• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.411-417
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• 2021

This study aims to estimate the production function and total factor productivity (TFP) of Vietnamese seafood processing firms. At the same time, the study analyses the impact of internal factors of firms and the quality of economic institutions on the TFP of the Vietnamese seafood processing industry. The study uses the Function Control (FC) approach in TFP estimation and the Feasible Generalized Least Squares (FGLS) regression model in the analysis of factors affecting TFP. The study was carried out on the census data of enterprises of the Vietnamese seafood processing industry collected by the Vietnamese General Statistics Office and Provincial Competitiveness Index data of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the period from 2013 to 2018. Estimated results from the models show that: i) Vietnamese seafood processing firms are, currently, mainly labor-intensive, the TFP contribution and output is only about 2.258. ii) Factors such as the firm's age, firm's size, and the firm's ownership affect TFP. In which, firms that have few numbers of years of operation, small and medium firms, and private firms have low TFP. iii) Institutional quality and the provincial business environment have a positive impact on the TFP of Vietnamese seafood processing firms in this period.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제42권
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• pp.16.1-16.8
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• 2020

Background: Cyst enucleation, which extracts only the tumor with the application of Carnoy's solution (CS), has been suggested as a conservative treatment with a low recurrence rate and morbidity. However, there has been a concern that CS's contact with inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) can cause neurons to degenerate and cause sensory dysfunction. The purpose of this retrospective cohort study aimed to investigate the neurosensory function after surgical treatment with or without the application of CS. Methods: While controlling the effects of sex, age, follow-up period, and invasion size of the tumor, we performed the binary logistic regression analysis to examine whether or not the sensory function of the patients who were treated with CS (n = 19) for the cyst enucleation procedure was significantly different from those who were not treated with CS (n = 58) at the end of the follow-up period. Results: The logistic regression result showed that the use of CS was not significantly related to the normalness of sensory function at the end of the follow-up period. Rather, the invasion size of the cyst was significantly associated with sensory dysfunction. Conclusions: CS may be used for patients who are diagnosed with OKC and UAM without much fear of its impact on sensory dysfunction. However, a small number of patients who were treated with CS experienced severe sensory damage and did not recover at the end of the follow-up period, suggesting the need for further analysis of these patients.

• 한국경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국경영과학회/대한산업공학회 2005년도 춘계공동학술대회 발표논문
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• pp.938-946
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• 2005

We study the firm's strategy to price its products and plan the spare parts manufacturing so as to maximize its profit and at the same time to fulfill its commitment to providing the customers with the key parts continuously over the relevant decision time horizon, i.e., the production plus warrantee period. To examine the research question, we developed and solved a two-stage optimal control theory model. Our analysis suggests that if the cost to produce the spare part during the warrantee period is more expensive than that during the production period, the firm should increase its sales price gradually throughout the production period to control its sales. In addition, during the production period it is optimal for the firm to produce the spare parts more than needed so that the overproduced spare parts can be used to partially meet the demand during the warrantee period. We conducted numerical analysis to investigate the sensitivity dynamics among key variables and parameters such as inventory holding cost, unit spare part production costs, part failure rate, and parameters in the demand function.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.351-364
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• 2017

In this study effects of various parameters like a number of bays, the stiffness of the structure along with the height of the structure was examined. The fundamental period of vibration T of the building is an important parameter for evaluation of seismic base shear. Empirical equations which are given in the Indian seismic code for the calculation of the fundamental period of a framed structure, primarily as a function of height, and do not consider the effect of number of bays and stiffness of the structure. Building periods predicted by these expressions are widely used in practice, although it has been observed that there is scope for further improvement in these equations since the height alone is inadequate to explain the period variability. The aim of this study is to find the effects of a number of bays in both the directions, the stiffness of the structure and propose a new period equation which incorporates a number of bays, plan area, stiffness along with the height of the structure.

• 한국항만학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.51-64
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• 1995

Generally, it is pointed out that the submerged breakwater with one row can not regulate the long period waves efficiently, because the crown width is very shorter than the wave length of the long period waves. Therefore, the wide crown is needed to raise the controlling efficiency for the long period waves. This study picks up the submerged breakwater with two rows which has smaller construction materials comparing to the one row and discusses the wave controlling function for the long period waves. Judging from the results obtained by using the strict dividing region method, the submerged breakwater with two rows can more regulate the long period waves than one row can, especially, in case that crown width and inner width of its construction come to be wider.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.126-136
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• 1997

