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기공학(氣功學) 발달(發達)에 관한 문헌적(文獻的) 연구(硏究) (A Documentational Study on the Development of Chi-Kung-Hak)

  • 김우호;홍원식
    • 대한한의학원전학회지
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    • 제4권
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    • pp.19-73
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    • 1990
  • Today, many people are more interested in preventing the disease than curing it. Chi-Kung (氣功) is the way of Life-Cultivation (養生法) peculiar to the orient, it is reported in china that Chi-Kung has an excellent curative value not only in curing the disease but also in preventing it. But the full-scale study of Chi-Kung is not be made up to now in Korea, so I studied the developmental history of chinese Chi-Kung through the oriental medical books. From this study, I reached the following conclusions ; 1. Chi-Kung is naturally derived from the self-preservation instinct to adapt oneself to circumstances of the nature, but in the investigation from the documentational records, it is originated in the treatment method of the Sam-Huang-O-Jae (三皇五帝 )period to cure the abnormal circulation of the vital force and blood caused by damp (濕). 2. As the principle and the method of the Life-Cultivation of the Chun-chu-Jeon-Kook (春秋戰國) periods were recorded in Huang-Jae-Nai-Gyung (黃帝內徑) detailly and the remedy examples by ancient Chi-Kung such as Tao-Yin (導引), Haeng-Chi (行氣) were presented, we considered that theoretical basis of the development of Life-cultivation and Chi-Kung study was furnished in that period. 3. A famous doctor, Hwa-Ta (華陀) lived in Han dynasty, researched the theory and practice of Tao-Yin transmitted from the former generations, as that result, he formed a kind of medical gymnastics what is called O-Keum-Hi (五禽戱). It is considered that 'O-Keum-Hi' is a Tao-Yin method developed more practically and systemetically than the Tao-Yin appeared in the 'Jang-Ja' (莊子) or 'Hoy-Nam-Ja' (淮南子). 4. In Wui-Jin-Nambook Jo (魏晋南北朝) periods, the contents of Chi-Kung were more abundant under the influence of Buddhism (佛敎) and Taoism (道敎). Galhong (葛洪), the author of 'Po-Bak-Ja' (抱朴子) arranged the ancient Chi-Kung method systematically first of all, Tao-Goeng-Gyung (陶宏景), the author of 'Yang-Seong-Yeun-Myung-Rok' (養性延命錄) recorded the 'Yook-Ja-Geul' (六字訣) first time. 5. There is a new development of Chi-Kung therapy in Soo-Tang-Odae (隋唐五代) pefiods, especially So-Won-Bang (巢元方), the author of 'Jey-Byung-Won-Hwu-Ron' (諸病源候論) collected aimost all of the Chi-Kung method, for curing the disease formed before soo (隋) period. From that fact, we supposed that Chi-Kung was utilized more widely in curing the disease. 6. 'So-Ju-Cheon-Hwa-Hu-Peob' (小周天火候法) was adopted as the best orthodox approach under the influence of Nae-Tan-Taoist (道敎內丹學派) in Song-Keum-Won (宋金元) periods, especially in the song dynasty, 'Pal-Dan-Geum' (八段錦) was appeared and assignment of six-Chi (六氣) for bowel and viscera in the 'Yook-Ja-Geul' (六字訣) was decided firmly, that is to say Lung-Si (肺-呬), Heart-Kha (心-呵), Spleen-Hoa (脾-呼), Liver-Hoe (肝-噓), Kidneychui (賢-吹), Three-Burner-shi (三焦-嘻). 7. In Myung-Cheong (明淸) periods, The general practitioner applied the principle of 'Byun-Jeng-Ron-Chi' (辨證論治) to the Chi-Kung field, and after Myeong dynasty the style of doing 'Yook-Ja-Gyel' (六字訣) was developed to the moving style. 8. Today, in china, the study on the Chi-Kung is being progressed constantly under the positive assistance of government, Chi-Kung-Hak (氣功學) has taking its place as a branch of study step by step. It is considered that the establishment of Chi-Kung-Hak Classroom (氣功學教室) and Medical Chi-Kung Center (氣功療法室) for special and systematic research are needed, at the same time the settlement of institutional system for training the Chi-Kung technician (氣功師) is also needed.

