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Conceptual Shift of Wilderness and Its Aesthetics - A Perspective on the Contradictory View of Nature in Landscape Architecture Tradition - (황야에 대한 인식과 미적 경험의 변화 - 조경의 이중적 자연관과 그 모순 -)

  • Pae Jeong-Hann
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.34 no.1 s.114
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    • pp.59-68
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    • 2006
  • This paper examines the conceptual shift of wilderness and its legacy to the contradictory view of nature in landscape architecture tradition. In hunting and gathering societies, there was no dichotomy between the cultivated environment and wilderness. 'Wilderness' is a word whose first usage marks the transition from a hunting-gathering economy to an agricultural society. We can identify two archetypal responses to wilderness: classical and romantic. In the classical perspective, wilderness is something to be feared-an area of waste and desolation. The conquest of wilderness and the creation of usable places is a mark of civilization. For the romantics, in contrast, untouched wilderness has the greatest significance; it has a purity that human contact tends to sully and degrade. Wilderness for the romantics is a place to revere, a place of deep spiritual significance, and an object of aesthetic experience. In the Western world, the classical position predominated until the last two hundred years when the romantic concept began to gain more ground. The shift was made possible by the change in the way nature is understood. Modernity and modern science objectified nature. The transition of the concept of wilderness exemplifies the objectification and pictorialization of nature. Wilderness in the modern era is not different from the pastoral landscape which can be controlled by landscape architects.

A Study on the Attraction Factors of the Enetertainment Industry (엔터테인먼트산업의 어트랙션 요소에 관한 연구)

  • 이호숭
    • Archives of design research
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.59-70
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    • 2002
  • The psychological system of human beings has gone through changes from material satisfaction to spiritual satisfaction. That is, $\ulcorner$From real goods to feel goods$\lrcorner$: much attention is not paid to physical consumption of real products but to consumption of time containing information value such as services capable of enriching and entertaining life. Entertainment is a cultural industry based on mass consumption culture. In this context, this research is designed to look into the entertainment tendency of the industrial areas and to take a look at various forms of attraction serving as the factor of absorption to users. The study indicates that the moderns impose much value on invisible goods such as experience. And the most popularized method is to appeal to clients for sensory interaction by presenting the experience of joy. Entertainment in a true sense is generated on the basis of creativity, which is a product of intuition and efforts directed toward the understanding of emotional ties with the general public characterized by uncertainty.

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Experience on Emotional Support of Hospital Nurses (간호사의 정서적 지지 경험)

  • Park, Hyun-Joo;Chung, Bok-Yae;Kim, Ok-Hee;Kim, Yun-Kyung;An, Hyo-Ja;Lee, Young-Nae;Byun, Hye-Sun;Jeong, Kyung-Soon;Kim, Ji-Youn
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.852-865
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    • 2008
  • Purpose: This study was designed to explore what experiences nurses had while caring and providing emotional support for patients. Methods: Participants were eight nurses working at hospitals for more than one year. Data were collected from June, 2006 to January, 2007 through in-depth interview by using tape-recordings. Data were analysed with the phenomenological method proposed by Colazzi(1978). Results: From significant statements, 4 clustered themes, 7 themes and 23 sub-themes were extracted from the essential meaning of the emotional experience of hospital nurses. The 4 clustered themes were 'movement of mind', 'affection and service for patients', 'worthwhile and conflict' and 'control oneself'. The 7 themes were 'special feeling', 'rapport formation', 'consideration', 'human interaction', 'value discovery', 'loss of volition', and 'keep to balance'. Conclusion: Although nurses had tough experiences for providing care for patients' emotional support, they had also experienced spiritual maturity from its experience. The result of this study would contribute for nurses not only to care for patients who need emotional support but also to develop knowledge in nursing.

