• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2018

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: This cross-sectional study assessed household food security status and determined its association with diet quality and weight status among indigenous women from the Mah Meri tribe in Peninsular Malaysia. SUBJECTS/METHODS: The Radimer/Cornell Hunger and Food Insecurity Instrument and the Malaysian Healthy Eating Index (HEI) were used to assess household food security status and diet quality, respectively. Information on socio-demographic characteristics and 24-hour dietary recall data were collected through face-to-face interview, and anthropometric measurements including weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) were obtained from 222 women. RESULTS: Majority of households (82.9%) experienced different levels of food insecurity: 29.3% household food insecurity, 23.4% individual food insecurity, and 30.2% fell into the child hunger group. The food-secure group had significantly fewer children and smaller household sizes than the food-insecure groups (P < 0.05). The mean household income, income per capita, and food expenditure significantly decreased as food insecurity worsened (P < 0.001). The food-secure group had significantly higher Malaysian HEI scores for grains and cereals (P < 0.01), as well as for meat, poultry, and eggs (P < 0.001), than the food-insecure groups. The child-hunger group had significantly higher fat (P < 0.05) and sodium (P < 0.001) scores than the food-secure and household food-insecure groups. Compared to the individual food-insecure and child-hunger groups, multivariate analysis of covariance showed that the food-secure group was significantly associated with a higher Malaysian HEI score while the household food-insecure group was significantly associated with a higher BMI after controlling for age (P < 0.025). CONCLUSIONS: The majority of indigenous households faced food insecurity. Food insecurity at the individual and child levels was associated with lower quality of diet, while food insecurity at the household level was associated with higher body weight. Therefore, a substantial effort by all stakeholders is warranted to improve food insecurity among poorer households. The results suggest a pressing need for nutritional interventions to improve dietary intake among low income households.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.364-370
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• 2017

Background: Labeled noise reduction (NR) data presented by manufacturers are considered one of the main challenging issues for occupational experts in employing hearing protection devices (HPDs). This study aimed to determine the actual NR data of typical HPDs using the objective fit testing method with a microphone in real ear (MIRE) method. Methods: Five available commercially earmuff protectors were investigated in 30 workers exposed to reference noise source according to the standard method, ISO 11904-1. Personal attenuation rating (PAR) of the earmuffs was measured based on the MIRE method using a noise dosimeter (SVANTEK, model SV102). Results: The results showed that means of PAR of the earmuffs are from 49% to 86% of the nominal NR rating. The PAR values of earmuffs when a typical eyewear was worn differed statistically (p < 0.05). It is revealed that a typical safety eyewear can reduce the mean of the PAR value by approximately 2.5 dB. The results also showed that measurements based on the MIRE method resulted in low variability. The variability in NR values between individuals, within individuals, and within earmuffs was not the statistically significant (p > 0.05). Conclusion: This study could provide local individual fit data. Ergonomic aspects of the earmuffs and different levels of users experience and awareness can be considered the main factors affecting individual fitting compared with the laboratory condition for acquiring the labeled NR data. Based on the obtained fit testing results, the field application of MIRE can be employed for complementary studies in real workstations while workers perform their regular work duties.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.86-94
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• 2021

Lecture rooms are crowded with many attendees. Moreover, they rely significantly on the natural ventilation through windows for removing and controlling indoor contaminants such as CO₂. With the aim of broadening the understanding of the characteristics of natural ventilation phenomena in lecture rooms, the average individual CO₂ release rates of attendees were measured during the course of a lecture and compared with previously reported CO₂ release rates. In addition, the effects of natural ventilation through windows on the time-variant CO₂ concentrations in the center of the lecture room were measured and analyzed. Moreover, details about the overall and regional CO₂ concentrations, as well as the air flows in the lecture room, were simulated and analyzed with computational fluid dynamics software, Fluent 2020 R2. It was found that the average individual CO₂ release rates were slightly slower than previously reported rates. The local CO₂ concentrations in the lecture room for regions with a high density of attendees increased over a short period of time, although the natural ventilation was already started by opening the windows. The overall CO₂ concentration in the lecture room rapidly decreased in the early stage of ventilation, but declined very slowly after a longer period of ventilation time. Therefore, in order to enhance the efficiency of a lecture room's natural ventilation, it is recommended to homogeneously distribute the attendees in the lecture room, and to frequently open the windows for short periods of time.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.327-339
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• 2020

