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Social Capital and Stage of Change for Physical Activity in a Community Sample of Adults (사회자본과 신체활동 행위변화단계)

  • Kim, Gil-Yong;Kim, Eun-Mi;Bae, Sang-Soo
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.63-80
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    • 2009
  • Objectives: This study identified how personal characteristics, healthy behavior and social capital might influence on physical activity of adults. Methods: This study used data from the health survey of a city of Korea. We surveyed 1,000 adults sampled by stratified sampling methods from 67,889 households. Outcome variable was the stage of physical activity which was broken into 5 categories. Sociodemographic factors, healthy behavior, self-rated health status and social capital were used as control variables. Sociodemographic factors included age, sex, educational status, economic status measured by deprivation score, residential period within survey city. Social capital was measured by Integrated Questionnaire for the Measurement of Social Capital (SC-IQ). This study used chi-square test and ordered logistic regression models to examine the associations between independent variables and physical activity. Variables were added to the regression model in three groups using a hierarchical approach. Results: Physical activity was significantly more likely to become active if they have higher educational status, healthier behavior. Among the six dimensions of SC-IQ, only "groups and networks" that is structural dimensions of social capital and "trust and solidarity" that is cognitive dimensions of social capital were significantly related to physical activity of adults. We found that a person having higher density of membership and having larger size of networks showed the high possibility of active physical activity. A person having high solidarity was significantly associated with physical activity, but general trust was inversely related to physical activity. Output dimensions of social capital did not show significant relationship to physical activity. Conclusion: We found that social capital is useful concept to explain health behaviors like physical activity. However we must consider social, cultural and political context of the study to evaluate the effect of social capital to health status and health determinants and to capture the exact meaning of relationship between them. We suggest further researches to refine the concept of social capital and to explain the relationship of social capital to diverse health determinants.

Development of TDMA-Based Protocol for Safety Networks in Nuclear Power Plants (원전 안전통신망을 위한 TDMA 기반의 프로토콜 개발)

  • Kim, Dong-Hoon;Park, Sung-Woo;Kim, Jung-Hun
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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    • v.55 no.7
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    • pp.303-312
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    • 2006
  • This paper proposes the architecture and protocol of a data communication network for the safety system in nuclear power plants. First, we establish four design criteria with respect to determinability, reliability, separation and isolation, and verification/validation. Next we construct the architecture of the safety network for the following systems: PPS (Plant Protection System), ESF-CCS (Engineered Safety Features-Component Control System) and CPCS (Core Protection Calculator System). The safety network consists of 12 sub-networks and takes the form of a hierarchical star. Among 163 communication nodes are about 1600 origin-destination (OD) pairs created on their traffic demands. The OD pairs are allowed to exchange data only during the pre-assigned time slots. Finally, the communication protocol is designed in consideration of design factors for the safety network. The design factors include a network topology of star, fiber-optic transmission media, synchronous data transfer mode, point-to-point link configuration, and a periodic transmission schedule etc. The resulting protocol is the modification of IEEE 802.15.4 (LR-WPAN) MAC combined with IEEE 802.3 (Fast Ethernet) PHY. The MAC layer of IEEE 802.15.4 is simplified by eliminating some unnecessary (unctions. Most importantly, the optional TDMA-like scheme called the guaranteed time slot (GTS) is changed to be mandatory to guarantee the periodic data transfer. The proposed protocol is formally specified using the SDL. By performing simulations and validations using Telelogic Tau SDL Suite, we find that the proposed safety protocol fits well with the characteristics and the requirements of the safety system in nuclear power plants.

An Efficient Test Access Mechanism for System On a Chip Testing (시스템 온 칩 테스트를 위한 효과적인 테스트 접근 구조)

  • Song, Dong-Seop;Bae, Sang-Min;Gang, Seong-Ho
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.39 no.5
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    • pp.54-64
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    • 2002
  • Recently System On a Chip(SoC) design based on IP cores has become the trend of If design To prevent the testing problem from becoming the bottleneck of the core-based design, defining of an efficient test architecture and a successful test methodology are mandatory. This paper describes a test architecture and a test control access mechanism for SoC based on IEEE 1149.1 boundary,scan. The proposed SoC test architecture is fully compatible with IEEE P1500 Standard for Embedded Core Test(SECT), and applicable for both TAPed cores and Wrapped cores within a SOC with the same test access mechanism. Controlled by TCK, TMS, TDI, and TDO, the proposed test architecture provides a hierarchical test feature.

