• Title/Summary/Keyword: Systems approach

Search Result 10,004, Processing Time 0.031 seconds

A Case Study on Applying Reflective Journal to The Engineering Classes in College (전문대학 공학계열 수업에서의 성찰저널 적용 사례연구)

  • Hong, Yu-Na;Maeng, Min-Jae;Chung, Ae-Kyung;Yi, Sang-Hoi;Kim, Neung-Yeun
    • 전자공학회논문지 IE
    • /
    • v.47 no.1
    • /
    • pp.22-33
    • /
    • 2010
  • The main purpose of this study was to develope a reflective journal and examine its effects on student's academic achievement and self-regulated learning strategies. For this study, 'a structured reflective journal' was designed through the steps of systems approach with the purpose of enhancing student's academic achievement and self-regulated learning strategies, especially meta-cognition and critical thinking. The reflective journal used in this study contained the constructive elements of (1) self-evaluation with 5 likert scale, (2) learning essay, (3) dialogue with peers, and (4) dialogue with professor. A total of 94 freshmen enrolled in one of two sections of the engineering courses(theory-based class and experiment and practice-based class) participated in the study for 8 weeks. A pre-test-post-test design was used to examine the effects of the application of reflective journal on student's achievement and self-regulated learning strategies. For the result, analysis of covariance was conducted to determine whether there were any academic achievement differences and self-regulated learning strategy differences. The results suggested that students were taking advantages of the reflective journal, and there were statistically significant differences in academic achievement in the experiment and practice-based class and self-regulated learning strategies in both classes.

Enactment of the Fundamental Act on Cooperatives and Its Implications for Rural Development Policy (협동조합기본법 제정 및 시행의 시사점과 농촌 정책의 과제)

  • Kim, Jeong Seop;Ma, Sang Jin;Kim, Mee Bok
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
    • /
    • v.20 no.1
    • /
    • pp.1-39
    • /
    • 2013
  • The Cooperatives Act was enacted. This enabled people to establish easily cooperatives at various fields. A cooperative is an important vehicle for rural community development. Therefore, the enactment of the Cooperatives Act can be a significant chance for rural policy. The Cooperatives Act have made three significant changes. First, cooperatives can start businesses at all the fields except for financial and insurance business. Second, requisites for people to establish cooperatives have been alleviated exceptionaly. Third, the Cooperatives Act introduced a new cooperative organization, social cooperative which aims to serve the socially excluded class. The self-help approach places rural community members at the core of a development process with two goals: to improve the quality of life within the community and to facilitate the community's capacity building. Community cooperatives contribute to accomplish those goals. One of the roles for cooperatives is to provide products and services at competitive prices. Providing a good or service at a competitive price bcomes increasingly important in some rural communities declines. Cooperative development processes have bic impacts on the ablility of community members to increase human asset and social capital. We conducted a survey targeting rural community businesses to grasp inclinations toward establishing cooperatives. The Cooperatives Act has gained low level of recognition. But so many community businesses wanted to establish cooperatives. This means there is a possibility for many community businesses to establish cooperatives without sufficient understanding. We suggested some policy issues for coping with this situation, as followings. First, the governments should provides rural community residents with opportunities to learn about cooperatives. Second, the current legal systems and regulations about business and social service should be reviewed to do away with the possible discrimination between the new cooperatives and the other forms of incoporation. Third, the cooperation of cooperatives should be encouraged and facilitated in rural communities.

