• 제목/요약/키워드: Mixed Methods Research

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아로마 손 마사지가 간호대학생의 스트레스, 피로와 수면에 미치는 효과 (Effects of Aroma Hand Massage on Stress, Fatigue, and Sleep in Nursing Students)

  • 박수현;박현주
    • 기본간호학회지
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    • 제26권2호
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    • pp.86-95
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of aroma hand massage on stress, fatigue, and sleep in sophomore nursing students. Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental design with a nonequivalent control group and a pre-post test was used. Thirty-seven sophomore nursing students were recruited. The experimental group (n=18) underwent 40 minutes aroma hand massage which was provided by the research assistant. The research assistant was trained with a video clip for aroma hand massage that was developed by Korea Aroma Association. Aroma oil contained lavender essential oil and sweet orange oil mixed with a jojoba oil base. The control group (n=19) did not receive any other treatments related aroma and massage. Results: Significant improvements were exhibited in scores for stress (t=-2.61, p=.013) and fatigue in the experimental group (t=-2.05, p=.047) compared to the control group. However, differences in sleep between two groups were not statistically significant (t=1.23, p=.277) between two groups. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that aroma hand massage could be useful to decrease stress and fatigue levels for sophomore nursing students. Therefore, results of this study can be used as a basis of health care programs for reducing stress of nursing students.

유방절제술 후 1년 이내 여성의 성적 친밀감과 성만족에 영향을 미치는 요인 (Influencing Factors of Sexual Intimacy and Satisfaction among Women within 1 Year after Mastectomy)

  • 김선영;안숙희
    • 여성건강간호학회지
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    • 제25권2호
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    • pp.219-231
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the levels of body image, sexual intimacy, and sexual satisfaction, and to explore factors affecting sexual intimacy and satisfaction among women within one year of mastectomy. Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional survey and involved 101 women who had undergone mastectomy at a University hospital of D city, Korea. Measurement included the scales of body image, sexual intimacy, and sexual satisfaction. Results: Mean age of the subjects was 51 years. Scores of the body image, sexual intimacy, and sexual satisfaction were 59.62, 90.69, and 69.04, respectively. Body image, sexual intimacy, and sexual satisfaction were significantly related to each other. Sexual intimacy was higher when women were of young age (${\beta}=-.32$), had a shorter period since surgery (${\beta}=-.24$), and with higher levels of body image (${\beta}=.37$). Sexual satisfaction was higher when women had higher levels of body image (${\beta}=.19$) and greater levels of sexual intimacy (${\beta}=.74$). Conclusion: Higher levels of body image and greater levels of sexual intimacy were identified as the significant factors influencing sexual satisfaction among these women. Future research with a mixed-method research is needed to gain a deep understanding of the sexuality between women and their husbands.

유리-PZT 혼합 후막의 절연 파괴 전압 및 에너지 저장 효율 향상 (Enhancing Breakdown Strength and Energy Storage Efficiency of Glass-Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 Composite Film)

  • 김삼정;임지호;정대용
    • 한국재료학회지
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    • 제31권10호
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    • pp.546-551
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    • 2021
  • To improve ferroelectric properties of PZT, many studies have attempted to fabricate dense PZT films. The AD process has an advantage for forming dense ceramic films at room temperature without any additional heat treatment in low vacuum. Thick films coated by AD have a higher dielectric breakdown strength due to their higher density than those coated using conventional methods. To improve the breakdown strength, glass (SiO2-Al2O3-Y2O3, SAY) is mixed with PZT powder at various volume ratios (PZT-xSAY, x = 0, 5, 10 vol%) and coating films are produced on silicon wafers by AD method. Depending on the ratio of PZT to glass, dielectric breakdown strength and energy storage efficiency characteristics change. Mechanical impact in the AD process makes the SAY glass more viscous and fills the film densely. Compared to pure PZT film, PZT-SAY film shows an 87.5 % increase in breakdown strength and a 35.3 % increase in energy storage efficiency.

Factors Affecting Consumer's Choice of Retail Store Chain: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam

  • BUI, Thu Thi;NGUYEN, Huong Thi;KHUC, Long Dai
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • 제8권4호
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    • pp.571-580
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    • 2021
  • The study explores the factors affecting the brand selection behavior of retail chains in Vietnam and to what extent they have an impact on the customer's choice intention. This research employs a combination of both qualitative and quantitative mixed methods with the help of SPSS version 22.0 in data analysis. Expert interviews are used to design the questionnaire for the survey conducted on 700 consumers. Research results show that the eight factors of store image (1-to-3 split factor of store image including the display of goods and services), price perception, risk perception, brand attitude, brand awareness, and brand familiarity were determined. They all influence the intention to choose the retail chain brand. With a positive β coefficient, the more store image, price perception, brand attitude, and brand awareness are enhanced, the more likely the intention to choose the retail chain brand. The factor of risk perception has negative ��, resulting in an inverse impact on choosing a retail chain brand name. Price perception and risk perception have the strongest impact on retail chain decision behavior while commodity display factors the least. Based on these important results, the study proposes implications for retailers and manufacturers.

