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A Critical Evaluation on the Pension Privatization Reform in Chile (칠레 연금민영화 개혁에 대한 평가)

  • Cho, Young-Hoon
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.50
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    • pp.87-108
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    • 2002
  • According to Neo-liberalism, the privatization of social security systems is pivotal for a country's economic growth and the wellbeing of its people, because such systems hinder the full operation of the market, eventually leading the national economy to collapse. The Chilean case of pension privatization is often cited as a good evidence for the Neo-liberal argument. Neo-liberalists say that Chile has experienced a rapid economic growth and retirees have enjoyed a much more pension payment since the national pension system was successfully privatized in 1981. The primary purpose of this article is to provide a critical review on the results of the Chilean pension privatization reform implemented in 1981. This study is intended to give an objective understanding of the reform because the existing evaluations, particularly those from the neo-liberalism, over-emphasize the bright sides of the reform. for this purpose, this article will pay a particular attention to the change in the level of pension payment after the reform. The conclusion of this study is that, contrary to the argument of Neo-liberalism, the pension reform has lowered the level of pension payment and, compared to the old public pension, has made the lives of ordinary retirees less secure. Reorganization of the social security system is more desirable than privatization as a remedy for the current problems of the welfare state.

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Quality Characteristics of Wet Noodle Added with Powder of Opuntia ficus-indica (손바닥 선인장 분말을 첨가한 생면의 품질 특성)

  • Lee, Young-Chul;Shin, Kyoung-Ah;Jeong, Seong-Weon;Moon, Young-In;Kim, Sung-Dae;Han, Yong-Nam
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.1604-1612
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    • 1999
  • The study was carried out to investigate the quality of the wet noodle added with the powders of nopal and nopalitos from Opuntia ficus-indica. The wet noodles were prepared to the ratio of 3, 6 and 9% (w/w) of the nopal and the nopalitos based on a flour weight. The initial pasting temperature and final viscosity in an amylograph decreased as the increase of the nopal and the nopalitos powders. A cooked weight and volume decreased with the increase of the nopal and the nopalitos powders, while a cooking loss increased. From the sensory evaluation, the wet noodles included 3% nopalitos and 6% nopal powders were similarly evaluated as the noodle used whole wheat flour. Bacterial counts of wet noodle with the nopal and the nopalitos powders were always lower than those of the control. Bacterial counts of wet noodle slowly increased as the increase of the amount of nopal and the nopalitos powders during storage at $4^{\circ}C\;and\;20^{\circ}C$. The methanol extracts from the nopal showed antimicrobial activities against Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli O157 : H7, Salmonella typhimurium, and Bacillus subtilis, while the extracts from the nopalitos showed antimicrobial activity only against Escherichia coli.

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A Study on Geoid Model Development Method in Philipphines (필리핀 지오이드모델의 개발방안 연구)

  • Lee, Suk-Bae;Pena, Bonifasio Dela
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.699-710
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    • 2009
  • If a country has her geoid model, it could be determine accurate orthometric height because the geoid model could provide continuous equi-gravity potential surface. And it is possible to improve the coordinates accuracy of national control points through geodetic network adjustment considering geoidal heights. This study aims to find the best way to develop geoid model in Philippines which have similar topographic conditions as like Malaysia and Indonesia in Eastsouth asia. So, in this study, it is surveyed the general theories of geoid determination and development cases of geoid model in Asia and it is computed that the geoidal heights and gravity anomalies by spherical harmonic analysis using EGM2008, the latest earth geopotential model. The results show that first, the development of gravimetric geoid model based on airborne gravimetry is needed and second, about 200 GPS surveying data at national benchmark is needed. It is concluded that it is the most reasonable way to develop the hybrid geoid model through fitting geometric geoid by GPS/leveling data to gravimetric geoid. Also, it is proposed that four band spherical Fast fourier transformation(FFT) method for evaluation of Stokes integration and remove and restore technique using EGM2008 and SRTM for calculation of gravimetric geoid model and least square collocation algorithm for calculation of hybrid geoid model.

A study on improvement of school lunch program in a demon-stration school (II) (한국에 있어서의 학교급식개선을 위한 연구 II. 자활급식 2년간의 관찰)

