a significant decrease (p=.028). Therefore, it can be found that REBT applied horticultural activity programs are helpful for reducing irrational beliefs and job-seeking stress and improving career maturity for young adults.

Electrical Stimulation Promotes Healing Accompanied by NOR in Keratinocytes and IGF-1 mRNA Expression in Skin Wound of Rat

  • Lee, Jae-Hyoung;Lee, Jong-Sook;Jeong, Myung-A.;JeKal, Seung-Joo;Kil, Eyn-Young;Park, Seung-Teack;Park, Chan-Eui
    • Biomedical Science Letters
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.25-32
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the high voltage pulsed Current (HVPC) stimulation on the healing rate and the proliferative activity of keratinocytes and IGF-I mRNA expression of an incisional wound in rat skin. Twenty male Sprague-Dawley rats ($265{\sim}290g$) were randomly divided into HVPC (n=10) and control group (n=10). Rats received 10 mm length of full-thickness incision wound on the back under the anesthesia. The HVPC group received electrical stimulation with a Current intensity of 50 V at 100 pps for a duration of 30 minutes, while the control group was given the same treatment without electricity for a week. Polarity was negative in first three days and positive thereafter. The wound length was measured and evaluated as percentage. The mean number of nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) per nucleus and level of IGF-I mRNA expression were calculated. The mean percent of wound closure were $51.17{\pm}17.76%$ and $80.71{\pm}11.91%$, respectively, in the sham treated control and HVPC stimulated groups (t=-4.308, P<0.001). The mean NOR number per nucleus of the keratinocytes in the control and HVPC group were $1.85{\pm}0.20$ and $2.70{\pm}0.23$, respectively (t=8.638, P<0.001). The IGF-I mRNA level were $0.76{\pm}0.44$ and $1.32{\pm}0.41$, respectively, in the control and HVPC stimulated wounds (t=2.906, P<0.01). There was a positive correlation between the mean NOR number per nucleus and IGF-l mRNA level with a Pearson product moment correlation coefficient of 0.72 (P<0.05). These findings suggest that the HVPC may activate the rRNA of the basal keratinocytes and upregulate the IGF-I mRNA levels by alteration of the electrical environment, and it may increase proliferative activity of the keratinocytes in the skin wound of the rat.

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Evaluation of field applicability for grouting method using self-healing grout material (자기치유 물질을 이용한 그라우팅공법의 현장적용성 평가)

  • Choi, Yong-Sung;Kim, Byoung-Il;Yoo, Wan-Kyu;Lee, Jae-Dug;Choi, Yong-Ki
    • Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.485-500
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    • 2020
  • Due to various advantages such as small facilities, ease of construction and so on, the grouting technology which is widely used in construction field has developed remarkably compared with the past. However, the efforts to improve the homogeneity of quality, long-term durability and environmental problems have been continued. In recent years, new grouting method has been developed in order to solve problems such as low strength, durability and leaching phenomenon of liquid glass (sodium silicate) grouting material in Korea. A newly developed method integrates the injection material with the ground by the self-healing material of crystallization growth type. For this reason, it is known that improvement of the durability and water quality of the ground, prevention of leaching, and environment friendliness can be expected. The present study applied a newly developed method to test sites and verified its effect such as injection range, improvement effect, waterproofing performance and so on. Standard penetration test, field permeability test, borehole shear test, pressuremeter test and pH test were conducted, and the results were compared between before and after developed method application. As results of tests, the field applicability and improvement effect of developed method were proved to be excellent.

Biographical Context of Participation in Social Movement : A biography-reconstructive analysis on experiences in Miryang struggle against 765kV transmission tower (구술생애사 기록을 통해 본 사회운동참여의 맥락 밀양765kV송전탑건설반대운동에 참여한 여성주민들의 구술생애사 분석을 중심으로)

  • Kim, Young;Seol, Moonwon
    • The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
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    • no.44
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    • pp.101-151
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    • 2015
  • This article analyzes biographies of women participants in Miryang struggle against 765㎸ transmission tower and finds that the experience of state violence under the ideological conflicts works the biographical context of participation in environment movement. The cases analyzed in this article disclose the family member's experience of state violence and their trauma through the participation in social movement. And they legitimize their family member's life, heal their trauma, and live a new life by the social movement participation. But the power of healing trauma comes from solidarity and support in social movement. Findings of this article imply that experiences of state violence have influence on the formation and development of various Korean social movements and we need more solidarity and democracy for healing the trauma occurred by state violence and concealed in individual memory. Findings of this article also suggest the importance of biography documents. Biography documents can contribute to widen and to deepen understandings on the social interaction and social history, because they are the document about people's experience who are excluded from the official history and character culture. Moreover biography documents can compensate the official documents, because they can offer the context to the social actions in the official documents. More accumulations and analyses on biographies can serve to widen and to deepen understanding and explanation of Korean society having multilayered exclusion in the process of the compressed modernization and the history of national division.

