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The Effects of Physical Surroundings and Salesperson's Service on Customer Satisfaction and the Intention to Repurchase

  • Kim, Sun-Hee
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.46-58
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to identify the physical surroundings and the salesperson's service in apparel stores, and to examine their effects on customer satisfaction and the intention to repurchase. The data was collected from a questionnaire conducted on 312 female adults who had just finished shopping, and was analyzed by frequency analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, regressive analysis and ANOVA analysis with SPSS 10.0. The results were as follows: (1) As a result of the factor analysis, five factors were identified with regard to physical surroundings: spatial layout and functionality, presentation and aesthetics, ambience, convenience, and information. The factors pertaining to the salesperson's service in apparel stores were divided into four dimensions: knowledge and assurance, convenience and responsiveness, etiquette, and empathy. (2) As far as physical surroundings are concerned, spatial layout and functionality, presentation and aesthetics, ambience, and convenience were all found to influence customer satisfaction. In terms of salesperson's service, convenience and responsiveness, etiquette, and empathy each had an influence on customer satisfaction. (3) Furthermore, physical surroundings and the salesperson's service influenced the intention to repurchase. The intention to repurchase is influenced by spatial layout and functionality, ambience, convenience, and information with regard to physical surroundings, by knowledge and assurance, convenience and responsiveness, and empathy with regard to the salesperson's service. (4) It was revealed that the significance of the physical surroundings and salesperson service factors varies depending on the consumer's age, level of education, and income.

A Case Report about Pregnancy and Delivery with Primary Amenorrhea by Oriental Medicine in Oocyte Donation (원발성 무월경 환자의 난자공여 시술시 한약치료를 병행한 임신 및 출산 1례)

  • Koh, Ji-Eun;Lyou, Myung-Sook
    • The Journal of Korean Obstetrics and Gynecology
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.144-152
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    • 2017
  • Objectives: The aim of this case is to report the effects of oriental medicine on one patient with primary amenorrhea for endometrial preparation and implantation. Methods: A patient with primary amenorrhea had symptoms of sleep disorder, diarrhea, colpoxerosis. For preparing endometrium and implantation in oocyte donation after one previous failure, she was treated by twice a day herb medication for 75 days. And we observed the effects of treatments by improvement of symptoms and following up endometrial proliferation ultrasonography. After implantation, for maintaining pregnancy and live birth, she was also treated by twice a day herb medication for 45 days. Results: After treatments, Symptoms of sleep disorder, diarrhea, colpoxerosis were improved and the thickness of endometrium was prepared for implantation in oocyte donation. So she was pregnant and gave birth to a healthy baby 36 weeks later. Conclusions: This case shows that oriental medicine has its effective implementation for the implantational surroundings on patients with primary amenorrhea in oocyte donation programs.

Differential Effects of Local Anesthetics on Rate of Rotational Mobility between Hydrocarbon Interior and Surface Region of Model Membrane Outer Monolayer

  • Chung, In-Kyo;Cha, Seong-Kweon;Chung, Yong-Za;Kim, Bong-Sun;Choi, Chang-Hwa;Cho, Goon-Jae;Jang, Hye-Ock;Yun, Il
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.41-46
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    • 2000
  • Using fluorescence polarization of 12-(9-anthroyloxy)stearic acid (12-AS) and 2-(9-anthroyloxy)stearic acid (2-AS), we evaluated the differential effects of local anesthetics on differential rotational rate between the surface (in carbon number 2 and its surroundings including the head group) and the hydrocarbon interior (in carbon number 12 and its surroundings) of the outer monolayer of the total lipid fraction liposome extracted from synaptosomal plasma membrane vesicles. The anisotropy (r) values for the hydrocarbon interior and the surface region of the liposome outer monolayer were $0.078{\pm}0.001$ and $0.114{\pm}0.001,$ respectively. This means that the rate of rotational mobility in the hydrocarbon interior is faster than that of the surface region. In a dose-dependent manner, the local anesthetics decreased the anisotropy of 12-AS in the hydrocarbon interior of the liposome outer monolayer but increased the anisotropy of 2-AS in the surface region of the monolayer. These results indicate that local anesthetics have significant disordering effects on the hydrocarbon interior but have significant ordering effects on the surface region of the liposome outer monolayer.

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Effects of Local Anesthetics on the Rate of Rotational Mobility of Phospholipid Liposomes

  • Chung, In-Kyo;Kim, Dae-Gyeong;Chung, Yong-Za;Kim, Bong-Sun;Choi, Chang-Hwa;Cho, Goon-Jae;Jang, Hye-Ock;Yun, Il
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.279-284
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    • 2000
  • Using fluorescence probes, 2-(9-anthroyloxy) stearic acid (2- AS) and 12-(9-anthroyloxy) stearic acid (12-AS), we determined the differential effects of local anesthetics (tetracaine-HCI, bupivacaine-HCI, lidocaine-HCI, prilocaine-HCI and procaine-HCI) on the differential rotational rate between the surface (in carbon number 2 and its surroundings including the head group) and the hydrocarbon interior (in carbon number 12 and its surroundings) of the outer monolayer of the total phospholipid fraction liposome that is extracted from synaptosomal plasma membrane vesicles. The anisotropy (r) values for the hydrocarbon interior and the surface region of the liposome outer monolayer were$0.051{\pm}0.001$ and $0.096{\pm}0.001,$ respectively. This means that the rate of rotational mobility in the hydrocarbon interior is faster than that of the surface region. Local anesthetics in a dosedependent manner decreased the anisotropy of 12-AS in the hydrocarbon interior of the liposome outer monolayer, but increased the anisotropy of 2-AS in the surface region of the monolayer. These results indicate that local anesthetics have significant disordering effects on the hydrocarbon interior, but have significant ordering effects on the surface region of the liposome outer monolayer.

