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Taxonomy of plant virus and role of the ICTV database

  • Ryu, Ki-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Plant Pathology Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.28-28
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    • 2003
  • The International Committee for Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), which was formed over 30 years ago, aims to develop a single, universal taxonomic scheme for all viruses or, in other words, "the classification of viruses and the assignment of names to taxa". Plant Virus taxonomy is in charge of Plant Virus Subcommittee, a substructure of the ICTV. The ICTV has been most successfully pursuing that aim and its mammoth 'Seventh Report' records details of the names it has collated and approved, and of the classification, it has devised. The current 7th ICTV report published in 2000 contains plant viruses of 951 species in 79 genera in 17 families, though 24 of the 79 genera are floating genera, that is, they are not included in any established families. Proposed name of new or existing viruses are vote for the accepted taxonomic proposals by ICTV Executive Committee meeting. The approved results have been published as the ICTV reports providing standard names and taxa of viruses all over the world. A number of new plant viruses have been identified or reclassified in the genus or species level, and new genera and families have been proposed.(중략)

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The Korean TimeML: A Study of Event and Temporal Information in Korean Text (한국어 TimeML-텍스트의 사건 및 시간 정보 연구)

  • You, Hyun-Jo;Jang, Ha-Yeon;Jo, Yu-Mi;Kim, Yoon-Shin;Nam, Seung-Ho;Shin, Hyo-Pil
    • Language and Information
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.31-62
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    • 2011
  • TimeML is a markup language for events and temporal expressions in natural language, proposed in Pustejovsky et al. (2003) and latter standardized as ISO-TimeML (ISO 24617-1:2009). In this paper, we propose the further specification of ISO-TimeML for the Korean language with the concrete and thorough examination of real world texts. Since Korean differs significantly from English, which is the first and almost only extensively tested language with TimeML, one continuously run into theoretical and practical difficulties in the application of TimeML to Korean. We focus on the discussion for the consistent and efficient application of TimeML: how to consistently apply TimeML in accordance with Korean specificity and what to be annotated and what not to be, i.e. which information is meaningful in the temporal interpretation of Korean text, for efficient application of TimeML.

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Gene Expression Profiling in Rice Infected with Rice Blast Fungus using SAGE

  • Kim, Sang-Gon;Kim, Sun-Tae;Kim, Sung-Kun;Kang, Kyu-Young
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.384-391
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    • 2008
  • Rice blast disease, caused by the pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe grisea, is a serious issue in rice (Oryza sativa L.) growing regions of the world. Transcript profiling in rice inoculated with the fungus has been investigated using the transcriptomics technology, serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE). Short sequence tags containing sufficient information which are ten base-pairs representing the unique transcripts were identified by SAGE technology. We identified a total of 910 tag sequences via the GenBank database, and the resulting genes were shown to be up-regulated in all functional categories under the fungal biotic stress. Compared to the compatible interaction, the stress and defense genes in the incompatible interaction appear to be more up-regulated. Particularly, thaumatin-like gene (TLP) was investigated in determining the gene and protein expression level utilizing Northern and Western blotting analyses, resulting in an increase in both the gene and the protein expression level which arose earlier in the incompatible interaction than in the compatible interaction.

A Study on the Brazil Logistics Environment and Benchmarking Case for Domestic Enterprises advancing into Brazil Market (국내 기업들의 브라질 진출을 위한 물류환경 분석과 사례 연구)

  • Kim, Youn-Jung;Son, Byung-Seok
    • THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE & LAW REVIEW
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    • v.51
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    • pp.391-414
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    • 2011
  • The advance into the overseas markets of domestic enterprises has been increasing continuously. Brazil, for domestic companies, has been emerging as the huge potential country in the development of markets and resources. According to the reports from World Bank and Brazil government, one of the biggest difficulties of businesses in Brazil for foreign enterprises is the lack of Transportation Infrastructure and high logistics costs. However, until now, there is no professional institute and systematic DB in Korea to provide the overall information of Brazil logistics or details oriented to enterprises' needs; furthermore, enterprises have the difficulties to gather or investigation the logistics information by themselves due to the constraints of language and budget. For these reasons, with the latest data, this study reviews the overall information of Brazil logistics environment and provides the status of Brazil logistics that is necessary for enterprises to advance into Brazil market. Also, this explains the reason for why Brazil has such a high logistics cost with the objective data. In addition, this paper carried out the benchmarking case study as an example of logistics strategy and plan in Brazil. This study can contribute to serve as useful information for domestic enterprises which planning or doing business in Brazil.

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Foreign Remittances, Banking Sector Development and Private Sector Investment

  • GITHAIGA, Peter Nderitu
    • Asian Journal of Business Environment
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.7-18
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    • 2020
  • Purpose- This study seeks to investigate the impact of foreign remittances on private sector investment and the moderating role of banking sector development in Sub-Saharan African Countries. Research design, data, and methodology-The study has used a sample of 15 Sub-Saharan African countries and data for the years 1986 - 2017. Data was obtained from the World Bank Development Indicator (WDI) Database. Panel data diagnostic tests were conducted to ascertain the suitability of the data for regression analysis. The data was analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics, while the hypothesis was tested through hierarchical regression analysis. Results- The finding of this study indicates that foreign remittances and banking sector development had a significant and positive effect on private investment in Sub-Saharan Africa. Besides, the banking sector development significantly moderated the foreign remittances and private sector investment relationship. Conclusions- Based on the results, the study concludes that banking sector development has an important influence on foreign remittances and private sector investment nexus. Due to the antagonistic interaction between foreign remittance and banking sector development, the study recommends the use of alternative ways of channeling remittances to private investment such as; issuance of diaspora bonds and appeal for direct investment by citizens living abroad.

