• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.79-91
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• 2011

In this paper, a DS (Data Synchronization) server for mobile communication environments is constructed and the suitability and the performance of its operations are validated. The DS server provides a way to update the newest data and keep data consistency for clients (mobile devices). In addition, the DS server constructed in this paper supports various synchronization types, and detects all changes and conflicts. In case of data conflicts, the DS server resolves the conflicts according to the several policies implemented in this work. The DS server conforms to the OMA(Open Mobile Alliance) DS standard protocol for interoperability with other mobile devices and servers. In addition to the transmission-by record scheme proposed by the OMA DS standard protocol, the DS server constructed in this paper also provides the transmission-by field scheme for the enhancement transmission performance between the server and clients. In order to validate its operations, data synchronization between the DS server and the SCTS (SyncML Conformance Test Suit), the suitability validation tool provided by the OMA, is performed. The validation results show that the DS server constructed in this paper satisfies all of the test cases except the Large Object function. The Large Object function will be implemented later because the function is not needed for the personal information synchronization process which this paper aims for. Also, synchronization times of the DS server are measured while increasing the number of data and clients. The results of the performance evaluations demonstrate that the DS server is scalable, in the sense that it has not suffered from any serious bottlenecks with respect to the number of data and clients. We expect that this work will provide a framework for various studies in the future for improving mobile DS operations.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.201-237
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• 1992

본(本) 연구(硏究)는 1992년(年) 2월(月)부터 동년(同年) 8월(月)까지 한국(韓國)의 농어촌진흥공사(農漁村振興公社)(RDC)와 말레시아의 KTA기술용역단간(技術用役團間)의 기술제휴하(技術提携下)에 아세아개발은행(亞細亞開發銀行)의 기술협력기금(技術協力基金)에 의(依)한 말레지아북부(北部) Terengganu 농촌개발제(農村開發第)2단계사업(段階事業)의 타당성조사연구(妥當性調査硏究) 결과(結果) 중 말레시아정부(政府)의 경제정책방향(經濟政策方向), 농업개발(農業開發) 및 사업(事業)의 경제적(經濟的) 재무적(財務的) 타당성(妥當性)만을 발췌(拔萃)하여 본(本) 논문(論文)에 수록(收錄)하였다. 본(本) 농촌개발사업지구(農村開發事業地區)는 말레시아의 북동(北東)쪽에 위치(位置)하고 있는 Terengganu State의 Setiu-Besut양(兩) Distict가 포함(包含)되는데 경제적(經濟的)으로 가장 낙후(落後)된 지역(地域)으로 매년(每年) 행사(行事)처럼 찾아오는 홍수(洪水)때문에 농경지(農耕地)를 집약적(集約的)으로 경작(耕作)하지 못함으로써 지역농민(地域農民)들은 빈곤(貧困)에서 벗어나지 못하고 있고 침수기간중(浸水期間中)에는 지역(地域)의 경제활동(經濟活動)은 물론(勿論) 교통(交通)마저 불통(不通)되고 농촌하부구조(農村下部構造)의 손실(損失)은 물론(勿論) 사회경제적(社會經濟的)인 손실(損失)이 크며 Setiu River의 하구(河口)가 침전(沈澱)되어 어선(漁船)의 출입(出入)이 점점(漸漸) 곤란(困難)해지므로써 어민(漁民)들의 생계(生計)에도 위협(威脅)을 주는 지역(地域)이다. 따라서 본(本) 타당성(妥當性) 조사연구(調査硏究)의 근본적(根本的)인 목적(目的)은 농촌(農村)의 빈곤(貧困)을 타파(打破)하기 위하여 (1) 홍수(洪水)를 방지(防止)하고, 배수(排水) 및 관개개선(灌漑改善)을 하며, 하구(河口)를 개발(開發)하여 어민(漁民)들의 생산활동(生産活動)을 돕고 지역주민(地域住民) 및 농민(農民)들의 경제활동(經濟活動) 및 농업생산성(農業生産性)을 제고(提高)시키며 (2) 환경보호(環境保護) 및 관리(管理)를 통(通)하여 지역주민(地域住民)에게 쾌적(快適)한 농촌생활환경(農村生活環境)을 제공(提供)하고 생태계(生態系)의 변화(變化)를 방지(防止)하며 (3) 다각적(多角的)인 영농활동(榮農活動)을 통(通)하여 지역농민(地域農民)의 소득(所得)을 극대화(極大化) 할 수 있는 개발(開發)의 기본구상(基本構想)과 이에 대한 기술적(技術的) 경제적(經濟的) 타당성(妥當性)을 구명(究明)하는 것이다. 본(本) 사업지역(事業地域)의 총면적(總面積)은 9,500ha이며 이는 4,680ha의 기설지구(旣設地區)의 개보수관개사업(改補修灌漑事業)과 500ha의 과수단지(果樹團地), 200ha의 채소단지(菜蔬團地), 500ha의 옥수수단지(團地), 250ha의 엽연초생산단지(葉煙草生産團地), 2,760ha의 오일팜 및 고무나무단지에 소, 염소 및 양(洋)을 사육(飼育)하는 종합적(綜合的)인 농촌개발(農村開發)로서 농가(農家)의 농업소득제고(農業所得提高)에 큰 기여(寄與)를 하게 되며 Setiu강(江)의 유역(流域) 4,090ha에 대한 홍수경감대책(洪水輕減對策)으로 지역주민(地域住民)의 생활안정(生活安定) 및 교통(交通), 관광(觀光), 사회경제적(社會經濟的) 생산활동(生産活動)을 촉진(促進)하는 사업(事業)을 하게된다. 본(本) 사업(事業)의 공사기간(工事期間)은 1993년(年)부터 5개년간(個年間)이며 총사업비(總事業費)는 외화(外貨) 2천만불(千萬弗)을 포함(包含)하여 5천(千) 5백만불(百萬弗)로 추정(推定)되었다. 년간사업수익(年間事業收益)은 사업(事業)의 완전운영기간(完全運營期間)인 2003년(年)을 기준(基準)으로 할 때 15,541백만불(百萬弗)로 추정(推定)되었으며 사업(事業)의 내구기간(耐久期間)은 30년(年)으로서 2023년(年)까지 생산(生産)이 계속(繼續)될 것이다. 본(本) 사업(事業)의 전체재무수익율(全體財務收益率)은 22.49%이며 경제적(經濟的) 수익률(收益率)은 19.30%로 경제적(經濟的)인 타당성(妥當性)이 매우 높음을 알 수 있다. 모든 사업(事業)이 계획(計劃)대로 성공적(成功的)으로 추진(推進)될 경우 사업지역내(事業地域)의 몽리농가(蒙利農家) 4,000호(戶)가 큰 혜택(惠澤)을 보게되고 농촌(農村)의 빈곤수준(貧困水準)(Poverty Line)은 현재(現在)의 36%에서 18%수준(水準)으로 경감(輕減)될 것이 기대(期待)되고 있다.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.56 no.3
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• pp.159-181
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• 2004

