• 생명과학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.475-480
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• 2021

국내에서 2016년 흰점박이꽃무지 등 일부 곤충이 식품원료로 등록되면서 곤충사육 농가가 폭발적으로 증가하고 있다. 하지만 곤충사육 농가가 보유하고 있는 사육기술, 병해충 관리기술이 농가별로 차이가 있고, 대량으로 곤충을 사육하면서 높은 사육밀도, 병충해 감염 등으로 인해 곤충이 대량 폐사하게 됨으로써 곤충사육 농가에 심각한 경제적 손실을 입고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 다양한 영양성분을 함유할 뿐만 아니라 항균, 항염증 등의 효과를 가진 새싹보리를 흰점박이꽃무지 유충의 주 먹이원인 발효톱밥에 첨가하여 주 먹이원 첨가제로써 적용 가능성 및 곤충병원성 세균에 대한 항균 효과를 확인하고자 하였다. 흰점박이꽃무지 유충의 주 먹이원에 5%와 10% 새싹보리를 첨가했을 때 유충의 증체율이 19.2%와 23.1%로 높았고, 사육 기간이 대조군 대비 단축된 것으로 조사되었다. 또한 새싹보리는 곤충병원성 세균 Serratia marcescens의 성장을 저해하고, 세균에 감염된 흰점박이꽃무지 유충의 생존율과 증체율이 건강한 유충의 수준으로 회복되는 경향을 보였다. 뿐만 아니라 새싹보리를 첨가한 먹이원으로 사육한 유충의 영양성분 분석 결과, 조단백질, 조지방, 구리, 아연, 칼륨 등 미네랄 및 아미노산 함량이 대조군보다 높게 나타났다. 결론적으로 흰점박이꽃무지 유충의 주 먹이원에 새싹보리를 첨가한다면 단기간에 대량생산이 가능하고, 곤충병원성 세균 감염에 의한 폐사를 효율적으로 예방할 수 있어 안정적인 곤충 생산이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.54-61
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• 2005

목적: 백혈병 환자의 사지와 척추 등에 발생하는 과립구 육종(녹색종)은 매우 드물고 그 치료나 예후도 확립되어 있지 않다. 본 연구에서는 과립구 육종 20 예를 대상으로 그 발병기전, 임상적 경과와 치료 결과를 보고하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 1998년 4월부터 2004년 9월까지 본 대학 혈액 종양 센터 및 정형외과학교실에서 치료한 총 2,197명의 백혈병 환자 중 척추 및 사지에 이환되었던 과립구 육종 20명(0.91%)을 연구 대상으로 하였고, 1-78개월(평균18개월)간 추적관찰하였다. 결과: 과립구 육종의 발생 빈도는 1998년 4월부터 2004년 9월 까지 6년 5개월 간 본 대학 혈액 종양 센터에서 가료한 급성 골수성 환자 1,331명중 15례, 만성 골수성 환자 744명중 4례, 혼합형 급성 백혈병 환자 122명중 1례가 발생하여 전체 백혈병에서의 발생율은 2,197명 중 20명이 발생하여 0.91%의 빈도를 보였다. 평균 연령은 28.3세(4~52)였고, 남자 13명, 여자 7명이었다. 단발성 병변은 11례, 다발성 병변은 9례였으며, 병변은 척추 12례, 뇌실질 5례, 사지 6례, 흉부 2례, 골반부 2례, 두개골 및 안구에 각각 1례씩 발생되었다. 과립구 육종은 급성 골수성 백혈병(acute myelogenous leukemia, AML)환자 15명, 만성 골수성 백혈병(chronic myelogenous leukemia, CML) 환자 4례에서 그리고 혼합형 급성 백혈병(acute biphenotype leukemia) 환자 1례 등 총 20명 환자에서 발생하였다. 백혈병의 치료 과정중 과립구 육종의 발병 시기별로는 완전 관해 되었을 때 발병한 것이 8례, 특히 이중에서 4례는 만성 골수성 백혈병이 급성 백혈병으로 재발 악화 되면서 육종이 발병하였고, 나머지 12례는 급성 골수성 백혈병 환자의 치료 과정 중 과립구성 육종이 병발하였다. 6례에서의 조직 검사상 미성숙한 골수모세포와 림파구 등이 혼재된 전형적인 과립구 육종을 확진하였고, 과립구 육종의 치료는 전예를 백혈병의 재발 또는 진행과정에 따라 글리벡 및 스테로이드를 이용한 백혈병 자체에 대한 항암치료만을 시행하였고, 6예에서는 항암치료와 함께 과립구 육종에 대한 국소 또는 전신 방사선 치료를 병합하였다. 평균 18개월의 추시 기간 중 만성 골수성 환자의 경우는 4명 모두 사망하였고, 전체 환자는 모두12명(12/20: 60%)이 과립구성 육종의 발병이후 6.5 개월 만에 사망하였으며, 연령과 예후는 고령 발생시 더욱 불량하였다. 결론: 백혈병 환자에서 발생한 척추 및 사지의 과립구 육종의 예후는 불량하였고, 특히 만성 골수성 환자에서 발생시 예후가 더욱 불량하였으나, 급성 골수성 환자의 경우는 반드시 불량한 예후를 보이는 것은 아니여서, 백혈병 자체에 대한 적극적인 항암 치료와, 사지 과립구 육종에 대한 방사선 치료의 병합 요법이 필요하였다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.337-349
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• 1992

The Tertiary basins in Korea have widely been studied by numerous researchers producing individual results in sedimentology, paleontology, stratigraphy, volcanic petrology and structural geology, but interdisciplinary studies, inter-basin analysis and basin-forming process have not been carried out yet. Major work of this study is to elucidate evidences obtained from different parts of a basin as well as different Tertiary basins (Pohang, Changgi, Eoil, Haseo and Ulsan basins) in order to build up the correlation between the basins, and an overall picture of the basin architecture and evolution in Korea. According to the paleontologic evidences the geologic age of the Pohang marine basin is dated to be late Lower Miocence to Middle Miocene, whereas other non-marine basins are older as being either Early Miocene or Oligocene(Lee, 1975, 1978: Bong, 1984: Chun, 1982: Choi et al., 1984: Yun et al., 1990: Yoon, 1982). However, detailed ages of the Tertiary sediments, and their correlations in a basin and between basins are still controversial, since the basins are separated from each other, sedimentary sequence is disturbed and intruded by voncanic rocks, and non-marine sediments are not fossiliferous to be correlated. Therefore, in this work radiometric, magnetostratigraphic, and biostratigraphic data was integrated for the refinement of chronostratigraphy and synopsis of stratigraphy of Tertiary basins of Korea. A total of 21 samples including 10 basaltic, 2 porphyritic, and 9 andesitic rocks from 4 basins were collected for the K-Ar dating of whole rock method. The obtained age can be grouped as follows: $14.8{\pm}0.4{\sim}15.2{\pm}0.4Ma$, $19.9{\pm}0.5{\sim}22.1{\pm}0.7Ma$, $18.0{\pm}1.1{\sim}20.4+0.5Ma$, and $14.6{\pm}0.7{\sim}21.1{\pm}0.5Ma$. Stratigraphically they mostly fall into the range of Lower Miocene to Mid Miocene. The oldest volcanic rock recorded is a basalt (911213-6) with the age of $22.05{\pm}0.67Ma$ near Sangjeong-ri in the Changgi (or Janggi) basin and presumed to be formed in the Early Miocene, when Changgi Conglomerate began to deposit. The youngest one (911214-9) is a basalt of $14.64{\pm}0.66Ma$ in the Haseo basin. This means the intrusive and extrusive rocks are not a product of sudden voncanic activity of short duration as previously accepted but of successive processes lasting relatively long period of 8 or 9 Ma. The radiometric age of the volcanic rocks is not randomly distributed but varies systematically with basins and localities. It becomes generlly younger to the south, namely from the Changgi basin to the Haseo basin. The rocks in the Changgi basin are dated to be from $19.92{\pm}0.47$ to $22.05{\pm}0.67Ma$. With exception of only one locality in the Geumgwangdong they all formed before 20 Ma B.P. The Eoil basalt by Tateiwa in the Eoil basin are dated to be from $20.44{\pm}0.47$ to $18.35{\pm}0.62Ma$ and they are younger than those in the Changgi basin by 2~4 Ma. Specifically, basaltic rocks in the sedimentary and voncanic sequences of the Eoil basin can be well compared to the sequence of associated sedimentary rocks. Generally they become younger to the stratigraphically upper part. Among the basin, the Haseo basin is characterized by the youngest volcanic rocks. The basalt (911214-7) which crops out in Jeongja-ri, Gangdong-myon, Ulsan-gun is $16.22{\pm}0.75Ma$ and the other one (911214-9) in coastal area, Jujon-dong, Ulsan is $14.64{\pm}0.66Ma$ old. The radiometric data are positively collaborated with the results of paleomagnetic study, pull-apart basin model and East Sea spreading theory. Especially, the successively changing age of Eoil basalts are in accordance with successively changing degree of rotation. In detail, following results are discussed. Firstly, the porphyritic rocks previously known as Cretaceous basement (911213-2, 911214-1) show the age of $43.73{\pm}1.05$ 및 $49.58{\pm}1.13Ma$(Eocene) confirms the results of Jin et al. (1988). This means sequential volcanic activity from Cretaceous up to Lower Tertiary. Secondly, intrusive andesitic rocks in the Pohang basin, which are dated to be $21.8{\pm}2.8Ma$ (Jin et al., 1988) are found out to be 15 Ma old in coincindence with the age of host strata of 16.5 Ma. Thirdly, The Quaternary basalt (911213-5 and 911213-6) of Tateiwa(1924) is not homogeneous regarding formation age and petrological characteristics. The basalt in the Changgi basin show the age of $19.92{\pm}0.47$ and $22.05{\pm}0.67$ (Miocene). The basalt (911213-8) in Sangjond-ri, which intruded Nultaeri Trachytic Tuff is dated to be $20.55{\pm}0.50Ma$, which means Changgi Group is older than this age. The Yeonil Basalt, which Tateiwa described as Quaternary one shows different age ranging from Lower Miocene to Upper Miocene(cf. Jin et al., 1988: sample no. 93-33: $10.20{\pm}0.30Ma$). Therefore, the Yeonil Quarterary basalt should be revised and divided into different geologic epochs. Fourthly, Yeonil basalt of Tateiwa (1926) in the Eoil basin is correlated to the Yeonil basalt in the Changgi basin. Yoon (1989) intergrated both basalts as Eoil basaltic andesitic volcanic rocks or Eoil basalt (Yoon et al., 1991), and placed uppermost unit of the Changgi Group. As mentioned above the so-called Quarternary basalt in the Eoil basin are not extruded or intruaed simultaneously, but differentiatedly (14 Ma~25 Ma) so that they can not be classified as one unit. Fifthly, the Yongdong-ri formation of the Pomgogri Group is intruded by the Eoil basalt (911214-3) of 18.35~0.62 Ma age. Therefore, the deposition of the Pomgogri Group is completed before this age. Referring petrological characteristics, occurences, paleomagnetic data, and relationship to other Eoil basalts, it is most provable that this basalt is younger than two others. That means the Pomgogri Group is underlain by the Changgi Group. Sixthly, mineral composition of the basalts and andesitic rocks from the 4 basins show different ground mass and phenocryst. In volcanic rocks in the Pohang basin, phenocrysts are pyroxene and a small amount of biotite. Those of the Changgi basin is predominant by Labradorite, in the Eoil by bytownite-anorthite and a small amount pyroxene.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.154-163
