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A Comparison of the Upward-Downward Feedback of Personnel Rating at a University Hospital (일개 대학병원의 상향.하향 인사평가결과 비교분석)

  • Cho, Sung-Man;Seo, Young-Joon;Kang, Shin-Hee;Hwang, Seul-Ki;Kim, Jang-Mook
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.117-128
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    • 2012
  • This study purports to investigate the difference between upward and downward feedback and to find out the strategy to enhance the validity and reliability of the multi-source feedback system. Data were collected from 88 middle-level managers working at divisions of nursing, administration, and clinical technology at a university hospital located in north-eastern part of South Korea. Data about multi-source feedback of the year 2008 and 2009 were obtained from the department of personnel management under the permission of hospital top management. The collected data were analyzed using t-test, and correlation analysis. The major findings of the study were as follows: First, the scores of downward feedback were always higher than those of the upward feedback. Second, the scores of downward feedback were always higher than those of the upward feedback in both nursing and administrative staff, while no significant difference was found in technological staff. Third, the upward and downward feedback scores were significantly different in terms of the evaluation factors. Fourth, there were significant correlations between total scores of downward and upward feedback, and evaluation factor scores. In conclusion, the composition and weight of measurement items of multi-source feedback needs to be designed differently in terms of each job characteristics.

Quality Evaluation of Sulgidduk added with Rubus coreanus Miquel Leaf Powder (복분자 잎 첨가 설기떡의 품질 특성)

  • Rha, Young-Ah;Kang, Byong-Nam
    • Culinary science and hospitality research
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.128-135
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study was to determine the desirable mixture ratio of Rubus coreanus Miquel leaf powder to rice flour for the preparation of sulgidduk. The moisture of samples raged from 41.92% to 38.21%. The addition of Rubus coreanus Miquel leaf powder in the Sulgidduk tended to decrease the lightness (L) in Hunter color value, but to increase the redness (a) and yellowness (b). With increasing Rubus coreanus Miquel leaf powder level, the hardness of the samples decreased and their springiness, cohesiveness and chewiness increased. In sensory evaluation, the addition of 5% Rubus coreanus Miquel leaf powder showed the best score in taste and overall preference. Therefore, these results suggested that the addition of 5% Rubus coreanus Miquel leaf powder could be applied for making Rubus coreanus Miquel leaf powder sulgidduk.

Strain-based structural condition assessment of an instrumented arch bridge using FBG monitoring data

  • Ye, X.W.;Yi, Ting-Hua;Su, Y.H.;Liu, T.;Chen, B.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.139-150
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    • 2017
  • The structural strain plays a significant role in structural condition assessment of in-service bridges in terms of structural bearing capacity, structural reliability level and entire safety redundancy. Therefore, it has been one of the most important parameters concerned by researchers and engineers engaged in structural health monitoring (SHM) practices. In this paper, an SHM system instrumented on the Jiubao Bridge located in Hangzhou, China is firstly introduced. This system involves nine subsystems and has been continuously operated for five years since 2012. As part of the SHM system, a total of 166 fiber Bragg grating (FBG) strain sensors are installed on the bridge to measure the dynamic strain responses of key structural components. Based on the strain monitoring data acquired in recent two years, the strain-based structural condition assessment of the Jiubao Bridge is carried out. The wavelet multi-resolution algorithm is applied to separate the temperature effect from the raw strain data. The obtained strain data under the normal traffic and wind condition and under the typhoon condition are examined for structural safety evaluation. The structural condition rating of the bridge in accordance with the AASHTO specification for condition evaluation and load and resistance factor rating of highway bridges is performed by use of the processed strain data in combination with finite element analysis. The analysis framework presented in this study can be used as a reference for facilitating the assessment, inspection and maintenance activities of in-service bridges instrumented with long-term SHM system.

