PURPOSES : The numeric-based Highway Pavement Management System (HPMS), along with an advanced three-dimensional pavement condition monitoring profiler vehicle (3DPM), in South Korea has presented remarkable advancements in pavement management since the early 2000. Based on these results, visual distress on pavement surfaces can be easily detected and analyzed. Additionally, the entire expressway pavement surface conditions in South Korea can be easily monitored using the current graphical user interface-based advanced information graphic (AIG) approach. Therefore, a critically negative pavement section can be detected and managed more easily and efficiently. However, the actual mechanical performance of the selected pavement layer still needs to be investigated in a more thorough manner not only to provide more accurate pavement performance results but also to verify the feasibility of the current 3DPM and AIG approaches. In this study, the low-temperature performance of the selected asphalt pavement layer section was evaluated to further verify and strengthen the feasibility of the current 3DPM and AIG approaches developed by the Korea Expressway Corporation. METHODS : Based on 3DPM and AIG approach, the positive and negative-riding-quality road sections were selected, respectively. The asphalt material cores were extracted from each section then bending beam rheometer mixture creep test was performed to measure their low-temperature properties. Based on the experimental results, thermal stress results were computed and visually compared. RESULTS : As expected, the asphalt material from the negative driving performance section presented a poorer low-temperature cracking resistance than that from the positive driving performance section. CONCLUSIONS : Current 3DPM equipment can successfully evaluate expressway surface conditions and the corresponding material performance quality. However, more extensive experimental studies are recommended to verify and strengthen the findings of this study

As the demand for ready-to-eat foods continues to grow, concerns about the sodium in processed foods are also growing. In this study, a survey was conducted on the perception of low-sodium products and diffusion plans according to the type of employee (manufacturer, retailer, distributor). Of the 191 responses collected, 189 valid responses (98.9%) were analyzed. The results showed that the employees were aware of the health contribution of a low-sodium diet, labeling for low-sodium, and the promotion of low-sodium food to increase its consumption. Furthermore, retailers recognized the positive contribution of low-sodium products in terms of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) management. The use of sodium substitutes was preferred as the best way to reduce sodium in ready-to-eat foods. With regard to sodium reduction in readyto- eat foods, we found that the technical factors involved were clustered by the type of business. Specifically, distributors showed a similar performance but had a lower perception of importance than retailers. Manufacturers had a lower perception of both importance and performance. In this study, we collected perceptions from employees who were working at food companies, which differed from previous research. We sought to examine the differences in the perception of sodium reduction and consumption of ready-to-eat foods across various types of employment. Furthermore, we provided specific approaches to reduce perception gaps and enhance understanding among employees.

Purpose: This study aimed to development and test the effects of patient safety/infection control simulation program based on a brain-based learning framework for nursing students. Methods: This pilot study used a one group pre-post test design. The study was conducted in one university in Korea. Participants were recruited using a convenience sample. Fifteen nursing students participated in this study. Results: The levels of perception of importance of patient safety management (Z=3.41, p=.001), confidence on patient safety (Z=3.30, p=.001), attitude toward personal protective equipment (Z=3.10, p=.002), and efficacy of personal protective equipment (Z=3.35, p=.001) were significantly increased. Conclusion: The application of brain-based learning framework in nursing simulation could be an effective education for nursing students.

Offshore wind power development has been promoted in countries around the world to cope with global warming. Despite its many advantages, offshore wind power affects the marine environment during construction and operation. As a result, the reduction of fishing areas, changes in the habitat of marine animals, damage to fishing gear, and impeding the safety of fishing activities are occurring. If the offshore wind power generation project is carried out, a fishing damage investigation is nescssary. There are only four fishing damage investigations related to offshore wind power, which are being conducted similarly to the existing fishing damage investigation related to offshore construction. Therefore, this study reviewed and analyzed the report on fisheries damage investigation related to offshore wind power conducted in Korea and suggested problems and improvement measures accordingly.

