• 마케팅과학연구
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.89-111
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• 2008

디지털 기술의 발전으로 일상생활에 접목시킨 스마트 의류 개발에 관한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있으나, 실질적으로 착용하게 될 소비자의 인식이나 태도에 관한 연구가 이루어지지 않고 있다. 본 연구에서는 스마트의류의 지각된 혁신속성과 위험지각 차원이 제품 태도와 수용의도에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 대학생을 대상으로 설문지법을 이용하여 조사하였다. 연구의 결과, 스마트의류의 지각된 혁신속성은 상대적 이점, 가시성, 복잡성의 3가지 요인으로, 지각된 위험은 신체/성과적 위험, 사회심리적 위험, 시간손실 위험, 경제적 위험 4가지 요인으로 추출되었다. 혁신특성 중 상대적 이점, 가시성이, 위험지각 중 사회심리적 위험과 경제적 위험이 제품 태도와 구매의도 예측에 주요한 변인으로 나타났다. 한편 사회심리적, 경제적 위험은 상대적이점과 복잡성을 설명하는데, 신체성과적, 사회심리적, 시간손실 위험은 가시성을 설명하는데 유의한 변인으로 나타났다. 제품 태도는 혁신특성과 구매 의도 사이에서는 부분매개 역할을, 위험지각과 구매의도 사이에서는 완전매개역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 스마트의류 구입 시 소비자가 인지하는 혁신특성과 지각된 위험의 유형을 파악함으로써 스마트의류 마케터들이 소비자의 긍정적인 태도 형성을 위한 마케팅 전략 수립 시 활용할 수 있는 기초 정보를 제시하였다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.27-55
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• 2008

Due to the increasing and intensifying competition in the Internet shopping market, it has been recognized as very important to develop an effective policy and strategy for acquiring loyal customers. For this reason, web site designers need to know if a new Internet shopping mall(ISM) will be accepted. Researchers have been working on identifying factors for explaining and predicting user acceptance of an ISM. Some studies, however, revealed inconsistent findings on the antecedents of user acceptance of a website. Lack of consideration for individual differences in user ability is believed to be one of the key reasons for the mixed findings. The elaboration likelihood model (ELM) and several studies have suggested that individual differences in ability plays an moderating role on the relationship between the antecedents and user acceptance. Despite the critical role of user ability, little research has examined the role of user ability in the Internet shopping mall context. The purpose of this study is to develop a user acceptance model that consider the moderating role of user ability in the context of Internet shopping. This study was initiated to see the ability of the technology acceptance model(TAM) to explain the acceptance of a specific ISM. According to TAM. which is one of the most influential models for explaining user acceptance of IT, an intention to use IT is determined by usefulness and ease of use. Given that interaction between user and website takes place through web interface, the decisions to accept and continue using an ISM depend on these beliefs. However, TAM neglects to consider the fact that many users would not stick to an ISM until they trust it although they may think it useful and easy to use. The importance of trust for user acceptance of ISM has been raised by the relational views. The relational view emphasizes the trust-building process between the user and ISM, and user's trust on the website is a major determinant of user acceptance. The proposed model extends and integrates the TAM and relational views on user acceptance of ISM by incorporating usefulness, ease of use, and trust. User acceptance is defined as a user's intention to reuse a specific ISM. And user ability is introduced into the model as moderating variable. Here, the user ability is defined as a degree of experiences, knowledge and skills regarding Internet shopping sites. The research model proposes that the ease of use, usefulness and trust of ISM are key determinants of user acceptance. In addition, this paper hypothesizes that the effects of the antecedents(i.e., ease of use, usefulness, and trust) on user acceptance may differ among users. In particular, this paper proposes a moderating effect of a user's ability on the relationship between antecedents with user's intention to reuse. The research model with eleven hypotheses was derived and tested through a survey that involved 470 university students. For each research variable, this paper used measurement items recognized for reliability and widely used in previous research. We slightly modified some items proper to the research context. The reliability and validity of the research variables were tested using the Crobnach's alpha and internal consistency reliability (ICR) values, standard factor loadings of the confirmative factor analysis, and average variance extracted (AVE) values. A LISREL method was used to test the suitability of the research model and its relating six hypotheses. Key findings of the results are summarized in the following. First, TAM's two