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Effects of Satisfaction with Green Space on Life Satisfaction and Mediating Effect of Subjective Health Status of the Urban Elderly (도시노인의 녹지환경 만족도가 삶의 만족도에 미치는 영향과 주관적 건강상태의 매개효과)

  • Lee, Sungeun
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.371-377
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of satisfaction with green space on life satisfaction and to examine mediating effect of subjective health status in the relationship between satisfaction with green space and life satisfaction of older adults living in cities. For the purpose of the study, older adults aged over 65 years old who participated in 2018 Social Survey conducted by Statistics Korea were analyzed. A total of 4,567 older adults were analyzed using multiple regression analyses and significance of mediating effect was examined using bootstrapping method. Results of the analyses showed that satisfaction with green space had a significant effect on life satisfaction. Since a higher level of satisfaction with green space increased the level of life satisfaction, a direct effect of satisfaction with green space on life satisfaction was revealed. Also satisfaction with green space had a significant effect on subjective health status, so persons with a higher level of satisfaction with green space perceive their subjective health more positively. In regard to mediating effect, subjective health status partially mediated the relationship between satisfaction with green space and life satisfaction of the urban elderly. Results of this study show that green space can be used as an intervention method to improve health and life satisfaction of the urban elderly.

The Effects of Components of Grazing System on Welfare of Fattening Pigs

  • Tozawa, Akitsu;Tanaka, Shigefumi;Sato, Shusuke
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.428-435
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    • 2016
  • The objective of this study was to clarify the most effective component of grazing for improving welfare of fattening pigs. This study compared welfare indicators of 20 fattening pigs aged 100 to 124 days (the prior period) and 138 to 164 days (the latter period) in an indoor housing system (IS), an outdoor pasturing system (OP), a concrete floor paddock system (CF), a concrete floor paddock system with fresh grass (FG), or a soil floor paddock system (SF). The last three treatments include important components of a grazing system: extra space, grass feed, and soil floor. Behavior, wounds on the body, and performances, measured as average daily gain (ADG) and feed conversion ratio, were observed. CF pigs behaved similarly to IS pigs. FG pigs showed higher levels of foraging, chewing and activity. SF pigs engaged in higher levels of foraging, exploring, activity, and rooting, and showed a similar amount of playing behavior as OP pigs. ADG was the same in all treatments at the prior period, and increased in the order FG, IS, CF, SF, and OP at the latter. The behaviors and performance of SF pigs resembled those of OP which seemed to indicate a consistently higher standard of welfare than the other treatments. In conclusion, the existence of a soil floor is the most important component of a pasture for improving the welfare of pigs.

Development of Seat Recommendation System for the Collaboration in Smart Work Center (스마트워크센터 환경에서 협업을 위한 좌석 추천 시스템 개발)

  • Bae, Sung Moon;Han, Kwan Hee;Choi, Sang Hyun;Park, Ju-Hyun
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.128-134
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    • 2014
  • With the development of Information Communication Technology and a way of solving problems such as productivity improvement, advanced working attitude, greenhouse gas reduction, low birth rate, aged problem, etc., the need of smart work is increasing. Getting out of legacy working types that are limited in time and space, the flexible seat system at a smart work center that supports the smart working environment is proposed. However, the seat choice based on employee's emotional judgement may cause the decline of forming cooperative space and mutual communication because of the scattered seat arrangement between employees. This paper proposed a seat recommendation method for the mutual cooperation at a smart work center. The method is based on a work similarity of employees. A prototype system also implemented to show the feasibility.

A Study on the Architectural Planning of the Hospital for the Elderly with Dementia (치매노인전문병원의 건축계획에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jung Min;Yu, Young Min
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.85-92
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    • 2001
  • Facing the aging society in Korea, the necessity of the facility for the elderly is arising as a substitute to cut down the cost and to provide suitable and skillful medical services for the aged and chronical. Among there, health care facilities for the elderly with dementia are considered a essential facility. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare the guidelines for planning and design of the facility. On the bases of survey and analysis, the basic data for planning and design the hospital for the elderly with dementia has been proposed.

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Trends and Issues in Social Geography in the 2000s in S. Korea: (2) Empirical Researches (2000년대 한국 사회지리학의 경향과 논제들 -(2) 경험적 연구들-)

  • Choi, Byung-Doo
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.47 no.5
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    • pp.735-754
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    • 2012
  • Korean society in the 2000 has experienced new many social and spatial issues such as the process of neoliberalism and changes in urban and spatial policies, the development of information and communication technology and reconfiguration of informational social space, radically increasing foreign immigrants and transformation to multicultural society, global warming and environmental injustice, and these new issues have promoted development of social geography in Korea. In addition to a review on them, this paper provides a review on empirical researches on traditional issues which have been dealt with in social geography in the 2000 in Korea. Even though there have been numerous sub-issues, they can be divided into two categories: one is urban and communal social geography including urban housing and residential segregation, urban social problems such as poverty, crime, education, health care, social welfare, urban and rural community building, identity, sense of place, and social movement; the other is social geography of population and migration, including population movement, aged society and social welfare for elderly people, and foreign immigrants and formation of multicultural social space. As some difficult conditions such as path-dependent process of neoliberalism, transformation toward informational, aged, and multicultural society would continue, so social geography in Korea to tackle with these external conditions should deepen its theoretical insights and widen its research issues.

