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Variation of Plant and Fruit Characters in Core Collections of Pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.)

  • Hur, On-Sook;Ko, Ho-Cheol;Lee, Sukyeung;Choi, Yu-mi;Ro, Na-Young
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2018.10a
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    • pp.68-68
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    • 2018
  • A total of 47 core collections of pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) conserved in National Agrobiodiversity Center (NAC) were studied under field condition at Jeonju. All accessions were characterized for their 14 qualitative and 16 quantitative characters. Results revealed that both qualitative and quantitative characters exhibited wide variation among the studied germplasm. Distribution of fruit characters (fruit length, width, and fruit wall thickness) among the accessions was positively skewed. Of the 47 accessions evaluated, 38.3% accessions had conical shaped fruits and mature fruit color was predominantly red (51.1%), orange (21.3%) and yellow (14.9%). Principal component analyses revealed that (i) 56.64% of the qualitative (fruit shape, color and fruit surface) variation and (ii) 89.42% of the quantitative (plant width, height and fruit maturity days) variation were explained by the first two components. Clustering revealed two groups and dendrogram revealed morphological variation among accessions. The phenotypic diversity exists in this core collections provide valuable information to improve agronomic traits in pepper breeding program.

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An Analysis on the Household Characteristics and Economic Status of Deficit Households (적자가계의 특성 및 경제구조 분석)

  • Yang, Se-Jeong
    • Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.135-159
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of the study was to investigate the characteristics and economic status of deficit households compared to surplus households. Data from The Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2005 by NSO and 50, 207 salary/wage earners' households were used for the analysis. The statistical methods used were GLM, logit, and cluster analyses. The analysis results showed that 25.3 percent of the households were deficit households. Approximately half of the lowest 20% income group were deficit households. Income deficit households earned 1, 273 thousand less than that of surplus households, whereas consumption of deficit households was 1, 006 thousand more than that of surplus households. The average propensity of consumption of deficit households was 142.1. According to the logit analysis, factors contributing to the probability of belonging to a deficit household included income level, household size, age and educational level, occupation, homeownership, car ownership, and wife's employment status. Deficit households were classified into 5 types: 1) health care expenditure-dominated group, 2) housing expenditure-dominated group, 3) education expenditure-dominated group, 4) money transfer-dominated group, and 5) overall-overconsumption group. The overall-overconsumption group was the largest group of all at 58.5%. It was found that for all five groups, the changes in household size, income group, home ownership, and occupation of the individual were variables that influenced the probability of belonging to a certain group.

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Priority Analysis of User Interface Evaluation Criteria for the Elderly Based on User's Lifestyle (라이프스타에 의한 노인 사용자 인터페이스 평가 우선 순위 분석)

  • Shin, Won-Kyoung;Park, Min-Yong
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.287-296
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this research is to analyze priority of the elderly user interface (UI) evaluation criteria based on user's lifestyle. Since the elderly population will occupy over 20% of the all Korean population in the near future, we need to know older users' needs and information because elderly users will be main customers in the super-aged society. This paper investigated the definition of elderly users and characteristics demographically, socio-economically, and physically/cognitively. A total of 238 questionnaires from older users were analyzed based on a segmentation table for the elderly developed by the previous study. According to factor analysis and cluster analysis, 6 types of lifestyle and 4 groups of the elderly users were classified, respectively. The priority of UI evaluation criteria for large electronic home appliances and mobile products was analyzed by analyses of variance (ANOVAs). The results indicated that the priority of (physical, emotional, and cognitive) UI criteria was significantly different among elderly users' lifestyles for both home appliances and mobile products. Consequently, the results of this study may help the company develop some competitive silver products and give higher satisfaction to the elderly users by suggesting different priority of UI evaluation criteria according to the target elderly group. The results may also contribute to revitalize national economy by significantly increasing senior market shares.

