• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2020

섬에 유입된 고양이(Felis catus)는 외래 포식자로서 섬 고유종의 멸종이나 절멸, 생물 다양성 감소 등의 직접적인 요인으로 작용할 수 있다. 본 연구는 제주도의 부속섬인 마라도(N 33° 07', E 126° 16')에 유입되어 서식하는 고양이의 개체군 현황과 행동권, 서식지 이용특성을 파악하기 위해 실시되었다. 2018년 3월부터 2018년 7월까지 직접관찰과 포획-재포획법을 통해 개체수 추정 결과, 번식 가능한 성체 총 20마리를 확인하였다. 이 중 10마리에 GPS 무선추적장치를 부착하여 추적한 결과 고양이의 행동권 크기는 12.05±6.99 ha (95% KDE: kernel density estimation), 핵심서식지 크기는 1.60±0.77 ha (50% KDE)로 나타났다. 성별에 따른 행동권과 핵심서식지의 크기는 통계적으로 유의하지 않았고, 10마리 중 8마리가 먹이획득이 쉬운 인간 거주지역을 핵심서식지로 이용하였다. 또한 마라도에 번식하는 멸종위기종인 뿔쇠오리(Synthliboramphus wumizusume)의 번식지에 5마리, 섬개개비(Locustella pleskei)의 번식지에 6마리가 접근하는 것을 각각 확인하였다. 본 연구는 마라도의 고양이 개체수와 행동권에 대한 정보를 최초로 파악하였으며, 특히 고양이 행동권 분석을 통해 철새와 멸종위기종에 대한 가해 가능성을 제시하였다. 철새와 멸종위기 조류의 서식지인 마라도에서 발생할 수 있는 고양이의 피해를 줄이기 위해 향후 고양이의 포식압, 고양이와 멸종위기 조류 개체군의 변동에 대한 모니터링에 관한 연구와 함께, 필요시 고양이 개체군 관리방안을 마련할 필요가 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권12호
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• pp.783-793
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• 2020

This research investigates the explanatory factors governing the dividend payout to shareholders of blue-chip companies listed on Bursa Malaysia. In spite of continuous attention offered by empirical research on dividend payout of publicly-listed companies, paradoxically only few studies exclusively examined the explanatory factors from the perspective of blue-chip companies. Recognizing the capability of blue-chip companies to serve as a stalwart indicator of stock market condition as well as a consistent income source to shareholders, more research should be carried out for better inference on the companies' dividend payout decision. This research is using 522 observations from a sample of 18 Malaysian blue-chip companies over a 29-year period (1990 to 2019) and utilizes a panel data regression analysis for the estimation of the impact of eight factors, namely, systematic risk, leverage, free cash flow, lagged dividends, market-to-book value, profit growth, total asset turnover, and company size. Measuring dividend payout using two specifications (dividend/earnings and dividend/total assets), this research reveals that systematic risk and free cash flow have a significant and negative impact on dividend payout. Meanwhile, past year dividends, market-to-book value, profit growth, total asset turnover and company size have a significant and positive impact on dividend payout.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.525-535
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• 2020

The study aims to investigate the roles of financial education (FE) as a moderator to financial attitude (FA), parental financial socialisation (PFS), and financial literacy (FL) to ensure the success of prudent financial management practices (PFMP) among Malaysian youth. The study was designed quantitatively and employed self-administered questionnaires, which were adopted from previous studies and distributed to 480 youths in Malaysia. The data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) to test hypotheses of the study. The results showed FA, PFS and FL have significant and positive relationship with PFMP. However, as regards moderating interaction of FE, results showed that FE does not significantly moderate the relationship between FA, PFS and FL with PFMP. The results further highlighted serious concerns on the effectiveness of FE towards improving youth capability in managing their financial affairs prudently. This proved that mandated FE prior to graduation has less effect and does not lead to behavior changes among Malaysian youth. It shows the challenges faced by the country stakeholders to strengthen FE, enhance the effectiveness and encompass the right FE elements to ensure today's young Malaysians are able to apply what they learned in the classroom to their real life.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2012

This paper presents application of a new tactile slippage sensation algorithm in robot hand control system. The optical three-axis tactile sensor is a type of tactile sensor capable of defining normal and shear forces simultaneously. The tactile sensor is mounted on fingertip of robotic hand. Shear force distribution is used to define slippage sensation in the robot hand system. Based on tactile slippage analysis, a new control algorithm was proposed. To improve performance during object handling motions, analysis of slippage direction is conducted. The control algorithm is classified into two phases: grasp-move-release and grasp-twist motions. Detailed explanations of the control algorithm based on the existing robot arm control system are presented. The experiment is conducted using a bottle cap, and the results reveal good performance of the proposed control algorithm to accomplish the proposed object handling motions.

• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2015

Sixteen compounds of Neobalanocarpus heimii were successfully identified directly from their plant extract using a triple quadrupole LC-MS/MS system. In order to fulfil the objectives of this work, a series of stilbene oligomers of various degrees of condensation were isolated and their structure are characterized. Out of these, four are resveratrol dimers, three trimers, and nine tetramers. The isolation process was done on a fully automated semi-preparative HPLC system. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of 1D- and 2D-NMR as well as MS data. The mass fragmentation patterns of the compounds were recorded and a retrievable in-house library was built to keep the data. In order to demonstrate the potential of this approach, the polyphenolic crude extract was analysed with the LC-MS/MS system and the MS/MS spectra extracted for each chromatographic peak of interest. The fragmentation patterns were compared with those of anticipated pure compounds that were previously recorded. All compounds were successfully identified. It is therefore believed that the LC-MS/MS potential for dereplication of structurally similar compounds in a crude mixture was thus firmly established.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.71-81
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• 1998

이 논문에서는 홍도와 마라도에서의 파랑의 통계적 특성을 살펴보았다. 두 지역에서의 스펙트럼법과 시계열에서 얻은 유의파고를 이용하여 파고주기결합분포를 얻었으며 여러 가지 통계적인 특성을 살펴보았다. 주파수의 대역폭이 협대역이 아닌 경우에 개별 파고분포에 롱기히긴스가 제안한 수정레일리분포를 사용할 수 있다. 그러나 이 분포함수는 경험상수를 결정해야하는 불편함 때문에 널리 사용되지 않고 있었다. 본 논문에서는 수정레일리분포의 경험상수를 결정하는 간단한 방법을 제안하였다. 설계파고의 추정에서 서로 다른 분포함수 선택에 따른 영향은 크지 않다. 그러나 스펙트럼법과 시계열에서 얻은 파랑자료 사용에 따라서 한계파고의 추정치는 큰 차이를 보인다.

• 아시아태평양코퍼스연구
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-30
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• 2020

The present study examines language used to talk about the global coronavirus pandemic during a three-month period of movement control order in Malaysia. More specifically, a corpus of online letters to the editor of a local popular national newspaper was collected during the time in which the official quarantine instruction was initiated, resulting in a total of 303 online letters written by Malaysians that were analyzed through use of corpus linguistics techniques. For this purpose, the latest version of #LancsBox 5.0 (Brezina et al., 2020) is used to analyze patterns of language surrounding the portrayal of Covid-19 and further visualizing them by use of collocation networks. Findings present 25 statistically significant collocates that share an interesting relationship in revealing what the letters are about and thus, reflecting how Malaysians perceive and receive news about the pandemic during this time. Recurring topics and expressions include describing the virus in terms of metaphorical use of language (Covid-19 does not discriminate), preparing for an economic fallout (Prihatin Economic Stimulus Package), and preference to associate Covid-19 as a pandemic (impacts of the Covid19 pandemic) rather than an outbreak (first/second/third wave of the outbreak). Implications of the study resonates with findings from Azizan et al. (2020) where constructions of positive discourse among Malaysian writers may reflect the culture and society that make up the nation.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권20호
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• pp.8957-8961
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• 2014

Background: Promoter hypermethylation leads to altered gene functions and may result in malignant cellular transformation. Thus, identification of biomarkers for hypermethylated genes could be useful for diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic treatment of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Objectives: To screen hypermethylated genes with a microarray approach and to validate selected hypermethylated genes with the methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (MSPCR). Materials and Methods: Genome-wide analysis of normal oral mucosa and OSCC tissues was conducted using the Illumina methylation microarray. The specified differential genes were selected and hypermethylation status was further verified with an independent cohort sample of OSCC samples. Candidate genes were screened using microarray assay and run by MSPCR analysis. Results: TP73, PIK3R5, and CELSR3 demonstrated high percentages of differential hypermethylation status. Conclusions: Our microarray screening and MSPCR approaches revealed that the signature candidates of differentially hypermethylated genes may possibly become potential biomarkers which would be useful for diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic targets of OSCC in the near future.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권10호
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• pp.329-338
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• 2020

The present study aims to investigate the perceived usefulness of business coaching as a moderator between the association of entrepreneurial competencies and business success of women micro-entrepreneurs. This study employs a stratified random sampling technique to collect data from women micro-entrepreneurs who attended business coaching sessions. In total, 261 questionnaires were distributed and collected. This study has divided the moderator (i.e., perceived usefulness of business coaching) into two groups, namely, group 1 (with a low mean) and group 2 (with a high mean) for moderation analysis. By using a comparative analysis of the path coefficient for groups 1 and 2, the path is moderated by the perceived usefulness of business coaching if the beta value for group 1 is significant, and the beta value for group 2 is non-significant. The results show that eight out of a total of sixteen hypotheses were supported, while the remaining hypotheses were rejected. The findings of the study suggest that the domains of entrepreneurial competencies for women micro-entrepreneurs, including strategic, commitment, conceptual, opportunity, and relationship competencies, together with the perceived usefulness of business coaching, are vital for the business success and should remain the principal focus of future research in women entrepreneurship.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.951-959
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• 2021

The study investigated the effect of food safety knowledge, food safety trust and the factors influencing organic food purchase intention in the 'new normal' of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study employed non-contrived and cross-sectional methods. The data was collected in Malaysia using convenience sampling. A total of 330 valid questionnaires were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) and PROCESS for hypothesis testing. The study revealed a significant relationship involving food safety knowledge on personal attitude, perceived social pressure, and perceived autonomy. Moreover, organic food purchase intention was found to be influenced by personal attitude, perceived social pressure, and perceived autonomy. Interestingly, trust in organic food safety moderated the relationship between perceived autonomy and organic food purchase intention. The study proved valuable for stakeholders and organic food producers to understand the 'new normal' COVID-19 market scenario for a sound understanding of the market and the sustainability of the organic food industry. A new research framework is proposed and validated, related to individual purchase decision in global health issues which is limited in current literature. Hence, the study contributed to a better comprehension of green consumerism mainly in the Asian market.