• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.26 no.7
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• pp.958-969
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• 2002

No one doubts that textile and apparel industries have contributed to economic miracles of the export-led growth in Korea. However, by the turning of 1990′s, these sectors have encountered many problems such as decreasing of domestic production and exports mainly due to wage rise and shortage. Therefore, foreign direct investment to the low labor cost countries has been enlarged for a way of improving its competitiveness and increasing exports. However, no intensive study has been made exploring current investments and future directions. This study focuses Vietnam as one of the promising overseas investment countries. The purposes of this study are to analyze current investment status of Korean textiles and apparel firms in Vietnam, to explore merits and problems Vietnam has, and to present useful implications and strategies for Korean textiles and apparel companies. Analysis of current secondary data suggests that Korean apparel industry, rather than textiles industry, have invested more in Vietnam, mostly in southern Ho Chi Minh City. Investments of Korean apparel and textile firms have shown steady increase from 1990 but have turned to a decrease from 1995. Findings suggested that Vietnam has merits for attracting foreign investment since it provides relatively cheap labor and outstanding skillful hands suitable for apparel and textiles industries. In addition, because of EU quota increase and the trade agreement between Vietnam and USA it is likely for firms in Vietnam to increase exports to EU and USA Rapid expansion of domestic apparel market and "Korean trend (Han Rue)" in Vietnam resulted from successful star marketing of Korean firms are another merits Vietnam has to the Korean fm. However, regulations of central government, low efficiency of bureaucratic and stiff administrative process, difficulty of making decision in case of joint venture, lack of social overhead capital, high factory construction costs, weak construction condition, and the excessive competition among investment enterprises have found to be problems. Based on pros and cons of investment to Vietnam, marketing strategies, practical implications and future directions were suggested.

• Land and Housing Review
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.559-568
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• 2011

This study aims at listing up those manufacturing activities sensitive to regional characteristics by analyzing locational hierarchy designed on the urban rank-size rule. This locational hierarchy by manufacturing activities is expected to provide a ground for the proper supply of an industrial complex. The analysis of the locational hierarchy by manufacturing activities can work as a method of observing the characteristics of the distribution of location for each economic activity by analyzing the trend in the change of manufacturing location. Consequently, it can be used to determine the appropriate manufacturing activities for the industrial complex of a particular region. Here, the locational hierarchy is analyzed depending on the base of the basic local government such as Gun(district level) and Si(city level), and manufacturing activities are categorized by Korea Standard Industry Code. Those activities demonstrating growth pattern are Manufacture of Electronic Equipment(KSIC 26), Manufacture of Medical Precision Optical Instruments Watch(KSIC 27), Manufacture of Motor Vehicles (KSIC 30, 31), etc. With proper infrastructures, these activities can be located everywhere. Those sectors on the decline pattern in the locational hierarchy can be summarized as Manufacture of Tobacco Products(KSIC 12), Manufacture of wearing apparel Fur Articles(KSIC 14), etc. Those sectors scattered widely in the locational hierarchy are Manufacture of Food Products(KSIC 10), Manufacture of Coke Petroleum Products(KSIC 19), Manufacture of Chemical Products(KSIC 20), Manufacture of Electronic Equipment(KSIC 26). These particular manufacturing activities can be operated in those regions in a sufficient supply of unskilled workers regardless of proper infrastructures. Those activities that have a tendency to reconcentrate on larger cities are Manufacture of Textiles(KSIC 13), Manufacture of Wearing Apparel Clothing Fur Articles(KSIC 14), Manufacture of Other Transport Equiptmen(KSIC 31). In most cases, these sectors tend to favor their existing agglomerated areas and concentrate around large cities. Therefore, it is inefficient to promote these sectors in small or medium-sized cities or underdeveloped regions. The establishment of developmental strategies of an industrial complex can gain greater competitiveness by observing such characteristics of the locational hierarchy.

• Journal of Mushroom
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.1-23
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• 2005