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• 2005

1988년에 완공하여 1994년 8월부터 수문을 작동한 금강 하구언으로 인해 금강 하구역 환경은 크게 변하였다. 수문을 통해 담수를 불규칙하게 방류하면, 극심한 염분 저하와 함께 수중 무기영양염 농도가 급변한다. 이와 같이 환경 스트레스가 큰 금강 하구 내측에서 춘계 식물플랑크톤 군집의 단주기 변동을 연구하기 위하여, 2004년 2월 중순부터 4개월 동안 2개의 고정점에서 약 2일 간격으로 고조 때에 현장조사와 시료채취를 실시하였다. 하구언에 근접한 정점에서는 정점2(도선장 부근 정점)에 비해 염분 측정치의 변동계수가 2배에 이르러, 정점1에서 시간에 따른 염분의 변동이 극심함을 반증하였다. 용존 무기영양염 가운데, 질소계 영양염($NO_3^-,\;NO_2^-$ 및 $NH_4^+$)의 농도가 정점2에 비해 정점1에서 뚜렷이 높게 나타나, 수문 작동에 따라 그 농도가 부정기적으로 급변할 수 있는 환경임을 확인하였다. 식물플랑크톤 군집을 구성하는 주요 분류군은 규조류로서 출현종의 수나 생물량 모두 최고치를 기록하였다. 이 가운데 단독성 중심 규조 Cyolotella meneghiniana와 사슬형 중심 규조 Skeletonema costatum은 조사기간 전반부에 차례대로 5-6주 동안씩(천이 구간 I 및 II)절대 우점하여, 수온 $10^{\circ}C$의 시점을 중심으로 뚜렷한 천이현상을 보여 주었다. 천이구간 III(4월 중순-5월 말)은 대량 방류된 담수와 함께 하구역에 유입된 담수 녹조종인 남세균 Aphanizomenon flos-aquae와 Phormidium sp. 등이 매우 높은 구성비를 나타낸 시기이다. 이 기간에는 극저염-고염의 극심한 변동으로 인하여 낮은 수준의 생물량을 기록한 규조 Cyclotella meneghiniana와 Skeletonema costatum 외에는 담수종들이 전적으로 우점하였다. 천이구간 IV에서는 수온이 $18^{\circ}C$ 이상으로 상승하면서, 규조 Guinardia delicatuia가 단일 시료 내 최고 우점도 $75^{\circ}C$를 기록하며 약 일주일간 우점하였다. 즉, 조사기간 중에는 수온 $18^{\circ}C$ 미만의 극심한 염분 변동기(천이구간 III)를 제외한, 전 기간 중에 규조가 절대 우점하며 춘계 식물플랑크톤 우점종의 천이를 주도하였다. 천이구간 III에서도, 만약 담수방류의 규모와 빈도를 적절히 조절하였더라면, 주요 우점종이 담수 남세균이 아닌 하구성 규조로 바뀔 수도 있었을 것이다. 본 연구에 적용한 격일간 현장조사는 불규칙한 담수방류가 불가피한 반일주조 하의 하구역 환경에서 식물플랑크톤 종의 천이현상을 규명하기 위한 최소한의 필요조건으로 판단된다.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.83-101
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• 1981

Under the full consideration of the growing need and importance of population education in the field of home economics in Korea, the study was carried out to verify and assess the following facts on the current issues of population education of home economists who are presently engaging in teaching professions as the teachers of middle and high school and professors of college and universities by setting its primary objectives of the study as followings; 1) to assess the degree of general knowledge and attitudes of home economists toward population education in the field of home economics, 2) to verify the problems encountered in implementing population education by home economists in its field, 3) to find an existing status of previous trainings received and other activities of population education of home economists aimed at utilizing these findings as a part of reference materials when the population education is conducted in the field of home economics. In order to attain these objectives described above, the questionnaire was carefully designed to house a total of 40 questions with good combination of multiple-choice and the simple answer questions. The mail questionnaire survey was conducted by establishing teachers of home economics at middle/high schools and college/universities as Senior Home Economists(SHE) who are from public, private liberal arts and vocational schools. The rate of response observed during the survey was 45.6 percent and the findings of the survey research are as follows: 1) Examining the status of the respondents by residence and religion, it was found that 45 percent of middle & high school teachers ar.d 59. 1 percent of college professors are residing in Seoul city area and that the largest percent of them are christian in their religion. Analyzing respondents by their ages, 56 percent of middle/high school teachers are in their 30s, 45 percent of college professors are in their 40s, and 37 percent of college teachers are in their 30s. In addition, 13 percent of the total respondents are found to be unmarried. The study also revealed that 71 percent of the college professors finished Master Degree course and 82 percent of middle/high school teachers are graduated from college level lasting 4 years. Looking over the status cf major fields of respondents, 68.4 percent of middle/high school teachers are specialized in home economic education and the college professors, on the other hand, show relatively even prortion by specializing in the order of food & nutrition science, clothes & textile science and home managerial science. As far as the length of teaching experience is concerned, a relatively longer period of teaching experience is observed in the college professors in comparison with that of middle/high school teachers. In other words, 33.3 percent of middle/high school teachers are experienced in teaching from 6 to 10 years on average while 43.9 percent of college professors show more than 16 years of experience. 