농촌진흥청에서 진행한 ‘왕귀뚜라미 돌보기 프로그램’으로 노인들의 우울증과 인지 기 능 개선을 통한 정서적 안정에 도움이 된다는 사실을 과학적인 방법을 통해 확인하고 이 를 관련 저명 학술지 제기하였다. 이를 바탕으로 본 연구는 전라북도 익산시에 거주하는 5세부터 10세까지 아동 50명을 대상으로 직접 만나 전문가의 자문을 받아 작성한 총 11 문항의 설문지를 활용하여 조사를 진행하였다. 설문조사는 소리 곤충에 대한 인식도는 높 았지만, 선호도와 사육 의향에서 부정적인 결과가 나왔다. 또한 소리곤충 중 귀뚜라미의 소리에 대한 문항에서는 긍정적인 결과가 나온 반면 여치의 소리에 대한 문항에서는 부정 적인 결과가 나왔다. 본 논문에서는 소리 곤충에 대한 아동의 인식도 및 선호도를 파악하 기 위한 설문조사 연구를 통해 관련 연구와 활동에 자료를 제공하고자 한다.

High-risk microbial pathogens are handled in a biosafety laboratory. After experiments, the pathogens may remain as contaminants. To safely manage a biosafety laboratory, disinfection of microbial contaminants is necessary. This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of UV-C irradiation for the disinfection of a high-risk plant pathogenic bacterium Erwinia amylovora in a laboratory setting. For the test, the bacterium (8.7 × 106 CFU/ml) was embedded on the surface of PDA and placed on the work surface in a biosafety cabinet (Class 2 Type A1), and on the three different surfaces of the laboratory bench, laboratory bench shelf, and the floor which were positioned in a straight line from the UV lamp installed in the ceiling of the biosafety laboratory (BSL 2 class). UV-C irradiation was administered for 10min, 30min, 1 hr, 2hr, 3 hr, and 4hr, respectively. The reduction rate of bacteria ranged from 95% to 99% in regard to 10 min irradiation, from 97% to 99% in regard to 30 min irradiation, from 99.8% to 99.9% in regard to 1 hr irradiation, and higher than 99.99% in regard to 2 hr irradiation. The bacterium was completely inactivated after 3 hr irradiation. A similar UV-C irradiation effect was obtained when the bacterium was placed at a distance of 1 m from the three different surface points. Bacterial reduction by UV-C irradiation was not significantly different among the three different surface points.

Lightweight face recognition models, as one of the most popular and long-standing topics in the field of computer vision, has achieved vigorous development and has been widely used in many real-world applications due to fewer number of parameters, lower floating-point operations, and smaller model size. However, few surveys reviewed lightweight models and reimplemented these lightweight models by using the same calculating resource and training dataset. In this survey article, we present a comprehensive review about the recent research advances on the end-to-end efficient lightweight face recognition models and reimplement several of the most popular models. To start with, we introduce the overview of face recognition with lightweight models. Then, based on the construction of models, we categorize the lightweight models into: (1) artificially designing lightweight FR models, (2) pruned models to face recognition, (3) efficient automatic neural network architecture design based on neural architecture searching, (4) Knowledge distillation and (5) low-rank decomposition. As an example, we also introduce the SqueezeFaceNet and EfficientFaceNet by pruning SqueezeNet and EfficientNet. Additionally, we reimplement and present a detailed performance comparison of different lightweight models on the nine different test benchmarks. At last, the challenges and future works are provided. There are three main contributions in our survey: firstly, the categorized lightweight models can be conveniently identified so that we can explore new lightweight models for face recognition; secondly, the comprehensive performance comparisons are carried out so that ones can choose models when a state-of-the-art end-to-end face recognition system is deployed on mobile devices; thirdly, the challenges and future trends are stated to inspire our future works.

In this study, we aimed to explore whether eating alone is associated with mental health conditions in Korean adolescents. The data of 2,012 Korean adolescents aged 12-18 years were obtained from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015–2019. Participants were classified into three groups based on the frequency of eating alone: none (all meals with others); 1 meal/day alone; and 2 meals/day alone. Mental health conditions were assessed based on stress recognition, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation. Multivariable logistic regressions were employed to calculate the adjusted odds ratios (AORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of poor mental health conditions according to the frequency of eating alone. Adolescents who ate 2 meals/day alone had higher odds of stress recognition (AOR: 2.65, 95% CI: 1.94- 3.63), depressive symptoms (AOR: 2.55, 95% CI: 1.47-4.42), and suicidal ideation (AOR: 2.53, 95% CI: 1.05-6.08) than those who ate all their meals with others. In addition, having breakfast or dinner alone increased the odds of stress recognition. Considering the continuous increase in the social phenomenon of eating alone, nutritional educations are needed to develop adolescents' ability to choose more nutritionally balanced and healthy meals when eating alone.

