This study was conducted to analyze relationships between depression indices, mini nutritional assessment scores, and nutritional quotients among 80 elderly in Yangpyeong-gun and to identify factors that help prevent depression and malnutrition. Nutrition assessment scores were low in the high-risk group (PHQ-9 score 10), and nutritional quotient scores were lower in the high-risk group than in the normal group (PHQ-9 score 4). Interestingly, the consumption frequencies of fruits, eggs, and nuts were low in the high-risk group, and subjective health awareness, dental condition, and sleep were poorer. The total PHQ-9 score was correlated with malnutrition, body mass index, calf circumference, weight change, independent daily living, reduced meal amount, water intake, and the need for help when eating. Analysis of correlations between items of the PHQ-9 and nutritional status evaluation indices showed that a self-perceived feeling of depression, low energy, difficulty controlling sleep or appetite, negative thoughts (e.g., failure, disappointment), and difficulty concentrating were negatively correlated with total nutritional status scores. These results show that attention is required when food or water intake decreases and that deviation from normal sleep and appetite cycles flags the need to prepare guidelines to prevent depression.

PURPOSES : In this study, the basis for improving the maintenance method of road pavement in Jeju Island, where deterioration is accelerating, was presented through field construction and analysis of various combinations of maintenance methods. METHODS : Construction was performed on Jeju Island's Aejo Road, which has high traffic and frequent early damage, using various asphalt mixtures mainly applied in Jeju Island, with different maintenance cross-sections depending on the level of repair. The quality and performance of the asphalt mixture collected during construction were evaluated, and MEPDG was used to analyze the service life according to the type and maintenance level of the mixture. RESULTS : While the mixture for the surface layer satisfied the quality standards and had excellent rutting and moisture resistance performance, the asphalt mixture for the intermediate and base layer did not satisfy the quality standards such as air voids, so it was judged that quality control was necessary during production. The section repaired to the base layer was found to be advantageous for the integrated behavior of the pavement and had the best structural integrity. As a result of predicting the service life, the estimated life of the section where only the surface layer was repaired was analyzed to be approximately 7 years, the section where the intermediate layer was repaired was 14.5 years, and the section where the entire section up to the base layer was repaired was analyzed to be 18 years. CONCLUSIONS : In Jeju Island, where deterioration is accelerating, it was analyzed that when establishing a maintenance plan, it is necessary to consider repairing the middle and base floors in order to secure the designed life of 10 years.

본 연구는 제5차 국가산림자원조사(2006-2010)에서 조사된 편백을 대상으로 흉고직경에 따른 수고 생장곡선식과 초기 수고생장 모델을 개발하여 편백의 초기 생장특성을 고려한 합리적인 산림경영계획 수립에 필요한 기초자료를 제공할 목적으로 실시하였다. 연구자료는 제5차 국가산림자원조사 자료 중 편백 표준목 353본에 대한 수고, 흉고직경, 연륜생장 자료를 이용하였다. 흉고직경에 따른 수고 생장곡선식은 Petterson 식, Log 식, Michailow 식을 이용하여 개발하였으며, 연령에 따른 초기 수고생장 모델은 Chapman-Richards 식, Gompertz 식, Schumacher 식을 이용하여 개발하였다. 본 연구 결과, 모델 검정을 통하여 흉고직경에 따른 수고 생장곡선식은 Petterson 식이 가장 적합한 것으로 나타났으며, 초기 수고생장 모델은 Gompertz 식이 가장 적합한 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 개발한 초기 수고생장 모델을 그래프로 나타낸 결과 편백은 13년생일 때 연간 수고생장량이 0.54m로 가장 많은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구 결과는 편백의 생장 특성 관련 연구에 활용할 수 있을 뿐 아니라 초기의 편백 조림지에 대하여 합리적인 산림경영계획 수립에 유용한 기초자료가 될 것으로 기대된다.

