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Economical and Environmental Feasibility of Cultivation under Structure Due to the Introduction of Bio-energy -Comparative Analysis of Wood Pellets and Diesel- (목재펠릿 도입에 따른 시설재배의 경제적.환경적 타당성 분석 -목재펠릿과 경유의 비교분석을 중심으로-)

  • Yang, Jeong-Soo;Yoon, Sung-Yee
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.335-350
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    • 2013
  • With the efforts to development of renewable energy technologies, and increasing awareness to environmental issues, the usage of wood pallets has been increasing every year since the introduction of wood pallet technology to the domestic market. until 2009, majority usage of pellet boiler was in the residential houses. In an effort to increase the distribution of wood pellet boiler to cultivation facilities with high usage of fuels, The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has launched a distribution project of wood pellet boiler for fuel usage as a part of the agricultural and fishery energy efficiency projects. Although only small number of farms with a heat-culturing facility have replaced from conventional boiler to pellet boiler. Although part of reason for low usage of pallet boiler is lack of understanding and information of it, the main reasons are high initial cost and uncertainty of its cost efficiency. Also, most people from agricultural industry don't realize it's significance in terms of environmental benefit due to lack of understanding in 'resource circulation' and 'adopting to climate change'. In this study, first, we did a cost-efficiency analysis of the farm which uses a diesel boiler to grow cucumber, tomato, paprika. Then we replaced the diesel boiler to a pallet boiler and measured its cost-efficiency again. By comparing the cost-efficiency of the diesel boiler with the pellet boiler, we analyzed the economic viability of pellet boiler. Then we analyzed viability of pallet boiler usage in terms of 'resource circulation' and 'adopting to climate change'. As a result of our analysis, we have found out that under the current system of government support, the energy usage varies depends of the types crops grown and the higher the energy use, the more cost efficient it is to use the pallet boiler. Also, it is economically viable to use the pallet boiler in terms of 'resource circulation' and 'adopting to climate change'.

The study of anterior cruciate ligament injury after a ski accident (스키에 의한 전방십자인대 손상에 대한 고찰)

  • Park, Ju-Hwan;Jun, Sung-Hwa;Yang, Nan-Hea;Kim, Yong-Kwon;Kim, Chi-Hyuk
    • Journal of Korean Physical Therapy Science
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.222-231
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    • 2003
  • The ACL(Anterior cruciate ligament) is the smallest of the four main ligaments of the knee, but it is the primary stabilizer. Injuries have a tendency to occur when the foot is firmly planted and the knee is twisted. Any sports that requires acceleration, change of direction and deceleration can increase the chances of suffering an ACL tear. The incidence of severe knee sprains that involve the ACL are at an all-time high. Since 1980, the number of these injuries have increased at least three-fold. Although the rate of increase has been much less dramatic since the middle 1980s, even the ultra-modem releasable ski binding has not been able to start reducing the incidence of ACL injuries. An ACL injury prevention program developed for downhill skiers by the Vermont Safety Research group emphasized increasing awareness of situations that can potentially result in an ACL injury and pre-planning strategies if events, leading to these situations, begin to fall in place. As part of the above study by Ettlinger et al., an educational prevent program was developed to teach these principles and thus reduce the rate of serious knee injuries. Four thousand instructors and patrol at 20 ski resorts who received the training had a 62% decline in serious knee injuries compared to a similar group that did not receive this training. Whenever you fall, try not to fully straighten your legs. Don't try to get up until you've stopped sliding(unless you are try to avoid an obstacle or other skier). When you're down, stay down. And don't land on your hand. So, if you feel yourself falling: arms forward, ski plates together, hands over knee. Then you will be able to save your ACL.

