• English Language & Literature Teaching
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.209-235
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• 2005

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of reciprocal teaching procedure for improving Korean college students' reading comprehension of English text. In particular, this study sought to explore the qualitative features, if any, in students' use of reading comprehension strategies presented in the process of Reciprocal Reading Procedure (RRP). In order to accomplish the goal of the study, transcripts of the students' dialogues, open-ended questionnaires, and researchers' observation notes were examined. The results of the study showed that the participants used different four kinds of reading strategies in the process of RRP (questioning, clarifying, predicting, summarizing). The findings also suggested that the readers with limited knowledge of vocabulary had difficulty in moving on to the next level. Additionally, future research direction and some pedagogical implications are presented for the practical EFL classroom.

• Proceedings of the Korean Reliability Society Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.271-279
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• 2011

Automotive safety integrity level of hardware components can be achieved by satisfying quantitative and qualitative requirements. Based on ASIL, quantitative requirements are composed of hardware architectural metrics and evaluation of safety goal violations due to random hardware failures in ISO 26262. In this paper, the types of hardware failures will be defined and classified. Based on various metrics related with hardware failures, design essentials to achieve hardware safety integrity will be studied specifically. Issues associated with hardware development and assessment process are presented briefly.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.297-309
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• 2006

This paper deals with a novel structure for single-cell characterization which makes use of bimorph micro thermal actuators combined with electrical sensor device and integrated microfluidic channel. The goal for this device is to capture and characterize individual biocell. Quantitative and qualitative characteristics of bimorph thermal actuator were analyzed with finite element analysis methods. Furthermore, optimization for the dimension of cantilevers and integrated parallel probe systems with microfluidic channels is able to be realized through the virtual simulation for actuation and the practical fabrication of prototype of probes. The experimental value of probe deflection was in accordance with the simulated one.

• Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.53-57
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• 2007

The User Interface (UI) in the company is more important than ever. But the application of UI for the industry use is restricted by various constraints such as delivery, technical limitation, etc. User Interface designers in the company have thought how to set up the UI organization, how to define identity and goal, how to communicate with other teams, what is the best UI process, and many other issues. In this paper, the author discuss the practical issues arisen when User Interface organization is formed and managed based on the mobile phone manufacture's perspective. The pros and cons of location of UI organization, advanced UI organization, UI member formation, UI role, UI output, UI evaluation, and understanding of UI in the society and company are discussed. This discussion will help UI designers in industry to set up and manage UI organization.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Oriental Medical Informatics
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.1-12
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• 2016

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the experience of health teachers on school health practice of elementary and middle high school Methods: The subjects were 15 health teachers who work in elementary and middle high school in J province. The data were collected using focused group interview and unstructured questionnaire. The contents of the interview were recorded and tranferred to computer database. The data were analyzed using Colaizzi's qualitative study methode. Results: There were 5 categoies of the themes. They were 'feeling of existence as a student's mom', 'difficults of counselling', 'difficults of goal achievement in school health practice' 'meaningfullness", and 'need of the ability improvement'. Conclusion: In order to improve the quality of the health teacher's school health practice, work overloading of the school health teachers should be decreased, their counselling skills should be trained, and they should be supported by the school and school members.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.135-140
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• 2010

The high specific impulse of the ramjet engine, combined with the ability of a gel to carry metal particles, make the Gel Fuel Ramjet a most adequate solution for a mid-high range sustainer. The goal of the present study is to verify experimentally the feasibility of such a concept. A test facility and a lab-scale motor have been designed and built to investigate atomization, ignition and firing processes of a gel hydrocarbon fuel, with and without metal additives, as well as to check the ramjet operation as a whole. The present paper presents the experimental system in detail as well as qualitative results of a few firing tests.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.89-110
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• 2019

