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Development of a mobile-based self-management health alarm program for obese children in South Korea and a test of its feasibility for metabolic outcomes: A study based on the information-motivation-behavioral skills model

  • Choi, Jihea;Park, Yon Chul;Choi, Sarah
    • Child Health Nursing Research
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.13-23
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: This study aimed to develop a mobile-based self-management health alarm (MSHA) program for modifying obese children's lifestyle based on the information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model and to test its feasibility. Methods: A methodological study for the development of the MSHA program and pilot study with a one-group pretest-posttest design for feasibility testing was conducted. The MSHA program was designed to provide obesity-related information (I), monitor daily diet and exercise, provide motivational text messages (M), and enhance healthy diet and exercise skills (B) via a mobile-based web platform. In the feasibility test, six obese children participated in the 4-week program, and the number of days per week that they achieved their goals and differences in metabolic components were assessed. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Results: Participants successfully achieved their diet and exercise goals≥5 days per week. Body mass index (z=-1.99, p=.046), waist circumference (z=-2.20, p=.028), and triglyceride levels (z=-2.21, p=.027) significantly decreased. Conclusion: The MSHA program showed positive effects on health behaviors and metabolic syndrome risk. The program may be effective in improving metabolic syndrome in obese children by promoting self-health management behaviors.

The Effectiveness of Blood β-ketone Testing in Patients with Diabetic Ketosis: A Systematic Review & Meta-analysis (당뇨환자에서 자가관리형 베타케톤검사의 유효성: 체계적 문헌 고찰 및 메타분석)

  • Mo, Jin A;Jang, Sunyoung;Bang, Hee Young
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2014
  • Objectives: The effectiveness of Blood ${\beta}$-ketone testing by using self-monitoring strip on diabetic patients. Methods: Clinical effectiveness of blood ${\beta}$-ketone testing was assessed through correlation with reference test that measured blood ${\beta}$-ketone value through gas chromatography or enzyme method, diagnostic accuracy, time taken for the test and time taken for confirmative diagnosis of diabetic ketosis by selecting literatures on researches that conducted this test on ketosis(suspected) patients or diabetic ketosis(suspected) patients. Each of the stages from literature search to application of selection standards and extraction of data were carried out independently by the Subcommittee along with 2 researchers. Results: 7 reports were selected. ${\beta}$-ketone testing displayed high level of correlation in the range of r=0.92~0.99 with test using enzyme method as the reference standard. Regarding the diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity of 0.82, specificity of 0.74. The time taken for the test was 30seconds for the index test, which is shorter than reference standard test. Conclusion: Blood ${\beta}$-ketone testing was assessed to be a safe and effective test to monitor ketosis and assess the level of risk of ketosis by measuring the blood ${\beta}$-ketone on ketosis patients and diabetic ketosis patients since it has high level of correlation with reference test and short period of testing.

Damage Detection in Fiber Reinforced Composites Containing Electrically Conductive Phases

  • Shin, Soon-Gi;Hideaki Matsubara
    • The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.201-205
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    • 2000
  • Fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) composites and ceramic matrix composites (CMC) which contain electrically conductive phases have been designed and fabricated to introduce the detection capability of damage/fracture detection into these materials. The composites were made electrically conductive by adding carbon and TiN particles into FRP and CMC, respectively. The resistance of the conductive FRP containing carbon particles showed almost linear response to strain and high sensitivity over a wide range of strains. After each load-unload cycle the FRP retained a residual resistance, which increased with applied maximum stress or strain. The FRP with carbon particles embedded in cement (mortar) specimens enabled micro-crack formation and propagation in the mortar to be detected in situ. The CMC materials exhibited not only sensitive response to the applied strain but also an increase in resistance with increasing number of load-unload cycles during cyclic load testing. These results show that it is possible to use these composites to detect and/or fracture in structural materials, which are required to monitor the healthiness or safety in industrial applications and public constructions.

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Study on wearing glasses of primary students (초등학생의 안경 착용에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Chang-Sik
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.99-104
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    • 2001
  • This study surveyed common sense of testing eye vision, feeling of own vision and wearing glasses, and method of wearing glasses using questionnaire for 625 primary student(male 322, female 303) live in Iksan city, Jeon buk Province. The question about the selection of testing vision office answered ophthalmic optics only 12.6% by common sense but 38.8% among testing vision students had been checked the visual acuity in ophthalmic optics. 40% student of all answerer have a poor vision by self-evaluation testing and realized when they look far vision is 46.4% among the poor vision answerer, look black board is 26.0%, look monitor is 18.4%, and reading is 9.9%. 46% answerer of the subjective poor vision who tested eye vision by self-evaluation did not correct eye vision. 48.7% answerer among uncorrect eye vision is because of having no chance to test. The question of effect in wearing glasses answered that the 48% of a1l answerer will be worse the visual acuity, the other is getting better and unchanged eye vision by common sense. The question about how looks like glasses wearer answered that the 45.8% answerer is uncomfortable appearance by common sense. 32.3% answerer of the glasses wearer became a failure wearer because glasses was uncomfortable to fit primary student.

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New On-Chip RF BIST(Built-In Self Test) Scheme and Circuit Design for Defect Detection of RF Front End (RF Front End의 결함 검출을 위한 새로운 온 칩 RF BIST 구조 및 회로 설계)

  • 류지열;노석호
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.449-455
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    • 2004
  • This paper presents a novel defect detection method for one chip RF front end with fault detection circuits using input matching measurement. We present a BIST circuit using 40.25{\mu}m$ CMOS technology. We monitor the input transient voltage of the RF front end to differentiate faulty and fault-free RF front end. Catastrophic as well as parametric variation fault models are used to simulate the faulty response of the RF front end. This technique has several advantages with respect to the standard approach based on current test stimulus and frequency domain measurement. Because DUT and fault detection circuits are implemented in the same chip, this test technique only requires use of digital voltmeter (RMS meter) and RF voltage source generator for simpleand inexpensive testing.

DEVELOPMENT STATUS OF IRRADIATION DEVICES AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR MATERIAL AND NUCLEAR FUEL IRRADIATION TESTS IN HANARO

  • Kim, Bong-Goo;Sohn, Jae-Min;Choo, Kee-Nam
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.203-210
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    • 2010
  • The $\underline{H}igh$ flux $\underline{A}dvanced$ $\underline{N}eutron$ $\underline{A}pplication$ $\underline{R}eact\underline{O}r$ (HANARO), an open-tank-in-pool type reactor, is one of the multi-purpose research reactors in the world. Since the commencement of HANARO's operations in 1995, a significant number of experimental facilities have been developed and installed at HANARO, and continued efforts to develop more facilities are in progress. Owing to the stable operation of the reactor and its frequent utilization, more experimental facilities are being continuously added to satisfy various fields of study and diverse applications. The irradiation testing equipment for nuclear fuels and materials at HANARO can be classified into capsules and the Fuel Test Loop (FTL). Capsules for irradiation tests of nuclear fuels in HANARO have been developed for use under the dry conditions of the coolant and materials at HANARO and are now successfully utilized to perform irradiation tests. The FTL can be used to conduct irradiation testing of a nuclear fuel under the operating conditions of commercial nuclear power plants. During irradiation tests conducted using these capsules in HANARO, instruments such as the thermocouple, Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT), small heater, Fluence Monitor (F/M) and Self-Powered Neutron Detector (SPND) are used to measure various characteristics of the nuclear fuel and irradiated material. This paper describes not only the status of HANARO and the status and perspective of irradiation devices and instrumentation for carrying out nuclear fuel and material tests in HANARO but also some results from instrumentation during irradiation tests.