• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제26권6_1호
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• pp.967-976
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• 2023

Currently, with the thriving development in the field of solar energy, the widespread adoption of solar grid-connected power conversion systems is rapidly expanding. As the market continues to grow, the efficiency of solar power conversion systems is steadily increasing, while prices are rapidly decreasing. Photovoltaic panels often produce low output voltages, and Boost converters are commonly employed to elevate and stabilize these voltages. They are also utilized for implementing Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT), ensuring the full utilization of solar power generation. Recently, synchronous control techniques have been introduced, using controllable switching devices like Si IGBT or SiC MOSFET to replace the diodes in the original circuits. However, this has raised concerns related to costs. This paper offers a compromise solution, considering both the performance and economic factors of the converter. It proposes a hybrid high-efficiency synchronous converter structure that combines Si IGBT and SiC MOSFET. Additionally, the proposed topology has been practically implemented and tested, with results confirming its feasibility and cost-effectiveness.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.1059-1074
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• 2024

The paper is an attempt to study the individual's intention to use mobile banking. In light of the results obtained from the study, the proposed model offers a better fit with the data and explains the intention of individuals to use mobile banking services. Government support, trust, and compatibility significantly contribute to the Perceived behavioral control of a bank customer to use mobile banking while Perceived ease of use, Perceived usefulness, Security and privacy, and risk have a significant positive impact on the attitude of the individuals to utilize mobile banking service. The study uses primary data and the final instrument was administered to 950 respondents, across the country of which 904 data were used for the analysis after editing to accommodate the missing values. The study has adopted structural equation modeling approach to analyze the relationships between the variables in the study. The proposed framework in this study can be utilized to identify the factors that promote the adoption of mobile banking practices and the study also has the potential to provide updated and comprehensive literature on mobile banking, which can accelerate future research in this field.

• Asian Journal of Business Environment
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.23-35
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• 2024

Purpose: The study focuses on the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), trade openness, and energy consumption on carbon dioxide emissions in the Ivory Coast. It aims to quantitatively evaluate the effects of FDI, energy consumption, and trade openness on CO₂ emissions in Ivory Coast. Research design, data, and methodology: The research uses an econometric framework and the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model to analyze time-series data from 1980 to 2021 between these factors. Results: The analysis revealed that FDI significantly impacts the carbon dioxide emissions, FDI showed a negative impact on carbon emissions in the long-run equilibrium term. Also, energy consumption impacted CO₂ emissions in the long-run equilibrium term. Conclusion: To mitigate the upsurge of CO₂ emissions in the Ivorian context, concrete policy, including enactment and adherence to strict environmental regulations, adoption and prioritization of eco-friendly products and technologies, and investment in renewable energy infrastructure are recommended. The study contributes to the global discussion on sustainable development by offering a model for similar assessments in other emerging nations facing simultaneous economic growth and environmental conservation challenges.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.105-114
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• 2014

모바일 뱅킹에 대한 사용의도에 관한 연구는 많이 수행되고 있지만 그 활성화에는 큰 도움이 되지 못하고 있다. 이는 모바일 뱅킹에 대해 사용자들이 느끼는 혁신에 대한 저항이 존재하기 때문이다. 따라서 사용자 저항의 문제를 실증적으로 규명할 필요가 있다. 본 논문은 기존 문헌 연구로부터 모바일뱅킹의 저해 요인을 도출하고, 이들이 지각된 위험과 저항에 어떻게 영향을 미치는지 중국내 학부생과 대학원생들을 중심으로 실증 분석하였다. 연구 결과 사회적 영향과 지각된 복잡성이 지각된 위험에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 신뢰가 지각된 위험에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 지각된 보안과 지각된 개인정보보호가 지각된 위험에 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 지각된 위험은 사용자 저항에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 논문은 중국의 금융기관과 통신회사에게 모바일뱅킹의 저항을 기반으로 하는 새롭고 정확한 전략을 수립하는데 유용한 의미를 제시할 수 있다.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.192-203
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• 2016