다문화가정 부부를 위한 관계중심 부부소통 프로그램 (Relationship-focused intervention to enhance marriage communication for multicultural couples)

  • 김금희;이영선;이시이 히로꼬
    • 한국가족관계학회지
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    • 제21권2호
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    • pp.97-127
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    • 2016
  • Objective: This study explored benefits of a relationship-focused intervention to enhance marriage communication designed for multicultural married couples and changes that occurred in the way the program's participants communicated with one another. Method: The intervention program was implemented on six married multicultural couples (and six other couples as a control group), and their communication, conflict resolution, and adaptation before and after the intervention were examined. In addition, the researchers kept observation journals to understand the changes in the manner in which the married multicultural couples communicated with their spouse and examine their perception about participating in the program; further, we conducted post-program interviews with the participants after the completion of the program. Results: The results of this study are as follows: (1) the experiment group made more progress in improving couple communication, resolving marriage conflicts, and adapting as a married couple than the control group in a statistically significant manner in both preand post-program tests, and (2) the study confirmed through qualitative analysis that the program made positive contributions to improving the couples' abilities to have conversations and resolve conflicts, as well as their intimacy. Conclusion: Based on these results, implications for further research and practices were discussed.

팬데믹 시기의 패션 테크놀로지에 관한 시각 - 텍스트 마이닝과 내용 분석을 중심으로 - (Perspectives on Fashion Technology during the Pandemic Era - A Mixed Methods Approach Using Text Mining and Content Analysis -)

  • 김미경;임은혁
    • 한국의류산업학회지
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    • 제24권5호
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    • pp.545-556
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    • 2022
  • To overcome the pandemic, a new strategy for innovation is in demand throughout the value chains of the fashion industry that emphasize the importance of fashion technology. Accordingly, as various viewpoints and fields of debate are unfolding to consider the direction of change led by fashion technology, it is necessary to make an active value judgment precedent by understanding the differences between various opinions. This study aims to derive keywords from fashion technology used during the pandemic, to infer the characteristics of each type of perspective and to understand their characteristics. For the research, this study combines text mining analysis and content analysis. Text mining analysis is used to find statistical patterns by collecting keywords from big data from online media, and content analysis is used to interpret the data qualitatively. After analyzing the results of this study, the following observations are made. First, the perspective of positive acceptance seeks to maximize the perception and sensory action of fashion through technology; this amplifies experience, an opportunity for innovation and efficiency. Second, critical vigilance highlights the side effects of radical changes in fashion technology, characterized by concerns about capital-centered polarization, threats to human rights, and infringement of creative thinking. Lastly, the perspective of gradual adoption is the gradual convergence of technologies, characterized by the pursuit of an appropriate balance.

Relative Quantification of Glycans by Metabolic Isotope Labeling with Isotope Glucose in Aspergillus niger

  • Choi, Soo-Hyun;Cho, Ye-Eun;Kim, Do-Hyun;Kim, Jin-il;Yun, Jihee;Jo, Jae-Yoon;Lim, Jae-Min
    • Mass Spectrometry Letters
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    • 제13권4호
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    • pp.139-145
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    • 2022
  • Protein glycosylation is a common post-translational modification by non-template-based biosynthesis. In fungal biotechnology, which has great applications in pharmaceuticals and industries, the importance of research on fungal glycoproteins and glycans is accelerating. In particular, the importance of quantitative analysis of fungal glycans is emerging in research on the production of filamentous fungal proteins by genetic modification. Reliable mass spectrometry-based techniques for quantitative glycomics have evolved into chemical, enzymatic, and metabolic stable isotope labeling methods. In this study, we intend to expand quantitative glycomics by metabolic isotope labeling of glycans in Aspergillus niger, a filamentous fungus model, by the MILPIG method. We demonstrate that incubation of filamentous fungi in a culture medium with carbon-13 labeled glucose (1-13C1) efficiently incorporates carbon-13 into N-linked glycans. In addition, for quantitative validation of this method, light and heavy glycans are mixed 1:1 to show the performance of quantitative analysis of various N-linked glycans simultaneously. We have successfully quantified fungal glycans by MILPIG and expect it to be widely applicable to glycan expression levels under various biological conditions in fungi.

