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북극의 재발견: 국제 자원경쟁의 새로운 각축장? (Rediscovery of the Arctic: A New Arena of Competition for Natural Resources in the 21st Century?)

  • 이서항
    • Strategy21
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    • 통권30호
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    • pp.200-235
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    • 2012
  • Over the past few years, due to the climate change of the earth, the Arctic's sea ice cover is undergoing a historic transformation - thinning, extent reduction in all seasons, and mitigation in the area of multi-year ice in the central Arctic Ocean. These changes allow for increases in maritime access throughout the Arctic Ocean and for potential longer seasons of navigation and possibly transarctic voyage in the summer. These changes also allow more exploration for oil, gas, and other minerals. The Arctic is now an archetype of the complex, multi-dimensional global problems of the twenty-first century. Military security, environmental security, and economic security interact. The potentially enormous economic stakes, sufficient to change the strategic balance among the states of the region, set off competitive pressures for national advantage. Korea, which is heavily dependent upon the sea lane in terms of transportation of its exports and imports, is very much interested in the Arctic sea routes. Korea believes that the Artic sea route, particularly the Northern Sea Route (NSR), could serve as a new useful sea lane, which will enable shorter times between East Asia and Europe, thus resulting in substantial cost saving for ship operators. In addition to shipping, Korea is interested in other Arctic-related maritime industries. Korea, as a leading shipbuilder in the global market, is interested in building ice breakers, drill ships, and other vessels which can contribute to safe operation in Arctic resource development and exploration. Korea, as one of the future stakeholders in Arctic maritime activities, should be ready to foster international cooperation in the region.

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Genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism data and mitochondrial hypervariable region 1 nucleotide sequence reveal the origin of the Akhal-Teke horse

  • Zhoucairang Kang;Jinping Shi;Ting Liu;Yong Zhang;Quanwei Zhang;Zhe Liu;Jianfu Wang;Shuru Cheng
    • Animal Bioscience
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    • 제36권10호
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    • pp.1499-1507
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    • 2023
  • Objective: The study investigated the origin of the Akhal-Teke horse using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data and mitochondrial hypervariable region 1 (HVR-1) nucleotide sequences Methods: Genome-wide SNP data from 22 breeds (481 horses) and mitochondrial HVR-1 sequences from 24 breeds (544 sequences) worldwide to examine the origin of the Akhal-Teke horse. The data were analyzed using principal component analysis, linkage disequilibrium analysis, neighbor-joining dendrograms, and ancestry inference to determine the population relationships, ancestral source, genetic structure, and relationships with other varieties. Results: A close genetic relationship between the Akhal-Teke horse and horses from the Middle East was found. Analysis of mitochondrial HVR-1 sequences showed that there were no shared haplotypes between the Akhal-Teke and Tarpan horses, and the mitochondrial data indicated that the Akhal-Teke horse has not historically expanded its group. Ancestral inference suggested that Arabian and Caspian horses were the likely ancestors of the Akhal-Teke horse. Conclusion: The Akhal-Teke horse originated in the Middle East.

베트남에서 점진적 개혁의 지속: 제11차 공산당대회 결과 분석 (Continuing Gradual Reform in Vietnam: An Analysis of the 11th Congress of the Communist Party)

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    • 동남아시아연구
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    • 제21권3호
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    • pp.105-138
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    • 2011
  • The 11th Congress of the Vietnamese Communist Party(VCP) held in January 2011 was the forum to reconfirm the gradual reform. By analysing the documents submitted to the Congress, it can be realized that the VCP's reform policy reveals the compromise between conservative and progressive perspectives by "the Socialist-oriented Market Economy". The VCP proposes to proceed the balanced reform for the sustainable development by multi-sector economy to achieve the basis of the modern state by 2020 on the one hand and also urges to strive against "the peaceful evolution" to defend the socialist regime from abroad as well as within the party itself on the other hand. In personnel structure of the Central Committee and Politburo, this term of the Party still keeps the balance of the localities and sectors of the society. No big change was in the selection of top leaders, as almost of them were promoted slightly in the existing echelon of the Politburo. On the prospect of the reform process Vietnam will continue the reform as gradual as before.