2) Examining the status of existing number of children cf the respondents, one boy and one daughter pattern is predominant, showing 28.5 percent in middle/high school teachers and 21.1 percent in college professors. As for the desired number of children of unmarried respondents, it is observed that 43.8 percent of middle/high school teachers desire to have one boy and one girl, and 31.3 percent of college professors want to have one child regardless of the sex. By assessing the degree of awareness of the population education through their students, it is observed that 53 percent of middle/high school teachers and 50 percent of college professors are aware of population education in some extent and that a majority of respondents took the positive attitudes toward an inclusion of family planning components into the formal school education. Another noteworthy to observe is that a total of 84.8 percent out of middle/high school teachers pointed that the population education currently conducted at schools as a part of home economics are less sufficient than it should be. 3) Analyzing the tendency as to whether the respondents were experienced in receiving population education during the time when they were students, 75 percent of college professors and 59 percent of middle/high school teachers responded negative answers in the survey. In the mean time, a total of 50 percent of the respondents replied that they began to acknowledge the importance of population education mainly through the participation of some sort of population-education orientend seminars, experienced by 40 percent of college professors and 80 percent of middle/high school teachers. 4) What it calls attention in this study was to find that 96.5 percent of middle/high school teachers and 72 percent of college professors conduct population education to some extent during their lecture hours and that more than 80 percent of them are never experienced in teaching population and family planning contents in their regular classes. It is, on the other hand, found that no more than once was the response of those who believe themselves that they are experienced in teaching these relevant components to their students. Analyzing the contents of the subjects being taught in the class, a large percent of them are found to be consisted of population and family planning contents. According to this study, the current population education through the formal school is quite inactive. Analyzing the facts, 44.9 percent of the college professors responded that the population and family planning components are quite apart from their specialization which eventually generates lack of interest in the field. 5) It is also noticed through the study that the degree of frequency of commenting on population and family planning contents during the classes was depending significantly on their specializations which means that the degree of frequency varies from a major to another. Those who majored in home managerial science was the first one, as compared to others who majored in different specializations. Glancing over the status of correlations between ages of the respondents and numbers of seminar paticipation, it is quite clear that the aged group participated more than the younger group did, and that the most highest number of participations made by college professors were those who are in 50s. In addition, it is also found that those who are aged 20s and 60s of the respondents were the group who comments least on the contents of population and family planning at their classes. The suggestions and recommendation made through this survey research are as follows. 