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서정주의 근대체험은 육체에서 시작된다. 그것을 토대로 그는 근대인이 되었다. 또한 이를 바탕으로 근대의 저변에 깔린 사유들을 읽어냈다. 근대적 의미에서 육체는 욕망하는 기계이 다. 육체란 어떤 정서적 여과장치 없이 본능에 따라 움직인다. 육체의 전능현상이 나타날 때, 정신이란 한갓 사치에 불과하다. 정신을 초월한 곳에 육체가 있고, 그것은 시간의 지배로부터 자유롭지 않다. 현재의 시간 속에 함몰된 육체에서 서정주는 근대의 초상을 발견했다. 그는 정신의 늪에 깔려있던 육체를 복원했고, 그 속에서 근대인이 되고자 했다. 이 과정에서 빼놓을 수 없는 것이 성서체험이다. 성서는 자아를 발전시킨 근본 매개였기 때문이다. 서정주의 작품세계에서 근대를 표상하는 육체를 뒷받침 한 것이 ‘피’의 근대적 구현이다. ‘피’는 신성과 인간성을 매개하면서 인간으로 하여금 육체적 직능을 강화시키는 기능을 했다. ‘피’는 육체가 존재할 때에만 의미가 있는 것이고, 그 역 또한 참이다. 그는 ‘피’의 배출을 통해 서 육체를 확인한다. 따라서 서정주에게 있어서 ‘피’의 일차적 의미는 근대를 통과해나아가는 육체와 동일한 차원에 놓이는 매개물이다. 서정주의 시에서 ‘피’는 세가지 의미를 갖는다. 하나는 ‘피’는 금기의 위반, 다른 하나는 욕 망이다. ‘피’의 배출은 신의 계율과 그 위반의 과정에서 솟구쳐나온다. 카인이 아벨을 죽이는 살인행위나 신과 같이 밝은 눈을 가지려는 욕망은 모두 신의 계율을 위반하면서 얻어진 것들 이다. 따라서 그것은 다른 한편으로는 욕망의 문제와 결부되기도 한다. 영원한 존재가 아니라 지상적 인간이 되고자 하는 것, 쾌락원칙에 충실한 육체의 발견은 모두 욕망 없이는 그 설명 이 불가능하기 때문이다. 세 번째로 ‘피’는 관능의 실천매개로서 기능한다. 서정주의 초기 시 에서 주요한 시적 모티브로 관능이 등장하는데, 이는 모두 ‘피’의 역능에서 나온 것들이다. ‘피’ 는 육체가 요구하는 쾌락원칙을 충실히 구현하는 매개물이며, 육체의 활력소이다. 없다고 하 겠다. 근대와 근대 이전, 곧 영원과 구분하는 주요한 잣대 가운데 하나는 육체이다. 그렇기에 육 체는 정신을 대신해서 시대의 좌표로 인식되된다. 그 연장선에서 서정주는 육체를 처음 발견 하고 그것을 의미화한 시인이라 해도 무방하다. 그 육체를 특징화한 것이 ‘피’였으며, 그러한 ‘피’의 근대적 의미를 말해준 것은 기독교의 성서였다.

This paper studied the features of blood and desire senses of Seo Jung Ju and analyzes the modern poetry world of Seo Jung Ju. It is times pointed out that blood and carnal desire of Seo Jung Ju was features of modern korean poetry. His modern and body of Seo Jung Ju has been involved blood and desire's features the first stage modern korean poetry. That is body, blood, desire and eternal in first period. Especially it restarted experience of body, drsire, eternal, prohibition, carnal desire with that period. The poetical investigation of Seo Jung Ju, as we pointed out in his text, embodies a start of modern korean poetry, especially in the between blood and desire senses. That is to say, his blood and desire senses, have the opportunity to understand in his first poetry. The blood and desire, united world and recover is the important concept the first stage modern korean poetry. This work is the first stage departing from blood and desire. That is the theme of the first period poetry of Seo Jung Ju.

Drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) is a crime in the course of which the victim is administered a drug or other incapacitating substance in order to affect control over their actions, decision-making capacities or physical capabilities. To investigate the current status of DFSA in Korea, we reviewed DFSA cases of National Forensic Service (NFS). Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) after solid-phase extraction (SPE) were performed for the detection of drugs in blood and urine samples. Analytical results in DFSA were investigated by the laboratory information management system of NFS for five years (2014-2018). Mainly, the total count of DFSA cases, drug detection rate, types of drugs and frequency of use were investigated. In the recent five years, the number of DFSA cases increased every year, from 534 cases in 2014 to 1434 cases in 2018, over 168.5% from 2014. The number of submitted cases in Seoul institute was shown the highest, occupying 62% of the total. The detection rates of drugs in each year and region were from 23 to 28% and average detection rate of drugs was 25%. The most frequently used drug was zolpidem with 383 times for five years, occupying for 15% of all drugs. Next, benzodiazepines such as diazepam, lorazepam and alprazolam were detected with 173, 139 and 107 times, respectively. Meanwhile, illegal drugs were also found, which includes amphetamines (48 times) and cannabis (12 times). Interpretation of the analytical results in terms of voluntary versus surreptitious administration of drugs requires further detailed investigation as well as knowledge of the victim’s health status and medication used at the time of event.

This paper aims to reconsider Ike McCaslin’s ecology and its consequences in William Faulkner’s Go Down, Moses in conjunction with the idea of sovereignty. In opposition to recent skepticism about the ecological potentials of Ike McCaslin’s wilderness experience, this paper re-emphasizes the wilderness as the source of ethically crucial virtues. While learning to hunt in the Mississippi woods, Ike also learns how insignificant a human being is. The wilderness thus provides Ike an occasion to question the primacy of human sovereignty over nature and animals, and by extension to disavow white patriarchal sovereignty over enslaved Africans. But this paper claims that Ike’s wilderness experience has failed, not because it is inherently flawed, but because Ike has failed to render it socially meaningful. To prove this, this paper argues that sovereignty is not just about owning property or lording over humans, nature, and animals, but also about the owning of racial blood. Despite Ike’s complacent belief that he succeeded in leaving behind the bane of sovereignty, Ike has failed to erase the haunting specter of sovereignty in the elusive shape of racial blood.

우리헌법 전문과 제9조, 제69조에는 민족이라는 표현이 나오고, 이는 임시정부 헌법과 건국헌법을 위시하여 역대헌법에서도 마찬가지였다. 민족이라는 개념은 다 의적이어서 한마디로 정의내리기 쉽지 않지만 우리국민의 관념 속에서는 한 조상 의 핏줄을 같이 이어온 혈연 공동체로 받아들이는 경향이 강하고, 우리가 민족이 라는 단어를 써온 100년 정도의 기간 동안 일제로부터의 독립과 남북통일을 위한 논리로 사용해왔다. 그러나 우리나라에서 다문화사회가 점점 심화되어가고 있는 시점에서 과거 우 리정서상의 민족개념은 지양해야하고 시대에 맞고 사회통합을 선도할 민족개념을 찾아야 할 것이다. 따라서 혈통주의에 근거해 이제까지 우리정서를 지배해온 원초적 입장(객관주 의적 민족이론)과 역사주의적 입장을 배제하고, 우리라는 주관적 의식을 강조하는 도구론적 입장(주관주의적 민족이론)과 민족에 대하여 회의적이기는 하나 대중적 민족주의나 통일지향적이고 해방적이며 역사변화에 관대한 근대주의적 입장으로 민족 개념을 정립한다면, 헌법상 민족이라는 개념은 다문화사회에서도 그 해석이 가능하겠다. 그러나 국민이라는 표현 이외에 민족을 대신하여 감성적으로 따스하고 정답게 모든 구성원을 통합적으로 포용할 수 있는 개념이 헌법에서 필요하다면, 국가와 사회에 능동적으로 참여하는 주체로서의 개인 또는 집단을 가리키는 시민을 생각해 볼만하다. 시민이라는 표현은 우리사회에서 일반적으로 거부감 없이 쓰이고 있 으며, 프랑스나 미국의 경우 헌법에서는 이 시민이라는 용어를 사용하고 있다. 또 한 오늘날의 시민의 개념은 ‘국가시민’에서 ‘세계시민’으로 진화하고 있는 바, 이 러한 시민 개념은 기존 혈통 내지는 종족 중심의 민족 개념을 초월하여 인종과 피 부색을 불문하고 대한민국 국적을 가진 모든 구성원을 아우를 수 있을 뿐만 아니 라 해석의 폭을 확장시키면 우리나라 영주권자와 경우에 따라서는 우리나라 출신 의 해외 영주권자나 시민권자까지도 포함하는 개념으로 사용할 수도 있으므로 헌 법이 추구하는 사회통합을 위한 아주 유용한 도구가 될 뿐만 아니라 헌법의 규범 력을 높이는 기능을 할 것이다.

