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Present Condition and Preferences on Well-being Elements in Apartments (아파트의 웰빙요소 도입현황과 선호도)

  • Choi, Yoon-Jung
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.61-72
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    • 2007
  • The purposes of this study were to summarize the concept of well-being and well-being apartment, to grasp the present condition of apartments which were introduced with well-being elements, and to find out the consumer preferences on well-being elements for apartment planning. Library and internet surveys were performed to summarize the concept of well-being and well-being apartment and to grasp the present condition of apartments which were introduced with well-being elements. Questionnaire survey was carried out from 2nd to 22nd of June 2005, to investigate the preferences on well-being elements for apartment planning. The respondents were 250 residents who are from thirties to fifties and living in urban area. As results, respondents think that 'living for health of body and mind' about concept of well-being and 'certificated apartments by green building rating system' or 'apartments introduced ecological factor' about concept of well-being apartment. They answered that 'yes' about 'Do you have intention to buy well-being apartment?'. The elements in aspect of complex planning having the preference were revealed that promenade for complex design, ecological garden or walking space for landscape design, outdoor exercise space for outdoor design, and security system for foundation equipment. The elements having the preference in aspect of public facilities were fitness room for sports & health facility and study room for cultural facility. The preferred elements in aspect of building and unit design were roof garden for building design, multi-functional room for unit floor plan, natural surface material for interior surface, ventilation system for indoor environment, control system for home automation, and food waste machine for home electronics.

A Study on The Health Status of Working Girl Students by Todai Health Index(THI) (THI에 의한 도시 근로여학생의 건강상태에 관한 조사연구)

  • Choi, Mi-Yeon;Kim, Myung
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.41-51
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    • 1992
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychosomatic health status of working girl students. The instrument of the study was the Todai Health Index(THI), modified from CMI(Cornell Medical Index) and developed by Tokyo University Research Team in Japan. The results obtained were summarized as follows : 1. Compared with the scores of complaints subjective symptoms of mind and body according to working years, the group under 1 year had the highest scores of complaints in almost all items. 2. According to their departments, the group in office job had the higer scores of complaints than the group in production job in all items with the exception of items of RESP(A), EYSK(B), MENT(J) and AGGR(F). 3. For daily working hours, the group working for more than 9 hours had the higher scores of complaints than the group working for less than 8 hours in the remaining items with the exception of items of IMPU(H), LISC(L), MENT(J), and NERV(E). 4. According to working environmental, it appeared to had high scores with worse environmental in the items of SUSY(I), RESP(A), EYSK(B), MOUT(D), MENT(J), DEPR(K), AGGR(F), and LIFE(G). 5. As for the scores of the comlaints according to the degree of satisfaction, the group complaining about the work was incliend to had the highest scores of the complaints in all items indicating the mental subjective symphtoms.

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An Exploratory Research on Categorizing e-Sports as One of the Sports (e스포츠의 스포츠 범주화에 대한 탐색적 연구)

  • Chae, Hee-Sang;Kang, Shin-Kyu
    • Journal of Korea Game Society
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.85-95
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    • 2011
  • This paper focuses on the analysis of sports characteristics of e-Sports. For this purpose, it is important to set up a brand new concept of existing modern sports which is mainly concerned on physical activity. Therefore, In this paper, the researcher newly conceptualized e-Sports by following rapid change of the scene including media-technology, a change of an enjoyment method, the importance increase of sports environment and sports innovation. Also, the researcher tried to analyse how specific categorization of new sports concepts such as post-modern society, consumption & pleasure, homo-ludens, sporting experience, body and mind can be connected to e-Sports. As a result, e-Sports can be found in highly developed global society and consuming society. Furthermore, it can be defined as a 'brand new' concept of sports which features high level of psychological components in participation of activity.

Study on Alternative Medicine in Cancer Therapy (서구(西區) 대체의학(代替醫學)의 암(癌) 치료(治療)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究))

  • Yoo, Hwa-Seung;Lee, Yong-Yeon;Seo, Sang-Hoon;Choi, Woo-Jin;Cho, Jung-Hyo;Lee, Yeon-Weol;Son, Chang-Kyu;Cho, Chong-Kwan
    • THE JOURNAL OF KOREAN ORIENTAL ONCOLOGY
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.125-148
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    • 2000
  • At here, we investigated the historical background, current stage, and concrete therapies of alternatives in cancer therapy. We obtained the conclusion below. 1. Alternative medicine(AM) is a unothodoxial medical physiology, medical practice or intervension that overcome the side effects, faults, limits of coventional medicine. 2. Recentely, as emerging New-age movement, collapse of Decarte's mecanical cosmology, and emphasis on patient rights, the interest of AM is increased, and foreign & domestic use rates of AM are risen. 3. After coventional medicine in cancer therapies that depends on operations, radiations, and chemotherapy is bounded, Alternatives in cancer therapy are rapidly developed, and the majority of users are often considered satisfactory. 4. Alternatives in cancer therapy are classified six boundaries; Diet and Nutrition, Mind-body Technique, Integrated System, Pharmacologic and Biologic treatments, Immuno Enhanced Therapy, Natural and herbal medicine. 5. Looking at contents of Alternatives in cancer therapy, we get to know most of them are similar to the treatment of oriental medicine in holistic method, therapy, philosophy. If we synthesize the alternative medicine's treatment mentioned above and investigate it with oriental medical viewpoint, that may help us approach the conquest of cancer and improve the rate of cure. 6. It is certain that foreign AM will be imported reversely, and we must prepare for rebuilding of Korean traditional AM systemically, investing for activity positively, making national policy for medical system.