constructs, ease of use and usefulness directly affect user acceptance. In addition, ease of use indirectly influences user acceptance by affecting trust. This implies that users tend to trust a shopping site and visit repeatedly when they perceive a specific ISM easy to use. Accordingly, designing a shopping site that allows users to navigate with heuristic and minimal clicks for finding information and products within the site is important for improving the site's trust and acceptance. Usefulness, however, was not found to influence trust. Second, among the three belief constructs(ease of use, usefulness, and trust), trust was empirically supported as the most important determinants of user acceptance. This implies that users require trustworthiness from an Internet shopping site to be repeat visitors of an ISM. Providing a sense of safety and eliminating the anxiety of online shoppers in relation to privacy, security, delivery, and product returns are critically important conditions for acquiring repeat visitors. Hence, in addition to usefulness and ease of use as in TAM, trust should be a fundamental determinants of user acceptance in the context of internet shopping. Third, the user's ability on using an Internet shopping site played a moderating role. For users with low ability, ease of use was found to be a more important factors in deciding to reuse the shopping mall, whereas usefulness and trust had more effects on users with high ability. Applying the EML theory to these findings, we can suggest that experienced and knowledgeable ISM users tend to elaborate on such usefulness aspects as efficient and effective shopping performance and trust factors as ability, benevolence, integrity, and predictability of a shopping site before they become repeat visitors of the site. In contrast, novice users tend to rely on the low elaborating features, such as the perceived ease of use. The existence of moderating effects suggests the fact that different individuals evaluate an ISM from different perspectives. The expert users are more interested in the outcome of the visit(usefulness) and trustworthiness(trust) than those novice visitors. The latter evaluate the ISM in a more superficial manner focusing on the novelty of the site and on other instrumental beliefs(ease of use). This is consistent with the insights proposed by the Heuristic-Systematic model. According to the Heuristic-Systematic model. a users act on the principle of minimum effort. Thus, the user considers an ISM heuristically, focusing on those aspects that are easy to process and evaluate(ease of use). When the user has sufficient experience and skills, the user will change to systematic processing, where they will evaluate more complex aspects of the site(its usefulness and trustworthiness). This implies that an ISM has to provide a minimum level of ease of use to make it possible for a user to evaluate its usefulness and trustworthiness. Ease of use is a necessary but not sufficient condition for the acceptance and use of an ISM. Overall, the empirical results generally support the proposed model and identify the moderating effect of the effects of user ability. More detailed interpretations and implications of the findings are discussed. The limitations of this study are also discussed to provide directions for future research.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.29-52
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• 2012

Consumers differ in the way they make a purchase. An audio mania would willingly make a bold, yet serious, decision to buy a top-of-the-line home theater system, while he is not interested in replacing his two-decade-old shabby car. On the contrary, an automobile enthusiast wouldn't mind spending forty thousand dollars to buy a new Jaguar convertible, yet cares little about his junky component system. It is product involvement that helps us explain such differences among individuals in the purchase style. Product involvement refers to the extent to which a product is perceived to be important to a consumer (Zaichkowsky, 2001). Product involvement is an important factor that strongly influences consumer's purchase decision-making process, and thus has been of prime interest to consumer behavior researchers. Furthermore, researchers found that involvement is closely related to perceived risk (Dholakia, 2001). While abundant research exists addressing how product involvement relates to overall perceived risk, little attention has been paid to the relationship between involvement and different types of perceived risk in an