Nation(people, ethnic group) is clearly stated three times in our Constitution. As Korean society becomes multi-cultural society, social integration becomes an important national problem for the government to solve. From a constitutional point of view, a concept of nation(people, ethnic group) should be reviewed to solve the social integration problem. A concept of nation(people, ethnic group) as a community of historical destiny is against social integration because we think that our nation(people, ethnic group)'s blood is identical. But if we found the concept of nation(people, ethnic group) in terms of Instrumentalism and Modernism to the exclusion of Primordialism and historicism, the concept of nation(people, ethnic group) in Constitution is valid in multi-cultural society. It is thought that nation(people, ethnic group) changed to citizen. A concept of citizen is a legal term that the American and the French Constitutions use, and is a concept used widely in the social scientific society. This new concept, citizen can be contributable to social integration through a concept of dynamic and active citizen.

커피관장이 인체생리대사에 미치는 연구를 수행하였다. 커피관장이 실험군에서는 비만증, 복부둘레 증가에 억제적인 효과 있었으며, 체질량지수, 혈압은 정상범위 내의 변화를 보였다. 커피관장이 시력 향상에 약간은 기여하였다. 혈액응고에 관여하는 물질의 변화에 큰 영향이 없었다. WBC, RBC, Hct와 PLT는 실험군에서는 모두 감소를 하였으며, MCV, MCH와 MCHC는 모두에서 증가를 보였다. 실험군에서는 호중구는 감소를 보였으나 림프구는 증가하였다. 총 콜레스테롤, 중성지방, HDL콜레스테롤, LDL콜레스테롤은 실험군은 감소를 보여 커피 관장요법이 지질대사에 높게 작용하였다. 간 기능의 검사에서는 Total protein, albumin, alkaline phosphatase, γ-GTP, globulin은 실험군은 감소하였으나, AST(GOT)와 ALT(GPT)은 약간 증가하였다. 실험군은 포도당 당화혈색소는 감소하였다. 신장 기능은 정상이었다. 요산은 크게 변화가 없었다. 철 결합능, Na은 실험군은 감소하였고, Cl(염소)은 감소하였다. 갑상선 검사에서는 T3는 실험군이 3.7배 증가하였고, 미세소체 항체는 36배 감소를 하였고, Free T는 2배 증가하여 커피관장이 갑상선의 기능에 미치는 영향이 높았다. AFP는 실험군은 3배 증가하였고, CA-125는 0.9 U/ml 감소, 그리고 칼시토닌은 0.3 pg/ml 증가하여 암표지자 검사는 정상이었다. 에스트라디올은 실험군이 76 pg/ml, 난포자극호르몬은 2.8 mlU/ml 증가하여 커피기관장이 여성호르몬 생산의 증가를 촉진하는 것으로 보였다. 남성 호르몬은 0.42 ng/ml 증가하였다. 면역기능에는 변화를 주지 않는 것으로 나타내었다. 폐, 유방, 흉부 x선 촬영, 위내시경과 상 복부 및 골밀도 초음파검사에서 특이한 증상의 변화를 보이지 아니하였다. 결론적으로 커피관장요법이 지질의 감소, 혈구 수의 변화, 콜레스테롤의 감소, 갑상선 기능의 항진 효과, 성호르몬의 증진 효과를 보여 요법으로서의 가능성을 보였다.

