• THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE & LAW REVIEW
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• v.35
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• pp.179-219
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• 2007

Cross-border supply chains undergone complexity in the global trade process, unpredictability and continually evolving regulations and information requirements. Under these circumstances, longer lead time inhibiting quick response to market demands, unanticipated supply chain costs eroding product cost savings, compliance and documentation errors causing delays and fines are challenging global trade companies when they execute global business. These problems are mainly caused by unautomated, unintegrated process which lead to longer and more unpredictable lead times, slower cash flow, cost overruns, and ultimately lower profits and less satisfied customers. Complex and unpredictable global trade environment requires global trade companies of global trade management functions to automate and control this complex environment for driving out cost, time and risk from their business. Global trade management allows cost savings, supply chain efficiencies and improved compliance through improving global supply chain visibility, facilitating cash flow by supply chain financing, enhancing supply chain security and risk management.

• Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.53-61
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• 2005

Dokdo, a group of 33 small and rocky Islets, in the East Sea have been administered by Korea for years since 1953 and are currently occupied by Korean Police Unit. Located about 217Km off the eastern border of Korea and 87Km east of UIleung Island in North Gyeongsang Province. Situated in the East Sea of Korea, Dokdo itself has valuable strategic implications for Korea as well as another countries such as Russia, Japan, U.SA etc. The first historical testimonies to Dokdo were in Korean documents referring to it as a part of an independent island district known as Ulleung Island(Usanguk), which was incorporated into Silla Kingdom in 512 A.D. in '1454 Sejong Authentic History'. Historically, since at least 1881, the island has been called Dokdo by Koreans, meaning 'Rock Island' or 'Lonely Island'. Also Korea, which regained a full sovereignty and have exercised it for decades continuously, keeps a small police detachment on the Island. That is, Dokdo is under effective control of Korea until today. Therefore Dokdo, which is a problem that is related to our territory and sovereignty, is clearly a cluster of Islands of Korea.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.164-167
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• 2014

무선 센서 네트워크를 이용한 국경 감시망 시스템은 기존 센서 네트워크의 요구 조건인 효율적인 에너지 사용을 만족함과 동시에 침입자에 대한 신속하고 정확한 감지가 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 요구 사항을 만족하기 위해 위치에 따라 그룹화된 센서 노드들의 센싱 모듈을 차등적으로 sleep 하는 방법과 전송파워를 동적으로 조절하는 방법을 제안한다. 그리고 이를 통해 효율적인 에너지 소비 및 신속한 감지를 하는 시스템을 구축하고, 논문에서 제안하는 기법의 성능 향상을 확인한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.418-421
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• 1994

The usage of autosuture instruments and techniques in resection of bronchovascular structures gained increasing acceptance amongst surgeons in the recent years. The manipulation of these devices are simple, safe, and shortens operating time by avoiding numerous ties and sutures. We have been using autosuture instruments in most of pulmonary resections in Yongdong Severance hospital, and had a satisfactory results. However, we recently have experienced post-pneumonectomy rupture of left pulmonary vein on postoperative one day where the rupture site was in the border of left atrium and left pulmonary vein where the stapler was fired. The patient underwent emergency operation to control massive bleeding and successfully managed by left atrial suture.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2014.04a
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• pp.130-132
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• 2014

저 전력 기술에 기반한 무선 센서 네트워크 (Wireless Sensor networks, WSN) 기술은 유비쿼터스 사회의 중요한 핵심 기술 중 하나이다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 WSN에 기반한 응용으로서 국경 감시 및 제어 시스템을 제안한다. 시스템은 센서노드, 게이트웨이, 서버, 모바일 애플리케이션으로 구성된다. 모바일 애플리케이션은 사용자모드와 관리자모드로 나뉘어, 일반 사람들도 스마트폰을 통해 국경침범을 감시하고 주변 환경에 대한 정보를 얻을 수 있다. 관리자모드에서는 센서노드의 유동적 작동을 위해 원격으로 소프트웨어 업데이트를 할 수 있다. 또한 저 전력 센서노드의 확장성을 위해 멀티 홉 라우팅 프로토콜을 적용하여 구현하였다.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.19-27
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• 2021

Tasks scheduling have been gaining attention in both industry and research. The scheduling that ensures independent task execution is critical in real-time systems. While task scheduling has gained a lot of attention in recent years, there have been few works that have been implemented into real-time architecture. The efficiency of the classical scheduling strategy in real-time systems, in particular, is still understudied. To reduce total waiting time, we apply three scheduling approaches in this paper: First In/First Out (FIFO), Shortest Execution Time (SET), and Shortest-Longest Execution Time (SLET). Experimental results have demonstrated the efficacy of the SLET in comparison with the others in most cases in a wide range of configurations.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.25 no.9
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• pp.1253-1267
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• 2016