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기능성 소화불량 한의 변증 표준화를 위한 이중탕, 평위산 및 시호소간탕 투여 : 무작위 배정, 평가자 눈가림, 3군 비교, 평행 설계, 공개, 다기관 임상시험 프로토콜 (Administration of Yijung-tang, Pyeongwi-san, and Shihosogan-tang for Standardization of Korean Medicine Pattern Identification for Functional Dyspepsia: A Study Protocol of a Randomized, Assessor-blind, 3-Arm, Parallel, Open-label, Multicenter Clinical Trial)

  • 이보람;조민진;최영은;권오진;임미영;고석재;김소연;김용주;남동현;최동준;이준환;박재우;김호준
    • 대한한방내과학회지
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    • 제43권6호
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    • pp.1105-1121
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    • 2022
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness and safety of frequently used clinical herbal medicines (Yijung-tang [Lizhong-tang, LJT], Pyeongwi-san [Pingwei-san, PWS], and Shihosogan-tang [Chaihu Shugan-tang, SST]) in patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) when administered according to herbal medicine and Korean medicine pattern identification. The results of this study will be used to standardize the diagnostic instrument used in Korean medicine and to investigate biomarkers of Korean medicine pattern identification. Methods: This study will be a randomized, assessor-blind, 3-arm, parallel, open-label, multi-center clinical trial. A total of 300 FD participants will be recruited from 3 Korean medical hospitals and assigned to the LJT (n=100), PWS (n=100), and SST (n=100) groups according to FD pattern identification. The patients will take the medication for 8 weeks, 3 times a day, before or between meals. The primary outcome will be total dyspepsia symptom (TDS) and the secondary outcomes will be adequate relief (AR) for dyspepsia, overall treatment effect (OTE), visual analogue scale (VAS), functional dyspepsia-related quality of life (FD-QoL), gastrointestinal symptom score (GIS), and pattern identification questionnaires. For the exploratory outcomes, we will analyze blood and fecal metabolome profiles, microbiota from fecal and saliva samples, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), and results of Korean medicine diagnosis device measurements (heart rate variability, and tongue, pulse, and abdominal diagnosis). Conclusions: The results of this study will prove objectivity for Korean medicine pattern identifications, and the effectiveness and safety of herbal medicines for the population with FD.

일 대학 병원의 가정간호시범사업 서비스 내용 및 만족도에 대한 조사연구 (A study on Hospital based Home Health Care Service and the Level of Client Satisfaction)

  • 김정남;권영숙;고효정;김명애;박청자;신영희;이병숙;이경희;서향숙
    • 한국보건간호학회지
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    • 제14권2호
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    • pp.246-259
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    • 2000
  • The purpose of this study was to assess the provided home health care services and to evaluate the patient's satisfaction level of received home health care services. Well trained two home health care nurses interviewed with 138 respondents who received home health care by Keimyung University Hospital from January 1st to August 31st 1999. The results were summarized as follows : 1) Among 138 respondents, $55.8\%$ were mail and $44.2\%$ were female and $70.3\%$ of them were over sixty years old. Respondents main family care givers were spouse$(53.6\%)$, daughters and sons$(36.2\%)$ and parents$(7.2\%)$. 2) $60.2\%$ of cancer patients received home health care services, $23.3\%$ of cerebral­cardiovascular patients, $7.5\%$ of endocrine disorder patients, $2.3\%$ of those who have indwelling foley catheter patients, $1.5\%$ of those who have respiratory problems and others$(5.2\%)$. 3) $88.1\%$ of respondents were satisfied with the number of home visits they received. $50.5\%$ of respondents' were received 1 to 3 times of home visits by home health care nurse per month. $48.6\%$ of respondents answered they were introduced by attending doctors or nurses to home health care services. $55.8\%$ of respondents answered registration to home health care services was simple and easy. $97.4\%$ of respondents answered home health care payment system was adequate. $64.9\%$ of respondents answered the cost of home health care per visit was adequate and comfortable. 4) Health education, counselling, physical assessment was provided to most of the patients. Those who suffered with cerebral-cardiovascular disease was needed hands on direct care most of all. The least home health care service provided was medication. 5) The satisfaction measurement tool was composed with 13 items and 3 score scale. The mean score of satisfaction on provided home health care services was 2.67 out of 3. Among 13 items. 'home health care service was kind enough' was highest(2.84). 'nurse use precise word to understand and communicate'. 'nurse gave home visiting notice ahead of time and kept the home visiting promise on time' was 2.83. 'whenever I need home health care nurse I can give a call and meet the nurse' was lowest 2.41. Special Home Health care programs such as comprehensive hospice care programs for elders over sixty years old should be organized. Adequate and standardized home health care payment system should be developed as soon as possible. In korean family situation. when family members are getting sick and stay at home. family members were taking care of the patients. special program such as counselling family members are needed.

