• Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.246-260
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• 2023

With the advent of COVID-19, the world economy has undergone enormous losses and unprecedented crises. Moreover, this pandemic has put a significant effect on all business organizations, comprising the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) sector. MSMEs have been continuing to develop business strategies and are eager to compete in the market. The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the full focus of MSMEs from 'business growth' to 'business survival' worldwide. E-commerce readiness plays a crucial role in a time of uncertainty and crisis during COVID-19 and affects the durability and sustainability of the business. This study attempts to study the readiness of online business and "E-commerce" adoption of MSMEs and its contribution to economic growth by utilizing both qualitative and quantitative techniques in the case of India. We use content analysis to determine the readiness of online business and Ecommerce in the post COVID-19 period. The result highlights the specific issues of this sector such as the shortage of resources and disruptions in the supply chain & logistical issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualitative analysis discloses that almost half of the respondents adopt online platforms along with additional challenges to sustain their business during the pandemic. This study utilizes annual time series data for the period from 1973-74 to 2017-18 to understand the long-run relationship between India's GDP and MSMEs units. By utilizing the co-integration technique, this study reveals that there is a long-run relationship between MSME units and the economic growth of this country.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2023

Demand forecasting is a crucial task for an online retail where has to manage daily fresh foods effectively. Failing in forecasting results loss of profitability because of incompetent inventory management. This study investigated the optimal performance of different forecasting models for a very short shelf-life product. Demand data of 13 perishable items with aging of 210 days were used for analysis. Our comparison results of four methods: Trivial Identity, Seasonal Naïve, Feed-Forward and Autoregressive Recurrent Neural Networks (DeepAR) reveals that DeepAR outperforms with the lowest MAPE. This study also suggests the managerial implications by employing coefficient of variation (CV) as demand variation indicators. Three classes: Low, Medium and High variation are introduced for classify 13 products into groups. Our analysis found that DeepAR is suitable for medium and high variations, while the low group can use any methods. With this approach, the case can gain benefit of better fill-rate performance.

• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.18-29
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• 2021

Purpose: This study examined the knowledge and education needs of nurses in charge of adequacy evaluation in small and medium-sized hospitals. Methods: Study participants included 198 nurses in charge of adequacy evaluation in small and medium-sized hospitals. Data were collected from November 19 to 28, 2020 through an online survey. The data were analyzed by independent t-test and one way ANOVA analysis using the SPSS. Results: The knowledge score for the adequacy evaluation of small and medium-sized hospitals was 11.61±4.10 (total of 20 points), and the educational demand was 3.87±0.88 points on a 5-point scale. Regarding the necessity of education for adequacy evaluation of small and medium-sized hospitals, 80.3% of the participants claimed education as being necessary. "Online video lectures" were the most preferred (22.7%) education method, and "2 times" was the most frequent education (47.0%); "1 hour" was the usual duration of class (48.5%). Conclusion: It is necessary to develop and apply an educational program reflecting the measure of educational needs to improve the knowledge level of nurses in charge of adequacy evaluation in small and medium-sized hospitals.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.71-81
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• 2007

This study is to design the web-based educational setting in industry to test the effectiveness of online teaching in Korea. Especially this study focuses on the impact of information technology on educational influence on employees in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) because these experimental settings are differed from universities or large firms often called Jaebaels. The findings of the study are summarized as education setting especially personalization content materials greatly influences on the speed and quality of employees' learning. Also the positive attitudes of employees toward the learning environment correlate to the effectiveness of online learning in SME.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.127-139
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• 2009

Recently a rapid development of Information Technology including Internet have brought new way of education such as Distance education, Cyber University, Home Schooling and so on. This change of education have also brought about the change of a tool and medium for education. It is a using multimedia contents in education. Using the multimedia learning contents on line education is considered as one of new way of education and expected to bring learner's better performance. Therefore, it's necessary to research online education contents and its design. In this paper, we discussed how the multimedia contents should be designed to help to reinforce what the learner have learned and researched a critical factor of online contents to effect on learner's better performance.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.97-106
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• 2019

EMI (English as a Medium of Instruction) classes are now accepted policy at Korean universities, yet students often struggle with required academic English writings. The present study examined an EMI class that used direct instruction and access to online assistive English writing software. From preliminary analysis, 26 students expressed interest in how an EMI academic writing class could facilitate improved English writing skills. Study participants completed a survey on self-efficacy and learning needs and assignments for an EMI academic writing class. To establish inter-rater reliability, three trained raters assessed the written essays of students prior to and after instructional intervention. Fleiss' Kappas statistics showed moderate reliability. Students' opinions on the use of online software were also analysed. Paired t-test was run on the quality of students' pre- and post-instruction assignments, and there was significant difference in the rated scores. Self-efficacy was found to have moderate positive association with improved post-essay writing scores.