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Stress Combination Index Processing Algorithm

  • Han, Seung-Heon;Kim, Young-Kil
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.727-731
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    • 2007
  • All of us has an experience of using the word 'stress'. During the life, we are influenced with various physical and spiritual pressure, complication, discouragement and shortage. That much, stress exists everywhere and everytime around us. It is not easy to examine how much stress you are getting. You can examine only through the health institutions. The examining method is constituted with the psychological method and physiological method, but these methods have the low accuracy about stress index because of disproportion of subjectivity, objectivity and scientific. Consequently, this thesis suggests the algorithms of processing index to help easing stress which is able to examine personally and indexing with the mixing of results of psychological and physiological methods.

Grief Stages and Responses of Bereaved Mother Who Lost Her Children with Cancer (암으로 자녀와 사별한 어머니의 슬픔단계와 반응)

  • 이원희;황애란
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.847-855
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    • 2003
  • Purpose: This study was done to develop a bereaved family care program by identifying characteristics of a grief healing process in a child loss. Method: The subjects were five bereaved mothers who have lost their children with cancer. Data was collected with in-depth interviews using grief phase assessment tool and grief reaction assessment tool from 1, February, 2001 to 31 August, 2002. Data was analyzed on the basis of two tools. Result: Process of grief in general was as follows: evading phase was within one week - one month, confrontation phase was 5 - 12 months, and reconciliation phase was after 9 months and still going on when the study was finished. Grief reaction in five (physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and spiritual) dimensions was stabilized when the phase moved into reconciliation phase. Influencing factors were intimacy and expectation towards child, social support, personality, prior loss experience, coping style, religion, culture, family cohesion, openness of communication, and stress events. Conclusion: These results suggest that a bereaved family care program considering characteristics of Korean culture should be developed and activated.

Exploration of Meaning of Curriculum Reconstruction of Narrative (내러티브가 교육과정 재구성에 주는 의미에 대한 소고)

  • CHOO, Kap-Sik
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.1673-1682
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    • 2016
  • The paper is the principle of a curriculum, a recent method of teaching-learning in pedagogy, and intended for the exploration of the meaning of which reconstructs curriculum by narrative through practical exploration and narrative being discussed as the form of exploration. To date, Korean education showed an inclination of the traditional paradigm centered thinking and has emphasized the results by the method of scientific investigation. Even a curriculum reconstruction demonstrates documents that produce results without actually demonstrating the actual school setting. With communication one another is becoming increasingly important, we need the conversion of cognitive thinking that can express dilemma, contradictions, and complexities of the human world of which unexplainable by traditional paradigm mindset. Ultimately, the exploration of the direction that reflects a series of verbal, symbolic, and spiritual activities, which analyze lives of students, understanding and composing the meaning by using narrative, which talks about the experience of the human world in curriculums, is an important task for us.

Spirituality: Concept Analysis Based on Hybrid Model

  • Oh Pok Ja;Kang Kyung Ah
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.709-720
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    • 2005
  • Purpose. The purpose of this study was to obtain a clearer understanding of spirituality and examine the process of spirituality through defining the meaning and attributes of spirituality. Method. Concept analysis was done in the three phases, theoretical phase, fieldwork phase, and analytical phase suggested in the Hybrid Model. Five people participated in the fieldwork phase. Results. Spirituality is activated through self-awareness which occurs as spirit being activated through self-introspection, and through restoration of the relationship with Supreme Being. This interconnectedness with Supreme Being has an absolute impact on one's harmonious interconnectedness with self and neighbors, thus leads all the critical attributes of spirituality to be revealed. The core energy of this harmonious inter-connectedness is love. When activated, it has a great impact on an individual as integrative energy, leads one to go beyond everyday experience as well as to have new perspectives, and to live a satisfactory life in every aspect. Conclusion. The results of this study suggest that promotion of connectedness is the most important element in spiritual nursing interventions. The results can also be used effectively in developing spirituality assessment scales and theory.

