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Big Data Strategies for Government, Society and Policy-Making

  • LEE, Jung Wan
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.7 no.7
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    • pp.475-487
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    • 2020
  • The paper aims to facilitate a discussion around how big data technologies and data from citizens can be used to help public administration, society, and policy-making to improve community's lives. This paper discusses opportunities and challenges of big data strategies for government, society, and policy-making. It employs the presentation of numerous practical examples from different parts of the world, where public-service delivery has seen transformation and where initiatives have been taken forward that have revolutionized the way governments at different levels engage with the citizens, and how governments and civil society have adopted evidence-driven policy-making through innovative and efficient use of big data analytics. The examples include the governments of the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and India, and different levels of government agencies in the public services of fraud detection, financial market analysis, healthcare and public health, government oversight, education, crime fighting, environmental protection, energy exploration, agriculture, weather forecasting, and ecosystem management. The examples also include smart cities in Korea, China, Japan, India, Canada, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the European Union. This paper makes some recommendations about how big data strategies transform the government and public services to become more citizen-centric, responsive, accountable and transparent.

Utilization Exercise Rehabilitation Using Metaverse (VR·AR·MR·XR) (메타버스(가상·증강·혼합·확장현실)를 이용한 운동재활의 활용 방안)

  • Yang, Jeong Ok;Lee, Jook Sook
    • Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.249-258
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    • 2021
  • Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze domestic and foreign studies using virtual reality or metaverse for exercise rehabilitation in order to help the disabled or elderly patients with exercise rehabilitation, and suggest a method for using metaverse for exercise rehabilitation. Method: In this study, after analyzing and discussing various information related to the metaverse and exercise rehabilitation through electronic search of recently published papers, academic journals, books, and internet websites, the exercise rehabilitation plan using the metaverse was proposed. Results: In the case of domestic research, the diversity of virtual reality application technology for the rehabilitation of disabled and elderly patients was not secured, but recently, virtual reality or metaverse-related technologies were developed and specialized in a form suitable for exercise rehabilitation. In the case of overseas studies, it was analyzed that exercise rehabilitation using virtual reality and metaverse games for the rehabilitation of disabled and elderly patients can help improve brain, physical ability, and anti-aging by activating the body and mind. Conclusion: Smart metaverse health care is actively introduced to exercise rehabilitation, metaverse telemedicine business is applied to exercise rehabilitation programs, and digital twin games and exercise rehabilitation programs developed by metaverse related companies take into account the characteristics of disabled and elderly patients. If customized smart metaverse healthcare is used for exercise rehabilitation, it is analyzed that it can lead this field.

Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building: A Case Study in Indonesia

  • POESPITOHADI, Wibisono;ZAUHAR, Soesilo;HARYONO, Bambang Santoso;AMIN, Fadillah
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.629-635
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    • 2021
  • This study seeks to examine and analyze the influence of institutional strengthening factors, and capacity building - communication, resources, and training - on the performance of defense policy implementation. This study conducted a quantitative analysis related to the implementation of the institutional strengthening policy. The data used are primary data with a research instrument in the form of a questionnaire. The population in this study were all people in the city of Bandung, Indonesia. The sample of this study consisted of 200 respondents consisting of civilians and soldiers who served in the city of Bandung. Data analysis uses the Structural Equation Model (SEM) measurement model. The results of this study reveals that institutional strengthening (X1) influences positively and significantly capacity building's communication (Y1), resources (Y2), and training (Y3). On the other hand, the performance of defense policy implementation (Y4) is positively and significantly affected by capacity building's communication (Y1), resources (Y2), and training (Y3). The interaction between institutions, consumption support, role of the healthcare sector, and effectiveness are the most important indicators reflecting capacity building (communication, resources, training) and the performance of defense policy implementation. Essentially, this study analyzes the performance of defense policy implementation based on capacity building.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Individual Industry Sectors: Evidence from Vietnam Stock Exchange