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세계유산 조선왕릉 입구공간의 조성 양상 (Aspects of Design and Construction in Entrance Space of the World Heritage Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty)

  • 소현수;박현숙
    • 한국전통조경학회지
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    • 제41권3호
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    • pp.47-58
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    • 2023
  • 본 연구는 방문자 편의를 위한 주차장, 매·수표소, 화장실, 전시관, 안내판, 휴게시설 등이 배치된 조선왕릉 입구공간의 조성 양상을 고찰하여 개선 방향을 제안하려는 목적으로 진행하였다. 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 조선시대의 능역(陵域)이 좁아져 기존 제례동선을 온전하게 수용하지 못하는 현재의 왕릉에서 입구공간의 입지는 당시 여건에서 최소한의 편의 기능을 수용하도록 결정되었다. 다수의 왕릉 입구공간은 그동안 세계유산으로서 완전성을 갖추고, 동선의 합리적 배치와 공간적 효용을 도모하며 위치가 이동되거나 정비되었다. 둘째, 입구공간의 규모는 서울 정릉 1,000 m2부터 남양주 홍릉과 유릉 16,000 m2에 이르며, 연간이용자수는 양주 온릉 1.2만명부터 서울 선릉과 정릉 41만명까지 크게 차이가 난다. 왕릉 16개소의 여건을 고찰하여 입구공간은 이용자 유입에 영향을 미치는 주변 토지이용과 접근성, 능역의 규모, 피장자(被葬者)의 인지도와 선호도 등을 반영하여 적절한 규모로 제공되어야 함을 제안한다. 셋째, 조선왕릉 입구공간에서 주차장의 위치, 매·수표소를 경계로 하는 외부 마당과 내부 마당의 유무와 역사문화관의 위치로 결정되는 공간구성 양상을 고찰하였다. 넷째, 왕릉마다 입구공간에 필수적인 주차, 통제, 안내, 편의 기능과 지원, 전시, 통로, 휴게 기능을 선택적으로 수용하였다. 이때 관리사무소는 지원 기능, 역사문화관은 전시 기능을 담당한다. 통로는 진입감을 제공하는 전략이 될 수 있으며, 현재 왕릉 4개소에만 도입된 휴게공간은 적절한 위치 선정과 경관적 접근이 필요함을 제안하였다. 다섯째, 입구공간의 경관 이미지를 만드는 방식으로 주차장의 이격 배치와 친화적 포장디자인, 전이공간의 식생경관, 매·수표소 내부 역사문화관 주변 오픈스페이스, 이질적 안내판들의 영역화 전략을 도출하였다.

사업장 보건관리 사업의 형태별 수행성과 분석 -비용편익 분석을 중심으로- (Performance of Occupational Health Services by Type of Service : Cost Benefit Analysis)