This study examines the realities and causes of youth and new college graduate unemployment, and seeks some assignments for mitigating youth and new college graduate unemployment. An analysis of the realities and causes of youth and new college graduate unemployment is summarized as follows. First, youth unemployment rate, which rapidly increased after the IMF economic crisis, slowly decreased after 2000, but was still somewhat higher in 2002 than that before the IMF. Second, new college graduate unemployment rate, which rapidly increased after the IMF economic crisis, slowly decreased after 2000 and became a similar level to that before the IMF economic crisis, but the number of the unemployed new college graduates highly increased after the IMF. Third, an analysis of the causes of youth unemployment shows that economic growth and the employment elasticity of economic growth negatively affect the unemployment rate, and the rate of entrance into colleges positively affects the unemployment rate. Fourth, an analysis of the causes of new college graduate unemployment demonstrates that economic growth and the employment elasticity of economic growth negatively affect the unemployment rate, and the increase rate of new college graduates, the college graduate/youth population ratio, and the time trend positively affect the unemployment rate. These results suggest several implications for mitigating the unemployment rate of the youth and new college graduates. First, in order to increase labor demand, emphasis must be placed on preparing economic conditions which can raise economic growth rate and on fostering industries and occupations which have high employment elasticity. Second, in the aspect of labor supply, it is necessary to adjust the number of new college graduates corresponding to labor demands in industries. Third, in order to redress the mismatch between the demand and the supply of the youth labor market, attention should be paid to remedying educational systems such as the activation of vocational education and training in middle and high schools and the reformation of college education to match the education and training provided in colleges and the skills requirements of the world of work, and preparing a unified program to support the youth unemployed systematically and synthetically.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.865-870
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• 2017

Yogurt is produced by fermentation of milk using bacteria known as "yogurt cultures". Most of these bacteria are probiotics such as Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus, Lb. rhamnosus, Streptococcus thermophilus, and Bifidobacterium. The domestic fermented milk market is increasing, and about 30 companies are producing yogurt. The purpose of this study was to analyze the quality characteristics of domestic commercial liquid yogurt. Total 30types of commercial yogurts were sampled and their physicochemicial properties, including pH, sugar content, acidity, viscosity, and microbial characteristics of lactic acid bacteria counts, were measured. Commercial liquid type yogurt showed a pH of 4.5, sugar content of 7.4-21.2%, total acid content of 0.4-0.9%, and viscosity of 0.1-250 cP. In terms of microbial populations, lactic acid bacteria counts were 7.2-11.3 log CFU/mL and anaerobic lactic acid bacteria counts were 8.0-11.5 log CFU/mL. The quality characteristics differed depending on the constituents of the sample and the microorganisms used. These results are related to the quality characteristics of yogurts and are useful for identifying new trends in the domestic fermented milk industry.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.212-217
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• 2011

