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User-friendly Web-based ezSIM Platform Development for SMBs (중소·중견기업을 위한 사용자 친화형 웹 기반 ezSIM 플랫폼 개발)

  • Yoon, Tae Ho;Park, Hyungwook;Sohn, Ilyoup;Hwang, Jae Soon;Seo, Dongwoo
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.65-74
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    • 2015
  • Structure and/or fluid analysis is gradually increased by an essential design process in the small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) because of the needs for a rapid design process and the certification about the supplement of the parts by the large business (LB). In this paper, we developed the web-based ezSIM platform installed in the resources integrated system server. The ezSIM platform is based on the heterogeneous linux and windows operating system for the user-friendly connection with the part of the analysis for the SMBs. The procedure of the structure/fluid analysis service module using the public software and the license-free open code in the ezSIM platform was explained. The convenience of the ezSIM platform service was presented by the reaction rate of the graphic motion compared with that of a local PC and the solving and pre-post processing interface compared with that of the KISTI supercomputer. The web-based ezSIM platform service was identified as a useful and essential platform to the SMBs for the usage of the structure and/or fluid analysis procedure.

Comparative validity of microalbuminuria versus clinical mortality scores to predict pediatric intensive care unit outcomes

  • Nismath, Shifa;Rao, Suchetha S.;Baliga, B.S.;Kulkarni, Vaman;Rao, Gayatri M.
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • v.63 no.1
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    • pp.20-24
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    • 2020
  • Background: Predicting the prognosis of patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is very important in determining further management and resource allocation. The prognostication of critically ill children can be challenging; hence, accurate methods for predicting outcomes are needed. Purpose: To evaluate the role of microalbuminuria at admission as a prognostic marker in comparison to standard Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) and Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction (PELOD) mortality scores in children admitted to the PICU. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2015 to October 2016. Eighty-four patients aged 1 month to 18 years admitted to the PICU of teaching hospitals for more than 24 hours were enrolled by convenience sampling method. Microalbuminuria was estimated by spot urinary albumin-creatinine ratio. PRISM and PELOD scores were calculated using an online calculator. Outcome measures were PICU length of stay, inotrope usage, multiorgan dysfunction, and survival. ACR was compared with mortality scores for predicting survival. Results: Microalbuminuria was present in 79.8% with a median value of 85 mg/g (interquartile range, 41.5-254 mg/g). A positive correlation was found between albumin-creatinine ratio and PICU length of stay (P=0.013, r=0.271). Albumin-creatinine ratio was significantly associated with organ dysfunction (P=0.004) and need for inotropes (P=0.006). Eight deaths were observed in the PICU. The area under the curve for mortality for albumin-creatinine ratio (0.822) was comparable to that for PRISM (0.928) and PELOD (0.877). Albumin-creatinine ratio >109 mg/g predicted mortality with a sensitivity of 87.5% and specificity of 63.2%. Conclusion: Microalbuminuria is a good predictor of PICU outcomes comparable with mortality scores.

A Study on the User Experience through Analysis of Earphones Use Behavior of Generation Z (Z세대의 이어폰 사용 행태 분석을 통한 사용자 경험 연구)

  • Koo, Eun-Seo;Kim, Seung-In
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.317-323
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    • 2020
  • This research is based on product development that improves user experience such as design and function by analyzing the usage behavior of elements experienced by generation Z as customers and users in the process leading to disposal of earphones even before purchase. The behavior of earphones in Generation Z was analyzed through in-depth interview and surveys of the customer experience and user experience of earphones. The results of the study were common or characteristic. They are user experience based on brand dependency, sharing experiences and seeking simplified design and convenience, which is related with the lifestyle of the generation Z. This study is expected to be a fundamental study of product research and marketing strategies that will take advantage of the characteristics of Generation Z, who will be the main player of the market in the future.