  • 조동란;김화중
    • 한국직업건강간호학회지
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    • 제4권호
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    • pp.5-29
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    • 1995
  • Occupational health services in Korea have been operated as dual types : one is operated by occupational health care manager and the other is health care agency without their own personnel. The performance of occupational health service should be different due to the variety of characteristics of health care manager and workplace, qualification of health care manager. This study is to analyze performance of occupational health care services with a particular consideration of job performance shape and efficiency, based on comparing those two types of health care management to show on the basic data for the settlement of more qualitative health care management system at workplace. For this study, total 391 places in Seoul and Inchon city area ; 154 places (39.4%) managed by designated health care manager and 237 places (60.6%) by the agency with their commission are selected as research samples. Tools for data collection are questionnares that have been investigated during the period of 20 September 1993-20 December 1993. Those data are compared with percentiles, mean, standard deviation and B/C ratio using SPSS PC program. Conclusions observed from the tests and each comparison could be summerized as follows : 1. Occupational health care have been accomplished at workplaces with designated people than with agencies people, and coverage rate of the occupational health care services has differences, due to management types. The reason of these results is due to visit only one or two times monthly by the agencies, while their own health care manager obsess, at the workplaces all the times. 2. Most of the expense for environmental control of all health care services expenditures shows that there is almost no fundamental improvement because more expenses are needed for procuring personal protective equipment and measuring work environment instead of environmental improvement. 3. It is investigated how much the cost of occupational health care services needs per worker, and calculated how much the cost needs per service hour per worker. The results from this show that the cost of occupational health services at workplaces with their own managers used less than the cost of health care agencies, eventually the former gives better services with less cost than the latter. 4. Benefit/Cost ratio is also produced by total benefit/total cost. The result from the above way reads 4.57 as a whole, while their own manager having workplaces reads 4.82 and the agencies do l.56. Even if their own manager performing workplaces spent more cost, this system produces more benefit than the agencies management. 5. The B/C ratio for medical organization such as local clinic, health care center and pharmacy shows more than or equal to at the workplaces controlled by the agencies. It is inferred that benefit would be much less than the cost used, with so being inefficient. 6. It is assumed that the efficiency ratio of health education is equal to reduction rate of workers medical organization visit. Estimated reduction rate 5%, 10%, 15%, show that the efficiency ratio of health education have an effect on producing benefits. It is estimated that more benefit can be produced if more qualitative education will be provided for enhancing health care efficiency. 7. Results of this study cannot be generalized because there are large scale of deviation in case of workplaces with less than 300 full time workers, but B/C ratio reads 2.69 as a whole and 3.25 at workplaces with their own health care manager are higher than 1.63 at the workplaces manged by the agencies. Finally, all the benefit concerning health care services could not be quantified, measured and shown on the value of money. This is a reason that a considerable part of benefits are so underestimated. This is also thought that measurement tools should be developed for measuring benefits of health care services with a comprehensive quantification. in the future. It is also expected that efficiency of occupational health care services should be investigated using cost-effectiveness analysis.

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Recent research activities on hybrid rocket in Japan

  • Harunori, Nagata
    • 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국추진공학회 2011년도 제36회 춘계학술대회논문집
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    • pp.1-2
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    • 2011
  • Hybrid rockets have lately attracted attention as a strong candidate of small, low cost, safe and reliable launch vehicles. A significant topic is that the first commercially sponsored space ship, SpaceShipOne vehicle chose a hybrid rocket. The main factors for the choice were safety of operation, system cost, quick turnaround, and thrust termination. In Japan, five universities including Hokkaido University and three private companies organized "Hybrid Rocket Research Group" from 1998 to 2002. Their main purpose was to downsize the cost and scale of rocket experiments. In 2002, UNISEC (University Space Engineering Consortium) and HASTIC (Hokkaido Aerospace Science and Technology Incubation Center) took over the educational and R&D rocket activities respectively and the research group dissolved. In 2008, JAXA/ISAS and eleven universities formed "Hybrid Rocket Research Working Group" as a subcommittee of the Steering Committee for Space Engineering in ISAS. Their goal is to demonstrate technical feasibility of lowcost and high frequency launches of nano/micro satellites into sun-synchronous orbits. Hybrid rockets use a combination of solid and liquid propellants. Usually the fuel is in a solid phase. A serious problem of hybrid rockets is the low regression rate of the solid fuel. In single port hybrids the low regression rate below 1 mm/s causes large L/D exceeding a hundred and small fuel loading ratio falling below 0.3. Multi-port hybrids are a typical solution to solve this problem. However, this solution is not the mainstream in Japan. Another approach is to use high regression rate fuels. For example, a fuel regression rate of 4 mm/s decreases L/D to around 10 and increases the loading ratio to around 0.75. Liquefying fuels such as paraffins are strong candidates for high regression fuels and subject of active research in Japan too. Nakagawa et al. in Tokai University employed EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) to modify viscosity of paraffin based fuels and investigated the effect of viscosity on regression rates. Wada et al. in Akita University employed LTP (Low melting ThermoPlastic) as another candidate of liquefying fuels and demonstrated high regression rates comparable to paraffin fuels. Hori et al. in JAXA/ISAS employed glycidylazide-poly(ethylene glycol) (GAP-PEG) copolymers as high regression rate fuels and modified the combustion characteristics by changing the PEG mixing ratio. Regression rate improvement by changing internal ballistics is another stream of research. The author proposed a new fuel configuration named "CAMUI" in 1998. CAMUI comes from an abbreviation of "cascaded multistage impinging-jet" meaning the distinctive flow field. A CAMUI type fuel grain consists of several cylindrical fuel blocks with two ports in axial direction. The port alignment shifts 90 degrees with each other to make jets out of ports impinge on the upstream end face of the downstream fuel block, resulting in intense heat transfer to the fuel. Yuasa et al. in Tokyo Metropolitan University employed swirling injection method and improved regression rates more than three times higher. However, regression rate distribution along the axis is not uniform due to the decay of the swirl strength. Aso et al. in Kyushu University employed multi-swirl injection to solve this problem. Combinations of swirling injection and paraffin based fuel have been tried and some results show very high regression rates exceeding ten times of conventional one. High fuel regression rates by new fuel, new internal ballistics, or combination of them require faster fuel-oxidizer mixing to maintain combustion efficiency. Nakagawa et al. succeeded to improve combustion efficiency of a paraffin-based fuel from 77% to 96% by a baffle plate. Another effective approach some researchers are trying is to use an aft-chamber to increase residence time. Better understanding of the new flow fields is necessary to reveal basic mechanisms of regression enhancement. Yuasa et al. visualized the combustion field in a swirling injection type motor. Nakagawa et al. observed boundary layer combustion of wax-based fuels. To understand detailed flow structures in swirling flow type hybrids, Sawada et al. (Tohoku Univ.), Teramoto et al. (Univ. of Tokyo), Shimada et al. (ISAS), and Tsuboi et al. (Kyushu Inst. Tech.) are trying to simulate the flow field numerically. Main challenges are turbulent reaction, stiffness due to low Mach number flow, fuel regression model, and other non-steady phenomena. Oshima et al. in Hokkaido University simulated CAMUI type flow fields and discussed correspondence relation between regression distribution of a burning surface and the vortex structure over the surface.

