• International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.65-84
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• 2024

The study was conducted on the awareness and application of internet of things in universities libraries in Kwara State, Nigeria. the study formulated used four research questions and used eighty five (85) samples as the population using total enumerative sampling techniques. A survey method was used in undertaking the study, in which answers were sought on the level of awareness of the internet of things in universities libraries in Kwara State, the extent of application of the internet of things in universities libraries in Kwara State, the benefit of internet of things in universities libraries in Kwara State, the challenges faced in the application of internet of things in universities libraries in Kwara State. The data collected from the study were analyzed using frequency tables and percentage. The study discovered that there the students are aware of the internet of things in universities libraries in Kwara State and the benefit of internet of a things include: Device in the IoT platforms are heterogeneous and are based on different hardware platforms and networks, It gives the high level of interoperability and interconnectivity, IoT platform has sensors which detect or measure any changes in the environment to generate data that can report on their status or even interact with the environment, IoT comes with the combination of algorithms and computation, software & hardware that makes it smart and Anything can be interconnected with the global information and communication infrastructure and the study identified data interpretation problem, Lack of skilled and specialized workers, Cost and Challenges in online security as well as Software complexity are major challenges faced in the application of internet of things in universities libraries in Kwara State. In conclusion the study made some recommendations which include that: Future libraries should be equipped with new technologies and networking devices as soon as possible. As this will be essential for users and librarians to have sufficient knowledge about IOT technologies.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.130-147
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• 2001

This study is about major symptoms of elderly and medical services for elderly in long-tenn care facilities. The subject of this study was 298 patients over 00 years old staying in two geriatric hospitals and two nursing homes. The symptoms and medical services were level of patient classification from RUG(Resource Utilization Group)-III which is applied for both Medicare and Medicaid for skilled nursing facilities reimbursement system in US and designed for measuring patient characteristics and medical staff time. This classification is explained by each patient resource(staff time) utilization level which is called CMI(Case-Mix Index). In this study, the symptoms and services were compared by facility type and they were categorized by level and compared by CMI. Major findings are as follows; 1. There were more elderly who have cognitive function problems in nursing homes than patients in geriatric hospitals. There were more patients with behavioral problems in geriatric hospitals than residents in nursing homes. These results were both statistically significant. 2. The patients in geriatric hospitals received significantly more nursing rehabilitation services, rehabilitation services and extensive services than residents in nursing homes. Other hands, special care services were provided significantly more to residents in nursing homes than elderly in geriatric hospitals. 3. ADL and depression variables had higher CMI when the symptoms were heavier condition. The CMI were not matched with levels of cognitive function problems and behavioral problems. 4. The CMI matched well significantly with levels of nursing rehabilitation services, special care services, and clinically complex services provided for the patient in geriatric hospitals and only nursing rehabilitation services in nursing homes. The CMI for rehabilitation services level and extensive services had regular trends. From the result of this study, the resource utilization level and services provided for elderly in each long-term care facilities were figured out. For the further study, it needs to have more concern about RUG-ill which classification variables were just analyzed.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.31-44
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• 2018