A Study of Seamless Power Supply using EDLC on Battery Change of Smartphone (EDLC를 이용한 스마트폰의 배터리 교환 시 연속적 전원 공급에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Sang-Hun;Lee, Yong-Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.29 no.12
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    • pp.61-67
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    • 2015
  • Certainly, we are living in a true mobile society. At the end of 2014, approximately 40million 560thousand people are subscribed to smartphone services in Korea, using more than 2000MB of mobile data per a person. The use of smartphone is expected to increase. Moreover, smartphone moves toward becoming a requisite for modern people. Under the circumstances, high-speed communication services such as LTE provide high quality services anywhere and anytime and, furthermore, the development of high performances of the application makes the life patterns of modern people link directly to smartphone. Almost every day, new creative services are being introduced and the demands of on-line streaming services such as high-performance game and YouTube are increasing day after day. However, although smartphones are getting smarter and high quality services are rapidly growing, consumers still complain about the insufficient usage time caused by the capacity of batteries. In order to solve this problem, this thesis suggests EDLC(Electric Double-Layer Capacitor) uses as a supplemental power supply to keep the continuity of work while switching batteries. Through this approach, the running time of smartphone becomes longer as the number of batteries without power off and the purpose of this study is to maximize the convenience of using smartphone by eliminating the initialization of memories and the loss of time of rebooting while batteries are switched.

Design and Implementation of Peer-to-Peer Electronic Commerce Systems based on the File Sharing Method between Users (이용자간 파일공유방식에 기반한 P2P 전자상거래 시스템 설계 및 구현)

  • Kim Chang-Su;Seo Young-Suk
    • The Journal of Information Systems
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.1-20
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    • 2006
  • Peer-to-peer systems (P2P) are rapidly growing in importance on the Internet environment, quickly extending the range of their usage. However, peer-to-peer systems have not been widely applied in electronic commerce because they have not been established as an appropriate business model. Therefore, we firstly review the previous research relevant to peer-to-peer systems, and then analyze the business models for P2P systems presented by previous researchers. Furthermore, this study categorizes major issues in terms of the technical and business model aspects. On the basis of these reviews, we develop P2P electronic commerce systems based on the file sharing method between users, focusing on user interface friendliness. A developed P2P electronic commerce systems are programmed by using the C# based on the Microsoft.net solution. A database is implemented using the MSSQL2000. A main application technology is designed that P2P electronic commerce systems make it possible. for user to extend into BtoB Solution by using WSDL (Web Services Description Language), UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration) and the XML that is a document for users. User interface is made as form of Internet messenger for a user's convenience and is possible to develop into a commodity transaction system based on XML. In this study, it is possible for the P2P electronic commerce system to have extended application to fields such as Internet shopping mall and property transaction in a nonprofit organization, a public institution and a large scale nonprofit institution that have a similar structure as compared with a structure of a nonprofit educational institution.

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The Usage of Diet and Nutritional Information on the Internet by Users' Age (이용자의 연령에 따른 인터넷 상의 식생활 및 영양 정보 이용)

  • Cho, Kuk-Hee;Choi, Bong-Soon;Seo, Ju-Young;Park, Geum-Soon;Lee, In-Sook
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.542-549
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study was to develop a web site providing sound and specific diet and nutritional information for internet users in different age groups to protect themselves from junk nutritional information. Among 660 internal users (436 in their 20s, 154 in their 30s, and 63 in their 40s), 66.4% had access to a computer to get nutritional information. Almost 38% of those in their 20s searched in the internet using the term 'diet', whereas 25.9% of those in their 30s and 27.1% of those in their 40s searched using 'cooking and recipe'(p<0.001). The main purpose of using nutritional information on the internet of the subjects was 'to take care of health'(p<0.001). Seventy percent of subjects answered 'so-so' for the satisfaction about the content of nutritional information that was self-explored. Contents related to nutritional information which needed to be improved was 'sound information' for 47.2% of those in their 30s, 'convenience for the application to daily life' for 51.1% of those in their 20s, and 39.6% of those in their 40s. A specialized nutritional information site must to be developed for users to gain access to reliable and valuable information without difficulty, as the variety of the interested area and application area for each user.

