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Product and Market Knowledge Spillover Effects on Innovation and Regional Export Growth : The Case of New Zealand

  • Park, Seung-Lak
    • International Commerce and Information Review
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.191-215
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    • 2009
  • This study extends the previous research into the effects of knowledge spillovers on innovation and regional exports growth by more clearly distinguishing, both theoretically and empirically, two different types of knowledge spillovers, namely product and market knowledge spillovers. More importantly, this research provides insights on their role of knowledge spillovers in shaping regional innovative activities and, eventually, regional export growths. Furthermore, this research makes an important contribution to the understudied market knowledge spillovers by developing two variables that could be used to assess the flow of market knowledge spillovers at the regional level: localization economies and export consulting advice. Using secondary data on eight 2-digit manufacturing industries in ten New Zealand regions over a seven year period, this research found that regional competition, localization economies and the availability of export consulting advice have positively and significantly impact on the regional export growth in New Zealand.

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Development the Preventive Maintenance Template of the Nuclear Steam Turbine based on EPRI PMBD (EPRI의 예방정비기초자료에 근거한 원전 증기터빈의 예방정비기준 개발)

  • Lee, Byoung Hak;Lee, Hyuk Soon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2010
  • The existing maintenance program is focused on time-based maintenance to inspect and repair components according to maintenance period, rather than condition-based maintenance or predictive maintenance. The preventive maintenance template of the steam turbine has been developed for optimizing maintenance procedure and improving reliability and availability of the steam turbine of nuclear power plants based on EPRI PM template methodology and EPRI technical reports about preventive maintenance.

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A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING MECHANICAL PARAMETERS OF INTACT HUMAN MUSLE

  • Park, Hyung-Jun;Kusmoto, Hidetada;Akazawa, Kenzo
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1991.10b
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    • pp.1867-1872
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    • 1991
  • A method of estimating mechanical parameters of the intact human muscle is proposed; force responses to ramp length perturbation of the muscle both at the resting and constant contracting states are compared with those of the model. The response during the short period (50ms) after the onset of the perturbation is used for the estimation. Time course of the length perturbation which could lead to the accurate estimation is determined by model analysis. Availability of this method is showed by applying it to the human thumb flexor muscle.

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Methods for Measurement of Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Agricultural Fields (경작지(耕作地)에서 메탄 및 아산화질소(亞酸化窒素) 배출량(排出量) 측정방법(測定方法))

  • Shin, Yong-Kwang;Kim, Kwang-Sik
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.359-372
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    • 1994
  • A simplified closed static chamber method was devised for measurement of methane flux from paddy fields. Compared to automatic methane measuring system(AMMS) this chamber method provides availability with moderate costs of setup and maintenance, while it also provides the time-effectiveness compared to other closed top-type chamber method. It accomodates 30 chambers within 2 hours sampling period with two persons. And it provide a rapid and accurate analysis of methane, 30-40 samples per hour. Modified method for $N_2O$ measurements provides a precise and accurate analysis of nitrous oxide without upgrading additional heating zones for gas sampling(switching) valves.

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The Effects of EGR and EGR Induction Point on Combustion Noise of a Passenger Diesel Vehicle (승용 디젤엔진의 EGR과 Induction위치에 따른 소음 영향)

  • Kang, Sang-Kyu;Kim, Jae-Heon;Baek, Sung-Nam;Kang, Koo-Tae
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.393-396
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    • 2007
  • EGR is well established and efficient means to reduce NOx emissions. The increase of EGR rate affects the ignition delay of the combustion due to the lower oxygen availability. The increasing of the ignition delay period causes large combustion noise. In this study, the effects of EGR and Induction Point on combustion noise are investigated by measuring cylinder pressure and noise. As a result, The Combustion noise is markedly increased under the application of EGR. The increased premixed distance by displacing EGR Induction point in flow direction causes the uniform EGR distribution and the modulation level of the combustion noise is reduced slightly.

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What Ecosystem Factors Impact the Growth of High-Tech Start-ups in India?