Information technology is an effective means for raising firm competitiveness. In fact, what to purchase or how to purchase it must fall under a highly complex decision-making in which many different stakeholders are involved. These stakeholders are often known to take a defensive behavior. That is, instead of working toward a common goal of organizational performance, each individual of these stakeholders tends to act defensively to avoid risks he/she faces or minimize subsequent changes. Despite a frequent occurrence of defensive behavior in the process of IT purchasing, there has been no research about defensiveness in IT purchasing. Our study aims to elicit different types of defensive behavior in IT purchasing situations and to identify causes of these defensive behaviors. To this end, we surveyed IT professionals having much experience in IT purchasing and took a qualitative analysis on their opinions. We found out that there exist 9 different types of defensive behavior in IT purchasing and identified a set of factors causing the defensiveness and a set of their consequences.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.426-439
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• 2012

The goal of this study is to propose a new method to capture the qualitative person spatial behavior. Beyond tracking or indexing the change of the location of a person, the changes in the relationships between a person and its environment are considered as the main source for the formal model of this study. Specifically, this paper focuses on the movement behavior of a person near the boundary of a region. To capture the behavior of person near the boundary of regions, a new formal approach for integrating an object's scope of influence is described. Such an object, a spatio-temporally extended point (STEP), is considered here by addressing its scope of influence as potential events or interactions area in conjunction with its location. The formalism presented is based on a topological data model and introduces a 12-intersection model to represent the topological relations between a region and the STEP in 2-dimensional space. From the perspective of STEP concept, a prototype analysis results are provided by using GPS tracking data in real world.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.111-120
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• 2016

The goal of this thesis is to have a subjective and general insight to the working experience of non-regular outpatient nurses working in general hospital to understand them. As for the study subjects, 7 non-regular outpatient nurses working in general hospital with rich working experience were randomly selected, and they were analyzed by Colaizzi's phenomenological qualitative research method which drew out 4 categories and 8 subcategories. As the result, non-regular outpatient nurses, due to its distinct characteristics of employment as contract worker, felt satisfaction in working environment on the surface, but found out there were reversed emotion in feeling dissatisfaction for the compensation or development. The results mentioned above will provide useful data in understanding the essence of working experience of non-regular outpatient nurses, and expect these results will be the supporting grounds to have interests and access to realistic problem that the non-regular outpatient nurses are facing.

• Hwankyungkyoyuk
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.94-110
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• 2011

The main objective of this study was to find participant's recognition about and meaning of stream trekking activities by analyzing their reports after visiting Gumgang, which was a kind of field experience combined with environmental education programs. In addition, this work suggested a few points that might help improve trekking programs, trail establishment and the overall field activities along the river. Eighty reports were collected from the participants who had joined in the Gumgang trekking programs organized by both Green Korea United in Daejeon and Gumgang Basin Environmental Office of Korean EPA. A database of texts in the reports was created for the preliminary analysis and then the results were further examined in a qualitative methodology. The results of qualitative analysis demonstrated that before experiencing the trekking activities in the Gumgang, many participants seemed uninterested in a river itself, objectified it, or simply recognized functional roles. It is found that most participants preferred crossing rapids to other activities. Crossing rapids has the eleven positive aspects as follows. First of all, crossing rapids is fun and scary experience at the same time. Secondly, it is painful, but makes people feel happy ironically. Third, rapids themselves make people reminisce about their childhood and feel freedom. Fourth, they make people feel comfortable. Fifth, crossing rapids is addictive. Sixth, rapids have life. Seventh, people can learn how to adapt to nature through the experience in them. Eighth, they can make people cooperate. Ninth, they can make people recollect their old friends. Tenth, people can extend their experience near rapids to rivers. Eleventh, they can make people reflect themselves. There ere three remarkable findings about experience in rapids. Crossing rapids was an activity that most participants preferred and could make the goal of trekking in the Gumgang effectively achievable. By crossing rapids participants can understand both lively and painful parts of the river. Participants think tour guide was an essential part to trekking along the Gumgang.