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Building TRMS S/W based on Reliability Centered Maintenance (신뢰성 기반의 유지보수를 위한 TRMS S/W개발)

  • Ahn, E.J.;Lee, K.S.;Lee, K.S.;Kim, S.O.;Yoo, D.Y.;Kim, C.H.;Yoon, H.S.;Lee, I.H.;Oh, S.H.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.159-165
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    • 2010
  • In this paper the TRMS (Tilting Rolling-stock Maintenance System) that applies the concept of RAM (Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability) and RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance) to Preventive and Corrective Maintenance Policy for TTX (Tilting Train Express) will be discussed. We will briefly introduce the RCM concepts and discus show these concepts and procedures are implemented in the TRMS S/W. In the TRMS S/W there are four modules, System and Operations Information Module, FMECA(Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis)module, RAM Information Module, and RCM Analysis Module. The System and Operations Information Module provides the user interface for collection of systems and operations related data and the FMECA module provides a groundwork for the RCM analysis. The algorithms to calculate the reliability and failure rate for Weibull distribution and formulae to calculate the task intervals and task costs are proposed in the RAM and RCM Analysis Module respectively. There is a good possibility of applying RCM to other rolling stock maintenance systems if the benefit that RCM can brings to the maintenance world is fully recognized.

Relation between Motivations of Using Smartphone and Its Overuse in Health College Students (보건계열 대학생의 스마트폰 이용 동기와 과다사용 간의 관계)

  • Park, Dae-Sung;Yu, Eun-Yeong;Lee, Byung-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.2281-2292
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    • 2013
  • This study was to examine the influential factors of smartphone overuse in health college students. The subjects of this study were randomly selected from the departments of Emergency Medical Technology, Physical Therapy and Health Administration at G College in G metropolitan city and 250 subjects were sampled. After explaining the purposes of the research from Oct. 22 to 25, 2012 and obtaining their consent to take part in the research, structured self-administered questionnaire was given and examined. Final 223 data were collected and used for analysis with SPSS 12.0 for Window. To sum up the results of the research, it was confirmed that the motives of using smartphone were highest in entertainment and leisure on withdrawal of overuse sub-factors, ostentation and trend on tolerance, entertainment and leisure on compulsion and obsession, ostentation and trend on life inconvenience and side-effects, and entertainment and leisure throughout its overuse motives. Therefore, development and application of preventive education programs on overuse smartphone use with health college students are urgently required and practical personal counseling and management for overuse smartphone users should be conducted.

Alcohol intake, smoking, and 2nd to 4th digit ratio of university students (대학생의 음주 및 흡연과 손가락 길이비(2D:4D))

  • Kim, Soo-Il;Kim, Keum-Sook;Cho, Keun-Ja
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.13 no.9
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    • pp.3983-3990
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    • 2012
  • The hazardous effects of heavy alcohol intake and smoking to body systems have been identified by numerous studies, and there is many influencing factors on alcohol intake and smoking choices. The aim of this study is to identify the correlation between alcohol intake and digit ratio (2D:4D), as well as smoking and digit ratio (2D:4D) in university students. Participants were 121 male and 314 female university students. After filling in questionnaire related alcohol and smoking history, 2nd and 4th finger lengths were measured on both hands using vernier callipers with photocopy. This study showed 2D:4D of the males was 0.95, and that of the females was 0.96. There was a significant difference between male and female in digit ratio. The digit ratio according alcohol intake level significantly differed in only women's left hand. The digit ratio according smoking level significantly differed in only men's left hand. Moreover, The digit ratio was negatively associated with alcohol intake and smoking. The results of this study suggest that the digit ratio (2D:4D) affected with fetal testosterone concentration is negatively related to alcohol intake and smoking. Therefore, the digit ratio would be used in preventive program of alcohol intake and smoking of adolescent, or in antialcoholism /smoking cessation program as a biological basic data.

Study on Effects of Population Stratification on Haplotype Trend Test in Case-Control Studies (환자-대조군 연구에서 인구집단 층화가 일배체형 경향성 검정에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Jin-Heum;Kang, Dae-Ryong;Lim, Hyun-Sun;Nam, Chung-Mo
    • The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.1085-1096
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    • 2009
  • Population stratification can cause spurious associations between genetic markers and disease locus. In order to handle this population stratification in haplotype-based case-control association studies, we added population indicators as covariates to the haplotype trend regression model proposed by Zaykin et al. (2002). We investigated through simulations how both population stratification and measurement error in the estimation of true population of each individual affect type I error probabilities of the association tests based on both Zaykin et al.'s (2002) model and the proposed model. Based on those results, in the situation that there exists population stratification but there is no error in population classification of each individual, our proposed model does satisfy a type I error probability whereas Zaykin et al.'s (2002) model does not. However, as the measurement error increases, a type I error probability of our model correspondingly becomes larger than a nominal significance level. It implies that as long as uncertainty in the estimation of true population of each individual still remains, it is nearly impossible to avoid false positive in case-control association studies based on haplotypes.