보로부두르 대탑의 불전(佛傳) 도상(圖像) (Iconography on the Reliefs of the Life Story of Buddha in Chandi Borobudur)

  • 유근자
    • 수완나부미
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    • 제2권1호
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    • pp.17-53
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    • 2010
  • The Chandi Borobudur was likely constructed around 800 AD, during the period of the Sailendra dynasty in central Java, Indonesia. The Chandi Borobudur have 1460 narrative panels of reliefs which are distributed from the hidden foot to the fourth gallery. The 160 panels show various scenes of actions producing the corresponding results according to the Karmavibhanga(分別善惡報應經) text. Blameworthy activities with their purgatorial punishments and praiseworthy activities with their subsequent rewards are both shown. The 120 panels depict the biography of Buddha according to the Lalitavistara (方廣大莊嚴經) text. The 620 panels depict stories from Jatakas (本生譚) and Avadanas (譬喩經). The stories of 560 panels are based on Mahayayana (入法界品, 488 panels) and Bhadrucari (普賢行願讚, 72 panels) of Gandavyuha (華嚴經) text. In this study, among the 120 narrative reliefs which tell the life story of Buddha according to the Lalitavistara text in Chandi Borobudur, the images of Birth of Siddhārtha(誕生), The Great Departure (出家), Attaintment of Enlightenment (成道) and The First Sermon (初轉法輪) have been compared with the images of biography of Buddha showing in Ancient India, Gandhara and South India, and China. From a historical perspective of cultural exchange, Borobudur is very important site because it is located on the south route of transmission of Buddhism from India to South Asia, China, Korea and Japan. Study on the reliefs sculptured on the wall of Chandi Borobudur provide us information to understand the process of spreading and changes in styles of Buddhist arts.

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전사체 데이터에 의한 산형아과 (Apioideae)의 계통과 적응진화 (Phylotranscriptomics of the Subfamily Apioideae (Apiaceae))

  • 이은미;박선주
    • 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국자원식물학회 2023년도 임시총회 및 춘계학술대회
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    • pp.11-11
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    • 2023
  • Due to the abundance of information in Nuclear DNA, it has a magnificent phylogenetic resolution. Moreover, because they show biparental inheritance, it has proven to be superior to organelle DNA, which has a limited number of genes and only shows maternal lineage. In particular, the transcriptome, which includes much nuclear DNA but is relatively inexpensive to analyze, can provide valuable insights into evolution through selection analysis and enable gene function research. This study's dataset includes 45 transcriptomes (16 generated for this study). It aims to explore the evolutionary history of Apioideae by comparing the results of the phylogenetic analysis with gene tree discordance and chloroplast phylogeny. The results confirmed the taxonomic positions of Peucedanum terebinthaceum, Ligusticum tachiroei, and Cymopterus melanotilingia and proposed a genus change for Glehnia littoralis. High gene tree discordances were identified in recently diverged clades, suggesting frequent hybridization and introgression. In the most recently diverged tribe of Selineae, the highest number of PSGs (positively selected genes) has been confirmed, which is inferred to be due to the geological and climatic diversity of their originated habitat, Central Asia. These genes include those related to responses to growth and drought, oxidative, and salt stress. In particular, the CYP97A gene confirmed as PSGs in Bupleurum latissimum is inferred to be a result of adaptation to the light-limited environment of Ulleungdo Island, as it is associated with the efficiency of photosynthesis.

