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Gastropexy Using MIC-KEY Tube in a Dog with Esophageal-Gastric Leiomyoma

  • Kim, Yoon Hee;Shin, Kyong-in;Hong, Yeon-Jung;Choi, Ulsoo
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.38 no.6
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    • pp.290-294
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    • 2021
  • An 8-year-old neutralized male Dachshund was presented with severe vomiting, anorexia, and weight loss for two weeks. The patient had to feed in a standing position due to problem of vomiting immediately after meal. Serum chemistry and CBC results were all within reference limits. CT imaging revealed a mass distributed widely in the caudal part of the esophagus including the sphincter and the gastric cardia. Complete surgical removal was difficult because of adhesion to the caudal vena cava. A partial surgical excision and gastropexy with MIC-key feeding tube were performed under the owner's permission. Histologically, the mass was interpreted as leiomyoma. This patient is doing well at present time, six years after the tube installation in 2015.

THE STUDY OF MULI-LEVEL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT APPROACH FOR VALUE MANAGEMENT OF CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

  • Jong-Kwon Lim;Min-Jae Lee;Dong-Youl Lee
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.1294-1299
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    • 2009
  • Best value in value engineering has relation to cost and performance. But a severe problem in VE study of a project is to reduce value due to loss of performance, caused by focusing on cost reduction. Also a lack of understanding performance concept, no trial VE workshop as well as cost saving-based policy have not satisfied customer needs. A efficient and practical methodology for accomplishing best value in construction projects is proposed. This study developed a more objective approach for performance measurement approach of mega projects and suggested a systematic process of performance quantitative analysis verifying value improvement. The proposed performance measurement method would be very useful for better communication and consensus between stakeholders and VE team especially through value engineering.

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AN ONTOLOGY SCHEME FOR DISCRIMINATING CONSTRUCTION IETM FROM EXISTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS

  • Jeong, Jinwook;Park, Moonseo
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.942-948
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    • 2009
  • Today's construction is a large-scale and long life span program, so called Mega-scale project, that every moment constructor faces much of hardships, It is because of a large amount of stakeholders, data and complicated relationship among workers. In order to overcome these problems, IETM(Interactive Electronic Technical Manual) has been introduced to construction industry recently, It is regarded as a useful tool for handling the data, procedures of the construction, but it is similar to existing IT-based information systems, the PMIS(Project Management Information System) and the KMS(Knowledge Management System), without characterizing. This research is intended to find out IETM's property and to present the Ontology scheme discriminating Construction IETM from existing systems..

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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR THE MaCC PROJECT

  • Boknam Lee;Wooyoung Kim;Seokin Choi;Hyounseung Jang;Bonsang Koo
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.1582-1590
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    • 2009
  • In 2006, Korean Government decided to relocate the several Government bodies and public institutes. They include total of 49 central Government agencies, semi-government agencies, and 17 national research institutes. The completion of the relocation program has been set to be final in 2030. The target population for the city plan is set to be 500,000. The goal of MAC is first to complete the first phase of the program by 2014 within the budget. In order to achieve the goal, considerable time has been spent to properly establish the program management system. The success of MAC's Multi-function Program Administration System is too early to determine as it is still in progressive. The success depends on the operations not the development.

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A Risk Performance Measurement System for the Construction Project

  • Seon Gyoo Kim;Jin Bong Kim;Moon Serk Young;Bong Cheol Jeon;Han Kim;Young Jeong Yu
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.1591-1598
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    • 2009
  • Recently, the researches on the urban regeneration projects have been performed very actively. It is a part of the effort that solves some social and economical problems occurred by deteriorated buildings and degraded infrastructures through new urban regeneration projects or redevelopment projects. However, the urban regeneration projects show the characteristics that can not guarantee in the project performance because the projects have various and complex stakeholders related to these projects and are exposed to lots of risks due to its huge scale. This study proposed the risk performance index method to improve the efficiency of the overall performance measurement for a mega-project by extending from the traditional cost/schedule based performance measurement system. The risk performance index method proposed in this study has a similar system to the EVMS, and makes possible to perform a three dimensional integrated performance measurement in cost/schedule/risk through 18 different indexes that compose the risk performance index.

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Strengthening Market Position through Branding "CheongKwanJang" - The Case of Korea Ginseng Corporation

  • Koo, Kay Ryung;Kim, Sang Yong;Kim, Seok Kyun;Jun, Mina
    • Asia Marketing Journal
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.85-98
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    • 2018
  • Korea Ginseng Corporation is a global ginseng company, owning one of the most leading brands in Korea, CheongKwanJang. Although Korea Ginseng Corporation was an undoubted market leader in the red ginseng market, it faced a new challenge in 2012 due to the changes in market environment. In order to keep its market leadership in a saturated and competitive market, the company decided to extend its product lines alongside the launches of new brands. In this article, the authors demonstrate the development process of the company's brand portfolio strategy to reveal how the company turned CheongKwanJang into a mega-brand. Also, this paper explores the impact of CheongKwanJang's reputation on new brands, thereby illustrating how the company successfully managed to introduce new products outside of the red ginseng category, ranging from organic food to a pet food market.