The purpose of this study is to find out the physiological effect of coffee enema. The study subject was one person, the comprehensive influence on whom was checked through the medical examination and the blood test. In the medical examination, there were some effects to repress the fatness and the increase abdomen size. The body mass index and the blood pressure were kept in the normal range. It seems that the coffee enema had a little contribution to the improvement of eyesight. There was little effect in the change of material related to the blood congelation. WBC, RBC, Hct and PLT all showed the decrease and MCV, MCH and MCHC all showed the increase in the test group. Neutrophilic leukocytes and lymphocytes increased but eosinophilic leukocytes and monocytes decreased in the test group. In relation to lipidemia, total cholesterol, neutral fat, HDL cholesterol and LDL cholesterol decreased in the test group, showing that the coffee enema therapy has the high influence on the lipid metabolism. Total cholesterol increased in the reference group by 2 mg/l but decreased in the test group about 10 times by 21 mg/l. While the neutral fat increased in the reference group by 52 mg/dl, it decreased in the test group by 8 mg/dl. If the increase in the reference group is inversely calculated, the decrease is about 7 times. The change of HDL cholesterol lies in the normal range, but the decrease of LDL cholesterol in the test group was fairly high by 10 mg/dl, which seems an influence of coffee enema. In the liver function test, total protein, albumin, alkaline phosphatase, γ-GTP and globulin decreased in the test group. AST(GOT) and ALT(GPT) increased in the test group. Neutrophilic leukocytes, basophilic leukocytes and lymphocytes increased in both of reference and test groups. Eosinophilic leukocytes increased in the test group. And monocytes decreased in both of reference and test groups. Neutrophilic leukocytes, basophilic leukocytes and lymphocytes increased in both groups, but the increase in the test group was lower than that in the reference group. Eosinophilic leukocytes decreased in the reference group and increased in the test group. And monocytes decreased in both of reference and test groups. In the test of glucosuria, the glucose decreased in the test group; HbA1c decreased in the test group. It was normal in the kidney function test. In the test related with gout, there was no great change of uric acid. In the anemia test, the iron binding capacity and Na+ decreased in the test group; Fe and Cl(chloride) decreased in the test group. In the thyroid gland test, T3 increased 3.7 times in the test group; the microsomal antibody decreased 36 times; the free T increased 3 times. It shows that the coffee enema had a great influence in the function of thyroid gland. AFP, CA-125 and calcitonin tumor marker test was normal. The estradiol increased in the test group by 76 pg/ml and FSH increased by 2.8 mlU/ml. The male hormone increased by 0.42 ng/ml. The coffee enema seems to promote the generation of female hormone and the increase of male hormone. The coffee enema therapy turned out not to work highly on the immune function. This therapy seems to have an effect on increasing the production of female hormone, but the width of change was no higher than the normal range of reference value. And there was no special change of symptom in the X-ray scanning of lung, breast and chest, the gastroscope and the ultrasonic test of upper stomach and bone density.

이 연구는 얀 파브르의 춤 작품에 나타난 몸의 의미를 연구하는데 그 목적이 있다. 얀 파브르는 몸의 생물학적 요소를 주제로 다룬 안무자로 알려져 있으며, 춤 형성의 근원으로 몸을 주시하며 몸의 체액을 주제로 이를 형상화하고 있다. 첫째, ｢나는 피다(I am blood, 2001)｣는 권력에 대한 피의 부정적인 약점을 보완하고 적극적이고 능동적인 수용을 보임으로서 인간의 대변되는 순수욕구로서의 몸의 의미를 표현하고 이를 통해 문명의 기반에 서있는 우리에게 이데올로기의 해방을 탄생시키고 있다. 둘째, ｢눈물의 역사(History of Tears, 2005)｣는 인간이 절망적인 상황에서 무기력해져서는 안 되며, 세상에 존재하는 자연적인 본성을 통해 돌보고 치유될 수 있다고 제시 하고 있다. 얀 파브르는 이러한 상황을 모색하는 과정으로 몸에 대한 진리로서의 눈물의 의미를 표현하고 있다. 그는 모든 신체의 눈물을 생명으로 보았고 이를 통해 해체되어가는 인간영혼의 원형을 복구하고자 하였다. 얀 파브르의 춤 작품들은 연극적 요소와 자유로운 움직임을 가미하면서 장르의 혼합을 꾀하고 있었고, 인간 몸의 의미를 통해 삶을 구현하고 있다. 또한 그는 ｢나는 피다(I am blood, 2001)｣와 ｢눈물의 역사(History of Tears, 2005)｣에서 보여준 환희, 고통, 슬픔을 통해 몸의 의미를 표현하였으며 그의 독창적이고 난해한 방식은 인간의 본질을 은유와 성찰로 엮어내는 데 성공하였다. 얀 파브르는 자신의 작품에 대해 몸을 통한 인간탐구라는 사실을 강조하였고 그의 예술은 춤을 넘어 현대 예술 전반에 영향을 끼치고 있다. 그는 인간의 가장 기초적이며 생물학적 방식에 대한 사고를 파헤치며 새로운 춤의 예술을 제시하고 있다.