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The Legacy Goes on: Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Uzbekistan Koryoin (ethnic Koreans)

  • Aleksey L. Kim;Hyeon Jin Jeong;Ju Eun Jang;Hyeok Jae Choi;Chang-Gee Jang;Hee-Young Gil
    • 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국자원식물학회 2022년도 추계학술대회
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    • pp.48-48
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    • 2022
  • Ethnobotany is an interdisciplinary science at the intersection of botany and ethnology. Currently, there is a sharply increasing need for the study and conservation of traditional knowledge about plants. The loss of traditional sources, knowledge, and practices in using plants is caused by the growth of technologies in all branches of production, widespread urbanization, and globalization of the economy. This study was been conducted to collect and analyze the Koryoins (Koryo saram) traditional ethnobotanical knowledge, living in Uzbekistan, whose number 174,200 people. They are the descendants of Korean immigrants to the Russian Far East, who ended up in Central Asia as a result of the forced resettlement in 1937. In the processing of collected data, four main categories of uses were defined - Alimentary, Medicinal, Household/Handicraft, and Others. For quantitative data analysis, synthetic indices were used - RFC (Relative Frequency of Citation) and CI (Cultural Importance Index), which are commonly applied to assess the importance of plants. The respondents mentioned 72 plants belonging to 28 botanical families. A significant part of them was cultivar plants. The category that had the largest number of plants mentioned by the respondents was the Alimentary use category (51). According to quantitative indices rates, the most important plants are traditionally used for food. A comparison of ethnobotanical knowledge was made with the collected data of this study and Korean traditional knowledge.

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Mere Exposure Effect on Travel Intention of Educated Young People in Asia: Results from a Cross-Country Survey

  • Yunjuan Luo;Sarah Prusoff LoCascio;Jantima Kheokao;Sung Kyum Cho;Ravindran Gopalan;Nutthapon Jitprapai;Dorien Kartikawangi;Nik Norma Nik Hasan;Rowena Capulong Reyes;Kanyika Shaw;Indeok Song;Nikko Visperas
    • Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.122-141
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    • 2024
  • Drawing on mere exposure effect, we proposed that more exposure to a city, as measured by the number of channels of exposure, would increase familiarity, city image, and intention to visit that city. We conducted a survey of university students in seven Asian countries, asking them about a total of 14 cities, at least one from each of the surveyed countries. Exposure was found to be a significant antecedent and was most powerful when mediated by familiarity. Some types of exposure were stronger than others. Personal exposure, in the form of having visited a city or knowing someone who has, was the strongest type of exposure, with more than double the effect of media exposure. Social media, which is difficult to classify as either personal or media, was assessed separately and had a much smaller effect. The mere exposure effect exists whether the intention to visit a city is related to pleasure (tourism) or business.

Bitcoin Cryptocurrency: Its Cryptographic Weaknesses and Remedies

  • Anindya Kumar Biswas;Mou Dasgupta
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제30권1호
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 2020
  • Bitcoin (BTC) is a type of cryptocurrency that supports transaction/payment of virtual money between BTC users without the presence of a central authority or any third party like bank. It uses some cryptographic techniques namely public- and private-keys, digital signature and cryptographic-hash functions, and they are used for making secure transactions and maintaining distributed public ledger called blockchain. In BTC system, each transaction signed by sender is broadcasted over the P2P (Peer-to-Peer) Bitcoin network and a set of such transactions collected over a period is hashed together with the previous block/other values to form a block known as candidate block, where the first block known as genesis-block was created independently. Before a candidate block to be the part of existing blockchain (chaining of blocks), a computation-intensive hard problem needs to be solved. A number of miners try to solve it and a winner earns some BTCs as inspiration. The miners have high computing and hardware resources, and they play key roles in BTC for blockchain formation. This paper mainly analyses the underlying cryptographic techniques, identifies some weaknesses and proposes their enhancements. For these, two modifications of BTC are suggested ― (i) All BTC users must use digital certificates for their authentication and (ii) Winning miner must give signature on the compressed data of a block for authentication of public blocks/blockchain.

