• Food Science and Preservation
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.810-815
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• 2008

Improving quality is a very important component of maintaining competitiveness of agricultural products. However, evaluation of 'high quality' indicates it is a very abstract concept and independent of some quality attributes, leading to differences in the perception of quality. Thus, there is a pressing need to objectively define 'high quality' and to develop basic technologies for its measurement, for application in the production, storage and distribution of competitive agricultural products. To objectively quantify apple quality, a survey was conducted on consumer preferences and awareness of quality attributes including color, taste, flavor and shape. The survey questionnaire targeted male and female adults (463 persons) ranging in age from 20 to 59 years. The questionnaire was based on purchases made at a wholesale market (50.1%) or a traditional market (18.8%). The majority of purchases were as small packets (62.0%) or as individual pieces (20.5%). Apples of moderate size (fist size, 60.5%) were preferred over small (4.3%) or large (32.6%) apples. The questionnaire provided consumer data on external quality attributes including color, shape and variety. Taste attributes were evaluated in relation to the balance between sour and sweet taste, and flavors peculiar to apples.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to research the display of optician's shop through questionnaire to suggest the direction for more effective display method. Methods: The study visited 50 optician's shops located in main area of Ulsan (university street, downtown and residential street), performed questionnaire and researched optician's display preference. Results: The displays preferred by opticians were as follows. They displayed contact lens in entrance of shop, displayed sunglasses in the wall rather than displayed them in the center of shop and displayed medium or low price products in the center so that consumers could access them conveniently. In addition, they prepared resting place for customer's convenience by locating it in entrance or inside of shop. Conclusions: It seems that effective display of optician's shop can attract consumer's mind and improve purchase, resulting in significant change of optician's shop sales. Therefore, it is necessary to perform the study to use systematic, discriminated display strategy so that shop image can be controlled consistently and continuously.

• The Journal of Aerospace Industry
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• 통권68호
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• pp.80-94
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• 2006

유효경쟁시장은 사업자의 수와 시장구조 측면에서는 독과점적인 시장이더라도 기존사업자간 경쟁이 상당히 치열하거나 잠재적 진입에 의한 경쟁압력이 커서 특정사업자가 시장지배력을 보유하거나 이를 행사하기 어려운 시장상태를 말하며, 항공산업의 경우 일반적인 네트워크 산업과 마찬가지로 대규모 설비투자가 필요하고 높은 고정비용과 규모의 경제가 뚜렷한 특성을 갖고 있으며 네트워크효과도 강하게 나타나 비대칭적 규제가 필요한 대표적인 산업이라고 할 수 있다. 우리나라 경제당국은 평균비용이 장기적으로 하락하는 대규모 자본산업에서 자연독점이 발생할 경우, 그 피해는 자연히 소비자에게 돌아 갈 것이며, 미국과 EC의 경쟁법상의 유효경쟁의 개념으로 제시되고 있는 요소들을 보면 주로 어느 한 기업이 시장지배력을 행사하는 시장상황을 나열하여 규제함으로써 최대의 이익이 소비자에게 돌아가도록 규제하고 있다. 항공운송사업은 자본집약적 서비스산업으로 일반서비스 산업에 비해 상대적으로 일정수준까지 자본투자가 전제되어야 하는 자본집약적 특성을 지닌다. 따라서 항공운송산업의 성패는 대규모 자본을 통한 운송능력에 대한 효율화 정도에 따라 결정된다. 여기에 시장에 진입 시기와 독점 유지기간도 중요한 역할을 한다. 또한 항공운송산업은 정부의 면허사업으로 선발항공사가 수익노선을 선점하여 운항할 경우, 정부의 별도 허가에 의하여 복수취항이 이루어진다고 하더라도 운항편수 및 고객 선호 시간대를 미리 선점할 수가 있어 후발항공사에 비해 우월적 지위를 갖게 되어 공정경쟁이 극히 어렵다고 할 수 있는데, 이는 수십년간 아시아나의 압도적인 서비스/안전에 대한 높은 평가에도 불구 대한항공과 아시아나의 격차는 2000년 이후 일정하게 유지되고 있다는 점에서 확인할 수 있다. 국내 항공운송산업은 면허산업으로, 운수권의 확보에 따라 항공사의 매출 차이가 결정되는 바, 항공운송산업에서의 유효경쟁을 확보는 1차적으로는 정부의 운수권 배분을 통하여 실현되며 양사의 운수권 배분내역에 의하면 선발사업자에 대한 유효경쟁정책이 실현되지 않고 있다고 할 수 있다. 대부분의 노선에서 복수취항이 허용된다고 하더라도 강력한 스케줄, 가격(운임) 경쟁력, 선발항공사의 이점, 고객 선호도의 미반영 등으로 인하여 공정한 경쟁이 이루어지지 않을 가능성이 매우 높다. 이처럼 평균비용이 장기적으로 하락하는 항공산업에서 선발항공사에 대한 쏠림 현상이 가중된다면 향후 10년내에 국내 항공운송산업에 자연 독점이 발생할 가능성은 매우 크며 그 피해는 소비자에게 돌아갈 것이 자명하다. 결국 우리나라의 항공운수산업에서의 유효경쟁환경을 조성하기 위해서는 운수권 배분 절차에서의 비대칭규제의 원리가 상당기간 적용되어야 하며, 복수취항이 허용된 노선에서도 후발사업자가 공정하게 경쟁할 수 있도록 비대칭규제방안이 강구되어야 한다. 뿐만아니라 보충적으로 공정거래법상의 시장지배적 지위의 남용규제와 같은 비대칭규제도 강력하게 집행되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.303-309
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to suggest indicators and proper standards to forecast the sensory quality of 'Hongisul' grape. Further, this study determines the optimum fruit load of 'Hongisul' grape reflecting consumer preference. Among several quality attributes, identified through instrumental and sensory evaluation, soluble solid-acid ratio was the most useful indicator of consumer preference for 'Hongisul' grapes. The ideal soluble solid-acid ratio for marketable grapes was found to be higher than 86.3. Analysis on the effects of fruit load control on fruit quality revealed a negative correlation where the latter increased as the former decreased. This trend is common for all grape species. The field with a fruit load of $1,400kg{\cdot}10a^{-1}$ exhibited a soluble solid-acid ratio of less than 86.3, uneven coloring and slow softening texture at the mature stage. However, fruit quality proved excellent in the field with a fruit load of $1,200kg{\cdot}10a^{-1}$ or less. It is therefore proposed that fruit load should be controlled to $1,200kg{\cdot}10a^{-1}$ or less when growing 'Hongisul' grapes to produce high quality grapes. We believe that this result can be used as a standard in judging harvest time and evaluating fruit quality.