  • TU, Thi Hoang Lan;HOANG, Tri M.
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.7
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    • pp.91-101
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    • 2021
  • The paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the stock market prices. The vector autoregression model (VAR) has been used in this analysis to survey 341 stocks on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE) for the period from January 23, 2020 to December 31, 2020. The empirical results obtained from the analysis of 11 economic sectors suggest that there is a statistically significant impact relationship between COVID-19 and the healthcare and utility industries. Additional findings show a statistically significant negative impact of COVID-19 on the utility share price at lag 1. Analysis of impulse response function (IRF) and forecast error variance decomposition (FEVD) show an inverse reaction of utility stock prices to the impact of COVID-19 and a gradual disappearing shock after two steps. Major findings show that there is a clear negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on share prices, and the daily increase in the number of confirmed cases, indicate that, in future disease outbreaks, early containment measures and positive responses are necessary conditions for governments and nations to protect stock markets from excessive depreciation. Utility stocks are among the most severely impacted shares on financial exchanges during a pandemic due to the high risk of immediate or irreversible closure of manufacturing lines and poor demand for basic amenities.

Privacy-Preserving in the Context of Data Mining and Deep Learning

  • Altalhi, Amjaad;AL-Saedi, Maram;Alsuwat, Hatim;Alsuwat, Emad
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.137-142
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    • 2021
  • Machine-learning systems have proven their worth in various industries, including healthcare and banking, by assisting in the extraction of valuable inferences. Information in these crucial sectors is traditionally stored in databases distributed across multiple environments, making accessing and extracting data from them a tough job. To this issue, we must add that these data sources contain sensitive information, implying that the data cannot be shared outside of the head. Using cryptographic techniques, Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning (PPML) helps solve this challenge, enabling information discovery while maintaining data privacy. In this paper, we talk about how to keep your data mining private. Because Data mining has a wide variety of uses, including business intelligence, medical diagnostic systems, image processing, web search, and scientific discoveries, and we discuss privacy-preserving in deep learning because deep learning (DL) exhibits exceptional exactitude in picture detection, Speech recognition, and natural language processing recognition as when compared to other fields of machine learning so that it detects the existence of any error that may occur to the data or access to systems and add data by unauthorized persons.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Changes of Pharmacists' Roles in the Future (제4차 산업혁명과 미래 약사 직능의 변화)

  • Kim, Yookyeong;Yoon, Jeong-Hyun
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.217-225
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    • 2020
  • The fourth industrial revolution, with its characteristics of "hyper-connectivity", "hyper-intelligence" and "automation", is a hot topic worldwide. It will fundamentally change industry, economy, and business models through technological innovations, such as big data, cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and 3D printing. In particular, the development of highly advanced information technology (IT) and AI is expected to replace human roles, thereby changing employment and occupation prospects in the future. Based on this, some predict that the profession of the pharmacist will soon disappear. To counter this, pharmacists' attention and efforts are required to seek innovative transformations in their functions by responding sensitively and promptly to changes of the fourth industrial revolution. It is also necessary to recognize the new roles of pharmacists and to develop the competencies to perform them. The fourth industrial revolution is an inevitable change of the times. At this time, we should take comprehensive and open perspectives on how the future society will change economically, culturally, and socially, and use it as an opportunity to shape the new future of pharmacists.

Changes in and Tasks for the Safety Management System for Port Workers: The Special Act on Port Safety (「항만안전특별법」 시행으로 인한 항만근로자 안전관리의 변화와 과제)

  • Miju, Kim;Seokhwan, Kim
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.449-455
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    • 2022
  • Objectives: In order to provide basic data for future researchers, this study aims to explore future tasks after reviewing the changes in port safety management due to the enforcement of the Special Act on Port Safety. Methods: The provisions of the Special Act on Port Safety were analyzed and the latest literature related to port safety management was reviewed. Results: There are two major changes that have stemmed from the Special Act on Port Safety: 1. The scope of application for port participants has been expanded, safety education has been made compulsory, and safety management plans have been established and implemented for each business site. 2. The government is operating a port safety consultative body for each port and has hired one port safety inspector for each of the eleven local maritime and fisheries offices across the country. Future tasks include elaboration of port safety accident statistics, strengthening shipping companies' responsibility for stevedore safety, the unification of contracts, and government interest and support for port safety facilities. Conclusions: The primary feature of the Special Act on Port Safety is the emphasis on autonomous safety management by participants in port transportation. In addition, the enactment of the special law has allowed the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries to actively intervene in port loading and unloading safety.

