• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.345-356
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• 2022

Purpose: This study aimed to develop a Core Competency Scale for clinical nursing student educators. Methods: In this study, we constructed a conceptual framework, selected initial items, verified the content validity, conducted two rounds of Delphi expert consultation, selected secondary and tertiary items, and extracted the final items. The study included 242 clinical educators for nursing students. Item analysis, factor analysis, criterion validity, and internal consistency were used for the data analyses. Results: For the final scale, 35 items were selected and 5 factors were categorized, which together explain 61.7% of the total variance. The factors were education and evaluation, research and cooperation, ethical/legal principles, presenting leadership, and clinical practice. The scores for the scale significantly correlated with the teaching efficacy scale for clinical nursing instructors. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the 35 items was .96. Conclusion: The findings of this study demonstrated that the core competency scale has good validity and reliability. This scale can be used to assess the competency of clinical educators for nursing students; hence, it will help in evaluating the relationship between the skills of clinical educators for nursing students and the self-efficacy of those students.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제66권2호
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• pp.366-373
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• 2024

This study aims to estimate the connectedness rating (CR) of Korean swine breeding herds. Using 104,380 performance and 83,200 reproduction records from three swine breeds (Yorkshire, Landrace and Duroc), the CR was estimated for two traits: average daily gain (ADG) and number born alive (NBA) in eight breeding herds in the Republic of Korea (hereafter, Korea). The average CR for ADG in the Yorkshire breed ranges from 1.32% to 28.5% depending on the farm. The average CR for NBA in the Yorkshire herd ranges from 0% to 12.79%. A total of 60% of Yorkshire and Duroc herds satisfied the preconditions suggested for genetic evaluation among the herds. The precondition for the genetic evaluation of CR for ADG, as a productive trait, was higher than 3% and that of NBA, as a reproductive trait, was higher than 1.5%. The ADG in the Yorkshire herds showed the highest average CR. However, the average CR of ADG in the Landrace herds was lower than the criterion of the precondition. The prediction error variance of the difference (PEVD) was employed to assess the validation of the CR, as PEVDs exhibit fluctuations that are coupled with the CR across the herds. A certain degree of connectedness is essential to estimate breeding value comparisons between pig herds. This study suggests that it is possible to evaluate the genetic performance together for ADG and NBA in the Yorkshire herds since the preconditions were satisfied for these four herds. It is also possible to perform a joint genetic analysis of the ADG records of all Duroc herds since the preconditions were also satisfied. This study provides new insight into understanding the genetic connectedness of Korean pig breeding herds. CR could be utilized to accelerate the genetic progress of Korean pig breeding herds.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.419-427
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• 2024

Objective: The objective of this study was to obtain (co) variance components and genetic parameter estimates for post-weaning body measurements such as body length (BL), height at withers (HW), and chest girth (HG) recorded at six (SBL, SHW, and SHG), nine (NBL, NHW, and NHG) and twelve (YBL, YHW, and YHG) months of age along with yearling weight (YW) in Nellore sheep maintained at livestock research station, Palamaner, Andhra Pradesh, India and also the association among body measurements with YW was studied. Methods: Data on 2,076 Nellore sheep (descended from 75 sires and 522 dams) recorded between 2007 and 2016 (10 years) were utilized in the study. Lambing year, sex of lamb, season of lambing and parity of dam were included in the model as fixed effects and ewe weight was kept as a covariate. Analyses were conducted with six animal models with different combinations of direct and maternal genetic effects using restricted maximum likelihood procedure. Best model for each trait was determined based on Akaike's information criterion. Results: Moderate estimates of direct heritability were obtained for the studied traits viz., BL (0.02 to 0.24), HW (0.31 to 0.49), and CG (0.08 to 0.35) and their corresponding maternal heritability estimates were in the range of 0.00 to 0.07 (BL), 0.13 to 0.17 (HW), and 0.07 to 0.13 (CG), respectively. Positive direct genetic and phenotypic correlations among the traits and they ranged from 0.07 (YBL-YW) to 0.99 (SBL-SHG, SHG-YW, and NBL-YBL) and 0.01 (SBL-YBL) to 0.99 (NBL-NHG), respectively. Further, the genetic correlations among all the body measurements and YW were positive and ranged from 0.07 (YW and YBL) to 0.99 (YW and SHG). Conclusion: There was a strong association of chest girth at six months with YW. Further, it is indicated that moderate improvement of post-weaning body measurements in Nellore sheep would be possible through selection.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.65-76
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• 2024