electronic commerce setting. Given that perceived risk can be a substantial barrier to the online purchase (Jarvenpaa, 2000), research addressing such an issue will offer useful implications on what specific types of perceived risk an online firm should focus on mitigating if it is to increase sales to a fullest potential. Meanwhile, past research has focused on such consumer responses as information search and dissemination as a consequence of involvement, neglecting other behavioral responses like online merchant selection. For one example, will a consumer seriously considering the purchase of a pricey Guzzi bag perceive a great degree of risk associated with online buying and therefore choose to buy it from a digital storefront rather than from an online marketplace to mitigate risk? Will a consumer require greater trust on the part of the online merchant when the perceived risk of online buying is rather high? We intend to find answers to these research questions through an empirical study. This paper explores the impact of enduring product involvement and perceived risks on required trust level, and further on online merchant choice. For the purpose of the research, five types or components of perceived risk are taken into consideration, including financial, performance, delivery, psychological, and social risks. A research model has been built around the constructs under consideration, and 12 hypotheses have been developed based on the research model to examine the relationships between enduring involvement and five components of perceived risk, between five components of perceived risk and required trust level, between enduring involvement and required trust level, and finally between required trust level and preference toward an e-tailer. To attain our research objectives, we conducted an empirical analysis consisting of two phases of data collection: a pilot test and main survey. The pilot test was conducted using 25 college students to ensure that the questionnaire items are clear and straightforward. Then the main survey was conducted using 295 college students at a major university for nine days between December 13, 2010 and December 21, 2010. The measures employed to test the model included eight constructs: (1) enduring involvement, (2) financial risk, (3) performance risk, (4) delivery risk, (5) psychological risk, (6) social risk, (7) required trust level, (8) preference toward an e-tailer. The statistical package, SPSS 17.0, was used to test the internal consistency among the items within the individual measures. Based on the Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ coefficients of the individual measure, the reliability of all the variables is supported. Meanwhile, the Amos 18.0 package was employed to perform a confirmatory factor analysis designed to assess the unidimensionality of the measures. The goodness of fit for the measurement model was satisfied. Unidimensionality was tested using convergent, discriminant, and nomological validity. The statistical evidences proved that the three types of validity were all satisfied. Now the structured equation modeling technique was used to analyze the individual paths along the relationships among the research constructs. The results indicated that enduring involvement has significant positive relationships with all the five components of perceived risk, while only performance risk is significantly related to trust level required by consumers for purchase. It can be inferred from the findings that product performance problems are mostly likely to occur when a merchant behaves in an opportunistic manner. Positive relationships were also found between involvement and required trust level and between required trust level and online merchant choice. Enduring involvement is concerned with the pleasure a consumer derives from a product class and/or with the desire for knowledge for the product class, and thus is likely to motivate the consumer to look for ways of mitigating perceived risk by requiring a higher level of trust on the part of the online merchant. Likewise, a consumer requiring a high level of trust on the merchant will choose a digital storefront rather than an e-marketplace, since a digital storefront is believed to be trustworthier than an e-marketplace, as it fulfills orders by itself rather than acting as an intermediary. The findings of the present research provide both academic and practical implications. The first academic implication is that enduring product involvement is a strong motivator of consumer responses, especially the selection