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Influence of Water-Cement Ratios and Curing Conditions on the Diffusion Characteristics of Chloride Ion in Concrete (콘크리트의 염소이온 확산특성에 미치는 물-시멘트비 및 양생조건의 영향)

  • Bae, Su-Ho;Lee, Kwang-Myong;Kim, Jee-Sang;Jung, Sang-Hwa
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.26 no.4A
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    • pp.753-759
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    • 2006
  • To predict service life of concrete structures exposed to chloride attack, surface chloride concentration, diffusion coefficient of chloride ion, and chloride corrosion threshold value in concrete, are used as important factors. Of these, as the diffusion coefficient of chloride ion for concrete is strongly influenced by concrete quality and environmental conditions of structures and may significantly change the service life of structures, it is considered as the most important factor for service life prediction. The qualitative factors affecting the penetration and diffusion of chloride ion into concrete are water-cement (W/C) ratio, age, curing conditions, chloride ion concentration of given environment, wet and dry conditions, etc. In this paper the influence of W/C ratio and curing conditions on the diffusion characteristics of chloride ion in concrete was investigated through the chloride ion diffusion test. In the test, the voltages passing through the diffusion cell were measured by accelerated test method using potential difference, and then with the consideration of IR drop ratio the diffusion coefficient of chloride ion for concrete with different W/C ratios were estimated by Andrade's model. Furthermore, under different curing conditions formulas for the estimation of the diffusion coefficient of chloride ion have been proposed by the regression analysis considering the effect of W/C ratio and age.

Low-income Female Single-Parent Families' Experience of Economic Burden and Its Improvement by COVID-19 (코로나19(COVID-19)로 인한 저소득 여성한부모가족의 경제적 부담경험과 개선방안)

  • Sung, Jung Hyeun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.22 no.8
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    • pp.527-541
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study is to explore the economic hardship experiences of low-income single-parent families by COVID-19 to find ways to improve after COVID-19. To this end, 10 single parents with children under the secondary school age were recruited through snowball sampling method and in-depth interviews with economic activities, income, expenditure, and economic life. As a result of the study, participants suffered from unemployment and the disappearance of extra income activities in the early stages of COVID-19, additional expenses incurred by children's food and increased utility bills. In addition, it was recognized that COVID-19 has come to be more difficult and unequal to single-parent families of low-income women. It was found that the temporary living difficulties were resolved with disaster support funds, and it was helpful in the short term by spending according to priorities such as overdue monthly rent, food expenses, children's academy expenses, and purchasing home appliances. However, it was recognized that disaster support funds were inappropriate for customized disaster support and long-term and selective support was necessary. In the conclusion, to improve economic problems after COVID-19, it proposed measures to improve social welfare policies and practices

A Study on the Career Decision-making Process of Female Undergraduates who Want the Male-dominated Job: A Grounded Theory Based Approach (남성중심적 직업을 희망하는 여자대학생들의 직업결정과정: 근거이론 접근)

  • Kim, Young Shil;Lim, Sung Moon
    • The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.303-329
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    • 2011
  • In Korea, recent women's educational standard is more higher than any other period but rate of using human resources is the lowest level among the OECD nations. As the reason of this phenomenon, the career choice attract attention. Traditionally, job is classified female-dominated job from male-dominated job, and most women still avoid male-dominated job. If this unequal concentrated phenomenon is relieved, diversity using of human resource will be available. For the purpose, this study try to determine the experience structure and the career decision-making process of the female undergraduate who want the male-dominated job through the qualitative study method, and to determine factors that work negative or positive on the process to use for the career consult. Grounded theory based data analyses resulted in 61 concepts, 27 sub-categories, and 12 categories from the recorded data of 8 female undergraduates who want the male-dominated job. The core category was "For the special life, keeping challenging with the will". A paradigm model consist of the casual condition, central phenomenon, contextual condition, intervening condition, actions/reactions and the result was proposed. And the participants went through five stages with time in their career decision-making process: the stage of awareness about the trait and aspiration, the stage of internal determination, the stage of support and accept, the stage of challenge and overcome, and the stage of affirmation and confidence. Implications of the findings and suggestions for the future research are discussed.