Purpose : This study aimed to develop and validate a reliable tool, the Korean physical therapists' work environment scale (K-PTWES), for assessing the work environment of Korean physical therapists. The study also sought to examine the validity and reliability of the instrument. Methods : This methodological study involved the development and testing of the measurement tool. The conceptual framework was established through a literature review and in-depth interviews with clinical physical therapists. A total of 40 meaningful statements emerged from this process, leading to the generation of 29 primary items. Following a content validity test, 29 items were selected for the preliminary tool. Data were collected from 220 physical therapists across various job roles and unit types, such as outpatient and inpatient physical therapy rooms in domestic hospitals, with more than one year of experience. The final analysis included data from all 220 physical therapists. Results : Varimax rotated principal component analysis was employed for validities, revealing four factors: organizational support, working system, sustainable development, and relationship with coworkers, explaining a total variance of 54.97 %. The Cronbach's α coefficient for the final tool was .939, indicating high reliability. Conclusion : In this study, we developed a measurement tool reflecting the characteristics of the Korean physical therapists' work environment scale (K-PTWES). Our findings highlight the tool demonstrated both validity and reliability. Utilizing this tool is expected to contribute to understanding the work environment of Korean physical therapists and fostering a healthy work environment. Based on our findings, we recommend, firstly, conducting research on the work environment and related factors of physical therapists working in diverse settings using the K-PTWES. Secondly, future studies should focus on validating the tool's criterion-related validity, as it was not addressed in this research.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2024

Background: Different job strain formulations based on the Job Demand-Control model have been developed. This study evaluated longitudinal associations between job strain and psychological distress and whether associations were influenced by six formulations of job strain, including quadrant (original and simplified), subtraction, quotient, logarithm quotient, and quartile based on quotient, in randomly selected Japanese workers. Methods: Data were from waves I and II of the Survey of Midlife in Japan (MIDJA), with a 4-year followup period. The study sample consisted of 412 participants working at baseline and had complete data on variables of interest. Associations between job strain at baseline and psychological distress at follow-up were assessed via multivariable linear regression, and results were expressed as β coefficients and 95% confidence intervals including R² and Akaike information criterion (AIC) evaluation. Results: Crude models revealed that job strain formulations explained 6.93-10.30% of variance. The AIC ranged from 1475.87 to 1489.12. After accounting for sociodemographic and behavioral factors and psychological distress at baseline, fully-adjusted models indicated significant associations between all job strain formulations at baseline and psychological distress at follow-up: original quadrant (β: 1.16, 95% CI: 0.12, 2.21), simplified quadrant (β: 1.01, 95% CI: 0.18, 1.85), subtraction (β: 0.39, 95% CI: 0.09, 0.70), quotient (β: 0.37, 95% CI: 0.08, 0.67), logarithm quotient (β: 0.42, 95% CI: 0.12, 0.72), and quartile based on quotient (β: 1.22, 95% CI: 0.36, 2.08). Conclusion: Six job strain formulations showed robust predictive power regarding psychological distress over 4 years among Japanese workers.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.361-372
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• 2018