기업은 생존을 비롯하여 지속 가능한 경영을 위해 우수한 인적자원을 확보해야 할 뿐만 아니라 이들의 열의와 몰입을 증대시켜서 창조적이고 혁신적인 업무성과를 달성해야 한다. 직무열의는 구성원의 혁신행 동을 이끌어 낼 수 있는 효과적인 자원이다. 본 연구는 구성원의 직무열의와 혁신행동 관계에서 부정적 상황변수인 갈등에 주목하여, 갈등을 조절변수로서 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 보고 연구하였다. 그리고, 기존 갈등연구들을 보면, 과업갈등은 주로 긍정적인 요소로, 관계갈등은 부정적인 요소로 인식되고 있는 데 이러한 갈등 유형의 차이가 직무열의와 혁신행동 관계에도 동일하게 나타나는지를 살펴볼 필요가 있 다. 특히, 기존 연구의 갈등은 주로 팀원이나 동료들 간의 갈등을 대상으로 하였으나, 상사-구성원 간 갈 등이 개인의 직무열의와 혁신행동 관계에서 어떤 영향을 주는지에 대한 연구는 미흡하다. 따라서 본 연구 는 갈등의 영향을 보다 명확하게 검증하기 위하여 기존 동료들 간의 갈등이 아닌 상사-구성원 간의 갈등 에 초점을 맞추어 연구를 진행하였다. 즉, 구성원의 직무열의와 혁신행동의 관계를 먼저 확인하고, 그 관 계에서 상사-구성원 간 갈등(관계갈등, 과업갈등)의 조절효과를 검증하고자 하였다. 중국 정부는 "혁신 주도 발전 전략"을 제시하여 기업이 연구개발 및 혁신을 강화하도록 장려하고, 혁신 적 인재의 육성과 유입을 촉진하고 있다. 또한, 중국 조직에서는 개인보다 집단이익을 우선시하는 조직문 화가 있으며, 조직 구조상 상사와 구성원 간의 위계가 강조된다. 따라서 중국 현지 기업 근무자 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 하였고 유효 표본 총 351부를 분석하였다. 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 구성원의 직무열의는 혁신행동에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 상사와 구성원 간 갈등은 관계갈등 뿐만 아니라 과업갈등도 동일하게 직무열의와 혁신행동 관계에 부정적인 환경으로 작용하였다. 이러한 연구결과를 바탕으로 직무열의가 있는 구성원들의 혁신행동을 더 강하게 유발하기 위해서는 상사-구성 원 간 관계갈등 뿐만 아니라 과업갈등도 최소화하는 것이 효과적이라는 것을 확인하였다.

이 연구는 한국의 대학 연구자들이 무엇을 과학자의 사회적 책임으로서 중시하고 있고, 또 연구자의 사회적 책임에 대한 상이한 인식에 영향을 주는 요인들은 무엇인지를 탐구한다. 분석 결과, 학문적으로 우수한 연구 결과 창출을 가장 중요한 과학자의 사회적 책임으로 꼽은 응답자가 가장 많았고, 이어 사회문제해결에 기여하는 연구 수행, 산업적으로 활용이 가능한 연구 수행의 순으로 나타났다. 연구윤리를 준수한 연구활동이나 연구실 구성원(학문후속세대)에 대한 후원과 돌봄을 선택한 응답자는 상대적으로 소수였다. 즉, 과 학자의 사회적 책임에 관한 학술적, 정책적 담론과 달리, 연구자들은 전체 사회에 대한 책임 보다 과학 내부에 대한 책임을 자신들의 사회적 책임으로 강조하는 경향을 보였다. 각각의 사회적 책임에 대한 응답을 결정하는 요인을 살펴본 결과, 기초연구비중은 학문적으로 우수한 연구 결과 창출 대비 산업적 연구, 연구윤리준수, 사회문제해결에 기여를 연구자의 사회적 책임으로 인식할 가능성에 부정적인 영향을 주고 있었다. 연구윤리준수와 사회문제해결에의 기여의 경우, 기초연구비중의 영향은 기초연구자들의 내재적 연구동기를 통제했을 때 통계적 유의미성이 사라졌으나, 산업적 연구의 경우 내재적 연구동기를 통제해도 기초연구비중의 영 향은 유의미하게 남았다.

This study was a qualitative investigation into the food security and food variety among the rural elderly. For the qualitative data collection, nineteen elderly people who lived in Yangpyeong-gun were interviewed individually. Food security and variety was evaluated based on accessibility and affordability. The participants seemed to have difficulty preparing their own meals and eating with their families or others. The frequency of vegetable intake was found to be high, as vegetables were available through cultivation. However, in terms of diversity, the intake of meat and milk, which are sources of protein and calcium, was found to be significantly low. This has to do with very poor physical accessibility. A lack of nutrition education was identified as the biggest reason for not following dietary therapy despite having a pre-existing disease condition. Therefore, for the elderly in Yangpyeong-gun, it is suggested that a basic nutrition policy for food supply that can increase their actual intake is more essential than education on cooking and nutrients. Moreover, periodic nutrition education or a regular counseling system for dietary therapy through local public health centers may help improve the health of the elderly.