A Study on Travel Activity and Shopping Behavior of 20's-30's Korean Overseas Travelers (20-30대 해외여행자의 여행활동과 쇼핑행동에 관한 연구)

  • Jeon, Yangjin
    • Human Ecology Research
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    • v.54 no.5
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    • pp.529-539
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    • 2016
  • This study confirmed shopping behavior of Korean young overseas tourists and its effect on travel evaluation. I first identified core factors of travel activity preference, travel shopping propensity, and shopping products. The effect of shopping product satisfaction on tour satisfaction and post-tour intention was then investigated. Based on travel activities, tourists were grouped, and their characteristics were compared. An online survey method was performed to obtain data of 20's-30's Korean unmarried people, while factor analysis, regression analysis, chi-square test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and cluster analysis were applied to analyze data. The results were as follows. First, six travel activities (city life, art/shopping, cultural experience, entertainment, field experience, and friendship), three shopping propensity (novelty/uniqueness, utility, and prestige), and four product groups (fashion goods, household goods, crafts, and foods) were found by factor analyses. Second, travel activity tended to influence shopping propensity, which then influenced shopping products preference. All factors of travel activity seemed to affect the three travel shopping propensities. Third, shopping satisfaction was shown to affect tour satisfaction, and posttour behavior. Finally, four tourist groups (active, social, pleasure, and passive) differed in terms of preferred tour activities, shopping propensity, and tour behavior. Active tourists rated the highest scores and passive ones rated the lowest for most evaluations.

A Study on the Development of a Cantilever & Swing-Type Fast Tool Servo with Rotational Moment Hinge Design (회전모멘트 힌지 설계에 따른 캔틸레버형 횡방향 구동 Fast Tool Servo 연구 개발에 관한 고찰)

  • Lee, Seung Jun;Jeong, Jae Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.19 no.8
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    • pp.43-49
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    • 2020
  • The growth of the AR/VR market due to the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution begins with the development of the display industry. The development of OLED and flexible displays is further accelerated by the development of R2R technology. Micro-processing technology using a fast tool servo (FTS), the core technology in R2R processes, is making technological progress in increasingly diverse ways. This paper proposes a method to develop an FTS for horizontal driving and presents this method through experiments and analyses. To develop a swing-type FTS based on a seesaw motion, a rotational moment hinge structure was designed for each type, and research was conducted to determine an effective design method. A cantilever-based swing-type FTS was developed in two variations: one with single-side hinges and another with dual-side hinges. The parameters in the design of the swing-type FTS are rotational moment, natural frequency, and material selection. In conclusion, an FTS with a single-side hinge demonstrates the high performance required for micro processing.

Symptoms and Symptom Clusters in Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma Patients in Turkey

  • Bolukbas, Ferdag;Kutluturkan, Sevinc
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.17
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    • pp.7153-7158
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    • 2014
  • Background: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) patients demonstrate multiple symptoms in diagnosis and treatment processes. This cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to determine the symptoms and symptom clusters in such patients receiving chemotherapy. Materials and Methods: The study was carried out on a total of 110 inpatients and outpatients receiving treatment in 7 hospitals in Ankara, Turkey. A questionnaire form and the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS) were applied. Percentages, means, t test, one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and cluster analysis were used for statistical analyses. Results: The most prevalent symptoms in this study were lack of energy, hair loss and change in the way food tastes. The most severe symptoms were hair loss, change in the way food tastes and constipation. The top three most distressing symptoms were taste change, constipation and mouth sores. Seven symptom clusters were determined in this study. Conclusions: Findings of the study will provide an understanding of symptom experiences of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients receiving chemotherapy and will guide determining appropriate nursing interventions. Receiving care of desired quality will contribute to increasing quality of life of affected individuals.

The Formation of the Machine Tool Cluster and The Accumlation of Technological Capability of the Numerical Controller Industry in Korea (클러스터 형성을 위한 지식 집약적 IT 부품 연구개발정책의 Dilemma : 공작기계제어 컴퓨터 사례)

  • 임채성
    • Proceedings of the Technology Innovation Conference
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    • 2000.06a
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    • pp.47-64
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    • 2000
  • This paper analyses characteristics of the numerical controller industry in market formation and the Flow of information between users and producers and the characteristic of knowledge base of the industry and discusses the difficulties derived, from the characteristics, in accumulation of technological capability In market formation betweenusers and producers, the multi-layered market is not favorable to domestic producers in that lower end market is not large enough to provide cardle market to them which produce inferior quality and lower price than importer products. The credibility of the permance of a product is difficult to prove until a critical mass of products are sold. Therefore gaining market share is deterred by unproven credibility of the performance of the product. The flow of information between users and producers is limited. The flow of information on users environment through mass market to producers is essential for improving credibility of a product. The nature of knowledge base is tacit and the means of knowledge transmission is limited. Technological licensing and reverse engineering, Which have been conventional industry. These characteristics provide conditions of vicious circle in accumulation of technological capability of the numerical controller industry. This paper argues that these characteristics of the industry challenges existing approach to R&D management and framework of science and technology policy.

