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The Effects of Anxiety about Economic Well-Being in Old Age on Problem Drinking among Middle-aged Adults: Focusing on the Moderating Effects of Social Support (중장년층의 경제적 노후불안이 문제음주에 미치는 영향: 사회적 지지의 조절효과를 중심으로)

  • Kang, Sion;Kang, Sorang;Moon, Sangho
    • 한국노년학
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.763-780
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to examine whether middle-aged people's anxiety about economic well-being in old age affects problem drinking and to verify whether there is relationship between anxiety about economic well-being in old age and to examine the problem drinking could be mitigated by social supports. We used the 2015 Korean Adults' Psycho-Social Anxiety Survey data. To detect the moderating effect of social supports, we employed a method of hierarchical multiple regression analysis. The result of the study showed that the higher the anxiety about economic well-being in old age among middle-aged adults, the higher was the likelihood of problem drinking. Moreover, the relationship between anxiety about economic well-being in old age and problem drinking could be moderated by social supports. Based on the empirical findings, this study suggests that education to deal with middle-aged people's anxiety about economic well-being in old age should be developed and recommends that counseling and community programs for social supports to be implemented as a preventive approach.

Solving Group Technology Economic Lot Scheduling Problem using a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm (그룹 테크놀로지 경제적 로트 일정계획문제를 위한 복합 유전자 알고리즘)

  • Mun, Il-Gyeong;Cha, Byeong-Cheol;Bae, Hui-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.947-951
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    • 2005
  • The concept of group technology has been successfully applied to many production systems including flexible manufacturing systems. In this paper we apply group technology principles to the economic lot scheduling problem which has been intensively studied over 40 years. We obtain a production schedule of several family products on a single facility where setup times and costs can be reduced by using the concept of group technology. We develop a heuristic algorithm and a hybrid genetic algorithm for the group technology economic lot scheduling problem (GT-ELSP). Numerical example shows that the developed heuristic and the hybrid genetic algorithm outperform the existing heuristics.

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Optimization of the Transportation of International Container Cargoes Considering Short Sea Shipping (근해운송을 고려한 국제컨테이너 화물운송의 최적화)

  • Kim, Hwa-Joong;Chang, Young-Tae;Lee, T.W.
    • Proceedings of the Korea Port Economic Association Conference
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    • 2007.10a
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    • pp.161-173
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    • 2007
  • This paper considers the problem of determining the cargo flow and the transportation mode in each trade route while satisfying the demand. Especially, the problem incorporates short sea shipping in Korea, which is becoming more important in order to improve efficiency of Logistics. The objective is to minimize the sum of shipping and inland transportation costs. To solve optimally the problem, this paper employs a linear programming model, which is an operations research technique for optimization. The problem is formulated by extending the well-known network design problem by considering capacity at seaport and limitation of total number of vehicles. The model is solved using CPLEX, a commercial linear program software. The test results using a real cargo flow data in Korea show that the model represents closely the real situation.

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The Dynamic Allocated Bees Algorithms for Multi-objective Problem

  • Lee, Ji-Young;Oh, Jin-Seok
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.403-410
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    • 2009
  • The aim of this research is to develop the Bees Algorithm named 'the dynamic allocated Bees Algorithm' for multi-objective problem, especially in order to be suit for Pareto optimality. In addition two new neighbourhood search methods have been developed to produce enhanced solutions for a multi-objective problem named 'random selection neighbourhood search' and 'weighted sum neighbourhood search' and they were compared with the basic neighbourhood search in the dynamic allocated Bees Algorithm. They were successfully applied to an Environmental/Economic (electric power) dispatch (EED) problem and simulation results presented for the standard IEEE 30-bus system and they were compared to those obtained using other approaches. The comparison shows the superiority of the proposed dynamic allocated Bees Algorithms and confirms its suitability for solving the multi-objective EED problem.

Alcohol Dependency of College Students (대학생 알코올의존의 요인)

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    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.67-86
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    • 2004
  • This study attempted to investigate the factors influencing alcohol drinking habit of college students in Korea. To find how many students are alcohol dependents and what factors are related to problem drinking habit, the current study estimated problem drinkers and analyzed the relationship of problem drinking and various factors. In 2000, 736 students reported the questionnaires. Estimated rates of problem drinkers standardized by age were 0.7% of male and 0.5% of female students by NAST, amounting 9,300 college students. Age of initiation of alcohol drinking, alcohol or drug use problems of parents or mends, psychological factors, emotional factors, and two of MMPI scales were significantly different between moderate drinkers and alcohol dependents. The moderate and problem drinkers were significantly different in Mf and Pa average scores. However, economic factors were not significantly different between the moderate drinkers and alcohol dependents. Based on the results, this study suggested that further multivariate studies with large sample need be conducted to investigate the relationship between alcohol dependency and its factors.

