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Depression in family members of a patient with asthma: The Korean national health and nutrition examination survey 2007-2012

  • Lee, Kyoung Won;Kim, Hyekyeong;Choi, Jung Mi
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.47-55
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    • 2016
  • Objectives: We investigated whether the rate of depressive symptom is higher among family members of asthmatic patient compared to people who had no asthmatic family member. Methods: This study used data from the fourth and fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007-2012). In this cross-sectional study, 15,987 men (mean age 46.4) and 20,906 women (mean age 47.4) were included. To compare the rate of depressive symptoms in individuals who had a family member with asthma and those who did not have, we analyzed data using survey logistic regression. Results: Diagnosed depression was reported by 3.0% of the study population, by 4.2% of asthmatic patient's family member, and by 3.0% of individuals who did not have a family member with asthma. Family members of asthmatic patient increased odds of diagnosed depression compared with those who did not had an asthmatic family member (odds ratio = 1.56, p = 0.008). Conclusions: To prevent depression among family members of asthmatic patient, health education for entire family of asthmatic patient need to be considered. Also, government and policy makers should give more attention to caregivers who had a family member with asthma.

A Nonlinear Filtered-X LMS Algorithm for the Nonlinear Compensation of the Secondary Path in Active Noise Control (능동 소음 제어 시스템의 2차 경로 비선형 특성을 보상하기 위한 적응 비선형 Filtered-X Least Mean Square (FX-LMS) 알고리듬)

  • Jeong, I.S.;Kim, D.H.;Nam, S.W.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2004.11c
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    • pp.565-567
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    • 2004
  • In active noise control (ANC) systems, the convergence behavior of the conventional Filtered-X Least Mean Square (FXLMS) algorithm may be affected by nonlinear distortions in the secondary path (e.g., in the power amplifiers, loudspeakers, transducers, etc.), which may lead to degradation of the error-reduction performance of the ANC systems. In this paper, a stable FXLMS algorithm with fast convergence is proposed to compensate for undesirable nonlinear distortions in the secondary-path of ANC systems by employing the Volterra filtering approach. In particular, the proposed approach is based on the utilization of the conventional P-th order inverse approach to nonlinearity compensation in the secondary path of ANC systems. Finally, the simulation results showed that the proposed approach yields a better convergence behavior In the nonlinear ANC systems than the conventional FXLMS.

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A Convergence Study about Influences of Emotional Intelligence and Job Embeddedness on Turnover Intention in General Hospital Nurses (종합병원 간호사의 감성지능과 직무배태성이 이직의도에 미치는 영향에 관한 융합연구)

  • Song, Min Jung;Choi, So Young
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.83-89
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    • 2017
  • The purposed of this study was to identify the factors that affect turnover intention in general hospital nurses. The study subjects were 110 general hospital nurses agreed to participate and understand the purpose of the study. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS WIN 18.0 program. The mean score of emotional intelligence was 3.51 points, and the mean score of job embeddedness was 3.09 points, and the mean score of turnover intention was 3.61 points. Emotional intelligence and turnover intention had a negative correlation, job embeddedness and turnover intention had a negative correlation and emotional intelligence and job embeddedness had positive correlation. The factor with the largest effect on turnover intention was job embeddedness (${\beta}$=-.298, p<.001). The explanatory power of job embeddedness on turnover intention was 21.0%. Therefore, we propose the implementation of a study to develop and apply nursing intervention programs to improve job embeddedness.

Weak Normal Shock Wave/Turbulent Boundary Layer Interaction in a Supersonic Nozzle(1st Report, Time-Mean Flow Characteristics) (초음속 노즐에서의 약한 수직충격파와 난류경계층의 간섭(제1편, 시간적평균 흐름의 특성))

  • Hong, Jong-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.115-124
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    • 1999
  • The interaction of weak normal shock wave with turbulent boundary layer in a supersonic nozzle was investigated experimentally by wall static pressure measurements and by schlieren optical observations. The lime-mean flow in the interaction region was classified into four patterns according to the ratio of the pressure $p_k$ at the first kink point in the pressure distribution of the interaction region to the pressure $p_1$ just upstream of the shock. It is shown for any flow pattern that the wall static pressure rise near the shock foot can be described by the "free interaction" which is defined by Chapman et al. The ratio of the triple point height $h_t$ of the bifurcated shock to the undisturbed boundary layer thickness ${\delta}_1$ upstream of the interaction increases with the upstream Mach number $M_1$, and for a fixed $M_1$, the normalized triple point height $h_t/{\delta}_1$ decreases with increasing ${\delta}_1/h$, where h is the duct half-height.

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The Convergence Study on the Relationship between the Job Stress and Mental Health of Nurses (간호사의 직무 스트레스와 정신건강 관련성에 대한 융합적 연구)

  • Kim, Mi-Jin;Kang, Gyun-Young
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.39-47
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    • 2015
  • This study was to explore the relationship between the job stress and mental health of nurses. The participants were 291 nurses from two general hospitals in C city. Job stress, mental health, and general characteristics of nurses were measured. The data were collected from April 7 to 30, 2015. The collected data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis. The mean score for job stress was 61.96 point and 92.45 for mental health. The mean scores for job stress were significantly different by age and turnover experience in nurses. Job stress was positively correlated with mental health(r=.233, p=.000). The findings indicate that job stress has an influence on mental health. We'd like to provide basic data on developing convergence programs to prevent and intervene job stress considering nurses' mental health problems in nursing service that is rapidly changing and specialized for the convergence generation.