• Korean journal of communication and information
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• 제29권
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• pp.43-71
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• 2005

The study attempts to introduce 'Gotcha Journalism' to the Korea journalism, research and analyze it. Gotcha journalism is the journalistic reporting attitude that the journalists repeatedly and intensively reports public figures, especially politicians' mistakes or happening. 'Gotcha' is abbreviation of "I got you", frequently used in the English and American culture. In order to get the goal of this study, several journalists who are currently working for Chosun, Joongang, Dong-a, Hangyore, Kyunghyang and Seoul, national covering daily newspapers. In addition, the reporters who work for KBS, MBC, and SBS were Interviewed. All journalists who have been worked more than 5 years at the politic department were selected as interviewees. Thus, Intensive interviews are prime source of this study. Based the result of the research, gotcha journalism is externally derived from obsessive interest of Korean people to politics. Internally, it is easy to report happening or mistakes rather than big argument or ideological agenda of the politicians as news for journalists and to catch readers. In addition, the competition with advertising income accelerates this situation. And gotcha journalistic reporting behavior or attitude highly relates to political propensity of the newspapers or broadcastings. Especially some of the newspapers take gotcha journalism as a political struggling tool. It is appeared that another major cause for gotcha journalistic reporting behavior is customer-driven news production.

• Journal of agriculture & life science
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2018

This study attempts to analyze the consumers' preference on Korean Red Ginseng Tonic, which is an essential product to revitalize Korean ginseng industry, using choice experiment method. The attributes used in the choice experiment were the ginseng age, good agricultural products(GAP), sugar, and price. A total of 1,796 experiments were collected and the value of each preferred attributes was estimated using a multinomial logistic model. The result shows that the products made from six-year-old and GAP(Good Agriculture Practice) approved Korean ginseng with less sugar were preferred. These estimated monetary values of marginal willingness to pay were about 94,000 KRW, 89,000 KRW, 5,000 KRW, respectively. Thus, the efforts to introduce and advertize GAP approved ginseng while developing new products with preferred attributes by general publics are necessary in the short run. In addition, we may need to consider developing the way to promote products using 4- and 5-year-old ginsengs, which are relatively underestimated in their health effectiveness but highly productive for farmers in the long run.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Floral Art and Design
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• 제40호
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• pp.25-43
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• 2019