Data and reliability evaluation in industry (산업체에서의 데이터와 신뢰성평가)

  • Baik, Jai-wook
    • Industry Promotion Research
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2017
  • In the case of manufacturing companies, various types of data are collected. Many of these data can be used as useful information for product reliability evaluation. In this study, we first look at data that can be collected by a manufacturing company and related to products, technology, finance, and customers. Next, we will look at the company's business management system, scientific journals, test and marketing survey data, etc., as sources of data. Next, look at what kind of data is collected over the product life cycle to evaluate the reliability of the product. In the development stage of the product, reliability test is performed for each component, and reliability data is collected by performing reliability test at the subsystem and system level. On the other hand, at the manufacturing stage, data on the functional test and the design change test of the product are collected, and at the field stage, the problem of the product is detected in the field and collected in the form of data. Finally, let's look at what you need to do to make a reasonable analysis later in your data collection.

An Evaluation Model of IT Investment Effect (정보기술 투자 효과 평가방법에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Lark Sang
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.27-36
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    • 2018
  • Financial IT evaluation methods have been unable to satisfy firms' requirements. There has been a growing demand for more comprehensively and non-financially measuring the IT performance. We developed a process-based approach in evaluating impacts of IT on primary activities. In this research we proposed a model that uses the corporate objective of IT and strategic fitt as the core independent variables in measuring the IT effect. Based on the data collected from the management variables of the 125 companies located in Korea, the companies were classified into the 4 different groups according to their corporate objective for IT: un-oriented, operations oriented, market oriented and dual oriented. Through the empirical analysis, we were able to demonstrate that the management of the companies showing a higher orientation level perceives a better IT investment performance, and this shows that the corporate objective for IT serves as a useful index for measuring the IT investment effect. In this research, it was also demonstrated that the strategic alignment has a positive influence on perceiving the IT investment effect.

Welding process for manufacturing of Nuclear power main components (원자력 발전 주기기 제작에 적용되는 용접공정)

  • Jung, In-Chul;Kim, Yong-Jae;Shim, Deog-Nam
    • Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.43-46
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    • 2010
  • As the nuclear power plant has been constructed continuously for several decades in Korea, the welding technology for components manufacturing and installation has been improved largely. Standardization for weld test and qualification was also established systematically according to the concerned code. The welding for the main components requires the high reliability to keep the constant quality level, which means the repeatability of weld quality. Therefore the weld process qualified by thorough test and evaluation is able to be applied for manufacturing. Narrow gap SAW and GTAW process are usually applied for girth seam welding of pressure vessel like Reactor vessel, steam generator, and etc. For the surface cladding with stainless steel and Inconel material, strip welding process is mainly used. Inside cladding of nozzles is additionally applied with Hot wire GTAW and semi-auto welding process. Especially the weld joint having elliptical weld line on curved surface needs a specialized weld system which is automatically rotating with adjusting position of the head torch. The small sized pipe, tube, and internal parts of reactor vessel requests precise weld processes like an automatic GTAW and electron beam welding. Welding of dissimilar materials including Inconel690 material has high possibility of weld defects like a lack of fusion, various types of crack. To avoid these kinds of problem, optimum weld parameters and sequence should be set up through the many tests. As the life extension of nuclear power plant is general trend, weld technologies having higher reliability is required gradually. More development of specialized welding systems, weld part analysis and evaluation, and life prediction for main components should be taken into a consideration extensively.

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Development and Efficacy Evaluation of a Web-based Prevention Programs of Alcohol-related Problems for University Students (대학생 음주문제 예방 프로그램 개발 및 효능성 평가)

  • Kim, Kwang-Kee;Jekarl, Jung;Park, Min-Su;Lee, Jae-Gook
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.131-143
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    • 2011
  • Objectives: This study is to develop a web-based prevention program of alcohol-related problem among university students and to examine its efficacy in changing drinking behaviors and reducing harms associated with alcohol use. Methods: An hour-length program was developed containing news paper articles, pictures, stories and questionnaires in a multimedia format such as flash, animation, and text. Survey data were analyzed to examine program efficacy from a convenient sample of 1,080 freshmen enrolled in a participating university. Results: Participation in the program has resulted in statistically significant changes in drinking behavior between pretest and follow-up, including reduction of frequency of drinking, heavy drinking, and intoxication, typical amount of drinking per occasion, and subjective norm of heavy drinking. Repeated ANOVA revealed significant increases in knowledge on alcohol related facts, including recommended drinking unit by WHO with substantial level of effect size and in making negative alcohol expectancy with very low effect size. Further studies are guaranteed with randomized controlled trial for the program effectiveness. Conclusions: A web-based prevention program of alcohol-related problems in this study was efficacious in changing drinking behavior, knowledge on alcohol-related fact, alcohol expectancy and subjective drinking norm.