of a merchant, in the context of electronic shopping. Secondly, academicians are advised to pay attention to the finding that an individual component or type of perceived risk can be used as an important research construct, since it would allow one to pinpoint the specific types of risk that are influenced by antecedents or that influence consequents. Meanwhile, our research provides implications useful for online merchants (both online storefronts and e-marketplaces). Merchants may develop strategies to attract consumers by managing perceived performance risk involved in purchase decisions, since it was found to have significant positive relationship with the level of trust required by a consumer on the part of the merchant. One way to manage performance risk would be to thoroughly examine the product before shipping to ensure that it has no deficiencies or flaws. Secondly, digital storefronts are advised to focus on symbolic goods (e.g., cars, cell phones, fashion outfits, and handbags) in which consumers are relatively more involved than others, whereas e- marketplaces should put their emphasis on non-symbolic goods (e.g., drinks, books, MP3 players, and bike accessories).

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.63-104
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• 2011

The study examines the relationships among employee's goal orientation, IT personnel competency, personal effectiveness. The goal orientation includes learning goal orientation, performance approach goal orientation, and performance avoid goal orientation. Personal effectiveness consists of personal work satisfaction and personal work performance. In general, IT personnel competency refers to IT expert's skills, expertise, and knowledge required to perform IT activities in organizations. However, due to the advent of the internet and the generalization of IT, IT personnel competency turns out to be an important competency of technological experts as well as employees in organizations. While the competency of IT itself is important, the appropriate harmony between IT personnel's business capability and technological capability enhances the value of human resources and thus provides organizations with sustainable competitive advantages. The rapid pace of organization change places increased pressure on employees to continually update their skills and adapt their behavior to new organizational realities. This challenge raises a number of important questions concerning organizational behavior? Why do some employees display remarkable flexibility in their behavioral responses to changes in the organization, whereas others firmly resist change or experience great stress when faced with the need to alter behavior? Why do some employees continually strive to improve themselves over their life span, whereas others are content to forge through life using the same basic knowledge and skills? Why do some employees throw themselves enthusiastically into challenging tasks, whereas others avoid challenging tasks? The goal orientation proposed by organizational psychology provides at least a partial answer to these questions. Goal orientations refer to stable personally characteristics fostered by "self-theories" about the nature and development of attributes (such as intelligence, personality, abilities, and skills) people have. Self-theories are one's beliefs and goal orientations are achievement motivation revealed in seeking goals in accordance with one's beliefs. The goal orientations include learning goal orientation, performance approach goal orientation, and performance avoid goal orientation. Specifically, a learning goal orientation refers to a preference to develop the self by acquiring new skills, mastering new situations, and improving one's competence. A performance approach goal orientation refers to a preference to demonstrate and validate the adequacy of one's competence by seeking favorable judgments and avoiding negative judgments. A performance avoid goal orientation refers to a preference to avoid the disproving of one's competence and to avoid negative judgements about it, while focusing on performance. And the study also examines the moderating role of work career of employees to investigate the difference in the relationship between IT personnel competency and personal effectiveness. The study analyzes the collected data using PASW 18.0 and and PLS(Partial Least Square). The study also uses PLS bootstrapping algorithm (sample size: 500) to test research hypotheses. The result shows that the influences of both a learning goal