항만경쟁력 결정요인 분석과 부산 신항의 발전 전략에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Determinants Analysis of the Port Competitiveness and development Strategies of Busan New Port)

  • 신계선
    • 한국항만경제학회지
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    • 제23권1호
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    • pp.115-148
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    • 2007
  • 세계경제의 국제화 흐름에 따라 중국 경제 중심축의 하나인 상하이 양산항이 2005년 12월 1일에 개장하여 동북아 항만물류의 중심지를 목표로 출발하였으며, 이로 인해 동북아 항만들의 경쟁이 심화되기 시작하였다. 따라서 동북아의 중심항만으로서 위치를 확보하기 위한 노력으로 우리나라 역시 신항을 건설하고 있으며, 2005년 11월 3개 선석을 개장하였다. 이러한 항만환경의 변화 속에 신항을 동북아 물류 중심지로 선점하기 위해서는 주요 경쟁항만에 비해 신항의 경쟁력을 확보하는 것이 무엇보다 중요하다. 따라서 신항의 발전전략으로는 첫째, 개발 및 관리 운영 주체의 분리로 항만개발과 마케팅을 분리하여야 하며, 둘째 피더선 전용부두를 항만개발과 함께 개발하여 선사들의 시간과 경비를 감소시켜야 하며 셋째, 항만개발 시 초대형 선사를 유치하기 위해서는 각 선사별 대응전략이 필요한데, 이러한 전략은 초대형 선사들이 향후 선박 운항전략을 결정하기 전에 실시하여야 한다. 넷째, 초대형 선사유치를 위한 인센티브 부여면에서 신항은 물론 기존의 부산항과 연계적으로 인센티브를 부여하여야 하며, 다섯째 항만개발 시 행정프로세스의 One-stop 자동화시스템구축을 위한 경쟁항만의 벤치마킹도 중요하다. 여섯째, 항만배후단지를 효율적으로 이용하기 위한 항만과 연계된 배후단지 이용계획을 수립하여야 한다.

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Assessment of the Effects of Interactions between Climatic Conditions and Genetic Characteristics on the Agronomic Traits of Soybeans Grown in Six Different Experimental Fields

  • Park, Myoung Ryoul;Cai, Chunmei;Seo, Min-Jung;Yun, Hong-Tae;Park, Soo-Kwon;Choi, Man-Soo;Park, Chang-Hwan;Moon, Jung Kyung
    • 한국작물학회지
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    • 제64권3호
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    • pp.246-268
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    • 2019
  • Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is a species of legume native to East Asia. The interactions between climatic conditions and genetic characteristics are known to affect the agricultural performance of soybean. Therefore, the present investigation was conducted to identify the main elements affecting the agricultural performances of 11 soybean varieties/lines from China [Harbin ($45^{\circ}12^{\prime}N$), Yanji ($42^{\circ}53^{\prime}N$), Dalian ($39^{\circ}30^{\prime}N$), Qingdao ($36^{\circ}26^{\prime}N$)] and the Republic of Korea [Suwon ($37^{\circ}16^{\prime}N$), and Jeonju ($35^{\circ}49^{\prime}N$)]. The days to flowering (DTF) of soybeans with the e1-nf and e1-as alleles and the E1e2e3e4 genotype, except in 'Keumgangkong', 'Tawonkong', and 'Duyoukong', were relatively short compared to those of soybeans with other alleles. Although DTF of the soybeans was highly correlated with all climatic conditions [negative: precipitation, average temperature (AVT), accumulated temperature; positive: day-length (DL)], days to maturity and 100-seed weight of the soybeans showed no significant correlation with any climatic conditions. The soybeans with a dominant Dt1 allele, except 'Tawonkong', had the longest stem length (STL). Moreover, STL of the soybeans grown in the test fields showed a positive correlation with only DL; however, the results of our chamber test that was conducted to complement the field tests showed that STL of soybean was positively affected by AVT and DL. Although soybean yield (YLD) showed positive correlations with latitude and DL (except L62-667, OT89-5, and OT89-6), the response of YLD to the climatic conditions was cultivar-specific. Our results show that DTF and STL of soybeans grown in six different latitudes are highly affected by DL, and AVT and genetic characteristic also affect DTF and STL.