World production of mushrooms has been increasing 10-20% every year. Recently, Pleurotus eryngii and P. nebrodensis are very popular as new mushroom species for cultivation. Two kinds of mushrooms, Gumji (Ganoderma) and Soji, were described in old book of Samguksagi (History of the three kingdoms; 1145) in Koryo-dynasty. Many kinds of mushrooms were also described in more than 16 kinds of old books during Chosun-dynasty in Korea. One hundred and sixty commercial strains of 25 species in mushrooms were distributed to cultivators. By the way, only 8 varieties of them have registered variety protection. Mushroom industry as important export products developed from 1960 to 1980. Production of mushrooms as food was 181,828 metric tons valued at 800 billion Korean won in 2003. Isolated and identified substances from mushrooms are promising antifungal, antiinflammatory, antitumor, antiviral (anti-HIV), antibacterial & antiparasitic, antidiabetic, immunomodulating, kidney tonic, hepatoprotective, nerve tonic, and sexual potentiator. These substances can also be used for blood pressure regulation and effective against cardiovascular disorders, hypocholesterolemia & hyperlipidemia, and chronicbronchitis. Mushroom products including pharmaceuticals, tonics, healthy beverages, functional biotransformants, and processed foods have also became available on the markets. Compost and feed can likewise be made from mushroom substrates after harvest. The mushroom industry is already one of the fastest growing investment sectors in Korea. By the way, there is a need to strain improvement for variety protection, advanced cultivation technology at low cost for growers, and control of demand and supply for marketing in order to more upgrade development of mushroom industry in the future.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.893-903
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• 2009

Smart clothing represents the future of both the textile/clothing industry and electronic industry and has an effort to make electronic devices a genuine part of our daily life. The researches about technologies innovation and application of smart clothing can be found in previous studies. But consumer researches about perception or attitude toward smart clothing can be hardly found. Therefore, we proposed a conceptual framework that explores the impact of perceived risks on perceived attributes to adopt smart clothing. In addition, we compared differences of this framework among three counties. Korea, U.S. and Spain. Based on the literature review and hypotheses development, a research model was constructed. After data analysis using Amos 7.0, the results can be concluded as following: First, the influences of psychological risk among Korea, U.S. and Spain are same. Psychological risk has negative effect on relative advantage and complexity, but has positive effect on trialability. Second, loss risk was found to have nothing to do with relative advantage. But it negatively influences complexity for Korean consumers and positively influences trialability for both Korean and American consumers. Third, the influences of performance risk for different consumers are different. At last, based on our discussion, some implications were also concluded.

• Archives of design research
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.213-223
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• 2000

Computer automation, developed into a major element of modern industry, has also brought to great change in textile design field. Traditional textile designers have been created patterns by free hand drawing with brush. The modern textile designers create and present, on the other hand, printed or woven designs much more utilizing extensively the computer cad as design tool, creating various designs and colors as well as reducing the creative process. Vine pattern the worldwide known is not a pattern simplified from a specific plant but it is rather a plant imaginative pattern that has been developed from a winter plant found in ancient Egypt. Vine patterns express gorgeous curve lines, which are simple but decorative by connecting flowers or leaves with stems. These vine patterns have also been widely used for their decorative arts in Korea since early times because they were believe to a favorable auspice pattern symbolizing a long-life and fertility. In this study, the possibility of developing various designs is explored and presented by utilizing the motif of vine pattern in CAD program.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.10 no.12
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• pp.3963-3970
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• 2009

This study proposes a method to evaluate the level of 'soft-hard' of color quantitatively by evaluating the shape with edge sharpness automatically and by evaluating color in the color image scale in a drawing in art therapy using a computer. The dependent variable is the rank for the color experts to rate the level of 'soft-hard'. The mean and standard deviation of Value(V), and Chroma(C), colors, main color, clusters, length of edge, and sharp line rate of edge are considered as the independent variable. The appropriate independent variables to explain the dependent variable are selected through the step wise regression analysis. The inter-rater reliability of two raters is checked and the validity of developed system is verified by the rank correlations coefficient between the ranks of rater's and system's. This system can be used to evaluate of the shape or color in a drawing objectively and quantitatively for art therapy assessment, and to give the useful information to the fashion, textile, interior industry as well as color psychology and art therapy.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.39-73
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• 1998

In the 60's to 70's, frame selection was a purely mechanical consideration almost entirely dominated by the optician and his subjective judgments. Toddy the cosmetic factor is predominant. The variety of frame color, materials, and style means that the main burden of selection has passed to the customer, leaving the optician control a subtle factor often difficult to exert. Common materials include nickel silver, Hi-nickel alloy, bronze, stainless steel, gold, gold plated, gold clad, copper beryllium, titanium and sometimes aluminium. In manufacturing of metal frames with the materials, even though fashion is the stimulant of consumer demand, all the metal frame for the prescription to refractive correction should be designed correctly styled eyewear which is cosmetically pleasing, functional correct, physically comfortable, mechanically and structurally perfectible, and temperamentally acceptable.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Dyers and Finishers Conference
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• 2012.03a
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• pp.119-119
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• 2012