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The Current Status of Child Health and Our Task (아동건강현황과 과제)

  • Lee, Hee-Sun;Kim, Sang-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.61-74
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the realities of physical health conditions of children aged from 0 to 11 for the last decade. On the basis of the analyzed results, the pragmatic and policy issues are as follows : First, in the perspective of child development, studies of physical health are needed for the benefit of integrative development of children. Second, appropriate health education programs suitable for ages of children need to be developed and made compulsory for them. Third, the prohibition of adopting the ranking evaluation in physical education is to be required at the policy level. Forth, for sustainment of the health-related activities for children, the space or facilities specifically prepared for families to exercise and rest are needed. Lastly, new regulations and management systems are needed in order to resolve the safety problems with food for children.

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A Location Survey of the Residential Environment of Detached House Where A Very Old People Lives Alone (단독가구 고령자가 거주하는 독립주택의 주거환경 실측)

  • 김현진;김학민;안옥희
    • Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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    • 2000.11b
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    • pp.91-95
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    • 2000
  • With 106 detached houses where the aged people live alone, this study was conducted to perform a location survey of their residential environment. The result of this study is summarized as follows: While the surveyed houses' safety, sanitation and convenience appeared to be positive, with respect to the conditions of location, 73% of the surveyed houses did not meet the requirement for comfort. The average area of each space indicated that the bedding room was 12.05$m^2$, the living room 14.71$m^2$, the kitchen 9.06$m^2$, the bathing room 4.05$m^2$, and the rest room 2.59$m^2$. Then, 93.3% of the bedding rooms had the doorsill. Also, 97.2% of the surveyed houses had retrievable space. The form of their living room door showed a hinged door(54.5%) and a sliding door(45.5%) which were similar with each other. The finished material was that wood accounted for 42.6% which was highest. The cooking table form of kitchen was mainly "\ulcorner"-shaped(49.5%) and "\ulcorner"-shaped(48.5%) which were highest, and their average height appeared to be 815mm. The fuel used for kitchen was that gas accounted for 93.3%, while 95.2% of the surveyed houses was not equipped with any gas-warning device. 75.5% had an integrated type of bath room and toilet. In addition, the stepped difference between the bath room and other space was that 70.8% had the difference, but they had no a satisfactory sliding-prevention device(Not for 91.6%) or heating system(Not for 92.9%).stem(Not for 92.9%).

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A Study on Spatial Planning of Children's Library: Focused on the Aspect of Space Use According to the Age Step of Children (어린이 도서관의 공간계획에 관한 연구: 어린이의 연령 단계별 공간이용 실태를 중심으로)

  • Lee Jeong-Mi;Kwak Chul-Wan
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.177-198
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    • 2005
  • The objective of this paper is to obtain the knowledge for spatial Planning of children's library which serves various users. The study method is to observes the children and their parents' space use according to the age step of children in public library, and analyzes it in the relation with the classified 4-types of children's section. Five characteristics were identified. First, children area was influenced by library location and user's characteristics. Second, children area was used various aged group with children. Third, there were different use patterns based upon age. Fourth, various reading space was needed through areas. And, last the behavior and the characteristics of area and furnishings were described.

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A Comparative study of conspicuous consumption behavior upon instagram and real life (인스타그램과 현실공간에서의 과시소비행동 비교 연구)

  • Lee, Soo-Jin;Kim, Rando
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.205-220
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    • 2020
  • This study investigated whether there was a difference in off-line consumption behavior on and off-line. Online surveys were conducted on 218 people aged 20 to 59 who live in the country actively using Instagram, and the results of analysis through technical statistical analysis, logistic regression analysis, and linear regression analysis are as follows. There are some differences in the consumption items and expenditures of showing consumption behavior on Instagram and showing consumption in real space. In addition, there were different factors influencing the behavior of showing off in Instagram and the factors affecting the showing of consumption in real space. Age, education, and narcissism have an effect on show off behavior in Instagram, whereas age, materialism, and narcissism have been identified as factors influencing in real space. Whether on Instagram or in the real space, the positive emotions felt by consumers after showing off consumption had a statistically significant effect on consumer happiness. This study has significance in that it has empirically verified the difference between Instagram and actual consumption behaviors, and sought the direction of healthy consumption behaviors for consumer happiness.

An Empirical Study on the Spatial Accessibility of Social Service Agencies: Comparative Analysis of Distance and Space-time Measures (사회복지시설의 공간접근성에 관한 실증연구 - 거리측정과 시간거리측정에 대한 비교분석 -)

  • Hong, Hyun-mee-ra
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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    • no.37
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    • pp.35-62
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    • 2008
  • This study starts form the inequity of the spatial accessibility in social services. This study has purpose to descript and analyze the spatial accessibility of social service agencies. While analysing the spatial accessibility, this paper uses comparative method of distance and space-time measures. The results of research are as follows; It needs (1) to enhance the spatial accessibility of the aged and the disabled. (2) to facilitate the spatial accessibility of marginal area or community like rural community. (3) to recognize utilities of distance and space-time measures in the spatial accessibility.