orientation (${\beta}$ = 0.301, t = 3.822, P < 0.000) and a performance approach goal orientation (${\beta}$ = 0.224, t = 2.710, P < 0.01) on IT personnel competency are positively significant, while the influence of a performance avoid goal orientation(${\beta}$ = -0.142, t = 2.398, p < 0.05) on IT personnel competency is negatively significant. The result indicates that employees differ in their psychological and behavioral responses according to the goal orientation of employees. The result also shows that the impact of a IT personnel competency on both personal work satisfaction(${\beta}$ = 0.395, t = 4.897, P < 0.000) and personal work performance(${\beta}$ = 0.575, t = 12.800, P < 0.000) is positively significant. And the impact of personal work satisfaction(${\beta}$ = 0.148, t = 2.432, p < 0.05) on personal work performance is positively significant. Finally, the impacts of control variables (gender, age, type of industry, position, work career) on the relationships between IT personnel competency and personal effectiveness(personal work satisfaction work performance) are partly significant. In addition, the study uses PLS algorithm to find out a GoF(global criterion of goodness of fit) of the exploratory research model which includes a mediating variable, IT personnel competency. The result of analysis shows that the value of GoF is 0.45 above GoFlarge(0.36). Therefore, the research model turns out be good. In addition, the study performs a Sobel Test to find out the statistical significance of the mediating variable, IT personnel competency, which is already turned out to have the mediating effect in the research model using PLS. The result of a Sobel Test shows that the values of Z are all significant statistically (above 1.96 and below -1.96) and indicates that IT personnel competency plays a mediating role in the research model. At the present day, most employees are universally afraid of organizational changes and resistant to them in organizations in which the acceptance and learning of a new information technology or information system is particularly required. The problem is due' to increasing a feeling of uneasiness and uncertainty in improving past practices in accordance with new organizational changes. It is not always possible for employees with positive attitudes to perform their works suitable to organizational goals. Therefore, organizations need to identify what kinds of goal-oriented minds employees have, motivate them to do self-directed learning, and provide them with organizational environment to enhance positive aspects in their works. Thus, the study provides researchers and practitioners with a matter of primary interest in goal orientation and IT personnel competency, of which they have been unaware until very recently. Some academic and practical implications and limitations arisen in the course of the research, and suggestions for future research directions are also discussed.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제25권
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• pp.343-388
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• 1993

The ability of any organization to innovate itself in a rapid change of environment means the existence of the organization. Innovative activity is achieved in different ways according to the objectives of organization. the characteristics of external environmental factors. and various attributes in organization. In the present study. all the existing approaches to the innovative nature of organization were synthetically compared to each other and evaluated: then. for a more rational approach. a research model was built and suggested by establishing the inclusive variables of the innovative nature of library organization and categorizing the types of such nature. Additionally. an empirical. analytical study on such a model was done. That is. paying regard to the fact that innovation has basically a close relation with the circumstantial factors of organization. synthetic, circumstantial relations were clarified. considering the external environmental factors and internal characteristics of organization. In the study. the innovation of library organization was seen in two parts i.e .. the feasible degree of technical innovation and the feasible degree of administrative innovation. Regarding the types of innovative implementation. according to the feasible degree of innovation, four types such as a stationary type. technic-oriented type, organization-oriented type. and technical-socio systematic type were classified. There were nine independent