Purpose: This study explored life experiences and meaning attributed to them by older men living alone during the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods: Data were collected from June to July 2022 through face-to-face in-depth interviews with 14 older men living alone and analyzed using the thematic analysis method suggested by Braun and Clarke. Results: The analysis revealed four themes and eight subthemes. 1) Unfamiliar daily life faced in old age due to COVID-19; 2) living a difficult life in a stopped society; 3) a life of constant effort amid change; and 4) daily life adjusting to the new normal amid regret. The participants volunteered to be secluded to adapt to their changed daily life in an isolated society, which led to depression. As time passed, they tried to adapt to their new daily lives by communicating untactfully to shorten their physical distance. Conclusion: This study suggests that it is necessary to understand socially vulnerable classes in national disaster situations and the need for various policies to respond to social isolation. In the future, developing an intervention that allows older men living alone to actively adapt to a changing society and verify its effectiveness is necessary.

본 연구는 2022년 2월 발발한 러시아-우크라이나 전쟁과 분쟁에 대응 하는 국제기구의 역할을 살펴보는 것을 목적으로 한다. 구체적으로 본 연구는 분쟁과 국제기구 간 관계에 대한 기존 논의를 확인하고, 우크라 이나 전쟁이 촉발한 국제기구의 최근 활동에 대해 살펴본다. 특히 UN 총회는 안전보장 이사회의 상임이사국 거부권 행사에 대해 유엔 총회의 견제 역할을 강조하는 4월 26일 결의안을 통과시켰고, 이는 제한적이지 만 기존의 유엔 개혁에 대한 진일보한 활동으로 평가된다. 우크라이나 전쟁 직후 안전보장이사회의 상임이사국 중 하나인 러시아의 지속적인 반대로 유엔 차원에서의 강력한 우크라이나 지원 및 러시아 규탄이 나타 나지 않았다. 이에 대한 대응으로 유엔 총회는 안전보장이사회의 상임이 사국 거부권 행사 행위를 총회에서 설명해야하는 결의안을 채택하였다. 이를 통해 본 연구는 국제기구가 분쟁발발을 억지하거나 분쟁을 종식시 키는 적극적 역할을 수행하기 어렵지만 국제분쟁이 국제기구의 기존 개 혁논의를 촉진시켜 분쟁에 대응하는 국제기구의 역할을 다각화하는 요인 이라는 점을 제시한다.

Purpose: This study was aimed to provide in-depth understanding of male nurses’ work adaptation experience and suggest future directions for nursing interventions for them by synthesizing individual qualitative findings. Methods: Qualitative meta-synthesis method suggested by Sandelowski and Barroso was utilized. A total of 6 qualitative studies’ findings were synthesized to describe male nurses’ experience of work adaptation in clinical settings. Results: The major task regarding male nurses’ work adaptation was ‘planting himself in the workplace.’ Its contextual and related factors to the task include: extraordinary choice for men, female-centered hierarchical work culture, gender difference vs. interindividual difference, stereotyped view on ‘male’ nurses, strengthening work identity of nursing profession, and dim future even after many years of experience. Conclusion: The findings illuminated the necessity of orchestrated efforts from both female and male nurses to form work environments overcoming gender bias and promoting adaptation of male nurses in clinical settings.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand and describe the experiences of stomach cancer patients in South Korea. Methods: Secondary analysis of qualitative data was designed. The data were analyzed via the Phenomenological Method, using the data of 12 stomach cancer patients, from the original data collected by narrative interviews in 2013. Results: Seven theme clusters emerged from the analysis. Beginning with: ‘Facing Life Threats from Cancer,’ this describes how the participants experience between cancer diagnosis and treatments. ‘Crossing the Boundary between Life and Death’ deals with desperate struggle to overcome medical treatments, such as gastrectomy and chemotherapy, while ‘Adjusting to Weakened Body’ illustrates the continuous daily struggle to follow dietary treatments after operation. ‘Dilemmas in Interpersonal Relationships’ illustrates the sensitivity of relationships from the cancer stigma, with predicaments rising in collective dining situations. ‘Encountering: Hidden Me, Inside Me’ describes changes in values of life and a matured self. ‘Supporters for Hope’ illustrates driving forces to keep hope alive in everyday lives. Lastly, ‘Happiness of Everyday Life Rescued from Misery’ describes how life turned into blessings from cancer after all. Conclusion: The results of this study would help oncology professionals to develop patient-centered cancer survivorship interventions, by understanding and gaining insights about the lived experience of stomach cancer patients.