본 연구의 목적은 중년여성의 노화 도구를 개발하는 것으로 연구대상자는 대도시 중년여성 385명을 대상으로 수집하였고, 개발과정은 예비문항 개발, 내용 타당도와 신뢰성 검증, 최종 문항의 요인분석 및 신뢰도와 타탕도를 검증하였다. 요인분석 결과 본 도구는 9개의 요인으로 구성되었고, '자기성취감', '신체변화적응', '심리변화적응', '대인관계', '갱년기증상적응', '경제적 안정', '신체건강유지', '사회적 지지', '사회변화적응'으로 명명되었다. 본 연구에서 개발한 도구는 전체 설명변량이 64.03%로 충분하였으며, 전체 신뢰도도 Cronbach' ${\alpha}$값 .90으로 높았고, 우울과의 상관관계 분석에서는 부적 상관관계(r=-.69, p<.001)가 있는 것으로 나타나 동시타당도가 검증되었다. 본 도구는 높은 타당성과 신뢰도를 가지는 것으로 확인되어 중년여성의 성공적 노화를 측정하기 위한 도구로 유용할 것이다. 본 연구에서 개발한 도구는 반복 연구를 통해 추후 중년여성의 성공적 노화를 지지하기 위한 프로그램 개발의 기초자료를 마련하는데 기여할 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.831-842
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• 1997

The purpose of the study was to test the reliability and validity of the Korean version of Task Self-Efficacy Scale for activities of dally living (ADL). The Task Self-Efficacy Scale was developed by Roberts(1996) for low-intensity exercise study with older people to predict their performance of ADL. The scale was translated and back translated by bilingual persons, and then was modified to resolve variations in the translations. The Korean version of Self-Efficacy Scale for ADL was then administered to 193 elderly people including 95 hospitalized patients and 98 outpatients or healthy people. Face to face interview was used to fill out the structured questionnaire, and each interview took approximately 30 minutes. The subjects for the study were 80 women and 112 men with an age range of 65 to 95 years(M=71 years) of whom 82.6% classified themselves as moderate or quite active Most subjects(80.2%) had an education level of elementary school or less. The Self-Efficacy Scale for ADL is measured on a 0 to 10 VAS, assessing three areas of ADL : self care activities, household tasks, and motor tasks. The higher the score is, the higher person's confidence in performing ADL. Psychometric testing revealed that the scale was found to be internally consistent, showing a Cronbach's alpha of .97 The scale was significantly correlated with subjects' level of activity and subjective assessment of their health status. Moderate correlation with health-related hardiness scale also supported the validity. Factor analysis was performed to confirm whether the scale represents the three sub-areas as suggested in the literature. The results of the factor analysis led to a three factor solution according to Kaiser's criterion, but the items were not strongly and cleanly loaded for the third factor. This can be explained in that, among the three sub-ADL areas of the self-efficacy scale, the areas of self care activities and household tasks seem to have similar levels of difficulty in performance with not enough differences for the self-efficacy scale to distinguish between the two areas. Therefore, one factor solution was suggested since ADL can be seen as a unit of activities at similar level of difficulty in performance. One factor solution explained 68.1% of variance of the 19-item scale and all items were correlated over .6 with the factor, showing that the selected factor solution fits the model. The results indicated that the Korean version of Task Self-Efficacy Scale for ADL was reliable and valid in producing useful information to evaluate the effects of various interventions toward promoting health and quality of life for elderly people.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.267-280
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• 2007

혼합물 성분들의 비율의 상한과 하한에 대한제한조건이 부과된 제한된 혼합물 실험 공간 R에서의 혼합물 실험을 위한 최적 설계를 찾는 데에 D-, G-, V- 최적기준 등과 같은 다양한 최적 설계 기준이 사용된다. 각각의 실험 설계는 선택된 최적 기준에 대해서는 최적이지만, 제한된 혼합물 실험 공간에서의 예측력에 대해서는 만족스럽지 못하다는 것은 잘 알려진 사실이다. (Vining 등, 1993; Khuri 등, 1999). 우리의 관심사는 2차 혼합물 반응표면모형을 가정한 경우에 제한된 혼합물 공간에서의 효율적인 실험 설계를 찾는 것이다. 이 논문에서는 꼭지점, 선중심점, 면중심점, 중앙점과 내부점으로 구성된 확장된 후보 실험점 그룹을 구성한 다음에, D-최적기준, G-최적기준, V-최적기준과 실험점들 간의 거리에 근거한 U-최적기준에 강건한 실험 설계를 제안한다. Khuri 등(1999)에서 분석된 비료 혼합물 실험과Vining과 Cornell(1993)이 분석한 조명탄 혼합물 실험의 사례에서 강건한 실험설계들과 두 논문에서 추천된 실험 설계들에 대한 예측치의 표준화된 분산의 분위수의 그림(SVPQP)을 비교한 결과 강건한 설계가 상대적으로 우월함이 판명되었다.

