• Title/Summary/Keyword: Structure Enhancement

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Whole Network Effectiveness from Multiple Stakeholders Perspectives - Based on a Community Networking Enhancement Project - (다중이해관계자 관점에 근거한 지역사회 전체네트워크 효과성 분석 - 사회복지공동모금회 지역사회네트워크지원사업을 중심으로 -)

  • Choi, Jae-Sung;Lee, Jun-Young;Kim, Shin-Yeol;Park, So-Jung;Lee, Su-Youn;Ahn, Eun-Young
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.63 no.1
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    • pp.57-84
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    • 2011
  • This study aims to analyze a whole network effectiveness by expanding the unit of analysis beyond individual organizations in a network into network-level collaborative relations. Data for the analysis were drawn from the evaluation reports and surveys of leaders, mid-level managers, and staff members of the organizations participating in 'Community Network Building' project which was funded by Community Chest of Korea and carried out by the Academy of Korean Social Welfare Administration from November 2006 to November 2009. For the analysis, three out of the 10 networks established in diverse local communities were selected. Based on the survey conducted on the participating organizations and the center organization of each network, we analyzed the structural characteristics of interorganizational network at a network-level. Second, to analyze effectiveness of the whole network, we employed a multiple stakeholders perspective and examined the relations between the whole network's structure and its effectiveness. The findings showed that the whole network effectiveness is higher when the network is more centralized around the hub organization and more stable. The significance of this study is that it is provided and tested a new framework for network effectiveness evaluation by combining the two network effectiveness evaluation framework of Provan and Milward's with evolutionary organizational theory.

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Enhancement of Crystallinity in ZnO:Al Films Using a Two-Step Process Involving the Control of the Oxygen Pressure (산소 압력의 조절과 함께 두 번의 증착 과정을 이용한 ZnO:Al 박막에 결정성의 향상)

  • Moon, Tae-Ho;Yoon, Won-Ki;Lee, Seung-Yoon;Ji, Kwang-Sun;Eo, Young-Joo;Ahn, Seh-Won;Lee, Heon-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.128-133
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    • 2010
  • ZnO:Al films were deposited by DC-pulsed magnetron sputtering using a two-step process involving the control of the oxygen pressure. The seed layers were prepared with various Ar to oxygen flow ratios and the bulk layers were deposited under pure Ar. As the oxygen pressure during the deposition of the seed layer increased, the crystallinity and degree of (002) texturing increased. The resistivity gradually decreased with increasing crystallinity from $4.7\times10^4\Omega{\cdot}cm$ (no seed) to $3.7\times10^4\Omega{\cdot}cm$ (Ar/$O_2$ = 9/1). The etched surface showed a crater-like structure and an abrupt morphology change appeared as the crystallinity was increased. The sample deposited at an Ar/$O_2$ flow ratio of 9/1 showed a very high haze value of 88% at 500 nm, which was explained by the large feature size of the craters, as shown in the AFM image.

Developing Aged-Housing Remodeling Technology for Improving Structural and Equipment performance;Introduction of Center for Aged-housing Remodeling Technology (노후 공동주택 구조 및 설비성능개선 기술 개발;2차년도 실적 및 차년도 연구계획 소개)

  • Han, Ju-Yeoun;Kim, Kyung-Rai
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.190-196
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    • 2007
  • As the number of aged-housing has been rapidly increased, many kinds of defects and problems such as degeneration of housing environment, structural performance, and equipment performance have been appeared. The reconstruction as the way to improve the aged-housing has been used mostly because the legal process of the reconstruction is relatively easy. On the other hand, it has caused problems such as the lack of natural aggregates, the environmental damages owing to construction wastes, the loss of national resources, and the lack of the housing for rent nearby the reconstruction area. This problems limit active tying into the reconstruction business at present in the industrial and political perspective. In this context, it is necessary to revitalize the remodeling rather than the reconstruction. In order to reach this objective, this research aims at identifying the user-oriented performance for the housing and deducing the core technology. It is expected that the result of this research can contribute to more revitalize the remodeling as tying researches in terms of design, structure, equipment, and construction.

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AS B-tree: A study on the enhancement of the insertion performance of B-tree on SSD (AS B-트리: SSD를 사용한 B-트리에서 삽입 성능 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sung-Ho;Roh, Hong-Chan;Lee, Dae-Wook;Park, Sang-Hyun
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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    • v.18D no.3
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    • pp.157-168
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    • 2011
  • Recently flash memory has been being utilized as a main storage device in mobile devices, and flashSSDs are getting popularity as a major storage device in laptop and desktop computers, and even in enterprise-level server machines. Unlike HDDs, on flash memory, the overwrite operation is not able to be performed unless it is preceded by the erase operation to the same block. To address this, FTL(Flash memory Translation Layer) is employed on flash memory. Even though the modified data block is overwritten to the same logical address, FTL writes the updated data block to the different physical address from the previous one, mapping the logical address to the new physical address. This enables flash memory to avoid the high block-erase cost. A flashSSD has an array of NAND flash memory packages so it can access one or more flash memory packages in parallel at once. To take advantage of the internal parallelism of flashSSDs, it is beneficial for DBMSs to request I/O operations on sequential logical addresses. However, the B-tree structure, which is a representative index scheme of current relational DBMSs, produces excessive I/O operations in random order when its node structures are updated. Therefore, the original b-tree is not favorable to SSD. In this paper, we propose AS(Always Sequential) B-tree that writes the updated node contiguously to the previously written node in the logical address for every update operation. In the experiments, AS B-tree enhanced 21% of B-tree's insertion performance.

