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Pre-Occupancy Evaluation Methodology of Housing Design for Elderly People (미래 노인주거환경 디자인을 위한 거주전 평가방법에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Mi-Yun;Kim, Gun-Young;Choi, Jin-Won
    • 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.02b
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    • pp.227-232
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    • 2008
  • Since 2000, there have been many changes in the residential types, such as an intelligent apartment which integrates both resting space and production space with comfort able, pleasant and safe environments based on internet systems. As the result of the rapid decrease in the birth rate and the prolonged lifespan around the world, it is expected that we will enter into an aging society by 2026. With such the expected change in the living patterns, many issues concerning the increased number of the elderly people have emerged as major social problems such as changes of family formation, its function and values, responsibility of caring for the aged, health and medical care, habitation policies and so on, and it is required to reconsider the social awareness on the living qualities of each old person. However, we have not yet satisfied such requirements with appropriate policies for the improvement of the living environment for them. It is considered, therefore, that we need to develop a new tool that, according to our goals, can give us a broad understanding on several considerations in designing the future homes for the elder people, making it possible to check the process changed by residents' needs in real time and apply it immediately to the space. As we have seen, it is required that spatial design process and design methodology should be considered in designing the homes for the aged for the pre-occupancy design evaluation.

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A Case Analysis Study of Korean Small and Medium Firms' Software Exports through Sales Channels Building and Product Localization (판매채널 구축과 현지화 과정으로 본 중소기업 소프트웨어 해외 수출 사례 분석 연구)

  • Ahn, Yeon S.;Kim, Hee Wan
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.81-95
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    • 2016
  • Software export is very important for developing the domain software industry. Up to now, the study related in this issue is not enough even if exports are not activated. In our study, we treated and analyzed the three SME cases that have each successful record in recent years focusing to sales channels establishment and product localization. This study was done by interviewing the marketing directors mainly, and applied email exchanges, phones, and document analyses. Some implications can be addressed for the potential SME software exports. In the perspectives of sales channels building, the trust for product and firm itself is needed to have a good offshore partners. These are required to make the good relationship with partners, brand value's diffusion, and technical competency. As for product localization, the customization is important to meet the needs for local users effectively. So it is desirable to accept the advisory suggestions from the local consulting experts or representative customers. And the joint export strategy using the platform by linking some related products is effective for SME's software product's export.

Throughput Analysis of Opportunistic Routing in Long-Haul Multi-hop Wireless Networks (롱 홀 다중 홉 무선 네트워크에서의 Opportunistic 라우팅의 전송 용량 분석)

  • Lee, Goo-Yeon;Lee, Yong
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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    • v.49 no.8
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    • pp.19-24
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, we analyze the maximum throughput of opportunistic routing along a long-haul multi-hop wireless network path for a single data stream, while considering link-level interference among the network nodes. Surprisingly, we find out that opportunistic routing does not provide much improvement in throughput for long-haul paths. The results of this research show that when we compare the extra cost for the complex implementation of the opportunistic routing scheme to the performance improvement obtained from it, opportunistic routing scheme needs to be applied to only short-haul multi-hop wireless network paths.

Long-Term Biodiversity Research Programme for Mindanao, Philippines

  • Amoroso, Victor B.
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.141-147
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    • 2000
  • The Long-Term Biodiversity Research Programme (LTBRP) for Mindanao is envisioned to be a collaborative programme of the Philippines. It will be a programmatic research on biodiversity - its status, threats. and conservation and management. The chosen research site is Mt. Malindang in Misamis Occidental of Mindanao. The BRP will support a set of research projects that will generate knowledge on biological and ecological, socio-economic. cultural and policy aspects of biodiversity conservation. It will also enable researchers to develop and try new methods for research on these aspects, separately or crossing boundaries of academic disciplines. Moreover. the BRP will implement support programmes which will provide the linkages of research activities to development issues and needs in the research site. The support programmes will also draw from the research projects, the knowledge that can be lent or immediately available to policy and programme formulation. The support programmes will comprise: human resource development or capability-building; information, education and communication; database; networking; community organizing: and development action. The BRP will be undertaken by a group of academie and research institutions from the Philippines, in partnership with their respective government entities and local government units in Mindanao. The Biodiversity Research Programme (BRP) will comprise a set of research projects to be undertaken by small research teams in the site. Researchable areas have been identified initially through the National Biodiversity Research Agenda. and later enriched in the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) Analysis workshops by the Mindanao researchers and Philippine resource persons. Results of the PRA are presented in the paper.