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Experience of Conflict in Three Shift Nurses Rearing more than Two Kids: Phenomenological Study (어린 두 자녀를 둔 3교대 간호사의 양육 갈등 경험: 현상학적 연구)

  • Kim, Jeung-Im;Yeom, Jeong Won;Park, Sun-Kyung;Jeong, Hyun-Hee;Min, Uhm-Joo;Park, Sun Hwa;Lee, Jung-Mi;Yeom, Young-Sun
    • Women's Health Nursing
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.252-264
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: To understand the essentials of rearing conflict experience by three shift nurses in advanced general hospitals. Methods: The design was a qualitative research of phenomenology. Participants were 7 shift nurses working in advanced general hospitals who were rearing young children. Data were collected individually through in-depth interview on their life experiences. Data were analyzed by Colaizzi's phenomenological methodology. Results: Eighteen themes were drawn from 256 meaningful experiences and these themes were integrated to six theme clusters. The most influencing themes were 'Regret that I cannot satisfy even the slightest wish', 'Fail to care for kids', and 'Mutual feeling to care giver between appreciation and inconvenience'. Other themes were as follows: 'Body and mind are broken', 'The need for a three-shift system to support nurses who are rearing children', 'Doing my best for work and child rearing'. Conclusion: The nature of three-shift nurses working in advanced hospital and caring kids is explained as 'lives with conflict' between work and home. This study suggests it is necessary to establish a 24-hour care center for 3-shift nurses to keep working while rearing their children.

Research in Physiology Signal Change of Thermal-Comfort Evaluation by Air Conditioner Temperature Change (에어컨 온도변동에 따른 온열쾌적감 평가 및 생리신호 변화에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hyung-Chul;Kum, Jong-Su;Shin, Byeong-Hwan;Chung, Yong-Hyun
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 2006
  • Man has always striven to create a thermally comfortable environment. This is reflected in building traditions around the world - from ancient history to present day. Today, creating a thermally comfortable environment is still one of the most important parameters to be considered when designing buildings. It is defined in the ISO 7730 standard as being "That condition of mind which expresses satisfaction with the thermal environment". A definition most people can agree on, but also a definition is not easily converted into physical parameters. Thermal comfort is a matter of many physical parameters, and not just one, as for example the air temperature that is set by air-conditioner. The most important matter Today's common offices and homes are only depending on air-conditioning as a cooling system during the summer. This kind of system tends to be focused on the person who controls it and those who are around the air-conditioner while thermal-comfort is neglected. Futhermore, the people's body conditions are not considered during each time that beginning, middle, last of the air-conditioning which causing displeasure of the residents more and more. This kind of operating system is set for a long time may causes unbalanced air condition and man's psychologic displeasure goes to increase.

How Does Yoga Breathing Affect Prefrontal QEEG Quotients?

  • Kim, Eunmi
    • Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.75-84
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    • 2013
  • The underlying changes in biological processes that are associated with reported changes in mental and physical health in response to yoga breathing ($pr{\bar{a}}n{\bar{a}}y{\bar{a}}ma$) have not been systematically explored yet. In this study, the effects of a yoga breathing program on prefrontal EEG were tested with middle-aged women. Participants were collected as volunteers and controlled into two groups. Two channel EEG was recorded in the prefrontal region (Fp1, Fp2) from the yoga breathing group (n=17) and control group (n=17). QEEG quotients were transformed from the EEGs and analyzed by the ANOVAs on gain scores. As a result, ${\alpha}/{\delta}$ (left, right) and CQ (correlation quotient) for yoga breathing participants were significantly decreased compared to control group (p<.05). ${\alpha}/{\beta}_H+{\alpha}/{\delta}$ (left, right) were increased significantly (p<.05). For those significantly changed QEEG quotients, the interaction effects of Group x prefrontal alpha (${\alpha}$) and beta (${\beta}$) asymmetry were tested. Only the ${\alpha}$ asymmetry showed main effect on the gain score of ${\alpha}/{\beta}_H+{\alpha}/{\delta}$ (right) with F (1, 34)=5.694 (p<.05). Pearson's correlation coefficient between ${\alpha}$ asymmetry and gain score of ${\alpha}/{\beta}_H+{\alpha}/{\delta}$ (right) was .374 (p<.05). The gain score of ${\alpha}/{\beta}_H+{\alpha}/{\delta}$ (right) was increased for the right ${\alpha}$ dominance of yoga breathing group. On the contrary it was decreased for the left ${\alpha}$ dominance of yoga breathing group as well as the control regardless of the dominance. The result of this study implies that yoga breathing increases stress resistance and is effective in the management of physical stress. Emotionally relaxed people may have greater instantaneous stress reduction after yoga breathing. Moreover, yoga breathing could be also beneficial for depressed who may be more vulnerable to stress.