본 연구는 스톡홀름 Saltsjon 해변가와 보존지역, 신도시에 영향을 주는 색채마감의 요인에 대해서 분석하였다. 사실 상 환경에 영향을 주는 색채디자인은 보존지역뿐만 아니라 신도시에도 중요한 영향을 끼친다. 칼라디자인 맵을 이용해 서 지역별로 건축물 색채의 시각적인 평가 및 선호도를 제시하였다. 이러한 시도는 해변가 및 신도시뿐만 아니라 역사적 인 보존지역에도 색채를 조절하는데 중요한 도구가 된다. 색상, 명도, 채도는 색채 측정기와 색채 팔레트를 이용해서 측정하였다. 체크 부분은 주로 건축물 외관 및 지붕으로 하였다. 시각적 평가 제안인 색채경관은 해안가 및 도시의 이미지를 만드는데 중요한 목표가 된다. 이러한 비교를 통해 색채이미지 축은 색채 전이로 인해 경향을 분석할 수 있는 좋은 방법이다. 분석 결과 도시 색채에 있어서 태양복사의 양에 따라 다양한 색채 구성표가 만들어져 많고 화려한 색채 구성이 이루 어졌다. 도시의 색에 있어서 건물 벽보다는 지붕과 관련된 변수가 도시경관에 긍정적 효과가 있었으며 현대 건물의 재료 는 빛의 산란에 의해 색의 범위가 확대되어 색채의 전이 축이 넓게 나타났다. 젊은 세대는 새로운 지역에서는 무겁고 밝은 색채계획을 함께 선호하였으며 보전지역에서는 자연스러운 색채를 선호하였다. 스톡홀롬 가치 결정 요인분석에 있어서 색채의 고유한 특성은 스톡홀롬의 도시경관의 가치에 긍정적 영향을 미치고 있으며 이후 건물 개조 및 신축에 있어서 적용해야 할 것이다.

The toxicity of purified ricin from Ricinus communis to rats was examined by histological and histochemical methods. Sprague-Dawley rats were injected intraperitoneally with 75㎍/㎏ body weight of ricin and were sacrified at intervals of 6, 24, 48 and 120 hours after injection. The major morphological changes, such as cloudy swelling, hydropic degeneration, necrosis, fatty change, blood congestion, increase of Kupffer cells in number and extension of sinusoids, were obvious in the liver of experimental group. These morphological changes of hepatic cells were mainly observed in both the periportal and midlobular region of hepatic lobule. The extension of sinusoids was obvious in the centrolobular region. And glycogen distribution of hepatic cells tended to decrease in the same region showing morphlogical changes as compared with the control group.

In order to study on the long-term change of water quality, water analysis was conducted at 16 sites surrounding the Kumho river system for 11 times from September 1990 to August 1993. Analytical items for the study of water quality are as follows; water temperature, pH, COD, BOD, DO, SS, electrical conductivity, NH_3-N, NO_2^- -N, NO_3^- -N, PO_4^3- -P, total-P, hardness, oil and grease, ABS, phenol, zinc, chromium, cadmium, manganese, iron, lead and color. The long-term change of water quality in the Kumho river for the period studied was found that the values of water temperature, electrical conductivity, phenol, NO_2^- -N and NH_3-N were increasing and those of COD, BOD, SS, oil and grease, ABS, NO_3 -N, PO_4^3- -P, copper, zinc, chromium, cadmium, manganese and lead were decreasing, while those of pH, hardness, iron and manganese were steady.