Hybrid radiation technique of frequency-domain Rankine source method for prediction of ship motion at forward speed

  • Oh, Seunghoon;Kim, Booki
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • 제13권1호
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    • pp.260-277
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    • 2021
  • The appropriate radiation conditions of ship motion problem with advancing speed in frequency domain are investigated from a theoretical and practical point of view. From extensive numerical experiments that have been conducted for evaluation of the relevant radiation conditions, a hybrid radiation technique is proposed in which the Sommerfeld radiation condition and the free surface damping are mixed. Based on the comparison with the results of the translating and pulsating Green function method, the optimal damping factor of the hybrid radiation technique is selected, and the observed limitations of the proposed hybrid radiation technique are discussed, along with its accuracy obtained from the numerical solutions. Comparative studies of the forward-speed seakeeping prediction methods available confirm that the results of applying the hybrid radiation technique are relatively similar to those obtained from the translating and pulsating Green function method. This confirmation is made in comparisons with the results of solely applying either the free surface damping, or the Sommerfeld radiation condition. By applying the proposed hybrid radiation technique, the wave patterns, hydrodynamic coefficients, and motion responses of the Wigley III hull are finally calculated, and compared with those of model tests. It is found that, in comparison with the model test results, the three-dimensional Rankine source method adopting the proposed hybrid radiation technique is more robust in terms of accuracy and numerical stability, as well as in obtaining the forward speed seakeeping solution.

Collaboration Scripts for Argumentation Based on Activity Theory

  • KIM, Hyosook;KWON, Sungho;KIM, Dongsik
    • Educational Technology International
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    • 제13권1호
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    • pp.145-173
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to develop collaboration scripts as an instructional means to facilitate argumentation in computer-supported collaborative learning, and to analyze their effects. To develop collaboration scripts for argumentation, researchers used activity theory as a conceptual framework and refined the design principles by design-based research. Using LAMS, collaboration scripts for argumentation were developed based on the ArgueGraph. To examine their effects, 72 participants were divided into two groups by internal scripts and randomly allocated to one of three external scripts. Applying mixed methods, researchers analyzed argumentation competence related to the cognitive aspect, examined self-efficacy related to the motivational aspect, and identified the factors influencing collaborative learning processes and outcomes. Researchers found that the internal script is a critical factor to determine the dimensions, degrees, and duration of improvement in argumentation competence. That is, learners with higher internal scripts improved highly in the quality of single arguments, while learners with lower internal scripts improved continuously in the quality of argumentation sequences. The effects of the external scripts varied with the internal script levels and supporting periods. Besides, collaboration scripts for argumentation had positive effects on learners' self-efficacy, and learners with higher internal scripts had better self-efficacy. The factors influencing collaborative learning processes and outcomes showed different results depending on the learning context. Therefore, when scripting learner's interaction in CSCL, researchers should design the scripts adaptable to a natural context of activities.

중환자실 간호사의 임종간호 어려움과 임종간호 교육요구 조사: 혼합연구방법 (Difficulties in End-of-Life Care and Educational Needs of Intensive Care Unit Nurses: A Mixed Methods Study)

  • 김현숙;최은경;김태희;윤혜영;김은지;홍진주;홍정아;김건아;김성하
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • 제22권2호
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    • pp.87-99
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    • 2019
  • 목적: 중환자실 간호사가 경험하는 임종간호 어려움에 대해 확인하고 임종 간호 시 필요한 교육요구도를 확인하기 위한 혼합연구이다. 방법: 대상자는 중환자실에 근무하는 간호사로 106명은 설문지를, 19명은 초점집단인터뷰로 연구가 진행되었다. 자료분석은 SPSS win 23 프로그램을 이용, 서술 통계, Independent t-test, ANOVA, Mann-Whitney U test, $scheff{\acute{e}}$ test 이용하여 분석, 초점집단인터뷰는 내용 분석 방법을 사용하였다. 결과: 중환자실 간호사는 임종간호에 대해 업무적, 심리적으로 어려움을 느끼고 있었으며, 임종간호에 대한 체계적인 교육에 대한 요구와 일부 요구된 교육 내용을 확인하였다. 결론: 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 만들어진 임종간호 교육프로그램을 통하여 중환자실 간호사의 임종간호의 어려움을 감소시키고, 나아가 환자 및 보호자가 중환자실에서 평화로운 임종기를 보내는데 도움이 되었으면 한다.