Uganda is a country blessed with the biggest number of mountain Gorillas in the whole world. These animals contribute at least 12% in revenue generation to the Tourism sector through tracking by both local and foreign tourists who pay for the tracking permits. However, Gorilla tracking is also a big challenge even in the presence of highly skilled and well-trained game rangers. Development and implementation of a secure Computer and Mobile based Gorilla Tracking (GT) system that uses GIS and GPS technologies would be the most ideal technology to use. Therefore, this study aimed to find out the critical factors that would affect the Behavioral Intention of the would-be users to successfully decide to use such GIS/GPS-GT system. We used the existing UTAUT model to integrate six factors such as Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Employee Peer Influence, Facilitating Conditions, Behavioral Intention and System Use. However, Infrastructure Availability and Non-Technical Facilitating Conditions were added to reflect Ugandan ICT context. This amended UTAUT model was used to carry out the survey. The questionnaire was emailed to 220 government employees in the fields of ICT, Tour and Travel, Environmental Groups officials and Farmers who garden near the game reserves. A total of 133 were obtained fully completed, whereas 127 were deemed usable thus yielding a response rate of 58%. The analysis results show that except for non-technical facilitating conditions, effort expectancy, peer influence, performance expectancy and infrastructure availability positively affects behavioral Intention to use GIS/GPS-GT. This indicates that people in Uganda don't bother about regulations and rules in regard to using information system. As long as the system does what they want it to, anything else does not matter. As an employee in an organization is told to use a system by their supervisor, they have no objection to otherwise they risk losing their job. This implies that, supervisors have a great responsibility in the process of developing, implementing and using the system in Uganda.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.867-878
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• 2020

A significant proportion of the African continent is conducive for animal agricultural production, due to its historical experience and available resources to accommodate and nurture various indigenous and exotic animal species and breeds. With food security being a global challenge, animal products can play an important role as nutrient dense food sources in human diets, particularly in Africa. However, this does not seem to reach its full potential in practice, due to numerous reasons that have not been adequately addressed. Animal welfare reservations can be highlighted as one of the major contributing factors to the curbed progress. The consequences have been scientifically proven to affect product quality and market access. However, in the African community, the concept of animal welfare has not been fully embraced. While there are international animal welfare standards in the developed world, there are inherent factors that hinder adoption of such initiatives in most developing regions, particularly among communal farmers. These include cultural norms and practices, social ranking, socio-economic status, available resources, information dissemination and monitoring tools. Therefore, there is need to harmonize what is internationally required and what is feasible to accommodate global variability. The protocols followed to ensure and evaluate farm animal welfare require regular investigation, innovation and a sustainable approach to enhance animal productivity, efficiency and product quality. Additionally, investing in animal wellbeing and health, as well as empowering communities with significant knowledge, has a potential to improve African livelihoods and contribute to food security. This review seeks to highlight the concept of animal welfare in relation to livestock and food production in African conditions.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.389-402
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• 2015

유사한 속성을 가진 SNS들이 경쟁하는 상황에서 개별 SNS의 기능적인 특성뿐만 아니라 정서적인 속성인 브랜드 측면에서의 서비스 차별화가 필요하다. 본 연구는 이용자들이 세가지 SNS브랜드(페이스북, 카카오스토리, 밴드)들에 대하여 어떠한 이미지로 평가하는지, 그리고 브랜드개성과 더불어 브랜드-자아 동일시, 브랜드감정 등의 요인이 추천의향에 어떤 영향을 미치는지를 살펴보았다. 분석결과, 20대 대학생 이용자들의 각 SNS서비스에 대한 브랜드개성 평가에 차이가 났으며, 각기 다른 개성 요인이 각 서비스의 추천의향에 영향을 미치고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 브랜드개성과 브랜드-자아 동일시의 효과가 동일하다고 가정했을 때 브랜드감정이 SNS추천의향에 중요한 영향을 미친다는 것을 발견하였다. 세가지 SNS 모두에서 브랜드감정이 추천의향에 통계적으로 유의미한 설명력을 가지며 그 영향력은 브랜드개성이나 브랜드-자아일치도보다 두 배 이상 큰 것으로 나타났다.

