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First Description of the Adult Scolecenchelys aoki (Ophichthidae, Anguilliformes) Collected from the South Sea of Korea, with Comments on the Synonym Scolecenchelys borealis (한국 남해에서 채집된 동해물뱀(Scolecenchelys aoki) 성어의 첫기재 및 Scolecenchelys borealis의 동종이명에 관한 검토)

  • Ji, Hwan-Sung;Kim, Maeng Jin;Kim, Jin-Koo
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.46 no.5
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    • pp.589-593
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    • 2013
  • Scolecenchelys borealis was first added to the Korean fish fauna based on one leptocephalus specimen (total length (TL) 59.2 mm) collected from Dokdo, in the East Sea. Recently, however, Scolecenchelys borealis has been treated as a junior synonym of Scolecenchelys aoki, necessitating review of the scientific name S. borealis. This study describes the morphological characteristics of S. aoki based on an adult specimen (TL 230.0 mm) collected from the sea south of Korea and compares its mitochondrial DNA 12S rRNA sequence with that of the S. borealis leptocephalus. The adult S. aoki is characterized by several morphological features: vertebral formula 59-55-135; preanal lateral pores 55; infraorbital pores two; teeth on upper jaw visible externally when the mouth is closed; the dorsal fin originates just behind the anus; both jaws and vomerine teeth are conical, arranged in two rows. An analysis of an 886-base paire sequence of the 12S rRNA showed that adult S. aoki was concordant with the S. borealis leptocephalus (sensu Ji et al., 2012), indicating that both are the same species.

A Study on the Duration of Cover in the Institute Cargo Clauses 2009 (2009년 협회적하약관상 보험기간에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Gun Hoon;Lee, Byung Mun
    • THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE & LAW REVIEW
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    • v.59
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    • pp.81-112
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    • 2013
  • This article intends to examine main features of revision in relation to the duration of cover in the Institute Cargo Clauses 2009 and the results of analysis are as followings. First, the cover, which had been "warehouse to warehouse", has been extended to what may be called "shelf to unloading". Thus the insurance attaches when the goods are first moved within the warehouse or place of storage at the named place for the purpose of immediate loading for the commencement of transit. Secondly, the new termination Clause 8.1.3 requires an election by the assured, or their employees, to use a vehicle or container, for storage other than in the ordinary course of transit. Thirdly, Clause 10.1, which deals with the assured's voluntary change of voyage, was amended to solve the problem that the words "held covered" could be misunderstood by an assured without specialist knowledge of English marine insurance law to be a guarantee of cover, even where cover would not be commercially available. Finally, Clause 10.2 is designed to solve the so-called "phantom ship problem", arising from the harsh decision in The Prestrioka. The new Clause 10.2 provides protection for an innocent assured in the situation of a phantom ship.

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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis of the Eyelids: A Case Series with Molecular Identification and Literature Review

  • Mohammadpour, Iraj;Motazedian, Mohammad Hossein;Handjani, Farhad;Hatam, Gholam Reza
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.54 no.6
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    • pp.787-792
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    • 2016
  • Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a protozoan disease which is endemic in Iran. It is transmitted by the Phlebotomus sand fly. The eyelid is rarely involved possibly because the movement of the lids impedes the sand fly from biting the skin in this region. Here, we report 6 rare cases of eyelid CL. The patients were diagnosed by skin scraping, culture, and PCR from the lesions. Skin scraping examination showed Leishmania spp. amastigotes in the cytoplasm of macrophages. Culture examination was positive for Leishmania spp. PCR was positive for Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica. The lesions were disguised as basal cell carcinoma, chalazion, hordeolum, and impetigo. The patients were treated with intramuscular meglumine antimoniate (20 mg/kg/day) for at least 3 weeks. They showed a dramatic response, and the lesions almost completely disappeared. We emphasized the importance of clinical and diagnostic features of lesions, characterized the phylogenetic relationship of isolated parasites, and reviewed the literature on ocular leishmaniasis.

Developing Organizational IT ROI Evaluation Methodology: Samsung Group Case (전사적 정보화 투자 성과 평가 방법론의 개발과 적용: 삼성그룹 사례)

  • Lee, Yoon-Seok;Lee, Seog-Jun;Moon, Heoung-Keun
    • Information Systems Review
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.85-102
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    • 2004
  • This article provides a practical organizational IT ROI evaluation methodology which had been developed by Samsung Group. In order to manage huge IT investment and ROI systematically, firms should establish a management system which can measure various types of IT expenditures, tangible and intangible outcomes of hundreds of KPIs, etc. An episode about the development process and some distinctive features of the methodology were summarized. Finally, we added a real evaluation case of one Samsung affiliate company.

An Internal Surveillance and Control System for Information Security and Information System Asset Management (정보보안 및 정보시스템자산 관리를 위한 내부 감시.통제시스템)

  • Yoon, Han-Seong
    • Information Systems Review
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.121-137
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    • 2007
  • Several security systems(firewall, intrusion detection system, vaccine for malicious codes and so on), whose purposes are to prevent the external information security threat, have gathered more technological concerns. However, they are little effective for the area of defending the internal information security threat which occurs more frequently and results in much more monetary damages. In this paper, a system for internal surveillance and control on the use of information systems is suggested and described with its architecture, features, necessary functions and development methods. And a case system is introduced to show the reality of this paper.