Nursing ethics, which is an ethical norm of nursing practice, is basic to the professionalism of nurses, and ethical education is important in building the professional virtues. The study aimed to identify the needs of nursing ethics education targeting a group of nursing professionals in South Korea. This study adopted descriptive survey design via online survey. The questionnaire items consisted of the experience of ethical issues and the needs related to the subject of ethics education in nursing. 53 questionnaires were finally analyzed by descriptive statistics and correlation coefficients. The results showed that 40 of the study participants had more than 5 years of total clinical experience(69.8%). 48 of them previously participated in nursing ethics education(90.6%). The most frequently experienced ethical issues were ‘conflicts between colleagues’, ‘protecting of patient rights’ and ‘informed consent’. In relation to nursing ethics education, ‘ethical decision making and moral distress’, ‘shared decision making’ and ‘end-of-life care’ showed high needs for education. Overall, the higher the level of experience on ethical issues, the more educational needs for nursing ethics education(r=.360, p<.01). In addition, satisfaction with previous nursing ethics education was statistically significant positive correlation with the needs for the overall nursing ethics education topic(p.<01). In conclusion, the high level of experience on ethical issues shows the demands for continuity of ethical education and systematic improvement to improve the working environment of clinical nurses, and to meet the needs of nursing ethics education, a venue for discussion and education using case-based method should be provided.

Ion-beam irradiation(IB) on HfO2 surface induced high-performance liquidcrystal(LC) driving at a 1-V threshold with vertical alignment of liquid crystals(LC). The high-k materials Atomic layer deposition was used to obtain LC orientation on ultra thin and high-quality films of HfO2 layers. To analyze surface morphological transition of HfO2 which can act as physic alignment effect of LC, atomic force micro scopy images are employed with various IB intensities. The contact angle was measured to elucidate the mechanism of vertical alignment of LC on HfO2 with IB irradiation. Contact angle measurements show the surface energy changes via IB intensity increasing.

This study investigated the potential role of dietary factors associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Koreans. The scoping review method was used to evaluate the studies that utilized the secondary data sets comprising the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) and the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES). Articles published between 2012 and 2022 were identified using RISS, KISS, DBpia, PubMed, and ScienceDirect databases. In all, there were 32 published articles on obesity and 119 on MetS. Obesity research included eight articles on nutrients, 12 on food items/food groups, two on dietary patterns, nine on dietary behavior/eating habits, and one on the dietary index. MetS studies comprised 34 articles on nutrients, 43 on food items/food groups, seven on dietary patterns, 25 on dietary behavior/eating habits, and 10 on the dietary index. Carbohydrates, alcohol, and coffee consumption were the most frequently studied dietary factors for obesity and MetS. The primary areas of study were largely focused on nutrients and food items/food groups. Thus, to overcome the paucity of information on the relationship of dietary patterns and dietary indexes with obesity and MetS, there is a need for further research using the KNHANES and KoGES data sets.

Korea is a country where the population is concentrated in metropolitan areas that have undergone rapid industrial development. As of 2020, more than 43% of the total population lives in large cities, and about 18.5% of the total population lives in Seoul. A basic human need living in such a metropolis is a pleasant environment. In this study, complex odors and designated odors were evaluated at the boundary areas and at the outlets for 15 public environmental facilities selected from among odor sources in Seoul. As a result of measuring the complex odor intensity was 3 ~ 6 times at the boundary areas and 100 ~ 4,481 times at the outlets. In food waste treatment facilities, incineration facilities, and waste transfer station facilities, the compound making the largest contribution to odor is acetaldehyde, which was recorded at 46%, 25%, and 32% respectively. At a sewage treatment facility and agro-fisheries wholesale market, hydrogen sulfide was the largest contributing compound at 71% and 29% respectively.