In this study, in order to develop a method to efficiently inject essential nutrients necessary for plant growth into wood chips, which are simply used as soil covering materials in the agriculture, landscaping and horticultural industries, the atmospheric pressure dipping method and the vacuum pressure impregnating method are used to improve the plant nutrients injectability and impregnation amount were comparatively analyzed. Nutrient ingredients and 8 major heavy metal contents of wood chips injected with nutrients were analyzed, and soil covering effects were examined by covering wood chips injected with nutrients on soil. Comparing the dipping method and the vacuum pressure impregnation method, it took about 48 hours or more to inject 1,500 g or more of the nutrient aqueous solution into 1 kg of wood chips in the dipping method, but the vacuum pressure impregnation method could be impregnated in about 5 minutes. Components of the impregnated nutrients were detected in proportion to the diluted concentration. As a result of covering the wood chips developed in this study on soil, they showed weakly acidic pH, and the heat insulation and moisturizing effects during the winter season were evaluated to be superior to those of uncovered soil. In the future, wood chips impregnated with nutrients are expected to contribute to the more efficient use of waste wood resources and the long-term supply of nutrients essential for plant growth, reducing excessive use of chemical fertilizers and reducing costs.

PURPOSES : The objectives of this study are to evaluate the condition of concrete bridge decks using the multi-channel ground penetrating radar (GPR) testing and compare the value of its dielectric constant value with actual concrete condition. METHODS : The reflection coefficient method was used to measure the dielectric properties of concrete bridge decks. Air-coupled step-frequency GPR testing was used to measure the time taken for reflection from the interfaces between the layers. Specimens of the asphalt mixture and concrete bridge-deck were collected by field coring. GPR testing was conducted on two bridges with different concrete bridge deck conditions on national highways. After the GPR tests, the actual conditions of the concrete bridge deck were investigated using specimen coring. RESULTS : GPR testing indicated that the dielectric constants of concrete bridge decks in good condition ranged from 8 to 10, whereas those corresponding to poor condition ranged from 4 to 6. The results of GPR testing can determine the actual condition and degree of distress of concrete bridge decks determined from the specimen coring data. Therefore, GPR testing is appropriate for nondestructively evaluating the condition of a concrete bridge deck. CONCLUSIONS : The analysis results of the dielectric constants of the concrete bridge deck obtained from multichannel GPR testing were consistent with the actual bridge deck conditions. In the near future, an additional verification process for this approach under different bridge conditions will be required to improve its precision and ensure reliability.

This study analyzed the relationship between distribution of Bolboschoenus planiculmis which is main food source of swans (national monument species) with environmental factors, discharge, rainfall, and salinity in Eulsuk-do from 2020 to 2023. The distribution area of B. planiculmis in Eulsuk tidal flat was 103,672 m2 in 2020, 95,240 m2 in 2021, 88,163 m2 in 2022, and 110,879 m2 in 2023, and represents a sharp decrease compared to the 400,925 m2 area recorded in 2004. From 2020 to 2023, the growth densities of B. planiculmis were 243.6±12.5 m-2, 135.45±7.38 m-2, 51.10±2.54 m-2, and 238.20±16.36 m-2, respectively, and the biomass was 199.89±28.01 gDW m-2, 18.57±5.12 gDW m-2, 6.55±1.12 gDW m-2, and 153.53±25.43 gDW m-2 in 2020, 2023, 2021, and 2022, respectively. Based on discharge during May~July, which affects plant growth, the left gate discharge of the estuary barrage from 2020 to 2023 was 62,322 m3 sec-1, 33,329 m3 sec-1, 6,810 m3 sec-1, and 93,641 m3 sec-1, respectively; rainfall was 1,136 mm, 799 mm, 297 mm, and 993 mm, respectively; and average salinity was 14.7±9.4 psu, 21.1±4.7 psu, 26.1±2.7 psu, and 14.5± 11.1 psu, respectively. In 2022, cumulative rainfall (978 mm, about 70% of the 30-year average) and discharge (43,226 m3 sec-1) decreased sharply, resulting in the highest mean salinity (25.46 psu), and the distribution area, density, and biomass of the B. planiculmis decreased sharply. In 2023, there was a rise in discharge with an increase in rainfall, leading to a decrease in salinity. Consequently, this environmental change facilitated the recovery of B. planiculmis growth.