Wearable based Electrocardiogram Sensing Clothes for Monitoring of Vital Signal (생체신호 측정을 위한 웨어러블 기반의 심전도 측정 의복)

  • Yu, Ki-Youp;Han, Ki-Tae;Kim, Ju-Hyun;Kim, Jong-Hun;Chung, Kyung-Yong;Lee, Jung-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.277-278
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    • 2009
  • 차세대 하이테크 스마트 의류는 복합 차원에서의 감성적인 요소를 섬유 패션기술에 IT융합 기술을 이용하여 제공하고 있다. 생체신호를 이용한 감성은 모호하여 정량적이고 객관적인 측정이 어렵고, 그 표현도 제한된 감성 어휘에 의하여 나타나기 때문에 구체적으로 파악하는 것은 어려운 일이다. 이를 위하여 제품의 기능적 측면뿐만 아니라 정서적 감정과 선호도가 반영된 제품의 설계나 디자인 또한 요구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 생체신호 측정을 위한 웨어러블 기반의 심전도 측정 의복을 제안하였다. 착용자가 평소 자주 입는 티셔츠를 응용하여 답답해하거나 불편하지 않게 제작하고 소매 형태로 신축성있는 소재를 사용한다. 인체의 형태에 따라 의복과 바이오센서의 전극이 안정적으로 밀착될 수 있도록 고탄력 밴드를 이용하여 일자형으로 제작하였다. 심전도 측정 의복을 착용에 의해 수집된 심전도 ECG 파형을 수집하고 심박변화율을 계산하는 시뮬레이션을 개발한다.

Identifying Technology Convergence Opportunities Based on Word2Vec: The Case of Wearable Technology (Word2vec 기반의 기술융합기회 발굴 연구: 웨어러블 기술사례를 중심으로)

  • Jinwoo Park;Chie Hoon Song
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.833-844
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    • 2023
  • As technology convergence is recognized as a driver of innovation, the identification of technology convergence opportunities is critical to expanding a firm's technology portfolio. Recently, wearable technology has emerged as an important factor in creating new business opportunities and providing technology investment alternatives for firms in the era of Industry 4.0. Against this background, this study provides a new patent analysis framework for identifying and proposing technology convergence opportunities in the wearable field. Using 8,621 patents filed between 2011 and 2021, a case study was conducted to identify technological convergence opportunities by applying Word2Vec algorithm. The analysis framework can be divided into four stages, with the final stage recommending potential technology convergence opportunities for a specific candidate firm's technology area by calculating similarities between technology codes. This study aims to better understand the current status of wearable technology development as well as to propose a new methodology for capturing technology convergence opportunities in the wearable industry. The case study result suggests that the convergence of healthcare and ICT may provide new development opportunities. Furthermore, the results are expected to provide alternative perspectives on the development of new markets and technologies using wearable technology and can support the strategic decision-making on future technology planning in the wearable field.

A comparative Analysis and Trends of Top Countries for Medical Tourism Industry to Enhance its Activation in South Korea

  • Kyung Jae Yoon
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.295-301
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    • 2023
  • Since its inception in 2009, medical tourism in South Korea has continued to progress. Reaching its peak in 2019, the industry experienced a sharp decline in inbound patients after the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 due to international border closures and a surge in patient numbers. However, from 2021 onwards, there has been a gradual increase in inbound patients. The purpose of this study was to classify the top 12 countries based on the number of actual patients entering the country from 2014 to 2022, using statistics from the Korea Health Industry Development Institute. It also analyzed the changes in the number of foreign patients visiting Korea and the evolving proportion of actual patients compared to short-term visa arrivals on a yearly basis. Through this content, we aim to examine the trends on a country-by-country basis and identify the direction in which the future of South Korean medical tourism should progress. By focusing on healthcare, we intend to pinpoint areas that require attention and improvement, as well as highlight any existing issues. Through modifications and enhancements based on these considerations, we aspire to attract a significant number of foreign patients, thereby promoting South Korea's medical technology on a global scale.