• Journal of Mushroom
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.304-310
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• 2018

Beta glucan was purified from Phellinus baumii and tested for its effect on the group performance of ants, a principal model of eusociality and of superorganisms. Japanese carpenter ants (Camponotus japonicus) were reared on diets containing beta glucans to characterize their effects on eusociality. Culturing structures for ants were assembled by implanting autoclaved soil into polyethylene terephthalate bottles. Three different eusocial strength indices were used to study the effect of beta glucan extract (BGE) on eusocial activities - the number of residence chambers, cooperative defense index (CDI), and group size and composition. Control, low- BGE, and high-BGE diets were prepared with the following three levels of BGE supplements in sucrose powder: 0, 20, and 50% (g/g). More residence chambers were observed in the BGE-fed groups than in the control. The CDI against a foreign queen ant was calculated according to the time taken to subdue the foreign queen. The high-BGE group took less time to complete their defense formation than the other groups. Differences were evident between control and BGE-fed groups in the total numbers of ants and eggs. The BGE-fed groups showed a significant increase in both the number of workers and the number of eggs. When fed with BGE, ants responded positively for all three eusocial strength indices. These results show that BGE exerts beneficial effects on the eusociality of ants as a superorganism.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.73-79
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to find out how the importance and satisfaction of social commerce selection factors perceived by social commerce users differ, and how social commerce selection factors affect repurchase intention. A survey was conducted for 17 days from September 1st to September 17th, 2021, and 316 copies were used for empirical analysis. As a result of the analysis, the selection factors of social commerce were divided into six factors: safety, convenience, economy, informativity, collectivity, and SNS relevance. IPA results were in the order of convenience in the first quadrant, relevance and informativity in the second quadrant SNS, collectivity in the third quadrant, stability in the fourth quadrant, and economy. In the relationship between social commerce selection factors and repurchase intention, convenience, economy, safety, and information among social commerce selection factors were found to have a significant influence on repurchase intention. As a result of this study, it was confirmed that if existing social commerce was important at an affordable price, convenience is more important for non-face-to-face commerce in the COVID-19 situation. It is considered important to have a system that can continuously identify and preemptively respond to users' shopping trends through IPA.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.421-427
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• 2020

The aim of this study was to examine the impacts of pre-briefing using structured video simulations in the pre-hospital trauma care simulation-based education on simulation immersion, simulation confidence, and simulation satisfaction. For both the experimental group and the control group, orientations were conducted on the simulation environment. Subsequently, the experimental group watched a video of about 8 minutes, similar to the scenario situation, in which the goal and result of the training were presented. The control group, on the other hand, conducted a classical way of orientation related to the scenario during the same time period. In addition, the experimental group and the control group underwent simulation practice in the same situation for 12 minutes, and debriefing was performed for 40 minutes by the same research assistant. Afterwards, we measured the simulation immersion, confidence, and satisfaction of the participants. Data were analyzed using χ² and independent t-test using the SPSS 22.0 program. It was found that the experimental group that conducted the pre-briefing using video had higher immersion and confidence than the control group. On the other hand, satisfaction was not significantly different between the two groups. The results indicate that pre-briefing using structured video was an effective educational method to increase simulation immersion and simulation confidence.

• Korean Educational Research Journal
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.1-23
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• 2020

The purpose of the study was to verify the effect of a picture-book therapy program on improving self-esteem among middle school students. The research was conducted with first-year students at a middle school. The participants in the experimental and control groups consisted of 20 students each. A pretest and posttest control group experimental design was used to confirm the effectiveness of the experimental study. The results of the test were analyzed using SPSS 21.0. The study found that the picture-book therapy program was effective in improving the self-esteem of middle school students in the experimental group. There was positive interaction between the participants in the course of the activity. Individual participants seemed to have equal catharsis and insights into their emotional response to the characters' actions and situations.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.39B no.11
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• pp.790-802
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• 2014

In cognitive radio technology, secondary users can determine the absence of PU by periodic sensing operation and cooperative sensing between SUs yields a significant sensing performance improvement. However, there exists a trade off between the gains in terms of probability of detection of the primary users and the costs of false alarm probability. Therefore, the cooperation group must maintain the suitable size. And secondary users should sense not only the currently using channels and but also other candidates channel to switch in accordance with sudden appearance of the primary user. In this paper, we propose an effective group cooperative sensing algorithm in distributed network situations that is considering both of inband and outband sensing using evolutionary game theory. We derived that the strategy group of secondary users converges to an ESS(Evolutionary sable state). Using a learning algorithm, each secondary user can converge to the ESS without the exchange of information to each other.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.331-342
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• 2020

