• 대한소화기학회지
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• 제72권5호
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• pp.245-251
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• 2018

Gastric cancer is the most common cancer in Korea and the fifth most common cancer globally. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is considered the main etiologic agent for gastric cancer development. Most regional guidelines for H. pylori treatment recommend treating the organism to prevent gastric cancer in the high-risk group. However, evidence that such a strategy can also be applied to the general population, especially in terms of the preventive effect and safety, has not been adequately presented yet. Although a meta-analysis in the general population suggested effectiveness in decreasing gastric cancer incidence, individual studies should be critically reviewed to evaluate the soundness of the evidence. Recently published, long-term, Korean studies on metachronous gastric cancer prevention ended the controversies from previous short-term studies and confirmed the effectiveness. Currently, further prospective, large, randomized studies are ongoing in the general population and will provide more definitive, high-level evidence on this gastric cancer prevention strategy in the next decade.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2006년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2006 PORSEC Volume I
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• pp.25-28
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• 2006

We propose a new method of masking cloud-affected pixels in satellite ocean color imageries such as of GLI. Those pixels, mostly found around cloud pixels or in scattered cloud area, have anomalous features in either in chlorophyll-a estimate or in water reflectance. This artifact is most likely caused by residual error of inter-band registration correction. Our method is to check the pixel-wise 'soundness' of the spectral water reflectance Rw retrieved after the atmospheric correction. First, we define two spectral ratio between water reflectance, IRR1 and IRR2, each defined as RW(B1)/RW (B3) RW (B3) and as RW (B2)/RW(B4) respectively, where $B1{\sim}B4$ stand for 4 consecutive visible bands. We show that an almost linear relation holds over log-scaled IRR1 and IRR2 for shipmeasured RW data of SeaBAM in situ data set and for GLI cloud-free Level 2 sub-scenes. The method we propose is to utilize this nature, identifying those pixels that show significant discrepancy from that relationship. We apply this method to ADEOS-II/GLI ocean color data to evaluate the performance over Level-2 data, which includes different water types such as case 1, turbid case 2 and coccolithophore bloom waters.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권10호
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• pp.285-295
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• 2021

This study estimates the influence of organizational-level factors on work motivation and job performance of middle managers of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam. A 5-point-Likert-scale structural questionnaire consisting of 36 observation variables was used to survey middle managers of Vietnamese SMEs. 425 out of 500 responses collected were valid for multivariate data analysis. The results of confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling reveal three main findings. First, philosophy and policy, compensation and benefits, goal system, and leadership have positively significant impacts on the work motivation of middle managers under investigation. Second, there is a significantly positive influence of work motivation on job performance. However, there is no indication that growth opportunities, work environment, evaluation system have significant impacts on the work motivation of respondents. Based on the findings, the study suggests four recommendations for Vietnamese SMEs to improve motivation and job performance of middle managers, which are (1) ensuring the clarity and soundness of the organizational policies and philosophies, especially human resources policy that boosts employees' work motivation; (2) building a comprehensive compensation and benefit system to attract and retain talented employees; (3) developing a clear and adequate goal system; (4) enhancing top-level managers' leadership abilities.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권8호
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• pp.2771-2782
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• 2022