• 지질공학
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.367-376
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• 2017

최근 전 세계적으로 해저터널 건설이 활발하게 진행되고 있으며, 국내에서도 본토와 제주도를 연결하기 위한 해저터널 건설에 관심이 집중되고 있다. 해저터널의 안전한 건설을 위해서는 설계 및 시공 단계에서 단층과 같은 지질구조의 파악이 매우 중요하다. 그러나 해저터널의 경우 육상터널과는 다르게 지반조사의 한계로 인하여 지질구조의 분포에 대한 정보를 취득하는데 어려움이 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 지구통계학적 방법을 이용하여 해저지반에 발달하는 대규모 지질구조를 자동으로 도출하는 알고리즘을 개발하는 것이다. 본 연구에서 가장 중요한 것은 최적 이동창의 크기, 최적 공간통계량 종류, 최적 백분위수 기준의 결정이다. 최종적으로 도출된 최적 분석 알고리즘으로 R을 이용하여 사용자 프로그램을 개발하였다. 개발한 프로그램은 다양한 공간통계량의 변화를 쉽게 파악할 수 있도록 하였다. 또한, 공간통계량의 종류와 백분위 기준을 손쉽게 지정할 수 있도록 하여 공간통계량의 변화에 따른 지질구조 분석을 용이하게 하였다. 따라서, 지질구조선 도출 알고리즘에서 공간통계량은 이동 분산값, 분위수 기준은 상위 10%, 이동창의 크기는 $3{\times}3$ 일 때 대규모 지질구조선의 선형적인 형태가 시각적으로 가장 잘 나타나는 것을 확인할 수 있다. 특히 분위수 기준을 상위 0.5%로 할 경우 등고선 그림에서 오류값들이 거의 제거가 되는 양상을 보여준다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.323-330
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• 2018

본 연구는 측정학적 특성을 바탕으로 교육과학기술부에서 표준안으로 보급한 교직 적성 인성 검사를 교육대학원의 예비공학교사에게 실시하는 것이 적절한지를 살펴보며, 교직 적성 인성 검사가 적정 수준의 신뢰도에 도달할 수 있는 효율적인 측정 조건을 제시하였다. 이를 위해 수도권에 소재한 한 교육대학원에서 2013년부터 2017년까지 공학교육전공의 예비공학교사 99명을 대상으로 실시한 교직 적성 인성 검사자료에 일반화가능도 분석을 수행하였다. 주요 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 교직 적성 인성 검사점수에 미치는 요인의 상대적인 영향력은 일반적으로 잔차, 영역 내 문항, 피험자, 피험자와 영역의 상호작용, 영역, 그리고 시행횟수 크기의 순으로 나타났다. 둘째, 고전검사이론을 바탕으로 한 Cronbach's ${\alpha}$는 측정 구조를 적합하게 반영하지 못함으로써 과대추정 될 수 있으므로 준거참조검사에서는 의존도계수와 같은 보다 정밀한 신뢰도를 추정할 필요가 있다. 셋째, 교직 적성 인성 검사 표준안은 의존도계수를 바탕으로 교육대학원의 예비공학교사에게 적용 가능하다는 경험적 근거를 제시하였다. 넷째, 교직 적성 인성 검사가 적정 수준의 신뢰도에 도달할 수 있는 효율적인 측정 조건은 총 문항 수를 기준으로 시행횟수는 2회, 영역은 12개, 그리고 영역 내 문항은 8개로 원자료인 총 210개 문항을 96개로 축소할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로 본 연구의 제한점과 후속 연구를 위한 방향을 제시하였다.