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남해안 특정도서 암반조간대의 대형저서동물 군집의 공간분포 (Spatial Distribution of Macrobenthic Communities on the Rocky Intertidal Zone of Specified Islands, Southern Coast of Korea)

  • 양세희;양효식;이창일;서총현
    • 해양환경안전학회지
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    • 제28권6호
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    • pp.853-865
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    • 2022
  • 본 연구는 남해안 38개 특정도서의 암반조간대에서 2019년 8월부터 10월까지 방형구(50x50cm)를 이용하여 대형저서동물의 공간분포와 우점종 조사를 실시하였다. 특정도서에서는 총 80종이 출현하였으며, 연체동물이 54종으로 67.4%를 차지하여 가장 우점하였고, 절지동물은 15종(18.7%)이었다. 그 외 자포동물, 해면동물, 극피동물은 1~6종의 범위내에서 출현하였다. 지역별로 보면, 여수의 특정도서에서 61종으로 가장 많았으며, 하동, 남해, 추자도 등에서는 각각 42~46종으로 유사하였고, 보성과 고흥은 29종으로 출현종수가 가장 적었다. 정점별 출현종수는 6종(정점 6)~33종(정점 20)의 범위로 큰 차이를 보였다. 주요 우점종은 좁쌀무늬총알고둥으로 15개 특정도서에서 우점하였으며, 그 다음으로 검은큰따개비가 11개 특정도서에서 우점종으로 출현하였다. 좁쌀무늬총알고둥은 36개 특정도서에서 출현하여 가장 넓게 분포하였으며, 대수리 30개, 굵은줄격판담치 29개, 갈고둥 28개, 갯강구 27개, 총알고둥 26개의 특정도서에서 출현하였다. 국외반출승인 대상종은 연체동물 9종, 절지동물 4종, 자포동물 2종이며, 국가적색목록은 총 50종으로 관심대상(LC)은 44종, 정보부족(DD) 3종, 미평가(NE), 준위협(NT) 및 미적용(NA)은 각각 1종씩 출현하였다. 남해안 특정도서에서 출현한 대형저서동물은 지역에 따른 노출시간, 암간 조간대의 길이, 암반기질 등 서식환경 차이에 의한 출현종수와 우점종의 차이를 보였다. 본 연구 결과는 추후 특정도서 모니터링과 관리방안 수립시 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

건강기능식품 기능성평가 교육요구도에 관한 연구 (Demands of Education Programs for Evaluation of the Efficacy of Health Functional Foods)