Effects of dietary arginine in ameliorating the deleterious effects induced by mycotoxins on growth, immune system, body organs in growing pigs

  • Joseph, Moturi;SeYoung, Yoon;Abdolreza, Hosseindoust;SangHun, Ha;Habeeb, Tajudeen;JunYoung, Mun;SooJin, Sa;JinSoo, Kim
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • v.64 no.4
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    • pp.727-739
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    • 2022
  • Mycotoxin contamination in pig feeds has a negative impact on growth performance, the immune system, and major body organs. Arginine (Arg) plays an important role in animals' body biochemistry and physiology. This study aimed to determine the effect of dietary Arg supplementation on mitigating the negative effects of mycotoxins in growing pigs. A total of 72 growing pigs (Landrace × Large white) with initial mean body weight (BW) = 55 ± 2.5 kg were allotted to four treatment groups with three replicates per group of six pigs per replicate in a completely randomized design. The treatments included a non-toxin diet with 1.2% Arg (NT1.2) and mycotoxin-challenged treatments supplemented with 1.2% Arg (TX1.2), 1.3% Arg (TX1.3), and 1.4% Arg (TX1.4). Statistical analysis of data included the effects of dietary level of Arg. The results indicated a significantly higher BW (p < 0.05), average daily gain (p < 0.05), and gain-to-feed ratio (p < 0.05) in the NT1.2 group than in the TX1.2, TX1.3, and TX1.4 groups. The relative weight of the liver was higher (p < 0.05) in the TX1.2 compared to that of the NT1.2 group, although it was not different from that of TX1.3 and TX1.4. The level of tumor necrosis factor-alpha was significantly up-regulated (p < 0.05) in the liver tissue of the TX1.2 group compared to that of the other treatments. Overall, dietary Arg supplementation remedied liver injury and alleviated the compromised immune system caused by mycotoxin toxicity.

A Convergence Factors Associated with Medication Adherence among the Elderly in the Community (지역사회 노인의 약물복용이행과 관련된 융합 요인)

  • Kim, Myung-Sook;Kim, Yeon-Ok
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.12 no.12
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    • pp.125-137
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    • 2021
  • This study is a descriptive investigation study to identify the Convergence factors of the subjective health status, communication with medical personnel and drug misuse on medication adherence. The subjects of this study were 179 senior citizens who used community elderly welfare centers. Data were collected from January 13, 2020 to January 17, 2020. Data analysis was performed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA. Post-Hoc Test Was performed using Scheffe test, Pearson's correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis. The regression equation of this study explained 24% of medication adherence. Drug misuse(𝛽=-4.32, p=<.001) was the factor that had the greatest influence on the medication adherence, followed by the presence or absence of chronic disease (𝛽=-3.04, p=.003), marital status (𝛽=2.64, p=.009), and communication with medical personnel (𝛽=2.26, p=.025 ) in that order. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a convergence system of medication adherence for the elderly using community welfare centers.

On Convergence in p-Mean of Randomly Indexed Partial Sums and Some First Passage Times for Random Variables Which Are Dependent or Non-identically Distributed

  • Hong, Dug-Hun
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.175-183
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    • 1996
  • Let $S_n,n$ = 1, 2,... denote the partial sums of not necessarily in-dependent random variables. Let N(c) = min${ n ; S_n > c}$, c $\geq$ 0. Theorem 2 states that N (c), (suitably normalized), tends to 0 in p-mean, 1 $\leq$ p < 2, as c longrightarrow $\infty$ under mild conditions, which generalizes earlier result by Gut(1974). The proof follows by applying Theorem 1, which generalizes the known result $E$\mid$S_n$\mid$^p$ = o(n), 0 < p< 2, as n .rarw..inf. to randomly indexed partial sums.

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Advanced Channel Estimation Method for IEEE 802.11p/WAVE System

  • Jang, DongSeon;Ko, Kyunbyoung
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.27-35
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, we propose an advanced Minimum Mean Square Error (MMSE) channel estimation method for IEEE 802.11p/Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) systems. To improve the performance of MMSE method, we apply the Weighted Sum using Update Matrix (WSUM) scheme to the step of calculating the instantaneously estimated channel and then, a time domain selectively averaging method is applied after the WSUM scheme. Based on that, the accuracy of instantaneously estimated channel increases and then, the accuracy of auto covariance matrix also increases. Consequently, we can achieve the performance gain over the conventional MMSE method. Through simulations based on the IEEE 802.11p standard, it is confirmed that the proposed scheme can outperform the existing channel estimation schemes.

Analysis of The Correlation between The length of Service of Rescue Workers and The Onset of Decompression Sickness Symptoms (수난 구조대원 근무연수와 감압병 증상발현의 상관관계 분석)

  • Jeon, Jai-In
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.759-765
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    • 2024
  • This study was limited to the correlation between the onset of decompression sickness symptoms and age among inland water accidents such as rivers, streams, and lakes, and a questionnaire was conducted on 61 subjects. The differences in the onset of decompression sickness symptoms depending on the length of service and age of lifeguards in inland water rescue situations were analyzed. The results of the experiment are as follows. The onset of decompression sickness symptoms was the highest in the group with 10 to 15 years of service (mean = 2.61), followed by those with 15 years or more (mean = 2.42), but the difference was not statistically significant (F = .813, P > .05). The onset of infectious disease symptoms was the highest in the group in their 50s or older (mean = 2.40), followed by those in their 40s or older (mean = 2.37), but the difference was not statistically significant (F = .813, P > .05). It is believed that this was due to the difference in understanding of the questions and expression of symptoms at the time of experiencing decompression sickness, which is a disadvantage of the questionnaire in the survey method.