The aim of this study is to outline the meaning of the body’s movements in Jan Fabre’s dances. The subject discussed is the biological components of choreographer Jan Fabre’s dances, and the source of the form of the body and it’s shape. First, “I am blood”(Je suis Sang 2001) the power of the blood and the opposite, it’s weaknesses are shown. This idea complements an active and positive representation the body’s pure desire. Another meaning is how we are giving birth to the ideology of liberation in modern times. Second, in History of Tears” a man in despair in a desperate situation should not be helpless without an alternative. The world’s presence has been suggested that we should take care of each other. He calls this situation the process of seeking the truth with the representation of tears as life of the body to restore the original form of the human soul. Jan Fabre implemented the theatrical elements of a play and the freedom of the movements of the body to mix these two genres. “I am blood(Je suis Sang 2001)” and “History of Tears show joy, pain, sorrow and deep reflection about the meaning of the body and it’s movements. His dances contain a unique and profound way to show human nature as a metaphor successfully. Jan Fabre’s bodies of work emphasize human exploration and beyond his art, dance and culture of modern influences are broad. He has changed the way we think about modern art and how it’s presented in his dance.

Purpose: This study investigated the associations of awareness of blood pressure or blood sugar levels and subjective body weight perception with weight loss attempts in overweight and obese adults. Methods: For this cross-sectional, descriptive, survey-based study, data were obtained from the 2021 Community Health Survey conducted by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. The participants (N=6,571) were adult residents (≥19 years old) of northern Gyeonggi Province in Korea with body mass indexes of 23 kg/m2 or greater. Results: The average age of the participants was 53.11±16.56 years, with a range of 19 to 100 years. Among the participants, 73.2% responded that they had tried to maintain or lose weight in the past year. The prevalence of weight loss attempts was higher among participants with certain demographic characteristics-women (who comprised 39.2% of the study sample), younger individuals, and those with higher education levels-than among their counterparts. Conclusion: Participants who were aware of their blood pressure or blood sugar levels and those with a perception of normal or obese body weight were more likely to attempt weight control than participants without these characteristics. Therefore, encouraging individuals to become aware of their blood pressure or blood sugar levels and to maintain an accurate perception of body weight may motivate them to attempt weight management.

The Artificial Pancreas System (APS) is a device designed to monitor blood glucose levels in real-time and automatically regulate insulin for diabetes patients. Blood glucose prediction plays a crucial role in these systems by enabling proactive responses to glucose variations, thereby preventing risks such as hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia and assisting patients in managing their condition effectively. However, Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) sensor data often contain significant sensor noise. Without effectively reducing the sensor noise, prediction accuracy can be severely compromised. Therefore, we first present a deep learning (DL) method for noise reduction in CGM data and, second, propose a long-term blood glucose prediction approach based on the system response function, utilizing a multi-input(e.g., blood glucose, carbohydrate (CHO) intake, and insulin). In this study, simglucose, based on the UVA-PADOVA simulator, was utilized to test and evaluate the proposed methods. As a result, we found that noise reduction using deep learning (DL) was significantly more effective than conventional filtering methods. Furthermore, the proposed long-term blood glucose prediction approach reliably tracked blood glucose fluctuations in custom scenarios and accurately predicted daily glucose patterns. Even in random scenarios, the proposed model accurately captured blood glucose trends, closely aligning with actual BG values and demonstrating remarkable performance.

Objective To investigate changes in blood glucose level after steroid injection in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and factors affecting those changes. Methods We retrospectively studied 51 patients with type 2 DM who underwent steroid injection for shoulder and back pain. Mean fasting blood sugar (FBS) levels for 7 days before steroid injection was used as the baseline blood glucose level, which was compared with FBS levels for 14 days after steroid injection. We compared the differences in blood glucose changes between HbA1c >7% and HbA1c ≤7% groups and those between insulin and non-insulin treated groups. Demographic data, injection site, and steroid dose were analyzed. Results Compared to baseline, blood glucose significantly (p=0.012) elevated 1 day after steroid injection but not 2 days after injection. In the HbA1c >7% and insulin groups, blood glucose was significantly increased 1 day after injection compared to that in the HbA1c ≤7% (p=0.011) and non-insulin (p=0.024) groups, respectively. Higher HbA1c level before injection was significantly (p=0.003) associated with the degree of blood glucose increase 1 day after injection. No significant differences were noted in the degree of blood glucose increase according to injection site or steroid dose. Conclusion Higher HbA1c level was associated with greater elevation in blood glucose 1 day after steroid injection. Careful monitoring of blood glucose is required on the first day after steroid injection in patients with poorly controlled DM.

