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Recognition system for emergency situation using Elderly Life Pattern Monitering (노인 생활패턴 관찰을 이용한 응급 상황 인식 시스템)

  • Ko, Jooyoung;Shim, Jaechang;Kim, Hyenki
    • Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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    • 2012.05a
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    • pp.289-290
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    • 2012
  • 본 연구는 다양한 무선센서를 이용하여 노인의 생활 패턴을 관찰하여 응급상황이 발생 했을 때 변화된 패턴을 인식하는 시스템에 대한 연구이다. 노인인구의 증가와 함께 독거노인의 인구도 증가하고 있다. 노인의 일상 상활을 센서를 이용하여 간접적으로 관찰하여 생활 패턴을 저장하였다가 일상과 다른 변화를 감지하여 응급상황을 판단하고 보호자나 응급센터에 신속히 연락을 할 수 있게 하고자 한다, 무선 센서를 사용함으로 설치가 간편하고 간접적인 관찰을 하므로 당사자가 불편하지 않도록 하였다.

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Study on Current Status and Cause Analysis of Digital Divide for Low-Income Class in Korea

  • Woochun Jun
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.304-310
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    • 2023
  • With the development of information and communication technology, modern people are receiving various benefits, and knowledge and use of information and communication technology are becoming essential qualities in modern people's lives. There are people who do not enjoy the rich benefits of this information and communication society, and the so-called 'digital divide' acts as an obstacle that prevents the information and communication from enjoying a rich life. Currently, there are four major information underprivileged classes in Korea, the disabled, the elderly, low-income class and farmers and fishermen, respectively. The purpose of this study is to identify the current status of the digital divide for the low-income class and to analyze the causes of the digital divide. To this end, in this study, we analyze statistics on digital divide at the national level and analyzed the digital divide of low-income class from three perspectives: information access, information capability, and information use. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the lack of information capability was the biggest cause of the digital divide, and in particular, information management ability was the most insufficient among information capabilities.

제 7차 교육과정 개정을 위한 가정계 고등학교 교육과정 체제 및 구조 개선 연구

  • 김경애;윤인경;장명희
    • Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.65-79
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    • 1996
  • This study proposes a model curriculum for Vocational Home Economics High School in the 7th Curriculum Revision. The model in the study is first drawn from the assumptions that reflect ever changing demands of industrial society for Home Economics education. Another perspective employed in the study is historical analysis that focuses on the evolution of the Vocational Home Economics Curricula from the 1st through the 6th revision. This study also employes comparative research tools for the national level comparison such as USA, Japan, Taiwan, and Korea. The proposed model curriculum in this study is concluded from those step-by-step studies as follows:1) Problem definition and design in current curriculum for Vocational Home Economics high school; 2) Needs and roles analysis of Vocational Home Economics high school for the future; and 3)Historical analysis of our curriculum revisions in the past and coparative analysis with other countries. Authors conducted this research project for 3 month period from June 15, 1996 to September 15, 1996. During this period, authors collected the data and information through those method as an extensive literature review, survey and interview, and curriculum specialist conference. The key and critical features of the proposed curriculum in the study are as follows:1) In the numbers of department, a proposed model curriculum offers 8 as opposed to 6 in the 6th revision, reflecting two additional departments of “Elderly Welfare”and “Cosmotology”. 2) In the statement of educational objectives, a model curriculum emphasizes a more concrete statement to each specific skills according to the changing societal needs. 3) In the numbers of total subject matters, there would be 40 in the new as opposed to 23 in the current curriculum. Among these changes, 17 would occurr in the newly introduced subject matters, while 11 would simply change the subject matter name. Among 40 subject matter, “Introduction to Computer” and “Home Economics in Vocational Education”would be required subject matter. 4) In the total numbers of required unit for graduation in three years, a model offers 86∼132 unit. A maximum unit for each subject matter would be 12.

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Analysis for the Correlations between health Problems and Computer Game Needs in the Elderly (노인들의 건강문제와 컴퓨터 게임 요구도의 상관성 분석)

  • Lim, Kyung-Choon;Lee, Yoon-Jung;Ahn, Joon-Hee
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.9 no.11
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    • pp.475-486
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    • 2009
  • Regular activity program is needed for managing chronic disease and obesity and preventing falls as a nursing intervention. It seems that serious game will be very important for older people to keep them active with fun to improve their health. This study was conducted to explore the correlations between health problems and computer game needs in the elderly. This was a cross-sectional study. A questionnaire was developed and administered to a convenience sample of adults who are older than 55 years, recruited from several places through trained research assistants and research center that has online pools in Korea. 778 subjects (mean age: $61.4\;{\pm}\;5.6$) were participated in this study. The majority of subjects was male (68.6%). We found that there was higher needs for exercise or serious game in the group of ma1e(55.4%), below undergraduate(66.2%), under two family members(32.5%), over 350,000 won of pocket money/month (40.1%), mild depressive symptom (51.7%), and online responser(68%). Especially, they wanted to overcome physical limitations through games. Higher education, more experiences and skills of using computer/internet was statistically and positively significant to the needs for exercise or serious game. In conclusion, there exists a potential market within this demographic group for the use of serious games. Thus, we need to develop senior games in Korean to improve quality of life and health promotion.