Enhancement of PTCR Characteristics of MnO2 Doped Lead Free BaTiO3-(Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3 Ceramics with High Tc (>165℃) (MnO2가 도핑된 무연 High Tc (>165℃) BaTiO3-(Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3 세라믹의 PTCR 특성 향상)

  • Kim, Kyoung-Bum;Jang, Young-Ho;Kim, Chang-Il;Jeong, Young-Hun;Lee, Young-Jin;Paik, Jong-Hoo;Lee, Woo-Young;Kim, Dae-Joon
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.24 no.9
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    • pp.723-727
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    • 2011
  • 0.935Ba$TiO_3$-0.065($Bi_{0.5}Na_{0.5}$)$TiO_3+xmol%MnO_2$ (BBNTM-x) ceramics with $0{\leq}x{\leq}0.05$ were fabricated with muffled sintering by a modified synthesis process. Their microstructure and enhanced positive temperature coefficient of resistivity (PTCR) characteristics were systematically investigated in order to obtain lead-free high TC PTCR thermistors. All specimens showed a perovskite structure with a tetragonal symmetry and no secondary phase was observed. Grain growth was achieved when the doped MnO2 was increased above 0.02 mol%. This is due to the effect of positive Mn ion doping as an acceptor compensating a Ba vacancy occurred by the higher donor dopant concentration of $Bi^{3+}$ ion. Especially, enhanced PTCR characteristics of the extremely low ${\rho}_{RT}$ of $9\;{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$, PTCR jump of $5.1{\times}10^3$, ${\alpha}$ of 15.5%/$^{\circ}C$ and high $T_C$ of $167^{\circ}C$ were achieved for the BBNTM-0.04 ceramics.

Enhancement of Thermoelectric Properties in Cold Pressed Nickel Doped Bismuth Sulfide Compounds

  • Fitriani, Fitriani;Said, Suhana Mohd;Rozali, Shaifulazuar;Salleh, Mohd Faiz Mohd;Sabri, Mohd Faizul Mohd;Bui, Duc Long;Nakayama, Tadachika;Raihan, Ovik;Hasnan, Megat Muhammad Ikhsan Megat;Bashir, Mohamed Bashir Ali;Kamal, Farhan
    • Electronic Materials Letters
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.689-699
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    • 2018
  • Nanostructured Ni doped $Bi_2S_3$ ($Bi_{2-x}Ni_xS_3$, $0{\leq}x{\leq}0.07$) is explored as a candidate for telluride free thermoelectric material, through a combination process of mechanical alloying with subsequent consolidation by cold pressing followed with a sintering process. The cold pressing method was found to impact the thermoelectric properties in two ways: (1) introduction of the dopant atom in the interstitial sites of the crystal lattice which results in an increase in carrier concentration, and (2) introduction of a porous structure which reduces the thermal conductivity. The electrical resistivity of $Bi_2S_3$ was decreased by adding Ni atoms, which shows a minimum value of $2.35{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}m$ at $300^{\circ}C$ for $Bi_{1.99}Ni_{0.01}S_3$ sample. The presence of porous structures gives a significant effect on reduction of thermal conductivity, by a reduction of ~ 59.6% compared to a high density $Bi_2S_3$. The thermal conductivity of $Bi_{2-x}Ni_xS_3$ ranges from 0.31 to 0.52 W/m K in the temperature range of $27^{\circ}C$ (RT) to $300^{\circ}C$ with the lowest ${\kappa}$ values of $Bi_2S_3$ compared to the previous works. A maximum ZT value of 0.13 at $300^{\circ}C$ was achieved for $Bi_{1.99}Ni_{0.01}S_3$ sample, which is about 2.6 times higher than (0.05) of $Bi_2S_3$ sample. This work show an optimization pathway to improve thermoelectric performance of $Bi_2S_3$ through Ni doping and introduction of porosity.