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A Study on the Analysis of Curriculums and the Improvements of Beauty Department in College -Focusing on Needs to Develop Beauty Styling Department- (2년제 대학 뷰티관련학과 교육과정 분석 및 개선방안에 관한 연구 -뷰티스타일리스트 전공개설의 필요성을 중심으로-)

  • Lee, Mi-Ryang;Lee, Kyung-Eun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fashion and Beauty
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    • v.2 no.2 s.2
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    • pp.71-80
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    • 2004
  • This study was conducted to propose name and role of a beauty-related specialist, a brand-new profession, recognizing that rapidly evolving culture and industries call for development of a new occupation in beauty business in the 21st century, and to suggest an approach to set up a department to produce such experts. To this end, extensive data and information were collected from relevant companies, education institutions, and all of the eighty two departments at 2-year junior colleges around the country, and were analyzed. The findings of the study are as follows: First, it was acknowledged that a new occupation distinct from existing ones is required in the beauty business. Secondly, the study has defined role of the new job; a professional beauty stylist who is competent to work across beauty, coordination and fashion with long-term perspective. Thirdly, the study suggested name of the brand-new occupation as beauty stylist. The results summarized above have meaningful implications; the study identified weaknesses of the existing beauty-related departments, and suggested practical approaches to improve them in order to provide effective education on the new profession, beauty stylist, and enhance adaptation capability.

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Qualitative Research on Consumption of Professional Baseball Club's Licensed Fashion Product (프로야구구단의 라이선싱 패션제품 소비에 대한 질적 연구)

  • Son, Seong-Yi;Lee, Yoon-Jung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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    • v.66 no.4
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    • pp.18-31
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    • 2016
  • This study examined the consumption of licensed sports fashion products by sports fans in order to provide useful information to apparel companies that are interested in sports sponsorship marketing. Grounded theory approach was adopted to explore consumers' attitude toward the sponsoring companies, and motives of buying licensed fashion products. In-depth interviews were conducted with female fans of professional baseball clubs. The main phenomena of interest was consumer purchase of licensed fashion product, with the emphasis on cultural consumption as a causal condition. Providing support for victory, vicarious consumption, social identification, and needs to differentiate were identified as strategies related to licensed product purchase. Economic situations and limitations to purchase are identified as the mediating conditions. The study identified the effects of the consumption on the fan as well as the sponsoring companies as consequences of the phenomena. Sports marketing strategies were suggested for apparel companies based on the analysis of the consumption rituals for licensed fashion goods.

Thinning Based Global Topological Map Building with Application to Localization (세선화 기법을 이용한 전역 토폴로지컬 지도의 작성 및 위치추적)

  • Choi, Chang-Hyuk;Song, Jae-Bok;Chung, Woo-Jin;Kim, Mun-Sang
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.822-827
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    • 2003
  • Topological maps have drawn more attention recently because they are compact, provide natural interfaces, and are applicable to path planning easily. To build a topological map incrementally, Voronoi diagram was used by many researchers. The Voronoi diagram, however, has difficulty in applying to arbitrarily shaped objects and needs long computation time. In this paper, we present a new method for global topological map from the local topological maps incrementally. The local topological maps are created through a thinning algorithm from a local grid map, which is built based on the sensor information at the current robot position. A thinning method requires simpler computation than the Voronoi diagram. Localization based on the topological map is usually difficult, but additional nodes created by the thinning method can improve localization performance. A series of experiments have been conducted using a two-wheeled mobile robot equipped with a laser scanner. It is shown that the proposed scheme can create satisfactory topological maps.

