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Dynamic Collaborative Cloud Service Platform: Opportunities and Challenges

  • Yoon, Chang-Woo;Hassan, Mohammad Mehedi;Lee, Hyun-Woo;Ryu, Won;Huh, Eui-Nam
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.634-637
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    • 2010
  • This letter presents a model for a dynamic collaboration (DC) platform among cloud providers (CPs) that prevents adverse business impacts, cloud vendor lock-in and violation of service level agreements with consumers, and also offers collaborative cloud services to consumers. We consider two major challenges. The first challenge is to find an appropriate market model in order to enable the DC platform. The second is to select suitable collaborative partners to provide services. We propose a novel combinatorial auction-based cloud market model that enables a DC platform among CPs. We also propose a new promising multi-objective optimization model to quantitatively evaluate the partners. Simulation experiments were conducted to verify both of the proposed models.

Challenges and Strategies in Medical Education in the COVID-19 Pandemic (COVID-19 팬데믹에서 나타난 의학교육의 과제와 전략)

  • Im, Sunju
    • Korean Medical Education Review
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.154-159
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    • 2021
  • The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has profoundly impacted all aspects of undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing medical education. Only the focus of medical education-care for patients and communities-has remained an integral part of all of the above sectors. Several challenges have been experienced by learners and educators as the education and training of future doctors has continued in the midst of this crisis, including the cancellation of face-to-face classes and training, reduced patient encounter opportunities, fairness issues in online assessments, disruption of patient interview-based exams, reflections on the role of doctors in society, and mental health-related problems linked to isolation and concerns about infection. In response to these disruptions, educators and institutions have rapidly deployed educational innovations. Schools have adopted educational strategies to overcome these challenges by implementing novel education delivery methods in an online format, providing clinical experiences through simulation or telehealth methods, introducing online assessment tools with formative purposes, encouraging learners' involvement in nonclinical activities such as community service, and making available resources and programs to sustain learners' mental health and wellness. During the COVID-19 pandemic, educators and institutions have faced drastic changes in medical education worldwide. At the same time, the quantitative expansion of online education has caused other problems, such as the lack of human collaboration. The long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical education need to be studied further.

Digital Transformation of Agriculture Supply Chain in Vietnam: Current Status and Proposal of Roadmap

  • Quoc Cuong Nguyen;Hoang Tuan Nguyen
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.249-257
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    • 2024
  • As the main driver of economic growth and employment, the agricultural sector plays an important role in Vietnam's economy. However, in recent years, the sector has faced new challenges and also presented new investment opportunities to stimulate agricultural growth. Many Vietnamese agricultural producers currently lack the modern technology and decision support tools needed to maintain and improve productivity in a rapidly changing environment. Other stakeholders in the agricultural value chain, such as input suppliers, distributors, and consumers, also face significant challenges, including disrupted value chains, transportation costs. The cost of transporting goods across the supply chain continues to increase and information exchange remains fragmented. A potential solution to address these challenges is the application of digital transformation in agricultural supply chains. Farmers and other value chain participants can improve the production of their goods and procedures by utilizing new and cutting-edge technologies that are integrated into a unified system as part of the digital transformation of agricultural supply chains. In this study, we evaluate the current status of digital transformation in the supply chain of the agriculture industry by finding and examining pertinent publications from key agencies as well as prior research. From there, in the framework of the digital economy, this study suggests a digital transformation roadmap for the agricultural supply chain.