Receptivity to Migrant Wives in Korea: A Qualitative Approach (여성결혼이민자에 대한 지역사회 수용성: 안산과 영암의 지역주민을 중심으로)

  • Hoon-Seok Choi ;Ai-Gyung Yang ;Sun-Ju Lee
    • Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.39-69
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    • 2008
  • The present study examined the overall receptivity of community members to migrant wives in Korea. A total of 23 community members from two regions, Ansan, an urban area and Youngam, a rural area, were selected for the interview based on their prior experience with migrant wives. Data were collected via a semi-structured interview method. The participants provided their personal feelings and thoughts on a variety of issues involving migrant wives, such as how they perceive migrant wives' original culture and lifestyles, the nature of their interaction experience with migrant wives, their overall evaluation of migrant wives, their opinions about migrant wives' cultural adaptation, and their opinions about the on-going transformation of the Korean society into a multi-racial, multi-cultural society. Interview results indicated that, although the participants' attitude toward migrant wives was positive, the overall receptivity to migrant wives was largely based on the traditional sex-role stereotypes typically found in the Korean society. Moreover, the vast majority of the participants endorsed a narrow-minded, uni-directional perspective on cultural adaptation which puts far greater emphasis on migrant wives' assimilation into the host culture than reciprocal influence process between the two cultures. Implications of the study and directions for future research were discussed.

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Nursing Students' Experience of Interpersonal Caring in an Enneagram-based Care Intervention Program (에니어그램 기반 돌봄중재 프로그램에 참여한 간호대학생의 사람돌봄 경험)

  • Shin Eun Sun
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.637-645
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    • 2023
  • This study was conducted to confirm the meaning and essence of the interpersonal caring experience of nursing students who participated in an enneagram-based care intervention program. The subjects of the study were nine second-year students in the Department of Nursing at a university located in the region, and data were collected from April 25 to August 26, 2022, through interview records, statements, and reflection journals. The collected data were analyzed using Colaizzi's phenomenological method. Results, It appeared in three categories and 10 topic groups 'Recognition through sharing and listening', 'Acceptance through comfort and forgiveness', 'Praise and giving hope through participation and companionship in daily life', While writing a person care reflection journal, you can realize the meaning of care through critical reflection, understand the essence of the person care experience, and confirm the vivid person care experience, and develop the ability to care for people through in-depth reflection on personal experiences, feelings, and deep understanding. As this improved and internalized care, confidence in one's own ability to care increased. Therefore, it is believed that the experience of caring for people based on the Enneagram can be confirmed, the results can be used for learning, and it will be used as educational material to perform people care, contributing to the development of people care education.

The Influence of an Elder's Role of Counselor on Counseling Result - Reporting Style Based on 'Story Making Methods' - (상담자의 어른역할이 상담성과에 미치는 영향 - '이야기 방식'에 기초한 보고 형태 -)

  • Sung-sook Chang
    • Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.311-329
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    • 2010
  • It is necessarily for a counselor's role to vary according to the cultures. While an autonomy is stressed in Western horizontal society, sociability is emphasized in Korea which is a vertical authoritarian society. What is more, a lot of people look to a counselor for elder's role as a teacher or a fosterer as well as a therapist. The two basic framework of Reality Dynamic Counseling which has been developed as a counseling approach for Korean are 'presentization for problem' and 'elder's role of a counselor'. An elder's role of counselor showed in real counseling case is illustrated by 'narrative methods' in this study. The 'story making methods' as one of qualitative research methods is more useful than a protocol method which has been used in studying counseling case, because it has conciseness for original text of dialogs and commentary for counseling process. The seven characteristics of Reality Dynamic Counseling such as grasping the real cause, understanding mind,, emphasizing interpersonal factor, emphasis on role, utilizing confrontation, emphasizing the relationship of parent-child, and facilitating sociability are reflected in such an elder's role of counselor.