Purpose: Since 2005, the Ministry of Health & Welfare has provided financial support to promote palliative care for terminal cancer patients. We analyzed how palliative care facilities used the funding between 2006 and 2010. Methods: Frequency analysis was conducted by the item of expenditure based on fiscal reports of the palliative care facilities. Linear regression analysis was performed to examine a trend over time. Kruskal-Wallis test and Wilcoxon rank-sum test were used to compare expenditure items, the number of provision of financial support and type of palliative care units. Results: About a half of the fund was spent to pay care givers salary, improve facilities and purchase equipment regardless of the year, the number of financial support provided or facility type. By year, the operation cost for palliative care program and the education cost for health care workers have significantly increased in linear regression analysis (P<0.01). However, the amount of financial support for the low income group has decreased over years (P=0.024). This trend was affected by evaluation criteria and weight. Conclusion: The government aid for palliative care units has been used to improve facilities and equipment. Moreover, desirable changes were noted such as a higher portion of expenses for program operation and care giver training to enhance the quality of care. However, the evaluation criteria need to be adjusted to prevent any further decrease in the support provided to the low income group.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• v.44 no.3
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• pp.421-450
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• 2013

One of the challenging tasks of the National Health Insurance Corporation(NHIC). the only public insurance institution administrating the Korea's compulsory national health insurance(NHI) system, is to make those NHI beneficiaries who fail to make a scheduled monthly premium payment to pay. For this purpose, the NHIC has been using a measure known as 'Benefit Limit Measure(BLM)' in which those who miss premium payment for six or more month's in total are classified as 'late payer' and are sent warnings and late payer status notices. If the late payers fail to make a full payment of missed premiums even after receiving the written notices, the NHIC can order a temporary seizure of the late payer's property until all missed premiums plus interest are paid. Recently, the BLM has been criticized by the public of its cruel nature, and its effectiveness has been questioned because no empirical evidence has been collected. In this study, the authors using the NHIC data set attempted to analyze the effectiveness of the BLM. Those late payers for whom the BLM was administered were compared to those not in terms of the likelihood of paying missed premium payments with a series of logistic regression analyses models. Data analyses results showed that the likelihood of paying one or more month's unpaid premium of the former group was 14 to 46 times higher than the latter. It, however, was also found that the BLM was only effective to make no more than 12% of the late payers to pay at all. Based on the study findings, the authors made a few recommendations regarding the BLM.

• Journal of Legislation Research
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• no.53
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• pp.9-59
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• 2017

Recently, the aspect of regulating the legal system in North Korea has increased in quantity and shows the improvement of the evaluation of the lack of systematic consistency in the past. North Korean legislation has been negatively criticized for its lack of function and role of the legislative body and ambiguity of the legal system. In particular, the newly adopted "Legislation Law" in relation to the revision of the legislative system of North Korea contains important and clear contents to understand the legislative system and procedures of North Korea. The contents of the "Legislation Law" can be found a glimpse of the process by which the framework and procedures of the North Korean legislative process are organized more systematically. The North Korean legislation provides legal and institutional grounds for promoting internal and external policies under the Kim jong-un's regime. North Korea is focused on the nuclear issue, so there is limited information on other areas. In light of this, the purpose of this study is to examine the legislative theory and system of North Korea, and outline the theoretical basis of North Korea's emphasis on strengthening socialist judicial life, the socialist legal system, and the state theory of socialist rule of law. In addition, it can be analysed the content of actual legal reform in light of North Korea's legislative theory and system. In the study, it will examine the legislative system of North Korea and its characteristics by examining the legislative process and legislative process of North Korea. Moreover, it can be compared the contents of the Legislative Law of China with the legislative process of the DPRK and examine its characteristics. We will look at the challenges to the legislative system in North Korea and look into the future direction of the legislation. Kim jong-un's announcement of the revised legislation until recently through the publication of the 2016 Supplementary Codes is an important data for the current state of the North Korean legislation. This is because it confirms the content of the laws and regulations already known through "Democratic Chosun(a newspaper issued by North Korea Cabinet)'s statutory interpretation." However, in the case of laws and regulations related to the North Korean political system, it is still a remnant of the lagging legislation that the announcement is delayed, or it remains undisclosed or confidential. North Korean laws are developed and changed according to the changes of the times. In particular, the contents of the maintenance of foreign investment and the foreign economic law system and related internal legal system are found to change in accordance with the development direction of the socioeconomic system. If the direction of Kim jong-un's regime is to be expanded to the path of reform and opening up in the economic sector, the revision of the related laws and regulations will accelerate. Securing the transparency and objectivity of the North Korean legislative process and procedures will help to broaden the understanding of the inter-Korean legal system and to seek institutional measures for inter-Korean integration. In the future, in-depth research on the North Korean legal system will be emphasized as a basis for ultimately forming a unified Korea's legal system.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.789-792
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• 2010