Retrospective studies of dental implant placement at each intraoral site and situation (임플란트 식립 유형에 따른 후향적 연구)

  • Hong, Ji-Youn;Chae, Gyung-Joon;Jung, Ui-Won;Kim, Chang-Sung;Cho, Kyoo-Sung;Chae, Jung-Kiu;Kim, Chong-Kwan;Choi, Seong-Ho
    • Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
    • /
    • v.37 no.4
    • /
    • pp.805-824
    • /
    • 2007
  • Purpose: Developments in micro/macrostructures of implants and surgical techniques brought out stable outcomes of implant dentistry. The aim of this study was to evaluate the distributions of implant patients, the types of implanted sites, and the success or survival rates of various implant systems and to analyze the implant placement done at each specificintraoral site and situation. Materials and Methods: The data of dental implantations collected between 1992 and 2006 at the Department of Periodontology in 00000 University Hospital were analyzed. Results: 1. Largest part of the patients were at the age of 40s and 50s in bothgender who lost their teeth mostly by periodontaldiseases and caries at the posterior intraoral sites as major ones. Bone densities of type II(mandible) and III(maxilla) were likely to be seen with quantity of type B. Lengths of the implants between 10 and 15 mm and wide platform took the largest part. 2. Survival rates of $Implantium^{(R)}(98.8%)$, $Xive^{(R)}(100%)$ and ITI $TE^{(R)}(100%)$ were high when $Frialit-2^{(R)}$ showed 82%(poor bone density area) or 87.2%(combined with additional therapy). $IMZ^{(R)}$ had lowest cumulative survival(67.5%) and success rate(49.4%) amongst all. 3. Replacement with 2 wide or 3 regular platforms showed no significant differences in survival rate and marginal bone loss atmandibular posterior area. In single restoration of mandibular second molar, 5-year success rate of machined surface $Br{\aa}nemark^{(R)}(70.37%)$ was lower than that of rough surface $ITI^{(R)}$ SLA(100%). 4. Replacement of single tooth in anterior area showed high survival rate of 94.5%. 5. The success rates of $Br{\aa}nemark$ Ti-Unite and ITI SLA at posterior maxilla with poor bone density both showed stable outcomes. 6. 10-year cumulative survival rate of implants with maxillary sinus augmentation by lateral window approach appeared to be 96.60%. Low survival rate(75%) was shown when there were more than two complications combined. Height of grafted bone remained stable above the implant apex. Conclusions : Rough surfaced implants showed stable outcomes in most of the situation including poor bone density and additional therapy combined.

Professional Identity of Elementary School Health Teachers: A Grounded Theory Approach (초등학교 보건교사의 직업정체성: 근거이론적 접근)

  • Kwon, Jin Ok;Oh, Jina;Kim, Eun Ha;Hahn, Dae Dong
    • Child Health Nursing Research
    • /
    • v.21 no.1
    • /
    • pp.64-73
    • /
    • 2015
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to explore the professional identity of elementary school health teachers. Methods: In-depth interviews with fifteen elementary school health teachers were conducted from July 2010 to August 2012. Qualitative data collected by the researcher including transcription and field notes were analyzed through an adapted methodology based on the Grounded Theory of Strauss and Corbin. Results: Fifteen categories, 35 sub-categories and 120 concepts were obtained. The key category that was consistently maintained in identity formation was 'keeping themselves being a teacher providing nursing' which has three styles, 'focusing on health education', 'combining nursing and education' and 'focusing on providing nursing care'. Conclusion: Results of this study will provide basic information for preparing manuals regarding the range of activities in school health teachers' jobs, improving promotion and merit payment systems for school health teachers, creating support programs for them, and contributing to the formation and establishment of their professional identity.

A Review of Research on Social Network Services Using the New Media Evolutionary Model (뉴미디어 발전단계모델을 적용한 소셜네트워크 서비스 분야의 연구동향분석)

  • Kwak, Hyun;Lee, Ho Geun
    • Informatization Policy
    • /
    • v.18 no.3
    • /
    • pp.3-24
    • /
    • 2011
  • The purpose of this paper is to indicate possible future research directions for social network services(SNS) by reviewing past and recent trends in SNS studies. The framework used for the analysis is the New Media Evolutionary Model(NMEM) proposed by Wimmer and Dominick, a four-phase system for research on new media development. Although early forms of SNS emerged in the late 1990s, most research in this field has been published in the past five years. We searched for SNS-related articles published from 2006 to August 2011 from academic journal archives in information systems, communication, marketing, and other fields, and classified them according to the NMEM to analyze the current state of SNS research. Researchers in this field have so far focused on the first two phases of the model(the media itself and use of the media), but little research has been conducted on the third(effects of the media) and fourth phases(improvements in the media). Although SNS research is still in its early stages, we suggest the need for more studies on the effects of SNS and how it can be improved. Very few studies test existing theories or build new theories related to SNS. Thus, a more rigorous approach towards SNS research is warranted, and future research should focus on theory building and testing.