A Methodological Consideration on the Evidence-Based Design related to Health Effects (치유효과와 관련한 근거중심설계에 관한 방법론적 고찰)

  • Min, Sang-Choong
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.35-44
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    • 2011
  • The aim of this study is to review the literature addressed the methodology to measure and evaluate the health outcomes as evidences for health benefits through the study on the healing environment, garden, therapeutic garden and viewing landscape and so forth. The research methods and measures used to assess health effects in the reviewed studies have applied in a different way ranged from quantitative methods (physical measures or quantitative observations) to qualitative methods (qualitative observations and surveys). In a literature review of research articles on the health outcomes have been found various research methods and measures used to assess health effects. This study will be concentrated mainly on methodological considerations in order to find the significant evidences related to evidence-based design (EBD). Future research should build the body of methodological knowledge to find more empirical evidences as sound scientific data and to improve the effectiveness of design interventions.

A Multi Router Support Mechanism in 6LowPAN (6LowPAN 에서 멀티 라우터 지원 방법)

  • Jung, Seuk;Lim, Chae-Seong;Jung, Won-Do;Yoo, Seung-Wha;Roh, Byeong-Hee;Kim, Ki-Hyung
    • 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.08a
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    • pp.279-282
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    • 2007
  • Typically a wireless sensor network consists of a number of nodes that sense surrounding environment and collaboratively work to process and route the sensing data to a sink or gateway node. We propose an architecture with support of multiple routers in IPv6-based Low-power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN). Our architecture provides traffic load balancing and increases network lifetime as well as self-healing mechanism so that in case of a router failure the network still can remain operational. Each router sends its own Router Advertisement message to nodes and all the nodes receiving the messages can select which router is the best router with the minimum hop-count and link information. We have implemented the architecture and assert our architecture helps in traffic load balancing and reducing data transmission delay for 6LoWPAN.

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A Study on the Developing Process of Healthcare Facilities - Focused on the Healthcare Facilities of U.S.- (의료시설의 발전과정에 관한 연구 - 미국의 의료시설을 중심으로-)

  • Yu, Young-Min
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.37-43
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    • 2002
  • Healthcare systems around the world are struggling to cope with the pressures of rising costs, aging populations, and decisions about how to allocate and pay for seemingly limitless advances in high-technology medical procedures. Today healthcare environments are also changing greatly in Korea. The United States healthcare is being reinvented by reducing the costs and bringing service close to the consumer, and multi-strategies are being used to strive in the market driven shift. This study is aiming to get the lesson and direction of the future healthcare facilities in Korea by analysing the past and current trends of healthcare facilities in U.S..

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A Preliminary Study on the Lighting Design of Hospitals for LED Lighting Application (LED 조명 적용을 위한 의료시설 조명환경계획에 관한 기초연구)

  • You, Min-Jeong;Hong, Seong-Kwan;Choi, An-Seop
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.25 no.12
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2011
  • Recently medical facilities that can help to heal the interpretation have evolved as a healing space. Accordingly, the patient's emotional, psychological and social ward plan to meet the needs of the patient to recover is important. The medical team is also related to the nature of human life, so they are experiencing high stress levels compared to other professionals. However, most places don't consider the user's psychological behavior. The purpose of this study is to build user-friendly lighting environment using LED lighting. LED lighting is easy to adjust illuminance and color temperature, and it is can be implemented in the medical area.

The Comparison of hospitalization time of Patients According to Natural Light in Hospital (병실의 자연광 환경에 따른 환자들의 입원기간 비교)

  • Kim, Hyoung-Sup;Kim, Min-Sung;Lee, Ju-Yoon;Song, Kyoo-Dong
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.35-41
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    • 2005
  • This study was conducted to identify the effect of daylighting in hospitals on hospitalization time of patients and patients' outcomes in hospitals. Two major variations include orientation of hospital wards and the hospitalization times of various kinds of patients. Patients' data were obtained from two hospitals located in Seoul, Korea. The hospital buildings have north-facing and north-facing wards. The patients were classified according to the types of diseases and the orientation of the patient rooms. Then, statistical T-tests were applied in order to verify if natural light might shorter the hospitalization time of patients. The study also identified the types of diseases that were more responsive to the quantity of natural light in patient rooms. This information may be used as a basis for the development of guidelines for patient rooms in hospitals to achieve more effective healing environments. Likewise, the results may be applied to medical treatment buildings, recreational centers and hospital as well.

A Case of Visual disturbance by Blunt Ocular Trauma (외상 후 안혼(眼昏) 환자 1례 보고)

  • Cho, Won-Joon;Hwang-Bo, Min;Jee, Seon-Young;Lee, Sang-Kon;Hwang, Sun-Yi
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology
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    • v.19 no.3 s.31
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    • pp.193-200
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    • 2006
  • Ocular injury is one of the commonest causes of eye diseases, but its patterns and incidences are variable according to the environment. Blunt Ocular Trauma is one of causes of ocular injury. Visual disturbance by Blunt Ocular Trauma is rarely reported and we do not know the exact convalescence and healing method of that. We treated a patient suffered from visual disturbance by blunt ocular trauma with herbal medicine, acupuncture, cupping treatment. We diagnosed as Blood stasis and noxious water disease. We report a case of visual disturbance by blunt ocular trauma after treatments, we observed the improvement. Based on this study, it is considered that oriental medical treatment can be applied to the management of visual disturbance.

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