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The Life of Laplace and His Influences on Modern Sciences (라플라스의 생애와 현대과학에 미친 영향)

  • Kim, Daniel;Kim, Sung Sook
    • Journal for History of Mathematics
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.271-279
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    • 2019
  • Pierre-Simon de Laplace(1749-1827) is considered one of the most influential scientists in history. He was known to his contemporaries as the Newton of France, and a scientific sage valued for his magisterial syntheses of scientific works through the 18th century. Laplace was a determined mathematician, astronomer, writer, philosopher, and educator. In this paper, we take a survey of his achievements in the areas of astronomy and mathematical statistics, along with his scientific philosophy, the universal determinism.

Silk Sutures: Trachea Surgery in Sixteenth-Century China (중의근세(中醫近世) 외과(外科) 「반상(反常)」 수술지미(手術之謎) - 중의위십마몰유(中醫為什麼沒有) 「수술(手術)」 전통(傳統)?)

  • Li, Jianmin
    • Journal of Korean Medical classics
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.155-179
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    • 2013
  • Is the history of surgery an independent field of research into Chinese medicine? The historical sources are fragmentary, scattered, and riddled with fantastical descriptions. To unlock the references made in sixteenth-century texts to the use of silk thread to stitch up damaged tracheas, which are taken to be factual, the author of this article proposes a research method he calls "investigating precedents." Every independent reference to this kind of surgery must be dealt with separately. We cannot assume, a priori, that a reference to what must have been a very sophisticated procedure is either a far-fetched interpretation or a fabrication, nor should we evaluate it according to modern surgical criteria. Apart from extraordinary cases, we have no records of other types of surgery in the history of Chinese medicine, therefore we must find a method that allows us to investigate these records on their own terms.

A Study on the Environmental Philosophy and the Ecological Planning for Housing Developments (환경철학의 이해와 생태적 주거의 계획기법에 관한 연구)

  • 현택수
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.147-159
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    • 1999
  • As we have come to realize the problems caused by the modern civilization as well as the importance of the preservation of nature. Ecological building and urban design come to attract more attention. Therefore, the object of this study is providing the design factors and improving the design methods for the developments of ecological housing complex, harmonious with environment. Followings are the results of this study: 1. We need to turn to new trend-Ecological architecture which enables the co-exitence of nature and human being to come over the presence and face new decades. 2. Ecological architecture is based on energy-saving system and give people a healty and comfortable atmosphere. 3. In the city area, the house development should be undertaken to minimize the environmental problem through extremely high ehhiciency and technonogy. 4. We need a new development to preserve natural environment in the suburvan and small or medium city. 5. We have to develope the approach method, which is to maintain the frame of present ecological environment, to be in sympathy with geomorphology, to use the natural material in the rural community.

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CRIME AND LEGAL DEFENSE:A FORENSIC AND JUVENILE PSYCHIATRIC PERSPECTIVE

  • Kim, Seung-Tai Peter
    • Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.3-13
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    • 2004
  • A historical overview of the relationship between law and medicine, particularly psychiatry, was presented along with the religious, social and legal aspects of the societies in the Western hemisphere as they affected the concepts and philosophy of the legal system in each society at different point in history. The evolution of the modern concept of juvenile court system and changing patterns of implementing the juvenile law in the United States, particularly the mental health evaluation process to determine the youths' competence to stand trial, were presented in detail. The ultimate goals of protecting the civil rights of children, adolescents and youths are emphasized.

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Elementary Learning : A Book for a Child's Moral Education (소학 (小學): 아동의 도덕 교육을 위한 책)

  • An, Kwang Gug
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.213-217
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    • 2016
  • Sohak is a book compiled by Zhu Xi, who was a Confucian philosopher, and his disciple, Liu Qingzhi, to promote the morality and personality in children. This book reflects Zhu Xi's philosophy of human nature and education and provides a way to observe proprieties and courtesy. The content and principle of this book is not likely to be easily understood or applied to people in the modern Korean society. Nevertheless, Sohak inspires us to have an insight on how the human relationship should be and what is the desirable moral education method for children to solve moral conflicts in real settings of complicated social interactions.