Purpose: This study aims to examine the research output in the field of nursing at the global level during the last two decades, viz., for the period 1996-2015, with special reference to India. Some of the aspects examined include the research growth in nursing literature during the period of study, leading nursing research countries at the regional and global level, and citation analysis. Scope and Methodology: This study is global in nature, but emphasis has also been laid on India's research contribution in nursing at the global level. Aspects like regional contribution to the nursing research output have also been assessed. This study is purely based on secondary data retrieved from SCImago Journal and Country Rankings. The figures in the study are based on one particular database and are not exhaustive; hence they simply reflect a trend in nursing research at the global level. Findings: During the period 1996 through 2015, a total of 550,490 research articles were published across the world by 212 nation states at an average of 2,596 articles from each individual country. On average, during the period of study, the number of nursing research publications grew at the rate of 7.36% each year. North America has emerged as one of the leading nursing research continents of the world by publishing 218,614 research articles, constituting 39.71% of the global nursing research output. The U.S. and U.K. are the world's two leading nursing research countries, which contributed 193,819 and 61,730 research articles respectively, comprising a 35.21% and 11.21% share of global nursing research output. India and China, apart from being the two fastest growing nursing research countries, have the potential to meet the global human resource demand in the field of nursing, given the skilled and trained human resource both these countries possess in nursing. Social Implication: There is always a need to share working knowledge in some professions and nursing is one of them. There cannot be a better medium than linking practice with theory through the research medium. Metric studies in turn help to get a better idea about the amount of work done in any given field at the national and international level, thus identifying the need thereof to improve upon those areas where there is research lag.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.119-135
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to find out the level of digital stress that people experience and to investigate the effects of socio-economic variables on that. To collect data, structured questionnaire was developed and 1,200 questionnaires were distributed through internet. There were 2 dimensions in this study to examine digital stress. First dimension was about the devices themselves: computers and the other digital goods. Second dimension was about the time digital stress occurring in consumers' decision-making process: purchasing and using. Based on Yeo&Kim(2004), sub-dimensions of purchasing and using aspects were chosen. 5 sub-dimensions in purchasing side were new technology, cost, variety of alternatives, warranty service, and informational problem 6 sub-dimensions in using field were mal(or impaired)-functioning. physical aspects, immaturity in use, pressure to use, addiction to use, and informational problem. As independent variables, sex, age, educational level, digitalization acceptability and computer usability were used. The overall level of digital stress was around the average point which was not as high as expected. Digital stress of purchasing was higher than that of using. First, in purchasing aspects, the level of digital stress was relatively high in cost, variety of alternatives and warranty service. Hence, clear communications with consumers about the distinctive aspects and cost of digital devices in market are needed. Secondly, in using side, mal-functioning and physical aspects were relatively more powerful stressors. In the other words, the more serious problems were not from the characteristics of individual consumers but from those of products. Producers should put their best efforts to reduce imperfection (defectiveness) and develop user-friendly digital devices. Also, users' individual efforts to overcome the problems that can be solved privately are necessary. Finally, it was discovered that sex and computer usability were very important variables on digital stress. To extend computer usability of consumers and get over digital illiteracy, it is essential to expand the paths to give chances for people to contact with computers and other digital goods. Still there are lots of people whore computer-illiterate or low-skilled at computers. In policies or educational programs made by government, communities, or schools, more attention should be paid to the digitally vulnerable groups.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2008

For the domestic digital contents, it is particularly important that the planning and mediating functions should cover the whole Industries so that dividends and assistance to reach all the way back to the primary contents-creating level, where economic risks are especially high. A proactive cooperation system or framework between the government, the businesses and research institutions, which would allow for free flow of interaction among these players, can play that role. We can broadly define cooperation frameworks into two; one between the central and the local governments and another among private-sector groups, such as companies, associations and groups. These players in the framework have differing, sometimes, conflicting views regarding the digital contents industry whether the digital contents should aim for skilled applicability or the abstract or whether the emphasis should rest on public interest or profitability. Immature competition and lack of trust among these players also give rise to such inefficiencies as overlap in investments, inexpertness and inefficient use of resources. We have proposed and realized the National Integrated Cooperation System to bridge these gaps among the major players in the industry. The National Integrated Cooperation System rests on the following major functions. The first major function of the NICS is to decipher any ambiguity that may be embedded in external Inputs by stratified role and bias. The second function is to create cooperative groups that will deal with the ambiguities based on its consequent situation. The third is a feedback function that will draw out a new cooperative way by re-feeding the capacities and the conflicts that stem from the existing organizations and strategies into cooperation and adjustment process. Our NICS has compared and evaluated with England and Australia digital content industry models under AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process) method. NICS has turned out to be well designed and have strong points based on OECD innovation and cooperation criteria.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국HCI학회 2006년도 학술대회 1부
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• pp.33-39
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• 2006

Home modification has come to be recognized as an important intervention strategy to manage health care conditions, maintain or improve functioning, ensure safety, and reduce the wheelchair user's dependency on others. However, the availability of skilled professionals with experience in home modifications for accessibility is limited. A system that enables accurate remote assessments would be an important tool to improve our ability to perform home assessments more easily and at decreased cost. A Remote Wheelchair Accessibility Assessment System (RWAAS) using Virtualized Reality(VR) technology was developed that enabled clinicians to assess the wheelchair accessibility of users' built environments from a remote location. Characteristics of the camera and 3D reconstruction program chosen for the system significantly affect its overall reliability. In this study, we performed two reliability analyses on the hardware and software components: 1) Verification that commercial software can construct sufficiently accurate 3D models by analyzing the accuracy of dimensional measurements in a virtualized environment; 2) comparison of dimensional measurements with four camera settings. Based on these two analyses, we were able to specify a consumer level digital camera and the Photomodeler Pro software for this system. And we then tested the feasibility of the selected software and hardware in an actual environment. Lastly, A field evaluation was performed to test whether this new system is comparable to the traditional method of accessibility assessment to evaluate its ability to assess the accessibility of a wheelchair user's typical built environment. The results of field trials showed high congruence between the assessments by two methods. Findings suggested that the RWAAS assessments have the potential to enable specialists to assess potential accessibility problems in built environments regardless of the location of the client, home, or specialist.