Designing an Effective Pay-for-performance System in the Korean National Health Insurance

  • Jeong, Hyoung-Sun
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.127-136
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    • 2012
  • The challenge facing the Korean National Health Insurance includes what to spend money on in order to elevate the 'value for money.' This article reviewed the changing issues associated with quality of care in the Korean health insurance system and envisioned a picture of an effective pay-for-performance (P4P) system in Korea taking into consideration quality of care and P4P systems in other countries. A review was made of existing systematic reviews and a recent Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development survey. An effective P4P in Korea was envisioned as containing three features: measures, basis for reward, and reward. The first priority is to develop proper measures for both efficiency and quality. For further improvement of quality indicators, an electronic system for patient history records should be built in the near future. A change in the level or the relative ranking seems more desirable than using absolute level alone for incentives. To stimulate medium- and small-scale hospitals to join the program in the next phase, it is suggested that the scope of application be expanded and the level of incentives adjusted. High-quality indicators of clinical care quality should be mapped out by combining information from medical claims and information from patient registries.

Elasto-plastic damage modelling of beams and columns with mechanical degradation

  • Erkmen, R. Emre;Gowripalan, Nadarajah;Sirivivatnanon, Vute
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.315-323
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    • 2017
  • Within the context of continuum mechanics, inelastic behaviours of constitutive responses are usually modelled by using phenomenological approaches. Elasto-plastic damage modelling is extensively used for concrete material in the case of progressive strength and stiffness deterioration. In this paper, a review of the main features of elasto-plastic damage modelling is presented for uniaxial stress-strain relationship. It has been reported in literature that the influence of Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) can lead to severe degradations in the modulus of elasticity and compression strength of the concrete material. In order to incorporate the effects of ASR related degradation, in this paper the constitutive model of concrete is based on the coupled damage-plasticity approach where degradation in concrete properties can be captured by adjusting the yield and damage criteria as well as the hardening moduli related parameters within the model. These parameters are adjusted according to results of concrete behaviour from the literature. The effect of ASR on the dynamic behaviour of a beam and a column are illustrated under moving load and cyclic load cases.

Epidemiological Features of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection among Women Living in Mainland China

  • Li, Jing;Huang, Rong;Schmidt, Johannes E.;Qiao, You-Lin
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.14 no.7
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    • pp.4015-4023
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    • 2013
  • Cancer of the cervix is the third most common cancer in women worldwide, more than 85% of the cases occurring in developing countries such as China. In China, since a national cancer registry is already set up but with geographically limited data generated, the burden of cervical cancer is believed to be underestimated. High-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) prevalence among women attending routine cervical cancer screening programs has been shown to correlate well with cervical cancer incidence rates based on independently obtained HPV prevalence data as well as findings for the worldwide cervical cancer burden. Therefore, reviewing data on HR-HPV prevalence in population-based screening studies and hospital-based case studies will be important in the context of better understanding the cervical cancer burden and for the evaluation of the potential impact of HPV vaccination in the country. With the advent of prophylactic vaccines, significant progress is likely to be made in cervical cancer prevention. This article reviews available data on the HPV epidemiology over a 12-year time period (2001-2012) in mainland China under different epidemiological aspects: by age group of study population, by ethnicity, by geographic area, as well as time period. The authors also review the potential acceptability of HPV vaccination among Chinese women.

A Study on the Operational Process of SURF under Bolero System (볼레로시스템 상 SURF(전자결제시스템)의 운용프로세스에 관한 연구)

  • 채진익
    • The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.187-206
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study is to review the process for the trade settlement system between all parties involved in the commercial transaction under SURF System. SURF application is the latest value added service from bolero.net and a fully automated documentary settlement system. It extends bolero.net's capability to enable trade transactions by providing a delivery versus payment system. It has been designed as a standard, shared, infrastructure component for handling trade settlement within an electronic environment to keep step with the operation of electronic Bolero bill of Lading. It exploits the services provided by the Bolero Core Messaging Platform - secure, guaranteed transactions based on boleroXML standards to provide document compliance services with optional bank guarantees. So, SURF system can automatically check all commonly used trade documents such as commercial invoices, bills of lading and certificates of weight and analysis, etc and supports a full range of settlement options including Open Account, Documentary Collections, Documentary Credit. 58 have key features as follows, ① automatic document compliance checking, ② integrated with the Title Registry, ③ supports various forms of vender financing, ④ governed by a set of legally binding rules, ⑤ fully prepared for Straight-Through-Processing, ⑥ Enabled compliance with UCP 500.

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The Present Status and Future Directions of Fashion Distribution in Discount Stores (할인점의 패션제품 유통현황과 발전방향)

  • 김문숙;김현아
    • The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.611-622
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    • 2000
  • The purposes of this study are as follows. First, it is to review the features of discount stores that are expected to grow rapidly and continuously due to their low price, low cost, bulk purchase, and multiple shops, and to pinpoint problems arising from the establishment and position of the stores. Second, it is to analyze relevant issues in regard to the present status of fashion good distribution in discount stores by studying the situation, structure and problems of domestic fashion distribution along with the present status of the distribution in discount stores, and to suggest directions for the development of fashion distribution and discount stores. A positive study was carried out on the buyers of big domestic discount stores through one-to-one interviews focusing on the distribution of fashion products within Seoul and the Metropolitan area. The following is the directions for the development of clothing distribution and discount stores ; 1. The relative importance of fashion goods in a discount store will be increased with the tendency of fashionable and differentiated shops ; 2. The GMS or category killers will be established from around 2003 when the market is expected to become saturated with a great deal of discount stores. 4. Discount stores will change and reform without being restricted to a certain existing industry or business condition, and distribution channels will diversify over the border. The demand and supply system will be balanced based on a global marketing which will be adjusted on the international level.

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