This study was conducted to investigate changes of blood metabolites and enzyme activities at different slaughter ages of Hanwoo cattle. Blood samples were taken from six hundred thirty two steers(24~33 months of age) and one hundred twenty eight bulls(17~24 months of age) by venipuncture from caudal vein immediately prior to slaughter. Glucose concentrations were linearly increased(P<0.001) with increases of the slaughter age in steers, and blood urea nitrogen(BUN) concentrations were linearly decreased(P<0.001) with increases of the slaughter age in steers. Likewise, glucose and albumin concentrations in bulls were linearly decreased(P=0.009 and P<0.001, respectively) with increases of the slaughter age. BUN, cholesterol, triglycerides, and total cholesterol concentrations were linearly increased(P<0.001, 0.018 and 0.002, respectively), and creatinine concentrations were quadratically increased(P=0.009) with increases of the slaughter age. Activity of gamma glutamyltransferase(γ-GT) and aspartate aminotransferase(AST) was linearly increased(P<0.001) with increases of the slaughter age in both steers and bulls, whereas alanine aminotransferase(ALT) was not affected by increasing slaughter age. In addition, the concentrations of γ-GT and AST were higher(P<0.05) for bulls than those of steers at 24 months of age. Increased levels of γ-GT and AST indicate impaired liver function; it may be associated with increases of concentrate level which is a concomitant of the extended fattening periods in Hanwoo feeding. In conclusion, the results in the present study may be one of the useful information for diagnosis of the metabolic disorder in Hanwoo cattle.

목적: 이 연구의 목적은 성인의 연령군별 측정자세 변화에 따른 혈압의 변화 정도를 살펴보기 위한 것이다. 방법: 이 연구는 탐색적 조사연구로서 연구대상자는 20세에서 59세까지 성인 136명을 대상으로 만성질병이 없고 연구 목적과 연구방법에 대한 설명을 듣고 연구 참여에 동의한 자를 대상으로 하였다. 수집된 자료는 연령군을 나누어 앙와위, 좌위, 직립위에서 혈압의 차이를 paired t-test로 분석하였으며, 연령군에 따라 운동여부와 건강상태에 차이가 있었으므로 연령과 측정자세에 따른 혈압 변화의 상호작용을 확인하기 위해 repeated measure ANCOVA를 실시하였다. 결과: 초기 성인군(20대와 30대)에서는 자세의 변화에 따른 수축기 및 이완기 혈압의 변화가 없었으나40대와 50대에서는 수축기 혈압에서 앙와위에 비해 좌위(p=.007, p < .001)와 직립위(p< .001, p=.001)에서 유의한 감소가 있었다. 수축기(p=.004)와 이완기(p=.019) 모두에서 연령과 측정자세에 따른 혈압 변화에 유의한 상호작용이 있어 연령군에 따라 자세로 인한 혈압의 변화에 유의한 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 결론: 40세 이후에는 혈압측정시에 자세를 기록하는 것이 중요하며 중년기 이후 자세의 변화에 따른 혈역동의 변화에 특별한 주의를 기울일 필요성이 있다.

Purpose: Job satisfaction among blood center nurses is suboptimal due to challenging working conditions, characterized by unexpected tasks resulting from sudden schedule changes and frequent weekend shifts. This study aimed to quantitatively examine the relationships among job stress, psychological capital, personejob fit, job crafting, and job satisfaction, based on the job crafting model. Additionally, qualitative data were collected through mixed methods to gain a better understanding of the experiences related to job satisfaction among blood center nurses. Methods: A convergent mixed methods research design was employed to simultaneously collect quantitative and qualitative data and to integrate the findings from both analyses. A total of 127 full-time nurses who had completed at least a three-month probationary period at blood centers participated in the study. Participants were recruited from three blood centers operated by the Korean Red Cross in three metropolitan cities. The survey included open-ended qualitative questions and five quantitative measures covering job satisfaction, job stress, psychological capital, personejob fit, and job crafting. The data collection occurred from September to October 2022. Results: Regression analysis identified key factors influencing job satisfaction as personejob fit, job stress, psychological capital, and marital status, explaining 80% of the variance. Qualitative analysis of the open-ended responses showed five main themes: “deriving fulfillment from work,” “challenges encountered at work,” “driving forces behind positive outcomes,” “congruence between individual’s traits and job requirements,” and “efforts to perform meaningful work.” Conclusions: The findings suggest the need for developing an employee assistance program and educational initiatives aimed at enhancing job satisfaction among blood center nurses. These should focus on improving personejob fit, managing stress, aiding with emotional labor, and bolstering psychological capital.