Design and Implementation of management system for elderly informatization education using personal identification management (본인인증코드관리를 통한 고령층 정보화교육 관리시스템 설계 및 구현)

  • Choi, Min-Jee
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2015.04a
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    • pp.591-594
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    • 2015
  • 정보화시대에 접어듦에 따라 많은 공공기관에서 고령층을 위한 정보화교육을 실시하고 있다. 대부분의 공공기관에서 정보화교육을 신청하기 위해 회원가입 또는 본인인증을 요구하고 있고 회원가입을 위해서는 본인인증이 본인인증을 위해서는 본인명의의 휴대폰 또는 아이핀이 필요하다. 하지만 휴대폰을 이용한 본인인증의 경우 본인명의의 휴대폰이 없을 경우 본인인증을 받을 수 없고 아이핀 발급의 경우 고령층 사용자가 발급하기에는 복잡한 것이 사실이다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 비회원 신청을 기반으로 신규 신청자와 재신청자를 구분하여 본인인증정보를 관리하는 시스템을 설계 및 구현하였다. 신규 신청자의 경우 휴대폰인증, 아이핀인증, 방문인증 중 인증방법을 선택할 수 있으며 추첨 시 선정자의 성명, 생년월일, 성별을 조합하여 인증코드를 생성하여 저장 후 재신청시 해당 인증코드를 확인하여 본인인증 없이 교육신청이 가능하도록 구현하였다.

Demographic Characteristics and Welfare Service Needs of Elders Utilizing a Welfare Center (일 복지관 이용 노인들의 인구학적 특성과 노인복지서비스 요구 조사)

  • Park, Hae-Ja
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Rural Health Nursing
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.24-32
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    • 2007
  • Purpose: This study was done to provide statistical data for developing client-needs based welfare services in community welfare facilities. Method: The participants were 270 senior citizens, who visited a community welfare center in Gyunggi province, during the month of October 2005. They were asked to answer a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, $X^2$ test and Fisher's exact test were used to analyze the data from 221 of the elders. Results: 1. More than 50% of the respondents were women aged between 60 and 75, who had education levels above high school and who lived in apartments. Among the respondents, 54.3% lived separately from their children. 2. 70.0% of the respondents considered their health status as "good", even though they had more than one disease. Also 41% of the respondents were supported by their children, and 76.8% wanted jobs. 3. The respondents pointed out several programs such as languages, computer, singing class, physical activities (dances, billiards, Tai-chi and table tennis), needed to be included in the welfare center programs. Conclusions: Elders aged 60-75, educated above high school, living in an apartments, live alone or with spouse, and having frequent contact with children, were the most frequent utilizers of the welfare center. They want the welfare center programs in variety, including languages, computer, singing class, and physical activities.

Tailored Dietary Counseling Using Self-Administered Diet History Questionnaire is Effective for Health Promotion : Japanese Experience

  • Satoshi Sasaki;Yoshiko Takahashi;Kim, Mi-Kyung
    • Journal of Community Nutrition
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.112-119
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    • 2003
  • Dietary counseling is undoubtedly important for prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. Several dietary counseling methods have been developed and used in Japan to promote healthier diets. However, in Japan, few studies have established effective counseling methods. We developed a computer-assisted tailored dietary counseling system with self-administered diet history questionnaire (DHQ) to assess nutrient intakes and the feedbacks for counseling. We examined the effectiveness of the system in three studies , two among mildly-hypercholesterolemic and one among healthy subjects. We observed significant changes in intakes of targeted nutrients in all three studies. We also observed favorable changes in the corresponding serum and urinary biomarkers in two studies, i.e., non-significant change in serum cholesterol, serum carotene and vitamin C, and a significant change in 24-hour urinary excretion of sodium. In addition, one of the studies observed a significant modified dietary habit for one-year after the intervention was completed. No unfavorable change was observed for non-targeted nutrients in all three studies. The dietary counseling system with DHQ was concluded to be effective among motivated high-risk and healthy subjects. The system's application to other diseases and populations such as children, adolescents, and elderly, should be examined further. (J Community Nutrition 5(2) : 112-119, 2003)

