• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.1-24
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• 2009

Teak (Tectona grandis) is one of the most valuable timber yielding species in the world, with predominant distribution in tropical or sub-tropical countries. However, natural teak available only in few countries like India, Myanmar, Laos People's Democratic Republic and Thailand. Teak grows well in deep, well-drained alluvial soils, fairly moist, warm, tropical climate with pH ranges from 6.5-7.5. Teak is cultivated in many Asian, African and South American countries for timber production. The global teak plantations are estimated to be three million hectare with major share in India (44%) followed by Indonesia (33%). India is considered as richest genetic resources of teak with large areas of natural teak bearing forests (8.9 million ha), plantations (1.5 million ha), clonal seed orchards (1000 ha) and seed production areas (5000 ha). The studies on diversity of teak populations showed that teak is an out crossing species with major portion of diversity present within the populations. The productivity and quality of teak timber varies depending upon the site and environmental conditions. Teak wood is moderately heavy, strong and tough,straight grained, coarse textured and ring porous with specific gravity varies from 0.55 to 0.70. The sapwood is white to pale yellow in colour and clearly demarcated while heartwood is dark brown or dark golden yellow in colour. Teak is one of the most durable timbers in the world, practically, impervious to fungus and white ant attack and resistant to decay. Teak wood is used in ship and boat constructions, furnitures and aesthetic needs. Genetic improvement programmes have been undertaken in countries like Thailand, India, Malaysia and Indonesia. The programme includes provenance identification and testing, plus tree selection and clonal multiplication, establishment of seed orchards and controlled hybridization. Several aspects like phenology, reproductive biology, fruit characteristics, silvicultural practices for cultivation, pest and diseases problems, production of improved planting stock, harvesting and marketing, wood properties and future tree improvement strategy to enhance productivity have been discussed in this paper.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.3463-3471
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• 2015

Background: The principal aim of health service providers in the field of breast cancer is to detect and treat lesions at an appropriate time. Therefore, identification of barriers to screening can be very helpful. The present study aimed to systematically review the qualitative studies for extracting and reporting the barriers of screening for breast cancer from the womans perspective. Materials and Methods: In this systematic review; Pubmed, Google Scholar, Ovid Scopus, Cochrane Library, Iranmedex, and SID were searched using the keywords: screening barriers, cancer, qualitative studies, breast and their Persian equivalents, and the needed data were extracted and analyzed using an extraction table. To assess the quality of the studies, the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) tool was used. Results: From 2,134 related articles that were found, 21 articles were eventually included in the study. The most important barriers from the point of view of 1,084 women were lack of knowledge, access barriers (financial, geographical, cultural), fear (of results and pain), performance of service providers, women's beliefs, procrastination of screening, embarrassment, long wait for getting an appointment, language problems, and previous negative experiences. Articles' assessment score was 68.9. Conclusions: Increasing women's knowledge, reducing the costs of screening services, cultural promotion for screening, presenting less painful methods, changing beliefs of health service providers, provision of privacy for giving service, decreasing the waiting time, and providing high quality services in a respectful manner can be effective ways to increase breast cancer screening.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.193-216
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• 2012

최근 들어, 공공기관의 책무성이 강화되면서 교육기관의 교육 책무성이 강조되고 있다. 따라서 대부분의 국가에서는 교육 책무성을 증명하기 위해서 국가 수준의 학업성취도 평가는 물론 국제 학업성취도 평가(PISA)에 참여하고 있다. 교육기관의 지원을 받는 학교도서관 또한 예외가 아니어서 교육 책무성을 요구받고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 PISA의 독서영역과 AASL의 21세기 학습자 기준과 비교하여 학교도서관이 PISA의 학업성취도와 상관관계가 있음을 규명하고자 한다. 본 연구에서는 PISA 2009의 독서 리터러시 영역과 PISA 설문지를 분석 대상으로 삼았다. 연구 결과, PISA의 설문지에는 학교도서관 관련 요소를 상당수 포함하고 있으며, PISA의 독서 리터러시 영역은 AASL의 21세기 학습자 기준과 일치하고 있음을 확인하였다.

• 동서간호학연구지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.74-82
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• 2004

Purpose: This study has been conducted as a quality improvement activity in order to confirm the assessment of patients, their guardians and nurses by providing them with a Life in Hospital Guide. Method: Nursing with Life in Hospital Guide provision was conducted at an University Hospital with patients admitted within 5 days or less and their guardians, a control group of 375 persons and a comparison group of 372 persons, and the data have been collected from the 26th of May to the 10th of October 2003. A Life in Hospital Guide, in the form of a leaflet, that contained useful information such as meals, facilities, car parking, documents, linen products etc, was used. The collected data have been analysed using SPSS windows programme 11.0 for percentage, $X^2$-test, and t-test. Result: The comparison group who were provided with a Life in Hospital Guide will know better about the articulars needed to live in hospital than the control group who were not,' the average of the comparison group (4.04) was higher than the control group (3.04), which is a significant difference (t=-27.06, p=.000). Conclusion: As a results of this study, it was confirmed that life in hospital guidance through a leaflet each as a quality improvement activity, are effective.

