• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.369-378
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• 2003

The statistical modeling was introduced to satisfy various experimental conditions on the sorption of heavy metals (Pb, Cu, Cd, and Zn) by clay minerals, i.e. kaolinite, illite and chlorite. The Box-Behnken model designed statistically was applied to determine a relative impact among three variables such as pH, HCO3(or K) concentration and initial concentration of heavy metals. The SAS program was used to obtain the statistical solution by surface response analysis. The results of a statistical sorption modelling indicated that pH is a strong impact of the variables influencing the sorption of heavy metals. A relative effect between an initial concentration of heavy metals and bicarbonate(or K) concentration is dependent on solution condition. The sorption edge of heavy metals as function of pH shows sigmoidal curve, and a great increase in the range of pH 6～8. The sorption sequence among heavy metals is Cu>Pb>>Zn>Cd. The solution chemistry exerts greater influence on the sorption of heavy metals rather than the crystal chemistry of clay minerals. The potassium exerts some effect into a sorption competition with heavy metals. The research suggests that the statistical modeling is an effective method to demonstrate sorption results in three dimension and to reduce the effort of batch sorption experiment.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.176-182
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• 2006

Sensitive and specific monoclonal antibody (MAb) was produced from hybridoma (1H11-5) obtained by fusion of myeloma cell (V653) and spleen cell isolated from mouse immunized sulfamthazine (SMZ)-HG-KLH. Direct competitive ELISA was developed for rapid detection of SMZ in milk samples using MAb against SMZ with optimized conditions between MAb and SMZ-HG-HRP conjugate, and applicable conditions for analysis of milk samples were established. Detection range of immunoassay was 0.1 to 100 ppb. Recoveries from spiked raw milk and processed milk samples averaged 82.1-120.7 and 82.1-97.1%, respectively.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.159-165
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• 2023

This study measured the ecological niche overlap between two deciduous oak species(Quercus acutissmia and Q. dentata) according to the change in growth responses after treating with the moisture and nutrient contents of the soil at four gradients, and interpreted the degree of competition between the two oak species by ordination method. In the moisture environment gradient, the ecological niche overlap of the two species was high in the photosynthesis-related leaf organs and low in plant architecture such as shoot length. In addition, in case of competition between two oaks, Q. dentata was remarkably dominant in soil moisture gradient, but Q. acutissimia slightly was slightly advantageous over Q. dentata in the soil nutrient gradient. These results show that even in a similar taxonomical group growing in a similar habitat, the response to the organ system of the plant varies depending on the type of environment factor, resulting in different competitive differences among plants.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.312-330
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• 2015

Domestic coffee franchise market in South Korea has been rapidly growing along with developing the global coffee franchises as well as entering domestic franchise companies into the beverage market. Competitions in the markets are getting more accelerated and local franchises and owner-operated coffee shops are losing their market shares gradually as a result. Local franchises and owner-operated coffee shops in Daegu, however, are notable in that they are maintaining the competitiveness in the markets. This is a unique phenomenon, which deserves to be analyzed to identify the successful attributes as a case study. Important Performance Analysis (IPA) method has been employed for analyzing and its gap(i.e., difference between importance and performance) analysis shows that the price and quantity of coffee are the most important differentiating attributes of local and owner-operated coffee franchises in Daegu.

• Information Systems Review
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.133-153
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• 2002

Internet lowers the search cost to acquire information about products and sellers price information. Because consumers can easily compare prices among different Internet retailers, the price competition among merchants in Internet has been intensified. For online retailers, it is important to differentiate their sites from competitors based upon services rather than prices. This study investigates which factors influence on consumers price sensitivity in Internet book markets and examines whether consumers price sensitivity has any effect on the type of preferred Internet bookstore (hybrid or pure online book stores). Survey is conducted to empirically investigate the relationship among the various consumer attitudes and price sensitivity. The result shows that price search and price importance have effect on the choice of Internet bookstore. Consumers with higher price sensitivity preferred to purchase books from pure Internet bookstores rather than hybrid (click-and-mortar) bookstores. This study provides an exploratory framework that tries to understand consumer behavior about price sensitivity that might provide some marketing implications to lessen the price competition of Internet retailers.

• International Area Studies Review
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.35-60
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• 2010

In this paper, we develop a dynamic structural model based on a dynamic supergame and measure market power for the Dallas-Forth Worth fluid milk market in the U.S. In particular, we compare the conduct parameter estimates from a static model with that from the dynamic model and illustrate bias in the market-power measure in a static model. And we also analyze the cyclical behavior of firm conduct. We find that the conduct parameter in a static model underestimates true market power if firms' behaviors are posited by a dynamic oligopoly game. We also verify that firm conduct in the Dallas-Forth Worth fluid milk market is countercyclical against demand shocks and expected future cost shocks. Our results indicate that the firms' conduct in the Dallas-Forth Worth fluid milk market is consistent with what dynamic oligopoly models predict. This implies that the firms consider not only the contemporary reactions of the other firms' but also future market competition. Therefore, the measurement of market power requires the specification of fully dynamic pricing relationship.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Dyers and Finishers Conference
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• 2012.03a
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• pp.94-94
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• 2012