When assessing the radiological consequences of postulated accident scenarios, it is of primary interest to determine the amount of radioactive fission gas accumulated in the fuel rod free volume. The state-of-the-art semi-empirical approach (ANS 5.4-2010) is reviewed and compared with a mechanistic approach to evaluate the release of radioactive fission gases. At the intra-granular level, the diffusion-decay equation is handled by a spectral diffusion algorithm. At the inter-granular level, a mechanistic description of the grain boundary is considered: bubble growth and coalescence are treated as interrelated phenomena, resulting in the grain-boundary venting as the onset for the release from the fuel pellets. The outcome is a kinetic description of the release of radioactive fission gases, of interest when assessing normal and off-normal conditions. We implement the model in SCIANTIX and reproduce the release of short-lived fission gases, during the CONTACT 1 experiments. The results show a satisfactory agreement with the measurement and with the state-of-the-art methodology, demonstrating the model soundness. A second work will follow, providing integral fuel rod analysis by coupling the code SCIANTIX with the thermo-mechanical code TRANSURANUS.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제32권3B호
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• pp.185-192
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 가뭄 취약성 지표를 선정하고, 경향성 검정에 따른 지수 산정을 실시하였다. 4대강 살리기의 일환으로 새로이 설치될 보 중 금강 및 낙동강 유역 10개 지점을 선정하였다. 지표는 수자원, 강우, 인문 분야 등 3개 분야 10개 지표를 선정하였다. 10개 지표는 연 최저 및 평균 하천수위와 지하수위, 무강우일수, 강우집중률, 강우편차율, 1인당 가용수자원량, 물재정 건전성, 물이용 공평성으로 이루어져 있다. 10개 지표의 시계열 자료를 정리하여 Mann-Kendall, Hotelling-Pabst, 그리고 Sen trend test를 실시하여 지수를 산정하였다. 연구 결과 구미보, 상주보, 합천보 등 낙동강 유역에 위치한 연구 지점들이 대체적으로 취약한 것을 알 수 있었고, 금강유역은 낙동강에 비해 비교적 취약성이 낮은 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.121-130
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• 2021

최근 국내 소규모취약시설은 시설물의 노후화가 가속되고, 다양한 안전사고 발생 및 이용빈도 증가 등에 따라 안전 및 유지관리에 대한 새로운 접근과 인식의 필요성이 제기되고 있다. 특히 대부분의 사회복지시설을 포함하는 소규모취약시설은 안전취약계층의 다수가 이용하는 시설로 안전관리의 중요성이 매우 높다. 이에 본 연구에서는 국내 소규모취약시설을 대상으로 최근 13년간(2008년~2020년) 수행한 안전점검 결과(총 31,114개소)를 토대로 다양한 현황을 조사하였고, 데이터기반의 분야별 특성과 안전 및 유지관리에 관한 성과수준을 평가하였다. 이는 향후 국내 소규모취약시설의 안전기준 개선, 유지관리 전략 등 기초자료로 활용하고자 하며, 취약계층 대상 이용시설의 안전관리 강화에 대한 정책적 방향성을 제시하고자 한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.221-230
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 기업의 국제화 수준을 개별 기업의 매출액 대비 해외매출비중(FSTS)으로 측정하고 Sloan(1996)의 모형을 활용 당기순이익과 차기순이익 간의 1차 자기상관관계를 회계이익 지속성의 대용치로 사용하여 기업의 이익지속성에 영향을 미치는 다수의 통제변수들과 함께 실증분석을 실시하였다. 2011년부터 2016년까지 유가증권 시장에 상장된 12월 말 결산법인을 대상으로 고정효과모형을 이용하여 실증분석을 실시한 결과, 기업의 국제화와 회계이익의 지속성은 1% 유의수준에서 양(+)의 효과를 나타내어 개별 기업의 국제화 수준이 증가할수록 기업의 이익 지속성 또한 증가하는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. 또한 기업규모, 재무건전성, 현금 수반성, 성장성, 투자성은 예측과 일치하게 국제화와 통계적으로 유의한 양(+)의 관계를 나타내어 이들이 기업 이익의 지속성을 증진하는데 중요한 보완적 요인임을 검증하였다. 이는 기업의 규모가 크고 재무건전성 및 현금 수반성이 우수할수록, 성장기회와 투자성향이 높을수록 기업의 이익지속성이 증가함을 의미하여 기존 선행연구들의 결과와도 일치하였다. 이러한 결과는 기업이 국제화 전략 추진을 통해 새로운 해외 시장을 확보하고 성장을 도모함으로서 기업 가치를 안정적으로 유지·확장시킬 수 있음을 시사한다.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.289-297
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• 2021