  • PDF

Inhibition of Intimal Hyperplasia by Perivascular Delivery of Paclitaxel Using Poly(n-butylmethacrylate) or Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) in Balloon-Injured Rat Carotid Arteries (쥐 경동맥 손상 모델에서 Poly(n-butylmethacrylate) 혹은 Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate)를 이용한 Paclitaxel 국소 전달 요법의 신생내막 형성 억제 효과)

  • Kwon, Jin-Sook;Lee, Ho-Yeon;Heo, Shin-Haeng;Park, Rho-Kwan;Shim, Tae-Jin;Kim, Yu-Kyug;Kim, Beom-Soo;Kim, Dong-Woon
    • Polymer(Korea)
    • /
    • v.32 no.3
    • /
    • pp.284-289
    • /
    • 2008
  • Polymer is a critical component of local drug delivery to prevent restenosis. This study tested whether poly(n-butylmethacrylate)(PBMA) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate)(PHA) was candidates for this purpose. In vitro release of paclitaxel from PBMA and PHA loaded with 10% paclitaxel exhibited a triphasic release profile, with a fast initial and intermediate second phase followed by a slow release phase. Perivascular delivery of paclitaxel using these films inhibited neointimal hyperplasia in balloon-injured rat carotid arteries. The paclitaxel-loaded PBMA or PHA groups showed significant neointimal formation reductions versus the control groups (PBMA vs control: $0.03{\pm}0.02$ vs $0.10{\pm}0.01\;mm^2$, p<0.05; PHA vs control: $0.04{\pm}0.03$ vs $0.09{\pm}0.01\;mm^2$, p<0.05). This study suggests that PBMA and PHA could be good candidate polymers of local drug delivery to prevent restenosis. Perivascular delivery using these films represents a possible approach for prevention of restenosis. These can be candidate polymers for drug eluting stents.

Fire Protection Regulations for Ensuring Fire Safety during Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants in Korea (해체원전 화재안전 확보를 위한 화재방호 규정 고찰)

  • Kim, Jung-Wun;Park, Chan-Geun
    • Fire Science and Engineering
    • /
    • v.34 no.3
    • /
    • pp.134-140
    • /
    • 2020
  • Nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Korea are required to be maintained using a defense in-depth approach to prevent leakage of radioactive substances outside the plant and allow safe shutdown in the event of a fire. Periodic testing must be conducted to ensure that the fire protection facilities perform as required by the laws for various nuclear reactor types. In June 2017, for the first time in Korea, a nuclear plant, Kori Unit 1, was permanently shut down. It was prepared for decommissioning in accordance with the fire protection regulations imposed by the regulatory body. However, a standard protocol is necessary for systematically establishing the fire protection program for decommissioning of NPPs in the future. Therefore, the nuclear legal systems of countries with many operating nuclear power plants, such as the United States, Japan, Canada, and various European countries, were reviewed and guidelines for establishing a fire protection program for decommissioning NPPs was suggested; the fire protection requirements stated by Reg Guide 1.191 (Decommissioning fire protection program for NPPs during decommissioning and permanent shutdown) were used as a model. Suggestions for establishing legal regulations to optimize fire protection programs and secure basic technology for decommissioning NPPs were also made.