Efficient Skyline Computation on Time-Interval Data Streams (유효시간 데이터 스트림에서의 스카이라인 질의 알고리즘)

  • Park, Nam-Hun;Chang, Joong-Hyuk
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.370-381
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    • 2012
  • Multi-criteria result extraction is crucial in many scientific applications that support real-time stream processing, such as habitat research and disaster monitoring. Skyline evaluation is computational intensive especially over continuous time-interval data streams where each object has its own customized expiration time. In this work, we propose TI-Sky - a continuous skyline evaluation framework. To ensure correctness, the result space needs to be continuously maintained as new objects arrive and older objects expire. TI-Sky strikes a perfect balance between the costs of continuously maintaining the result space and the costs of computing the final skyline result from this space whenever a pull-based user query is received. Our key principle is to incrementally maintain a partially precomputed skyline result space - however doing so efficiently by working at a higher level of abstraction. TI-Sky's algorithms for insertion, deletion, purging and result retrieval exploit both layers of granularity. Our experimental study demonstrates the superiority of TI-Sky over existing techniques to handle a wide variety of data sets.

Risk Assesment in the loaded works of muscular skeletal disorder for company attached to dining workers (기업체 식당종사자의 근골격계 부담 작업에 대한 위험성 평가)

  • Lee, Song-Kwon;Yoo, Wang-Keun;Lee, Jeong-Hee;Lim, Moo-Hyuk;Park, Man-Chul;Cha, Sang-Eun;Ki, Yun-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.101-110
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    • 2007
  • This study was performed to find out hazardous factors in the loaded works of muscular skeletal disorders(MSDs) for four company attached to dining workers from October 2005 to June 2006. The results are summarized as follows. 1. 42.5% of workers in study group were 40-50 years old, and females were higher than males, and the average of body weight was 70kg, 57kg in males and females, respectively. Working time per day was mostly 7-9hours, and the rate of worker who had never education and training was 46%. 2. The upper part and right part of body were higher than lower part and left part in symptoms of muscular skeletal disorders. Body parts which complained of symptoms were the order of right shoulder(55%), right arm(54%), right hand,(40%) waist(35%), leg(25%), and neck(24%). 3. The results of evaluation in the loaded works of muscular skeletal disorders to cooking, dish supply, preparing side dish, and washing the dishes and cleaning the floor of cooking room using RULA and OWAS checklists was action level 4(potential hazards, needs of change workplace), and the result of evaluation using back compressive force needed control measures as 779.27 lbs~1,274.04 lbs. In a view point of the result of this study, large dining rooms should be designed by ergonomic technology for the work surface height, width, and depth. The height of carrying car should be lower to 70cm, and repetitiveness and handling weight should be reduced by mechanical means, and education and training also should be performed for all of workers positively.

A Study on the Push-based Distance Education System and Leveling Estimation Algorithm (Push 기반 원격교육 시스템과 수준별 문항평가 알고리즘에 관한 연구)

  • 김원영;김치수;김진수
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 2001
  • An educational system using computers was first conceptualized by Dr. Donald Bitzer in the University of Illinois in the late 1950s. Since the PLATO system was developed in 1961, multilateral research were made for the last 30 years. Especially, the development of Internet and Information Technology has contributed to the advancement of the distance education system. This system has greatly changed the existing educational paradigm, As the result, new education system is being realized, This study suggests a distance education system based on ‘push’ technique, which is a means of active information transmission, In this system, the ‘push’ technique is combined with the existing distance education system. Through the combination, learning contents can be provided for learners without connecting the DB on the Internet. In addition, the process of getting new information is real-timed operation. Also, the treatment of item; and the algorithm of level-based item evaluation are devised in consideration of various levels of learners, so that evaluation of items appropriate to the levels of learners can be accomplished.

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