The holons settlement of the processing and assembly system for the human-oriented manufacturing system forming (인간중심의 제조시스템 구축을 위한 가공 및 조립시스템의 holon 설정)

  • Joung, Boum-Jin;Kim, Day-Sung;Kim, Man-Jin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 1996.04a
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    • pp.639-643
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    • 1996
  • The manufacturing system has been changed from labored manual process system, which is managed and operated by managers and operators, to CIMS(Computer Integrated Manufacturing System) for integration of manufacturing, research, development and consumption in the age of diverse customer's needs[6]. However, because it involves the hierarchical system composed of many sub-systems interface and its installation & setup cost is very expensive, CIMS has many difficulties in constructing the durable optimal system that is able to adapt to rapid in-outer circumstance change. So, HMS(Holonic Manufacturing System), the new conceptual manufacturing system having the self-problem-solving and self-organization[11], is instructed to solve these difficulties that it has in these days. The system flexibility in the HMS is able to be ensured, with the integration of human's strong points into mechatronics manufacturing system to reduce interference among sub-systems. In this paper, the manufacturing process rationalization and integration of the assembly line in an automobile industry, has lots of problems in efficiency and productivity, has been studied in an early stage of converting the present state of process system to HMS, which is human-oriented processing system, to improve the line efficiency, system productivity and reliability by using human capability effectively. This paper is derived into the human-oriented & object-oriented holons settlement of the shop floor system composed of processing, assembly and material handling system for the future holonic manufacturing system, which is going to be computer supported control system.

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The Relationship between Work-Family Conflict and Individual Engagement: Moderating Effect of Perceived Wellness Climate (일(가정)-가정(일)갈등과 개인몰입 간의 관계: 지각된 조직 건강지원 분위기의 조절효과)

  • Wang, Dong;Cha, Yunsuk;Nam, Yoonsung
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.568-577
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study is to verify the moderating effect of perceived wellness climate in the relationship where work-family conflict influences individual engagement. For this, survey was executed on employees of 11 companies including IT, service, manufacturing and etc. After the survey was executed, statistical analysis was executed. This study executed validity test, credibility test, and Hierarchical Linear Regression. The analysis result is as follows. First, work-family (family-work) conflict gives negative (-) influence on individual engagement. Second, perceived wellness climate was marginally significant in the relationship between work-family conflict and individual engagement. And the control effect of perceived wellness climate in the relationship between family-work conflict and individual engagement was significant according to statistics. The conclusion states the implications and limitations of this study, and suggests directions on future studies.

Implementation of Bi-directional Broadcasting System Using Interaction Channel (대화 채널을 이용한 양방향 방송 시스템의 구현)

  • Jeong Jong-Myeon;Choi Jin Soo
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.1002-1011
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    • 2005
  • In this paper. we design and implement a bi-directional broadcasting system, so called return channel server, to allow users to participate in a broadcasting program by using a hi-directional interaction channel. To provide user participation in a program and reflect the user's opinions or responses in real time, the return channel server can be viewed as consisting of four major functional modules: a control module, network interface module, DBMS module, and real-time content authoring module. To construct a return channel server that has a service independent architecture, we designed a return channel server to include the hierarchical structure. The presented return channel server consists of two parts: an RCSAE(return channel server application environment) and RCSA(return channel server application). An RCSA is composed of an execution code and a parameter for executing the execution code. RCSA defines the procedures for providing a specific broadcasting program using the return channel server. On the other hand, an RCSAE provides the environment for the execution of RCSAS. By adopting RCSAE and RCSA, we construct the return channel server that has a service-independent architecture which are shown by the test.

Configuration of clustering and routing algorithms for energy efficiency by wireless sensor network in ship (선박 내 무선 센서 네트워크에서 에너지 효율을 위한 클러스터링 및 라우팅 알고리즘의 구성)

  • Kim, Mi-jin;Yu, Yun-Sik;Jang, Jong-wook
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2012.10a
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    • pp.435-438
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    • 2012
  • Today, In all fields, As combination of ubiquitous computing-based technologies between electronic space and physical space, has been active trend research about wireless integration sensor network between sensors and wireless technology. Also, but in ship is underway research about Ship Area Network(SAN) of intelligent ship to integrate wireless technology, ship is required SAN-bridge technology of a variety of wired, wireless network integration and heterogeneous sensor and interoperability of the controller and SAN configuration management technology of remote control. Ship keep safe of all the surrounding environment including crew besides structural safety and freight management monitoring. In this paper, for monitoring design such as on climate change detection and temperature, pressure about various structures, there identify technology trends for routing and data aggregation to use energy efficiency in wireless sensor network. And to analyze self-organizing clustering method, study For wireless sensor network configuration in ship.