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Effect analysis of short-term oral health care on children at community care centers (생활터 중심 아동의 단기계속구강관리 효과분석)

  • Kim, Young-Jin;Kim, Seol-Ak;Choi, Eun-Young
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.146-157
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    • 2013
  • Objectives : The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of short-term oral health care on children at community care centers, in order to allow them to maintain good oral health. Methods : The SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science), Window Version 18.0 was used to analyze the data for the children's present conditions of oral health; their ability to maintain good oral health; their general knowledge about oral health; changes in their oral health awareness; habit formations concerning oral health; and the satisfaction level of oral health education. Results : 1. While the average number of teeth before the program is 19.84(6.19), that of teeth after the program is 21.33(6.10). 2. Average test scores on oral health information of post-program are improved more than those of pre-program. 3. The 8th measurement of O'Leary plaque index is 3.27, which shows significant changes. 4. Satisfaction level with the program is 4.75(0.45), which shows that children are satisfied with the program. Conclusions : The paper shows that in order to maintain the oral health of children at community care centers, their habit formation and practice for the oral health is important. It also shows that cooperation among communities and public health centers is important to develop various oral health education programs like the program.

A Study of Social Workers' Image as Perceived by University Students from Social Welfare Departments (사회복지과 학생들이 지각하는 사회복지사의 이미지에 대한 연구)

  • Shin, Hyunsuk
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.103-112
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    • 2020
  • Purpose : This study aims to investigate social welfare and students' image of social workers and determine the relevance of these factors to the academic system, gender, and their motivations when selecting a major. Methods : For this study, social welfare students from two two-year colleges and two four-year universities were randomly selected, and 320 students from social welfare departments who understood and agreed to participate in the research took the survey. The data analysis of this study was conducted using SPSS 23.0. Results : The Social Welfare Department students' perception of a social worker's image was shown to be positive. In the social worker image based on academic background, the first grade was found to be more positive than the second, third, and fourth grades. The professional image was more positive than the traditional, social, and vocational images. The gender-based social worker image showed that females were more positive than males. Females were more positive for the professional image, and males were more positive for the traditional image. Regarding the image of social workers based on students' motivation when choosing their major, it was found that volunteer jobs were more positive in terms of traditional images, social images through recommendations, and professional images with aptitude and interest. Conclusion : In sum, most of the students in the social welfare departments had a positive perception of the social worker position. They had a more positive image at the time of admission. Finally, students who entered the school with an expert awareness of social welfare were more positive.

Perceptions of Researchers on Cooperative Utilization of Research Outcomes (R&D 성과물 공동활용에 대한 연구자들의 인식에 관한 연구)

  • Chang, Durk-Hyun;Roh, Ryu-Ha;Lee, Soo-Sang
    • Journal of Information Management
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.1-20
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study is to scrutinize the copyright issue under Open Access environment. A survey has been carried out to investigate researchers' awareness and recognitions about such issues. For this, bioinformatics researchers were selected and surveyed. Descriptive statistics method is employed for analysis of collected data. The findings of this study summarized as follow. (1) Although the researchers regarded the Open Access a positive initiative, the perceptions about open access were very low. (2) The researchers demanded possession of copyright depending on type of research information. (3) Many agencies did not required the transfer of copyright to the researcher. Thus, there is a possibility of dispute regarding copyright issues between researchers and agencies. (4) The researchers are willing to participate in open access activity on the assumption that their study is used in legitimate objective. On the basis of these findings, suggestions are added in as an impetus to lower the barrier against a copyright and higher the approach to information seekers and information providers.

Analysis of Security Threats from Increased Usage of Mobile App Services (모바일 앱 서비스 이용 증가로 인한 보안 위협 분석)

  • Choi, Heesik;Cho, Yanghyun
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.45-55
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    • 2018
  • Recently, because the arrival of the fourth industrial revolution era, many information and telecommunication services have grown rapidly in the mobile business market. So, companies are based Mobile Apps on user customized services and expanding their services. From the standpoint of the business, to generate revenue, the company needs to maintain the existing current computer environment and develop Mobile Apps to offer convenience in various areas such as finance, admiration, e-commerce and sales support. However, as the number of users increase due to expansion of various Mobile services, security threats that are related to Mobile Apps are increasing and its damage is also increasing. Due to the rapid technological transformation of Mobile devices using the Internet, the level of security threats to Smartphones are rising and getting more advance, so this thesis is structured as follows. In Chapter 2, it will look at the overall trends of Mobile Apps as related research. In Chapter 3, it will discuss various security concerns that related to the latest Mobile Apps and learn about the threatening factors. In Chapter 4, it will compare and analyze the threatening factors. Then it will find and suggest the possible plan. In Chapter 5, it will end with conclusion. Finally, to protect mobile devices from security threats, the environment of operating system which manages the resources and data of Apps needs to be protected. Also, it is important that users to have awareness and check activation FinTech technology security in the process of simple payment with fingerprint or IC card.