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A Study on the Learning Modes of Start-up Accelerating Program: Focusing on Korean Accelerators in the ICT Field Targeting Global Market (액셀러레이터 보육 프로그램이 제공하는 학습방식에 관한 연구: 글로벌 지향 ICT 분야 액셀러레이터를 중심으로)

  • Shin, Seung Yong;Lee, Jonghyun
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.31-46
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    • 2023
  • This study classified and confirmed the learning modes about start-ups that are based on the accelerator's program which was focusing on the Korean accelerators in the ICT field targeting global market. Eight accelerator practitioners were interviewed who were in charge of operating programs for accelerators, qualitatively analyzing method of the interview was conducted. The interview results to identify various learning modes that accelerators provide to startups through programs. In order to identify and classify learning modes, the researcher reviewed various prior documents and using categories of experience accumulation, observation, experimentation, trial and error, and improvisation as a priori code for the qualitative analysis. The interview results were analyzed through a subject analysis. As the result of the study, the learning modes offered by the accelerator's programs to startups were confirmed, with two subcategories identified for each of the five categories: experiential, learning from others, experimental, trial and error, and improvisation. Given the limited research on accelerator programs and their main function, the main function of accelerators, this study identified the types of learning modes that offered by the accelerator's programs to startups from the perspective of learning. This study provides important insights into the types of learning modes that offered by the accelerator programs, which can help to improve our understanding of how accelerators support organizational learning for startups. Additionally, this information can be useful for startups considering in participating in the accelerator programs, as it can help them making informed decisions about their involvement.

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A Case Study on Reflection-in-practice in Science Teachers' Teaching Changes (반성적 실천을 통한 과학교사의 교수실행변화에 관한 사례 연구)

  • Choi, Jong-Rim;Lee, Sun-Kyung;Kim, Chan-Jong;Yu, Eun-Jeong;Kim, Je-Heung;Oh, Hyun-Seok
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.29 no.8
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    • pp.793-811
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study is to understand how a teacher's teaching can be changed while he or she teaches the same contents in different classes. The qualitative research method was used in this study. Data were collected from classroom observations, several in-depth interviews, and stimulated-recall interviews after each class. All the data were transcribed and analyzed interpretively, and then, the results of the analysis were checked by each participating teacher. The results are as follows: First, changes appeared in each class in terms of the teaching items, tools, sequence, and time, even though the same teacher taught the same contents. It showed that the teacher's teaching practice changed immediately and intuitively in class. Second, teachers tried to implement "exploratory teaching" or "move-testing teaching" to address the emerging problems during their teaching. They then reflected on and modified their own teaching. This type of change, which happened during the teaching practice, can be an example of "Reflection-in-practice." Thus, the results of this study can provide helpful insights into how teachers might adapt and reflect in their teaching. It suggests that teachers need to recognize their subconscious teaching changes and learn "Reflection-in-practice."

A Convergence Analysis of the Ethnographic Method for Doctoral Dissertations in Korea : Focused on Research Participants, Data Collection Methods, and Trustworthiness Criteria (국내 박사학위 논문의 문화 기술적 연구방법에 대한 융복합적 분석 -연구 참여자, 자료 수집방법, 신뢰성 준거를 중심으로-)

  • Oh, Ho-young;Cho, Hong-Joong
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.8 no.10
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    • pp.333-338
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    • 2017
  • Ethnography is concerned about specifically-based behavior and belief and the learned pattern of language and aims to describe and interpret them. Therefore, it is a classical form of qualitative research that was developed by anthropologists who spent for long time in conducting fieldworks within the cultural group. The results of analyzing ethnographic research methods of doctoral dissertations in Korea are as follows. First, the number of research participants in data collection methods was 1-10(32 dissertations, 44.4%), 11-20(18, 25%), 21-30(13, 18.1%), 31-40(2, 2.7%), and others(7, 9.8%). Second, data collection methods were in-depth interview(71, 98.6%), participant observation(70, 97.2%), document data(38, 52.7%), engineering device(12, 16.6%), and others(8, 11.1%). Data collection periods were 3-5 months(7 dissertation, 9.8%), 6-8 months(15, 20.8%), 9-11 months(14, 19.6%), 12-14 months(13, 18.1%), more than 15 months(17, 23.6%), and unpresented(4, 5.4%). Third, trustworthiness criteria were triangulation(46 dissertation, 63.9%), research participants' evaluation of study results 44(61.1%), peer researchers' advice and indication(33, 45.8%), follow-up(25, 34.7%), use of reference(20, 27.8%), reflexive subjectivity(17, 23.6%), intensive observation for a sufficient period(10, 13.9%), in-depth description(7, 9.8%), and others(7, 9.8%).