A Study on the Problems and Improvement of Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly (노인장기요양보험제도의 문제점 및 개선방안에 관한 고찰)

  • Ahn, Myung-Sun;Park, Joo-Hyun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.19 no.8
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    • pp.525-534
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    • 2019
  • Korea is facing one of the fastest aging population problems in the world due to the extension of life expectancy and low birth rates due to economic development and the development of health care. It has become difficult to take care of elderly people in need of long-term care at home, and social problems such as dementia and the increase in stroke cases are serious problems. The government is enacting and implementing the Long-Term Care Insurance Act for the purpose of improving the quality of life for senior citizens subject to long-term care and alleviating the burden of family support in order to solve such social structure and problems for senior citizens. However, as a result of the implementation of the long-term care insurance system for the elderly, the privatization of the facilities and the disorder are causing widespread requests for public accountability of the services and the enhancement of the quality of the facilities. In addition, various arrangements are needed for the production of low-wage medical care workers, tasks for quality improvement, problems regarding financing methods, and so on. In order to maintain and develop the long-term care insurance system for the elderly, the government will consider seeking ways to improve the legal and institutional aspects according to changes in the social environment of the age, as well as seeking mental and psychological measures for the stabilization of old life as well as physical health.

A Study on The Effects of Private Tutor's Job Stress on the Organizational Commitment and Turn-over Intention (전문과외교사(private tutor)의 직무스트레스와 조직몰입 및 이직의도 간의 인과관계에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Seong-Gon
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.18 no.11
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    • pp.353-368
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of private tutor's job stress on the organizational commitment and turn-over intention and to verify the mediating effect of the organizational commitment. The questionnaire survey was peformed for 332 private tutors in special education region in Seoul. The collected data were used as a model of path coefficients obtained through analysis of structure equation model(SEM) and hypothesis verification. The result of the verification is as follows. First, both stress by student and stress by administrative support showed statistically significant negative effects on the organizational commitment. Second, the private tutor's organizational commitment showed a statistically significant negative effects on the turn-over intention. Third, both stress by task and stress by conflict in organization showed statistically significant positive effects on the turn-over intention. Fourth, even if both stress by student and stress by administrative support showed statistically no significant effects on the turn-over intention, they showed statistically significant effects on the turn-over intention with the mediating effect of the organizational commitment. It was confirmed that the turn-over intention can be decreased by relief of the private tutor's job stress and enhancement of the organizational commitment. In this process, it is meaningful to verify the role and function of the private tutor's organizational commitment.

Scalable Video Coding using Super-Resolution based on Convolutional Neural Networks for Video Transmission over Very Narrow-Bandwidth Networks (초협대역 비디오 전송을 위한 심층 신경망 기반 초해상화를 이용한 스케일러블 비디오 코딩)

  • Kim, Dae-Eun;Ki, Sehwan;Kim, Munchurl;Jun, Ki Nam;Baek, Seung Ho;Kim, Dong Hyun;Choi, Jeung Won
    • Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.132-141
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    • 2019
  • The necessity of transmitting video data over a narrow-bandwidth exists steadily despite that video service over broadband is common. In this paper, we propose a scalable video coding framework for low-resolution video transmission over a very narrow-bandwidth network by super-resolution of decoded frames of a base layer using a convolutional neural network based super resolution technique to improve the coding efficiency by using it as a prediction for the enhancement layer. In contrast to the conventional scalable high efficiency video coding (SHVC) standard, in which upscaling is performed with a fixed filter, we propose a scalable video coding framework that replaces the existing fixed up-scaling filter by using the trained convolutional neural network for super-resolution. For this, we proposed a neural network structure with skip connection and residual learning technique and trained it according to the application scenario of the video coding framework. For the application scenario where a video whose resolution is $352{\times}288$ and frame rate is 8fps is encoded at 110kbps, the quality of the proposed scalable video coding framework is higher than that of the SHVC framework.

Forest Vegetation Structure around Marugeum (Ridge Line) Area in Deogyusan Region, Baekdudaegan (백두대간 덕유산권역 마루금 주변의 산림식생구조)

  • Kim, Hojin;Song, Juhyeon;Lee, Jeongeun;Cho, Hyunje;Park, Wangeun;Kim, Sujin;Yun, Chung Weon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.111 no.1
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    • pp.81-99
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    • 2022
  • The Baekdudaegan, spanning around 701 km from Hyangrobong to Cheonwangbong of Mt. Jirisan in South Korea, is rich in biodiversity and known as the main ecological axis of the Korean Peninsula. The Neuljae-Yuksimnyeong section of Marugeum in the southern part of the Baekdudaegan, particularly Mt. Deogyusan, is an area in which various types of vegetation appear depending on the environmental characteristics. The aims of this study were to investigate the current vegetation status at the Neuljae-Yuksimnyeong section of the Baekdudaegan and to provide basic data to aid systematic conservation and management through future classification of forest vegetation types. A vegetation survey was conducted using 637 plots from May to October 2019. Vegetation-type analysis showed that the vegetation units could be classified as a Quercus mongolica community group divided into seven communities: the Abies koreana community, Sanguisorba hakusanensis community, Persicaria hydropiper community, Quercus variabilis community, Quercus dentata community, Cornus controversa community, and Quercus mongolica community. The A. koreana community was subdivided into the Dryopteris expansa group and Picea jezoensis group. The Q. variabilis community was also subdivided into the Q. dentata group and Q. variabilis typical group. We concluded that special management plans for distinctive forest vegetation, including subalpine vegetation, grass or herb vegetation, and agricultural vegetation, should be prepared urgently to aid ecosystem preservation and enhancement.