Major impacts of climate change expert that soil erosion rate may increase during the $21^{st}$ century. This study was conducted to assess the potential impacts of climate change on soil erosion by water in Korea. The soil loss was estimated for regions with the potential risk of soil erosion on a national scale. For computation, Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) with rainfall and runoff erosivity factors (R), cover management factors (C), support practice factors (P) and revised USLE with soil erodibility factors (K) and topographic factors (LS) were used. RUSLE, the revised version of USLE, was modified for Korean conditions and re-evaluate to estimate the national-scale of soil loss based on the digital soil maps for Korea. The change of precipitation for 2010 to 2090s were predicted under A1B scenarios made by National Institute of Meteorological Research in Korea. Future soil loss was predicted based on a change of R factor. As results, the predicted precipitations were increased by 6.7% for 2010 to 2030s, 9.5% for 2040 to 2060s and 190% for 2070 to 2090s, respectively. The total soil loss from uplands in 2005 was estimated approximately $28{\times}10^6$ ton. Total soil losses were estimated as $31{\times}10^6$ ton in 2010 to 2030s, $31{\times}10^6$ ton in 2040 to 2060s and $33{\times}10^6$ ton in 2070 to 2090s, respectively. As precipitation increased by 17% in the end of $21^{st}$ century, the total soil loss was increased by 12.9%. Overall, these results emphasize the significance of precipitation. However, it should be noted that when precipitation becomes insignificant, the results may turn out to be complex due to the large interaction among plant biomass, runoff and erosion. This may cause increase or decrease the overall erosion.

• Knowledge Management Research
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.151-172
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• 2021

The government's implementation of customer-friendly financial policies, such as lowering commission fees for credit card merchants and lowering the maximum interest rate, put the specialized credit finance companies in a crisis of lowering profitability. In this unfavorable situation, the efficiency study of specialized credit finance companies is meaningful. Accordingly, this study measured the efficiency of 34 specialized credit finance companies through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and meta-frontier analysis. For meta-frontier analysis, specialized credit finance companies were divided into two groups (card companies and non-card companies) by industry or three groups (AA0 and above, AA-, and A+ or below) by credit rating. The results of the analysis will provide general insight into the efficiency of specialized credit finance companies. The results of this study are as follows. First, the average meta-efficiency of card companies was analyzed higher than that of non-card companies. Second, 80% of non-card's decision-making units (DMUs) were inefficient by pure technology rather than by scale. Third, decision-making units (DMUs), which account for 62.5% of the credit card company group and 80% of the 'AA-' credit rating group, are in non-economic areas of scale. Fourth, there was no statistically significant difference in meta-efficiency values (TE and PTE) by industry (card companies, non-card companies) and credit rating (AA0 or higher, AA-, A+ or lower). The contribution of this study will provide strategic initiatives for establishing management strategies to improve inefficiency by measuring the efficiency level of companies under an unfriendly business environment for specialized credit finance companies.

• Korea Real Estate Review
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.79-90
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to estimate the pricing factors of residential lands in new cities by estimating the pricing model of residential lands. For this purpose, hedonic equations for each quantile of the conditional distribution of land prices were estimated using quantile regression methods and the sale price date of Jangyu New Town in Gimhae. In this study, a quantile regression method that models the relation between a set of explanatory variables and each quantile of land price was adopted. As a result, the differences in the effects of the characteristics by price quantile were confirmed. The number of years that elapsed after the completion of land construction is the quadratic effect in the model because its impact may give rise to a non-linear price pattern. Age appears to decrease the price until certain years after the construction, and increases the price afterward. In the estimation of the quantile regression, land age appears to have a statistically significant impact on land price at the traditional level, and the turning point appears to be shorter for the low quantiles than for the higher quantiles. The positive effects of the use of land for commercial and residential purposes were found to be the biggest. Land demand is preferred if there are more than two roads on the ground. In this case, the amount of sunshine will improve. It appears that the shape of a square wave is preferred to a free-looking land. This is because the square land is favorable for development. The variables of the land used for commercial and residential purposes have a greater impact on low-priced residential lands. This is because such lands tend to be mostly used for rental housing and have different characteristics from residential houses. Residential land prices have different characteristics depending on the price level, and it is necessary to consider this in the evaluation of the collateral value and the drafting of real estate policy.