• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.1048-1056
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• 2018

Non-edible oil sources (i.e., Palm Acid Oil, waste animal fat) usually contain relatively high amount of free fatty acids (FFA) that make them inadequate for direct base catalyzed transesterification reaction. Enzymatic biodiesel synthesis can solve several problems posed by the alkaline-catalyzed transesterification, and has certain advantages over the chemical catalysis of transesterification, as it is less energy intensive, allows easy recovery of glycerol and the transesterification of glycerides with high free fatty acid contents. In this study, we synthesized biodiesel through enzymatic catalyzed process using high free fatty acid containing waste oil in biodiesel reactor (1 ton/day) and optimized the biodiesel production processes.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.61-84
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is to understand the context of cosumers' lives in Korea with a narrative analysis method. The epistemological orientation of eh narrative analysis is Interpretivism, which blends the two polar philosophical perspectives, Empiricism and Rationalism, and includes Narrotology, Hermeneneutics, Semiotics, and Structural Criticism. Narrative analysis takes as its object of investigation the story itself. This study collects eleven narrative plots from four housewives, into which Labov's structural approach is applied. This study shows clearly that the socio-cultural environment in which consumers live has strong influence on their consumption behavior and also reveals that narrativization tells not only about past actions but how individuals understand those actions, that is, meaning.

• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.433-447
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• 2017

This study reveals the components of college women's shopping orientations and compares the attributes of shoes accordingly. This study attempts to investigate the needs of consumers in the target market of young women by comparing the importance of shoe attributes with their shopping orientations and to provide basic data for efficient marketing strategies which could increase sales. Data was collected using a questionnaire survey. Of a total of 330 questionnaires, 319 were used for statistical analysis. The survey was carried out from July to August 2016. The 17 shopping orientation-related questions and 13 questions about shoe purchase attributes were measured using a five-point Likert Scale. SPSS 23 was used to carry out: descriptives, factor analysis, reliability analysis, cluster analysis, ANOVA, and Duncan's test. Shopping orientations were divided between brand orientation, pleasure orientation, trend orientation and utilitarian orientation. Shoe attributes were categorized into ostentation value, product value, economic value and aesthetic value. College women were divided into the following groups: active shopping, passive shopping, rational shopping and conforming shopping. According to the comparison of the importance of shoe attributes by consumer type among college women, a significant difference by group was found in ostentation value and aesthetic value only. Furthermore, the average scores on the importance of product value and economic value were very high without significant differences between groups. The study results would be available as basic data to help improving the visual image of shoes and product quality for brands targeting young women in the fashion industry.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.377-388
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• 2011

Different from earlier studies which investigated Chinese market from the perspective of macro strategy, this study compares importance of marketing-mix between Korean and Chinese consumers from that of basic marketing. As elements of marketing-mix for the comparison, product quality, brand, product price, atmosphere of a shopping store, advertising, and price discount are selected. The survey research was conducted to test hypotheses in major Korea and Chinese cities, Seoul, Pusan, Beijing, and Shanghai, from Jan. to Feb. 2010. A total of 315 respondents born in 1980s were interviewed individually by well-trained Chinese and Korean research assistants. Results show that the importance of the product price is higher among Chinese while the importances of the brand and the advertising are higher among Korean. It is also found that the product quality is evaluated more importantly among Chinese while the atmosphere of the shopping store is among Korean within .1 significance level. The mean difference of the importance of the price discount between both countries' consumers is not found statistically.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.43-49
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• 2008

In this paper, a method using the Ant Colony Optimization(ACO) is proposed for reducing the power consumption of memory ECC checker circuitry which provide Single-Error Correcting and Double-Error Detecting(SEC-DED). The H-matrix which is used to generate SEC-DED codes is optimized to provide the minimum switching activity with little to no impact on area or delay using the symmetric property and degrees of freedom in constructing H-matrix of Hsiao codes. Experiments demonstrate that the proposed method can provide further reduction of power consumption compared with the previous works.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.21-32
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• 2022