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.194-218
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• 2008

본 연구는 다양하고 동태적인 과학기술 환경에 부합할 수 있는 과학기술혁신 민-관 협력 메카니즘의 구성요소를 협력사업의 추진목적, 추진주체, 대상사업측면에서 파악하여 과학기술혁신을 위한 민관협력 활성화를 위한 정책적 시사점을 얻고자 하는데 그 목적이 있다. 네덜란드, 호주, 오스트리아 및 프랑스 6개 프로그램에서 나타나는 민-관 협력 메카니즘의 구성요소와 민-관간 역할분담관계를 살펴보고 과학기술혁신부문 민-관 협력 메카니즘의 유형과 특성을 분석하였다. 비교연구를 통하여 나타난 6개 프로그램의 공통점은 민-관 협력 메카니즘이 국가기술혁신체제 내 혁신주체 간 연계성을 강화시키는 작동기제로 운영되고 있으며 참여주체간의 지속적인 상호작용적 관계(interactive relationship)를 유지하며 참여주체간 목표(common objectives)를 공유하는 수준이 높고 경제적 측면보다 과학기술활동 주체들 간의 연계 및 네트워크 구축의 외부성(externality)을 중시하고 있음을 확인하였다. 특히 연구개발자금의 최적 배분 및 재원조달방식을 통하여 과학기술혁신 주체간 위험과 편익의 공유를 통해 새로운 협력연구수행 인센티브를 균형적으로 조정하고 있으며, 민관 R&D간 상호보충성 제고를 통한 시너지 효과를 모색하고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.23-31
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• 2019

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: A large number of studies on anemia have focused mostly on pregnant women or children. The vegetarian population, which is another potential risk group for anemia, remains largely unexplored. Therefore, this cross-sectional study examined the associations of the sociodemographic, lifestyle, nutritional, and psychological factors with the anemia status among female adult vegetarians. SUBJECTS/METHODS: A total of 177 female vegetarians were recruited from a Buddhist and Hindu organization in Selangor, Malaysia. The participants completed a self-administered questionnaire, which analyzed their sociodemographic characteristics, physical activity level, sleep quality, depression, anxiety, and stress. The body weight, height, waist circumference, and body fat percentage of the participants were also measured. A 3-day dietary recall was conducted to assess their dietary intake. Blood samples (3 ml) were withdrawn by a nurse from each participant to determine the hemoglobin (Hb) level. RESULTS: The findings revealed 28.2% of the participants to be anemic. The age group (AOR = 2.46, 95% CI = 1.19-5.05), marital status (AOR = 2.69, 95% CI = 1.27-5.71), and percentage of energy from protein (AOR = 5.52, 95% CI = 1.41-21.65) were the significant predictors of anemia. CONCLUSIONS: Anemia is a public health problem among female vegetarians in this study. Health promotion programs that target female adult vegetarians should be conducted to manage and prevent anemia, particularly among those who are married, aged 50 and below, and with an inadequate protein intake.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.33-47
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• 2024

Purpose: Most emerging-market countries are concerned about the technology boom, which is accompanied by an increase in revenue from online sales and services. This finding has been demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, is this tendency continuing in the new normal, and what factors are driving the increase in consumer decisions? The purpose of this research is to investigate how the decision to utilize online services will be affected in the new normal as well as propose a new research approach in this field. Research Design, Methodology and Approach: By following a deductive research method associated with positivist philosophy, a survey in South Vietnam with 426 respondents using a convenience sampling method was conducted. The reliability of the measurement scales was examined by using the SPSS program. The SmartPLS programme was utilised to assess the measurement and structural models as well as test hypotheses by using partial least squares structural equation modelling. Results: According to the research findings, decision-making has been impacted by social influences, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, perceived trust, perceived price, and perceived convenience. Conclusions: The research results also bring significant contributions not only in practice in providing management implications but also in theory. The research model has also demonstrated the feasibility of employing the stimuli-organism-response framework and combining the theory of perceived risk with the technology acceptance model via the explanation of decision-making.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.628-636
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• 2023