Electronic Banking and the Changes of Economy Activity (전자금융의 성장과 경제활동의 변화)

  • 김세인
    • The Journal of Information Technology
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.107-125
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    • 1999
  • The growing popularity of Internet and the technology revolution of information communication has affected our financial system, and electronic banking has increased its scale and range since '90. Now this changes, deeply and fast, invade the our economical-social environments. Without having to go to a bank, customer and merchants will be able to perform freely complicated financial transactions by accessing online banking network and CD/ATM etc. Customer can use the various payment method - cash, credit card, smart cards, electronic money in real world and cyberspace, and manager the assets more efficiently. They increased their money liquidity yet. Banks need to expand the various baskets of transaction services and methods to satisfy their customer needs and create new participator, Government had to evaluate and forecast the trend of electronic banking, and establish a new rules and standards in the new electronic payment system.

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Effects of Human Development Index and Its Components on Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality: a Global Ecological Study

  • Khazaei, Salman;Rezaeian, Shahab;Khazaei, Somayeh;Mansori, Kamyar;Moghaddam, Ali Sanjari;Ayubi, Erfan
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.17 no.sup3
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    • pp.253-256
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    • 2016
  • Geographic disparity for colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality according to the human development index (HDI) might be expected. This study aimed at quantifying the effect measure of association HDI and its components on the CRC incidence and mortality. In this ecological study, CRC incidence and mortality was obtained from GLOBOCAN, the global cancer project for 172 countries. Data were extracted about HDI 2013 for 169 countries from the World Bank report. Linear regression was constructed to measure effects of HDI and its components on CRC incidence and mortality. A positive trend between increasing HDI of countries and age-standardized rates per 100,000 of CRC incidence and mortality was observed. Among HDI components education was the strongest effect measure of association on CRC incidence and mortality, regression coefficients (95% confidence intervals) being 2.8 (2.4, 3.2) and 0.9 (0.8, 1), respectively. HDI and its components were positively related with CRC incidence and mortality and can be considered as targets for prevention and treatment intervention or tracking geographic disparities.

Rule of Law, Economic Growth and Shadow Economy in Transition Countries

  • LUONG, Thi Thuy Huong;NGUYEN, Tho Minh;NGUYEN, Thi Anh Nhu
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.145-154
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    • 2020
  • The paper aims to investigate the interactions between rule of law, economic growth and the shadow economy in 18 selected transition economies. This study uses annual data over the period 2002-2015 for 18 transition countries to estimate the effects of rule of law and other factors on the size of shadow economy. The transition country group is classified based on International Monetary Fund resources and is selected on the basis of the availability of data. The data examined in this research are derived from the World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators project and Working Paper from International Monetary Fund. This study employs GMM method. The results show that the economic growth indicators have negative and statistically significant impact on the shadow economy. Additionally, these results also reveal that in transition countries the size of shadow economy is negatively related to the quality of rule of law. However, the findings of this research also point out that there are positive relationships between inflation, public expenditure and the size of shadow economy. Hence the results from this study suggest that the size of shadow economy could be controlled by improving the effectiveness of rule of law and the growth of economy particularly in transition countries.

Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Economic Growth and Population Health in Malaysia

  • AFROZ, Rafia;MUHIBBULLAH, Md.;MORSHED, Mohammad Niaz
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.155-162
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    • 2020
  • The paper aims to examine the association between information and communication technology (ICT), economic growth and population health based on health production model in Malaysia. This theoretical health production function is represented as follows: where the output is an individual health outcome, and the inputs are determinants of health, such as income, education, health care costs, medical facilities, the environment, and lifestyle. The development of information and communication technologies are represented as of mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100) and fixed telephone subscriptions (100) using time series data from 1993-2017 from the World Bank database. Using the bound testing technique of cointegration, this study finds that ICT affects population health significantly and positively in the long- and short-run. This is because ICT inclusion improves human health and longevity. Whereas, economic growth has no significant impact on the population's health both in the short- and long-run. The findings indicate that a weak global economy affects Malaysia's economic growth and reduces the health expenditure per capita. The results of this study suggest that policymakers must develop policies that improves public health by increasing health literacy, disseminating health information and facilitating medical facilities. This study also suggests that health care systems should to concentrate on digital inclusion.

Impact of Exchange Rate Shocks, Inward FDI and Import on Export Performance: A Cointegration Analysis

  • NGUYEN, Van Chien;DO, Thi Tuyet
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.163-171
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    • 2020
  • The study aims to examine the effects of inward every presence of foreign investment, import, and real exchange rate shocks on export performance in Vietnam. This study employs a time-series sample dataset in the period of 2009 - 2018. All data are collected from the General Statistics Office of Ministry of Planning and Investment in Vietnam, World Development Indicator and Ministry of Finance, State Bank of Vietnam. This study employs the Augmented Dickey-Fuller test and the vector error correction model with the analysis of cointegration. The results demonstrate that a higher value of import significantly accelerates export performance in the short run, but insignificantly generates in the long run. When the volume of registered foreign investment goes up, the export performance will predominantly decrease in the both short run and long run. Historically, countries worldwide are more likely to devaluate their currencies in order to support export performance. According to the study, the exchange rate volatility has an effect on the external trade in the long run but no effect in the short run. Finally, Vietnam's export performance converges on its long-run equilibrium by roughly 6.3% with the speed adjustment via a combination of import, every presence of foreign investment, and real exchange rate fluctuations.