The Study on the Trends of Resecarch Papers Published in the Journal of Oriental Medical Surgery?phthalmology & Otolaryngology Society. (大韓眼耳鼻咽喉皮膚科學會誌에 揭載된 硏究論文들의 傾向性 考察)

  • Kwon, Kang;Seo, Hyung-sik
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.1-32
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    • 2003
  • Objectives: This study was carried out to analyze and understand the trends of research papers published In the Journal of Oriental Medical Surgery?phthalmology & Otolaryngology Society(JOMSOOS). Methods: We studied the 308 research papers that had been published in JOMSOOS from 1988 Vol. 1. No. 1. to 2002 Vol. 15. No. 2. Our study was developed through the four stages in order to analyze the papers; 1) we analyzed all the papers overall to classify them into three categories; original article. review article and case report. 2) we classified the original articles in terms of methodology. 3) we also analyzed the case reports according to the sort of disease each paper dealt with. 4) we had another statistical approach to each paper to figure out the distribution of diagnoses in detail. Results: We have got the following outcomes from our analysis of the papers in terms of the four stages. 1. Overall Analysis. 1) Classification of 308 research papers between 1988 and 2002: 137 original articles(44.48$\%$), 111 review articles(36.04$\%$), 56 case reports(18.18$\%$). 2) Used language: Korean(99.03$\%$). English(0.97$\%$). 3) The Number of Authors: 2 persons(42.86$\%$). 3 persons(29.87$\%$), 1 person(14.61$\%$). 2. Original Article Analysis 1) Classification of 137 original articles in terms of methodology: 90 experimental studies(65.69$\%$)46 descriptive studies(33.58$\%$), 1 analytic study(0.73$\%$). 2) Classification of the original articles according to the use of statistical methods: No statistical methods(36.42$\%$), Descriptive methods only(1.99$\%$), Not defined(23.18$\%$), t-test(24.50$\%$), ANOVA(3.97$\%$), Multiple comparison(2.65$\%$), Non-parametric test(2.65$\%$), Other methods(1.32$\%$). 3) Classification of 46 descriptive articles in terms of diseases: otorhinolaryngology(43.48$\%$), dermatology(23.91$\%$), ophthalmology(13.04$\%$), facial palsy(13.04$\%$). 4) Classification of descriptive articles in terms of the number of patients: the highest was 'more than 26 but less than 50 persons'(19 articles - 41.30$\%$). 5) Classification of descriptive articles in terms of the period for patients observation: the highest was the time 'more than 9 but less than 12 months(34.78$\%$)' Out of the 34.78$\%$, the number of articles with the patients observed for more than 12 months was 13(28.26$\%$). 3. Case Report Analysis 1) Classification of 56 case reports in terms of the sort of disease: dermatology(44.64$\%$), ophthalmology(19.64$\%$), otorhinolaryngology(14.29$\%$), facial palsy(8.93$\%$). 2) Classification in terms of the number of patients: 1 person(50$\%$), 3 persons(16.07$\%$), 2 persons(14.29$\%$). 4. Diagnosis Distribution of Each Disease. 1) Studies regarding ophthalmology : the percentage of 'strabismus' cases was the highest(33.33$\%$). 2) Studies regarding otorhinolaryngology : nasal inflammation(34.48$\%$), tinnitus(20.69$\%$). 3) Studies regarding dermatology: the percentage of 'allergic skin disease' was the highest(33.33$\%$). Conclusions: We analyzed the trends of research papers that have been published in JOMSOOS in detail. We came to understand the trends of the research through this study. However, we acknowledge that we only adopted the quantitative method out of various possible analysis methods. For further studies, we strongly urge to adopt the qualitative methods as well.

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