증산은 물이 기공을 통해 대기 중으로 이동하는 과정으로, 지표면의 물은 상당부분 증산을 통해 대기 중으로 이동한다. 에디공분산, 수분 수지 측정법 등의 증산량을 측정하는 방법이 있지만, 수종 및 임분의 구성 요소별 증산량의 차이를 비교하기 위해서는 개체목 증산량 측정이 필요하다. 개체목 증산량을 측정하기 위해 수액의 온도차를 이용한 수액류 측정법을 가장 널리 이용하고 있지만, 넓은 범위의 지역을 장기간 조사하기에 한계가 있다. 따라서 큰 공간적 규모에 대해 수액류 및 증산량에 대한 연구를 하기 위해서는 각 지역별로 측정한 데이터의 공유가 필요하다. 본 연구팀은 태화산 학술림에서 열손실탐침법을 이용하여 2011년부터 잣나무(Pinus koraiensis) 18본, 2013년부터 갈참나무(Quercus aliena) 16본을 대상으로 수액류를 측정하고 있으며, 광릉수목원에서도 열손실탐침법을 이용하여, 2013년부터 전나무(Abies holophylla) 18본, 졸참나무(Quercus serrata) 7본, 서어나무(Carpinus laxiflora) 3본, 까치박달(Carpinus cordata) 3본을 대상으로 수액류를 측정하고 있다. 구례 지리산 조사지에서는 열 파동법으로 2018년부터 산벚나무(Prunus sargentii), 낙엽송(Larix kaempferii), 2019년에는 추가로 상수리나무(Quercus accutisima), 소나무(Pinus densiflora), 물푸레나무(Fraxinus rhynchophylla)를 대상으로 수액류를 측정하였으며, 2020년에는 편백(Chamecypans obtuse), 잣나무(P. koraiensis), 자작나무(Betulla platyphylla), 전나무(A. holophylla), 곰솔(Pinus thrunbergii)을 대상으로 수액류를 측정하고 있다. 우리나라 산림의 수액류 데이터를 더욱 활발하게 공유하여 국내 산림생태계에서 개체목과 임분의 수액류와 증산의 환경민감성 등 다양한 연구에 기여할 것으로 기대한다.

• 감성과학
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.3-18
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• 2015

인간의 수량지각은 선천적인 능력으로 생각되지만 그 민감도에 있어서는 개인차가 존재할 가능성이 크다. 본 연구는 시각작업기억과 시각탐색 효율성 그리고 수량민감도 능력 간의 상관 여부를 조사하였다. 이를 위해 변화탐지 수행 능력에 기초해 개인의 작업기억 저장용량을 정량화시킨 K-값, 시각탐색 효율성의 지표인 탐색함수의 기울기 그리고 두 점 배열내의 점 개수 간 수량 차이에 대한 민감도를 각각 측정하였다. 이들에 대한 상관 관계분석 결과 시각작업기억 고용량 개인의 경우 점 배열 간 위치 정보가 보전되었을 때 수량 차이에 상대적으로 저용량 개인에 비해 민감했던 반면, 시각탐색 고효율 개인의 경우 점 배열 간 위치 정보가 보전되지 않았을 때 수량 차이에 상대적으로 민감했다. 이러한 결과는 작업기억 고용량 개인들의 경우 점배열을 소수의 점 패턴 형태로 군집화하는 책략을 사용했을 가능성과 함께, 고효율 시각탐색이 가능한 개인들은 배열 내의 개별 점들에 대해 초점 주의를 상대적으로 신속하게 이용하는 책략을 사용했을 가능성을 시사한다. 종합해 볼 때, 개인들의 수량 민감도는 개인의 작업기억 용량 및 초점주의 이동의 효율성에 의존할 가능성이 있는 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.113-119
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• 2015