A Study on the Developmental Stage of Furniture Design of Alvar Aalto (알바르 아알토의 가구디자인 발전단계에 대한 연구)

  • Han, Young-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Interior Design Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.140-143
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    • 2004
  • The move from steel tubes to bent wood and the 'laboratory experiments' with wood which Aalto carried out in order to create furniture gave him vital impulses as he sought and found his own architecture style in the 1930s. Like his architecture Aalto's chair designs represent a 'humanized' interpretation of the severe aesthetic and radical technological experimentation of the Modern Movement. The purpose of this study is to find what is the result of the form of his works on the basis of main idea and tend of his works, to search the element and principle of formal composition, to establish the relation-ship between the architect's philosophy and the form of his works. Aalto's furniture, constructed of laminate bent wood or moulded plywood, is not only functionalistic, but also ideal for the psychological need of the people, which is the special quality that complements the Factionalism that features mostly on the metal tube furniture. It shows that Aalto is a humanist dealing with mechanized age.

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A Review on the Evaluation of Home Economics in Changing Korean Society : An Attempt for Constructing a New Paradigm (가정학의 반성적 고찰 : 새로운 패러다임의 구축을 위한 시론I)

  • 유영주
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 1996
  • These days, Home Economics in Korea is confronted with the inner argument about its identity and the outer pressure of re-organization caused by educational reformation. Fundamentally, these internal and external challenges to Home Economics arise from that Home Economics has not been fulfilling the needs of individuals and families due to weakening of integrate perspective, insufficient practice and conservative tendency of study. To get over the current problems and construct a new paradigm of Home Economics contributing to the requirements of new era, the following prerequisites might be fulfilled; \circled1 More active concern about surmounting the alienation that threatening the modern family life and self-actualization of individuals. \circled2 An endeavor to find a new family philosophy and patterns of family culture as the basis of community restoration that harmonize the traditions with changes. \circled3 An Effort to find a highter values that contribute to symbiosis and development of global community including all human beings, creatures and eco-system on the earth.

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An Exploration of the Reform Direction of Teaching Statistics (통계교육의 개선방향 탐색)

  • 우정호
    • School Mathematics
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.1-27
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    • 2000
  • In the past half century little effort has been made for the improvement of teaching and learning statistics compared with other parts of school mathematics. But recently data analysis has begun to play a prominant role in the national reform efforts of mathematics curricula in the United States of America and the United Kingdom. In this paper we overview modern statistical thinking differed from mathematical thinking and examine the problems of current old-style teaching of statistics. And, we discuss the current data handling(or data analysis) emphasis in the national curriculum of mathematics in the countries mentioned above. We explore the reform direction of statistics teaching; changing the philosophy of teaching statistics, teaching real data analysis, emphasis of using computer, and teaching statistical inference not as mathematics but as intuitive data-centered approach.

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Artificial Intelligence and Nursing: Looking Back at Florence Nightingale

  • Jeong, Suyong
    • Journal of muscle and joint health
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.217-222
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    • 2021
  • Background: The reaction of nurses to the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) during the fourth industrial revolution era remains questionable. Understanding Florence Nightingale's achievements may provide valuable lessons that will be helpful to contemporary nurses. Aims: To understand Nightingale's nursing philosophy and methods and provide suggestions for future nursing practice, education, research, and health policy. Source of evidence: Literature. Discussion/Conclusion: Just as Nightingale captured the situation of her time and introduced latest scientific methods, modern nurses need to learn from Nightingale's drastic actions to meet social needs. Nursing can regain a solid humanistic foundation by returning to core values of nursing and humanities, while simultaneously adopting state-of-the-art technologies. Implications for Nursing Policy: AI-driven technologies will advance nursing services and provide greater human-centered and personalized care by eliminating iterative and labor-intensive tasks. Nursing educational policy should support the advancement of nursing curricula to develop AI competencies and specialists within the nursing field.

A Study on the 'Activity' in Spinoza and Toegye (스피노자와 퇴계의 '능동성'-논고)

  • Sung, Hoe-kyung
    • Journal of Korean Philosophical Society
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    • v.137
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    • pp.225-247
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    • 2016
  • This research examines the philosophy of Toegye and Spinoza in the postneo-Confucian and post-modern perspective in emphasizing the activity of Ri(理) and reason beyond the similarities of system in their thought. There is no disagreement in viewing Toegye and Spinoza as balanced opposites in their attempts to harmonize man and nature. In this discussion, I will infer the similarities of Toegye and Spinoza in terms of an 'activity-passivity' thesis.