The real-world challenge and possibility of using Minhwa and applying Lin's cultural levels in fashion design

  • Park, Jihye
    • The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.16-32
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    • 2022
  • In the intensely competitive global fashion market, the use of cultural elements to enhance design has become increasingly widespread. However, there is a lack of research on challenges and opportunities associated with integrating cultural elements of Minhwa into fashion design. Moreover, diverse approaches to incorporate Korean cultural elements into contemporary fashion designs are still needed. This study aims to reveal the real-world challenges relating to the incorporation of Korean cultural elements, including Minhwa, into fashion design and to clarify the possibility of applying Lin's cultural levels to cultural aspects in accordance with experts' views. To establish a theoretical foundation, the literature review on cultural design and Minhwa studies was conducted. It analyzes Minhwa to gain an understanding of the characteristics associated with different cultural levels. In-depth interviews with fashion industry professionals and Minhwa artists were conducted to ascertain their attitudes toward Minhwa use. The study's major findings were threefold. First, the cultural design facilitates the introduction, promotion, understanding, and maintenance of the culture. Since Minhwa offers rich inspiration linked to Korean culture, Minhwa-related designs can provide new perspectives while still having commercial potential. Second, however, the limitations of existing cultural designs included their being outdated, superficial without interpretation, unsophisticated, or limited. Furthermore, the use of Minhwa is limited since it is difficult to avoid creating superficial and unsophisticated designs in the real world. Third, approaching Minhwa at different cultural levels can promote diverse thinking and reduce the challenges of Minhwa use in design, but the major challenge remains visual expression.

A Study on Oil Price Fluctuation and Offshore Oil Production Outlook (유가변동과 해양석유 생산 동향에 관한 연구)

  • Gu, Ji-Hye;Kim, Si-Hwa
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.253-255
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    • 2015
  • Crude oil is the world's most actively traded commodity and also one of the most significant resources in the world. The impact of oil price volatility has great influences on macroeconomic activities. This presentation is to review and analyze the oil price fluctuation and to examine the effects especially on the offshore oil production and thereafter to look over the challenges and opportunities in this sector focusing on the petroleum logistics.

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Machine Learning in FET-based Chemical and Biological Sensors: A Mini Review

  • Ahn, Jae-Hyuk
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2021
  • This mini review summarizes some of the recent advances in machine-learning (ML)-driven chemical and biological sensors. Specific focus is on field-effect-transistor (FET)-based sensors with a description of their structures and detection mechanisms. Key ML techniques are briefly reviewed for an audience not familiar with the basic principles. We mainly discuss two aspects: (1) data analysis based on ML and (2) ML applied to sensor design. In conclusion, the challenges and opportunities for the advancement of ML-based sensors are briefly considered.

A Study on the Utilization Measures of Internet Marketing (인터넷 마케팅의 활용방안에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hee-Chul
    • International Commerce and Information Review
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.25-48
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    • 1999
  • A rapid diffusion of internet provides Korean companies with both business opportunities and challenges. Internet is becoming more and more important as an environment factor to industry in general. This paper investigated the present situation of internet marketing utilization in companies. And based on the research result, this paper suggests the efficient utilization measures of internet marketing in Korean companies.

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Research Opportunities and Challenges In Schools of Pharmacy

  • Robinson, Joseph R.
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.17-17
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    • 2003
  • It is imperative that Schools of Pharmacy push the frontiers of their science. Those professions that do not do their own research are technical fields and not professions. With that imperative it is important to develop a perspective on the historic evolution of research in Schools of Pharmacy, that was in concert with the subject matter of the professional curriculum, and has changed somewhat in modem times to reflect not only our professional program but also our mandate to graduate student education and training and to elevate the status of schools of pharmacy in research intensive universities. (omitted)

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Analyzing XR(eXtended Reality) Trends in South Korea: Opportunities and Challenges

  • Sukchang Lee
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.221-226
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    • 2024
  • This study used text mining, a big data analysis technique, to explore XR trends in South Korea. For this research, I utilized a big data platform called BigKinds. I collected data focusing on the keyword 'XR', spanning approximately 14 years from 2010 to 2024. The gathered data underwent a cleansing process and was analyzed in three ways: keyword trend analysis, relational analysis, and word cloud. The analysis identified the emergence and most active discussion periods of XR, with XR devices and manufacturers emerging as key keywords.