이동통신에서 주파수 이용효율이 높은 QAM 변조방식을 코히런트 방식으로 통신하는 경우에는 채널상태를 추정하여 채널에 의한 신호의 왜곡을 보상하는 기술이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 싱크함수(sinc function)를 이 용하여 레일리 페이딩 채널환경하에서 PSAM (pilot symbol assisted modulation)방식에 적용할 수 있는 새로운 페이딩 추정방식을 제안하였다. 기존의 가우시안 내삽볍 방식은 파일롯 심볼(pilot symbol)삽입주기가 나이 키스트 샘플링율(Nyquist sampling rate)에 근접할수록 성능이 급격히 저하되는 단점이 있으며, 위너 필터(Wiener filter)를 이용한 방식은 나이키스트 샘플링율에 근접해도 성능의 저하가 없는 장점이었다. 그러나 위너 필터를 사용한 방식은 최적의 필터계수를 구하기 위해서 채널 이득의 자기상관함수, 도플러 주파수와 신호대 잡음비(SNR)를 알아야 하며 이는 위너 필터방식을 설환경에 적용하기 어렵게 만드는 단점이다. 본 논문에서 제안한 방식은 위너 필터방식과 거의 유사한 성능을 갖고 있으면서도 채널 이득의 자기상관함수, 도플러 주파수와 SNR을 알아야 할 필요가 없는 장점이 있기 때문에 실환경에 적용하기 적합한 방식이다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.211-223
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• 2009

Transient response analysis can be conducted either in the time domain, or via the frequency domain. Sometimes a frequency domain method (FDM) has advantages over a time domain method. A practical issue in the FDM is to find out an appropriate extended period, which may be affected by several factors, such as the excitation duration, the system damping, the artificial damping, the period of interest, etc. In this report, the extended period of the FDM based on the Duhamel's integral is investigated. This Duhamel's integral based FDM does not involve the unit impulse response function (UIRF) beyond the period of interest. Due to this fact, the ever-lasting UIRF can be simply set as zero beyond the period of interest to shorten the extended period. As a result, the preferred extended period is the summation of the period of interest and the excitation duration. This conclusion is validated by numerical examples. If the extended period is too short, then the front portion of the period of interest is more prone to errors than the rear portion, but the free vibration segment is free of the wraparound error.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.133-138
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• 2019

BACKGROUND: Production function gives the equation that shows the relationship between the quantities of productive factors used and the amount of product obtained, and can answer a variety of questions. This study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between irrigation water used for rice production and rice productivity by the production function which shows the mathematical relation between input and output. METHODS AND RESULTS: The statistical data on rice production and on the amount of irrigation water were used for the production function analysis. The analysis period was separated for 1966-1981 and 1982-2011, based on goal's change on agriculture from 'increasing food' to 'complex farming'. The relation between irrigation and yield considering production function is a short-term production function both before and after 1982. These results can be expressed by the sigmoid relation. When comparing the graphs of the two analyzed periods, there are differences in quantity between the maximum point and the minimum point during the same analysis period, which can be called an 'Irrigation Effect' by the difference of irrigation, and 'Technical Effect' by the difference by inputs like as fertilizers etc. CONCLUSION: The results could be useful as information for assessing the relationship between agricultural water and the productivity of rice and predicting rice productivity by irrigation water in Korea.

• 예술인문사회 융합 멀티미디어 논문지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.235-242
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• 2017

본 논문은 음성 신호의 Average Magnitude Difference Function (AMDF)에서 peaks (혹은 nulls)들을 찾는 알고리즘들을 제안하였다. AMDF 함수는 Autocorrelation Function (ACF)과 같이 음성 신호의 피치를 추정하는 함수로 널리 사용 하고 있다. 음성신호에서 fundamental frequency (F0)를 estimation하는 것은 매우 중요한 task이며 또한 상당한 어려움이 따른다는 것이 여러 연구들을 통해서 잘 알려진 사실이다. 본 논문에서는 AMDF 함수의 특성을 이용하여 개발한 두 가지의 알고리즘을 제시하였다. 첫째는 Local Minima에 Threshold 값을 적용하여 피치 주기를 측정 할 수 있는 nulls들을 찾아내는 알고리즘이고, 다음은 AMDF 함수와 ACF 함수 사이의 관계식을 응용한 알고리즘이다. 한국어의 감정 표현 언어들로 구성된 제시문을 널리 사용하고 있는 상용 기기로 녹음한 음성 신호를 본 논문이 제안한 알고리즘들에 적용하여서 시뮬레이션을 통해 음성 신호의 피치 주기를 측정하여서 그 성능을 알아보았다.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제20권44호
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• pp.263-271
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• 1997

This paper presents a preventive maintenance model for determining the preventive replacement period of a system in which a failure rate is affected by the cumulative damage of fault and inspection. Especially, the failure rate function is considered to be a function of the cumulative damage of the fault and inspection time. Types of replacement considered are preventive replacement and failure replacement. Failure rate and expected cost function between replacement are derived. An optimal policy is obtained that minimizes the average cost per unit time for preventive replacement, failure replacement, inspection and repair.