Purpose - This study analyzed the correlation between economic liberalization and foreign direct investment. The purpose of this study is to seek ways to attract foreign direct investment from developing countries. Design/methodology/approach - This study analysed with observations of 19 from 2000 to 2018 using a fixed effect model, a random effect model, and a two-way fixed effect model. Findings - First, it was found that economic liberalization had a positive effect on attracting foreign direct investment in the early stages of economic liberalization. Second, it was found that economic liberalization in the deepening stage of economic liberalization had a negative effect on attracting foreign direct investment. In general, it was found that the higher the level of economic liberalization in developing countries is not accompanied by innovative changes in the industrial structure, the higher the level of economic liberalization is likely to decrease the inducement of foreign direct investment due to negative factors such as an increase in labor costs. Overall, this study approved that Economic liberalization have a non-linear (inverted U-shape) relationship with the inflow of foreign direct investment. Research implications or Originality - First, this study attempted to expand the variables for the determinants of FDI by analyzing economic factors which is a determinent of FDI. Second, economic liberalization generally has a positive effect on foreign direct investment, but it proved that it does not have only positive effects as a factor of attracting foreign direct investment in developing countries. The advantage of low wages in ASEAN countries acts as a factor for foreign direct investment, but as the degree of economic liberalization increases, the environment such as government size, guarantee of property rights, international trade freedom, fiscal soundness, and regulations change positively. On the other hand, it can be suggested that if the industrial level is less, it may lead to a loss of comparative advantage and a decrease in investment.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.91-107
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• 2022

Purpose - This study quantitatively examines the level of financial inclusion of a microfinance institution in each region and how this is changing recently, and examines the level of financial inclusion by region and various financial characteristic factors related to it. It was empirically verified what kind of significant impact actually has on the institution's major management performance indicators (stability, profitability, efficiency, and public interest). Design/methodology/approach - It was confirmed that the institution's financial inclusion index declined rapidly after 2015 as a whole, although there were some differences by region depending on regional characteristics. However, considering the fact that the number of branches per 100,000 adult population is steadily increasing nationwide, it was found that, contrary to what is known, the simple decrease in the number of branches of the institution was not the main cause. Findings - The analysis results of this study show that the institution's efforts for financial inclusion have a positive impact on profitability, stability, efficiency, and public interest, and that the institution pursues profitability, efficiency, stability, and public interest. showed that some trade-offs exist. In other words, overall, it was analyzed that profitability of the institution has a positive effect on efficiency, and efficiency has a positive effect on stability and public interest. Research implications or Originality - Since the institution's efforts to improve its profitability do not have a negative impact on its stability and public interest, it is judged that it is important to take a strategic stance, so excessive loan supply that exceeds the scope of the institution's own control needs to be avoided as much as possible. More detailed financial supply strategies and business management capabilities that enhance the asset soundness and management efficiency of safes need to be demonstrated.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.53-62
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• 1986

An Idea of Standard Rural Area(SRA), the rural areas which have higher ruralities of the rice cropping region and also higher urban characteristics, was conceptualized to develop the tentative basic indices necessary for rural settlement design in reclaimed land. The SRA's were determined by a technique of the principal component analysis with relevant data from 81 counties or cities located in the west side of Korea(Chon-Nam,Chon-Buk, Chung-Nam, Kyung-Ki Do).By the definition of the SRA, the principal component analysis is seperately carried out by two subworks, analyses of rurality and urban characteristics. From the analysis, rurality of the SRA is characterized by four components which appears to describe the scale of farm management, intensive farming, soundness of farming and farming basis on rice cropping, while urban characteristics of the SRA by three components to describe the accessibility, keeping ratio of infrastructures and level of medical services. Through grouping and synthesizing two characteristics of all counties by each component score, 24 counties were classified as urban-rural harmonized region which is the same result as that obtained from the extraction index being more than 50% of available area to total area except 1 county. Therefore, SRA is defined as the group of counties having more than 50% of available area to total area.