  • 이현숙;권오란;원혜숙;김주희;곽진숙;정세원;홍소영;홍진환;이혜영;김지연;강윤정;김미경
    • 한국식생활문화학회지
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.331-337
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    • 2009
  • The principal objective of the present study was to survey the demands of an education program for evaluations of the efficacy of health functional foods. A questionnaire was developed and sent to 2,225 members of the Biofood Network Center. A total of 101 (4.6%) individuals responded, 54.5% of the respondents were male and 45.5% were female; the respondents' occupations (in order of prevalence) were as follows: company worker (48.5%)>researcher (27.7%)>student (13.9%)>professor (5.0%)>pharmacist (2%), and dietitian (2%). The businesses in which the respondents worked were (again in order of prevalence) as follows: research & development (64.4%)>marketing (11.9%)>consultation and education (5.9%)>manufacturing and others (17.9%). 41.6% of the respondents reported experience in businesses relevant to KFDA approval for functional ingredients and health functional foods. The results showed that 63.4% of the respondents had previously been educated about functional foods; the types of education program reported were (in order of prevalence): 'overview and acts of health functional food' (n=49)>'standards and specification for health functional food' (n=41)>'efficacy evaluation-human study' (n=24)>'safety evaluation' (n=21)>'efficacy evaluation-in vivo study' (n=13)>and 'others' (n=10). Respondents preferred off-line education programs (62.4%) to on-line programs (22.8%). The preferred duration of an educational program was '$2{\sim}3$ days: total $14{\sim}24$ hours' (30.7%); thus, short-term programs were favored. The primary requirements of a program, from the perspective of the learner, were as follows (scored on a 7-point scale); 'efficacy evaluation and case study-human study' (5.80 points)>'standards and specification for health functional food' (5.72 points)>safety evaluation' (5.7 points)>'overview and acts of health functional food' (5.67 points) and 'efficacy evaluation methods of health functional food by efficacy (intensive)' (5.67 points). Preference for functionality was as follows; 'body weight & body fat' (21.8%), 'immune function' (18.8%) > 'blood glucose' (10.9%). In summary, the educational demand for 'efficacy evaluation and case study' was highest among the curriculum options provided, and with regard to functionality, 'body weight & body fat', 'immune function' and 'skin care' were considered most important by respondents. These results differed among respondents with different jobs and duties, and this suggests that customized education programs for health functional food should be developed.

원격의료서비스 수용요인의 구조적 관계 실증연구 (Structural Relationships Among Factors to Adoption of Telehealth Service)

  • 김성수;류시원
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제21권3호
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    • pp.71-96
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    • 2011
  • Within the traditional medical delivery system, patients residing in medically vulnerable areas, those with body movement difficulties, and nursing facility residents have had limited access to good healthcare services. However, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) provides us with a convenient and useful means of overcoming distance and time constraints. ICT is integrated with biomedical science and technology in a way that offers a new high-quality medical service. As a result, rapid technological advancement is expected to play a pivotal role bringing about innovation in a wide range of medical service areas, such as medical management, testing, diagnosis, and treatment; offering new and improved healthcare services; and effecting dramatic changes in current medical services. The increase in aging population and chronic diseases has caused an increase in medical expenses. In response to the increasing demand for efficient healthcare services, a telehealth service based on ICT is being emphasized on a global level. Telehealth services have been implemented especially in pilot projects and system development and technological research. With the service about to be implemented in earnest, it is necessary to study its overall acceptance by consumers, which is expected to contribute to the development and activation of a variety of services. In this sense, the study aims at positively examining the structural relationship among the acceptance factors for telehealth services based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Data were collected by showing audiovisual material on telehealth services to online panels and requesting them to respond to a structured questionnaire sheet, which is known as the information acceleration method. Among the 1,165 adult respondents, 608 valid samples were finally chosen, while the remaining were excluded because of incomplete answers or allotted time overrun. In order to test the reliability and validity of the assessment scale items, we carried out reliability and factor analyses, and in order to explore the causal relation among potential variables, we conducted a structural equation modeling analysis using AMOS 7.0 and SPSS 17.0. The research outcomes are as follows. First, service quality, innovativeness of medical technology, and social influence were shown to affect perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness of the telehealth service, which was statistically significant, and the two factors had a positive impact on willingness to accept the telehealth service. In addition, social influence had a direct, significant effect on intention to use, which is paralleled by the TAM used in previous research on technology acceptance. This shows that the research model proposed in the study effectively explains the acceptance of the telehealth service. Second, the research model reveals that information privacy concerns had a insignificant impact on perceived ease of use of the telehealth service. From this, it can be gathered that the concerns over information protection and security are reduced further due to advancements in information technology compared to the initial period in the information technology industry, and thus the improvement in quality of medical services appeared to ensure that information privacy concerns did not act as a prohibiting factor in the acceptance of the telehealth service. Thus, if other factors have an enormous impact on ease of use and usefulness, concerns over these results in the initial period of technology acceptance may become irrelevant. However, it is clear that users' information privacy concerns, as other studies have revealed, is a major factor affecting technology acceptance. Thus, caution must be exercised while interpreting the result, and further study is required on the issue. Numerous information technologies with outstanding performance and innovativeness often attract few consumers. A revised bill for those urgently in need of telehealth services is about to be approved in the national assembly. As telemedicine is implemented between doctors and patients, a wide range of systems that will improve the quality of healthcare services will be designed. In this sense, the study on the consumer acceptance of telehealth services is meaningful and offers strong academic evidence. Based on the implications, it can be expected to contribute to the activation of telehealth services. Further study is needed to assess the acceptance factors for telehealth services, such as motivation to remain healthy, health care involvement, knowledge on health, and control of health-related behavior, in order to develop unique services according to the categorization of customers based on health factors. In addition, further study may focus on various theoretical cognitive behavior models other than the TAM, such as the health belief model.