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Influence of Levee-burning on the Surroundings of Rice Paddies (논둑 태우기가 논 주변 환경에 미치는 영향)

  • 이영인;김길호
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.345-352
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    • 2003
  • Studies were conducted to find out the justification for levee-burning, customarily executed by farmers for long time, Experiments were carried out in farmers fields with levee-burning early in the season, and some pesticides spraying when necessary from 1995 to 1997. Some data collected are analysed and discussed from several available aspects of surroundings. In relation to some results obtained together with some previous evidences, levee-burning seems to have several adverse effects on levee destruction, partial cause of forest fire, and lowering of spider density in the field during fall, without providing any benefit, while causing no signifant effect on weed flora on levee, insect density in the field, and incidence of the rice-blast. Therefore, concequently, it could be recommend that the levee-burning by farmers should not be continued.

Study of Environmental analysis in Asian Bust Source Origin Using RS, GIS

  • Kim, Young-Seup;Kyung, Hye-Mee
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.249-249
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    • 2002
  • As Asian Dust's damage and negative effects increase, the need to investigate the weather and surroundings of the source of Asian Dust has been raised. I tried to indicate the source origin and watch changing process of the plants, weather elements in those areas by the means of NOAA AVHRR NOVI and NCEP data.

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Removing the Resonance due to the Power-Bus Structure using EBG Inductive Sheets (유도성 주기 대역 저지구조를 이용한 적층구조 전원공급면의 불요공진 억제)

  • Kahng, Sung-Tek;Kim, Hyeong-Seok;Jang, Gun-Ho;Lim, Dong-Jin
    • 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.08a
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    • pp.138-140
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    • 2009
  • This paper investigates a method to remove the undesirable resonance of the rectangular power-bus structure(PBS) using an inductive layer. The equivalent surface impedance of the proposed loading is calculated for characterizing the proposed EBG geometry. The effects of the strips and the immediate surroundings are illustrated by a number of numerical experiments.

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Particle Agglomerate Effect on Intermediate/Final Microstructure (입자 응집이 중기/말기 미구조에 미치는 영향)

  • 손영돈;전병세
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.29 no.11
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    • pp.843-850
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    • 1992
  • The purpose of this study was to describe the heterogeneity effects on Intermediate/Final microstructure in isothermal liquid phase sintering. Several kinds of pore shapes were made by the different in the heterogeneity stress level during Intermediate/Final stage. Specimen with 48% green density especially showed that the local regions of a sintered compact were subject to more rapid shrinkage than the surroundings. This densification limiting factors generally inhibited sintering and made the large isolated crack-like pore in heterogeneous microstructures.

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A Study on Improvement of Site Selecting Indicators for Safe Pedestrian Environment (안전한 보행환경 사업 대상지 선정지표 개선방안 연구)

  • Lee, Jong Nam;Heo, Joon;Cho, Won Cheol;Lee, Tae Shik
    • Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.79-86
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    • 2013
  • As car-oriented road policies have been made forward so far, relatively pedestrians' walking conditions are so in poor environments that more than two thousand pedestrians die from car accidents every year. Pedestrians' walking right has been severely invaded like that. Pedestrians' walking right is a right that people are able to walk safely and comfortably in pleasant surroundings as long as they don't threaten the public safety, order maintenance, and welfare. The government has an obligation to provide safe, comfortable, and pleasant environments to pedestrians. Recently interests in pedestrians' safety are increasing, government-driven supports have been made to make safe, pleasant, and healthy walking surroundings. As poor walking condition improvement projects cost high, they should be progressed to accomplish maximal effects using finite finances efficiently, and post feasibility evaluations of the projects should be severely estimated. However site selecting indicators which satisfy with the goal for composing safe working surroundings have not been decided yet, though currently it has a legal basis to specify walking condition improvement sites by the Law for Pedestrians' safety and Comfort Increasement. Therefore this study focuses on suggesting improved ways for selecting sites where pedestrians' safe environment project by reviewing previous research. When project sites are selected, evaluation indicators related to awareness survey of residents and history should be excluded, and disaster safety assessments for walking safety facilities, latent human hazards and natural disasters like a strong wind are proposed besides evaluations on pedestrians' safety and walking environment for matching with the purpose of the project to make safe working surroundings.

Ginseng for an eye: effects of ginseng on ocular diseases

  • Kim, Jisu;Han, Su-Young;Min, Hyeyoung
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2020
  • The sense of vision is the primary means by which we gather information from our surroundings, and vision loss, therefore, severely compromises the life of the affected individuals, their families, and society. Loss of vision becomes more frequent with age, and diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, and glaucoma are the major causes of vision impairment. To find active pharmacological compounds that might prevent or ameliorate the vision-threatening eye diseases, numerous studies have been performed, and some botanical compounds, including those extracted from ginseng, have been shown to possess beneficial effects in the treatment or prevention of common ocular diseases. In this review, we summarize the recent reports investigating the therapeutic effects of ginseng and ginsenosides on diverse ocular diseases and discuss their therapeutic potential.