  • Kim, Myung-Ho;Lee, Won-Duck;Kim, Young-Ok;Kim, Moon-Shik
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.95-108
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    • 1976
  • It is obvious that adequate nutrition is essential for growth and development of school children, and many elementary schools in this country have already practiced it. Therefore, it would seem apparent that the school feeding program would have a significant effect on the growth and development of school children. This paper presents a two-year experimental school-feeding program from 1973 to 1974, and attempts to evaluate its effects by before-and-after nutrition surveys conducted in two elementary schools, one experimental and the other as a control. The two schools are both located in the same county (Yongin-Kun, Kyunggi-Do), and the families of their students are presumed to share the same socio-economic level. To assess the effect of school-feeding, we measured height, weight, chest circumference and grasping power. Physical examination was done foresigns of nutritional deficiency. A stool examination for parasites and blood examinations for hemoglobin, hematocrit and serum protein were included. Analyses were done for 150 students selected randomly at the beginning of the program. These students attended the school throughout the program period. Results are as follows: 1. The amount of increase of height, weight, chest cirumference and grasping power were greater in the experimental school than in the control school, but the differences are not statistically significant. 2. Signs of vitamin deficiency decreased in both experimental and control schools during the two-year program period. 3. At the time of the 1974 post-survey, values of Hb. & Hct. revealed no significant differences between the two schools, but serum protein level was a little higher than that of general Korean rural children of the same age. 4. Infestation rate of parasites had increased in both schools during the two-year program period. 5. Each student of the two schools was classified into three major classes, according to the level of economic condition of his or her parents, namely higher, middle and lower. The results of each class of the experimental school was compared with that of the corresponding class of the control school, expecting the relative magnitude of change largest in the lower economic class of the experimental school. However, change was greatest in the middle class, still not being statistically significant. Finally, the authors concluded that the two-year period for such a program is not sufficiently long for its beneficial effects to be demonstrated and measured. As long as the growth and development of children are concerned, planning with a more distant perspective is required, as well as the development of new methods of evaluation.

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Vegetation Model for Naturalness Restoration as an Ecological Renovation in a Golf Course (골프장의 생태적 리노베이션 방안으로서 식재모델 제안)

  • Lee, Hyun-Jung;Kang, Hyun-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.75-86
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    • 2004
  • This study aims to figure out ecological characteristic of natural forests focusing on vegetation as a way of ecological renovation for the restoration of naturalness for golf courses that were constructed in the Country and to present vegetation models and appropriate tree species for the purpose. The study site is P golf club, which is located in Gapyong-gun, Kyeonggi Province. The site is within a forest where the grade from the natural ecology map is the first one and the level from the green index accounts for the eight, thus showing a typical environment for a golf course in terms of location. The location of the site explains a reason for restoration. The major substance of the study is to conduct ecological evaluation of vegetation structures around and inside the golf course and to present a vegetation model. In order to evaluate the ecological characteristics of the vegetation structures, the analysis of the study covered succession stages, multi-layer vegetation structures and species diversity. Plant communities that have high species diversity were selected for the vegetation model and proper density and species were proposed considering the number of species and individuals and distances between trees. The vegetation restoration model targets succession into an oak forest. Within a unit of 100 $m^2$, the recommended model include a tall-tree layer with 11 trees such as Quercus serrata and Quercus mongolica, a sub-tall-tree layer with 12 trees including Quercus mongolica, Quercus serrata, Prunus sargentii, Fraxinus rhynchophylla and Acer pseudo sieboldianum, a shrub layer with 32 trees from 16 species, and a grass layer with a cover rate of 45 %. The proposed vegetation restoration model needs to apply to : 1) damaged natural forests by the construction of golf courses; 2) boundaries between golf courses and surrounding forests; 3) buffer zones; 4) open spaces in between courses; and 5) areas between greens and tees where open spaces are available in a mass. In conclusion, one of the most important factors in presenting a vegetation model for the restoration of naturalness in the golf course and other damaged forests is to provide multi-layer vegetation structures that are composed of native species. As for the specific application for the site, it is recommended to manage the vegetation in such a way that the environment of the site can have a similar environment to the surrounding forest which is expected to succeed into an oaks-dominant one.

Comparative study of the food Instrument design for the Design Preference and Creativity between Korea and Malaysia (음식도구에 있어 디자인선호와 창의성평가요소에 대한 비교 - 말레이시아와 한국을 중심으로 한 디자인 사례연구 -)

  • Lee, Sung-Pil;Hong, Jung-Pyo
    • Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.225-232
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    • 2009
  • There are life-style and many different cultural differences between countries. Among them, food is different from other areas. Especially, if Food Tools are used by food type, even though the design factor is same, the function is different. Therefore, research and development of a Food Tool design is necessary to use a Universal Food Tool between countries. The purpose of this research is to develop a behavior analysis process for food, finding similarities and differences by food type; and cultural differences between countries; and to propose a design Food Tool design that can be used between countries. This research on methods and content is for the development of the consumer behavior analysis process about food, grafting theoretical studies about behavior analysis and working behavior analysis on the spot, to develop a food action analysis process. Second, do comparative analysis process of food order and evaluation between countries; and think about the problems and symptoms, then propose methods to resolve the problems. Third, each process is divided by category, to find the features by each category of foods between countries. Results may be obtained through research and the comparative analysis of each country's, foods, behavior and restaurant types. Specifically, researchers can use food tool design to obtain results and compare the same items between countries, compare university design education, and create new ideas through cooperation and complementary research.