Growth characters and harvest time for the artificial cultivation of Mycoleptodonoides aitchisonii (침버섯 인공재배 생육 특성과 수확 최적 시기)

  • Kim, Young;Jung, Bo-Mi;Wi, An-Jin;Park, Whoa-Shig;Bang, Mi-Ae;Park, Dae-Hun;Seo, Joung-Wook;Oh, Deuk-Sil
    • Journal of Mushroom
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.114-118
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    • 2015
  • Mycoleptodonoides aitchisonii has been used a culinary material and traditional medicine for a long time in worldwide and recently the researches to find biological effects have been increased such as dopamine activation, preventive effect against phytopathogens, inhibitive effect against erythrocyte coagulation, anti-oxidative effect, anti-tumorigenic effect, etc. However it is hard to cultivate Mycoleptodonoides aitchisonii it is impossible to be mass-produced and in order to solve the problem in this study we found the appropriate cultivation period and the harvest point for it. For life cycle (from primordium formation to harvest) the morphology, weight, and quantity of polysaccharide of Mycoleptodonoides aitchisonii were measured using with 5 bodies per a day and it could be divided for 4 stages; primordium formation, growth, needle maturation, and aging. And then from the results the Zeide nonlinear growth curve could be gotten. At 13th day after cultivation there is the relation between the change of media weight and body weight and at 14th day after cultivation the rate of polysaccharide in the body was 11 %. However in the case of O2 insufficient supply the malformation of them was observed.

Study on the oral health awareness and behavior in the special school for students of disability (일부 특수학교 장애인의 구강보건의식행태에 관한 조사연구)

  • Song, Yun-Shin;Chang, Woo-Sung
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.103-111
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    • 2011
  • Objectives : This study of oral health problems was conducted to 311 students in Special Schools in order to inquire into the state of their oral health behaviors, to find out the main obstacles against dental services, to secure dental reasonable basis for oral health promotion. Methods : A questionnaire survey was conducted in the Special School of the 311 students in the area of the metropolitan Seoul. By means of Chi-squared test and Fisher's exact test, oral hygiene habits for each type of the subjects, the contents of dental care services, the prerequisites to improve oral health, were inquired. To evaluate the effects to the current oral health status of types of disability, 2-way ANOVA was practiced. Results : The handicapped with Visual impairment, mental retardation, multiplicity with disabilities, answered negatively in their own oral health status. 47.4% of the deaf can do brush for theirselves without the inconvenience, but in other types of disability they showed that they were helped by others. Subjects did not use the secondary oral hygiene necessaries because, except brain damage, almost of types of disability impeded the convenient use. 60 to 88.2 percent of the total respondents were the recent visitors to dental clinique within 1 year, and the most common motives of the visiting dentist, is a routine medical examination, their movements to the dentist in all types of disabilities, needed helps of others. Most of them received medical treatment at a private dentist, the handicapped preferred the private care and place(49.8%). Only in the case of the brain disorders, extremely much of the disabled answered that they were needed the preventive treatment, and the another cases of disability were largely needed the treatment of the decayed teeth. To improve the oral health of the people with disabilities, at the opening of the clinics and hospitals over a certain size, the mandatory medical facilities for the care of the disabled should be preceded and followed by the improvement of dental insurance system so as to reduce the burdens of the cost of dental care. Conclusions : The improvement of oral health policy for the disabled are needed inevitably: Development of secondary oral hygienic easy to use for the disabled, the building systems of medical dental hospital with the disabled facilities, by the improvement of the insurance system, the reduction of the burden of payments.

The Effects of a Mobile Personal Health Records (PHR) Application on Consumer Health Behavior (모바일 개인건강기록(Personal Health Records: PHR) 어플리케이션의 이용이 소비자 건강행태에 미치는 영향)

  • Yi, Yong Jeong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.7-26
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    • 2016
  • The present study aimed at investigating the strengths and weaknesses of a mobile personal health record (PHR) application and identifying its impacts on consumer health information behavior. For the study, twenty-seven college students used a PHR application for three months, based on which the study conducted paper-based interviews with them. The results of content analysis highlighted the benefits of the PHR such as supporting preventive healthcare and motivating and providing specific guidelines for healthy lifestyles by utilizing visual interface design, sharing the data with family and assisting caregivers to manage patients' healthcare, and above all enhancing the interaction between patients and healthcare professionals. However, the study found the drawbacks of the PHR such as a lack of data entry for strength training and the incompatibility with other healthcare applications. The participants were motivated to change their health behaviors in ways such as getting rid of sleep disorders, avoiding alcohol and smoking tobacco, and losing weight, and changing eating habits. Some consumers improved self-efficacy by changing their health behaviors, while the PHR provided emotional supports to the consumers who wanted to improve their health. The present study has an academic significance because the study of PHR is a burgeoning area in Korea. The study provides insights for promoting health and medical information services to cope with the paradigm shift of healthcare fields.