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A Study on the Brain Waves, Personality and Dietary Behaviors of Taekukkwon Practicianers (태극권 수련자의 뇌파와 성격 및 식습관에 관한 연구)

  • 박현옥;권종숙;송경희
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.602-610
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    • 2000
  • Taekukkwon was practiced far health previously. The experimental group consisted of undergraduate and graduate students practising in the above disciplines at Myong Ji University. The group consisted of three female and three male students and the aim of this research was to measure the brain wave change for opened and closed eyes. The result of this research are as follows. Firstly, when students were subjected to basic open eye brain wave tests, beta-waves displayed for all regions of the brain. In the frontal region fast beta-waves were displayed and in the central region alpha-waves were displayed. Secondly, in the closed eye brain wave tests, the control group displayed beta-waves in some regions and alpha waves in external and internal regions. For all students\` brain-wave patterns, the amplitude of the alpha-wave was low and the frequency was high. In some students theta-waves were displayed. Taekukkwon practice relaxes the mind and body and helps relieve social stress which shows that taichichuan practices is beneficial. Finally, characteristics of the subjects were mostly type A so the personalities of the subjects were fast and aggressive. This research shows a definite link between personality and personal relationships with beta-waves emissions. So, further research is required in the future to investigate this relationship. The subjects consumed too large amount of foods so it was necessary to change their dietary habits taking into consideration on total calories, fats, and protein. It was also necessary to carrying out nutrition education to the students in emphasizing appropriate attitudes in general health and dietary behavior.

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The Analysis of Trends in Complementary and Alternative Therapy (CAT) in Nursing Research in Korea (보완. 대체요법관련 국내 간호연구의 동향분석)

  • Han Kyung-Soon;Im Nan-Young;Song Kyung-Ae;Hong Young-Hye;Kim Jong-Im;Kim Kyung-Hee;Cho Nam-Ok
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.392-398
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    • 2003
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze trends in complementary and alternative therapy in nursing research in Korea. Method: The researchers examined academic theses and dissertations published from 1990 to 2002, and 151 articles were used for the analysis. Result: Nursing research on CAT increased rapidly from 1995 Articles with quantitative research designs made up 93.9% of the total and there were more experimental studies than non-experimental studies. Patients who had surgery, mental disorders, renal failure, hypertension, arthritis, dementia & cancer were the most frequently participants in studies on CAT. The type of CAT used in nursing research were mind-body therapy (65.8%), manual healing therapy (28.7%), phamacologic & biological therapy (3.7%), bioelectromagnetics (0.9%) and herbal therapy (0.9%). In 44 articles both psychological and physiological parameters were used as dependent variables. In 34 articles only physiological parameters were used and in 13 only psychological parameters. The most frequently used physiological parameters in CAT were pain, physiological function and vital signs, while the most used psychological parameters were anxiety, depression and stress. Conclusion: More studies about CAT are needed to extend the role and fields for professional nursing. There is a need to conduct qualitative studies in nursing about the experiences of patients who receive CAT and nurses who use CAT.

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Physiological Effects of Viewing Forest Landscapes: Results of field tests in Atsugi city, Japan (숲 속에서의 경관감상이 인체에 미치는 생리적 영향: 일본 아츠키시의 현장 실험결과)

  • Park, Bum-Jin;MIYAZAKI, Yoshifumi
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.97 no.6
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    • pp.634-640
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study is to clarify the physiological effects of Shinrin-yoku (taking in the atmosphere of the forest of forest bathing). The subjects were twelve male university students ($21.6{\pm}2.1$ years old). On the first day, six subjects were sent to a forest area, and the others to a city area. On the second day, the subjects were sent to the opposite areas for a cross check. The subjects were seated on chairs and viewing the landscapes of their given areas for 15 minutes. HRV (Heart Rate Variability) and diastolic blood pressure were used as physiological indices. Diastolic blood pressure and LF/(LF+HF) components of HRV in the forest area were significantly lower than in the city area. And HF power components of HRV in the forest settings were significantly enhanced than in city settings. In conclusion, the results of the physiological measurements show that Shinrin-yoku was able to effectively relax people in both mind and body.