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Variation analysis of Atractylodes japonica Koidzumi ex Kitamura Based on Quantitative Characters (삽주(Atractylodes japonica Koidzumi ex Kitamura)의 정량적 형질에 의한 변이분석)

  • 김진기;박경렬;나의식
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.36-42
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    • 2002
  • Sixteen Atractylodes japonica Koidz. accessions were collected in Jeonbuk, Kyeongnam, Kangwon and Kyeonggi province, and their quantitative characteristics were compared with each other. The relationship of variation between Atractylodes japonica Koidz. accessions was also investigated by means of multivariate analysis. Hamyang 1 accession had the most desirable quantitative characteristics among the accessions: plant height was 86.2cm, number of leaves, 117.2 and number of stems, 34.3. Sudo 1 accession had 12 stems, the most among the accessions. The length of leaf margin serras found in all of them was on average 1.6mm. Most accessions had simple or palmately compound leaf with oval or elliptical type of the leaf shape. The accessions could be classified into three groups by average linkage cluster method. The most remote relationship was found between Group 1 containing Jinan 1, Jinan 2 and Group 3 containing Jeongsu, and Geoje.

Qualitative Research in Healthcare: Necessity and Characteristics

  • Jeehee Pyo;Won Lee;Eun Young Choi;Seung Gyeong Jang;Minsu Ock
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.56 no.1
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    • pp.12-20
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    • 2023
  • Quantitative and qualitative research explore various social phenomena using different methods. However, there has been a tendency to treat quantitative studies using complicated statistical techniques as more scientific and superior, whereas relatively few qualitative studies have been conducted in the medical and healthcare fields. This review aimed to provide a proper understanding of qualitative research. This review examined the characteristics of quantitative and qualitative research to help researchers select the appropriate qualitative research methodology. Qualitative research is applicable in following cases: (1) when an exploratory approach is required on a topic that is not well known, (2) when something cannot be explained fully with quantitative research, (3) when it is necessary to newly present a specific view on a research topic that is difficult to explain with existing views, (4) when it is inappropriate to present the rationale or theoretical proposition for designing hypotheses, as in quantitative research, and (5) when conducting research that requires detailed descriptive writing with literary expressions. Qualitative research is conducted in the following order: (1) selection of a research topic and question, (2) selection of a theoretical framework and methods, (3) literature analysis, (4) selection of the research participants and data collection methods, (5) data analysis and description of findings, and (6) research validation. This review can contribute to the more active use of qualitative research in healthcare, and the findings are expected to instill a proper understanding of qualitative research in researchers who review qualitative research reports and papers.

A Study on the characteristics of vibration induced by Subway operation (지하철 운행에 따른 진동특성에 관한 연구)

  • 배동명;신창혁;이창훈;박상곤
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2000.04b
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    • pp.332-339
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    • 2000
  • In this paper the characteristics of vibration induced by subway trains running on track is discussed. The quantitative prediction of the vibration level and the countermeasure for reduction of necessary, is of importance for the better environment. It was made the constructed Bundang line as first step with the modified Young-Dan type to basis on the Japanese Young-Dan type. In this paper it was measured and analyzed to two region (①Susuh-Bokjung, ②Chorim-Suhyun region) of this, at present operational Bundang line when averaging velocity of train is 60(㎞/h). As the response characteristics of frequency induced by subway operation, it was confirmed that frequency band of neighborhood of 30∼80Hz in generally dominant. Also to assess the quantitative vibration as response level to be measured for each point of two region in subway operation, the vibrational response level was measured at the state to be not subway operation. And the level was approximately 1/5∼1/10 level comparing to subway operation.

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A Study On the Negative Resistance Characteristics of Polypropylene Films (폴리프로필랜 필름의 부성지향특성에 관한 연구)

  • 김봉협;김용주;류강식;김귀열;이준욱
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.36 no.6
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    • pp.418-423
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    • 1987
  • In the course of the investigation to the field dependent electrical conducation mechanism in polypropylene, an abnormal conduction phenomena such as voltage controlled negative resistance charateristics has been observed at the junction of two regions charateriged by schottky effect and space charge effect respectively. This abnormal characteristics was observed initially about 110MV / m of the field strength and at 25 , however, the field strength where it observed was decreased and the apparent feature of negative charateristics was less pronounced as increasing ambient temperature. Although the observations of analogous characteristics in other materials such as polyethylene, polymethylemethactylate, and polystyrene have already been reported together with plausible explanation by Toureille and others, however, it was found that the proposed concept by those authors was little use to the present observations for quantitative discussions. Accordingly we tried to adapt another conceptual discussion based on Gibbons's formulation pertaing to the saturatio trend of the field dependent drift velocity of carriers towards the thermal velocity corresponding to the ambient temperature so that the quantitative explanatio on the observed facts has been succeeded to some estent of reasonable acceptance.

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Behavior Characteristics of Density Currents Due to Salinity Differences in a 2-D Water Tank

  • Lee, Woo-Dong;Mizutani, Norimi;Hur, Dong-Soo
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.261-271
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    • 2018
  • In this study, a hydraulic model test, to which Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system applied, was used to determine the hydrodynamic characteristics of the advection-diffusion of saltwater according to bottom conditions (impermeable/permeability, diameter, and inclination) and the difference of the initial salt. Considering quantitative and qualitative results from the experiment, the characteristics of the density current were discussed. As an experimental result, the advection-diffusion mechanism of salinity was examined by the shape of saltwater wedge and the flow structure of density currents with various bottom conditions. The vertical salt concentration obtained from the experiment was used as quantitative data to calculate the diffusion coefficient that was used in the numerical model of the advection-diffusion of saltwater.