variables-i.e., the scale of organization. available resources of the organization, formalization, differentiation, specialization. decentralization, recognizant degree of the technical attribute. degree of response to the change of technical environment, and professional activities. There were three subordinate variables - i.e., technical innovation, administrative innovation. and the performance of organization. Through establishment of such variables, the factors which might influence the innovation of library organization were understood, and with the types of the innovative implementation of library organization being classified according to the feasible degree of innovation. the characteristics of library organization were reviewed in the light of each type. Also. the performance of library organization according to the types of the innovative implementation of library organization was analyzed. and the relations between the types of innovative implementation according to circumstantial variables and the performance of library organization were clarified. In order to clarify the adequacy of the research model in the methodology of empirical study, data were collected from 72 university libraries and 38 special libraries. and for a hypothetical test of the research model. an analysis of correlations, a stepwise regression analysis. and One Way ANOVA were utilized. The following are the major results or findings from the study 1) It appeared there is a trend that the bigger the scale of organization and available resources are, the more active the professional activity of the managerial class is, and the higher the recognizant degree of technical environment (recognizant degree of technical attributes and the degree of response t9 the change of technical environment) is, the higher the feasible degree of innovation becomes. 2) It appeared that among the variables influencing the feasible degree of technical innovation, the order from the variable influencing most was first, the recognizant degree of technical innovation: second, the available resources of organization: and third, professional activity. Regarding the variables influencing the feasible degree of administrative innovation from the most influential variable, it appeared they were the available resources of organization, the differentiation of organization. and the degree of response to the change of technical environment. 3) It appeared that the higher the educational level of the managerial class is, the more active the professional activity becomes. It seemed there is a trend that the group of library managers whose experience as a librarian was at the middle level(three years to six years of experience) was more active in research activity than the group of library managers whose experience as a librarian was at a higher level(more than ten years). Also, it appeared there is a trend that the lower the age of library managers is, the higher the recognizant degree of technical attributes becomes. and the group of library managers whose experience as a librarian was at the middle level (three years to six years of experience) recognized more affirmatively the technical aspect than the group of library managers whose experience as a librarian was at a higher level(more than 10 years). Also, it appeared that, when the activity of the professional association and research activity are active, the recognizant degree of technology becomes higher, and as a result. it influences the innovative nature of organization(the feasible degree of technical innovation and the feasible degree of administrative innovation). 4) As a result of the comparison and analysis of the characteristics of library organization according to the types of innovative implementation of library organization. it was indicated there is a trend that the larger the available resources of library organization, the higher the organic nature of organization such as differentiation. decentralization, etc., and the higher the level of the operation of system development, the more the type of the innovative implementation of library organization becomes the technical-socio systematic type which is higher both in the practical degrees of technical innovation and administrative innovation. 