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Genetic Diversity of Wild Quail in China Ascertained with Microsatellite DNA Markers

  • Chang, G.B.;Chang, H.;Liu, X.P.;Zhao, W.M.;Ji, D.J.;Mao, Y.J.;Song, G.M.;Shi, X.K.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.20 no.12
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    • pp.1783-1790
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    • 2007
  • The genetic diversity of domestic quail and two wild quail species, Japanese (Coturnix coturnix)and Common quail (Coturnix japonica), found in China was studied using microsatellite DNA markers. According to a comparison of the corresponding genetic indices in the three quail populations, such as Polymorphism Information Content (PIC), Mean Heterozygosity ($\bar{H}$) and Fixation Index, wild Common quail possessed rich genetic diversity with 4.67 alleles per site. Its values for PIC and $\bar{H}$ were the highest, 0.5732 and 0.6621, respectively. Domestic quail had the lowest values, 0.5467 and 0.5933, respectively. Wild Japanese quail had little difference in genetic diversity from domestic quail. In addition, from analyses of the fuzzy cluster based on standard genetic distance, the similarity relationship matrix coefficient between wild Japanese quail and domestic quail was 0.937, and that between wild Common quail and domestic quail was 0.783. All of these results showed that the wild Japanese quail were closer to the domestic quail for phylogenetic relationship than wild Common quail. These results at the molecular level provide useful data about quail's genetic background and further supported the hypothesis that the domestic quail originated from the wild Japanese quail.

The Effects of Lifestyles on Purchasing Habits among Luxury Hanbok Consumers

  • Park, Hyee-Soo;Hwang, Jin-Sook
    • International Journal of Costume and Fashion
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.53-64
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    • 2008
  • This study defined luxury hanbok, categorized its consumers according to their lifestyles, and examined the differences between the lifestyle groups in preferred images of luxury hanbok and consumer habits. The subjects of the study were 216 luxury hanbok consumers resident in Seoul. The various types of statistical analyses used in this study were frequency, factor analysis, Cronbach's a, cluster analysis, ANOVA, Duncan-test and $X^2$-test. The results of this study were as follows: 1. The lifestyle of luxury hanbok consumers was classified broadly into 4 groups as: brand oriented, economic/appearance oriented, family oriented/socially oriented, self-driven/economic oriented. 2. The preferred images included these five factors: splendor, elegance, uniqueness, simplicity and tradition. The elegant image was aspired to by the brand oriented group. Meanwhile, the traditional image is sought after by both the brand oriented group and the economic/appearance oriented group. 3. The lifestyle groups differed significantly in the selection criterion such as material, brand and rarity. The brand oriented group placed greater importance on material, brand and rarity than other groups. 4. In addition, each group differed in their frequency of purchase, price range, and demographic characteristics.

Comparative Molecular Analysis of Freshwater Centric Diatoms with Particular Emphasis on the Nuclear Ribosomal DNA of Stephanodiscus (Bacillariophyceae)

  • Ki, Jang-Seu
    • ALGAE
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.129-138
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    • 2009
  • DNA-based discrimination of species is a powerful way for morphologically otherwise similar species, like centric diatoms. Here, the author sequenced long-range nuclear ribosomal DNAs, spanning from the 18S to the D5 region of the 28S rDNA, of Stephanodiscus, particularly including a Korean isolate. By comparisons, high DNA similarities were detected from the rDNAs of nine Stephanodiscus (>99.4% in 18S rDNA, >98.0% in 28S rDNA). Their genetic distances, however, were significantly different (Kruskal-Wallis test, p < 0.01) compared to two related genera, namely Cyclotella and Discostella. In addition, genetic distances of 18S rDNAs were significantly different (Student’s t-test, p = 0.000) against those of the 28S rDNAs according to individual genera (Cyclotella, Discostella, and Stephanodiscus). Phylogenetic analyses showed that Stephanodiscus and Discostella showed a sister taxon relationship, and their clade was separated from a cluster of Cyclotella (1.00 PP, 100% BP). This suggests that Stephanodiscus has highly conserved sequences of both 18S and 28S rDNA; however, Stephanodiscus is well-separated from other freshwater centric diatoms, such as Cyclotella and Discostella, at the generic level.