• 한국전자거래학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.95-115
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• 1998

The growth of the internet shopping mall has led to a critical mass of consumers and firms participating in a global online marketplace. This study is devoted to providing a conceptual framework for describing and analyzing the characteristics of internet shopping mall. We proposed a model which classifies internet shopping mall into four types, including (1) general intermediary (2) general direct-sales (3) specialized intermediary (4) specialized direct-sales. Our framework facilitates greater understanding of the internet shopping mall as commercial medium and allows examination of internet shopping mall in terms of the opportunities and challenges firms facing online business.

• 한국비블리아학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.5-21
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• 2021

본 연구는 문헌정보학 전공 분류 수업에서 향후 온라인 매체로만 제공되는 DDC와 관련된 교육을 준비함에 있어 적용할 수 있는 시사점을 파악하고자 하는 목적으로 수행되었다. 이를 위해 DDC의 인쇄본과 웹 버전을 활용한 NCS 기반의 교육과정을 운영한 후, 2차에 걸친 직무능력평가를 통해 매체별 학습성과를 분석하였으며, 매체별 활용 기능, 만족도와 선호도를 분석하기 위한 설문조사를 수행하였다. 분석 결과, 교육 매체의 차이는 학습성과에 통계적으로 유의미한 영향을 미치지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 학습 시 주로 사용한 매체는 매체에 대한 유용성과 선호도, 그리고 향후 매체 활용도에 영향을 미친다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 연구 결과에 기초하여 향후 웹듀이를 활용한 DDC 교육 설계 시, DDC 인쇄본과 비교하여 DDC의 구조와 분류 항목에 대한 이해와 활용을 위한 교육, 웹듀이 인터페이스와 기능에 대한 교육, 전조합 번호에 대한 상대적인 이해와 학습이 필요하다는 점 등을 제안하였다.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.33-45
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• 2024

Background: This study aimed to investigate the effect of elastic band-resistive exercise using audio-visual medium on pain, proprioception, and motor function in adults with chronic neck and shoulder pain. Design: One group pretest-posttest follow-up experimental design. Method: Twenty adult women with neck and shoulder pain voluntarily participated in this study. Elastic band-resistive exercise using audio-visual medium including cervical flexion and extension, shoulder external rotation, and scapular retraction-protraction motions was conducted 5 times a week for 3 weeks. The Numerical Rating Scale, pressure threshold tool, CROM goniometer, and Image J software were used to assess subjective pain level, tenderness threshold (pain), joint position sense error (proprioception), joint range of motion, and postural alignment (motor function), respectively. Result:: The pain intensity and threshold and joint position sense error showed significant decreases after the intervention, whereas the joint range of motion angle revealed significant increases. The postural alignment including forward head posture and rounded shoulder revealed significant improvements after the intervention. Conclusions: Therefore, we suggest that elastic band-resistive exercise through audio-visual medium would be helpful in preventing and managing pain and physical dysfunction in individuals with chronic neck and shoulder pain, and then it would support the development of health management-related online education content.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.697-704
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• 2007

Purpose: The objective of the study is to identify plastic surgeons' views on the effects of online communication between doctors and patients.Methods: Cross-sectional online survey of members of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons was made to identify their evaluation on the accuracy and the relevance of the internet health information and their perceptions of the effects of discussing the information with the patients on time-efficiency, requests for specific interventions, health outcomes, and the doctor-patient relationship. A questionnaire with 25 items was sent to the surgeons' e-mails, and 111 replied. SPSS Win version 12.0 was used to analyze the statistical differences and meanings among data.Results: The percentage of the plastic surgeons who were experiencing the online communication was 65.8%, and the most frequent medium used was homepage of the clinic/hospital. Even though the percentage of the plastic surgeons who were using the online communication for their everyday practice was high, the percentage of patients who visited the clinic/hospital after using the website of the clinic/hospital was relatively low. The effects of online communication on doctor-patient relationship were neutral in 40(36.0%) and positive in 39(35.1%). The effects on the efficiency of the practice was positive in 45(40.5%), and the effects on the quality of care and the patients' outcome were positive in 46(41.4%) respectively.Conclusion: The ratio of surgeons who are experiencing the online communication is relatively high, whereas the ratio of patients who are using online communication is low. Most of plastic surgeons are positive on the effects of the online communication on doctor-patient relationship, quality of care, and patients' outcome.