Implementation of a Respiration Measurement System Based on a Nonrestraint Approach (무구속 방식의 호흡 측정 시스템 구현)

  • Cho, Seok-Hyang;Cho, Seung-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.19 no.11
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    • pp.33-41
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, we implemented a system to measure respiration rate with nonrestraint sensors comfortable for people to do their everyday life. The proposed system consists of a pad covered with a Piezoelectric sensor, a respiration measuring device able to send the signal data after amplifying and filtering the source signals to the viewer, a viewer providing sensor data visualization and implementing the respiration measuring algorithm. The algorithm is based on a breathing cycle with the local peak points extracted from threshold on sensor data. Respiration measurements on 3 subjects were performed by changing moving averages and thresholds. The proposed system showed less than 5% error rate when proper moving averages are N=50~60 and a range of thresholds is 800~1300. The system will contribute to preventing suffocation during sleep for infants and the elderly living alone.

Mortality of Major Cancers in Guangxi, China: Sex, Age and Geographical Differences from 1971 and 2005

  • Deng, Wei;Long, Long;Li, Ji-Lin;Zheng, Dan;Yu, Jia-Hua;Zhang, Chun-Yan;Li, Ke-Zhi;Liu, Hai-Zhou;Huang, Tian-Ren
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.1567-1574
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    • 2014
  • The incidence and mortality rates of liver and nasopharyngeal cancer in Guangxi province of China have always been among the highest in the world, and cancer is one of the major diseases that pose a threat to the health of residents in Guangxi. However, no systematic study has been performed to evaluate the time trends in the structure of cancer-related deaths and cancer mortality. In this study, we reveal sex, age and geography differences of cancers mortality between three death surveys (1971 to 1973, 1990 to 1992, and 2004 to 2005). The results show that the standardized mortality rate of cancer in Guangxi residents has risen from 43.3/100,000 to 84.2/100,000, the share of cancer deaths in all-cause deaths has increased from 13.3% to 20.7%, and cancer has become the second most common cause of death. The five major cancers, liver cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer and colorectal cancer, account for 60% of all the cancer deaths. Cancers with growing mortality rates over the past 30 years include lung cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer and female breast cancer, of which lung cancer is associated with the sharpest rise in mortality, with a more than 600% rise in both men and women. Cancer death in Guangxi residents occurs mainly in the elderly population above 45 years of age, especially in people over the age of 65. The areas with the highest mortality rates for liver cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer, which feature regional high incidences, include Chongzuo and Wuzhou. Therefore, for major cancers such as liver cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer and female breast cancer in Guangxi, we can select high-risk age groups as the target population for cancer prevention and control efforts in high-prevalence areas in a bid to achieve the ultimate goal of lowering cancer mortality in Guangxi.

A Study on Necessity and Demands of Teachers and Students for Housing Contents in Technology.Home Economics Curriculum of the Middle School (중학교 기술.가정 교과의 주생활 영역 교과내용에 대한 교사와 학생의 필요성 및 요구도 -울산광역시를 중심으로-)

  • Choi, Hye-Mi;Kim, Sun-Joong
    • Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.75-89
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    • 2007
  • This study has its aim at suggesting new direction of our education to search different ways in housing contents by comparing the necessity perception and demands between teachers and students for housing contents in Technology Home Economics curriculum of middle school. To achieve this aim, I chose middle school teachers in charge of Technology Home Economics and male and female students who are in the first grade in high school in Ulsan. I sent e-mail, mail, and visited researcher to gather the data. I used SPSS +12 statistical package for frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test to analyze the data. Here is the result. First, In the part of application of living place, teachers had necessity perception in use and placement of furniture, and arrangement of objects. Students had necessity perception in the use and placement of furniture, the kind and choice of furniture. Also in the indoor environment and equipment part, both teachers and students had necessity perception in controlling of ventilation, temperature, and humidity. In the part of maintenance repair of housing, teachers had necessity perception in the need for maintenance management but students had necessity perception in house equipments and repair had high necessity perception Second, In housing-related general part, teachers demanded housing for elderly, disabled people, information about future housing and students demanded environmentally friendly living environment, housing for elderly, disabled people. In interior design part, teachers demanded in the expression of interior places through computer, the kind and characteristic of housing material and students demanded the way to reuse old furniture, kind and characteristic of housing material. In the part of housing preparation and occupation, teachers demanded the kind of housing-related occupation and students demanded the housing tax and the process of house purchase or concerned matter. Third, there were some difference of necessity perception and degree of demand between teachers and students. Teachers had higher necessity perception and demand in all part except in demand for housing equipment, maintenance, and environmentally friendly living environment.

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