섬유염색산업 중 면섬유의 염색과정에서 발생되는 머서라이징 폐액은 폐수처리장의 pH(수소이온농도)를 올리는 주원인이 되고 있어, 높은 pH에 따른 폐수처리 부과금이나 황산을 이용한 폐수 중화에 사용되는 약품비용이 과다하게 소요되고 있으며, 머서라이징공정에 사용되는 약품인 가성소다 비용이 계속 증가하고 있어, 기업의 환경처리비용 및 약품소모비용에 대한 부담이 매우 큰 실정이다. 본 기술은 머서라이징 폐액에 멤브레인 공정에 적용하여 폐가성소다로부터 가성소다를 회수할 뿐만 아니라, 회수된 가성소다를 다시 머서라이징 공정에 재이용할 수 있도록 하여 약품 절감효과 뿐만 아니라 폐수의 발생량과 오염물질의 농도의 획기적인 저감이 가능한 것이다. 본 연구에서는 서로 다른 기공크기를 갖는 막을 적용하여 투과플럭스, 부피회수율, 부유물질 및 유기물 제거율, 가성소다회수율, 파울링지수 등을 고려하여 폐수 특성에 맞는 가장 적합한 막을 선정하고, 각각의 막에 대하여 온도조건, 압력조건, 화학세정 등의 운전변수를 최적화, 고효율 폐알카리 회수 장치의 경제성 및 기술적 타당성 평가를 통한 가성소다 회수공정을 구성하였다.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.239-248
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• 2009

In this investigation, we observed surface morphology and porosity of a macroporous adsorbent made of Na-bentonite and Ca-bentonite as structure formation materials and grounded waste paper as macropore forming material for the development of a permeable reactive barrier to remove heavy metals in groundwater. Therefore, we selected minerals having higher cation exchange capacity among 2:1 clay minerals and other industrial minerals because sintering can significantly influence cation exchange capacity, resulting in drastic decrease in removal of heavy metals. The results showed that the increasing sintering temperature drastically decreased CEC by less than 10 % of the indigenous CEC carried by the selected minerals. One axial compressibility test results showed that the highest value was obtained from 5% newspaper waste pulp for both structure formation materials of Na-bentonite and Ca-bentonite although there were not much difference in bulk density among treatments. The pore formation influenced by sintering temperature and period contributes removal of heavy metals passing through the sintered macroporous media having different water retention capacity.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Postharvest Science and Technology of Agricultural Products Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.137.2-138
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• 2003

농산물의 효율적인 가공.저장은 농산물의 안정된 공급과 물가안정에 크게 기여하며, 부가가치 향상과 식품관련산업의 국제경쟁력 강화에도 필수적인 요건이라 할 수 있다. 호박은 전국 각지의 유휴지에서 별다른 시비나 농약의 사용없이 재배가능한 농산물로 vitamin C 및 vitamin A의 전구체인 carotene과 무기질, 식이섬유, 전분, 자당, 포도당 등이 풍부하다. 호박은 이뇨작용과 산후부종에 효과가 인정되어 널리 이용되고 있으며, 당뇨병, 야맹증, 각막건조증 등에도 효과가 있다. 국민의 생활수준이 향상되고 사회구조가 변화함에 따라 식품소비의 양상도 크게 변화하여 편의식과 건강 지향적인 가공식품의 수요가 급격히 증가하고 있으며, 이에 부응하여 건강식품에 관한 다각적인 연구가 많이 행해지고 있으나 미비한 실정이다. 호박은 특히 수분함량이 많고 조직의 연화현상 등으로 저장성이 낮아서 경제성이 떨어지므로 호박을 이용한 다양한 가공제품의 개발이 요구된다. 호박의 이용성을 검토하고, 나아가 호박의 부가가치 향상 및 경쟁력을 가진 지역특산물화를 위하여 기능성을 갖춘 건강음료개발을 시도하였으며, 이러한 음료의 유통중 품질변화를 모니터링하였다. 호박음료의 유통중 품질변화는 저장온도(20, 30, 40, 50, 6$0^{\circ}C$) 및 저장기간(0, 2, 4, 6, 8 week)에 따른 중심합성실험계획으로 실험을 행하여, 저장에 따른 당, 산, pH, 갈색도 및 관능적 특성에 대하여 반응표면분석을 하였다. 당도, 산도, pH 및 갈색도의 경우 저장시간에 영향을 많이 받는 것으로 나타났으며, 관능적 특성 중 전반적인 기호도에 있어서는 저장온도 및 저장시간에 영향을 많이 받는 것으로 나타났다. 당도, 산도, pH의 경우 저장온도 및 저장기간에 따라 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 갈색도의 경우 저장온도 51.1$0^{\circ}C$ 및 저장기간 7.33 week일 때 최대의 갈색도로 나타났다. 전반적인 기호도 있어서는 저장온도 32.52$^{\circ}C$ 및 저장기간 0.30 week일 때 우수한 것으로 나타났다.