Life planning program for elderly -Analysis of life problem and life planning of elderly- (노년기 생활설계 프로그램 개발을 위한 기초연구 -노인의 생활문제인지와 생활계획의 분석을 중심으로-)

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    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.151-169
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    • 1997
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze contributing factors to elder's life problem and their life planning. The sample in this study consisted of 556 elderly husband and wives over 55 years old loving in Seoul, Daejeon, Jeonju and Daegu. Statistics employed for the analysis were frequencies, means, and multiple regression analysis. The results could be summarized as follows. Elderly's life problem and planning were negatively related in economic and leisure domain. And family relationship and self-esteem had significant effects on the perception of life problem, while hoe ownership, total income and total asset had not effect on perception of life problem of elderly. Also, family relationship, self-esteem and locus of control had effect on life planning of elderly. These findings pointed that psychological variables as family relationship and self-esteem play a more important role than economic variables in life of elderly.

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Improved Valve-Point Optimization Algorithm for Economic Load Dispatch Problem with Non-convex Fuel Cost Function (비볼록 발전비용함수 경제급전문제의 개선된 밸브지점 최적화 알고리즘)

  • Lee, Sang-Un
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.257-266
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    • 2015
  • There is no polynomial-time algorithm that can be obtain the optimal solution for economic load dispatch problem with non-convex fuel cost functions. Therefore, electrical field uses quadratic fuel cost function unavoidably. This paper proposes a valve-point optimization (VPO) algorithm for economic load dispatch problem with non-convex fuel cost functions. This algorithm sets the initial values to maximum powers $P_i{\leftarrow}P_i^{max}$ for each generator. It then reduces the generation power of generator i with an average power cost of $_{max}\bar{c}_i$ to a valve point power $P_{ik}$. The proposed algorithm has been found to perform better than the extant heuristic methods when applied to 13 and 40-generator benchmark data. This paper consequently proves that the optimal solution to economic load dispatch problem with non-convex fuel cost functions converges to the valve-point power of each generator.

Life Stress and Coping Style for Stress of Vietnamese Married Immigrant Women

  • Kim, Chunmi;Lee, Hung Sa
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.173-182
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to survey female Vietnamese marriage immigrants' life stress and to analyze factors influencing their life stress and coping strategies. Methods: As descriptive correlation research, this study conducted a survey with 182 conveniently sampled subjects. Data were collected in June, 2015, and analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression. Results: The subjects' life stress levels were above average, and significantly varied according to their health, and economic status. Stress coping strategies used by the subjects included assistance seeking, problem avoidance, wishful thinking, problem solving, and emotional alleviation in the order of frequency. As a result of the stepwise multiple regression, economic level, economic activity, and health status were found to be the most significant factors influencing the subjects' life stress, and these variables explained 45.1% of the variation in life stress. Conclusion: Female marriage immigrants were experiencing above-average life stress, and they were coping with it mainly in terms of assistance seeking or problem avoidance. In order to mitigate their stress, therefore, it is necessary to provide extended employment opportunities and economic activities for them so that they can cultivate their abilities in health management.

An Economic Evaluation of Multi-Functionality of Rural Areas and Benefit Transfer (농촌 다원적 기능의 경제적 가치와 편익이전)

  • Shin, Yong-Kwang;Rhee, Sang-Young;Kim, Young
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.10 no.1 s.22
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2004
  • There are recently many studies on evaluating the economic value of multi-functionality of rural areas. However, the regional difference of economic value leads a problem of different evaluation on its economic value for each region in its application to government policy. This problem causes an increase in cost because it creates restriction in policy decisions which put their importance on the time of their execution. This study investigates the propriety of value transfer using Meta Analysis after evaluating the social and cultural value of rural areas among their functions based on CVM model. It finds that the regional difference in the willingness to pay is 0.13% to 31.42%.

Genetic Algorithm Based Economic Dispatch with Valve Point Effect (Valve Point 효과가 고려된 경제급전에서의 유전알고리즘 응용)

  • Park, Jong-Nam;Park, Kyung-Won;Kim, Ji-Hong;Kim, Jin-O
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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    • v.48 no.3
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    • pp.203-211
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    • 1999
  • This paper presents a new approach on genetic on genetic algorithm to economic dispatch problem for valve point discontinuities. Proposed approach in this paper on genetic algorithms improves the performance to solve economic dispatch problem for valve point discontivuities through improved death penalty method, generation-apart elitism, atavism and sexual selection with sexual distinction. Numerical results on a test system consisting of 13 thermal units show that the proposed approach is faster, more robust and powerful than conventional genetic algorithms.

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