Impact Assessment of Climate Change by Using Cloud Computing (클라우드 컴퓨팅을 이용한 기후변화 영향평가)

  • Kim, Kwang-S.
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
    • /
    • v.13 no.2
    • /
    • pp.101-108
    • /
    • 2011
  • Climate change could have a pronounced impact on natural and agricultural ecosystems. To assess the impact of climate change, projected climate data have been used as inputs to models. Because such studies are conducted occasionally, it would be useful to employ Cloud computing, which provides multiple instances of operating systems in a virtual environment to do processing on demand without building or maintaining physical computing resources. Furthermore, it would be advantageous to use open source geospatial applications in order to avoid the limitations of proprietary software when Cloud computing is used. As a pilot study, Amazon Web Service ? Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) was used to calculate the number of days with rain in a given month. Daily sets of climate projection data, which were about 70 gigabytes in total, were processed using virtual machines with a customized database transaction application. The application was linked against open source libraries for the climate data and database access. In this approach, it took about 32 hours to process 17 billion rows of record in order to calculate the rain day on a global scale over the next 100 years using ten clients and one server instances. Here I demonstrate that Cloud computing could provide the high level of performance for impact assessment studies of climate change that require considerable amount of data.

Establishing Effective Screening Methodology for Novel Herbicide Substances from Metagenome (신규 제초활성 물질 발굴을 위한 메타게놈 스크리닝 방법 연구)

  • Lee, Boyoung;Choi, Ji Eun;Kim, Young Sook;Song, Jae Kwang;Ko, Young Kwan;Choi, Jung Sup
    • Weed & Turfgrass Science
    • /
    • v.4 no.2
    • /
    • pp.118-123
    • /
    • 2015
  • Metagenomics is a powerful tool to isolate novel biocatalyst and biomolecules directly from the environmental DNA libraries. Since the metagenomics approach bypasses cultivation of microorganisms, un-cultured microorganisms that are majority of exists can be the richest reservoir for natural products discovery. To discover novel herbicidal substances from soil metagenome, we established three easy, simple and effective high throughput screening methods such as cucumber cotyledon leaf disc assay, microalgae assay and seed germination assay. Employing the methods, we isolated two active single clones (9-G1 and 9-G12) expressing herbicidal activity which whitened leaf discs, inhibited growth of microalgae and inhibited root growth of germinated Arabidopsis seeds. Spraying butanol fraction of the isolated active clones' culture broth led to growth retardation or desiccation of Digitalia sanguinalis (L) Scop. in vivo. These results represent that the screening methods established in this study are useful to screen herbicidal substances from metagenome libraries. Further identifying molecular structure of the herbicidal active substances and analyzing gene clusters encoding synthesis systems for the active substances are in progress.

A Proposal for amendment of the Financial Intelligence Unit Law (『특정금융정보(FIU)법』의 개정을 위한 제언)

  • Lee, Dae Sung;Ahn, Young Kyu
    • Convergence Security Journal
    • /
    • v.15 no.5
    • /
    • pp.71-76
    • /
    • 2015
  • Financial Intelligence Unit Law doesn't include investigation on important cases that could influence the security and existence of the nation that are the core jobs of national intelligence agency. So the agency has a difficulty to investigate the international crime of North Korea and other security incidents. It is also difficult to catch an international crime organization working in Korea. It also produces problems such as difficulty in investigating the illegal leak of strategic materials and investigating people related to illegal funding to international terrorism. So it is urgently needed to revise Financial Intelligence Law as soon as possible. Foreign intelligence agencies use the information of financial intelligence unit in many different ways. National Security Agency of China and Australian Security Intelligence Organization freely use the information of financial intelligence unit based on their own laws and systems. Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation of USA and Secret Intelligence Service and Security Service of Britain request financial intelligence units to supply them with the information of financial intelligence unit. But the national intelligence agency of Korea isn't able to approach to FIU and can't share the FIU information with foreign intelligence agencies. To solve the problem, they should revise Financial Intelligence Unit Law so that national intelligence agency can receive or request information from Korean Financial Intelligence Unit.