  • Joshi, Kshitija;Satyanarayana, Krishna
    • Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.216-244
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    • 2014
  • This paper empirically establishes the role played by the ecosystem related parameters in the emergence and growth of high technology start-up clusters in India. It is mainly based on secondary data from six major start-up hubs in India during the period 2005-2013. Our results throw up several interesting findings. First of all, we find that traditional infrastructure related factors or robust macroeconomic situation in general are not the most important drivers. What really seem to matter are the specific start-up ecosystem related factors - such as the Internet penetration, volume of deal flow, availability of VC funding and a pre-existing critical mass of relevant high technology businesses and skill-sets. Above all, our study points out that high economic growth alone will not automatically lead to spillovers in the form of a vibrant start-up ecosystem. Rather it has to be a product of conscious and concerted policy efforts at all levels that directly address the main challenges faced by the early-stage start-ups.

Analysis of traffic volume for control during an existing tunnel enlargement (발파에 의한 터널확대 굴착 시 교통처리를 위한 교통량 분석)

  • Kim, Woong-Ku;Baek, Ki-Hyun;Seo, Kyoung-Won
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2010.09a
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    • pp.1328-1332
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    • 2010
  • The enlargement of existing tunnels is required to cope with problems related to traffic congestion. Sometimes, the tunnel traffic must be maintained through existing tunnels during their reconstruction due to non-availability of detours. And excavation by drill and blasting is desired for widening a hard rock tunnel. In this case, the road must be closed for some period for blasting through analyzing of traffic volume. In this paper, a case study on some traffic countermeasures for tunnel enlargement by blasting was performed. And the traffic flow characteristics of some tunnels in domestic main city were analyzed.

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Optimizing Concurrent Spare Parts Inventory Levels for Warships Under Dynamic Conditions

  • Moon, Seongmin;Lee, Jinho
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.52-63
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    • 2017
  • The inventory level of concurrent spare parts (CSP) has a significant impact on the availability of a weapon system. A failure rate function might be of particular importance in deciding the CSP inventory level. We developed a CSP optimization model which provides a compromise between purchase costs and shortage costs on the basis of the Weibull and the exponential failure rate functions, assuming that a failure occurs according to the (non-) homogeneous Poisson process. Computational experiments using the data obtained from the Korean Navy identified that, throughout the initial provisioning period, the optimization model using the exponential failure rate tended to overestimate the optimal CSP level, leading to higher purchase costs than the one using the Weibull failure rate. A Pareto optimality was conducted to find an optimal combination of these two failure rate functions as input parameters to the model, and this provides a practical solution for logistics managers.

A Study on the Decision of an Optimal Maintenance Period for Ship's Machinery Items using the Cumulative Hazard Rate Function for Weibull Distribution (Weibull형 고장분포를 갖는 선박용 부품의 최적 보전시기의 결정수법에 관한 연구)

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    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.90-96
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    • 2000
  • The technology of preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance is widely applied to ships in order to maintain the good voyageable condition. One of the most important fields of marine engineering is to seek the maximum availability and to solve the stochastic maintenance problem such that the cost for corrective maintenance is minimized. Accordingly, for the purpose of making the most suitable maintenance schedule which minimizes the expected cost function, this paper suggests the method to grasp the failure characteristics by the ship's maintenance data that are collected from the past. And, suggests the method to estimate the optimal maintenance interval by using the dynamic programming and the cumulative hazard rate function attained from the maintenance data.

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A Study on Validation of Accelerated Model for Pneumatic Cylinder (공기압 실린더 가속모형의 유효성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Bo-Sik;Kim, Hyoung-Eui;Chang, Mu-Seong;Song, Chang-Seop
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.33 no.10
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    • pp.1139-1143
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    • 2009
  • Pneumatic cylinder is widely used as key component of various industry fields just like automation production line. Recently, people begin to pay attention to reduce development period and cost of pneumatic cylinder so research requirements of accelerated life test of pneumatic cylinder have been increased more than ever. In this research, we shall evaluate availability of acceleration model by statistical analysis of acceleration model's predicted value and life data which acquired in a real operation condition after finish accelerated life test of pneumatic cylinder. Also to predict the life of pneumatic cylinder in the operation condition we shall develop new acceleration model equations.