1) No one denies that the rapid increase of population, as compared to the limited size of land and resources, will certainly affect adversly to an enhancement of individual life quality which will, eventually, bring forth the poverty of the nation. This is the reasson why we are insisting that the world population be controlled up to an optimum level with a matter of global concerns. It is our understading that the primary aim for reducing number of population is believed to be attained only by conducting the systematic and comprehensive population education through the formal schools. Therefore, the role of home economists in the field of population/family planning education is considered very importment due to the fact that an ultimate goal of population education is placed in elevating the quality of family life by having optimum number of children through family planning program. 2) It is quite clear that home economists as teachers of formal school in all level are invited to pay their attention on redefining the ultimate goal of education and that of population education. We also understant that the primary objective of population education is to change the norm and value of the clients by replenishing the students with pertinent knowledge and attitudes on population and its related problems through a sort of education in order to attain the ultimate goal for enhancing the quality of life. There is no exception in the theory of home economics. An altimate goal of home economics is to elevate the general quality of life through an establishment of value existed in daily life. Considering the relations between population education and home economics, it is quite indespensable to bandle population components as an integral part in the field of home economics. We believe, therefore, that the senior home economists positive participation in the effort population control is more needed than it has been. 3) It is also strongly urged that population education should be a part of instructor training course for home economics. In other words, the teacher of home economics should be well aware of population and its problems by teaching interrelationship between population education and home economics, needs, contents and methods of population education during the instructor training courese for home economics. In addition, the senior home economists should be encouraged through positive participation on the short term training by types of domestic and international seminar, workshop, etc. 4) We certainly believe that the population education can not sustain itself without any backing-up of information and findings' of various and comprehensive researches of natural and social sciences. Accordingly, every senior home economist is invited to exert their maximum effort to conduct systematic study with an aim to utilize these findings and information at best in population education in the field of home economics. Therefore, we consider that the development of training material is imminent in order to provide effective and efficient population education through the for training of home economies. It should be noted that these training materials must be carefully designed, tailored and developed to meet the different classes of trainees under the considerations as to whether it is easily adaptable and infusable into the curricula of every field of home economics, and it is acceptable in the degree of difficulty and quality in its contents. 5) It is true that there are many domestic and international research rapers, reports and findings in the field of population education and family planning. However, there is a tendency that the most of research papers are heavily relying on the authors intension and preferences in its expression and publication. Under these circumstances, it is urged that the home economists should aware of the growing need of the technical training in order to keep these available information and research findings reprocessed and redesigned to insure the practical application into the population education in the field of home economics in Korea.

• 대한간호
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.77-96
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• 1997