Design of Smart Digital Door Lock System Using Heterogeneous Communication (이종 통신을 이용한 스마트 디지털 도어락 시스템 설계)

  • Han, Yong-Sik;Cho, Hyun-Chul;Park, Jin-Tae
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.45-52
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    • 2018
  • In this paper, we propose smart digital door lock system using heterogeneous communication. This system has efficient function using RF communication and Internet communication, and realizes access and real image of the passengers by combining camera control technology to secure original competitiveness with existing products. It uses the Internet of things and receive images to and from your smart-phone. And senses human behavior. In the simulated results, the image transmission rate of 90 % or more and the time required to transmit 10,000 images have an average transmission speed of 3 seconds. It is expected to secure competitiveness to increase the security of door lock in the future by enabling minimum security and fire monitoring service in real time.

Cancer News Coverage in Korean Newspapers: An Analytic Study in Terms of Cancer Awareness

  • Min, Hye Sook;Yun, E Hwa;Park, Jinsil;Kim, Young Ae
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.53 no.2
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    • pp.126-134
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    • 2020
  • Objectives: Cancer diagnoses have a tremendous impact on individuals and communities, drawing intense public concern. The objective of the current research was to examine news coverage and content related to cancer-related issues in Korean newspapers. Methods: Primarily using the database system of the Korea Press Foundation, we conducted a content analysis of 2806 articles from 9 Korean daily newspapers during a recent 3-year period from 2015 to 2017. Thematic categories, the types of articles, attitudes and tone, and the number of sources in each article were coded and classified. Results: Many news articles dealt with a diverse range of themes related to cancer, including general healthcare information, the latest research and development, specific medical institutions and personnel, and technology and products, which jointly accounted for 74.8% of all articles. Those thematic categories differed markedly in terms of article type, tone, and the number of cited sources. News articles provided extensive information about healthcare resources, and many articles seemed to contain advertising content. However, the content related to complex social issues such as National Health Insurance did not include enough information for the reader to contextualize the issues properly or present the issues systematically. Conclusions: It can be assumed that the media exert differential influence on individuals through news coverage. Within the present reporting framework, the availability and usefulness of information are likely to depend solely on individuals' capabilities, such as financial and health literacy; this dependency has a negative impact on knowledge gaps and health inequities.

Monitoring and Prediction of Appliances Electricity Usage Using Neural Network (신경회로망을 이용한 가전기기 전기 사용량 모니터링 및 예측)

  • Jung, Kyung-Kwon;Choi, Woo-Seung
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.16 no.8
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    • pp.137-146
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    • 2011
  • In order to support increased consumer awareness regarding energy consumption, we present new ways of monitoring and predicting with energy in electric appliances. The proposed system is a design of a common electrical power outlet called smart plug that measures the amount of current passing through current sensor at 0.5 second. To acquire data for training and testing the proposed neural network, weather parameters used include average temperature of day, min and max temperature, humidity, and sunshine hour as input data, and power consumption as target data from smart plug. Using the experimental data for training, the neural network model based on Back-Propagation algorithm was developed. Multi layer perception network was used for nonlinear mapping between the input and the output data. It was observed that the proposed neural network model can predict the power consumption quite well with correlation coefficient was 0.9965, and prediction mean square error was 0.02033.

Analysis of Convergent Factors on Subjective Health Status of Patients with Depression (우울증 환자의 주관적 건강상태에 대한 융복합적 요인 분석)

  • Kwon, Myoung-Jin;Kim, Young-Ju
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.309-316
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study was to identify converged factors influencing subjective health status of patients with depression. The subjects of this study are 117 people answered that depression years of the 2013 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey subjects. The results of this study were that the factors influencing subjective health status were education level, number of family member, quality of life, subjective body awareness, stress and they explained 55.9% of the variance. Therefore the intervention is considering various converged influencing factors should be done when the primary care for the promotion of subjective health status of patients with depression. This study identified a complex convergence of factors influence the subjective health status of patients with depression could be helpful on developing nursing intervention programs. It is necessary to identify forward more various social religious factors and disease influence the subjective health status of patients with depression.