섬유산업은 원가 경쟁력 향상과 산업 고도화에 필요한 미래형 저에너지 염색가공 핵심 기술을 통한 고부가가치 섬유제품의 창출과 섬유산업의 선진화달성에 꾸준히 노력을 해 왔다. 염색가공업의 에너지 소비는 섬유산업에서 염색가공업이 연료 사용량의 77%, 전기사용량의 54%를 차지하여 섬유산업의 에너지절감을 위해서는 염색가공 공정에서의 에너지 절감이 가장 중요하다. 국내 염색가공 분야의 4백여 업체를 대상으로 실시한 애로 기술에 관한 설문 조사결과에 따르면 염색공업의 에너지 절약형 구조로의 전환을 위해서 가장 시급히 요구되는 우선기술 1순위는 에너지절약형 염색가공 공정기술로 에너지 절감의 필요성을 반영하고 있다. 효소(Enzyme)가 섬유산업에 도입되기 시작한 것은 면섬유의 호발에 아밀라제가 사용되기 시작하면서 부터이며, 최근 유럽선진국들의 강화된 환경규제와 눈부신 바이오테크놀러지(Biotechnology)의 발전에 기인하여 섬유산업에서 관심과 적용이 확대되고 있다. 섬유산업에서 효소적용의 장점은 효소 그 자체가 자연산물이기 때문에 생분해 되고 중성에 가까운 pH에서 반응하므로 처리액이 환경문제를 일으키지 않으며, 기질특이성을 가져 매우 선택적으로 반응하여 부반응으로 인한 섬유의 손상을 최소화 하는 효과를 들 수 있으며, 무엇보다 소량 저온반응으로 인한 에너지절감이 가장 큰 장점이라 할 수 있다. 실제 섬유산업에서는 전분호제를 제거하는 아밀라아제, 데님워싱 및 면섬유의 후가공에 사용하는 셀룰라아제, 표백 후 잔류하는 과산화수소를 제거하는 카탈라제 등을 적용하는 사례가 많아지고 있으며, 이 밖의 다양한 공정에 효소 이용연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 그 동안 섬유 업체에서 직물의 표면 잔털을 제거하여 매끄러운 외관과 선명한 색상을 재현하기위해 후가공으로 셀룰라아제를 이용했던 공정을 개선하여, 효소를 이용한 정련-Bio polishing-염색의 3공정을 1욕처리를 통해 기존 단독으로 진행되어진 기존제품과의 중량, 외관, 색상재현성, 정련성 등을 비교하여 에너지 절약형 공정기술의 효과를 극대화 해보았다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.8
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• pp.274-289
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• 2017

Recently many companies are utilizing CSR as an important strategic means because of increasing concern about CSR from society and securing a sustainable competitive advantage. With this background, this study conducted an empirical investigation using a statistical tool based on survey data about a casual relationship between organizational capabilities, proactive CSR, reactive CSR and Business Performance from a RBV perspective. The result of this empirical study is as follows, First, SME's specified organizational capabilities have positive and significant effect on a proactive CSR. Second, the proactive CSR is positively related with business performance but reactive CSR is not like that. Third, SME's organizational capabilities do not have a positive and significant effect on business performance directly but have a indirect effect on business performance through proactive CSR which is a value creating activity. This research is likely to give some contribution to both SME's CSR study and resource based view (RBV) research.

• The Journal of Information Technology
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.69-88
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• 1999

Only service organizations providing service quality above customers' anticipations have survived and developed in hyper competitive environment. These organizations are more dependent on their customer-contact service employees than those providing tangible products, because of the characteristics of service, intangibility, inseparability, heterogeneity, and perishability. But few researches focused on the efficient managements or controls of service organizations in this context. Therefore, author aimed at understanding of the determinants of service organizations' control system(i.e., characteristics of service), service employees' reaction on control types(i.e., service employees' role stress), and their performance(perceived service quality by customers). First the concepts of service quality and control systems are described. Specially, author explained the differences between service quality and service satisfaction or service attitude, and the control system types and their fundamental ideologies. Second, some propositions are provided according to integrated framework developed in this paper: (1)control types according to the characteristics of service, (2)influences of control systems on employees' reactions and (3)perceives service quality by the customers, and (4)relationships between the reactions and the service quality. This paper concludes with a summary, a discussion of theoretical and managerial implications, and several suggestions for future directions.

• The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.105-114
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• 2012

Recently, global warming, energy shortage, and environmental disruption have been serious problems in every nation. It became more and more important to reduce the emission of CO2 and to use of energy efficiently. Smart grid was also introduced using the rapidly developing information technology. It deployed the mutual communication concept between customers and the suppliers in the electricity supply. There were increasing demands to adopt the smart meter and to present incentive for efficient energy usage in many developed countries. The objective of this research was to develop the optimal real time pricing model which maximized the profit of the power retailer and reduced the usage of energy. The simulation study was given to show the usefulness of the model. Simulation considered the customer demand response rate and price elasticity rate. The price elasticity rate was compared in the condition of fixed value according to time and variable value according to the customers. The optimal price model could maximize the profit of the power retailer and reduce the energy usage of the consumers.