The duty shifts of hospital nurses not only affect nurses' physical and mental health but also present various personnel management problems which often result in high turnover rates. In this context a study was carried out from October to November 1995 for a period of two months to find out the status of hospital nurses' duty shift patterns, and preferred duty hours and fixed duty shifts. The study population was 867 RNs working in five general hospitals located in Seoul and its vicinity. The questionnaire developed by the writer was used for data collection. The response rate was 85.9 percent or 745 returns. The SAS program was used for data analysis with the computation of frequencies, percentages and Chi square test. The findings of the study are as follows: 1. General characteristics of the study population: 56 percent of respondents was (25 years group and 76.5 percent were "single": the predominant proportion of respondents was junior nursing college graduates(92.2%) and have less than 5 years nursing experience in hospitals(65.5%). For their future working plan in nursing profession, nearly 50% responded as uncertain The reasons given for their career plan was predominantly 'personal growth and development' rather than financial reasons. 2. The interval for rotations of duty stations was found to be mostly irregular(56.4%) while others reported as weekly(16.1%), monthly(12.9%), and fixed terms(4.6%). 3. The main problems related to duty shifts particularly the evening and night duty nurses reported were "not enough time for the family, " "afraid of security problems after the work when returning home late at night." and "lack of leisure time". "problems in physical and physiological adjustment." "problems in family life." "lack of time for interactions with fellow nurses" etc. 4. The forty percent of respondents reported to have '1-2 times' of duty shift rotations while all others reported that '0 time'. '2-3 times'. 'more than 3 times' etc. which suggest the irregularity in duty shift rotations. 5. The majority(62.8%) of study population found to favor the rotating system of duty stations. The reasons for favoring the rotation system were: the opportunity for "learning new things and personal development." "better human relations are possible. "better understanding in various duty stations." "changes in monotonous routine job" etc. The proportion of those disfavor the rotating 'system was 34.7 percent. giving the reasons of"it impedes development of specialization." "poor job performances." "stress factors" etc. Furthermore. respondents made the following comments in relation to the rotation of duty stations: the nurses should be given the opportunity to participate in the. decision making process: personal interest and aptitudes should be considered: regular intervals for the rotations or it should be planned in advance. etc. 6. For the future career plan. the older. married group with longer nursing experiences appeared to think the nursing as their lifetime career more likely than the younger. single group with shorter nursing experiences ($x^2=61.19.{\;}p=.000;{\;}x^2=41.55.{\;}p=.000$). The reason given for their future career plan regardless of length of future service, was predominantly "personal growth and development" rather than financial reasons. For further analysis, the group those with the shorter career plan appeared to claim "financial reasons" for their future career more readily than the group who consider the nursing job as their lifetime career$(x^2$= 11.73, p=.003) did. This finding suggests the need for careful .considerations in personnel management of nursing administration particularly when dealing with the nurses' career development. The majority of respondents preferred the fixed day shift. However, further analysis of those preferred evening shift by age and civil status, "< 25 years group"(15.1%) and "single group"(13.2) were more likely to favor the fixed evening shift than > 25 years(6.4%) and married(4.8%)groups. This differences were statistically significant ($x^2=14.54, {\;}p=.000;{\;}x^2=8.75, {\;}p=.003$). 7. A great majority of respondents(86.9% or n=647) found to prefer the day shifts. When the four different types of duty shifts(Types A. B. C, D) were presented, 55.0 percent of total respondents preferred the A type or the existing one followed by D type(22.7%). B type(12.4%) and C type(8.2%). 