Sample Treatment and Basic Analysis for the Study of Benthic Foraminifera (底棲有孔蟲 연구를 위한 硏究材料處理 및 基礎分析)

  • 장순근
    • 한국해양학회지
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.153-167
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    • 1987
  • The most usually adopted methods from the collection of samples laboratory procedures, to basic analysis of assemblages for the quantitative study of benthic foraminifera are reviewed. Standard methods of treatment of sampleswith emphasis on the effective detection of contamination through routine dip of sieved into Methylene Blue solution after every washing of samples are proposed to minimize differences due to individuals and for comparisons of results in future. Some basic characteristics for the quantitative analyses are also reviewed with appropriate examples. These characteristics are related to toraminiferal abundance, wall structures, condition of test conservation, diversity and related characteristics, faunal similarith between samples, and occurrence of planktonic foraminifera.

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Improving the Algorithm of a Diffusion Filter U sing a Difference Network and Quantitative Analysis of Band Pass Characteristics (차분망을 이용한 확산필터 알고리즘의 개선 및 대역통과특성의 정량적 분석)

  • 허만택;남기곤;김재창;이종혁;김길중;윤태훈;박의열
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics B
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    • v.33B no.7
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    • pp.163-172
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    • 1996
  • Recently, it was reported that gaussian distribution and difference of two gaussians (DOG) to have band pass characteristics can be generated by simple iterative processes of the diffusion networks. In this paper, we propose method of improved implementation of a diffusion filter which can reduce total runing time, and operate by simple algorithm in contrast to the latest diffusion filter. We rebuild the diffusion network to a difference network which can generate DOG independently. Different filter characteristics are obtained just by each diffusion process and difference process. Quantitative analysis shows that the center frequency and the selectivity of each filter channel can be varied independently. Also, it would requires smaller amount of hardwares than conventioanl method to build a filter bank.

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Identification of ginseng root using quantitative X-ray microtomography

  • Ye, Linlin;Xue, Yanling;Wang, Yudan;Qi, Juncheng;Xiao, Tiqiao
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.290-297
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    • 2017
  • Background: The use of X-ray phase-contrast microtomography for the investigation of Chinese medicinal materials is advantageous for its nondestructive, in situ, and three-dimensional quantitative imaging properties. Methods: The X-ray phase-contrast microtomography quantitative imaging method was used to investigate the microstructure of ginseng, and the phase-retrieval method is also employed to process the experimental data. Four different ginseng samples were collected and investigated; these were classified according to their species, production area, and sample growth pattern. Results: The quantitative internal characteristic microstructures of ginseng were extracted successfully. The size and position distributions of the calcium oxalate cluster crystals (COCCs), important secondary metabolites that accumulate in ginseng, are revealed by the three-dimensional quantitative imaging method. The volume and amount of the COCCs in different species of the ginseng are obtained by a quantitative analysis of the three-dimensional microstructures, which shows obvious difference among the four species of ginseng. Conclusion: This study is the first to provide evidence of the distribution characteristics of COCCs to identify four types of ginseng, with regard to species authentication and age identification, by X-ray phase-contrast microtomography quantitative imaging. This method is also expected to reveal important relationships between COCCs and the occurrence of the effective medicinal components of ginseng.

Evaluation model for scientific research performance based on journal articles (연구성과의 질 제고를 위한 논문평가 모형개발)

  • Lee, Hyuck-Jai;Yeo, Woon-Dong;Lee, Sang-Pil
    • Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.538-557
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    • 2006
  • The interest in performance evaluation of public R&D has been dramatically increased. Many tries have been made to measure and to evaluate the quality of research performance. Quantitative indicators are considered increasingly important for this purpose. The most widely used are the number of research articles, citations and Impact Factors. However, such indicators are strongly discipline-dependent, and hence they should be used with careful attention. In this study we tried to provide quantitative evidence on the latent problems of discipline-dependent indicators. We also tried to provide a set of quantitative indicators for evaluating publications as a result of research activities. We put our focus on the quantitative indicators reflecting the characteristics on disciplines and provided several indicators with guideline on their usage.

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Sensory Characteristics of Rice Confections by Descriptive Analysis (묘사분석을 이용한 쌀 과자의 관능적 특성 연구)

  • Jung, Daeun;Yang, Jeong Eun;Chung, Lana
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.105-110
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    • 2016
  • The objective of this study was to determine sensory profiles of rice confections. The samples used in this study obtained from Korea (traditional Korea rice snack and local specialty rice snack) and three countries (USA, Japan, and China) were evaluated and compared. The sensory characteristics of five kinds of rice confections were evaluated using a sensory test and were analyzed via quantitative description analysis (QDA), principal component analysis (PCA), and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA). In the descriptive analysis, 10 trained panelists evaluated sensory characteristics consisting of 19 attributes, and there were significant differences (p<0.05) among the 16 characteristics. For the descriptive data, multivariate analysis of variance was carried out and identified differences among the samples. The PCA of rice confections for the first two principal components could explain 85.66% of the variations. The Korean, Japanese, and Chinese rice confections were savory, gritty, and particle-sized, the other Korean local specialty rice confections were fruity, sweet, honey-flavored, compact, and crispy, and those from the USA were glossy, grainy, bright, adhesive, cohesive, crispy, and sweet.