Minimalism is an increasingly popular lifestyle in which people deliberately seek to live with fewer possessions. However, little scientific research has been done to examine the relationships between minimalism, social value, and happiness. Two recent studies have investigated whether critical components of minimalism, such as subtraction and decluttering could lead to changes in social values and happiness. In Study 1, the participants were presented with pictures of unstable Lego structures for which they were asked to create ideas to resolve problems, either through adding new supports or removing the existing ones. Participants with a stronger tendency to use subtractive transformations reported higher happiness scores. In addition, higher scores in intrinsic value preferences were correlated with higher levels of happiness. In Study 2, cuing minimalism or consumerism using pictures led to changes in materialistic values, motivation for social engagement, and reported happiness scores. These results imply that minimalism as an alternative lifestyle can contribute to social wellbeing and increased happiness. Limitations and implications for future studies are discussed.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.19-42
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to develop practical problem-based home economics teaching.learning process plans about a unit 'the youth and consumer life' of middle school eighth-grade Technology and Home Economics by applying blended learning(BL) strategy. According to ADDIE instructional design model, this study was conducted in the following procedure: analysis, design/development, implementation, and evaluation. In the stage of design and development, the selected unit was converted into a practical problem-based unit, and practical problem-based teaching. learning process plans were designed in detail by using BL strategy. An online study room for practical problem-based home economics instruction grounded in BL strategy was prepared by using Edunet(http://community.edunet4u.net/${\sim}$consumer2). Eight-session lesson plans were mapped out, and study aids for students and materials for teachers were prepared. In the implementation stage, the first-session teaching plans that dealt with a minor question 'what preparations should be made to become a wise consumer' were utilized when instruction was provided to 115 eighth graders who were in three different province, and the other one was in a middle school in the city of Daejeon. The experimental teaching was implemented for two weeks in the following procedure: preliminary program, pre-online learning, main instruction and post- online learning. The preliminary program was carried out in a session in the classroom, and pre-online learning was provided before the main instruction was given in a session in the classroom. After the main instruction was completed, post-online learning was offered. In the evaluation stage, a survey was conducted on all the learners and teachers to find out their opinions and suggestions.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.24 no.2 s.173
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• pp.481-488
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• 2000

This paper presents a new passive gravity -compensating system for articulated robot manipulators. The system, which consists of linear zero- free -length springs, achieves exact counterbalancing o f the gravitational loads throughout the entire range of the manipulator workspace, A basic concept is to design springs such that the total potential energy of the system including the manipulator and the springs should be maintained constant. A prototype has been developed for a direct-drive five-bar manipulator and its performances have been investigated. Results show that the gravity-induced motor torques have been reduced to less than 5% of those of uncompensated robots. Also, the gravity-compensating system simplifies the position control algorithm while maintaining the trajectory-tracking errors in a satisfactory level. In conclusion, the proposed system efficiently improves the manipulator performances by reducing the driving motor size and the energy consumption as well as by simplifying the control systems.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.58-58
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• 2011

동해를 전파하는 지진해일은 다른 지역에서 발생하는 지진해일과 비교하였을 때 상대적으로 파장이 짧고, 파장에 비해 먼거리를 전파한다. 따라서 지진해일이 전파할 시 물리적인 분산효과가 매우 중요하다. 그러므로 동해에서 발생하는 지진해일을 수치모의 할 때는 분산효과가 충분히 고려될 수 있는 선형 Boussinesq 방정식을 사용한다. 그러나 이를 직접 풀 경우에는 상당히 많은 시간이 소비되며 효율적이지 못하다. 이와 같은 단점을 극복하기 위해 기존의 연구에서는 leap-frog 기법을 사용하여 선형 천수방정식을 차분할 때 발생하는 수치분산항을 선형 Boussinesq 방정식의 분산항과 같은 형태를 가질 수 있도록 분산보정계수를 사용하여 수치모의를 수행하였다. 하지만 이때 사용된 지배방정식은 수심이 일정하다는 가정을 이용하여 유도된 것이므로, 실제 경사가 있는 지형을 통과할 때의 수치모의 결과는 정확하다고 할 수 없다. 본 연구에서는 이를 극복하기 위하여 바닥 지형이 1차원으로 변한다는 가정으로 새로운 지배방정식을 유도하였으며, 수심변화로 인해 새로 발생하는 항을 기존의 분산보정기법에 추가하였다. 또한 수심이 변화는 지형을 통과하는 지진해일의 분산효과가 충분히 고려되는지 확인하기 위하여 Gaussian hump를 이용하여 가상 지진해일을 원형 천퇴지형에 통과시키는 수치모의를 수행하였다. 결과의 비교를 위한 정확해가 없으므로, 비선형 Boussinesq 방정식을 직접 차분하여 푸는 FUNWAVE를 이용하여 동일한 조건으로 수치모의를 수행하였다. 수치모의 시 중심선에 4개의 가상 gage를 설치하였으며, 이를 통해 각각의 수치모의 실험에 대한 자유수면 변위를 관찰하여 비교하였다. 수치모의 결과에 대한 비교를 통하여 기존의 분산보정기법에 비해 본 연구에서 제안한 새로운 수치기법이 분산효과를 비교적 잘 반영하는 것으로 나타났으며, 비교적으로 실제 지형에 적용하였을 때 정확도 향상의 가능성이 높다고 판단하였다.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.18 no.7
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• pp.1267-1280
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• 2017

This study examines the changes of the online music market and revenue models by the theory of network society and communications of Manuel Castells for the content platform. As a result of this study, we found that active communications among the members in the network, played a crucial role in the creation of contents and the promotions of profit for platform providers. It is especially important to create an environment in which members can voluntarily communicate rather than an artificial control. The content platform business consists of people, thus it has been proven that providing play elements of culture and society are important, as well as necessary conditions to the generation related to content based platform businesses.