Stomach contents of three commercially important species, anchovy (Engraulis japonica), small yellow croaker (Larimichthys polyactis) and yellow goosefish (Lophius litulon) were analyzed to investigate difference of prey between Spring and Fall. Trawl surveys for target fishes were conducted at 12 stations by the RV Tamgu-8 in the Yellow Sea-Korean side in Spring and Fall 2008 as a part of the United Nations Development Programme/Global Environment Facility (UNDP/GEF), Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem (YSLME) survey. Stomach contents of 50 individuals of each species were analyzed to species level of prey, if the number of specimens was more than 50 for each species. Fullness and digestion condition of stomach contents were determined by five and six levels, respectively. In anchovy stomachs, 23 species in Spring and 15 species in Fall were identified, respectively. Stomach contents were mostly occupied by copepods and euphausiids, mostly Euphausia spp., calyptopis in Spring while by copepods and amphipods in Fall. In small yellow croaker stomachs, 23 species in Spring and 11 species in Fall were identified. Stomach contents were mostly occupied by copepods and euphausiids in Spring, but by only euphausiids in Fall. Total 368 yellow goosefish (151 in Spring and 217 in Fall) were captured, but stomach contents only in Fall were analyzed. Most of stomach contents were anchovy with small proportion of Hakodate sand shrimp, Tanaka's snailfish, Pacific cod, and miscellaneous things. The present research unveiled that main food items of plankton feeder were distinctly different by species and seasons in the Yellow Sea-Korean side, as coincided with previous reports.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.110-115
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 우리나라 소비자를 대상으로 우리나라에서 재배된 과채류 섭취를 통한 neonicotinoid계 농약의 노출량을 확률적 접근법을 이용하여 평가하였다. 농약 잔류량을 2009년에 수행된 과채류 중 neonicotinoid계 농약 5종(acetamiprid, clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiacloprid, thiamethoxam)에 대한 모니터링 자료를 이용하였다. Neonicotinoid계 농약의 총 노출량을 개별 과채류별로 구분하여 확률적 평가를 실시한 결과 neonicotinoid계 농약 5종의 총 노출량의 극단값은 0.087~0.236 ${\mu}g$/kg/day의 범위를 보였다. 확정론적 접근법의 결과와 비교했을 때 총 노출량의 평균치는 거의 유사하게 나타났으며, 노출량의 $95^{th}$ percentile값에 서는 확률적 접근법의 결과가 확정론적 접근법의 결과에 비해 38.8 ~ 62.0%의 수준으로 낮게 나타났다. 총 노출량에 대한 민감도 분석을 실시한 결과, acetamiprid의 총 노출량은 딸기 섭취를 통한 노출량에 크게 영향을 받으며, 특히 딸기의 섭취량 보다는 딸기 중 acetamiprid 잔류량 수준에 더 크게 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 thiacloprid를 제외한 나머지 3종의 neonicotinoid계 농약에서 유사한 경향을 보였다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.76-92
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• 2002

OECD에서 주관한 국제 비교 연구인 PISA는 만 15세 학생들의 과학적 소양을 평가하는 최초의 국제비교 연구란 점에서 의미가 크다. 35개의 PISA 과학문항에 대한 정답율 결과를 중심으로 우리 나라 학생들의 과학적 소양 성취도를 살펴본 결과, 다음과 같은 경향이 나타났다. 첫째, 과학의 적용 영역별로 살펴보면, 과학 기술, 생명 건강 과학, 지구 환경 과학 순으로 성취도가 높았고, 이 세 영역 모두 남학생이 여학생보다 유의미하게 높은 성취도가 나타났다. 둘째, 과학 지식보다는 과학 탐구에서 유의미하게 높은 성취도가 나타났으며, 특히 과학 지식 문항에 있어서 남학생이 여학생보다 유의미하게 높은 성취 결과를 보였다. 한편, 여학생들은 과학 탐구 문항에서 남학생들에 비해 상대적으로 높은 성취 결과를 보였다. 셋째, 상황별로 살펴보면, 역사적 상황에서 가장 높은 성취 결과를 보였고 개인적 상황에서 가장 낮은 성취수준을 보였다. 지역 공동체 및 지구적 상황의 문항에서 남학생들이 여학생들보다 유의미하게 높은 성취결과를 보인 반면, 개인적 상황의 문항에서는 여학생들이 남학생들보다 다소 높은 성취 결과가 나타났다. 넷째, 문항의 유형별로 살펴보면, 서술형보다는 선택형 문항에서 유의미하게 높은 성취 결과가 나타났고, 선다형과 진위형을 포함한 선택형 문항에서 남학생들이 여학생들보다 유의미하게 높은 성취 결과를 보였다. 한편, 우리 나라 학생들은 생명 공학과 환경에 관련된 문항에서 낮은 성취 결과가 나타났고, 특히 여학생의 경우 이러한 경향이 더욱 두드러졌다. 전반적으로 모든 측면에서 남학생의 성취도가 여학생보다 의미 있게 높았지만, 과학 탐구 문항에서는 여학생과 남학생 사이에 의미 있는 성취도 차이가 나타나지 않았고, 긴 문장의 서술이 필요한 문항에서는 여학생이 남학생보다 의미 있게 높은 성취도를 나타냈다.