After large-scale flooding damage occurred along the Imjin river in 1996, 1998, and 1999, the Hantan river flood control dam was planned, and it has since been under construction. Unlike existing dams in Korea, the Hantan river flood control dam will remain fully open except during high floods, when the dam will store flood water temporarily to reduce flood peaks and flood water volume downstream. During past flooding seasons, floating debris has caused difficulties in the management of large-scale dams. Most of the existing multipurpose dams in Korea have installed nets to collect floating debris based on many years of experience with and data about inflow and distribution of floating debris in the dams. For the Hantan river flood control dam, however, collection of data about inflow and distribution of floating debris is not possible as the dam is located near the border area between North and South Korea. In order to devise a preliminary plan to collect floating debris in the Hantan river flood control dam, an EFDC hydrodynamic model was used to analyze the behavior of floating debris during high floods. The Lagrangian particle tracking method was utilized to simulate the behavior of floating debris in the dam. Based on the analysis of paths and final destinations of the particles, seven collection points were selected where it seemed to be effective to collect floating debris, as debris is likely to accumulate there in high density.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.324-350
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• 2020

COVID-19 has challenged the pandemic response capability of many countries. Many governments around the world have imposed strict quarantine measures and border control to slow the spread of the virus. In the Philippines, the longest community quarantine has been imposed in the National Capital Region (NCR). However, the effectiveness of such measures is dependent on the cooperation of the public. The objective of this study was to gain an understanding of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of selected employees in the NCR. An online survey was conducted June 4-18, 2020, with 100 employed people living in the NCR. Frequencies and percentages were computed to describe the respondents' answers, and the Kruskal-Wallis test was used to determine the differences in the respondents' KAP levels according to selected demographic characteristics. Of those surveyed, 92% have a high knowledge of COVID-19. The respondents have a positive attitude toward the need for health education and the seriousness of COVID-19, as well as stricter measures against the pandemic, but are less positive in terms of how the government is responding to the pandemic. They also follow strict measures that will prevent the further spread of the virus. The results highlight the respondents' favorability of stricter government measures to control the spread of COVID-19, including the reimposition of an enhanced community quarantine in the NCR.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.319-326
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• 2005

This study was designed to investigate the optimal period of pedicles implantation in the prefabricated periosteofascial flap using a vascular tissue transfer. Flap prefabrication was prepared with a transposition of the central pedicles of right auricle on the calvarium of the New Zealand white rabbit. Thirty flaps were divided into five groups of six flaps, including control group (group I) of the conventional periosteofascial flap based on the right lateral border of parietal bone. The prefabricated flap was elevated as a $2{\times}2cm$ sized island flap and reposed in place in 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks after the pedicles transfer in groups II, III, IV, and V, respectively. Five days after flap repositioning, the flap viability and vascularity were evaluated with microangiography and histological study quantitatively. The flap survival was increased in accordance with the implanted period of the pedicle. New vessels developed around the implanted pedicle in the 2nd week, and overall vascularization of the flap was accomplished in the 3rd week. The flap with 4 weeks of implantation period, however, showed the same survival rate as the control group. In conclusion, prefabricated periosteo- fascial flap can be created with a vascular tissue transfer, and the optimal duration of the pedicle implantation is more than 4 weeks to obtain adequate flap survival.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• v.7 no.10
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• pp.675-685
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• 2020

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the potential effect of ownership concentration on the relationship between board composition and bank performance. The study employs a sample of Saudi banks listed on Saudi stock exchange (TADAUWL) over the period from 2011 to 2018. To test the study hypotheses and control for endogeneity issues, the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and the Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) techniques are used. The empirical results reveal a significant negative moderating effect of ownership concentration on the association between board composition and bank performance, which confirms the study argument and supports hypotheses. The results indicate that board composition in terms of independent board members, executive board members, and non-executive board members in banks with higher ownership concentration have a weaker positive influence on bank performance. For control variables, the results are almost consistent with theoretical perspectives and previous empirical evidence. The results of this study have important implications for regulatory authorities, companies, and market participants in Saudi Arabia and countries with high concentrated ownership to understand how ownership concentration could affect corporate governance and firm performance and to identify appropriate actions to protect board composition from the influence of ownership concentration.