• 벤처혁신연구
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2019

신기술의 수용에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구들이 다양하게 이루어져 오고 있다. 특히 4차 산업혁명의 도래와 더불어 등장한 새로운 기술을 고객들이 수용함에 있어서 영향을 미치는 요인과 이 요인의 영향력에 대한 다양한 연구들이 지속적으로 이루어지고 있다. 이론적인 모형으로는 기술수용모형(TAM) 혹은 확장된 통합기술 수용모형(UTAUT2)에 기반한 연구들이 주류를 이루고 있다. 하지만 이들 모형에는 신뢰성(trust) 변수가 없다. 이에 본 연구에서는 신뢰성을 추가하여 증강 현실(AR)을 대상으로 검정을 하였다. 신뢰성을 독립 변수로 본 경우, 매개 변수로 본 경우, 조절 변수로 본 경우 3가지를 통계적으로 분석하였다. 그 결과 신뢰성은 독립 변수들과 사용 의도(수용 의도)간 매개 변수로 보는 것이 가장 설명력이 높았다. 본 연구는 이론적인 측면에서는 신뢰성은 매개 효과로서의 역할을 하다는 점을 밝혔다. 실무적인 측면에서는 새로운 기술 수용에 있어서 신뢰성이 무엇보다 중요하므로 신뢰성 확보에 우선 순위를 두어야한다는 것이다.

• 수산경영론집
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.25-40
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• 2007

Recently, fisheries safety has been a matter of primary concern among consumers and suppliers. This phenomenon made them require the introduction of fisheries traceability systems. For traceability systems to be effective, automatic identification means play an important role. Therefore, RFID-based fisheries traceability systems are more required than barcode-based fisheries traceability systems. Unlikely EU and Japan, Korea did not accept mandatory traceability regulations. But Many countries began to accept mandatory traceability regulations to diminish food risks. So Korea is expected to adopt them in the near future. The purpose of this study is to find what benefits are generated from the adoption of RFID-based fisheries traceability systems and are related to their success. To do these, this study investigated primary benefits of RFID-based fisheries traceability systems from the perspectives of consumers and suppliers. Consumers' benefits were derived from the perceived risk dimensions. And suppliers' benefits were derived from operational benefits of RFID systems. To purify the benefits from RFID-based fisheries traceability systems, reliability and factor analysis were used. And the refined benefits of RFID-based fisheries traceability systems were additionally analyzed to find which benefits were significantly related to fisheries traceability systems' success. According to the analysis results, all risk dimensions except social risk were significantly related to their success. But in the benefits of suppliers, only "recalls and counterfeits" factor was significantly related to their success. These results implied that fisheries traceability systems should be based RFID technology instead of barcode and fisheries traceability systems were related to almost food risk dimensions. It's because these significant factors are related all food risks except social risk and the benefits of suppliers can be derived from only RFID technology.

• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.156-164
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• 2015

Nursing Homes do not have a defined standard in the space area nor does it have a detailed standard facility requirement by law. This can possibly lead to the deterioration of the facility and the system. This directly affects the medical treatment space area within the nursing home. The medical treatment area provides medical treatment to seniors and this is where the seniors get most of their daily services. Therefore, this is research is about the study of the space area of the medical center and the ratio trend of the space area for the medical treatment facility located in senior nursing homes. Ten facilities have been selected in this study to analyze the correlation factors between space area and its trends. The analysis performed includes the conditions relating to the area and what affects the center. We have followed up with a proposal for improvement of the facility and area configuration for the medical treatment facility. Based on the analysis, the following conclusion can be made: First, the senior welfare centers are mostly used as a residence purpose followed a temporary stay of residence facility for the seniors. Second, research indicates that the bigger the facility, nursing and public functions took a larger portion of the space area compared to other services within the senior welfare centers. Third, the study shows the management space area took up about 1%~6% of the entire medical center within the nursing home which is a narrow space area because of the integrated management. Fourth, analysis based on the trend in the time-series indicate after the adoption of the system, there is a continued decline in the space area of nursing, management and public areas. Lastly, since before and after 2008, the space area composition of the nursing facility shows a continuous decline in our study. We can safely conclude that the revised senior welfare act's construction plan has an effect in the facility and is effectively working to meet its requirement. Therefore, the revision of the law is required to reflect the social needs of the residents.