Quality-Sustainable Way to Business Excellence

  • Kondo, Yoshio
    • International Journal of Quality Innovation
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2002
  • Quality is distinguished from the other important management indicators, cost and profitability, by the features of its far longer history and of common concern to both manufacturer and customer. We may say from this that quality has a far more human aspect than either cost or profitability. We stress the importance of establishing “quality culture.” But we do not commonly use the terms of “cost culture” or “productivity culture.”In addition, we know from our experiences that improving quality by creative methods can lead to lower cost and higher productivity, although the converse is not necessarily true. In the Maslow's hierarchy of human needs, it is known that the character of human needs changes from extrinsic and material ones at lower levels to intrinsic and mental or spiritual ones at higher levels. We know from our experience that employee satisfaction is closely linked with quality, which is of more human nature and can further be deployed into the detailed elements of quality. The leaders and managers should positively display leadership and respond to the efforts of the subordinates. Without these managerial leadership and efforts, it is almost impossible to provide essential and true customer satisfaction. They are the indispensable elements for business excellence.

A Study on Ethical Attitude to DNR and Terminal Care Performance of Hospital Nurse (종합병원간호사의 DNR(Do-not- resuscitate)에 대한 윤리적 태도와 임종간호수행에 관한 연구)

  • Son, Yu-Lim;Seo, Young-Sook
    • Journal of Korean Clinical Health Science
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.361-371
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    • 2015
  • Purpose. The purposed of this study was done to DNR attitude and terminal care performance among hospital nurses. Methods. The participants were 207 nurses working in hospital nurses in D and G cities. Data on DNR attitude and terminal care performance were collected via questionnaire between April 2015 and July 2015. Data analysis was done with SPSS 12.0 program and included one-way ANOVA, independent t-test, and Pearson correlation. Result. DNR attitude of participants in this study were shown to have high levels (DNR attitude: M=32.64/60, SD=6.14). Terminal care performance of participants in this study were shown to have poor levels (physical M=20.72/32, SD=3.77, psychological M=20.26/32, SD=3.85, spiritual M=9.62/24, SD=3.65). The attitude of the hospital nurse was significantly different according to the marital status. The terminal care performance was significantly different according to experience of terminal care. The DNR attitude by nurses was positively correlation to physioloical terminal care performance(r=.137, p<.049) but the relationship between the psychological terminal care performance( r=.016, p=.815) and spiritual terminal care performance showed no correlation(r=-.099, p=.157). Conclusion. The results of this study indicate that it is necessary to increase DNR attitude and to encourage terminal care performance among hospital nurses.

Palliative Care Education in Gynecologic Oncology: a Survey of Gynecologic Oncologists and Gynecologic Oncology Fellows in Thailand

  • Ratanakaaew, A;Khemapech, N;Laurujisawat, P
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.16 no.15
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    • pp.6331-6334
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    • 2015
  • Background: The main purpose of this study was to survey the education and training of certified gynecologic oncologists and fellows in Thailand. A secondary objective was to study the problems in fellowship training regarding palliative care for gynecologic cancer patients. Materials and Methods: A descriptive study was conducted by sending a questionnaire regarding palliative care education to all certified gynecologic oncologists and gynecologic oncology fellows in Thailand. The contents of the survey included fellowship training experience, caring for the dying, patient preparation, attitudes and respondent characteristics. Statistics were analyzed by percentage, mean and standard deviation and chi-square. Results: One hundred seventy completed questionnaires were returned; the response rate was 66%. Most certified gynecologic oncologists and fellows in gynecologic oncology have a positive attitude towards palliative care education, and agree that "psychological distress can result in severe physical suffering". It was found that the curriculum of gynecologic oncology fellowship training equally emphasizes three aspects, namely managing post-operative complications, managing a patient at the end of life and managing a patient with gynecologic oncology. As for experiential training during the fellowship of gynecologic oncology, education regarding breaking bad news, discussion about goals of care and procedures for symptoms control were mostly on-the-job training without explicit teaching. In addition, only 42.9 % of respondents were explicitly taught the coping skill for managing their own stress when caring for palliative patients during fellowship training. Most of respondents rated their clinical competency for palliative care in the "moderately well prepared" level, and the lowest score of the competency was the issue of spiritual care. Conclusions: Almost all certified gynecologic oncologists and fellows in gynecologic oncology have a positive attitude towards learning and teaching in palliative care. In this study, some issues were identified for improving palliative care education such as proper training under the supervision of a mentor, teaching how to deal with work stress, competency in spiritual care and attitudes on responsibility for bereavement care.