8. When the condition of monetary incentives for the evening(20% of salary) and night shifts(40% of. salary) of the existing duty type was presented. again the day shift appeared to be the most preferred one although the rate was slightly lower(66.4% against 86.9%). In the case of evening shift, with the same incentive, the preference rates for evening and night shifts increased from 11.0 to 22.4 percent and from 0.5 to 3.0 percent respectively. When the age variable was controlled. < 25 yrs group showed higher rates(31.6%. 4.8%) than those of > 25 yrs group(15.5%. 1.3%) respectively preferring the evening and night shifts(p=.000). The civil status also seemed to operate on the preferences of the duty shifts as the single group showed lower rate(69.0%) for day duty against 83. 6% of the married group. and higher rates for evening and night duties(27.2%. 15.1%) respectively against those of the married group(3.8%. 1.8%) while a higher proportion of the married group(83. 6%) preferred the day duties than the single group(69.0%). These differences were found to be statistically all significant(p=.001). 9. The findings on preferences of three different types of fixed duty hours namely, B, C. and D(with additional monetary incentives) are as follows in order of preference: B type(12hrs a day, 3days a wk): day shift(64.1%), evening shift(26.1%). night shift(6.5%) C type(12hrs a day. 4days a wk) : evening shift(49.2%). day shift(32.8%), night shift(11.5%) D type(10hrs a day. 4days a wk): showed the similar trend as B type. The findings of higher preferences on the evening and night duties when the incentives are given. as shown above, suggest the need for the introductions of different patterns of duty hours and incentive measures in order to overcome the difficulties in rostering the nursing duties. However, the interpretation of the above data, particularly the C type, needs cautions as the total number of respondents is very small(n=61). It requires further in-depth study. In conclusion. it seemed to suggest that the patterns of nurses duty hours and shifts in the most hospitals in the country have neither been tried for different duty types nor been flexible. The stereotype rostering system of three shifts and insensitiveness for personal life aspect of nurses seemed to be prevailing. This study seems to support that irregular and frequent rotations of duty shifts may be contributing factors for most nurses' maladjustment problems in physical and mental health. personal and family life which eventually may result in high turnover rates. In order to overcome the increasing problems in personnel management of hospital nurses particularly in rostering of evening and night duty shifts, which may related to eventual high turnover rates, the findings of this study strongly suggest the need for an introduction of new rostering systems including fixed duties and appropriate incentive measures for evenings and nights which the most nurses want to avoid, In considering the nursing care of inpatients is the round-the clock business. the practice of the nursing duty shift system is inevitable. In this context, based on the findings of this study. the following are recommended: 1. The further in-depth studies on duty shifts and hours need to be undertaken for the development of appropriate and effective rostering systems for hospital nurses. 2. An introduction of appropriate incentive measures for evening and night duty shifts along with organizational considerations such as the trials for preferred duty time bands, duty hours, and fixed duty shifts should be considered if good quality of care for the patients be maintained for the round the clock. This may require an initiation of systematic research and development activities in the field of hospital nursing administration as a part of permanent system in the hospital. 3. Planned and regular intervals, orientation and training, and professional and personal growth should be considered for the rotation of different duty stations or units. 4. In considering the higher degree of preferences in the duty type of "10hours a day, 4days a week" shown in this study, it would be worthwhile to undertake the R&D type studies in large hospital settings.