달포늪의 퇴적물과 유기물함량 특성 연구 (The Characteristics of Sediment and Organic Content in the Dalpo Wetland)

  • 강동환;김성수;정휘제;권병혁;김일규
    • 한국습지학회지
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    • 제9권3호
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2007
  • 본 연구에서는 양산 신불산 고층습원인 달포늪 퇴적물의 입도, 주상도 및 유기물함량을 분석하여 퇴적물 입도와 종류에 따른 유기물함량의 상관성을 규명하였다. 연구지역인 달포늪은 3개 습지로 구성되어 있으며, 습지면적은 약 $31,295m^2$ 이다. 달포늪 퇴적물의 입도분석은 7개 지점(습지A 3개, 습지B 3개 및 습지C 1개)에서 채취된 시료를 이용하였으며, 건식체분석과 피펫분석이 수행되었다. 입도분석 의하면 퇴적물 입도는 습지의 가장자리로 갈수록 크고, 습지A > 습지C > 습지B의 순으로 나타났다. 습지A와 습지B의 장축 및 단축과 습지C의 장축 방향에서 수평거리별 시추조사가 수행되었다. 습지A의 장축에서는 점토질 이탄층이 지표면하 심도 10~90cm 정도로 분포하고 있으며, 습지 중앙부인 수평거리 100 m 지점에서 지표면하 심도 90 cm로서 가장 두꺼웠다. 습지B에서는 점토질 이탄층의 지표면하 심도가 27 cm 이하로서 습지로서의 수명이 다해가고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 습지C는 규모가 적어 퇴적물의 조성이 단순하였으며, 점토질 이탄층이 지표면하 심도 10~34 cm 정도에 분포하고 있다. 달포늪에서 시추조사에 의해 채취된 퇴적물을 10 cm 간격으로 절단하여 유기물함량을 분석하였다. 습지A 퇴적물에서는 지표면하 심도 70 cm 정도까지 유기물함량이 40% 이상인 것으로 나타났으며, 습지C 퇴적물에서도 지표면하 심도 10 cm 정도까지는 습지A와 유사하였으나 지표면하 심도가 30 cm 이상인 깊이에서는 20% 이내의 유기물함량을 보였다. 습지B는 지표면하 부근에서의 유기물함량이 40% 정도로서 가장 낮게 나타났다. 3개 습지 모두 지표면에 근접한 점토질 이탄층에서의 유기물함량이 높게 나타났으며, 이는 점토질 이탄층의 입도가 세립질이며 또한 식생의 사체를 통해 유기물이 지속적으로 공급되기 때문이다. 달포늪 퇴적물의 유기물함량은 습지A > 습지C > 습지B의 순으로 나타났으며, 이는 퇴적물 내 점토질 이탄층의 형성 정도에 의한 것이다. 본 연구를 통해 달포늪 퇴적물의 유기물함량은 퇴적물의 입도와 상부 식생에 의해 지배되고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

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