Case Study: Oriental Brewery, Co. Ltd. Vitalizing Cass Brand through Brand Portfolio Strategy

  • Hong, Sung Tai;Son, Young Seok;Na, Woon Bong
    • Asia Marketing Journal
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.187-200
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    • 2014
  • The case study of OB shows dramatic market dynamics between leader brand vs. follower brand similar to Kirin vs. Asahi in Japan for two decades. Almost 20yrs ago, the brand status of OB was dramatically fallen because of the environmental pollution of subsidiary company and harsh competition of rivalry brand. But OB made a ground change in its brand strategy. OB departed from the pride in its past to bet on the new. OB decided to vitalize Cass brand through brand portfolio strategy. They deployed 3 phase articulated marketing plans; Phase I, Acquisition of Cass brand through M&A and strategic segmentation/targeting (1993-2005), Phase 2 - Mega Brand Strategy through Line Extension(2006-2009), Phase 3 - Experiential Marketing focused on Young Culture (2010- present). Finally, OB restored not only brand reputation of Cass and other brands but dominant market position in beer market. Now Cass has been growing rapidly in the last 20 years achieving 50% M/S. The three phases shows the typical successful process of brand management and revitalization adopting brand concept management and S-T-P strategy of manufacturing company.

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Development of Review Processes and Tools for Liquidated Damages for EPC/Turnkey Project: Contractor's Perspective

  • Hahn, Ki Jeong;Lee, Eul-Bum;Kim, Young Ho
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.718-719
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    • 2015
  • As a recent global trend, the majority of plant projects are delivered through EPC or EPC-turnkey contracts, where a contractor's liability is more complicated because of the mega size scale and financing method. Previous researches have been lacking a practical usability for project members for liabilities of contracts. Those were focused on solving the claims or schedule calculation issues only. The objective of the present study was to develop a validation process for LDs (liquidated damages) in contractor's liabilities with various case studies and expert judgments. As summarized in this paper, the processes and tools were developed with project life cycle process. The project preparation phase includes 3 step check lists to determine the Go or No-go for projects. In progress phase, contractors should focus on the response strategies for claims with liabilities. The study concludes that those developed processes and tools will help to manage risk of LDs for the contractors in the overseas projects.

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Steel Plant Construction (EPC) Project Case Study : Forensic Lessons-learned Analysis and Systems Engineering Improvement Recommendation

  • Kyung-Bae Jin;Young-Ho Kim;Eul-Bum Lee;Suk-Hwan Seo
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2013.01a
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    • pp.145-150
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    • 2013
  • As a recent global trend, the majority of mega-size plant projects are delivered through EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contracts, where a single contract is awarded for engineering, procurement, and construction. Under this contracting mechanism, it is challenging for contractors to carry out the projects under traditional project management processes used in design-bid-build projects. A new EPC Plant, the POSCO Special Steel Plant in Changwon, was built successfully at the beginning of 2012 and it is currently in full-scale production. The project has encountered a number of major difficulties however, with some technical and managerial issues through its development process. As summarized in this paper, the authors (as project participants with the contractor) investigated it as a post construction analysis and recorded the Lessons-learned for future project management improvement.

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Movie Marketing by Showbox: How to Promote Dachimawa Lee

  • Kim, Sang-Hoon
    • Asia Marketing Journal
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.53-72
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    • 2009
  • In the summer of 2008, the movie Dachimawa Lee: Villain, Get on the Express to Hell is waiting for its first release. This movie is based on a short film which was tremendously popular when it was first introduced on the internet in 2000, and the director Ryu Seung Wahn is expecting a mega hit of the movie this summer. Showbox is one of the leading movie distributors in Korea. After a series of blockbuster hits such as Welcome to Dongmakgol, The Host, and The Chaser, Showbox is now in stagnation. Along with sluggish economy in Korea, most of recent movies distributed by them didn't even reach the breakeven. However, expectation on the upcoming movie, Dachimawa Lee, is higher than ever. Marketing department of Showbox has to decide what kind of media channel to choose and which marketing strategy to apply. It needs to make a decision about whether to target the so-called mania group or the general public of much bigger size. In this case study, the distinctiveness of the movie marketing and its process will be discussed. Moreover, the marketing strategies for Dachimawa Lee's success will be examined in the Showbox's point of view.

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