5) As a result of the comparison and analysis of the relations between the types of innovative implementation and the performance of organization, it appeared that the order from the highest performance of organization is the technical-socio systematic type, then the technic-oriented type, the organization­oriented type, and finally the stationary type which is lowest in such performance. That is, it demonstrated that, since the performance of library organization is highest in the library of the technical-socio systematic type while it is lowest in the library whose practical degrees in both technical innovation and administrative innovation are low, the performance of library organization differs significantly according to the types of innovative implementation of library organization. The present study has extracted the factors influencing innovation, classified systematically the types of innovative implementation, and inferred the synthetical, circumstantial correlations between the types and the performance of organization, and empirically inspected those factors. However, due to the present study's restrictive matters and the limit of the research design, results from the study should be more prudently interpreted. Also, the present study, as an investigative study of the types of innovative implementation, with few preceding studies, requires more complete hypothetical inference based on the results of the present study. In other words, if more systematical studies are given to understanding the relations, it will devote the suggestion and demonstration of a more useful theory.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.49-61
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• 2014

인구의 고령화와 함께 골다공증성 척추압박골절 환자의 발병률은 매년 증가하는 추세이며 경피적 척추성형(percutaneous vertebroplasty, PVP)은 가장 많이 시행되는 표준화된 치료 방법이다. 시술 전 후의 정확한 진단평가에 있어 SPECT/CT 검사의 유용성이 우수하다는 연구 보고가 있으나 시술에 사용되는 골 시멘트(bone cement) 물질은 CT 영상에서 인공물(artifact)을 생성하여 영상품질에 영향을 미친다. 이에 본 연구에서는 골 시멘트가 SPECT/CT 영상에 미치는 영향을 평가하는 데 목적을 두었다. NEMA-1994 팬텀(phantom)에 배후방사능(3.6 kBq/ml), 열소(29.6 kBq/ml), 냉소(물)를 설정한 후 각 원통(cylinder)에 모형 시멘트를 삽입하여 영상 획득하였다. Astonish (Iterative: 4, Subset: 16)으로 재구성하였고, CT 보정 방법은 비감쇠보정(NAC), 감쇠보정(AC+SC-), 감쇠 및 산란보정(AC+SC+) 3가지 방법을 사용하였다. 각각의 보정방법에 따른 평균계수와 시멘트물질의 유 무에 따른 계수 변화율을 비교하고 대조도 회복 계수(contrast recovery coefficient, CRC)를 구했다. 또한, 압박골절 진단을 받은 환자 107명 중 PVP를 시행한 20명을 선별하여 추체를 골절, 정상, 시멘트로 나누고 연조직(척추기립근)을 포함 4곳의 평균 계수를 측정한 후, 뼈/연조직 간 계수 비(bone/soft tissue ratio, B/S ratio)을 구했다. NAC를 기준으로 AC+SC-, AC+SC+의 평균계수는 증가하였고, AC+SC-의 평균계수가 가장 높았으며, AC+SC+는 AC+SC-에 비해 상대적으로 낮았다. 시멘트 물질의 유 무에 따른 평균계수는 시멘트가 존재할 때 NAC, AC+SC-, AC+SC+에 따라 팬텀의 열소에서 12.4%, 6.5%, 1.5%, 냉소 75.2%, 85.4%, 102.9%, 배후방사능 13.6%, 18.2%, 9.1%, 임상영상의 골절부에서 33.1%, 41.4%, 63.5%, 정상부 53.1%, 61.6%, 67.7%, 연조직 10.0%, 4.7%, 3.6%의 증가율을 보였다. 반면 원통 내부의 시멘트 인접부에서 상대적 계수감소를 확인할 수 있었고, 병소에 대한 팬텀영상과 임상영상간의 계수 증가율은 상반된 양상을 보였다. 대조도 비를 나타내는 CRC와 B/S ratio는 NAC, AC+SC-, AC+SC+순으로 향상되었고, 팬텀의 냉소에서는 큰 변화 없이 일정하였다. 정량적 계수는 AC+SC-가, 대조도 비는 AC+SC+가 가장 높게 분석되었다. PVP 시행 환자의 척추 뼈 SPECT/CT 검사에서 AC+SC- 의 사용은 영상계수를 대폭 향상시켜 특히 병소의 농도가 높은 영상을 얻는 반면에 골 시멘트의 영향과 함께, 연부조직 및 산란영역의 영상잡음 계수까지 증가시키므로 대조도비를 향상시키는 AC+SC+의 적용을 병행한다면 임상진단에 유용할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.279-287
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• 2006

본 연구는 변형 전분이 가래떡의 노화에 어떤 영향을 미치는지를 규명하기 위해 실시하였다. 우선 변형전분이 가래떡의 노화에 미치는 영향을 Avrami equation으로 검토하였는데 그 결과 Avrami equation 지수 n값은 실험구 모두 1.03${\sim}$l.31범위로 나타났다. 이것은 변형 전분을 첨가한 가래떡 전분 입자의 결정화 즉시노화가 일어난다는 것을 의미하며 대조구(control)의Avrami equation 지수 n값이 가장 높은 값을 나타내었다. 노화속도상수 k는 대조구에 비해서 변형 전분을 첨가한 경우가 낮게 나타났으며 그 중 SHPP가 가장 낮게 나타났다. 이러한 경향은 노화 속도의 시간 상수 1/k값에서도 잘 나타나 있다. 시차주사열량기(DSC, differential scanning calorimeter)를 이용한 변형 전분의 가래떡에 대한 열적 특성 검토에서는 저장 기간에 따라 변형 전분을 사용한 경우 전분 입자의 호화 개시 온도가 조금씩 높아졌고 그 중 SHPP가 가장 완만하게 상승하였다. 떡의 최대 호화온도에서도 저장기간에 따라 SHPP는 거의 변하지 않고 SSOS, ASA는 약간 증가하였고 대조구는 더 많이 증가한 것으로 나타났다. 용융 enthalpy(${\Delta}$H)는 대조구(21.2${\rightarrow}$26.1${\rightarrow}$27.1)에 비해서 변형 전분을 첨가한 경우(SSOS: 21.1${\rightarrow}$23.7${\rightarrow}$24.1, ASA: 21.1${\rightarrow}$24.8${\rightarrow}$25.4)가 용융 enthalpy가 적은 것으로 나타났으며 특히 SHPP의 경우는 가장 적은 폭으로 증가하였다. 가래떡의 열 용융 신전성(열용융신전성(熱熔融伸剪性), Martindiameter)은 대조구, ASA, SSOS, SHPP 순으로 좋게 나타났으며 SHPP를 첨가한 것이 가장 좋은 용융 신전성을 나타내었다. 변형 전분을 첨가한 가래떡의 색깔과 관능적 조직감의 경우에는 L$^*$값은 저장 기간에 따라 SSOS와 SHPP의 경우에는 그 값이 많이 변하지 않고 안정한 편이었다. a$^*$값은 대조구(2.21${\rightarrow}$5.34 : 141.6%), ASA(2.01${\rightarrow}$4.22 : 110.0%), SSOS(2.78${\rightarrow}$4.87 : 75.2%), SHPP(2.12${\rightarrow}$3.40) : 60.4%)의 순이었다. 또 b$^*$값은 대조구(4.32${\rightarrow}$6.35 : 47.0%), ASA(4.66${\rightarrow}$5.73 : 23.0%), SSOS (4.90${\rightarrow}$5.89 : 20.2%), SHPP(4.89${\rightarrow}$5.12 : 4.7%) 순서로 SHPP가 가장 색깔 변화가 없었다. 관능적 조직감은 변형 전분을 사용한 경우 높게 나타나고 특히 SHPP는 가장 좋은 관능적 조직감을 유지하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.158-173
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• 2012