This study was conducted to obtain basic information for the use of the ATP fluorescence detection method in consideration of the most common and frequent contamination situation that occurs in laboratories dealing with fire blight causing bacterium, Erwinia amylovora. ATP luminescence measurements (Relative Light Unit, RLU) were tested against these pathogen cells (CFU/cm2) which were artificially introduced on the disinfected surface of a bench floor of a biosafety cabinet (Class 2 Type A1), on a part of the disinfected surface of a lab experimental bench, on a part of the disinfected floor, and on a part of the disinfected floor of an acryl chamber for bioaerosol studies in a biosafety laboratory (BSL 2 class) using two different ATP bioluminometers. RLU values were not much increased with the bacterial cells from 2.15 × 102/cm2 to 2.15 × 106/cm2. RLU values varied among the four different surfaces tested. RLU values measured from the same number of bacterial cells differed little between the two different ATP bioluminometers used for this study. RLU values obtained from bacterial cells higher than 2.15 × 107/cm2 indicated the presence of bacterial contamination on the four different surfaces tested. The R2 values obtained based on the correlation data for the RLU values in response to different E. amylovora cell numbers (CFU/ cm2) on the surfaces of the four test spots ranged from 0.9827 to 0.9999.

Through sample-size-based rarefaction analyses, we tried to suggest the appropriate degree of sample concentration and sub-sample extraction, as a way to estimate more accurate zooplankton species diversity when assessing biodiversity. When we collected zooplankton from three reservoirs with different environmental characteristics, the estimated species richness (S) and Shannon’s Hʹ values showed different changing patterns according to the amount of sub-sample extracted from the whole sample by reservoir. However, consequently, their zooplankton diversity indices were estimated the highest values when analyzed by extracting the largest amount of sub-sample. As a result of rarefaction analysis about sample coverage, in the case of deep eutrophic reservoir (Juam) with high zooplankton species and individual numbers, it was analyzed that 99.8% of the whole samples were represented by only 1 mL of sub-sample based on 100 mL of concentrated samples. On the other hand, in Soyang reservoir, which showed very small species and individual numbers, a relatively low representation at 97% when 10 mL of sub-sample was extracted from the same amount of concentrated sample. As such, the representation of sub-sample for the whole zooplankton sample varies depending on the individual density in the sample collected from the field. If the degree of concentration of samples and the amount of subsample extraction are adjusted according to the collected individual density, it is believed that errors that occur when comparing the number of species and diversity indices among different water bodies can be minimized.

본 연구에서는 델파이 조사를 통한 초고층건물 빌딩풍 관련 법·제도의 개선방안을 제시하였다. 법·제도의 개선방안을 제시하 기 위하여 언론보도 및 소셜 미디어(social media) 등을 기초로 초고층건물 빌딩풍 관련 사회적 이슈를 조사하여 초고층건물 빌딩풍 관 련 법·제도 정책제안을 도출하였다. 도출된 정책제안은 관련 법·제도의 현황 및 문제점을 분석하여 이를 개선할 수 있는 정책을 제언 하였으며, 해당 정책제언의 적합성을 평가하기 위하여 10인의 초고층건물 빌딩풍 관련 재난 전문가를 대상으로 델파이 조사를 실시하 였다. 전체 중 70% 이상이 해당 정책제안이 적합하다고 평가되었으며, 추가적으로 각각의 정책제안에 대한 중요도를 평가하였다. 본 연구에서 분석한 초고층건물 빌딩풍 관련 법·제도 개선방안은 향후 발생할 수 있는 초고층건물 빌딩풍 재난에 대한 피해 예방을 위하 여 활용될 수 있다.

본 연구는 정확한 열환경 평가를 위해 옥외 공간에서 체감하는 열쾌적성과 미기후 모델링을 통해 산출된 열쾌적지수의 차이점을 확인하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 대구광역시에 위치한 대학 캠퍼스 두 곳을 대상으로 하여 열쾌적성을 평가하는 두 가지 방법론을 적용하고 분석 결과를 비교하였다. 첫 번째 방법은 현장 설문조사를 기반으로 하여 시민들의 열쾌적성 정보를 수집하는 것이며, 두 번째 방법은 미기후 모델인 ENVI-met을 활용하여 열쾌적지수(PMV)를 수집하는 것이다. 또한, 열쾌적성에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하고자 그늘의 특성과 토지피복 특성을 기준으로 캠퍼스 내 상세 대상지를 선정하고 이러한 요인이 열쾌적성에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 두 대학의 분석 일시와 장소가 달랐으나 방법론별 유사한 양상이 나타났다. 먼저, 설문조사 결과 그늘의 양이 증가할수록 쾌적한 것으로 나타났으며, 토지피복의 종류별 특성과는 다른 결과가 나타났다. 다음으로 모델링 결과 전반적으로 설문조사 결과와 비슷한 양상이 나타나지만 동일한 그늘의 특성을 가지는 세부 대상지에서 토지피복이 열환경에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 피복일 경우 열쾌적지수가 더 높게 나타났다. 결론적으로 설문조사 결과와 미기후 모델링 결과 간에 차이가 존재하며, 정책 반영을 위한 열쾌적성 정보의 수집 시 현장 기반의 체감 더위 정보의 수집을 통해 정확한 정보를 활용할 필요가 있을 것으로 판단된다.