Purpose: This study concerns the cost of safety management in order to prevent accidents and disabilities in the construction industry. The purpose of the Chapter is to draw up problems and improvement measures for these safety management costs. Method: A detailed questionnaire was developed for 20 construction safety managers for the research. This questionnaire was analyzed and implemented by the Expert Group Interview (FGI) analysis method. Results: In order to understand the safety management cost system, alternatives such as preparing a standard manual, implementing regular on-site training, and establishing a monitoring system for the safety management cost were derived. In addition, there is a need to ensure autonomy in the execution of flexible costs so that they can be deployed immediately in case of emergency to improve the 'efficiency and necessity of the safety negligence system'. And it was analyzed as items that should be improved due to excessive demand for documentation. Conclusion: Through this study, problems should be recognized for the improvement of the construction safety management cost system. And it will have to come up with policy-based and institutional-improvement measures for experts.

• Journal of Environmental Policy
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.101-131
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• 2015

A cap-and-trade program accounting for 60 percent of total national greenhouse gas emissions was launched in South Korea in 2015. Academic literature expects that the implementation of such a policy is likely to adversely impact income distribution among various socioeconomic groups in developed countries. South Korea is challenged by equity issues, as well circumstances, the distributional implications of carbon pricing policies need to be examined and reflected in the design of the program prior to implementation in order not to exacerbate social inequity. Using environmentally extended input-output analysis together with household expenditure data, this study finds that a carbon pricing policy will be regressive in South Korea, but the extent depends on whether relative burdens of a carbon pricing policy are measured based on current incomes or proxies of permanent incomes. Along with poor households, this paper finds that elderly and urban households will be more adversely impacted in South Korea. These burdens can be relieved if a small fraction of the revenue is redistributed to households.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.23 no.1 s.59
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• pp.243-259
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• 2006

This paper examines the values of various library functions according to users' points of view. To execute this study, the several 'circumstance', related variables and 'condition' variables that lead to factors or functions of academic libraries were measured. Analysis was carried out in three stages. In the first, factor analysis was used on the three multi variable dimensions to ensure that the groups of variables loaded significantly and uniquely on the respective dimensions. The second phase of analysis involved the use of binary logistic regression analysis to complete research models. In the third phase, t-test was used to identify significant differences in the independent variables for additional explanation of the models. Books, competition & effectiveness and fee verses free (fee-free hereafter) are the three main factors that distinguish not only the purpose of using an academic library but also the degree of influence on knowledge, information and library facilities for the users. In addition, the fee-free factor related to digital library facilities was also uncovered.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.125-132
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• 2015

It is current situation that a number of issues are being raised how the weight is calculated from customer satisfaction survey. This study investigated how the weight of satisfaction for each quantile is different by comparing ordinary least square regression model to quantile regression model and carried out bootstrap verification to find the influence difference of regression coefficient for each quantile. As the analysis result of using R(Quantreg package) that is open software, it appeared that there was the influence size of satisfaction factor along study result and quantile and there was the significant difference statistically regarding regression coefficient for each quantile. So, to use quantile regression model that offers the influence of satisfaction factor for each customer group along satisfaction level would contribute to plan the quantitative convergence policy for customer satisfaction.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.5 no.6 s.22
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• pp.154-161
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• 2004

The term 'well-being' which becomes a popular trend in various industries has been introduced in the housing market as well. This trend could be understood as an emerging trend rooted to customers' preference for apartment enabling residents to live comfortably and healthy in 2000s. The housing industry has attempted to meet customers' requirements by presenting' well-being apartments' emphasizing healthy and natural-friendly aspects. For instance, suppliers in the industry has adopted master plans and unit plans to support well-being residence. In addition, they introduced less-toxic-emission materials to interior However, it has been unknown that customers in the housing market also agree to well-being functions presented by suppliers and, if then, which aspects they consider mon important In order to answer questions stated above, a research to investigate perceptions of potential customers in Busan towards well-being apartments is designed and this paper is a summarized result. Based on the real-world investigations, the important functions or concepts relevant to well-being apartments perceived by customers are defined and suppliers' approach to meet these Is presented.