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Aesthetic elements in Product Design of Korean and Chinese's Consumer preference (한국.중국 소비자 선호 제품디자인의 심미성 요소 연구)

  • Jeong, Su-Kyoung;Hong, Jung-Pyo
    • Archives of design research
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    • v.19 no.2 s.64
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    • pp.63-72
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    • 2006
  • The design in modern industrial society is the core of corporate administrational strategy and a factor that determines the competitiveness of a country. And the process of purchasing products is the matter related to the awareness of design which expresses the desire to own the design product that consumers prefer, implying that the aesthetic feature of product has become a critical characteristics of product design rather than the technical function of product. In this regard, the development of product design with a new dimension is urgently called for, by analyzing and shedding light on the aesthetic features of factors related to the preference of consumers. This study considers the preceding studies on the aesthetic factors and the reaction of customers to the product design to figure out the importance of factors related to the preference of customers, in an effort to shed light on the aesthetic factors that affect the customers' preference of product and the evaluation of product. In addition to that, this study investigated the preference that Korean and Chinese customers display toward the product and assessed the aesthetic features of preferred product in order to come to the conclusion from the experiment and analysis on how much effect the aesthetic factors and the aesthetic factors by product have on the preference of customers. Therefore, this study tries to propose the data that can be useful for the design of product targeted for consumers in Korea and China, by shedding light on what aesthetic factors that products preferred by consumers in Korea and China have and how much effect such factors have on the preference of consumers in an attempt to provide the guideline on the aesthetic factors of the product design.

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Comparison and validation of Brass mesh bolus using tissue equivalent bolus in the breast cancer radiotherapy (유방암 방사선치료시 조직등가보상체와의 비교를 통한 Brass mesh bolus의 유용성 평가)

  • Bong, Juyeon;Kim, Kyungtae;jeon, Mijin;Ha, Jinsook;Shin, Dongbong;Kim, Seijoon;Kim, Jongdae
    • The Journal of Korean Society for Radiation Therapy
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.93-101
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: In breast cancer radiotherapy, brass mesh bolus has been recently studied to overcome disadvantage of conventional bolus. The purpose of this study is to investigate the stability of first introduced the brass mesh in the country, and evaluate the skin surface dose of that. Materials and Methods: The measurement of skin surface dose was evaluated to verify similar thickness of the Brass mesh bolus that compared conformal tissue equivalent bolus with 5 mm thickness. We used 6 MV photons on an ELEKTA VERSA linear accelerator and optically stimulated luminescent dosimeter (OSLD). In addition, two opposed beam using IMRT phantom was applied to comparative study of brass mesh bolus between tissue equivalent bolus. Results: The results showed that similar thickness of the Brass mesh bolus was 3 mm compared with 5 mm tissue equivalent bolus by measuring the skin surface dose of solid phantom. The surface dose for IMRT thorax phantom using 3 mm brass mesh bolus was about 1.069 times greater than that using tissue equivalent bolus. Conclusion: In this study, we found that the brass mesh bolus improved better reduction of skin sparing effect and dose uniformity than tissue equivalent bolus. However evaluation for various clinic cases should be investigated.

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A Study on the Implementation of Law Information Retrieval System (법령 정보검색 시스템 구현에 관한 연구)

  • Min, Jae-Hong;Cho, Pyung-Dong;Yang, Jin-Hyuk;Park, Pyung-Koo;Chung, In-Jeong
    • The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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    • v.7 no.11S
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    • pp.3702-3713
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    • 2000
  • Telecommunications standards have two different types of regulations: one is a law. enacted by government which all telecommunications related industries must observe. The other is a recommendatory standards. formulated by either government agency or some standardization organizations. Observation of these standards is not obligatory. However, technical standards are strict laws and ordinances based on common judgement and various conditions for evaluation of levels and limits. This paper deals with enhancing productivity of enactment and revision of technical standards. Through database of above related information we secure information continuity and public property of cyber space for the public. In this paper. we also classify recent data within the website in and out of the country offering four different methods of information retrieval and management system. The four retrieval methods suggested in this paper are itemized keyword retrieval. hierarchical retrieval, regulatory keyword retrieval and chronological keyword retrieval. These various retrieval methods provide the public with information of enactment and amendment of laws and regulations in the cyber space. thereby guarantees the sharing of information. Finally the important feature of the information retrieval system implemented in this paper is the online updating capability of law and regulations through the internet.

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Development of Predicting Models of the Operating Speed Considering on Traffic Operation Characteristics and Road Alignment Factors In Express Highways (고속도로 교통운영 특성 및 도로선형요소를 반영한 주행속도 예측모형 개발)

  • Lee, Jeom-Ho;Hong, Da-Hui;Lee, Su-Beom
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.24 no.5 s.91
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    • pp.109-121
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    • 2006
  • The road should be designed in the consistent alignment which the driver can drive safely. Also, proper highway environments in order to maintain optimal operational speeds on highway sections should be provided In design stage, for highway environments, it is essential for an operational speed estimation model to different highway environments. If a method which could evaluate the status of the road safety is developed through this operational speed estimation model, it is possible to provide safe and more comfortable highways to road users. In the study factors to effect on operational speeds are classified into three groups horizontal & vertical alignments and traffic operation characteristic factors. Factors are chosen to effect on operational speeds by using collation analysis as classifications of tangent sections, horizontal curve sections and vertical curve sections. In order to develop operational speed estimation models in express highways, multi-regression analysis has been used in this study using the selected factors. This study has meaning that the developed estimation models for operational speeds and evaluation of degree of safety to horizontal and vortical alignments simultaneous. In order to represent whole area of the country with the developed models, the models should be re-analyzed with vast data related with road alignment factors in the near future.