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Regional Variance of Late Preterm Birth in Seven Metropolitan Cities of Korea: 2008-2012 (우리나라 대도시의 지역별 후기조기분만 발생에 관한 연구: 2008-2012)

  • Lim, Dar-Oh;Park, Sang-Hwa
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.147-155
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    • 2014
  • The objective of the study was to analyze the regional variance of late preterm birth (LPT: 34-36 weeks) by analyzing 2008-2012 birth certificated data of seven metropolitan cities (536,984 births: primiparous singleton birth) from Korea Statistics. The odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals were calculated from multinominal logistic regression analyses to describe the regional variance of LPT adjusted for maternal and infantile variables. The highest incidence of LPT rate by region were observed in Ulsan metropolitan city (3.7 percent), and the lowest in Deajon metropolitan city (3.1 percent). After adjustment by logistic regression for infantile sex, maternal variables, there was a significant increase in the risk of late preterm birth in Ulsan metropolitan city (odds ratio: 1.21) as compared with the incidence of LPT in Deajon metropolitan city. The odds ratio of LPT by region were 1.17 in Daegu metropolitan city, 1.13 Busan metropolitan city, and 1.12 in Incheon metropolitan city. More research is required to understand the risk factors for late preterm birth in this area including socio-demographic factors, medical factors, and regional and environmental factors.

The Association between Cross-section of Lumbar Regional Muscle analyzed by MRI and Stability, Center of Pressure assessed by Tetrax (요통 환자의 요추 주변 근육 단면적과 신체안정성(Stability), 체중심(Center of Pressure)과의 관련성 : 동적평형검사(Tetrax)를 중심으로)

  • Seong, Ik-Hyun;Lee, Kap-Soo;Jung, Jae Hoon;Kim, Won-Woo;Cho, Chang-Young;Choi, Chul-Woo;Ha, In-Hyuk
    • The Journal of Churna Manual Medicine for Spine and Nerves
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.39-46
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    • 2013
  • Objectives : To identify the association between cross-sectional area of lumbar regional muscle and stability(ST), center of pressure(COP) assessed by tetrax. Methods : Patients(n=55) who had taken L-SPINE MRI and Tetrax(Sunlight, Israel) were analyzed retrospectively. To evaluate the cross-sectional area of lumbar regional muscle, L-SPINE MRI was used. Data of ST, COP were accumulated by using dynamic equilibrium analysis by Tetrax. Of the lumbar regional muscles, the Psoas muscles and the Paraspinalis muscles were examined. Using Pearson correlation, we analyzed COP, ST and the difference between the cross-sectional area of lumbar regional muscles. Results : The variance of cross-sectional area of both sides of Psoas muscle and COP had moderate positive correlation(r=0.621). Between variance of cross-sectional area of both sides of Paraspinalis and lumbar regional muscle and COP there was low positive correlation(r=0.287, r=0.329) ST also had low correlation with variance of cross-sectional area of both sides of Psoas muscle. Conclusion : The variance of cross-sectional area between both sides of Psoas muscle had moderate correlation with COP.

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Merging Two Regional Geoid Estimates by Using Optimal Variance Components of Type repro-BIQUUE: An Algorithmic Approach

  • SCHAFFRIN Burkhard;MAUTZ Rainer
    • Korean Journal of Geomatics
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2005
  • When merging various datasets the perennial problem of relative weighting arises. In case of two datasets an iterative algorithm has been developed recently that allows the rigorous determination of optimal variance components of type repro-BIQUUE even for large amounts of data, along with the estimation of the joint parameters. Here we shall present this new algorithm, and show its versatility in an example that will entail the merging of two regional geoid estimates (derived from EGM 96 and CHAMP) in terms of certain series expansions which have been proven previously to belong to the most efficient ones (e.g., wavelets, Hardy's multi-quadrics, etc.). Future attempts will be devoted to the sequential merging of altimeter and tide gauge data.

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Uncertainty Assessment of Regional Frequency Analysis for Generalized Logistic Distribution (Generalized Logistic 분포형을 이용한 지역빈도해석의 불확실성 추정)

  • Shin, Hongjoon;Nam, Woosung;Jung, Younghun;Heo, Jun-Haeng
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.28 no.6B
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    • pp.723-729
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    • 2008
  • Confidence intervals of growth curves are calculated to assess the uncertainty of index flood method as a regional frequency analysis. The asymptotic variance of quantile estimator for the generalized logistic distribution is introduced to evaluate confidence intervals. In addition, the variances of at-site frequency estimator and regional frequency estimator are used to evaluate an efficiency index. The efficiency indexes for 14 homogeneous regions based on 378 stations show that index flood method estimators are more efficient than at-site frequency estimators. It is shown that the number of sites in a region needs to be limited for regional gain.