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The Effectiveness of Jeju Island Mixed Reality Tourism Application: Focusing on the Moderating Role of Users' K-Culture Involvement

  • Yoo, Seungchul;Jung, Kwanghee;Nguyen, Vinh T.;Piscarac, Diana
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.116-128
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    • 2020
  • In this study, we introduce a multi-modal mixed reality (MR) application for advertising the main touristic landmarks on Jeju Island, and evaluate its effectiveness based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) with a focus on the user's involvement in Korean culture (K-Culture). Specifically, we deployed several stimuli to enable users to retrieve information, visualize a variety of heritage content such as text, images, videos, virtual artifacts, and immerse in a VR environment to experience the heritage locations. The results of the online survey with 436 participants showed that for consumers with low K-Culture involvement, Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease-of-Use did not affect their Intention to Visit the island. Still, it had a significant impact on their Intention to Use the application. On the other hand, for the group with high K-Culture involvement, Perceived Usefulness had no effect on the Intention to Use and Intention to Visit. However, Perceived Ease-of-Use had a significant impact on their Intention to Use the application and Intention to Visit Jeju Island. Therefore, when user involvement in K-Culture is high, convenience of use has played a significant role in sensory media usage and the intention to visit, regardless of the usefulness of the mixed reality content. In contrast, users with low K-Culture involvement primarily focused on the functional aspects of the application. These findings open the path for follow-up studies on K-Culture involvement and immersive media tourism marketing, which will benefit digital tourism marketing and Korea's tourism industry.

A Study on the Motivation and User Satisfaction of Medical Students Using the Academic Search Engines (의과대학 대학원생의 학술정보 검색엔진 이용 동기 및 이용자 만족도에 관한 연구)

  • Shim, Saebom;Yi, Yongjeong
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.197-216
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    • 2019
  • The study aimed to investigate the motivation and user satisfaction of medical school graduate students using specific academic information sites, and examines the effect of usage motivation factors on user satisfaction. This study was conducted from September 10, 2018 to September 21, 2018 by a large medical school graduate student in Seoul, and analyzed 135 valid responses. According to the analysis, the degree of reliability and interactivity of PubMed is higher than that of Google Scholar in medical school graduate students' use of academic information sites. It was found to have a significant effect on user satisfaction of academic information sites. In particular, convenience has the greatest influence on users' choice of academic information sites. The results of the study are of theoretical implications in that the discussion of academic information services through web sites is explained in terms of use and satisfaction in the context of medical information. On the other hand, specific research results provide practical implications for improving the services of medical-related academic search engines.

The blocking method for accessing toward malicious sites based on Android platform (안드로이드 플랫폼 기반 악성사이트 차단 방법)

  • Kim, Dae-Cheong;Ryou, Jae-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.499-505
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    • 2014
  • According to the increasing use of smart devices such as smart phones and tablets, the service that targets mobile office, finance and e-government for convenience of usage and productivity has emerged significantly. As a result, important information is treated with the smart devices and also, the malicious activity that targets smart devices is increasing steadily. In particular, the damage case by harmful sites, malware distribution sites and phishing sites that targets smart devices has occurred steadily and it has emerged as a social issue. In the case of smart devices, the Android platform is occupied the 90% in Korea, 2013 therefore the method of device block level is required to resolve the social issues of smart devices. In this paper, we propose a method that can be effectively blocked when you try to access an illegal site to Web browser on the Android platform and develop the application and also analyze the wrong site block function.

Study on MalangMalang Talkafe Database Encryption Process and Recovering Its Deleted Messages on Windows (윈도우에서의 말랑말랑 톡카페 데이터베이스 암호화 프로세스 분석 및 삭제된 메시지 복구 연구)

  • Youn, Byungchul;Kim, Soram;Kim, Jongsung
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.397-403
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    • 2020
  • With the convenience of real-time conversation, multimedia file and contact sharing services, most people use instant messenger, and its usage time is increasing. Because the messengers contain a lot of user behavior information data, in the digital forensic investigation, they can be very useful evidence to identify user behavior. However, some of useful data can be difficult to acquire or recognize because they are encrypted or deleted. Thus, in order to use the messenger data as evidence, the study of message decryption process and message recovery is essential. In this paper, we analyze the database encryption process of the instant messenger, MalangMalang Talkafe, and propose the method to decrypt it. In addition, we propose the methods to identify the deleted messages and recover from the volatile memory area.