The purpose of flower decoration at the funeral altar is to create various flower decorations at altar according to the social status of the deceased, to console psychological shock and pains of mourners and the bereaved families, and to make them remember the life of the deceased beautifully. In this study, five top funeral service companies in Korea selected by the Fair Trade Commission in 2017 and five repr And this researcher identified problems in flower decorations at the funeral altar in Korea, by comparing and analyzing the styles of flower decorations at funeral altars in Korea and Japan. In addition, this researcher surveyed consumers' preferences by age group. According to the results of the survey, most of the entire age group responded positively to the flower decorations at the funeral altar which focused on the job of the deceased. This means that consumers are demanding changes to the flower decorations at the funeral altar which are made up of the products of funeral service companies. In addition, the results of the survey, it can be seen that most consumers prefer to decorate the altar flowers according to the occupation, hobby, and taste of the deceased and present the altar in three dimensions like a landscape of nature. esentative funeral service companies in Japan were surveyed on the status of flower decorations at the funeral altar.

• Asia-pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology
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• 제7권12호
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• pp.37-50
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• 2017

This study was performed to understand Malaysian Muslims' awareness, attitudes and purchasing behaviour on ginseng (G) and red ginseng (RG) products. A survey of 200 Muslims residing in Malaysia was conducted on awareness, eating experience, preferences, cognitive efficiency of G and RG products, purchase behaviors and satisfaction through a online-survey methodology. Results shows that 50 % and 40% of the participants aware the G and RG products. In particular, awareness amongst female or married consumers is relatively high. Health promotion is the major reasons to consume eat G and RG products in this group of participants. However, the most frequently consumed type of G products was ginseng coffee, candies and chocolates, in their 40s and 50s or married consumers. Participants are also aware of the efficacy claims of these products with regard to improvement of fatigue, immunity and hypertension. While Malaysian Muslim consumers are satisfied with the health claims, convenience to purchase and tastes and aroma, they are dissatisfied with packaging specifications, price. Participants would intend to recommend G and RG products to relatives (82.6%), and are willing to buy them in the future (83.5%). Conclusively, there must be a clear interest and demands of Halal-certified G and RG products among Malaysian Muslims and it is deemed to need of strategic product development and marketing to enhance awareness of G and RG products in the future.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.894-902
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to analyze the attributes considered as important by parents in the selection of laver for infants through conjoint analysis techniques. A total of 917 questionnaires were distributed in January 2016, of which 211 were completed (23.0%). Statistical data analyses were performed using SPSS/Win 21.0 for descriptive statistics and conjoint analysis. The conjoint design was applied to evaluate the hypothetical laver for infants. According to the analysis of attributes and levels of laver for infants, the relative importance of each attribute was follows: seasoning (26.55%), flavor (19.33%), texture (18.75%), oil (15.15%), size (10.61%), and certification (9.61%). The results of the conjoint analysis indicate that parents raising infants preferred laver with the characteristics of non-seasoning, general flavor, softness, half-size, organic certification, and perilla oil. The most preferred laver for infants gained a 53.7% potential market share from choice simulation compared with laver being sold. Using utility and relative importance, the laver market for infants was classified into two segments. As a result of market segmentation, parents of cluster 1 preferred the laver model being sold (soy seasoning) while parents of cluster 2 preferred the optimized laver model (non-seasoning).

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.152-164
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• 2018

Fermented seasoning pastes were prepared by Aspergillus oryzae and Bacillus subtilis using three edible insects, Tenebrio molitor larvae (TMP), Gryllus bimaculatus (GBP), and Bombyx mori pupa (SPP), with soybean (SBP) as a negative control. Volatile compounds were extracted by the headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) method and confirmed by gas chromatograph-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). In total, 121 volatiles from four samples were identified and sub-grouped as 11 esters, 18 alcohols, 23 aldehydes, 5 acids, 10 pyrazines, 2 pyridines, 7 aromatic hydrocarbons, 10 ketones, 19 alkanes, 9 amides, 4 furans and 3 miscellaneous. TMP, GBP, SPP and SBP had 48, 54, 36, and 55 volatile compounds, respectively. Overall, 2,6-dimethylpyrazine and trimethylpyrazine were found by a high proportion in all samples. Tetramethylpyrazine, a main flavor of doenjang, a Korean fermented seasoning soybean paste, was identified as one of the major compounds in TMP, SPP, and SBP. SBP had benzaldehyde, hexanal, n-pentanal, and aldehydes and SPP with pyrazines.