본 연구는 대청호 본류유역 7개 지점과 대청호 유입지류 8개 지점을 선정하여 2001년부터 2010년까지 측정된 환경부 수질자료를 분석해 시 공간적 변이를 파악하고, 더불어 대청호 유입 지류에 의한 대청호 수질의 영향을 분석하였다. 본류 수역의 연평균 수질 자료 분석결과에 따르면, 질소(N) 및 인(P)의 농도는 호수대 내에서 상류역에서 댐(M7)으로 갈수록 거리에 따라 1차 함수적으로 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 호수내 유수대(M1~M3), 전이대(M4~M6) 및 정수대(M7)의 TN과 TP는 외국 인공호들과 마찬가지로 뚜렷한 Zonation 패턴을 보였다. 반면, 호수내 유기물 지표로서 엽록소(CHL)와 BOD는 TN과 TP의 구간별 연속적 감소 패턴과는 달리 전이대에서 최고치를 보였다. 유수대에서는 몬순 집중강우기인 8월에 TP가 377 ${\mu}gL^{-1}$로서 최대치를 보였으나, 정수대에서는 7월에 165 ${\mu}gL^{-1}$로서 최대치를 보였다. 한편, 유수대의 TN은 3월 최대치(8.52 $mg\;L^{-1}$)를 보였으며, 정수대의 TN은 본류에 비해 상대적으로 낮은 수치를 보였고, 최대치는 8월 (3.76 $mg\;L^{-1}$)에 관측되었다. 집중강우에 의한 이온희석현상은 9~10월에 극명하게 나타났다. 호수내 제한요인의 평가지표로서 이용되는 TN : TP 비는 88 이상으로서 이미 대청호는 질소가 과잉공급 상태인 것으로 사료되었다. 몬순강우에 따라 호수의 수질은 악화되는 경향을 보였으며, TP와 SS가 강우에 가장 민감하게 반응하였고, CHL은 정수대의 변이 폭이 높게 나타났다. 호수내로 유입되는 지천의 영향평가에 따르면, 도심형 하천이자 농공단지와 하수처리장의 영향을 받고 있는 T1, T2 및 호수내에 가장 큰 영향을 줄 것으로 사료되는 옥천천(T5)의 오염도가 가장 높게 나타났다. 호수의 경험적 모델 분석에 다르면, 호수내에서 CHL의 변이는 유수대($R_z$: $R_2$=0.044, p=0.264)와 전이대 ($T_z$: $R_2$=0.126, p=0.054)에서 TN에 의해 통계학적 유의성을 보이지 않았으나, 정수대($L_z$)에서 질소는 조류 생장에 억제효과($R_2$=0.458, p=0.032)를 가질 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 한편, 유입 지천($I_w$)의 TN은 호수내($I_r$)의 CHL의 변이에 통계학적으로 유의성이 없는 것으로 나타났고($R_2$=0.258, p=0.110), 유입 지천($I_w$)의 TP는 호수내($I_r$)의 CHL의 변이에 통계학적으로 유의성이 있는 것으로 나타났다 ($R_2$=0.567, p=0.005). 즉, 지천의 TP 유입은 대청호의 조류 생장에 직접적으로 영향을 주는 것을 의미하였다. 한편, 대청호의 TN : TP 비는 지천의 TN보다는 TP에 의한 영향을 받는 것으로 나타나 결국 TN : TP 비는 직접적으로 인(P)의 농도에 의해 조절되는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 호수내의 여름철 TP와 SS 유입을 최소화 시키고, 높은 인이 유입되는 도심형 하천(옥천천)의 수질 개선이 대청호의 수질 개선에 큰 도움을 줄 것으로 사료되었다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.361-368
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• 2010

목적: 중격자궁은 흔하게 보고되는 선천성 자궁기형 중 하나이며 여성의 생식능력에 미치는 영향에 대해 아직 이견이 많고, 따라서 치료의 필요성에 대해서도 아직 정립되지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 중격자궁의 존재 및 치료 여부가 생식수행에 미치는 영향에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 연구방법: 2008년 1월부터 2009년 12월까지 불임 또는 습관성 유산을 주소로 제일병원 산부인과를 방문하여 자궁난관 조영술을 시행한 총 2,838명의 환자들 중 중격자궁이 진단된 44명의 환자들을 대상으로 하였으며, 이 중 27명은 자궁경 하 자궁중격 절제술을 시행 받았으며, 17명은 진단 후 추가적인 치료를 받지 않았다. 대조군은 동일 기간 내에 자궁기형이 진단되지 않은 환자 42명을 나이를 고려 후 무작위 선정하였다. 연구 대상군의 임신율, 자연유산율, 그리고 생존분만율 등에 대한 의무기록을 후향적으로 분석하였으며, 대상군들의 평균 추적 관찰 기간은 진단 후 21.8개월 이었다. 결과: 추적 관찰 기간 중 자궁경 하 질식 자궁중격 절제술을 시행 받은 환자 (n=27)의 55.6% (15/27)가 임신에 성공한 반면 치료를 받지 않은 환자 (n=17)의 약 23.5% (4/17)만이 임신에 성공하여 치료받은 군에서 통계적으로 의미있는 높은 수치를 보였다 (p<0.05). 한편 생존분만율은 치료를 받은 환자군 및 자궁기형이 진단되지 않은 불임 또는 습관성 유산 환자 (대조군, n=42)에서 각각 75%와 84.6%를 보인 반면 치료 받지 않은 군에서는 50% (2/4)를 보여 치료 받지 않은 중격자궁 환자에서 낮은 경향을 보이지만 통계학적 의미는 없었다. 결론: 중격자궁이 생식수행에 미치는 영향은 자연유산 등 산과적 합병증 뿐 아니라 오히려 임신력의 저하에 더 큰 악영항을 미칠 수 있으며 불임 환자에서 중격자궁의 존재 시 적극적인 치료가 임신성공률의 향상에 도움이 될 것으로 생각 되지만 보다 명확한 결론을 위해 규모가 크고 관찰 기간이 긴 대단위 연구가 필요 할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.10-15
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• 2005

목적: 건강을 유지하는 데 비타민, 특히 엽산의 중요성이 근래에 강조되고 있다. 엽산의 결핍은 발달 지연을 일으켜 신생아에서 미성숙 혈관질환이나 신경관 결손 등의 중추 신경계 질환 등을 일으킬 수 있고, 급성 백혈병 같은 혈액학적 질환과도 연관된다. 또한, 과호모시스테인혈증과 연관되어 여러 폐색성 혈관성 질환 등을 유발하고, 출산 결손이나 다른 임신성 합병증을 유발하기도 한다. 특히 최근에는 위장관 신생 종양의 발생과도 연관된다고 보고되고 있다. Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase(MGHFR)는 엽산 대사에서 DNA 합성과 메틸화에 영향을 주는 필수 효소이다. MTHFR의 유전자 다형성은 아미노산의 변화와 효소 활성을 감소시키는 핵산의 유전자 다형성(677C $\rightarrow$T/Ala222Val)으로 정의되는데, 이때 효소 자체의 활성을 감소시켜 DNA 합성 저하와 저메틸화로 이어져 생체 내에서 발암성 변이를 일으켜 위장관계 종양과 연관된다. 우리는 MTHFR의 유전자 다형성과 위암의 발생 위험과의 관련성을 알아보기 위하여 본 연구를 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2003년 7월부터 2004년 6월까지 위암으로 진단 받은 환자군 96명과 건강 검진에서 정상으로 판정 받은 대조군 287명의 혈청 표본으로 PCR-RFLP방법으로 MTHFR의 유전자 다형성을 구하여 위암에서의 연관성을 비교하였고, 환자군 내에서 암의 발생 위치와 낮은 체내 엽산 농도에 영향을 미치는 흡연력과 음주력에 대해 비교 하였다. 결과: 위암 환자 중 남자 69명($72\%$), 여자 27명($28\%$)이었고, 위 하부 58예($60\%$), 위 중부 20예($21\%$), 위 상부 18예($9\%$)였다. 위암 환자 중 흡연력이 있는 경우는 56명, 없는 경우는 40명이었고, 음주력이 있는 경우는 45명, 없는 경우는 51명이었다. 환자군에서 MTHFR의 유전자 다형성은 C/C 18($19\%$), C/T 59($61\%$), T/T 19($20\%$)였고, 대조군에서는 C/C 116($40\%$), C/T 103$40\%$), T/T 68($24\%$)이었다(P=0.045). 암의 위치에 따른 MTHFR유전자형의 분포는 위 하부에서 C/C 16($28\%$), C/T & T/T 42($77\%$)이었고, 위 중부 및 상부에서 C/C 2($5\%$), C/T & T/T 36($75\%$) 이었다(P=0.006). 환자군 내에서 흡연력 유무에 따른 MTHFR유전 자형의 분포는 흡연력이 있을 때 C/C 13($23\%$), C/T & T/T 43($77\%$)이었고, 흡연력이 없을 때 C/C 5($12\%$), C/T & T/T 35 ($88\%$)였다(P=0.189). 환자군 내에서 음주력 유무에 따른 MTHFR유전자형의 분포는 음주력이 있을 때 C/C 12($26\%$), C/T & T/T 33($74\%$)이었고, 음주력이 없을 때 C/C 6($12\%$), CT & T/T 45($88\%$)였다.(P=0.063). 결론: 본 연구에서는 MTHFR C/T & T/T 유전자 다형성이 위암의 발생과 그 위치에 대해 관련이 있는 것으로 여겨지고, 흡연력, 음주력과는 관련이 없는 것으로 여겨진다.