This study aims to to identify specific terms used in the documents of public organizations in order to assess the need to replace them for general comprehension by the public and to gain an understanding of how public organization officials and the public (those who visit the organizations) perceive those words. With their cooperation, the terms (used in press releases), guidance practices, notices, and website posting of Siheung Urban Corporation were collected, and 64 terms were selected through word segmentation of 300,000 words and morphological analysis. Next, a survey was conducted to determine the need for improvement of specific terms and the appropriateness of the alternative terms. The survey results showed an average v alue o f 3.04 (out of 4) f or t he n eed to r efinement of terms. The alternative terms received an average appropriateness value of 3.21 (out of 4). As a result of examining terms that require replacement by vocabulary type, it was found that E nglish a crony ms s uch as VOC, CS, AED, B L scored an a verage o f 3.23 points, indicating that replacement was most necessary. This survey of public organization officials and the public suggests that acronyms urgently need to be replaced in public documents.

본 연구는 (사)한국코치협회 소속 코치들을 중심으로 국내 코치 활동과 관련 된 기초자료를 제공함으로써 코치들의 성장과 발전에 기여하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 이를 위해 (사)한국코치협회 소속 코치 638명을 대상으로 온라인 설문 을 진행하고, 응답 결과를 분석하였다. 총 61개의 문항 중 44개의 문항을 중심으 로 분석을 하였으며, 국내 코치들의 일반 활동 현황분석, 코칭 비용과 수입, 코치 의 코칭 역량을 중심으로 연구하였다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 코치들은 경영 학과, 심리학, 코칭학을 전공한 석사 졸업자가 가장 많았고, 코치들의 활동 지역 은 주로 서울, 경기에 집중되어 있었다. 코칭 비용에 있어서는 회기당 현재 받는 코칭 비용과 받고 싶은 코칭 비용 수준이 서로 달랐으며, 코칭 경력, 소속, 직업 별, 코칭 비용과 수입, 코칭 시간에 있어서 코치 자격별 차이가 있었다. 전업 코 치로 활동하는데 가장 장애가 되는 요소는 고객이 많지 않기 때문이라고 응답했 다. 코칭 역량과 관련하여 코치의 전문성을 강조하였으며, 경청하기를 주요 기 술이라고 했다. 본 연구를 통해 전문직업인으로서 코치들이 나아가야 할 방향성 을 제시했고, 코칭 관련 시사점, 한계점, 기대사항 등을 도출하였다는 점에서 의 의가 있다.

해양법협약은 유연한 개정이 어려워 과학기술 발전에 따라 새로이 발명된 기술이나 장비, 또는 활동에 대하여 명확한 법적 근거를 제시하지 못하는 측면 이 있다. 최근에 논의되고 있는 운용해양학의 개념은 해양법협약상 해양과학조 사와 비슷한 측면이 존재하지만, 명확한 용어가 명시되어 있지 않기 때문에 해 석상 혼동이 되는 측면이 있으며, 따라서 해양법협약을 기반으로 한 운용해양 학의 개념과 적용 법리에 대한 국제사회의 의견이 나뉘고 있다. 본 논문의 목적은 운용해양학의 법적 정의를 내리고자 하는 것이 아니며, 운용해양학의 법 적 모호성으로 인해 고려될 수 있는 문제점을 식별해보고, 국내에 어떻게 영향 을 미칠 수 있는지 예측하는데 있다. 연구결과, 운용해양학은 ‘법률을 무기로서 사용한다’는 개념인 법률전에 사용될 가능성이 있으며, 추후 국제사회의 논의에 따라 해양경계획정 갈등이 있는 국가 사이에도 영향을 미칠 수 있을 것으로 보 았다. 이와 같은 상황은 우리나라와도 무관하지 않으며, 이에 첨언으로서 기초 적인 대응방안을 고찰하고자 하였다.