• 에너지공학
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2012

원자력 인력 고령화는 원전 수출에 따른 새로운 인력 수요 증가에 못지 않는 중요한 인력 문제를 야기할 수 있다. 고령화된 숙련 전문인력의 대거 퇴직에 따른 고급 인력난과 원자력 기술능력 약화는 한국 원자력의 경쟁력을 크게 약화시킬 수 있다. 본 연구는 한국 원자력 관련 기관 및 업체들에 대해 2001년과 2010년 국내원자력 기관의 인력 현황에 대한 통계조사에 근거하여 약 10년의 기간 동안 원자력 인력 변동 추이 등의 인력 현황 통계자료를 활용했다. 이를 토대로 조사대상 기관별로 그리고 통합적으로 원자력 인력의 고령화 수준을 검토한다. 그리고 원자력 인력 고령화 문제에 대비하기 위한 인력 충원의 방향과 한국 원자력 인력 수급의 문제점을 해소해 나가기 위한 대응방안을 제시할 것이다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.162-168
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• 2007

For the past decade, the full-field digital mammography has been widely used for early diagnosis of breast cancer, and computer aided diagnosis has been developed to assist physicians as a second opinion. In this study, we try to predict the breast cancer using both mediolateral oblique(MLO) view and craniocaudal(CC) view together. A skilled radiologist selected 35 pairs of ROIs from both MLO view and CC view of digital mammogram. We extracted textural features using Spatial Grey Level Dependence matrix from each mammogram and evaluated the generalization performance of the classifier using Support Vector Machine. We compared the multi-view based classifier to single-view based classifier that is built from each mammogram view. The results represent that the multi-view based computer aided diagnosis in digital mammogram could improve the diagnostic performance and have good possibility for clinical use to assist physicians as a second opinion.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.555-561
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• 2015

건설 산업은 인력 중심형 산업으로 건설현장의 기능 인력이 공사의 품질, 공기, 비용 등 생산성에 큰 영향을 미친다. 그러나 현재 건설 산업의 상황은 건설현장에서 건설기능 인력의 부족현상을 발생하고 있다. 이에 기존 건설기능 인력의 노령화가 가속되고 신규 기능 인력이 유입되지 않음으로 인해 건설 산업의 기능인력 부족현상과 기능 수준저하가 발생하고 있는 실정이다. 이를 해결하기 위해 외국인 기능 인력을 활용하는 건설 현장이 늘어나고 있다. 본 연구는 현재 건설 기능 인력과 관련된 문제점에 대한 현황을 파악하고 그 대안을 제시하기 위하여 14개 현장 43명의 현장 관리자를 대상으로 설문조사를 수행하였다. 그 결과 외국인 기능 인력은 목공과 철근공이 많았으며, 기능 수준은 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 외국인 기능 인력의 가장 큰 문제점은 언어 소통과 낮은 기능 수준이다. 그리고 노무 생산성과 안전사고 발생률도 내국인 기능 인력에 비해서 높은 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 본 논문은 응답자 의견을 근거로 기능 훈련, 언어 교육, 다문화 교육 등이 문제점 개선을 위해서 효과적이라고 제안하였다.

• 노동경제논집
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.33-69
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• 2011

본 연구는 기업수준에서 교육훈련스톡, 연구개발스톡, 특허출원스톡 추계를 통하여 교육훈련활동과 연구개발활동의 생산성 효과에 대하여 분석한다. 특히 교육훈련투자를 스톡으로 구축하여 추정에 이용함으로써 숙련의 자산성을 분석에 반영하였다. 교육훈련투자의 파급효과 분석시 기술적 근접도를 이용한 것과 동적패널 분석을 이용하여 장단기 효과를 구분한 것 역시 방법론상의 새로운 시도이다. 분석 결과, 교육훈련투자의 생산성 효과는 연구개발투자에 비해 상대적으로 더 큰 것으로 나타났다. 교육훈련활동과 연구개발 활동은 자체효과뿐만 아니라 파급효과와 장기효과를 통해 기업의 생산성에 큰 영향을 미친다.