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Development of a Virtual Simulator for Agile Manufacturing System

  • C., Sangmin;C., Younghee;B., Jongil;L., Manhyung
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.103-103
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    • 2000
  • In this paper to cope with the reduction of products life-cycle as the variety of products along with the various demands of consumers, a virtual simulator is developed to make the changeover of manufacturing line efficient to embody a virtual simulation similar to a real manufacturing line. The developed virtual simulator can design a layout of a factory and make the time scheduling. Every factory has one simulator so that one product can be manufactured in the factories to use them as virtual factories. We suggest a scheme that heightens the agility to the diversity of manufacturing models by making the information of manufacturing lines and products models to be shared. The developed unit simulator can construct a proper virtual manufacturing line along with the required process of products using several kinds of operator and work cell. A user with the simulator can utilize an interface that makes one to manage the separate task process for each manu(acturing module, change operator components and work cells, and easily teach tasks of each task module. The developed simulator was made for users convenience by Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 that can develop a program supplying graphic user interface environment and by OpenGL of the Silicon Graphics as a graphic library to embody 3D graphic environment. Also, we show that the simulator can be used efficiently for the agile manufacturing by the communication among the factories being linked by TCP/IP and a hybrid database system made by a hierarchical model and a relational model being developed to standardize the data information.

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Prospect and Roles of Molecular Ecogenetic Techniques in the Ecophysiological Study of Cyanobacteria (남조류의 생리·생태 연구에서 분자생태유전학적 기법의 역할 및 전망)

  • Ahn, Chi-Yong
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.51 no.1
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    • pp.16-28
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    • 2018
  • Although physiological and ecological characteristics of cyanobacteria have been studied extensively for decades, unknown areas still remain greater than the already known. Recently, the development of omics techniques based on molecular biology has made it possible to view the ecosystem from a new and holistic perspective. The molecular mechanism of toxin production is being widely investigated, by comparative genomics and the transcriptomic studies. Biological interaction between bacteria and cyanobacteria is also explored: how their interactions and genetic biodiversity change depending on seasons and environmental factors, and how these interactions finally affect each component of ecosystem. Bioinformatics techniques have combined with ecoinformatics and omics data, enabling us to understand the underlying complex mechanisms of ecosystems. Particularly omics started to provide a whole picture of biological responses, occurring from all layers of hierarchical processes from DNA to metabolites. The expectation is growing further that algal blooms could be controlled more effectively in the near future. And an important insight for the successful bloom control would come from a novel blueprint drawn by omics studies.

Relationship between Job Stress Contents, Psychosocial Factors and Mental Health Status among University Hospital Nurses in Korea (대학병원 간호사의 직무 스트레스 및 사회심리적 요인과 정신건강과의 관련성)

  • Yoon, Hyun-Suk;Cho, Young-Chae
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.40 no.5
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    • pp.351-362
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    • 2007
  • Objectives: The present study was intended to assess the mental health of nurses working for university hospitals and to establish which factors determine their mental health. Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were given to 1,486 nurses employed in six participating hospitals located in Daejeon City and Chungnam Province between July 1 st and August 31st, 2006. The questionnaire items included sociodemographic, job-related, and psychosocial factors, with job stress factors (JCQ) as independent variables and indices of mental health status (PWI, SDS and MFS) as dependent variables. For statistical analysis, the Chi-square test was used for categorical variables, with hierarchical multiple regression used for determining the factors effecting mental health. The influence of psychosocial and job-related factors on mental health status was assessed by covariance structure analysis. The statistical significance was set at p<0.05. Results: The factors influencing mental health status among subject nurses included sociodemographic characteristics such as age, number of hours of sleep, number of hours of leisure, and subjective health status; job-related characteristics such as status, job satisfaction, job suitability, stresses such as demands of the job, autonomy, and coworker support; and psychosocial factors such as self-esteem, locus of control and type A behavior patterns. Psychosocial factors had the greatest impact on mental health. Covariance structure analysis determined that psychosocial factors affected job stress levels and mental health status, and that the lower job stress levels were associated with better mental health. Conclusions: Based on the study results, improvement of mental health status among nurses requires the development and application of programs to manage job stress factors and/or psychosocial factors as well as sociodemographic and job-related characteristics.