Effects of Verbal Abuse, Sexual Violence, Depression, and Self-Esteem on Career Identity in Nursing Students during Clinical Training (간호대학생의 임상실습 중 언어폭력, 성폭력 및 우울, 자아존중감이 진로정체감에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Soon Hee;Cha, Eun Jeong
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.550-560
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: This study is descriptive correlation study to identify the factors on career identity of nursing students. Methods: From october $15^{th}$ to november 5th, 2016, data was collected through convenience sampling of 177 college students based on C province, two G provinces. Statistical analysis of t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analysis was performed through the SPSS WIN 21.0. Results: career identity is significantly positively related with self-esteem, and negatively related with depression (r=-.529, p<.001). Nursing students' verbal abuse is significantly positively related with sexual violence (r=.615, p<.001), depression (r=.540, p<.001) and sexual violence and depression are significantly negatively related (r=.299, p<.001) and depression and self-esteem are significantly negatively related (r=-.390, p<.001).Variables that affect career identity include depression, self-esteem, grade, and whether they belong to a specific hospital. The total explanation of career identity was 52.2%. Conclusions: These results suggest that educational intervention is needed to improve the career identity among nursing students. It is necessary to encourage students to proactively seek abuse preventive measures.

Genistein Prevents Ethanol-Induced Teratogenesis in Mouse Embryos

  • Yon, Jung-Min;Lin, Chunmei;Jung, A-Young;Lee, Jong-Geol;Jung, Ki-Youn;Baek, In-Jeoung;Lee, Beom-Jun;Yun, Young-Won;Nam, Sang-Yoon
    • Journal of Embryo Transfer
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.129-133
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    • 2011
  • Drinking of excessive ethanol during pregnancy induces a fetal alcohol syndrome. Genistein is one of naturally occurring isoflavones at relatively high levels in soybeans. In this study, we investigated the effects of genistein ($1{\times}10^{-8}$ and $1{\times}10^{-7}\;{\mu}g$/ml) on the ethanol (1 ${\mu}l$/ml)-induced teratogenesis of developing mouse embryos during the critical period (embryonic days 8.5~10.5) of organogenesis using a whole embryo culture system and then morphological scoring analysis. Ethanol-treated embryos exhibited a variety of developmental abnormalities. However, the total morphological scores for ethanol plus genistein groups were significantly higher than those of ethanol alone group (p<0.05). In particular, there were significant increases in the ethanol plus $1{\times}10^{-8}\;{\mu}g$/ml of genistein group on the scores for heart, optic system, branchial bar, mandibular process, and caudal neural tube and further in the ethanol plus $1{\times}10^{-7}\;{\mu}g$/ml of genistein group on the scores for heart, hind-, mid-, and forebrains, optic system, branchial bars, maxillary and mandibular processes, caudal neural tube, forelimb, hindlimb, and somites as compared with those of ethanol alone group (p<0.05). These results indicate that genistein has a preventive effect against ethanol-induced teratogenesis.

Effects of Lentinus edodes Extract on the Loperamide-induced Constipation in Rats (표고버섯 추출액이 loperamide로 유도된 변비에 미치는 영향)

  • Jin, Young-Gun;Kim, Dong-Gun;Jin, Ju-Yeon;Lee, Young-Jae;Park, Min-Kyung
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.88-93
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    • 2007
  • The preventive effect of Lentinus edodes extract (LE) against constipation was studied in rats. Rats were pretreated with LE contained in drinking water at the concentration of 10%, 20% and 40% over 30 days. Constipation was induced by subcutaneous injection of loperamide (4 mg/kg/day) 3 days prior to sacrifice. Treatment of loperamide resulted in decreases in the number and wet weight of fecal pellets, and increase in the number of fecal pellet in the distal colon and cecocolon weight. In contrast, the number and wet weight of fecal pellets were increased, and the number of fecal pellet in the distal colon and the cecocolon weight were decreased in LE-pretreated groups compared to the loperamide-treated group. Blood parameters such as white blood cell, red blood cell, hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelet, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, and serum alanine transaminase, aspartate aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase activities, and blood urea nitrogen and creatinine values were not significantly different between the groups. In addition, LE (0.5 mg/mL) increased spontaneous contractile activity, which was reduced by atropine or loperamide in isolated rat ileum. Theses results suggest that the improvement of constipation symptoms in LE-pretreated rats resulted from a stimulatory effect of LE on intestine contractile activity.