Proficiency Test for Pharrnaceutical Companies in Analyzing Drug Products (II) - Analysis of Variance of Factors Influencing Test Results

  • Cho, Jung-Hwan;Choi, Seon-Hee;Sung, Jun-Hyun;Lee, Seung-Kyung;Lee, Hwa-Jung;Choi, Yong-Hoon;Sho, Yoo-Sub;Moon, Byung-Woo
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.396.2-396.2
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    • 2002
  • Analytical results during the proficiency test managed by Kyungin Regional Korea Food & Drug Administration were proposed to be influenced by several factors. Data of several factors were collected along with the test results with ibuprofen and sobrerol formulations. The collected data were the use of internal standard, academic background and career of analytical personnel, production size of the company and location of the participating laboratory. (omitted)

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CAUTION OF REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS BASED ON WEIBULL MODEL

  • Heo, Jun-Haeng;Lee, Dong-Jin;Kim, Kyung-Duk
    • Water Engineering Research
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.11-23
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    • 2000
  • Regional flood frequency analysis has been developed by employing the nearby site's information to improve a precision in estimating flood quantiles at the site of interest. In this paper, single site and regional flood frequency analyses were compared based of the 2-parameter Weibull model. For regional analysis, two approaches were employed. The First one is to use the asymptotic variances of the quantile estimators derived based of the assumption that all sites including the site of interest are independent each other. This approach may give the maximum regional gain due to the spatial independence assumption among sites. The second one in Hosking's regional L-moment algorithm. These methods were applied to annual flood data. As the results, both methods generally showed the regional gain at the site of interest depending on grouping the sites as homogeneous. And asymptotic formula generally shows smaller variance than those from Hosking's algorithm. If the shape parameter of the site of interest from single site analysis is quite different from that from regional analysis then Hosking's results might be better than the asymptotic ones because the formula was derived based on the assumption that all sites have the same regional shape parameter. Furthermore, in such a case, regional analysis might be worse than single site analysis in the sense of precision of flood quantile estimation. Even though the selected sites may satisfy Hosking's criteria, regional analysis may not give a regional gain for specific and nonexceedance probabilities.

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The Regional Homogeneity in the Presence of Heteroskedasticity

  • Chung, Kyoun-Sup;Lee, Sang-Yup
    • Korean System Dynamics Review
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.25-49
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    • 2007
  • An important assumption of the classical linear regression model is that the disturbances appearing in the population regression function are homoskedastic; that is, they all have the same variance. If we persist in using the usual testing procedures despite heteroskedasticity, what ever conclusions we draw or inferences we make be very misleading. The contribution of this paper will be to the concrete procedure of the proper estimation when the heteroskedasticity does exist in the data, because the quality of dependent variable predictions, i.e., the estimated variance of the dependent variable, can be improved by giving consideration to the issues of regional homogeneity and/or heteroskedasticity across the research area. With respect to estimation, specific attention should be paid to the selection of the appropriate strategy in terms of the auxiliary regression model. The paper shows that by testing for heteroskedasticity, and by using robust methods in the presence of with and without heteroskedasticity, more efficient statistical inferences are provided.

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Generating Unit Maintenance Scheduling Considering Regional Reserve Constraints and Transfer Capability Using Hybrid PSO Algorithm (지역별 예비력 제약과 융통전력을 고려한 발전기 예방정비 계획 해법)

  • Park, Young-Soo;Park, June-Ho;Kim, Jin-Ho
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.56 no.11
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    • pp.1892-1902
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    • 2007
  • This paper presents a new generating unit maintenance scheduling algorithm considering regional reserve margin and transfer capability. Existing researches focused on reliability of the overall power systems have some problems that adequate reliability criteria cannot be guaranteed in supply shortage regions. Therefore specific constraints which can treat regional reserve ratio have to be added to conventional approaches. The objective function considered in this paper is the variance (second-order momentum) of operating reserve margin to levelize reliability during a planning horizon. This paper focuses on significances of considering regional reliability criteria and an advanced hybrid optimization method based on PSO algorithm. The proposed method has been applied to IEEE reliability test system(1996) with 32-generators and a real-world large scale power system with 291 generators. The results are compared with those of the classical central maintenance scheduling approaches and conventional PSO algorithm to verify the effectiveness of the algorithm proposed in this paper.

Differences in Clothing Selection Criteria of Regional Subculture Groups

  • Youn, Cho-Rong;Choo, Ho-Jung
    • International Journal of Costume and Fashion
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.51-59
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    • 2010
  • This study regarded fashion selection criteria as clothing consumption value and desired fashion images, and examined selection differences according to regional subculture groups. Clothing consumption value is a direct value that people seek with clothing products and a perceived value which is divided into emotional, social, price, quality values. Fashion image which is a feeling communicated to others by wearing a certain fashion style is the most superficial value. Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was performed to test the differences between regional subculture groups in clothing consumption values and desired fashion images. We found some differences in clothing consumption value specifically in emotional value and social value. The group differences were remarkably significant in fashion image comparison. 'Kang-nam' group pursued 'lively', 'sophisticated', 'charming', feminine', 'gorgeous' image more than 'Kang-buk' group. While 'Kang-buk' group produced lower scores in ideal fashion images, the group had significant higher seeking in 'sportive' image compared to 'Kangnam' group.

Construction Industry Maturity Model

  • Kwon, Byung-ki;Lee, Hyun-soo;Park, Moonseo;Lee, Kwang-Pyo;Kim, Soo-young
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.445-449
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    • 2015
  • Construction industry is one of the most significant sector in national economic, but the portion of construction has been falling regularly with the regional development. In spite of decrease in economic portion, role of construction industry does not changed irrespective of development, as the foundation of development. To distinguish each state of the maturity, countries are grouped on GDP per capita, than compared with variance of GVA in construction and GFCF per GDP as level of construction industry. GVAc% and GFCF% shows corn-shaped plotting in increase of GDP per capita, and each value converge to around 20% and 5% as GDP per capita increase. The definition of maturity is consist of 4 stages; pre-developing, ascending, stabilization, and maturement. Maturity of construction industry is a term of broad sense of construction industry that is easily to figure current state of regional construction and shows what normal condition of construction is in regional economy.

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