피부의 최외곽층인 각질층에 대한 수분량을 측정하는 것은 피부장벽기능과 생물리학적 특성에 대한 피부 건강함, 유연함, 부드러움 등의 중요한 정보를 제공한다. 그러나, 평가자와 피험자와의 개인적인 차이와 측정환경의 변화에 따라 재현성과 반복성에 있어서 각질층의 수분량을 측정하는 데에는 많은 어려움이 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 피부 각질층에 여러 종류의 제품을 사용 전후에 객관적으로 수분량을 측정하는 데에 있다. 40명의 건강한 자발적 피험자의 하박 내측을 피부의 전기용량 특성을 이용하여 수화정도를 측정하였다. 피부 수분량은 시험제품 도포 후, 3 h, 6 h 뒤에 측정하였다. 무도포 부위의 편차를 보정하기 위해 수분증가율을 이용하였고, 5반복 측정을 통하여 분석하였다. 수분량 측정에 가장 효과를 보이는 대표적 폴리올 종류인 글리세롤과 부틸렌 글라이콜을 이용하여 연구를 수행하였다. 대부분의 폴리올 종류는 피부 수분량 변화에 영향을 미치기 때문에 연구에 참여한 피험자에게 0 ~ 20%의 글리세롤을 표준제품으로 사용하여 보정하였다. 피부 수분량은 낮은 농도의 글리세롤 범위에서 직선의 상관관계를 갖기 때문에, 글리세롤의 농도에 따라 피부 수분량에 대한 피험자 각각의 표준화된 곡선을 얻었다. 이렇게 얻어진 피부 수분량에 대응하는 글리세롤 농도 값은 통계학적으로 재현성과 반복성을 보였다. 게다가 이렇게 얻어진 표준화 곡선은 피험자 개인의 피부특성으로 활용할 수 있었다. 이러한 연구 결과는 화장품과 같은 피부외용제품에 대한 미세한 피부 상태의 변화와 외부환경 변화에도 불구하고, 같은 결과를 보였다. 향후 이러한 결과를 토대로, 계면활성제와 지질, 수용성 물질에 대한 제품 원료에 대한 피부 측정에 필요한 비침습적 방법과 병행해서 사용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.117-125
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• 2003

Experimental and theoretical works were performed for the separation of large polyelectrolyte, such as DNA, in a column packed with gel particles under the influence of an electric field. Since DNA quickly orient in the field direction through the pores, this paper presents how intraparticle convection affects the residence time distribution of DNAs in the column. The concept is further illustrated with examples from solid -liquid systems, for example, from chromatography Showing how the column efficiency is improved by the use of a n electric field. Dimensionless transient mass balance equations were derived, taking into consideration both diffusion and electrophoretic convection. The separation criteria are theoretically studied using two different Peclet numbers in the fluid and solid phases. These criteria were experimentally verified using two different DNAs via electrophoretic mobility measurements. which showed how the separation position of the DNAs varies in the column in relation to the Peg/Pef values of an individual DNA. The residence time distribution was solved by an operator theory and the characteristic method to yield the column response.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.136-139
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study will demonstrate that relationship between scoliosis and gait factor and foot weight bearing in ambulation. Methods: Subjects were 40 elementary students. A normal control group consisted of a total of 20 children without any known musculoskeletal disorders and an AIS group of 20 children with mild AIS (defined by a Cobb angle between 10 and $25^{\circ}$) were recruited. Measurements were scoliometer screening test, Cobb angle, gait parameter (rate of swing/stance phase, gait velosity), foot weight bearing (entire, fore, hind). Results: Scoliometer screening test (P = 0.000) and X-ray Cobb angle (P = 0.000) significant difference of group which was significantly higher in the AIS group. Gait parameter not showed significant difference. Forefoot weight bearing was significantly higher in the AIS group than more normal group. Conclusion: It seems that the results of weight bearing analysis in ambulation may be used in modifying rehabilitation programs for individual needs of patients with idiopathic scoliosis.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2009

Hemiplegia-induced immobilizatoin and reduction of mechanical loading in chronic stroke limbs are common cause of disuse osteoporosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of asymmetrical weight bearing on the loss of bone mineral in the individual with chronic stroke. Sixteen hemiplegic patients with strokes were evaluated. The measurements of bone mineral density (BMD) were evaluated with the quantitative ultrasound system on the calcaneus region of the paretic and non-paretic side. Plantar pressure was measured using the Mat-Scan system. The paretic side showed significantly smaller values in the T-score of BMD, and peak value of plantar pressure, which included forefoot, midfoot, and hindfoot, than the non-paretic side (p<.05). Results from the pearson correlation analysis showed statistically significant correlation between the BMD difference and the peak-pressure difference of midfoot pressure (p<.05). This finding indicated that BMD loss depended on decrease of body weight born on the paretic leg.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.349-381
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• 2009

Since 1998, several institutions have deployed mobile instrumented towers to collect research-grade meteorological data from landfalling tropical cyclones. This study examines the wind flow characteristics from seven landfalling tropical cyclones using data collected from eight individual mobile tower deployments which occurred from 1998-2005. Gust factor, turbulence intensity, and integral scale statistics are inspected relative to changing surface roughness, mean wind speed and storm-relative position. Radar data, acquired from the National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Surveillance Radar - 1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) network, are examined to explore potential relationships with respect to radar reflectivity and precipitation structure (convective versus stratiform). The results indicate tropical cyclone wind flow characteristics are strongly influenced by the surrounding surface roughness (i.e., exposure) at each observation site, but some secondary storm dependencies are also documented.