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A Study of the Street-food Purchasing Behavior of Culinary Major and Non-major University Students in the Daejeon Area (대전지역 조리 전공과 비전공 대학생의 거리 음식 구매 실태에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Young-Sim;Yu, Jin-Hyun;Park, Hae-Won;Choi, Eun-Jeong;Chung, Hea-Jung;Chae, Kyung-Yeon
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.374-385
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    • 2008
  • The principal objective of this study was to determine the street-food needs of culinary major and non-major university students. University students in Daejeon were assessed by surveys conducted between November 20, 2007 and November 25, 2007. The results of the surveys were as follows; 1. The reason for street-food usage: mainly snacks(37.4%). 2. Primary factor considered when choosing street-food: taste of the food(48.52%). 3. The frequency of street-food purchase: 2 times/month(52.4%) 4. The mean cost for the one-time purchase of street-food: $1,000{\sim}2,000$ won(62.4%). The Importance-Performance Analysis(IPA) used for obtaining information from the culinary major and non-major university students suggested that the attributes of street-food with fair to poor performance but high importance were as follows: sanitary quality in chicken skewers, soondae, ddeokbokki and fried foods and price and nutrition for hamburgers.

A Study on the Measurement of Texture Depth of Pavement Using Portable Laser Profiler (Portable Laser Profiler를 이용한 도로 포장의 노면조직 깊이 측정 방법 연구)

  • Hong, Seong Jae;Hyun, Tak Jib;Kim, Hyung Bae;Kwon, Oh Sun;Lee, Seung Woo
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.45-55
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    • 2012
  • PURPOSES : Skid resistance and noise of roads highly depend on the characteristics of pavement texture. Therefore, estimation of texture characteristics may give useful information for the skid resistance and noise of road. Generally, Sand Patch Test is performed in order to estimate MTD(Mean Texture Depth). However, it is time-consuming and needs traffic control. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of measurement texture depth using the Portable Laser Profiler that give the MPD(Mean Profile Depth). METHODS : MTD and MPD were collected on the number of expressway sections including Central Inland Test Road sections in Korea. Statistical analysis are performed to establish the relationship between MTD data based on Sand Patch Test and MPD data obtained by the Portable Laser Profiler. RESULTS : Linear relationship MPD and MTD is observed for both of asphalt pavement and concrete pavement such as R-square of 0.51 to 0.58. CONCLUSIONS : Even though, the test method and definition of MPD and MTD are different. EMTD(Estimated Mean Texture Depth) can be obtained by using the correlationship between MPD with MTD.

Carbon Fibers (II): Recent Technical Trends and Market Prospects of Carbon Fibers

  • Seo, Min-Kang;Min, Byung-Gak;Park, Soo-Jin
    • Carbon letters
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.324-339
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    • 2008
  • The principal aims of the review paper are (1) to establish broad overview information, both qualitative and quantitative, relating to the world market for polyacrylonitrile (PAN) or pitch-based carbon fibers; and (2) to generate an effective analysis and break down of consumption by process route and eventual end-use. The review paper also designed specifically to provide subscribers with an accurate, independent, and realistic assessment of the current status and future perspective of the market for carbon fibers in the world. The world market for carbon fibers continues to grow rapidly, fuelled by new industrial end uses, such as sport and leisure goods, aerospace, automotive applications, civil engineering and infrastructure repair, and immerging applications in energy generation. Demands for properties of carbon fibers used in those applications include many things such as strength, toughness, fatigue property, corrosion resistance, heat resistance, etc., and these become to be higher level. On the other hand, demands for manufacturing technologies of carbon fibers become to be difficult with these demands for properties, and these are wide variety such as high efficiencies, high qualities, many functions, labor saving, and low cost. In this review paper, thus, the recent carbon fibers corresponded to these needs, and its latest manufacturing technologies as well as market prospects are described.